Huckleberries Tuesday:

Trustee Christa Hazel didn’t apologize for her decision to skip her monthly Coeur d’Alene School Board meeting Monday night. She married into Zag Nation years ago. And she wasn’t going to miss Gonzaga playing North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament finals for anything.

In an open Facebook letter after Gonzaga beat South Carolina in the semifinals Saturday, Christa told her Coeur d’Alene Zone 1 constituents:

“My father in law, Dr. Bud Hazel, was the in-game announcer during the Stockton years. …. My older brother-in-law is a professor in GU graduate studies. My younger brother-in-law was named after Father Tony Lehman, the revered priest that has his own bronze chair statue honoring him in the GU Kennel.”

And it goes on.

Christa’s husband, Joel, proposed to her before a game during the Gonzaga Cinderella year of 1999, in Tucson, Arizona. Three years later, Christa made it her personal mission to deliver son Cooper before the Gonzaga-Wyoming game. (She succeeded, but Gonzaga lost. Shrugs Christa, “I did my part.”)

Christa concludes her letter to constituents: “I am an Idaho girl. I graduated (Coeur d’Alene High), North Idaho College, U of I, and U of I Law school. But I married into Zag Nation. I hope you understand that I must miss this regularly scheduled meeting. It’s not just an athletic event. It’s a family celebration that I simply cannot miss.”

Huckleberries double dog dares anyone to make an issue of Christa’s missed meeting. More here.

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