Brandon Opliger (son of Rocky Opliger, retired US Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest) in the left photo, taken approximately in 1989. Opliger was in an IFPD engine. His mother Lori (Friemoth) Richter worked for IFPD and Brandon was four or five years old. The right-hand photo is Brandon now, age 26, employed with the U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest, on the Palomar Hotshot Crew, out of Oak Grove Station.

Idyllwild resident and member of the American Legion Post 800 Honor Guard, Danielle McKnight, at right standing in military formation with her fellow midshipmen, was sworn in as a Naval Midshipman at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, after completing a demanding orientation session at which candidates were judged as suitable officer candidates for…

Erec VonSeggern (right) of Idyllwild received a Bachelor of Music, Flute Performance, cum laude and a Bachelor of Arts, French, cum laude from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, on June 10. VonSeggern has been accepted into the U.S. Army as a musician. He left for Basic Combat Training June 24 …