Mayor Cited For Failure To Lighten Up
Seems Mayor Steve Judy thinks his influence extends to local schools. Recently, he met with Lake City High Principal John Brumley about a locker room F-bomb dropped after a tough loss by Darren Taylor, the girls’ basketball coach. Said Hizzoner: As the top oh-ficial in town, I could have Taylor cited. Responded Brumley: Then, you’d better cite your wife, too. She’s dropped an S-bomb around the players. Michelle Judy is Taylor’s assistant. And there’s the rub. Hubby Dearest never has accepted the fact that Taylor got the job over his wife. It’s time he did.
(By the way, Brumley confirmed the gist of the conversation. In a prepared statement, Judy said in part he regretted the meeting if it were “inappropriate.”)
A star is born?
A funny thing happened to Willy Miller at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The ex-CHS student body president got discovered. While schmoozing with directors and actors at festival parties, Willy’s photo was taken with actor Kevin Spacey. It appeared in a major Southern California newspaper. A director saw it. Now, Willy’s off to star in a documentary about the underground party scene. Stay tuned.
Close call
Michael Smith (Idaho Independent Bank), Jae Enos (Crescent Homes), Randy Huber (Modern Glass), Tom Torgerson (Century 21 Beutler) and Rick Blizzard (Century 21 Beutler) are thankful for packed hotels. If the Westin in Puerto Vallarta hadn’t been full Thursday, Jan. 27, the five locals would have flown back on doomed Alaska Airlines Flight 261. They’d planned to stay that Thursday to Monday in Mexico, but couldn’t find a room. So, they changed to Friday to Tuesday. Thirty Westin guests weren’t as lucky.
Close call II
Alex Walker’s mistake wasn’t that he stopped by a buddy’s to chitchat. And drain a few brewskis. It’s that he returned for his hat after his buddy got upset about an old scrape and pulled a knife. That’s why Alex now bears a 2-inch dimple on his left buttock … After hubby, Marc, won a Kootenai Medical Center board seat last week, Councilwoman Nancy Sue Wallace proudly said she was part of the state’s only elected married couple. Which must be news to House Speaker Bruce Newcomb and his helpmate, House Judiciary Chairwoman Celia Gould … At the Spokane Valley Arby’s, a waitress commented on a customer’s charm necklace: “Precious. So precious.” And then on the piercings in her son’s ears: “Now, that looks painful.”
Huckleberries
In the “Man Biting Dog” category, Richard Wright of the Aryan Nations reported some crank called Wednesday to say: “Your pastor is no good, and we’re going to bomb the place” … Dave Wolfe spotted this bumpersnicker on a gray Wagoneer: “My reality check bounced”… A vanity plate on a Dodge Caravan near the mall: “BAABAAA.” The inscription on the license plate holder? “The Lord is my shepherd” Awww … That IS-R Handle front was a keeper. You know, the one that listed the date in bold letters as “January 22, 100” … It’s My 2 Cents: If local high schools are going to can coaches for blue language, they should be ready to replace about 75 percent of them. Not that cussing around kids is OK. I’m just stating a fact … Here’s a factoid Lynne Hutton and other hemp advocates should use on the Legislature: The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper … Judging from her ooohs and aaahs about firemen’s suspenders and poles at the CdA media fire academy, KXLYer Nicole McGregor missed her calling.
Parting shot
So, you think you’re annoyed when the Coeur d’Alene Press dumps its shopper in your driveway, trees and bushes each Wednesday? Imagine how Kurt Lovlyn felt when his snow blower swallowed a weekly fish wrapper. Swallowed, not digested. It blew the engine. Then, Kurt blew, firing off a letter to Brand X that’d singe eyebrows - along with a repair bill for $80. That’s money he’ll never see again.