Parting Shot -- 6.29.16
A model displays a 2017 spring/summer design by fashion brand Steinrohner during the Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016
Hump Day Wild Card -- 6.29.16 24
I don't take selfies, although on occasion I allow Mrs. O to take a selfie of the two of us (and Huckleberry if she's hanging around). I have a dumb phone. It takes lousy photos. So I'm not going to waste my time taking selfies. How often do you take selfies?
PM Scanner Traffic -- 6.29.16
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (19 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes 4 juveniles on dirt bikes & ATVs racing at Spirit Lake City Park.
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 8
The Cutline Contest today features a Russian tennis player kicking a ball at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Tuesday Winner: JMRusche.
Idaho teacher pay up 2.1% 14
Idaho teacher salaries went up by an average of $912, a 2.1 percent increase, under the first year of the state’s teacher career ladder. For 2015-16, Idaho’s average teacher salary was $45,117, according to an Idaho Education News analysis of salary data. A year earlier, the average came in at $44,205.
4th of July celebration not enjoyable 8
On his Facebook wall, David Townsend of Coeur d'Alene, states that he will be out of the country for the 4th of July. But he won't miss the activities that will take place in and around the celebration, especially the ongoing noises that makes the Lake City sound like a war zone for weeks. The sirens. The carnage of the highways.
A friendly visit
In this recent photo by Duane Rasmussen, Cher Kyle of Hayden, gets a visit from a fine-feather friend while sitting on the edge of the Spokane River, near North Idaho College. Also, Duane provides 32 other photos in this photo set of local water fowl...
How typical US fam pays for college 12
A story by Katie Lobosco of CNN Money reports how American families are paying for ever-rising college costs (an average of $43,921 for tuition, room and board at private colleges and $19,548 for in-state students at public schools). How do you pay for college for your children?
H&W: 7 Idaho refugees had TB 3
Seven refugees with active tuberculosis were resettled in Idaho between 2011 and 2015, but none of them were contagious, the state Department of Health and Welfare said Tuesday.
Blogos -- 6.29.16
North Idaho Blog roundup: Bayview Daze activities/Bay Views, Idaho's glass ceiling/Carlson Chronicles, City Hall shut Monday/Coeur d'Alene Today, That exciting fund-raising deadline/Fort Boise, Women's basketball legend Summitt, RIP/Grip, Friday's Opening redux: Spies & castaways/7 Blog, Wednesday in the Woods events popular/Outdoors ...
Boater beware: Lake log boom fails
Boaters on Lake Pend Oreille are urged to watch out for logs and other floating debris after a log boom failed at the Clark Fork Delta’s drift yard. A debris field about 100 yards wide and a quarter mile long has been spotted near Memaloose Island in the lake, according to the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department.
Silence for most child sex-abuse victims 5
In a comment on Idaho Reports, Melissa Davlin discusses the difference between the high-profile sex abuse case in Twin Falls involving children with foreign backgrounds and other child sex abuse incidents.
Wallethub: 2016's most patriotic states 6
In time for Independence Day, Wallethub provides a list of 2016's Most Patriotic States. Believe it or not, Idaho doesn't finish in the Top 10. The highest ranking Northwestern states are: Alaska (2), Montana (7) and Washington (9).
Update: Garbage service transition 5
There has been some confusion re: the transfer of city garbage collection service from Waste Management to Coeur d'Alene Garbage. That transfer officially begins Friday. At the request of Huckleberries Online, Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor has prepared a news release to clear up the confusion.
Landers slams wildlife smartphone use 2
On his Outdoors blog, SR buddy Rich Landers comments: "The advent of the smartphone camera may be the worst thing to happen to wildlife since market hunting." True wildlife photographers use a telephoto lens to capture creatures in the wild, not smartphones that disturb critters and might endanger the individuals shooting photos.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 6.29.16
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (16 items & counting) includes injured deer that needed to be dispatched near Blackwell Island ...
Ins & Outs of Idaho's permitless carry law 1
In a report today, Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise provides you with the ins and outs of permitless carry, which goes into effect in Idaho Friday. Despite the law, there are still several areas where permitless carry isn't allowed, including businesses that especially prohibit guns on the premises.
Keri does slow burn over litter 10
Keri Alexander, publisher of the Shoshone News Press, did a slow burn after watching a driver dump litter out her car window at a Shoshone County freeway exit. Keri was volunteering to pick up litter at the time. Do you believe people are as opposed to littering today as they were during the Beautiful Highway days of the 1960s?
AM: Bike service coming to downtown
AM Headlines features Lake City High graduate who plans to earn money by giving free bike rides to downtown Coeur d'Alene visitors. Also: Early cherry harvest at Green Bluff/KHQ, Transit vote plan doesn't gain traction/Press, SAT scores show room for improvement/Press, Bayview plans patriotic events/Press + more ...
Poll: Agree with abortion decision
In Tuesday's poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that struck down a Texas law that limited access to abortion. Today's Poll: Should the city re-double its effort to find lifeguards for Coeur d'Alene's City Beach?
Unicorn: Don't Ever Take A Selfie with a Moose
Prancing Unicorn YAY weighs in on the 2 stupid mothers who tried to take selfies with a moose in Spokane. Some believe that the moose ran into traffic and was fatally injured after being spooked by a crowd that gathered to watch its actions.
Edit: Allow alcohol at UI football games 5
In today's editorial, Devin Rokyta of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News argues that the state of Idaho should allow alcohol at the University of Idaho football games. After all, the editorial says, UIdaho needs tailgate parties so fans can endure the insufferable matchups with University of South Alabama and Troy.
Latah Co GOP votes to oust Vice Chair 2
The Kootenai County GOP Central Committee isn't the only county Republican body in the Panhandle that's an amusing side show. Latah County precinct committee members gave party Vice Chairman John Freeland a vote of no confidence in a secret ballot. Seems Freeland writes Facebook posts that upsets them.
'Underdog' Lt Gov Little to run for governor 10
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little says he’s filing the paperwork today to form a campaign committee to run for governor in 2018. Little, the first candidate officially in the race – current Gov. Butch Otter isn’t running again after his third term – told the Idaho Statesman, “I fully expect to be the underdog.”
Harney County voters reject recall try 6
Voters in Harney County, Ore. have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to recall the county’s top elected official, County Judge Steve Grasty, in a special election today, Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. Grasty was an outspoken critic of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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.