To: Santa I love Santa. May I please have a Frozen Tea Party. Emily Jones Dear Santa I’ve been a very good boy and I’m doing well in school. I want new mittens, vr gogles for ps4, golden p24 controller.. A. great game to go with vr. Demolisher, Ice Centurion Blaster, Doomlands Double Dealer…
This year marks the 120th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We reprint it each year for the enjoyment of our…
Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, the ARF cats were happy for Leia’s finding a forever home. Bobbie: Olivia, you know that I’m the new cattery 4-1-1, right? Olivia: Yes, you’re the know-it-all. We get it. Bobbie: Darned tootin’ I know it all! I know that ARF has a new dog. George: …
The perfect gift of love and life … food! With the holidays upon us, nothing may be more appreciated than a jar or container of home cooked soup with a ribbon around it and a nice baguette. Guaranteed it will not end up in a holiday grab bag exchange! A big pot of minestrone, vegetable,…
65 years ago – 1951 The Lions Club viewed Korean War combat films at Fern Valley Lodge. The movies showed U.S. Marines withdrawing from Chosin. 60 years ago – 1956 Because of continuous dry weather, residents and visitors were being asked to be extra careful of fire during the holidays. Jess Southwell and other Forest…
Hockey Brian Smith, father of young Idyllwild hockey player, Adam Smith, provided this coverage of the Wildcats travel hockey team. Saturday, the Wildcats faced off against the Ontario Wave. The Wave started off the scoring with a short-handed breakaway with two minutes to go in a very physical first period. In the second, Wayne Sturdevant…
Editor: I recognize the importance of county road crews having the right of way to clear dangerous trees from the road right of way. What I do not understand is how a county maintenance crew can cut down a healthy 40-year-old evergreen oak tree that is not near a power line or creating a hazard,…
Editor: My, aren’t we blessed to live where a Master Chorale concert of such magnitude can joyfully happen … where people such as Buzz Holmes, the Marshall Hawkins Sextet, John Fleming, Ed Hansen and Sherry Williams can inspire us … where our own Idyllwild Community Fund can choose to fund a wonderful adaptation of a…
Editor: What a joy it was for us to attend the Viva Vivaldi concert last evening. Those of us who are close to these types of performances should take full advantage of these superb events. Dwight Holmes and his crew were masterful and the acoustics of the William Lowman Concert Hall were excellent. DeWitt and…
Editor’s note: Co-publisher Jack Clark writes this week: Pretty heady stuff, this change coming to the Town Crier on Jan. 5, and the paper’s staff is ready and eager for it. “Full market coverage” is the term in the trade; “free to the Hill” is what it means here. TC newspapers free each week to…
