Really Special Note Sounded At This Concert
You missed something if you weren’t part of the overflow crowd of 1,000 attending the recent North Idaho Symphony Orchestra concert. And I’m not just talking about concert pianist Daniel Pollock playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Seems Sheila Richards was seated next to a single mother and her daughter. Sheila learned while chatting with them that the girl takes piano lessons - and that they couldn’t afford to attend more concerts. So, at intermission, Sheila quietly bought her new friends two season tickets to the remaining concerts. No sweeter note was played that night.
Beautiful music
By the way, the North Idaho Symphony Orchestra has come a long way under the baton of Todd Snyder. … Things began to turn around a few years back when Dr. Ernest Fokes started the North Idaho Symphony Guild. … Sure, you know that the good sawbones retired recently after decades of serving us. But did you know that he’ll remain a Kootenai Medical Center presence? The new air-conditioning system in the operating room is named in his honor: Ernie.
The ladies in red
So, what did advocates Sue Thilo and Janet Robnett do Wednesday after Lake City voters shot down their community center proposal? They went shopping, of course. At Nordstrom. For something red. Hey, it beats slicing your wrists. … For those of you keeping score at home, my Berry Pickers say these guys were the so-called Citizens for the Right Community Center: Jim Johnston, Chip Althen, Mike Patano, Elmer Jordan, Gary Retter, Kevin Spellman and Scott Slaman. … How come the local chamber spent $900 for a booth at a recent Seattle ski trade show and then didn’t send anyone to promote the Lake City?
Election redux
Yeah, the huge Wayne Johnson signs in the back of a pickup parked on private property near the Hayden Lake Fire Protection District polling place were legal. But … Running unopposed, CdA Councilman Dave Walker received 4,085 votes of 5,990 cast in Tuesday’s election. How do you account for the missing 1,905 votes? … Post Falls councilman wannabe Paul Settanni is an honest fellow and probably didn’t mean anything by volunteering to deliver voters’ ballots to the courthouse. His offer was rejected. Of course. … Why is Huckleberries not surprised Mr. Councilman, Clay Larkin of Post Falls, was the only wannabe who previewed the courthouse ballot-counting process last Monday? Four dozen were invited.
Huckleberries
Psst. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Dave Scates is interested in that job offer to sell screwdrivers after he retires. … When an IS-R reporter called Wednesday to inquire about two people who had fallen down an elevator chute, Kellogg High School Vice Principal Mike Dunn hung up on her. Wouldn’t even confirm his name. The proper response when you’re trying to shake the media, children, is: name, rank and serial number, followed by a “no comment.” … FYI: Don Morgan is taking over the state’s term-limits push now that Donna Weaver is moving to Spokane for personal reasons. … One reason the Walker-Macy plan to overhaul the public waterfront in CdA has been so long in coming is that Doug Macy’s son died of leukemia this fall. … The ballots are in, and Tom Dahmen cheated and bribed his way to victory in the Fightin’ Creek mayoral sweepstakes. So, he’ll be responsible for cleaning the tavern’s outhouse for the next 12 months. … The best site for amazing and amusing things about the Silver Valley that you’ll never see elsewhere is silvervalley.org., run by ol’ newshound David Bond. … Huckleberries didn’t know Chris Kopczynski was running for the local City Council, let alone that he was an incumbent, until KXLY newscaster Tobby Hatley announced he’d won re-election. Yep. Edinger, Reid and Kopczynski (aka Chris Copstead).
Parting shot
State Rep. Jeff Alltus’ offspring got his elk the old-fashioned way this season: He shot it himself. Ah, I think.