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Eduardo Santiago (left), who founded the author series last year, speaks with Quinn Cummings, the first 2012 speaker, at INK on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Only four Junior Naturalist Programs remain at the Idyllwild Nature Center. All will be held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon and cost $3 per child, which includes crafts, hikes and snacks. This Saturday, July 30, the theme is “Envirothoning.” At four separate learning stations children ages 7 to 11 will identify animal skulls,…
Pine Cove residents Ron and Marcia Krull have lived lives of serving others subtly shaped by serendipity. Now, after distinguished careers as teachers, they have made volunteering for Hill nonprofits and governmental agencies their post-career missions. “Being teachers, we have the knowledge and ability to help people,” said Ron. “So, the transition to volunteering was…
Brendan Steele had another rough outing last week, this time at the BMW Championship, the third of the four season-ending playoff tournaments. His 6-over-par 72-70-79-73 — 294 fell well short of what he needed to advance to the Tour Championship next week. Although his season ended on a downturn, he was competing with the very…
The Stratford Players have been entertaining Idyllwild audiences for 12 years. On the Sunday following Thanksgiving, Stratford premieres its new holiday show, “Yule Cheer! An Idyllwild Christmas.” This production features a festive collection of new pieces together with tried-and-true favorites. The emphasis is on merriment. “We want to help our town start off this holiday…
The 2014 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (“Idyllwild 2014”) is barely over with visions of favorite actors and rolling scenes still fresh in movie-goers minds. But Festival Director Stephen Savage is not bathing in his most recent success. Plans for an even bigger Idyllwild 2015 are already percolating. Potential changes for 2015 start with the…
On Thursday, Kay Wanner speaks to a full house at Silver Pines about setting up trusts and the large costs of probate. Wanner was part of the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series.