Parting Shot -- 9/19/06
A gray squirrel found a way to get into a bird feeder full of sunflower seeds in Hibbing, Minn.,earlier today. (AP Photo/Mesabi Daily News, Mark Sauer)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2006
JBelle: Time To Go Back To Mass Daily
JBelle: Well, okay, The Christ Child is leaving. Yes, I know. Here's all the things I am gonna get done once he's gone: get his room straightened up again, reclaim my car, give his clothes to the housekeeper's kids, put his truck in storage, put…
Cy Chase, 88, Former State Senator, RIP
You can read the obituary for Cy Chase, former state senator and North Idaho kingmaker, here.
15:20:09
Did you happen to notice that canned footage used by KXLY last night to illustrate the overcrowding at the Spokane County Jail? Those orange suits the prisoners were wearing sure looked like ones from Kootenai County. Then, there's the small matter of the "KCSD" insignia…
15:00:54
Randy Stapilus/Ridenbaugh Press was surprised to learn that the Idaho phone number on his biz card now connects callers to (drum roll, please) -- Life Span Counseling. Randy hasn't lived in Idaho for two years. He now lives near McMinnville, Ore., where he continues to…
A River Rivers Through It -- Livingston Style
Erika Prahl, right, plays fetch with her black lab "Izzie" while a trio of fly fishermen float by in a drift boat on the Yellowstone River at Mayor's Landing in Livingston, Mont., earlier today. (AP Photo/The Livingston Enterprise, Garrett Cheen)
Marianne Love Recalls Patrick McManus' Funny Sis
I read in the paper this morning that my friend Pat had died. She's also known as Patricia when speaking of her brother Patrick-----McManus, that is. And speaking of her brother Patrick, he has immortalized his older sister as The Troll. I never knew Patricia,…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 9/18/06
Idaho State Prison chaplin Cosmo Zimik breaks a pile of bricks with his foot during a martial arts demonstration today at Lakeview Park in Nampa, Idaho. Zimik will attempt to break a 1,000 bricks in 10 minutes for a new record on Saturday Sept. 23.…
11:50:11
For those keeping score at home, Steve Hudson of Hudson Hamburgers fame was part of the officiating crew that was disciplined by the Pac-10 for blowing the controversial calls late in the game between Oregon and Oklahoma Saturday. That should make for some interesting over-the-counter…
Poll: Bush, Repub Approval Ratings Up
Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year. The poll also showed likely voters evenly divided…
JBelle: When Is SR Going To Give Up RPS?
JBelle: When is the Spokesman Review going to give up the RPS reporting mess? Now they have commissioned an independent review of their coverage? oh my. This is soooo 5 years ago. Move on Steve! Move on Stacey! We have! Cover the County Commissioner like…
Question: Could You Serve On Duncan Jury?
Issue: Potential jurors questioned: Eight hundred receive summons for Duncan trial/Dave Turner, Coeur d'Alene PressTwo most important questions asked of potential jurors: Have you read about or heard about this case? At this time, do you have any opinion regarding whether Joseph Duncan is "guilty"…
In Pennsylvania As Well As DC, Pols Feather Nests
Democrat Larry Grant provided one of the best lines during the congressional debate Friday when he said Congress has given itself 8 pay raises since the last time it raised the minimum wage. I imagine our delegation of four fiscal conservatives gave its explicit or…
CDAElephant: Market Place Decides Language
CDAElephant: I trust the marketplace to determine what language we are speaking rather than the government. When I go to the ATM and it asks me if I want to speak Spanish it tells me that a lot of spansih speaking people do enough business…
WorldNetDaily Poll: What Should Benedict Do?
What advice would you give the pope right now to deal with Islam? 1. Convert to Islam 2. Make sure the bullet-proof glass on your popemobile is secure and in working order 3. Completely disavow your controversial statement, and undergo sensitivity training 4. Ignore the…
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.