Huckleberries: He loves his stars, bars and jailbird

This & That: In a Kootenai County courtroom Monday, a local redneck – complete with a dirty baseball cap bearing a Confederate flag, metal horn and the word “Rebel” – was smitten as he watched his gal pal on closed-circuit TV during her first appearance on an open-container charge. Colleague Meghann Cuniff could tell Johnny Reb was as proud as a papa of a newborn as his li’l darling accepted her punishment of a day in jail with credit for time served. In fact, he whooped it up. When the hearing was over, he exclaimed: “God, she looks good in that (jailhouse) jumper.” P’haps the orange brings out the color in her bloodshot eyes? … Speaking of the color orange, blogger OrangeTV spotted a note to “Idaho DOT” (Department of Transportation) in the door of an Interstate 90 visitors center near you. It read: “You weigh every truck and you still can’t build a decent road. I’m a pro driver and an Idaho resident. The crappers without doors are another nice touch. Keep up the good work. California has been broke for over 10 years and they have better roads and doors.” Seems the trucker’s not impressed with Highway 95 roadwork to date. (OrangeTV has posted a photo of the note on his Making Flippy Floppy blog) … Poet’s Corner: “Developers salivate/Over land they think is great/Business buildings and dwellings/Is what they’re selling/Soon there’ll be no open land in the state” – Idaho Escape (“Ode to Development”).