3:27 p.m. Small fire reported on Valhalla Road, 1/2 mile up split with Kidd Island Road/CdA.
3:06 p.m. A "civilian" w/plow behind tractor has carved a fire break around a fire of 1/2 to 3/4s acre in field north of Prairie Avenue b/n Atlas Road & Huetter Road. Firefighter says the man has done a good service to community.
2:27 p.m. Male was reeking of alcohol during stop in Chevy Lumina at service station @ H41/Mullan Ave/Post Falls.
2:15 p.m. Marine patrol asks dispatch to contact boater who left 12-foot boat in bad location at public launch.
2:09 p.m. Fire alarm sounding at constructin site @ Lancaster Road/Ramsey Road, Hayden.
1:48 p.m. Older female driver waiting in disabled tan Buick @ w/b I-90/MP 10.5 (near NW Blvd/CdA).
1:39 p.m. Employees on 4th floor of Kootenai Clinic report smell of gas; some evacuate.
1:29 p.m. 2 males are looking into garages & trying door handles @ 6600 block of Kamloops Drive/Rathdrum.
1:22 p.m. Driver of dirty semi traveling 50-55 mph in fast lane of e/b I-90/MP 22 (SH 97/Wolf Lodge).
12:38 p.m. Vehicle still poked into building in Midtown Coeur d'Alene (12:59 item), high-centered on blocks.
12:59 p.m. Vehicle has crashed into The Bookworm, 1132 Fourth St/CdA, no injuries.
12:46 p.m. Fire reported on north side of 11058 Spirit Lake Road/Spirit Lake.
12:38 p.m. BOSS hit @ w/b I-90/MP 22 (west side of 4th of July) on 1988 blue-and-silver Chevy S-10, owned by man wanted in Shoshone County for failure to appear in court. Officers will try to stop man @ MP 17 (Mullan Trail).
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.