Best of the Northwest — 5/25/05
Richie Sexson is congratulating by Brett Boone after hitting a home run. He didn't hit an HR in a Clark County court, however. See Item No. 3.
After running over a squirrel in a "Seinfeld" episode, character George Costanza asked: "Don't we have a deal with the squirrels?" They're suppose to move. Funny line. But Northwest Energy isn't laughing after squirrels caused 204 outages between Kalispell and Darby, Mont. -- one fifth of the outages in that area. You can read all about it here.
David Postman/Seattle Times blogs the Washington guv's election trial (last update 12:10 p.m.) here.
1. Eric Devericks/Seattle Times pens his view of the filibuster compromise here. And you can find Lefty David Horsey's latest predictable jab at religious conservatives here.
2. Jesse Steven Groene was released from the Kootenai County Jail at noon to attend a private viewing for his murdered mother and brother before burial and a memorial service later this afternoon, reports the Coeur d'Alene Press, here.
3. Seattle Mariner slugger Richie Sexon will pay a $538 fine for second-degree negligent driving in Clark County, Wash., after prosecutors reduced his charge from drunken driving here.
4. Police in Butte, Mont., are investigating thefts of irreplaceable items from historic brothels, according to the Missoulian, here.
5. More than a century after his death, Gen. William Selby Harney is still stirring controversy as Northwesterners debate whether he was a monster or a hero. A group of neighbors in Clark County, Wash., is voting whether to keep Harney's name on their neighborhood here.
6. IMHO-NW: Tom Koenninger/Columbian (Learning lessons from St. Helens), Rebecca Nappi/Spokesman-Review (Not just another Memorial Day), Nicole Brodeur/Seattle Times (Schools may gain by cutting fat), Bill Virgin/PI (United Airlines' Chapter 11), and D.F. Oliveria/Spokesman-Review (Idaho tax system needs tweaking).
*A Boise rec soccer coach has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused teens and possessed child pornography, according to the Idaho Statesman, here.
*Vanity plate bears chemical term for drug here.
*Rape suspect from Vermont caught in Spokane when bike crashes into deputy's vehicle here.
Click on Orbusmax for the rest of the Northwest here.
