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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011

Wild Card/Monday -- 5.23.11 30 

While Bayview Herb was counting down to Judgment Day Saturday afternoon, I was busy planting vegies in my garden -- and lost track of time. If the Rapture had occurred, I woulda been doing one of the things I enjoy most -- gardening. I don't…

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P.S. Nailed 

A model shows her nails during the fourth German Nailart Trophy "Gothic -- the dark side of nailart" at the Beauty Forum trade fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Saturday. Beauty Forum 2011 is the most important cosmetic trade fair in Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)…

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Simple Mind: How Dare I Complain 

How dare I complain ... After all, we sit here dry in our warm house, watching the television. And what do we see? The rain, the hail, the wind. We have a warm dry house, they don’t even have houses, heck some of them don’t…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 5.23.11 

5:57 p.m. Caller reports almost being hit head-on by work truck w/tanks on H97 & Beauty Bay. 5:48 p.m. 40ish man has been sitting in front of Hayden business (9700 block of Schmidt) for 2 hours. 4:42 p.m. 2 males are crawling through a fence…

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PM: Payette Memorializes Killebrew 

Former Green Bay Packers and University of Idaho football star Jerry Kramer shares his memories of his friend Harmon Killebrew, during a memorial service for the former Minnesota Twin in the gymnasium of Payette High School, in Killebrew's hometown of Payette. Killebrew, who hit 573…

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APhoto Of The Day -- 5.23.11 

Claire Thomas of Molalla tangles with the final hurdle in the 4A girls hurdles during the OSAA State Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Saturday. The fall sent Thomas crashing to the track, resulting in a last place finish. You write…

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Bill Sali Beat 'Em Both 

At a congressional forum in 2006 in Post Falls (from left): Robert Vasquez, Sheila Sorensen, Norm Semanko, Bill Sali, Dave Olson, Cecil Kelly, Keith Johnson, Andy Hedden-Nicely and Skip Brandt. Larry Grant missed to forum. (SR file photo: Jesse Tinsley) Idaho's current Democratic and Republican…

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NIdaho Blogs: Fear & Suffering 

At Stebbijo's Place, Stebbijo publishes a few photos of Doomsday individuals who were on the busy corners of I-90 & H95 Friday afternoon, predicting the world was coming an an end at 6 p.m. Saturday. You can see more photos & read Stebbijo's thoughts here.…

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Blame Idaho Leaders For Poor Wages 

Idaho is trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of low wages, low-skilled jobs and low-skilled workers. It has an abundance of all three. What it lacks - in fact, what it is losing -- are enough professional, scientific, technical and corporate management jobs. And Idahoans who…

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Major Ben's List Of Felony Warrants

Major Ben Wolfinger's latest warrant list features four residents of Coeur d'Alene near the top, including Derek Daniel Hague (left above), 21, who is wanted by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department on a probation violation charge for an original conviction of possession of a controlled…

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Tom Aylward: Almost An Ironman 

"There's nothing like it," said Tom Aylward, 62, as he rode his bike through the Rathdrum Prairie on Wednesday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Tom Aylward speeds off on his bike into the Rathdrum Prairie wind, accelerating quickly, determined not to let his training partners catch…

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DanG: No Conflict For Kennedy 20 

On a May 20 thread about possible conflicts of interests involving Mayor Sandi Bloem and the City Council voting on McEuen Field upgrade plans tomorrow, Dan Gookin writes: "The connection between Kennedy and Meyer is weak, Mary. Mike will not personally benefit from his decision…

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Crump: Red Scarf Matches Your Eyes 

I read in The Wall Street Journal the other day that the fashion experts now say it’s OK for guys to mix patterned dress shirts — stripes, prints and plaids — with striped, polka-dot and paisley neckties. This is not a good thing. I grew…

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INW Headlines -- 5.23.11 

Lilac Festival Queen MacKenzie Johnson and her court make their way through downtown Spokane as a huge crowdwatches the parade Saturday. (SR photo: Christopher Anderson) Cartoon: Living with old-time religion -- all of it/David Horsey, Seattle P-I Is economy behind our child-abuse spike/Mike Butts, Idaho…

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Hi-Noon: Perfect Attendance Record 

Two high school students in southwestern Idaho are on track to graduate next week without having missed a day of class since kindergarten. On Tuesday, Meridian student Danny Ciaccio will graduate from Centennial High School, while Capital High School senior Tyler Marsh will don his…

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Rescued! 

A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses. Christian Science…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 5.23.11 

Noonish: Coeur d'Alene police has caught 2 runaways sought by Post Falls police. 12:04 p.m. EMTs, police are staging for psychological emergency @ Children's Village on Hanley/CdA. 11:49 a.m. Someone has been injured in a fall @ W. Miles & Ramsey/Hayden. 11:28 a.m. An older…

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End Notes: Not-So-Good To Go 

The end of the world, predicted by preacher Harold Camping, must be set for another day: we're still here. But we had fun with the pretend possibilities! The Baltimore Sun published a Q and A with must I return my library books or will I…

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The Slice: The Road Not Taken

SR writer Paul Turner re-enters the blogosphere again today w/The Slice blog: Maybe some of us were destined to wind up in this neck of the woods. The other day I was going through a box of ancient personal papers. I came across a reminder…

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A View From Tubbs Hill 

On her daily cleanup cruise of Tubbs Hill, Walkabout spotted this giant egg. I don't think there are any ostriches on Tubbs Hill. That's quite an egg. Question: Anyone know what kind of egg this might be? (Stickman sez there's no ducks or geese on…

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Rocky: A Hack Looks Back From 2030

It’s 2030 in Idaho. The Tea Party is the majority party in America. The budget crisis was solved by selling off tens of millions of acres of public lands, mostly in the East. Idaho is a different place than it was at the turn of…

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Bayview Murder Suspect Cragun Unfit

A district judge has suspended the criminal case against a Bayview man accused of attacking four neighbors with a hammer, killing one, because a psychologist has determined he’s unfit to stand trial. The ruling last week is in the case of Larry Cragun, 31, who…

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Hucks Poll: Appoint Trustee Now

Weekend Poll: A solid majority of Hucks Nation wants the Coeur d'Alene School Board to appoint a replacement for resigning Chairwoman Edie Brooks now, rather than wait for two conservative trustees-elect to join the board July 1. 85 of 155 respondents (54.84%) want the appointment…

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Huckleberries Online

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.