Parting Shot -- 6.2.17
The Parting Shot features a Pennsylvania woman who rappelled down 150 feet from the rooftop of the Banks Towers building as part of the Second Annual Over The Edge Scranton Rappel event.
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017
TGIF Wild Card -- 6.2.17 3
The first day of my new routine -- blogging in the morning and writing my Huckleberries column in the afternoon -- went smoother than expected. I found time to post a few things during transitions in my writing. A three-dot column allows for that. And I had no problem keeping up with the police scanner.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 6.2.17
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (13 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 8
The Cutline Contest today feature vertical dancers from the California-based Bandaloop performing the dance piece "Public Canvas Quartet" in Providence, R.I. Thursday Winner: HFHayden.
'Selling Sex in Silver Valley' author on KXLY today 1
Heather Branstetter, the author of "Selling Sex in the Silver Valley: A Business Doing Pleasure" will appear in a taped interview with KXLY's Melissa Luck at 6 p.m. today. In a lengthy Facebook post Melissa tells of her twin loves of Wallace and "stories of old-timey hookers."
Target found on Tubbs Hill 6
Here's something Walkabout tells Huckleberries that she's never seen on Tubbs Hill before -- a deer target taped to a tree along the trail. Second photo of the set provides a reference for the photo of the target.
Candidate Leroy banks on early start
In his Idaho Politics Weekly column, Chuck Malloy writes: "We’ve seen this movie before. David Leroy, the onetime golden boy of Idaho’s Republican Party, is running for Congress in Idaho’s First District – 23 years after he was defeated for the same office."
New Grandchild 1
During his battle with cancer, Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, wrote a poignant rhyme about a new grandchild. The poem still resonates today.
Intermax, Sandpoint reach deal
Intermax Networks announced they are the first company to enter into all of the required agreements with the City of Sandpoint to provide service on the city’s Economic Development fiber network. Former Coeur d'Alene councilman Mike Kennedy is president of Intermax.
Black fly outbreak brings misery 1
An outbreak of biting black flies is spreading in pockets across the Inland Northwest, bringing misery in the form of itchy bleeding bite wounds and allergic reactions. “They are out there looking for blood,” said assistant professor Jeb Owen, an entomologist at Washington State University. Mike Prager/SR reports ...
AM Scanner Traffic -- 6.2.17
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (16 items & counting) including a traffic hazard involving a dead calf moose and its mother ...
Tubbs Hill brawl video goes viral 2
KREM 2 reports: Police are investigating after a video of a brawl involving teenagers on Tubbs Hill was spread across social media. Police say the fight happened on Memorial Day. The video has received more than 1 million page-views already.
Ponderay to get double-fried chicken 1
Adam Hegsted, the chef and owner behind Spokane's Yards Bruncheon, Wandering Table and Gilded Unicorn, is opening a restaurant in the North Idaho town of Ponderay. When open in mid- to late June, Hegsted's restaurant will feature double-friend chicken. (Q: Do you like barbecue chicken?)
When they 'pivot' 9
I was listening to Terry Gross' "Fresh Air" interview with U.S. Sen. Al Franken on a podcast yesterday when I heard the word that describes one of my pet peeves: "pivot." That's the tactic used by politicians for answering a direct question with a response that's totally off topic. (Q: Do you notice when a politician pivots?)
Blog: Trump worse than mosquito bites 6
Marianne Love/Slight Detour posts: "I don't know if it was the itchy mosquito bites up and down my arms or if it was the reverberation of the selfish rhetoric---allegedly representing our great country---that I heard yesterday as a justification for pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. I do know for sure that I did not sleep well last night."
Huckleberry Friends -- 6.2.17 5
The roundup of links from the Huckleberries Online social media includes: Paris accord/Bay Views, Your weekly planner/On Tap, We'll always have Paris/Fort Boise, Never-ending story/Cindy's All Write, Tours of past and present/Randy Stapilus, Preserving those fleeting moments/Slight Detour, Friday's Openings: Woman is a wonder/7 Blog ...
Poll: Climate change significant
In the Thursday poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation says that climate change is a significant problem in our world today. Today's Poll: Do you agree with Judge Lansing Haynes that accused cop killed Jonathan Renfro can receive a fair trial in Kootenai County?
Carlson: Time for Otter to go 3
Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicles says there are many reasons for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter to resign now rather than serve out his term. The chief reason among them, Carlson says, it'll give loyal Lt. Gov. Brad Little a leg up as an incumbent in his bid to hold of Congressman Raul Labrador in a four-way GOPrimary race next spring ...
AM Headlines -- 6.2.17
AM Headlines begins with Betsy Russell's report on the refurbished Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial after recent vandalism. Also: Public Records (June 2)/Press, Eaton to become IACI VP/EOBoise, Idaho logging project can continue/EOBoise, Editorial: Drowning in horrific advice/CdA Press, Little names Hauge as campaign manager/EOBoise ...
Best milkshakes in town? Katrina says: Paul Bunyan 5
Huckleberry Friend Katrina Wright Swaim of Coeur d'Alene said the milk shakes are so thick at Paul Bunyan restaurant, next to The Spokesman-Review building, that "we almost caved in our faces trying to drink them!" (Question: Does Paul Bunyan provide the best milkshakes in town?)
Bumpersnicker 4
Bumpersnicker (on an older black Honda parked at Coeur d’Alene’s Home Depot Wednesday): “My kids will not fix your computer." Question: Who do you ask to fix your computer when it crashes?
Renfro trial to stay in Kootenai County
The man accused of killing Sgt. Greg Moore more than two years ago and driving off with his car is still expected to be tried in Coeur d'Alene, despite media coverage of the case, though the jurors may be sequestered. KREM 2 reports ...
Sam: City wants your photos 1
Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor wants his Huckleberry Friends to know that the city of Coeur d'Alene is looking for community photos for its Web site: "If you have any great, high-quality shots, please PM us on our Facebook page or email them to staylor@cdaid.org."
Trib: Ahlquist doesn't vote much 3
In a Lewiston Tribune editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments on a story about the voting habits of the four announced candidates for Idaho governor. Tommy Ahlquist is the most infrequent voter of the four, according to an AP story. (Q: Does it bother you when candidates fail to vote much?)
2 found dead in CdA apartment 4
Two people were found dead by police Thursday in an apartment near Lowe’s in Coeur d’Alene. Police said they were called around 5 p.m. to the Falls Creek apartment complex at 2827 N. Julia St at the behest of neighbors who smelled a suspicious odor. Ralph Bartholdt/Press reports ...
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.