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HBO’s INorthwest Roundup — 2/27/09

Mike Kralicek is loaded into his van on Wednesday by retired Coeur d' Alene police detective, Don Jiran, as Kralicek's daughter Amanda, 17, helps her dad give a thumbs up to the crowd that gathered to welcome him home at the Spokane International Airport. Jed Conklin/The Spokesman-Review (Jed Conklin / The Spokesman-Review)
Mike Kralicek is loaded into his van on Wednesday by retired Coeur d' Alene police detective, Don Jiran, as Kralicek's daughter Amanda, 17, helps her dad give a thumbs up to the crowd that gathered to welcome him home at the Spokane International Airport. Jed Conklin/The Spokesman-Review (Jed Conklin / The Spokesman-Review)

This file photo from June 2005 shows former Coeur d'Alene police officer Mike Kralicek returning home after months of rehabilitation from being severely wounded in a shootout with a Coeur d'Alene man shortly before New Year's 2005. Now, state Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, has finally succeeded in passing legislation that will financially help police officers who are permanently disabled in the line of duty. More here.



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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