Brendan Steele had another tough tournament last week, managing only an even-par 70-70 — 140 Thursday and Friday to miss the cut at the Wyndham Championship by 3. The winner eventually finished the four days 21 under par. The Idyllwild native found only 50 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 305 yards, but he…
Early renewals climbing The Charter Membership list, which comprises readers who become Members during our first year of the Membership Model, is open until and including Friday, Aug. 31. We would love to add another 21 new Members to the charter list by then. Meanwhile, existing Charter Members are continuing to renew their Memberships into…
Getting your “news” from social media differs greatly from getting it from established news media. News media, if they at all value their reputations, must verify the information they’re getting. Rumor doesn’t make it. A person saying, “What I heard is …” isn’t close. A reliable source is someone who not only claims to know,…
Done in by a double bogey at the 16th hole on Saturday, Brendan Steele missed the cut at the PGA Championship by a single stroke. For the two days, his drives averaging more than 305 yards found 67 percent of the fairways, and he hit 72 percent of the greens in regulation. But he gave…
Did you think advertising in the Town Crier was just advertising to local residents? I just did a count of Town Crier Members — all 600 plus of them. Fifty-two percent of Town Crier Members are off-Hill residents — folk who are such strong Hill fans that they took out TC Memberships, but who have…
Brendan Steele managed a 5-over-par 73-69-70-73 — 285 at the WGC Bridgestone last week. His stats showed booming drives averaging 333 yards, but which found only 29 percent of the fairways. He still managed to hit 61 percent of the greens in regulation, but, perhaps still getting used to a new putter grip, he averaged…
The following is a press release submitted to the Idyllwild Town Crier by the U.S. Forest Service: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Officials with San Bernardino National Forest today announced a new forest order, which reduces the size of the Cranston Fire Closure Area. The original orderon July 28 temporarily closed all U.S. Forest Service lands…
Two more weeks until the one-year anniversary of our announcement of the Town Crier Membership Model, and four more weeks until the anniversary of when it went into effect. Meanwhile, early Charter Members already are beginning to renew their Memberships. Of course, they do not lose anything by renewing early because renewals are always tacked…
While the attentions of most on the Hill were absorbed in dealing with the Cranston Fire, Pinyon residents had to contend with their own blaze. On Thursday, July 26, shortly before noon, units at the Cranston Fire Incident Command camp responded to reports of a wildland fire at Highway 74 and Ribbonwood Drive outside of…
The Cranston Fire Incident Management Team has issued its Initial Damage Report: Twelve buildings were destroyed — seven single-residence structures and five other minor structures. An additional single-residence structure sustained minor damage, and an additional minor structure was not destroyed, but sustained major damage. Three more single-residence structures were affected by the blaze without being considered…
