Autumn Wind
The dry leaves scurry down our streetwith clicking sounds like puppy feet.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2005
Side Note Gives Rocky Hell
It is still amazing to this observer that the Sheriff was contributing money and efforts to smear Mr. Kennedy. One would think he might have been putting his efforts into the jail expansion -- Side Note.Background: Sheriff Rocky Watson chipped in a double sawbuck at…
CDA Press Gives Shellman, GOP Hell
We believe (Mike) Kennedy would have won no matter what, because he appeals strongly to diverse interests. But he was no doubt aided by the bone-headed, last-minute efforts of Lee Shellman and the Republican Central Committee, who launched an 11th-hour smear campaign questioning Kennedy's residency.For…
World Tunes in to Mari's Dogwalk Musings ...
This last week has been quite a trip for this neophyte blogger. The shock is that Carla Johnson choose to use me in her AP story on senior bloggers. The awe has been the response. CNN, Fox News Radio, Yahoo Headline News and so many…
Razzberries ...
...Or whatcha gonna do when Hayden dumps 144,000 gallons of poo into your drinking water upstream?1. Sell your home to a rich, unsuspecting Californian and move to another part of town.2. Figure out whom to sue.3. Look up A-Q-U-I-F-E-R in the dictionary.4. Take the Alfred…
WorldNetDaily Poll -- Living Wills
What are your thoughts on living wills? 1. They're essential to guaranteeing our wishes be followed if we become incapacitated 2. If you don't want to be hooked up to a machine or drain your family's savings, they're a good idea 3. Despite a few…
Quick Fix 6 -- 11/11/05
1. Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan, center, poses with the five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after they were unveiled in Beijing's Workers' Stadium earlier today. In an elaborate, nationally televised gala at the arena to mark the 1,000-day countdown until the…
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 2005
Q & A
Dang: I'm wondering if some of your (endorsement)picks have, in the past, tainted a relationship with a future pol whom you predicted to lose or said un-glowing things about in your recommendations? Or is it true that a pol will suck up to the press…
Extra! Hayden Sewage Spill
More than 140,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled Wednesday night from a pipe at Hayden and experts say it's already made its way to the aquifer. The mess could reach the nearest well, an estimated 500 feet away, in just over three months. Story tomorrow…
An Idaho Hero ...
U.S. Marine Sgt. Luke Miller is seen earlier this week in Boise. Miller was presented the Non-Commissioned Officer Association Military Vanguard Award earlier today in Washington, D.C. He was honored for jumping from his tank to help fellow Marines injured in another tank when it…
Top Cutlines -- 11/10/05
Victoria's Secret models, including Tyra Banks, center, Heidi Klum, center right, and Gisele Bundchen, fifth from right, dance at the end of the designers fashion show in New York, Wednesday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Gives new meaning to "silicon valley," And: i don't think…
Whatever Happened To -- Brandi?
Competence and a maturing political machine turned out moderate and liberal voters in Boise on Tuesday. City Councilwoman Maryanne Jordan swamped religious activist Brandi Swindell, as voters chose centrism and experience for the grinding work of transportation planning, managing growth, shielding neighborhoods and saving open…
Another Easter Egg From Cis
I'm barely a Yank at 43% here.
Another Perv with North Idaho Roots Loose
A warrant has been issued for a violent sexual predator whose whereabouts are unknown. Howard Edward Martin’s last known address was in Post Falls. The 30-year-old was convicted in Washington of raping his sister at knifepoint and also of attacking his female counselor during sex…
Oopsy -- Derision But No Feud
Re: Huckleberries AM Headline comment that feud between commissioners and Sheriff Rocky Raccoon played a role in the defeat of the $50M sales tax measure on Tuesday's ballot.Rocky & the commissioners aren't No. 1 fans of each other, but they were on the same page…
To Build Or Not To Build
Neighbor Christina opposes CDA school district plans for Persons Field/SR photo by Jesse Tinsley.Issue: CdA neighbors' views heard: Persons Field school project on hold/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewQuestion: Do you support the Coeur d'Alene School District's attempt to use Person Field for the new Lakes Middle School?
Feature Blog: Finding The Frame
You ever wonder how Spokesman-Review photographers come up with ideas for feature photographs? Colleague Colin Mulvaney/Video Journal started a new feature today here in which he provides a documentary photograph plus audio of the photographer describing how the scene caught his/her eye. Kathryn Stevens/SR launched…
Razzberries ...
... Or how ya gonna get the other 79% of Kootenai County's registered voters to the polls?1. Who needs 'em? My vote counts more if they stay home.2. Quit showing "Seinfeld" reruns, so they have to find something else to do after work3. Direct mail…
Photo of the Day -- 11/10/05
Victoria's Secret models, including Tyra Banks, center, Heidi Klum, center right, and Gisele Bundchen, fifth from right, dance at the end of the designers fashion show in New York, Wednesday. You write the cutline.
HBO Question of the Day
Issue: Mike Kennedy is the first HBO regular to move on to bigger and better things -- winning a solid plurality to claim Ben Wolfinger's Coeur d'Alene City Council seat.DFO: Yo go, Mike.Question: Which current member of the HBO menagerie is most likely to win…
Peanut Gallery -- MikeK's HBO Acceptance Speech
Illustration: Family PhilHowdy, DFO and bloggers - I can be lifted from my self-imposed HBO hiatus now. I decided about a month ago (maybe three weeks, but it felt like a month) that if I spent too much time trying to respond to each post…
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 2005
November Ritual (in Honor of Our New Pols)
This month, turkeysare selected:some get stuffed andsome elected.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Wild Card/Wednesday -- 11/9/05
Cassidy Stulc, left, and Hannah Wolf sing a musical version of the "Star Spangled Banner" during their Veterans Day assembly today at Hayden Meadows Elementary. With a handful of veterans in attendance, the students sang the songs of each branch of the military and gave…
But A Spark
We hiked to the windy ridge wishing for flames of sage to markour way, to trail our footsteps as if to say in all the dry failings of man, in all the regret mounded into pyres, we are but a spark from redemption.The north wind…
Top Cutlines -- 11/9/05
Ryan Miles, 10, reacts while crawling through the Colossal Colon at the recent Ketchikan Health Fair in Ketchikan, Alaska. The colon, displayed in Alaska for the first time, shows various forms of cancer and maladies. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Breaking news: The next stop…
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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