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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009

BeerBQ Minus-1 Wild Card -- 6.19.09 13 

Today is the 170th day of 2009. There are 195 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1910, Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the…

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ORG XMIT: BK109 American actress Brittany Daniel gets a tattoo by famous Thai tattoo artist Ajarn Nu in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Friday, June 19, 2009. (AP Photo) (Str Str / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 6.19.09 12 

American actress Brittany Daniel gets a tattoo by famous Thai tattoo artist Ajarn Nu in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, today. (AP Photo)SR's Today In PhotosQuestion (for those of you with tattoos): Is the tattoo process as painful as it looks?

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Bent & Taryn's BeerBQ Info 30 

Bent provides the following info and directions (see link) re: Bent & Taryn's BeerBQ, which is scheduled from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday @ Taryn's home in Spirit Lake to officially launch her photography studio): "We have five BBQers fired up with fantastic FREE food.…

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PM Headlines -- 6.19.09 

A woman suspected of stealing a car was killed when she wrecked the vehicle before dawn today in north Spokane. A man involved in the robbery is still missing, said the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the fiery crash. Story here. (Mike Prager/SR)Ex-Borah…

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APhoto Of The Day -- 6.19.09 13 

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists sit with red painting on their body to protest against bullfighting at the Trocadero near the Eiffel tower, in Paris, Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)Top Cutlines:1. Upon arriving in Heaven Ubdai was a…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 6.19.09 

4:35 p.m. Head-on collision on I-90 @ M/P 1 involves several cars and has blocked the e/b lanes. Reportedly, a w/b vehicle crossed the median into the e/b lanes. Traffic backed up into Washington. One person is being transported to hospital. Update (4:53 p.m.): ISP…

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HBlogos: More Than A Tummy Ache 

They got Adam all set up with an IV, which he was very curious about, and prepared him to go up to the operating room. Dad said a prayer with us and I was glad again that he was there. The surgeon came into the…

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More Regulation, Please

Great clouds of pollen fill the breezeand innocents now cough and sneeze;from tiny babe to world war vet,the throat is raw, the eye is wet.Enough, I say, it's gone too far --this nation needs a Pollen Czar.The Bard of Sherman Avenue

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ORG XMIT: FLPAP101 FILE - This Aug. 9 2007, file photo, shows John Joseph Houghtaling, inventor ofthe " Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed"  aboard his 51-foot yacht in Fort Pierce,Fla.    Houghtaling   died in Ft.  Pierce, Fla. Wednesday June 17, 2009. He was 92. ( AP Photo/Paul J. Milette, The Palm Beach Post) (Paul Milette / The Spokesman-Review)

Vibrating Bed Inventor, 92, RIP 

This Aug. 9, 2007, file photo, shows John Joseph Houghtaling, inventor of the " Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed" aboard his 51-foot yacht in Fort Pierce,Fla. Houghtaling died in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Wednesday. He was 92. Story here. ( AP Photo/Paul J. Milette, The Palm Beach…

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DID: Shouldn't Shut Sherman Yet 

Deaf In Downtown: It seems ludicrous that the City shut down what is essentially two blocks of Sherman Avenue three full days before the first Ironman finisher will cross the finish line. The work to do this took only a few hours. Why can’t this…

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What Happened To Ryan Leaf? 10 

Chosen second, behind Manning, in the 1998 NFL draft, the world belonged to Leaf every bit as much as it did Manning. But Manning succeeded and Leaf failed. Manning still is having one of the most prolific careers in NFL history. He's still at the…

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MT: But Can She Fix A Pothole? 

