By Will Steichen, Idyllwild Community Center directorContributed Idyllwild youth were back on the court last week at Idyllwild School. Here’s the update on last week’s games. Division 1: 5- to 9-year-olds The week started with the Warriors facing the Rockets. Ethan Castro, of the Warriors, was able to score big right as the buzzer went…
70 years ago – 1950 FM radio equipment was installed in Forest Service trucks and lookouts. 65 years ago – 1955 Registered voters served by the Idyllwild Water Company were to go to the polls to vote for or against the formation of an Idyllwild County Water District and to elect five directors. 60 years…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats learned that puppies had come and gone almost overnight. Zeus: All right. Everyone get in here! I have three questions. Bear: Okay, ask ‘em. Zeus: Where is Sparky? Who is the cat in the kittenry? And who is the cat out here in the office?…
Two students from Idyllwild School, Rory Lovette Jensen (third place) and his older sister Natalie Lovette Jensen (fourth place), placed in the top four at the Hemet Unified School District annual spelling bee on Jan. 24. In total, 46 students participated ranging from grades four to eight. For students to get into the district spelling…
By Stephanie Yost, Idyllwild Community Center board presidentContributed Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) is revising the scope of its building plans for the new recreation center complex slated for location on its property that currently houses the Idyllwild Community Playground and Butterfield Amphitheater. Rather than continue to seek funding to build a large community center building…
With the recent turnover of Idyllwild Water District (IWD) general managers, it was only a matter of time before a lawsuit was filed with allegations against the district. Former IWD General Manager Michael Creighton was fired from his role on Sept. 25, 2019. Creighton filed (Jan. 31) and served (Feb. 25) a wrongful termination lawsuit…
Riverside University Health System-Public Health (RUHS-PH) announced three new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Coachella Valley on Monday. In a press release issued that same day, RUHS-PH wrote: “ … health investigators believe the three infections were either the result of travel into areas where COVID-19 has been confirmed, or contact with a…
Idyllwild local Ron Singerton has been sharing his enthusiasm for history and art his entire life. After graduating from California State University, Long Beach and serving in the U.S. Army, Singerton spent his 30-year teaching career sharing his passion for history and art with middle and high school-aged students. When Singerton first started teaching in…
By The Associates of the Idyllwild ArtsContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts are proud to present the inaugural Pamela Goldwasser Scholarship supporting the music and jazz students of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program. Goldwasser was vice president of Associates of the Idyllwild Arts at the time of her passing from cancer in…
This column was originally published in the Town Crier on March 6, 1984. The “Scenic Trail” would later be renamed the “Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail” after the efforts of County Supervisor Kay Ceniceros. In honor of our 75th year of covering “Almost All the News — Part of the Time,” we will periodically reprint the…
