Creature Corner: April 9, 2015

Update: Griffin is in a trial/foster home. Give them your smile, Griffin. Hope it works. ARF has two dogs that were found, in a foster...

Tax Tips: Bogus IRS harassing calls

There has been a plague of phone calls by fraud artists posing as IRS employees and demanding money. Between 9,000 and 12,000 complaints about...

Past Tense: April 9, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 A new Sportland was started to replace the one completely destroyed the previous autumn. 60 years ago - 1955 Dr. M.M. Null...

Journal from the James: What’s wild in Idyllwild? …

We live in a forest sanctuary on the Hill, a sky island that we, and many wild animal species, call home. Animals typically roam...

Out Loud: Black-eyed peas

In my younger days, conversations with my mother centered around her health, and what she ate that day and recent days. I remember her...

Readers Write: Fire abatement law concerns

I appreciate Chief Hawkins’ letter in the Idyllwild Town Crier on March 19, 2015. I have several concerns with the new fire abatement program....

Readers Write: Lose the driver’s license

Re: One more major-injury motorcycle collision near Mountain Center. March 26, 2015: Question: Should Mr. Thibodeaux automatically lose his driver’s license for a period of...

Readers Write: Time for AAI to move on

I wholeheartedly agree with Shanna Robb for the need to stay focused, but we disagree on “what” we should focus on. AAI needs to...

Fire & Forest: Fire abatement protects your home …

I am asking board members to write on various topics for this column. Doris Lombard has timely information and thoughts on maintaining defensible space. Here...

Creature Corner: April 2, 2015

Well, that didn’t take long. Sydney, the black Lab, is already off to a new adventure with a new pack, and acres to run...
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