Editor: I really look forward to receiving the Town Crier each week. Not living there as a full-time resident allows me to stay in touch with what’s happening in my old neighborhood. Recently, you expanded the interests of the TC to include a column for foodies written by Vic Sirkin. I am certainly not a…
Editor: Referring to [“The Home Bistro”] in the Town Crier dated June 2, page 5: “The largest of our three very small water districts won’t sell water meters to owners of vacant parcels who have been making payments to build their retirement dream cabins.” Wow, I think I saw a similar scenario on an old…
Editor: 1) Of course, there needs to be public hearings statewide on this topic that effects the respectful, free use of the public’s lands; it is your obligation to ensure that this happens; 2) Different uses have different impacts, and logically should be recognized as such. For example, generally, person by person, hiking has a…
Editor: I humbly apologize for my recent letter [May 19] to the TC staff for implying calendar-challenged reporting. Thanks to follow-up stories, I have since realized that the IFPD/San Jacinto Joint Powers Authority plans are no April Fool’s joke. And the realization struck me that the JPA makes perfect sense, given the financial difficulties IFPD…
Editor’s note: Jack’s turn again this week. Shortly after the 2013 Mountain Fire that destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of thousands from our Hill, the cost of suppressing that fire was estimated at about $27 to $28 million in taxpayers’ dollars, the greater portion of which was borne by the U.S. Forest Service. Two…
By Bobbie Glasheen I was asked to write an ethical will to leave with my descendants; to record the values that are important to me. Doggone ponderous topic. If one plans to live forever, what matters an “ethical will” or any other will and testament, come to think of it. The forest is moist and…
Editor: Sorry, Mr. Kuscher, but you should never let Sunny outdoors. There are coyotes everywhere in Idyllwild and Pine Cove, day and night. I appreciate you taking the sweet cat into your home, but please rethink these outdoor adventures. Kathy Kieferdorf Pine Cove
Editor: We appreciate the excellent article on Sunny. We were on the outraged side of the “removing her from the Nature Center” controversy. So we are glad to hear things have really worked out; both for Sunny and for Gary Kuscher. Peter, Iris and Jake Davison Idyllwild
Editor: If this happens, people will die, property will be lost and a city already struggling will crumble. An act of this proportion takes months and years, not days, to finalize. Where will our paramedics or firefighters come from? The bottom of the barrel. The ones who couldn’t hack it. Where is the next available…
Many of you may not know that the Town Crier is as old as Idyllwild Arts. Our first issue printed in November 1946 and we are working out plans to celebrate our 70th year later with readers and advertisers invited. I love looking through past Town Criers and often get lost in reading old stories…
