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MOM'S DAY: Concert brought much joy
A very special thank-you to everyone involved in this year's fantastic Mother's Day concert presentation. Over the past 22 years your dedication to this special event has brought so much enjoyment to us and the com…
FAR RIGHT: And over the cliff
This letter is in Response to David Coppom's 6/5/10 Opinion in "My Turn" criticizing The CDA Press's editorial "Principles Yes, Partisanship no".
BIKE: Grandmother wants this one back
This is to the person who stole my grandson’s new bicycle. He had it for only two weeks after saving and getting better grades for a few months.
EX-POWS: Thanks for your sacrifices
Coeur d'Alene resident Bud Kirchoff is a survivor. Captured by the Japanese in 1942, he survived the Bataan Death March and remained a prisoner until the end of the war in 1945.
LIBRARY: You can learn a lot there
A rebuttal on your misinformed and ridiculous comments of June 4th regarding Senator Jorgenson’s record, public service and dedication to Idaho. Obviously, you DID NOT research Senator Jorgenson’s record at all. …
WILDERNESS: Moratorium cast in a reddish light
The Obama Administration has extended the moratorium on Wilderness Designation National Land. Our land was locked away by Clinton and the Bush Administration tried to get it reversed and lost one appeal with anothe…
COMP PLAN: People's wishes being ignored
Kootenai Co. Commissioners Currie and Tondee promise to complete the comp plan - wow! Just what we do not need from them.
OIL SPILL: There's a better solution
If the best minds in the world can't figure out how to stop the oil from pouring out of the earth below the sea, then they'd better resign and let someone else do it. Put a ball of thick mud in your hands, turn th…
ORGANIC: Column good for consumers
Thank you for the column by Michele Sheets. I enjoyed it and would love to read more of the same type of ideas and suggestions. Buying within 100 miles is a great idea and we have tons of organic growers in norther…
Organic: Food for thought
Maybe it's not coincidence that the questions "What is life?" and "What is organic?" are two of the toughest to answer. After all, they both refer to living things, and what's more controversial or complex than tha…
ORGANIC: State seal is important
Writer Michele Sheets did not do her homework in her article "A tough challenge: Buy Local, fresh food," (The Press, June 2, 2010). In her article about Cable Creek Farms and its community supported agriculture pro…
WOLVES: Here's what I love most
Thanks for giving Dr. Fischman of NIWA the opportunity to set the record straight on Jim Beers of USFW (retired, thank goodness) article of May 27, “Wolving of America.” I was ready to hide the children, put the do…
Time for next issue
May the debate over IB/PYP RIP.
PATRIOTS: It's a full-time job, folks
After reading Richard Burbine’s 05-30-10 Letter to the Editor, it made me realize that we now have a nation chock full of “Holiday Patriots.” What I mean by this is that the only time these people will fly the Amer…
OIL SPILL: It's not Obama's fault
Now explain to me why we are all of a sudden blaming our President and it is his problem to clean up this mess of the oil spill and he loses 20 approval points? When in all reality it was done by a huge oil company…