Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest Online — 11/13/07

Brian Plonka/Spokesman-Review
A chimp act is a hard act to follow. You don’t have to tell Roger Fouts this. He has been following one for some 30 years. But Monday’s memorial service for a very special chimpanzee named Washoe was the toughest act yet for the primate researcher and his family here /Kevin Graman, Spokesman-Review.

1. A Spokane County judge is refusing to dismiss charges against 17 protesters arrested in Riverfront Park on July 4, saying a trial is needed to determine whether the cases violate their constitutional rights here /Jim Camden, Spokesman-Review.

2. Caldwell police are still trying to determine if criminal charges will be filed against some college students who hit a College of Idaho security guard with their car late Monday after they tried to pull a prank on campus here /Idaho Statesman.

3. Online Poll: By 24% over 19%, 635 respondents to a Lewiston Tribune poll said they listen to country music over talk radio on their car radio. Seven other choices got fewer votes.

4. News Roundup: Hearing for rapist Coe postponed /Spokesman-Review; Late ballots turning tide for Washington schools’ simple majority /Spokesman-Review; Improved 911 system aids in robbery arrests /Coeur d’Alene Press; Schweitzer worker killed doing maintenance ID’d /Bonner Daily Bee; and Former WSU basketball star missing in Brazil /KHQ.

5. Blogosphere: Pumpkins, tamaracks fading fast /The Skinny On North Idaho; Us against them /Dogwalk Musings; Who can write what? /Randy Stapilus; Your 2008 presidential primary ballot, the early version /Eye On Olympia; and In memory of WWII casualty Uncle Bill /Kellogg Bloggin’.

6. IMHO: Workshop calls Scouts honor into question /Doug Clark, Spokesman-Review; Family task force stuck in 1950s /Idaho Statesman; Sexual assault victims deserve fast, expert care /Spokesman-Review; Is 3 a crowd or opportunity for Idaho D’s? /Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman; Don’t rule Broncos out of BCS yet /Brian Murphy, Idaho Statesman.