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Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Weeks three and four of the Idyllwild Community Center Youth Soccer season brought many entertaining games, with the kids continuing to develop and improve their skills. Week three kicked off on Thursday with The Blue Sharks overcoming The Kraken 2-1, followed with the undefeated Red Hawks making…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Marisa Quintanilla has lived in Idyllwild for about 2 1/2 years. Her business here, Wildland Organics, is about to celebrate its anniversary Oct. 31. An active vocalist, photographer and visual artist, she is best known as an actor. Her role as “Huilen” in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2” embedded her…
Idyllwild Garden ClubThe ever-popular and free Discover Mountain Gardening event is back. The Idyllwild Garden Club will be at the Town Hall Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23 and 24. Gardening in the mountains can be a challenge, that’s why IGC holds this public event. Saturday will include three speakers on the Community Garden and growing…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center The Idyllwild Community Center youth soccer season has officially kicked off. The opening game on Thursday, Sept. 23 between The Kraken and the Green Wolves turned out to be a high-scoring match. Jason Maldonado of the Green Wolves scored 4 points, and Makai Githaiga and Caleb Bischoff…
Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center President Fall is a busy time in the mountain communities, and most especially for the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC). Among the many events and programs ICC offers throughout the year, two of its most popular occur every fall. The first is Idyllwild’s annual Great Pumpkin Carnival. Door-to-door trick-or-treating isn’t much done…
Brendan Steele fired rounds of 69-70-66-67 to post a 16-under-par 272 and tie for 17th in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi last week. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 310 yards while finding only 48% of the fairways, but he still managed to hit nearly 74% of the greens in regulation while gaining an average…
On June 1 of this year, Idyllwild Library Branch Manager Shannon Ng also became Anza Valley Community Library’s branch manager. “I’m just now getting comfortable,” she said. “The COVID restrictions were lifted about the time I started managing both branches, so things became complicated very quickly.” She was offered the Anza position when the branch…
“The Idyllwild Area Historical Society and museum used to have a beautiful, old, but healthy large pine tree in front of our garden facing North Circle Drive,” wrote IAHS Vice President Marlene Pierce. “However, several months ago, a Southern California Edison crew topped the tree, leaving a huge pine trunk.” One IAHS board member stepped…
Christian Chalifour is bringing Too Much Fun in the Pines, a concert to benefit Spirit Mountain Retreat, to the retreat at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the retreat’s garden at 25661 Oakwood Street. It will run just under two hours with a short intermission for purchasing snacks. The concert features John Walz, Los Angeles…
By Evan Mills“Finding My Little Red Hat” Editor At 97, former Miss America Jo-Carroll Dennison of Pine Cove on Sept. 13 published her memoir, “Finding My Little Red Hat.” Born in a men’s prison (read the book) in Florence, Arizona in 1923, Dennison learned to walk (and dance and sing) on a medicine show traveling…
