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found a way to secure an unlikely Western Athletic
Conference victory. This time UI flipped on the switch just in time,
scoring on a 2-yard leap into the end zone from DeMaundray Woolridge
with 52 seconds left to nip Louisiana Tech 35-34. The
Bulldogs’ Matt Nelson, who botched what turned out to a critical extra
point earlier, watched his 56-yard field goal attempt flutter wide left
as time expired. The two missed boots helped give Idaho (7-2, 4-1) what
appears to be enough victories for a bowl berth, though nothing is
guaranteed./Josh Wright, Sportslink. ESPN boxscore 
campaign ad Thursday morning, you should check out 
31.5. Defensively, the
Bulldogs hold teams to 22 points a game while Idaho averages 31. The
Bulldog offense averages 355 yards a game while Idaho averages 360, and
both are nearly even on time of possession with La. Tech holding the
ball 29:32 and Idaho 30:28. Two big things in Idaho’s favor are playing at home and its goal of solidifying a bowl spot. At
6-2, the Vandals are bowl eligible, but they aren’t guaranteed
anything, and their chances to get a bowl invite will greatly increase
if they can get another win. The Vandals also have the Dome, a place that when full can frustrate offensive play calling. “I’m
excited about having three of our remaining four games in the Dome,”
Akey said. “… Enjoying the confines of our Dome and all that comes
with it - the atmosphere, the fans, having people on our side when we
come into it. It’s going to be awesome.” Kickoff is set for 2 p.m./Sandra Kelley, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. 
everyone’s mind right now is, “Will this
winter be as bad as last year?” KREM 2 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sherry says, “Not by a long shot.” According to Tom, this is going to be an El Nino winter for the
Northwest — which means above average temperatures in the lowlands,
good snowfall in the mountains, and decent precipitation elsewhere. For the 2009-2010 winter, Tom Sherry is calling for above average
temperatures, with between 30 and 40 inches of snow in the lowlands. This comes after the Inland Northwest had two of the snowiest
winters on record back-to-back. The 2007-2008 winter saw 93.5 inches of
snow in Spokane, and last winter we had 97.5 inches of snow/KREM2.
real men and really
loaded diapers. I know men are (and should be) disgusted at the concept
of manhandling a poo-filled Pamper. But I believe that most men are
capable of setting aside their distaste for BM long enough to provide
relief (and freshness) to their non-potty trained offspring. When dairy
air begins to waft from the derriere of their bumbling baby, I’d assume
that most men do not do what my father did: strap their child (and
their putrid britches) into a car seat and drive across town to a
friend’s house to have the friend change the diaper. (ps, thanks Dad!) For
now I am working with the hypothesis that real men do change diapers. I
am a real man and I change diapers/Nic, Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts. 
came a knocking at our door :) … so this year we aim to up our mission and try and better last years score lol … after the initial fear, this year besides the normal sweets on offer to the children, we, today, have al’dente cooked some smallish sprouts and tomorrow we will cover them in chocolate and dust with coco powder so they resemble chocolate truffles…… cant wait to see the look on them little whipper snappers faces as they bite into a soggy sprout :) that will learn them to come knocking at my door lol.
my “maiden voyage” of blogging at 30,000 feet, thanks to Delta and a company called Gogo. Delta did its part, but woe unto Gogo … (photo taken before we took off) … No promotional code was clearly stated on the card (or handed out) to the 100 or so of us who received cards as we boarded. It could have been there, but the flight attendants, several geek-types and other familiar with promo codes couldn’t see it … I said I’d post a blog…and I’m doing it (at $9.95 for today); man, what a bad-bad PR deal for Gogo. My thought is that this really cool thing could have been so much easier and cooler. But first tries are often goofy. Next time? It’ll be better.
development (“Who should be Moscow’s business greeter?”, His View, Oct. 27), but his argument is a straw house of factual errors and misleading statements. If he’s trying to attract new businesses, he might try a different tack. In a new take on the old lesson, “you’ll catch more flies with honey,” Councilor Tom Lamar likened the approach to a restaurateur standing curbside, shouting, “we serve bad food!” and wondering where his customers are. How ironic that Johnston and his bitter associates claim to support economic development, but choose to spread false and damaging rumors instead/Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. 
invading the nonpartisan city elections. Why isn’t he discouraging it? In Bonneville County, the Republican Party has endorsed Idaho Falls City Council candidate Alex Creek and given him $1,000. Twin Falls Republicans also toyed with the idea of endorsing candidates. Idaho keeps partisan politics out of its city elections deliberately. There is no Republican or Democratic way to fix a pothole or maintain a park. And do you really want the kind of partisanship that has polarized national and state politics to next roll over city councilors and mayors? What’s next? Electing city councilors based on whether they support Idaho GOP platform positions against abortion and the Federal Reserve?/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. 
OrangeTV: I agree this election is important. I’ve never been that overly interested in city council elections, but this one has me telling everyone I know who they should vote for and why. And to just vote period, no matter who they decide to vote for. I’m hoping there will be some improvement over the dismal turnout numbers from prior years…
next four years. He won’t have the votes to do anything. But he’ll provide Mary, Bill, Spencer & Co. with access to the inner sanctum. You’ve seen the craziness for the last 30 months, from Dirtgate and the partisan letter against the Kroc Center to stop Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, to the allegations by the Far Right in this community that the current mayor and council got Jim Brannon fired. You’ll see four more years of this nonsense. If one of the challengers can grab a seat, he’ll immediately become Mike Patrick’s best friend and be used to bedevil the Bloem administration on the Press editorial pages. However, if all three lose, Patrick and Hagadone HQ will have little to do with them. We’re approaching a defining moment in this community. Will we relegate Gookin, Souza, Bill, Spencer, & Co. to the margins where they belong? Or will we allow one of them to get in to provide a foothold to continue their attempt to undercut progress in this community? Not only do you need to vote, but you need to tell your family, friends, and neighbors over the next three days what’s at stake in this election/DFO.
October 28, 2009, in a letter that was published in the Coeur d’Alene Press signed jointly by Mayor Bloem and city council members, Bruning, Edinger, Goodlander, Hassell, Kennedy and McEvers, which set forth the City’s response to alleged false claims ariing in the campaigns for city elections, the amed elected officials acted in violation of the Idaho Open Meeting Law when they met, deliberated and decided on the content of the response and did not provide public notice of the meeting, or an agenda as required by Idaho Code 67-2343/Gary Ingram. 
tip to LCDCritic Dan Gookin from someone with concerns about a Black Rock Development project. Seems the tipster had heard that developer Marshall Chesrown had illegally diverted the Spokane River in front of the Bellerive neighborhood along the shore next to Riverstone. To Gookin’s credit, he decided to check things out before spreading rumors. To the discredit of his associates, the local media was called, along with Beth Reinhart, an Army Corps of Engineers rep. Everyone met at Riverstone Starbucks – Gookin, Duane Rasmussen, Matt Roetter and Ron Johnson representing, ahem, concerned citizens; reporters and photographers from both local papers; and biologist Reinhart. Gookin led the group along the shoreline, where crews are building condos. 
