By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers We thank you all for your continuing support of the Town Crier and our community. We are actively seeking new, younger and experienced publishers who will carry the Town Crier into the foreseeable future. Currently, there are at least two potential publishers who have shown some interest. We will…
By Don Stoll Idyllwild Arts Manager of Communications and International Student Relations “That’s ancient history. I’ll tell you what resonates today, though.” Bill Lowman, Idyllwild Arts Academy’s founding president, could have talked all day about Dr. Richard MacNeal, who had died in January at age 94. Lowman was planning what to say as one of the speakers at his…
Anne Marie’s “huge” spirit departed this plane in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at her home here in Idyllwild, in the arms of her husband Ken, who she was married to for over 20 years. She was born in Sweden, lived the first 13 years of her life in an orphanage outside…
Brian Thompson entered into eternity on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, after a two-year-long tiresome and brutal fight with heart failure, renal disease and lung disease. He was a fighter, “the fighting Irish” was he, until the very end. The youngest of three children, he was born July 18, 1938, to Gertrude “Gerty” and Harold “Ruby”…
Have you ever known someone who is like no one you have ever met before? A person who values every word you have to say. Their smile brightens up the room when they walk in, who always pays attention to you no matter your status in life, you feel the warmth of her heart and…
More than 10 years after the crime and 20 months since the defendants were re-arrested and re-charged, Judge Bernard Schwartz of the Riverside County Superior Court has set March 27 as a tentative start of the murder trial for Robert Lars Pape, 29, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 29. In June 2016, they were charged for…
Cancer takes another thoughtful mind Geoffrey Caine passed away Saturday, Feb. 24. He was 71 years old. Caine, along with his wife Dr. Renate Caine, founded the Caine Learning Center in Idyllwild. The world-renowned authors and educators wrote prolifically about natural learning. Caine was a profound man — a lawyer, a law professor, an educator,…
Seeks new director The Idyllwild Water District had a short and relatively noncontroversial agenda for its Feb. 21 meeting. The board agreed to hire a third party to administer some its employee retirement plans. IWD is not a participant in the California Public Employees Retirement System, commonly called CalPERS. According to General Manager Jack Hoagland,…
A white van with black lettering on its side reads “Idyllwild Shuttle.” The van, idling at the far side of the Pine Cove Market parking lot, awaited passengers. The driver will tell you the service is free — a free community service for everyone. Ken Hinkle said he is “a regular rider,” and that he’s…
The Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation has been supporting Idyllwild Arts though fundraising for 50 years. In honor of its 50th year, this year it is sponsoring “Chairs for Charity” that continues to benefit the student scholarship fund of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program. The fundraiser kicks off at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting…
