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MONDAY, AUG. 17, 2009

Wild Card/Monday -- 8.17.09 30 

I've already heard one colleague exclaim this morning: "I can't believe it's already Aug. 17." Indeed, the summer is getting away from us. But it has been a terrific summer. I enjoyed another summer concert in City Park Sunday, listening this time to Big Red…

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ORG XMIT: CACRU501 Fire trucks sit lined up at Cal Fire's fire camp at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds in Watsonville, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. The price tag for fighting California wildfires during just the past few weeks has climbed to more than $60 million, with the fire season's peak months still looming ahead. The blaze in Yuba County, which was ignited by burning feathers from a red tailed hawk that flew into a power line, is at $3 million. (AP Photo/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Dan Coyro) (Dan Coyro / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 8.17.09 

Fire trucks sit lined up at Cal Fire's fire camp at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds in Watsonville, Calif., today. The price tag for fighting California wildfires during just the past few weeks has climbed to more than $60 million, with the fire season's peak…

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Hollywood Runs Childhood Memories 

As expected, G.I. Joe won a weekend at the box office two weekends ago. Between that and the summer-long success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, people are talking about the power of toy company HASBRO at the box office. But just because the promise…

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The Spokane International AIrport is displaying several new art pieces including this "Aer-O-Toaster" by Ken Yuhasz photographed hanging from the ceiling in Concourse C Thursday August 13, 2009. CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

PM Headlines -- 8.17.09 

The Spokane International AIrport is displaying several new art pieces including this "Aer-O-Toaster" by Ken Yuhasz photographed hanging from the ceiling in Concourse C last week. (Christopher Anderson/SR)Man arrested after 5-hour Sandpoint standoff/SRCdA counters water claims of door-to-door salesman/Coeur d'Alene TodayDoctor: Duncan mentally fit for…

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ORG XMIT: ILPEO101 Seventeen-year old Dakota Shepard, right, shares the seat on his 1952 McCormick Farmall with girlfriend Taylor Chitwood, 15, as the two Chillicothe, Ill., teenagers wait during the tractor pull competition of Saturday's Farm Heritage Days at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Aug. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson) (Ron Johnson / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 8.17.09 15 

Seventeen-year old Dakota Shepard, right, shares the seat on his 1952 McCormick Farmall with girlfriend Taylor Chitwood, 15, as the two Chillicothe, Ill., teenagers wait during the tractor pull competition of Saturday's Farm Heritage Days at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Saturday. You write the…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.17.09 

5:36 p.m. Female reports an aggressive Rottweiler and a Malamute are in her yard in 4900 block of Horsehaven/Post Falls.5:22 p.m. R/P reports 5 boys are throwing apples at dogs.4:57 p.m. Mother of a boy injured in BMX Park/Cherry Hill crash taking him to KMC.4:53…

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CH: Spray Paint Chic 

As Americans tighten our belts in the current economic downturn, big ticket items like new furniture are often out of the question. It certainly was for 82-year-old Spokane resident Marge Holcomb, who lives on a fixed income. When her once-white sofa grew dingy and discolored,…

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Was It Something He Said 

Michael Irvin, 35, of Coeur d'Alene suffered a lacerated ear and cheek in the men's urinal of the Torch Lounge, Lakeside Avenue, as a result of an unprovoked attack. Irvin told Coeur d'Alene police that he was talking about football (because he's a Denver Bronco…

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Idaho Targets 25% Of Wolves 13 

Idaho will start selling tags next Monday for its first-ever public wolf hunt, to give hunters from both inside and outside the state a shot at up to 220 of Idaho’s wolves, or about 25 percent. Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission set the numbers for…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 8.17.09 

Toadman and one of his Tadpoles checked out Stickman's footwear Saturday at an impromptu taste-testing event for Bent's new What The Huck brew. Don Sausser was there with camera in hand to record the gathering of Merry Hucksters. What The Huck will make its debut…

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ORG XMIT: SJA114 Cris "Cyborg" Santos, of Brazil, top, punches Gina Carano in a Strikeforce mixed martial arts Female Middleweight Championship match on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, in San Jose, Calif. Santos won by TKO in the first round to win the championship. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (Jeff Chiu / The Spokesman-Review)

