Veterans of wars, both foreign and domestic
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Between Halloween, the hubbub of the 2020 General Election, chaos wrought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the run-up to Thanksgiving, it would have been …
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Dying Twice
By Michael Jacobson
Reader Contributor
Some people don’t know how to make it back. Such is the case with Raymond’s brother, James. He took his own life one day. The …
Bonners Ferry vet honored with Spirit of Freedom Award
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Ron McIlnay is known among his Bonners Ferry neighbors as a Vietnam veteran who works tirelessly to make sure his fellow servicemen and women have …
‘Play in peace forever’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
After months of activity, War Memorial Field is looking particularly tranquil this time of year.
A November weekday morning bears no resemblance to a Saturday …
The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Their minds were numbed by the shock of peace.
—Colonel Thomas Gowenlock, U.S. intelligence officer
At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the guns …
Young voices, longstanding traditions
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: Lyndsie Kiebert works part time at Hope Elementary School.
Written on the whiteboard in Debra Douglas’ classroom at Hope Elementary are several vocabulary …
Veterans Celebration planned
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Everyone can agree that we owe so much to our veterans. If you’d like to show your love for veterans, the Christian Faith and Freedom …
One percent for peace:
By Bill Collier
Reader Contributor
Dear fellow human being and co-resident of planet earth:
I am a combat veteran. I have seen the carnage, mayhem, death, abysmal destruction and colossal …
A Veterans Day Memory:
By Jim Ramsey
Reader Contributor
In early summer in 2012, my wife and I were walking from the train station in Arles, in southern France, to our hotel when we …
On being a veteran
By Captain Bill Collier
Reader Contributor
VJ day was my second birthday. World War Two had ended. The evil Japanese Empire, Italian Fascists and German Nazis were defeated. Every Fourth …
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