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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 2012

Wild Card/Monday -- 9.24.12 12 

I've been watching the scrapings on McEuen Field over the last week. The parking lot north of old City Hall has been scraped for future boat-trailer parking. Half of the Third Street lot is scraped. Ditto for part of the old McEuen Softball Field No.…

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Quotable Quote -- Cindy 

"Just had an interesting coversation about kissing. Sam is of the opinion that you should only kiss girls you truly love. His brother replied, 'I love all the girls that want to kiss me'" -- Cindy, via Facebook. Question: Which position do you support --…

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'Armpit' Comment Riles Highlanders 13 

On his VarsityCDA blog, Ryan Collingwood reports that Highland High fans weren't too happy with a comment by SR colleague Greg Lee comparing Pocatello to an armpit in a Pigskin Picks item for his Web site: Highland fans weren’t too happy with Greg Lee’s “armpit…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 9.24.12 

6:02 p.m. Recurring trespassing reported in 1000 block of Driftwood Heights/Harrison. 5:59 p.m. Possible sex offense reported at undisclosed Ramsey Road location. 5:47 p.m. Caller reports theft of iPad from 8400 block of Sunny Slopes/Worley. 5:30 p.m. Female driver almost hit a pedestrian @ 980…

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PM Headlines -- 9.24.12

A driver and her dog ride past a leaf covered lawn on 11th Street in Coeur d'Alene today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Turn in old medications at library Saturday/CdA Press Kootenai County licensing department shut Tuesday/SR Man surprises galpal w/proposal on Mount Spokane/KHQ Nampa superintendent…

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Dead Ambassador 'Bump In Road'? 24 

Obama has used “bump in the road” before, in reference to unemployment, which was the inspiration for one of Romney’s best ads. Obama’s “bumps” seems to be what other people would call “failure.” The “bumps” include four dead Americans and a disastrous loss of intelligence.…

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North Idaho Blog Roundup -- 9.24.12 

Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns blog snapped this smoky sunset Sunday at Priest Lake. Get tougher, Romney?/Arch Druid E-mail to Leonard Pitts/Bay Views Another happy, sad time/From A Simple Mind Weekend trivia/Slight Detour Hamburger nuggets/Stebbijo's Place Ah, maze/Tumblewords Highland fans unhappy with 'armpit' comment/VarsityCDA Quotations…

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ULUC Webinars Set Next Week 

Don't look now but the anti-planning types in the local Republican Party will be out in force on Monday and Tuesday of next week to people the latest Unified Land Use Code Technical Advisory Committee workshop -- and keep us safe from United Nations intervention…

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Cindy Clamors For Eye Candy 

I have no idea why Cindy is insisting that I post this photo that Digger snapped over the weekend at the annual Moscow Firefighters Car Wash in Moscow. On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes: "So, Henry D. Johnston texted me this picture of the Moscow…

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Idaho Facing Alzheimers Challenge 

Meet the support system for Idaho’s 26,000 Alzheimer’s patients. They are, by and large, your neighbors. Some 80 percent are women. The caregivers are themselves an aging cohort, with an average age of 59. For family caregivers, this labor of love is physically and mentally…

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Downtown To Get Office Building 10 

With hopes to extend the business core of downtown to Seventh Street, a retail building called Plaza on Sherman is planned for the vacant southeast corner of Seventh and Sherman. The corner had Senor Froggy's eatery a few years back and plans for a six-story…

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RR Endorsees Spend Big w/Strategery 36 

This slick flyer will be circulating soon with Reagan Republican endorsements in the general election in November. I totally disagree with their support of Tom Luna's wrecking-ball "reforms" for Idaho education. Ditto re: North Idaho College endorsements. It'll be interesting to see how much the…

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Civil War Event Set At Boise State

Leading Civil War scholars from around the nation will gather at Boise State University on Oct. 25 for a day-long conference entitled, “Why The Civil War Still Matters.” The conference is sponsored y the Andrus Center for Public Policy, the Idaho Humanities Council and the…

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Remembering Jonathan Franco 

Today is the first anniversary of the death of Rathdrum police officer Jonathan Franco, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in eastern Washington. In memory of her son, Elizabeth Yalian writes the following: It’s been one year since my son’s Heavenly homecoming. I have…

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Farris Counters Labrador Comments 

Democrat Jimmy Farris, a 1st Congressional District congressman candidate expressed concern in a news release re: Congressman Raul Labrador’s opinion that Congress should take the rest of the year off. In an interview with The Hill earlier this month, Labrador said that he did not…

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Priest River Draws Mushroomers 

The Spokane Mushroom Club’s annual fall foray is set for Oct. 5-7 at the Priest River Experimental Forest based in Priest River. Experts lead daily group hikes to identify mushrooms collect specimens for educating the groups when they convene. Participants who can’t spend the entire…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 9.24.12 

The last remaining logs were removed from the front lawn at Hope Realty in Coeur d'Alene this morning after a logging truck dumped a load of logs at the three-way stop @ H95 & Lincoln Way while trying to make the turn to go north.…

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Hart Foreclosure Case Back On Track 

Federal authorities are gearing back up for their foreclosure lawsuit against tax-protesting Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, now that Hart’s voluntarily dismissed his bankruptcy filing -- which had placed an automatic stay on the foreclosure case. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge has lifted the stay in…

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Nampa Pulls Book With 'Pornography' 13 

A novel one Nampa parent said had “an immense amount of pornography” has been removed from a sophomore English class at the school. Nampa School Board Chairman Scott Kido said he received 15 emails Sunday night complaining about the book “Like Water for Chocolate” by…

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Poll: We Don't Trust The Media

Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation doesn't trust the media. 130 of 168 respondents (77.38%) said they don't trust the media. Only 21 of 168 respondents (12.5%) said they do trust the media. 17 (10.12%) were undecided. Today's Poll: Do you plan to vote absentee in…

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Local Budgets for Sub Teachers Drop

As a new substitute school teacher in Post Falls this year, Aspen Elbin figured it would be at least October before she would be called to a classroom. But she went to work much sooner. Just a few weeks into the school year, Elbin has…

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AM Headlines -- 9.24.12

On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts a baker's dozen worth of photos including the one above from the water sports exhibition that was part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce Friday. Idaho Records/Rainey Coffin, SR Motorcyclist injured when…

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Absentee Balloting Under Way

Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced that absentee voting by mail for the Nov. 6 general election is under way. “We began mailing out absentee ballots last Friday,” said Hayes, “and we’ll mail out ballots daily for the next several weeks”. The county is paying…

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Smart Bombs: 'Lucky Duckies' Lazy? 

In his Smart Bombs column, Gary Crooks of the SR Editorial Board, tells of the dilemma that many hard-working Americans fund themselves in as the collateral damage from the Great Recession continues: So, you’ve cobbled together unemployment benefits, help from family, food stamps and other…

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