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Feature Photos - March

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Jeremiah Smedra, with the group Abolish Human Abortion, raises a sign while he and Kyle Harmon, a 2013 graduate of Coeur d’Alene High School, debate their stances on the topic of abortion Monday near the intersection of Dalton Avenue and Fourth Street adjacent to the Coeur d’Alene High campus. The group of about 15, including several children, handed out pamphlets and talked to students and passersby as part of their demonstration.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>JD Clark, an officer with the Idaho State Police, keeps a lookout on one exit of an apartment complex as a neighbor watches from his unit Thursday during a standoff with a wanted fugitive in Coeur d’Alene. Fernan elementary School was locked down during the ordeal.</p>

<p>GABE GREEN/Press</p><p>A robin grooms its feathers while perched in a tree on the bank of Hayden Lake near Honeysuckle Beach Wednesday.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Snake Pit Derby Dames jammer Bangerang Bambi, left, pushes Back Alley Skates blocker B Donkadonk during a first half jam of Saturday’s bout at Skate Plaza in Coeur d’Alene. The Snake Pit Derby Daems won the bout 210-131.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Carrie Phillips, elections manager of the Kootenai County Elections Office in Coeur d’Alene, explains how reports are generated from the ballot counting machine to Jim Brannon, county clerk, center, and the prosecuting attorney for Kootenai County Barry McHugh Monday following a test of the machine. The test was done prior to today’s levy vote for both Lakeland Joint School District 272 and Joint School District 391 in Kellogg.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Pete Garcia, a worker with a contracted demolition company, sprays a hose on a house to keep the dust level down as site superintendent Dave Gallagher operates heavy equipment to bring down the structure at 112 S. Spokane Street Wednesday in Post Falls. Officials with Red Lion Hotels Corporation, which owns the site, declined to comment on questions from The Press, including how old the house is and plans for the site.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Barbara Campbell, a 14-year member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, chooses a fruit topping for her pancake dinner Tuesday during a special dinner hosted by the men of the Coeur d’Alene church. The event, one of four different meal fundraisers per year, has been held for several decades in observance of the season of Lent, a Christian tradition beginning 40 days prior to Easter.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Lakes Magnet Middle School’s Amber Orr, in blue, chases a loose ball while blocking Canfield Middle School’s Becky Smith after Smith attempted to steal the ball Thursday during the third annual Minnow Madness spirit basketball game at Lakes in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>GABE GREEN/Press</p><p>Eighth-grader Tayvin Nelson, 14, leads Lakes Magnet Middle School students in a roller coaster cheer Thursday during a pep assembly to get kids pumped up for Minnow Maddness and the “Hoops For Hearts” fundraiser.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>The spring runoff is apparent from the powerful flow of the Spokane River that is moving through the gates of the Post Falls dam Monday at Falls Park.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Amateur photographer David Howe snapped a few frames of the high flow at the Post Falls dam Monday at Falls Park.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Hayden residents Earl and Florence Stovall admire the Spokane River at full flow from a lookout area near the Post Falls dam.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Clouds lingering in the nearby hills add to the spring-like atmosphere of a rainy, scene Friday on the Rathdrum Prairie.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Reid Ryle, a senior at St. Maries High School, works on his projects Friday during the Skills USA carpentry competition at Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum. The regional competition, which determines the state qualifiers, consists of building a small structure from a blueprint and is judged based on the criteria of timeliness, quality and safety. KTEC, Post Falls, St. Maries and Lakeland high schools will send two students each on the state competition.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Arvid Lundin provides patrons of Kelly’s Irish Pub and Grill with Irish fiddle music Monday as part of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the Coeur d’Alene pub.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>A small bee perches on the stamen of a wildflower Monday near the main lower trail on the south side of Tubbs Hill in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Richard Schutte talks with his son Luke, playing Thomas Jefferson, after a presentation about the historical figure during a wax museum event Tuesday as part of a Prairie View Elementary third grade biography course at the Post Falls school.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Lynn Pampian, of Bayview, uses her cell phone to take a picture of her toddler daughter Helena Nimmo in front of the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile Friday in the Hayden Walmart Supercenter. The vehicle, one of six in a fleet of Wienermobiles, made the stop as part of its tour across American to promote the company and to recruit college graduates.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Randy Polito, a student at North Idaho College’s welding school, attaches a sign to the side of a steel structure Wednesday at the school’s welding shop in Coeur d’Alene. The structure, a series of five welding booths, is being built for St. Maries High school’s welding program and is slated to be delivered Wednesday, March 26. The project was fabricated using materials donated by area business including steel from Coeur d’Alene Metals and other materials from Oxarc.</p>

