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TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 2006

Wild Card -- 1/3/06

I've already broken one New Year's Resolution -- to be outtahere by 6 p.m. Oh well, I didn't think that one would last. I've enjoyed my first day back and interaction with you. Nice to see Mari Meehan trying her hand at another blog (See:…

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Best of the Local Blogs -- 1/3/06

Juanita "Jonesy" Woltering started hunting as a seven-year-old in West Virginia. Since moving to St. Maries in 1954, Woltering, 74, has hunted annually, racking up a bookload of tales, and harvested lots of game like this elk killed near Clarkia decades ago. Before harvesting the…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry ...

A Spokane woman called the downtown office this week to complain about thousands of stinky, dead fish near the Higgens Point viewing area where she went to see the eagles. The stench was so horrid she had to leave, not getting to enjoy the eagles.…

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Mike, Deanna, Woody Sworn In

You don't think high-tech has become a major element of our lives in this Brave New World/2006? Here, Thom George documents HBO's Mike Kennedy being sworn in at noon today, via cell phone. Writes Thom: "Quality isn't very good, used my Treo phone, but wanted…

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Question of the Day -- Resolutions

Issue: New Year's resolutions: By the numbers/Heather Lalley, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: A couple of years ago, I resolved to accept an offer to become involved in the leadership of my little church -- not knowing the challenges that were ahead. Few things have challenged me more. This…

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Huckleberries Local AM Headlines -- 1/3/06

*Hession to be sworn in as mayor: Council, with new member, to meet/Mike Prager, Spokesman-Review -- Dennis Hession has no where to go but up as far as Spokane is concerned.*Kong starts contractions: New year brings joy bigger than star of blockbuster/Mike McLean, Coeur d'Alene…

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WorldNetDaily Poll -- Military prayers

Issue: Chaplain 'starves himself' over Navy no-Jesus zone: Episcopal priest continues fast in protest of policy prohibiting sectarian prayers/WNDWhat do you think of Navy chaplain not eating until Bush changes prayer policy? 1. Proof that many religious people go way overboard 2. Navy is making…

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I'm Back

Before I begin the daily Huckleberries Online blogging, I wanted to thank everyone who extended kind Christmas/New Year's holiday wishes in my absence since Dec. 23. I needed the R-'n-R. And I'm now rarin' to go again. Today's fairly exciting because it's the day that…

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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.