In August I visited with Francis (Frannie) Wilhelm on the occassion of his 97th birthday. Joined by retired City Clerk, Chris Pappas, (also pictured) whom Frannie hired when he served as mayor of Post Falls from 1976 to 1980. It was a fun and festive visit with old friends. A few weeks after his birthday, Frannie became the oldest person to parasail over Lake Coeur d’Alene. He had an incredible and extraordinary life for nearly a century with most of those years spent in Post Falls. His granddaughter, Linda Wilhelm, followed in his footsteps and serves on the Post Falls City Council/Kerri Rankin Thoreson, More Main Street. 
occurred at the Dollar Tree. Officers contacted a female clerk and female manager who stated a male came inside the store and pointed a handgun at the clerk. The suspect demanded money from the cash register. The female manager was summoned to the front of the store by the clerk. The manager saw that the suspect had a handgun and she grabbed a hold of it. The suspect struggled to break free and fled the store on foot last seen running west toward Fruitland Ave. Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department responded with a K-9 unit. The suspect was tracked but eventually the K-9 lost his scent/Sgt. Christie Wood, Coeur d’Alene police spokeswoman. 
has been rehearsing every step and note of the “Thriller” show to perform for the alumni and students. The homecoming committee raised $75,000 for tonight’s fireworks display. The University of Idaho is celebrating the 100th anniversary of homecoming in style. “It presents a special opportunity for alumni to come back to a place that means so much to them,” said Katie Dahlinger, program coordinator of the Student-Alumni Relations Board. Anna Marie Limbaugh, a co-chair of the homecoming committee, said the number of alumni coming to UI for homecoming is higher than ever/Chava Thomas, UIdaho Argonaut. 
there), and then turns her attention to the attacks against Dan Gookin. Quoth Mary: “They are dragging out a few blog comments from two years ago, and trying to make them look like official ‘statements; from Dan, which of course they were not. They were casual comments from a blog, taken out of context.” Mary then goes on to explain that the comments were taken from ”a blog that Dan and I left years ago because they were so sleazy. Many other legitimate bloggers left too.” She claims that “the site … called me a four-letter word, in print, that would make any woman cringe, right after I told them I was never posting there again.” Still unable to say “Huckleberries,” Mary concludes: “They have no credibility.”
Dan of the County: Things were more active at the elections office today but they’re still not breaking any records for sure. The countywide absentee voting rate through earlier today was 4.6% and for the city of Coeur d’Alene they were up to almost 9 percent of registered voters who have already cast an absentee ballot or have one coming back to us in the mail.
for their services and are filing grievances with the Department of Labor and Industries. The owners of the Pretty in Pink espresso stand in Spokane near the intersection of Sprague and Bowdish also own espresso stands in Post Falls and two in Western Washington. The espresso stands all have two three things in common: The girls who work their wear bikinis, the girls say they aren’t getting paid, and formal claims have been filed against the espresso stands’ owners. Fifteen former employees of the bikini espresso stands have filed formal wage claims with Labor and Industries saying they were never paid for their work/McKay Allison, KXLY. 
soda while US Air might only pour a little cup full, other than that, there isn’t much difference. The thing that I find most annoying… more annoying than the fat guy sitting next to with a quarter of his body flowing over into my seat, more annoying than the giant sweat rings in my face as a guy spends 5 minutes jamming his oversized suitcase into the bin above my head, more annoying that the woman sitting two seats over eating a day old McDonalds fish sandwich with extra tartar sauce right after a 5:30 AM takeoff, more annoying that the hospital waiting room smell of stale coffee and recycled air … No, the most annoying thing about air travel is this – the stewardess that walks up and starts jabbing me in the shoulder before take-off. “Excuse me sir, you will need to turn off your headphones.” Full post below.
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch condone rape. The accusation is out of line. The so-called “Franken amendment” is far more complex than the critics would have you think. In our information age, innuendo and invective move at warp speed; nuance travels more slowly. The story began on Oct. 6, when the Senate passed a defense appropriations amendment authored by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. 
been together for 30 years), Art, who lives near by, camped out on the couch in our suite and shuttled us back and forth to the various Disney parks - but the best, most touching thing - he got up with me at 5:00 in the morning to trek our way to dialysis and stayed with me the entire 3.5 hours and then back to the hotel for a nap - and on to the park for play time. Nobody has ever done something so altruistic for me. I am simply undone by such kindness.
also not a Catholic anymore, though I remember those days vividly. I once went to St. Peter’s in Rome and bought a beautiful rosary for my mother and also went to the special service they had for rosaries, on a Wednesday as I recall when literally thousands of people would wait in the square for the Pope to appear at a window and bless all of the rosaries. Quite a thing to be involved in. I gave it to my mother and told her the story and it became her most valued possession.
adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game. The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed. They contended that their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in 2003. The Lewis and Clark County District Court jury awarded a total of $850,000 in damages against Louisville, Ky.,-based Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product/Matt Gouras, Associated Press. 
finding the right words became an agonizing process, fraught with frustration. However, he didn’t let his disability silence him. Instead, with the help of his two Golden Retrievers, he found a new way to communicate. His canine friends, Dagwood and Darby, were certified service animals, and every month Partridge and his dogs made their rounds. They visited children at Shriners Hospital, patients at Cancer Care Northwest and hospice patients and their families. Sadly, Partridge and his dogs will no longer make those rounds. He died on Aug. 29 at the age of 66/Cindy Hval, Washington Voices. 
example of his activities is to refer to Sgt. Christie Wood of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department as a “snake” and as “Sergeant Cupcake.” Yes, this actually happened in writing publicly. Viewed in the worst possible light these statements were written by Mr. Gookin in an effort to harm Sgt. Wood professionally or embarrass her publicly. More likely and viewed in the most positive light these statements were written to demonstrate what Mr. Gookin believes to be the humorous and carefree side to his personality. One can only imagine Mr. Gookin as a newly elected councilman sitting next to our mayor, spotting Sgt. Wood in the audience and merrily shouting out, “Hi, Sargeant Cupcake” or “Hi, Snake”!
Poolman: I find skateboarders to be visually annoying - the tight pants, long hair, goofy baseball caps, spastic t-shirts, Vans tennis shoes. If they could enjoy the sport without the whole image thing I would be all for skateboards because they have a lot to offer in terms of coordination development and exercise. Unfortunately there seems to be a dreadful dress code that goes along with them. 
going on with the 70+ million dollar project. It is on hold possibly indefinitely. I, myself and the powers that be, have not decided if CdA is someplace that we want to invest that type of money into. We reached this decision through a process of events that occurred directly after we approached the city building department, being good neighbors, and spoke to a certain individual that basically dissuaded us from proceeding. Which is, as I see it, unfortunate for the residents of CdA. This project was going to be a direct economic stimulus package in the sum of 70+million dollars for the residents of the CdA area. We have the engineers, contractors and architects, all local boys, ready to go!! 
