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On The Town

History buffs face off in first ever Hillbilly Games
By February 25, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

Last Thursday, Feb. 19, the “Hillbilly Games” were held at the Idyllwild Library. The first event pitted two teams in a game of Idyllwild Jeopardy. Here, members of Team One — Barbara Hunt, Bud Hunt and Gina Genis — prepare to answer the first question, “Who was named homecoming queen the same year her brother, David, came home from the Air Force?” All the questions were based on archived copies of the Idyllwild Town Crier, available at the Idyllwild Library or online, from 1949 through 1956.

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Black Tie Bash
By February 25, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

On Sunday, Roger Bates and Barbara Rayliss perform the night’s theme song “Let Me Entertain You” to start off Stratford Players Black Tie Bash, which thanked supporters and patrons of the theater company at the Caine Center.

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Talking trusts
By February 25, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

On Thursday, Kay Wanner speaks to a full house at Silver Pines about setting up trusts and the large costs of probate. Wanner was part of the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series.

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King of the Cage returns to Soboba
By February 25, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 2 minutes

King of the Cage, an internationally broadcast Mixed Martial Arts company, is returning to Soboba Casino in San Jacinto on Sunday, March 15. In a broadcast event in the 10,000-seat Soboba Arena. In 2008, after 43 events and eight years of watching both Soboba Casino and King of the Cage grow as companies together, it…

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PHOTOS: Town Hall kids have castle fun
By February 24, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Before seeing “The Sword in the Stone” at the Rustic Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 18, King Darrell Gillett knights Rylan Righetti.

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Lake Elsinore Storm minor league baseball’s ‘Thunder’ comes to Idyllwild School: Promotes reading, health
By February 20, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Being a 6-foot-tall green dog called Thunder with a red nose and floppy ears is funny enough. But when Thunder, the Lake Elsinore Storm’s mascot, misbehaved throughout a presentation for Idyllwild School elementary students, despite the best efforts of his handlers to stick to the script — repeatedly scratching his ample posterior, brushing under his…

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County park attracting winter visitors to Idyllwild
By February 19, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Ranger Jack Altevers of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District took a risk and succeeded. Altevers is the supervisory park ranger for the Idyllwild Campground as well as the county parks at Hurkey Creek, McCall and Lawler Lodge. Beginning his third year managing the Idyllwild facility, he suggested to the parks management that…

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With regulations easing, Cuba beckons: Idyllwild residents discuss visits
By February 19, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 7 minutes

With President Obama’s Dec. 17 announcement of the United States’ intention to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba, many U.S. residents and companies have begun to plan trips to and investments in Cuba. It seems Cuba, as a travel destination and potential business opportunity, has rapidly jumped to the top of many U.S. residents’ bucket lists….

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PHOTOS: Last week in Idyllwild: February 19, 2015
By February 18, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Jessie Estrada (left), Christina Nordella (back), and Rachel Welch (right) entertain patrons at Idyll Awhile Wine Shoppe Bistro with a night of belly dancing last Thursday.

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PHOTOS: Sculpture Invitational Exhibit
By February 18, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Sculpture Invitational Exhibit in the Parks Exhibition Center at Idyllwild Arts runs through March 13

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