Opinion: Guns 2

Gun control? No. How about criminal control? The looney in Colorado will get a trial. When convicted he’ll get an automatic appeal. Then there’ll be another...

Fire and Forest: ‘Citizen of the Year’ and other lessons from the Woodies …

The Woodies are the rock stars of California fire safe councils.   As the volunteer arm of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, they abate homes...

Opinion: Guns 1

First, let me say that I don’t own a gun, and I’m not suggesting that gun ownership be unregulated. Little kids shouldn’t be allowed to...

Opinion: The final word

If there is one thing I can say, it is that we are grateful for all the support and positive energy everyone has given...

Opinion: Rebuttal

Are the negative, character-assasinating comments about Eduardo Santiago being posted or printed in our paper? I surely hope not. It would set a terrible precedent...

Opinion: Argument

I want to send a big thank-you to Julie Johnson for opening her wonderful store, INK Book Gathering, to Idyllwild Authors Series. I was shocked...

Before Our Time: Two early and longtime Idyllwild fore-fathers …

Frank Strong and George Dickinson get relatively little attention as pioneer developers in Strawberry Valley. Unlike George Hannahs, Walter Lindley or Claudius Lee Emerson, they...

Opinion: A conductor’s comments

Yes, it is true that the noise from the playground was loud and distracting for us, especially during the quieter pieces. I am at a...

Past Tense: Aug. 2, 2012

65 years ago - 1947 A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet.   60 years ago - 1952 Paul and Mary Gormley...

Opinion: Commotion at concert series

The performance that the Coachella Valley Symphony Orchestra treated us to last Thursday evening was truly memorable. They made the long trip to...
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