By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed Cassidy Steenbock, Career Technical Education (CTE) instructor at Hemet High School, found a creative way to engage students enrolled in Introduction to Agricultural Mechanics with a hands-on bird feeder construction project administered in partnership with The Home Depot of Hemet. The entire assignment was executed at no-cost to students, thanks…
Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Waste Management Phoenix Open on the TPC Scottsdale course in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 10 seasons of play there, the Idyllwild native has posted six top-20s, including four top-10s, two of which were top-5s. The TPC Scottsdale is a par-71 course with an iconic par-3…
It is with great sadness to convey the sudden passing of Holly Leilani Kenyon, 40, on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 in Idyllwild due to heart complications.Holly was born on Aug. 4, 1980 in Canoga Park, California. She was the youngest of four sisters and was raised for the first several years of her life in…
Ramona, the love of my life, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 a.m. after a more than three-year long fight with osteoporosis in several of her vertebrae as well as Parkinson’s disease.Being native Californians, we traveled through many jobs and locations, with our final move to Idyllwild, spending over 23…
70 years ago – 1951The paper shortage created by the Korean War caused the Town Crier to announce it was limiting the number of copies for newsstand sales. 65 years ago – 1956At a hearing on state highways, John Gilman and Dick Elliott of the Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee presented a Chamber request that…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats met new Harper, ARF’s newest dog.Harper: Hey cats! Are you staying warm and dry?Whiskers: Of course. We are all so glad we are here with ARF instead of fending for ourselves outside!Harper: I understand that.Whiskers: I’m surprised you’re still here. I thought you’d be adopted…
Town Crier columnist Natasha Woods, aka Hot Mess Mama, will be on “Wheel of Fortune” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1. This is Woods’ first time appearing on the show and can’t give away any details prior to the show airing. Tune in Monday to cheer her on and find out how she did. Check…
Educational Results Partnership (ERP), a nonprofit, designated Idyllwild School to the State Honor Roll for the 2019/20 school year. It was one of 2,568 schools along with Hemet Unified School District’s Cottonwood School and Western Center Academy. The designation is based on the school’s 2018/19 data. “On behalf of Educational Results Partnership (ERP), I am…
Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer nominated Doug Austin for a Hemet Unified School District Good Apple Award. Kraemer, in his write up to the district for the nomination, wrote how Austin, and his late wife Mary, started the Charles Dickens Poster & Essay Contest 15 years ago for the 8th grade students at Idyllwild School….
By Jenny Kirchner, Reporter/Photographerand Melissa Diaz Hernandez, Editor The newspaper continues to reach out to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) regarding those who have gone missing in and around the Idyllwild area. Not only has the newspaper been frustrated with the lack of information and progress from the RCSD, family and friends of those…
