Wild Card -- Tuesday, 7/5/05
It's great to be back in the saddle as the blogmeister of Huckleberries Online. If you haven't found a reason to comment so far today, here's your opportunity to do so via the evening Wild Card ...
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2005
In Memoriam
The parade went on as exciting as everSome were missing, to return - neverAmong them one who saluted them allSempter Fi was Ron Rankin’s call.He was there each year always with prideNever forgetting those who served at his sideAn American for sure, a Marine at…
Inside Huckleberries -- 7/5/05
*Huckleberries hears ... that one of the leading opponents of the expanded rifle range at Farragut State Park set off some of the noisiest fireworks at her Bayview home over the Fourth of July holiday....*Don't exactly have my mojo working today as I struggle to…
Dissed By KMC
As a former performer in a news circus or two, I know that reporters, photographers, cameramen and newscasters don't enjoy waiting around for news when a big event happens. And that was the case Saturday outside KMC where 8-year-old Shasta Groene was taken. Can't blame…
Perv Duncan Held Without Bail
The alleged abductor of 8-year-old Shasta Groene is being held without bail on two kidnapping charges. Kootenai County Prosecutor’s office charged Joseph Edward Duncan II with two counts of first degree kidnapping, one for Shasta, and the other for her 9-year-old brother, Dylan Groene, according…
Shasta Groene's Final Hours of Captivity
Security cameras at the Cameron Conoco/Kellogg show Shasta Groene and her alleged abductor there hours before she was rescued, and an officer said Tuesday it looks as if the 8-year-old girl was trying to get someone to recognize her. (Notice how Shasta walked around with…
Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 7/5/05
Photo: Shasta Groene and her father, Steve, at Kootenai Medical Center.Investigators found human remains likely belonging to missing Dylan Groene in Western Montana on Monday, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson/Susan Drumheller, Spokesman-Review, here. Meanwhile, police officers are expected to elaborate on their discovery…
Peanut Gallery -- Fireworks litter
I've been listening to illegal fireworks for 4 days now and until 1:30 a.m. This morning my yard is littered with the remains of bottle rockets. The law doesn't apply to some people, I suppose.KennyGDFO: What's with all the fireworks litter? My wife and I…
Peanut Gallery -- Illegal Fireworks
I enjoyed the (Coeur d'Alene) fireworks. While the finale was somewhat brief, the last few shells were very impressive and unusual. The downtown parks, though, were a war zone of illegal fireworks and the cops didn't have enough manpower to stop it. I never felt…
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