
Photo by Steve Espinoza

PHOTOS: Idyllwild Rotary
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The community of Idyllwild and Festival organizers welcome you to Idyllwild’s 2nd-annual Lemon Lily Festival. The 2010 Festival was a huge success and a first step in accomplishing the three ongoing goals of our mission: celebration, education and restoration of our precious native wildflower, the Lemon Lily (Lilium parryi).
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.
I was lucky to attend camp in the Idyllwild area during the years from 1967 through 1972. Camp Roosevelt was nestled about seven miles from Idyllwild in Garner Valley located right next to the Hurkey Creek campground. I was 10 ½ when I began attending the camp, which had been in existence for over 30 years. It was then owned and managed by Dan Slater. It was a co-ed camp that my brother Steve and I attended during the 60’s counter-cultural revolution. We had hippies as counselors and no parents at the camp, and seldom on parents’ weekend. It was an overnight camp where you could stay from three to eight weeks.
At the annual meeting of the Idyllwild Area Historical Society, 2014-15 officers and board members were elected. They are Marlene Pierce, president; Carolyn Levitski, past president; Charlotte Groty, vice president; Barbara Jones, secretary; Laura Caster, treasurer; and directors Nancy Borchers, Suzanne Bowman, George Groty, Carolyn Hall, Joan McCullough, Bob Smith, Linda Turner and Jeff Wu….