Readers write: Sign removal hurt groups …
Editor:
I was upset to learn Caltrans had removed yard-sale and open-house signs along Highway 243 Friday before Labor Day weekend. I noticed Saturday morning...
Past Tense: September 11, 2014
65 years ago - 1949
Dorothy Lewis was back from a visit to Bamako, Republic of Mali, Africa, where her son was working.
60 years ago...
Fire and Forest: More safe roofs, promising new code …
Seventy-six is an attractive number, especially in the United States. It brings up the Declaration of Independence (1776), or perhaps the 76 trombones Professor...
Before Our Time: Saunders Meadow was more than a road to the transfer...
Saunders Meadow has supported educational programs for the past 70 years, but its varied history reaches back far earlier than the 1940s. Thanks in...
Out Loud: Government meetings …
People often ask us why we report on so many government meetings when most small-town newspapers do not.
It’s pretty easy to explain though not...
Readers write: MCP members disappointed …
Editor:
The members of the Mountain Community Patrol, Idyllwild, are a group of senior volunteers ranging in age from 65 to 81-plus. As volunteers for...
Readers write: TC coverage of IFPD
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Four times in July 2014 I desperately needed to use the EMT services of IFPD due to anaphylactic shock. If IFDP did not exist,...
Creature Corner: September 4, 2014
It was those amazing eyes, Wally, and your charm that helped you wiggle right into your new owner’s arms. Paws up for Wally and...
Dr Know It All: Tourists, How old are you, and more …
Dr Know It All can answer any of your questions. He just happens to know everything. Dr Know It All selects a few letters...
Past Tense: September 4, 2014
65 years ago - 1949
Forced to retire because of ill health, Postmaster Harry Wendelken announced that Rita Patton had been named acting postmaster for...