(re: reason for 
2010 primary election - but it’s a lawyer from New York who’s never been to Idaho. William Bryk, who’s filed his declaration of candidacy and a campaign finance report with the FEC, says there ought to be a choice. He’s a bankruptcy attorney and upstate New York native who, oddly, won the 2000 GOP primary for vice-president in New Hampshire, writes history columns, and is married to the former theater critic for the New Yorker. Legally, Bryk can run for the Idaho seat - he’d just have to live in Idaho as of the date of the general election. Closest he’s been to Idaho to date? Buffalo, N.Y./Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. 
City Council for writing into the Coeur d’Alene Press to denounce the attack by Jim Brannon’s followers on their character. Gookin claims their was some sort of an Open Meeting Law violation. He claims it was signed in “their official capacities.” Quoth Gookin: “When did the council make the decision to sign that letter? Was it made in public? Where was it deliberated? Where was the decision made? No discussion of this letter or its contents was made at the last regular city council meeting. There has been no 48 hour notice for any meeting, even an “emergency” meeting of the city council.”
My 8-year-old daughter announced that she wants a skateboard for Christmas. My response: “Absolutely not, never in a million years, just get over it.” She already has a bike, a scooter, and a pair of roller skates. Enough is enough. Am I wrong?
the would-be robber wore a billed beanie hat that appears to match the hat worn by a robber at the Post Falls Walgreens Sept. 30. The man walked out the Walgreens at Highway 95 and Honeysuckle without OxyContin about 5 p.m. yesterday after an employee said none of the powerful painkiller was in stock. Photos show him wearing black pants and a dark blue and black winter coat with the hood over an orange billed beanie hat/Meghann M. Cuniff, Siren’s & Gavels. 
but serious stab wounds visited upon those who’d embarrassed themselves enough to make it into the column. If you somehow made the ‘Sweet Potatoes’ section it was cause for temporary celebration and permanent rededication to not being in print the next week. There were three whole years when I loathed DFO and his column and was convinced he was a flat out SOB. Now, ten years later, as a father and hopefully more mature guy, I have come to realize that DFO is only truly evil when you’ve done something that you can’t quite explain in front of mixed company, and in those cases, well, Katie bar the door …
new calendar. In fact, she’s on the front cover. The calendar is stirring up a debate over modesty. Tami Roberts of Idaho Falls is one of the “Devout Dozen” in this calendar. She says it was all done in good taste but not everyone agrees. Tami loves to spend time with her girls, help them with homework and knows her way around the kitchen. She also enjoyed being a vintage pin-up girl. “There’s so many people that find it, that are upset about it. I don’t see what the big deal is,” Tami Roberts said. She’s the cover model of Hot Mormon Muffins, a calendar which gives readers “a taste of motherhood”/KTVB. 
put them in storage, then boarded the same plane at the San Francisco airport - I was headed for Pocatello, Mark to Denver - on a flight through Salt Lake City. While we were putting our stuff in cardboard boxes earlier, I had lent Mark my knife - a spring-assisted Swiss-made model - to cut packing tape. He stuffed the knife into his pocket, forgot about it and walked on the airplane. This was long before the age of elaborate airport security, and nobody would have been the wiser had Mark not bent over to pick his keys off the floor of the aisle of the plane. The knife fell out of his pocket and landed at the feet of a flight attendant/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. 
grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a reprieve. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it had revoked the licenses of the pilots of Northwest flight 188 - Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., the captain, and Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., the first officer. The pilots have 10 days to appeal to the three-member National Transportation Safety Board … The pilots told investigators they were working on their personal laptop computers and lost track of time and place last Wednesday night/Seattle Times. 
Last night at the gym, I was peddling away on an exercise bike, my nose buried in a book, when the guy next to me points to my bookmark and says,”Can I see that?” My bookmark features a picture of Mother Theresa and a quote from her. A few seconds later the guy returned my bookmark and announced, “I just said a rosary.” I was flummoxed. “Uh, Cool,” I replied. In hindsight I feel my response is somewhat lacking.
exaggerations, uninformed, or blatantly political. However these last two weeks have brought outrageous claims of criminal conduct that attack the integrity of each one of us and each member of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity. We have all been accused of participating in a criminal conspiracy to fire Jim Brannon — conduct that if true would be a felony under state and federal law as well as a violation of the basic code of ethics under which we operate. It is time to state clearly and directly that the claims are absolutely, 100 percent false/Mayor Sandi Bloem & Coeur d’Alene City Council (individually signed) in Coeur d’Alene Press letter to editor. 
College, saying they are standing up for the voters of Kootenai County (not this one). Quoth Mary: “Our rights have been circumvented with the shell game used by NIC and the NIC Foundation. The law clearly says there are two ways for a public entity to correctly take on public debt: Either have a VOTE of the citizens or have a judicial review by a judge.” Then, Mary wags her finger and tsk-tsks that the “folks at NIC didn’t want to do either.” So they concocted a scheme (in an attempt to expand higher education opportunities in North Idaho, at a time when the community college is bursting at the seams). Well, Mary’s gloating and the OpenCDA.com post does provide one bit of value — it has a link to Larry’s loop lawsuit. 
intimidation tactics to get his way. Mike’s actions are inappropriate for a sitting city councilman and candidate in my view, and as a citizen of Coeur d’Alene, I worry that citizens who show up to City Council meetings will continue to be treated with condescending behavior from Mr. Kennedy. I don’t think it serves the public well having a councilman who is belligerent and confrontational in his style, while, Mr. Brannon has kept a cool head and remained calm under the difficult times he is facing/Kage Mann, Coeur d’Alene Press letters to the editor. More Info: A trio of county taxpayers filed a lawsuit in First District Court Tuesday alleging that North Idaho College’s lease of the former DeArmond Mill property is unconstitutional and should be voided. Co-plaintiffs Larry Spencer, Tom Macy and Bill McCrory claim in the court document that a July lease agreement between the college and the nonprofit North Idaho College Foundation violates the section of the Idaho Constitution that restricts the debt local taxing districts can take on. Before public entities in Idaho can legally incur long-term debt, projects must either win two-thirds voter approval or a judge’s approval as ordinary and necessary expenses, according to the suit.
