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Page 6 - Idyllwild Town Crier, July 17, 2008 How to reach us Phone: (951) 659-2145 or toll-free: 1-888-535-6663 Fax: (951) 659-2071 E-mail: itc@towncrier.com Web site: www.towncrier.com When to reach us OFFICE HOURS 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday Closed Saturday & Sunday DEADLINES MONDAY News Items — 10 a.m. Classified Ads — Noon Display Ads — Noon u Becky Clark Publisher-Editor J.P. Crumrine Assistant Editor Grace Reed Advertising Sales Manager Jim Crandall Operations Manager u Sandy Burns Classified & Legal Sales Advisor Kathy Bryson Advertising Sales James Larkin Production, Circulation Beth Nottley Copy Editor, Production Assistant Jenny Kirchner Staff Photographer Juli Burleson Bookkeeper Wayne Parker Newsstands Kathleen Mason Desert Distribution, Advertising Sales Contributors: Betty Bailey • Chris Fisher Dick Hadik • Steve Hudson Cihan Sesen • Marshall Smith Bruce Watts u Please read your ad. We assume no responsibility for errors after first insertion. The IDYLLWILD TOWN CRIER (USPS 635260) is published weekly for $29 per year in county and $33 per year out of county by the IDYLLWILD TOWN CRIER, P.O. Box 157, 54295 Village Center Dr., Idyllwild, CA 92549. Periodical postage paid at Idyllwild, CA. Send subscription and change of address requests to the above address. Please allow up to two weeks for requests to take effect. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to IDYLLWILD TOWN CRIER, P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549. All contents of the Idyllwild Town Crier are copyrighted by the Idyllwild Town Crier. Per copy, 75 cents (tax included). Single mailing of newspaper, $2.50. This newspaper is printed on recycled paper. Out loud Comparing forests … I experienced Yo s e m i t e ’ s b e a u t y l a s t week. Some friends and I stayed in a cabin Wawona, a little community just inside the park entrance. On Friday before everyone else arrived, I rested on the deck, knitting, reading and erasing worries of work. The breeze blowing through the trees amongst the vacation cabins in the little neighborhood where we stayed relaxed and calmed me. Midday, I walked to the Pine Tree Market nearby and bought supplies for an anticipated dinner with friends. Once the spaghetti sauce began simmering on the stove, I headed back to the deck. These mundane actions are some of what everyone does at a vacation cabin in the mountains. The next day, we biked and hiked all day in Yosemite Valley, but Friday was my day alone. No illegally-exhausted motorcycles, iPods or loud outdoor band music interrupted this day. So, I really had a chance to observe my surroundings. While nothing prevented me from thoroughly soaking up this day, I was struck by the irony of having to go to another mountain town to do so. Idyllwild and Wawona possess similarities, except the latter is much smaller with very few businesses. Wawona: a little school, a library, stables, a market, vacation homes, a community hall that holds square dances, a history center and a giant hotel. I heard or saw stellar jays, hawks, ground squirrels and tree squirrels, though not as abundant as here. Redwoods, incense cedars, sugar and other pines live there. But while my vacationing neighbors might feel grateful for the many trees there, this mountain girl saw an unhealthy forest in Wawona. The trees needed thinning. Dead trees took up space where potential sunlight could promote healthier life. I realized Idyllwild’s blessing to have a fire safe council of volunteers continuously working to educate us and keep our forest healthy. Becky Clark, Ed i tor Readers write A country life Editor: Several weeks ago, a writer from the Anza area stated, I think it was in a letter to the editor, that the water study results for the Anza/Terwilliger area were needed. The results were needed in order to either clear the way for more and more people to live in Anza/Terwilliger; block the way with negative results indicating that there is barely enough water to serve those now there; or give middle-ofthe-road squishy up or down results allowing some more, but not a lot more, people to move in. How do we choose between those who get to come to Anza and those who don’t My experience with water from my 260-foot deep well in Terwilliger in 1979 was that if water from the well were drawn into a bowl and allowed to evaporate, a thick crust of white powder would coat the whole inside of the bowl. I didn’t have the $1,000 it would have taken at the time to have the water tested to identify the white powder. I just didn’t drink it and