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FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 2013

Coeur d'Alene 44, Lake City 13

Coeur d’Alene’s Austin Chadderdon and Chase Blakley (21) force a fumble from Lake City quarterback Tucker Louie-McGee. (SR photo: Bruce Twitchell) When a football team has horses up front, it doesn’t matter much who is carrying or throwing the ball behind them. The Coeur d’Alene…

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Parting Shot -- 10.25.13 15 

On her Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images posts: "I had another opportunity to shoot in the fog this morning in Coeur d'Alene. Autumn color is peak and leaves are dropping in my hometown right now." Question:Anyone guess where this photo was taken?

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TGIF Wild Card -- 10.25.13 44 

It has been a wild week at Huckleberries Online, where all the women are tough, the men are poignant, and no children are allowed. It looks like a quiet day today. But that can change in a matter of seconds, as information floods into HBO…

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Summer Theatre Plans '14 Season 

The show will go on in 2014 for Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. The Press has learned that Laura Little is the new executive director of the nonprofit professional theater production company, and shows are being selected for the next season. Little, who produces theater shows…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.25.13 

On Thursday, Coeur d’Alene Police took a report of a stolen vehicle from Lake City High. The victim reported the vehicle missing from the teacher parking lot at 2:45 p.m. School Resource Officers examined video surveillance and observed a male matching the above description enter…

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In Other News -- 10.25.13

Host Lake City High will be prepared to face cross-country rival Coeur d'Alene in the big game of the Inland Empire League tonight at Lake City. However, Greg Lee of the SR and Sam Adams of KHQ/SWX are each predicting a Coeur d'Alene win in…

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Cutline Contest -- 10.25.13 12 

Time 2 Vote ... Conan, a 12-year-old Pomeranian, is photographed at the Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade in Key West, Fla. Owner Caroline Loessin titled her canine's entry in the Most Exotic category as "Pomeranian with a Facelift." You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News…

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Rally Right Rallying At Nate's Pizza 

Ad in the Nickel's Worth: "CONSERVATIVES UNITE! If you’re frustrated with liberalism taking over in America and the Republican Party drifting away from its conser- vative roots, let’s do some- thing about it! Come to RallyRight.Org’s & United Conservatives meeting at Nate’s Pizza, Monday, November…

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HBO Blog Roundup -- 10.25.13 

Paving began today on the long-closed Front Avenue, on the northern edge of the new and evolving McEuen Field. Check out Web cam here. (LCDC photo: Keith Erickson) Got drugs/End Notes Zags r US day/Slight Detour Programming 1-liners/Tech Deck Flying under the radar/Fort Boise The…

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Mary's Latest Political Ad 15 

Mary Souza's latest political cartoon can be found on Page 2 of Nickel's Worth (scroll to Page 2) here. (Strange that the artist refuses to take credit for his work anywhere) DFO: I must admit. I find this one sorta clever. Thoughts?

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9th Circuit Backs Fired Lake City Cop 

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $3.2 million judgment against the city of Coeur d’Alene for firing a police lieutenant without cause. Dan Dixon, who had worked 17 years for the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, and his wife Heidi Dixon sued the…

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A New PAC For CdA Election? 

If I was a connect-the-dots, paranoid type of guy, I'd expect some sort of surprise ad campaign, possibly against Steve Widmyer, from a new source: Truth North Idaho PAC. Whatever that is. Paperwork filed with the City Clerk's office shows that Barbara Jean Hedden is…

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Skewp: Guys Keep Cleaner Sinks 

A Facebook Friend posts: "As much as we ladies complain about how dirty, nasty and messy guys are ... every single house I've ever cleaned with his and her sinks, it's always her side that is way worse than his! Sorry girls, but guys win…

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Fernan Lake Health Advisory Issued

A health advisory was issued Friday for Fernan Lake, where toxic blue-green algae was found in the water. People should avoid direct contact with water containing visible algae, according to a news release from the Panhandle Health District. Swallowing water is particularly dangerous to children…

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Terry: County Plan For Everyone 

Terry Harris (RE: Regan & Co form anti-ULUC group): I know, I know... I'm not around anymore and I shouldn't have any say. But "because the county codes only apply to the rural residents, it is only fair that the rural residents have the greatest…

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JohnA: They're Paving Front Avenue 

JohnA: Check out the McEuen webcam on the LCDC site. They're paving Front Avenue, at long last. Also, yesterday while I was visiting with my old friend, former police chief Dave Scates at the B of A, there was a semi truck loaded with tons…

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Cindy: DFO Softening Toward Cats 20 

On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts this claim, in which I was badly misquoted: "Breaking news! Moments ago, notorious cat-hater D.f. Oliveria said, "I finally see the wisdom behind getting a cat." You read it here, first." If you're a Facebook Friend of Cindy's, you…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.25.13

Metal thefts have taken a new twist in Post Falls. Five metal plaques with emblems of each branch of the military were pried from the concrete base of a memorial at Q'emiln Riverside Park sometime between Monday and Friday last week, police say. The crime…

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Poll: Liberty Caucus Not Republican 

Thursday Poll: 58 of 109 respondents (60.71%) don't think the Liberty Caucus of the Idaho Republican Party is Republican at all. Only 28 of 109 respondents (25%) said the Liberty Caucus members are truly Republican. 16 (14.29%) were undecided. Weekend Poll: Post Falls officials vigorously…

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Quotable Quote 

Arpie (RE: Denney launches state campaign): "With all the Reagan Republicans, Rally Right Republicans, Liberty Caucus Republicans, Mainstream Republicans and others I'm forgetting about, I just realized there's another kind of Republican. Ones like me who register Republican just so we can vote against all…

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Deanna Laird, 10, takes a bugs-eye view in order to paint greenery on the edge of a section of a large mural depicting Tubbs Hill at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Sciences Thursday. The 6 by 40 foot painting, designed by local artist Jessica L. Bryant, will be displayed outside of the gym upon completion. (Gabe Green/press)

AM Headlines -- 10.25.13 

Deanna Laird, 10, takes a bugs-eye view in order to paint greenery on the edge of a section of a large mural depicting Tubbs Hill at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Sciences Thursday. The 6 by 40 foot painting, designed by local artist…

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GOPMatt: Liberty Rising In Kootenai 11 

GOPMatt53 (re: Duane: Why doesn't GOP pay rent?): Dear Duane Rasmussen...Libertarians have not taken over the Republican Party. Crony Capitalists Republicans have lost their standing in the party due to decades of abuse of power. The two are not the same thing! Case in point…

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LCDC Spokesman: Sims & Co All Wet 10 

LCDC spokesman Keith Erickson (RE: Post Falls rips anti-LCDC info): The Lake City Development Corporation takes exception to this brochure. This perennial propaganda is filled with the same misleading information, false accusations, and skewed numbers as in year’s past and is distributed by a small…

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Attack Of The Killer Ash Aphids? 17 

Tina Martin is bugged about what's clogging the air. Those smokey-winged ash aphids - as much an October tradition as the World Series, Halloween and sprinkler blowouts - are out in full force this week, keeping our mouths shut and honing our swatting skills. "They're…

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