Last year y’all presented another whirlwind year of activity in Idyllwild, from events to political controversies. We lost community members we loved, we raised funds and volunteered to improve our community, we paraded down North Circle Drive, we danced to splendid live music from jazz to rock to Zydeco, we rejoiced in our fine artists’…
Editor: Sue Draper believes “Christmas is what it is.” I agree. My distant colonial ancestors and cousins considered Christmas pagan and popish. In 1659, Massachusetts forbade, under the fine of 5 shillings per offense, the observance “of any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forebearing of labour, feasting, or any such way.”…
The 2014-15 flu season is growing with portions of the country considered at epidemic levels. However, California and Riverside County remain at or below normally expected levels at this part of the flu season. Based on its weekly survey before New Year’s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the “proportion of deaths…
Jo’An’s Restaurant & Bar is in phase 1 of a four-phase renovation, according to new owner Mo Jacob, and is anticipated to re-open the middle of next week. The restaurant closed last Sunday at 5 p.m. Heading the renovation is contractor Brad Rechtfertig, owner and builder of the boutique inn The Grand Idyllwild Lodge. In…
Tuesday night kicked off the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Betty Baily, center, hands her drink ticket to Mark Croudy behind the bar during the opening night party at the Creekstone Inn …
As the family story goes, when Leona Agnes Barton first met her husband to be, Joe McGaugh, in the mid-1930s, she had a .22 over one shoulder and a dead rabbit, dinner, over the other. With her death on Dec. 29, one day shy of her 95th birthday, a well and fondly remembered part of…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Dec. 30 to Jan. 5. Idyllwild • Dec. 30 — Medical aid, 6:55 p.m., one patient. • Dec. 31 — Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue, 12:56 p.m. • Dec. 31 — Medical aid, 6:22 p.m., one patient….
65 years ago – 1950 The Idyllwilders Square Dance Club rested its dances until spring. 60 years ago – 1955 The village was crowded with people when the first good snowstorm of the season hit. The TC reported that people “piled out of cars and into snowbanks, heaving snowballs at their friends.” 55…
Editor: If Mr. Smith wants WNKI to fail, why doesn’t he just come out and say so? He says it has been mismanaged. Just to clarify, the co-founders and managers have all passed away, save one, who is elderly, has moved away and is unable to be contacted, though many have tried. IFPD then approached…
It’s so easy to let the winter season bottle you up in your house in an odd mix of hibernation mode and cabin fever. But you don’t have to let winter hem you in. Take some time to go outdoors and re-expand your world. After all, there are only so many board games you can…
