The Hill’s homegrown mountain bike race, the Idyllwild Spring Challenge, is gearing up for its ninth year. The Idyllwild Cycling event is held each year in May on the May Valley trail system from the race’s starting point in the Hurkey Creek campground. The 2013 competition kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4, with…
“The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later – an Epilogue” will be Isis’s next 2013 production. Idyllwild’s Howard Shangraw directs this provocative and insightful piece that reverberates beyond Laramie. On Nov. 6, 1998, gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard left the Fireside Bar with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The following day he was discovered…
Gerry High paints a nature scene on the floor inside the Idyllwild Nature Center where he is in the beginning stages of creating an educational exhibit featuring photographic depictions of the ecological and social history of our mountains. High hopes to have the exhibit complete by Memorial Day weekend to unveil during the annual Wildflower Festival.
Despite many people supportive of repealing the controversial fire prevention fee, including fire chiefs from throughout California, the California Senate Natural Resource Committee opposed legislation to repeal the controversial fee. The committee’s vote was 4-3 against Sen. Ted Gaines’ Senate Bill 17. The California Fire Chiefs Association announced its support for S.B. 17. One reason…
On behalf of the Idyllwild Rotary, Gary Glasheen presents a $5,000 check to Jayne Davis for the Idyllwild Scholarship fund.
This past week I took another trip out to Joshua Tree. On the Hill, I saw the first lilac flowers of the season and took a trip to Garner Valley. It was a great week with warm days and not too cool mornings, which all seemed to come to an end Sunday afternoon when thick…
Idyllwild school students will continue to have a two-week Christmas vacation in the 2013-14 school year, but school will start Monday, Aug. 12. The Hemet Unified School District board approved its 2013-14 school calendar at its April 9 meeting. Besides starting on Aug. 12, the school year will end on May 30. In between will…
Number one rule is to avoid extremes: there is no need to climb to a tree dressed in a diaper and eat only nuts for the rest of your life. Neither should we neglect our bodies or plunge into dietary excesses and fight all preventive medicine. It is difficult to determine what is necessary to…
Idyllwild Arts has a multi-million dollar budget that pays for the talented faculty and numerous renowned guest artists and speakers. However, neither the students’ tuition nor the Summer Program’s fees cover all of the school’s operating expenses. Each year, the school must also raise additional money (several million), not only for its endowment, but for…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, April 8 to 15, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 8 — Medical aid, Eagles Nest, Pine Cove. April 9 — Medical aid, Highway 243. April 10 — False alarm, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. April 11 — Medical aid, Fairway Drive…
