In Newspaper World, we regularly tell you why to vote for this candidate or that one. Let's turn the tables and ask you to endorse candidates. Here's the slate in Coeur d'Alene. (We'll do Post Falls Wednesday):*Ron Edinger and Dan Gookin*Jim Brannon, Al Hassell, Chris…
Item: Pay plan merits look: Schools chief, Idaho teachers need mutual respect/Spokesman-Review Editorial BoardMore Info: (Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom) Luna's proposal, which has the backing of Gov. Butch Otter, addresses a couple of serious issues right out of the chute. Recent rankings place Idaho…
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Halloween is a pseudo-religious holiday. I still think it doesn't belong in public schools. Whenever I helped at the schools during this time, inevitably there would be some students not participating, and obviously feeling uncomfortable about it. I don't think the religious side of Christmas…
It didn't take long to realize that I had selected a "chick book" as Huckleberries' Book of the Month: Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love." In fact, the first six words of Gilbert's New York Times best-seller gave it away: "I wish Giovanni would kiss me."…
Item: Musician suspected of fondling teen's feet: Schierman prosecuted previously for stealing girl's panties/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewA professional musician who just released a CD on a national label is charged with sexual abuse for allegedly fondling the feet of a Coeur d’Alene teen. At least nine…
I'll defer this morning to an e-mail that ex-CDA P&Zer Steve Badraun sent this weekend: "Here it is, the final lap, the last week. All the candidates are tired, nervous and counting the hours toward election morning. "Have I done enough? "What if I had…
First, the Internet is where young voters live — and by "young," I mean everyone under 40, and quite a few of us above. By and large, young voters aren't listening to talk radio, watching network TV or taking home delivery of the newspaper. Many…
Denny Crane, the lovable right-wing loon lawyer played to perfection by William Shatner on "Boston Legal," will be charged with trying to consummate a bathroom hookup on the Nov. 13 episode, Slate's Bruce Reed notes: "Beyond the superficial similarity of the names Denny Crane and…
It didn't take me long to realize that I had selected a "chick" book as the HBO Book of the Month: Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love." In fact, it took me all of six words to start Ms. Gilbert's New York Times bestseller to figure…
Stephen Chernin/AP PhotoIn a file photo country music legend Porter Wagoner performs July 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner died Sunday.…
Item: Clinton, Giuliani top picks for costumes/Associated PressMore Info: Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she was top choice when people were asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume. Asked about costume choices, 37 percent…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewCoeur 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…
The City of Coeur d’Alene has been the target of pointed criticism in recent weeks and months. While we think constructive criticism is an essential component of any democracy, we’re frankly tired of the barrage of nay-saying and insinuation. Like Chicken Little in the children’s…
CPD Blue News Release: (On Wednesday), there will be a multi-agency aggressive driving emphasis patrol. Coeur d’Alene City Police, Idaho State Police and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department will be working together to reduce crashes on US95 between mile makers 427 on the south and…
Some public schools are opting for politically correct, neutralized Halloween celebrations. What kind of Halloween costumes do you think are appropriate at school? -- Idaho Statesman. *Anything goes*Nothing scary*No costumes
You can find this toilet for sale on Idaho Road between Hayden and Wyoming, in Hayden. Its owner furnished the following explanation: "Happy Halloween guys. JR and I made our first ever Halloween display. I was trying to sell that darn toilet. Grandma had a…
Item: 100 years of hamburgers: Hudsons Hamburgers celebrates a century of Huddyburgers in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho/Peter Fish, Sunset Quotable Quote: By 11 the place is packed, and Todd's hands are moving like a Vegas blackjack dealer's, slicing onions and shaping patties and slapping them down…
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have been holding my breath hoping there's not some long list of rules coming out of the Ethicsfest. One of the things people do when they get together is make lists of rules - everyone wants to add to it and make his mark on…
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ThomG/Special to Huckleberries OnlineSome participants did not know a camera would be present and Sweet&Sour Herb observed that pseudo-anonymous posters should not have their true identities revealed without their permission. (Pictured and identifiable: Mike Kennedy, foreground, Editor Steve Smith, behind Mike, and a muffin that…
Things are never dull at Huckleberries Online. The week began with the editors circling your blogmaster and HBO like Great Whites after I printed the name of the NIC suicide victim in a Sunday post here. I lost that battle. Then, it concluded with the…
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,My, how your bitterness grows.With words of bile,Meant to defile,Falling short of meaningful prose.Acemart
I first became involved in News is a Conversation and, later on, the various other blogs, because invested in writing, and that I also believe in the talented people who make newspaper journalism what it has been and is today. I have always wanted for…
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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