Idyllwild Town Crier

Around 25 Idyllwild business owners and concerned residents met for the second time on Friday, Jan. 11, to devise a coordinated response to recent commercial burglaries.

lfredo Tartaglia, 26, of Idyllwild pleaded guilty to one felony count of assault of a person by force and was sentenced to three years in state prison, according to John Hall, senior public information specialist for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. The plea and sentencing took place on Thursday, Jan. 10. Part of the sentence considered Tartaglia’s prior prison time within the last five years, referred to in the sentence documents.

Mayor Max celebrated his 12th birthday with about 100 of his closest friends, human and four-legged, on Sunday afternoon at the Nature Center. Many people brought their dogs to help Max celebrate and even the Nature Center’s bunny showed up to wish him well. Max greeted people and posed for pictures all through the festivities.

This weekend, “Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls” will be the next production of the 2012-13 Idyllwild Arts Theatre season.

Argentina-born Monica Dietrich overheard a mother pig’s conversation with her piglets when she was eight. She thought nothing was out of the ordinary until she told others. “I thought everyone does this,” she recalled.

Town Hall Adult Volleyball Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Adult volleyball for the week of Jan 7. On Monday, Jan. 7, Idyllwild Inn played the Red Kettle. Noah Whitney got a bunch of points off his powerful serve for the Red Kettle. Misty Hitchcock played great for Idyllwild Inn setting up her teammates many...

Two busloads of South Los Angeles high school rugby players, alums, parents and friends, over 100 in all, made the trek to Idyllwild for the premiere of their documentary film “Red, White, Black and Blue.” The extra bonus for the L.A. troupe was snow, something many of them had never seen.

­ — The Tahquitz Awards — Best Feature Film “How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song” Best Featurette “The Bunglers” Best Short Film “Spicy Nose” Best Documentary (Full Length) “Red, White, Black and Blue” Best Documentary (Short) “The Rent Party: Paying It Forward in Rhythm and Hues” Best Web Series “Revelations” Best Foreign Language Film (Feature or Featurette) “Siberie Monamour” Best Foreign Language Film (Short) “Beyond the Dead End” Best Amateur Film (All) “Another Chance” Best Student...

Ten Idyllwild Middle School students displayed their work at a nicely mounted art show on the stage of the Idyllwild School gymnasium. Faculty advisor Lenore Sazer proudly noted that of her graduating eighth grade featured artists, five are applying to Idyllwild Arts.

65 years ago - 1948 Idyllwild was deciding if it should join the Hemet School District. 60 years ago - 1953 Martin Aguirre was in charge of the Lions Club project to raise funds for recreation equipment at Town Hall. Plans called for developing a playground adjacent to the building. 55 years ago - 1958 The Town Crier began publishing the newspaper...