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
- Support Terry Ford… Dear Fellow Bonner County Residents, I am supporting Terry Ford for Sheriff of Bonner County. It is seldom I talk about personal issues but I think this is relevant. A little over a year ago I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor. I had to go to Spokane for surgery which left ...
- An Open Letter for Gov. Otter… Governor Otter, Thank you for your important and courageous veto against the “Bible-in-Schools” bill. I live in Sandpoint and am a retired professor of physics from the University of Idaho. As a scientist, I could envision that if the Christian Bible were brought into a science class, a public-school, a science teacher ...
- Commissioners Flaunting Regulations… Dear Editor, The Clagstone Meadows incident is the latest in a disturbing string of actions by county commissioners suggesting a disregard for the laws they’re tasked with upholding. The project—a win-win for sportsmen, conservationists, and Stimson Lumber Company—was opposed by two commissioners in an illegal letter that they composed in violation ...
- Land Use Code Changes… Dear Editor, There has been much news about the recent changes to the Bonner County Land Use code and in the county Planning Department. I am often asked “what happened and why should I care?” Good questions. What happened? The county commissioners recently changed the land use code in two ways. The ...
- Bay Trail Not a Party Spot… Dear Editor, It’s beginning to be very busy at the Pend Oreille Bay Trail. Please be good neighbors and remind people who use the trail to park at City Beach or the former Windbag Marina and enjoy the walk to the trail. The small parking lot at the trail head is ...
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