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A Healthy Idyllwild | Columns

A Healthy Idyllwild
By April 12, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Callie Wight Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your own healthcare provider. Some info below taken from: https://wellness.uchicago.edu/page/bystander-intervention http://thoughtcatalog.com/abbey-fox/2013/07/the-four-ds-of-bystander-intervention-how-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/ www.facebook.com/MCAllianceAgainstGBV/ It’s been in the news a lot. Some of you may be tired of hearing about it. But perhaps we hear so much about it because it is,…

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Columns | Past Tense

Past Tense: April 12, 2018
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 12, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

70 years ago – 1948 The Town Crier noted evidence that the dog population was getting out of hand: “Many pets are apparently dissatisfied with their homes and prefer just to hang around the post office.” 65 years ago – 1953 County Civil Defense Coordinator Col. O.S. Dresher told a Town Hall audience that the…

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Columns | Creature Corner

Creature Corner: April 12, 2018
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 11, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” Panther and Little Girl learned about ARF’s new dog, Shay. Little Girl: It’s time for everyone to meet Shay, ARF’s newest canine family member. Khalessi: How exciting. Look, here he is! Shay: (enters the room) Hello everyone! I’m Shay, and I’m here to find my forever home….

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Out Loud

Out Loud: Board vacancies
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 4, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

In the past few months, each of the four special fire districts on the Hill — Idyllwild Fire, and Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove waters — saw one of their board members resign, all for health reasons. The first to resign was Charlie Wix in February 2017. Through a bumbling process where another director…

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Bobbie Rants

Bobbie Rants: Rhythm Bottom
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

Attending a recital at Idyllwild Arts, we entered Stephens Hall and found only one unoccupied seat. Gary offered it to me. And then he spotted a kettle drum pushed against the wall. It was draped in green vinyl and looked more like a round table than a musical instrument.

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Climate Comments

Climate Comments: Citizens’ Climate Lobby
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

What if instead of worrying about all the problems climate change is creating, we focused on a simple solution?
What if instead of arguing, there was a way for people from across the political spectrum to work together to empower our representatives to act?

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Creature Corner

Creature Corner: April 4, 2018
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 4, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” Panther and Little Girl talked about their perfect forever homes.
Little Girl: It looks as if the puppies, Frankie and Grace, might have found forever homes.

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Past Tense

Past Tense: April 5, 2018
ByIdyllwild Town Crier April 4, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

70 years ago – 1948 Chess and bridge were favorite features of evenings at Idyllwild Inn. 65 years ago – 1953 Nearly 30 members had signed up for the newly organized Rifle and Pistol Club sponsored by the American Legion Post 800. 60 years ago – 1958 The Sikkings were about to open their new…

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Columns | Past Tense

Past Tense: March 29, 2018
ByIdyllwild Town Crier March 30, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

70 years ago – 1948 As the Lions entertained in honor of their daughters, Ernie Maxwell contributed a chalk talk on “Feminine Fashion.” 65 years ago – 1953 Two bald eagles were frequenting the Foster Lake area. 60 years ago – 1958 The Chamber of Commerce listed public rest-rooms among its study projects for the…

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Another Point of View | Opinion

Another Point of View: On newspapers …
ByIdyllwild Town Crier March 30, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Susan Rowell President of the National Newspaper Association There are two things you need to know about newspapers. Newspapers are important to community life and democracy. Always have been. We at the National Newspaper Association think it is important for all sorts of newspapers to survive for the sake of a free society —…

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