If our elected county commissioners have nothing more pressing to concern themselves with than schoolyard bullies and local businesses hiring foreign workers, maybe they aren’t so overworked after all and don’t need to hire a county administrator. Thenagain, it could free them up to ponder some really important questions such as, “What’s the difference between a ‘Rain Garden’ and a […]

This letter is in response to the recent letter of June 5 regarding the Colvill Fire Department. I first want to correct that letter as I, the fireman, was misquoted by the two women, aka “name withheld.” In response to their inquiry as to why Susan Thompson was working the front table at the pancake breakfast, my actual response was, […]

The editorial comments of the past few weeks concerning religion remind me of the ridiculously partisan political arguments of recent years and of the hopeless gridlock our federal and state governments are in. Both sides of this “can it be proven or disproven” religion argument are adamant they are right and the other side is wrong. Not unlike the countless […]

Theexchange of letters has been interesting but fruitless. People aren’t argued into believing the Bible and once you have a real relationship with God you can’t be argued out of it. Let’s keep it simple — where do we go when we die. Do we believe in a Creator or not? If not, who knows? If we believe then it […]

In response to Geri (Lou) Jensen’s June 5 letter to the editor: Let me see if I’ve got this right. You assert, “A lapse in the brain’s critical function seems necessary to accept belief of a deity!” So, I, out of respect for scientific methods of discovery, contact Professor Uffe Schjøedt, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University, Denmark, […]