Parting Shot -- 5.22.17 8
The Parting Shot features an iconic scene that's new but recalls a blast from the past -- the new "Baywatch" team running along a beach.
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017
Wild Card/Monday -- 5.22.17 25
We're rapidly approaching "go time" for visitors and tourists. Most of us view Memorial Day as the beginning of the summer season, which means the tourists and visitors will move in. What's the difference between a visitor and a tourist. The visitor hails from Washington...
PM Scanner Traffic -- 5.22.17
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (14 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) includes male found near bicycle in Post Falls who may be deceased ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 14
The Cutline Contest today features a duck and her ducklings walking toward the West Wing from the North Lawn of the White House. Weekend Winner: Nic.
Court limits issues in grocery tax case
The Idaho Supreme Court on Monday limited the issues that the state can address in its upcoming arguments over Gov. Butch Otter’s disputed veto of legislation to repeal the state’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries, saying only the veto – not the constitutionality of the bill – will be argued. Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise reports ...
Scotchman Peaks open house set 3
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch will host an open house for Scotchman Peaks in the Hope Junior High gym from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. Staff from the Office of Senator Risch and officials from the U.S. Forest Service will be available to answer questions and seek constituent input related to Scotchman Peaks.
On the Waterfront -- 5.22.17 1
I snapped four photos from you of sights that I saw while walking my three-mile course along the waterfront and downtown. You'll find photos of three work crews active on different projects along my walk -- at the Coeur d'Alene Carousel (above), the old Sports Cellar, and the Coeur d'Alene Resort front yard.
Archives: Desegregated sidewalks 2
Another nugget from the Huckleberries column archives of 25 years ago (May 25, 1992): Did you realize that Coeur d'Alene once had a ban on all but gray concrete for sidewalk color?
Friday's Openings: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' & 'Baywatch'
In the 7 Blog, Dan Webster introduces us to 2 blockbuster movies that will open Friday -- the latest in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise and "Baywatch." Do you plan to see either of these movies?
Mother of 4: Why not me? 4
In his Idaho Politics Weekly column, Chuck Malloy comments on Rep. Kelly Packer's run for lieutenant governor. The eastern Idaho legislator was raised on a dairy, where she learned self-confidence and the value of working hard.
Huckleberry Friends -- 5.22.17
The roundup of Huckleberries Online social media begins with a look at Ken Gors' restored 1947 Ford pickup, courtesy of Simple Mind. Also: We/Faithful Geek, Sentencing regression/Jim Jones, Conspiracy problem/Randy Stapilus, All that and 2 bushels of dates/Fort Boise, Sunny, productive day in Selle/Slight Detour + more ...
AM Scanner Traffic -- 5.22.17
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (17 items & counting) includes welfare check call on 61YO male who is distraught after wife killed in vehicle-pedestrian crash at Garwood last night ...
Garwood crash claims pedestrian from Oklahoma who was standing on H95
A 37YO pedestrian from Comanche, Okla., was struck and killed by a vehicle while standing in the middle of the northbound lanes of Highway 95 and Garwood Road last night. The Idaho State Police is investigating the accident.
Letter: Souza wrong on consolidation 2
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press, Patricia Beyer of Coeur d'Alene points out what many, except state Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d'Alene, seems to know. Nonpartisan spring elections will be lost in the money and hubbub, if they're consolidated with general elections. There's a better way says the letter writer.
When a grandson launches an F-missile 3
Kathy Hedberg, my old Lewiston Tribune colleague, begins an Up Front column this way: "A family reaches an important crossroads in its development the first time a child speaks a swear word. Until then, the child is still an innocent baby." She goes on to talk about her grandson launching his first F-missile.
AM Headlines -- 5.22.17
AM Headlines begins with a story and photo essay of the 2017 Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade. Also: Fishermen put bite on Columbia River bass/SR, I-90 to be free-flowing for weekend/Getting There, CPD's geriatric divison keeps an eye on thngs/Press, Landing gear issue forces controlled landing at CdA/SR ...
Poll: Few fams have homelessness 6
In the weekend poll, most of Hucks Nation said no one in their extended families have been homeless. However, 9 people said they have experienced homelessness themselves. Today's Poll: How would you describe yourself on social/moral issues?
Fisher's Midtown Pub to open soon
In his Business Bits column, Nils Rosdahl reports that T.W. Fisher is about to open the Midtown Pub in Midtown Coeur d'Alene. The pub will be located in the old Woodcock's Drug Store at 826 N. Fourth St. Fisher, of course, operated T.W. Fisher's, across from the Coeur d'Alene Press, years ago.
SR: Sessions undermines reforms 8
An Spokesman-Review editorial comments that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is undermining smart-justice reforms by aggressively pushing hard-edge policies. Recently, the edit says, "he urged federal prosecutors to seek the longest sentences possible. He also is itching to reopen the failed War on Drugs."
Has Kootenai County gone liberal? 11
In an analysis article for the Coeur d'Alene Press, reporter Steve Cameron offers anecdotal evidence that Kootenai County, which most consider to be a conservative bastion, actually is leaning liberal when it comes to moral matters. Do you think this is true?
Asparagus making rebound in 18
Washington is one of the nation’s largest asparagus growers. Fresh-cut spears from Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Walla Walla and Yakima counties end up in grocery stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. Adriana Janovch/SR reports on this produce product that's on the rise. Are you an asparagus fan?
Huckleberries: Still-vivid memory in fight for equality
Huckleberries Monday goes back to a night 29 years ago this week in which local human-rights leaders took their message to an audience in Noxon, Mont., that included 40-50 neo-Nazis/supremacists. It was a scary but exciting night. And everyone got out alive.
Idaho GOP still posts strong numbers 5
In her weekend column, Betsy Russell/SR reports that the Idaho Republican Party is still posting strong numbers. Data posted Friday by the Idaho secretary of state's office shows that 50 percent of the state's registered voters were Republicans, 11 percent Democrats and 38 percent unaffiliated.
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.