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Bonner County History - Oct. 15, 2024
A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from P…
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Have you tried writing a novel yet?
NaNoWriMo sounds more like a word from the language of Ork (for you 1970s fans) than a nationally recognized creative writing initiative. It’s been 18 years since the inaugural National Novel Writing Month took pla…
Keeping CHRIST during Christmas
Every year it just seems to get worse. Now there’s talk about making “Black Friday” into “Black Thursday,” with big commercial stores beginning their “holiday sales” on Thanksgiving Day — infringing on the true mea…
Cottonwoods play key role in environment
A year or so ago, I wrote an article on cottonwood trees for the Scotchman Peaks Newsletter. For a few years I had enjoyed providing educational articles for t…
community arts scene taking on a holiday flair
SANDPOINT — The holidays are well under way, as witnessed by this week’s calendar offerings. Along with a POAC pop-up sale, there are art gallery open houses, a classical Christmas concert in Hope and a holiday gat…
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Give the gift of health this year
Another Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all of the trimmings is complete and the Christmas lights are going up. It all happens so fast right? One day, we are enjoying summer at the beach and the next day, we are se…
Magnesium deficiency: A silent epidemic?
Magnesium is possibly the most critical nutrient lacking in our diet, yet it is foundational to the chemistry of all our cells. Hundreds of enzymes require magnesium for thousands of reactions constantly taking pla…
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Clone donations and help library transformation
Think of all you could accomplish if you could clone yourself. Better yet, what if good deeds could be cloned? In fact, they can with the Sandpoint Friends of the Library’s annual Matching Donations Program. This y…
Thankfulness, no matter what
Often on Thanksgiving, we are thankful for the obvious blessings of life. Not only on Thanksgiving, but usually when we think of what to be thankful for we think of things that appear to be good rather than fosteri…
Holiday spirit brightens week's entertainment options
SANDPOINT – Happy Thanksgiving! The holiday spirit gets into gear this week, with a fun run this morning at Travers Park, the big tree lighting and arrival of Santa Friday evening at Jeff Jones Square and two – cou…
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Don't be in the dark when out for a walk
Monday afternoon about 4:30 p.m. my friend and I were driving back to town from Spokane. From Fifth Avenue we turned left onto Lake Street. At Fourth Avenue, a car turned right onto Lake Street with their high beam…