Best of the Northwest
In my Huckleberries column today here, I published a comment from columnist Stephen H. Dunphy of The Seattle Times about the city of Spokane's economy. I learned in the WorldNetDaily report today that Dunphy has resigned after he admitted to bosses that he plagiarized the work of other journalistas here. "I took careless shortcuts that in the end constituted plagiarism," Dunphy told Executive Editor Michael Fancher on Friday. "I apologize to the Blethen family (owners of The Times), to Times readers and to my former colleagues for the betrayal of the trust placed in me." 'Tisn't a great foot to start the Best of the Northwest roundup this week. But it's news.
1. Eric Devericks' take on the D's who are complaining about the Swift Boat ads is a must-see for all red-meat conservatives here.
2. Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (pictured) dropped the ball in protecting Idahoans who were exposed to fallout from nuclear tests back when, sez columnist Dan Popkey of The Idaho Statesman here.
3. Extra! Extra! If you've gotten to this blog through the spokesmanreview.com site, you've seen the breaking news in Coeur d'Alene about a significant new building project. If you have this site bookmarked, as you should, then you can read about Miller Stauffer Architects' project here.
4. In Huckleberries Last, I cracked this funny here: "Wonder if that ambulance and firetruck pulling out of the Fairwinds Retirement home the other day was part of what the outside sign advertises as Five Star Fun." And that prompted humorless columnist Bob Paulos to demand an ap-hollow-gy in his Sunday column (which I'd link to except Paulos' link takes you to an open letter from the city street's superintendent). Old Bob needs to get a life.
5. A five-day strike against Group Health has begun in Western Washington here.
6. Wendy Huckins, of Bigfork, Mont., the 2004 Miss Pro Rodeo Northwest Montana queen, skipped rodeo pageantry Saturday because she'd traded her crown for Army fatigues and Reserve duty in North Dakota. You can read about this young patriot here.
7. U-of-I grad Angela Whyte from Canada has qualified for tonight's 100-meter hurdles here.
8. Idahoans are going deeper and deeper into debt here.
*Columnist Paul Anderson of The Seattle Times sez the anti-industry Luddites have affected us more than you think here.
*Ron Judd doesn't apologize for cheering incredible women marathoners to victory, including American Deena Kastor who toughed it out for the bronze, here.
*Art Thiel of the P-I columnizes on that 8-man rowing team, which includes four men from the Seattle area, which smoked its Olympic field here.
*The P-I's Joel Connelly looks at a bonafide political race for the 8th congressional district seat that U.S. Rep Jennifer Dunn abandoned to become a bride here.
