Mad About Science: Velociraptors!
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Ever since I first watched “Jurassic Park” at the tender age of 6 or 7, I had an immediate love for the giant, shrieking dinosaurs that were tearing the...
Author: Ben Olson
The Sandpoint Eater: Celebrating song with food
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Food Columnist Come Festival week, there’s just no place like home. And there is no one better than our own hometown talent, Bridges Home, to kick off tonight’s festivities by...
Taxi Tales: The strange road from Cheyenne
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior People often find themselves in my cab telling me their strange stories. They talk about how the road brought them to me, how they were stranded and...
Gardening with Laurie: Growing a tea garden
By Laurie Brown Reader Columnist Tea has been made and drunk for thousands of years. It’s the most commonly consumed liquid other than water. Technically, the only true “tea” is made from Camellia sinensis—...
Shakespeare in the Parks to perform ‘Richard III’
By Reader Staff Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) will perform Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ at the Bonner County Fairgrounds in Sandpoint on Sunday, Aug. 21. Gates will open at 1 p.m., with the play...
‘I saw the mushroom cloud’
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist After being honorably discharged from the Army Air Corps in 1945, my dear friend Howard Riggs held various construction management positions and worked abroad in Saudi Arabia, Iran and...
A newcomer’s guide to Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint draws people to our fair community from all over the area. Some come for just a night, some stay for the whole two weeks. If...
Head over heels
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Bonner County Fair is steeped in the lifeblood of the community. For nearly 100 years, county residents have gathered at the fair to examine livestock, enjoy a little...
Nursing a community
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Intern Meggan Gunter is not afraid to talk about her difficult initial steps into motherhood. After struggling through what she described as the “traumatic” birth of her first child, a...
Community fun — just add water
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Intern In the early ‘90s, Eric Ridgway drove Sandpoint’s Long Bridge every day. For a man who describes swimming as his “therapy, joy and meditation,” it isn’t surprising to hear...
