The Color Guard from American Legion Post 800 leads the Fourth of July parade down North Circle Drive last Thursday morning. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Mark Dean, Pine Cove resident, waves to the spectators from the Pine Cove Property Owners Association’s float during the Idyllwild Rotary’s annual Independence Day Parade. Dean ran in the Boston Marathon this year. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Rob May, Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit president, waves to the crowd from the RMRU squad. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The American bald eagle is commemorated during the Independence Day Parade. Larry Edwards (left) is joined by Kevin Baar (center) and Dominique (right) wearing patriotic garb and garnishing eagles. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The Idyllwild Mountain Quilters float displays an array of red, white and blue quilts. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Independence Day entry warns parade spectators of the impending threat the goldenspotted oak borer poses. Doris Lombard (center) is dressed as an oak and Stacy Grant is costumed as a GSOB, while Janice Fast wields a hammer. Eliott Taylor is in the background. Photo by Edwina Scott No one’s taking Abby’s plate until she’s licked it clean during Mountain Community Patrol’s annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday morning at Town Hall. Photo by Barbara Reese Riley Arnson seems suspended in mid-air while doing Irish dances during the second Pipes in the Pines event July 3 at Alpenglow Lilac Gardens. She was joined by her sister Brooke and Breanna Lewis. Photo by Jenny Kirchner The University of California, Riverside, Pipe Band performed at Idyllwild’s Alpenglow Lilac Gardens on the evening of July 3. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Audrey Stavroplus, Allan Morphett’s daughter, and husband Lou attended the second Pipes in the Pines concert. Morphett organized both concerts and passed away recently. This year’s concert was dedicated to him. His wife, Maggie, passed away last year and that concert was dedicated to her. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz grills hot dogs at the Idyllwild Town Crier & Visitors Center’s grand opening following the parade. Photo by Becky Clark The Livingroom Ramblers, Don Reed and Scott Foster entertained a large crowd who turned out at the Idyllwild Town Crier & Visitors Center’s grand opening following the parade last Thursday. Photo by Becky Clark The Llanos de Michoaban mariachis entertain the patrons at La Casita on the Fourth of July. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The guys have a silly moment while barbecuing for the American Legion’s annual Fourth of July BBQ on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Barbara Reese Singer Troy Clarke belts out the songs of Frank Sinatra with Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff during the inaugural concert of the 2013 Summer Concert Series the July 4th evening. Photo by Barbara Reese
“No gardening experience required. The Idyllwild Demonstration Garden seeks volunteers from 14 -104 years of age with an interest in creating a prototype garden and act as hands on resources for off-shoot edible community garden projects on the hill,” wrote Young Idyllwild founder Kat Wilson, of the garden space she and her board waited two…
This year marks the 108th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We reprint it each year for the enjoyment of our…
January 11, 2010, that was the opening of the first Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. In two months, March 5 will be the opening of the 10th IIFC. While others have had the idea, Stephen Savage took the steps to assemble a team with a common vision and organized an event that continues. Movie professionals,…
Ron Singerton, next speaker for the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series, is an accomplished artist whose art evinces a fine attention to detail. That attention to detail served him well when he began researching his first historical novel, “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015) and its sequel “The Silk and the Sword” (due out this…
Idyllwild School uses butterfly effect to benefit Help Center Educational inspiration can come from many sources. Community projects also have a myriad of origins. In Idyllwild, the “Butterfly Effect” joins community benefit with education. In August, while in San Diego at an educational conference, Idyllwild Middle School history teacher Kirsten Ingbretsen “… came across giant…
The esteemed Idyllwild Area Historic Society (IAHS) has received another statewide award. At the annual conference for the California Council for he Promotion of History (CCPH) in Riverside last week, IAHS received the Council’s 2011 Dave Byrd Award for Meritorious Performance. The award is granted for outstanding contributions to the promotion of history. This year,…
