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When a motto is more than just a saying

By Kevin Davis, USFS
Reader Contributor

You may have heard the Forest Service motto: “Caring for the land and serving people.”

As a Forest Service employee at the Sandpoint Ranger …

Einstein and the GPS

By Phil Deutchman
Reader Contributor

A hundred years ago, Einstein published his famous work on General Relativity (GR). Little did he know then that the results of his new, radical …

‘Star Trek’ turns 50

By Randy Stolz
Reader Contributor

Kirk, Spock, Sulu, Uhuru, Scotty, Bones, Chekov, and all the hot young yeomen of both sexes who died horribly in Kirk’s arms before the end …

Pine Cone Memories

By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor

I revere pine cones. Our Selle Valley property has almost as many pine cones as ant hills have ants. I prefer dead tree limbs to …