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• Huckleberries: Journey from teacher to Dope Magazine

  January 22, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Meghan Ridley had resigned as a special ed teacher in the Lakeland School District and was headed for doctoral studies at Gonzaga University when we visited with her almost a … 4

• Huckleberries: Artful move may be needed to save ‘Tolerance’

  January 15, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B10 It ain’t easy jettisoning public art devoted to tolerance. But the Bonner County commissioners are trying. Artist David Kraisler’s “Tolerance” – a 10-foot steel-and-wood piece – has “graced” the courthouse …

• Huckleberries: A cage match to decide schools’ direction?

  January 8, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B9 Huckleberries knows how to settle the fight over the radical online education plan forced on Idaho’s schoolchildren by Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and legislative accomplices last year – and …

• Huckleberries: Yuletide adornment sneaks up on Ganesha

  January 1, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Ganesha, the controversial Hindu idol in downtown Coeur d’Alene, received an unscheduled makeover during the Christmas weekend. As you may recall, some Lake City residents were upset when the Ganesha …

• Huckleberries: The Big One got away from birthday tracker

  December 18, 2011 in City on Page B2 Kerri Thoreson was keeping track of everyone’s birthdays in Kootenai County before Facebook arrived and wanted to be friends. Kerri, a woman of many hats (Post Falls councilwoman, Coeur d’Alene …

• Huckleberries: Matching views to office sought can be tricky

  December 11, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Let’s play a game. Huckleberries will tell you where candidate John Green stands on issues. And you guess which office he’s seeking. Ready? On his Facebook wall, Green lists his …

• Huckleberries: Officer’s mom recalls BB gun-toting 9-year-old

  December 4, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Jonathan Franco, the Rathdrum police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash near Cusick, Wash., in September, had a lifelong love of guns. In remembrance of Jonny, on what …

• Huckleberries: Claim Palin, and region has two of top five

  November 27, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Who’s the fairest conservative woman of them all? That would be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as far as John Hawkins of RightWing News is concerned. But U.S. Rep. Cathy … 5

• Huckleberries: Suppose nobody showed up to an election

  November 20, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Five of the 13 incorporated towns in Kootenai County fell below the electoral “Mendoza Line” on Election Day, Nov. 8 – with voter turnouts of less than 20 percent. The …

• Huckleberries: Voters had three questions for candidate

  November 13, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 As you may know, seven of seven candidates endorsed by Kootenai County Reagan Republicans in four towns in Kootenai County won last Tuesday, including two of two in Coeur d’Alene. …

• Huckleberries: Trio of authors share ink-stained newsroom past

  November 6, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 What do Jess Walter, Richard Miller and Dan Kolbet have in common? Hint: They are ex-Spokesman-Review staffers. And? They’ve all written books. Walter, of course, parlayed his reporting of the … 1

• Huckleberries: NIC spookiness might mean ghost roster whole

  October 30, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B10 Coeur d’Alene has been down one ghost since the one in the basement at Senor Froggy was exorcised when the restaurant at Seventh Street and Sherman Avenue was torn down. … 1

• Huckleberries: Day brings reflection on our father

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B2 Oct. 19 is a date that lives in family infamy. Thirty-five years ago last Wednesday, my father, Franklin, was killed in a vehicle accident. Mom was 51 then. She’s 86 … 1

• Huckleberries: In Spokane, charity can be expensive

  October 16, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Bogus. That’s the word Jeff Selle, of Post Falls, uses for that $175 citation issued by a Spokane County health inspector to Riverside High mom Mary Beth Conklin for a …

• Huckleberries: ‘President Otter’ has a nice ring to it

  October 9, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Count New York Times columnist Gail Collins among those who were disappointed when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and ex-Alaska Gov. (and Sandpoint native) Sarah Palin decided not to run …

