Best of the Northwest

Both CDA papers deserve a Sweet Potato for offering nice articles about Pearl Harbor survivors. Kevin Graman and Carl Gidlund old the stories of these old warriors for the S-R here and here . And Bill Buley of the CDA Press focuses on a 12/7 survivor from Hayden here . We honor the “Greatest Generation” by recalling their day.

Photo: The Battleship Missouri’s massive turrets are shown pointing toward the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1. Liberal David Horsey /P-I wonders why more Washingtonians didn’t vote for Christine Gregoire here .

2. Sweet Potatoes to K-County Prosecutor Bill Douglas for following thru on William McCrory’s complaint that private meetings between Duane Hagadone and individual council members re: his botanical garden might have violated the Idaho’s open-meeting law. Douglas sez it legally didn’t. But that doesn’t mean the secret meetings didn’t violate the intent of the law. Click here .

3. UIdaho editorials fume about a Institute of Women’s Policy Institute report that shows women don’t fare well in the Gem State here , and student cartoonist Noah Kroese provides his take on the matter here .

4. Is undefeated Boy-C State coach Dan Hawkins being courted by Notre Dame. Inquiring Idaho Statesman readers would like to know here .

5. In Boy-C, the trial begins for 11 protesters who were arrested trying to prevent police from removing a monument of the 10 commandments from Julia Davis Park here .

6. IMHO-NW: Marianne Love /Sandpoint free-lancer ( Fiddlin’ Frank Smith , click on link provided at this site), Seattle Times ( Washington recount ), Joel Connelly /P-I ( Locke’s legacy? ), John Blanchette /S-R ( Have coach will travel ), and Doug Clark /S-R ( Adopt A Soldier program ).

7. RuralNorthwest.com posts the latest list of Kootenai County’s wanted scofflaws here .

8. Marcus Potts /Daily Evergreen provides a pregame story of tonight’s game between No. 25 Gonzaga and the hapless WSU Cougars here .

8. Party activists are lining up to watch the re-recount of the Washington gubernatorial ballots here .