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We had company. My Outlaws that double for our friends. … They came an extra 8 hours from their original destination to see us. I felt honored that they made the trip. As they are from San Diego. Outlaws are people who you use to be related to by marriage. I was divorced once and widowed the second time. And I have been lucky as all of my Outlaws, I am still friends with. And most I still have a regular contact . Some, who I have recently thru Facebook, have come to know again. They are the children of brother/sister in laws. It is neat to see how they have grown and their lives now. And it is wonderful to see that they have the sense of humor of their parents.

Question: Do you have outlaws in your family? Do you still get along with them?

The tail of a plane that crashed in a home is shown on Friday near the Aurora Airport, south of Portland, Ore. The homeowner escaped unhurt and the pilot suffered cuts on his head and leg. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

As I mentioned in the comments thread today, Hucks Online has had a very good summer, including a surge this week that pushed numbers to between 10,500 and 11,600 on three occasions. The blog has never hit those highs before on three consecutive, nonelection days. The unique views are going through the roof, too. Mebbe it's a blip. Even without the blip, this blog was clicking along at a pace that should outdistance last year's by 300,000 page-views or so. As always, thanks for tuning in here and making Hucks Online a success deep into its seventh year. Now, for your Wild Card ...

• 4:46 p.m. A 4YO pushed the emergency button on the elevator at Post Falls City Hall.
• 4:44 p.m. Vince, of Asset Protection, has a shoplifter in his office. (Store not mentioned)
• 4:32 p.m. Caller reports that trailer occupant on Ridge/Post Falls owns 15 cats, some dogs, and doubts that he's caring for them properly.
• 4:07 p.m. Caller fears that another male charged w/malicious injury in road rage incident will hurt him.
• 3:52 p.m. Richard reports that his ex-wife is talking to his current wife when he's gone from the house.
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"My photogenic & fellow sun-loving friend Stephanic Smith enjoys the lazy river at Boulder Beach/Silverwood Theme Park," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Although Silverwood Theme Park is open weekends through September, Labor Day weekend is the last chance to splash in their Boulder Beach waterpark."

• Trial for Joseph Duncan delayed 1 year/John Asbury, Riverside Press-Enterprise
• Ex-KKK grand wizard David Duke to visit Sandpoint/Keith Kinnaird, Bee
  
• Idaho jobless rate edges up slightly/Coeur d'Alene Press
• Investigators interview Deputy Hirzel over fatal shooting/KXLY
• New Boise state assistant coach arrested for DUI, not making D.C. trip/KTVB
• Deadline expires for Idaho Lottery winner to claim $1M/KTVB
• Kitten target of chemical attack, tossed around like baseball/KBOI

Mark Morris High School sophomores Greg Stephenson, front, and Brandon Braaksma show off their custom-made pink mouth guards in Longview, Wash, on Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Roger Werth)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. The boys model Boise's State's new Carnation Pink mouthguards, which look divine with the Periwinkle Blue uniforms. Coach Peterson said, “We're embracing our inner children and going for the Crayola Crayon palette” -- Cindy.
• 2. Custom grills join baggy jeans, Adidas shoes, backward caps, and bling in the list of urban fashions ruined by suburban kids -- Nic.
• 3. For some reason the new Bazooka Joe bubble gum braces just never took off like expected -- KeithinCDA.
• HM: Kage Mann
  

"Hi, I'm John Mellencamp." Yes you are. As many of you know, dear readers, the Lovely Family spent last night in musical heaven when we attended the Bob Dylan/John Mellencamp concert at Greyhound Park in Post Falls. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, your's truly is not a huge Bob Dylan fan. To me the entry to "Rainy Day Women # 12 and 35" sounds like something out of a bad dream involving a Stephen King novel, a circus clown, a bloody knife and ... well, you get the picture. Mellencamp, on the other hand. Him. I. Love/Blogmistress, ilovecda.com. More here (beware: language).

