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Coeur d'Alene Parks trail coordinator Monte McCully, right, talks with Waltraut Johnson, left, and Pam Waller, center, about the future of a new 24-plus-acre park on the side of Canfield Mountain Saturday. here.

1. 1. State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna has been speaking out about his teacher merit pay proposal and pitching his proposed public schools budget, but as he made public appearances last week, he also faced questions about the case of his brother, 43-year-old James Luna of Nampa/Eye On Boise here. KTVB story here.

2. School has always had rules: No gum. No talking. No roughhousing. "No Halloween costumes" may seem an unlikely addition, but holiday fluff may soon go the way of Wrigley's Spearmint for many students in the Treasure Valley/Idaho Statesman here.

3. Online Poll: 50% of 863 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll believe students should be allowed to wear any costume they want to Halloween parties at school. The remainding 50% believe that costumes should be reined in or there should be no costumes at all at school.

4. News Roundup: Cabela's STAR funding could become a model/Spokesman-Review; Residents concerned about students campaigning for mayoral candidates/Idaho Statesman; Family mourns after police shoot daughter 8 times/KTVB; Aspiring musician faces sexual abuse of a child charges/Coeur d'Alene Press; Priest Lake auction sale flops/Spokesman-Review; and Boise State back in Top 25/KTVB.

5. Idaho Blogosphere: Dave Barry dresses up as Larry Craig/Red State Rebels; Craig: Arrogant or unstable/Mountain Goat Report; Reviews: "Dan In Real Life" and "Across The Universe"/Bubblehead; A reasonable request that will likely be ignored/Adam's Blog; and Reaching out to NW churches/Randy Stapilus.

6. IMHO-Idaho: It's nice to know if your surgeon is Daffy Duck/Tom Henderson, Lewiston Tribune; INL hides nuclear weapons past/Rocky Barker, and Idaho Statesman; "Higher" ed refers to price/Coeur d'Alene Press.

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