Editor: I was hanging out in the gnome shop at The Fort in Idyllwild Sunday morning and it came to me why the president is meeting with the North Korean dictator. It’s obvious, once you think about it. Mr. Trump stated a while back that he wants to have a grand parade in DC to…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats visited with the ARF canines. Little Girl: Some good news. Al found his forever home. So now we have Taz and Winter. Pepper: Good news, so let’s focus on the felines today, OK? Little Girl: Great idea. The new kittens are so very adorable, and…
70 years ago – 1948 The proprietor of Thorn’s General Store, Pine Cove, advertised, “I’ll sell you stuff if you’ll hunt me up. It’s too cold to be at the store every day.” 65 years ago – 1953 Ernie Maxwell was a member of the snow crew team that trekked Tahquitz Valley to complete the…
Editor: This headline shows needless and unacceptable partisanship for the front page when it mentions President Trump’s name. Many others were involved in developing the changes. (Yes, I know the “buck” stops in the Oval Office.) It is an unfortunate example of the news media’s biased handling of news regarding Mr. Trump, now the president….
Editor: We are again presented with stories of people being killed by an AR15 rifle, and are faced with questions about the weapons used. Let’s briefly consider those weapons. Physicians regularly remove bullets from people who have been shot and repair the area around the wound. There is rarely any damage inflicted more than a…
In facing my 60th this year, along with other friends in Idyllwild who happen to share that distinction, and many of my Florida high-school friends, I thought I’d pull out the 1958 TC archives and have a look. I enjoy perusing the old records. But I’m especially feeling nostalgic because it’s been a few weeks…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats met Al the dog. Little Girl: Another busy week! Indigo: OK, we’re ready. Give us the 4-1-1. Little Girl: If you recall, we have Taz, the sweetest senior min-pin you’ve ever met, and Al, the Chocolate Lab-mix. We also now have a sweet girl named…
I took my grandson Carter with me to Sacramento last week for the annual California News Publishers Association’s Government Affairs Day. While he stayed in the hotel room, I attended the day of speakers from both the Assembly and the House, as well Delaine Eastin, a candidate for governor. She was the only gubernatorial candidate…
Editor: To the gentleman who requested chiropractors cover veterans in Idyllwild: When I read your letter in the Town Crier asking chiropractors to join the Veterans Choice Program, I called Idyllwild Health Center since they were covered. Neither of us had any knowledge of such an organization as Choice. I didn’t know where else to…
70 years ago – 1948 With the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs about to visit the Hill, local folk were urged to look as “mountainy and picturesque” as possible. 65 years ago – 1953 Dan Slanker, founder of the local American Legion Post 800 in 1948, was honored at Hillbilly Lodge by fellow…
