Q. I have a shirt with a missing button. The only button I have to replace it has two holes, whereas the rest of the buttons on the shirt have four holes. Is it OK to replace a four-hole button with a two-hole button? – Dale, Valle Vista A. It depends upon the position…
Q. When should the tags be taken off new clothes? -Wally, Escondido A. You can’t take the tags off right away or people won’t know you’re wearing new clothes. The exception is that long, clear strip that says “EXTRA LARGE” on it 12 times. You should pull that one off or it will look like…
Brendan Steele has made the cut and played on weekends in all three of his tournaments in this young 2014-15 PGA Tour season. Last week he shot an even-par 69-73-72-74 — 288 to tie for 61st at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. The Idyllwild native seemed to have trouble with his putter, losing…
Editor’s Note: Since Jack has somewhat of a reputation for “sartorial splendor” (as some of you may have, ahem, noticed), we asked him to do a column imparting his personal views on fashion for the benefit of our readers with fashion questions. Q. I have a favorite shirt. My wife nags me because it’s…
A local man was convicted on a plea to guilty of misdemeanor driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 grams or higher, while the first count against him, driving under the influence, was dismissed. Rob Richard Rutherford, 56, of Idyllwild was arrested on both May 14, 2014 and May 19, 2014, on the same…
Lawrence Allen Edwards, 45, of Idyllwild was charged with embezzlement in a felony complaint filed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s office on Sept. 15, 2014. The complaint alleges that from about January 2013 through March 2014, while in the employ of Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild, he willfully and unlawfully appropriated money to his own…
Brendan Steele has played the weekend in his first two tournaments of this new 2014-15 PGA Tour season. The native Idyllwilder fired a 9-under-par 68-70-69-68 — 275 to garner a tie for 33rd place in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas last week. He added about $30,000 to his official earnings and…
Brendan Steele opened the new PGA Tour season ending 2015 with a solid top-25 finish. The Idyllwild native negotiated the Silverado Country Club North course in the Frys.com Open in Napa last week in a 7-under-par 72-70-69-70 — 281. His performance tied him for 21st place by the end of play on Sunday and earned…
As expected by many, the governor signed the plastic bag bill on which the Town Crier reported last month. The law will go into effect July 1, 2015, or July 1, 2016, depending on the type of store. As the Town Crier reported, “full-line, self-service retail stores” selling “a line of dry groceries, canned goods,…
If you’re on the corner of North Circle and Cedar at 9:15 on a Sunday morning, you’re in for an experience. The bell of the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church demands the attention of all. It peals in 12 bongs, so cleanly and so loudly you’ll think it must be an electronic bell with a huge…
