ARTICLES BY STEVE BELL/GUEST OPINION

Camping out to help the homeless

Roger is a homeless vet, he served in the Persian Gulf and the Iraq War. He was wounded in battle and they removed part of his stomach. Roger works part-time as night janitor at a local grocery store. He is likable, though he suffers from PTSD.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Getting ready for Diamond Cup 2014

The 2013 Diamond Cup was an awesome family event. The 2014 event promises to be equally so. As evidence of the family nature of the event, I observed three generations of a Spokane family watching the races return to the Lake City after a 44-year break. The grandfather witnessed the …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Message for the man in the shiny white Lexus

Daun walked to the grocery store on East Sherman in bone chilling 10 degree weather at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, to buy some Top Ramen. As she approached the cash register she coughed, and a young man, with a white Lexus parked outside, began loudly berating her in front …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Homeless event warms hearts, feet

The young girl was homeless and she asked our clothing volunteer John, if he had any winter boots. John looked through the stack of donations at our homeless campout and found just the pair for her. The little girl cried with gratitude.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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