Local Headlines (1/18/05)

S-R Photo/Kathy Plonka: Matt Street of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office wonders where he’ll be tying up next year after the county received notice from the Hagadone Corp. that it’ll need to find another place to store marine division boats. Float home owners are the latest to get the boot by the Hagadone Corp.

* Evicted float homes are a tough sell: Floating cabins at Blackwell Island have a long history, but their days are numbered / Becky Kramer , S-R: And the North Shore becomes even more unwelcoming for the blue-collar crowd.

* Letting cuffed man escape was first mistake, expert says: Criminologist says deputies were wrong to fire through wall / Tom Clouse , S-R: Should we have reported this? Or should we have waited until Sheriff Rocky Watson massaged it a bit? Of course, I’m being facetious here.

* Decades on, King inspires: Civil rights leader’s words ring out on 20th annual holiday in his honor / Hilary Kraus , S-R: If people are still celebrating your life 37 years after your death, you lived well.

* Memorial for Maixner is Wednesday at Schweitzer: Authorities believe Sandpoint man was only victm, scale back search at avalanche site /S-R, wire: Again, too young.

* Rain, ice bring hail of wrecks: More than 320 crashes logged as region’s roads freeze over / Tom Clouse , S-R: Why, oh why, can’t motorists figure out that icy roads mean they should slow down? We’re more than halfway through winter, and we’re still playing bumper cars. Be careful out there, fuhcryinoutloud.