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Education: We have work to do
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
FEE: Freedom sure isn't free
Just gotta say, we have lived here in this beautiful city for nine years and the Fourth of July fireworks has always been one of our favorite events. The parking situation Thursday night was a maddening, complete m…
OOPS: Sorry for the cutoff
After dropping off family members at city park, I turned the wrong way in front of a couple on a motorcycle. Please accept my deepest apology for the inconvenience and scare that I caused you along with the gesture…
CODE: Simple can be better
Not so long ago, conservationists were screaming that the nation’s forests were being destroyed by the massive amount of computer-generated paper being spewed out by high-speed printers. They could have saved their…
COLUMN: Green red, white and blue
How often in a lifetime does an individual hear the words, or phrase, “to do it right, take a little longer?”
PARADE: Best of U.S. on display
If you missed the Fourth of July parade, you truly missed a chance to see a slice of small town Americana. How truly uplifting it was to see all the floats and participants in the parade, and the most encouraging t…
LETTERS: Act like loving Christians
I am seeing a lot of hate in the Opinion pages of The Press lately, most of it in response to the recent policy changes concerning discrimination based on sexual orientation. Many of these comments are penned (type…
FASCIST: Look who's talking
Some locals believe defending the equal rights of gays is fascist. They have forgotten the thousands of gays dying in fascist concentration camps in Nazi Germany for being gay.
METH: Learn from this tragedy
The incident occurred, and one life is gone, because of naive mistakes in life. Are we to destroy another life for crystal meth or are we going to actually save a life because of it? Or maybe the life is just not w…
BORDER: Fence has no defense
Our Senators Risch and Crapo voted against the proposed immigration bill apparently/partly because they were dissatisfied with the proposed border security. I dislike that proposal also, but for a completely differ…
MORRIS: Reunion coming in August
We are seeking to contact Idaho residents who are descendants of Morrisites.
GOP: Legislators wrong targets
All four of the accused representatives (Henderson, Goedde, Malek, Morse) are guilty!
CODE: A step back, not ahead
Hundreds of Kootenai County property owners have spent thousands of hours attempting to stop the proposed Land Use Code. It is a long and tortuous document, poorly organized, unduly restrictive and vague as to actu…
OBAMA: Ignored Gettysburg's call
July 1st, 2013, marked the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg. Had the North lost at Gettysburg, General Lee would have marched directly to Washington, D.C. During those three days, 51,000 soldiers were wounded and 7,…
Real RINOS show selves
Sen. John Goedde and Representatives Frank Henderson, Luke Malek and Ed Morse: How dare you. How dare you do your jobs well only to have members of your own party fling fistfuls of elephant poo at you. If we had ou…