Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) Board of Directors met last week with the main item a presentation from representatives of Smart Earth Technologies, (SET) the company proposing to update Pine Cove’s valves. The board unanimously approved the proposal. The smart meters will replace the district’s 1,117 mechanical meters. Nick and Robert Gallegos of SET, based…
When longtime Hill residents gather around the campfire and tell tales of Idyllwild banking, they always mention, with awe and reverence, the name of Jeri Sue Haney, recently retired branch manager at PNC Bank. She first came to the Hill in the mid-1970s. She began her career when our local bank was called San Diego…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) has initiated a bi-coastal series of “Engagement Events” beginning Jan. 22 in New York City at the Blue Gallery. Other events are scheduled In Los Angeles (Feb. 8) Palm Desert (March 5) and San Francisco (April 6.) According to an IAA press release, the events are aimed at bringing together…
On Wednesday, Dec. 14, a state hearing panel recommended parole for Thongxay Nilakout, the now 46-year-old man convicted of the murder of a German tourist near Idyllwild in 1994. The recommendation must still go to the full Board of Parole Hearings, who have up to 120 days for review. If it approves parole, Gov. Gavin…
This weekend, December 17 and 18, Dwight “Buzz” Holmes and the Idyllwild Master Chorale (IMC) bring back one of Idyllwild’s beloved and venerable traditions, the winter concert, this year titled “I Remember Christmas.” The title is taken from one of Holmes’ own compositions and is especially meaningful this season, as the activities of the group,…
This week the Crier spoke with Steven Proffitt, aka Ol Man Proffitt, a transplant putting out new roots in our community, a retired journalist with new stories to tell. Proffitt was born 70 years ago in Houma, Louisiana, to a native Cajun mother and father who came south from Iowa after World War II to…
Last Friday, Nov. 11, Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Visual Arts program held an opening reception for this year’s Visual Arts Student Theme Show, “Identity.” Students submit candidate themes each year; teachers then narrow the field to three on which students vote. The works are thus conceived and completed in about two months. The show’s statement lays…
Editor’s note: The correspondent has worked with David Pelham for many years, first as guitar teacher and then helping him with his compositions for the guitar, and has been to Paracho, Mexico, with him. At 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, Idyllwild’s “Art of the Guitar” concert series will resume. This year’s concert will feature Alberto…
Ultra endurance runners from across the country gathered in Idyllwild Saturday, Oct. 29, for the second-annual San Jacinto 50k trail race. The course covered 34 miles of rugged terrain including (with intervening descents) over 10,000 feet of elevation gain. The race was again organized by desert physician and running enthusiast Alex Charmoz and his wife…
This Monday, the new owners of Silver Pines Lodge held a ribbon cutting with the help of Idyllwild Rotary and a special appearance by former owner Chris Perault. Anjali and Rajiv Panchal, or “Raj and Anji” as Idyllwilders have come to know them, created a festive atmosphere combining traditional fall colors with hints of Diwali,…
