I've been on a dead run all week, friends and neighbors, trying to squeeze in candidate interviews and blogging around my day job. The day job is losing at this point. That's why I haven't answered all my e-mails from you and others. Pleaz be…
CDADave sez of this photo: This is a depiction of the old B.L. Lewis Lumber Mill, located in CDA in the 1920's or thereabouts. It appears from this picture that the mill was located on Blackwell Island. The Spokane River and the College area are…
Illustration: This clever idea comes from the mastermind behind Digital Fog.
I've been slammed most of the day with candidates' forums. And realized only now that I haven't posted a Wild Card earlier today. Do you guys want the Wild Card in the morning? In the early afternoon, after the Best of the Northwest is posted?…
Steven Foxx (opposing Woody McEvers for CDA council seat): Steven is a pleasant surprise, a talented 28-year-old who has shown a propensity for involvement as a former Lake City High student veep, human rights work, and the mayor's youth council. I mentioned the extra X…
Of this night time shot at City Beach in Sandpoint, Idaho, photographer Benjamin Anderson sez: "The clouds had cleared, and the air was cool. I got this effect by taking a long exposure, and 'painting with light,' a technique utilizing flashlights. It makes for an…
I've been a long-time critic of Concerned Businesses of North Idaho, due in good part to the fact that it was organized by Duane Hagadone back when, based on an Oregon model. I've always viewed that model with suspicion because it struck me as a…
From Oprah Winfrey's Web site comes news that a second violent sex offender has been nabbed by Oprah Winfrey's publicity and $100,000 cash reward offered on the show that featured Steve Groene and his family tragedy here. You can read about the second perv, Niles…
10 a.m., Colleen Allison re: Kootenai County half-cent sales tax11. a.m., Steven Foxx, Coeur d'Alene councilnoon, Deanna Goodlander, Coeur d'Alene council
Issue: $240 million Powerball jackpot paying off for Post Falls store: Some Washington residents jump at chance to hit it big/Ayisha S. Yahya, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: I've never purchased a lottery ticket in my life. It's a principle thing. If I dropped my resolve, however, this might…
Issue: Dobson reveals 'privy' Miers info: Senate Democrats threatened subpoena suspecting Rove leaked her view of Roe/WorldNetDailySound off on Bush's decision to consider only a woman for O'Connor's seat 1. Bush did the right thing by selecting a woman to replace O'Connor 2. Women make…
... with a reintroduction to old readers and new ones alike here and some words for the Rat Fink (1960s lingo for small-minded squealers) who ratted him out re: his edgy online blog here.
Two very good threads today on HBO:A discussion of low teacher wages in Idaho here.And:A free-wheeling discussion re: the beaucoup bucks MikeK has raised to help him in his race for the Coeur d'Alene City Council here.
Almost all the local bloggers seem to have taken the day off today, so I'll leave you with a clever piece from CDADave's "Thin Air":Out walking on the Tubbs Hill trail today, I spotted a large boat anchored off the "point" on the southwest corner…
As I work my way thru the features on this blog, the next to come up is Best of the INorthwest. It's the one that takes me the longest to put together. What do you think of it? Would you make any changes to it?…
Dan Yake (three-way race with Mary Souza and Mike Kennedy for CDA council): Qualified, like the other two. Came across better than he did when running for the state Legislature last year. If property taxes are your issue, he's your guy. A bit abrupt. Has…
Offline, I was asked about a recent Coeur d'Alene Press letter to the editor by John S. Reed/Coeur d'Alene Press, which raises questions about a musical chair arrangement. Reed surmises that Butch Otter will resign his congressional seat to concentrate on his gubernatorial run next…
10:30 a.m., Dan Yake, Coeur d'Alene City Council11:30 a.m., Joe Kunka, Coeur d'Alene mayor1:30 p.m., Suzy Snedaker, Coeur d'Alene coucil4 p.m., Joe Doellefeld, Post Falls councilStill trying to get ahold of Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander for interview. Deanna, you really should return Erica Curless' phone calls.
Issue: Idaho teachers among nation's lowest paid: Low salary structure makes state 'training ground'/Ann Wallace Allen, Associated PressDFO: Unfortunately, you can't eat the scenery in Idaho or we'd all be wealthy.Question: Is this something teachers'll just have to live with, given the anti-tax mood of…
Monday Huckleberry: Later, with the justices in session hearing arguments about a Sanders Beach case, proud attorney John Magnuson took note of students in the audience from his old high school, Wallace. A wag tells Huckleberries, "Let's hope he didn't act like those Wallace students,…
Maddison Harder, 3, climbs on Joel Holland's prize-winning-record, 1,229-pound Atlantic Giant pumpkin at the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., earlier today. Holland, a retired firefighter from Puyallup, Wash., tied the record with 1,229 with his own pumpkin from last…
I just read the thread among Family Phil, GreenL, Ryan Hill, Dan of the County, I.B. Lurking, et al, re: the Laura Schlessinger lead on my Best of Huckleberries Online post today. If you haven't read it, take time to do so. It's a quality…
I know that Photo of the Day is extremely popular with blurkers. But sometimes I wonder if I've scared people away by posting the top three cutlines, plus an honorable mention. Almost all the cutline entries are worthy of a chuckle. Would it be better…
Shield Law Sponsor Lugar: Bloggers 'Probably Not' Considered Journos/Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & PublisherNut Graf: Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association Monday afternoon.
In order of interview today:Sandi Bloem: Class act. Impeccably dressed in pinks and grays, with monster gold rings on each hand. (Hey, she's a jeweler, whaddaya expect?) She still has a little of that former-teacher thing going. But she has some monster accomplishments this time…
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.
