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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Local Boys Helping Out
July 30 at 6-9pm, Optimist Park ($5 per person)

Dr Weldy at St James
March 21 at 10 AM, St James Episcopal Church

Dr Weldy at St James
March 21 at 10 am, St James Episcopal Church

Public Hearing
March 22 at 2:30 p.m., Commissioners Room, 150 S. 4th East, Mtn. Home

Anttonen comes to St James on Palm Sunday
March 28 at 10 am, St James Episcopal Church

Editorials

We need to fight opposition (02/17/10)
Just when you think people across southern Idaho support the possibility of bringing a new fighter program to the...
Two vital hearings (01/27/10)
We know the public usually doesn't attend hearings, but there are two coming up where attendance is vitally important....
Two sides, one solid argument, no easy answers (01/25/10)
In a meeting last week, Elmore County's Planning and Zoning Commission began the daunting task of possibly amending the...
Cuts now to bone (01/20/10)
To Gov. Butch Otter's credit, every time he has ordered a holdback in state funding, due to declining state revenues,...
Budget plan hurts education (01/13/10)
Gov. Butch Otter's proposed budget for next year is a realistic appraisal of the sad state of the economy. It also is a...
Toward a better future (12/30/09)
Few people will be sorry to see 2009 fade into the history books. Like an obnoxious uncle who overstays his welcome,...
Try again for peace on earth (12/23/09)
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." -- Luke 1:14 So spoke the angels more than...
Show your support for F-35 (12/16/09)
We cannot urge citizens strongly enough to send e-mails or letters to the Idaho congressional delegation urging support...
Cops help fulfill dreams (12/11/09)
With so many people across the country so obsessed with the need to go shopping during the Christmas season, it...
Plan deserves a chance (12/09/09)
President Obama's speech to the nation last week outlining his strategy for Afghanistan has drawn fire from both the...
Do we have the patience? (12/02/09)
Sometimes, what you inherit becomes yours. Increasingly, the War in Afghanistan is becoming President Obama's war and...
Slow down on health care (11/25/09)
The health care bill is now in the senate for final debate. Like most people, we haven't had time to read the...
Time for Christian charity (11/18/09)
This is a particularly hard year for many area families as they approach Christmas. Although the Great Recession began...
Veterans sacrifice a lot (11/11/09)
The shootings in Fort Hood last week have brought a certain poignancy to this year's Veteran's Day celebration. Across ...
They're all bad choices (11/04/09)
President Barack Obama is having a hard time choosing what strategy to take in Afghanistan -- in part because all of...
Be respectful Saturday (10/28/09)
Over the last generation Halloween has slowly morphed into an event that is less about door-to-door trick-or-treating...
Consider all implications (10/21/09)
The city should tread very carefully as it mulls a possible plan to allow extension of a sewer beyond the city limits...
A little premature, but.... (10/14/09)
President Obama's Nobel Peace prize seems a little premature for a man who has held office for less than a year. The...
No option looks good (10/07/09)
Some time in the next few weeks the Obama administration is going to make some hard decisions on the war in...
The real debate finally begins (09/30/09)
Now that this hysteria of the town hall meetings has subsided, Congress is starting to get serious about creating some...
Enough is enough (09/23/09)
Maybe we're just getting a little tired of the "dictatorship of the do-gooders," but the proposal to ban texting while...