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Art’s Corner
Hopes were high this past weekend at the Lowman Concert Hall on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus; with the continued warm weather and clear sunshine on the Hill, a larger than usual turnout was also expected, and as it happened, the situation materialized according to the anticipatory heights. The Saturday evening orchestral concert, ably supervised…
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Two documentaries filmed on Mayor Max III
The office of Mayor Max III informed the Crier that last weekend, two video crews were on the Hill documenting the activities of the animal referred to in The Guardian as “California’s Dog Mayor.” The first crew consisted of two film students from Notre Dame University in Indiana, Riley Mandell and Ben Bailey, who are…
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Sports: Youth Soccer
Idyllwild Community Center Soccer By Stephanie YostICC President The soccer scores for last week’s games were: • Ages 4-6: The competition between the Idyllwild Garage Bobcats and Pino Tree Service Little Big Feet is getting tighter week by week. The final score of Thursday’s game was 1-0 Bobcats, with the single Bobcats’ goal scored by…
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Idyllwild dog saved from Korean slaughterhouse
A local man, Bill Niedzwiecki, discovered that the rescue dog he adopted two years ago has a strange and terrible back story. The black Labrador, now known as Abby, was rescued by animal rights activists from an illegal South Korean dog meat slaughterhouse along with a number of other dogs. Members of that rescue team…
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How I almost didn’t get my driver’s license
By Larry BrookIdyllwild Resident “B-110” the announcer calls. “F-89” They’re calling out numbers at the Hemet, California Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Juanita and I are here to get our California driver’s license and Real ID. To reach the DMV in Hemet, we drove down the twisting, turning mountain road from Idyllwild to Hemet. It…
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Creature Corner
By Janice Murasko Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats and kittens discussed dealing with dog and cat undesirable behaviors. Harley: Did you guys know that October is Adopt a Shelter Dog month? Pepper: I knew that, and I hope humans do, too. Phil: It makes so much sense, in many ways….
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Jon Bechtel, blood donor extraordinaire
Recently, the Town Crier ran a photo of Pine Cove resident Jon Bechtel receiving honors for having donated blood 1,000 times over a 50-year period. Bechtel and his wife, Joan, married 54 years, relocated from Arizona to California, where he served for 16 years on the sheriff’s search and rescue team in Big Bear. They…
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Mountain Folk
In a private ceremony recently at Naval Air Station North Island, Chief Aviation Electronics Technician (Aviation Warfare) Zachary Johnson (far left), son of Town Crier owners Becky and Jack Clark, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service while serving as maintenance control supervisor at Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron Five Zero…
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‘Pride and Prejudice’ this Friday at Rustic
The Crier introduced readers to filmmaker Donal Brophy and his production company, Idyllwild Pictures, in late 2021, when their first film, “The Shuroo Process,” was released. Now he is starting a new project, a docuseries called “Pride and Prejudice.” The first session will be filmed with a live audience at the Rustic Theatre Friday, Oct….
