Readers Write: What’s in a name?
By
Editor:
Homonyms are fun, for sure, but just to clarify:
Idyll, according to Webster, means, “an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene …”
Idle, of course, means something entirely different and it is not a part of our town’s great name.
Darien Martus
Idyllwild
Counterproductive curbs Dear editor: Wasted water is a topic worth adding to the list of issues created by the county’s latest push to build more curbs along the town’s roadways. While storm water is collected and channeled along roads, it is often ignored after being discharged into the landscape. In Idyllwild, this “flush-and-forget” approach has…
Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your own healthcare provider. Some info below taken from: www.healthcare.gov/blog/ www.nccc-online.org/hpvcervical-cancer/cervical-cancer-overview/ www.nccc-online.org/hpvcervical-cancer/cervical-cancer-screening/ www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryDraft/cervical-cancer-screening2 www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/cancer/ewc/Pages/default.aspx January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. First take-home fact: Most cases of cervical cancer and related deaths occur in women who have not been adequately screened or treated….
Found on the Ernie Maxwell Trail: an adult neutered male German shepherd with no chip, collar or tag. Well groomed. Yep, I’m Scrappy Doo. And it’s a good thing because a human abandoned me in the ARF yard one chilly day. So I had to learn really fast how to be a scrapper. I am…
As of July 1, my title will change from Editor/Co-publisher to just Co-publisher. We have hired Melissa Diaz Hernandez to take over the editor’s desk. Jack and I will continue managing the business but not necessarily showing our faces every day at the office. We hope to do some traveling and home projects we haven’t…
For most hikers, winter spells the end of the hiking season until the spring thaw brings us back out from our caves. But wait, before you hunker down by the fireplace with a good book, take just a little time out to make sure you put away your gear properly so that it’ll be there…
65 years ago – 1948 With the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs about to visit the Hill, local folks were urged to look as “mountainy and picturesque” as possible. 60 years ago – 1953 Dan Slanker, founder of the local American Legion Post 800 in 1948, was honored at Hillbilly Lodge by fellow members….
