Overheard in the ARF Cattery just this last weekend: Rey: So, really, why are you and I still here? We are adorable kittens. Chewy: No kidding. I am so fun and playful. Everyone who meets me says what a character I am. Just think how I would entertain a family. Rey: OK, so maybe you’re…
By Jack Clark Fashion Correspondent Q. I wear glasses. When I play golf, I swing and miss a lot. Is there something fashionable I can wear that will help me hit a golf ball? –André’s friend, Montreal A. I understand they have clip-on binoculars now that will make your golf ball, sitting on its tee,…
Volunteerism: There are several definitions of this effort. One is the act or practice of doing volunteer work in community service. Others are the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibility rather than for any financial reward, or the policy or practice of…
For those of you who remember the “Journal from the James” article on bobcats, I had mentioned I would follow with more periodic articles on the wildlife that have been showing up on the cameras we have placed around Idyllwild and Pine Cove. In this month’s installment, I have decided to write about two closely…
Editor: I appreciate your article about the trash left by the people visiting Idyllwild to play in the snow. I agree with Chris Trout that we should lead by example and do our best to show others how to respect our mountain community. However, I wonder if some consideration should be given to having law…
Last week’s Idyllwild Water District story and editorial about the board deciding to postpone a meeting illicited a rant from one IWD director. He took it so personally that he said unless we publish an apology to him in the paper, he will never answer a question JP or I ask him again. I asked…
65 years ago – 1951 The paper shortage created by the Korean War caused the Town Crier to announce it was limiting the number of copies for newsstand sales. 60 years ago – 1956 At a hearing on state highways, John Gilman and Dick Elliott of the Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee presented a Chamber…
Hip, hip, meow! Puddytat and little Kaylena were adopted together and will now wake each morning to lots of love in their own forever home, and Cachoro, the beautiful Belgian Malinois-mix, craftily stole the hearts of his new forever parents. After a crazy 10 weeks where 14 “found” dogs were brought into ARF, it is…
Editor: I appreciate your long explanation on the County CUP approval process [see page 1 story from last week’s Town Crier on the Idyllwild Community Center]. It would be good to have an article with the name, phone number and email of the county planner, Phayvanh Nanthavongdouangsy (PNANTHAV@rctlma.org). If the planner is contacted, a hard…
Editor: One boulder falling on our highway was a major inconvenience and not the first of its kind. It would be better if the gentlemen who wrote the letters regarding “bouldergeddon” and many other people on the Hill were aware of Mountain Disaster Preparedness. This group, along with first responders from IFPD, Cal Fire, CHP…
