PHOTOS: Mountain Quilters’ versatilely impresses
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Opinion: San Onofre nuclear plant hearing
Do we need another Fukushima in our own backyard? The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has been closed since January due to faulty steam generators that were installed in 2010 and 2011 at a cost of $671 million to SoCal Edison ratepayers. This closure provides Southern California residents with an unprecedented opportunity to decommission…
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Forest Care grants ending
The Forest Care grant program is coming to an end. Since 2006, the reimbursement program has helped property owners create healthier, more fire-safe forests on their property. Landowners within the San Bernardino National Forest still have a chance to meet with one of Forest Care’s professional foresters for a free property evaluation and voluntary enrollment…
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Isis presents “Political Suicide”
“Political Suicide” written by Ernest Thompson, who wrote “On Golden Pond,” will be the Isis Theatre Company’s next production. “More about life than politics, this darkly funny (and nonpartisan) evening is still an urgent reminder that each of us can and, especially now, should make a difference,” wrote Isis President and Artistic Director Suzanne Avalon….
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Rent Party news
Editor’s note: Last week, the Town Crier wrote about the Rent Party planned for noon to 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8. Since the story appeared, the Rent Party committee has changed the process of distributing the proceeds. See Piper Dellums’ explanation below.
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Opinion: The 47 percent
Referring to 47 percent of Americans, Mitt Romney [Republican presidential candidate] has said, “My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Does Romney really believe that nearly half of all Americans are irresponsible freeloaders? Is he talking about you? If…
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Opinion: “Nothing” changes
Regarding Hector Trujillo’s “Science and Reality Today” column in the Sept. 27 issue of the Town Crier, the problem is not with the physics. The problem is with the present (old?) concept of “nothing,” “nothingness,” or “empty.” The evidence is that “empty” space is not empty in the way we thought of “empty” before experiments…
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Opinion: Shadow over new library opening
I would argue against the descriptor “Grand” in the [announcement for the “Opening and Dedication Ceremony”] of the Idyllwild Library. A pall hangs over it since the personnel changeover months ago, whatever the undisclosed reasons. The distasteful manner in which this occurred remains fresh in the minds of many of us who were volunteers and…
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Idyllwild library hours extended, thanks to Friends
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library delivered a check for $32,500 to the County of Riverside …
