Idaho Voices

You may know that Christa Hazel demanded a witness fee and mileage when she was subpoenaed by attorney Arthur B. Macomber to testify in the contempt-of-court case against Bill McCrory. But did you know that Christa refused to give the $21.27 back after charges against Macomber’s client were dismissed by Judge Charles Hosack? The contempt case was a sideshow during the long-running legal circus starring disgruntled City Council election loser Jim Brannon and his attorney, Starr Kelso.

COEUR D’ALENE – The Women’s Health Services Coach, a program of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Inland Imaging of Spokane, will provide mammography services at North Idaho College, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday. The coach will be parked at Edminster Student Union Building. Women must be at least 30 to have a screening. Women 40 and older can have a mammogram without a physician’s referral and still have the service covered by insurance. Financial assistance may be available to those without insurance.

Today Bill Reid (Jazz) – 1 p.m., Di Luna’s Cafe, 207 Cedar St., Sandpoint, (208) 263-0846.

The class description reads: “Got a bun in the oven? Get your heart rate cookin’ and help make your pregnancy experience a healthier one!” It is an advertisement promoting a new Prenatal Water Workout class at the Kroc Center offered Tuesdays and Thursday from 9 to 9:55 in the morning.

When you feel the wind outside blowing, what you’re feeling is the movement of air from high to low pressure. It is the same concept whether it is a gentle breeze, stiff winds behind a cold front, damaging winds from a tornado, or gale force winds from a hurricane. The strength of the wind is directly proportional to the pressure gradient, or the change in air pressure over a distance.

Vegetable gardeners got lucky this fall. In spite of downright cold weather through most of the summer, we got just enough Indian summer to ripen up most of the garden stuff. When it did freeze, the frosts came with enough warning to get most of the produce out of the cold. Now what do you do with it?

Filings from Sept. 23-27. Chapter 7 (liquidation petitions)

Coeur d’Alene Kootenai Medical Center, 2003 N. Kootenai Health Way, commercial, nurse administration remodel, valued at $55,055.

For 10-24-2010

Weekly Events Drumming Meditation – Fourth Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Unity Church of North Idaho, 4465 N. 15th St., Coeur d’Alene. (208) 664-1125.

A recent lawsuit challenging Coeur d’Alene’s November 2009 City Council election is at the forefront of the race for Kootenai County clerk. Kootenai County 1st District Judge Charles Hosack recently ruled in favor of the city and an incumbent councilman in a lawsuit that also challenged the way the county ran the election. The ruling praised the county’s operation of the election but also found four votes illegal due to residency issues, though that did not change the election’s outcome.

Keith Erickson and I swapped tales online about Mike Anderson following the ex-Kootenai County commissioner’s unexpected death this month. Keith remembers how Mike walked out with him after Keith questioned the appropriateness of an executive session called by the two Republican commissioners in the early ‘90s. Moi? I recall Mike’s incredible eyesight. In his unsuccessful re-election bid (1994), Mike’s residency was an issue. Rumors had it that he wasn’t living in his commission district. So late one night, I decided to verify his residence. I found a pickup with Anderson signs on both sides in the alley behind his house, drove around front to double check the address, and then went home, satisfied. As I walked through the door, the phone rang. Mike was on the line. He wanted to know why I was sneaking around his house. Mike, a former cop, had run my license plate number through the police network. I couldn’t believe he could make out my plates from that distance. Good guy. He’ll be missed. We (Heart) Hart?

Winton students and dads, are you ready for some football? Football fans at Winton Elementary School in the Coeur d’Alene School District can watch “Monday Night Football” with their dads and other fans at the Dad and Me Fall Kick-Off party on Monday, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

BOISE – 1st Congressional District rivals clashed last week over so-called “letter-marking,” based on a National Public Radio story on an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity into the practice, in which congressmen write letters to agencies to request funding for specific projects, as opposed to earmarks in which specific projects are funded in congressional bills. Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick was among those highlighted for opposing earmarks, but writing letters promoting projects from his state seeking federal stimulus funds. But he strenuously argued that the letters are nothing like earmarks. Instead, he said such letters merely show a congressman’s support for consideration for projects from his state; the stimulus funds were given out in competitive grants.

Senior Halloween Costume Ball – Tuesday, 7-9:30 p.m. at Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave., Post Falls. Dance the night away in costume. $3.50. (208) 773-9582. Scarywood Haunted Nights – The theme park will transform Wednesday-Thursday, 6-10 p.m., and Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m.-midnight, at Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 N. U.S. Highway 95, Athol. Includes the haunted attractions of Blood Bayou, Terror Canyon Trail and The Zombiewood Express, plus some regular rides. $24.99/includes rides and a free pass for May 2011. (208) 683-3400.

Tickets are now available for the Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show, to be held Nov. 2 at Post Falls High School at 6:30 p.m. Tickets purchased before Nov. 2 will be entered into a drawing to win a Nintendo Wii game. Tickets, purchased in advance are $9 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. Tickets at the door at $11 for adults and $9 for students and seniors or $7 with two food donations of non-perishable items for the Post Falls Food Bank. Children under 4 are free.