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Scott Jones throws some dust and dirt into the air while playing Wiffle golf at Sandii Castleberry’s fundraiser Monday afternoon. Many came out to support the Wiffle Ball Golf Tourney Sunday, raising money to help the homeless. The event had an 18-hole course complete with score cards and trophies. Photo by Jenny Kirchner





Thus read the headline of the Town Crier on July 4, 1996, right after the Bee Canyon Fire had burned more than 9,000 acres and knocked at Pine Cove’s back door. “We’re still here” means every bit as much to Hill residents now as it did then.
Ernie Maxwell, Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper founder with his wife Betty, discovered an environment in Idyllwild in which to express his many talents, impressing his spirit permanently on the community.