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March for Meals to raise awareness
Volunteering to deliver for Meals on Wheels for a year or so was a very meaningful experience for me.
How to ward off colorectal cancer
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
I see record snows here by winter of 2019-20
One of the coldest and snowiest winter seasons in recorded history east of the Rockies, especially east of the Mississippi River, will end this coming Thursday, March 20, with the long-awaited arrival of the spring…
Help save integrity of Fort Grounds
The Fort Grounds Homeowners' association was formed, or first became very active, in response to the seizing, by NIC and its president, Barry Schuler, of Fort Grounds private property (two houses) at the corner of …
Putting treasurer's spat into historical perspective
Recent news articles surrounding the Kootenai County Treasurer's and the Idaho State Treasurer's investment strategies read like an old Theodore Dreiser novel. No, not his most famous novel, "An American Tragedy," …
Time to end reign of GOP
The typical (sometimes true and more often hopeful), chant of every sports fan is "We're number one!" "We're number ONE!"
Brain function, fats linked
For so many minds, progress through life is not a straight line, but a curve. A newly born brain, capable of so little, grows and learns through the decades until - and here's the kicker - it peaks, after which the…
With faith, anything is possible
Faith with understanding unfolds great possibilities.
Rathdrum Prairie version of Swan Lake
Thousands of beautiful white Tundra swans are making their way back to western Alaska in their annual migration. The chain lakes of the lower Coeur d'Alene River and Cougar Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene are regular sto…
Breakfast with The Boys
At Twin Lakes Village a lot of the TLV Men's Club members participate in the daily "The Boys" golf game.
Good vs. evil
I am a hopeful optimist. I believe people are intrinsically good and truly care about the well-being of each other. I know people hope for a good life, good friends, to smile more than they frown and to share love …
As age goes up, so does happiness
With each passing year, each related study or survey, the mind-body connection becomes clearer. Addressing one without at least acknowledging the other is foolhardy. Extra stress or anxiety? No wonder you caught th…
Spring is coming, folks - this is a promise!
We can get a lot of snow in North Idaho in a very brief period of time. All that it takes is a major pattern change.
Death penalty or life-sustaining change?
Tuesday's column by Jack McNeel surmised that NIC's best option for its athletics is to take the ball and go home. What a stunning miscalculation to think shutting down a program for any length of time is beneficia…
State income tax break a boon to all Idahoans
On Monday of this week, 53 of 70 Idaho elected legislators in the House of Representatives voted for HB548 to reduce your family and business income tax burden! Every Idahoan, their family and/or employer or busine…