
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

Rotary speaker and new Soroptimist members.
Hot weather and lower fuel moisture have prompted the San Bernardino National Forest to increase fire restrictions, effective Thursday Sept. 1, 2011. Forest officials took these steps to prevent human-caused fires and raise public awareness as the summer continues to get warmer and drier. Most wildfires on the San Bernardino National Forest are human-caused and…
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…
Comarostaphylis diversifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family known by the common name “Summer holly.” Native to Southern California and Northern Baja California’s coastal chaparral habitat, it grows slowly to 12 inches tall and 8 feet wide or slightly larger.
Town members joined with representatives from Mt. San Jacinto State Park, the U.S. Forest Service and the Idyllwild Fire Department in Remembering 9/11. Paul Reisman, superintendent of the state park, and Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz alternated presenting 9/11 information and statistics. The flag was borne and posted by all of the parks and fire…