NIdaho Blogs — 2.24.12

When we last saw T.J. Barnhart, he was part of a Coeur Group panel who posed questions to the five Kootenai County GOP sheriff’s candidates at the public forum in the Coeur d’Alene Library. Here, he practices his handshake as he waits for presidential candidate Newt Gingrich to arrive at the Coeur d’Alene Inn Thursday. (Special to HucksOnline)

• 5 historical figures & 5 interesting places /A Butterfly Moment
• The food paradox /A Family Runs Through It
• Ben Wolfinger for sheriff /, and: Holidays lost bug me /Bay Views
• Confessions of a Billy Crystal non-fan fan /Dennis Mansfield
• To run or not to run , and: War and the cultural divide /Dogwalk Musings
• My husband is in hog heaven , and: My finest hour — not /From A Simple Mind
• Blanchard Tavern has new owner, new look /INorthwest Business Watch
• From the land of the sun & palms /Slight Detour
• Caulifower leftover soup /Stebbijo’s Place
• Gray day doodle /Tumblewords
• Downton Abbey and the tale of two classes /Writing North Idaho

HucksOnline numbers (for Thursday): 10,058/6140, (for Wednesday): 9004/5494, and (for Thursday (9922/5730)