Give (Melissa Sue) Robinson credit for adding some lift to a slow news week. A "male-to-female post-op transgendered person," Robinson says she will run for mayor of Nampa, one of Idaho's more conservative communities. "I am running because I am progressive and I feel that…

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Spokane Asks To Dismiss Zehm Case 10 

Item: City asks to dismiss Zehm case: Zehm’s actions cause of death, court papers claim/Jim Camden, SRMore Info: The City of Spokane asked a federal court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Otto Zehm over his death in police custody in…

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ORG XMIT: WYPOW107 This June 11, 2009 photo shows two kit foxes lounging on the steps of the old Pahaska lodge in North Fork, Wyo. (AP Photo/The Powell Tribune, John Wet) (John Wet / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's Inland Northwest -- 6.19.09 

This June 11 photo shows two kit foxes lounging on the steps of the old Pahaska lodge in North Fork, Wyo. (AP Photo/The Powell Tribune, John Wet)Shrine Circus won't bring elephants to Boise/KTVBStudy: Idaho charter schools satisfy teachers, students/Twin Falls Times-NewsChickens trained by Montanan provide…

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High Noon: Annulment Dream 11 

In the waking world, Eileen and I separated in 1981, divorced in '82, and our marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in 1984, making it possible for Eileen, a new convert to Catholicism, and her Roman Catholic fiancee to marry one another. This…

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HBO Poll: PETA's Impact 

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My 2 Cents: An Old Familiar Face 

As I biked home Wednesday, I saw a familiar face with his wife of 59 years, walking slowly along torn-up 4th Street @ Garden, in front of the old SR bureau: Bob Hough. For years, Bob was the voice of KVNI (before "newcomer" Dick Haugen…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 6.19.09

11:09 a.m. Officers are calling for a medical evaluation of a 16YO girl on Meadowbrook Loop/Rathdrum who's in custody, suffering from alcohol- or drug-related problems.10:54 a.m. R/Ps report a two-vehicle crash b/n a gray p/u and a Jeep that might have been head-on @ Garwood…

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ITD: Highway 95 Bottleneck 'Stupidity' 

Item: Garwood-to-Sagle freeway comes with a bottleneck: Two-lane portion at end would stretch two miles/Betsy Russell, SRMore Info: The Idaho Transportation Board on Thursday reviewed an Idaho attorney general’s opinion that found that the board can’t adjust the project’s southern boundary without specific authorization from…

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ORG XMIT: PAKS101 Andrew Williams poses without his shirt behind his backpack at a park near his home in Warren, Pa., Thursday, June 18, 2009. Williams plans to participate in Naked Hiking Day, on Sunday June 21, an annual event celebrated on the first day of summer by a relatively few enthusiasts. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (Keith Srakocic / The Spokesman-Review)

Naked Hikers To Take To Hills 17 

Sunday, the first day of summer, is getting increasingly crowded with events: Father's Day, Ironman Coeur d'Alene, and Naked Hiking Day. Above, Andrew Williams poses without his shirt behind his backpack at a park near his home in Warren, Pa., Thursday. Williams plans to participate…

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ML: PETA Provides Food For Thought 10 

I'm rethinking this morning how I treat all living beings, and I'm gonna have to repent for some very recent infractions of the rules. Why just yesterday I took one of those cans (2 for $7) of deadly wasp/hornet spray and assaulted all the little…

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BS: Oh Bother 

It's 7 a.m., time for another who-am-I-kidding hour at the local gym. I don't know why I bother. This isn't fun. I've been working out for 30 years and have yet to see a single abdominal muscle. It seems pointless anymore. The padding around my…

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Cyclists enjoy the boardwalk and the view of the North Channel Dam at Falls Park on the Spokane River at Post Falls.  The park will get a significant facelift as a part of Avista's application for a new 50-year license of it's Spokane River Dams including new interpretive panels and trail improvements.  J. BART RAYNIAK bartr@spokesman.com (J. Rayniak / The Spokesman-Review)

AM Headlines -- 6.19.09

Cyclists enjoy the boardwalk and the view of the North Channel Dam at Falls Park on the Spokane River at Post Falls. The park will get a significant facelift as a part of Avista's application for a new 50-year license of it's Spokane River Dams…

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BB: Can't Kids Have Fun W/O SOS? 

Bayview Bob (re: Deputies check out Hauser Lake SOS): It makes me wonder about people these days, when they can't see kids enjoying life without thinking it is a crisis. Where did they come from where they would think kids sitting on a log was…

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OTV: Perky Katie Isn't Evil 

OrangeTV: I have no opinion on Glen Beck, never watched him. What I was referring to was how out there one must be to think that Katie Couric and Brian Williams were somehow not trustworthy, when in reality they're just talking heads, not particularly opinionated,…

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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.