APhoto of the Day -- 12/8/05
Santa Claus makes contact with a child at Adventure Aquarium on Wednesday in Camden N.J. You write the cutline.AP Photo/Adventure Aquarium, Jason Staudenmayer
THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 2005
Local Headlines -- 12/8/05
*West challenges successor: Ousted mayor says others better qualified than Hession to run Spokane/Mike Prager & Jim Camden, Spokesman-Review -- I hope he's right. I don't want another mayor with this guy's wretched personal/public life. (You can listen to West's press conference yesterday here, and…
Quick Fix 6 -- 12/8/05
1. APhoto Fix: A makeshift peace sign of flowers lies on top John Lennon's 'Strawberry Fields' memorial in New York's Central Park earlier today. The memorial is near the Dakota building where Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, lived with his wife Yoko Ono…
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 2005
Wild Card/Wednesday Evening -- 12/7/05
We've posted a bunch of comments on the afternoon Wild Card. So, how about a fresh one for the evening -- complete with a Cherry Hill sledding photo by correspondent Mike Kincaid. I noticed a coupla you guys were throwing elbows earlier today. Hope you…
Top Cutlines -- 12/7/05
Shannon Sullivan, right, the single mom who led the successful campaign for the recall election of Spokane Mayor James E. West, is hugged by attorney Jerry Davis at Five Mile Pizza Parlor as results come in Tuesday night. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. (deep voice…
Ah'm Your Huckleberry ...
Earlier today, a local car dealer stopped along the onramp at Interstate 90 and U.S. 95 to offer $10 and a job to two beggars holding signs. In fact, he beckoned his general manager immediately to interview the men to see if they were suitable…
Wild Card/Wednesday -- 12/7/05
A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his carry-on bag was shot and killed by a air marshal in Miami today here. You can talk about the safety in the skies. How safe you feel when you fly. Or anything else you'd like…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 12/7/05
Matt Gibeau, 21, blows smoke rings while smoking a hookah at Fire and Earth, a hookah lounge in Olympia, Wash. Tuesday. The hookah lounge will have to end smoking of the large pipes starting just after midnight Wednesday as the voter approved smoking ban in…
Question of the Day -- why Not Hession?
Hession ready as acting mayor: West's departure sparks jockeying for city's top political posts/Mike Prager, Spokesman-ReviewAbout Hession: A longtime business attorney and former Spokane Park Board member, Hession is widely viewed as a cautious deliberator not given to quick, unstudied decisions. He promised during an…
SR Backs Seatbelts, Not WSP Sting
Ticketing people one by one is an inefficient way to spread the word and it builds ill will. Like it or not, many people believe traffic sting operations are focused on fund raising, not public safety. ("So this is how they're going to make up…
Photo of the Day -- 12/7/05
Shannon Sullivan, right, the single mom who led the successful campaign for the recall election of Spokane Mayor James E. West, is hugged by attorney Jerry Davis at Five Mile Pizza Parlor as results come in Tuesday night. You write the cutline.
Morning Headlines -- 12/7/05
*Manslaughter charge filed in NIC death: Former student allegedly gave drug/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review -- How many Boomers can say: There, but for the grace of God, go I?*Bonners Ferry jolly over St. Nick's visits/Lucy Dukes, Hagadone News Network -- Better late than never.*Poffenroth joins 400…
Quick Fix 6 -- Pearl Harbor Day (12/7/05)
1. APhoto Fix: Today, we pause to observe the 64th anniversary of the bombing of sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. And to remember the brave men and women who stopped tyrants on two fronts during World War II. Here, smoke and flames rise from the…
TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 2005
P.S. -- 12/6/05
Issue: Initiative would raise Idaho sales tax: Extra penny to be used to fund education/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: Ah, I need to read the small print.Question: Would you support an Idaho's teachers initiative to increase the sales tax to 6 percent to support education?
Best of the Local Blogs -- 12/6/05
Doug Fredericks/Hayden continues to take my breath away with his stunning photography, including this 2005 shot that he calls "Sunny Morning."*CDADave was disappointed by what he found at the reopened Tesoro Truck Stop on the south end of Sherman Avenue here.*What's this? His Bobness engaging…
Going, Going ...
In what may be his last day in office Spokane Mayor Jim West works at his desk in City Hall earlier today. The logo in the carpet ( foreground ) is one of the touches West brought to the office during his tenure/Christopher Anderson, The…
Ray Murphy Injured ...
Former Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Exec Ray Murphy (also a former UI Asst. Athletic Director) is currently in the ICU at Deaconess with a bad head injury after falling down some stairs a few days ago. Send prayers his way.Family Phil
Whitecaps Pulls Back Curtain on Person Hijack Try
Everything seems nicey-nice as the local papers reported that the CDA school district has decided to back off its attempt to relocate Lakes Middle School to Person Field here and here. But Bill McCrory/Whitecaps pulls the curtain back in his blog to reveal that the…
Peanut Gallery -- Turn Person Field into Real Park
The city needs to buy the school district's 1/2 of Persons Field and then make it into a REAL park. I think the fields should stay if possible, but it'd be nice if, say, there were slant parking on the north side of Garden (across…
Inquiring Minds Want to Know ...
Monday afternoon a Lakeland school district bus slid off the road on Ramsey. Simple rear tire slide off, no one hurt, no property damage. A fish and game officer, female, stopped her truck in the middle of the road and started directing traffic. Then she…
Photo of the Day -- 12/6/05
A four picture combination shows the hands of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gesturing as she briefs the media in the Chancellery in Berlin earlier today, following talks with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. You write the cutline.
Question of the Day -- Cinematic Monsters
Item: Actress Naomi Watts, who stars in the upcoming remake of "King Kong," poses for photos in the hands of a 20 foot tall replica of King Kong in New York's Times Square Monday.DFO: I plan to thoroughly enjoy Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong.…
WorldNetDaily Poll -- Worst Professions
Issue: Telemarketers 'worse than congressmen': Nurses top list of professionals looked upon as being most honest, ethical/Editor & Publisher Question: Which professionals are the most dishonest and/or unethical? 1. Advertising practitioners 2. Attorneys 3. Business CEOs 4. Clergy 5. Entertainers 6. Journalists 7. Politicians 8.…
Running Late ...
Just got in from a dental appointment, and I'm running late. QF6 coming to a blog site near you soon ...
MONDAY, DEC. 5, 2005
Mike Kennedy: World ruler?
Ohmigoodness, Demo CDA City Councilman-elect Mike Kennedy's political ambitions are worse than the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee expected here. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight should be worried that MikeK has more than a future run for the county commission or an Idaho legislative…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
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