Local Blogs — 2/9/09

In Priest Lake over the weekend, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns was on hand for the 40th annual running of the U.S. Pacific Coast Championship Races. She has an interview with  seventysomething musher Joe Hawley, who returned to the races after a 25-year hiatus, here .

Late Phone Calls: Polite People don’t call after 9 p.m. Any time the phone rings in our house after 9, it jars us. Because we wonder who is hurt or what is going on. We don’t call people after 9 pm unless it is a prearranged deal. We don’t call people with children after 8 p.m. As we know they are in the process of getting the kids thru baths, beds stories and etc. We just don’t feel comfortable with late calls/ Simple Mind . More here .

• S murfs!/ A Butterfly Moment
• Joys of Life /Accidental Rabbit Trails
• The eyes have it /Community Comment
• Books /Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Susie’s Bar & Grill /Get Out! North Idaho
• In sickness & in health /Gathering Around The Table

Question: How late is the latest you’ll make a casual phone call to someone?

• Valentine’s Day approaches /S&S Herb
• Another nonmotorized meeting /Kootenai MPO
• Weekend went way too fast /JeanC’s Cat House & Shooting Gallery
• Quit campaigning & start governing /Dogwalk Musings

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