65 years ago – 1951 The Lions Club was making plans to construct a children’s playground adjacent to Town Hall. 60 years ago – 1956 It was Civil Defense Week on the Hill. Local stores were displaying emergency supplies and residents were asked to learn about being prepared for an emergency. 55 years ago –…
Breaking news: Chewy’s agent has found him a new gig as a forever member of a forever family. The cast is happy for him, but will miss his charming antics. When we left off last week in The Days of Our Nine Lives, Sadie was charming a visitor in the ARF cattery, much to…
Last week, President Barack Obama designated three new national monuments in Southern California deserts. The new monuments are Mojave Trails National Monument, Castle Mountains National Monument and the Sand to Snow National Monument, which is in Riverside County. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has advocated protection for these lands for several years. A year ago,…
Volleyball Town Hall Adult Coed Volleyball Coordinator Ginger Dagnall gave this report for recent games. Monday, Feb. 8, Silver Pines sealed the deal against Idyllwild Garage in four games. Tuesday, Feb. 9, La Casita kicked some b— in three games against Idyllwild Inn, the first-place team. Wednesday, Feb. 10, La Casita found its groove taking…
A career as a professional dancer is one of the most physically difficult and often one of the shortest because of injuries and stress on the body. And yet it is one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring of the arts to watch and, judging by the devotion of dancers, one of the most satisfying…
In its ongoing mission to integrate more with the community of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts Academy inaugurated a children’s dance program for local children ages 3 through 12. IAA Dance Department Chair Ellen Rosa Taylor started the program in September of last year expecting maybe 15 local students might show up. Instead, 40 enthusiastic youngsters appeared,…
The Seahawk Mojo will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the IAF Theatre on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Led by Idyllwild’s Marshall Hawkins, Seahawk and others will present the performance in honor of Black History Month. “This is a journey that started [with] last year’s performance,” Hawkins said. “It’s about what happened…
The third bald eagle count of the 2015-16 winter found 14 bald eagles (seven adults and seven juveniles) throughout Southern California, according to John Miller, public affairs officer for the San Bernardino National Forest. Last month, after the heavy snowstorm, only four eagles were seen. Two adult eagles were spotted at Lake Hemet. In January,…
How would you like to spend Christmas in Palm Springs with staunchly Reaganite Republican parents, two liberal adult children and an even more liberal, recently sober aunt? Sound ideal? It is. “It really is so timely with the political environment,” said Suzanne Avalon, Idyllwild Actors Theatre founder, who plays the superbly coiffed Republican mother Polly…
Tahquitz occupies a distinguished place in rock-climbing history. The rock-climbing portion of the Yosemite Decimal System of grading climbing routes was developed on Tahquitz in the 1950s. The grading system spread to Canada and the rest of the Americas. Ryan Strickland, physics and math teacher at Idyllwild Arts, learned to climb on Tahquitz after arriving…
