When the starter announced Brendan Steele as being from Idyllwild, there was great applause from the many Hill residents following him today. In addition to his wife, his parents and his Montreal Super Fans, Mike Ogle, who also had followed Steele yesterday, was joined by Sandii Castleberry, her boyfriend Vern Jaksch and his mother, Rusty…
Brendan Steele will be carrying a slew of new sticks when he opens his main 2015 PGA Tour at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation in La Quinta this week. The native Idyllwilder will be pounding a TaylorMade driver for the first time, a model SLDR, and his 3-wood will be one…
Q. Do you wear a cummerbund with the pleats facing up or down? -Woodrow, Aguanga A. No, I don’t. But if you are going to wear one, wear it with the pleats facing up. That way they’ll catch all the cookie and cracker crumbs that would otherwise fall on the floor, which would be…
Marshall Hawkins — musician, educator, mentor … Idyllwild icon. His contributions to the lives of others are legendary. Student after student, year after year, his accolades amass. What they’ve learned from him about music, jazz, character — life in general — would fill a thousand films. The life work of a rare few is preserved…
Q. Every wash day I have to spend time emptying my husband’s pants pockets. He keeps stuffing his left hip pocket with bits of paper — receipts, ticket stubs, etc. Do you do this? -Shirley, Palm Desert A. No, I do not. I stuff bits of paper in my right hip pocket. My left hip…
The Idyllwild Downtown Historic District review board met last Thursday afternoon at the Idyllwild Library. The public meeting was scheduled to begin at noon, but with only two board members then present — Chair Warren Monroe and Barbara Jones — a third board member was required for a quorum. Board member Ron Kammeyer did not…
Q. When should I put on socks with sandals? — Alan, Rubidoux A. Before you put on the sandals. Wearing socks over sandals is considered gauche everywhere except New South Wales, where it’s done only on St. Elmo’s feast day. Q. Is wearing a tie and shorts considered attractive? — Edward, Calimesa A. Maybe to…
Hill communities got a heavy dose of precipitation Tuesday and though the weather was cold, it wasn’t cold enough to snow.
Q. I’m going to three Thanksgiving dinners this year. What should I wear? -Bertha, Banning A. An XXXL muumuu would be a good idea. Failing that, a shower curtain or a small tent should work out fine. Q. What size pearls should a woman wear? -Adell, Pismo Beach A. The traditional answer is the…
Brendan Steele played again last weekend, making his fourth cut in as many tournaments this very early 2015 PGA Tour season. The Idyllwild native now has made eight consecutive cuts in tour events, counting the end of last season. Last week in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, he posted a 7-under-par 68-68-70-71 — 277, good enough…
