Idaho Voices

The name may be itty bitty but the scope of the project is far-reaching. Itty Bitty Witty Knitties is a greeting card business based in Kim Cheeley’s itty bitty Coeur d’Alene home, but she employs about a dozen workers in China.

Students in the Lake City High School Theatre drama company, Troupe de Wolfe, will kick off their theatrical season with “Twelfth Night,” a performance that is said be the greatest of Shakespearian romantic comedies, on Thursday in the high school auditorium at 7 p.m. A “meet the company” dessert reception will follow the opening night performance. The entertaining production is a Shakespearian twist on the original comic plotline of maniacal events surrounding the mixed up and mistaken identities of twins. In this rendition, Shakespeare mixes up the gender of the twins, too.

BOISE – They may be lower-profile state offices, but there were lively debates last week in the races for Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State Ben Ysursa faced Democratic challenger Mack Sermon, who championed vote-by-mail, saying Idaho would save “millions,” and called for election reforms. Ysursa said he’s proud of his record, and objected – though only mildly – when Sermon said he thought his current job as a college debate coach was just as complicated as serving as secretary of state.

Little Theo loved life. He loved exploring his world and was just discovering the broader world when he died on his first birthday in early May this year. He left behind his stunned and grieving parents, Keith and Pam Smith, of Deer Park. Theo died of pulmonary hypertension; a condition where the blood vessels around the lungs don’t properly expand when a baby is born, to carry oxygen from the lungs. When Theo was born, he had no indications of the condition.

You may know that Christa Hazel was subpoenaed to testify in the contempt of court case against Bill McCrory (which was dismissed Tuesday), springing from the failed Jim Brannon election lawsuit. But did you know that Christa got her money’s worth from the subpoena server? Literally. Christa received her subpoena on Oct. 8 from a process server with Confidential Investigations. E-mails Christa: “The process server with Confidential Investigations hand-delivered the subpoena to my door but failed to provide the witness fees per Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure. He returned later in the day with a check from the law offices of Arthur Macomber in the amount of $21 and change. I will promptly be endorsing this check and donating it to Mike Kennedy’s legal defense fund.” Wait, there’s more. Later, Christa wrote on her Facebook page: “Witness fee = $20, Mileage to the court house = $1.27, Aggravating the process server by forcing him to make two trips to my house to deliver my witness fee? Priceless. Donating the witness fee to Mike Kennedy’s legal defense fund? The cherry on top.” Pringled