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Artist-photographer Kathy Harmon-Luber (center) holds a photograph just purchased by writer-poet and Idyllwild Arts Trustee Cheri Bentley-Buckman (left) during a reception at Artspresso Gallery. The reception featured Harmon-Luber’s photographs of Italy and was attended by a sizable crowd including Jim Newcomb (right), co-owner of the Quiet Creek Inn. Photo by Cid Castillo

The newest member of the Idyllwild School faculty is music teacher William Beuche. He replaces long-time music teacher Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, who retired at the end of the last school year. While Holmes is an Idyllwild native, Beuche comes from the Palo Alto area. He has been a musician most of his life, beginning with…
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