Question: What do you make of this lawsuit?
office. I am shocked 
$3072 during the current filing period for a total of $7435 (
fund-raising to date to $22,069 (
Smear campaigns almost always backfire. They are sign that the challenger can’t make headway otherwise and have to gain publicity in unorthodox ways. But in so doing they have to bring up something scandalous which often reflects most poorly on the challenger. Any nervousness on the part of Kennedy should be overcome by the desperation disclosed by using the tactic. I expect Kennedy will win in a landslide. 
political parties ($735,600 for Idaho Democrats, $728,400 for Republicans and rest to the third parties). This year, taxpayers donated $34,320 to the coffers of the Constitution, Democrat, Libertarian and Republican parties. In 2008, taxpayers contributed $71,429 to political parties, slightly less than a year’s wages for two Idaho State Police recruits. The campaign checkoff arrived on federal tax forms in 1972. The concept was to reduce the dependency of presidential campaigns on donations. In 1975, Idaho lawmakers succeeded in passing similar legislation on the state level. The first state checkoff in 1976 generated almost $46,400. On the state level, I’m not sure what the checkoff is really accomplishing apart from siphoning tax dollars away from the state’s general fund/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. 
the new spanking,” Amy McCready, the founder of Positive Parenting Solutions told The New York Times. “This is so the issue right now. As parents understand that it’s not socially acceptable to spank children, they are at a loss for what they can do. They resort to reminding, nagging, timeout, counting 1-2-3 and quickly realize that those strategies don’t work to change behavior. In the absence of tools that really work, they feel frustrated and angry and raise their voice. They feel guilty afterward, and the whole cycle begins again”/from Virginia de Leon’s post in Are We There Yet blog. 
their day, but now it seems as if Halloween has become restricted to daytime celebrations in self-proclaimed “safe” zones. I feel bad for the kids who no longer can accumulate large amounts of delicious candy and small amounts of miscellaneous rubbish, and instead are forced to collect medium amounts of average candy in the mall. It really is asinine when one thinks about it. For all of the bad things that have happened during Halloween night, there have been an equal number, if not more, incidents that have happened in malls and shopping centers across the country. If anything, it speaks more to lazy parenting than to any real concerns about a nighttime stroll in one’s own neighborhood/Cheyenne Hollis, UI Argonaut. 
programs fell to fourth place. It’s the first time since the network launched more than 20 years ago that it finished last in prime time — the area all networks rely on the heaviest for advertising. Buoyed by a tight Obama-Clinton Democratic presidential primary, which led to prime-time shows such as “
reporter) went to the Press today and said they were “unnerved” that I was trying to get hold of him directly instead of “working through our campaign managers.” Really? I didn’t realize this campaign was so important that “my people” needed to be calling “his people”. Yikes. I hope Jim doesn’t get “unnerved” when constituents want to tell him what they think. Jim didn’t return two phone calls and an email. So much for transparency and openness.
was going that fast. I was late getting my son to school and failed to look both ways before proceeding at the intersection. Next thing I know I feel the impact and the car is flipping over. Nate and I were hanging upside down in the seatbelts and couldn’t get out. The car slid half a block upside down and I think it hit a parked vehicle. The owner of the vehicle and the house it was parked in front of thought it was going to keep going into his house apparently. I am still very, very shaken up. I have been in accidents before but never a rollover and never one where I was at fault. Full post below.
office to see if he would talk to me about
the allegation of federal fraud that his campaign is distributing. He
didn’t return two phone calls and an email, and though his car was
there no one answered the door. Jim’s campaign allegations of federal criminal wrongdoing in his
firing is a flat out lie. His campaign is spreading that lie in
neighborhoods, yet oddly they will show no proof. Because there is
none. Yet he’s content to damage the city and Habitat for Humanity with
this lie trying to desperately get traction in the last weeks of
a campaign. So if Jim needs to find me and wants to talk grown-up to grown-up, my cell number is 661-7337 and my email is 
Post Falls doctor’s office. Yolanda M. Williams, 36, is charged with grand theft and forgery
for allegedly making fraudulent online transfers from the bank account
of Post Falls Family Medicine into her personal bank account, Post
Falls police said. Williams, who worked as an office manager, began making
withdrawals from the business accounts as far back as July 2003. The
thefts were discovered Oct. 5, when management at the practice noticed
funds were missing.
Williams is accused of altering bookkeeping records to erroneously show
payments were made to various vendors, when they were not/Meghann M. Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels. 
82 and Lake Pend Oreille School District before retiring in 2002, now finds her son, Will, following in her footsteps as a journalism instructor and advisor for the Cedar Post student newspaper at Sandpoint High School. As Will gets his footing in his first year of teaching, Marianne plans to keep her counsel to herself. “As a mother of a first-year teacher, I figured out my own words of wisdom: ‘Keep your mouth shut and give suggestions only when asked,’” she said. “I’ve tried to stick to that, but have faltered a time or two.” Like a few others in the LPOSD family, Will entered the profession after making a name for himself in another field/David Gunter, Bonner County Bee. 
committee passed a resolution in June encouraging Republicans to become more involved in municipal elections. He stressed that whether or not to make endorsements is a decision for the local central committees to make, not the state organization. “I think it’s pretty clear that the Democratic Party has been treating Boise municipal races more like a partisan race than the Republican Party has and a lot of our membership has been tired of sitting back and watching them be involved,” Parker said. “As a result, we are taking a more active approach”/Ben Bodkin, Twin Falls Times-News. 
Steve Sibulsky: Folks might want to take their own magazine or a book when visiting the doctor … Just got back from an appointment with the Knee Doctor … there’s no magazines in the waiting room or exam rooms … H1N1 and sanitation!!
turning away from Hollywood’s version fright-night thrills and discovering new ways of experiencing those backbone shivers? Not likely. We’re all suckers for things that go clump in the night, especially when they involve the chance of gore and maybe a bit of skin. And Hollywood isn’t going to give up its use/overuse of special effects anytime soon – good news to anyone who likes the occasional exploding auto. Still, it was good news to hear that the latest 
under even more pressure to learn some basic Montana skills, if only so that I don’t embarrass the poor guy in front of his friends later on. I’m doing all right so far. Two years into my Montana residency, I’ve already achieved journeyman status at standing next to my grill with a can of Pabst in my hand, floating down the Blackfoot on an inner tube, and reacting to every new City Council resolution by exclaiming “this is Big Brother government at its worst!” But those skills will only carry me so far. To approach true Montananness, what I really need to do is get better at killing things in the woods. My first efforts at hunting, last fall, were a bit of a bust, not least because I don’t own a rifle/Sutton Stokes, New West. 
undead
that attitude is widespread in traditionally red-state Idaho, where gun
ownership is an ingrained part of the outdoor mindset and hunter’s education
serves as almost a rite of passage, what is outside the majority is his
political affiliation. “I’m a gun-toting Democrat,” offered (Thom) George, who serves
as chair of the Kootenai County Democratic Party and has a concealed-weapon
permit, which allows him to carry the .357 Magnum he bought for personal
protection when he sold real estate in rural areas/Jacob
Livingston, SR Handle. 
distributed unsolicited flyers in neighborhoods that local authorities considered hate messages. The mayor of Coeur d’Alene and other elected officials called an outdoor, citywide meeting and made the statement that this kind of activity was not desired and that action would be taken against any perpetrator identified. I thought that this reaction by local leadership was astonishing as I was from the South and had never witnessed leadership calling out such acts. I also thought how wonderful it is for leadership to set the tone to what is and is not acceptable behavior/letter writer Jackie Bland in Hattiesburg (Mississippi) American. 
