APhoto of the Day -- 11/7/07
Matthias Rietschel/AP PhotoTim Schreiber, wearing his historical city guide uniform, battles against windy and rainy weather on the Neumarkt square in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday. You write the cutline.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
Huckleberries Shatters HBO Page-View Record
Election Day was very, very good to Huckleberries Online as this blog shattered its records for page-views and unique views. On Tuesday, HBO registered 14,908 page-views and 7,263 unique views. In fact, the Monday numbers were impressive for a non-election day: 12,153 page-views and 6,573…
Press: No More Stories On Allegations, Speculation
If critics of the Coeur d'Alene City Council, Lake City Development Corp., Kroc Community Center, Mickey Mouse Retirement Village or any other publicly financed entities have proof of unethical or illegal activities by officials, produce it and let the proper authorities do their jobs. The…
Bob: Can't Wait For Gookin-Kennedy Battle Royale
Bob: The best part of Gookin losing is the oncoming match of Gookin vs Kennedy. The Battle of the Titans. Two men with huge appetites for power and pancakes. My God. I can scarcely imagine how dirty this one will be. Like two hungry loggers…
AM Hucks: "Concerned Taxpayers" Missed Details
First, you should know that ex-state Sen. Kathy Sims and sidekick Tom Macy of Post Falls are sticklers for the letter of the law. In years past, the two led an uphill battle that resulted in a ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court that Kootenai…
In Sandpoint, Hellar Unseats Miller 923-627 ...
... Hawkins, Sneddon, Logan win, too ... Resort Tax passes easily ... drink tax fails ... Results here.
TUESDAY, NOV. 6, 2007
Ron Edinger: We Didn't Spread Stories, Tell Lies
“When you run a campaign that is honest and straightforward with no lies you end up a winner,” said Edinger. “And that’s what happened tonight with Al, John and myself. We were out there and met the people and didn’t spread any stories or tell…
Huckleberries After Hours Election Wild Card ...
9:42 p.m.: Final results are in. Countywide, 8349 votes were cast, with a turnout of 21.53%.9:38 p.m.: Erica just talked to Al Hassell on the phone (he declined to comment on the numbers yet) and now is talking to Ron Edinger.9:35 p.m.: We'll have Athol…
9:42 PM: Thoreson, Hissong, Wilhelm Win In PF
Post Falls Seat No. 1Kristy Reed Johnson -- 604 (30.32 %) Jack Evans -- 378 (18.98 %) Kerri Thoreson -- 1,010 (50.70 %) Seat No. 5 Angela Alexander -- 764 (37.77 %) Skip Hissong -- 1,259 (62.23 %) Seat No. 6 Linda Wilhelm -- 904…
Best Of City Election 2007
Let's play a little best-of while we wait for the results to begin rolling in. Who:1. Was the best new candidate?2. Ran the best campaign?3. Had the best yard sign?4. Will pull the upset of the night?5. Tossed the most mud?6. Best candidate (incumbent or…
Election Poll Watch (Evening) -- 11/6/07
7:14 p.m.: At 6:35 p.m., I was voter 784 at the PF armory location. Had to stand in line for about 15 minutes. The line was about 35-40 people deep the whole time I was there -- Bent.5:45 p.m.: We're having an exciting election at…
Parting Shot -- 11/6/07
John Froschauer/AP PhotoFrederick Russell, center, stands with attorneys Diana Lundin, left, and Diego Vargas, as the guilty verdict is read in the trial of at the Cowitz County Courthouse in Kelso, Wash., this afternoon. He was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and three…
Duncans Lawyers Want Indictment Tossed
Item: Duncan's lawyers want indictment thrown out/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review/Eye On BoiseMore Info: Attorneys for convicted murderer Joseph Duncan have filed papers in court seeking to have his federal indictment for kidnapping, killing and child molesting thrown out because they contend Idaho’s grand juror selection rules…
Top Cutlines -- 11/6/07
Carla Metzler/AP Photo/Guinness World Records This photo released by the Guinness World Records shows Jackie Bibby in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes, in Dublin, Texas, Monday. Bibby spent about 45 minutes in the tub shattering his own record by 12 snakes.Top Cutlines1. Jack Bibby…
DFO's Gone Voting ...
... time for me to step out from the office a bit to vote myself. Any suggestions re: who I should support in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections. ;-)I was No. 110 in Precinct 52 (7th Day Adventist) at 3:50 p.m.
Rogers Ice Cream ... For Sale?
A Berry Picker just called to say there's a for-sale sign outside the popular ice cream parlor on Sherman Avenue.
Family Patriarch George Osmond, 90, RIP
AP Photo courtesy of Osmond familyThis undated photo released courtesy of the Osmond family shows the Osmond family, from top row left: Wayne, Tom, Virl, Merrill, center row from left: Jay, George, Marie, Olive, Alan and foreground Jimmy and Donny. George Osmond, patriarch of Osmond…
Non-Election Question: Skinny Dipping
Sparky: Cruisin in Sandpoint started and ended at the beach. Spring skinny dipping and the full fall plunge were what we did win the buzz was upon us. The type of car was never the big deal at least for me. My husband's Camaro was…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 11/6/07
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, AP PhotoA male belted kingfisher perches on a barbed wire fence while hunting for fish in the Missouri River near Great Falls, Mont., Monday.1. A man was attacked, killed and eaten by a pack of wolves in Saskatchewan, Canada. A jury…
Election Poll Watch -- 11/6/07
Use this thread to let HBOers know what's happening at the various polls:10:52 a.m.: Thom George called from his precinct (46-47) polling place to say that a St. Pius X poll worker said there'd been a steady stream of voters. But the turnout in those…
APhoto of the Day -- 11/6/07
Carla Metzler/AP Photo/Guinness World Records This photo released by the Guinness World Records shows Jackie Bibby in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes, in Dublin, Texas, Monday. Bibby spent about 45 minutes in the tub shattering his own record by 12 snakes.
Editor SteveS: Tracking Blog Trolls
Recent events at the paper seem to have brought out one or two particular trolls who delight in messing things up. One whose identity is known to us, has now hacked into our blog administrative systems. That is a crime, a felony. We'll be pursuing…
"Come Hither, Hither, Pretty Fly ..."
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, APA black widow spider walks on a mirror in a garage at a home in Great Falls, Mont., on Monday.
JimmyMAC: DanG's Campaign Pulls Out Stops
JimmyMAC: I gotta give it to DanG. He is really putting an effort into his candidacy. Same for Brannon. I know they have help out there but they are really pulling out all the stops. I was suprised there weren't people with signs for Edinger,…
NIC Sentinel Details Campus Suicide
Item: Campus deals with death of student: Eighteen-year-old woman commits suicide in bathroom of third-floor dorm room with .38 gun/Andrew Ford, North Idaho College SentinelMore Info: According to Abbott, the police asked her again if everyone was all right and asked if a bullet had…
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