The weird and wonderful world of yard sales in North Idaho
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
I started going to garage sales when I moved to North Idaho about 40 years ago. I think it’s great fun and also a “ministry” …
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Mayor’s Roundtable: Toward a brighter future
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
The last several weeks have been difficult for many. The skies have cleared after a week of some of the worst air quality …
The Late Night Buddhist
By Scott Taylor
Reader Columnist
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining a mountain bike outing with four of the many athletic, kick-ass ladies who inhabit this …
Football, fear and facts
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
On Friday, Sept. 11, an unidentified projectile hit the Lakeside High School football team’s bus as the team departed Clark Fork. It broke through two …
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I rushed from the kitchen to my little office desk, clutching my freshly steeped mug of tea in one hand and throwing open my laptop …
A few thoughts on rights and responsibilities
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Recently, I witnessed a BMW fast little car and a burly Chevy pickup try to occupy the same lane space at the same time. The …
Investment in Baldy property is a win for the city, residents
By Steve Holt
Reader Contributor
This is in response to Carrie Logan’s Aug. 18 guest opinion in the Bonner County Daily Bee [also published short-form in the Reader on Aug. …
Dysfunctional discourse, unmasked at city council chambers
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
When I woke up the morning of Aug. 20, it was out of a dream that was almost comical. The protagonist of the story in …
Smells like school spirit
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Fall-scented candles are unrealistic. That isn’t to say they don’t smell absolutely wonderful. Who can say no to cinnamon, apple, carmel and warm, abstract smells …
Work, work, work
Breakfast lessons
By Lyndsie Kiebert
My first day of work was Mother’s Day 2011. In my navy blue polo and sensible, non-slip shoes, I arrived at Holiday Shores Marina at …
Letters
- To Sen. Risch… An open letter to Senator Risch: The character of America was forged out of wilderness. In 1964, the U.S. Congress had the bipartisan vision to preserve remnants of this country’s vast resources that had once seemed limitless. They realized that once wilderness is gone, it is gone forever. They knew that ...
- Phi… Dear Editor, Phi (φ) is the most amazing number in the universe. Phi = (1+√5) ÷ 2 which equals 1.6180339… and is commonly known as the golden ratio, the golden mean or golden section. Phi (φ) is also known by other names including: divine proportion, divine section, golden proportion, golden cut, ...
- Safety for Cyclists… Dear Editor: In the creation of our new two-way road system in Sandpoint, the cyclists have been ignored. The confusion for motor vehicle traffic is bad enough, but think of riding your bike through town. There are no bike lanes or sharrows in the new configuration indicating that cyclists even exist ...
- Bike Rules… Dear Editor, Hello! I’m the old man who refused to take the right of way while riding a bicycle even though you stopped and motioned me on. Yes, I realize you were just trying to be nice and helpful. Do you realize that by stopping, you interrupted the flow of traffic ...
- Dog Park… Dear Editor, “Friends of Sandpoint Dog Park” have been meeting for several months to formulate a proposal to the City and the Parks Department to create an off-leash dog park in Sandpoint. The group was given the opportunity to present the proposal initially to city council in workshop format at the ...
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Special Report
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Enter the Sandpoint in Pictures Winter Photo Contest! Post your best winter snapshot in the Sandpoint Winter Photo Contest for a chance at hometown fame, plus a $20 gift certificate to MickDuff’s and a copy of the scenic coffee table book ‘Selkirks Spectacular.’ How to enter? Easy – just post your photo and vote daily at SandpointPictures.com»
