Hot Potatoes — 2/14/07

Gonzaga University athletic director Mike Roth expresses his disappointed, at a recent press conference at GU, over the the arrest and suspension of sophomore forward Josh Heytvelt and freshman forward Theo Davis/Dan Pelle, Spokesman-Review.

* GU players’ release investigated: Jail commander says pair left via restricted area / Thomas Clouse , Spokesman-Review — Oh, what a difference a broken tail light can make to an up-and-coming basketball star’s life. Seems the star treatment is ending for Schroomer Heytvelt.

* Missing 4-year-old recovered: Tribal court ruling prompts father to take girl from early childhood center / Marc Stewart , Coeur d’Alene Press — The Amber Alert worked, even though the little girl was in no apparent danger. That’s good.

* Sandpoint could get UI branch: Foundation offers funding / Shawn Vestal , Spokesman-Review — So, now we find out that Coldwater Creek is behind the push for a UI/Sandpoint campus. Hmm. Is there anything wrong with that?

* Courthouse ceremony stays tidy: New federal building to solve space crunch / Taryn Brodwater , Spokesman-Review — Wonder if some of the movers and shakers are looking at the downtown lot were the courthouse now sits as a possible future condo site?

* Blackwell soil tests to be shared: Meeting planned on dredging bid / Erica Curless , Spokesman-Review — His Duaneness must really want this project; otherwise, he’d already have taken his ball and gone home, frustrated by the delays. Seems like only yesterday that Hagadone attack dog John Barlow was telling us that nothing was wrong with the soil.

* Online Poll: 71.2% of 1727 now oppose Copper Basin project that would add 700 homes to the Rathdrum Prairie /Coeur d’Alene Press — If Copper Basin sends out more letters trying to rally the troops, the opposition might top 75%.