I commend you for your outstanding coverage of the Mountain Fire and the pictures your fearless photographer took of the event. You truly served the members of the community.
Paula DeBlanc
Idyllwild/Escondido
Opinion: Outstanding coverage
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I commend you for your outstanding coverage of the Mountain Fire and the pictures your fearless photographer took of the event. You truly served the members of the community.
Paula DeBlanc
Idyllwild/Escondido
This first paragraph is in response to the Readers write letter from Jeff Smith last week [in the Nov. 3 issue of the Town Crier]. It is malicious and full of fabrications. I have only met Jeff Smith once, and that was at the County Service Area (CSA) 36 advisory committee meeting when he threatened…
Editor: Yes, we all need clean, safe water. Of course. I’m willing to pay more for this vital commodity. But to tax at these proposed exorbitant rates cannot be the only solution. The Idyllwild Water District board needs to extend the June 20 deadline for protests by several months so their customers have time to…
Editor: We are full-time residents of Idyllwild and have taken pride in our mountain and our property. We planted a Dwarf Fat Albert out by our driveway that cost us over $200, and then another $50 to plant and have nurtured it for two years. Last Wednesday, we went out and found that it had…
Editor: A heads up for our fire chief, Patrick Reitz. Do you know how fortunate we are to have a man of his caliber working with us? At a very recent accident I had at a dinner for the jazz festival volunteers, he did not leave me for a second until he must have known…
Editor: My heart and prayers go out to Judy Lawler (TC Nov. 17) and all the women out there who are battling breast cancer. I fought my battle this past June. Though in my late 60s, I find myself fortunate to be the most healthy I’ve ever been. Still, I developed a cancerous breast tumor…
The Town Crier puts into print the news of the community of Idyllwild. “Community” invokes a sense of togetherness, mutual caring, support, understanding and comfort. I have known Idyllwild to be a thoughtful community whose residents portray a sense of awareness about nature, beauty and each other. My brother, Chuck Clayton, was killed recently in…