Editor: If I read the tea leaves correctly, $8.60/month is the lowest subscription rate? I guess a dollar a week is cheaper or read it at the library? $8.60 a month on a fixed income is not an option! Warren Monroe Idyllwild Editor’s note: In addition to copies we give to the Idyllwild Library, ever…
Editor: I wanted to share a “small world” story. My family has lived part-time in Idyllwild for more than 36 years. As a result, we experienced the joy of watching master chain-saw carver Jonathan LaBenne turn our massive “tree-in-the-road” in Fern Valley into our original, delightful Idyllwild Tree Monument. At one of our awesome lumberjack…
Editor: I was the lowest rung on the Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Morning Advocate newsroom ladder, but still very much a player. Dinnertime saw the news and sports desks empty with only me, the nighttime newsroom receptionist, left minding the store. In the total quiet, Teletype machines began clacking, spitting out tape with the alert bell…
Editor: My wife and I are campground hosts at Mt. San Jacinto State Park Campground. This is our fourth year here during the months of March and April. First of all, we enjoy reading the Town Crier and the great town of Idyllwild. One of the reasons we come back every year is that we…
Editor: A recent article in the Town Crier discussed mutual aid between first responders on medical calls in the Idyllwild area but the author, unfortunately, did not have the benefit of the most current information about the issue. Riverside County continually works to improve emergency medical response countywide and recently developed an updated operational policy…
Editor: In the 1990s, public-school educators did not think or need to say, “We are not warriors, we are teachers.” No one talked about how to “shelter in place” in the classroom, inside door locks were non-existent, shooting drill practices never occurred and training in “critical incident debriefing” wasn’t necessary. During that time, as a…
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…
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…
