Huckleberries Best of the Northwest — 8/11/06

Marietta Jeager Lane, left, mother of a murder victim, hugs Heather, while protesting the execution of David Dawson at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, Mont. Dawson, 48, died by injection at 12:06 this morning at Montana State Prison, becoming the first person executed in the state since 1998 here (Meanwhile, the only family member to survive Dawson’s murderous attack enjoyed a day at the beach here . (AP Photo)

Stapilus: Pencil it out with Spokesman-Review calculator before you jump on Gov. Risch property tax relief bandwagon here .

1. David Horsey /Seattle PI looks at Condi Rice’s midwifery in the Middle East here .

2. Another Bum Who Needs To Fry: Joseph Duncan isn’t set to be tried on triple-murder charges until October, but his attorney is already asking for Idaho’s protocol for lethal injection here .

3. A survey of the Children’s Administration shows that the people charged with running the Washington’s foster care and child protection programs have little confidence in their top leaders here .

4. Dream cross-country bike trip of retired Tacoma city worker ends abruptly in death here (free subscription required).

5. Dona M. Smith is proud of her orange-haired Pomeranian, Aris , who helped nab a murder suspect in June in a well-publicized feat of barking that revealed that the man was hiding in Smith’s Bellevue home. But now it’s Aris who’s in trouble: He’s been missing since Monday morning, and Smith is distraught here .

6. IMHO-NW: D.F. Oliveria /Spokesman-Review ( Hate groups have rights, too ), Hindu /Sagebrush ( US helped foil terror plot ), Billings Gazette ( Sad, proud honor roll grows longer ), Missoulian ( Critters aren’t only ones in peril ), and Kalispell Daily Inter Lake ( Glacier Park road money in the bag ).

Online Poll: By 49.6% to 42%, 2635 respondents to a Seattle PI poll support the ban by airport authorities of almost all liquids and gels in carry-on luggage.

*3 Fort Lewis Army Rangers charged in Tacoma bank robbery here .

*”Nigerian letter” con man’s prison sentence extended 6 months here .

*House Speaker Dennis Hastert to visit Post Falls here .

Orbusmax Special: Cindy Sheehan in Seattle for war resisters’ convention here .