Readers Write: Trust
Editor:
“Trust” has meaning in everyday life — in relations between and among people. My dictionary devotes 3 1/4 inches to the word “trust.”
In a...
Readers Write: Stop the pot shops
Editor:
Two new pot shops and a grow house on Highway 243 in the center of town. Really? Perhaps the majority of Idyllwild residents support...
Out Loud: Snippets …
The last couple of weeks, including this week, are more hectic than usual. When two people out of seven are out, scrambling occurs as...
Past Tense: May 25, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
Idyllwild’s first switch-board was installed at the home of Jess Brown. When prodded for comment, Jess said, “Just don't have...
Creature Corner: May 25, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed Anabel and Tinkerbell to the cattery.
Bobbie: It’s news time! Gather ‘round!
George: Did...
Dr. Tom: Aphorisms and tidbits …
A weird week, wasn’t it? Here is some food for thought. Off the wall, maybe out of touch. But, in the immortal words of...
Creature Corner: May 18, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats were hoping folk would take advantage of the half-price cat adoptions.
George: The half-price...
Past Tense: May 18, 2017
65 years ago - 1952
A meeting was announced to consider school unification. Under the proposal, Idyllwild’s school would be combined with the Hemet-San...
Out Loud: Technology and the newspaper …
Technology certainly changed the way we operate here at the newspaper now from how we operated when I started here in 1984.
For one thing,...
Dr. Tom: The business case for a single-payer system …
Imagine that you run a U.S. small business. You have long-term employees to whom you are loyal and vice versa. You have an anniversary...