First, you should know that Deputy Dawg Kevin Mumford is a perennial winner of the Kootenai County Substance Abuse Council's Top Cop Award – for catching the most DUI drivers in a given year. However, he didn't win this year. In joking about Mumford's uncanny ability to sniff out DUIs on Wednesday, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Marty Rapp told of a suspect who was seen tossing beer cans out of his car window. Sez Marty: "He was chumming for Mumford."

•Yeah, that was your Huckleberry Hound test-driving my Mac Book at wireless Java on Sherman on Wednesday. I'll be back between 10:30 and noon today. Drop by and say hi.

•A Berry Picker adds to OrangeTV's list of things to do in downtown CdA (Huckleberries, Monday): Order bouillabaisse or flank steak at The Wine Cellar and listen to live blues (and other stuff) in the winter when you need to warm up. Or on any warm summer night, walk the Boardwalk (or boat to the Third Street dock), and have dinner downtown (then, boat back in the dark – romantic!) Or you can always view the huge diamonds that Dan (Clark's Jewelers) has in the back corner. ("If your husband is not with you," she sez, "you can ask to try one on!")

■When you do a spell check for the word "Kootenai," according to colleague Meghann Cuniff, one suggestion you get is "hootenanny."

■Huckleberries hears ... that the motto, "Kill an Otter, save a wolf," is catching on among the enviro set, particularly the ones attending a recent wolf delisting hearing in the Spokane Valley. Aren't enviros suppose to be peaceful?

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