HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 7/17/06

Members of C Company, 116th Engineer Battalion of the Idaho Army National Guard are reflected in the Killed in Action monument at the Ronald D. Rankin Veterans Memorial Plaza on Saturday. (Kerri Thoreson photo)

* Somer Breeze — I swear that’s her name — talks about life as an SR sports intern covering the Spokane Indians here as part of the new blog written by interns, including our Sam The Intern , here .

* Basil Rathbone has wormed his way into Family Phil’s heart in his 10 years in the family and now claims the title of Phil’s best can ever here .

* Bayview Herb didn’t appreciate the Saturday SR story about dissidents in his little community because, he sez, we didn’t present the whole picture here

*All that bad news from the Middle East here isn’t helping Mari Meehan/Dogwalk Musings with her bad back here .

*Vacation is less than two days off, and UBob is so not ready to head out toward the coasts of Oregon and northern California here .

Meanwhile, Cis relates life to huckleberry picking here , Marianne called on St. Anthony to help her find a pair of beloved red sweat pants here , and Sara puts her food blog out of its misery here .