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IRS audits aren’t always a bad thing

I admit with blushed cheeks that Debbie and I missed the deadline for filing our income taxes with the IRS and the State of Idaho this year. As the April 15 deadline approached it became clear we weren’t going to…

Karen Sue Fernau

Our Heavenly Father called our beautiful angel home on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Karen Fernau was born June 17, 1951 to Paul and Clara Marie Sampson. She was the eighth of nine siblings. She married the love of her life,…

Dorothy “Dotti” A. Martin

Dorothy “Dotti” A. Martin, of Pollock Pines, CA, age 75, passed away in her sleep Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 in her home. Dotti was born Aug. 31, 1937 to Rowe and Ella Bolton in American Falls, ID. After high school…

Wanda Whittier

Wanda Williams Whittier, 91, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 of a short illness at her home in Idaho Falls with her family by her side. She was born June 16, 1922, to Elmer H. and Verda Hannah Ball Williams in…

Pam Dyer

Pam Dyer, 63, of American Falls, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 at the Power County Nursing Home. She was born in Waldron, Ark., to Doris and Frederick Speaks. Her mom died when she was at a young age, and…

Providing for a crowded planet

More people are living today than have died in all of humanity’s existence on earth. That’s a line I heard on a television show the other day and, as it turns out, it is far from the truth. Apparently that…

Robert Lee Rizer II

Robert Lee Rizer II, 45, passed away at Portneuf Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Robert, better known as Bobby to his family, was born Oct. 5, 1967 to Robert Lee Rizer and Margaret Rizer in Columbus, OH. Bobby…

Circle of life

We all experience those circles of life, when there is a beginning, and an ending, that bring to the forefront of our thoughts our hopes and fears, happiness and sadness. It happened again for me about a month ago. My…

Ardeena Nalder Sasser

Ardeena Nalder Sasser of Pingree, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. She was 94 years old. Ardeena was born July 29, 1919, the daughter of Archie and Clara Webb Nalder. She grew up in Holbrook, ID, attending schools in…

Carl D. Nielsen

Carl D. Nielsen passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at his home in Aberdeen, ID. Carl was born in Hyrum, UT, to Carl and Vera Obray Nielsen on Feb. 26, 1925. He joined one brother, Arthur, later two…