By Bobbie Glasheen I find myself in a difficult relationship and need to call Saul about beginning divorce proceedings. It’s my vacuum cleaner. We suffer irreconcilable differences, this machine being bigger, more powerful and decidedly more intelligent than I. There is a precipitous drop up at the end of Howland Drive and I might just…
Editor: I am tired of all the controversy surrounding the IWD. People need to do their jobs and others need to accept what is and move on. For example, if the board has not taken action to enforce the contractual requirement for General Manager Thomas Lynch to have a certain certification, unless the lack of…
Editor: Fifty-three years ago last Thursday was my 15th birthday. I remember a childhood friend and I sneaking under the fence at Foster Lake to slip into the cool waters for a refreshing summertime swim. The hot August sun on our bare backs and the cold, velvet-like water were a dazzling contrast. I remember an…
The public can’t get a straight answer from a water district general manager about something as simple as his required T2 certification. The public can’t get a straight answer from their water board about something as simple as a general manager’s required T2 certification. The responses range from “pending” to “satisfactory progress” to “barking up…
65 years ago – 1951 The wild turkeys turned loose on the Wellman ranch were doing well and reproducing as hoped. 60 years ago – 1956 The annual Chuckwagon Dinner for the benefit of Town Hall netted almost $500. 55 years ago – 1961 Construction of a clubhouse at Tahquitz Lake Golf Course was nearly…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats welcomed Checkers the dog and celebrated the adoption of four kittens. Leia: You ain’t gonna believe this. Last Wednesday ARF took in a litter of four kittens, and three have already been adopted! Bobbie: Great news! So I have to tolerate only one…
By Jack Clark Fashion Advisor Q. I’m 71. I had a tooth pulled, and I need a bridge or an implant. Which is more fashionable? –Elwood, Hemet A. I’m 71, also. When my dentist told me I needed a bridge or an implant, I asked him, “What’s the difference?” He said, “Well, a bridge will…
Editor: Apparently, the right to cast a vote for or against the proposed increase in Idyllwild Fire fees will not be available to owners of properties who are “non-residents.” That would include us. Our voting precinct is in Orange County. It is not that the proposed increase is beyond our means. The issue is “taxation…
A certain part of downtown Idyllwild I like to call the Bermuda Diangle. That’s where information that should be in the public eye mysteriously isn’t. Between the Idyllwild Water and Fire districts buildings, an ocean of secrecy exists so vast it could swallow both ships and planes. Recently, Jack, JP and I held our own…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society’s annual membership meeting is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, in the Idyllwild Library Meeting Room 2. Afterwards, members and guests are invited back to the museum for refreshments and a tour of the Archive Building … Adults are invited to the Presidential Book Club’s fourth meeting about U.S. presidents…
