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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010

Sunny: 1st Zucchini Alert Of Summer 13 

At Bent's Beer Garden, Sunny posts w/exclamation points: "Yes we have zucchini!!! ... .and yes you can use it to make more than just bread. One plant will provide you with more than enough zucchini for the entire season." Now, I don't know about you.…

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Actress Mallika Sherawat, left, poses with a snake during a photo call for "Hisss", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 16, 2010. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)

Parting Shot -- 5.18.10 

Actress Mallika Sherawat, left, poses with a snake during a photo call for "Hisss", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Question: Could you star with a snake in a movie?

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Mount St. Helens Wild Card -- 5.18.10 12 

Congressional candidate Raul Labrador is dropping by for a brief online chat at 1:30 this afternoon, prior to his debate this evening w/Vaughn Ward and Harley Brown in Post Falls. Feel free to offer a question for the interview. I'm only going to ask 5…

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Scanner Traffic PM -- 5.18.10 

5:24 p.m. CdA police are stopping a black Chevy @ 15th & Best that contains an approximate 12YO youth who was heard screaming by another motorist a few minutes ago @ Sunnyside & Blue Creek.5:19 p.m. Pickup w/dirt & shovels in stalled @ i/s of…

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PM Headlines -- 5.18.10 

State Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Meridian, received the endorsement of state Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Post Falls, today, before his debate with Vaughn Ward and Harley Brown tonight in Post Falls. Others in the photo are Cathyanne Nonini (left) and Rebecca Labrador. (Photo/Labrador Twitter)Finance Reports: Demo Otter…

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Chandra Bailey, (361) and Elizabeth Maddoux (363) watch as Kristin Mathias (120 center) and others dance on stage for the judges during the 2010 preliminary auditions for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on May 15, 2010. (Vernon Bryant / The Dallas Morning News)

APhoto Of The Day -- 5.18.10 15 

Chandra Bailey, (361) and Elizabeth Maddoux (363) watch as Kristin Mathias (120 center) and others dance on stage for the judges during the 2010 preliminary auditions for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Dallas…

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Raul Meets Huckleberries' Hound 

I didn't realize that Dennis Mansfield or Jim Clark was taking a photo of my interview w/Raul Labrador (via Labrador Twitter) -- or I might have tidied up Huckleberries Central a bit. See all my toys? I enjoyed meeting Labrador. Indeed, he's a hard guy…

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CdA Filmed 'Dirtbag' Available On Video 

Via OrangeTV's Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page: "Teenage Dirtbag" was filmed in Cd'A a few years back and it is truly a fantastic, thoughtful and memorable movie. Highly recommended. Anyone else agree? (BTW, it's available to rent at Video Theater and Hastings).Question: Do you…

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Resort Course In Great Shape Early 

The spectacular Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course is well-known for its floating green on the 14th hole and beautiful location on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene. The park-like course is continually ranked among the best resort golf courses in the United States by Golf…

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Laura Silsby, center, of Meridian, Idaho arrives at the Boise, Idaho airport on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. The missionary was released from a Haitian jail on Monday after being held for over three months accused of trying to take 33 children from Haiti after the deadly January earthquake. Silsby was freed Monday when a judge convicted her but sentenced her to time already served. (Joe Jaszewski / The Idaho Statesman)

Laura Silsby Returns To Boise Area

Laura Silsby, center, of Meridian arrives at the Boise airport today. The missionary was released from a Haitian jail on Monday after being held for over three months accused of trying to take 33 children from Haiti after the deadly January earthquake. Silsby was freed…

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Palin Coming To Boise To Back Ward 21 

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has agreed to come to Idaho to help generate support for Republican congressional candidate Vaughn Ward. Ward campaign spokesman Mike Tracy told The Associated Press Tuesday that Palin will attend a public campaign rally Friday in Boise. The 2008 GOP…

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Vaughn Ward, left, and Raul Labrador, center, join Bruce Reichert of Idaho Public Television for a coin toss before the pair's statewide debate; Ward won the toss, so Labrador got the first question in the debate. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman Review)

DFO's 5 Questions For Raul Labrador 

Vaughn Ward, left, and Raul Labrador, center, join Bruce Reichert of Idaho Public Television for a coin toss before the pair's statewide debate last week. The two men and candidate Harley Brown will meet in Post Falls tonight for a debate before the Pachyderm Club.…

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2nd Farmer's Market Mostly Sunny 

"Our second Saturday at the Kootenai County Farmer's Market was a success," posts Sunny/Bent's Beer Garden, "and the sun was actually shining this time. As you can see, I had lots of help...pictured at Mostly Sunny's booth # 29 (from left to right) is my…

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Herb: Zealots Not All Right Wing 

Herb: Zealots are not all on the right wing. How soon we forget the liberal blocking of freeways, sit-ins in courthouses and armed forces recruiting offices back in the '60's. Oops, I sometimes forget that it was the parents of todays liberals that did that.…

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Jorgenson To Push Arizona Reform 38 

A northern Idaho lawmaker says he'll push Arizona-style immigration reform if voters return him to the state Legislature. Sen. Mike Jorgenson, a Hayden Lake Republican, still must survive his May 25 GOP primary, where he faces Steve Vick. There's no Democratic foe for November's general…

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Twin Falls Blog Stirs Up GOP

The Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee has attracted undesired attention on different fronts: an anonymous blog and complaints about the organization’s financial information are all in the mix. If anything, the attention means area Republicans have to fend off allegations of improper handling of…

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A viewing scope at Johnston Ridge at Mount St. Helens is covered in water droplets and fog on the 30th anniversary of the volcano's violent May 18, 1980 eruption, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Washington state. (Ted Warren / Associated Press)

INorthwest Headlines -- 5.18.10

A viewing scope at Johnston Ridge at Mount St. Helens is covered in water droplets and fog on the 30th anniversary of the volcano's violent May 18, 1980, eruption, earlier today in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Lost hikers find more lost hikers, finally trailhead/Tristan…

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Hi-Noon: Real 'Breakfast Of Champions' 10 

Cindy: If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, shouldn't we eat our most important foods then? For me that would be PB chocolate ice cream, a juicy grilled ribeye, steamed new potatoes slathered in butter, smoked salmon with capers and onions on…

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Scanner Traffic/AM -- 5.18.10

Noon: Someone is suffering a seizure at Coeur d'Alene High.11:48 a.m. CdA police are looking for a 6-0, 240-pound teen male w/a scar over his left eye who was last seen at CdA high Monday morning.11:27 a.m. Caller wants to talk to police re: his…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 5.18.10

Although home-school is winding down and there's plenty left to do before summer break starts, Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It found some time to allow his kids to dig in the dirt along the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene.Farmer's Market fun in the…

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HBO Poll: Just Say No To IB

Monday Poll: 102 of 216 respondents (47.2%) said that the Coeur d'Alene School District shouldn't be involved in the International Baccalaureate program. 98 of 216 respondents (45.4%) said the district should be involved in the program. 16 of 216 (7.4%) were undecided.Supreme Court Ruling: 89…

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New Ward Issue Matches Another Site 10 

Congressional candidate Vaughn Ward has posted three new issue statements on his website - and portions of one of them, on the war in Iraq, match, nearly word-for-word, the national security issue statement of freshman Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, the son of the longtime congressman…

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Huckleberries Online

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.