Marianne: Reporting For 50 Years

I had been reading that “50 Years Ago” column for some time, recalling in recent features both events and people I knew from my childhood days in Sandpoint. Of course, they were all old, unlike me. Then, that story with my byline appeared. Later that day, I ceased the senility lamentations after being struck by a big, bold headline flashing through my mind: I had been reporting news for half a century! My next thought: What a run it has been! Besides horses, eating and talking too much, I think journalism is the only passion I’ve stuck with for most of my life/ Marianne Love , River Journal. More here .

• Other River Journal headlines: If they’re too big to fail /Trish Gannon; Celebrating Mother Earth /Trish Gannon; and Rebuilding the Pack River Delta /Kate Wilson (You can find a complete list of outlets where you can get your free River Journal in the drop-down box below.)

It’s free by the way North Idaho College (in the SUB and the theater) Crossroads Texaco in Athol Careywood post office Westmond Store in Cocolalla Sagle Texaco in Sandpoint: Conoco at the end of the Long Bridge Panida Theater Vanderfords Books Monarch Mountain Coffee Panhandle State Bank Paul’s Chevron Zip’s Drive In Sandpoint Super Drug Shell Station (5th and Larch) Tourist Information Center Ponderay The Co-Op McDonalds Bonner Mall The Hoot Owl Babe’s One Stop Schweitzer Conoco … also in Hope, Clark Fork, Elmira, Naples, several locations in Bonners Ferry plus at locations in Heron, Noxon, Trout Creek, Thompson Falls & Plains Montana. ;0)