Issue: School proposed near explosives facility: Lakeland, county officials say students would be safe/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewThe CDA Press doesn't think so:Help keep Lakeland an educational gem/CDA Press Editorial Board.The SR hasn't taken a stand on the bond issue.Question: Should the proposed school location near an…
Unfortunately, Winfrey failed to distinguish between violent sex offenders like Duncan and what we dismissively call low-level sex offenders, like a 21-year-old who's guilty of having consensual sex with a 17-year-old. Or a one-time offender who fondled someone while drunk. Or flashers. Or Peeping Toms.…
Are you worried about acts of terrorism where you live? 1. No, I don't live in a big city – nothing bad will happen where I live 2. No, the Bush administration is vigorously defending our nation from terrorists 3. No, the terrorists and their…
Piggies swim in a pool during a piggy sports contest held in the Yaohai Park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Wednesday. You write the cutline. Top Cutlines:1. There once was a pig who could swimHe was loved by all at the gymHis…
Issue: White House denies 'God told me' claims: Palestinians leaders say Bush revealed divine instructions for Mideast/WorldNetDaily.Or Ex-FBI chief: Clinton was big problem: 'His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out'/WorldNetDaily.DFO: I'm giving bashers from each side a chance tonight. You can…
A group of Lewis and Clark re-enactors negotiate Saddle Bag rapids on the Clearwater River, earlier today, near Orofino. The Discovery Expedition set out in a hand full of dugout canoe's from Pink House Hole in Orofino, this morning as the trek to the Pacific…
I saw a program on FSN, "before the bigs", in which Ichiro was profiled; the show included some pretty cool footage of him in the Japanese League days. Seems, tho, that Ichiro felt he'd gone "as far as he could go" in the Japanese League,…
Spokane County election workers today validated the remaining signatures necessary to place Mayor Jim West's recall election on a December ballot here.Hat Tip: Shannon Sullivan
'Tis The Season: Robert Young gets a flu shot from Sue Meeker, a grocery store pharmcy manager, in Salem, Ore., earlier today/APhoto.Breaking News: The Spokane County elections department has validated enough signatures to make Mayor Jim West face a recall election here. For an earlier…
Cis Gors passed along a Starbucks video ad that seems fairly standard until you check out the time element on the desk phone and the date on the desk calendar here.
Terminated NIC instructors receive cash settlements: Tenure dispute results in two payouts of nearly $50,000 each/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review.DFO: Your tax dollars at work.
Piggies swim in a pool during a piggy sports contest held in the Yaohai Park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Wednesday. You write the cutline.
Will Harriet Miers be confirmed to as associate justice? 1. Yes, she has strong bipartisan support 2. Yes, too many Republicans would have to defect for her not to win confirmation 3. Yes, the anger from conservatives will blow over in a few weeks 4.…
1. APhoto Fix: The carcass of a six-foot American alligator is shown protruding from the mid-section of a 13-foot Burmese python Monday, in Everglades National Park, Fla., after the snake apparently swallowed the alligator resulting in the deaths of both animals.2. Cartoon Fix: Bill Schorr…
I'm heading home soon, so I'll leave you with this Wild Card. Meanwhile, can you drop me a note via e-mail if you have trouble posting. Off and on, several of you have, including Dave Tolle in the last hour or so. Mebbe this problem…
California's Happy Cows prepare for their close-ups during filming of two new television commercials promoting Real California Cheese debuting nationally this fall. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. (tie) "Yeah, baby, work it. Love the camera. Give me a little turn, look back over your shoulder.…
Tim Marks, a third-grade teacher at Fernan Elementary in Coeur d'Alene, is congratulated by his students after receiving the Outstanding School Employee of the Month award Tuesday/SR Photo by Jesse Tinsley.
... Here's the scene from Dickinson, N.D., earlier today. Downed power lines lie across a street, but are high enough to allow traffic to pass. Tree branches heavy with snow snapped throughout town to pull down power lines throughout the city.
A source in Hagadonia sheds some light on the recent departure of long-time Coeur d'Alene Press reporter/editor/bottle washer Ric Clarke: "I was at the big party at the Press last week. They recognized all employees with ten years or more of employment. Ric was not…
Huckleberries Online offers a simple quiz to determine how supermarket savvy you are here.Hat Tip: iVillageFeedback: I'm a savvy shopper in training. Dang candy bars at the check out line did me in -- Bre.
All generations fondly remember the edgy dances and music of their youth. Jitterbug. Swing. Twist. Disco. New Wave. Sexuality is part and parcel with dance. But freak dancing takes the form to the extreme. For the sake of decorum and order, a public high school…
California's Happy Cows prepare for their close-ups during filming of two new television commercials promoting Real California Cheese debuting nationally this fall. You write the cutline.
Item: Vet fights for Wiccan symbol on headstone: Says Hollywood wrongly associates pentacle with demonic cults, rituals/WorldNetDaily.WND Daily Poll Question: Should the VA engrave Wiccan symbols for free on military headstones? 1. Yes, of course – military service entitles everyone to equal treatment 2. Yes,…
1. APhoto Fix: Marines from 3rd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and soldiers of the Iraqi Security Forces survey an area while patrol the streets of Haditha, Iraq while in search of insurgents on Tuesday.The U.S. military is waging two major offensives…
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.