In the second half of his Coeur d'Alene Press column today, weather forecaster Cliff Harris (whom I met 25 years or so ago in Montana's Flathead Valley when he was hanging out with doomsday predictor R.E. McMaster) tries to explain what went wrong with that Mother of All Bad Storm Calls over the weekend here.

Photo: Duane Hagadone explaining his botanical garden plan to the S-R editorial board earlier this fall.

1. Eric Devericks/Seattle Times provides a timely lesson for Homeland Security Chief-designate Bernie Kerik here.

2. In today's Huckleberries, you'll find out why Duane Hagadone is selling the Lady Lola and her shadow six months to a year earlier than he'd originally planned here.

3. It's hard to find a better light display than on Keller Road in the Spokane Valley here.

4. As we approach Pearl Harbor Day, two World War II veterans living out their lives at the Idaho Veterans Home remember what it was like to be under fire, fighting for their country, here.

5. The Seattle University Redhawks bounced Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 2-1 Sunday to win the NCAA Division II soccer championship here.

6. IMHO-NW: The S-R has some of the best columnists in the nation, and you need look no further than this weekend's efforts to show you why: Jess & Ralph Walter (EWU footballers), Doug Clark (Local boxing), John Blanchette (Gonzaga's Earl Knight), Rebecca Nappi (Ex-Zag cheerleader stays focused), and Pastor Steve Massey (Hypocritical U.S.).

7. Secretary of State Sam Reed ordered an unprecedented recount of all 39 Washington counties today as Washington officially began its re-recount of the gubernatorial election, in which Repub Dino Rossi led by 42 votes out of 2.8 million cast after two counts, here.

8. Dan Popkey, political writer extraordinare from The Idaho Statesman, pens a farewell to Laird Noh, R-Kimberly, a pol who protected Idaho's water and power prices here.

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