LOST: Civic pride and venues

Gone, gone, gone:

Huckleberry beach lake cruise — gone

NIC wild game feast — gone

Mae McEuen baseball fields—gone

Central Bark dog park — on auction block

NIC Summer Theatre — gravely ill

Those of us giving our money, our volunteer time, our attendance, our love, our verbal support watch as things giving our lives pleasure and value turn to dust.

What should we do? What could we do? What SHALL we do to preserve the lifestyle and beauty of Coeur d’Alene?

Before part of Coeur d’Alene City Park becomes a parking area for city vehicles. Before Memorial Field is sold to be office buildings. Before riverside properties on Dike Road become condo heaven.

There are politicians in every city on Earth willing to gut their communities to advance their political careers. The question is: Are we willing to become a skinned, gutted deer carcass hanging from someone else’s political tree or shall we work to preserve things of value in Coeur d’Alene for future generations?

CECIL KELLY III

Coeur d’Alene