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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Ah’m Your Hucklberry

Site: In Judge Barry Watson's courtroom. Situation: a young mother is defending herself from an action springing from rent payments she owes while her 3-year-old son rests quietly on a bench behind her. Watson (noticing the boy hasn't moved in an hour): "Your son is well behaved." Woman: "He's sleeping." Watson: "Is he going to apply for bailiff?" After the chuckles died down and the woman's case was settled to everyone's satisfaction, Watson addressed the woman one last time, directing her to the county human resource officer, so her son could put in his application to become a bailiff. Meanwhile, none of the bailiffs made a peep either.



Huckleberries Online

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.