MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009
Sunday Wild Card -- 7.26.09 16
Dunno about you, but I'm headed for City Park this afternoon for the three-hour Coeurimba concert, under the auspices of Chris Guggemos' Handshake Productions. Then, I'm getting together with a bunch of church friends for an ice cream social this evening. Julyamsh is taking place…
Native Americans Celebrate Julyamsh
The Grand Entry at Saturday’s Julyamsh Powwow becomes a sea of colorful, feathers, ribbons, beads and bells as hundreds of Native American dancers enter the parade grounds at the Post Falls Greyhound Park. More than 1000 dancers, representing hundreds of tribes across the U.S. and…
LATimes Falls In Love w/Coeur d'Alene 11
Tastes are conservative here. The city is about 95% white, and the county, Kootenai, voted 62% for John McCain. Over the years, there have been some whose politics have fallen beyond the Democrat-Republican spectrum. One of the nation's most notorious white supremacists had his clubhouse…
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2009
Saturday Wild Card -- 7.25.09 9
I'm going to turn the reins of Huckleberries Online over to Betsy Russell and Cindy Hval for the next two weeks, beginning Monday. Cindy did a dyne-oh!-mite job for me in May when I took a week or so off. And most of you know…
Cash-for-Clunkers Program Begins 25
David Lausche of Spokane is thinking of trading in his 1998 Ford Ranger for a new one under Cash for Clunkers program, which kicked off Friday. Car dealers are hoping the $1 billion federal program helps give their lagging business a boost. Story here. (Colin…
JK: Sticker Shock w/Water Bill
I was brought up to be exceedingly stingy with water. I was raised in the arid West, where a brown trickle of water was styled “the South Platte River.” Water was rationed; neighbors turned in neighbors for gross sprinkling violations. And that’s why I was…
OTV: 11 Cool Things About Wallace 9
1. 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been produced in the Wallace area since 1884, placing it near the very top of "Most Silver Rich Places" in all of world history, along with Liz Taylor's jewelry hutch.2. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner was born in…
The Loves Conquer St. Helens 6
At Slight Detour, Marianne Love posts this photo of hubby Bill and daughter Annie at the summit of Mount St. Helens. You can read about the Loves' adventure here.Question: Have you ever climbed a mountain? What's your favorite hike?
Napkin Notes: Unfinished Home Projects 2
When we were preparing to move into our first home, we made a list of things we wanted to do to it. Big things and small things all went on The List, and it got long quickly. We got some of the projects done (with…
JC: Transplant 101: Givers Vs. Takers 14
One thing that happened throughout the day was that everywhere I went, one diagnostic room after another, each technician asked “are you a giver or a receiver?” It gave me pause to think about donors. I've been thinking about deceased donors - but there are…
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009
TGIF Wild Card -- 7.24.09 13
As you can imagine from the "Unique Numbers" of this blog, Huckleberries Online attracts a lot of traffic that doesn't comment. In cyberworld, they're called "blurkers" (blog lurkers). They truly are the silent majority here, They number in the thousands, while commenters number in the…
Parting Shot -- 7.24.09
Spanish artist Pep Bou performs with soap bubbles during his "Rebufaplanetes" show in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)SR's Today In Photos
Me: Seeing & Being Seen 1
We hang out on the CDA river. It's quiet, there are few people, and to me it is the epitome of North Idaho. Not the touristy one, the real one. I've never taken a visitor there. I couldn't imagine some kind of dinner cruise there.…
PM Headline -- 7.24.09 1
An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Joshua James Rimer as a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Randy L.J. Neff Jr. sits at the end of a loader Friday at Dover Air Force Base, Del.…
APhoto Of The Day -- 7.24.09 21
Schoolchildren prepare for a demonstration of sumo wrestling at a beach in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. The late Billy Mays Hayes promotes NASA's bio scrubber designed to filter out harmeful greenhouse gasses that are destroying our planet. Not sold in the…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 7.24.09
4:49 p.m. 3 drunk boys are staggering across McEuen Field en route to Tubbs Hill.4:24 p.m. A dog has been locked for an hour in camper shell on yellow-and-white p/u @ Cabela's.4:20 p.m. A 60ish woman slipped and hurt her shoulder @ Costco.4:13 p.m. R/P…
Are You Aware Of Your Cankles? 7
The Wall Street Journal devoted an inordinate amount of space to it this morning! Ah, our obsession with our shortcomings. At least Hillary lives with hers! Just look at her cankles compared to Chelsea's slim, trim ankles! What are they? When the calf meets the…
ABM: If I Won The Lottery 4
At A Butterfly Moment, Jen spells out 10 things she'd do if she won the lottery (which she doesn't play):1. Take care of my extended family and a few special friends.2. Build a building for our little private school.3. Give the school staff significant raises…
HBO Blogos -- 7.24.09 3
"In the latest installment of why I love my husband," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho, "Bert and I spent the morning in the Ronald D. Rankin Veterans Memorial Plaza at the Kootenai County Adminstration building. It had to be over 90 degrees before we finished…
What Should HBO Call 'Elderly'? 19
CindyH: I recently visited a church that named their seniors' group “Keenagers.” Much better than my mom's church where they're called “Saints Alive.” I'm guessing the dead saints don't get out much.Taryn: I like “Old Fart” or “Geezer.”Question: I was called on my use of…
'What A Wonderful World' 8
Nine-year-old George Orr, of Quincy, Ill., sings along to Louis Armstong's "What a Wonderful World" during the Quincy Gems' "Day at the Ballpark" event for area children Thursday at QU Stadium in Quincy, Ill. The Gems are part of the Central Illinois Collegiate League, a…
Obama Backtracks On Cop Incident 25
"Because this has been ratcheting up and I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up, I wanted to make clear in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sgt. Crowley specifically," Obama…
Kyra Wine's Mom Gets 10 Years, Too 9
Testimony about Christina Haynes’ mental state didn’t sway a judge today from imposing a 10-year prison sentence on the St. Maries woman, whose child, Kyra Wine, almost died in one of the worst neglect cases in Benewah County. Haynes’ mental-health issues didn’t excuse her from…
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