Brendan Steele’s recent success has made golf newsworthy in Idyllwild once again. News media around the country love to highlight the odd fact that he...
Fire and Forest: Fire safe lessons from 2011 …
We have gotten a bit of winter recently, but we should not forget that this has been a relatively dry season, and that will have consequences. Without...
Past Tense: March 1, 2012
55 years ago – 1957 During what used to be conservation week, Izaak Walton League hosted the Junior Rangers and Girl Scouts at the town hall, wh...
Creature Corner: March 1, 2012
Polly, our polydactyl has finally found her forever home. All six toes up to you Polly. And Boo, the Chiweenie didn’t take long to wiggle his way into...
Sustainability: Lighting the way to sustainability and savings …
Next week, three sophomores and one junior from Idyllwild Arts Academy will join me in flying to Denver, Colo., for the Second Annual Green Schools In...
Tax Tips: Audit triggers
The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up its audits over the past few years. In addition to traditional face-to-face audits, it is also conducting ...
Outside Idyllwild: Winter returns to Idyllwild …
Soon it will be spring again, or in our case, one of those glorious April days when you think winter is over. Anyone who has lived in Idyllwild or vis...
Creature Corner: Feb. 23, 2012
Found: Male dog in Hurkey Creek area. Call ARF to identify, (951) 659-1122. Look what the wind blew in! Weighing about five pounds, you’ll never ev...
Past Tense: Feb. 23, 2012
60 years ago – 1952 Townsfolk were invited to a premiere showing of “Ballad of Idyllwild,” a movie made on the campus of ISOMATA (now the Idyllw...
Off the Leash: Does Jesus ride in your heart or on your bumper? …
I’ve decided to depart from my usual political rant this month and take on an equally controversial subject — religion. More specifically, I want to a...