On Facebook, state Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, offers this poignant thought today, Veterans Day: "Those who go abroad to face the horror of war on our behalf must be supported when they return. We are failing, and must do better." Bingo. Here's your Wild...
Korean War Veteran Margaret Ogram salutes the flag during the singing of the national anthem during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Pfc. Robert J. Gordon Veterans Memorial Plaza at Hayden City Hall on Wednesday in Hayden.
If you've never heard of "The Idaho Cities Song," you're in for a treat. Townsquare Media Production Director Peter Bierma wrote the lyrics and produced the video for the song, which provides the correct pronunciation of many of the tough names of Idaho cities (i.e., Boise, Kuna, Kamiah, Coeur d'Alene and, of course, Athol). Video below.
Susan Cuff, a former reporter for the Coeur d'Alene Press now at the University of Montana, believes that we're seeing the evolution of Councilman Dan Gookin. Gookin, like the late Ron Rankin, was a rabble rouser who discovered, after he was elected to office, that things were different on the inside than they seemed on the outside.
The Cutline Contest today features Rick Santorum and Chris Christie from the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., last night. Tuesday Winner: DFO.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (16 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) ...
Enoteca is settling into its new space in Post Falls, on Spokane Street around the corner from its former location on Seltice Way. The wine and beer shop, with its attached Drinks lounge, reopened three weeks ago at 702 N. Spokane St. (just north of the freeway exit) after being closed for more than two months while making the move.
Let's don't write the political obituary for Jeb Bush just year, warns Chris Carlson of the Carlson Chronicles. Jeb may be down. And there may be institutions like the New York Times, Washington Post, etc., saying he's done for. But Carlson reminds observers that Bill Clinton was considered done for years ago as a result of bimbo eruptions.
The daily roundup of links from Huckleberries Online blog roll includes the naming of 2 city of Coeur d'Alene street sweepers and a comment by Bay Views that GOPresidential candidate Ben Carson upsets liberals because he doesn't fit their stereotype.
In a comment under his letter to the editor that was re-printed in the Coeur d'Alene Press Online, Chairman Brent Regan of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board offered this line: "If you think that the election turned on a single flyer then you are a fool. Record levels of voter apathy is a direct function of the poor performance of city government."
Michigan resident Sheila Ann Donohoe, 68, sheds a single tear as she thinks of her father and husband, both who died in 2014 and served in the U.S. Army, as the Grand Blanc High School Chorale of Auburn Hills sings a rendition of "Amazing Grace." Question: Is there a special veteran that you're remembering today?
In an exchange of comments in the letters to the editor dept of Coeur d'Alene Press Online edition, Councilman Dan Gookin lashes back at a comment made by IFF Chairman Brent Regan. Sez Gookin: ""I am happy that I can live my life free from the burden of having to rely upon Brent Regan's advice to win an election."
When Les Ames turned 90, he decided it was about time to walk his first Bloomsday. He nearly gave up halfway up Doomsday Hill, but managed to push his walker across the finish line in just under three hours. “I’d have made it if it had killed me,” he said. “I walked that sucker.” Now 96, the World War II veteran still refuses to slow down.
Columnist Doug Clark writes: The temperature’s dropping. The tires are changing. You know what that means. Yes, it’s time to test your Spokane winter readiness. Circle the answer that best suits your attitude regarding polar preparedness. We’ll add up our snowballs at the end of the quiz.
AM Headlines for Wednesday includes story re: longest, most unique road trip in history of Gonzaga men's basketball program + Idaho vet satisfaction of VA up slightly/EOBoise, Yard waste fires causing smoky skies/CdA Press, UI prez Staben to CdA seniors: Go to college/Press, Salmon return to Hanford Reach in record numbers/AP ...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (15 items & counting) includes some false alarms at area bank and an unattended death.
Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation supports the decision by the Coeur d'Alene City Council to allow police officers to pick up extra money in their off hours. Today's Poll: Are you a military veteran?
Bud Budvarson did a lot of shooting during World War II, but he never packed a gun around. The 89-year-old Coeur d'Alene man was a news photographer and paratrooper for the Army's 82nd Airborne from 1944 to 1947. Budvarson spoke to the Coeur d'Alene Press about his experiences testing equipment and documenting fellow paratroopers.
Cindy writes in her Front Porch column that "Words matter to me. I make my living crafting them." She continues: "And while not all words are meant to be taken literally, I think some should be. War is one of them." We talk about war on Christmas. War on urban renewal. Should we use the word "war" to describe such issues.
"Batten down the hatches ... the wind is picking up and the first flurries of snow are falling in Post Falls, Idaho-ho-ho!" -- Kerri Thoreson/Facebook. Question: Do you want more/less/same amount of snow this year as winter 2014-15?
In a new McClatchy-Marist poll, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by a landslide margin of 12 percentage points, 53 to 41. In the McClatchy poll, Sanders also leads former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) by a landslide margin of 10 points, 51 to 41.
House Speaker Scott Bedke has floated an idea passed legislative leaders to add guidelines to clarify the law that covers vetoes by Idaho governors. Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune has a better solution. He seems to think the law is OK as is. Instead, Gov. Butch Otter's ability to follow the law is the problem.
Spudbrother2 is critical of the press for not exposing "those radical right members in the legislature that continually vote against education and against funding even basic services like child support, Medicaid, and medical for the indigent." Um, Spudbrother2, what. Do. You. Think. I try. To do. Every. Day. Here?
In a letter in the Coeur d'Alene Press, Brent Regan of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board, takes issue with a statement made by Eden Irgens re: a campaign flier he helped fund during the recent Coeur d'Alene City Council election.
Yesterday, state Sen. Mary Souza offered a long list of things she'd like to change about the state's urban renewal laws. Today, JohnA, a former finance director for the city of Coeur d'Alene, offers a list of positive projects underwritten by urban renewal that Mary & other diehard critics routinely ignore.
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.
