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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 2007

Tom Davenport's Kootenai Canvas

Tom Davenport/SR Handle ExtraTwice a month in Handle Extra, photojournalist Tom Davenport offers a new look at a place famiiar to Kootenai County residents. We'd like you to guess where the photograph was taken, and write a few words about the place. Tell us why…

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LCDC Exec Berns: LCDC In Wait-See Mode

Item: LCDC plays the waiting game: Executive director thinks developers want to see results of current projects/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: The Lake City Development Corp. has had only one application for partnership funding since this fiscal year began in October -- though the…

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Wild Card/Saturday -- 12/15/07

I plan to sleep in. Mebbe hit the library and do a little Christmas shopping today as I begin to focus on Christmas a some days off, beginning Thursday. I'm at that point where I need a break. My second column of the week will…

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APhoto of the Weekend -- 12/15-16/07

Steve Nehl/Oregonian, APPrisoners at the Oregon State Correctional Facility meet in the recreation room and crochet. They make blankets for the homeless, socks for sick kids and hats for people undergoing chemotherapy. The Crochet Club in the Oregon State Correctional Institution has 25 members plus…

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Handle X Huckleberries: Hanoi Mike?

Coeur d'Alene city attorney Gridley knows right-wing conspiracy theorists will cluck their tongues when they discover he ison his way to Vietnam to ride bikes from Saigon to Hanoi. "They already think I'm a commie," said Gridley, an affable public servant who'll never be forgiven…

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ThomG: Steroids, HGHs Aren't Whole Story

I'm torn. I love baseball and I was initially angered by the steroid accusations and the entire specter of cheating within my beloved sport. But I wonder how different is this than corked bats and spitballs? Babe Ruth hit all his home runs with dead…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.