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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 9/8/06

Gallyn Mitchell is thrown from his horse, Tough to the Max, in the fourth horse race of the day Thursday at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash. Tough to the Max suffered a compound fracture of the right front leg, which led to the fall, and was euthanized. (Matt Brashears/King County Journal)

Eye On Boise: What if a congressman (Butch Otter) wanted a clean-campaign pledge but didn't tell the press about it here?

1. Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell helped arrange more than $11 million in federal money in the past year for projects benefiting clients of a lobbyist who is advising her re-election campaign and still owes her money from a personal loan here.

2. Former Gonzaga University President John Leary was involved in the sexual abuse of boys and young men in the 1960s, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus said today. The actions of Leary, who died in 1993, were covered up by Jesuit officials and he was transferred to other jobs in the West here.

3. If actor Eric Schweig gives the impression he's more comfortable on the Colville Reservation in northeast Washington than in Hollywood, it's probably because the dress is more casual in the Northwest here.

4. Former "NYPD Blues" star Dennis Franz has appealed the $5M value placed on his Lake Coeur d'Alene home and property by the Kootenai County Assessor's Office here.

5. Former Gov. Thomas L. Judge, the youngest person ever elected governor of Montana who presided over the state during its modern progressive era in the 1970s, died today here.

6. IMHO-NW: John Blanchette/Spokesman-Review (WSU's Lynch enters hall of fame), Missoulian (Under-age drinking is an adult problem), Idaho Statesman (Breach dams to help salmon), James Reavis/WSU Evergreen (Rumsfeld needs to retire), and Frank McGovern/UI Argonaut (F for foreign policy = Failure).

Online Poll: By a percentage of 56.2% to 32.4%, 1405 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll said they liked the weather rather than football (and three other alternatives) as fall's best feature.

*Idaho governor OKs open season on escaped trophy elk here.

*Another Eyman initiative falls short here.

*Boise was second only to Sacramento, Calif., for having the worst air in the country Thursday here.

Orbusmax Special: Oregon nurse, 51, strangles to death intruder armed with hammer here.



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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.