I got up close and personal with Mudgy & Millie at Independence Point Saturday. In my column Sunday, I included a Huckleberry in which City Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander mentions that her brother, sculptor Terry Lee, reinforced Mudgy's innard because he knew that children would climb all over the bronze moose. I didn't climb on Mudgy's back as I've seen some teens do. But I did get close enough to Millie to pet the mouse. You can read Sunday's Huckleberries print column here.

Other weekend columns from SR:

• Friends, what am I worth?/Jim Kershner
• Op-Ed: Free speech 1, decency zero/Editor Gary Graham
• Sports: Not surprisingly, Zags find way to win/John Blanchette
• Not sure whether agents joined Hell's Angels' sing-a-long/Doug Clark
• Boise: Urban renewal bills seek to fix management issues/Betsy Russell
• Smart Bombs? On jobless benefits, solons have it backward/Gary Crooks
• Outdoors: Paddlers find refuge from Mexico's woes in Sea of Cortez/Rich Landers