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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008

Wild Card/Thursday -- 7/10/08

Taryn's covering the Education Corridor infofest as I write this. It'll be interesting to see if the CAVErs behave themselves when they learn that the questions again must be submitted in written form. BTW, I didn't realize that the Hobart Jenkins dredged up today by…

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Education Board Forum To Start

Mayor Sandi Bloem told Huckleberries Online that this evening's Education Corridor forum will be broken down into two hour-long parts. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., two EMSI consultants will present the analysis of potential education corridor impacts that are listed below and here. Each will make…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- Elyse Umemoto

Drew Perine/Tacoma News-Tribune, APCurrent Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto listens as Mike Miller, executive director of the Miss Washington Scholarship Organization, discusses the appearance of party photos Umemoto described as "unflattering and foolish" appeared on the Internet, Wednesday at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma. You write…

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Corridor Q No. 3: Has Public Been Included?

Question (from EMSI analysis of education corridor): Has the public been included in discussions about the education corridor project?Answer: Yes. Discussions date back some 25 years but talks have become more urgent recently with the closing of the DeArmond mill.

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Corridor Question 2: Prime Real Estate

Question (from EMSI analysis of education corridor): Doesn't building the education corridor on the waterfront remove prime real estate from the city's property tax rolls? Wouldn't we be better off allowing the mill site to be privately developed?Answer: Yes and no. The project is envisioned…

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Corridor Q: Why Not Build NIC Campus Elsewhere

I'm going to run down some questions you've asked and that are answered in the EMSI analytical study:Question: "Why not build a campus somewhere less expensive?"Answer: There are a number of reasons that make the DeArmondmill site the logical choice for expansion of the Education…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 7/10/08

Eliza Wiley/Independent Record, APA group of four volunteers from the Lincoln, Montana area move the newly mounted grizzly bear, that was struck and killed by a passing truck in Lincoln last October, into the Forest Service ranger station located outside of Lincoln, Tuesday.Simplot Grandson Arrested:…

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Ed Corridor Will Provide 889 Jobs, Much More

In an advance copy of a concept plan provided to Huckleberries this morning, analyst EMSI said the proposed education corridor will provide 889 new full-time jobs and $18 million more in fiscal impacts than property taxes over the next 20 years. An executive summary of…

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Judge Tells Radio Host To Remove Nazi Signs

Item: Court orders man to remove swastika signs/John Stang, Kalispell Daily Inter LakeMore Info: Neighbors of Kalispell (Mont.) radio host John Stokes recently won a legal decision to force him to remove his Nazi-themed signs near their property. ... On June 11, Lake County District…

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Jackson: Obama Talks Down To Blacks

AP File PhotoA June 4, 2007 file photo shows Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, laughing after saying goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflected left, after Obama addressed the Rainbow PUSH Coalition's annual conference breakfast in Rosemont, Ill. On Wednesday Jackson apologized comments…

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Hagadone's Press Attacks Ed Corridor Again

Item: Expert criticizes NIC: Former Spokane college president finds flaws in corridor plan/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: While at SCC and Spokane Falls Community College, Jenkins said it was his job to forecast where liberal arts and vocational-technical programs would be in 10 years.…

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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.