SRegional Editor Scott Maben, an Oregon transplant: Kootenai is pronounced KOO-tun-ee or KOO-tun-ay (as in hay), according to the Idaho Press Club pronounciation guide. But I've often heard it pronounced KOOT-NEE -- two syllables. Is the latter just my lazy ear, or has the pronounciation…
These Rathdrum Mountain elk wandered into Kerri Thoreson's (www.fyinorthidaho.com) viewfinder. You can see more of Kerri's local wildlife photos here.
Katrina Swaim has discovered she's a superhero: Blunder Woman. Among the superpowers the young CdA mother lists on her Notes on a Napkin blog are: "the ability to fill two shopping carts in one trip and push them both out to the car without denting…
The Scooby-Doo balloon floats down Broadway in the rain during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York in this Nov. 23 file photo. Iwao Takamoto, who created Scooby-Doo, died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said. He…
Bearable Bob: Spokane occupies a barely visually acceptable transition zone of sparsely wooded ponderosa pine forests and an average river between the shockingly dull channelled scablands of Central Wa and the clearcut meadows of the weak Rocky Mt foothills of North Idaho. The entire area…
1. Rich and Todd still won't know where the courthouse restrooms are six months from now.2. Fort Apache, The Bronx3. Follow the leader4. Same-o, same-o5. Breath of fresh air
Full editorial hereIn Washington and Idaho, gun laws contain way too many loopholes. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gives Washington's gun laws a D+, Idaho's an F+. And Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has joined the call for tighter gun restrictions, such as the…
His family and attorney flank Spokane Deputy Joseph Mastel, top center, Monday, to hear his fate from a Civil Service Commission regarding his lewd behavior while on duty/Brian Plonka, Spokesman-Review.Issue: Deputy's firing overruled: Spokane detective who exposed self to woman wins appeal, unpaid leave/Jonathan Brunt,…
Cis: I can hardly wait to see what HBO today will do with the remark in Doug Clark's column about the Seattle clerk's remark about why Trader Joe's isn't coming to CDA ... Off to work, will check back to see what DFO and the…
Since World War II, who is your favorite ex-president? -- Lewiston Tribune*Franklin Roosevelt*Harry Truman*Dwight Eisenhower*John Kennedy*Lyndon Johnson*Richard Nixon*Gerald Ford*Jimmy Carter*Ronald Reagan*George H.W. Bush*Bill Clinton DFO: Reagan
I had a close encounter with a downtown Spokane parking machine this weekend. It cost me $20 for 3 1/2 hours of parking -- and counting. Seems I didn't follow protocol when I put a $20 in the orange box to cover the $10 charge…
Full post hereMy parents don't know how to send attachments, use fax machines, and still will call for advice on how to operate the office photocopier. And yet, they still lead useful, productive lives. To me, this is completely perplexing. My parents are fine with…
*E-mail from Bent re: Sunday Brand X editorial re: CEO Andrea Alexander's resignation from the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce: "Looks like the Duane may be marking his territory, and ensuring that the PF Chamber doesn't out pace the Cd'A Chamber in the future. Granted…
Oh my goodness, who’da thunk it,guys with fast hands who can dunk itand beat the big boys -- yes it’s true,it’s basketball at old Wazzoo.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Full post hereIf the general manager of Spokane's Fox television outlet thinks Time Warner cable customers deserve to know why Fox programming no longer appears on their cable system, as Jon Rand says he does, he should stop hiding behind confidentiality. KAYU/Fox 28 last month…
Full post hereIn the comments section of Huckleberries Online a conflict flared up that involved Kellogg. It's an old conflict and I doubt it will ever be settled. On the one hand, Kellogg is a contaminated town. The years of mining and smelting didn't end…
Ana Julia Torres kisses Jupiter, an African lion she rescued malnourished from a circus six years ago, at her Villa Lorena animal shelter, in Cali, Colombia, Friday. You write the cutline.(AP Photo/Inaldo Perez)
This photo provided by Beach Impeach Project, peace activists lay in the sand to spell out 'IMPEACH!' in 100-foot tall letters on San Francisco's Ocean Beach Saturday. (AP Photo/Beach Impeach Project, John Montgomery) Issue: 'IMPEACH!' is message at Nancy Pelosi beach: More than 1,000 in…
A calf with two faces is photographed last week at Kirk Heldreth's dairy farm in Rural Retreat, Va. The calf, which was born Dec. 27, 2006, breathes out of two noses and has two tongues, which move independently, according to Heldreth. There appears to be…
Don Sausser: Ya, DFO, quite an animal you have developed here. But I still don’t understand the need for kiddie club games of using cutesy alias’s rather than what one should be proud of - a real name. Anyway, the club has grown tremendously but…
What issue will you be following this legislative session? -- Idaho Statesman *Taxes*Water rights*Education*Transportation*Health care*Air quality*Other
I had a great time viewing "Hairspray" in Spokane this afternoon with my wife and Amy Dearest at the Spokane Opera House. (Note to Self -- make sure you get the sound track to that one.) Amy has instilled in me a love for theater…
That "great women of the blog" two items below made me wonder what a Huckleberries Online calendar might look like. All would be shot in good taste, of course. (BTW, I know I've forgotten key people, so my apologizes beforehand.January -- Sarah Anderson/F-Words (one of…
Dan of the County: Well, lots and lots of excitement and electricity around here (Kootenai County Courthouse) with all the final preparations for the inauguration on Monday morning. There are many people on the grounds that I don’t recognize, in suits and with earpieces —-…
Truthseeker: Why do we need to "create" something? Seems to me that there are already merchants downtown. Do we really need cobblestones and phoney gas lanterns? Do we need a Sherman Ave North? While Sherman draws elite out of state tourists and a smattering 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.
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