used it only for agriculture. Tons of agricultural chemical fertilizers have been used on the fields in Anza growing potatoes commercially, and other crops over the last 40- plus years. Tons of chemical pesticides have been used as well. You might ask, “Where does all that stuff go” The answer is deeper and deeper into the soil until it migrates into the groundwater to be sucked up by everybody’s well. Regardless of which way the water report throws the argument, Anza and Terwilliger are so populated now that people who want a little high-desert getaway end up living right next door to another person who lives right next door to someone else, etc. There is a security light on most of the spec houses, so city dwellers moving to the country can feel safe. In the old days, people moved to Anza to get away from it all. Now there is so much background light it is difficult to see the stars and almost impossible with a telescope because of the lights. T. S. Bennett Mountain Center Where’s the beef Editor: Agriculture is the largest user of water in the United States and in the world. Electricity production is second; from fossil fuels to nuclear energy it requires 39-percent of all fresh water withdraws in the United States. Cotton is a large user of water. Even though 60- percent of water demand is provided by rainfall, the total global fresh water demand for cotton is between 1 and 6 percent of total global fresh water. Rice is right behind cotton, using almost as much water. Cotton production and processing are also a major source of pollution of fresh water. Irrigation is the largest category of water use in the United States and the world. Irrigation is used to cultivate crops and some of that may go to beef, but I am sure more is used for humans. I wonder how many people and things are connected to beef I am sure more than beef is connected to water. Maybe I am wrong or somewhat wrong, so let’s get together and stop eating beef, but let’s also not use any cotton or rice and turn off our electricity. We can sit in the dark and cold, eat tofu and drink a glass of water. Michael Freitas Idyllwild Who’s more dangerous Editor: I have driven highways 74 and 243 for more than 50 years and my question is: Which driver is more dangerous The driver who tailgates or the driver who dislikes tailgaters and is “going to show them” by not using any common sense and use the first available safe turnout to allow the tailgater to pass I am going to be so bold as to suggest both types of drivers are potential killers. David W. Ledbetter Idyllwild Re: Birthday peace Editor: As a former long-time resident (22 years) of Idyllwild who still plans to build on our property there when circumstances permit, I feel the need to comment Mr. Funny Guy from time to time on the disaster that occupies the center of town. The empty businesses ringing this establishment bear mute testimony to the devastating effect on the local economy. While it is true that times are rough all over and gas prices are in the stratosphere, the business downturn started a lot earlier for Idyllwild. As those of us who “were there” know, the business and tourist exodus commenced with the advent of endless weekends of racket, stench (also known as outside barbecue) and large groups of motorcyclists congregating at that single location. Occasionally, unsuspecting tourists will wander into town and express dismay at what they thought would be a wonderful weekend in the forest turned into a visit to Sturgis West. There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of local response by Chris Fisher with sarcastic rejoinders to these visitors. The indication is they should take their tourist dollars somewhere else if they don’t like the situation in Idyllwild. I guess they are doing just that. When all of the businesses are gone, with the exception of the one under discussion, where will local residents who are still in their working years be employed Can that establishment absorb them all Hmm. Charlene Madden Hemet (formerly of Idyllwild) Re: ‘Dangerous drivers’ Editor: I also abhor tailgaters. I think they are rude and dangerous. So I can totally empathize with T. Patino. That said, I would like to add a few thoughts of my own. See Letters, next page How to get a letter pub lished The Town Cri er wel comes letters re flect ing all opin ions. Letters should be con cise and to the point. They should be no long er than 400 words. Let ters must be type writ ten, dou ble-spaced and in up per/low er case (not in all caps). Let ters must be signed (unless e-mailed) and must be iden ti fied with the writ er’s name, ad dress and weekday phone num ber. Exceptions: Anonymous letters will not be ac cept ed. Letters of thanks are not ac cept ed. 