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Indians and Outlaws opens on Fourth

Authentic reproductions of Native American and Old West artifacts are the specialty of Indians and Outlaws, a new shop at 120 Fourth St. in downtown Coeur d’Alene. “Authentic,” in this case, means the items are fashioned from the same materials as the originals. And some items are the real thing, such as from Antiques Roadshow. The showroom includes a tomahawk, clay bowl pipe, headdress, Sioux moccasins, wildlife mounts, home décor, artwork and rugs.
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I-scream memory from Topper, Too

So the other day Patrick Jacobs was browsing through a 1989 Polks directory at St. Vinny’s and stumbled onto Memory Lane. He posted his close encounter with bygone restaurants on his Get Out! North Idaho Web site (http://getoutnorthidaho. blogspot.com) – and several of my Merry Hucksters jumped aboard the nostalgia express. Who can forget eateries such as Henry’s, Jimmy D’s and Log Cabin? The Atrium, Bonanza and Papino’s? I ate the best pizza ever (with the works) at Papino’s one evening after spending a cold winter’s day moving former North Idaho College PRmeister Steve Schenk and his wife, Gretchen, into a house near Sanders Beach. My favorite restaurant memory involves Topper, Too. After a softball game one summer evening, I was enjoying an ice cream cone with other players when we heard a blood-curdling scream from the men’s bathroom. Seems the 3-year-old son of my left fielder had accidentally caught his, ah, male appendage in his zipper after going No. 1. So the boy’s pop asked the hired hands for a knife to cut the boy out of his predicament. Only to have the child shriek when he misinterpreted why the father had entered the bathroom with a knife. Even at that young age, he saw his manhood pass before his eyes. Thanks for the memories, Patrick. Not forgotten
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ISU professor to speak on Lincoln

“Lincoln and Lunch” will be held at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Feb. 26. The bicentennial of the birth of the 16th President of the U.S. will be celebrated with a brown-bag presentation. David Adler, an Idaho State University political science professor and Lincoln scholar, will speak in the Community Room at the library. Adler has taught a number of courses on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Music and Arts

Today AL AND EMILY CANTRELL (COUNTRY) – 6:30 p.m., Sun Meadow Resort, 30400 Sun Ray Trail, Worley, 686-8686.
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No more door-to-door

The city of Coeur d’Alene Water Department’s walking route to record every residence’s H{-2}O meter will soon become a way of the past. For several decades, the department relied on a crew that trekked around town to the backyards, basements and porches of each home and business within city limits – in total, more than 17,000 units. In recent years, that route took a three-person team two months to check all the meters spread around the Lake City, meaning residents would receive a hefty water bill every two months.
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PERSI reports big percentage drop

BOISE – the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho dropped from $12 billion to $8.5 billion in the past year, losing $3.5 billion. “We’re down 25 percent for calendar year ’08,” Jody Olson, chairman of the PERSI board, told lawmakers this week.
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Seminar offers tips to business owners

Operating one’s own business can be a rewarding experience, but the stress of increasing profitability in a declining market can be frightening for the small business owner. And unlike the larger businesses that often have significant corporate support, small business owners often feel they have nowhere to turn. “Isolation and loneliness for business owners could be just as deadly as weak sales,” said Bill Jhung, the regional director of the Idaho Small Business Development Center.
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Twister chasing not so glamorous, fruitful

Tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma Tuesday, leaving damage across parts of Oklahoma City and just north in suburban Edmond. About 100 miles south, in the small town of Lone Grove, another twister left eight people dead. Local television stations were all over the situation, with wall-to-wall coverage and live pictures of one of the tornadoes as it formed and headed toward Interstate 35.
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Vikings’ junior Austin called to lead

If Coeur d’Alene boys basketball coach Kent Leiss had his way, his top player, junior guard Devon Austin, wouldn’t be playing as much as he is this year. Not that Leiss dislikes Austin’s 19 points-per-game average, which leads all 5A Inland Empire League players. No, Leiss would take fewer points and play Austin less if he had a choice because he knows it would make him and the team better.
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Holly Stone a young artist for life