Rounds of golf. The Oval’s good friend 
sell. But part of the reason for the high price tag is that the expansion has been delayed for so long. Nonetheless, the county deserves credit for finding creative ways to shave construction costs. Last year’s measure sought $88 million for the jail; now it’s $57 million. Once the economy rebounds, so will costs. It would be cheaper to build it now. The county is proposing to pay for the expansion with a half-cent sales tax increase over the next 10 years. What makes this an optimum time for passage is that half of the increase would finance the expansion and the other half would go toward property tax relief. But this state-approved local-option tax expires this year. Voters would be wise to take advantage of it now/Spokesman-Review Editorial Board. 
North Idaho city from reaping a crop of civic enhancements. And as the higher education corridor project advances along the Spokane River, the future holds promise. Such success in the face of daunting economic challenges took forward-looking leadership from a blend of public and private partners, including City Hall. That progress should be on Coeur d’Alene voters’ minds as they contemplate their ballots in the Nov. 3 general election. Mayor Sandi Bloem and three City Council members, all of whom have had a hand in the community’s advances, face challenges from rivals who would have guided the city along a more timid path, missing the opportunities that now stand as shining community assets/Spokesman-Review Editorial Board. 
their
respects one final time Friday in Bonners Ferry. Sgt. Kirk was killed Oct. 3rd when insurgents attacked his outpost near the Pakistani border.“I
just could not imagine anything happening to him,” Joshua’s sister, Liz
Fulton said. “When I was told Josh had died, my heart fell to the
floor.”Boy Scouts and Patriot Guard members lined the streets of
Sgt. Kirk’s hometown — Bonners Ferry. He eventually moved away from
northern Idaho, married and had a child. The one constant in his life
is that he always wanted to be a soldier his family says. This was
Kirk’s second tour-of-duty; he had already served one 15-month tour of
duty in Afghanistan/KXLY, 
quickly. Instead of the aerial attack UH presented with the run-and-shoot
scheme, the Vandals will be focusing mainly on the ground game when
they go up against the nation’s top rushing offense in the Nevada Wolf
Pack. “We’re going from one extreme to the next,” defensive coordinator Mark
Criner said. “And my God, you couldn’t have picked a worse situation or
combination to have.” But that’s the hand Idaho has been dealt as it enters its most
high-profile WAC matchup of the season on Saturday in Reno (1 p.m.,
KLEW)/Jesse Baumgartner, Lewiston Tribune. 
Souza for a minute: Kathy Sims and Sharon
Culbreth each have letters to the editors today urging to look at the
tax implications of LCDC and imploring us to vote the incumbents out.
Brannon supporters start floating a document that appears to be a
campaign flyer with language about LCDC and allowing us the taxpayers
to keep our money in our pockets. Souza, even with the advantage of
20/20 hindsight still comes out railing against things like the Kroc
Center today in the Press. Culbreth, Souza and Sims make up half of the
donors list in Brannon’s campaign disclosure. They are all connected and heavily orchestrating a campaign of
deceit. These people throw out a number but not a one of them can cite
where they got the number. Brannon might as well have pulled 16.8% out
of thin air. Remainder of comment below
they came by information. A columnist
should be honest when asked questions by the public and not ignore
those questions or change the subject. The point is to be transparent
with the public you’re communicating with and to show that what you’re
doing is honest and up front. If Mary didn’t have the ability to do these things, it was the
responsibility of the Press editors to ensure that the content of
Mary’s columns were factually accurate, honest and ethical. When Mary
secretly tape recorded Christie Wood, she should have been forthcoming
about it, as should have the editors. 
alleged assault by two Grizzly
football players, the UM football team has proved it’s good at
another game - the silent treatment. In recent weeks, head coach Bobby Hauck has publicly belittled
Kaimin reporters at weekly news conferences, and followed through
with an earlier threat of shutting the students out of interviews.
Now, the football athletes are no longer speaking to the student
reporters either - a silence the Kaimin believes Hauck ordered. UM officials strongly deny that claim, saying the athletes
decided among themselves not to talk/Chelsi Moy, Missoulian. 
Amazing. It even got a bit of reaction. Pete Porter, director of the 
they understand that you have been wound up in sickness and death, lost of love? Will they understand you are starting to feel free again. And is that bad? How long do they think you should grieve? How long would they grieve? Do they understand that you started grieving in private when you and your spouse found out that their illness was terminal? Don’t they understand that you still love your spouse? You still miss them with all your heart, but you also know you have to go on with life? It isn’t about sex, it is about companionship/Cis, Simple Mind. 
impressed by the Republican attendance. I had spent more than few hours this morning with rain coated excuses from some of our Democratic regulars, who enjoyed themselves a little too much last night at our anniversary party. However, that did not stop the club members from making sure I had their questions and begging for a play by play next week. The forum was very interesting and I think that two of the challengers must have made at least one or two good points. Because afterward, I had several attendees come up to ask who I was going to vote for because they liked what one or the other candidate had said about an issue”/TLPoelstra, Demo Club prez/moderator at candidates’ forum. 
Sometimes I feel like I have ridiculously high standards for my kids. Well, actually, I only feel that way after talking to other parents, where the popular sentiment seems to be a hands-off, que sera sera approach. And I can understand why they feel that way. For the most part, their kids are out of their control. They’ve been put into the hands of the public school system, where standards for learning and behavior are decidedly on the low side. High standards would ultimately hurt someone’s feelings, you know. And that just isn’t very nice. Because my kids are homeschooled, I can get away with telling them to always do their best. In everything they do/Idaho Dad. 
Truly: Diverting from the politics once again - is anyone else into the World Series of Baseball? Cute and true story - my hubby Boz and I have been betting on this gig for 27 years now. I digress but of course I have been the winner the last few. This year however I am unsure. Any help on me picking would be appreciated.
Brannon somewhat intensely (heatedly?). Seems Kennedy had gotten ahold of a flyer that was being circulated by supporters of “Jim Brannon for Coeur d’Alene City Council.” Using bold face headlines and underlines, the one-page flyer opens with the question: Do you want your property taxes to remain in your pocket or do you want your taxes granted to certain wealthy developers? Then, the flyer answers the question this way: “Vote for Jim Brannon to keep hard earned income in your pocket and not in the pockets of wealthy developers. Jim Brannon’s opponent is employed by an extremely wealthy developer and only certain wealthy developers are granted free tax money from the Lake City Development Coporation (LCDC), City of Coeur d’Alene’s Urban Renewal Agency.” 
number of allegations etc., about malfeasence at city hall, but when seated next to the person they accuse, they were silent or, often, agreed with the position of the incumbent. It was stunning. I purposefully gave each challenger an opportunity to distinguish themselves from their opponent and state what they would do differently, and each, very intentionally, remained silent on the issues they make the most noise about. The effect was, I think, that they convinced people that there’s no need for change because those currently in office are doing a great job. I left shaking my head/Jay Baldwin, NIC spokesman/forum moderator. 
said that calling a female police office “a snake” wasn’t acceptable and that he had apologized to Sgt. Christie Wood for doing so. Also, he said that the statement occurred 2 1/2 years ago — and that the matter hadn’t come up in the last City Council campaign. Gookin softened his remark by saying that he was a private citizen at the time and that Americans have a long tradition of criticizing their elected officials. Then, he switched gears and criticized council members whom he claims talk down to some private residents when they make public comments to the council, calling it unprofessional. In her response, Goodlander said that some individuals use the public comments period to make political and sometimes inaccurate comments — and the council has a free-speech right to correct misinformation.