• It was a very, very good day/Atmospheric Ruminations
• Vicious Cycles/Bay Views
• Pastor's shooting: What happened and when?/Community Comment
• Messianics among us/Dogwalk Musings
• My ADD day/From A Simple Mind
• Images of late summer/Gathering Around the Table
• What is your why?/Jamie Lynn Morgan
• 3BT: Electric frying pan, hole in wall breakfast, Billy Mac's Salon/Kellogg Bloggin'
• Good guys dress in black/Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts
• The calm before .../Slight Detour
• Notes/Tumblewords

Hucks Online Nos. (for Wednesday): 11,632/7156; and (for Thursday): 10,472/6713

Back in May (tweets RedSoxUnixGeek aka No Cannot Have blogger Shon), the Arizona Cardinals blog rank the chances of Max Komar making the final cut as nil: Under the "Out of the Mix" category, the soon-to-be-crow-eating Revenge of the Birds blogger listed Darren Mougey, Max Komar, Onrea Jones, Deryn Bowser, Juamorris Stewart, Stephen Williams. And said: "The Cardinals certainly stayed active this offseason, bringing in five undrafted wide receivers. Although finding the best man is always important, none of these six receivers, other then Jones, will challenge for a roster spot. With the starters already secured and Roberts' hold of punt returns, 1-2 of these receivers will be assigned to the practice squad after being released." You can read the rest of the summation here. Break out the vuvuzelas. (AP file photo: Max Komar against Utah State in 2008)

Question: Don't you love it when gasbag pundits have to eat their words?

I just saw this on CDA Night Out Facebook page re: this weekend's 2010 Idaho State HOG Rally by the Lake. Quoth: "Come and enjoy an expanded agenda, spanning four days, filled with great rides, great people, a great dealership and, most of all, great riders looking for fun. Friday evening we will travel ‘parade-style’ through Coeur d’Alene to Sherman Avenue, Coeur d’Alene’s main street. Feel free to park in the middle of the street because it is blocked off just for us. The business community is rolling out the red carpet to welcome you to Coeur d'Alene. Take part in the Walking Poker Run and then get the party started with live music, dancing, hourly 50/50 draws and many other giveaways." (AP file photo of 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota.)

Question: Are you comfortable re: turning over the downtown to Harley-Davidson riders in 75 minutes?

On her Mug Shot Spotlight feature, colleague Meghann Cuniff/Sirens & Gavels offers this photo of Michael Clyde Ward, a Shoshone County man who was arrested on charges of trafficking in heroin and delivery of a controlled substance, after a three-month investigation. More here.

Question: Izzit just me, or has Michael Clyde Ward seen better days?

In a letter to the editor of the Coeur d'Alene Press, Lou Soumas of Coeur d'Alene writes in part: "In these fiscally tight times it is prudent to examine the cost of (Jim Brannon's) litigation. I estimate defendants legal cost will be, county -- $30,000, city -- $40,000 and Kennedy -- $50,000. The city and county get their money from us, the taxpayers; their costs are our costs. I would hope that before this is over Councilman Kennedy's cost will be borne by our city. If not, what does this say to anyone seeking public office in Coeur d'Alene, 'Proceed at your own risk and expense?' This case will cost the taxpayers at least $120,000. Thank you, Mr. Brannon, for helping keep my taxes low." More here.

Question: How much do you think Jim Brannon's lawsuit will cost the taxpayers (via legal expenses to Kootenai County, the city of Coeur d'Alene, and Councilman Mike Kennedy, who's now footing his own bills)?

CHEERS ... to Howard Griffiths of Hayden. Running as a write-in candidate against an incumbent Republican legislator in the ruby red state of Idaho is a dirty job. But in the case of state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, somebody's got to do it. Hart sees nothing wrong in both holding public office, serving on the House tax-writing committee and evading his obligation to pay his taxes. In the mid-'90s, he contended state and federal income taxes were unconstitutional. The courts said otherwise. Today, he's on the hook for an estimated $700,000. By a party-line vote, a House ethics committee refused to reprimand him. Hart was guaranteed a fourth term because nobody had filed to run against him. It's only remotely possible that Griffiths will get in his way. But at least the voters of Idaho's 3rd Legislative District can't deny they have a choice/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Are you glad to see someone running against state Rep. Phil Hart?