Three entrants correctly identified last week’s puzzle spot so the winner’s name was drawn from among them — Dallas Browning. Since no winner came forth last week, Browning won four tickets to the Rustic Theatre. This week you are again challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph. It might be the…
Brendan Steele will open the newly-formatted PGA Tour season this week when he competes in the $5 million dollar Frys.com Open at the CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif., Oct. 10 to 13. The winner will earn $900,000 and 500 FedExCup points. This is the first PGA Tour season to begin before the New…
This week we launch a new feature — a weekly reader-participation contest in which you are challenged to identify a particular spot in the greater Idyllwild area from a somewhat limited photograph. The prize is two tickets to the Rustic Theatre for use any week, your picture in the Town Crier taken at the location…
Brendan Steele finished off his third season on the PGA Tour last week at the BMW Championship, the penultimate tour playoff tournament, in Lake Forest, Ill. The native Idyllwilder posted an 8-over-par 75-68-72-77 -— 292 to earn 61st place and a $17,440 payday. This brought his official winnings total for the 2013 season to $1,004,161…
Two weeks ago, Brendan Steele missed the cut by one stroke at The Barclays, the first of the four FedEx Cup playoff tournaments that conclude this 2013 PGA Tour season. However, the Idyllwild native still had enough points in the bank to tee it up last week in Boston at the Deutsch Bank Championship, the…
Brendan Steele scored his second consecutive top-15 on the PGA Tour last week in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. The Idyllwild native posted a 9-under-par 71-67-66-67 — 271, earning a tie for 11th place, 63 FedEx Cup points and $116,600 in official prize money. He scored 20 birdies against nine bogeys and one double…
The Mountain Fire’s blackening of a large portion of the wilderness caused many animals to lose their habitats last month. Small burrowing animals can sometimes escape the flames by going underground, said Dr. Jennifer Gee, director of the University of California’s James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve. When they emerge after the fire, those who survive…
Riverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone announced his candidacy for the new 28th state Senate district. This will be the first election for a senator representing this district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Idyllwild’s state senator was Bill Emmerson. But the redistricting process placed Idyllwild in a new district with no incumbent senator. In…
Listeners of KUSC 91.5 FM are quite familiar with Rich Capparela, long a celebrated classical music announcer on that station. His bio relates that in 1972 he declared his desire to be a classical music radio announcer when asked by an employment counsel to name the career he would most like. Twelve or 13 years…
They’ve rocked Idyllwild before, and up they come again with horn-blasting pop, soul, rhythm, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. City Beat, a high-energy gang of mostly law enforcement personnel, will have Summer Concert Series enthusiasts jumpin’ and jivin’ at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Leader Ed Riojas’ motley-blue crew…
