AM Headlines — 2/1/08

Kathy Plonka/SR

Sarah Pennington ,17, of Spirit Lake with her new horse, Bomber, that was donated to her after her mare died. Post Falls Voice story by Sherry Ramsey here . News stand outlets for free Post Falls Voice here .

* Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR

* Making Candy the Old-fashioned Way: Hermine gives candy ‘Old World’ attention /John Christopher Fine, Epoch Times — I remember Hermine when she repaired clothes across from our old CDA bureau on Fourth Street.

* DEQ: ‘Very close’ on re-legalizing field-burning /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise/SR — Drag this out much more, and the issue will go away as the last of the farmers sell out.

* A home for your gear, and a place to play with it: NYTimes Escapes section focuses on CDA’s Garagetown USA /Kristina Shevory, New York Times — The region has been getting a lot of attention from the Times. Drat.

* Idaho teacher merit pay plan in trouble: Criticized as unworkable and ‘constitutionally flawed’ /Betsy Russell, SR — No surprises here. Move along.

* North Idaho Briefs: Rathdrum man sentenced to 30 years for trying to sell 15 pounds of meth /Taryn Hecker, SR — Good riddance.

* Viola man pleads guilty to child porn charge: Sentencing set for June 23 /KLEWTV.com3 — Toss him in jail and throw away the key.