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This sharp-shinned hawk is perched on a smooth manzanita limb and keeps a watchful eye out for prey.
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…
The Idyllwild Contemporary Book Club discusses “Orfeo” by Richard Powers at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at a location to be announced. For details, call Gina Genis at 951-659-6256 … The Idyllwild Garden Club’s bulb sale on the weekend of the 11th was canceled due to a miss-delivery of 75 percent of the ordered bulbs….
Ernie Maxwell, Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper founder with his wife Betty, discovered an environment in Idyllwild in which to express his many talents, impressing his spirit permanently on the community.
Wendy Watts (left) and husband Chris Watts dance to the 1940s music at the USO Party held at Town Hall on Friday, Nov. 8.