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MONDAY, NOV. 14, 2005

Best of the Local Blogs -- 11/14/05

Illustration: Architect Jim Tibbs/Grants Pass, Ore.*Family Phil provides some extremely cool Google Earth photos of our little neck of the woods here.*Herb Huseland/Bay Views applauds Coeur d'Alene's openmindedness in electing a homeless man to the City Council here.*Marianne Love/Slight Detour believes the real estate bubble…

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From Taters to Jam

Left to right, Teacher's aid Mary Sherrodd, para-educator Jeanie Eastman, school cook Melodie Lunden and principal Anita Galland pack up potato wedges that could not be cooked for lunch because there was no power at Progress Elementary in Spokane Valley, Wash., and much of north…

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It's My 2 Cents

The election of Mike Kennedy last Tuesday may be one of the most significant events in the political history of Coeur d'Alene in the last decade or so. Why? The waterfront is now protected. In the past, I always worried that The Duane and his…

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Blog Numbers -- 8277 & 45414

I can't keep this one to myself. Last week, the blog pageview hits went off the charts -- thanks, of course, to the election. (MikeK, Susie, Mary, etc., you guys didn't realize that you were running to pump up the blog, did you?) Huckleberries set…

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WorldNetDaily Poll -- 'In God We Trust'

Issue: New atheist challenge to 'In God We Trust': Man seeking to change Pledge of Allegiance ready to challenge motto on money this week/WNDShould 'In God We Trust' be allowed to stay on U.S. currency? 1. No, God does not exist 2. No, it violates…

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Quick Fix 6 -- 11/14/05

1. APhoto Fix: A skull from the Korean War rests on an examination table at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) at Hickem Airforce Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. JPAC is in the process of identifying a serviceman who was found Oct. 16 on Mount Mendel…

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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.