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Past tense: May 8, 2014
65 years ago – 1949 Dr. Harry Pearlman, Louis Pearlman, Louis Artin and Sam Melca started up Devil’s Slide Trail hoping to hike down the desert side. But after nine hours of floundering in snow up to their armpits, they reappeared in Fern Valley. 60 years ago – 1954 A San Bernardino radio…
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County budget slightly better
While the Riverside County budget for fiscal 2013-14 (ending June 30) is slightly improving, County Executive Jay Orr is recommending that the Board of Supervisors use nearly $13 million from its contingency funds to augment this year’s revenues. He estimated that discretionary revenue may be nearly $33 million (or about 5 percent) greater than the…
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‘Horrors’ rocks this weekend
“Little Shop of Horrors” is the final 2013-14 production of the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Theater Department. The musical was first performed in 1982 and has become a favorite throughout this country and internationally. For those unfamiliar with the movie, the plot is simply about a florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on…
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Author discusses his complicated romance with Cuba
Idyllwild author Eduardo Santiago is not a writer of romance novels.
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Fatigued hiker airlifted off mountain
Members of the Riverside County Mountain Rescue Unit helped an exhausted and stranded Pacific Crest Trail hiker to safety. Robert Davis, a 70-year old hiker, from Winchester, Tennessee, was on his first Pacific Crest Trail trek and after a month on the trail, he began to experience fatigue, dehydration and weariness. By Thursday, May 1,…
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At the Idyllwild Library this week
Here’s what going on at the library this coming week: From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the Wednesdays of May 7 and 14, Maria Reyes continues her Spanish language class for homeschoolers. It’s designed for children, but the whole community is welcome. The documentary, “Earthing,” originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed. Keep checking for…
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Idyllwild Arts senior takes first place in Spotlight Awards
Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Dayeon Han, 19, took first place in the two-dimensional art category at the annual Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards.
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Town Crier wins Better Newspaper awards
Last week the Idyllwild Town Crier was recognized with two awards in the Better Newspapers Contest for 2013, sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Jenny Kirchner won second place in the category “Sports Photo” for her photograph of kids at soccer. When advised by the Town Crier of her award, Kirchner wrote, “I am…
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Sports: Town Hall and Idyllwild School Volleyball
Town Hall Youth Volleyball Volleyball Coordinator Ginger Dagnall gave this report on this season’s youth volleyball games. Division A (second and third grades) • Green Dragons, Coach Jeremy Teeguarden, five wins. • Black Panthers, Coach Jason Sonnier, three wins. • Purple Maniacs, Coach Bo Dagnall, two wins. Division B (fourth through sixth grades)…
