Art’s Corner
By Arthur Connor Music Reviewer
Columns
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Creature Corner: December 13, 2018
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed George back into the cattery. New Sadie: Bernard, what are you doing?Bernard: Writing a letter to Santa Paws.Pepper: Oh! What are you asking for? Please read us the letter. Bernard: OK, but it’s not yet finished. Here’s what I have:Dearest Santa Paws, Life…
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Readers Write: Re: America’s priorities
Editor: What happened to logic and common sense in our country? We have 40,000 citizens in California who lost everything in the wildfires; tax-paying, contributing, members of our society. We have several thousand people at our borders, many of whom have not respected or complied with our laws. They are forcefully trying to enter our…
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Readers Write: Another alternative for power outages
Editor: I commend Mountain Disaster Preparedness for helping to prepare the community to deal with a wise policy of preventive power-grid shutdowns during hazardous fire weather. The recent community meeting (“MDP meeting covers, purchase, use of generators,” Town Crier, Nov. 22, 2018) focused on using fossil-fuel energy sources, but I would strongly encourage most Idyllwild…
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Readers Write: The jets continue to soar
Editor: We awoke to jets flying over our house this morning. We went to the Nature Center and had a wonderful hike accompanied by pretty much non-stop jets, now I am in my studio, jets galore. Tonight our sleep will probably be to the sound of jets flying through the night. This started in 2017…
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Creature Corner: December 6, 2018
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats adjusted to New Sadie taking the spot of office cat. New Sadie: Great news everyone! All the puppies in the litter have been adopted. Bernard: But not I. Pepper: That’s OK, Bernard. You are so sweet, low-energy and loving, you’ll soon find your forever…
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Past Tense: December 6, 2018
70 years ago – 1948 Work was begun on the Idyllwild Fire House between the Trading Post and Ice & Fuel. 65 years ago – 1953 Joan Crawford, Kathryn Grayson and Elizabeth Taylor were in holiday pictures at The Rustic Theatre. 60 years ago – 1958 Santa Ana winds pushed the temperature to 80 degrees…
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Out Loud: November 29, 2018
Sitting at this computer, thinking about the past few weeks of holiday events involving parties, parade, festivals, and lots and lots of people, puts my head in a spin. It feels like, “Well, that all happened,” but then more is coming. We still have a few holidays to go with the Hanukkah, Christmas and New…
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Readers Write: Grateful for the Saturday ceremony
Editor: We would like to compliment the organizers of the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday. What a wonderful job everyone did to make it so enjoyable. We especially are grateful to Chris Perrault for organizing and to the Butterfields for bringing life back to Eleanor Park. We really appreciate the special place we call…
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Readers Write: IWD is in very good shape
Editor: The current state of the Idyllwild Water District is very good. Our mission “to provide reliable water and sewer service in a safe, cost-effective and environmentally sound manner in accordance with the community needs” is being actively pursued. During the drought, the reliability of water has been very good. The sewer system continues to…
