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PLOWS: Abide by the law, please
Just a word of caution to all Coeur d’Alene drivers.
THANKS: From well-fed pets
To all the wonder folks who donated pet food to our church. North Idaho has the best givers in all areas of needs. I had some wonderful souls share with me that they were feeding their pets with their donations. Be…
POEM: Unwanted
God sent me as a gift to you.
HUNTER: About to become hunted
Folks, let me describe to you a situation that has been going on in the Hayden area for the last few years. Specifically in Avondale on Friar Drive and the neighboring streets of Saxon and Tudor. Some low life has …
SANTA: Seeing him is believing
It was 9 p.m. last Friday night. I was reading some Christmas stories in a magazine. The sound of a siren and honking vehicles from the street drew my attention. I went to the window to see what was the matter. A l…
WEAPONS: No place for assault
Sorry gun people, but help us stop this madness, please! Should we ban assault weapons, REALLY? YOU THINK?
SIGN: Thoughtless reference to guns
I know that I live in the land of the mighty hunter, but in the wake of the shootings in Connecticut, shouldn’t someone have had the sense or at least the decency to pull the kid with the sandwich sign, “Gun Show T…
CITY: Lest we forget
In the last week or so, Mayor Sandi Bloem referred to the attempt earlier this year to recall herself and three members of the City Council as a victory: once at the retirement event for Susan Weathers (retiring Ci…
SIN: The root of man's problems
Larry Barnes is correct when he states that misconceptions and half-truths occur whenever articles are written about Mormons. But the same can be said about Christians or others. No one, however, is more prone to p…
SHOOTERS: We need good laws
Bravo Gary for your letter in Sunday’s Press re: Shooters: Turn the tables on them. I would like to add that laws have to be changed so that they don’t allow the criminal to determine the “rules of engagement.”
TRIBUTE: To Rev. Carl Blanford
Carl was a very brilliant student who graduated at the top of his class at Post Falls in 1939. No one had much money in those days and his family was no exception. During high school he worked setting type, etc., a…
Let's eclipse apocalypse
Children massacred in Connecticut.
TRIBUTE: Writer got it right
I would like to thank John Austin of Harrison for his tribute to his parents in the “writers corner.” It was beautiful. I know his folks and worked with his mom for years at Birthright. They both are very special p…
CLIFF: We need the Tea Party
Doug Miller nailed it right on the head, “My Turn December 14.” Obama needs the fiscal cliff to enact his agenda of bringing America to its knees. In “Dreams of my father” Obama makes it very clear that to make Ame…
ADS: Format isn't pleasing
PLEASE! Stop putting partial pages of advertising on the front page of the paper. If both sides of the back page it is attached to were also ads it would be OK but it’s not. You can’t hold onto the paper unless you…