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Idaho Falls Talks about Haiti

by Nikola Tesla January 16, 2010

Watching the television with the benefit of “mute” a nuclear bomb as apparently dropped on Haiti. What the…

With the economic state in the U.S. there is an almost audible collective groan that only our God-given soul and moral nature keeps us from allowing to take over. Reading about the history of Haiti, our country and [...]

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Breaking a Lower Law…

by Neal Larson December 4, 2009

Every so often, you meet somebody that has a way of polarizing people, despite – or perhaps because of — having the best of intentions. Such is the case with Andi Elliott, who runs the Upper Valley Humane Society.
Her effort to save an injured dog in Jefferson County resulted in a trespassing charge filed against [...]

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‘The Blind Side’

by Guest Writer December 2, 2009

Actress Sandra Bullock says meeting Leigh Anne Tuohy, who she portrays in The Blind Side, showed her there really are some Christians who “walk the walk.”
The film, which opened the week before Thanksgiving, presents the true story of the Tuohys — a well-off white family in Tennessee — who welcome a homeless black youth into their [...]

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Should states have the right to determine their own budgets?

by Joe Plumber December 2, 2009

Earlier this week, I read an interesting article by Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press. The article, published in the local paper, Post Register, caught my eye with the title Idaho health providers seek to increase scope of lawsuit.
As I read the article, I found it interesting that “a group of private agencies” that [...]

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Weekend Women’s Retreat Brings Nauvoo to Rexburg, Idaho

by Guest Writer November 17, 2009

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The second annual Nauvoo West Women’s Retreat, inspired by the women’s retreat held each March in Nauvoo, Ill., will be held at the new Springhill Suites Marriott in Rexburg, Idaho, on March 25-26, 2010.
Proceeds to Help Disabled Stroke Survivors
The retreat is sponsored by The Monte Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to [...]

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Sams Club Needs To Impove The Safety Of Their Lot

by Perser November 10, 2009

If you enter the Sam’s Club parking lot, you won’t likely see a stop sign. There’s one there, but there’s a good chance you won’t notice it. That’s because the sign is so old it has faded to white. This creates for a dangerous intersection right out front of the Sam’s Club. [...]

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Post Register Gives Near Glowing Review of Daren Palmer, The Man Accused Of Running A Ponzi Scheme And Defrauding Millions

by For The People November 9, 2009

The Post Register appeared to honor the man accused of running a Ponzi Scheme in Southeast Idaho in a front-page article Sunday entitled “Daren Palmer: Revealed”. About three-fourths of the article that ran as the feature storywent through Daren Palmer’s life holding him up and honoring him instead of bringing to light the background [...]

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Prohibiting Sex Offenders from Attending Church

by Kevin M. Wrathson October 22, 2009

According to the Associated Press, new laws passed in the state of North Carolina last year made it illegal for a convicted sex offender named James Nichols to attend worship services at his Baptist church due to the presence of a daycare facility on the grounds. On March 28, 2009, he was arrested at his [...]

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Mental Illness, How Does It Impact You?

by Wendyjo September 27, 2009

Divided They Stand
“Crazy” is a word most of us use to describe many things and people: The weather is crazy, hot one minute and cold the next. The government is CRAZY! My neighbors are crazy. I swear, my kid is crazy.
We use the word “crazy” as an euphemism or indirect substitution for one that is [...]

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Are kind people real?

by stone June 1, 2009

Have you ever met a person who truely love his fellow man?

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Is Idaho ready for legal marijuana?

by slu2 May 18, 2009

On May 13th in the “Boise Weekly” there was an article ran about the 300 person crowd at the state capitol for the “Global Marijuana March”.
Ref: http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A323768
I have been saying this for a long time, I believe that Idaho will be the 14th state for legalizing marijuana in one way or another. However, it looks [...]

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Is cannabis the cure for cancer?

by slu2 May 5, 2009

@Joe Eagle — I have been fighting with this issue for a long time, and it helps me to cope by participating in this discussion with others. It may be too much to ask for you to post a 3rd article on marijuana legalization. If so, I understand. I won’t be offended if you don’t [...]

