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
- Coal trains… Dear Editor, A Coal Train Protest Scenario: Having been out to of town for a while I just recently learned that the Sandpoint city council had passed three resolutions opposing the increased coal shipments thru Sandpoint. I think that was a lovely, risk-free gesture that is unlikely to have any real effect on ...
- Nay on Scotchman Peaks… Dear Editor, Despite the highly publicized support for the proposed Scotchman Peak Wilderness, including from our Bonner County Commissioners, there are many residents in Bonner County who are not in favor of this designation. It is time for a reality check on this. We are told the area must be protected, yet ...
- Transportation for elderly… Dear Editor, It is from my personal experience and heartfelt concern that I address a travesty needing attention. Our community lacks an extremely valuable and necessary service: the transportation of homebound seniors to appointments regardless of whether the patient is on Medicaid or Medicare. We have not stepped up to the plate ...
- Vote yes for Memorial Field… Dear Editor, Memorial Field/Barlow Stadium is truly a Gem, a complex for athletic events and so many other uses such as the Festival, Graduation, etc., probably unique in the Northwest for its setting and natural beauty. Let’s truly look at the total complex that serves us so well and keep this “Diamond ...
- Experience counts… Dear Editor, I am wondering why some people believe there are advantages to electing a person who has no experience working with city government. How can we know if they have any knowledge how government works and has the good judgment needed to handle the job? And how can we even ...
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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.