Uncle! Uncle! 12 

Cris "Cyborg" Santos, of Brazil, top, punches Gina Carano in a Strikeforce mixed martial arts Female Middleweight Championship match on Saturday, Aug. in San Jose, Calif. Santos won by TKO in the first round to win the championship. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Question: Izzit just me --…

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PF Church Van Sought In Road Rage? 16 

A Friday night road rage incident between the driver of van and a couple on a motorcycle ended with the two motorcycle riders being treated for minor injuries. The fight began when the van moved into the motorcycle’s lane while southbound on Newport Highway, forcing…

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WS: Bike Trail Transforms Harrison 

When John Kolbe decided to open a bicycle shop here nine years ago, most of the locals thought he was crazy. At the time, the town catered mostly to the boaters and cabin owners who came to enjoy Coeur d'Alene Lake. Biking wasn't a notable…

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BS: Yaak's Not-So-Dirty Shame 14 

For decades I’ve been hearing about the Dirty Shame Saloon in Yaak, Montana. Some of the stories I heard sent a shiver up my spine and made it sound like one of those rowdy roadhouses of the Deep South where hippies entered and never were…

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HBO's Inland Northwest -- 8.17.09 

Andrew Taylor, of the United States, takes some air during the Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle mountain biking cycling competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Jonathan Hayward)Cartoon: Obama's health care plan/David Horsey, Seattle P-ICWI enrollment triples that of last spring/Idaho StatesmanTwin Falls mayor seeks…

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High Noon: Moon The Balloon 

Hundreds of people drop their pants in a protest, dubbed "Moon the Balloon," against a balloon with a surveillance camera that has been tested on the Canada-U.S. border in Sarnia, Ontario, Saturday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)Question: Have you ever mooned someone or something?…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.17.09 

11:55 a.m. Homeowner on Clagstone/Athol reports Great Dane in yard.10:49 a.m. Construction items are in the road @ Poleline & Greensferry/Post Falls.10:27 a.m. Officer, who fails to see a Great Dane reportedly running loose loose on Clagstone/Athol, says: "I have good vision. I think I'd…

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Rockford Bay Tired Of Boat Speeders 

If you ask 95% (my own numbers) of people around (Rockford Bay) - none of us "get it." These guys come racing in and out of the bay without their mufflers on and leave behind the carnage. Yesterday one hit a grebe near our dock…

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ORG XMIT: WYAB112 President Barack Obama with daughter Malia Obama, 11, tour the Old Faithful geyser with Park Ranger Katy Duffy in Yellowstone National Park, Wy.. Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon / The Spokesman-Review)

Obamas Tour Old Faithful 30 

President Barack Obama with daughter Malia Obama, 11, tour the Old Faithful geyser with Park Ranger Katy Duffy in Yellowstone National Park, Wy., Saturday. You can read Ray Ring's insightful view of Barack Obama's trip to Bozeman in his High Country News column here. (AP…

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Press: NIC Parking Solution Elusive 12 

North Idaho College is in great demand. Because of the recession, student enrollment is up some 600 students. And because there are now far more students with vehicles than there are parking spaces, demand for those precious slices of asphalt and concrete is likely to…

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Vote By Mail Petition OK'd 

A group led by former Democratic congressional candidate Larry Grant will try to get 51,000 signatures to give voters a chance to allow Idahoans to vote by mail. The petition was cleared by state officials this week, Grant said. Proponents say it will boost participation…

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MC: Ex-Protesters Now Censors 35 

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, dissent was exalted as the highest form of patriotism. In those days, dissenters hurled obscene epithets at the president with impunity and brandished protest signs comparing him to Adolf Hitler. They could throw brickbats…

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TH: Redneck Lobstering 

When my beau asked me if I liked the taste of lobster, I thought he was gonna take me out for some fine seafood. I didn’t realize I’d be spending the day foraging for my own dinner underneath slime-covered rocks in some river. I say…

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AM Headlines -- 8.17.09

"The new Post Falls Historical Society Museum opened with much fanfare on Saturday," reports Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "Located in the restored former Chapin Drugs building on the corner of Spokane Street and 4th Avenue on the Post Falls City Hall campus, it's filled with…

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Poll: Do You Plan To Hunt Wolves? 10 

Weekend Poll: 54 of 92 -- 59% -- are against communities in the Inland Northwest charging a small fee for disposable store plastic/paper bags. Results here. <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1884707/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1884707/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1884707/">Do you plan to buy a wolf hunt tag this season? -- Idaho Statesman</a><span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;"…

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