Response to Gisela Stearns’ letter Dear editor:I thank Ms. Stearns for exercising her American right to speak her opinion and I thank the Idyllwild Town Crier for serving as a platform for such discourse. I am writing to respectfully disagree with Ms. Stearns’ July 22 letter and provide scholarly background in hopes of lending her…
Fern: Again, it is rather quiet in here.Stevie: So, it is, but I’m not surprised because it is just the adult cats left.Fern: Although I am super playful, almost like a kitten!Rosemary: As am I.Pepper: Did you hear about the dog, Oliver?Stevie: No. What is it?Pepper: First of all, he has gained 5 pounds but…
70 years ago – 1951At a joint Chamber and Lions Club committee meeting, members announced plans for a community recreation program the Lions would fund. Plans included hiring a paid recreation director and installing playground equipment. 65 years ago – 1956A grand opening celebration was held for the new Richfield service station in Pine Cove….
Everyone deserves to be heard Dear editor:Consensus is not science. Science doesn’t insist on everyone agreeing. Science relies on the scientific method in the pursuit and application of knowledge. Science is never finished.It looks to me that adherence to party has become more of a lock-step situation — for the left as well as the…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats visited with the two remaining kittens.Fern: Gather ‘round! Do you hear that?Stevie: (After a moment of silence) Hear what? I don’t hear anything.Fern: Exactly! It is so quiet in here because the final two kittens have gone to their forever home!Rosemary: That is very…
70 years ago – 1951Hikers from the Pathfinder camp experienced a near-tragedy when lightning knocked them to the ground while descending San Jacinto Peak. 65 years ago – 1956The Norman Roys of Garden Grove purchased 9 acres of the Pauley Ranch off Delano Road, and announced plans to build a “deluxe trailer park” named Roy-L…
Fern: Wow! We really had some fun weather — thunder, rain and all.Stevie: We weren’t so sure about all the ruckus. It would have been much more comfortable in a home with a real family.Fern: Right. We could have turned to the humans for a little support. I was kind of scared!Rosemary: I bet the…
70 years ago – 1951The Chamber of Commerce, working on a community recreation program, was raffling off a brand new Chevrolet to raise money for Town Hall. 65 years ago – 1956The first tour of mountain homes was sponsored by the Idyllwild Community Church Guild. Among the tour homes were Florence Schisler’s High Castle overlooking…
Q. We’re going out for crab legs this weekend at a seafood restaurant. But I hate wearing those big plastic bibs they give you with the cartoon crab on them. What else can I do? -Edith, Temecula A. Bring along your own bib. An old sweater works fine. Just tie the arms around your neck…
Dear editor:I’m Nervous! Very Nervous. We live in a fire prone area during the worst drought in years. Everything is dry. We are a tourist town with many off the Hill visitors clueless about how easy it is for a fire to start and in a matter of minutes consume half this mountain. We are…
