By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers With 16 business members, seven nonprofit members and two public-agency members, along with 411 personal memberships, the Town Crier Charter Membership list continues to grow. We are now at about 80 percent of the minimum amount we estimated last August we would need in the first year to enable…
Editor: This headline shows needless and unacceptable partisanship for the front page when it mentions President Trump’s name. Many others were involved in developing the changes. (Yes, I know the “buck” stops in the Oval Office.) It is an unfortunate example of the news media’s biased handling of news regarding Mr. Trump, now the president….
Editor: We are again presented with stories of people being killed by an AR15 rifle, and are faced with questions about the weapons used. Let’s briefly consider those weapons. Physicians regularly remove bullets from people who have been shot and repair the area around the wound. There is rarely any damage inflicted more than a…
In facing my 60th this year, along with other friends in Idyllwild who happen to share that distinction, and many of my Florida high-school friends, I thought I’d pull out the 1958 TC archives and have a look. I enjoy perusing the old records. But I’m especially feeling nostalgic because it’s been a few weeks…
Violent crimes drop nearly 10 percent Overall, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported a slight decline in violent crimes during 2017. For the year, Part 1 crimes, which includes homicides, rapes, robberies, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny-theft and arson, fell 2.2 percent in the county. But violent crime, limited to murder, rape, robbery…
Geoffrey Caine died from lung cancer Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. He had survived heart surgery, including the insertion of five stents, this past autumn. He was born on July 15, 1946, in Johannesberg, South Africa. His family immigrated to Australia when he was a preteen. Geoffrey was educated here at the University of Michigan in…
Stone Creek Water was hit by “an avalanche” of difficulties last week, as related by Dr. Leonard and Carolyn Weston, the owners of Stone Creek Water Company, Inc. First, they had allowed firefighters working a house fire near Azalea Trails to use water from Stone Creek’s tank, which drained it. Next, the pump lines froze….
The winter of 2017-18 has been exceedingly dry and warm, until the past two weeks, which have been very cold, damp and wet. However, this small amount of precipitation is still substantially below historical averages. Cal Fire’s Southern Operations Predictive Unit advises regional fire officials to “expect some fire activity in every calendar month during…
Brendan Steele earned a top-20 in a prestigious tournament last week by firing a 6-under-par 69-66-71-72 — 278 in the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship in Mexico City. The four WGC tournaments, with their $10 million purses, attract the best golfers in the world, so a top-20 in any of them is a fine result. For…
Casey Abrams, school alum, returns Set aside the weekend of Aug. 10, 11 and 12 for the 25th-annual Jazz in Pines festival. This summer marks a quarter century of homage to, as Marshall Hawkins, Idyllwild Arts jazz founder, says, the musical genre unique to America — jazz. From a warm and secluded Saturday afternoon in…
