A “Hillbilly,” defined up here as an individual who attends Idyllwild School from kindergarten through eighth grade, has returned to school. Bob Leih, a teacher for 30 years and an Idyllwild resident for most of his life, is now the middle school (sixth- through eighth-grade) science teacher. So now a third Leih has joined the…
65 years ago – 1949 The fire chief begged eager, would-be volunteers not to jump on the fire truck when it was on the way to a fire. 60 years ago – 1954 Locals were raising funds to donate to the March of Dimes to combat an alarming increase in polio cases. 50…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Aug. 19, through Monday, Aug. 25. Idyllwild • Aug. 19 — No responses. • Aug. 20 — Building fire. • Aug. 20 — Medical aid. • Aug. 21 — Three medical aids. • Aug. 22 — Five medical aids. • Aug. 23…
Editor’s note: Jack is taking over the column this week. The state attorney general’s office writes pamphlets for the benefit of public officials “and those who monitor the performance of local legislative bodies.” That’s us, the press. The only medium that regularly monitors the performance of Hill legislative bodies is the TC. By our count,…
On Friday, Aug. 22, a hearing on whether to combine the trial of Robert Pape and Cristin Smith for a triple homicide in Pinyon in 2006 was rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 15. In July, the prosecution submitted a request to consolidate the trials, but Pape’s defense objected. The District Attorney’s office recommended that the trials…
More than 100 people affiliated with the Desert Sun School (later the Elliott-Pope Preparatory School) in Idyllwild from the year 1942 to the school’s closure in 1990 held a reunion last Saturday. The reunion was on the school campus, now the site of Astrocamp. Some Idyllwild notables who attended were Marshall Hawkins, who taught sports…
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, to observe Labor Day are: • Area post offices • BBVA Compass Bank • Fern Creek Medical Center • Fern Valley Water District • Hemet Unified School District • Idyllwild Health Center • Idyllwild Library • Idyllwild Nature Center • Idyllwild Water District •…
Reko Moreno, lead cameraman on the late Scott Foster’s Idyllwild Herd Gathering documentary, needs local collaborators to help finish the ambitious project. Moreno, a friend and professional associate of Foster, is based in Los Angeles and needs help locally to coordinate postproduction of the valentine to Idyllwild and its artists that Foster fought to complete…
