Love Lives Here
By Jim Healey
Reader Contributor
Hate-filled fliers left in citizens’ driveways here in Bonner County. A peace flag ripped down from a local’s front porch here in Bonner County. Racist …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Idaho sewage treatment plants are not making the grade
By Justin Hayes
Reader Contributor
When you flush your toilet, the contents don’t magically disappear. Sewage gets cleaned at a sewage treatment plant operated by your city and then discharged …
Is your heart a black hole?
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink
Reader Contributor
A solitary friend and I spent a week in a cabin in Covelo, Calif., speaking of astrophysics while I was cross referencing Bill Bryson’s …
Battle Call
By Michael Jacobson
Reader Contributor
In March 1991 unsettling photos of C-130 military cargo planes laden with flag draped coffins filled the news media.
We were in Afghanistan.
Prior to …
Random Digital Madness: Augmented Reality — why you will wonder how you lived without it
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
Why AR? So, if augmented reality (AR) is not on your technology radar, I would like to change that. A few months ago, one of …
The most polluted site in Sandpoint and what it’s doing to our water
By Shannon Williamson
Reader Columnist
You know that piece of land on Boyer that sits between the Lake Pend Oreille High School and the railroad tracks? Across from Super One? …
Living Life: Help a Foster Child, Become a CASA
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Foster children experience a journey like no other. They are often placed in the homes of strangers where they are left to figure out all …
Moscow pastor agrees with Trump on Charlottesville tragedy
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
There has never been a multi-racial society which has existed
with such mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world.
—Douglas Wilson, …
“Deaths of Despair” Reveals America’s Troubled Soul A “White Death” Takes the Lives of 45-54 Year-Olds
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The workman is not in harmony with his social
position if he is not convinced that he has his deserts.
—Emile Durkheim
These p…
My summer at the Reader
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern / Cedar Post Editor in Chief
This summer at the Reader, I learned many technical lessons — the proper AP formatting of numbers and …
Letters
- Vote Kunzeman, Woodward, Boeck… Dear Editor, The primary election is approaching on May 15, when our elected officials are most often chosen. Idaho is a predominantly Republican state. The contested races tend to be in the Republican primary. The winner of the primary usually goes on to win the general election in the fall. For ...
- Weissman is Democrat of Choice… Dear Editor, Two registered Democrats are running for Idaho State Representative Seat A. Bonner County Democrats have guiding principles that they believe in and work for. These include, but are not limited to, the belief that Idaho has a responsibility to educate all students for success, that the role of government ...
- McDonald Keeps Promises… Dear Editor, Politicians making empty promises of which they can never deliver are a dime a dozen. And it describes Dan McDonald’s Republican primary opponent. The smelter is a hot topic in all of Bonner County. All the facts surrounding the project are not yet available, but Carol Kunzeman has raised her hand in opposition regardless. She hasn’t ...
- Vote For Englehardt… Dear Editor: I will be voting for Dennis Engelhardt for Bonner County assessor on May 15. After reviewing campaign material from the three Republican candidates, and attending one of the Farm Bureau candidate forums, I am convinced that Dennis is the clear choice for this important public office. Dennis has managed hundreds of ...
- Englehardt For Assessor… Dear Editor, After speaking to and reading about the candidates for Bonner County Assessor, Engelhardt is the clear choice. He is thoughtful, listens and understands our frustrations with the assessor’s office. He understands the roll of the Assessor is that of an administrator as opposed to an appraiser. Engelhardt’s management and ...
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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.
