Parting Shot -- 10/19/06
Launch Video Journal hereShawn Wilcox, 17, was riding his bike across 4th St. in Coeur d’Alene back in August when he was struck by a car going 30 miles per hour. He was tossed like a rag doll and he came down head first on…
THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 2006
Thom George: No Regrets re: Kids
Thom George: In so many ways our parents truly belonged to the Greatest Generation. My dad died October 21, 1987, 7 days before his 65th birthday. I made it back to his bedside and was with him when he died. During our last conversation he…
City Plans Tubbs Hill Cleanup Saturday
Aaron Smith hikes around Tubbs Hill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Wednesday. The city of Coeur d'Alene is gathering volunteers to help clean up Tubbs Hill on Saturday. Details here. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jason Hunt)Question: Do you hike Tubbs Hill Often? Seldom? Never?
Ballot Issue: Idaho Gay Marriage Ban
Issue: Gay marriage ban on Idaho ballot/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewPro: Backers of HJR 2, the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in Idaho, see it differently. Rather than writing in discrimination against another minority group – gays and lesbians – they…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 10/19/06
After about eight decades of being bandied about and lost for awhile in thrift-store storage, an 1891 organ finally is finding its way back to St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Spokane here. Video Journal slide show here.Eye On Boise: Canyon County commish Robert Vasquez comes…
Andrew Sullivan: Outing Gay Repubs Wrong
Andrew Sullivan is a gay conservative blogger. Below, he denounces the tactics used by gay activist Michael Rogers on Ed Schultz's national radio show to claim Repub U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is a closeted gay. You can read his Daily Dish blog here.The…
Idaho Statesman: LaRocco for Lt. Guv
Full Idaho Statesman editorial here"We judge Risch’s time as governor by its defining moment: a one-day special legislative session to shift $260 million of school funding from local property taxes. We’re put off by the process — Risch lined up his votes before even convening…
APhoto of the Day -- 10/19/06
A visitor looks at the winning entry in the Shell Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2006 on display in the Natural History Museum in central London earlier today. The winning shot is of a Hispaniolian treefrog which had been caught in the jaws…
Post Register: Prop 2: Fraudulent, Dangerous
Full Idaho Falls Post Register editorial hereProposition 2 bills itself as a check against unbridled government control over private property rights. It copies the state's new law protecting you against the government using its eminent domain powers to condemn your property and turn it over…
Christie Wood: Craig Was There When I Needed Him
I have not told this story before because it was so long ago and it really only mattered to me, but anyway...here goes. As a young enlisted member of the US Air Force I found myself in a situation I did not know how to…
AM Hucks: Cell Phones, Bathrooms Don't Mix
'm a cell phoneophobe. I've never owned one. I believe it should be illegal to talk on a cell phone while you're driving. I believe someone should write a book of etiquette on cell phone use. But no one should need a book to figure…
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