Mary Austin Scholarship Fund
![Doug Austin (right) along with Danny Richardson (second from right) and Suzi Capparelli (fifth from right) presented $1,000 from the Mary Austin Scholarship Fund to Julia Zacker and Dante Yardas (center) at Idyllwild Arts last week to help toward their college books next year. From left, parents of the recipients, Mark Yardas, Mara Schoner and Sheila Zacker. Photo by Jenny Kirchner](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Austin.jpg)
Photo by Jenny Kirchner.
Additional photos of the middle school awards.
California Brickelbush (Brickellia californica) is a native shrub and may be one of the best and sweetest smelling plants. From a great distance, you will be drawn by the irresistible, powerful perfume. The wonderful fragrance lasts for almost two weeks and it’s one of those mysterious plant scents that can be smelled only at a distance.
For those of us in the fire suppression business, winter presents a paradox. Once the rain and snow come we, and the citizens of our mountain, relax our hyper vigilance for wildland fire. Statistically however, the biggest threat to life and property in our mountain communities has been cold temperatures, ice and snow. We’ve never…