Erica Curless' story about the center here.The word's just leaking out that the city of Coeur d'Alene has landed a $25 million Kroc grant for a new community center. Stay tuned. (Photo above is of the late Joan Kroc, whose husband, Ray, built McDonalds hamburgers).History:…
Radio stations nudge oldies format off the air: The industry updates playlists for the iPod generation, alienating older listeners/Christian Science Monitor.DFO: I'm resurrecting this one from earlier today. A coupla nights ago, CDADave dedicated a song to Mayor Jim West that, for the life of…
"Ramsey Elementary (Coeur d'Alene) had its year-end "Beach Day" today. ... A carnival/fun day for the kids. Jean (The Cook) was one of the staff volunteers to climb into the dunk booth. Some of those little tykes have good arms!"Hat Tip (for photos, text): Phil…
Dressed in an ape suit, initiative pitchman Tim Eyman on Wednesday turned in thousands of signatures supporting his "900-pound gorilla" idea: performance audits of state and local government agencies, according to Rich Roesler/SR, here.1. Cartoonists Northwest has selected its top 'toon by a Northwest artist…
We're on Day 3 of the E-mail Crash of 2005. Hang in there. If you need to communicate with me, please do it through the blog. Or call me at the office. You can find the official SR message about this mess here.
... Is provided by Toadman/Synaptic Disunion here, plus his commentary about it here.
... Shasta and Dylan are still alive, sez Bill McCrory/Whitecaps, here.
Issue: Hopes are high that missing Groene children are still alive: Father offers prized motorcycle as incentive for tipsters to come forward/Susan Drumheller, SR.DFO: It's good that people are continuing to hope and prepare for the return of the children. In particular, the actions of…
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.
