On Sunday, June 3, Pine Cove resident Mark Dean qualified for the Boston Marathon. He ran the San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon in a time of 3:41:44. He needed to finish in less than 3:55 to qualify in his age category. Dean could be seen running around Idyllwild while he trained for the past…

Jack Clark, Idyllwild Town Crier co-publisher, has been donating blood to LifeStream for years. He had no idea that he was entered into a sweepstakes for donating. In a phone call he received earlier this month, LifeStream informed him that he was the Southern California winner of two tickets to every Los Angeles Rams home…

Twenty-two-year-old Wesley Kell, son of 20-year part-time Idyllwild resident Paul Kell, will graduate from Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Ill., on May 26. Prior to boot camp, Wesley attended a 10-month training through the Navy SEALS P.U.D.S. program. Upon graduating from boot camp, Wesley plans to begin SEALS training at Coronado Island. Wesley attended…

Karina Li, the daughter of Anna-Karin Li of Idyllwild, has been named to the Dean’s List of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., for academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2013-14 school year. A graduate of Idyllwild Arts Academy, Li is a senior at Macalester last fall. To be eligible for the Dean’s…