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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, JAN. 23, 2012

Wild Card/Monday -- 1.23.12

Now that my S.F. 49ers have been eliminated from the playoffs, I can look forward to (yawn) a Super Bowl featuring 2 northeastern teams. I hope the commercials are good, as well as the hors d'oeuvres at our Super Bowl party. New England versus New…

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Parting Shot -- 1.23.12

"When I stopped at home today for a quick lunch," writes SR buddy Colin Mulvany/Snaps & Frames, "I spotted my neighbor’s bush covered in melting icicles. I shot a few snaps with my 60mm macro lens then downloaded the files as I ate my sandwich.…

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S&G: Alleged Peeper Wore A G-String

A man arrested for voyeurism outside a Girl Scouts gathering in Spokane was wearing a red g-string and no pants when a woman spotted him early Sunday, officials say. Martin J. Green, 29, had a “pocketful of condoms” in his untied sweat pants when police…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 1.23.12

5:06 p.m. PFPD Blue is stopping to remove a big piece of lumber @ Seltice Way & Rancho Viejo. 5:03 p.m. Deputies are closing down i/s of Huetter & Poleline/Hayden due to slick conditions. 4:51 p.m. Resident is turning in dated prescription drugs @ CPD…

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PM: Otter Meets w/Angry Silver Valley

"This is an emergency," said former miner Dan Thompson during the town hall meeting with Governor Butch Otter in Wallace on Monday. The meeting was held to discuss the year shutdown of The Lucky Friday mine in Mullan. Thompson has a son that works at…

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Ward: RRs, Liquor Privatization A Fit

An offshoot of one of Kootenai County's numerous Republican clubs filed a statewide initiative Monday to privatize liquor sales in Idaho. The move is separate from one that had been mulled by the same grocery association that backed the successful liquor privatization drive in Washington…

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Idaho Dems Rip Redistricting 'Bullies'

The Idaho Democratic Party issued a statement this afternoon decrying the latest move by Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko (pictured) and GOP House Speaker Lawerence Denney to attempt to fire their two appointees to the state's bipartisan citizen redistricting commission. “Make no mistake, this is…

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North Idaho Blogs -- 1.23.12

JeanC knew just where to turn when she got her van stuck Friday morning on the Palouse, her husband. At JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery, Jean provides several photos of life last week during the big snow sotrm that hit us here. Joe Paterno,…

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KEA Backs Tubbs Hill Access Plan

After several months of study and discussion, tonight (Monday) the City of Coeur d’Alene’s Parks and Recreation Commission will officially consider a consensus recommendation to retrofit a Tubbs Hill trail to accommodate wheelchair accessibility. Last spring, the City Council separated Tubbs Hill from the McEuen…

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Old Country Buffet Shuts In Spokane

The last two Old Country Buffet restaurants in Spokane County have closed as part of the company’s Chapter 11 reorganization. Parent firm Buffets, Inc. filed the bankruptcy last week in Delaware, announcing it would close 81 underperforming restaurants. Those closed restaurants are roughly 16 percent…

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'Snow And Ice'

Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images Facebooks: "This ice abstract is one of two of my images that will be exhibited at the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles as part of the 'Snow and Ice' Show opening in February. You can see the entire show here.

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Huckleberries Hears ...

... That there's dozens of upset Kootenai County employees who recently had their position and pay down-sized -- 117, to be exact. In a memo from Kootenai County Board of Commissioners Jan. 12, 99 employees has their positions & pay docked one grade, 50 employees…

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Boss Denney Limits Public Access

The renovated Idaho Capitol opened more than two years ago with secluded office space for lawmakers. Now that seclusion is limiting public access to House lawmakers. Last week, House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, ordered that all access points to House lawmakers’ offices be secured and…

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Christa: Extend Coeur d'Alene Levy

I wanted to let you know of a group of parents (including myself) that created an online petition in advance of tomorrow's school board special workshop meeting. The workshop meeting is rumored to be the starting point of a long discussion regarding a possible spring…

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Has Luna Reform Gutted IEA?

Idaho’s controversial new school reform laws gutted teacher associations’ collective bargaining powers, but local union leaders say they can still work effectively with their district administration to help shape policies. “This (legislation) basically said to districts that if you don’t want to work with teachers…

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Letter: HBO Didn't Do KCTFHR Justice

Re: Rachel Dolezal's protest/DFO, Sunday Huckleberries (2nd item) In the “Spokesman Review” Huckleberries column on Sunday, January 22, 2012, it was suggested that the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations prefers to accentuate the positive and focus on education with regard to confronting bigotry,…

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Raunchy Comedies Draw Viewers

In this image released by CBS, from left, Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs and Jennifer Coolidge are shown in a scene from "2 Broke Girls," scheduled to air Monday, Feb. 6, at 8:30 p.m. on CBS. As CBS' Monday night comedies are pushing the barriers with…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 1.23.12

Noonish: Red Ford pickup taillgated caller, before passing, and brake-checking @ I-90 & H41/PF. 12:06 p.m. A Ford Explorer has hit a moose @ H41 & Seasons, 3 miles south of Spirit Lake. Moose is lying on highway, still alive. (Moose was later euthanized.) 11:36…

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Hart Opposes Tardy Tax Notice Bill

Idaho could save $200,000 a year by no longer using certified mail to send two types of deficiency notices to delinquent taxpayers, and instead using first-class mail. The reason: 35 percent of certified mail is returned, simply because folks don't bother to pick it up.…

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RRepubs Pushing Liquor Privatization

Today, the Idaho Federation of Reagan Republicans will submit, to the Idaho Secretary of State, a citizen’s initiative to privatize liquor sales in Idaho and eliminate the Idaho Liquor Division. A draft copy of the proposed initiative petition must be filed at the Secretary of…

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Poll: Legislators Worst Occupiers

Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation is more concerned about the Idaho Legislature occupying the Idaho Capitol than the Idaho press corps of Occupy Boise. 142 of 195 respondents (72.82%) said that Idaho legislators are the group they're most concerned with squatting at the Capitol building.…

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AM: Making Cash Count

Volunteer Nick Scourey, a Whitworth University student, plays with a young client at the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery in Spokane on Friday. The nursery is one of three organizations that will benefit from a $1 million endowment set up by James W. Crow, a Spokane…

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Denny, Semanko Dump Redistricters

The Idaho Republican Party announced today that State Chairman Norm Semanko and Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney have removed Randy Hansen and Dolores Crow from the Idaho Redistricting Commission effective immediately. The names of the two new commissioners will be released Tuesday morning. The Redistricting…

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KH: Mayan Calendar Messes w/Year

Not to be a pessimist or anything, but if the Mayan prediction comes true and the world ends this year, should I bother planting a garden? Just asking because I've been looking at my garden catalogs and wondering whether it's worth it to spend the…

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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.