208 Fiction results for 2025
Here we present the winners of the fourth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
Tagged: Jodi Rawson
Vigilante studios moves to Sandpoint
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Even as a toddler Zeke Rawson had a keen understanding and passion for gears and moving parts. Around 8 years old he was designing Lego creations that could move...
An open letter on VA health care
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Dear President Joe Biden, There are more than two parties, let’s face it. There is another major party — something like a C.E.O.cracy. Led by billionaires and hyper-lobbyist-minions, this...
Soup-er Heroes
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor It may be just another cold Wednesday in Sandpoint, but in the basement of the Gardenia Center it is feast day — for some, a celebration. Free hot soup...
Wounded in Vietnam, fifty years ago
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor John “Doc” Ivy served five tours in Vietnam from 1966-1971. He was introduced in the Reader on May 23, 2017, as my beloved veteran neighbor. Today, at age 72,...
Raising Robin Rick
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Day 1 My youngest son, Enoch, is an animal whisperer and he insisted that we rescue a bird one evening. Thinking that it was injured beyond repair and would...
Profile: Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm is a festive place this time of year. Toddlers run around stuffing blueberries into their mouths, moms catch up while their babies nap in the...
A legacy of rooting for our community
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor “We welcome a new story as each one ends,” says Simon Ronniger, when asked about the year in the life of a farmer. “The wintertime in the warehouse is...
Bonner Gospel Mission: Serving the community since 1982
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor The vision of the Bonner Gospel Mission originated with Corky Kalben in 1982. “In those years I was doing jail ministry because I had been in and out of...
Suzanne Davis: Sandpoint’s librarian for children and beyond
By Jodi Rawson Reader Contributor Suzanne Davis has been the children’s librarian at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library District for 13 years. She was the first friend I made in...
