Noah: Real Meaning Of Christmas?
Noah Kroese/Special to Huckleberries Online
THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2007
Virginia's R's Want Loyalty Oath, Too
Wow. Check out this Washington Post story about the fight over open primary elections in Virginia, which has eerie echoes of the debate here in Idaho on the same issue. In a little different twist, however, Virginia’s Republican Party has decided to deal with the…
Boise Weekly: Idaho Newspapers Hurting
The Spokesman-Review announcement was the most dire, but newsrooms across Idaho are smaller than they were before. That includes the Idaho Statesman, which over the past several months has declined to fill some positions as they go vacant, including a state reporter position and a…
Lee: LCHS Heavily Favored To Win Cage Title
Item: Lake City High gets early Christmas gifts with transfer of New Hampshire brothers/Greg Lee, Spokesman-Review LC is heavily favored to capture the Inland Empire League championship. Coach Jim Thacker, who won nearly 500 games in three decades at Walla Walla, figured he'd have a…
Jerry Falwell Must Be Rolling Over In His Grave ...
Item: Hillary set to speak at evangelical megachurch: Candidate addressing AIDS summit at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church/WorldNetDailyQuote: The first thing is that this is not a church service, and, second, there isn't a pulpit on stage," said Warren, author of the best-seller "The Purpose-Driven Life."…
Back To Future: John L. Smith For WSU Coach Job?
John L. Smith has seen the country during his coaching career but a little home cooking still appeals to the veteran. Smith said Wednesday by phone he is interested in returning to Washington State, where he was an assistant in 1987 and 1988, to fill…
NI Skinny: Meghann's Excellent Adventure
I awoke about midnight. 12:01 a.m., actually. I followed my standard morning routine, hopping on the computer to make the usual web site checks. Drudge Report. Facebook. New York Times. Huckleberries. Drudge Report again. Drudge hadn't been updated in a while, it seemed. That reminded…
HBO AM Headlines -- 11/29/07
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoThe world's tallest Christmas tree, at 161 feet, is more than twice the size of the tree at New York's Rockefeller Center (75 feet tall). The 120-year-old Grand Fir (Abies grandis) overlooks Lake Coeur d'Alene from the waterfront home of Duane Hagadone…
Q: Should Kayakers, Canoeist Pay Boater Fee, Too?
Item: Governor's office sets up meeting to talk about registering drift boats, kayaks, canoes and rafts/Pete Zimowsky, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Owners of non-motorized boats in Idaho could find themselves charged a registration fee like the one paid by motorized boat owners to help pay for…
Tenacity: GMA Publicity Will Ruin Good Thing
You thought it was bad now with all the new people moving in. I'll bet this publicity just enticed the next wave to relocate here with this 'Good Morning America' appearance. Sounds like to me like whoever set this little show up sure could care…
Henry: "Good Morning America" Greeting Overblown
By my count, this morning’s coverage of Coeur d’Alene on ABC's "Good Morning America" was much less than "15 minutes of fame" scattered over two full hours in fragments as fleeting as two brief bursts of fireworks overshadowed by tragic headline news and inane moderator…
Joe Heller: New Songs Of Christmas
Joe Heller/Hellertoons
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 2007
Hump Day Wild Card -- 11/28/07
I debated getting up at 3 in the morning to participate in the Coeur d'Alene welcome for "Good Morning America." But that thought gave way to reality as I was still up at 1 a.m. reading Robert Ludlow's "The Bourne Ultimatum." After a slow start,…
Dogwalk: Hayden Street Upgrade Lacking
It has been bad enough for the three seasons the construction has been going on. There are actually businesses on that stretch of Government Way we try to patronize. One way traffic through ruts as deep as your bumpers was bad, the drop offs into…
APhoto of the Day -- 11/28/07
Glenn Moore/Tracy Press, AP PhotoPatricia Brown gives 'Broccoli', her 250-pound pot bellied pig, a kiss Monday in Tracy, Calif. Broccoli was rescued by firefighters on Saturday after falling in to the family pool. Brown was unable to lift the pig out of the water and…
KXLYer Gives Behind Scenes Look @ GMA Morning
At last check, I've now been awake for 30 straight hours, so you'll have to forgive the grammatical and spelling errors I'm certain to make. I'm about to head to bed, but I had to write first about an absolutely amazing morning in Coeur d'Alene.…
IVA: Alaska Air Imposes Surcharge On Heterosexuals
Item: Alaska Air imposes 10% surcharge on heterosexuals/Idaho Values AllianceMore Info: When an employee complained that this was “reverse discrimination,” since there is no “micro-website” for heterosexuals (or for Blacks or Hispanics for that matter), the employee was informed essentially that moral values don’t matter…
North Idaho Skinny: Bambi's Safe ... for Now
We spent a day and a half hunting in the Benewah County woods. I was decked out in blaze orange because, as the man said, it's a war zone in the woods during hunting season. That's how it sounded. Gunshots and four wheelers firing off…
Phil: No Toys For My Tots This Christmas
There will be no toys this Christmas! No, I haven't become the toy-hating Burgermeister Meisterburger. I have decided that we will not be buying toys for our kids this Christmas. This has nothing to do with all those recalled Chinese toys of recent months. The…
Non Sequitur: What Goes Good w/Layoffs?
Wiley Miller/Non SequiturDunno why this was cut out and sitting on my keyboard this morning. Gulp!
JoanH: Huckleberries Needs Print Presence, Too
Joan Harman: Don't see your column in its usual place at the S-R any more. That is on the front page of the Northwest. Only when I go blogging am I likely to swing by for a visit. Best talk to Smith about at least…
It's My 2 Cents -- Duane Hagadone
In response to the Huckleberries Poll below today, Gary Ingram commented that at 4 this morning he was "wandering through the crowd looking for DaveO hoping he changed his mind and would be there, now that he is feeling so much more kindly towards Hagadone…
KXLY.com Brings You GMA Video of CDA
Good Morning America was in Coeur d’Alene Wednesday morning to kick off their holiday ‘Flip the Switch’ campaign. Approximately five million viewers around the country watched as national weather personality Sam Champion lit up the Coeur d’Alene sky. Coeur d’Alene was selected for participation in…
Blanchette: WSU Shouldn't Bring Mike Price Back
The funniest variation had Price becoming head coach and Doba agreeing to serve again as defensive coordinator, as he did for nine years before his big break. Because, you know, orchestra conductors who get fired always want to hang around to play second violin. The…
"Good Morning America" On TV Now
Don Sausser/Special to Huckleberries OnlineMamaJD/Special to Huckleberries OnlineSam Champion of "Good Morning America" and a Coeur d'Alene fan.I'm watching Coeur d'Alene on "Good Morning America" the right way this morning -- on TV from home. So far, all I've seen is ABC weatherman Sam Champion,…
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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