Parting Shot 10.13.16 2
If this photo doesn't bring a smile to your face, you need to check your pulse.
THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 2016
Technical difficulties 2
Rich Landers of SR Outdoors has posted an item re: death of Great Barrier Reef that has gone viral & jammed up the SR.com system. I've barely been able to post this afternoon as a result. (And you thought I was just lazy.). I'm not going to fight the glitzy system any longer today. I'll try to post the Parting Shot and head home.
Wild Card/Thursday -- 10.13.16 94
I've decided I can't vote for either Republican Donald Trump of Democrat Hillary Clinton. He appalls me. I'm tired of her lying and stonewalling. Whichever one wins, the country loses. It will remain terribly divided. Now, I must decide whether I'm going to leave the presidential race blank. Or write in someone, like Idaho's favorite son, Pedro.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.13.16
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (10 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic for 14 more items) ...
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 12
The Cutline Contest today features a fan of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waiting for Trump's running mate Mike Pence at a campaign rally in Iowa Tuesday. Tuesday Winner: Stitch.
Nobel Prize goes to Dylan 2
NYTimes: Half a century ago, Bob Dylan shocked the music world by plugging in an electric guitar and alienating folk purists. For decades he continued to confound expectations, selling millions of records with dense, enigmatic songwriting. Now, Mr. Dylan, the poet laureate of the rock era, has been rewarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature.
McKenzie bankrolling own campaign 2
The two candidates for an open Idaho Supreme Court seat have raised roughly equally amounts for their campaigns since their four-way primary race, but most of candidate Curt McKenzie’s funds came from his own pocket, while Robyn Brody drew contributions from an array of individuals and law firms.
Jeld-Win selling Silver Mountain 4
Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg is getting a new owner. Jeld-Wen Holdings Inc., which has owned the resort for 20 years, is selling the North Idaho property for $5 million, according to a recent filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. The buyer wasn’t...
Blogos: Recycling an old VW Beetle
Here's a sight that should bring most former owners of VW Beetles almost to tears. Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon and a friend (unseen) spent time recently taking the top off a retractable roof of a 1962 VW Beetle that was totaled in a crash at Seltice Way and Spokane Street in Post Falls.
Souza, Milan to debate Friday
Well, props to state Sen. Mary Souza. Sousa isn't afraid to enter the Donkeys' Den and debate a Democratic opponent. She and Democrat Kristi Milan will debate an the noon Friday lunch of the Kootenai County Democratic Club. GOP state Reps Vito Barbieri and Eric Redman, who skipped their Demo lunch debates last week, should take note.
ID thief lived in Idaho under fake name
Kevin John Weinreis, 50, of Tensed, who assumed another person’s identity and moved to Tensed, Idaho, to evade his sentence on a 2000 Colorado conviction for sexual assault of a child has been sentenced to federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Betsy Russell/SR reports.
Absentee, early voting options given
Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon is alerting voters to absentee and early-voting options today. For example, voters who want an absentee ballot mailed to them need to submit their request by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. You can apply for an absentee ballot by clicking on a link below.
Spotlight: Lookout
Early and ample snow is the main attraction at Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area. For those of us who can hardly wait to get started, Lookout Pass is probably where we will kick off our 2016-17 snow sports season. Correspondent Bill Jennings/SR shines a spotlight on Lookout in the first of 5 reports in local ski resorts.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.13.16
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (14 items & counting) ...
Rescuers recover hunter's body 1
Rescuers have recovered the body of missing hunter Edward A. Hempel, 63, of Post Falls, on the face of a cliff in the Bernard Peak area. Hempel's body was found about a half mile from where he was last seen. A Fairchild AFB crew spotted the body late yesterday evening. It was recovered this morning.
Quotable Quote 6
If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true -- Pedro Montoya Carlos-Sanchez ("Napoleon Dynamite"). Question: How can you not vote for this guy?
SR can't endorse Far Right's Shea 7
Huckleberries doesn't pay much attention to legislative races in Spokane -- even those in the Spokane Valley. But the race for Washington House District 4 is different. Incumbent Matt Shea is a Far Right candidate who occasionally pokes his nose in North Idaho's business. The SR refused to endorse Shea today, in his race with token opposition.
AM: Singer Ciccone, 70, RIP 1
AM: Don Ciccone, 70, a band member of Frankie Valli's Four Seasons and Tommy James and the Shondells, died last week in Ketchum. Also: Search for missing hunter goes on/Press, Plummer man gets prison for shooting/SR, Union Gospel Mission raising money/KXLY, A beehive worth saving in Rathdrum/KREM, Post Falls crash victim remembered/KHQ ...
Poll: We like roundabouts 1
In Tuesday's poll, an overwhelming majority of Hucks Nation said it likes traffic roundabouts. Today's Poll: Would you like to have the option of voting for "none of the above" on your Idaho ballot?
Civility confab at NIC today 6
Civility in public dialogue is the subject of a free conference today at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene. Cornell Clayton, director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, will give the keynote talk at the conference. Q: Do you expect civility to return to US public discourse soon?
Athol forum goes on w/o Bingham 1
All the candidates in contested races showed up for the Athol community forum, except Republican Bob Bingham, who is running against Independent Russ McLain. Even some of those who are running unopposed attended the forum. Keith Cousins & Brian Walker/Coeur d'Alene Press report.
Brace yourself for wind, rain 1
An inch or more of rain and wind gusts of 45-50 mph are coming toward the Inland Northwest in the strongest storm of the autumn season. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from 2 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday for Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and nearby locations.
CdA tribe opens eagle aviary
The first tribal eagle aviary in the Northwest is opening on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, which will allow the tribe to keep captive bald and golden eagles and collect their feathers for ceremonial and religious use. Becky Kramer/SR reports.
Few Idaho D's outraise R foes
Just a handful of Democratic candidates are outraising their Republican opponents in legislative races, the AP reports, according to the first campaign finance reports since post-primary reports were filed in June.
Renfro still faces death penalty
A Kootenai County judge on Wednesday denied several defense motions, including another attempt to take the death penalty off the table, in the case against a North Idaho man accused of killing Coeur d’Alene police officer Greg Moore in May 2015.
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.