
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
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Children enjoy some time on the playground during last Thursday’s Idyllwild Summer Concert. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Just like the desert Cahilla Indians centuries ago, San Jacinto mountains’ summer residents and visitors are slowly making their way from the desert’s three-digit temperatures to a much milder climate. But it isn’t just the climate that makes part-timers and visitors return to the Hill. Once exposed to Idyllwild and the surrounding areas, most people…
Above: Barry and Linda Shapiro with the Town Crier on Oct. 3 at the Ice Museum at Chena Hot Springs, Alaska. Everything in the museum is made from ice, even the glass for an apple martini. Below: Donald Sherman (center) shares his Town Crier, which has the latest news from America, with his British friends…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild has scholarship money for women furthering their education or vocational skills. Applicants must be residents of the mountain communities between Twin Pines/Poppet Flats and Anza. The scholarships can be used for expenses at any accredited institution of higher learning when pursuing an associates, bachelors, masters or doctoral degree, or for a…
Or gray santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)is a fine-textured, bushy and mound-forming shrub …