INW: Warm-hearted Cards

Kim Cheeley, of Itty Bitty Witty Knitties in Coeur d’Alene, makes greeting cards out of handmade knitted swatches and quilts by a group of women from south-central China who participate in the vocational-training programs of Asia Project Grace. Laura Umthum story in Handle Extra here . (SR Photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Cartoon: Trapped American idiot /Milt Priggee, Seattle P-I
  
• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
  
• Sunshine continues through the week /Mike Prager, SR
• 2-fer: Boise State earns highest ranking ever in football polls /Chadd Cripe, Statesman; and Poll position addiction in need of detox /Brian Murphy, Statesman
• Lake City among 10 great places to retire /Karen Heywood Queen, Yahoo!
  
• Idaho gets $1.65M in drug settlement /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Post Falls female dies from accident injuries /KXLY
  
• Fairchild AFB operations moving to Moses Lake temporarily /KXLY
• Oil spokeswoman addresses big rig transports /Kate Whittle, New West
• Combat just one of Idaho National Guard’s worries /Kathleen Kreller, Statesman
• After year in dark, Gooding to have downtown Christmas lights /Blare Koch, TFTN
• Spotty past of state education background checks /Ben Botkin, TF Times-News
• Orbusmax Special : Hike killed by mountain goat in Olympic National Park here