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Around town photos
By Idyllwild Town Crier





A retired first responder, who served ten years in the San Jacinto Ranger District, has released a memoir of her career in firefighting and law enforcement. It touches on many events that have affected our community, and her path in two male-dominated fields. Deborah Wutzke has chosen the pen-name Deborah Wedoneit, for “We done it.”…
Bob and Pat Parish, Fourth of July Parade chairmen for the past 10 years, will have different roles in this year’s parade. They are the honored grand marshals in the annual event put on by Idyllwild’s Rotarians. This year the parade features 57 entrants. Bob, a cancer survivor for 13 years, and Pat, now…
The Crier sat down with Julia Graham at her new teaching studio, HilltopMusic Lab, in the Collective. Graham moved into the space just a fewweeks ago, but tells us that already, 45 students are taking lessons andlearning about music at Hilltop. Graham spent about a year giving lessons out of her home in Idyllwild,and taught…
Walter Parks knows history and is a good story teller. Stanford B.A. and M.B.A. grad, he has long been associated with Idyllwild Arts, from its earliest days. He is well qualified to discuss the school and its evolution from its founding in 1946. The Idyllwild Arts Foundation is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary this year….
At 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Community Presbyterian Church, children’s author Dr. Seuss will be portrayed in a heart-warming and humorous way by Broadway and film actor Duffy Hudson, who will share the story of Dr. Seuss in the first person and will perform “Horton hears a Who,” “And to Think I Saw It…
In 1991, Keith Froehlich and his late wife Bonnie founded the Idyllwild chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays) in support of their gay son Ted. Froehlich opens this season’s Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) Speaker Series with a talk titled, “The Power of One.” Froehlich reflects on the challenges in founding…