




Photo by John Drake
![The Idyllwild HELP Center re-stocked its food pantry last week. The pantry was almost bare at the time. “We went shopping for our food pantry with money donated from the Idyllwild [Association] of Realtors, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, Idyllwild HELP Center Board of Directors, and St. Margaret’s Bob Kimble, Ron Green and Chet Hecht. We spent a little over $2,700 to fill our pantry,” wrote Colleen Meyer, executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center. Assisting in the actual shopping were (from left) Emily Pearson, Skye Zambrana, Wal-Mart Associate Veronica, Meyer, Emily Hill and Peyton Manchee. Photo by Ben Killingsworth](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/help.jpg)
Photo by Ben Killingsworth

Photo by Jenny Kirchner
![Idyllwild Heating & Cooling was awarded second place in the 2015 YETI coolers Dealer Display contest — second in the nation and first in California. More than 2,000 entries were submitted from throughout the country, according to Steve Holldber, owner of Idyllwild Heating and Cooling. “This was a huge deal,” he said proudly. He only began selling YETI coolers two years ago. “I sell a lot of YETI merchandise,” he added, including four coolers this past weekend. The contest judges said the display had a “[t]houghtful attention to detail and best-in-class merchandising.” Photo courtesy Amanda Allen, park interpreter](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heating.jpg)
Photo courtesy Amanda Allen, park interpreter


Photo by Phil Weber

Photo by Doris Lombard
PHOTOS: Last Week in Idyllwild July 30, 2015 …
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![The Idyllwild HELP Center re-stocked its food pantry last week. The pantry was almost bare at the time. “We went shopping for our food pantry with money donated from the Idyllwild [Association] of Realtors, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, Idyllwild HELP Center Board of Directors, and St. Margaret’s Bob Kimble, Ron Green and Chet Hecht. We spent a little over $2,700 to fill our pantry,” wrote Colleen Meyer, executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center. Assisting in the actual shopping were (from left) Emily Pearson, Skye Zambrana, Wal-Mart Associate Veronica, Meyer, Emily Hill and Peyton Manchee. Photo by Ben Killingsworth](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/help.jpg)

![Idyllwild Heating & Cooling was awarded second place in the 2015 YETI coolers Dealer Display contest — second in the nation and first in California. More than 2,000 entries were submitted from throughout the country, according to Steve Holldber, owner of Idyllwild Heating and Cooling. “This was a huge deal,” he said proudly. He only began selling YETI coolers two years ago. “I sell a lot of YETI merchandise,” he added, including four coolers this past weekend. The contest judges said the display had a “[t]houghtful attention to detail and best-in-class merchandising.” Photo courtesy Amanda Allen, park interpreter](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heating.jpg)



Popular R&B band City Beat, incorporating the six-member Main Street Horns section, returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series determined to keep the music professional and up tempo. Leader Ed Riojas, guitar and vocals, talked about the band’s reorganization and its expanded horn section. In previous appearances, City Beat was an all law-enforcement band composed…
Michael Wangler’s Sky Island Natural Foods closed, leaving Idyllwild without a dedicated organic market. At this point, it is unclear how the space the market occupied will be used, according to Frank Ferro, owner of Ferro and the Idyllwild Brewpub. He said they have no current plans for how to use the space. The Plant…
Idyllwild Arts Academy junior Ben Champion is in his second year as a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program. Two weeks ago, Ben had the thrill of hearing his three-minute composition, “Migration,” played at the Walt Disney Concert Hall by the full Philharmonic under the direction of Christopher…
The Idyllwild community stepped up again to generously donate monies to the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund (ISF). Nine high school seniors, who submitted applications and were interviewed, received a total of $47,000 to help them with their college educations. Tuesday night, May 17, a reception was held at the Idyllwild Library for the scholarship recipients, their…
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) held its “Eye of the Artist” event on Saturday, Oct. 17. Jasmine Peck judged over 60 pieces of art in four categories: 2-D, 3-D, wearable art and photography with ribbons also going to the Best of Show and Best Theme. Peck is the ceramics teacher…
On Saturday mornings, a white tent appears on North Circle as the town wakes. Almost Heaven, a pop-up bakery, isn’t a storefront yet. It’s a window. Miss it, and it’s gone. Idyllwild sees its share of weekend ventures — operations that crest the hill with the tourists and disappear by dusk. That pattern is part…...