By Clarice M McKenney Over more than 20 years of attending Vicki Blake Thompson’s local choir performances, I’ve come to expect good shows, but Saturday night’s performance by the Bonners […]
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No Kings Protests the Biggest Yet
By Clarice McKenney Saturday’s grass roots No Kings protest of the current presidential administration on the Bonners Ferry Bridge was part of our country’s largest-ever public demonstration. The 57 of […]
Local “Hands Off” crowds energized and uplifted
By Clarice M McKenney Peacekeeper volunteers did a great job controlling a crowd, estimated at 800 attending Saturday’s “Hands Off” protest in Sandpoint. They did everything from shepherding pedestrians safely […]
‘Joyful and Triumphant’ a welcome reminder of what brought us to choir
By Clarice Mckenney “Joyful and Triumphant” truly was the entire musical performance at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday. Conductor Julie McLeish led more than two dozen singers, including soprano soloist Kristin […]
The problem with our cats
By Clarice McKenney My husband and I have had a Backyard Wildlife Refuge certified by the National Wildlife Foundation for 20 years. This means that our third of an acre […]
Audience appreciates first Bonners Ferry Pride
By Clarice McKenney “He’d be right here in the middle,” said Billie Jo Klaniecki, an elderly woman in a white blouse and tie-dyed skirt, who had been rocking to […]
Truthfulness
By Clarice McKenney Ever since I was a little girl, raised in an American Baptist Church in the home of one of its ministers, my greatest experience of joy has […]