Youth at Idyllwild Middle School are learning philanthropy with the help of the Idyllwild Community Fund. Jayne Davis of ICF is overseeing a group of about 25 students. How it works: ICF makes grants up to $4,000. A grant request must benefit the youth of the mountain community. The limit any one grantee may receive…
Do you have the same feeling that I do; most of the good things in life have come about through serendipity, pure dumb luck. There is no other name for how I met my wife, the center of my life. Stumbling across Idyllwild was similar happenstance. How lucky can one person be? Even luckier, it…
It was a beautiful morning for a walk, a talk and a history lesson at Mt. San Jacinto State Park with Mark Hudgens, who is sector supervisor for the park, a job he has held since August 2016. Since becoming supervisor, Hudgens has been involved in adding six electrical hookups at Stone Creek, a project…
With all eyes glued to a live-streaming “nest cam” — visit www.iws.org/livecams.html and select Big Bear Eagle Cam, Big Bear Lake) — viewers from all over the country watched as a bald eagle chick worked its way out of the egg at about 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. One day later, just after noon, the…
The third bald eagle count of 2017-18 was very popular. More than 200 volunteers, twice the number of participants for the December count, helped the count on Saturday. Locally, 14 participants observed the Lake Hemet nesting pair. For the six Southern California sites, a total of 11 bald eagles — seven adults and four juveniles…
Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade wearing distinctive vests, sashes and tunics are fanning out to supermarkets, big-box stores, bistros and boutiques all across Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They’re carrying boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties — clearly a sign that it’s Girl Scout cookie season. But there isn’t a troop on…
From 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 12, an Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation meeting will be held at the Fireside Room in the Nelson Dining Hall at the IA campus. Associates are asked to bring their friends. This meeting is free and open to the public. Mark Davis, director of Summer and Auxiliary programs,…
Budget doesn’t sacrifice quality with these filmmakers You can attend the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema to just view the great movies. But you also can attend the seminars to learn and to hear stories about film making from the professionals. This year, on March 9, festival founder Stephen Savage, and chair of the IIFC,…
Michèle Marsh of Idyllwild will share stories of her life as an actress and her journey back home to our beloved mountains, sponsored by the Friends of the Idyllwild Library, Arts and Culture Programs, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the library. Marsh’s earliest memories are of Idyllwild. She was 4 years old when…
