Huckleberries: She shattered glass ceilings with her badge
Detective Elaine Barrett always qualified with her handgun.
Photo courtesy of the Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Bruce Reed and wife Bonnie LePard, center, with then President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.
Tye Akers of Hite Crane positions cables to place Centennial Rock at the state line.
Centennial Rock with a plaque honoring surveyor Rollie Reeves.
Mimi Henrickson at the National College Queen contest.
City official Red Halpern recognizes Mae McEuen’s contributions.
Principal Bill Proser helped open Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy.
Dr. William Wood lost interest in his public job after 38 years as county coroner.
Elaine Barrett didn’t stop living in her 50s when her husband of 35 years died unexpectedly.
Instead, she challenged herself and applied for a job with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office that no woman had held before: Detective.
And, according to the Coeur d’Alene Press, that’s how she went from shuffling papers in the KCSO’s civil division “to sleuthing sex crimes, child abuse assaults, and batteries.”
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