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No defense for this outrageous spending
Seeing the front page of The Press (Sept. 9 issue) raised a sore point I've had for years, when one of my children, a U.S. Marine, was stationed in Okinawa. I was told that the Marine Corps hired local Okinawans fo…
Some words are two-faced
To sanction something is to condone it, so how can an authority levy sanctions against someone?
The wild life
This has been a wild year. The wildness started this spring with an unexplained tapping on my office window. The taps come at irregular and unpredictable times and stop as I investigate the cause. While working one…
Firefighters add twist to ribbon tradition
The dedication of the Kootenai County Fire and Rescue training tower in Post Falls on 9-11 was respectful of the somber occasion and there was no small amount of irony that crews were called out shortly before the …
U.S. territory may grow
Tales of territorial disputes by western nations aren't confined to dated textbooks. Even for a nation as relatively young as is the U.S., international disputes over the California and Texas borders seem like anci…
Surging 'atmospheric rivers' may soon flood parts of the Far West
Last winter, during a particularly strong wet and cool 'La Nina' sea-surface temperature event in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, we saw 'two' moist branches of the Maritime Polar Jet Stream slam into California a…
KHS: An advocate for the animals
It is true what is said that there are two sides to every story, and we would like to tell of our experiences as volunteers at Kootenai Humane Society.
McEuen: To assumeis to take wrong path
I am addressing the comments made by Rita-Sims Snyder and Julie Clark regarding the Park and/or parking lot at the proposed McEuen Park site. Several points in their comments were misleading and this will clarify t…
Shut-ins get to eat - for now
I'm all for cutting budgets, eliminating costly programs which may benefit few, and overall belt-cinching. Those are the times we live in. I sympathize with local government leaders who must make tough choices, kno…
Heroes and angels are among us
There's no question that Sept. 11 has become synonymous with acts of heroism and humanity that surpass description. But right here at home a young couple displayed courage and generosity of the heart that brings us…
Celebrating Labor Day
I celebrate Labor Day by laboring. I plan to celebrate the working woman (and man) by seeing clients in my psychotherapy office, setting up the office and finishing required paperwork for the school in which I work…
Workshop navigates through grief
Grief: everyone experiences it. While the word is more often used following a death, people grieve many kinds of loss: the end of a relationship; the loss of a job, limb, or health; a newly empty nest; even the los…
Worst natural disaster ever in Vermont; all-time record heat persists in Texas
The flooding from Hurricane Irene's remnants in Vermont was the worst since 1927. As much as 11 inches of rain fell on the Green Mountain State, where my wife Sharon and I lived from 1995 to 2003.
Raider fans are the problem
I possessed 49er season tickets for 35 years, prior to moving to Northern Idaho. The problem with violence of fans is escalated anytime the Raiders play. Each year the Niners play the Raiders in preseason, probably…
KHS: Organization going to the dogs
Recently, Coeur d'Alene received the prestigious title of Dog Town USA - but not all is well in paradise. Let's look at the Kootenai Humane Society (KHS), where volunteer dog walkers have experienced a realm of emo…