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Weekend Wild Card — 12/10-11/16

We keep heading toward one of my favorite days of the winter, Dec. 21, the Winter Solstice. It's the longest night of the year and the shortest day of the year. After Dec. 21, the days start getting longer again for six months. It's hard to complain about the weather in 2016. We had a dandy spring, summer and fall. Even the real snow and cold held off until December. Winter's here. But so is Gonzaga basketball. So I'm good. Here's your 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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