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Columns
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'Tis the season of shopping and gratitude
It's Thanksgiving Eve and there are four categories of people today. Those who are traveling, those who are grocer…
OPINION: Canceling NIC
As you watch and listen to the public comments at the recent North Idaho College (NIC) Board of Trustee meetings you may be struck at how the demands of those …
MY TURN: A plea to the NIC trustees
When I ran the Cd'A Area Chamber of Commerce from 1980 to 1987, when good folks and community and business leaders such as Bob Bemis of Northwest Timber, Harry Perry of GTE and Frank Henderson, past mayor of Post F…
OPINION: What is education worth to you?
On March 14, voters across Kootenai County will be asked a simple question: what is the future of elementary education worth to you? Our community has alrea…
Little things make a big impact
This isn’t the biggest news of the week, in fact, I don’t even have names to include, but it was the most memorable moment of my week by far.
MY TURN: Cd’A School District levies deserve your support
If you are new to the Coeur d’Alene area, you are probably wondering why there is a Supplemental Operations levy for our schools every two years. At first glance, it certainly seems to be excessive. Truth is that…
Rural maternity wards closing
If you’re a woman past childbearing age, in a way, you’re lucky. Those of us past that stage of life living outside of the big city had an advantage: Not long …
Our sun is becoming more active
Last year, I wrote an article stating that our sun was waking up from its minimum cycle.
Huckleberries
It’s all there — the bell, the world war monument, a new freedom tree, the Never Forget Garden, the flags symbolizing our country and five branches of the serv…
MY TURN: Coeur Terre: Let’s take our time
The Coeur Terre project has raised concerns about the impact to neighborhoods directly east — Orchard Lands, Woodside, Indian Meadows and Northshire (OWIN for …
MY TURN: PF levy needed to keep kids safe in schools
In the current political atmosphere, there seems to be very little agreement. I dare say that there are two issues where all citizens of Kootenai County would find agreement. Our children need to be safe in their …
MY TURN: Our future
This article is to everyone in our community.
OPINION: The forever levy
Our public schools badly need the accountability only competition can provide but the Freedom in Education Act, a bill that would have allowed some education d…
OPINION: Extremist GOP legislators are at it again, attacking our public libraries
The claim that Idaho librarians are dispensing pornography and other harmful materials to kids fell flat last year, but extremist GOP legislators are attacking…
MY TURN: Cd'A School District needs your support
Friends and neighbors, we need to say what paid school officials can’t: The Coeur d’Alene School District needs your support on March 14. On that day, local vo…
MY TURN: State needs to step in at NIC
North Idaho Dysfunctional Board Of Trustees — I have Zoomed in on the last two years of board meetings, Jan. 18 was a ray of sunshine, a glimmer of hope.