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Huckleberries Tom Richards relaxed from owning/managing the historic Snake Pit in Enaville, Idaho, to join the shivering masses at Sanders Beach on Lake Coeur d'Alene for the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

Little Bookroom, $24.95 Divided by region, this compact but remarkably detailed guide describes more than 3,000 menu items, from antipasti and pasta to soups and vegetables to cheeses and wines, along with a discussion of ingredients and numerous recipes.

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice of violation to the automaker that covers about 104-thousand vehicles including the 2014 through 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram pickups, all with three-litre diesel engines.

The casual-dining segment, which includes Chili's and most of Brinker's other concepts, typically performs better than any other dining segment coming out of a recession, [Mark R. Zellmer] said. Plus, people tend to eat out more as they get older, and time-pressed, two- income families gravitate toward the casual-dining segment. Brinker reported that comparative-store sales were lower than expected in July. But Zellmer says Brinker, with its stable growth pattern, is unlikely to disappoint investors. Declining commodity costs should help Brinker, whose biggest costs are utilities, dairy products, beef and tequila. Zellmer says the closeness of Brinker's price-to-earnings ratio and earnings growth rate suggest it's selling at a \"reasonably good price.\"

\"It was a very clumsy way of regulating something that could have been left to boards of directors and shareholders,\" said Lemma Senbet, professor of finance at the University of Maryland and co- author of a report on executive pay for the Financial Economists Roundtable. \"This section of the code has been counterproductive,\" Senbet said. \"It ends up doing nothing to rein in executive pay, and it actually shifts the structure of compensation away from salaries and stock grants to performance-based elements, such as stock options.\" Kellwood paid Hal Upbin exactly $1 million in salary last year, and its policy statement is typical. \"Kellwood's policy is to structure its performance-based compensation to executive officers to maximize deductibility,\" the company's proxy statement says.

Citing what he called Idaho Power's long-standing reputation for excellence in community education, NAPE Chief Executive Officer Dan Merenda said: \"Idaho Power's community education efforts have proven to be exemplary, and as such, we would like to share them with as many as possible at the international summit,\" the company reported. Merenda's comments were made in response to a paper written by Idaho Power community education representative Russ Weedon. The paper can be viewed on the NAPE Web site, www.partnersineducation.org, under the \"2002 Global Partnership Summit\" link, then the \"Submitted Papers\" link. Miguel Farfan has owned the business since September. Shantel Hollins is manager. Other employees include Rachel Jensen, Matt Schenk, Chance Topliff, Tami Robinson, Ainzlee Brower, Zack Rowe and B.J. Crystal.