
Photo by Cheryl Basye
School photo day
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Phoenix Bernal, Dilyan Blackwell, Levi Davis, Ruby McKeller, Kat DeHolanda and Kylie Ebner prepare for the pictures during Idyllwild School’s Picture Day last Thursday. Mike Isaac (right) was one of the photographers.

In September, the Forest Service carried out its long planned foray against the expanding tamarisk in Pinyon and Palm Canyon. Kate Kramer, Forest Servcie biologist, who did the planning, led the team which Outward Bound kids also joined in the tamarisk assault. Below, Kramer explains the tamarisk biology to one of the Outward Bound participants.
Over the years, a variety of festivals have come and gone. Here’s a look at the many festivals Idyllwild has hosted …
By John Robinson Legends often become so ingrained in the public mind that they become accepted as truth. Such is the case with the often repeated story that Laura Rutledge named Idyllwild. Real credit for Idyllwild’s origin should go to Michigan-born George B. Hannahs and his wife, Sarah, who arrived in Strawberry Valley in 1889…