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DAD: Tribute to 'Old Pop'
My dad is nearly 89 years old. His birthday is coming up in September.
AIDS: Now hear this, vets
Bottom line: the VA considers hearing loss as a medical issue rather than a disability so there is no service connection required. I was impressed with the service I received from all the VA staff in Coeur d’Alene,…
In search of loving fathers
The grin on 21-year-old Sasha Fisher’s face tells the beautiful story of true love.
MINERS: Show appreciation
I was pleased to read your recent editorial regarding negotiations between Hecla and the Lucky Friday Mine. It raised some valid points and expressed concerns that are in line with mine.
GUNS: Don't trust Hillary
When are we going to learn? It’s going to get to the point where we are going to have to carry guns. If ISIS knew we were armed they wouldn’t be so quick to terrorize this country.
GUNS: Know definitions
Before any misguided talks of banning certain weapons you first need to understand what you are talking about as in “assault rifles.” The average person when they say assault rifle has a mental image of a military …
FATHER: To the very best
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us Fathers and Sons.”
GUNS: Assault weapons out
America needs to ban military-style assault weapons, NOW.
Sometimes you just drive away
Mass murder in Walt Disney World’s backyard.
WARMING: Do the math
I appreciate the editorial left us on Sunday (June 4) by professional engineer David E. Bruderly. He says that CO2 levels were about 320 ppmv when his grandparents were born, and they are on track to soon double (i…
ABORTION: A troubling page
“Ironic” is the gentlest word that comes to mind. Given that the right to abortion is a major plank in the Democrats’ party platform; given the fierceness with which that party defends even the most savage of Plann…
WARMING: Note to visitor
We can only hope that the Stoneridge timeshare folks will warn the good people of Spirit Valley to curtail their fossil fuel burning and unsustainable land management practices when the professional engineer from J…
SHOOTING: Batch of theories
When Reagan got shot I wrote a letter to the editor in Sandpoint, that they would try gun control again, only to be scrutinized by a woman who had a letter in every issue; she knew everything. Well, we got the Brad…
RANGE: Keep it clean
We have been told that the shooting range at the old gravel pit will be cleaned up and kept that way. This however is not true. Many shooters are leaving their targets, cases and all kinds of other junk scattered a…
SHOOTING: Targeting truth
Well, guess what: the Orlando massacre is being called SENSELESS now. Oh, that should make the families feel real good. Empty, maybe, but good: nope.