Wild Card/Saturday -- 9/30/06
I don't have much more than this Wild Card for you today, HBOers. I need to go back on the garage roof to finish the re-roofing job from last week. That'll take a chunk of the day. Fun, hunh? I also have a dead car…
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 2006
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 2006
TGIF Wild Card -- 9/29/06
Well, ladies and germs, I'm off for another weekend of work up. On. The. Roof. Yep, going to finish the garage re-roofing project with my brother-in-law, Tom, Saturday. Before that, however, I'm off to Lake City High tonight to watch the big game with Coeur…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/29/06
"My daughter, walking through the stubble of a North Idaho wheat field. This picture reminds me of an Andrew Wyeth painting" -- Family Phil.*Above all else, make sure you check out the new blog started by Trish Gannon, ace reporter/editor/all-round-good-gal for The River Journal in…
Not Again! Another U.S. School Shooting
Weston High School students come back to the school to visit the scene today in Cazenovia, Wis. A teenage student brought two guns to his rural school and critically wounded the principal today after a struggle with adults and other students, authorities said. The 15-year-old…
Extra! Fire Chief Orders Changes After Zehm Death
Spokane firefighters are under new orders to stop using a so-called “anti-spitting” device like the one strapped to the face of Otto Zehm moments before he lapsed into unconsciousness following a March 18 convenience store encounter with police. Zehm later died. The clear “non-rebreather” masks…
Gannon: How Can I Protect My Kid Driver?
My Amy is supposed to get her driver's license in mid-October, just a few weeks from now. I confess, I'm wanting to ban her from getting it. This is my youngest child, and I worry enough with two other children driving on the roads -…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 9/29/06
Kootenai County Sheriff's Dive Team member Gary Dagastine, right, prepares to go into the water at Independence Point on Lake Coeur d'Alene where a body of a 52-year-old man was pulled from the water this morning/Jesse Tinsley, Spokesman-Review.Eye On Boise: Partisans use video JibJab-like humor…
True Confessions: Katrina Enjoys Flame Wars
I get a shameful little thrill out of snarky internet feuds. It's amazing to me that two complete strangers, upon meeting each other in cyberspace, can somehow generate so much animosity toward one another that, within minutes, they are flaming each other with an outlandish…
Breaking! Dead Man Found Near Independence Point
A dead man was found this morning floating in Lake Coeur d'Alene near Independence Point and City Beach, close to the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Coeur d'Alene police and Kootenai County sheriff's investigators are on the scene. Few other details are available. Officials retrieved the body…
09:39:25
Seeing Another Woman?At the Women in Red luncheon at the CdA resort yesterday, Rep. Bob Nonini was seen chatting up the Grand Dame of the Property Tax Reform movement, Alice Rankin. Alice was seated. Bob was on one knee, so he'd be eye-to-eye with her.…
Duane Hagadone's 32,016sf Palm Desert Home
You can catch a glimpse of Duane Hagadone's controversial home in Palm Desert in the background of this photo, taken by a SoCal Berry Picker. (It's located just below the crane on the secondary ridge, to the right). The Berry Picker couldn't get closer because,…
Idawa: Timberwolves Rule -- at Least Today
Idawa: It's nice to see that Troxel's Timberwolves have gotten so much better than when I was at LC, our offense couldn't get tear through a wet paper bag. Hopefully what happened for my High School can happen for my University (maybe Troxel's ready to…
AM Hucks: PFPD Blue Keeps Cool in Sticky Situation
Kids can be a distraction, especially if one is in the back seat of your car with a "snot rocket" hanging from his nose. Colleague Taryn Brodwater faced this situation recently. So she handed her 5-year-old son a tissue to blow his nose. Moments later,…
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 2006
Wild Card/Thursday -- 9/28/06
You know the drill ...
Why Ask Why? -- Catfights
Why do some people get uptight when you use the term, "catfight"? OrangeTV trotted out the term to describe that ... ah ... well ... catfight at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Shore Lounge the other night. People instantly know that you're discussing a clawing, scratching,…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/28/06
Cis/From A Simple Mind published this photo with the note: "Well, someone was on Sanders Beach today."*Ken Paulman/Daily Briefing has done a superb job outlining the internal debate about the controversial Jack Lynch story this morning here and provides video of the discussion about it…
Q: Should English Be Used for Geography Changes?
Issue: Change the names - but let's use English/Dan Hammes, St. Maries Gazette-RecordMore Info: In his column, Dan Hammes argues that the Coeur d'Alenes are correct to seek to change the names of places that are derogatory, like Squaw Bay. But he goes further by…
Commish II: Tossing Around A Horseshoe
Monster Hat Tip: DanG
Question: Is Grant Ad Being Sneaky?
Issue: Grant campaign ad omits party affiliation: Candidate says point was his bipartisanship/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewAd: "We need problem solvers in Congress, not problem makers," 1st Congressional District candidate Larry Grant says in the ad, which has been running in the Spokane TV market to reach…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 9/28/06
"She's such a joy," said Valerie Stichweh of Spokane about her 18-month-old daughter Faith Ann while swinging at Finucane Park in Hayden on Wednesday/Kathy Plonka, Spokesman-Review.Eye On Boise: GARVEE funds for Idaho highway projects coming up far short here. 1. David Horsey/Seattle PI believes the…
Commish Now Have Horseshoe to Toss Around
Kootenai County Commissioner Katie Brodie laughs and holds an old horseshoe after Commission Chair Gus Johnson, left, gave her the "golden horseshoe" award this morning during a hearing about the proposed Powderhorn Bay golf course development. The horseshoe, according to Johnson, is to be passed…
CDA Press Poll: More & More OK w/Sanders Ruling?
re: A strange thing has been happening to the Coeur d'Alene Press Online poll. Seems the numbers have turned around considerably since HBO reported yesterday that the public opposed the Supremes decision in the Sanders Beach case 53% to 31%. Now, it's 43% to 41%…
Superintendent of Schools: Luna vs. Jones
Issue: Two vie for top schools job: Candidates differ on charters, Proposition 1/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: A businessman and a longtime educator are competing to be Idaho's next state superintendent of schools – a choice that wouldn't even have been legal 12 years ago. Idaho…
And Another Spokane Official Under Scrutiny
Spokane Deputy Mayor Jack Lynch's request to be placed on paid medical leave comes at a time of increasing questions about recent visits to a city park known for lewd conduct and drug abuse. What prompted the surprise medical leave remained unclear Wednesday but Mayor…
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