Tribune, has a new job title and a new book to go along with it: “Cat Butler,” BookSurge, 2009. In his newly-released, self-published anthology, Hall chronicles his life with cats. He bravely tackles topics like “The Human Cat Breast,” and “Why is A Cat So Rude When You’re Getting Nude?” Hall ponders the mysteries of spaying and neutering. “I’ll never understand why they call it fixing a cat when they break it. That is a euphemism worthy of the Defense Department. If you were to actually fix a cat, you would give it a testicle transplant”/Cindy Hval, special for Huckleberries Online. Full book review below. “Cat Butler” is available at Amazon.com 
H1N1 flu virus when the president of the National Newspaper Association urged community newspaper publishers and editors to use precise language in coverage of the flu pandemic. Cheryl Kaechele, publisher of the Allegan County News in Allegan, Mich., told her members that confusion from newspaper headlines that refer to H1N1 as “swine flu” has “unfairly cast doubt upon the pork industry” … Tim Bierman, an Iowa pork producer who is president of the National Pork Board, said he has sent a letter to Kaechele thanking her for her leadership on an issue that is vitally important to the nation’s 70,000 pork producers/provided by Charlie Powell, WSU agriculture information officer. 
daughter’s murderer in a few weeks. She was a victim of the DC Sniper. The KTVB story (below) paints a picture of a a father deeply (and daily) living in the grief that never leaves a person. I understand grief. I don’t understand the expression of grief that moves a parent to almost-gleefully WANT to witness their adult child’s killer as he is executed … to even be willing to “push the button” that kills the man. All life is precious. The highest price a person MUST pay for the willful murder of another is the giving up of his or her own life. That’s how valuable life is. … What the father doesn’t understand is that executing his daughter’s murderer is a one-time event for the convicted man…and a replay after replay for the parent who cannot effectively deal with the grief that leaves no real finality/Dennis Mansfield. 
actuality he is the 21st person to serve in the position — two interims and two acting presidents who only served one year each aren’t counted as official presidents. However, whether or not the title is given to an interim, the fact remains that leadership changes hands and continuity is lost. Counting everyone who has served as the head of the university, Nellis will be the sixth person in 14 years to sit in the President’s Office. This gives us an average term of 2.3 years (unless Nellis holds out for a bit longer). For an institution as large, important and old as UI, that sort of turnover is damaging. We can’t expect stability when a typical student stays in town longer than two or three presidents/Benjamin Ledford, UIdaho Argonaut. 
as certainly, one for endings. Now is the time for this column to end, and this change comes purely at my request. I wanted to wrap up this column before the local elections so my decision would not be affected by that outcome. It matters deeply to me who wins or loses this election, but the results will not change the fact that … it’s time. Almost three years ago I wrote my first column in this paper. It was titled, “Open Government: Just what the doctor ordered.” That was the beginning, and what a process it has been!/Mary Souza, Coeur d’Alene Press. 
I do think events like this raise the awareness of breast cancer. And I’m all for them. Altho, I’m a little embarrassed by all the attention …. Let me explain. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Lots of activities, walks, fund raising, pink ribbons, pink pens, pink wrapped candies, pink you-name-it. OK. But it’s not the only cancer out there killing people. I sit at the Cancer Center everyday for radiation and the number of people waiting with me is astounding. I’ve met folks with bone, ovarian, prostate, and brain cancer among others, Where are the fundraisers, awareness raisers, etc., for those diseases?
developing a strategy and sticking with it. One can make adjustments within a strategy I should think. That’s why I agree with former Vice President Cheney’s rather terse admonition of the President. We have troops in Afghanistan waiting for help and clarification of their mission. Reports of injuries and casualties come out on a daily basis. Adding to the costs for the Veterans Administration! The war isn’t put on hold just because Washington isn’t sure which direction to go. It would be nice. Okay, everyone go home for the Holidays while we decide what to do and we’ll send the appropriate number back/Dogwalk Musings. 
Library is inappropriate for children and wants it removed. Shelly Gering told library director Karen Ganske the book, “How to Get Suspended and Influence People,” by Adam Selzer, is offensive because of its use of coarse language and an abstract drawing of a nude woman on the cover. Gering visited the library recently with her children and her 4-year-old picked the colorful book off the shelf. When she got the book home, Gering said she was appalled at the cover and the fact that it was shelved where children could see it/Sharon Strauss, Idaho Press-Tribune. 
night to see Leonard Oakland introduce one of his favorite films, Francois Truffaut’s 1962 exploration of romance, “Jules et JIm.” It’s always great to hear Oakland talk about cinema, particularly when that cinema is French. I’ve never been especially moved by “Jules et Jim” (I prefer Truffaut’s first feature film, “400 Blows”). But Oakland’s knowledge and passion could get me interested in, say, hedge fund derivatives. And his post-screening talk got me to thinking. Though I often pretend otherwise, I do love French film. The best of French film, that is (if I even begin to consider the worst, I start to burp up my morning croissant)/Dan Webster, SR. More here 
fatigue, maybe stretch marks and bloated ankles. As much as I loved being pregnant and feeling my baby kick in my womb, there were also moments toward the end when it became so uncomfortable that waiting for birth felt like an eternity. (The 50-pound weight gain certainly didn’t help.) The experience, I think, makes us tougher in the end. Talking to other moms about pre- and post-pregnancy bodies, I’m becoming convinced that the challenges of pregnancy and childbirth actually make us stronger – not just emotionally and mentally, but also physically/Virginia de Leon, Are We There Yet? 
no way a reflection on the morals of my mate. There are those who would have you think so. The French, for instance. I am told there is a French saying: “A man who is partial to cats is a man who will marry an immoral woman.” ….”I am also puzzled as to whether the saying is meant to imply that marrying an immoral woman is a blessing or a curse. Given the habits of the French, you cannot jump to the conclusion that they consider such a wife the worst thing that could happen to a man. I am a tad torn on that score myself and I’m not even French”/Submitted by CindyH. (“Cat Butler” can be found @ Amazon.com) 
A University of Idaho defensive player was arrested in connection with a weekend fight following the team’s 35-23 over Hawaii. Safety Shiloh Keo turned himself in Tuesday and was cited for misdemeanor battery before he was released, Moscow Assistant Chief of Police David Duke said. Keo is due to be arraigned in early November. He leads the 6-1 Vandals with 64 total tackles, including 38 by himself. He also has three interceptions/AP. 
all that I’ve seen coming from the H4H board, the position was totally eliminated for financial reasons with the board taking on the managerial tasks which were previously the Executive Director’s (the title may be wrong) responsibility. The distinction may be of little or no consequence, I guess, to his campaign. But if one is “laid off,” does that not carry with it the assumption of a possibility of being brought back once the financial situation changes? 
