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DOG: Help find wandering pet
I am in dire straights right now. My daughter put her dog out to do his business and he got loose. He is a cocker spaniel and his name is Oliver. He is still on his blue leash. We haven’t had the money to get him c…
CLIMATE: Kudos for fair debate
This sends out a huge Amen! for Judy Wolniakowski’s “two sided” guest opinion regarding the intemperate responses to Cliff Harris’ Monday July 29 column regarding climate change. My wife and I love Cliff’s columns,…
WAGE: Minimum must push higher
I was pleased to read an article about Raiseidaho.org in The Press. The petition to raise the minimum wage is positive. The negative blogs to the article are hilarious, containing a lot of the “up by my bootstraps”…
MAJ: Family feels the love
Dear Coeur d’Alene Community and beyond,
PITBULL: Attack was preventable
The other night my neighbor and friend was outside working in his yard when his next-door neighbor walked by with his pitbull on a leash. My friend asked if the dog was friendly. He said yes. As my friend bent down…
Fire it up, Eagles
Everybody loves a cookout.
ARNOLD: He was no girlie governor
What’s up with all the California bashing? Is it because the Vandals are planning on playing the USC Trojans in the LA Coliseum in 2015?!
UNION: Offended by Press editorial
This is in response to the editorial printed on July 28.
COLUMN: Models imperfect at best
I wish people who have no scientific background would quit taking Cliff Harris to task!
CARBON: Lessons all appreciated
Thank you John Ritterbach, Cliff Harris and Ian Rutherford Plimer, and most of all The Press for educating common people like me about carbon pollution.
EAGLES: Barbecue wings get clipped
We can’t tell you our surprise, last Thursday, as we walked down Sherman Avenue to see the front of the Eagles devoid of barbecues. What we found out was that a couple of neighbors have complained about the smoke a…
Service center stage
A North Idaho town will soon get a boost from a bunch of friends it probably never knew it had.
VETS: Honor your heroes
On July 23 we were at Costco with my brother-in-law who was visiting from California when a young man age 12-14 approached him, thanking him for his service to our country. I just wanted to thank the mother and fat…
ENERGY: Hot over cold temps
I was at the beach Wednesday having a splendid time. Then, I went out to a restaurant with my family and I noticed that they had the air conditioning on to extreme levels. I felt as though I was a Popsicle in a fre…
VOLUNTEERS: A word of thanks
Many thanks to those of you who volunteer as RSVP friendly visitors to home-bound seniors. And many thanks to the volunteers who recently signed up for a new program to visit lonely seniors in assisted living and n…