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ARTICLES BY SUSAN DRINKARD FEATURE CORRESPONDENT

Area author's book of local history selling like hotcakes

When you give a good book to someone, it’s a gift that will be remembered long after Christmas is over. And if you are still Christmas shopping, consider supporting local authors and local businessowners by buying locally.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

PHD offers extensive network of services

Septic permits and infant nutrition for low-income mothers may come to mind when one thinks of the Panhandle Health District on Pine Street.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Diverse holiday options brighten the season

SANDPOINT — Bleak weather days with low fog feel akin to walking around with a dirty coat on your head. If paint hues were named after the drippy, drab days in North Idaho this time of the year, they might be called cinder block or punitive gray.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Idaho Mythweaver project captures history

SANDPOINT — Jane Fritz’ work with Idaho’s six Indian tribes began nearly 30 years ago. It is time, she believes, to finish her work of preserving tribal stories and histories — some told directly to her by now deceased tribal elders.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

PSNI sets $1M goal for land, new building

SANDPOINT — After 45 years at the same location on North Boyer Avenue, the Panhandle Special Needs building is old and crumbling.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Honor, duty, country

Vietnam-era soldiers may be aging a bit, but their boots-on experiences in Nam are still keen.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Local soldiers died in Vietnam

Sandpoint lost four young men in combat in Vietnam in the 1960s. Veteran’s Day is about never forgetting our fallen soldiers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

'Dudeoir' calendar aims to help CCS

Sexy photographs of men, often gently rounded men, is termed “dudeoir,” an obvious play on “boudoir.” Sandpoint now has its own dudeoir in the form of a calendar featuring 11 mostly generously built guys you would never expect to find posing in a milk bath or with just a box …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Shelter's mission broader than most

PONDERAY — Take Mary Oliver’s soul-level prose about the dog-human bond. Add a deep understanding of human behavior and compassion for what one might call our imperfection as human beings. There you have Mandy Evans, executive director of the Panhandle Animal Shelter, whose programs at our local animal shelter have …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Group devoted to helping people in need

When you talk to a newcomer to Sandpoint, you get the feeling that any second an orchestra in the trees will start playing Louis Armstrong’s “It’s a Wonderful World,” as though the song was written just for Sandpoint and its environs.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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