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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009

Asthma Day Wild Card -- 5/6/09 49 

Don't forget to vote in today's HBO Poll, which asks whether the city was right in pursuing a lawsuit against Kathy Sims and Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County over campaign finance violations here. Also, I'd like to know if you might like to stage an…

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A duck hen sits on a nest on an awning attached to the Sherwood Building in downtown Spokane, Wash. Friday, May 1, 2009.  A year ago, the email story of Joel Armstrong, a Sterling Savings Bank employee, saving the falling ducklings from that same nest became a viral hit.  With "mama duck's" return, Sterling Savings Bank has started a program called "Bucks for Ducks", which will run May 4 through May 29 to raise money for Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.  Anyone can be entered for a chance at winning cash awards and to name one of the ducklings, for a dollar donation.   JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

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A duck hen sits on a nest on an awning attached to the Sherwood Building in downtown Spokane. A year ago, the email story of Joel Armstrong, a Sterling Savings Bank employee, saving the falling ducklings from that same nest became a viral hit. With…

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Taryn: Mark June 20 On Calendars 17 

Taryn Hecker: Hi all! Mark your calendars for June 20. Bent and I are co-hosting an event at my new studio digs in Spirit Lake. He'll be serving up some homebrew and BBQ fare and I'll have some great deals on portraits for kids, families…

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PM Huckleberries -- 5/6/09

The 2009 North Idaho College retirees were honored with a reception May 6 at NIC. Pictured are NIC Trustee Christie Wood, retirees Janet Gossett and Nina Bartlett, NIC President Priscilla Bell, and retirees Kaye Wilson, Jim Cultra and Doug Fagerness. Not pictured: Robert Bohac, David…

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ORG XMIT: LA114 This undated photo provided by the Department of Justice shows detained suspect Sony Dong, with songbirds strapped to his legs at Los Angeles International Airport. Dong was charged Tuesday, May 5, 2009 with smuggling song birds into the United States by strapping more than a dozen of them to his legs and trying to walk out of the Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Department of Justice) (The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 5/6/09 25 

This undated photo provided by the Department of Justice shows detained suspect Sony Dong, with songbirds strapped to his legs at Los Angeles International Airport. Dong was charged Tuesday with smuggling song birds into the United States by strapping more than a dozen of them…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 5/6/09 

4:49 p.m. Mustachioed male in a pickup w/a camper panhandling outside CdA Library.4:09 p.m. R/P reports that another driver is swerving on Government Way -- and possibly hit a passenger w/a clipboard.3:49 p.m. R/P reports a black 2-door sports car almost hit him while speeding…

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Briefs: Spirit Lake Cleans Skate Park

More than 20 people showed up for the first of a number of Spirit Lake Parks & Recreation Commission cleanup days Saturday. Here, a participant tosses a bag of leaves picked up from the Spirit Lake Skate Park into a pickup bed. More here. (Ralph…

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IVA: Conservative States Freest 71 

Significantly, there is a strong correlation between conservatism and freedom on the one hand and liberalism and bondage on the other. The states that are most free tend to be the most conservative politically: S. Dakota, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia and N. Dakota…

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Pend O'Reille

Pend O'Reille,my lake of choice.Because my early yearsas well as later vacationstook place here,this place is tightly tiedto everything I hold dear.Sue Turner/Tumblewords

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Jeanie, Cindy: On Camping 19 

JeanieS: 10 reasons she loves camping:You can throw your dirty dishes in the campfire with no guilt.You can stay up as long as you like and tell ghost stories around the campfire after the sun goes down – no need for tv, radio, or booksYou…

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HBO's Blogosphere -- 5/6/09

City beach is a little bit cleaner today after Idaho Dad's daughter and her Girl Scout troop joined with several others to pick up trash along the shoreline. You can read more re: the beach cleanup at A Family Runs Through It here.Things I learned…

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ITN: Bristol Pushes Teen Abstinence 79 

Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center, arrives for an event to promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day earlier today in New York. Unwed mother Bristol Palin said Wednesday that abstinence is a realistic way for teens to avoid unwanted pregnancy -- a…

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Butterfly Introduces Not Me Monday 

I did NOT make sloppy joes this week for the very first time in almost 17 years of marriage. And my family did NOT love them.I did NOT spend my time in Bible class yesterday making a list of possible blog ideas. And the whole…

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JF: Invasive Species Sticker? Pshaw 

As reader Art Seamans pointed out in a letter on this page Monday, however reasonable it may be to charge boaters for the cost of fighting invasive species, the mechanism for collecting the fees is anything but well-thought-out. Rather than building on the existing registration…

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HBO's Best Of The INW -- 5/6/09 

Work has begun on the west wall of the $10M Kibbie Dome restoration project at the University of Idaho/Moscow. Story here. (Geoff Crimmins/Moscow-Pullman Daily News)Cartoon: Out of the pot into the fire/David Horsey, P-ICity of Boise to lay off 9 workers/Idaho StatesmanBad economy prompts cancellations…

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Uncompromising Wood 

If lawmakers do as they shouldAnd it’s all for the public goodThen some middle groundMust be there to be foundUnless you ask Rep. JoAn Wood.Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise

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High Noon: Kids' Love Is All I Need 

My family has a front row seat to the worst of me.... the "mean mom", curfews and chores, yelling and grounding, saying "NO" more than I needed to. I threw Thanksgiving Dinner in the garbage one year in a fit of anger over something stupid.…

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NIC History Book Signing Set 

North Idaho College English Instructor and author of "The Gathering Place: A History of North Idaho College" Fran Bahr will host a book signing from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Hastings in Coeur d’Alene. The book was written and released as part of the…

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Scanner Traffic -- 5/6/09

11:36 a.m. EMTs are en route to 8797 Cloverleaf Road/Hauser Lake area, where a victim of a dog bite is bleeding from the wrist and hand.11:08 a.m. A possible illegal burn is reported in 2200 block of Coeur d'Alene Ave/CdA.10:59 a.m. 3 units are en…

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HBO Poll: City Suit Against Sims

<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1598832/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1598832/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1598832/">Was the city of Coeur d'Alene right in pursuing the campaign finance suit against Kathy Sims & Co.?</a><span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://www.polldaddy.com" mce_href="http://www.polldaddy.com" mce_href="http://www.polldaddy.com">online surveys</a>)</span>

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OTC: Yo, Obama, Bail Out Papers 27 

President Barack Obama’s top aides have all but confirmed newspapers will receive no bailout from the government. They say it would be a conflict of interest, which is ridiculous. Will newspapers be extinct before the ignorant U.S. public realizes their importance in society?/Sydney Boyd, Argonaut.…

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DH: Bursting Bats Rain On Eco-Parade 12 

It seems that when bats fly too close to windmills they enter an area of reduced air pressure and that causes their lungs to explode. Needless to say, that is not good for the bat. In a nation that spends billions to save all types…

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ITN: Amazon Rolls Out New Kindle 41 

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle DX at a news conference Wednesday in New York. The Kindle DX has a larger 9.7 inch screen than its predecessor, the Kindle 2, and can be ordered for $489 for delivery this summer. Story here. (AP…

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Pharmacy Provides Baby Wrong Drug 

Lindsay Lindberg had needed special help from the start. The infant was born in November with a heart defect that left her fatigued and unable to nurse. Her mother, Courtney Lindberg, had been filling a host of prescriptions at a Walgreens pharmacy in north Spokane.…

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Mary Defends Sims, Macy, Of Course 17 

Mary Souza and her conspiracy theorists @ Not-So-OpenCDA.com believe they have a gotcha moment in one of my posts from yesterday -- the one in which I reproduced Kathy Sims' 2007 attack ad against 3 CdA council incumbents. In defense of Sims and Tom Macy…

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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.