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Marathon a rally for 3 charities, community
People are talking about the Hayden Lake Marathon a lot lately, and many are wondering if it is going to happen this year. Recently, somewhere along the way, certain residents living on the public road running arou…
Main Street Birthdays October 9, 2013
Happy birthday today to Randy Wells, John Rook, Ron Deering, Kathy Epstein and Greg Luraski. Tomorrow Bill Everson, Nancy Kosonen, Steve Fitzhugh, Lori Gravelle, Bob Cox, Allan Knight, Lynn Jackson, Mollie Sommers,…
Shallowness at a glance
The trouble with freedom of speech is that it is indelibly linked to the freedom to misinterpret, especially with sound bytes and slogans. For example, a common bumper sticker implores readers to "Take America Back…
Do police shootings reflect societal fear?
"It's a big deal. It's a life."
Money trumps science in latest climate study
The 2013 so-called "Landmark Climate Report" from the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was no surprise to this climatologist when it came out last Friday from Stockholm, Sweden. It's all about funding…
Time to get voters involved
Thank you Scott Reed for the education on what can't be done, and The Press for suggesting that we should all just give up because our "representatives" are better equipped to make up our minds for us. There is an …
'Drama words' make shutdown even worse
Dear Senator Risch,
The real issue is equality
New to Coeur d'Alene since spring, I have enjoyed having The Press delivered to my doorstep. It has informed me about my new community, entertained me and on occasion left me with, "OMG, how could anyone think that…
Press was unfair in last story on hydros, Miller
Having read and reread the story appearing recently in The Press, I have to throw a penalty flag for unnecessary roughness. Whether the conclusions were misunderstandings of what Miller was trying to say, or sloppy…
MLP: Reflexive pronoun, spare thyself
Please, oh please Dear Reader, practice pretention prevention. You know the type: The snooty-tootys (please pardon Mrs. Language Person; she did not mean to be crass) and hoity-toitys who like to emphasize value vi…
Don't let them steamroll small-town America
What I know to be fact is this: "If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten."
Main Street Birthdays October 2, 2013
Today wish a happy birthday to Wendy Medlock, Jack Sjostrom, Dana Kinsey, Rebecca Armstrong, Millie Eylar, Linda Harris and David Tabakman. Tomorrow Andy Stidham, Dave Bobbitt, Dave Priano, Maddison Morrow, Darcy J…
Airing marathon safety concerns
We have recently learned by word of mouth and NOT by public notification that a marathon race is to be held on 10/19/13. The course of this race is intended to be the road around Hayden Lake, a very narrow and wind…
Canning tomatoes
Stepping out the backdoor of my house I notice a change in the landscape. The dark green leaves on my cherry tree are beginning to yellow, my zucchini plants wilting and my tomato vines heavy with fruit. A steady r…
Education goes a long wayin climate change debate
James Hollingsworth's My Turn of the 24th defending Cliff Harris and discrediting the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a typically uneducated attack on the human caused view of Global Warming. Ho…