As many of you know, our Co-Publisher/Editor Becky Clark suffered a small heart attack on September 25. She’s doing fine and expects to recover completely in just a few months. Thank you all for your concern and good wishes. Meanwhile, Becky’s putting in a couple of hours here, a few hours there — working mostly…
65 years ago – 1950 The Fern Valley Lodge was selling “fine dinners” for only $1 per meal. 60 years ago – 1955 Hemet Unified School District provided a bus to take Idyllwild students to football games in Hemet. 55 years ago – 1960 Although the Forest Service had not declared the Keen Camp guard…
Peanut Butter is a very small Chihuahua about 4 years old. Male, good with the feline crowd, OK with other dogs, not a barker, and house trained. He is low energy, loves to be held, and good on a leash. Peanut needs a secure yard, and a loving family. Bubbles is an 8-year-old female calico,…
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….
65 years ago – 1950 Plans for state riding and hiking trails received a boost when portions of the local trail system were inspected and found to be favorable. 60 years ago – 1955 Desert Sun School over Saunders Meadow Way reopened with one of the largest enrollments in its history. 55 years ago –…
