Huckleberries: Failed runaway attempt carries baggage

Didja hear the one about the three kids who ran away from home Monday because their mother was “mean”? Actually, she was sick. The trio – ages 8, 7 and 5 – made it from Indian Meadows to the Fairway Apartments area near the interstate before their uncle found them. “They were safe,” says colleague Erica Curless, “but got a huge lecture that made them cry from CdA Blue.” … Bree, a twentysomething commenter at Huckleberries Online, recalls leaving a note before she ran away at age 8 because she didn’t want to pick up dog poop. She made it to the end of her long Dalton Gardens block. The worst thing about the adventure? Her parents still have the note and enjoy teasing her about it. … Sure, Huckleberries knows why Athletic Director/student journalist Al Williams didn’t write a story for the latest North Idaho College Sentinel. Williams didn’t turn in his assignment on time. … The craziest thing NIC student Patricia Barnes/CdA has done after she lost a bet? She told the Sentinel, “I had to jump into CdA Lake in February buck naked then run around the parking lot!” … Commenter Rocket’s Brain Trust is still laughing at the headline in the Sunday metro section: “Officer shoots man: Dead man ran, fought before being shot.” E-mails RBT: “What is it, a runaway cadaver from the Human Body Exhibit?” … Poet’s Corner: “Behold in Boise/the Legislature,/an odd creation/of Mother Nature/awaving its arms/and flapping its jaws/it mumbles and rants/and passes strange laws” – The Bard of Sherman Avenue (“A Peculiar Life Form”).