Weekend Wild Card -- 6.8-9.13 10
I know you guys are going to groan -- and dish all kinds of grief my way -- but I'm turning the reins of Huckleberries Online over to Cindy next week. Yeah, time for a second week of vacay. My wine VP sis Lillian is…
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013
TGIF Wild Card -- 6.7.13 13
I was more than a little amused by a blurker who emailed Thursday to say in part that he and his wife check the comments on Huckleberries Online before going to sleep: "My nightly ritual involves popping on to Huckleberries on my iphone to catch…
Parting Shot -- 6.7.13
A man and his child stand in the jaws of a giant T-Rex at Dinofest in Drumheller, Alberta, on Friday. The annual festival celebrates everything prehistoric with a blend of family-friendly activities to highlight Drumheller's deep rooted history of dinosaurs and paleontology. (AP Photo/The Canadian…
Milennials Have Trouble Findng Work 4
They’re uninsured, unemployed and, depending on whom you ask, ungrateful for what they have or unprepared for what’s ahead of them. Millennials — the teens and twentysomethings now in the process of forging their futures — are called spoiled and unfocused; they’re said to be…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 6.7.13
5:09 p.m. KCSD personnel asking for officer after noticing that male registering as sex offender has suspended driver's license. 4:53 p.m. Brush fire beginning to "take off" near 124 MacDonald Creek Road/Bayview. 4:31 p.m. Neighbor reports smoke in two-story house that owners just left, in…
Cutline Contest -- 6.7.13 9
Time 2 vote ... A child hugs an advertisement sculpture for ice cream in Osnabrueck, Germany, Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/dpa,Friso Gentsch) Thursday winner (tie, w/7 likes apiece) -- JohnA: "Despite efforts to put teeth into the anti-discrimination ordinance, HBO braces itself for…
Pocatello OKs Anti-Bias Law 4-2 6
Even the applause seemed tired as a weary Pocatello City Council voted 4-2 to pass an ordinance to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from discrimination when it comes to housing, employment and public accommodations. Voting for the ordinance that contains…
PM Headlines: Cards Pick Zag Star
Gonzaga junior Marco Gonzales had a Cardinals cap from his personal collection on hand after being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. SR story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Othello dairy recalls raw milk/KXLY Blowing dust likely with cold front today/Mike Prager, SR Christian Youth…
HBO Blogs: Do Feds Watch Hucks? 6
On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook page, Linda Lantzy posts re: this photo: "I've not seen one like this before. Anyone know what kind of truck it is? Found near Dayton, WA." You can see more of Linda's scenics here. Post of the Day: A…
Vestal: Liquor Privatization Has Bugs 5
Private booze just had its first birthday. How’s this baby doing? As might have been expected: Predictions of falling prices have not come true, on average. Predictions of dire public safety problems have not come true, either. We’re buying more booze, we’re buying it from…
Dismayed By Eddie's Bar Closure 6
It is with dismay that I read the article in the Cd'A Press regarding Gozzer Ranch, Discovery Inc. closing down yet another one of North Idaho's waterfront resorts, Arrow Point Resort, aka Eddie's Bar and Grill. Thirty years ago I spent my summers managing and…
A Walk In The Park
Charter Academy 7th grader Madison Mackinney gets a life from fellow 7th grader Emily Nicklay during Charter Academy Picnic Day at Ramsey Park in Coeur d'Alene earlier today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
IFF: Here Come Idaho Revenuers 5
In the 1990s, it wasn't uncommon for lawmakers to laud the tax collectors and auditors of the Idaho State Tax Commission. It is better to deal with the State Tax Commission, legislators would say, than the federal government and its Internal Revenue Service. That has…
SR 7: 'Arrested Development' Revival 3
Pop culture has never been good at letting things go. It’s always been about hammering reliable formulas into the ground, but in a world of fan fundraisers and online forums, we’re starting to see a new kind of recycling system at work: the resuscitation of…
JACC To Present 'Same Time'
Marina Kalani makes no secret of her belief that theater is a collaborative effort. As the director of the Jacklin Center’s upcoming production of Same Time, Next Year, a 1975 romantic “dramedy” by Bernard Slade, it would only be natural for her to focus on…
Researchers Create Bee Sperm Bank 10
Item: Washington State University researchers are creating a honey bee sperm bank. In 2008, they got a permit to import honey bee semen and they're working to cross-breed different kinds of honey bees to produce more resilient bees that could help thwart the nation’s current…
CdA Surgeon Applies Lessons Of War 1
Barbara Allen-Kelsay smiles along with Dr.Edward deTar at his office in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday. She credits the Coeur d'Alene medical community with saving her life by diagnosing what doctors elswhere missed: a MRSA infection. SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Barbara Allen-Kelsay delivered…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 6.7.13 1
12:07 p.m. Male hitchhiking near Blue Creek bridge @ I-90/MP 16, CdA. 12:06 p.m. KMC reports undisclosed type of explosive, but it proves to be no threat. 11:51 a.m. Undisclosed suspicious activity reported on Spokane River, marine deputy en route. 11:33 a.m. Worley resident has…
Poll: Extend Anti-Bias To Other Cities
Thursday Poll: In a close vote, Hucks Nation said human rights activists should lobby other Kootenai County cities to adopt anti-bias ordinances similar to the one Coeur d'Alene approved Tuesday. 61 of 118 respondents (51.69%) took that position. 54 of 118 respondents (45.76%) were opposed…
Feds Mull Removing Wolf Protections 3
The Obama administration on Friday will propose lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts but has been criticized by some scientists as premature. With more than 6,100…
Spokane Meters Now Take Plastic 2
Paying for parking with plastic is about to become a permanent option in downtown Spokane. After several exploratory studies over the past decade, Spokane plans to roll out parking meters that will accept credit card payments as well as coins at 800 parking spaces downtown.…
McEuen Field Work Continues 7
McEuen Update provides construction status for Sherman Avenue work and ongoing reconstruction at McEuen Park/Front Avenue today: "Harbor House construction has begun with the pouring of concrete for the foundation. The stem walls will be poured next week. Third Street improvements are well under way…
AM Headlines -- 6.7.13
From his perch high above downtown Coeur d'Alene, Don Sausser provides Huckleberries with this photo from early this morning of city street crews marking Lakeside Avenue, in front of Calypso's Coffee, probably for the upcoming Ironman event. Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Spokane parking meters to…
Walter's 'Poets' Takes To Stage 3
Spokane author Jess Walter, pictured, expects an “out-of-body experience” when he attends Book-It Repertory Theatre’s new production, “The Financial Lives of the Poets.” It is based on Walter’s rollicking novel of the same title, about a laid-off reporter’s quixotic attempt over five sleepless days to…
Huckleberries Hears ... 13
... That Coeur d'Alene mayoral candidate Jim Brannon was a no-show at the North Idaho Pachyderm Club at Jonesy's restaurant this morning. Brannon and Mary Souza were both scheduled to discussed the municipal elections in the Lake City this fall. Souza appeared and talked. Question:…
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.