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Monday, May 7, 2007
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SPRING IN THEIR STEPS
May 7, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Mbarak Hussein had heard about the notorious hills of the annual Lilac Bloomsday Run. But after twice finishing in the top five of the Boston Marathon – a race also …
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Old mining town shows life
May 7, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 WARDNER, Idaho – Chuck Peterson can tell you the history of this town in a few fast minutes, a narrative he knows by heart. When people stop by his gift …
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Spiders ‘were walking on my eardrums’
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 ALBANY, Ore. – These guys weren’t exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy’s ear – “like Rice Krispies” – ended up as …
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Woman hits polar goal
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is …
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Afghan kills two U.S. trainers
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan soldier posted outside a prison being revamped to house Afghans transferred from Guantanamo Bay killed two of his American military trainers Sunday, a U.S. spokesman …
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Workers dig through ruins in storm-hit Kansas town
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 GREENSBURG, Kan. – Rescue workers on Sunday searched for anyone still buried in the heaps of splintered wreckage left after a massive tornado obliterated most of this south-central Kansas town. …
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Fifth of kids under 2 have TVs
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – One-fifth of infants and toddlers under age 2 have a television in their bedrooms, according to a new study that suggests saturation with media could affect brain development …
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Officers arrested for looting
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 GREENSBURG, Kan. – Four soldiers and a reserve police officer were arrested Sunday on suspicion of looting cigarettes and alcohol from a store in this tornado-ravaged town, state officials said. …
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8 U.S. troops among scores dead in Iraq
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Eight American soldiers were killed in roadside bomb attacks Sunday, one of the highest single-day death tolls this year. They were among 12 U.S. troops whose deaths were …
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Mexicans shed clothes, inhibitions
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Carmen Gonzalez stood prim and proper Sunday in the predawn darkness of this city’s grand central square. Her dark brown dress was neatly pressed, and she held …
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Dipped cones and bowling set Sandpointers apart
May 7, 2007 in Idaho on Page A5 Today, Huckleberries Online offers another in the series of columns re: the characteristics of North Idaho natives. In the past, HBO regulars have explained how you can tell you’re from …
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Peaceful Valley residents sue city over tower plan
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A5 Fresh off settling one lawsuit over the placement of a tower adjacent to Peaceful Valley, the city is facing another. Five Peaceful Valley residents and a group called Neighbors for …
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Boots on a fence summon a fleeting era
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A5 Consider the cowboy boots hanging from a tired, barbed wire fence as your car shoots the ever-closing gap between top-dollar subdivisions described as “highly desirable” and “nicely landscaped.” As you …
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Community vibe appeals to Ukrainian
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A6 Halfway up Doomsday Hill on Sunday morning, Oksana Nikolaienko needed no translator. The 35-year-old visitor from Kershon, Ukraine, communicated her feelings as clearly as any other first-timer tackling the most …
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Friends keep injured teen in race
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A6 One of the largest contingencies of Bloomsday runners belonged to Tom’s Team, a grass-roots group formed in recent weeks to help sustain 17-year-old Tom Everett’s spirits. And Tom has no …
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Sounding the pavement
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A6 Officially, 28 groups of performers – including belly dancers and bluegrass groups – received formal invitations this year from the Lilac Bloomsday Run committee to rally the 40,000-plus racers expected …
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Scenes from the course
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A7 Two trailers were piled with an estimated 8,000 pounds apiece of discarded sweatshirts, flannel shirts, fleece hats and gloves after the chilly start to Sunday’s run. Race participants annually strip …
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‘Hansel and Gretel’ fun, rewarding
May 7, 2007 in City on Page A8 Some operas are funny, but Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” is much better than just funny. It’s a masterpiece of fun. Spokane-Coeur d’Alene Opera’s production was as much of a …
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Small quakes detected at Yellowstone
May 7, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – Sixteen small earthquakes with magnitudes up to 2.7 shook the park’s Pitchstone Plateau last week. The quakes were detected by seismographs operated by the University …
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ISP adds ‘muscle car’ speed to fleet
May 7, 2007 in Idaho on Page A8 BLACKFOOT, Idaho – Idaho State Police have started using 2007 Dodge Chargers as patrol vehicles to better keep up with speeders. “It’s a muscle car engine,” Lt. Eric Dayley told …
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Our view: Shared liquid asset
May 7, 2007 in Opinion on Page A9 The Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer is finally reaching celebrity status as a natural resource. Over the past five years, the aquifer – sole source of fresh drinking water for more …
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In their words
May 7, 2007 in Opinion on Page A9 “We are no longer in a crisis, we are in meltdown.” – Kootenai County Undersheriff Tad Leach, telling county commissioners that other law enforcement agencies’ higher salaries in North Idaho …
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Answers won’t bring understanding
May 7, 2007 in Opinion on Page A9 The hardest truth about the killings at Kent State is that we will never understand how it could happen. What if Alan Canfora is right? What if the newly released …
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Tenet cheated nation on Iraq
May 7, 2007 in Opinion on Page A9 The three short sentences at the beginning of Chapter 17 of former CIA Director George Tenet’s memoir, “At the Center of the Storm,” tell it all: “The United States did …
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
