Best of the Northwest (4/29/04):
I'd never heard of a hula that was danced in protest, before the four local women did their thing on the front lawn of The Coeur d'Alene Resort. And were run off by resort exec Larry HHolstein. They were protesting the City Council's cave-in to Hagadone Hospitality over Sanders Beach access. On July 9, 2000, in Butte, Mont., however, there was a hula featuring 150 dancers to protest the increasing acid water in the Berkeley Pit. You can read all about it here.
1. David Horsey of the P-I provides a dandy 'toon about the Prosser goofball who got in trouble with the Secret Service for drawing Dubya's head on a stake here.
2. Is Boeing flying high over in the Puget Sound after news of that $6 billion purchase by All Nippon Airways? You'd better believe it. On Wednesday, Boeing delivered the aerospace industry's most bullish news since the downturn in 2001 here.
3. The first political flap in the Republican primary race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn of Washington involves Web domain names. Click here.
4. Wayne Hoffman of The Idaho Statesman reviews that Caldwell-area McRace for the Senate District 10 seat here.
5. First, the good news: Idaho home values appreciated at 4.19 percent last year; now the bad: nationally, home values appreciated at 7.9 percent. The Idaho Statesman tells ya all about it here.
6. Army pfc Jake Herring of Kirkland, Wash., could have returned home from Iraq after he was wounded and received a Purple Heart. But he chose to stay and fight. On Wednesday, he was killed in action in fighting near Mosul. Click here.
7. Former Boy-C State standout QB Ryan Dinwiddie has been invited to Chicago for a tryout, but he didn't land a free-agent contract here.
8. Democrat Phil Talmadge is thinking about dropping his long-shot challenge in the Washington governor's race here.
--Columnist Joni Balter of The Seattle Times sez Demo AG Christine Gregoire took a hit with the revelation that her office had sanitized an internal office, but she's still tickin' here.
--Maria Coffey's book, "Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure," looks at the down side of mountain climbing here.
--The Seattle P-I sez U-Dub sports are an absolute scandal here.
--Guest columnist Bob Cancilla tells Seattle P-I readers that the $1.95 billion settlement between Microsoft and Sun has a big downside here.
