Cda’s Class Of ‘85 Goes Back For More

Debra Stone, Bradford Walter and Ruth Ann Hagedorn shared a common experience Tuesday. Each was stopped by CPD Blue Randy Miller for driving 14 to 15 miles per hour over the posted 35 mph limit on Ramsey Road. I know. At the time, Randy was showing me how his nifty laser gun works. It can gauge car speeds 2,500 feet away. In other words, the laser gun’s gotcha before you hit the brakes. Two of the three aforementioned people were given warnings, though one didn’t have a license and another had a lousy excuse for speeding. The one who got the ticket had a fuzzbuster and hit the magic 5-0. You guess which one. (By the way, I was disappointed that none of the motorists asked Randy to do his knock-‘em-dead impression of actor Jim Carrey.)

Class clowning

Each year, Coeur d’Alene seniors write their class number on the high school cafeteria roof. The tradition worked well until this month when the “Class of 1985” went back for seconds. A swat team for the class’ 10-year reunion (some say was led by Realtor Tom Torgerson) reclaimed the roof with a couple of deft brush strokes. The reunion committee was so impressed by their ex-classmates’ graffiti that it gladly forked over $200 to fix it…. John Friesz missed his 10-year reunion, using the lame excuse that he was going to be up to his chin strap in Indianapolis Colts that weekend.

Torqued off

Kelly Sheffield and her Kootenai County commissioners officemates chuckled when a man asked if he was in the right place to get “torqued.” Indeed, people do come into the office torqued (as in angry). Then, the hired help figured out that the man meant “tort.” He wanted to know where to file a lawsuit. The episode occurred two months ago - before the office was swarmed with assessment appeals, and Kelly still had a sense of humor.

Damsel in distress

Scanner traffic early Thursday morning told of a Post Falls policewoman (badge No. 1184) broken down on I-90 and looking for a ride to Coeur d’Alene. Other PFPD officers were too busy shooting up the firing range. The Idaho State Police couldn’t be bothered, either. Finally, a Kootenai County sheriff’s deputy came rolling to the rescue. Maybe she should have used her AAA card….

Huckleberries

Now wait just a dang minute. I know civil suits are serious business, and the parties to one filed last week aren’t laughing. But the bone of contention tickled S-R funny bones: “negligence of bull ownership” and “heifer rape and abduction.” … Prospective jurors received a shock Tuesday when they checked to see if their panel was in session the next day. They were instructed by a recording, “Jury duty for April 16 will not be in session.” No trial lasts that long - this side of Los Angeles. … Dunno how Jerry Ryan and the city’s Recreation Department got the softball fields ready for last weekend’s Mother of All Church League Tournaments - after that downpour Thursday. But they did. Kudos. … What’s this world coming to? Drive-by shootings. Murder. And now, in Bonner County, birch rustlers. A Bottle Bay Road woman reports the theft of birch from her trees. Be careful out there.

Parting shot:

At the recent North Idaho College budget workshop, student Linda Payne argued against athletic department cuts. Foreign students recruited for sports contribute to the school’s cultural diversity, she said. Why, she added, that’s even true of out-of-staters, said she: “The students from New York eat their french fries with their fork, not with their fingers like we do.” Speak for yourself, Linda.

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