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PHOTOS: Last Week in Idyllwild
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Roland Gaebert, retired State Park Ranger, is busy assisting Pacific Crest Trail through-hikers as an unofficial “trail angel.” He also volunteers widely throughout Idyllwild – as a Forest Service fire lookout, Mountain Disaster Preparedness Disaster Assistance Station supervisor, Idyllwild Rotary, Mile High Radio Club and for WNKI, Idyllwild’s emergency radio station. Gaebert is an avid…
Throw the Goat brought in a sold-out crowd to the Rustic Theatre on Friday night …
When he lived in the hill canyons of Hollywood, author and drama critic Steven Leigh Morris ruffled feathers and started a neighborhood political war by raising chickens in his condo. In his book, “Fowl Play, a Novel in Three Acts” (Padaro Press, Los Angeles, 2016), he recounts in quasi-memoir style, the chicken war and his…
A new shop, Crzy K’s Uneek Natural Soap Shop, came to town Sept. 1, 2019. Its owner, Kathy Gonzalez, creates an assortment of products, soaps being the main one. It takes about six weeks to make a batch of soap, according to Gonzalez, which depending on the size of the batch, creates about 100 bars. …
In its ongoing mission to integrate more with the community of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts Academy inaugurated a children’s dance program for local children ages 3 through 12. IAA Dance Department Chair Ellen Rosa Taylor started the program in September of last year expecting maybe 15 local students might show up. Instead, 40 enthusiastic youngsters appeared,…