Nazareth players celebrate their win over Laneville during the UIL Class 1A Division II boys basketball final in Austin, Texas, Saturday. Nazareth won 52-43. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)Top Cutlines1. Arm-y of One -- JohnA.2. In a blur of flailing arms, raised fists,…
re: Steve Smith sent the following post from Sweden, where he's participating in a high-power conference about interactivity and blogging. He would like your input, so he can provide it directly to his audience in the morning. Seems it's the middle of the night in…
Freeman High School seniors Leah Huotari (cq), left, and Jennesa Miller twirl Saturday while trying on prom dresses in Freeman, WA. (Brian Plonka/Spokesman-Review).Issue: Girls find frills and thrills at Freeman fundraiser/Virginia de Leon, Spokesman-Review More Info: The coveted dress was among more than 100 gently…
Gonzaga guard Josh Heytvelt (42) looks for help as Virginia defenders Laurynas Mikalauskas (11) and Will Harris (1) put on the pressure during a college basketball game at the John Paul Jones Center in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 3. Heytvelt will be arraigned on drug…
From Latah County Sheriff's Office:(At approximately 10:48 a.m. Saturday) two deputies from the Latah County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence after receiving a request to check the welfare of minor children in the residence located at 3425 Highway 6 in Princeton. The Deputies contacted…
Issue: Home-schooler wins regional spelling bee: Seventh-grader will move on to national competition/John Stucke, Spokesman-ReviewMommy Dearest/BrodH20: If only macrame had been my word. When I was in elementary school, I was a spelling bee champ. I smoked the classroom competition and the district contest and…
Currently, I'm down in Palm Spring visiting family (the retired wing that holds up in California for the winter and returns to Spokane, begrudgingly, in late May). I'm surrounded by all these old Uncles who went to Gonzaga back in the fifties/sixties when the only…
Didja hear the one about … Dead Man Walking who showed up at the local DMV Wednesday to renew his license? And was proclaimed "deceased"? Seems a coupla Senior Berry Pickers (Nos. 43 and 44) were waiting their turn in line when No. 42, another…
Isn't this a great photo? Washington State coach Tony Bennett, left, autographs a placard for his daughter, Anna, 6, center, and her friend, Taylor Roberts, 6, second from right, in Pullman, Wash., during a break in the live television feed as they wait to find…
I saw the second and last hockey game of my life tonight -- a 2-1 shootout victory by the Kootenay Ice over the home-standing Spokane Chiefs. It was the Chiefs last home game of the season. The Spokane Arena was packed. More than 10,000. For…
My friend Bob once wrote this tongue in cheek letter to the editor to the S-R (which they actually published and sparked a firestorm in the Labradoodle breeding world and with the S-R's ombudsman) explaining how pitbulls were pikers and you gotta worry about those…
Patrick, I love your list. As I have said many a time re OTV: what's not to love?*Can I expand your concept in a less mischievous quadrant?*My favorites in downtown Coeur d'Alene are these:*Walking the sidewalks from the Resort Shops up to the Masonic Temple…
For the rest of my Saturday column, click here.Every middle-age man I know makes fun of the rubber-glove treatment associated with a physical examination, epitomized by Chevy Chase singing a high-pitched version of "Moon River" as he undergoes a colorectal exam in the movie "Fletch."…
Brother Ray's chicken-and-shimp chow mein for dinner Friday night was one of the best meals I've eaten this year. Nice to know one of the men in the family can cook like that. I'm getting pretty spoiled on this forced bachelorhood gig. Erica provides Hudson…
You know, it's quite hard to find good (or any) photos of her Sandiness anywhere on the web. What gives? Her wild and "unique" sense of fashion is screaming for the cameras. Isn't there anything in the SR photo archives? I'm going to have to…
There has been more chaos and death involving Pit Bulls in Boise. I believe very strongly that Pit Bulls should be banned in law and the breed itself should be eliminated systematically. Pit Bulls were bred for one purpose: To kill. Pit bulls are killers.…
Hate groups will always be around as long as they think they have an audience. But just for your info, folks; being born in North Idaho, I grew up knowing about how kooks some people can be. Why would the Aryan Nations crowd show up…
A suggestion though HBO needs to be cloned in the Spokane political sandbox. Interests here, while regionally smiliar do have specific topics that may not be of interest to CDa'ers and Northern Idaho e.g:Jack LynchPhil HarrisRalph BakerDr. ThorburnKendall YardsRiverpark SquareThe recent sheriff's campaign The selection…
Invisible Man: DFO, if you decided to run for city council would your columns and editorials still appear in the S-R?DFO: The SR would drop my columns and editorials the minute I thought of running. Having said that, I have no itch to run, now…
For the most part I think Coeur d'Alene is a walking town. The Centennial Trail is fantastic. But I don't consider the older neighborhoods to be very pedestrian friendly. This is where my wife & I have lived for 30 years and walk a lot.…
A bit of sunshine has reduced red-neck snowman on Fourth Street to a puddle. You write the cutline/Kerri Thoreson, fyinorthidaho.Top Cutlines1. Upon her return home, Mrs. O. is shocked to see how her man has fared while trying to fend for himself -- J. Frank.2.…
The gendarmes got a pretty good view of the guy who robbed a Kellogg bank at noon today. Do you recognize him? Read all about it here.Silver Valley Girl reports: As my daughters are returning home from school, I found out the Kellogg schools were…
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.