Photos: This week in Idyllwild: April 7, 2016

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From left, Gary Button, Russell Frederick, Dave Fraser, Ron Draper and Tom Visel were among the many Vietnam veterans honored at the Welcome Home remembrance held at American Legion Post 800 on March 30. This annual event commemorates the date that all combat troops returned home from Vietnam. The Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild donated quilts that were raffled at the event and the Idyllwild Bake Shop and Brew provided the cake. Photo by Tom Kluzak — From left, Gary Button, Russell Frederick, Dave Fraser, Ron Draper and Tom Visel were among the many Vietnam veterans honored at the Welcome Home remembrance held at American Legion Post 800 on March 30. This annual event commemorates the date that all combat troops returned home from Vietnam. The Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild donated quilts that were raffled at the event and the Idyllwild Bake Shop and Brew provided the cake.
Photo by Tom Kluzak

The Sage and the Butterfly, the new shop in The Village Lane, was welcomed to Idyllwild with a ribbon cutting the Idyllwild Rotary Club held Monday, April 4. The shop features handcrafted jewelry, accessories, knives and razors by local, national, international and Amazon rainforest artisans. Attending the ribbon cutting were (from left) Thom Wallace, Scott Fisher, Terry Kurr, Chuck Streeter, Chris Scott, The Sage and the Butterfly owners Violeta Vallacorta and Dylan Farnham, Chuck Streeter, John Graham, Dennis Dunbar, Rick Foster, Steve Espinoza and Earl Parker. Photo by Tom Kluzak — The Sage and the Butterfly, the new shop in The Village Lane, was welcomed to Idyllwild with a ribbon cutting the Idyllwild Rotary Club held Monday, April 4. The shop features handcrafted jewelry, accessories, knives and razors by local, national, international and Amazon rainforest artisans. Attending the ribbon cutting were (from left) Thom Wallace, Scott Fisher, Terry Kurr, Chuck Streeter, Chris Scott, The Sage and the Butterfly owners Violeta Vallacorta and Dylan Farnham, Chuck Streeter, John Graham, Dennis Dunbar, Rick Foster, Steve Espinoza and Earl Parker.
Photo by Tom Kluzak

Grandfathers For Golf held its first Volunteers Tournament on Tuesday, March 29, at the Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto. Winners of the four-man scramble format were (from left) Idyllwilder Jim Crandall (Grandfathers board secretary), former Idyllwilder Tony Viola (vice president), and volunteers Bob Wadlow and Gene Slocum. President Ernie Kercmar (far right) presented the Presidents Trophy, which will be inscribed with the golfers’ names. The foursome shot a 16-under-par 56 that included 3 pars, 14 birdies and an eagle on the last hole. Grandfathers For Golf is a nonprofit organization based in San Jacinto dedicated to teaching at-risk kids and others the game of golf. Participating children are given a set of golf clubs, a hat and shirt, and six weeks of instruction at three area golf courses. Photo by David Hiemenz

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Rea returns to Idyllwild with a feature
By January 4, 2013May 9, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

“Nailbiter,” a horror film involving a tornado, is the first feature from director Patrick Rea who last year contributed the very well-received short “Get Off My Porch” (you remember the Girl Scouts and their oddly compelling cookies?). Rea, who grew up in Nebraska, used his experience running from a tornado as a boy as inspiration…

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PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s traditional Christmas Tree Lighting
By December 1, 2015April 2, 2016 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Santa Claus talks about Christmas with the many children who attended Idyllwild’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, “An Olde Fashioned Christmas.”

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Idyllwild artist exhibits at a desert art museum
By October 17, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Trudy Levy is exhibiting her newest ceramic piece, “Moving Through Time and Space,” at The Palm Springs Museum of Art. The opening reception is from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Elrod and Meyerman Sculpture Gardens. The exhibit runs from Oct. 20 to Dec. 9. Levy, discussing her inspiration for her most…

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Idyllwild Community Fund thanks Café Aroma
By November 15, 2011January 25, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

Bronwyn Jones, Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) co-chair, presents Hubert Halkin, owner of Café Aroma, with a beautiful bouquet of flowers in thanks for the Café’s continued financial support of the fund. In 2011, ICF gave $12,948 in grants to nine local nonprofit organizations. As the fund grows, so does its ability to give to the community each year.

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2015 begins yearly Idyllwild Lilac Celebration
By January 21, 2015October 27, 2015 Reading Time: 4 minutes

“Some people think lilacs are just an Eastern thing,” said Gary Parton, Idyllwild’s lilac patron. But even though most longstanding lilac festivals are in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S., Parton and his new committee want to establish Idyllwild as a nationally known lilac town. This year, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, the Idyllwild…

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Award-winning film opens Idyllwild 2015: The changing America is subject of mockumentary
By December 31, 2014February 6, 2015 Reading Time: 3 minutes

“Ron and Laura Take Back America” is one of the opening night films at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. The film has already received a number of awards on the festival circuit. “We are honored that our ‘Ron and Laura’ was chosen as the opening film of the IIFC,” said Sue Vaccaro, the film’s…

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