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Helen Nelson and her totem pole with a Finnish flavor in October 1973. File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

65 years ago - 1950<\/b><\/p>\n

The Idyllwild Riding Club was going to present a real \u201cbang-up\u201d Western show at the Idyllwild Stables arena.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cMusic Round the Town,\u201d the second of a series of 14 music books that Max Krone edited and Bee Krone, his wife, arranged, was published.<\/p>\n

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

Idyllwild residents were rallying to help a family \u2013\u2013 two adults and seven children \u2013\u2013 whose house on Pine Crest Avenue burned. \u201cWhile firemen played hoses on the ruins, neighbors invited the victims into their homes for shelter and breakfast,\u201d said the author of the Town Crier article.<\/p>\n

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

A young rodeo rider living in Mountain Center was termed \u201cThe Boy Who Can\u2019t Be Thrown.\u201d \u201cMade about $3,000 in three months and was never bucked off,\u201d the boy said.<\/p>\n

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

Ending a long dry period, the Hill received 3 to 4 inches of snow. In the higher mountain elevations, the snowfall measured 12 inches.<\/p>\n

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

County carpenter Frank Prather was blocking out steps leading down to a centuries-old Native American rock painting in order to make a cast concrete gallery.<\/p>\n

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

Following one of the worst fire sieges in Southern California history, the forest opened in the San Jacinto mountains and all local firefighting units returned to the Hill.<\/p>\n

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

Idyllwild Water District was seeking a low- income water conservation loan of up to $1 million from the State Water Resources Department to replace lines.<\/p>\n

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

Elliott-Pope Preparatory School (now AstroCamp) announced it would be closing after 60 years of preparing students for college.<\/p>\n

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

In an effort to break away from the Hemet Unified School District, a group of organizers in Anza began collecting signatures to hold a feasibility study for a new school district.<\/p>\n

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

The Soroptimists were starting their annual Christmas \u201clove train\u201d at Guaranty Federal Bank, which consisted of boxes people could fill with toys or food for needy families.<\/p>\n

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

Local cross-country runner Franklin Coopersmith made the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section finals, and represented Hemet High School in the 3-mile race.<\/p>\n

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

The eagle had landed \u2014 and the bear, the mountain lion, the gecko and all the other creatures mantle carver David Roy envisioned and crafted. After more than a three-year wait, David Roy\u2019s \u201cHarmony\u201d began its surprisingly brief and potentially perilous move from its carving site to the final destination in the village center.<\/p>\n

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

After two years, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners approved an agreement for the local Mile High Radio Club to operate WNKI, the local emergency radio station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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