While it has been a very wet winter with precipitation exceeding the long-term historical averages, the March rain production was considerably below normal — less than an inch. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded just 0.4 inches of rainfall during March and Pine Cove received 0.5 inches in the past four weeks. The…
Editor’s note: This is from a press release Jose Arballo Jr., senior public information specialist, Riverside University Health System-Public Health, provided last week. Thomi Clinton is not surprised when she hears that three-quarters of those who responded to a survey of transgender individuals in the Inland Empire have seriously considered suicide. “The pressure on those…
By Jack Clark Pro Golf Correspondent Brendan Steele had a heart-breaker of a tournament last week in the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament in Austin, Texas. The first three days consisted of round-robin matches played among four players in each of 16 groups, with the survivor of each group advancing to weekend play….
65 years ago – 1952 The Kretsingers wrote from Nebraska, very homesick for Idyllwild. • • • The congregation of the Community Church accepted Rev. Warner’s resignation. 60 years ago – 1957 A well-organized search party covered a great deal of rough country between the Stone Creek and Pine Cove areas. They found a lost…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats were trying to understand humans. Audrey: Not to steal Bobbie’s thunder, but I have news. George: Tell us quick, before Bobbie beats you to it. Audrey: OK, so first off, Veronica’s trial adoption worked out, and now she has a forever family. Second, we…
Donald Herbert Schmiedt was born April 2, 1930, in Woonsocket, South Dakota, to Herbert and Josephine Schmiedt. Don was a sergeant in the Marines during the Korean conflict when he married Joye Garrett in May of 1951. Together they raised an outstanding family of six children. Don was an avid reader, gardener and successful realtor….
Geneva Elizabeth McCleary Schlenz was born in Joplin, Missouri, on March 11, 1929, to Oscar J. McCleary and Pearl A. Smith McCleary. As a young child, she moved to California with her family, where she remained a resident until her passing on March 14, 2017, at the age of 88. She married Walter R. Schlenz…
Photographer Jenny Kirchner sees the world through two different lenses — one that frames and captures a moment of beauty and another that frames and captures a moment that tells a story, sometimes a difficult and emotionally wrenching story. But whether it is in art photography or photojournalism, Kirchner stressed that one has to be…
By definition, nocturnes are pensive, dreamy and appropriate to the night or evening. The Idyllwild Master Chorale presents a gently evocative evening graced with a little night music for its April 1 Spring Concert. Set to the music of Morten Lauridsen and David Dickau, the haunting and touching texts of the featured nocturnes are penned…