• Huckleberries: Clapping is a right in CdA, stomping a privilege

  October 2, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Contrary to what you may have heard, Sandi Bloem doesn’t have a no-clap rule for her council meetings. Her Sandiness was accused by detractor Mary Souza of not allowing applause … 1

• Huckleberries: Lingering effects of hammer attack difficult

  September 25, 2011 in City on Page B2 Often, readers move on quickly after a horrific accident or crime, while victims are left to deal with injuries and shattered lives. Take Yvonne Wallis, for example. She was one … 1

• Huckleberries: Idaho duo tie the knot the rural-fashioned way

  September 18, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 The bride was lovely. The groom was nervous. The wedding carriage was spit-shined – a new Kubota tractor upon which bride Libby Stockdale made her grand entrance to her wedding …

• Huckleberries: Some bad-news sharing needs audience

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B2 A funny thing happened to Christa Hazel, of Coeur d’Alene, while she was taking her kids to school Wednesday. The new Bryan School PTA veep got popped by CPD Blue …

• Huckleberries: Sacramento rubs Corps’ nose in levee study

  September 4, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene isn’t the only community miffed at the loopy demand by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clear-cut viewtiful trees from flood prevention levees. Sacramento, Calif., is, too. … 1

• Huckleberries: ‘Dog friendly’ rating may be hasty, but CdA’s heavenly

  August 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 Blogger Ohmidog was surprised when Dog Fancy named Coeur d’Alene America’s most dog-friendly town recently. So was your Huckleberry Hound. After all, the dog park at Lake City isn’t that …

• Huckleberries: These public fountains fall short of city code

  August 7, 2011 in City on Page B2 A whole lotta peein’s goin’ on in downtown Coeur d’Alene after hours. And, judging from the latest Downtown Bar Report, not all of that urine is finding its way into …

• Huckleberries: Alliance limbers up for tangle over tree felling

  July 31, 2011 in City on Page B3 Friends and foes alike listen when the respected Kootenai Environmental Alliance speaks. Sorta like the E.F. Hutton of the enviro world. That’s why the Coeur d’Alene City Council should heed … 2

• Huckleberries: Some good eggs live in this gnarly neighborhood

  July 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Don’t mess with Bentwood Park. The Coeur d’Alene subdivision in the shadow of Canfield Mountain has intent Neighborhood Watchers. Case in point. Editor Cindy Matthews of the Bentwood Park Newsletter … 1

• Huckleberries: Economic times hardly comical

  July 17, 2011 in City on Page B3 Somewhere between “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in 1986 and Priest Lake in 2011, actor Ben Stein (boring economics teacher in “Bueller”) got sexy. At least, that’s the opinion of a …

• Huckleberries: Hagadone’s partner has plenty of space to hide

  July 10, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 If you look from the sky, as Google Earth does, at Jerry Jaeger’s 10,000-square-foot mansion, you might think it’s shaped like a gray handgun. The house belonging to Duane Hagadone’s … 1

• Huckleberries: Barflies, bull kept cops hopping at Car d’Lane

  July 3, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Car d’Lane has been tame since the 1999 riot in downtown Coeur d’Alene. But that doesn’t mean it has been without incident. CPD Blues were busy after the cruise this …

• Huckleberries: Solidarity is in the mind of statue beholder

  June 26, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 In response to criticism about the small protest against the public art statue of Hindu god Ganesha in downtown Coeur d’Alene June 10, Kootenai County Constitution Party Chairman Daniel Brennan … 3

• Huckleberries: CdA motto might border on the insane

  June 12, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Huckleberries told you recently about CAVErs (Citizens Against Virtually Everything): Coeur d’Alene residents who fight all public improvements in Coeur d’Alene (Kroc Center, new library, Education Corridor, etc.). They aren’t … 2

• Huckleberries: Takeover plot could bring better menu

  June 5, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Huckleberries had no idea that, ah, bosom buddies President Barack Obama and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter were scheming to turn Idaho over to the Chinese. Before you laugh, you should …

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