By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Along with a Membership application, we received a short note from Peter Buerkle describing himself as “your longest continuous subscriber – 1946,” the year of the TC’s first issue. That would seem to make him quite young when he subscribed. But perhaps he is nearly a nonagenarian, and if…
By Brian J. Hunhoff Editor’s note: In honor of Sunshine Week, we are running this year’s opinion piece from Brian J. Hunhoff on the subject, as we did last year. “Captain Jack” Crawford was one of the original Black Hills Rangers. He survived many Old West adventures and was called “The Poet Scout.” This is…
Editor: In the 1990s, public-school educators did not think or need to say, “We are not warriors, we are teachers.” No one talked about how to “shelter in place” in the classroom, inside door locks were non-existent, shooting drill practices never occurred and training in “critical incident debriefing” wasn’t necessary. During that time, as a…
Editor: I was hanging out in the gnome shop at The Fort in Idyllwild Sunday morning and it came to me why the president is meeting with the North Korean dictator. It’s obvious, once you think about it. Mr. Trump stated a while back that he wants to have a grand parade in DC to…
This weekend, with the rain, was both tough and unfortunate for hikers in the local mountains and trails. Both the California State Parks and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department executed rescue missions. The first call for help was about 3 p.m. Saturday from four men near San Jacinto Peak. The Mt. San Jacinto State Parks…
The final bald eagle count of the 2017-18 season was Saturday, March 10. Despite inclement weather, the five observers at Lake Hemet spotted two adult nesting bald eagles. The other four counting sites recorded six adults, three juveniles and two chicks in the nest at Big Bear Lake. These chicks are nearly a month old…
Tracy Maholland passed away at home Wednesday, March 7, 2018. She was 59 years young. Tracy was born on June 17, 1958, to Byron and Harriett Purdy in New Jersey. Tracy was the historian of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 800 of Idyllwild for many years. She will be remembered for her pictures that…
Future releases planned Efforts to save the endangered Mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Jacinto Mountains have been limited in the five years since the 2013 Mountain Fire. Most of the efforts on the frogs’ behalf have focused on the San Gabriel Mountains. But Adam Backlin, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist, said that will be…
Josh White coaches from experience Mountain biking is a common activity on the Hill, but now it is a sport at Idyllwild Middle School. Josh White, owner of the Idyllwild Inn, is the unexpected coach of a seven-member team, composed of sixth- and seventh-grade students. This is his first year as coach and he said,…
More forecast for next weekend — maybe snow, too It’s early for April showers and late for a normal rainfall year, but the first 10 days of March 2018 have brought much-needed precipitation to the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded slightly more than 1 1/2 inches of rain from Saturday morning…
