Rick Cooper of Coronado Classics dusts off the same story whenever someone asks him what life is like in the Lake City. Years ago, when his shop was on Sherman Avenue and open seven days a week during decent weather, he saw a fella nab his Sunday paper, jump in his car, and drive off. Rick wrote down the fella’s license number – and called the cops because he’d had several papers stolen. A CPD Blue showed up five minutes later and knew who the thief was. At that point, the guy was facing a night in jail because he couldn’t see a judge until Monday. Reasonably, Rick thought that was harsh punishment for a newspaper. Instead, he agreed to talk to the guy/DFO, SR Huckleberries. Rest of the story here.
Question: Have you had a good experience that involved local law enforcement?
D.F. Oliveria is an associate editor, editorialist, columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Recently, the Idaho Press Club selected Huckleberries as the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog. In 2007, the Society of Professional Journalists selected Huckleberries Online as the best news blog in the five-state Pacific Northwest. The print version of Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Tidbits Column contest sponsored by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University has cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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