On Oct. 23, the Idyllwild Snow Group attended a very productive meeting with County Supervisor Chuck Washington and a host of officials representing ...
Readers Write: Re: evolution and entropy
Editor: One phrasing of the second law of thermodynamics is: “The entropy of a closed system cannot decrease.” Entropy can be identified as a measure ...
Creature Corner: November 2, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats discussed their surprise that the kittens were still with them. Little Girl: Everyone gather aroun...
Past Tense: November 2, 2017
70 years ago - 1947 Bingo games and raffles were declared illegal and all the local slot machines were yanked out, creating an economic setback on the...
Dr. Tom: Lessons from history…
I never liked studying history in school, which, at the time, seemed to be confined to memorizing dates and names and places. I think schools do bette...
Fire & Forest: The fires of October …
For the wildland fire agencies, the month of October is statistically the deadliest month for firefighters, and now for the public as well. Live fuel ...
Readers Write: Evolution & entropy
Editor: I think Dr Tom’s decision to end debate on evolution vs. creation to be unfortunate, but wise. It has been my experience that once a belief sy...
Past Tense: October 26, 2017
70 years ago - 1947 Town Crier wound up its first year of publication, written, mimeographed and mailed from the Maxwell home. News was brought right ...
Creature Corner: October 26, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats said goodbye to Cheerio and two puppies, then hello to Sassy. Little Girl: Well, that was a quiet...
Readers Write: Theory is not a fact
Editor: I would like to respond to the letter from Nicole Lovett that ran in your Sept. 28 edition. In that letter, Ms. Lovett asserts that evolution ...