Fashion Jack: Sweater snags & wedding shirts
I have a favorite sweater that’s full of snags. What can I do about it?
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Off the Main Roads: Find (safe) winter wanderings …
As we finally can enjoy the snow, which we so rightly deserve, it’s a good time to remember a few practical tips to keep us safe in this all beautiful white stuff. Hopefully, you’ve already figured out that taking a winter hike in the high country takes a bit more planning than a summer-day hike….
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Tax Tips: IRS budget and service cuts
The IRS is coming to grips with a $346 million budget reduction including enforcement cuts of $160 million. I wonder if it is due to its targeting certain political organizations. If so, it wouldn’t be the first time. After creating an unflattering print of President Nixon with the caption “Vote for McGovern,” Andy Warhol was…
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Creature Corner: March 12, 2015
Paws up to Juliet, our Chihuahua-mix. She is in the best forever home ever, and can often be seen visiting around town. Furball Bill is a 3-year-old male with gorgeous champagne color. He’s a bit shy, and even though he’s 3, he still loves to play. He is good with other felines, and loves to…
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Past Tense: March 12, 2015
65 years ago – 1950 FM radio equipment was installed in Forest Service trucks and lookouts. 60 years ago – 1955 Registered voters served by the Idyllwild Water Company were to go to the polls to vote for or against the formation of an Idyllwild County Water District, and to elect five directors. 55 years…
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Journal from the James: How nature works …
To look out on nature, be it a mountain forest such as we have in Idyllwild, a desert or even a tropical forest, what appears to many is a hodgepodge of plants and animals. Admittedly, nature can appear to be a bit messy at times, at least according to our often more organized propensities. For…
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Fire And Forest: Fire abatement helps all …
By Chris Kramer MCFSC President With the recent election of officers on the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, I’d like to introduce myself as the new president. I plan to keep our message going in the same positive direction that past president Mike Esnard did with this column. I also will ask other board members…
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Before Our Time: You don’t have to live in Idyllwild to leave your mark — Idyllwild Institute-Fiesta …
Some 32 summer camps have now been documented in the Idyllwild area since 1920. But Idyllwild Institute-Fiesta stands out for its oddly nondescript name. This was a program to cultivate leadership and patriotism in high school girls enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Given the tendency of JROTC to attract disproportionate numbers of…
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Past Tense: March 5, 2015
65 years ago – 1950 Ernie Maxwell and Ralph Accardi, conducting the snow survey, got lost near Hidden Lake. But Maxwell declared, “Each year we get a little less lost.” 60 years ago – 1955 Under a franchise granted to W.E. Huffman, Star Route mail carrier between Hemet and Idyllwild, passengers were to be carried…
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TAX TIPS: Common tax myths
As our tax law becomes ever more complex, misconceptions regarding the law and its interpretation increase. Many people think that by filing an extension they can postpone paying the tax owed. An extension only extends the time to file, not to pay. You should pay the estimated amount owed with your extension to lessen penalties…
