Update: Juliet is still with us and still looking for her forever home. She would make a wonderful companion to the feline crowd. Under a year old, this min-pin/Chihuahua is a bundle of energy. She loves to play fetch and tug of war, and car rides are her fav, as is snuggling in the blankets….
65 years ago – 1950 In order to share responsibility for Town Hall, various organizations were planning to put on benefits for upkeep of the community building. 55 years ago – 1960 It was announced that Mt. San Jacinto State Park was included in Gov. Edmund G. Brown’s proposed state budget that called for…
Editor: I was just want to say how much I enjoyed Robert Smith’s article on hitting the slopes at Idyllwild. As a part-time Hill resident for a quite a while, I have had “old timers” over the years tell me how there used to be snow skiing in Idyllwild. I have always been curious about…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild is a class act, co-founded by my friend Chris Trout and Grace Songolo. So when it suffers controversy, it brings out my most Southern mama roots. Here we go: My Mama, who died too soon at age 71 in 1998, would say about what’s going on, “I’m as mad as…
Editor: I refer to last week’s article about the Art Alliance of Idyllwild membership meeting and wondered if your reporter attended the same meeting that I did. Yes, there were a few members with a single-item agenda, but there were many facts and nuances your reporter failed to mention. For example: • The AAI financials…
Editor: I was extremely disappointed to read your article concerning the Art Alliance of Idyllwild in the Town Crier. I attended the meeting and, in my opinion, you only reported the negative side of the business conducted while completely ignoring the positive elements raised at the meeting. For example, you completely failed to report that…
Not long ago, my wife was cleaning up an old framed, hand-tinted photograph of a nondescript desert scene, a piece we’d inherited from my parents years ago. Because my father loved the desert, I assumed this was merely a personal memento of times he’d spent as a teenager visiting relatives at Mecca. Yet it had…
It’s vital that the Idyllwild Fire Finance Committee plan for the long-term. Effects of losing the Pine Cove ambulance contract — a quarter of a million dollars — is going to put a dent in an already shaky financial situation at our local fire department. Legal fees are piling up under three grand jury investigations:…
65 years ago – 1950 County road crews were widening Circle Drive so snow could be pushed back further. 60 years ago – 1955 Locals were told to “stop shoveling and enjoy it” on Idyllwild sledding day at the Halona Lodge hill. 55 years ago – 1960 The Lionss Club unfurled its new…
Editor: On Sunday, Jan. 18, I was walking my bloodhound Dooley on a leash in Pine Cove at about 3:15 p.m. I turned off Sylvan Way to Oak Leaf Lane. Toward the end of Oak Leaf, a small gray pitbull-mix came down a driveway and attacked my dog. The attacking dog was fast and without…
