Wild Card/Tuesday -- 8.20.13
I have some fair tickets for Thursday to give away. But I don't know how to do so. First come, first served? A contest. What? Any ideas. I'll wait to hear from you. Meanwhile, I post this Wild Card ...
TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 2013
Parting Shot -- 8.20.13
People in costumes parade in the street during the annual Badagry festival in Lagos, Nigeria, today. This year festival is in honor of Marcus Garvey, a proponent of "Back to Africa" movement in the United States. which organizers say its aimed at bridging the gap…
Slice: Led Astray By GPS System
A Slice reader told about being over on the West Side with her husband and entering a Seattle area trip destination in their car's GPS. Well, the moment they got on I-5 the GPS freaked. Its robo-voice told them to get off the interstate over…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.20.13
5:31 p.m. Subject who threatened suicide seen riding skateboard @ Govt Way/Kathleen. 5:20 p.m. Individual wanted on failure to appear in court for escape charge headed for 4th/Boise. 4:58 p.m. Driver of small gold car reports trucker tailgating 1 1/2 cars behind @ H95/Dakota. 4:44…
PM Headlines -- 8.20.13
Kootenai County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Ewing, left talks with Allan Clark of Post Falls after his boat passed a safety check on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Deputy Ewing and Deputy Jonathan Traw, right were on patrol on Friday. The Sheriff's Department will be out in force…
Cutline Contest -- 8.20.13
Time 2 Vote ... Colombian athlete Orlando Duque performs a 75-foot tuck dive after tumbling from a helicopter beside the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, Monday in New York. Duque performed the stunt to promote the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff…
Get Out! Thumbs Up For '9 To 5'
From Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page, OrangeTV posts: "Saw "9 to 5" at CdA Summer Theater yesterday and it was another spirited and utterly memorable performance. Special shout-out to the delightful Darcy Wright as Doralee who made us forget we weren't actually watching Dolly…
HBO Blogs Roundup -- 8.20.2013
Cindy posts: "My son texted me a picture of a freaky squirrel perched on his apartment window this morning. He said it woke him up screaming!" Tuesday Twitterdeedum/Slight Detour My summer reading list/Johnson Report Remembering Teton Dam/Carlson Chronicles Could furlough plan cost Nampa district?/The EDge…
Did Nevada Ship Out Mentally Ill?
San Francisco is threatening to sue Nevada for allegedly giving some 500 poor psychiatric patients one-way bus tickets to California. The San Francisco Chronicle reports City Attorney Dennis Herrera plans to send a letter today to Nevada Attorney General Catherine Masto. The paper says a…
Widmyer For Mayor Keeps On Truckin'
From Steve Widmyer for Mayor Facebook page: "This Sunday we completed Week 2 of our neighborhood walk. We visited Coeur d' Alene Place, Hawks Nest, and The Landings. All great family neighborhoods. One thing that stood out were the great parks. The neighborhood parks had…
City To Consider Shutting Front
Huckleberries hears ... That tonight's City Council agenda will include a discussion of closing front permanently between 2nd Street and 3rd Street, which in essence makes it a private driveway for the resort. It would allow The Coeur d'Alene resort to traverse roadway with their…
Favorite Pig-Out Vendor?
Five-year-old Gavin Scoggin, his face dashed with the remnants of a huckleberry ice cream cone, keeps an eye on his father Sean's sandwich as he finishes off a drink during Spokane Pig Out in the Park 2012. (SR file photo) Question: Get ready. Full stomachs…
Boundary County Seeks 3 Boys
Three runaway boys from Boundary Country are being sought by sheriff’s deputies. The youngest is 9-year-old Dakota Pinson, and a press release indicated he may not be a willing participant. The other boys are Ethan Pinson, 15, and Cody Pinson, 13. All three boys are…
Weekly News Quiz -- 8.19-22.2013
Who wants to go to the movies? Everyone who enters this week's news quiz has a chance to win two tickets to area cinemas, and our overall champ will take home a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel. You're 10 interactive questions away from…
Idaho Unveils Health Care Web Site
The state of Idaho today unveiled yourhealthidaho.org, a website where Idahoans can get information about the opportunity to purchase subsidized health insurance under Obamacare. The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires a website in each state, where residents and small businesses can shop…
Choking On Chokecherries
On his Facebook page, SR photog Jesse Tinsley posts: "On a nature hike with author/historian Jack Nisbet and a group of elementary school teachers, I learned what chokecherries are, just how sour they are. These were blooming vigrously because they're in an area of the…
Free County Fair Tickets Available
In this Spokesman-Review file photo, Cody Street from Rimbey, Alberta runs from his mount, Smoke Screen, during the bull riding event at the PRCA Rodeo at the North Idaho Fair. Aug. 21-25. 2013 theme is “Everything Under the Sun.” The Fair offers family fun and…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.20.13
11:45 a.m. Smoke coming from steering column of vehicle @ Hayden WalMart. 11:04 a.m. 68YO male is talking nonsense & running car over curb on Dragonfly Drive/CdA. 10:47 a.m. Black Subaru Outback speeding @ 100 mph w/b on I-90 in Shoshone County. 10:23 a.m. 2…
Letter: Don't Like Lewd Paper Stories
Letter to editor in Idaho Statesman: Why does the Statesman provide such disproportionate and prominent coverage to stories of lewd, degenerate individuals in our community? Details of their vile activities frequent the “stories to catch up on” section in the first few pages of the…
Chief Longo To The Rescue
You've heard the story re: the individual who made a false report re: a bogus hostage incident on S10th Street in Coeur d'Alene. But you might not have heard how Police Chief Wayne Longo came to the rescue later: About a half an hour after…
Dems: We Can't Get To Otter Twitter
Idaho Democratic Rep. Holli Woodings of Boise and former Democratic House candidate Sharon Fisher of Kuna say they discovered over the weekend that Republican Gov. Butch Otter’s official Twitter account blocked them from access. Woodings said Monday that she was again able to access Otter’s…
AM Headlines -- 8.20.13
Mike Lippis is consoled by two female residents of the home near the crash site of his father's plane. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Wolves kill 176 sheep in Idaho/KXLY Small wildfire burns east of Coeur d'Alene/SR Doug…
Pleaz Put That Nightie In Brown Bag
On her Facebook page, Cindy posts: "Imagine my dismay when I found out my friend's daughter is working at Victoria's Secret. Seriously cramped my shopping style!" Question: What advice would you give Cindy re: future purchases?
Quotable Quote -- Shirley Ringo
"I think there are some moderate Republicans who are disgusted with the party's hard shift to the right. I've had a number of people tell me they've stopped going to the (Republican) Central Committee meetings because it's so frustrating. I think I can appeal to…
CSD, Teachers Near Agreement
Item: CdA schools, teachers close to deal: Both sides have agreed to raise pay, cut benefits/Scott Maben, SR More Info: The Coeur d’Alene School District and teachers are closing in on a new contract two weeks before school resumes. The two sides met Monday and…
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