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Idaho stories for Sunday, November 22, 2009

Big hearts, full plates

In extolling the goodwill of North Idahoans, Michael and Vickie Hillicoss would top the list.

Lake City High collecting food

Lake City High School is helping people in need and getting into the holiday spirit with its annual food drive.

An insider's view of jail crowding

Kendra Goodrick- Martinez, the ex-meth dealer who continues to go straight, was an interested observer when Kootenai County voters rejected that jail expansion proposal. She knows first-hand that a bigger jail is needed. In a Huckleberries Online comment, she described a spot of crumbling wall during her stay in the local hoosegow that separated pods that was called the "fax machine." It was so porous that men and women passed notes back and forth. Space was so jammed in her women's quarters that there was no ability to segregate known enemies and sex predators. Hence, she said, all sorts of "hijinks" took place outside the view of the security cameras. Worst, she said, was the time a young woman of 19 or 20 hemorrhaged for an hour from a miscarriage because jailers were too busy dealing with other crises. And the two nurses on duty (who handle 175 inmates each) were busy administering insulin shots to diabetics. Kendra concludes by saying that former male prisoners say things were

Otter puts in his oar on changing dock rules

BOISE – If it were up to Gov. Butch Otter, owners of boat docks on state-owned lakes would be free to put up solid wooden boat covers, complete with roofs, posts and multiple pilings.

Foggy weather means hazards in winter

You really have to get accustomed to much less sun this time of year. Aside from the fact we're down to only about nine hours of daylight each day, those daylight hours are likely to be much cloudier.

NIC presents Warren Miller film

COEUR D'ALENE – North Idaho College's Outdoor Pursuits will present the Warren Miller winter sports film "Dynasty: Celebrating 60 Years of Filmmaking." at 6:30 tonight in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

Their dream home

Good things come to those who wait. Just ask the people of Cabinet Mountain Calvary Chapel in Clark Fork.

Organization gives respite to Alzheimer's caregivers

The disease is frightening. Its victims are mothers, fathers, spouses and grandparents who do not recognize the faces of those who have loved them for most of their lives. The disease is Alzheimer's.

Building permits

Coeur d'AleneSandy Seright, 1217 N. Fourth St. commercial, framing for mechanical unit, valued at $35,000.

Market opens door to new world of natural Thanksgiving options

I can't recall exactly who, but every Thanksgiving, in the hazy afterglow of a full Turkey Day meal, one of my relatives says it. "Tryptophan must be short for 'trip the light fantastic.' "

bankruptcies

Filings from Oct. 28-29.Chapter 7 (liquidation petitions)David and Melanie Smith, fdba Cascade Cabinets, fdba Interior Technique, Coeur d'Alene, debts of $951,594.

Music and arts

Today
Charley Packard (Originals) – 6 p.m., Spuds Grill, 102 N. First, Sandpoint, (208) 265-4311.

CALENDAR

Today
Lake City High School Food Drive – Accepting nonperishable food items, frozen turkeys and used cell phones through Wednesday at Lake City High School, 6101 Ramsey Road. Call Don Callister for more information, (208) 769-0769.

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