Obituary: Kevin Edward Nay
Kevin Edward Nay of Palm Springs and Idyllwild — financial advisor, Rotarian, and youth sports coach — passed away Feb. 10, 2013, from complications of frontotemporal dementia.
Kevin was born July 12, 1960, in Berkeley, Calif., the first son of Paul and Joanne (Frye) Nay. The family moved to Porterville, Calif., when Kevin was 12, where he graduated from Porterville...
Opinion: The pleasures of our new library
I take great pleasure in my library — the Idyllwild Branch of the Riverside County Library System.
Inasmuch as I am no longer interested in drinking, nor in a good carouse, some of the delights of Idyllwild are beyond my reach, but not the library.
And the Idyllwild Library is no less exciting than those other enticing outfits. Trust me.
Shannon Ng...
Tax Tips: Trusts and taxes
Trusts have become extremely popular in recent years. The most popular type is the intervivos or living trust which is used to control the disposition of your assets after death while avoiding probate.
Many of these trusts are A-B trusts where the trust splits on the death of the first spouse into two trusts: the A, or surviving spouse’s...
Emergency group hears Goldspotted oak borer update
CAL FIRE Unit Forester Chief Gregg Bratcher delivered some good news — federal grant extensions — and some bad news — more Goldspotted oak borer infested oak tree ...
Steele up-down-up at Tampa Bay
Brendan Steele went low on the first day of the Tampa Bay Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., last Thursday, but the tough Copperhead course rose up and bit him on the second and third days.
His opening round 68 had him tied for third place at the end of the first round, but the two next rounds dropped him...
Idyllwild women run in L.A. Marathon
The Los Angeles Marathon was Sunday, March 17, and two Hill residents completed the 26-mile jaunt.
In her second marathon, Jana Baker’s time was 4:17:19 and Molly Newman, running her first marathon, completed it in 4:31:01.
Running with more than 24,000 other marathoners, both women finished ahead of 18,000 other runners.
Doug Austin honors Dickens contest winners
In 2005 Doug and Mary Austin launched their literacy promotion project at Idyllwild Middle School, the Charles Dickens Essay and Poster Contest ...
Idyllwild Arts shares plans for new facility
Members of Idyllwild Arts Academy staff discussed the plans for a new campus health center at last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting.
“The new health center will be an extraordinary resource for us,” John Newman, Dean of Students and Director of Operations, told the fire commission. He said the new facility would be available for community use in...