SR.com Blogs: Huckleberries Online

Now Working At New Huckleberries Site ... (DFO)

... if you want to find what's happening at HBO Central today, you have to go to the new site. Here's the link.

Huckleberries Online Has Moved (DFO)

I'm now posting at the new Huckleberries Online -- www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo. Hurry on over. Scanner Traffic is reporting a multiple-car crash with injuries. Here's how you register to post comments:

Sam has the formula for registering to comment over at the new Huckleberries (www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo): ( Full post )

Old Site Will Stay Up For Day Or 2 (DFO)

OK, HBOers; here's what we're going to do for a short period. We're going to keep this site going so I can get information to you while I'm figuring out the other. I'm sure I'll have a decent handle by late tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, Sam has the formula for registering to comment over at the new Huckleberries (www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo): ( Full post )

Christie Needs Help Registering (DFO)

Can any of you who successfully signed up to comment on the new Huckleberries give an easy 1-2-3 account. Sgt. Christie was trying to figure it out. And I need to post a few things at the new site.

Update Re: Switchover (DFO)

Blogmeister Ryan said he has a few little tricks to do with the comments section of the new blog but it's up and ready to go re: my posting there. i'll begin posting new stuff ASAP. Meanwhile, you'll need to register w/a legitimate e-mail address ... so you can receive the code to post comments. BTW, Ryan assures me the new system has an preview. The address is almost the same as the current one here: www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo. Soon, you'll be automatically directed to the new side. But you can come over now. ( Full post )

Huckleberries Online Switch Over Begins @ 10 (DFO)

Huckleberries Online will be offline for awhile as Blogmeister Ryan and his Junior Blogmeisters switch over our online system and blogs to the much-anticipated new one. See you back here then.

APhoto of the Day -- 12/16/08 (DFO)

Bullit Marquez/AP Photo
Naked members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity offer red roses to students as they weave through a crowd during the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university Tuesday at Manila's Quezon city. You write the cutline. ( Full post )

What Are Toughest Cold-Weather Jobs? (DFO)

On its Web site, KREM2 posts: "This weather is hard on everyone. But it's particularly harder on those who have to spend more time in the frigid elements than others for their livelihood.

Question: What do you think are the toughest jobs to have when it gets this cold outside? (You can respond directly to KREM2 here.) ( Full post )

Statesman: Jorgenson-Hart Pushing Bad Bill (DFO)

Sen. Michael Jorgenson (pictured), R-Hayden Lake, and Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, will try again with a bill that could suspend or revoke the business license of any employer who knowingly hires illegal aliens. In arguing for his bill in a recent Coeur d'Alene Press article, Jorgenson actually exposes one of its weaknesses. "The state's only recourse to curb illegal immigration is enforcement through employers." Bingo. The state cannot possibly address the other factors that contribute to a dysfunctional immigration system. Only the federal government can set up a security system that keeps people from crossing the border illegally, address the status and the fate of the estimated 12 million people in America illegally, and set up a guest worker system that ensures employers can find the laborers they need/Idaho Statesman. More here. ( Full post )

Scofflaws Park Too Often In Handicap Spots (DFO)

Item: Disabled accuse scofflaws of taking their parking places/Idaho Statesman

More Info: Abuses in Idaho's parking-permit system for disabled people are cheating disabled residents out of the accessible parking spaces they need, advocates say. The problem is two-fold, said Kelly Buckland, executive director of the Idaho State Independent Living Council: Some people without handicapped-parking permits park illegally in handicapped spots. People who shouldn't be using disabled parking permits are using them - and usually getting away with it because of uneven enforcement. ( Full post )

HBO's AM Headlines -- 12/16/08 (DFO)

Kathy Plonka/SR
�This is their Black Friday,� Janine Vichi, of Post Falls, says as she carries her packages into the post office in Post Falls on Monday. Mike Prager SR story here. ( Full post )

Scanner Traffic -- 12/16/08 (DFO)

8:49 a.m. Car on fire in the parking lot of World Gym on Polston/Post Falls.
8:20 a.m. R/P in white Capri witnessed another motorist fail to stop for a school bus and has tracked him to Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
8:19 a.m. The toilet against the wall in the women's bathroom of NIC's Siebert Hall is clogged.
8:16 p.m. Courthouse employee: "You should remind the judges there's no parking so you're going to have trouble getting jurors on time." ( Full post )

Kato: Christmas Gifts On The Cheap (DFO)

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Online Poll: Should Idaho (DFO)

If Idaho is not going to execute people should the state get rid of the death penalty?/Idaho Statesman

*Yes, they should get rid of it
*No, let justice take its course
*Eliminate appeals so criminals get executed faster
*No opinion
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CDA Trustees Return 26 Books To Shelves (DFO)

Item: CDA School Board approves reading list/Alison Boggs, SR

More Info: Reversing a previously split vote, the Coeur d�Alene School Board on Monday unanimously approved the Aldous Huxley classic �Brave New World� as required reading for seniors, along with 25 total other novels for grades 6 through 12. �It�s gratifying. They did the right thing,� said Eric Louis, a Coeur d�Alene High School English teacher who was among more than 100 people at a special board meeting to consider the novels. �We�re a district that understands � honoring academic freedom. It�s a good day for the district.� ( Full post )

Frigid Temperatures Freeze More Than Pipes (DFO)

Item: Frigid temperatures freeze more than pipes/Brian Walker, CDA Press

More Info: This is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Many structural and equipment problems associated with frigid weather don't occur until it thaws, but issues have already arisen. A busted pipe shut down the Post Falls Public Library on Monday afternoon and at least part of today. Repair firms responded to a deluge of calls, including a rancher in the Twin Lakes area who was without water for his 100 head of cattle. ( Full post )

Heller: Shoe Brigade (DFO)

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Switch-Over Wild Card -- 12/16/08 (DFO)

I�m about to call it a today, Merry Hucksters. It hasn�t been a good day. The blog certainly didn�t provide material that you�ve come to expect. But we muscled our way through it. You didn�t see a lot of photos b/c I�m still trying to come to grips with the process. Soon, Blogmeister Ryan will flip the switch. And you�ll all be headed over here by default. Some of you have said that you don�t like the look of the new site. Or you�re bothered by registration. Or it doesn�t have the feeling of the old one. We�ll address many of those things in short order. For example, we�ll add blogrolls � and other things that you became accustomed to with the old site. I�m out of my comfort zone. You are, too. But things should continue to get better as I figure out what I can do with the new site � ( Full post )

Wild Card/Monday -- 12/15/08 (DFO)

Blogmeister Ryan's planning to throw the switch on the new SR.com and our blogware. We're going to have to crawl before we can walk with the new Huckleberries Online. I was breaking it apart when I first saw it until Blogmeister Ryan said, Hold on there, Bucko. Give me a chance to iron out bugs. I'm not sure what's in the comment package on opening day. But I know a preview feature has been planned. On the other hand, I don't think I'll have room to replicate the blogroll on opening day. I consider that among the most important features. So we'll wing it for awhile. We could experience a weird day as I test drive the new software. Be prepared. The switch will be flipped around noon. BTW, registration will be required. Now, for your Wild Card ... ( Full post )

Parting Shot -- 12/15/08 (DFO)

Steve Bloom/Olympian, AP
Maggie Hanson,the Democratic Elector from the second congressional district raises her hands after the votes were officially accepted on behalf of President-elect Barack Obama Monday in Olympia, Wash. Meanwhile, Idaho's 4 electors cast their ballots to John McCain today. ( Full post )