Parting Shot: Ace Finds A Spot @ New Library
Don Sausser/Special for Huckleberries Online
MONDAY, SEPT. 10, 2007
OrangeTV Review: Fort Ground Grill
When word got out that local chef and restaurateur Michael D. Pasquale had bought the place and was giving it a much needed facelift, the town collectively sighed with relief. With the Fort Ground Grill, he has managed to give a modern update to an…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/10/07
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoRiver Stone Park on Northwest Blvd. in Coeur d'Alene debuted this summer with a beautiful pond as the centerpiece. It became popular not only with the public but with dozens of Canada Geese. The geese were lovely but left droppings all over…
Ace Walden Gives Thumbs Up To New Library
Don Sausser/Special for Huckleberries OnlineCentenarian Ace Walden, a community activist, and Ruth Pratt check out the new Coeur d'Alene Library Monday afternoon. Ace was duly impressed with the view from the western windows. Don Sausser snapped another photo of Ace that I'll run as my…
Scanner Traffic ... Man w/Gun Near Memorial Field?
... Taryn's checking out a scanner comment that there may be a guy with a gun strapped to his back, riding a bike near Memorial Field, which is right across Northwest Boulevard from my office window. I see the North Idaho College softball team practicing…
Statesman Editor Responds To Craig Claim
Vicki Gowler, Idaho Statesman editor and vice president, responds to Sen. Larry Craig’s attorney, William Martin, who said pressure from the Statesman's investigation forced Craig to plead guilty:"The Statesman has taken great care in investigating these serious allegations about Sen. Craig," Gowler said. "From the…
Eye On Boise: The Legal Arguments
The legal arguments in Sen. Larry Craig’s filing in Minnesota this morning go on for 16 pages, followed by attachments including an affidavit from the senator and copies of the police report, transcript of the interview of Craig by the arresting officer, charging document and…
Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi ...
... I'm heading to the new library for the next 90 minutes or so. I'll take my laptop to check in here. Mebbe post about it, too.
Local Pols/HBOers @ Library Opening -- Family Phil
Councilman Mike K (left), an HBO regular, & Ironwood developer Steve MeyerPost Falls council wannabe Kerri Thoreson, an HBO favorite with her OnLocation North Idaho blogFamily Phil PhotosCoeur d'Alene council wannabe Dan Gookin (right), a former HBOer known as DanG.
Conspiracy Theorists: Pay Attention To Us
re: letter from Chris Bishof/BrooklynOn September 11 -- tomorrow -- a rally of 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists will occur at Independence Park in Coeur d'Alene, ID. The gathering site is on the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene near the Hagadone resort area. The Spokesman-Review should cover…
UFO? Anyone Know What That Red Helicopter ...
... was doing as it hovered above the ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the new Coeur d'Alene Library Sunday afternoon. Earwitnesses say they couldn't hear the celebratory speeches b/c the helicopter drowned everything out. One earwitness said she was going to "flipped off" the helicopter but worried…
It's My 2 Cents: 2nd Thoughts On Library Location
I was one of the original critics re: locating the new Coeur d'Alene Library at the southeast corner of McEuen Field. I figured then, as some of you still do, that the library should be located more toward the center of town -- and that…
HBO Poll: Worst Newspaper In U.S.?
Item: When Harry gave us hell: In two separate visits here, President Truman called The S-R one of the two worst papers in the country/Jim Kershner, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: "I told Truman it was the second-worst paper in the U.S., politically, after the Chicago Tribune," (U.S.…
Noah: God's Country?
Noah Kroese/Special for Huckleberries Online
SR: Good To See "Squaw" Go Way Of Dodo
Imagine tooling around the Inland Northwest and being confronted with place names like Pickaninny Prairie, Chink Channel and Beaner Basin. Oh, and over there, it's Mick Mesa and Greaser Gulch. Cringe. Well, that's how it can feel when a Native American happens upon Squaw Bay…
MamaJD: Thumbs Down On Teletubby Spears
Mark J. Terrill/AP PhotoBritney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday in Las Vegas.Disclaimer #1: I am not a Britney fan. Disclaimer #2: Britney's performance was her usual awful, glorious, trainwreck self. I watched MTV's Video…
RSPA: Are You Kicking Us To The Curb, DFO?
re: start-up of new Spokane-centric, HBO-type blog in a few weeksI'm kinda torn over the new Spokane blog DFO's trying to kick us to the curb with. On the one hand, it's always nice to have local issues and homiez to cyber kick it with…
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.