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Idaho Woman: Dad Delivered Obama

The Idaho Mountain Express reports Wednesday that a Blaine County woman says her father was the physician who delivered Barack Obama in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. Kathy Sinclair-McClatchy of Gannett and her mother, Ivalee Sinclair of Hawaii, spoke with the paper. The family provided a will signed by Dr. David Sinclair in 1966 that appears to match the physician's signature on the “long-form” birth certificate released by the White House last month. The Mountain Express story includes copies of both documents. “That should end the issue,” Ivalee Sinclair told the newspaper/Idaho Politics. More here. (AP file photo, of David Sinclair)

Question: Do you know the name of the doctor who delivered you?

Obama Birth Info: Enough Already?

 In this April 20, 2011 photo, microfilm reveals the Aug. 14, 1961, birth announcement in the Honolulu Star Bulletin that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama on Aug. 4, 1961, at the Hawaii State Library in Honolulu.  Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth. Highlighted in yellow on page 1,218 of the thick binder is the computer-generated listing for a boy named Barack Hussein Obama II born in Hawaii, surrounded by the alphabetized last names of all other children born in-state between 1960 and 1964. This is the only government birth information, called “index data,” available to the public.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia) (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

APhoto Of The Day — 1.4.11

After having a shave ice with family and friends President Barack Obama greets people waiting outside Island Snow at Kailua Beach Center while on vacation with the first family in Kailua, Hawaii, Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Moments after this photo was taken, Secret Service agents wrestled a female tourist to the ground after she attempted to bite the President's head off. The President was unfazed by the attack, stating “When I turned and saw that big mouth open up, I thought it was Sarah Palin” — Eddie Torreal.
  • 2. “I work in the records department, Mr. President and I just saw your birth cerificate. It's true you were born here, but I'm confused because it shows your middle name as Adolph” — JohnA.
  • 3. (tie) After nearly thirty years, Francine is reunited with her ex-fling, President Barack Obama, who had coldly abandoned her in 1982 after a freak accident during a tryst in the ladies room of Honolulu's “Poi Paradise Discotheque and Tiki Lounge” left her with permanent lockjaw. Needless to say, the reunion was awkward — OrangeTV, and: The woman was overly eager to shake the President's hand, but the dog was forced to give him paws — Dan Gookin.
  • HM: Nic (great job by all today)

Hawaii To Abandon WAC, Too

Hawaii slotback Greg Salas, center, holds up the WAC championship trophy as Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin, right, looks on at the end of the NCAA college football game against UNLV at Aloha Stadium, Saturday in Honolulu. Hawaii defeated UNLV 59-21. The Hawaii victory won them a three way tie for the WAC title with Boise State and Nevada. Now, Hawaii is poised to announce that it’s joining Mountain West Conference in football only in 2012. More here. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia) And: you can read Vandal football coach Robb Akey’s thoughts about Idaho’s future here.

Question: Should the Idaho Vandals begin looking for an alternative conference to play in, now that the best football schools have left the Western Athletic Conference?

Hawaii May Leave For MWC, Too

Boise State’s new conference is starting to look an awful lot like its old one. Hawaii is poised to join the Mountain West Conference in football only, becoming the third WAC team to join the league since Boise State announced it was switching leagues in June. Negotiations between Hawaii and the Mountain West are ongoing, Hawaii and Mountain West officials said Thursday night. “We have a handshake but we do have to agree on the details,” Hawaii president M.R.C. Greenwood said at a press conference. She also termed it as “final discussions”/Brian Murphy, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: What becomes of Idaho, if Hawaii leaves for the Mountain West Conference, too?

Hawaii Crushes Idaho 45-10

Hawaii defensive tackle Kaniela Tuipulotu (49) and Hawaii safety Mana Silva (43) tackle Idaho running back Kama Bailey (8) in the second quarter during an NCAA college football game  Saturday in Honolulu. Hawaii won 45-10 here. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Obama’s Winter White House

Barack Obama sits on Kailua Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, last summer with his daughter Sasha.

For President Obama a white Christmas means sandy, white beaches. Click here for a guided tour of the first family’s vacation retreat.

Question: White snow or white sand for Christmas?

 

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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