By Jack Clark

Co-publisher and General Counsel

The number of businesses and organizations advertising in the Town Crier is definitely increasing. It appears that many are getting the message that the Town Crier is a heavily focused newspaper — each of the approximately 2,000 papers in circulation on and off the Hill each week gets read by about 2.5 persons, every one of whom already is deeply interested in our community.

The TC now has 24 business Members: Baily Winery (Carol & Phil Baily) $100; Baldy Mountain Ranch (Alma Peters) $250; Ying Chen & Andrew Lichtman, attorneys at law $1,006; Clear Water Pool and Spa Service (Allison & John Jordan) $100; David Cutter Certified Financial Planner™ (Barbara & David Cutter) $350; Drs. Dunn & Dunn (Dr. Heber Dunn) $100; Everitt’s Minerals & Gallery (Janet & Larry Everitt) $100; The Family Business (tax preparation – Craig & Janice Coopersmith) $250; Fern Creek Medical Center $100; Fern Valley Inn (Gary & Marcie Erb) $100; Idyllwild Backhoe (Carol & David Jones, Denise & Justin Jones) $250; Idyllwild Vacation Rentals (Chris Titus) $250; Idyllwild Ventures (Neal Goldman) $100; Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery (Chris & Melody Johnston) $100; Mountain High Escrow $250; Oakwood Village (Dorie Kanning) $250; Performance Pumping, Inc. (Brad Hamby) $100; The Red Kettle (Bruce Ross) discount cards; Sandlin & Son Refrigeration (David Sandlin) $100; Shaklee (Merrie VonSeggern $100; Silver Pines Lodge $100; Sub Rosa Apothecary (Julia Meadows & Marc Peterman) $1,200; TetraDym Inc. (Bill Protzmann) $100; and Whitman Physical Therapy (Bill Whitman) $100.

The TC now also has eight nonprofit members: Friends of the Idyllwild Library $250; Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks $250; Hemet Unified School District $100; Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends $100; Idyllwild Master Chorale $100; Queen of Angels Catholic Church $100; St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church $100; Temple Har Shalom of Idyllwild $100, as well as four public-agency members: Fern Valley Water District $100; Hemet Public Library $100; Idyllwild Water District $100; and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District $100.

Town Crier Charter Members

Saving and Supporting the Town Crier for our Community

(544 Charter Members as of June 18, 2018)

Angels (5) — Other amount, unlimited above $1,000 annually:  Nancy Borchers $2,000; Ying Chen & Andrew Lichtman, attorneys at law $1,006; Kathy & Tom Kluzak $1,250; Sub Rosa Apothecary (Julia Meadows & Marc Peterman) $1,200; (1) Anonymous $2,500.

Heroes (4) — $1,000 annually:  Anne & Barnaby Finch; Charles “Chic” Fojtik; Janice Lyle; (1) Anonymous $1,000.

Patrons (9) — $500+ annually:  Scott Bump & Cynthia Grady; Morgan Cannon; Kitty Kieley Hayes; Pamela Jordan & Christopher Scott; Ron Luebbert; The Mills Family; Dave & Shanna Robb; (2) Anonymous $500.

Sponsors (70) — $250+ annually:  Donald Abrams; Sharon & Thomas Apostle; Austin Tile (Chris & Julee Austin); Paul Bailey; Baldy Mountain Ranch (Alma Peters); Robert Ballard; Anne Bleaden; Christopher Brightman; Pete & Suzy Capparelli; Blair Ceniceros; Diann Coate; Laurel & Redmond Corbett; Arthur & Deborah Cravets; Sandii Castleberry Daigh; David Cutter Certified Financial Planner™ (Barbara & David Cutter) $350; Isabelle Dubois; Gordon Duerr, Jr.; Marcia Edwards $300; Guy & Nancy Excell; The Family Business (tax preparation - Craig & Janice Coopersmith); Dave & Laurie Fraser; Marsha & Susan Freed; Friends of the Idyllwild Library; Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks; Dick & Karen Hadik; Paula & Robert Hetzler; David Hunt & Kris Kirschbaum; Idyllwild Backhoe (Carol & David Jones, Denise & Justin Jones); Idyllwild Vacation Rentals (Chris Titus); Christine Iger; Ben & Nanci Killingsworth; Anne & Jon King; Kathy & Will Kleindienst; Robert & Susan Krieger; Dianne Lake; Barbara Larsh; John Larue $350; Jason Laurence & Alexandra Napier; Martha Ludlum & Steven Morris; Chuck & Martha Lumia; Nancy Wallace Lungren for Don & Elizabeth Wallace Family Trust; Linda McCaughin & Phil Strong; Charles & Margaret Mooney; Mountain High Escrow; Sue Nash & Tom Paulek; Thomas Noce; Oakwood Village (Dorie Kanning); Betty & Walter Parks; Ben & Rue Pine; Raphael Plunkett; Carmen & Greg Rich; Andy Ridgwell; Fran & Steve Robb; Martha & Scott Schroeder; Gary Schwandner; Judith & Ronald Shenkman; Paul Shnable; Adele & Bob Smith; Karen Smith; Anne Stone; Greg Trigeiro; Terry Tweedt; Alex & Valerie Virtue; Barry & Jolene Wallace; Kay Wanner & Charlie Wix; Brian Weiss; Barbara Woolfolk; (3) Anonymous $250.

