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Hump Day Wild Card — 8.24.16

Well, My Huckleberry Friends, I hate to say I-told-you-so -- although I will, of course -- but the correct pronunciation of Boekel Road is -- (drum roll, puhLEEZ) "Bake-ul." And I got that right from the horse's mouth -- 80YO Bill Boekel, who still lives on Boekel Road. The answer to our question on Monday was printed in the phone book all along. I called Bill. He said the name was German and mispronounced all the time. He seemed resigned to that fact. So there you have it. Another mystery solved by Huckleberries Online. End of brag. Here's your Hump Day Wild Card ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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