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MONDAY, NOV. 16, 2009

Wild Card/Monday -- 11.16.09 39 

First, you should join me in applauding another terrific effort by CindyH in keeping this blog hopping while I was on vacation last week. (Point of order: I have only one more week of vacation left on my docket -- to be taken around Christmas…

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Is It Still Called 'Making Out'? 12 

On Scanner Traffic at noon, two teens were reported "making out" in a Jeep Cherokee, behind the sports complex at Canfield Middle School. That term for passionate kissing was popular back in my day, four decades ago.Question: What did they call "making out" in your…

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Eli: Ringtones Are A Royal Pain 16 

Who ever thought that a ring back tone would be a good idea? It's promoted as a way for music lovers to express their individuality, their personal tastes in music. In my mind, the only person who would be twisted enough to consider a ringback…

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PM Headlines -- 11.16.09 

Idaho’s first-ever female transportation director was fired, in part, simply for being a woman, a lawsuit filed today charges. Pam Lowe, who last week filed a “whistleblower” complaint against the state alleging that she was fired for resisting political pressure to favor a big campaign…

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 photo, wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison, with MCH Towing, attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas. A man blamed  a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. (Chris Paschenko / The Galveston County Daily News)

APhoto Of The Day -- 11.16.09 13 

Wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas. A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 11.16.09 

5:43 p.m. A crash b/n a vehicle and a deer is reported @ H95 & Kidd Island Bay Road.5:25 p.m. A dead deer is lying along H95 @ M/P 428 (Riverview Drive).5:20 p.m. Officers are converging on a Chevy Impala at a CdA pharmacy. Motorist…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 11.16.09 

Here's a look at the Casa Cox huckleberry patch after Saturday's snow in Priest River, courtesy of Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns.'True Blue' giveaway/A Family Runs Through ItPolitical correctness/Bay ViewsWatching the toilet paper roll/Simple MindPost Falls thrift store tour/Get Out! North IdahoMovie Review: "2012"/Rants, Raves,…

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Joker's Sarah Palin Visit Predictions 

She'll be wearing blue jeans, designer of course, and a Sandpoint High School sweatshirt.Important Republicans (campaign donors) will be given cuts.She'll comment on how nice is to be back in Idaho, surrounded by real people, instead of the intellectual crowd of Washington DC.Her hair will…

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Down But Not Out 

This photo provided by the New Castle City Police Department Saturday shows a deer that was struck by a motorist and ended up stuck in the front bumper and grille of the vehicle in New Castle, Del. Police, along with the Delaware SPCA, tranquilized the…

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City Clerk Responds To Spencer 22 

Clerk Of The City (Susan Weathers): Larry, in response to your comment (@ 12:45 p.m. on this thread), I received an email requesting the copies of the poll books from Mr. Ingram at 9:32 a.m. this morning. He also indicated that they would be having…

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CindyH: I'd Rather Be ... 15 

CindyH: I've got a monster deadline staring me in the face. It's already been a a long day, and I've got hours/words to go before I'm done. But I find myself thinking about things I'd rather be doing if I didn't have to work. I'd…

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Huckleberries Hears ... 16 

Earwitnesses in the City Hall hallway on the day of the canvassing for the Coeur d'Alene city elections last Monday tell Huckleberries of an interesting comment made by Gary Ingram. Seems Ingram, who was with Jim Doty at the time, spotted Kennedy entering the hallway…

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M&M: Thumbs Down For 'Pirate Radio' 

“Sure, I liked the music. But I would also have liked a plot, something besides concept to tie the various characters together. I would also have liked some sort of explanation about why the U.K. stations at the time couldn’t, or wouldn’t, play rock music…

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Robber Suspect Feated In Handle Xtra 

Booth’s only previous visit to jail was in 1999 on a domestic battery charge. Dotson has no adult bookings. News archives show he’s lived in Coeur d’Alene since he was 8 and was pictured with a Fernan Elementary School music class. In May, he was…

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This undated photo released by the Hells Canyon Bighorn Sheep Initiative shows a Bighorn ram and other sheep in Hells Canyon, Idaho.  University of Idaho Professor Marie Bulgin who was suspended from sheep research duties since June 2009 has repeated claims that wild bighorns don't catch fatal diseases from domestic sheep, despite pledging not to disseminate information on the issue until the school completes an inquiry into her work. (Vic Coggins / Bighorn Sheep Initiative)

HBO's Inland Northwest -- 11.16.09

This undated photo released by the Hells Canyon Bighorn Sheep Initiative shows a Bighorn ram and other sheep in Hells Canyon, Idaho. University of Idaho Professor Marie Bulgin who was suspended from sheep research duties since June 2009 has repeated claims that wild bighorns don't…

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Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (Chris O'meara / Associated Press)

High Noon: And We Have Liftoff 

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday. New York Times story here. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Question: How much attention do you pay to space flights such as today's shuttle liftoff?

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 11.16.09 17 

Noon: 2 youths are "making out" in a red Jeep Cherokee, behind the Canfield Middle School sports complex.11:53 a.m. Lake City High has asked police to remove a person from school grounds.11:47 a.m. Andrew called from Pennsylvania to ask about a warrant he has and…

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DanOTC Challenges OpenCDA Claim 32 

On an OpenCDA.com comments thread Nov. 13, Dan of the County took issue with this statement by Mary Souza: “Then there are the military Absentee ballots that weren’t sent out in enough time. They’re supposed to have 6 weeks but only had about 3. All…

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Ingram Asks For City's Poll Books 15 

Coeur d'Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers tells Huckleberries Online that challenger Jim Brannon still hasn't filed a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Councilman Mike Kennedy Nov. 3. Brannon has until Nov. 30 to file for a recount. Meanwhile, Gary Ingram…

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Palin To Oprah: Don't Blame Me 22 

Item: Sarah Palin Says She Isn't Responsible for the GOP's Loss: Palin Says She Was Told to Stay on Script During the Campaign/ABC NewsMore Info: "I think the reason we lost is that the economy tanked under a Republican and people were very seriously looking…

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Snow Covers Tubbs Hill 'Bald Spot' 

Don Sausser, HBO's Eye On Sherman Avenue, compares the bare spot on Tubbs Hill to "the back of my noggin." Don reports that Tubbs Hill was sporting "it's first sticky snow of the season" on Saturday.Question: When did you last hike Tubbs Hill?

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Alert Deputy Nabs Market Robbers 

An alert Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy caught two men allegedly trying to rob the Dalton Market, 5632 15th, Dalton Gardens, last night. While patrolling in the area of 15th and Dalton, the deputy when he saw what appeared to be a robbery in progress at…

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HBO Poll: Living In 'Whitopia'

Benjamin classifies a Whitopia as whiter than the nation, with at least 6 percent population growth since 2000, and at least 90 percent of that growth from white migrants. "And a Whitopia has a je ne sais quoi -- an ineffable social charisma, a pleasant…

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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.