Erec VonSeggern, son of Paul and Merrie VonSeggern of Idyllwild, made the dean’s list at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Students are recognized with dean’s list honors for maintaining a cumulative 3.4 grade point average or higher for the full academic year. Eric is a is 2013 graduate of Hemet High School

Alexae Visel, Idyllwild “hillbilly” and Idyllwild Arts graduate, has costumes in the Off-Broadway play “Awake and Sing!” in New York. She is mentioned in a New York Times review at www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/theater/review-awake-and-sing-a-depression-era-family-drama.html?ref=theater&_r=0 …

The August 2015 edition of “The American Legion” magazine announced the establishment of a new American Legion Post in Seoul, Korea, that is named the Col. Lewis L. Millett Post 38.  The post was chartered on May 7 with 16 charter members.

The late Col. Millett was an Idyllwild resident who received the Medal of Honor for his action in leading a bayonet charge during the Korean War.  Col. Millett was a member of Idyllwild Post 800.

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