Pablo Picasso once said, “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Holly Stone is an artist who will, in all likelihood, remain an artist once she grows up.
D.F. Oliveria
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Huckleberries: Manager bemoans blemished job applications

Henry “Digger” Johnston has grown up a bit since he was that crusading teen who successfully fought to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance at Sandpoint High a few years back. He’s been a funeral home assistant – hence, the nickname “Digger” – and now manages a store in Moscow. As a twentysomething manager, he has noticed something disconcerting in this time of high unemployment – few job applicants know how to compile a resume. In his column in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News last week, Henry tells of receiving dozens of application packets for a job opening, most of which weren’t directed to his store or him. “You’d think,” sez Henry, “that if you receive a business card with the manager’s name you’d at least take the time to transcribe it accurately on your cover letter when you return.” You’d think. But you’d be wrong. More Henry: “I can be a little bit forgiving when applicants don’t take the time to print their applications on decent quality paper. It is the content, after all, that is important. But I’m not so forgiving when spelling and grammar errors stand out like a turgid zit.” Turgid zit? Yech. One applicant listed his job goal as “I seek to gain a position to gain a position within the company.” That isn’t a typo. Adding insult to injury, the application was addressed “To Whom It May Concern.” Next! Idaho culture, sorta
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In brief: Dodgeball registration open

Registration for adult co-ed and men’s spring dodgeball leagues are now open. Participants must be at least 16 years old and each team will play a six match season plus a postseason double-elimination tournament. Teams will play six on six. Games will begin on March 12 and will be played on Thursday evenings.
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Romances peachy, perseverant and patient

Romance is not dead yet here in the Inland Northwest. Recently we challenged our readers to tell us all as Valentine’s Day approaches. The response started out as a trickle, then became a deluge. We have received love stories from far and wide. In this day and age, where cynicism rules we discovered that real people are still out there connecting with each other. Space limitations prohibit sharing all of them, but here are a few special ones that caught our attention. I met my wife the first time at night, around a college campfire. I was a freshman, enjoying my newfound independence in distant Iowa, hundreds of miles from anything familiar. Little did I know that the landscape of my life was also about to shift, all because of that lady with waist-length hair who sat across the fire from me.
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School Lunch

Post Falls and Lakeland School Districts lunch menus for the week of Feb. 16-20. No school Monday. Post Falls School District
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Stimulate economy – buy chocolate

This year, giving chocolate for Valentine’s Day is not merely a gesture of love; it may extend the life of your valentine and save our country at the same time. There is growing evidence that buying (and eating) chocolate is actually the patriotic thing to do – and it’s healthy, too. On the national scene, Valentine’s Day may provide the stimulus our economy needs to get moving. Despite recent sagging retail sales, Americans are expected to spend an estimated $345 million on chocolate this week. Add those chocolates to flowers and a valentine or two and we could really jumpstart the nation’s financial system. While recognizing sales will be down from last year due to a slowing economy, the National Retail Federation predicts Valentine’s Day sales to reach $14.7 billion.
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Around here spring can look a bit different

Monday was Groundhog Day, and you probably heard the news. According to Punxsatawney Phil, there will be six more weeks of winter. Just by looking at the calendar, I could have made such a prediction, as spring doesn’t start this year until March 19 just before midnight. We all know of course that Mother Nature doesn’t pay much attention to the calendar, nor does she apparently pay much attention to the groundhog, which the Climate Prediction Center says has only been right 39 percent of the time. All of this hype about when spring weather might arrive got me thinking about the climatology of the vernal equinox. The term spring engenders the vision of blooming flowers, April showers, and an end to the snowy weather of winter. Those visions actually come to pass in many lower latitude cities. Spring has a different look in the northern latitudes, however, and one which often more closely resembles winter.
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