SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 2009
FRIDAY, OCT. 2, 2009
TGIF Wild Card -- 10.2.09 33
A former commenter at Huckleberries Online and a colleague in the SR's CdA office will be involved in significant events this weekend. First, remember that Lynn Swanbom, who used to oversee the SR's letters-to-the-editor page, will appear on "Jeopardy!" tonight. You can read all about…
Parting Shot -- 10.2.09 2
This undated image provided by Linnea Lenkus shows, left to right, Donald Groves, Aaron, Brittany Groves and Debbie, posing for a portrait in Long Beach, Calif. This brother and sister have had 31 operations between them. This portrait is part of a project called, "Healing."…
JS: Gotta Have Some Scanner Traffic 2
There are uncontained goats – by far my favorite. Uncontained horses. Uncontained dogs. Uncontained chickens. Even uncontained cows – which makes you wonder if being uncontained has anything to do with being contented or not – you know how cows are. They are contented cows.…
PM: Paul Escorts Told Not To Call 911 3
Eastern State Hospital staff members escorting a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair asked administrators two times to call 911 when Phillip A. Paul escaped from the group last month, and were told not to, according to an early investigation of the incident.…
APhoto Of The Day -- 10.2.09 20
Dr. Elena Bodnar, left, winner of the Ig Nobel Public Health Prize straps a portion of a bra she designed that converts into a pair of gas masks to the face of Wolfgang Ketterle, 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, at the Ig…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.2.09
6:06 p.m. A gray van has hit a deer on 4th south of Honeysuckle.4:56 p.m. A 50ish male @ North Idaho Advanced Care/PF believes a spider bit him. He is shaking uncontrollably.4:35 p.m. A driver reports his dump truck is broken down on w/b shoulder…
ER: No Good Salad Bars In Moscow 10
Why is it that there aren’t any salad bars in Moscow? Aside from the salad bar in Bob’s, which I have never been able to eat at because I’ve never lived on campus (up until yesterday I did not realize I could eat there), there…
Moscow Man Kills 1st NIdaho Wolf
A wolf was shot in the Marble Creek area of the St. Joe River drainage Thursday during the opening day of wolf season in the Idaho Panhandle. The area is home to the Marble Mountain wolf pack, which established itself about 10 years ago. Two…
HBO Blogosphere -- 10.2.09 2
At Dave Nall's Photography, Dave provides this scenic of Hauser Lake that he snapped about a month ago.Why do men make things so complicated?/Simple MindHorses without obsession/Life's A Freak ShowCornucopia of puzzling smells/Rants, Raves, & Random ThoughtsCan you see me now/Synaptic DisunionNadir of summit/TumblewordsMore below
Firefighters Endorse Kennedy 5
The Members of Coeur d’Alene Firefighters Union Local 710 today announced their endorsement of City Councilman Mike Kennedy for a second term on the Coeur d’Alene City Council. “Mike Kennedy has been a total advocate for the public safety of the citizens of Coeur d’Alene.…
Boise Mayor Shaves Head For Cause 6
Mayor Dave Bieter is shaving his head today for Camp Rainbow Gold making him, as far as we can tell, the coolest Mayor in the Country. You'll remember that Camp Rainbow Gold held a fundraiser recently called Helpful Happy Hour in which the goal was…
Blount May Return To Ducks 6
Oregon football head coach Chip Kelly addresses the media during a news conference at the Casanova Center in Eugene, Ore, today. Kelly announce that suspended running back LeGarrette Blount may be able to return to play for the football team. Blount may return no sooner…
Review: 'Tree Spiker' 6
RE: Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action by Mike Roselle with Josh Mahan, St. Martin’s Press, 252 pages, $24.99 Not surprisingly, Roselle’s friends were the few black students brought in to desegregate his high school, and his activism…
McManus, Behrens Reunite 4
After 1,200 performances over 16 years, the Patrick J. McManus-Tim Behrens partnership has proven to be popular and enduring. Now this comic collaboration begins a new stage with "Poor Again ... Dagnabbit!" -- the premiere of the first new McManus show in 12 years. The…
Did Serial Burglar Steal BF Cessna? 2
Authorities are investigating whether teenage serial burglar Colton Harris-Moore stole a small airplane from an Idaho airport earlier this week and crashed it near Granite Falls. The single-engine Cessna 182 Turbo was taken from the Boundary County Airport near Bonners Ferry on Tuesday and was…
High Noon: Country Music 32
Vince Gill, left, and Melissa Etheridge perform together onstage at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall fundraiser in Los Angeles Thursday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Question: Are you a country western fan? If so, who is your favorite…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.2.09 4
11:59 a.m. Thorco Inc. is working @ I-90 & Government Way, using cones that direct traffic to the right but a warning sign directs traffic to the left.11:13 a.m. Woman reports her ex has stolen her furniture.10:40 a.m. Woman wants to see an officer re:…
HBO's Inland Northwest -- 10.2.09 2
Shirley O'Brien of Tucson, Arizona walks her dog Benson along Centennial Trail in Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday. She owns a condo at Riverstone and lives both in Tucson and Coeur d'Alene. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Secession leader now in deep debt in Montana/Seattle P-IRoselle details years of radical…
Hauser Lake Footballer Laid To Rest
re: Valley Christian footballer dies from head injury suffered during game/Meghann Cuniff, SR SWANK, Andrew "Drew" Fremont (Age 17) Andrew "Drew" Fremont Swank joined his Father in heaven on September 27th, 2009 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA at the age of 17…
Man Arrested In Letterman Extortion 23
A television producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman was indicted on charges of attempted grand larceny, the Manhattan prosecutor said on Friday. The popular host of "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS stunned viewers on Thursday…
Gookin Likes Way Moderator Looks 31
On his Web site this morning, challenger Dan Gookin gushes that moderator Angela Monson of KQNT-AM (pictured) did a swell job at the Reagan Republican candidates' forum last night. Quoth: "She sure is as fun in person as she is on the AM show. Who…
MC: No Excuse For MikeK No Show 21
In the comments section, The Gookin Squad reports: "Moderator Angela Monson of KQNT commented on Mike Kennedy missing the (Reagan Republican) debate (Thursday night). According to Monson, the only acceptable excuse for missing the debate was if Kennedy was getting a kidney transplant."Question: We talked…
Slight Detour Meets 'Whitopia' Writer 8
Review: "Benjamin goes where no (sane) black man has gone before -- into the palest enclaves, like Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to those places where white Americans have fled to escape the challenges of diversity" --Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedIn a recent post, Marianne…
AM: UI Dads Weekend On Tap 7
A Vandal special teams helmet sits on a seat in the south side of the Kibbie Dome bleachers. Expect to see every seat in the Kibbie Dome full this Saturday when the Vandals take on the Colorado State Rams in a game nationally televised by…
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.
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