Today is Friday, July 17, the 198th day of 2009. There are 167 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, Calif. TV personality Art Linkletter is 97. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 92. Thought…
Wearing his own Batman cape, Peter Drake, 3, of Utica, N.Y. meets Adam West today in the Center of Progress building at Syracuse Nationals car show at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. Adam West, 81, is best known for his lead role…
By now, half the Internet has heard of the fact that United Airlines broke Dave Carroll's guitar. The musician was traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour in spring 2008 when United baggage handlers tossed around his $3,500 guitar and broke it. After wrangling with…
This is an artist’s rendition of what the Coeur d’Alene Casino complex will look like when the expansion is finished in 2011. Indian Country story here. (Photo courtesy Coeur d’Alene Casino)CPD Blue incident report/SRBonner County 911 dispatch activity/SR4 at Shoshone Base Camp test positive for…
Houston Police Officer Miguel Rodriguez poses with a dummy he confiscated from an accident he was investigating. Rodriguez said he was startled when came across the dummy at the accident Thursday morning and thought it was an injured person. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Housotn…
5:31 p.m. Shotgun shells are scattered on the roadway @ the beginning of the H95 construction zone.5:10 p.m. A 21-month-old girl is suffering a seizure near Independence Point fight.5:08 p.m. A large crowd is gathered at Independence Point for a possible fight involving a 7-foot…
An Oscar Meyer Wienermobile crashed into the home and outdoor deck of Nick Krupp in Racine, Wis. on Friday morning. According to a witness, the vehicle was parked in the driveway. The driver lurched the vehicle forward instead of backing out of the driveway, hitting…
Zelda Krup: There's something I want to know, so help me out fellow HBOers. I read the article about Idaho's immunization rates thoroughly. But it didn't answer the most obvious question: Why does Idaho trail the nation (and many 3rd-world countries) in immunization rates? Yes,…
Item: Minnick, 20 other freshmen Dems sign letter opposing Pelosi's tax increase on wealthy to pay for health care expansion/The HillMore Info: Twenty-one freshman Democratic House members have signed a letter opposing their leadership's plan to raise taxes to finance a healthcare overhaul. Rep. Jared…
1. Duane Hagadone2. Marshall Chesrown3. John Stone4. Charlie/Susan Nipp5. Tony Stewart6. John BeutlerPleaz cast your vote in today's HBO Poll for Coeur d'Alene's most influential VIP. I plan to use it in my print Huckleberries a week from Sunday. Click here.
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox snapped this photo of Sadie Wagoner picking huckleberries -- and is looking for individuals to send her blog site photos of their huckleberry picking. See here.10 days worth of lunch guests/A Butterfly MomentExercise can be hazardous to your…
Recognize City Beach? In this photo posted by OrangeTV @ Remember the Roxy, you see the way things were at City Beach, looking back toward what is now the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Playland Pier sits on Independence Point. Dunno about you, but I prefer the…
I used to ride, my last bike was a beautiful States Blue HD with an almost obscene amount of chrome. It was wonderful! As I was strapping on my helmet one day, a small voice in my head or heart or from somewhere said no.…
Item: Should Idaho stop allowing minors to be tried as adults? Two Canyon County cases raise questions about the prosecution of children/Kristin Rodine, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: No formal effort to change Idaho law has begun, and local lawmakers say they haven't been contacted yet. But…
"You know kids hear plenty of adult-talk about outrageous gas prices when their pretend play consists of making Barbie ride-share and carpool," posts Taryn/Taryn A. Hecker's Photography. "If the Barbie VW Bug wasn't topless, there's no way Faith could have fit all of her Barbies,…
When Ed saw me coming he strolled with his cup of coffee into the big underground shop in a building that was once a car dealership and part of the local Gazette newspaper, or the Daily Record, one or the other. They combined into the…
Ritchie Cross, of Sugar Hill, Georgia, show his gratitude to the people of Spokane, for their generosity to the athletes participating the the 29th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Says Cross "the community opened up their doors and arms". Cross spent Thursday afternoon displaying his sign…
11:42 a.m. R/P reports that 20ish male w/blond ponytail on a mountain bike is playing w/ninchucks and "twitching" on Hayden Lake's Dike Road.11:20 a.m. R/P reports another motorist shot at him at 7:30 this morning @ bottom of Fourth of July Pass.11:18 a.m. Woman reports…
"These signs are posted at Avondale Golf Course in Hayden Lake," posts MamaJD. "Of course, you just can't pass it up without some hijinks." (See next post)
Werk is promising to push two bills that will play well with fellow cyclists. He is backing a bill requiring motorists to maintain a three-foot buffer when they pass cyclists — an idea that has been adopted in several other states, and has been embraced…
Pope Benedict XVI greets hospital staff as he leaves the Regional Hospital after a surgery on his right wrist, seen in a cast, in Aosta, northern Italy earlier today. Benedict XVI emerged smiling from the hospital Friday after undergoing surgery for a broken wrist due…
Norm Gissel: As an aid to Mr. Arnold's pursuit of his goal of becoming mayor I want to mention that with the same sort of logic he apparently uses to do away with the 14th Amendment, he could simply declare himself a citizen who is…
JEERS to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell. His book, "A Nation Divided: The War for America's Soul," reads like a biblical text. And that's OK for a segment of the market. But somewhere in his soul, Rammell believes socialism is the tool of the devil:…
"Driving down my neighborhood street I heard a small engine overhead," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. The camera was on the seat and the top was down on the car so I snapped this shot of a motorized glider. The pilot must have seen me…
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.
