We're nearing the end of another fine week, where the hits kept coming (8186 to 8511 page-views and over 5000 unique views per day twice). Beyond that, I had the pleasure to visit delightful Librarian Bette Ammon and meet the two Ukranian journalists. (BTW, as…
I accept the court's decision which was an important one to determine privacy rights in e mails between government employees. This appeal was not brought on frivilously, but, rather, to determine whether government employees and supervisors have a constitutional privacy interest in protecting from public…
AP Photo/Rob CarrKentucky Derby hopeful Teuflesberg walks through the mud on the Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky., Thursday. The 133rd Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. The horse was be-hooved to think "Oh, sure, they invite the Queen…
First fire, and then smokethick as tar in a cup,and half of those guysdidn't ever come up.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
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I have a friend who cracked me up one time when we went to lunch at another “fresh-mex” restaurant a while back in Coeur d’Alene and after we got our food he sat down said, with all seriousness: “This isn’t a real Mexican place –…
Does anyone know any wi-fi outlets along Highway 95 between Appleway and Sandpoint. Didn't we establish that the Garwood Tavern has wi-fi?
Dr. J: My brother who survived the Vietnam War as a field medic (later a CPA) saw the (Vietnam) wall before he died of probable agent orange contamination and cancer. One of our family's friend is on that wall. Everyone should go to D.C. to…
My favorite landmark in Hayden is closing tomorrow. Orlando's Mexican Drive Up is shutting it's doors on Saturday afternoon. Apparently they plan on finding a new location and offering more of a formal, sit down atmosphere and the dynamics will certainly change. Anyway, I wanted…
Item: Corps waiting on Blackwell soil tests: Hagadone missed agency's target date/Erica Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still waiting for the report that is expected to show whether the soil contains toxic heavy metals, such as lead. The corps asked…
Thom George illustration"The Wild, The Innocent and the Mullan Avenue Shuffle" -- Thom George
I've observed a certain dynamic over the years serving in different public positions that I think may apply in this case. It usually involves a person or a small group of people who are absolutely convinced they are right and all the other thoughtful and…
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisAnn Pruett, from Sherman, Texas, reaches up to touch the freshly engraved name of her late husband, Richard M. Pruett, Thursday on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
I remember the firsts. The first smile. The first word. The first tooth. The first step. The first day of school. The first time riding a two wheeler. Those are what you are supposed to remember. And it's easy to know when the firsts happen…
Inland Empire Girl/Gathering Around the Table shares her thoughts and photos re: the Sunshine Mine Disaster of 35 years ago here.*TUBOB writes: "I had my annual physical last week. All good. My chest x-ray was clear and normal which is always reassuring to an ex-smoker.…
Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, hugs and kisses Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi, India, in this March 15 AP file photo. During my years of international travel with my husband, we were constantly reminded of the reason…
The tensions between those who wish Bayview to develop slowly and carefully and those in a hurry for it to become a hot tourist destination had been simmering beneath the surface. Not anymore. Illegal construction at Lake Pend Oreille changed all that. On April 17,…
Huckleberries Gone Wireless will interview CdA Librarian Bette Ammon live today, beginning at 1 p.m. I have a list of questions for her. But I'm looking for more. Do you have any questions, including quirky ones, for the city's librarian?
Question: What’s the one piece of aerobic equipment you couldn’t live without? *Treadmill*Elliptical*Stationary bike*Stair climber*Other*None DFO: Other (tennis shoes & one of Stickman's sticks, to fend off dogs)
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewSlip owner Chad Dodson stands at the 11th St. Marina, a privately held dock system managed condominium-style, on Lake Coeur d'Alene. New rules proposed by the state would mandate that marina developments must be at least partly available to the public. Does this put…
It seems like three years since you and I got together for a chat in this corner of the editorial page. What's that, you say? It was three years and change? I don't keep track of those things. But I know it wasn't yesterday. My…
Noah Kroese/Spokesman-ReviewItem: Our View: Contest for commission seat threatens impartiality/SR Editorial Board
Starr Kelso: I was unimpressed by Gov Otter sending an envoy to the (Sunshine Mine Disaster) Memorial (this week), to read a letter, for the stated reason that the Gov was busy in south idaho. I pondered that, because even the do nothing legislature was…
You can find D.P. Bond's Wallace Street Journal column, "To The 91," here and Huckleberries Online comments about the disaster here. In a reminder of the Sunshine Mine Disaster that killed 91 miners 35 years ago (May 2, 1972), David Bond wrote: "Some 88 more…
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.
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