MikeK (re: Bond: The Miners Penance): I am not going to agree or disagree with anything he’s written here - in reading him over the years I’ve done both. But if David Bond is inviting you to his place to talk shop, history and the Silver Valley, take it. I unfortunately can’t be there March 5th, there will never be a good time for everyone, but I have had the distinct pleasure on a few limited occasions in the past to sit and chat with Mr. Bond and it was well worth it. My friend the former Idaho Senator Mike Blackbird, a Silver Valley native whose family was of the resource industry through and through, said that “damn few people have written better or understand the Silver Valley better than Dave Bond.” I take Blackbird compliments like that very seriously, and you should too.

Question: I agree with Mike. David Bond is one of a kind, a talented reporter and writer that I've had the privilege to call friend since the late 1970s. I don't always agree with him. But I always enjoy his scribblings. Do you know any other one-of-a-kind people in North Idaho?