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FEDS: If the shoe fits
Having just finished Bill Buley’s article on shoes, I am left somewhat confused. Is his piece meant to be serious, tongue-in-cheek or a little of both? I wonder if, ever again, we as consumers will be left to our o…
RECALL: Senior smells a stinker
I hope you will listen to an 89-year-old who has lived through the depression and knowing the terror the words RAISE YOUR TAXES can bring to us. Yet once again during the
OBAMA: Hope for big change
We are told by Obama and his administration that things are getting better; yet more and more of us are on the list of unemployed. We are told that the unemployment rate is around 8 percent but they do not count th…
LEVY: Voters deserve applause
After commenting for several years against the continual increases in our taxing districts, I can finally applaud the voters in the Northern Lakes Fire District for their resounding NO to the permanent levy increas…
KKK: A window to education
Thank you to the KKK members who were stationed in front of the newly popular Mexican restaurant on Appleway next to Wendy’s. It gave me a chance to discuss racists and hate breeders with my two children, ages 9 an…
LCDC: Voters should OK loans
The disturbing part about the issues behind the
FIRES: Fernan no place for them
This letter is in response to Mr. Anthony Goltz and Mr. Zane Leitau, whose letter to the editor regarding having recreational fires on the shores of Lake Fernan was published in Sunday’s edition of the Coeur d’Alen…
ELECTION: Sorry for the eruption
To the kind ladies who were serving at the polling location in a church on North Idaho Street in Post Falls Tuesday afternoon: My apologies for venting my frustrations at you. It is not your fault that this area do…
FIRE: Coming to the rescue
Friends, Neighbors, Firemen: THANK YOU! On Tuesday May 15 our pickup caught fire in our driveway. Thanks to some fast acting neighbors and friends who helped contain the fire and pulled our truck back from the gara…
BIKES: Make them street legal
Our roads were originally designed for cars. The law says a car has to have lights, horn, mirrors and insurance. If I ride my ATV on the streets or roads it has to be street legal with the same equipment as a car, …
VETERANS: Who ordered medallions?
I need your help. In Wyoming we have a program to identify each veteran in a civilian cemetery. Last year a person from Coeur d’Alene ordered medallions and I lost the address. If the person who ordered these would…
RECALL: Beware those behind it
Last Monday I spent a couple hours at our new beautiful library. Tuesday I took an early morning walk with my dog in the scenic grounds of the Educational Corridor and later swam at the Kroc Center. What beautiful …
RECALL: An important step
To sign the
GOP: Real leaders unite the party
I feel that I must respond to a recent column in the Coeur d’Alene Press. On April 30 the Panhandle Pachyderm sponsored a forum at Red Lion Templins. Gov. Butch Otter was our speaker and it was a sell-out crowd. We…
A happy ending after all
Things rarely turn out to be as bad as we fear - or as good as we hope.