I'm going to edit the text of my Q-and-A session with Alice Rankin now. It'll take about 30 minutes. Watch for a link to the complete text and some pretty terrific photos of Ron and Alice as young marrieds decades ago. Now, for your Wild…
Some people fear disasters like tornadoes. In the region where I live, we don't necessarily worry about tornadoes touching down. There is something, however, that feels like it can leave a similar path of destruction. Something that can shake you just as deep, right down…
AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Rex Larsen Eli, an Australian cattle dog, leaps off the back of his owner, Josh Mumme, while chasing a throwing disk, Wednesday at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Mich. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. In an Animal Planet adaptation of…
When I was news editor of the Lewiston Tribune (1982-84), we usually ended the swing shift (3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.) discussing the various issues of he day, while sipping a Miller's offered to us for 50 cents by copy editor Mel Snow, who'd bring…
Above, Alice Rankin as the Orange County campaign coordinator for U.S. Sen./former actor George Murphy; below, Ron Rankin as a machine salesman for his father's machinist company in northern California.DFO: What would be one thing that people would find surprising about you and Ron?AR: Maybe…
AP Photo/The Gleaner, Mike LawrenceAn American robin nests in a safe and secure site on the eagle sculpture above the entrance of the Kentucky National Guard office in Henderson, Ky., earlier today.
Item: U.S. Senate OKs withdrawal legislation/Jonathan Weisman, Washington PostSen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass: "It is time to end the loss of American lives and to begin to bring our soldiers home."Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho: “A time table for withdrawal from Iraq without establishing a stable environment…
Ron and Alice at their 50th wedding anniversaryI've copied the entire interview this morning with Alice Rankin onto Microsoft Word. I plan to edit it and provide some pretty cool photos of Ron and her after lunch. Now, I need to do the Best of…
It turns out that your mom was right when she constantly reminded you breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Whether your goal is to gain muscle mass, lose some weight or simply stay fit, health experts agree that a balanced breakfast is…
Item: LCDC shifts $500K to Kroc campaign: Group must raise $1.2M in five weeks to meet goal/Tom Greene, Coeur d'Alene PressMayor Sandi Bloem: "It could be (the Lake City Development Corp.) could provide some help there (meeting the target goal). The city will not."Dan Gookin:…
Fotoman: beachowner, I am a baby boomer native, and I grew up enjoying Sander's beach. But I haven't been there in decades, and I've only vaguely followed the lawsuits. I sort of figured the new selfish owners were ruining it for the general public. But…
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.