I am pretty darn sure that Mary is secretly working for the incumbents. The way I see it, LCDC most likely promised to build a new events center to bolster Mary’s business at Riverstone, but only if Mary could successfully work behind the scenes to infilltrate the CAVEr’s campaign and sabotage thier efferts to take over city government and dissolve LCDC …
Internet,” Schilling said. “We found out a lot of girls were being trafficked from Nepal to India. She paused as she recalled how this ugly truth affected her. “Girls as young as 11 are being sold into prostitution,” she said. It was hard for her to comprehend. “We had such happy lives. Our biggest complaint was going to school, but these girls don’t even have a chance to go to school – they are in brothels.” Schilling wasn’t content to simply read about the problem – she wanted to be part of the solution. She decided to hold a fundraiser to help girls on the other side of the world. Schilling admitted, “I knew if I didn’t make this my culminating project – I wouldn’t follow up on the fundraiser”/Cindy Hval, Washington Voices. 
general election. He seems like a competent legislator, and his policies seem both socially and fiscally responsible. I can, actually, understand why his fellow Idaho legislators support him. However, in Congress I would envision Roberts as more of a competent backbencher. No controversy along the lines of Chenoweth or Sali, but not the outspoken advocate for his constituents like Otter or Craig, either. Basically, my impression is that, if he gets in, Roberts would serve a few terms, be on a few non-descript committees, retire, and be a guest speaker at the odd Lincoln Day or State Convention/Shoshone Conservative. 
Optimum Online, Newsday, or those willing to pay for it. Those who are not customers of Optimum Online or the newspaper - both owned by 
that. So pay attention and love those lovelies. The life you save may be your own … or your mother’s, your sister’s, or that amazing woman you married. Friday night the Spitfire Grill and Hug Love Save (the non-profit* organization behind all that cute BOOBIES apparel you’ve been seeing all over town) are hosting Pink Night, a party to raise money for (and awareness of) breast cancer support and research. Spitfire will serve pink drink specials from 4-8. Hug Love Save is bringing their full line of BOOBIES merchandise. Dean Smith (fun, funky and totally danceable) will play live music you can shake your ta-tas to/Tricia Jo Webster, Fabulocity, SR. 
I was actually accidentally whacked unconscious by one of these (aluminum bats) when I was 9 and got a concussion. Was playing softball with the neighborhood kids and some idiot was swinging the bat helicopter-style over his head, walking slowly backwards. I was facing the other way and he walked right into me. This incident may explain why I’ve never been interested in playing sports at all and why my brain sometimes…uh…I forgot. 
I’m glad it’s back in action. Rita had sold the bar and had several teary-eyed closing parties, expecting to have the new owners sign the papers the next week. That didn’t happen. Fair enough, until the prospective buyers delayed the closing of the deal about a half dozen more times, leaving Rita in a bad spot, losing money on a closed business. Finally a month and a half later, the deal dissolved and Rita decided the best idea was to do some renovations and remodeling. The place has a fresh look and a fresh attitude, and it is still Coeur d’Alene’s oldest and best nightclub/Patrick Jacob, Get Out! North Idaho. 
campaign working against him in his attempt to unseat Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander. Indeed, there may be a whisper campaign. But Goodlander rather than Gookin appears to be the target. An e-mail circulated to an undisclosed list by Sharon Culbreth last week questions Goodlander’s claims to be a Republican, noting that the Kootenai County Democratic Women’s caucus had invited Councilman Mike Kennedy and Goodlander to speak on Thursday, Oct. 29. At the top, the e-mail makes some dubious claims re: Goodlander’s view of higher taxes and private property rights. 
home-improvement project, but then again that sort of thing befalls me all the time. See, tools flee from me like first-graders from syringe-wielding doctors. Home Depot stock earned 66 cents a share in the second quarter of the current fiscal year. That’s largely my doing. I visit so often, I have valet parking. For years, I thought there must be a logical explanation for my ongoing tool deficit. My stepdaughters must be giving away hammers and nail-guns to their friends, I reasoned. Then there was the regrettable incident of the screwdriver rack in the laundry room/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. 
Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin was chosen “Best Politician.” Runners-up were Spokane Mayor Mary Verner and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. No. 1 in Idaho was Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem. See a pattern here? No men. Longtime campaign watchers have noted that all things being equal, voters will give the nod to women at the ballot box. Washington’s governor and both U.S. senators are women. One theory is that a male candidate looks like a bully when criticizing a female candidate. I suppose, but that seems a bit condescending. I think the larger issue is one of trust/Gary Crooks, SR. 
“I have failed as a parent and as an American. I have just purchased diet food for my cats. That is a sad commentary on something. And it is no compliment to me or to this society or, least of all, to the hairy lard buckets in our house”/Bill Hall, from his new book, “Cat Butler,” as provided by CindyH. (“Cat Butler” is available at Amazon.com and other locations listed below.)
For a decade, Steve and Scott Ethington have been delighting Idahoans by filling the fall air with ghoulish terror at The Haunted World in Caldwell. This year, however, the businessmen fear for their own survival because Canyon County has decided to go into the horror business, too, with “Scare at the Fair.” The Haunted World “is a major source of our livelihood,” said Steve Ethington. We have invested a considerable amount into this business”/Dennis Mansfield. 
they can be considered for delisting under the state endangered species act. Of those 15 breeding pairs, a minimum of two pairs would have to be in both eastern Washington and the northern Cascades, along with five pairs in the southern Cascades/northwest Coast, plus another six at-large pairs located anywhere in the state. Ranchers said they will be unable to watch over their livestock closely enough to prevent depredations and said their dogs are at risk from wolf attacks. Some said it will be difficult to prove wolves are responsible for lost animals and the presence of wolves will cause their animals to lose weight. “Put them in Seattle and in the suburbs. Those are the people who want them,” said Jennie Kimble of Pomeroy/Eric Barker, Lewiston Tribune. 
the condom dress proved to be the magic recipe to finally lift HBO’s curse of the venomous, hate-filled Anymouse very few tears were shed, that’s for sure. It was certainly one of the most notorious moments in HBO’s history, one of those classic occasions that us old-timers still tend to get a bit dewy-eyed about. DFO, an idea. Run a thread tomorrow to discuss the most notorious or legendary HBO moments and then make a poll where we can vote for our favorite. Ah, the memories …
Escapee: When I was growing up in CDA in the ‘60s, “Midtown” was the stretch of little businesses between Roosevelt Avenue and Harrison Avenue, although I never regarded Safeway as being a part of Mid-town. That was then, I guess. So how far does “Midtown” go now? As far north as I-90?
