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Rambling Rovers honor CDA Inn servers

BILL BULEY | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 2 months AGO
by BILL BULEY
Bill Buley covers the city of Coeur d'Alene for the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has worked here since January 2020, after spending seven years on Kauai as editor-in-chief of The Garden Island newspaper. He enjoys running. | November 20, 2021 1:06 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — As far as Earlee Young and the rest of the Rambling Rovers are concerned, their servers at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn deserve an early Christmas bonus.

So they gave them one.

“I want you to know how great you are,” Young said to Mick O’Neill, banquet manager, before the group’s monthly meeting Thursday.

Young, president of the senior travel club, and other Rambling Rovers presented O’Neill and Zach Crawford, banquet server, with a check for $150 from the group.

She said the service there for years has been outstanding, but has been even more noteworthy during the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. They go the extra mile.

“They’ve just been wonderful,” she said.

O’Neill and Crawford were pleased.

“We love it,” O’Neill said. “Anything extra they do for us is awesome.”

Crawford said the Rambling Rovers are “super nice” and he enjoys serving them. The early gift was a nice bonus, he said.

The Rambling Rovers, which has been around about half a century, has held its luncheons at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn for the past 15 years or so.

Young said servers are friendly, courteous and pay attention to the details that turn an ordinary luncheon into a festive celebration.

She said that before the general meeting, the Rovers hold a board meeting and even then, the iced tea is ready and waiting.

“Anything we want, they’ll do for us. They’re accommodating,” Young said. "That's why we love it here."

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Mick O'Neill, Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn banquet manager, gets a hug from Earlee Young, Rambling Rovers president, on Thursday.

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