Wild Card/Thursday -- 8.2.12 6
I'm back from my personal errand. Blogging at Huckleberries Online will resume in 10, 9, 8 ... Meanwhile, feel free to continue using this Wild Card to start your own threads ...
THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 2012
Parting Shot -- 8.2.12
United States' Michael Phelps is seen on a giant display as he listens to the national anthem after receiving his gold medal for the men's 200-meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London…
Hunka Hunka Sun-Burnt Love 2
During the summer before my junior year of high school in Burlington, Vermont, I spent a few weeks with my older sister's family in Southern California. Like many 16-year-old boys, I secretly wished that I was a bit cooler and more confident. So one of…
Farris Issues Tax Return Challenge 8
Idaho's 1st District Democratic nominee Jimmy Farris said Thursday that "transparency in our elected officials is of the utmost importance" and released a decade of federal tax returns. (Links are below.) Farris said he was doing so in the spirit for former GOP presidential candidate…
PM Headlines -- 8.2.12 3
Cindy snapped this photo of the crowd awaiting a performance on the main street of Wallace during the recent Blues Festival. You can read about the experience she and her family had in visiting Wallace for the first time -- and the bluesfest here. UI…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.2.12
5:03 p.m. Psychological problem reported by Prairie Family Medicine, 1130 W. Prairie/Hayden. 4:45 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 1-2 here. 4:37 p.m. Male in tan pickup w/canopy is faking ramming other drivers to get them out of the way @ H95…
Solons Seek Online Commenters' IDs 4
Shelby County lawmakers have voted to pursue a subpoena to discover the names of anonymous online commenters. The subpoena seeks the real names of those who commented on stories on The Commercial Appeal’s website about the Memphis school board between November 2010 and July 2012,…
CdA Police Seek Forgery Suspects
Coeur d’Alene Police are looking for Michael Graham Wilkins, 28, of Coeur d’Alene, for his alleged involvement in stealing checks out of mailboxes, forging his name on them and then cashing them. Wilkins is believed to be in the company of Lacey Lynn Fugate, 17,…
CdA Incorporated 125 Years Ago 8
Why was Coeur d'Alene formed? As we approach the 125th anniversary of the founding of the city (It is either Friday (Aug. 3) or Wednesday, Aug. 29 (depending on which reference in the early City minutes is correct), it is worth a quick look at…
Local Poker Player: 'Spokane Sucks' 4
A new website emerged today that questions the safety of the City of Spokane and the staffing levels of the Spokane Police Department. Fliers advertising SpokaneSucks.com appeared Thursday morning throughout the city. The website is linked to Jared Bartlett, 28, of Post Falls. Bartlett, a…
Court Ups Martinson Restitution 3
County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho has awarded Kootenai County a civil judgment against former Chief Deputy Clerk Sandra K. Martinson and her husband Terry Martinson. (The judgment is attached.) “The taxpayers of Kootenai County…
School Owner Drawn Back To Ballet 4
Karen Kraft walks though a shaft of light from a skylight as she instructs ballet dancers on Thursday at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane. (SR photo: Tyler Tjomsland) Beautiful piano music echoed down the halls of Ballet Arts Academy in downtown Spokane on a recent…
UI Attorney: We Shouldn't Be Liable 6
A University of Idaho attorney says the school can't control what students do on private property outside of school hours, and so it can't be held liable for injuries a 19-year-old sophomore sustained when she fell out a fraternity window after a party. Lewiston attorney…
Gookin Asks Longo To Watch Vagrants 25
Responding to a constituents concern (and photo) re: the increasing number of vagrants, homeless in Coeur d'Alene, Councilman Dan Gookin exchanged emails with Police Chief Wayne Longo (which Huckleberries Online obtained via a public records request). This is the first of those exchanges, sent at…
Phelps Bests Lochte In 200 IMedley 7
Michael Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley Thursday for his first individual gold of the London Games, becoming the first man to win the same indvidual event in three straight Olympics. Phelps, who won the 4x200 relay earlier, clocked 1 minute, 54.27 seconds in the…
Last Artsy Signal Box Makes Splash 7
Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander sends this photo to Huckleberries Online with this message: "The last signal box at Government Way and Harrison has been completed. Once again, I had people shouting out compliments when stopped at the lights and even had one person park and get…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.2.12
10:22 a.m. Officer places dead cat by side of road by El Rancho trailer park, H41 & Mullan/PF. 10:19 a.m. Probation & Parole, 501 Govt Way/CdA, reports wanted man in office. 10:14 a.m. Female in brown Hyundai w/Kootenai plates flipping off others @ w/b I-90…
AM Headlines -- 8.2.12 2
Moe Habte, owner of two HICO stores in Spokane, talks about the proposed alcohol ban in the core of the city Tuesday. Habte feels that banning an arbitrary list of high-test beers is discriminatory because they are the drinks of the poor, unlike high-test microbrews…
Photo Blog: Militia Hasn't Left NIdaho 10
Amid the beautiful trees, mountains and waterways of the Idaho panhandle, a burgeoning group of like-minded individuals banded together to form what they call the Idaho regiment of the Light Foot Militia. Based on the principal that it’s their right to form a constitutional militia…
Scream Therapy 7
Kayla Harrison of the United States reacts while competing against Mayra Aguiar of Brazil, (in white), during the women's 78-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics today in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Question: What makes you feel like screaming?
Quotable Quote -- Cindy 6
"My husband knows how much I love history so he's taking me to see Abe Lincoln Vampire Slayer! #JustTheFacts" -- Cindy Hval on her Facebook wall. Question: Do you plan to see "Abe Lincoln Vampire Slayer" to get the real facts re: Lincoln's life and…
Cindy: Singing The Blues In Wallace 2
Some parents take their kids to Disneyland for vacation, some travel to the Oregon Coast, others prefer to go camping. We took our kids to Wallace, Idaho. The area’s rich mining history didn’t prompt our pilgrimage, nor was it the lure of the Oasis Bordello…
Refusing Obamacare Will Cost Idaho 4
If Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter still doubts the need to extend Medicaid coverage to low-income adults, the final reason fell into place Monday. The people running Idaho's medically indigent program say its costs are on the rise again. All of which means Idaho's penalty…
Union Gospel Opens CdA Mission
After 10 years, welcome to town - officially. The Union Gospel Mission's center for women and children opened in grand fashion Wednesday, ushering in a new era for recovery programs in Coeur d'Alene. It wasn't easy work, and it took a while to get here.…
A Slice Of Watermelon And Thou
What's a girl got to do to get a guy to dance. Well, this girl at the Handshake Productions summer concert at Hayden City Park Wednesday evening had to put up with the guy's watermelon. He was happy to dance as long as he ate…
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