Best of the Northwest
Don't look now, but the extended Oliveria clan in the viewtiful Coeur d'Alene area has added one more member -- sister Charlotte's stepchild, Kasey, has come to live with her husband and her. That makes 11 of us total up here. And counting. My mother-in-law will be moving her soon. Ditto for my sister-in-law's family from Big Sur, Calif. It isn't easy to find a family that voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger and against Richard Butler in the same year. Soon, we'll have the critical mass to control elections in Kootenai County. And then ... watch out.
1. Jack Ohman of the Oregonian picks up the Best of the Northwest 'toon slack while others are on vacation with his views of the Porter Goss nomination here.
2. Dubya's working Washington as though it was a swing state here.
3. Group Health nurses, medical assistants and other union workers will go on strike for five days, beginning Aug. 23. But those in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene won't. Click here.
4. Susan Phinney of the P-I sez good riddance to bare midriffs and butt cleavage as she announces the new fashions here.
5. Boise cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a bad day at the Olympics here.
6. Another day, another small Northwest community sez goodbye to a brave young man killed in fighting in Iraqi. This time, it was Stevensville, Mont., saying goodbye to Marine Cpl. Dean Paul Pratt here.
7. UI's debt for University Place took a $5.5 million dip thanks to the state Board of Education signing off on a land sale here.
8. Dubya's comment on tribal sovereignty has raised eyebrows in Indian country and has Demos smacking their lips here.
9. A 22-year-old rifleman who survived a tour of duty in Iraq only to face financial distress and the loss of his wife couldn't take it any more here.
*Maggie Williams tells readers of The Idaho Statesman why they should force a vote on Boy-C's decision to remove a 10 Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park here.
*Joel Connelly of the P-I looks at the energy policies of Dubya and Flipflop here.
*Art Thiel of the P-I looks at the marching orders given U.S. Olympians here.
