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On Friday, December 12, 2008, Oregon State Police Senior Trooper/Bomb Technician Bill Hakim and Woodburn, Oregon, police Captain Tom Tennant were killed when an explosive device they were handling detonated inside a bank in Woodburn, Oregon. Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell was critically injured. What happened in Woodburn could happen anywhere. |
December 17, 2008
“Here am I! Send me.” *
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December 16, 2008
Christmas & Classical Concert
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On Saturday, December 20th, at 2 p.m. Leslie Stratton Norris and the Ladies of the Lake Harp Ensemble will present a free concert of Christmas and classical music at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, Community Room (downstairs), 702 E. Front Avenue, Coeur d’Alene. The concert usually lasts approximately one hour. Bring the family! |
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December 15, 2008
Get Smart: Take a Lesson from Hazel
The City’s Pulse Newsletter
The Coeur d’ Alene School District is smart. They have tapped into an incredibly valuable resource: The people of our community. And it is free. The only cost is a willingness to change, to take a chance and to listen. (more…)
On the Brighter Side…
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Remember the Iraqi newsman who threw two shoes at President Bush during a news conference in the Green Zone — and missed with both? Apparently the Iraqis took him outside and beat the daylights out of him. But there’s good news. Seattle Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik has offered him a five-year, multimillion dollar contract to pitch for the Mariners, reasoning the newsman came closer to throwing a strike than any of the Mariners’ pitching staff. |
December 14, 2008
“Rattled Our Confidence”
The gloves are off in the fight over the Education Corridor.
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December 13, 2008
Danger and Opportunity
The City’s Pulse Newsletter
By Mary Souza
President John F. Kennedy observed that, “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis’. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger but recognize the opportunity.” (Yes, I realize the photo is of Butch Otter…read on) (more…)
Former Whitworth University Trustee to Prison
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Saturday’s Seattle Times is reporting that former Whitworth University trustee Tom Delanty has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing about $150,000 from an elderly lady while serving as her financial advisor. The larger question is why he was ever selected to serve as a college trustee. There is a local lesson here. |
December 12, 2008
Weekend Inside Open Session
It’s beginning to look a lot like . . . last year! Well, at the start of things. I’m wondering whether there will be enough of the white stuff on the ground for me to shovel before it gets dark?
Naaaaaaa!
School District 271 Update
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If you missed School District 271 Superintendent Hazel Bauman’s op-ed piece in the Coeur d’Alene Press today, here’s a link to it. She notes the school district plans, “…to schedule a series of school board workshops/community forums just after the first of the year to share our findings and get public comment.” |
December 11, 2008
FBI Investigations of Public Corruption Increasing
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Wednesday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the FBI is devoting more special agents to public corruption cases now than it has in years. “The agency has 2,500 bribery-related investigations nationwide, a 50 percent increase from five years ago.” |