letters or left messages on my phone. There were some truly wonderful stories about encounters with some of the greats of the game, how baseballs came to be signed and the thrill of watching the Yankees play on their home turf. Quite surprisingly, my column drew very little hate mail, which probably has a lot to do with Mariner fans going into hiding after last season. Ned Fadeley, a longtime friend, made up for any lack of loathing, however. He sent me a photograph of his sweet newborn son, Whitman Tecumseh Fadeley, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the following text: “I can’t even walk yet and I already hate the Yankees”/Doug Clark, SR. 
luncheon Saturday — you know, the one in which Deanna Goodlander was asked to speak by the group’s national president and Vice Chairman Duane Rasmussen of the local GOP Central Committee spoke out against challenger Dan Gookin’s Republican credentials. Mary said she wanted to counter the “lies” promulgated on the Spokane gossip blog and to clarify what was said at a private meeting involving Gookin, Rasmussen, Souza and five others, including two county GOP bigwigs. Souza contends that Rasmussen has been misconstruing what Gookin said at that meeting re: having “Republican” branded on his backside. You can read all about it in the first and only comment (at this point) under this post 
the person who is passing out drunk five times a week. The main difference of being a teetotaler is I have rarely, if ever, kept people up late at night because I was busy shouting out idle threats and falling over easily avoidable inanimate objects. This is why America needs to raise and not lower the drinking age. It is important to note my plan does not try to curtail drinking but only wants to neutralize the stupidity that ensues from it. In order to buy alcohol in the United States, I propose one must be a minimum of 38 years old. College students will always get their grubby mitts on liquor but now they will be forced to have a creepy 38-year-old person around when drinking/Cheyenne Hollis, UI Argonaut. 
your hand in front of your face.For some reason, I forget now what it was he said, but the child had to go out to the barn and he took a lantern to light his way. “Well, he never came back. “The parents called for the child and looked for him as much as they could during the night, gave up and waited ‘til the next day. The storm stopped and everyone looked for the child for days, never finding him. They never found any trace of this child even the next spring. “The story now goes that sometimes people will see a blue light out in that part of the desert, bobbing a few feet above the ground, about the height of a lantern being held by a small child. I guess that’s what I saw/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. 
across as a friendly grandpa in a fleece vest, arranged and paid for a candidate forum at a popular coffee spot early Saturday morning. He wants his opponents to get a chance for live questioning by real voters, Larkin says. At the upcoming candidate forums, moderators will ask the questions. What a swell guy, right? Well, amid the coffee smells and the platter of cookies and the barred sunlight streaming into the meeting room at Moon Dollars, the opposition — Steve DeGon and Matt Behringer — came across as rookies. Their answers were often short, lacking in specifics and they could often only grit their teeth in silence as Larkin spoke for minutes at a time with detailed and folksy answers that showcased his depth of knowledge and hands-on experience with any topic that came up/Kevin Taylor, Inlander. 
quarters Mayor Sandi Bloem is known (though not often to her face) as “Her Sandiness.” Bloem is seeking a third consecutive term, unprecedented in Coeur d’Alene. When she comes out of the waiting room for last week’s televised candidate forum at the new Coeur d’Alene Library, Bloem cuts a razor-sharp figure, her salt-and-pepper hair set off by a matte black-on-black jacket and pants ensemble with a single shining jewel on a silver necklace. Kunka’s suit and tie look dull by comparison. It doesn’t help that he is shorter, balder, jowlier than the mayor. He has no experience with city government aside from running against Bloem four years ago, but Kunka taps into what seems to be a common wellspring by suggesting that this former mill town has sold out to elites and celebs/Kevin Taylor, Inlander. 
some time now to further their cause. This summer they came out with an ad that not only had meat-eaters shaking their heads, but some vegetarian supporters as well. The ad — an illustration — features a large white woman, from behind, in a red polka-dot bikini at the beach. The slogan reads, “Save the Whales — Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian.” With this ad PETA has hit a new low. … This ad does more than just offend a large majority of the population. It is also detrimental to the body image of women and young girls. As if the fashion industry has not already done enough damage, now a non-profit organization has to tell women if they are overweight they are whales. What happened to the ethical treatment of human beings?/Erin Harty, UIdaho Argonaut. 
Dan Gookin Blog (re: VFW forum last week): “VFW member Dusty Rhodes asked some excellent questions of the incumbents. For example, he wanted to know how come the City has just redone most of 4th Street and yet there are no handicapped parking spaces.”
Everyone wants to be a star and put their life on display. I personally don’t give a rats ass about the family antics of Hulk Hogan, Gene Simmons, the Llamas guy, or the Osbornes. I care even less if somebody, famous or not, finds true love on television or dances well. It’s brain rotting crap that makes us all less thoughtful, less engaged with each other and certainly less likely to encounter real quality television drama or comedy.
share some thoughts on why I, and Avista find value in social media. For the past few months I’ve gotten a lot of questions from members of the community (and fellow utilities across the country) about why Avista decided to jump into social media (blog, discussion forums, video, twitter). The truth is we’d been pushing for its use since early 2008. We talked about blogging and participating on discussion forums. We dabbled in the easy stuff for about a year and a half. The beauty of most social media tools is that you need very little initial capital investment to get started. YouTube, flickr, twitter, blogger – it’s all free. That’s where we started too. Then last winter hit us with a thud/Dan @ Avista. 
month contained a coin depicting the famous outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde. “It’s just kind of weird,” said Julie Forsythe, a single of mother of three now out a 1992 Jeep Cherokee after authorities found it submerged in a canal in Kennewick Oct. 9. Forysthe had reported the Jeep stolen from in front of a Coeur d’Alene business, Bee Hive Homes, two days earlier. On Oct. 10, police arrested Merle W. Harvey, accused of shooting two men to death Sept. 26, and his girlfriend, Diane L. Richardson, walking in a wheat field in Kennewick. Harvey told police he’d stolen a truck in Spokane, then driven to Coeur d’Alene where he stole Forysthe’s and Glock pistol that was inside, according to a search warrant/Meghann M. Cuniff, SR. 
about credentials while making public comment. Do you believe that an average citizen has to be an expert in order to have their say? Who is an expert is anything? Shouldn’t a resident/voter/taxpayer be able to have their say even if they have a basic education? What have the council members done that has enhanced the community in a way that is both cost effective and forward-thinking? What are your arguments against the challengers? Why would they be bad for the council? Less scare statements and simple facts, please. Full comment below.
HMOffsuite: Its not the party affiliation, necessarily, its a matter of gaining
access to the prevailing party. When I have donated directly to a
politician, it was enough that they would take my call or return it, if
I placed a call to them. Sometimes it is nice to be able to talk with
them about stuff. I have otherwise donated, mostly along party lines,
if I like the candidate and his agenda.
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has opened the door to delaying the next scheduled increase in the state’s grocery tax credit, possibly saving the state from another $15 million-plus in budget cuts next year that could otherwise hit public schools. “There’s cost vs. value there,” Otter said in an interview with the editorial board of the Twin Falls Times-News; the governor’s office posted a link to 