Past Tense: August 3, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet.
65 years ago - 1952
Paul and Mary Gormley were...
Fashion Jack: Tops & two hats …
By Jack Clark
Fashion Advisor
Q. For my kitchen, I recently bought a large set of new plastic tubs with matching lids. Now I have 14...
Creature Corner: August 3, 2017
The next three episodes of “Days of Our Nine Lives” will be dedicated to profiling the cast of characters.
Anabel: Lovely Anabel is a very...
Political letters: Pine Cove Water incumbents
Editor:
Congratulations to PCWD incumbents. Superb water quality, diversified and outstanding water production, reliable facilities, stable budgets, awesome audits, highly qualified employees, and transparent operations...
Readers Write: Immigrants? Bring ‘em on
Editor:
A few months ago, I was working in the yard when a pickup truck stopped on the street and a young man hopped out...
Dr. Tom: Thank you, Idyllwild …
Do you ever get overwhelmed with gratitude, with the feeling that you must be the luckiest person in the world? Followed, of course, by...
Readers Write: A $3,500 water bill?
Editor:
On July 13, we received a bill from the Idyllwild Water District for the month of June for $3,518.29. It shows
usage from June 2...
Readers Write: TCs overfill part-time post office boxes
Editor:
My husband Dylan and I are going to be living on the road indefinitely. We got a 38-foot fifth wheel with a garage for...
Readers Write: Laser watchers were like snow visitors
Editor:
Recently, upper Fern Valley residents experienced most of the same issues reminiscent of last winter’s snow-visitor invasions.
I’m referring to the Fourth of July laser...
Readers Write: Comments on laser show are telling
Editor:
It has been a couple of weeks since the Fourth of July laser light show and I have been reflecting on what occurred. I...