This Is One Act That Wasn’T Staged

The final performance of the UofI Drama Department’s “Romeo and Juliet” will be discussed for some time. In the final minutes of the four-hour play, Romeo (Dusty Joe Heyrend) and Paris (Kalafatic Poole) were dueling to the death on the balcony when Paris stepped wrong - and tumbled 15 feet or so onto the stage. This, according to Cory Rosdahl, a Capulet from CdA. As director Nike Imoru rushed onto the stage to render aid, Poole tried to save the scene. Cried out he: “I am slain.” Which wasn’t quite true. He was only badly bruised.

Officer Grinch

In the “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Department,” a CdA man bought a giant sandwich to share with the Christmas For All gang Monday - only to receive a $30 parking ticket for his troubles. Seems he parked his pickup too close to a no-parking sign - and to the intersection of 16th and Sherman. The citing CPD Blue didn’t even take into account the handicapparking sticker hanging from the rear-view mirror.

Usually, the Huckleberry Hound supports cops. But give this one a Razzberry.

Man bites man

CdA’s Jerry Roth also got bit trying to do a good deed - literally. When a stranger at Brews and Cues tavern on Appleway asked for a cigarette, Roth gave him the rest of his pack, three smokes. That angered the stranger who insisted he wanted only one cigarette. Next thing you know, the stranger had chewed up two of the cancer sticks and spat them at Roth. Then, he bit Roth on the cheek. Be careful out there.

Ladies man

Buzz is that CdA Press photographer Jason Hunt is cute. At least, one Skyway Elementary fifth-grader thinks so. She took a shine to Jason during an outing aboard the Mish-an-nock to view eagles. After making sure that Brand X reporter Taryn Brodwater wasn’t Jason’s girl, Our Little Miss Bold offered to share her lunch with Hunt. Huckleberries hears Jason’s cheeks turned rosy red - and it wasn’t from the cold.

No comprende

At the bottom of a change-of-address confirmation letter to the Walsh family of Post Falls, the U.S. Postal Service wrote: “If you do not speak English or you do not understand this letter, please take it with you to your local post office for assistance.” Strange, but true … In the St. Maries Gazette Record last week, a fella identified only as “Ron” was offering tickets to “Al Gore’s inaugural ball - cheap.” Anyone? … Overheard: At Simon’s Hardware Do-It Center on 4th, a mother brought smiles to those waiting patiently in line to mail packages by asking: “Do you have a special rate for moms who are sending cookies to a son in college?”

Huckleberries

You probably read that the North Idaho Center for Higher Education moved into the Check It Out Video building. But did you know the video porn section once was located in the conference room? This, according to the North Idaho College Sentinel. Oh well, we’re all adults here. Right? … Bumpersnicker (on a silver Taurus): “Why do they sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” when you’re already at the ballgame?” … Bumpersnicker II (on a red T-bird): “Only thing my wife and I have in common is the day we got married.” (And they may not have that much longer) … Did Talking Heads on the three local stations really read that Avista news release that asked viewers to conserve energy - by turning off the TV? … As of 1:37 p.m. last Thursday, ex-state Sen. Gordon Crow planned to begin work this morning as the CdA chamber’s flack. Then, last Monday, he was to begin work as a H&W flack. And didn’t. Stay tuned … Don’t look now, but Mulligan’s Bar & Grille doesn’t know how to arrange the first three vowels in “Coeur d’Alene Inn.” Check the food bills … On the Davis Donuts readerboard: “Heads, George wins; tails, Al’s history” … That’s a one-way mirror behind Shooter’s bar on Rockford Bay, dividing the bar area from the men’s restroom. Bingo. It allows gents in the restroom to keep an eye on their galpals … Noting that CdA now refers to subs as “guest teachers,” Bob Thomas of Post Falls wonders: “Does that now mean we call a `backup quarterback’ a `guest quarterback?”’

Parting shot

On Dec. 2, motorists on Dalton Avenue near Robideaux Motors were treated to a bit of animal husbandry. Seems some prankster had propped a display reindeer atop another one. E-mails a Berry Picker: “Thank goodness the lights on the animals were not motion-oriented.”