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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
This Independence Day, unite for thriving future
The celebration of Independence Day this year will be unlike any other.
STATUES: Pulling down common sense
We all want simple solutions to complex issues.
TRAFFIC: Flow teaches students
I do not know who in our city government makes the decisions on the flow of traffic but they need to take Flow of Traffic 101!
COMMON SENSE: In back seat again
Am I living in an alternate universe where everything is upside down and nothing makes sense? Every day the Coeur d’Alene Press publishes news about the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases around the country, and m…
SCHEDULE: Fourth of July with neighbors
It is too bad that all activities, including the North Idaho Fair, have been canceled. Here is an idea for all of you who won’t know what to do on the Fourth of July. Have a block party in your community. Have neig…
EVENTS: Make them better, safer
A golf tournament, reported this week in the Cd’A Press, is for a good cause, raising $15,000. The seven players in the photo with the check are without masks and not social distancing.
SCHOOL: Depend upon yourself
If anything good has come from being locked in our homes with our kids for the past few months, it concerns their education. First off, public education lacks quality, and second, it has a character that is contrar…
FLAG: A pledge proposal
Many people object to athletes taking a knee during the national anthem, saying it disrespects the flag regardless of the cause. We know the American flag can serve as a hallowed sign honoring a dead warrior, and i…
BEHAVE: ’Tis the season
OK people! Time to get over the “smelly” stuff and act like grown ups! We will never agree 100% on stuff, but respect others’ point of view and pray for them, because we all need God’s guidance in these days. It’s …
POWER: It’s easy to abuse
An abuse of power by a policeman took place in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. As a result of that abuse many people chose to use their power of the right of assembly to protest that abuse. Unfortunately, power was th…
No headline
When there was a shooting in the idiotic area in Seattle where unknown people have decided to take over, why on earth did police respond? Those people should be (and seem to want to be on their OWN?) so let them be!
DUKE: Dems digging deep for dirt
History is history! You can’t erase it or change it by protesting, destroying monuments, burning or removing books from libraries. Hitler tried, look what happened to him.
MASKS: A community effort
At a time when COVID-19 infections are spreading through Benawah, Kootenai, and Bonner counties, I am more concerned now than ever about the grave risk to our vulnerable populations and my own family. Most people a…
GRATEUL: Visited by blue angels
I am an 88-year-old handicapped widow. I don’t want to leave my home of 60 years. On Saturday I was overcome with emotion when several members of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department showed up with their families an…
JULY 4: Protest — with smiles
Instead of a Fourth of July fireworks “celebration,” let’s have a Fourth of July fireworks “protest.” Those are fine. Somehow the virus knows the difference.