Parting Shot -- 5/18/07
The Otis/BrodH20 spotted this on McGuire Road during his travels in Post Falls today. Seem the contractor has had trouble with stray vehicles using the road, even though it's closed.
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2007
TGIF Wild Card -- 5/18/07
I'm still not sure if I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks. I'd say they're better than 50-50 that I will be. If so, Regional Editor Scott Maben will be at the controls to post the Wild Cards, breaking news and some regional…
A Butterfly Moment: Adam @ 6
In this wonderful post, Jen/A Butterfly Moment tells us about her wonderful son, Adam, on his sixth birthday today:*He loves bugs and one little ant can keep him from getting in the car even when I'm already five minutes late.*But he's afraid of spiders (I…
DFO's Imus Certificate
Reproduction/Jesse Tinsley
In North Idaho, Wildlife Sometimes Comes to You
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"Sometimes the best of times are "on location" right in our own backyard," writes Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Living in town doesn't preclude the enjoyment of wildlife and the beauty of nature in late spring. A family of quail have called our…
DFO Gets Imus Award from Anonymous Demo
The Coalition for a New Democratic Majority has awarded me the Don Imus Award for "doing (my) part to create the new Democratic majority. I got a wonderful three-color certificate in the mail (with color photo of Imus wearing a black hat and frowning) in…
OrangeTV Reviews Paul Bunyan Restaurant
Paul Bunyan must be the second oldest burger joint in town, having been in the same spot since sometime in the fifties. My mother worked there during its glory years when she was a teenager. For years it was the teenybop hot spot, a place…
Huckleberries Hears ...
... that Real Life Ministries is trying to set up a face-to-face meeting with the mayors of the three prairie towns who are opposed to their 116-acre (to begin with) mega-campus above the Rathdrum Prairie: Clay Larkin of Post Falls, Ron McIntire of Hayden and…
Inside Huckleberries -- 5/18/07
11:29 a.m., Construction work at the new Cabela's building at the stateline is going so well, Huckleberries hears that the store might open in late October instead of the current target date of Nov. 10.***10:35 a.m., Dan of the County called to say that local…
Sweet Potatoes -- to Bill Proser, Charter Academy
A national education policy group honored the Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy this week in Washington, D.C. The eight-year-old school was one of 53 charter schools nationwide selected as the top schools in the nation by the Center for Education Reform. All of the approximately 4,000…
WorldNetDaily Poll: Compromise Immigration Deal
Item: Senate, White House OK quick status for illegals: Republican lawmakers decry compromise immigration deal as 'amnesty'/WorldNetDailyQuestion: What's your reaction to immigration agreement worked out between president, Senate? 1. It's the right thing to do 2. It demonstrates America is still a land of compassion…
Complete Gone Wi-Fi Interview w/Marianne Love
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewBooks by Marianne Love: "Pocket Girdles," 1994; "Postcards from Potatoe Land, 1997; and "Lessons with Love," 2007 (available at keokeebooks.com for $16 and at Coeur d'Alene's Hastings; University of Idaho Bookstore; and Vanderford's, Corner Book Shop and Bonner County Museum in Sandpoint. DFO: Do…
Stantis: Heavenly Welcome Wagon?
Scott Stantis/Birmingham News
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.