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SUNDAY, JAN. 18, 2009

Wild Card/Sunday -- 1/18/09 32 

I set up a new computer work station at home this evening, for those days when I want to blog from home rather than the office. It involved hooking up the Mac Book to a new monitor, keyboard and printer. I remember the old days…

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Slight Detour: Memorable Inaugarations 

The most memorable Inauguration during my teaching tenure was that of Ronald Reagan in 1981 when Iran's release of the hostages after 444 days coincided with the new President taking over. It always seemed like a real "in your face" to Jimmy Carter who had…

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Meeting Our Congressman Walt Minnick at the Capitol before the Inauguration (The Spokesman-Review)

StormoGipson Ready For Inaugaration

In a photo provided to Huckleberries by Justin StormoGipson, new Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick gives a group of Coeur d'Alene resident a personal tour of the Capitol on Saturday. The four North Idaho Democrats are getting ready to celebrate the inaugaration of Barack Obama on…

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Clark: Rosauers Shows Heart 11 

Philipps is the 53-year-old CEO of Rosauers Supermarkets, a Spokane-based chain with 21 outlets spread across the four states of the Inland Northwest. Two Saturdays ago, Philipps and his management team gathered at a North Side pizza joint, along with employees whose lives had been…

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Kempthorne's Interior Legacy Undecided 24 

Item: Kempthorne's legacy may lie in his lesser known efforts: His success in ending the Klamath River stalemate and protecting parks may outlive his ESA rule changes/More Info: Still, even his critics acknowledge that Kempthorne cleaned up the corruption and the political interference that marred…

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A Home Of Their Own 

Item: North Idaho nonprofit helps working class families move into homes of their own/Alison Boggs, SRMore Info: Then their banker told them about a new North Idaho nonprofit agency organized to help working-class people buy homes.Now the couple plan to move into a new home…

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