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Domestic argument prompts school response

Around 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29, an alert teacher on her lunch break at Idyllwild School heard a domestic argument in progress at a residence on Saunders Meadow Road, opposite a wing of school classrooms. She then spotted a man with a rifle getting into a truck and driving away from the residence. Despite rumors heard in town,...

Arizona fire proves value of fuel projects

The Wallow Fire burned nearly 540,000 acres from late May until its containment on July 21.

Ray Goren: Jazz prodigy

Ray Goren, 11-years-old, is one of Deacon Jones’ two guitarists.

MDP schedules boots on the ground earthquake drill

Saturday, Sept. 10, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) will mount a “boots on the ground” simulation of the aftermath of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter 2.2 miles east of Banning, in the Pass area. At 9 a.m., MDP will announce over its radio and email systems and through the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) network that a...

Opinion: Let ’em dance

What better way to respect the band and its music than to get up and dance? Thank you, Lord, for providing me a place to sit near the rear of the park during the concert. Had I heard the people complaining about kids dancing, I’d most likely have been ushered out of the park. How horrible and boring their lives must...

Opinion: Fire fees and abatement

How can less than 25 cents per day be called “dreaded” when it gives us a little more protection to live in this wonderful place? What really bugs me are the Idyllwild property owners of vacant land who could care less about fire abatement laws. And, worse yet, the fact that these property owners are “just asked” to clean up...

Opinion: Re: Youth vs. elders

Though I was not at the Marine Corps Band concert myself to witness what happened, I’d like to say that as a senior citizen and a foreign war veteran, I simply can not condone the actions of the elderly folks as described in several letters to the Town Crier. Let me assure the people who were offended...

Opinion: Marines, Sousa, band and dancing

Here are some historical comments that may be of interest regarding dancing to the Marine Band. John Philip Sousa was the Marine Band’s director from 1880 to 1892. By that time, the two-step had replaced the waltz as the popular dance. Sousa formed his own band and in 1889 wrote a march called “The Washington Post.” The suitability of the...

Hawkins’ Town Jazz is a hit

Local jazz icon Marshall Hawkins brought in a band of brothers, and a sister or two, to the first ever, post Jazz in the Pines

Creature Corner: Sept. 1, 2011

Four paws up to Hobo, also known as Licky. He found his comfort zone with his foster family, and is now part of a forever pack.
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