75 years ago – 1947Idyllwild School faced a crisis. There wasn’t enough room to accommodate the anticipated enrollment of 125 kids.• • •“Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” starring Tyronne Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye, was luring customers to the Rustic Theatre. 70 years ago – 1952More than 100 people from Monogram Studios invaded Idyllwild to film…
Brendan Steele WILL play in the BMW Championship this week By Jack Clark Pro Golf Correspondent I apologize to Brendan Steele and his family — including his parents, Kent and Jana Steele here in Idyllwild — and to our readers for my blunder in this week’s Town Crier. I was under the very mistaken impression…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center The nonprofit San Jacinto Mountain Community Center Inc. (SJMCC), doing business as the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC), broke ground at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12 at a public ceremony at the construction site, located immediately to the left of the Idyllwild Community Playground and above the Butterfield Amphitheater. ICC operates…
By Donna ElliotArt Alliance of Idyllwild The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) Gallery and Visitors Center is closing Thursday, Sept. 1. Nam Park generously sponsored the property at 26364 Saunders Meadow Road since October 2020. It will now revert to a more commercial enterprise. Prior to this space, AAI ran the Courtyard Gallery, with Evan…
In less than two weeks after Mayor Max II (a golden retriever) died July 30 at age 9, his owners, Phyllis Mueller and Glenn Warren, are on a quest to find Mayor Max III.The couple headed out Sunday morning “driving 300 miles to see a potential mommy,” according to Mayor Max’s Facebook page.Warren is accepting…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation held the annual meeting Sunday, July 31 at Nelson Dining Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus.The Associates presented a $10,000 check to Idyllwild Arts President Pamela Jordan for the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program Scholarship Fund. This is the second $10,000 donation made in the month of…
Caltrans Keen Camp Maintenance crew will be performing one-way flagging operations in conjunction with Caltrans geotechnical crews on Highway 243 in Idyllwild for culvert studies. Work will be performed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16 to 17. This work will require one-way flagging traffic operations on the southbound lane and…
The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has announced the details of the public ground-breaking ceremony for the new ICC building. The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the building site immediately to the left of the Idyllwild Community Playground. Supervisor Chuck Washington, among others, will speak at the ceremony, and everyone…
The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) announces its 2022 grant award recipients — a diverse cross-section of community programs run by local nonprofits that: • Nurture the arts • Foster educational opportunities • Provide for the well-being of those in need • Contribute to the vibrancy of Idyllwild mountain communities The ICF Advisory Committee of local…
On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, George Mitchell Valeur passed away peacefully at the age of 74 in his home in Morongo Valley.George was born Dec. 7, 1947 in Riverside to Claude and Ruth (Roberson) Valeur. He was proud of his heritage, which included being the great-grandson of Nellie Coffman who was among the first few…
