Editor: Last week’s Town Crier said: “Verne Lauritzen, chief of staff for Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington, called to discuss how communication could be improved between Town Hall recreation users and county management. Lauritzen said the supervisor’s office will take a look at reconstituting a CSA 36 Advisory Board, perhaps with quarterly meetings to start,…
Editor: It’s big news. Alert the media: the Black-headed Grosbeak is all but gone from these parts, moving south into Mexico where he is known as picogrueso tigrillo….translated into fat-lip. He does heft an oversized beak. I don’t really care what he is called or where he is now, I just want him back. He…
Editor: While following the discussion on this page regarding compensation for our firefighters, I was reminded of the story of the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” where a town besieged by rats promises to pay a piper to rid the town of this plague. Once the piper successfully did his job, the town refused to pay…
Editor: One of the joys of living in a small town is our newspaper. We get to find out which of our kids is Student of the Week, who ran their car off the road on Sunday, and win a free movie by guessing where Jack is snapping his photos. I particularly enjoy the letters…
Editor: So far, the NRA continues to stay relatively quiet after each mass shooting. The NRA is missing an opportunity. Americans from all walks of life realize something is amiss in our society. A society that has created the opportunity for maligned or mentally ill individuals to access a higher level of fire power killing…
Editor: I was delighted to read that our wonderful Christmas Tree is going to get more help. Pine Cove Water District has already delivered three tanks of water this summer as a community service. When the last drought thirteen years ago started Pine Cove Water District acquired a disused 1000 gallon water tank from a…
Editor: When I was forty-one I no longer lived near a park, so I decided to jog in the street; the concrete being too tough on one’s knees and feet. I made the error of running on the right side of the road, as if I were driving. Even though I was all the way…
Editor: Richard started Community Lumber in 1979 with an idea of how to bring reasonably priced building materials to Idyllwild and make a living here. Richard and Karin met in 1980 and joined together in life and in business. We met Eduardo in 1984, and together over more than three decades nurtured that seed of…
Editor: The editor’s “unsavory terms” regarding the Idyllwild Fire Department appear to be spot-on. Becky Clark verifies and re-verifies her facts before printing. I agree that no fires (thank God) mean that more firefighters are on standby for medical calls. These employees need to be classified as EMTs with lower salaries to match their titles….
Editor: Respectfully, Becky, you write frequently about the fire department in most unsavory terms. The week before last, it’s that the firemen are paid too much and we should have a volunteer fire department. You also say our Idyllwild Fire Department is basically an emergency medicine “outfit” (EMT). We are very fortunate to have our…
