Editor: What? She is being evicted, not retiring. Wrong headline. The county is trying to evict her. Sunny is still at the Nature Center, not at ARF, and the committee to save Sunny collected 75 signatures July 7 being forwarded to Supv. Washington. Keith Herron at the county has made this decision based on one…
Editor: While at the dump, I stood on a ridge behind the dumpsters and wondered at the puff of smoke that caught my eye. As the smoke grew denser, so did the flames, now leaping and spreading rapidly. I could clearly see the source of the flames as they slowly widened and lengthened as the…
Three of us who braved last Thursday’s summer concert huddled through the entire event, watching chairs fold up and people leaving in swarms as the sun rolled away and temperatures dropped. Children — who carry that warm, brown fat — never seemed to notice. They ran, whirled through the playground and ate ice cream, including…
All four paws up to our Chihuahua, Peanut, aka Paco. All it takes is great behavior and smiling eyes, and you find yourself in the loving arms of your new forever human. Good for you, Peanut. We will always love you, too. And we can all breathe easier knowing that Sunny the cat has found…
Out on a forest trail, I was just closing on a particularly gorgeous specimen of Passiflora Edulis Sims with my iPhone camera when the phone gave the morose little beep of a dying battery. What? It was fully charged when I headed out! I glanced down with surprise at the glowering red battery icon ……
65 years ago – 1950 Realtors were advertising cabins with fireplaces for $3,750 and acre-sized lots for $1,250. 60 years ago – 1955 C.L. Emerson died in Hemet at the age of 82. He had been associated with the early development of Idyllwild and purchased the Idyllwild Inn in 1917. 55 years ago – 1960…
Editor: We love Idyllwild’s special events, and we love our dogs, but sometimes the two don’t mix. I was witness to abuses at two recent venues I want to publicize, since some dog owners seem to be blind to their pet’s distress. Each event is a wonderful occasion and a must-see for me, yet both…
Editor: I recently learned about the Nature Center’s so-called “volunteer” who is attempting to get rid of Sunny, the center’s beloved house cat. Sunny presents no public-safety issues, as alleged. In fact, it’s just the opposite. She serves an important role as head mouser and has been doing so for at least five years. She…
Editor: In light of the uproar over the removal of Sunny, the Nature Center cat, I’ve come up with a few questions that might help Riverside County decide if this action is truly necessary. 1. Which poses a greater threat to the health of our forest? a. Humans who dump trash and toss cigarette butts…
Editor: The Food and Drug Administration has been around, in one form or another, for almost 200 years. In 1820, the U.S. Pharmacopeia provided the first compilation of “standard drugs” for the U.S. In1862, President Lincoln appointed a chemist to serve in the new Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Chemistry, predecessor of the…
