Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
Out Loud: October 22, 2015
By Jack Clark

Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
I believe that your self-education on, and then involvement in, the future of Idyllwild Fire’s dispatch services is critical to all of us who reside and visit the Hill communities. The current dispatch service with Riverside County Fire is a superior service and offers a vital skill our rural communities can’t afford to lose. That…
Jack and I recently observed the massive number of events and causes such a small town produces, sometimes so massive that people may just sit back and let them all go by without supporting any. To name a few: theater performances; musical events; art shows and events; author and speaker series; raffles; tours; dance performances;…
I wrote this piece 10 years ago this week and it evokes wonderful memories of the desert stories of these authors and my experiences there: Edward Abbey and Edna Price both possessed a deep appreciation for the desert. These two authors visualized and described deserts as natural paradises. To me, the word desert epitomized a…
I ended the last Out Loud letting the taxpayers know that the Town Crier had requested all email communications between the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commissioners regarding the separation of former IFPD Chief Patrick Reitz from the district. Chief Mark LaMont initially came back with the response that the communications were attorney-client privilege. When…
Annually, around the first of the year, we review the top 10 stories affecting Idyllwild of the prior year and also list all those we know we lost in the prior year in “Flowers of the Forest.” 2018 proved to be a horrific year for many of us because of the Cranston Fire. But most…
I’m on vacation, so this week’s column comes from Mr. Clark. Idyllwild Water District, usually composed of five directors, is now down to three: John Cook, Steve Kunkle and June Rockwell. What does this mean, in terms of IWD’s ability to conduct board business? California Water Code section 71274 reads as follows: “A majority of…