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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009

Summer Vacation Can Be Bedlam 

Item: Bedlam rules the day: But parents say they can control the chaos that spring brings for active children/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SRMore Info: May is the new December for parents and their school-age children, with spring becoming as crazy as the holiday season hustle and bustle.…

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Omdougsman: Slim Paper No Sweat 

Q: Hey, The Spokesman- Review I received on Monday looks really different – what gives?The Omdougsman: You must mean the front-page story from the editor. It’s about time we got some bylines out of that guy.Q: No. I mean that my newspaper is skinnier than…

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First District Judge Charles Hosack at the Kootenai County Courthouse on Monday, June 1, 2009. He is retiring after 12 years on the bench. He is best-known for presiding over the civil trial that bankrupted the Aryan Nations. KATHY PLONKA kathypl@spokesman.com (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

AM Headlines -- 6.2.09 

First District Judge Charles Hosack at the Kootenai County Courthouse on Monday. He is retiring after 12 years on the bench. He is best-known for presiding over the civil trial that bankrupted the Aryan Nations. Read Alison Boggs' SR story here. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins,…

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Cis: Bring On The Hugs 

RE: Touched/HuckleberriesCis: In my job I noticed the great appreciation of a hug. So I made sure I hugged all of my residents. I have seen wives who laid in bed with the dying husbands, and holding them in their arms as he passed away…

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Truly: Over-Prepared For Vacay 

Truly: Boz and I are heading over to Bellingham this Friday to visit Sam the Reporter and the lovely Kathryn for a few days and I can't wait. I guess I am so excited I have become annal about getting ready with a spread sheet…

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Stickman: I Want Small Town Back 25 

RE: Another high-rise for downtown/SRStickman: I have to disagree for once with the one known as John. I moved here with the idea of a small town, whether it was dead or dying. I don't like the new idea of what we are becoming, it…

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EJS: I'm Sick Of Dogs 14 

RE: Christie's Visitor's Guide to City Ordinances/HuckleberriesEJS: I suppose we could ask for the dog violation log book and see how many are or were given in a year to settle if it's enforced or not. I expect it's not though. Oh the poor poor…

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Huckleberries Online

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.