Editor:
I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.”
Diann Coate
Idyllwild
Readers Write: To a free press
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor:
I appreciate you, Jack, for your eloquent contribution to the difference between a free press and silly rants about “fake news.”
Diann Coate
Idyllwild
After working as a volunteer with one of the organizations that helps with the 4th of July parade for many years, I would like to pass along some unofficial suggestions that may help some of you enjoy the holiday even more. If you live in Fern Valley, plan on using Lodge Road and South Circle…
Editor: The old Woodies, Soroptimists, bored members of all organizations and Rotarians have got to go. Few of them can hear anyway. The aging Community Patrol has got to go. Toadies and Idyllwild functionaries — gotta go. Isn’t it possible to have worked tirelessly for too darn long? To have protected the streets of Idyllwild…
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