12:09 p.m. 2 backpacks are lying on road near The Grail bar/Huetter -- 1 w/stuffed animal attached.
12:01 p.m. Robert has questions re: selling a vehicle to a car junk yard.
11:50 p.m. Load Jack Buell/St. Maries logging truck is operating w/o brake lights @ H95 & Dalton.
11:34 a.m. A woman reportedly screamed, "Let go," to a man in a gold Chevy rental in the parking lot of the U.S. post office/CdA before the vehicle drove away.
11:23 a.m. ISP officer tells colleague: "The driver thought he was a safe driver until I told him of all the violations you observed. Then, he was thankful that you called his attention to his driving."
10:29 a.m. Caller reports old tree & hill side on fire behind 2116 Lundy Blvd/Post Falls (approximately 50-by-20 feet). Man on scene reports he has a burn permit. Fire is a controlled burn.
9:59 a.m. Vandalism to property is reported @ 6th & Sherman/downtown CdA.
9:48 a.m. Elderly female in s/b white Merc w/New Mexico plates weaving on 4th & Appleway/CdA.
9:44 a.m. Disorderly 50ish man threatened Stateline WalMart workers before walking away.
9:43 a.m. Driver upset because he got citation on I-90 south of CdA where no speed limits in force.
9:36 a.m. Father is concerned b/c can't contact his 14YO son, James, who is in his mother's custody.
9:18 a.m. Caller has questions for an officer re: chickens coming into his yard.
8:45 a.m. Wife reports her husband is hitting her in Guest House motel room on Appleway/CdA.
8:26 a.m. Someone @ Appleway & Howard/CdA is reportedly suicidal.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
