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Two Selway Legends

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Lorie Palmer / Comments Off on Two Selway Legends

Ernie Bohn and His Biographer By Lorie Palmer Russell I first met John Crawford early this year, when he bounced into the Idaho County Free Press office in Grangeville where I work. I use the word “bounced” because
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One by One

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Mike Turnlund / Comments Off on One by One

The Best Way to Make Scientists By Mike Turnlund I recently retired after teaching for many years at Clark Fork Jr/Sr High School in Clark Fork, which has a population of 536. During my time as a teacher,
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The Professor and the Novice

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Connie Loveridge / Comments Off on The Professor and the Novice

An Influential Experience By Connie Loveridge He came into class that day in 1984 dressed in a brown corduroy sports coat, blue jeans, and cowboy boots that showed some wear. Almost the first thing he said to us
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Hope for Redemption

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Lalove Foster / Comments Off on Hope for Redemption

In Memory of a Prisoner By Lalove Foster Dovey Smalls looked much the way I had imagined her from her name—small and slender, alert and watchful, like a brown dove. Her hands shook periodically during our interview, a
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Drifter

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Carmen Magart / Comments Off on Drifter

The Sorry Saga of Great-Uncle Darrell By Carmen Magart By the time you’ve achieved a ripe old sixty, there’s usually a long list of characters who’ve played special parts in your life. Some of the actors along the
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A Final Toast

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Dean Worbois / Comments Off on A Final Toast

To a Music Man Story and Photos by Dean Worbois The last gift from Rod Simpson’s place was a half-gallon of Kentucky bourbon whiskey. To be precise, it was one-and-three-quarters liters. Rod always topped off his busy day
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Tough Questions

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Les Tanner / Comments Off on Tough Questions

John Rember Confronts Increasing Disorder By Les Tanner Several years ago, I attended Fishtrap, a week-long gathering of writers that was held at Oregon’s Wallowa Lake State Park. During a break between sessions, I struck up a conversation
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Codgers in Our Midst

Posted on November 1, 2020 by J. David Erickson / Comments Off on Codgers in Our Midst

Boondocks Royalty Story and Photos by J. David Erickson ____________________________________ Nelson Blewett Tenmile Creek, Nez Perce National Forest. Nearing midnight, six of us hovered around our smoky base camp fire. Our ten-day elk hunt was essentially over. Tomorrow
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Menagerie Man [read this free]

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Gary Brown / Comments Off on Menagerie Man [read this free]

Not Your Normal Neighbor Story and photos by Gary Brown Is it the alligator or maybe the multiple pythons hanging around that cause me to put my neighbor Corbin Maxey and his wife Sam at the top of
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On Hoodoo Mountain

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Lorie Palmer / Comments Off on On Hoodoo Mountain

The Plot Arises for a Stirring Novel By Lorie Palmer When my editor at the Idaho County Free Press told me that Emily Ruskovich’s parents lived in Grangeville, I went into geek mode. “The author of Idaho? Her
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