NCHOPS: The building blocks of life
By Mike Wagoner
Reader Contributor
I was thumbing through a biology textbook the other day and stumbled upon the periodic chart. You remember it: the big, scary, multi-colored banner of …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
An Open Letter: To the Bonner County Board of Commissioners in opposition of the Natural Resource Plan
By Kirk Sehlmeyer
Reader Contributor
Dear Commissioners,
My name is Kirk Sehlmeyer, and I live in Bonner County. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments and express my opposition …
It’s time to lay a foundation for affordable housing in Idaho
By Rep. Mat Erpelding
Reader Contributor
In 1992, the Idaho House of Representatives passed House Bill 756, creating the Idaho Housing Trust Fund. At the time, a responsible legislature realized …
The healing power of simplicity
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer, ND
Reader Columnist
Invariably, some time before Christmas it hits me – the feeling of being enfolded in woe. Nothing seems to go right. My brain goes …
The view from the bench
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
I had a lot of coaches growing up. Between volleyball, basketball, soccer and tennis, I listened to a lot of different advice between the …
Single In Sandpoint: Aaaah, January…
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
Personally, I have never understood why we start our year in January. I don’t even want to start my car in January, let alone a …
Trump, Israel, and Christian Zionism
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River
and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jew [sic].
—Ed MacAteer, Christian …
In Fine Fettle: A healthy kind of donut
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Health Columnist
I’m just kidding. There’s no healthy kind of donut. But you’re already reading so you might as well continue. Also, it could be emotionally …
Underpants: Perfecting the art of replacement cussery
By PollyAnna
Reader Columnist
My parents are the sort of people who think that watching “Snowden” counts as a date night. “Uh… How romantic?” I said, when my mom informed …
California Dreamin’: Exploring the weed culture
By Bill Lewis
Reader Contributor
Several months ago, a medical marijuana company purchased a small, 120-acre town called Nipton, Calif.
Nipton is a nearly-deserted mining community north of the Mojave …
Letters
- LPOSD Levy… Dear Editor, Lake Pend Oreille School District has proposed a school levy to extract $56 million from our community to fund its facility expansions. This includes an addition to the existing high school, constructing a new middle school, an enormous athletic center for little jocks growing up, a "vo-tech school" addition ...
- Protests are Vulgar… Dear Editor, I was very much looking forward to Wednesday's farmer's market with the kids. We parked and walked over only to overhear another mom say to her kids, "Don't look!" Naturally, I looked. The spectacle was the vulgar anti-abortion sign. Why were they there? I feel this was not the ...
- Wildwood Grilling… Dear Editor, We at Northside Fire District want to send a shout out of thanks and gratitude to Ernie Brandt of Wildwood Grilling for thinking of our staff and much-appreciated volunteers when they were choosing who to sponsor this year for Sandpoint Festival tickets. Your kindness and thoughtfulness to all of us ...
- Conventions… Dear Editor, What a difference in the contrast presented by our two political conventions. At the GOP convention in Cleveland, fear, hatred, intemperance and unfounded accusations abounded. Donald Trump charged that we were a country in decline and under siege. The facts are that Americans are less likely to become victims of ...
- Political Leanings… Dear Editor, I the need to get something off my chest and give my opinion as to your informative neighborhood paper. I moved to this beautiful area of Idaho a little over a year ago and feel lucky to live in the Sandpoint area but am so surprised of just how ...
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
