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IDAHO: Newton DOA
Regarding Marc Stewart’s article on the Idaho House vote to exclude Newton’s Laws of Motion and climate change effects on our planet, I politely call for the BS alarm. Reps: Amador, Mendive and Cheatham have done a…
BRAKES: Proper, improper uses
In regard to the Feb. 2 local section of Coeur d’Alene Press about the use of Jake brakes in Coeur d’Alene. I feel like I’m some sort of an expert on this subject. I have more than 4 million miles accident free and…
Here's your state payroll, suckers
So you thought Gov. Clement Leroy Otter cashed fat paychecks, did you?
SEARS: Honors service contracts
At Sears, our top priority is the satisfaction of our customers. It’s important that our current and future customers understand that certain claims made about Sears’ business by the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press …
PHONES: Teach your children
On Feb. 9, The Press published a letter to the editor wherein the writer complained of double standards. His assertion was that students were being punished by restricting access to their phones while in class, whi…
The Vietnam of today is not your grandpa's Vietnam
It is hard to believe how much Vietnam has changed in the last 50 years. Tay Ninh Province, where I served, is hardly recognizable. Located northwest of Saigon…
RSVP: Keep 'phenomenal' going
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is a “phenomenal program,” states Chris Martin, VP of Finance and Business Affairs at North Idaho College, but “stopped making fiscal sense.” Really? A program that has been ser…
THREATS: Media atop list
Who is the biggest threat?
Phone policy: Something to call home about
Coeur d’Alene School District is giving its new top executive a bit of a welcoming gift: A rational cellphone plan.
SCHOOL: Reminder on roles
According to The Press (Wednesday, Feb. 7), Rep. Don Cheatham, R-Post Falls, has introduced a bill in the Idaho Legislature allowing students to have an excused absence from school to play taps at a military funera…
WARRANTIES: Value questioned
Enjoyed Bill Brooks’ column in Monday’s Press. Sorry about the frustration that he’s gone through with Sears and their servicing. We recently spent months trying to get a GE range repaired as that company also has …
SELTICE: Lookin' good
I want to applaud the city of Coeur d’Alene, ignite cda, Welch-Comer Engineering and T. LaRiviere Equipment and Excavation Inc. for the great job they are doing on Seltice Way. I saw the contractor racing against t…
PHONES: Rules for all
In response to the recent school board decision on cellphone use in our schools. I am wondering if this decision will affect the teachers’ use of cellphones as well? I ask this as I have children in both middle sch…
PARKING: Downtown dilemma
I work in downtown Coeur d’Alene. If I leave my place of employment and pick up a child from school, take my kid home, then return to work and park in a totally different parking space, I should not get a parking t…
HEALTH CARE: Beware Idaho plan
In the article, “Idaho says no Obamacare needed for some new insurance plans,” we learn a great deal about Idaho’s plans to allow insurers to offer “skimpier” health care options to their residents, despite federal…