It’s Not Always Lovelier Second Time A Round

The cheers turned to boos for 1992 Olympic silver medalist Miguel Jiminez Feb. 12 when he climbed into the ring a second time. Earlier that evening, Jiminez had won his boxing match at the Coeur d’Alene Bingo Casino. But the fans were shocked when he subbed for the ring-card girls during a women’s bout, dressed (drum roll, please) only in his underwear. Yep. Jiminez preened around the ring in his skivvies after the first and second rounds of a bout between Helga Risoy and Andrea DeShong. The combatants were too beat up to appreciate the skin show, but the few females at ringside cheered. However, they were drowned out by the boos from male fans. It wasn’t a pretty sight.

Bad news, good news

The bad news at Boundary County Junior High was that a snowstorm damaged the aged roof of the gym. The good news was that insurance money paid for refinishing the wooden floor. Now, the district is waiting to see if a state inspector who visited last week will condemn the entire building. Stay tuned. … A cyberspace search under the keywords “Idaho” and “gambling” turned up “History of Insanity.” Draw your own conclusions. … I hope they find the guy who ripped up Gail Weaver’s mail and scattered it all over the road in front of her Blanchard home. I could use him to go through my junk mail.

Buhner leaves mark

The players weren’t the only ones loading the bases at the recent Priest Lake snowshoe softball game. So was Buhner. Catcher Jeff Barrington’s dog has a habit of relieving himself on stumps and other things so his master doesn’t step in it. Unfortunately, the mutt didn’t know that second base wasn’t one of those “other things.” … The theft of $175 in building fund donations from the East Bonner County Library District had a bright side, says librarian James Murray. Several businesses have chipped in about $500 to more than make up for the loss. Saaalute. … Recently, a colleague looked to the Lakeside High office for help after locking his keys in his car. He found it, too. Noticing a passing teacher, the receptionist called out: “You’re from California; you should be able to break into his car.” An ugly stereotype? Maybe. But our writer was on his way in five minutes.

Huckleberries

Give it up for Joe Chatters, a Coeur d’Alene High senior who proposed as a Mr. CdA contestant to place “a weight limit on Spandex.” … What’s this? Anti-government Bonner County had almost twice as many applicants for federal flood relief (through last Monday) as the next highest county? Seems it’s hard to be doctrinaire when the bridge is out and the water’s rising. … And this goobledygook comes from a press release naming the advertising firm for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival: “Clark Magnuson Associates specializes in the image repositioning of large scale institutions through the creation of coalitions built upon strategic alliances.” Got that? … Gotcha Guvnah: During my recent visit to the Boise Statehouse, I found only one piece of litter in two days. It was a business card discarded on the marble steps leading to the Senate Gallery - belonging to (drum roll, please) “Philip E. Batt.” … Hmmm. Do you think the Bonner County Bee’s decision to run a full-page, color ad promoting Mark Fuhrman’s book helped or hurt our region’s image? … Say, did you catch the recent “Coach” episode in which actor Craig T. Nelson wore a Hoopfest T-shirt?

Parting shot

Sherwin Edwards, director of the Kootenai Humane Society shelter, enjoys toying with his Dogz software. The program provides an animated dog for Sherwin to feed and watch grow. And should he forget to feed bowser? It would die, naturally. Sometimes, virtual reality can be as cruel as reality reality.

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