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Memorial Day Wild Card — 5.31.10

I'll be back running things again at HucksOnline Tuesday morning after almost a week off in Denver, Colo., where I enjoyed Junior's graduation from medical school, visiting with the kids, and some other fun events, like a Colorado-Los Angeles baseball game and seeing the renown Body World exhibition. The timing of the UC-Denver medical school graduation forced me to take off the day after election to be in Colorado in plenty of time to enjoy all the pomp and circumstance surrounding it. We still need to break down some of the results -- and begin talking about the matchup between Demo Walt Minnick and Republican Raul Labrador in the 1st Congressional District race. That'll have to wait one more day. Today is time to remember those who have sacrificed much and even all to keep this country free. Now, for your last Wild Card of my vacation ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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