We’re way into our second year of COVID, and uncertainty prevails as to whether the pandemic is winding down with the number of people vaccinated or beginning a new surge with the Delta variant and the number of people still unvaccinated. So, once again, thanks are in order to the essential workers in our community…
At about 4:55 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, Idyllwild Postmaster Lorraine Sonoqui was awakened with the news that Idyllwild’s post office had been vandalized in an apparent break-in attempt. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded. A good deal of gouging at the white double door leading to the back room evidenced an attempted break-in, and three boxholders’…
CLUTTER & SHOE ADDICTION Q. My wife is nagging me that my clothes closet is cluttered. I don’t see it that way. Who’s right?-Herman, Alhambra A. Many women seem overly sensitive to clutter. What is clutter to them is in reality underclutter. Your wife appears to be one of them. This means you have some…
The Town Crier recently received an email from Michelle DeArmond, chief of staff to Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, regarding a plan the county has developed to resurface North Circle Drive here in Idyllwild.DeArmond relates that Washington’s office has been in contact with the county Transportation Department regarding the condition of North Circle…
“COVID breakthrough” cases occur when people who are fully vaccinated test positive for COVID. In other words, they are infected with COVID in their nose and/or throat. It may also be in their bloodstream, yet they may have light symptoms of COVID or perhaps be totally asymptomatic, i.e., have no symptoms at all.So, do COVID…
Brendan Steele posted a 3-over-par 78-67 — 145 at The Northern Trust in New Jersey on the PGA Tour last week to miss the cut by two strokes.Brendan now stands in 105th place on the FedExCup points list, and he now is ranked 109th on the Official World Golf Rankings. His PGA Tour play is…
SHIRT BUTTONING & LAUNDRY SOCKS Q. Sometimes I get my shirt buttons in the wrong buttonholes, so I end up with one side of my shirt hanging down below the other. What can I do about this? -Ralph, Norco A. There’s nothing much you can do except wear it that way; otherwise, you’d have to…
As mentioned before, we have done about all the internal economizing we can do now, so your Memberships are all the more important to us. You Town Crier Members are crucial to the TC’s continued operation.Many Hill businesses are reopening or extending their hours during the next weeks, and, of course, they will want to…
Brendan Steele will play this week in the $9.5-million The Northern Trust on the Liberty National Golf Club course in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Northern Trust currently is the first of three postseason playoffs that will determine the Tour Champion.The Idyllwild native currently stands 98th in the FedExCup Points list and 106th in the…
Jack Clark Co-publisher We received an email from a Member in Costa Mesa who wished to cancel his TC Membership because of a front-page piece in last week’s paper. The Member wrote it was “a vaccine hit piece” that he believed was intended to discourage our readers from being vaccinated by referencing out-of-context statements from…