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Infant potty training, myth or reality?

by slu2 April 27, 2009

My wife and I started this 5 years ago with our first child. Before our baby was born, my wife hand sewed a dozen or so cloth diapers, and we bought some pre-fold cloth diapers from Walmart as well as some diaper pins.
My wife had read about infant potty training, and the reason why we [...]

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Cheering for Aubri

by peterlemonjello April 27, 2009

Come out and help us help a young local girl who suffers from Sarcoma cancer. Monday May 4 at 7:00 PM at the Madison High School auditorium in Rexburg there will be a benefit to help Aubri.
Improv Underground, a local comedy group, will be performing along with special guests Ken Graham, the best Elvis impersonator [...]

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Are You A Democrat, Republican or Redneck?

by Marcus April 24, 2009

Are you a Democrat, Republican or Redneck?
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife and charges at you. [...]

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4/20 is an unofficial holiday, dozens in Idaho Falls protest!

by slu2 April 24, 2009

4/20 is an unofficial holiday, dozens in Idaho Falls protest!
My protest is one of many that happened on 4/20/2009 for marijuana legalization in Idaho!
This is me in front of Bonniville Court house in Idaho Falls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWGyXMJrVw&feature=player_embedded
This is the channel 8 news coverage of other Idaho Falls residents protesting for their rights:
http://tinyurl.com/idahofallsprotest
So I will ask this question [...]

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The Experience of a Lifetime

by EnjoyLife April 7, 2009

When people find out that I work in hospice I usually get the same responses:
“Oh, bless your heart, you must be a special type of person to do that.”
or “That must be really hard. I could never do that.”
or “That must be a really depressing kind of work.”
While receiving these comments is run-of-the-mill for me, [...]

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CAUTION: Two Snow white maltese puppies for free adoption – POTENTIAL SCAM!

by warengay December 16, 2008

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Peace Gathering Tonight (Thursday, September 11th)

by egalitarian gal September 11, 2008

Today is the anniversary of the 9/11 bombings. I still remember my shock and the sense of surrealness I felt as I watched the towers come down. Do you remember what you were thinking and doing 7 years ago today?
I am saddened that we as a nation are still at war and have yet to [...]

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Our bikes were stolen :(

by cacaocraver July 13, 2008

Sometime around the Fourth of July our family bikes were stolen from our backyard near Hawthorne Elementary in Idaho Falls.

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Plant a Row for the Hungry

by Nemesis July 6, 2008

Apparently there is a national campaign for folks to plant extra garden rows of fresh produce and donate the extra food to the local food banks and homeless shelters. Fresh produce is a premium item, difficult to afford on a fixed budget, and donations of such are very welcome. It’s not something that [...]

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Teacher’s Union President, Peggy Christensen, Wants District 93 to Stop Rewarding Teachers.

by Yolanda May 22, 2008

District 93 has finally started to recognize the great hard work that many teachers are doing. The district has recently given special recognition to dozens of teachers who have done outstanding at their job.
Forty one teachers were honored and received cash rewards from $500.00 to $4,000.00 for going above and beyond and [...]

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Three Steps to End Our War on Drugs

by Joe Vandal April 13, 2008

I am surprised nobody has yet written an article at IdahoFallz.com about America’s decades-old War on Drugs. I read many comments where site users express their desire to read and discuss the Drug War. I personally waited to write about it because people who bring up the topic tend to be quickly smeared as “another [...]

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How you can help solve the 1996 Angie Dodge murder

by Joe Vandal March 24, 2008

We are going to solve Idaho Falls‘ 1996 Angie Raye Dodge murder. This is an extremely ambitious goal, but solving this murder is vital for a local family to get closure, for our community to finally know what happened, and possibly to expose official misdeeds at that time. The stakes are high to solve the [...]

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Charles Manson’s Helter Skelter Revisited

by Joon March 17, 2008

A lot happened in 1969 – we (allegedly, at least) landed on the moon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, boxer Rocky Marciano, Judy Garland, Jack Kerouac, and Boris Karloff all died, the US population hit 200 million, the Saturday Evening Post published for the last time, the Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight, at least 28 [...]

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