

Idyllwild Pines opens camp for ‘Community Activity Day’
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Friday afternoon at Idyllwild Pines Camp was a perfect day for a water slide and lots of local kids took advantage of it to cool off and just have some fun during IPCC Community Activity Day at the camp, a day of opening up the camp to locals for outdoor summer adventure. Photo by Barbara Reese

On a foggy evening, with the side of the William B. Lowman Concert Hall lit by a giant spotlight, a standing-room-only audience listened to some of the best jazz many said they had ever heard. The evening was a tribute to Marshall Hawkins, who for more than 30 years, has been Idyllwild Arts’ director of…
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Once again, Wendy Watts, Town Hall administrator, has organized a week of speakers for local youth during the upcoming Idyllwild School spring break, from March 30 to April 3. Just as last year, different individuals will come to Town Hall and talk to the kids on the topic, “What do you want to be when…
Dr. Dick Goldberg, Mountain Disaster Preparedness’ medical director, has long sought an Idyllwild facility in which post-disaster medical treatment could be conducted. Goldberg noted the Idyllwild Fire Department would likely be overwhelmed as an incident command center and the two local medical clinics, if open, would also be swamped with walk-ins. Goldberg is a retired…
The next Conversation will be entirely devoted to practical things an Idyllwilder can do to lower their water consumption. Guest speaker for the evening will be an expert on gray water. Other topics will include rain barrels and conservation methods. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the Idyllwild Library. The public…