Parting Shot -- 4.25.17
The Parting Shot today features Ivanka Trump visiting the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin today.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017
Wild Card/Tuesday -- 4.25.17 16
I snagged 2 tickets for the annual Human Rights Banquet Friday night, for 2 of you who might want to join Managing Editor Joe Palmquist, me and 4 others at the SR table. Let me know if you're interested in being my guest for the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations event.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 4.25.17
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (12 item & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes injury accident in Spirit Lake area in which female is partly penned under vehicle ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 12
The Cutline Contest today features President Donald Trump, with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and his daughter, Ivanka, giving a thumbs up following a video conference with the International Space Station from the White House Monday. Monday Winner: SLFisher.
Vestal: Idaho fiddles while kids die 29
"How many dead children per year is the going price for religious freedom? One? Three? Seven? In Idaho, it’s 2 1/2, and a lot of lawmakers seem to consider it a good deal." Columnist Shawn Vestal/SR reports on the Idaho Legislature's continuing failure to protect sick children of religious objectors who don't trust medicine.
2017 Legislature wasn't that long
This year’s legislative session certainly felt extremely long – endless, at times – but according to the Sine Die Report, which is now out, it was actually the fourth-shortest session in the past 10 years. The 80-day session was five days longer than last year’s 75-day session, but nine days shorter than the 89-day 2015 session.
Rain, rain won't go away
At the Lovestead in Bonner County, Marianne Love was feeling vindicated for all her griping about the rain, after reading that Seattle had broken a 122-year record for rainfall. Then, she looked at the 10-day forecast for North Idaho, figuring that the rain was bound to let up soon. She figured wrong.
Sheriff Ben: Scammers are bold 1
How bold are scammers in 2017? So bold that they called Mary Wolfinger's direct line at her Specialty Courts office, claiming to be the IRS. Laughing, Mary told the scammer to contact her husband directly -- you know, Sheriff Ben Wolfinger.
DFO's Archives: Rankin & Hatch Act
From DFO's Archives (25 years ago): Before Ron Rankin became a Kootenai County commissioner, he ran for a variety of elected offices, including District 4 state senator. In 1972, he was forced by the Hatch Act to give up a part-time job with the USFS nursery as a result of his campaign. Rankin wondered why the law didn't apply to others.
Pothole 4
Tod Marshall, a Gonzaga professor and poet laureate from Washington state, has given Huckleberries his entire compilation of more than 600 poems by Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue. Most, of course, aren't in Tom's poetry book. I'll begin using them, too, including this one published on April 14, 2009.
Malek, Amador, Souza set townhall
With the 2017 Idaho legislative session now completed, District 4 State Representatives Paul Amador (R), Luke Malek (R), and State Senator Mary Souza (R) will host a Town Hall Forum with constituents in Coeur d’Alene. The meeting will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday at NIC SUB Lake Coeur d'Alene Room.
Labrador conducts Nampa townhall 1
1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador’s second town-hall meeting in two weeks, held last night in Nampa, drew a crowd of about 350, and health care issues dominated the questions. Labrador, the only member of the Idaho congressional delegation to hold townhall meetings, is planning one in North Idaho soon.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 4.25.17
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (16 items & counting) ...
Shoutout 3
Here's a shoutout to Lyle, an employee at Napa Auto Parts, 2514 N4th St, Coeur d'Alene, who provided quality customer service for a purchase of less than $3. I dropped by to buy a Champion spark plug for my lawn mower, except I couldn't remember on the spot my brand of lawn mower. It was a Craftsman. I said Lawn Boy.
Word of the Day: Procaffeinate 2
Dan Mitchinson, the former Spokane airways personality now working for News Radio KFBK in Sacramento, Calif., offers us a Word of the Day via Facebook. See if you can guess what Dan says it means before looking.
Idaho firm sues conspiracy theorist 29
Chobani, the Greek yogurt maker, is suing right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for saying that the U.S. government and Chobani import migrant rapists in Twin Falls, Idaho. The lawsuit was announced Monday.
36% of R's: Press freedom harmful 10
A new poll from Vanity Fair and "60 Minutes" finds 36 percent of Republicans think freedom of the press "does more harm than good," compared with 13 percent of Democrats who feel the same way. The Hill reports. Question: Do you agree/disagree with the Republican plurality that freedomof the press does more harm than good?
BSU attracts fewer Mideast students 7
Boise State University international-student enrollment increased nearly 25 percent from 2013 to 2016. Last year it dropped 15 percent, from 872 students to 737, reports Cynthia Sewell/Idaho Statesman. The decrease can be attributed to 2 countries: Saudia Arabia and Kuwait. ISU and UIdaho also reports foreign student declines.
AM Headlines -- 4.25.17 31
AM Headlines begins with a Post Falls businessman defending use of Confederate flags and other symbols to show his southern pride. KHQ reports. Also: Public Records (April 25)/Press, Post Falls buys vacant Eagles' site/Press, $150M in bonds OK'd for Boise highway/AP, Lowe's Mother's Day coupon is a scam/KXLY + more ...
Poll: Teach climate change
In Monday's poll, a A supermajority of Hucks Nation says science classes in Idaho public schools should teach about climate change. Today's Poll: Do you care whether or not the federal government partly shuts down Friday?
Edit: Shutdown will hurt Idaho
Most of us simply shrug whenever the federal government shuts down. Or there's a threat of a shutdown, as we have now. But Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that a shutdown hurts states like Idaho that are more dependent on federal dollars than they'd like to admit.
More people needed for bone marrow registry
Cindy Hval writes about the dire need to get more people on the bone marrow registry, explaining in personal human terms why it is so important to get donors.
KCSO nabs mail theft suspect
Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 34-year-old Post Falls man Monday night and said he is a suspect in a mail theft operation. David T. Perry was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. at an address on South Douglas Court near Post Falls, deputies reported, noting an anoymous tip led them to the location. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports.
Shelter folds like an accordion
A team of architecture students at Washington State University has designed and built a portable homeless shelter that can be folded like an accordion into a variety of shapes and sizes. They say it’s perfect for a city like Spokane, where it will be featured in a design competition this week. Chad Sokol/SR reports ...
Huckleberries: Ralph Waldo Emerson has CdA family ties
Huckleberries Tuesday begins by examining the ties between former Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce manager Sandy Emerson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Yeah, the famous one.
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.