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Retired Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Commander John Metroka Jr. has always been a writer. As a child, he and his older sister Martha created fantasy stories. Later, even while serving in RCSD, he wrote short stories for his own pleasure. And professionally, he wrote many training documents and protocols for the sheriff’s department and for…
NEW MEMBER: Soroptimist International of Idyllwild President Karen Doshier (right) inducted Suzanne Avalon at the Wednesday, Feb. 4 meeting. Photo by Theresa Teel
On Sunday, the Idyllwild American Legion Post 800 veterans and their families honored the service of all U.S. military veterans …
By Ann SmithReporter When former Idyllwild resident Kelsey Makida was featured in the May 20 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine in an article about a Hawaiian resort with a 1.8-million-gallon aquarium, we had to catch up to find out how this all came about. Makida grew up in Idyllwild. She attended Idyllwild School and…
The Seahawk Mojo will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the IAF Theatre on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Led by Idyllwild’s Marshall Hawkins, Seahawk and others will present the performance in honor of Black History Month. “This is a journey that started [with] last year’s performance,” Hawkins said. “It’s about what happened…