A Look Ahead: Your business community in 2022

We’re already two months into 2022.

Op-Ed: Myths matter

Myths matter. The stories that we tell to make meaning in our lives reveal something essential about who we really are.

BASEBALL: A hit over the holiday

The Fourth of July weekend was, once again, full of activities in Coeur d'Alene. Were you aware that 43 baseball games were played in our city from July 1-4? The Coeur d'Alene American Legion Baseball Program partnered with the Spokane Legion Baseball Program to sponsor a Wood Bat Tournament played throughout the weekend that included 78 teams and almost 1,500 ballplayers in our two communities. Of course, that doesn't even include the families and friends of these young baseball players that stayed in our area hotels and ate and shopped at our area businesses.

God would approve of library protest

Pastor defends protest at public library.

Flag: More than just cloth and color

Today marks the 234th anniversary of the day when the Continental Congress of these emerging United States adopted the "Flag Resolution" and officially approved the basic design of our National Flag. The victory of the Revolutionary War had not yet been earned, and some skeptics no doubt commented negatively on the brazen folly of such hope in a positive outcome. Yet as we review and look beyond the history of our Flag's "development of celebration" from its humble beginnings in 1777 to President Truman's 1949 signing of the act of Congress making June 14 our official "Flag Day," we see that our Stars and Stripes is so much more than a pretty collection of cloth and color.

STORM: Here's the rainbow

The Nov. 17 windstorm downed our sumac tree on 4th Street. As we waited for a tree service to remove the tree from part of our driveway, a pleasant gentleman walking on our street spotted the downed tree and asked if he could have some of the wood. He explained his interest in woodworking, and especially liked working with staghorn sumac for the beautiful golden-green color and unique grain of the wood.

LAKELAND: Need your vote

This year two levies will be brought to the ballot. Those two levies are the Plant Facility Levy and the Supplemental Levy. These two levies are important to our school for the safety of the students. Lakeland High School has made it safe this year by getting the SRO on campus and with voting yes on the Plant Facility Levy it will keep the officer on campus for two more years and protecting the students of our school. Our school also provides school activities that have allowed many of our students to participate and to socialize with people that are outside their normal peer group. With voting yes to the Supplemental Levy will keep the sports going after school and also the sports team will be getting new uniforms every four years. Both of these levies will help to provide the opportunities to give our students an educational and athletic advantage in a safe environment.

Three generations of leaders shaped by District 271

Today we are featuring a wonderful family full of leaders, who for generations have contributed significant economic and community impact in our region, including providing over 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, to over 200 businesses. Meet Ryan Nipp, partner at Parkwood Business Properties, the largest private commercial real estate developer in Kootenai County, and past chair, Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber Board of Directors.

Apps for balancing

Balancing your life at times seems like such a challenge. There are so many things that are required of us that we have to constantly be adjusting our priorities all the time. We have our family, our health, our relationships and our professions. Something always gets shuffled around. What gives for you each day?

Pastors call for community forum

Would like to help law enforcement outline key issues raised in protests

Cd'A: No fiscal cliff here

The City Council of Coeur d’Alene spends money like there is an unlimited supply. There is, and that unlimited supply is us, the City Taxpayer (all of us)! Our annual city budget establishes what it is Coeur d’Alene wants to spend and then applies a “tax rate” to our assessed property values and city services to fund the budget. As a result, you now have a forced “balanced budget” which is paid for by EVERY property owner in our illustrious city. If our federal government took this same type of “balanced budget” approach as our city, our effective federal income tax rates would be well above 50 percent and we would not be facing the fiscal cliff that is so prominent today.

Relieve stress with knitting and goal-setting

With summer winding down, I was reflecting on a recent summer trip we took that helped get me focused and set my sights on the goals for the year ahead.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Our poor abused thyroid

A gland of remarkable adaptability, the thyroid gland absorbs a great deal of “punishment” with our lifestyles today.

Op-Ed: This is no accident

As we approach a Christmas Season more rife with inflation than any time since the Carter Administration and more rife with shortages of every commodity greater than at any time since World War II, we must remember that this is no accident.

Equipping tomorrow's workforce

Education matters in North Idaho. It matters to students, citizens, the economy — and it matters to the Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber too.

OPINION: Students: Without support our schools fail

To the Readers of the Coeur d’Alene Press… Education is often hailed as the great equalizer, providing people with the tools they need to succeed in their personal and professional lives. However, the recent failure of our district's two levies will result in significant cuts to our public educational institutions, depriving students of the necessary resources to pursue their dreams.

Idahoans react to reported racial incident

Officials and organizations across Idaho reacted on Tuesday to the reported racial incident involving the University of Utah women’s basketball program in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Here are some of their statements:

Value is related to accuracy

When we began this column in the spring of 2008 it was partly a reaction to negative information presented to our community by outside media. We wanted you to have accurate, local information about our market. Throughout our planning discussions The Press was empathetic to our position; that our market is not the same as a "national" market and that national statistics are as good for you as a national weather forecast.

FAITHFUL OBSERVATIONS

This Mother’s Day, May 13, more than 45 churches in the county will pass out empty baby bottles to church members. Baby bottles are taken and filled with loose change, paper currency or checks and returned to the church on Father’s Day. These funds are then given to Open Arms Pregnancy Care Center/Real Choices Clinic.

OUR GEM: Wild and Scenic Film Festival returns March 24

Event brings awareness about water issues in Kootenai County and beyond

The Kootenai Environmental Alliance/Lake Coeur d’Alene Waterkeeper is pleased to present the Wild & Scenic Film Festival Friday, March 24 at the Schuler Performing Arts Center on the North Idaho College campus. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., films begin at 6:30. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.kealliance.org/wsff.