When 2022 begins Jan.1, Jeremy Potter will assume the role of interim general manager (GM) of the Pine Cove Water District. Potter, the current field foreman, was asked to assume the GM’s role at the board of director’s November meeting. The need for an interim GM occurred with the announced retirement of current GM Jerry…

Audience members were treated to a delightful evening as they listened to “Man Overboard,” a one-man show featuring Dick Halligan, founding member of “Blood Sweat & Tears” And in support of the Idyllwild School music program.

The “Center of Idyllwild” mural on the side of The Fort facing Highway 243 has been restored to its original beauty under the direction of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI). According to AAI representatives, the mural had not had any restoration work since it was built in 1992. AAI member and artist Darcy Gerdes, left, presents a check for the completion of work, ahead of schedule, to artist J.R Darwin, second from left. Others present for the occasion are, from left, Gary Kuscher, AAI vice president, Reba Coulter, AAI treasurer, and Jan Bruner, AAI member and artist.

Music educator and opera buff Diane Mitchell’s six-week musical journey will be an international smorgasbord. As previously reported in the Crier, this free course will examine the exotic influences on non-Western music and how they have permeated and profoundly changed Western music, from classical to jazz and everything in between. As Mitchell notes, “Where armies…