Sustaining Readers (456) — $100+ annually:  Karl Abert; Patricia Altman; Becky Andelson; Diane Anderson; Ellen Anderson-Alkire; D.M. Ankenbrandt; Carolyn & James Ausman $200; Doug Austin; Jim & Mary Austin, a gift from Patricia Austin; Patricia Austin; Baily Winery (Carol & Phil Baily) $150; Bruce Bainbridge; Christopher Balian & Muriel Balian; Lynnette Banks; Randy Barnes; Cheryl & Lon Barr; Kristen Barry; Lulu Baskins-Leva & Gary Leva; Albert Bates; Jeanne Bauer; Kathleen & Ron Beaufort; Nancy Beddingfield & Paul Leverenz; Nancy & Richard Beggs; Denise Belcher; Charles Bennett; Donald Bentley; Emil Bereczky; Harvey Berger & Janice Mulligan; Chris Berggren & John Weidner; Kerry Berman; Rick Bernardin; Cathy & Doug Bernhagen; Antoinette Berthelotte $125; Alan Bick; Daniel Bitner; Donald & Robert Blackman; Richmond Blake; Jan Boller; William Bongiovanni; Will Bonnar & Karen Georg; John & Susanne Bonnet; Douglas & Maureen Boren; Ron Boustead & Ruth Riven Boustead; Deeann Bradley & Tim Chavez; Irene & Robert Brahm; Bernard & Jorgine Brause $200; Linda Briggs; Audrey Brown, a gift from Hill Champion; Denise Brown & David Golman; Paul Browne; Paula Browne & Joseph Stumpf; Ann & Will Brundage; Edgar & Joyce Bryan; Kathy Bryson; Charles Buchanan; Jeanne & Jerry Buchanan; David & Marilyn Buck; Peter Buerkle; Brian Callahan; Kenneth Camoirano; Bruce Campbell; Garrett & Harmeet Capune; James Cate; Steve Chadwick; Duane & Ermylee Chamlee; Ben & Jean Chase; Sanders Chase; Liz Chiment; Clear Water Pool and Spa Service (Allison & John Jordan); Reg Cohen; Nancy Collins; George & Heather Companiott; Gail & John Cooley; Roberta Corbin & Lawrence Kueneman; Elena Courtemanche; Melanie & Tom Cox; Molly Cozens; Wayne Craycroft; Virginia Criste; Joe Curtis; Barbara Czescik; Margaret & Michael D’Ambra; Namir Danluji; Jerry Daquila; Catherine Davis; Jayne Davis; Mark Davis & Eduardo Santiago; Iris & Peter Davison; Dave Day; Doug & Marta Deffenbaugh; John & Linda Denver; Mizzi Diamond & Tim Doyle; Tom Dickinson & Bev McCullough; Sherryn Digby; Linda Dinko, a gift from Spanky; Jon Dittmer; Ruthe Donlon; Bonnie Doshier, a gift from Jean Stein; Don & Karen Doshier; Carolyn & James Drake; Carol & Dennis Dunbar; Greg & Nancy Dunlap; Drs. Dunn & Dunn (Dr. Heber Dunn); John Dunne; Alicia & Stuart Eberhardt; Sverre & Gerd Eng; Anne Erikson; Jennie & Steven Espinosa; Everitt’s Minerals & Gallery (Janet & Larry Everitt); Ellen Feeley & David Jason; Cleve & Peggy Ferguson; Fern Creek Medical Center; Fern Valley Inn (Gary & Marcie Erb); Fern Valley Water District; Karen Fina; Juanita First; Farah Fisher; Amy Fogerson & Kent Weishaus; Chris Fox; Michael Franich; Françoise Frigola; Keith & Sandy Froelhich; Tedd Froehlich; Mike & Julie Furby; Roland Gaebert; Bruce & Carolyn Ganoe; Gary Garcia; Gary Gardener; Merle & Rosemarie Gardner; Julie Gibson-Vasquez; Don & Louise Giger; John Gill; John & Kathleen Gilliland; Cathy & Gil Gillogly; Elaine Godzak; Dick & Jan Goldberg; Dottie & Mel Goldfarb; Christine & Jan Goldsmith; Jeffrey Gonzales; Eleanor Gorth $200; Mary Gosney & Rebecca Gunn; Galal