HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 6/18/07

Tom Holman shoots a scene from the recent Priest Lake Fishing Derby for Pecky Cox’s As The Lake Churns. You can find more Holman photos of the derby here .

Check it out: Doug Fredericks, the Hayden photographer extraordinaire, has updated his web site, which offers terrific photos of viewtiful North Idaho here .

* David Bond /Wallace Street Journal focuses his latest column on “The Newest Great Penny Stock” involving an Idaho company that has no Idaho holdings (you’ll have to guess which one) here .

* Mommy Dearest /BrodH20 surprised The Otis on Father’s Day with a dream-come-true … his own boat. Sorta. It’s a porta-boat. The Otis has already christened it the S.S. Nautiyacht here .

* OrangeTV /Making Flippy Floppy admits he holds his breath when he gets e-mail as a result of his SR Get Out! reviews b/c he’s afraid an angry eatery owner might be responding here .

* Silver Valley Girl /Silver Valley Stories was surprised to learn that the major tourist attractions in Washington, D.C., are free. Also, she returned home from the nation’s capitol with a renewed appreciation for art here .

*”I don’t know about you, but I’m wild about gadgets,” writes Sue Turner /Tumblewords. “I love robots. I prefer the kind that work. I’m crazy about possibility and not so fond of reality” here .

Meanwhile, A Butterfly Moment wonders, “Who needs the Mayflag man?” here , Bayview Herb is already getting ready for Bayview Daze here , Freedom of Expression had a happy Father’s Day here , Cis insists that Jamestown, R.I., rules household regattas here , Go Figure offers his wolf reduction plan here , Family Phil explains why Father’s Day didn’t excite him here , JeanC reports that hubby survived his gall stone procedure here , Live, Love, Laugh, Hope offers cool photos of the coast here , OnLocation North Idaho has a getaway plan for those who want to preserve gas this summer here , Scurvy Jake spends his volunteer day at Camp Easton here , Slight Detour celebrates a quiet Monday with miscellany here , and This Is Growing Up shares her recipe for chicken parmesan here .