Hot Potatoes — 2/6/07

* House kills Otter’s grocery tax bill / Betsy Russell , Spokesman-Review — Good call. Rep. Dick Harwood of St. Maries was even right on this one. You know what they say about broken clocks …

* Bonner County crews rescue injured Coolin snowmobiler / Caroline Lobsinger , Bonner County Daily Bee — Our search & rescue crews deserve all the kudos they get for their incredible work saving lives and finding lost people. Saaalute.

* Thieves pilfering donations from Post Falls senior thrift store / Annie Bishop , KXLY.com — How long can you go?

* A WCC stunner: Lions claw out 67-61 upset of Zags / Steve Bergum , Spokesman-Review — If Heytvelt, Raivio & Co. don’t win the WCC tourney, they could find themselves watching March Madness on the sidelines with the rest of us this year.

* Fire district snuffs long-standing debt / Keith Kinnaird , Bonner County Daily Bee — The Sagle Fire District — and the three firefighters who agreed to a pay cut during its financial struggles — deserve credit for seeing this thing through and repaying its debt.