Mountain Folk: In the clouds
Don and Juli Gary celebrated their 45th Wedding Anniversary in the clouds. Here they are sky-sailing from Warner Springs Airport.
Category: Mountain Folk
Mountain Folks: Alpacas as an investment
Share/Bookmark “Alpacas as an Investment” was featured on the CBS News Sunday Morning March 25. Included in the segment were Anza resident, Julie and Don Roy. They were chosen because of their published material on alpacas as a business and the strength of their Internet presence about alpaca farming.
March 30, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: McKnight to attend Naval Academy
Share/BookmarkDanielle McKnight, Hemet High School 2011 graduate, has been selected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, class of 2016. After her graduation from the Maine Maritime Academy in early May, she will return to Idyllwild for some rest before begin her duties in Annapolis in late June, according to her grandfather, Jim Kent. To get [...]
March 26, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: Oprah class winner
Share/BookmarkOn Friday, Feb. 24, Idyllwild resident Maureen Jones entered a lottery to win tickets to Oprah Winfrey’s Lifeclass in celebration of her 68th birthday. On Sunday, Feb. 26, Jones received an email she thought was spam. Instead, it was notification that she’d won a ticket for herself and a guest to attend that class at [...]
Mountain Folk: Pelham returns from conference, Chamber fills vacancy
Share/BookmarkDavid Pelham just returned from a special education conference in Hermosillo, Mexico. As a member of the Speech and Language Developmental Center, Pelham and his colleagues organized the first ever conference in partnership with the Instituto Angel de la Guarda. … The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce filled a vacancy and chose new officers Monday, March [...]
March 7, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: McKnight makes dean’s list
Share/BookmarkDanielle McKnight, Hemet High School 2011 graduate, was named to the dean’s list at the Maine Maritime Academy for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year. McKnight , a member of the class of 2015, is majoring in marine engineering technology.
February 23, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: Tufan, Barrett don’t make American Idol cut
Share/BookmarkThere is no repeat this year of a Hill contestant moving forward to American Idol’s final 10 and fame. Neither Suzanne Tufan, once an Idyllwild resident, nor Christina (Christy) Barrett of Anza survived Hollywood Week, actually held in Pasadena. Both were eliminated. So for all those who hold fond remembrances of the “Casey” season, there [...]
February 21, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: A trip to the Getty
Share/BookmarkThirty-six mountain folk and a well-behaved service dog traveled on a Town Hall Recreation bus outing to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 21. Recreation Manager GeGe Beagle and Amy Righetti accompanied the group. As the trip was winding down, Beagle, in true hostess fashion, passed through the cabin passing out mints [...]
January 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: Violin students to perform
Share/BookmarkTwo Idyllwild violin students of Anna Ancheta will be playing and learning Saturday, Jan. 28. Joana Chukleva, a freshman, will play Prokofiev’s Concerto no. 1 and Elena Minkova will perform Bruch’s Concerto no. 1 for the renowned violinist, Elena Urioste. The performances are part of a master class which Urioste leads and to which the [...]
January 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Mountain Folk: Holldber, Muir, Padula renominated
Share/BookmarkRiverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone has renominated three members — Jerry Holldber, Marge Muir and Lou Padula — to the County Servcie Area 38 Advisory Committee. In addition, he nominated Robert Hewitt to fill the current vacancy on the committee. Thom Wallace, the fifth committee member, was appointed in July 2011. The terms [...]
January 24, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
