We're almost down to two weeks and counting, as far as the 2012 general election is concerned. The propositions, Kootenai County government change, and the North Idaho College races seem to be getting most of the attention. But the Democrats have fielded candidates in all…
At Slight Detour, Marianne Love posts: "Bill always wore his T-shirt proudly, at home on game days and in Moscow at the Kibbie Dome when he'd accompany Willie the University of Idaho to watch the Vandals play a home football game. Willie reports on Vandal…
In an earlier post, I announced to the world that Hilary Mantel's, Bringing up the Bodies, had been selected for my summer reading. As the season slid into fall, it was mid October, glorious and ripe with color and the bounty of my garden, that…
5:33 p.m. Someone is unconscious in the public bathroom @ KMart, 201 Neider/CdA. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 21-22 here. 4:58 p.m. CPD Blues learn that vehicle they sought just left Hayden WalMart parking lot. 4:56 p.m. Post Falls man…
Keith Erickson, spokesman for Lake City Development Corp, provides latest developments of McEuen Field upgrade: Base rock is being placed on the two new parking lots near City Hall with paving expected later this week, weather permitting, according to Team McEuen engineer Phil Boyd. Additionally,…
Idaho interim head football coach Jason Gesser speaks during a news conference in Moscow today. Gesser replaces replaces Robb Akey, who was fired by athletic director Rob Spear on Sunday. Story here. (Moscow-Pullman Daily News photo: Geoff Crimmins) Coeur d'Alene Leaf Fest begins Nov. 13/CdA…
Someone from the neighborhood offers his/her opinion re: the future of Person Field at 15th & Garden in Coeur d'Alene. The photo was taken this weekend at Person Field while Coeur d'Alene Junior. Tackle 5th grade Steelers warm up for the last game of the…
Chris Carlson of the Carlson Chronicles remembers reporting on the 1972 Democratic National Convention that nominated South Dakota Sen. George McGovern: A truly decent man had been slandered and demonized beyond belief. Especially puzzling to many was McGovern’s failure to reference or even talk about…
The catalogs are already a couple of inches high on my reading table and I find them more enjoyable than my usual diet of politics. One of my favorites is The Vermont Country Store , the best source I know for all things past like…
I put my foot in my mouth again. This time I was at a homeschool event and found myself chatting with a nearby mom I’d never met before. At some point she said to me, “It’s very nice to see a dad doing all the…
Back in the 1960's I worked closely with Ronnie Reagan on his first election run in California. I knew his daughter, Maureen and her husband then, Dave Sills who is now an appellate judge in California. I moved back to Washington Sate in 1967 and…
At As the Lake Churns blog, Pecky Cox posted this photo of auburn-haired twins Ava Grace and Ella Scarlett Ackerman sitting between the horns of their dad's big-game kill in the back of a pickup. Pecky has posted a number of fall photos of her…
Templin's Restaurant and Motor Lodge was a popular spot on the old north shore, under the ownership of restaurateur Bob Templin. McCall's magazine once named it one of the top 13 restaurants in the western United States. Templin's was still standing when I arrived in…
Idaho is one of only 19 states that does not forbid corporal punishment in K-12 schools. OK, so what does that mean and what is corporal punishment? The National Association of School Nurses defines corporal punishment as “intentional infliction of physical pain as a method…
On October 21st, 1948 my father,William E. "Bill" Mansfield, was given this ring to commemorate his 21st Birthday. That was exactly 64 years ago. Had my Dad lived he would have turned 85 years old on Sunday, October 21st, 2012. (He passed away July 30th,…
This morning Jason Gesser met with reporters for the first time after being named Idaho's interim head football coach. The 33-year-old former Washington State quarterback, wearing a black pinstripe suit with a gray tie, started crying a few minutes into the press conference when talking…
I am at the airport waiting for a flight and there is a boy about 6 who is waiting for what I hope is a different flight. He has the telltale bark of what used to be called croup. But could it be whooping cough?…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., offers this "Itsy Bitsy Spider" photo: "A small spider encounters a water drop as it walks along strand of electric fence wire on a rainy morning on Sunday in rural southwestern Oregon." You can see more…
12:53 p.m. Someone is unconscious @ Mountain View High, 7802 W. Main/Rathdrum. 12:51 p.m. Vandalism to property reported in 5700 block of N18th/Dalton Gardens. 12:42 p.m. Possible illegal burn reported @ Government Way & Prairie/Hayden. 12: 29 p.m. Deputy and Hayden WalMart security have trespassed…
One of my favorite stories about Akey came from former Washington State defensive coordinator Chris Ball, who was a secondary coach at WSU when Akey was coaching the defensive line. Ball related how then-Cougar defensive coordinator Bill Doba liked to spend the first 10 minutes…
Italian Nativity scenes designer Genny Di Virgilio puts the final touches on two statuettes depicting President Barack Obama, right, and Republican rival Mitt Romney in his shop in Naples, Italy, today, hours ahead of their third and final presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida. Story…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Lewiston Tribune opinionator Marty Trillhaase cheers Secretary of State Ben Ysursa: One thing you can count on, Ysursa will defend Idaho's Sunshine law against all comers. Passed by the voters nearly four decades ago, the law says candidates…
It was 15 years ago that Nola Lagg's son brought her from Florida to Coeur d'Alene, she recalled, because of an illness she was facing. She grew rather attached to the place. "I never went back," the 85-year-old said with a chuckle on Thursday, while…
a cheerleader from Nampa High School is thrown into the air as the cheer squad practices their stunts before a game in Nampa. In a new policy statement released online today in the journal Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics says school sports associations should…
Weekend Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation took a "so what?" approach to the "binders full of women" statement made by Republican Mitt Romney in his second debate with President Barack Obama. 150 of 362 respondents (41.44%) said "so what?" when asked what they thought…
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.
