Parting Shot -- 4.14.14
On her Slight Detour blog, Marianne Love posts: "Sun peeking through old barn wood: twas a nice sight along my morning walk as I passed by the old Lockwood place with camera in hand." More here.
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014
Wild Card/Monday -- 4.14.14 14
I'm bailing on you early today because I want to move as much stuff down into my new office as I can this afternoon before the techs arrive to move the computers, etc., Tuesday morning. Huckleberries Online will be offline from 8 a.m. until noon…
Alexie Book Target Of Fundraiser 6
On the Inlander blog Bloglander, Lisa Waananen reports how two women took action when the Meridian School Board voted 2-1 to remove Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" from school curriculum: "After reading about this, Jennifer Lott of Spokane and her…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 4.14.14
3:45 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for April 13-14 here. 3:41 p.m. Drunk male in black sweat shirt w/green Army duffel bag is hitting street sign @ H95/Prairie. 3:31 p.m. Physical domestic argument reported @ 8500 block of Nebraska Street/Rathdrum. 3:15 p.m. Caller…
PM Headlines -- 4.14.14
Winton Elementary fifth-grader Tianna Wood works on the practice Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test at the Coeur d’Alene school last month as Idaho students got a look at the state assessments intended to align with Common Core standards. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Post…
Cutline Contest -- 4.14.14 9
Time 2 Vote ... A woman takes a group photo of the Republican candidates who attended a GOP rival event to the North Idaho Political Action Committee lunch Saturday. In the background, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, gets a laugh from the group as a…
Green Tea & The New York Times
Kathy Cooney Dodds of Writing North Idaho blog tells of a pleasant break at a local Starbucks, drinking green tea and reading her two favorite sections of the New York Times: "Statistics show print media is struggling , subscriptions and readership are down. Many reasons…
Rainey: Ready, Aim ... 44
The situation with the Bundy family out in the flatlands some 80 miles from Las Vegas is akin to a truck load of dynamite with a very, very short fuse – parked next to a wildfire. Even an accidental spark could get a lot of…
Stapilus: Idaho Primary's Big Picture 9
What’s it all about, this big Idaho primary pitched battle between two neatly-lined up sides, incumbents and challengers? The most striking, original and daring take on that, the quote of the season so far, comes from Attorney General Lawrence Wasden. Unexpectedly independent-minded, willing to act…
HBO Blogosphere -- 4.14.14
At Eye on Shanghai, Day 104, Thom George posts: "Like everything else in China, if you have to address a problem throw people at it. Here 12 workers hand pick weeds from a lawn in the green area along Century Blvd., in the Lujiazui Financial…
Local Teen Drug Teen Is Movie Focus 6
Jonathan Daniel Brown, right, plays Nate Norman in the upcoming film "Kid Cannabis." A Hayden native, Norman went from being a Pizza Hut delivery boy to operating a multi-million dollar drug organization focused on the import of marijuana from Canada into North Idaho. (Courtesy photo…
PSA: Parking Ticket Appeal Oopsy
And now for a public service announcement from the city of Coeur d'Alene: "Residents attempting to file an online parking ticket appeal were unable to do so between April 3 and April 11 due to a problem with the link to that site. The form…
The Sticker Shock Of College Ed 15
Most of my son's classes next year will be at the local community college, and OMGCOLLEGEISEXPENSIVE!!! -- Idaho Dad. DFO: I'm stunned that Idaho Dad's oldest is in college. But not that college is expensive. I helped put two kids through private, out-of-state colleges. I…
Old Sunshine Trader Gets New Tenant
In-house lunches and dinners and nearby delivery and catering will be offered by The Coeur d'Alenes, a new restaurant at 1116 Ironwood Drive. The 2,100- square-foot facility previously was Soups Etc., Sunshine Trader, Vito's and Brycie's. Opening in about a week, it will seat 70…
Wannabe: Donate To Schools, Not Me 3
State schools superintendent candidate Randy Jensen says he doesn’t want money from his supporters. Instead, the says he’d like to see supporters donate to the school of their choice — and take advantage of several state and federal tax breaks in the process. “For the…
Tea Party Hurls Abuse At Keough 23
Chris Carlson/The Carlson Chronicles columnizes on abuse heaped on state Sen. Shawn Keough at recent forums: Forum attendees were overtly hostile and constantly rude----interrupting her attempt to answer questions, calling her a RINO (Republican In Name Only), and the nastiest word of all, a LIBERAL.…
Denney Attends KCRCC Event 3
Former House Speaker Lawerence Denney, one of four candidates for secretary of state, attended a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee meet-the-candidates event at the Post Falls American Legion Saturday. The event, which attracted about 100 people, was scheduled in response to a rival North Idaho…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 4.14.14
12:05 p.m. A 5-to-6-foot piece of metal, 5 inches thick, is lying @ s/b H95/MP 436 (near Lancaster/Hayden). 11:35 a.m. County resident reports 2 men are banging on her door claiming her husband had written bad checks. 11:31 a.m. Fire alarm sounding at business as…
Fulcher Attend KCRCC Event
Gubernatorial candidate Russ Fulcher talks to a woman at the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee meet-the-candidates event at the Post Falls American Legion Saturday. Fulcher did not attend the rival North Idaho Political Action Committee luncheon at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Events Center that same…
Poll: Whalen Will Defeat Nonini
Weekend Poll: Three-quarters of Hucks Nation says political newcomer Pat Whalen will defeat state Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Post Falls, in their Senate District 3 GOPrimary race. 161 of 211 respondents (76.3%) say Whalen will defeat Nonini, while 50 of 211 respondents (23.7%) say Nonini will…
Clerk Unveils Urban Renewal Figures 20
Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon has released figures showing the amount of incremental tax dollars that will be flowing to urban renewal agencies for the current tax year. $10,527,447 -– a 2% increase from last year – will flow from 22 different taxing entities to…
'Grapes Of Wrath' 75 Years Old Today 8
Much has been said and written about the Dust Bowl, but if you want to get a visceral feel for how it all began and the way it affected the people who experienced it, you need go no further than the opening pages of John…
AM Headlines -- 4.14.14 2
At the North Idaho Political Action Committee lunch Saturday, Gov. Butch Otter serves as auctioneer to auction of an old gun to raise money for Republican political candidates. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Old mill site may see tall complex/Press Seiniger seeks Supreme…
Edit: Again, Idaho Ranks Near Bottom 4
Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon was the place where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." With Idaho's elections, it's the same thing. It's an article of faith that Idaho's system is impeccably fair, free…
Troupis: I'm Mainstream Idaho 10
Once again, our attorney general has come up short on facts - on federal lands, the Land Board and Obamacare. In desperation, he calls me a "fringe member" of the Republican Party. The fact is that my positions on the issues are in the mainstream.…
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