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RELIGIONS: Have a common bond
It seems very disappointing that this day in the United States that there is such a lack of religious tolerance; lack of openness for our fellow humans and their respective faiths. While most founders of the U.S. C…
HUMANE SOCIETY: Did the right thing
After writing a letter to The Press venting because of my experience in trying to adopt a dog at the Kootenai Humane Society, I now have good news.
VOTERS: To see change - vote
As to being critical of our Idaho Representatives. We should be critical of those that stayed home and DID NOT vote. Critical of those “Loyalist” that just HAD TO vote party lines. Critical of those that selected t…
NUKES: Idaho on wrong track
Governor Otter’s recent agreement with the U.S. Energy Department allows commercial interests to transport 50 spent nuclear fuel rods to the Idaho National Laboratory over the next 10 months. Former governors Phil …
NUKES: Hopefully cool heads will prevail
It is sad to see two former governors, for whom I have great respect, grandstanding on the issue of some spent nuclear fuel rods being brought to Idaho.
SENATOR: Right kind of respect
When Steve Vick refused to take part in the Hindu invocation, he WAS showing respect. Respect to the Living God! At the name of Jesus every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (Philip 3:1…
HOMELESS: Never will give money
In response to Donna Wemple’s letter re: “Compassion for the homeless,” here is an experience that a relative had here in Coeur d’Alene: So the other day at Texas Roadhouse, there was an older man and younger lady …
CHAMPIONS: Boys expressed character
Our local high schools have Prairie Pig and Fight for the Fish. Our middle schools have Minnow Madness. This past weekend we watched another emotional game play out when two third- and fourth-grade Hayden Parks and…
ATTORNEY: Agree with Mr. Hawk
The “My Turn” column of March 11, by Mr. Kevin Hawk, was spot on, and I could not agree more with the opinions expressed by Mr. Hawk.
ZONING: What will be next?
I attended the zoning change hearing at North Idaho College’s Boswell Hall. I am opposed to the development proposed by Mort Construction of Coeur d’Alene.
One little word to right America
Longtime newspaper columnist Charley Reese raised millions of eyebrows and 545 tempers in 1985. With power and plenty of persuasion, he concluded that politicians really are the source of all that ails domestic Ame…
TOLERANCE: Force us into dilemma
Re: Your editorial on tolerance in Sunday’s, March 15, paper. You speculated on what could happen when like-minded people — Christians, Republicans, Whites — get together; they don’t know what it’s like to walk in …
GAS: Price was wrong at Exxon
If you bought gas at the Exxon in Hayden (U.S. 95 and Hayden Avenue) on Friday morning and selected 89 octane, you paid too much. The service station manager was corrected by a customer and corrected the price to $…
BIBLE: Try it; you might like it
I get saddened every day when I read the news and see the rapidly decaying society we live in. Our nation has turned its back on God and so has this world. We live in an age where morality is relative. We live in a…
CHOOSE: Red or blue?
The consensus is Idaho is a red state, but I have a hunch we are possibly a 50/50 state as to residents political persuasion, if I dare to use that word. I suspect we are thought to be red because Democrats are eit…