Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 2/9/06

Montana football coach Bobby Hauck, left, gets a trim from Gov. Brian Schweitzer as part of the university’s “Coaches vs. Cancer” program, which aims to raise awareness and money to fight cancer Wednesday in Missoula, Mont., here . (AP Photo/Missoulian, Linda Thompson)

1. David Horsey /Seattle PI shows what might happen if everyone rioted every time s/he was offended by a political cartoon here .

2. Seth Cook , a 12-year-old Washington boy with rapid-aging disease, not only is the toast of his town but also featured in an hour-long NBC “Dateline” story here .

3. Travis Greene , a Marine corporal and former Twin Falls (Idaho) runner who lost both legs in an explosion in Iraq, posts his first message on a Web site dedicated to his recovery — and is overwhelmed by the response here .

4. Actor Scott Campbell , who debuted as a bellboy in a Sentinel (Mont.) High play, has added to his portfolio since with appearances in “Grey’s Anatomy” and now as shopkeeper Monroe in “Brokeback Mountain” here .

5. Police Theory: North Idaho septuagenarian was killed simply because she lived too close to where a bad guy slid off he road and got stuck here .

6. IMHO-NW: Bert Caldwell /Spokesman-Review ( A new voice for Spokane Russians ), Heather Anne Cunningham /Idaho Statesman ( Revising eminent domain laws ), Bud Withers /Seattle Times ( Guess who’s coming to Gonzaga ), Doug Clark /Spokesman-Review ( Invasion of the condo people ), and Ron Judd /Seattle Times ( Apolo Anton Ohno ).

Online Poll: 64% of 1147 respondents to an Idaho Statesman online poll say that new UI Vandal football coach Dennis Erickson will win no more than 4 games next year here .

*An Olympian who grew up on North Idaho’s Schweitzer Mountain will be gunning for gold in the downhill snowboarding event at the Winter Olympics here .

*January was the wettest month ever recorded in Glacier National Park, west of the Divide, here .

*Authorities found a crack pipe in a 6-month-old’s crib during a Spokane Valley raid here .

Orbusmax Special: Oregon high school reverses stand on “Laramie Project” here .