Editor: Aspartame is an artificial sweetener created in laboratory by Monsanto, a pesticide and GMO manufacturer. This sickening sweetness is brought to us in little packets of NutraSweet, Sweeta, Equal, Spoonful, Canderel and Benevia. Diet sodas are full of it, and so are low-calorie, low-fat and sugar free food products. We think we’re eating healthy…
Editor: Looking at the Town Crier last week, it looks like some restaurant owners may be finally waking up. I saw deals on food. I have been up here now for 15 years and have been saying the same thing over and over: The prices up here to eat are crazy. Chelsea’s was one of…
Editor: I was very disappointed to visit the recently reopened Lake Hemet Market. While the old, stuck-in-the-’70s market definitely needed some TLC, it was always a fun stop for ice cream, fresh sandwiches, camping supplies or bait. Or one could spend quality time just reminiscing over its large selection of iron skillets and cookware. Unfortunately,…
Editor: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, there was a Fire Fee telephone Town Hall featuring Diane Harkey California State Board of Equalization, who discussed the status of the California Fire Prevention Fee lawsuit that seeks to recover the fees landowners of Idyllwild have paid for fire protection that they already have paid for through their fire-district…
Editor: A couple of years ago, I was at the little store on Hiway 243 in Pine Cove (where I live). It was cold and we had some snow. As I waited my turn at the check-out, a young woman was asking for directions to the nearest campground. It was obvious she was a Pacific…
Editor: A conflict of interest is a conflict of interest. A financial conflict of interest is a financial conflict of interest. Concerning the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council and the new fire-abatement laws, objective criticism can never hurt. Good, well-intentioned, and sincere people (as are MCFSC and its volunteers) can still make poor decisions, and…
Editor: I live in Fern Valley. Monday night, April 20, a mountain lion, based on size and shape of track, came through my property. He left behind three deer legs that I buried the next morning. I have tried to spread the word to everyone in the neighborhood who has a pet of any size….
Editor: We thought Town Crier readers may be interested in an apparent identification error in the latest edition of the paper (Vol. 70, No. 16). The salamanders in the photo on page 19 are not Tiger Salamanders as captioned, but are actually Large-blotched Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi), another species of salamander in a different genus…
Editor: Was reading last week’s edition of your lovely paper and my eye caught an error in biological identification of the pair of salamanders stalking page 19. The caption claims “Two Tiger Salamanders” when, in fact, they are both the spotted subspecies of the Large-blotched Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii subspecies klauberi). Since moving to Blue Oak…
Editor: Two weekends ago, my husband I watched “Wild” about a young lady trying to sort out her life by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail that runs from Mexico to Canada. Part of the trail runs through our mountains so Idyllwild is an ideal place to stop, refresh and replenish. It is now PCT season…
