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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.
LITTLE: A calming leader during crisis
Governor Little’s press conference on COVID-19 calmly went right to the point. He recognized that many in Idaho will eventually get some form of the disease. Most will get over it by themselves, but a percentage wi…
VIRUS: Why wipe out supply of toilet paper?
OK what’s the deal with the run on toilet paper and water as the apparent cure for the Corona Virus. The line I witnessed wrapped around Costco’s opening this morning is a case in point. Mind you hundreds of custom…
TRUMP: Taking inventory
Lee Gibson is right about everything those people said about Trump. He is a racist, liar, dictator and a criminal, and most of all a sorry excuse for a human being.
NORRIS: He shows up
Thank you to Bob Norris for showing intelligence and concern for citizens living in northern Kootenai County. Those of us in Athol, Spirit Lake, etc… are grateful to a sheriff candidate who shows up at a town hall …
COMMISSION: Vote for Bill, Chris
I’ve worked closely with many of the Kootenai County commissioners over the past 10 years and attended dozens of commissioner meetings and budget hearings. Bill Brooks and Chris Fillios have demonstrated consistent…
EMERGENCY: You came through
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the couple who helped with my wife’s emergency at Shari’s Restaurant on Sunday, March 1. Thank you to Shari’s for their help also. She’s doing fine and thank you again.
SHERIFF: The good old days
The running for sheriff and apparently some bad blood brewing reminded me of my grandfather, who was sheriff of Woodward, Okla. He was running for re-election in the 1930s and after losing, wrote the following to t…
JACOBSON: Intelligent and caring
I am writing to endorse and recommend Elizabeth Jacobson to the voters of Kootenai County, District 2 for County Commissioner. I have known Elizabeth for more than 20 years in my previous positions as Professor, As…
TOPHER: Tribute and tribulation
Mr. Scott M. White will receive his sentencing and once again we will get to read about the “Kid Cannabis.”
UNITARIAN: Principles of wisdom
Thank you, Bill Buley, for your informative March 5 article “Believe — or not’” about our new part-time minister, Pastor Fred Toerne, at North Idaho Unitarian Universalists. Fred mentioned that Unitarian Universali…
WHITEHEAD: A man of honor
I’ve read several opinions about the candidates running for Kootenai County sheriff and I have to say that probably the best person running is Richard (Rick) Whitehead.
GENERALIZATIONS: Try these on
In response to Bob Ridout’s letter published March 8. He has somehow determined that only Republicans believe in defending themselves from violent criminals. I couldn’t let his over-the-top generalization go unchal…
BROOKS: Reasons for support
I have known Bill Brooks since 2003 and during this time we have coached several youth programs. We have grown to become good friends and support each other’s goals and projects.
COMMUNICATION: Kids and columnists
Class, raise your hands if you sent Annaleigh, the Virginia third grader, comments about Idaho. Thanks to the readers who did (“Press,” March 4)!
Tuesday offered interesting voting insights
Maybe they were protest votes, or ovals filled in for sentimentality’s sake.