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With the initial formation of Idyllwild Indivisibles’ environmental committee, Melanie Lamaga, Dr. Joan McCullough, Karen Johnston and Mallory Cremin became community leaders for climate change. However, it didn’t take long to realize the overwhelming nature of their call to action. Lamaga began researching. “I picked CCL because of their bi-partisan support in Congress, their market-friendly,…
At 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, a groundbreaking celebration will mark the official start of construction for Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s new $6.5 million concert hall. The 298-seat facility will become the centerpiece of IAF’s 200-acre, mountaintop campus and is named in honor of Idyllwild Arts’ first president, William M. Lowman. The construction process is estimated…
A group of parents have formed Cub Scout Pack 96 for children ages kindergarten through fifth grade. Both boys and girls are invited even though no girls have signed up, according to one of the coordinators, Paul White, commander at American Legion Post 800, the charter organization for the pack. More than 20 boys have…
Two weeks of backing Sammy Davis Jr. and four legendary tap dancers forever changed his brush technique …
Tom Nolan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist, is a frequent presenter as part of the laboratory’s speakers’ bureau. He is a lively and entertaining speaker who has learned from many presentations to K-12 students, as well as family and public talks, how to make science fascinating and easy to understand. “Bringing the ‘Wow! I didn’t know that!’ of NASA Earth and Space Science to both formal and informal education is my passion,” said Nolan.
Photographer Gina Genis of Idyllwild and Orange County held a book signing at the Idyllwild Historical Society Saturday afternoon. “Everyone and Their Mother, Vol. 1” is made up of environmental portraits of people living in Idyllwild with 150 pages of full color photos and interviews of her subjects.