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![Ajax re-captures softball championship](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DSC_2783.jpg)
Ajax re-captures softball championship
In a tight, 14-10 victory in the final game of the series, Ajax again claims the championship — its sixth trophy since 2006 …
![New Hemet High School facilities](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hhs-tour-49.jpg)
New Hemet High School facilities
Idyllwild students attending Hemet High School entered an almost totally new environment on Monday …
![Mary Stallings, the best kept secret in jazz](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mary-stallings2.jpg)
Mary Stallings, the best kept secret in jazz
Vocalist Mary Stallings, considered by many one of the great jazz singers, has also been called one of the best-kept secrets in vocal jazz …
![School’s back in session](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/first-day_2743.jpg)
School’s back in session
Mrs. Longbrook with her delighted kindergarten-1st grade class on the first day of school …
![Rattle a reminder](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rattler.jpg)
![Summer’s rains arrive with force](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Rain2.jpg)
Summer’s rains arrive with force
Nearly a third of an inch of rain fell on the Hill between 4 and 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 6. Through Monday morning, the Keenwild Ranger Station had recorded about two-thirds of an inch of rain since July 1. It’s not much and shy of July’s normal rain paucity of 0.7 inches and another 0.78…
![Neighborhood watch groups form as crime escalates](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/neighborhood-watch.jpg)
Neighborhood watch groups form as crime escalates
With 70 felony property crimes reported from Jan. 1 through Aug. 11 this year in Idyllwild and Pine Cove, concerned residents are rapidly convening to form Neighborhood Watch groups.
![PHOTOS: Day 2 of Buck Fire reveals devastation, crews’ efforts](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Buck8.jpg)
PHOTOS: Day 2 of Buck Fire reveals devastation, crews’ efforts
The devastation and toils of containing the fire …
![Valley Wide kayak event raises funds for Camp Ronald McDonald](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/camp-ron2.jpg)
Valley Wide kayak event raises funds for Camp Ronald McDonald
For children ages 9 to 15 who endure and suffer from cancer, this camp provides them and their siblings a time to be normal …