Duane Rasmussen snapped this photo off Independence Point at around 7:30 Monday as James Flodin of Divers West and two other divers tested the water.

Thom George, former Kootenai County Democratic Party chairman, is moving with his wife to China. He has started a blog to document his time in a new country. Here's one entry: "Change happens. There was a time in my life when this thought terrified me. Partly due to my OCD, partly due to other defects of character, but over time and with a lot of work and support from family and friends I have grown to be able to deal with change. I’m not 100% “go with the flow” but I’m can mostly accept the things I cannot change. That ability will be needed in China. Ch, ch, ch changes. More here.

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