Parting Shot: CdA sunrise
Don Sausser took this lovely photo on June 19. Pictures are the only way I really enjoy seeing the sun rise.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
Balukoff considers running again for Idaho governor 4
Boise businessman and school board member Anthony Joseph “A.J.” Balukoff said Thursday he’s considering running as a Democrat for governor in 2018. Balukoff spent more than $3 million of his own funds in a loss to Gov. Butch Otter in 2014. Otter won nearly 54 percent of the vote to less than 39 percent for Balukoff.
Thursday Wild Card 6.22.17
Hooray! It's Friday Eve! Yesterday, in addition to urgent things like blog subbing and getting my eyebrows waxed, I managed to interview the owner of a new electric bike shop as well as a GU grad who taught for two years in inner city Compton.
Americans and guns: It’s really complicated 21
Americans have long had a complex relationship with guns. Now, a new study shows that the country’s deep political divide is reflected in attitudes toward gun control. The Pew survey released Thursday found a sharp drop in overall support for gun control despite common ground on some key issues.
‘Downton Abbey’ movie in works
A “Downton Abbey” movie is in the works, with production likely to begin in 2018, an NBCUniversal executive said Wednesday. Michael Edelstein, president at NBCUniversal International Studios, said it hopes to assemble 20 cast members from the popular TV series. Exciting news for this Downton fan! Did you watch the show? CH
How does your garden grow? 8
Our whacky weather is producing mixed results in my husband's garden. The basil and a few other herbs are doing well and our zucchini harvest looks promises as do our tomatoes and blueberries. The cucumbers? Not so much.
NIC Bonners Ferry Center offers Family Fun Hike
Join outdoor educational specialist and field ornithologist Brian Baxter for the “Family Fun Flora and Fauna Hike” Saturday, June 24, at the North Idaho College Bonners Ferry Center. Register by contacting the NIC Workforce Training Center at (208) 769-3214 or request more information by emailing workforcetraining@nic.edu.
Not just the young move west 1
Several years ago Ed and Lois Richardson sold their home and most of their belongings in Iowa and moved to Spokane to be closer to their only child. Their energy and intellect is amazing! CH
The State of the Cats 15
There has been some concern expressed that I've been negligent in posting cat photos. So here is Milo, looking regal in his tux and Thor sleepily supervising in the background.
Trump says he didn’t tape Comey conversations 14
President Donald Trump said Thursday on Twitter that he “did not make” and doesn’t have any recordings of his private conversations with ousted former FBI Director James Comey.
Spa Daze
In this week's column I recall being given a massage by a Bill Gates look-alike, my husband getting modest and having a fruit salad on my face. All in the name of work. Mostly. What do you do for self-care?
Summer Reading 13
I'm reading "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde and really enjoying it. It's set in a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. What are you reading?
A big vision with an even bigger heart 1
A white napkin caught the quiet tears that rolled down Ron McIntire's cheeks as Jon Ness spoke. The Kootenai Health CEO began by expressing how McIntire is the first person who comes to mind when he thinks of a community-owned hospital that supports its community. McIntire received the Visionary Leadership Award. CH
Apparently, I've been downgraded 2
Forecasters say Cindy, the onetime tropical storm since downgraded to a depression, is weakening as it heads inland. But bands of heavy rain are continuing – with heavy rain in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.
Senate GOP health bill: Cut Medicaid, end no-coverage fines 16
Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama’s health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid for low-income Americans and erase tax boosts that Obama imposed on high-earners and medical companies to finance his expansion of coverage.
Wallace throws tombstone party
The city of Wallace is throwing a party Saturday to celebrate the return of its founder’s tombstone. “We are trying to organize the biggest parade in town since Teddy Roosevelt was here in 1903,” said Jamie Baker, one of the organizers. When is the last time you were in Wallace? Me? I went to the Blues Festival two years ago. Good times!
Tire on Tubbs 7
On yesterday's Wild Card, Walkabout posted this photo and wrote, "I can usually manage to haul out the trash I find but not today. How and why did this end up on Tubbs?"
Montana initiative would limit transgender use of bathrooms 18
A conservative group wants to let Montana voters decide whether transgender people must use public restrooms and locker rooms designated for their gender at birth – a move that could thrust the state into the national debate over transgender rights.
Police search for Utah man after 3 women found dead in Idaho
Police say a grisly scene uncovered at a southwestern Idaho farmhouse earlier this week has prompted a nationwide search for the property owner, a man they are describing as “armed and dangerous.” The badly decomposed bodies of 3 unidentified women who'd been shot to death were found hidden in a shed outside Gerald Michael “Mike” Bullinger’s home.
Idaho guv candidate makes big promise to cut ‘wasteful’ state budget 7
Tommy Ahlquist, one of the GOP candidates for governor of Idaho in 2018, launched a new TV ad on Wednesday promising to cut $100 million from the state budget in his first 100 days in office. Ahlquist’s ad says he’ll “cut $100 million dollars in wasteful government spending,” but offers no details. Believe or disbelieve Alquist promise? CH
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.