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• Huckleberries: Claims about Santorum’s game may fall short

  February 19, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Jimmy McAndrew, who caddied at the Coeur d’Alene Resort golf course before becoming a Coeur d’Alene banker, is skeptical about Rick Santorum’s golf prowess. According to eyewitnesses Tuesday, the Republican …

• 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: 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 column will have new home

  December 26, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 This’ll be my last Huckleberries column as part of Handle Extra. When you next see Huckleberries, it’ll be after the new year, included in the weekend edition of the regular … 1

• At church, expect hard questions

  October 18, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 After she recovered from a broken hip suffered in a fall at Mass seven weeks ago, John Austin’s mother wanted nothing more than to return to church. So John’s sister, …

• Flash! She labels CdA ‘top town’

  July 12, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 After traveling 1,500 miles in three days with a rescued pit bull named Loren, travel writer Michelle Sathe wouldn’t be blamed if she phoned in her first impression of Coeur …

• Parking has its own set of perils

  May 10, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 You may have heard about that recent “Fried Green Tomatoes” episode in the KMC hospital parking lot – you know the one in which a couple of drivers locked bumpers …

• Hunting season tends to bring out all kinds

  November 1, 2008 in Voices on Page I2 Sure, Silver Valley native John Austin enjoys hunting season. But he also relishes the dichotomy he sees between old-timers who hang out year-round at Rose Lake junction Conoco and greenhorns …