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RESPONSE: Name call, but get it right
The first thing you should do is proofread your letter before you send it in. My name is Dan, not Don. If you’re going to quote me, make sure it’s right. I never told the Republicans to “start” your name calling. T…
TECH: Put it in positive spotlight
Technology is our future…that’s what everyone says. Bring Technology into the area… we need more technology in our schools… and kids need more science than video games.
ASSAULT: Weapons of mass destruction
I recently heard three retired teachers from Stockton, Calif., speaking about gun violence. In 1989 they worked at a Stockton school when a mentally disturbed man with an AK47 murdered five children and injured num…
FAIRE: Here's your invitation
Lakes Magnet Middle School is pleased to invite the entire Coeur d’Alene community to its 4th Annual Multicultural Faire and Music Festival this Saturday, April 13, 10-2 p.m. in our school gym.
QUESTION: Does this make sense?
I know it may not be as important as some other letters but I found it crazy when I went into a big store (we’ll call it Wally World) and being only 16 they would not sell me a can of spray primer for my truck. Twe…
SUICIDE: It has a human face
I am wondering why a man can tell someone he knows that he is going to kill himself and then goes out and does it. Recently a man told his friends he was going to do this. Why do we never hear about these faceless …
CONDO: Wrong target of jokes
In response to Sandy about April 1. Glad you and your husband got a big laugh about the condo project. Why don’t you go and laugh in front of some of the people that live in Coeur d’Alene North? I’m assuming when y…
POEM: The Basketball Game
Our eyes move back and forth
SCHOOLS: Lessons on the board
Two interesting articles about our troubled school board appeared in The Press on March 30. The first article was entitled, “Trustees won’t respond to complaint.” Of course they won’t. However that may be, the good…
BULEY: Farewell to dedicated newsman
An exciting career course change for former Coeur d’Alene Press city editor Bill Buley will leave a huge void in The Press newsroom. My longtime friend and former Press colleague is now basking in the sun as editor…
EROTICA: Get it out of schools
It has been brought to my attention the high school has erotic books in the library. I have also been informed they are reading these books in the language classes. I do not feel comfortable with my child reading t…
HEALTH: Vote for Razzeto, Nemec
I truly believe no one has a grip on what’s really going to happen to health care. I am pretty sure except for insurance companies, nobody is going to like it. The most we can hope for is that our hospitals and hea…
How to score in jobs game
The room was packed with a record crowd for yesterday's Jobs Plus annual luncheon and local employment report. Focus was centered more on what the organization has accomplished since it was created in 1987 than wha…
THRIFTS: The very best are right here
Coeur d’Alene charity thrift stores: a perspective. I have been to thrift stores from Paris to Washington, D.C. Ours are the best. Only Orlando and Seattle have decent stores.
BIKE: Message to a thief
For whatever reason you needed to enter my fenced backyard and take my daughter’s bicycle, I hope you have a better use than the bike rides she and I take together. If I could ask for anything, it’s to think about …