Parting Shot -- 7.5.17
The Parting Shot today features a scene from the fifth stage of the Tour de France, which starts in Vittel and finished in La Planche des Belles Filles, France.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017
Hump Day Wild Card -- 7.5.17 5
If I'm grumpy today, blame my neighbors. The same guys that fired off bottle rockets until 11 p.m. Monday decided to try it again on the Fourth of July. Which was no big deal from10 to 11:30. But the clowns were still shooting off bottle rockets and what sounded like cherry booms at least until 12:15 this morning.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 7.5.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (20 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) includes small grass fire reported at Falls Park/Post Falls ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 8
In the Cutline Contest today, a woman crosses the street in front of the approaching performance '1000 GESTALTEN' with hundreds of people painted like clay figures moving slowly and silently through the streets of Hamburg to protest against the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Weekend Winner: Gitrdun.
Gonzaga's CoachFew has yet to watch NCAA title game loss
Gary Parrish of CBS reports that Gonzaga coach Mark Few has yet to watch the replay of the national title game with North Carolina. He wanted to do so recently but found out that his wife had deleted it.
Winner & still champion 7
Joey Chestnut won his 10th Mustard Belt at the annual Nathan's Annual Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Tuesday. Chestnut consumed a record 72 hotdogs and buns in 10 minutes to win the annual event again. Which do you prefer -- hamburgers or hotdogs?
Chuck the Marmot gets full pardon after being caught stowing away 4
Tongue firmly cheeked, a Post Falls PD officer penned the following report re: a persistent stowaway who was found in an engine compartment at the Post Falls Walmart: "Officers responded to Walmart when a customer was unable to get her car to start. She opened her hood and found a rather large Marmot trapped in the engine compartment." More below.
Eden: Sorry in Riverstone 3
On the 4th of July, Eden Irgens was watching the City Beach fireworks at Riverstone Park with her 7YO son and niece when her son alerted her that something was wrong. The guy in the car behind her was fuming because she accidentally left on the taillights of her new vehicle. She has written him an "open letter" via Facebook, a nice one.
Sun worshippers flock to beach 1
City Beach was the place to be on Coeur d'Alene's Fourth of July. Sun worshipers packed City Beach. And Colin Mulvany/SR was there to photograph them.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 7.5.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (17 items & counting) includes armed person who was driving recklessly through Coeur d'Alene neighborhood and got upset and pointed gun at resident who yelled at him ...
Post Falls D enters race for Congress
A military veteran who served in the Army and Marines for 14 years, including deployments to Qatar, Iraq & Afghanistan, has announced his run for the 1st Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador. Michael William Smith is a Democrat who lives in Post Falls.
Carlson: An excellent appointment 4
Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicles applauds the appointment of State Sen. Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, to be the next U.S. Attorney for Idaho: "The ten term Idaho Falls State Senator and current Senate Majority Leader is one of Idaho’s outstanding legislators and one of the few true 'super lawyers,' writes Carlson.
Huckleberry Friends -- 7.5.17
A roundup of links from social media associated w/HucksOnline: The stupid bully/Fort Boise, A new dream/Faithful Geek, Your weekly (pub) planner/On Tap, Last leg to the Lovestead/Slight Detour, Excellent appointment/Carlson Chronicles, Practicing for hell, once again/Simple Mind, For refugees, help is on the way/Jim Jones, RP ...
EagleKeeper: Not a fun 4th of July 9
EagleKeeper made an unexpected trip to the ER after falling on uneven sidewalk en route to the 4th of July Parade -- and tearing his rotator cuff. Now, he's wearing a sling and hoping there isn't too much surgery ahead. How about you? Was there anything that marred your Fourth of July?
USA thisclose to war w/NKorea? 9
“Self-restraint” is all that is keeping the United States and South Korea from going to war with the North, the top American general in South Korea said on Wednesday. His comment came as the South’s defense minister indicated that the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile had the potential to reach Hawaii. The New York Times reports ...
AM Headlines -- 7.5.17
AM Headlines: Public Records (July 4)/Press, Kirk scholarship honors memory/KXLY, Clarksville: Frank the Fearless Bunny/SR, Social media flap ends in gun play, court/Press, Woman survives violent Spokane carjacking/SR, Idaho's artisan liquor distillers celebrate craft/SR, New role at Opera CdA a perfect fit for Wolksi/SR ...
Poll: Ex-Californian bias 4
In the long Fourth of July Weekend poll, almost half of Hucks Nation admitted it was biased against California transplants. Today's Poll: If precautions are taken (food, water, cracked window), is it ever OK to leave a dog in a vehicle on a hot day?
Parade hails Perfection-Nots founder 1
For the first time in 40 years, Larry and Sharon Strobel did not march with the band they created as a way to bring live music to Coeur d’Alene’s annual Fourth of July Parade. Instead, the couple who have entertained Coeur d'Alene 4th of July Parade goers annually learned they were the parade's grand marshals moments before the event began.
Idaho mulling Trump voter request 72
Idaho officials will treat a request for voter records from President Donald Trump’s commission investigating alleged voter fraud as a public records request, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Monday afternoon. Denney said he doesn’t intend to respond to the commission’s request for the state’s voter rolls until July 14.
Vestal: Stats show right-to-carry laws don't make us safer 11
Columnist Shawn Vestal writes: "There is a belief that thrives among gun romantics: Adding firearms to any situation increases people’s safety. As if all that’s needed to thwart violent crime is more cowboys carrying pistols at Chuck E. Cheese’s." Statistics, according to Vestal, show that more guns doesn't equal more safety.
Hot dogs in hot cars 8
Is there ever a time to leave a dog in a car on a hot day? A Colfax couple recently discovered that the answer may be no, although they took precautions to protect their 6YO chihuahua Buddy during a stop to have lunch on the way to their cabin. Question: is there ever a time to leave a dog in a vehicle on a hot day?
Priest Lake area bear attack injures 60YO woman, 2 dogs
A 60-year-old woman hiking with her dogs was seriously injured in a bear attack near the Priest Lake visitor center on Tuesday morning. The woman was hiking just after 9 a.m. on the Chipmunk Rapids trail when she saw a black bear. The bear first attacked her dogs, then knocked her down, biting and scratching her several times.
Huckleberries: From snakes to bad breaks, she has helped fill SR
Huckleberries Tuesday notes that former Shoshone County Commissioner Sherry Krulitz has helped fill the pages of The Spokesman-Review since she was a little girl growing up in Osburn.
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.