Wild Card -- Thursday (6/23/05)
We'll use the same Wild Card for this evening's entertainment, too -- although I still have a few things to post today ...
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005
Best of the Local Blogs -- 6/23/05
Above, terrific photo of a wood carving in CDA's City Park by Family Phil. And you can find more of the same by following his Tall Trees link here.*Everyone put your hands together for Kristin Hoppe/Not So Fast, who celebrated her second anniversary as a…
Stop Me If This Sounds Familiar But ...
... Yahoo shut down all of its user-created chat-rooms in an effort to stop the sex-chat forums in which adults troll for children here. Big advertisers--such as Pepsi, Georgia Pacific, and State Farm--pulled their ads from the internet portal after reports surfaced on the extent…
Court Expands Eminent Domain
This is a view of three of the homes that are to be taken through eminent domain in the Fort Trumbull section of New London, Conn. On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that certain properties in the Fort Trumbull area could be seized…
You Heard That Brad Duke of Boise ...
... won the $220M Powerball lottery, but you didn't hear that there's another Brad Duke who may wish he hadn't. Brad Duke of St. Maries is 11 years older and already is fed up with media calling for interviews and schemers bugging him about investments.…
Question No. 2 -- 6/23/05
Issue: NIC budget uses foregone taxes: Trustee, business group leader suggest finding alternate means/Taryn Brodwater, SR.DFO: Kelly Richards of Concerned Businesses is right here. By taking the foregone taxes and dropping $1 million more into the budget in salary increases, NIC has locked that chunk…
Site of the Day -- Patty Duke's
Dunno if you had the chance to check out Patty Duke's new blog site, which focuses on bipolar disorders, but you should. According to nephew Mike Kennedy/The Idaho Kennedys, its been up for about 10 days and already getting inquiries despite the fact that it…
Flame Wars
I've been busy over the last 24 hours refereeing fiery comments on the Huckleberries Online blog because things seem to have gotten personal again. This is the part of this avocation I dislike most. Honestly, I value people who take the time to read the…
Question of the Day -- 6/23/05
Issue: Historic photo images are gone in a flash: Old negatives spontaneously combust in museum basement/Jonathan Brunt, SR.DFO: In the summer between my sophomore and junior years in college, I literally lost every thing I owned in a fire that destroyed the small house I…
Sweet Potatoes -- Regal Cinemas Riverstone ...
... for staging the fund-raiser that raised $30,000 for North Idaho College athletic programs. And the reviews were pretty swell, too. Guest Dena Wuerst: "It's a major upgrade. Much better than the Showboat." Stadium seating. Digital sound. 53,000 square feet. Seating capacity of 2250. I'll…
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