Huckleberries; Ex-treasurer battles the Big C again

Huckleberries hears … that competent ex-Kootenai County Treasurer Jeannine Ashcraft is fighting a recurrence of cancer after beating breast cancer a decade or so ago. She’s facing an uphill battle – and is checking out experimental treatment in Seattle. She’ll find out in a week or two if she’s a viable candidate for the treatment. Jeannine and husband, Hale, have lived in northwest Montana for some years now. Good friend Lori Isenberg tells Huckleberries that Jeannine is taking her latest bout with the Big C “as much in stride as anyone possibly could.” Lori and her husband, Larry, are trying to arrange an open house here for the Ashcrafts to give old friends a chance to say hello and extend well wishes. … If you’re going to stiff the Blanchard E-Z Stop for $172 in fuel, you shouldn’t be driving a recognizable logging truck. Someone from Kevin Spearbear Logging of St. Maries is in a heap of trouble after doing that Tuesday. … Bumpersnicker (on a dirty, brown, older-model van with Bonner County plates at Gummint Way and Ironwood on Tuesday): “For a small town, this one sure has a lot of (derrieres).” What do they say? It takes one to know one? … On Wednesday, Huckleberries Online (HBO) featured a photo of wounded Sandpoint soldier Brandon Adam on his first wheelchair trip from his hospital room. HBO also linked to other photos of Brandon from the new Live, Laugh, Love, Hope blog. You’ll understand the cost of war better when you see them. I’ll move Brandon’s photo to the top of HBO this morning so you can find it easily.