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FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 2015

Reid Hatley with one of the benches his company RHI Golf made for Tiger Woods’ first golf course, Bluejack National, at his new shop in Hayden, Idaho. In mid-June an arsonist burned down Hatley’s former manufacturing shop and offices on a nearby lot by the Coeur d’Alene Airport. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)

After arson, young CEO rebuilds 

Reid Hatley lost everything last June when an arsonist broke into his golf course accessory manufacturer to steal tools & then set fire to the shop and offices near the Coeur d'Alene Airport. But he has rebuilt RHI golf and held onto his business, which serves such pros as Tiger Woods. He's even resurrected his golf game.

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Jeers: Tax Work Group stacks deck 

Here's another Jeer from Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune to ... Idaho state Rep. Gary Collins, R-Nampa, chairman of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, and Sen. Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, chairman of the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee. The two have stacked deck to provide cover for tax cut call.

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SilentStorm: Living without insurance 

Responding to Shawn Vestal's column re: the devastation caused by GOP legislators resistance to Medicaid expansion, Silent Storm 0906 explains how this cruel/nonsensical stand affects her. She suffers from muscular dystrophy. In spite of that, she and her husband have had to go without much medical care for almost a decade.

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Huckleberries Online

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.