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Town talk By Jenny Kirchner, Staff Photographer Word has it that the State Park has now banned dogs from the Summer Concert Series. How do you feel about this new rule Idyllwild Town Crier, July 17, 2008 - Page 7 Sean Leahy Sound Engineer Philadelphia “Dogs on leashes should be permitted. I don’t see a problem with that.” Judy Schonebaum Artist Idyllwild “Maybe they could make a dog section, because I can understand both sides” “We spent Memorial Day weekend in Idyllwild with our friends Tom and Candy Curley. As we were getting ready to leave on Monday morning, they couldn’t find their keys and their Honda CRV was locked and alarmed. After looking everywhere — under chairs and cushions, inside purses, etc. — Candy had one last idea: maybe she had John Drake Mountain Harvest Market employee Idyllwild “I thought it was a nice event with dogs” Ernesto Alé Musician/Arborist Idyllwild “The more laws a society has, the more unlawful the people tend to be. Dogs are some of the best people I know. I can see some people being leashed.” Letters Continued from previous page I believe the last thing a driver wants to do is anger a driver who is using bad judgment and road rage to a point where he is going to pass you and create a much bigger danger to oncoming traffic. We all know there are many rude, angry and dangerous drivers out there. And yes, this man definitely endangered everyone’s live by pulling a stunt like that. However, (and I can’t stress this enough) if someone is tailgating you, pull over and let them pass. Write down their license number and call the highway patrol, but don’t fuel their anger and cause them to pull a dangerous stunt like pass on a curve and endanger the lives of all of us on the Hill. We are all only human Only in Idyllwild dropped them at the Rustic Theatre the day before. We drove to the village, but the theater was closed, and the next show wasn’t until 2 p.m. “So Candy walked across the road to the real estate office to see if they knew when the theater would open. Maggie Morphett telephoned the owner, Eva, explained the situation, and Eva replied that yes, she had the keys, and would be down in an hour to open up the theater. “With our extra hour to spend in Idyllwild, we had a delicious brunch at Oma’s, and then picked up the keys from Ken and Eva afterward Call me! and react to road rage with anger, myself included. But for the benefit of all the other innocent drivers on the road, please be the bigger person and avoid angering a dangerous driver. Maureen Rose Fern Valley Disgusted! Editor: Last evening seven of us looked forward with immense anticipation to the Marine Band coming to Idyllwild. In our group were four veterans, one couple coming from San Dimas for this special occasion. The performance was everything we looked forward to, plus some very special tributes. However, it was spoiled for us because children were Only in Idyllwild!” Bob and Kathi Haine “Only in Idyllwild” may be sent one of four ways: e-mail to itc@towncrier.com, call 659- 2145, Ext. 14, fax to 659-2071 or drop off at the office, 54295 Village Center Drive. Linda Allen Idyllwild Realty Log Cabin Office 54230 North Circle Dr. In the § of town Toll Free: 1-877-546-3225 (951) 659-0593 MLS yelling, screaming and running through the crowd. As in years past, this problem seems to happen more and more every year. These screaming children were not supervised by their parents at all, and that night the State Park ranger had to ask them to stop. That is ridiculous. Love on a Leash Pet Grooming Mardi, owner–groomer Calif. State licensed grooming school graduate Non-Anesthesia Teeth Cleaning By Doggie Dental 3 rd Tuesday of every month by appointment. by Richelle Gribble We realize that it is not the children’s fault, but the parents of these children. Several older adults were almost knocked down by these children running through the crowd. Except for the parents of these children, the rest of the crowd was there to enjoy See Letters, next page Propane assistance at HELP Center Idyllwild HELP Center is hosting a clinic day from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, July 23, to help families apply for propane assistance through Community Action Partnership of Riverside County. Families may call Colleen Manchee at the center at 659-2110 to find out what documents to bring. 54585 N. Circle Dr., Suite E, Idyllwild, CA 92549 (951) 659- 9020
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