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Beware of false teachers on road to salvation
Who is Robert Sundquist? Pastor of the 900-member Christ the King Lutheran Church in Cd'A, and the only pastor with nerve enough to go on record with his views about Christian salvation.
Employer sees benefits of YourHealthIdaho.org
Along with three other family business partners, I manage a large, diversified dry land crop, cattle and timber operation in North Idaho and also provide consulting services to family farm businesses. I've got a lo…
Answer the bell, be in school
School attendance matters. Having taught more than 15,000 students over 43 years in the classroom, I can tell you there are three primary keys to success in school:
Dragon days of summer
Believe it or not, August is Dragon Awareness Month. Yes, dragons: Those massive, winged, scaly, fire-breathing, dinosaur-looking creatures that pervade human folklore without limits of time or geography. Very popu…
Mistakes I've made
I've made many mistakes - mistakes I will remember for the rest of my life. What makes these mistakes memorable? I remember each mistake either because of the embarrassment I caused myself, someone else or the oppo…
Main Street Birthdays August 28, 2013
Happy birthday today to Freya Walton, Jack Reiswig, Steve Slaney, Michelle Garcia, Becky Fletcher, Darlene Johnson, Judy DeTar, Karen Huber, Laurie Sutton, Loretta Richards, Pearl Brown and Spencer Messina, who's n…
A new school year and new, better standards
As students across Idaho are heading back to school, the results from last year are in - and it's great news. Our schools continue to exceed expectations.
Gun crime down, fear up
Have rates of gun violence in the U.S. improved in the last 20 years? A surprising 82 percent of Americans surveyed said "no." They're dead wrong.
NOAA closes 600 poorly-sited weather stations
I did a study of the thousands of weather stations here in the U.S. and around the inhabited world in 2000. The results were 'surprising' to say the least.
Abortion and our civil rights
Abortion is a Crime Against Humanity. In its Selfishness, its indifference to the Rights and Welfare of other people, and for the harm it does to our Moral Values, it is a crime against us all. In many ways Abortio…
Not all lawsuits frivolous
In response to the letter to the editor by Tad Leach:
Historic Clark House is for sale
I grow sad.
Local perspective needed for county land-use code
Zoning has been set up which will be unfavorable to many and extremely favorable to a few. And it has been done arbitrarily without support from the Comprehensive Plan, actual uses on the ground or any county files…
Main Street Birthdays August 21, 2013
Happy Birthday today to Crystal Shofner-Moore, Jared Phay, Matthew Behringer, Doris McCaulley, Mike Warren and Kelly Chadderdon. Tomorrow Brett Seright, Cathy Smith Ed Hatter, David Walrath and Lilliana Raynor are …
A quest for clam chowder
Bacon, clams, potatoes, celery, parsley, milk and lemon juice - all are items essential for a great clam chowder. Corn starch, no thank you! Carrots: really? When I think of clam chowder I imagine a rich, roux-base…