Editor: Our local water boards are making crisis decisions about our future community: Stage 1 emergency, Stage 2, Stage 3, descending at rapid and unheard-of speed. Pine Cove and Fern Valley are not listening to the clear guidance coming from the state of California. They are not listening to what’s best for our locality. They…
Every few years I receive a jury summons in the mail and most often, it is to appear in Murrieta. Why? A drive to Banning from my house is at least a half hour shorter. Maybe, you think, they try more cases in Murrieta. Yet the last time Jack appeared there, except for him, the…
One of my favorite bits of mountain lore is the sad saga of Charles Beverly Hughes. Eldest son of a clergyman in the mountains of West Virginia, 37-year-old Hughes left home after his mother’s death. Heading west early in 1905 to seek his fortune, he settled in Banning. That seemed to be an odd choice….
65 years ago – 1950 Ernie Maxwell reported that he had to get his long johns back out as June started with snow and cold weather. 60 years ago – 1955 Dr. Marion Michael Null had been as busy as a bird dog since Davy Crockett became the man of the hour. He was the…
Paws up to all the four-leggeds who have found their forever homes this week. Canines first: Peeta has new digs and a new name and is now a shop dog in Idyllwild. So we can visit him. Yeah. Maggie, previously known as Catnis, has her new pack, a new mom, and is also a shop…
Q. My daughter gave me a really nice sweater for my birthday. We’re having lunch at a fine restaurant later this week. How can I wear the sweater but keep from slopping on it during lunch? — Rudolph, Beaumont A. When you get to the restaurant, put the sweater on inside out and backwards….
Editor: I was very surprised to read about the new Art Alliance board authorizing all five officers to sign checks. The treasurer should not be signing checks if they are “keeping the books.” That way the treasurer is the oversight for checks being written. The person doing the books should not be the person signing…
Editor: First and foremost, I love you, America, with all my heart. You have been good to me. Here I met the love of my life. Now for me, it is giving back time to this precious land. After the war in Germany, just the mention of America brought on thoughts of something wonderful. I…
Editor: Aspartame is an artificial sweetener created in laboratory by Monsanto, a pesticide and GMO manufacturer. This sickening sweetness is brought to us in little packets of NutraSweet, Sweeta, Equal, Spoonful, Canderel and Benevia. Diet sodas are full of it, and so are low-calorie, low-fat and sugar free food products. We think we’re eating healthy…
Editor: Looking at the Town Crier last week, it looks like some restaurant owners may be finally waking up. I saw deals on food. I have been up here now for 15 years and have been saying the same thing over and over: The prices up here to eat are crazy. Chelsea’s was one of…
