Bonner County mapping system opens the region
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist If you love exploring the diverse geography of northern Idaho and working with maps but are not familiar with the Bonner County Map (BCM) on the Bonner County mapping...
Category: Arts & Culture
Vietnam Veterans of Sandpoint: Part Five
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment of our special series highlighting the stories of Vietnam Veterans living in Sandpoint. It has been an honor and a...
The curse of the modern Medusa
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Medusa was a Gorgon—a monster with snakes for hair— but there is debate about what her face looked like. Some think she was hideous. Others claim that her beauty was...
Tapping Into Genius
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist What do Thomas Edison, Salvador Dali and Albert Einstein have in common? Of course they were geniuses in their fields. However, I’m going to go with a more obscure...
Living Life: Childhood resilience
By Dianne Smith Reader Columnist Why do some children bounce back from what the mental health community calls adverse childhood experiences and others are so affected that it continues to negatively impact them into...
Mad About Science: Chickens
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist As the old adage goes: They grow up so fast. One minute you’re cuddling an adorable little ball of cheeping fluff, the next minute a confused- looking dinosaur is...
Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba: Part Two
While Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte both faced the institutionalized prejudice of the time, Belafonte in many ways escaped much of the persecution that fell on Makeba, possibly because of his elegant speech and...
Animation Show of Shows returns to the Panida
Female empowerment. Parent-child relationships. The primal nature of man. Those are just a few of the subjects tackled in the “18th Animation Show of Shows.” A collection of the world’s best offerings in the...
Vietnam Veterans of Sandpoint
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a five-part series highlighting the stories of Sandpoint men who served combat duty during the Vietnam War. As always, I am eternally grateful for those who served and...
