70 years ago – 1948 With the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs about to visit the Hill, local folk were urged to look as “mountainy and picturesque” as possible. 65 years ago – 1953 Dan Slanker, founder of the local American Legion Post 800 in 1948, was honored at Hillbilly Lodge by fellow…
Brendan Steele plays in the $10 million WGC-Mexico Championship this week, which will be played at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City. The native Idyllwilder qualified for this prestigious tournament two ways: his Official World Golf Ranking and his FedExCup points list ranking, Going into the tournament this week, Brendan is ranked fifth…
Grandfathers For Golf, the San Jacinto-based nonprofit dedicated to providing free golf instruction for children, has openings in the spring session for children ages 7 and older. Children who sign up get free golf instruction, a free set of golf clubs and a free uniform. Grandfathers never charges for its services or equipment, although donations…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats talked about Taz, the newest ARF dog. Little Girl: So, we have another new dog. Sadie: Taz? You told us about the little guy last week. Little Girl: Right, but there is another. Oh! Here he is! Al: Hi! I’m the new guy. You can…
The “Rustic Wedding” fashion show, put on by Idyllwild Arts Academy, will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Idyllwild School Gym, to benefit the Idyllwild Help Center. “Brides” and “grooms” will model the gowns and suits. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Help Center and Idyllwild Pharmacy….
Films shown at the Rustic Theater, Silver Pines Lodge and Town Hall “Vermijo,” the first film in the ninth-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, will be shown at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 6. That evening, “Lies We Tell” starring Gabriel Byrne, Sibylla Deen and Harvey Keitel will be the official opening feature of the festival….
Idyllwild Fire serves its constituents first, supports AMR, if needed Pine Cove residents were assured that American Medical Response is their primary emergency ambulance service. “Residents from Pine Cove will only receive a responding IFPD ambulance when AMR is unavailable and the closest available ambulance is from IFPD,” the Riverside County Emergency Management Department said…
With little attention and no fanfare, Gov. Jerry Brown plans to resurrect the idea of a state tax on local water bills. Last summer, the state Assembly held a hearing on Senate Bill 623, which would impose a monthly fee on the size of a customer’s water meter. Individuals served with a one-inch meter would…
3rd District has most voters and most Republicans The Secretary of State released the first report of the number and party affiliation of voters registered for the June 5 primary last week. In Riverside County, 1.4 million voters are eligible to register. As of Jan. 2, 958,000 county residents have registered. Of the total Riverside…
70 years ago – 1948 For the PTA Founders’ Day tea, mothers were asked to bring pennies to match their age. They were permitted, however, to bring them wrapped and to deposit them when no one was looking. 65 years ago – 1953 Mike Michelson fell from an oak tree. An ominous hum from the…
