{"id":40079,"date":"2015-08-28T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=40079"},"modified":"2016-02-18T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:12:59","slug":"past-tense-august-27-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2015\/08\/28\/past-tense-august-27-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Tense: August 27, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Idyllwild, rustic shops \u2014 many featuring simple handcrafts \u2014 appealed to visitors in the early 1970s.
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65 years ago - 1950<\/b><\/p>\n

Lora Steere, nationally known sculptress, conducted the first class at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.<\/p>\n

60 years ago - 1955<\/b><\/p>\n

With the closing of the Camp of Creative Living, the Rev. Muriel Haskell prepared for the opening of a spiritual retreat, the adult program of the Camp of Creative Living.<\/p>\n

55 years ago - 1960<\/b><\/p>\n

A new business called Louise\u2019s Antique Shop opened on the Hill at Stonewood, selling furniture, fine china, art glass, and Early American and collector\u2019s items.<\/p>\n

50 years ago - 1965<\/b><\/p>\n

During the past fiscal year, fire loss \u2014 $5,000 \u2014 in the Idyllwild Fire Protection District was the lowest figure since 1959 when fire losses recorded only $2,717.<\/p>\n

45 years ago - 1970<\/b><\/p>\n

The state Senate unanimously approved a resolution urging the federal government to take immediate action to preserve Garner Valley as open space.<\/p>\n

40 years ago - 1975<\/b><\/p>\n

A new law called the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program became effective, requiring that all children entering the first grade present their school district with certification of a prescribed series of health tests.<\/p>\n

35 years ago - 1980<\/b><\/p>\n

A record $304,927,415 countywide General Fund budget was adopted by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the county parks departments were the hardest hit by cuts.<\/p>\n

30 years ago - 1985<\/b><\/p>\n

A five-year master plan for growth of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts was approved by the Board of Governors of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation.<\/p>\n

25 years ago - 1990<\/b><\/p>\n

The Idyllwild Rotary Club was sponsoring the first Open Golf Tournament at the Quail Ranch Country Club in San Jacinto to benefit the Idyllwild Mountain Rescue Team.<\/p>\n

20 years ago - 1995<\/b><\/p>\n

A Forest Restoration Program designed by the Coordinated Resource Management and Planning group was ready to go public. Some of the goals of this program were to prevent catastrophic fire, to strengthen a local, sustainable, forest-based economy and to enrich endangered species habitat.<\/p>\n

15 years ago - 2000<\/b><\/p>\n

Idyllwild Arts\u2019 founder Bee Krone died at the Village Health Care Center while the campus was dedicating the Max and Bee Krone Library.<\/p>\n

10 years ago - 2005<\/b><\/p>\n

The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce greenlighted the Hill\u2019s inaugural Charles Dickens Festival \u2013\u2013 A Victorian Christmas in Idyllwild. \u201cThe smell of roasting chestnuts and the sound of carolers\u201d were to be all along North Circle Drive.<\/p>\n

5 years ago - 2010<\/b><\/p>\n

The 2010 Standardized Testing and Reporting program scores were released.\u00a0 Idyllwild School\u2019s overall results continued to improve. Based on the STAR results, Principal Matt Kraemer estimated Idyllwild\u2019s Academic Performance Index would increase by 3 points to 843.<\/p>\n

1 year ago - 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

More than 100 people affiliated with the Desert Sun School (later the Elliott-Pope Preparatory School) in Idyllwild from the year 1942 to the school\u2019s closure in 1990 held a reunion. The reunion was on the school campus, now the site of AstroCamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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