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Local Color performs at Spirit Mountain Retreat during the Spring Equinox celebration last Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner — Local Color performs at Spirit Mountain Retreat during the Spring Equinox celebration last Sunday afternoon.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

An Evening Grosbeak on Thom and Barbara Wallace’s nyjer feeder last Friday. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this finch is declining in numbers and becoming more uncommon, particulary in the Eastern United States. Photo by Thom Wallace

A field of poppies sprouted up in Pine Cove recently. Photo by Lindsay Speed

In the garden at Spirit Mountain Retreat and with locals in attendance, Executive Director Mary Morse lights a ceremonial candle to commemorate the spring solstice on Sunday. Photo by John Drake

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Going for the ringer
By May 19, 2015January 22, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

Jim Nutter goes for a “ringer” Saturday as he plays during the annual horseshoe tournament at the Idyllwild Community Center site.

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Lewis returns as Town Hall recreation director
By April 13, 2016June 10, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Bob Lewis, former Town Hall recreation director under the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council, returned Friday, April 1, to a slightly reconfigured job. Lewis, a long familiar presence in community recreation, was hired by the Riverside County Parks and Open Space District, the current recreation managers under contract with the county. He began a one-year probationary…

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The mysteries of the cosmos revealed at Idyllwild speakers series
By May 9, 2012February 4, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Larry Kawano will unlock and update popular myths and misconceptions about the universe, or to be more specific, our universe as presenter for the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s very popular Idyllwild Speakers Series. Many know Larry, or more properly, Dr. Kawano — doctorate in cosmology from the University of Chicago, bachelor of science in physics…

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Idyllwild Community Fund hosts fundraiser
By June 30, 2014September 2, 2014 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Idyllwild has many nonprofits whose activities improve the life of the community. Some provide propane for the needy, some entertainment, some educational services, some art lessons and some disaster preparedness assistance. Only one, the Idyllwild Community Fund, has as its sole mission to provide grants to area nonprofits to help them meet key project objectives….

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Eighteen California wineries in Saturday’s art event
By October 10, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, visitors to the mile-high artist community of Idyllwild will experience the magic that happens when galleries, artists and Southern California wineries join forces to raise money for art scholarships and events. Event organizers for the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s 20th-annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting are…

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Ernest Siva was first at Throwback lectures
BySally Hedberg July 8, 2015January 23, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Although the lead time was too short to publish a story about Dr. Ernest Siva before his lecture, the stories he related about his time at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (now Idyllwild Arts) from 1953 to the present are valuable historic information. Ernest, a Cahuilla/Serrano Indian, was a saxophone player in…

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