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OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
CHAMPIONS: Boys expressed character
Our local high schools have Prairie Pig and Fight for the Fish. Our middle schools have Minnow Madness. This past weekend we watched another emotional game play out when two third- and fourth-grade Hayden Parks and…
ATTORNEY: Agree with Mr. Hawk
The “My Turn” column of March 11, by Mr. Kevin Hawk, was spot on, and I could not agree more with the opinions expressed by Mr. Hawk.
ZONING: What will be next?
I attended the zoning change hearing at North Idaho College’s Boswell Hall. I am opposed to the development proposed by Mort Construction of Coeur d’Alene.
TOLERANCE: Force us into dilemma
Re: Your editorial on tolerance in Sunday’s, March 15, paper. You speculated on what could happen when like-minded people — Christians, Republicans, Whites — get together; they don’t know what it’s like to walk in …
GAS: Price was wrong at Exxon
If you bought gas at the Exxon in Hayden (U.S. 95 and Hayden Avenue) on Friday morning and selected 89 octane, you paid too much. The service station manager was corrected by a customer and corrected the price to $…
BIBLE: Try it; you might like it
I get saddened every day when I read the news and see the rapidly decaying society we live in. Our nation has turned its back on God and so has this world. We live in an age where morality is relative. We live in a…
CHOOSE: Red or blue?
The consensus is Idaho is a red state, but I have a hunch we are possibly a 50/50 state as to residents political persuasion, if I dare to use that word. I suspect we are thought to be red because Democrats are eit…
EL SYD: Superb Idaho historian
Just wanted to say “Thanks” for publishing Syd Albright’s weekly history column. I enjoy learning about some of the various characters and events in our history.
ALLIANCE: Yes to water siphon
We write in response to the article by Keith Kinnaird on Feb. 24 concerning the proposal for a cold-water siphon at the Priest Lake outlet. In principle this siphon could lower the temperature of the water in Pries…
PANEL: One person, one vote
On March 12, the board of the KMPO voted to expand its KCATT (Kootenai County Area Transportation Team) committee by adding five members of the public. These members are to represent interests in areas such as bicy…
CARRIE: Ideal for Careywood
It amazes me all of the people ready to bash Carrie Bartelt, the postmaster of the tiny town’s post office.
LION: Listen to tale of the trap
When I learned the fate of this lion, I knew his story needed to be told. This situation is not the exception, but is often the rule with traps and lions.
CHRISTIAN: In a word, hostile
I would like to know, just what definition Geddie Fredy gives to being “Christian?” According to the contents of Fredy’s letter, to be a Christian: Is to feel hostility toward those who don’t think as you do, belie…
SMOKE: Identify the true enemy
Now wood fire smoke is bad too?
HOMELESS: Try a little compassion
This letter is in response to Jim Jackson’s letter entitled “Homeless: A Close Encounter.”