Huckleberries Local AM Headlines — 1/9/06

* It takes gall to pass a stone: Surgery delays celebration of couple’s 37th anniversary / Christi Wilhelm , Coeur d’Alene Press — Ouch!

* Bonner County family recovering after blast /S-R, Associated Press — There’s a lesson here re: what not to do when you smell a gas leak.

* Spokane’s skating event hopes rest on uncertain state support / Richard Roesler , Spokesman-Review — Seems to me that the Washington governor speaks with forked tongue.

*Legislature opens with key issues, tests: Schools, roads, taxes among priorities / Betsy Z. Russell , Spokesman-Review — Guard your wallets, friends & neighbors, the Legislature is going back into session.

* Foiled coffee shop robbery prompts warning /Associated Press — Words to live by.