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A Healthy Idyllwild: Prostate care
By June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult you own healthcare provider for any questions or issues concerning you own health status. Some info below taken from: www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/understanding-prostate-changes www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/ www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/pdf/prostate_health_tips.pdf Gentlemen, please do not neglect your prostates. Know the symptoms of problems and get your regular checkups. True enough, at least…

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Columns | Dr. Tom

Dr. Tom: Poverty …
ByKluzak, Tom & Kathy June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I’ve got a really strange idea and here is how it happened. I read a news report about Ben Carson, our secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in which he was quoted as saying that poverty is a state of mind. I took that to mean that poor people are to blame for their own…

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Columns | Out Loud

Out Loud: In Memory of James Larkin …
By June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Editor’s note: Staff Reporter Marshall Smith writes on his personal relationship with former TC staffer James Larkin, who died last week at the young age of 39. Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, And not seek for kind relief? William Blake, Songs of Innocence Family….

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Opinion

Winter is Coming
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 7, 2017June 8, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Marsha Kennedy Idyllwild Snow Group A couple months ago, the Snow Group conducted a straw poll among about a third of Idyllwild businesses regarding the effects of snow-play visitors. Almost 90 percent of those we spoke with said their experiences were negative, that this particular kind of tourist creates challenges while contributing little or…

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Columns | Creature Corner

Creature Corner: June 8, 2017
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats talked about being patient with finding a new home. Bobbie: That, my friends, was the quietest weekend we’ve had in a long time. George: True, but it was for a good reason. Hopefully, the ARF humans raised lots of money at the beer festival….

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Columns | Past Tense

Past Tense: June 8, 2017
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

70 years ago – 1947 A wave of ladybugs buzzed through the village, coming out of hibernation. Somebody proposed an annual village lottery on the date the yearly flight would take place. 65 years ago – 1952 The Froehlichs were readying their new Rustic Theatre for a mid-June opening. Promised features included “a sloping floor,…

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Columns | Letters to the Editor | Opinion

Readers Write: Disappointment
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 2, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

Editor: I am saddened by the events of the Memorial Day Weekend yard sale. Never in 28 years of living in Idyllwild have I had signs pulled down, replaced by someone else’s yard sale signs, or crumpled and thrown by the roadside. Aren’t we are all supposed to be neighbors having fun and helping each…

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Columns | Letters to the Editor | Opinion

Readers Write: Ars antiqua, ars nova
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 2, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

Editor: I enjoyed your piece about the good ol’ (bad ol’?) days of Xacto knives, electric erasers, little bits of paper and glue. I started with music preparation — parts, scores, orchestration in the late ’60s — same thing; with special music notation ink pens. Until a workable notation program came along: Finale. Maybe in…

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Columns | Out Loud

Out Loud: Holiday paper …
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 2, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I wrote a bit about the hectic time we are experiencing, and I’m guessing that this summer isn’t shaping up to be a good one for my container garden on our deck because the breaks aren’t coming. That may not be such a bad thing if a bear is roaming around seeking out yummy herbs…

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Columns | Fire and Forest

Fire & Forest: The CWPP …
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 2, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

In our mountain communities, there is a partnership between all of the “players” involved in the protection of our lives, homes and the environment. The documentation of this partnership is called the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This document links the public with volunteer groups (Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council and Mountain Area Safety Taskforce) and…

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