On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook page, photographer Linda Lantzy has posted her 12 favorite photographs of 2011, including this one taken at Mount Shuksan in the northern Cascades. She writes of this photo: “I had an October morning at Mt. Shuksan for a couple of hours all to myself. There had been a light overnight snowfall, huckleberries were ripe, views were amazing, atmosphere was spectacular, and silence was grand.” You can see her other favorites here.

Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns e-mails the last sunset of 2010 at Priest Lake.

Saturday, October 30, 2010: 2259 hours — 115 S 2nd St – DUI: “Officers responded to a battery call at the Shore Lounge reference an altercation between two males. Apparently the males used to be roommates and had an ongoing dispute. The suspect was found sitting in his vehicle with the engine running. He initially denied slapping the victim. The 23 year old suspect was arrested for DUI (BAC=.158) and Battery. His 19 year old female passenger was cited for an Alcohol Offense (underage drinking) after she admitted to drinking in the bar using her sister’s ID. More from the latest Downtown Coeur d’Alene Bar Report here.

• 5:53 p.m. Caller reports sighting a coyote near the back lot of Fred Meyer.
• 5:33 p.m. S believes his ex-wife’s boyfriend is abusing his children.
• 4:53 p.m. Timothy reports someone has stolen his ‘93 blue Olds that broke down @ H95 & Garwood. It was tagged this morning but not taken by the state patrol.
• 4:46 p.m. Tamarack RV Park, 3630 Government Way, reports a trespasser on premises.
• 4:26 p.m. A suicide attempt is reported in 2500 block of Sherman/CdA.
• 3:59 p.m. 2 males in their late 20s are smearing mud on license plates of an old Pathfinder (unknown location).
• 3:48 p.m. A 14YO boy w/long, brown hair and a red backpack refuses to stop riding his bike in the court yard of the Post Falls Library.
• More below

• 5:31 p.m. A patrol officer wonders why there’s so much traffic on H95, near Silverwood, and is told by another one that the theme park is opening this weekend. “Oh,” said the first, “I thought someone was handing out free dollar bills.”
• 5:14 p.m. A backhoe has ruptured a half-inch gas line @ Morse & Maple/Hayden.
• 4:46 p.m. A large plastic toy is lying in w/b I-90 lanes @ M/P 7.5 (near H41).
• 4:11 p.m. Caller from Silverwood reports smoke near Bunco & Cedar Mountain/Athol.
• 4:06 p.m. 2 dogs are creating a road hazard by running the road in the 6900 block of Ramsey Road.
• 3:56 p.m. Neighbor on 12th/Post Falls reports seeing a 14YO girl holding a knife on another girl in next apartment.
• 3:52 p.m. No injuries reported from a single-motorcycle crash in front of Silverwood.
• 3:47 p.m. A race car rolled over and ended up on a fence at Stateline Speedway.
• More below

• 4:59 p.m. Minor injuries reported from a blocking accident involving an SUV & two or three other vehicles in front of Wendy’s, H41 & Mullan.
• 4:51 p.m. A pickup and an SUV Durango may have crashed b/c one was going the wrong way on the w/b on ramp.
• 4:26 p.m. Motorist drove off w/o paying for gas at Best & 15th station.
• 4:19 p.m. A motorcyclist on a blue-and-silver bike had words w/a flagger for driving too fast thru the E. Fernan Lake construction zone, before speeding off.
• 4:18 p.m. Male in a Toyota Camri was tailgating and flipping off other drivers @ H95 & Garwood.
• 4:05 p.m. Males 14 and 16 are fighting in 1600 block of 5th Street.
• More below

Sit back and prepare to be amazed.

Clarnak the Magnanimous returns today in his sequined turban and bejeweled loincloth to mystify you with his guaranteed predictions for the coming New Year.

That’s right, I said guaranteed. Unlike other, less-gifted seers, Clarnak’s soothsaying comes with the following ironclad promise:

If even one of Clarnak’s prognostications fails to come to pass, you may dial up my editor and demand a full refund.

And now I will lapse into a trance even deeper than my normal newsroom work daze.

Ah, yessss … the spirits will begin to speak.

Prediction 1: Alcohol-disabled former Spokane cop Bradley Thoma will suffer a hernia while trying to blow-start his Dodge Ram.

Prediction 2: Republican Spokane County Commissioners Todd Mielke and Mark Richard will sell Spokane Raceway Park and invest all of the proceeds in “Star Trek” collector plates. The move will be hailed as a far more responsible use of public funds.

Prediction 3: Wildly popular KREM-TV news anchor Randy Shaw will finally get that mole taken care of.

Prediction 4: Bob Apple will abdicate his position on the Spokane City Council to become king of Hillyard.

Prediction 5: Three dimwitted North Idaho skinheads will suffocate when they attend a Klan rally wearing plastic sheets. More here.

President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia watch dolphins at Sea Life Park.

Ready to communicate with dolphins? Take a spin in your flying car? Unfortunately, the future doesn’t always turn out as predicted. Here’s a list of things we thought we’d accomplish by 2010.

I can live without “construction nukes,” but dang, that 3-day work week sure sounded nice.

Anything you’d hoped to see by 2010?