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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007

Wild Card/Thursday -- 6/7/07

I don't know what tomorrow will bring re: the Shabby Sweethearts Shabby Chic Sale & Open Market Friday and Saturday, featuring my wife and 15 other vendors. I may start the day in the office, posting the usual morning fare and then grab the office…

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HBO's Best of the Friends Blogs -- 6/7/07

"A black-backed woodpecker feeds its young at a nest last week," writes Chris Peterson/Glacier Blog. "I used a pocket wizard to fire a remote camera to get this shot. The setup is very non-invasive." More here. *Frank Sennett/Blogspotter has been following the trials and tribulations…

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WND Poll: Increasing TV Foul Language

What do you think about increasing foul language on TV? 1. Fantastic, it's about time TV grew up 2. It's an accurate reflection of today's culture 3. For those that don't like it, tough. This is the price of freedom 4. One man's cuss word…

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Colleges Look for Ways to Reduce Book Costs

Item: Textbook rentals solution to price hikes: Colleges looking for options to expensive books as criticism mounts to do something/Shawn Vestal, Spokesman-ReviewQuote: “It’s a very expensive textbook,” she said. “It costs $151 to buy the textbook new, $120 to buy the textbook used, and $51…

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I'm Back ...

... It took a little longer than expected to move my wife's shabby chic wares to the Mica Flats Grange for her show tomorrow and Saturday. We had to rearrange a few things inside and, of course, I had to shoot the breeze with groundskeeper…

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Inside Huckleberries -- 6/7/07

*In his latest column for "Your Voice" this morning, Bayview Herb provides a rundown on real estate news in his Lake Pend Oreille town involving the Scenic Motel and the View of the Bay Mobile Home and RV Park here....*Where's Mary? Mary Souza's column didn'…

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AM Hucks: Ex-Treasurer Battles Big C Again

Huckleberries hears … that competent ex-Kootenai County Treasurer Jeannine Ashcraft is fighting a recurrence of cancer after beating breast cancer a decade or so ago. She's facing an uphill battle – and is checking out experimental treatment in Seattle. She'll find out in a week…

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Brandon Adam: The Reality of War

After receiving the pictures of Brandon (Adam of Sandpoint) last night, that is all I've been able to think about. I cried as I saw those pictures. I've known Brandon since he was 11 years old. I think of all the men and woman who…

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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.