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...