We're entering the time of the year that I dread second most, in terms of blogging -- the two months before the next legislative session starts. Election week each November is a prelude to this second dead period, which ranks a little behind summer as…
I've fired up the wood stove twice at home this week. Nothing like the feel of wood heat to enjoy your home on a cold winter's day. Mrs. O is already dressing Huckleberry up in a little coat for their walks. I tell her that...
Stray dogs roam a deserted street with a mannequin erected by the side of a road during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday. Authorities imposed curfew in some parts of Himalayan Kashmir on Friday as government forces swept through the disputed region to stop anti-India protests ahead of the Indian prime minister’s visit
Jeremy Morris, the subject of much conversation on Huckleberries Online these past 2 days, apparently objects to this blogs use of the word "Xmas" instead of "Christmas" in headlines. On his Facebook page, he says: "Leave it to the Huckleberries to use the phrase 'X-Mas.' Figures." He's hinting, I believe, that I, too have a problem with Christmas.
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (23 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) ...
Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen imitates her own gesture as she shows a page of her book, titled Gisele Bundchen, about her 20-year modeling career, before signing autographs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Thursday Winner -- YPMule, with 10...
In his latest op-ed piece,Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation wants the Big State Brother in Boise to prevent Idaho cities from adopting minimum wage hikes. Isn't this the same Wayne Hoffman who routinely opposes mandates from the Big Brother federal government. Question: Should a city have the right to raise its minimum wage?
Parks officials officially unveiled the picture plaques on the donor wall at McEuen Park Thursday. The new plaques depict the story of how McEuen Park has transformed over the years that Coeur d’Alene became a city by the lake.
Tongue firmly cheeked, Wedelyn6969 conjures the possibility of Jeremy Morris and the Hayden Family Morris becoming the focus of a reality show sooner than later, with guests like Sarah and Bristol Palin -- and maybe even Ted Nugent -- dropping by to increase ratings and shoot a few wolves.
The daily roundup of links from Huckleberries Online blog roll includes: It's always been a hammer/Fort Boise, 'Z Nation' gets third season order/7 Blog, On Sunday, go 'home alone' again/7 Blog, Congratulations, Sandpoint mag/Slight Detour, College footballl turkeys soon could hit cement/Grip,Dishonest people make it rough for rest of us/The Slice
Attorney Jeremy Morris has invited his Facebook Friends to post information about his 2nd annual Hayden Christmas Light Show to their Facebook page -- and invite all their friends to see what he has planned for his front yard from Dec. 16-20. Seems he is preparing to shuttle sightseers from the Candlelight Church to his Hayden Lake house.
Like most of us, The Bard of Sherman Avenue is having problems adjusting to daylight standard time. Today, he offers us a rhyme of his disgust with darkness so early in the afternoon.
"There’s a man in Hayden who’s using a camel, among other props, to start a war that would never happen in a truly Christian atmosphere" -- Coeur d'Alene Press editorial re: attorney Jeremy Morris' battle with his homeowners association
On North Idaho Life, photographer Keith Boe posted this photo with the comment down the street from the Fort Sherman Chapel in the old Fortgrounds neighborhood.
I missed a nugget in the Coeur d'Alene Press story. Attorney Jeremy Morris of Hayden was planning a showdown with the homeowners association last spring, before moving into his new home. Also, he developed a strategy with another attorney to gain national attention for his battle with the HOA.
The Roman Catholic Church diocese of Boise has issued a press release re: the arrest of Kevin G. Sloniker, of Coeur d'Alene, a trucker and former youth group leader, on child molestation and child pornography charges. The release said that the Immaculate Conception Church, of Post Falls, where Sloniker once worked, isn't connected with it.
"Mr. Morris, next year move to the city and call it a "Gay Pride Christmas Display", that way the city attorney will defend you for free. Fabulous!" -- former Coeur d'Alene schools trustee Brent Regan in a Coeur d'Alene Press Online comment
AM Headlines for TGIFriday includes: Moose wander into town early/Press, 2016 legislation on broadb Moose wander into town early/CDA Press, 2016 legislation on broadband likely/EOBoise, Legislators undergo 'civil discourse' training/EOBoise, McEuen Park plaques show Lake City's history/Press, November weather to feature snow, meteor shower/Press...
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (16 items) includes two, 2-vehicle crashes on e/b I-90 bridge at Spokane Street that blocked freeway for almost an hour.
A solid majority of Hucks Nation interpreted the election results in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday to be a positive referendum for Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency, ignite cda. Today's Poll: Who do you side with in the neighborhood fight over the large Christmas display planned by Hayden attorney Jeremy Morris -- Morris or the homeowners association?
The uproar created by archconservatives around Idaho re: urban renewal is coming to a head in an interim committee studying the issue. State Sen. Mary Souza and her sidekick, state Rep. Kathy Sims, who are diehard opponents of Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal, are on that panel. Betsy Russell brings us up to date on its activities.
In a pointed column in the Inlander, former state senator Mary Lou Reed calls out state Sen. Mary Souza and state Rep. Kathy Sims for offering their opinions as facts in trying to tear down urban renewal in Coeur d'Alene. Says she: "I prefer to suggest that these legislators are just reckless with the truth."
Ok, I had to read this letter to the editor in the Coeur d'Alene Press today twice. Letter writer Jim Jackson of Coeur d'Alene says: "Pickleball is to tennis what LGBT is to straight." Now, there's a strong hook to get readers into the rest of the letter -- and to click on the link below.
In today's Coeur d'Alene Press editorial, Editor Mike Patrick correctly points out that that there's no war on Christmas in Jeremy Morris's Hayden subdivision. Rather, Morris, in seeking national publicity, has declared a war on his neighbors and homeowners association by demanding the right to erect a ha-huge outdoor Christmas display.
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives jeers to ... former Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Hayden. Why? Hart recently offered the top bid for the Athol house that he lost to the IRS for not paying his taxes -- and requested an extension after he missed a payment on it.
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.
