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TG: Does Tragedy Come In 3’s?

In May, a series of losses hit the River Journal and, even more so, the staff at Keokee Publishing, with the deaths of three of our good friends:

  • On Monday, May 4, Dennis Nicholls, who founded this publication you hold in your hands back in December of 1993, died in Noxon, Mont.
  • On Wednesday, May 20, just a few hours after I had promised to return the next week with organic, black bean soup, Carole Eldridge died.
  • On Friday, May 29, the big heart of Dick Wentz could take no more. Dick worked for Ducks Unlimited Magazine before moving to Sandpoint. Full column by Trish Gannon/River Journal here.

Question: Do you believe the old adage like Trish’s mother that tragedy comes in threes?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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