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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 2014

Hump Day Wild Card -- 8.6.14 

OK, weather guys/gals are saying the temp is suppose to declined 5-6 degrees today and up to 10 degrees through Saturday before heading north to 100 again. It looks pleasant outside for the regular noon walk with SR colleague Greg Lee. Enjoy it while you…

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Parting Shot -- 8.6.14

Alec Troemel, 19, bottom, and Andrew Westgate, 19, both of Mundelein, Ill., race down a dune as a family treks up the steep hill during an outing at Warren Dunes State Park, today in Bridgman, Mich. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Top Comment -- Boxed In

Boxed In (RE: Garnet Cafe Gets National Attention): Delicious! I love their "Green Eggs & Ham"...so clever and yummy! Do NOT get the lemon curd unless you want to eat every ounce of it... and then swoop your finger around the inside of the little…

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Nursing Moms Want Legal Protection 

This week, mothers across the country are celebrating their right to breastfeed their children. Idaho ranked first nationwide last year when it came to the ratio of mothers who nurse. But, there are currently no laws about breastfeeding in public -- it's not prohibited, but…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.6.14

Kerri Thoreson (RE: 2:03 item): "I love Post Falls. Driving down Poleline at Chase Road I saw a brown horse running frantically back and forth across the street. She'd evidently escaped from her pasture and was trying to get back to her pasture mate. So…

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PM Headlines -- 8.6.14

A deer fawn carcass rests on the rocky bed of the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River on Tuesday, near Enaville. The river provides habitat for a variety of life both above and below the surface. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Shawn Gust) Burn ban…

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Hayden Lake Health Advisory Lifted

A health advisory was issued on August 1st for the sportsman’s access on the northeastern end of Hayden Lake by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the Panhandle Health District due to the presence of high concentrations of blue-green algae that can produce toxins…

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KCSD Takes Break From Lake Search

Efforts by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office to locate the body of Gary Scott Shawver on Lake Coeur d’Alene are ongoing. Shawver, 57, reportedly jumped into the lake near Stevens Point shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday in an effort to retrieve an item that fell…

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Libertarian Guv Wannabe Optimistic 

Libertarian gubernatorial candidate John Bujak said the discord in Idaho’s Republican Party could drive down November voter turnout and help him peel off voters that would ordinarily vote GOP. “It’s really an environment where anything can happen,” Bujak, a former Canyon County prosecutor who is…

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3 Athol Council Members Face Recall 

An Athol resident is hoping to recall three city council members amid embezzlement allegations against the former city clerk. Susan Richmond has gathered 20 signatures from residents on three separate petitions requesting to recall council members Mary Zichko, Josh Spencer and Shane McDaniel. Richmond believes…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 8.6.14

Shyanne Weston, 7, left and Kristin DeLong, 7, right volunteered to carry the cooler and all of the food for a day at Q'emiln Park in Post Falls on Wednesday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Protection service/Fort Boise Day 210: Grace/Eye on Shanghai Fix-it Felix is…

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Florine: Let's Start Online History Club 

FlorineD (RE: No Kootenai in Kootenai County): Arpie, can I take your class? And might ShoCon be an occasional guest? Most history classes (and since history was one of my majors, I can speak to this) are infernally boring; history is about the stories, not…

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Nugent: Replace Non-Hunting Wives 17 

Conservative rock star Ted Nugent was deputized by local law enforcement at a Tea Party event in Wyoming in which he complained about America’s alleged post-World War II decline and women who do not enjoy hunting, Media Matters reported. ... Nugent also accused hunters in…

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Vault Coffee To Take Old Java Spot 

Vault Coffee will open in early September at 324 Sherman Ave., at the corner of Fourth Street and Sherman Avenue. Local residents Danelle Reagan and stepdaughter Haley John said they are eager to restore this local landmark, built in 1904 as The Exchange Bank of…

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Midtown To Host Sidewalk Chalk Show 

From OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho: "Brilliant: Sidewalk chalk art show in Midtown CdA 8/15. There will also be a Midtown Art fest the same day in the lot across from Capones with a variety of artists, merchants and love music!" Question: Izzit just me --…

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SR News Quiz -- 8.3-8.2014

How much do you know about upper Columbia River salmon runs, Idaho politics, Riverfront Park renovations and other news of note? Find out by taking The Spokesman-Review Weekly Quiz, where you could win two movie tickets or a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel.…

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Bent Cidery In The Works 

In case you were wondering what Bent's up to these days: "Ok Folks here is what I have been up to this summer. As the COO of North Idaho Cider, LLC, I invite you to like our new Lake City Cider (our draft line) page…

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Poll: Washington To Blame For Woes 

Even amid an improving economy, a majority of Americans are feeling uneasy about the future for their children and they blame Washington’s dysfunction for failing to put the nation on the right track. Despite solid jobs gains and a pickup in economic growth, a record-high…

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Ybarra To Attend Thursday Meeting 

Campaign staff for Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced she will attend the 2014 Idaho Annual Superintendents conference meeting on Thursday in Boise. The announcement comes a few days after a piece appeared in Idaho Education News saying Ybarra was “too…

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Hoffman Lauds Lake City Robotics 

It was just a month ago that we had some pretty big criticisms for the Coeur d’Alene City Council, which was considering an ordinance to regulate robots. I jokingly tweeted that the city’s proposed robot licensure requirements and ban on robots harming humans summarily ended…

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Pope To Youngsters: Get Off The Web 

In this file photo Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, Pope Francis has his picture taken inside St. Peter's Basilica with youths from the Italian Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio who came to Rome for a pilgrimage, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File) Pope Francis yesterday…

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No County 2015-16 Tax Increase 

The Kootenai County Commissioners are pleased to announce the proposed 2015 budget of $79,646,264 is complete with no tax increase planned. Of this amount, $41,278,987 will be funded from property tax. The proposed budget is an overall increase compared to the current adopted budget of…

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Thieves Enjoy Tubbs Hill, Beach, Too

On the Coeur d'Alene Police Department Facebook page, Sgt. Christie Wood posts: "The Police Department has taken a few crime reports this summer from people who have left their personal items unattended while they were swimming off of Tubbs Hill or the City Beach. Please…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.6.14 

12:01 a.m. Nolan reports that he'll pick up his dog from animal shelter within 1-3 days. 11:58 a.m. Someone is suffering a seizure @ 700 block of Front Avenue/CdA. 11:37 a.m. Deputy trying to locate pickup w/rake hanging out side into oncoming traffic @ H41/Wyoming,…

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Long-Awaited Kiss 

Michael Pfaff, 6, second from right, and Gabriel Pfaff, 3, right, watch as their parents, Spc. Jonathan Pfaff and Tara Pfaff, kiss for a photo after Jonathan returned home from Afghanistan with about 150 soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team today at the Fort…

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