Around here, Burt's the sound of music
COEUR d’ALENE — Denny Burt stood for the longest time at the end of his family’s driveway waiting for his mother to come home with a special gift.
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In Coeur d'Alene, you spell 'museum' D-a-h-l-g-r-e-n
COEUR d’ALENE — Consider this.
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Mitch Alexander: Golden days in the Silver Valley
KELLOGG — Mitch Alexander and his wife, Keri, were standing in a grocery store checkout line when a little girl walked up, hugged his leg, and said, “Thank you for helping my family. Our family is so much better.”
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Joe Roope: He's tied to Cd'A - and lots of fish
COEUR d’ALENE — If there is such a thing as a fishing off aficionado, it’s got to be Joe Roope.
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Gary Everson: Give the man a trophy for citizenship
COEUR d’ALENE — Gary Everson is in the business of preserving pride.
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Skiing took Herby around the world
COEUR d’ALENE — It was love at first flight.
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Fireworks not over yet for Bayview's MacDonald
BAYVIEW — Just about the time you thought the blast from the last big boomer would blow you off the barge, Gary MacDonald moved blithely down the firing line igniting shell after shell after shell, each a little bigger and better. The colorful bursts and fountains lit up the night …
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Kathy LaTourrette: The gatekeeper has given notice
COEUR d’ALENE — She is referred to good-naturedly by some as the barracuda.
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TW Fisher: Easygoing, yes, but a hard worker
COEUR d’ALENE — Maybe it’s the casual, care-free attire — the Hawaiian shirt and the summer shorts.
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Sue Myers: Robin Hood lives on from her past
COEUR d’ALENE — Sue Myers is in the business of making memories.
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Steve McCrea: A past of politics, pancakes
COEUR d’ALENE — The Gang of Four.
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Kathy Sims: Of prairie homes and cars that sell
COEUR d’ALENE — The horses were stabled at the Coeur d’Alene Honda dealership for five years. All 20 of them.
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Mel Schmidt: Teacher, coach and Vandal forever
COEUR d’ALENE — They go way back. Way, way back.
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When it comes to Cd'A, Dan Clark's just a gem
COEUR d’ALENE — Dan Clark never imagined himself as a jeweler. But it was a foregone conclusion even as a pre-teen.
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Fred Finney: At home on water ... and sand
COEUR d’ALENE — Try to fathom this one.
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Ron Edinger: A Californian who's helped shape Cd'A
COEUR d’ALENE — It took a while for a young Ron Edinger to overcome the California connotation.
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Pat Acuff: A shy guy who loved real estate
COEUR d’ALENE — Everyone has at least one deep-seated secret.
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Tom Richards Jr.: Having a ball at his Snake Pit
COEUR d’ALENE — Tom Richards Jr. would be the first to tell you he was born into privilege.
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Rocky Watson: Somehow, ended up on right side of law
COEUR d’ALENE — Rocky Watson was well into the longest tenure as a Kootenai County sheriff and was cruising toward a comfortable retirement when a bombshell landed squarely on his desk.
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Katie Brodie: Living large in a land of opportunity
HAYDEN LAKE — Some would assume that Katie Brodie grew up in the shadow of her legendary older brother.
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The Drakes: Small-town America still thriving
COEUR d’ALENE — Bill Drake, a rambunctious, fun-loving prankster, was taken aside one day along with his incorrigible buddies by a young, no-nonsense high school teacher who laid down the law.
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Dave Walker: That's glorious Cd'A dirt under his fingernails
COEUR d’ALENE — Forget snips and snails and puppy dog tails. Dave Walker’s boyhood consisted of “bicycles, comic books, dirt clods, sticks and Tonka trucks.”
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Ralph Capaul: Of water works and Bronze Stars
COEUR d’ALENE — Nice guys finish last.
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Terry Lee: Wildlife artist living the good life
HAYDEN — There is a grizzly bear in Terry Lee’s house that looks more than willing to lumber across the room and rip your arm off.
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Knudtsen: When two wheels outshined four
COEUR d’ALENE — As the daughter of an owner of a major car dealership, Eve Knudtsen spent a lot of time riding around in shiny new Chevys. But that wasn’t always the case.
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Ron Hotchkiss: Ex-cop with really cool cars
COEUR d’ALENE — It was a contentious time in Coeur d’Alene.
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Barclay: Aye, Cd'A and Scotland both rule
COEUR d’ALENE — If you ever find yourself in the town of Stonehaven in Scotland, be sure to tell the locals you know the Barclays of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Charlie Nipp: A lifetime of repaying kindness
COEUR d’ALENE — Charlie Nipp was a 16-year-old high school junior when he learned the real meaning of “coeur” in Coeur d’Alene.
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Jaeger: From crate to great in hospitality
COEUR d’ALENE — It was Jerry Jaeger’s first day on the job as a 22-year-old managing director of two motels and things weren’t going well. Not at all.
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Bruce Reed: Head in D.C., but heart never left Coeur d'Alene
COEUR d’ALENE — Imagine routinely reporting to work in the West Wing of the White House, right above the Oval Office and conferring nearly every day with the most influential man in the world.
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Hudson: Of burgers and beefy athletes
COEUR d’ALENE — Steve Hudson was born into a downtown dynasty.
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For Bloem, retail and teaching blend well
COEUR d’ALENE — When a young Sandi Bloem wasn’t skating on or swimming in Lake Coeur d’Alene, she was “running the log booms.”
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Sandy Emerson has lake water in his blood
COEUR d’ALENE — There is a unique souvenir perched on the fireplace mantle of Sandy Emerson’s summer home on the south shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene.
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Dexter Yates: Laughter, music dull death's sting
COEUR d’ALENE — It was prom night in 1963 and the evening was rapidly falling apart.
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Kiki Miller: Don't even try to stop her
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