Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 9/29/06

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Dive Team member Gary Dagastine, right, prepares to go into the water at Independence Point on Lake Coeur d’Alene where a body of a 52-year-old man was pulled from the water this morning/Jesse Tinsley, Spokesman-Review.

Eye On Boise: Partisans use video JibJab-like humor to comment on Idaho elections here .

1. Jurors in Joseph Duncan’s triple-murder trial can hear incriminating statements the suspected killer made following his arrest, 1st District Judge Fred Gibler ruled Thursday, here .

2. An initiative proposal that would allow residents to grow, sell and use marijuana within Sun Valley’s city limits can move forward, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled, here .

3. Police patrols through WSU residence halls are expected to resume this weekend. But many students aren’t too happy about it. Some don’t think the patrols, which the university argued increase student safety, are worth a perceived invasion of their privacy here .

4. An Idahoan who rescues bear cubs is in the running to be “Animal Planet’s” hero of the year here .

5. At 15, Mike Ellenwood Sr. lived at Alcatraz on and off for more than a year, and took part in a takeover of the island that is credited with ending the government policies that forced his family from their tribal home in North Idaho. The Spokane man has now written a book about his experience here .

6. IMHO-NW: Joan Opyr /New West ( I’ll never be Mrs. Idaho ), Spokesman-Review ( A right to remain silent ), Randy Stapilus /Ridenbaugh Press ( Scratched: liberty, freedom, justice ), Rich Roesler /Eye On Olympia ( Watchdog and sheep ), Vivvi Pierce /WSU Daily Evergreen ( Possessions don’t bring happiness ), and Frank McGovern /UI Argonaut ( Bush v. Clinton and, sigh, more war on terror ).

Online Poll: 49.9% of 1548 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say they’d pay off their bills if they won a $200,000 lottery as a Boisean did recently.

*Spokane’s Met Theatre will be renamed in honor of native son Bing Crosby here .

*Missoula scalpers can’t get no satisfaction as they try to re-sell Stones concert tickets here .

*Caldwell High goes into lockdown after teen brings loaded gun to school here .

*Flashers reported in Moscow, UWashington here .

Orbusmax Special: E.coli sickens 2 kids who drank raw milk from Washington dairy here .