Gough; Patti Gould; Gary & Joan Gray; Bob & Corrine Greenamyer; Karin & Richard Greenwood; Harry Griswold & Stephanie Webber; Mark & Angela Gross; Mark Gumprecht & Christine Rheaume; Carolyn Hall; Donna Hannefield & Russell Smith; Linda Hanson; Marcia Harlan & Charles Phelan; Alan Harvey; Judy Haw; Maury Heden; Emily Heebner & Eric Young; Hemet Public Library; Hemet Unified School District; Janice Herdey; Carole Herman & Sandi Mathers; Paul & Theresa Hert; Wayne Hester; Robert Hewitt & Janice Murasko; Helen & Jeff Hixon; Jim & Mary Hobbes; Heidi & Todd Hoggan; Jerry & Kathryn Holldber; Walt Holloway; Peggy Holsclaw; Richard Honn & Marguerite Snow; Douglas Hopper; Jan Houghton; Christy & Robert Howard; Wayne Howard; Eugene Hubbard; Bobbi Huinker; Frank Hungerford; Larry Hyder; Barbara Hynes; Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends; Idyllwild Master Chorale; Idyllwild Ventures (Neal Goldman); Idyllwild Water District; Tom Inocencio; & Gail Wesson; David Israelsky & Janice Zahn; Don “Jac” & Mimi Jacaruso; Ron Jackson, a gift from Scott Corbett; Jan Jaspers-Fayer (#1); Jan Jaspers-Fayer (#2); Martha Jay; Laurie Jewell & David Wieder; David & Marla Johnson; Ed & Linda Johnson; Josh & Lea Johnson; Julie Johnson; Barbara Jones; Wendy Kahle; Lorraine Kassarjian; Ron Keating; Dave Keena; Doug Kelbert; Bill Kellogg; Donna & Sam Kelly; Marilyn Kemple; Donna Kennedy & William Linehan; Teresa Kilfoyle;
Ted & Beverly Kilman; Lawrence King; Barbara & Ted Kinoshita; Dan Kirby; Stan Kling; Helen Knauer; Lydia & Wolfgang Knauss; Julie Koppel; Marcia & Ron Krull; Paul Kucharczyk; Nadiene Kuhn for Diane Smith; Diana & Terry Kurr; Carl & Pamela Lagoni, a gift from Maxine Wells; Lake Hemet Municipal Water District; Don & Mimi Lamp; Karen & Mel Lansky; Gordon Larson; Elaine Latimer; Erin Latimer; Dale & Linda Lee; Ileana Lee; David Leonard; Daniel & Jane Levy; Trudy Levy; Bob Lippert; Elizabeth Locke; Elaine Lockhart; Barbara & Michael Longbrook; Rafael Lopes; Cathy & Dave Lopez; Kathy & Ken Luber; Virginia Lumb; Marsha Lytle; Kerry & William Manos; Virginia Mardesich; Pandra & Tapio Markkula; Michèle Marsh & Peter Szabadi; Brian Marshall; Brian C. Marshall; Barbara Mathahs; Erin Matthews; Lynette Maxey; Barbara & Robert McCalla; Lucy McCampbell; Bret McCaughin-Strong; Carol McClintic; Ralph McClurg; Joan McCullough; Maureen McElligott; Bob & Marilyn McEwen; Cal & Nancy McIntosh; Dick McKee, a gift from Jerry & Kathryn Holldber in memory of Virginia; Michael McKenzie & Robert Thorson; Colonel & Bonnie McLyman; Kelly McMakin; Jane Meier; Joan Melling; Carol Mendoza; George & Sheila Meyer; Leslea Meyerhoff; Maurice Meysenburg; Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery (Chris & Melody Johnston); Susan Millard; Mary Ann Miller; Marcia & Richard Montaño; Melissa Montgomery-Lynch; Elanie Moore; Tim Moore; Maria & Mark Morgan; Walt & Liz Mueller; Carol Murrel; John Myers; Lauren & Mark Myers; Susan Myers; Wayne Myers & Aaron Twombly; June Nelson; Marion Nelson; Kristin Neubauer; Christen Ng; Shannon Ng; Jeanene Noren; Gwen Oesch; Dawn & Jim O’Keeffe; Ron & Stacy Olivier; Steve Olson & Stephanie Yost; David Oltman; Perry Osborne; Margaret Paklos $125; Marcel Pariseau; Robert Parker; Neil Passage; Gerald Pauley; Hank Pawlak; Anthony Pearson; Barbara & Dave Pelham; Tony Peña; Michael Pent; Performance Pumping, Inc. (Brad Hamby); Kim & Mark Perine, a gift from Robin Boyd; Heather Perry; Cecil & Shirley Peters; Robert Peterson; John Petty; Marlene & Thomas Pierce; Daniel & Susan Pietsch; Jim Pomeroy $150; Jenny Price; Sharon Price; Jack & Nancy Pyster; Queen of Angels Catholic Church; Karen Radis; Bob & Elaine Rahman; The Red Kettle (Bruce Ross); Ed & Sandy Reed; Mike Reed; Jim Rees; George & Kathryn Reeves; Don & Nancy Reiterman; A. & Linda Rewiski; Patsy Richards; Linda & Manny Rider; Margaret & Ned Roberts; Debbi Roeder; Maureen & Steve Rose; Kim Rosko; Don & Julie Roy; Robert Sandifer; Sandlin & Son Refrigeration (David Sandlin); Cheryl Sautter-Konyn; Lenore Sazer; Dan Scanny; Alice & Vic Scavarda; Charles Schelly; Maxine Schenk; Joye Schmiedt; Dick & Kathy Schmitt; Richard Schnetzer; Jeanette Schultejann; Linda & Stan Scott; Marilyn Sears; Shaklee (Merrie VonSeggern; Steve Shaw; Dale Sheneman; Doug & Lois Sheppard; Teruo Shida; Mary Jo Shinkle; Terry Shirley; Silver Pines Lodge; Carol Simonek; Bee Smith; Bill & Linda Smith; Greg Smith; Kristie Smith; Lisa & Tim Smith; Lindsay Speed; John Spielmann; Jeannie Sprenger; Patricia & Will Sproule; St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church; Edward Stavert; Jean Stein & Pamela Williams; Steven Steinberg; Bob & Carol Steele; Jana & Kent Steele; Heather Steer; Kirk & Yvonne Stephenson; Richard Stinson; Charles & Kathy Storrie; Patsy & Steven Stratton; Thomas Strobbe; Christine Strutzel; Alexis & Michael Stumpf; Richard Succa; Daniel & Gigi Suiffet; Stephen Sutton; Gregory Swajian; Virginia Swendson; Mary Talley; Jim Tanner; Jacob & Theresa Teel; Temple Har Shalom of Idyllwild; James & Joanne Tenney; TetraDym Inc. (Bill Protzmann); John Thomford; Cindy & Phil Thompson; Harriet Thompson; Norman Toback; Ian & Jeanie Tober; Arthur Tobias; Alicia & Howard Tuttle for Bill Tuttle; D.F. & Giana Tweedie; Scott Tyler; Jimmie Tyson; Brenda Underwood; Scott Underwood; Deidre & Joe Vail; David Verplank; Jacqueline Wagner; Bob Wailes; Marcia Waldorf; Anne & Douglas Walker; Barb & Thom Wallace; Sue Wallen; John Walsh; Nancy Walters for Jane Lucero; Pamela Walton; Cheryle Waner; Bill Waring; Glenn Warren; Sallie Warwick; Annette Wasell c/o Aria Board & Care; Gary & Susan Weber; Judy & Mike Weeks; Leslie Weidner; Charles & Susan Weisbart; Helge Weissig; Sheila Weldon; Sharon & Stephen White; Whitman Physical Therapy (Bill Whitman); Bob & Sunny Wilcox; Richard Wilkerson; Barbara & Steve Wilkes; Carl & Ruth Williams; Joanne Williams; Halie & Johnny Wilson; Elizabeth & Thomas Wirt; Jim Wise; Bob Wissman; John Wokurka; Catherine Wood; Dennis & Jane Woodard; James Wymer; Fredricka & Paul Young; Linda Young, a gift for Grace Moore; Lynn Young; Sandy Ziegler for Michael Van Zee; Alexander & Lorna Zukas; (1) Anonymous $200; (10) Anonymous $100.

Thank you, all!