Sitting by the Fire: Prepare and be prepared …
It is never too early to prepare. Even though we are just now seeing the end of winter, it is time to start thinking about preparations for potential wildland fires and other disasters. Prior to this winter, we have had three years with either normal or above normal moisture. The winter of 2010-11 was well-above normal. Those normal or wet years have given most people a sense of false security because of the subsequent relatively inactive fire seasons.
Initial Thoughts: More about volunteers and numbers …
Numbers are fascinating. Some are so big we can abbreviate them, just like acronyms. Some are so small we abbreviate them too.
Readers Write: Opposed to anti-Christian rhetoric
Editor:
I enjoy my weekly edition of the Town Crier immensely. But although I enjoy the paper, I have been offended consistently by your “Dr...
Readers Write: The little engine that couldn’t
Editor:
When one’s favorite big red classic truck isn’t running right, many start by making a list of what could be fixed. If the low-cost,...
Another Point of View: Remembering Allan Morphett
A few months ago, Allan Morphett passed away — quite unexpectedly, in fact. Most of us who knew him were shocked when we first...
Readers write: Not everyone is terrified …
Editor:
In a recent Town Crier article, Sue Nash of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council was quoted as saying, “We’re terrified … Everyone wants...
Creature Corner: April 7, 2022
Garfield
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats met the new dog...
Initial Thoughts: Two subjects — public salaries and letters to the editor …
Special Districts compensation payments
Following the August 2010 revelations about exorbitant public salaries in the City of Bell, Calif., State Controller John Chiang requested that...
Opinion: Re-establish the Municipal Advisory Commitee
I live in Idyllwild Calif., where Supervisor Stone has flatly refused to re-establish the Hill MAC (Municipal Advisory Council) because (as he...
Readers Write: What threat is Sunny?
Editor:
In light of the uproar over the removal of Sunny, the Nature Center cat, I’ve come up with a few questions that might help...