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;JD Clark, an officer with the Idaho State Police, keeps a lookout on one exit of an apartment complex as a neighbor watches from his unit Thursday during a standoff with a wanted fugitive in Coeur d&#146;Alene. Fernan elementary School was locked down during the ordeal.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;GABE GREEN/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A robin grooms its feathers while perched in a tree on the bank of Hayden Lake near Honeysuckle Beach Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Snake Pit Derby Dames jammer Bangerang Bambi, left, pushes Back Alley Skates blocker B Donkadonk during a first half jam of Saturday&#146;s bout at Skate Plaza in Coeur d&#146;Alene. The Snake Pit Derby Daems won the bout 210-131.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carrie Phillips, elections manager of the Kootenai County Elections Office in Coeur d&#146;Alene, explains how reports are generated from the ballot counting machine to Jim Brannon, county clerk, center, and the prosecuting attorney for Kootenai County Barry McHugh Monday following a test of the machine. The test was done prior to today&#146;s levy vote for both Lakeland Joint School District 272 and Joint School District 391 in Kellogg.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pete Garcia, a worker with a contracted demolition company, sprays a hose on a house to keep the dust level down as site superintendent Dave Gallagher operates heavy equipment to bring down the structure at 112 S. Spokane Street Wednesday in Post Falls. Officials with Red Lion Hotels Corporation, which owns the site, declined to comment on questions from The Press, including how old the house is and plans for the site.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barbara Campbell, a 14-year member of St. Luke&#146;s Episcopal Church, chooses a fruit topping for her pancake dinner Tuesday during a special dinner hosted by the men of the Coeur d&#146;Alene church. The event, one of four different meal fundraisers per year, has been held for several decades in observance of the season of Lent, a Christian tradition beginning 40 days prior to Easter.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lakes Magnet Middle School&#146;s Amber Orr, in blue, chases a loose ball while blocking Canfield Middle School&#146;s Becky Smith after Smith attempted to steal the ball Thursday during the third annual Minnow Madness spirit basketball game at Lakes in Coeur d&#146;Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;GABE GREEN/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eighth-grader Tayvin Nelson, 14, leads Lakes Magnet Middle School students in a roller coaster cheer Thursday during a pep assembly to get kids pumped up for Minnow Maddness and the &#147;Hoops For Hearts&#148; fundraiser.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The spring runoff is apparent from the powerful flow of the Spokane River that is moving through the gates of the Post Falls dam Monday at Falls Park.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amateur photographer David Howe snapped a few frames of the high flow at the Post Falls dam Monday at Falls Park.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hayden residents Earl and Florence Stovall admire the Spokane River at full flow from a lookout area near the Post Falls dam.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clouds lingering in the nearby hills add to the spring-like atmosphere of a rainy, scene Friday on the Rathdrum Prairie.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reid Ryle, a senior at St. Maries High School, works on his projects Friday during the Skills USA carpentry competition at Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum. The regional competition, which determines the state qualifiers, consists of building a small structure from a blueprint and is judged based on the criteria of timeliness, quality and safety. KTEC, Post Falls, St. Maries and Lakeland high schools will send two students each on the state competition.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arvid Lundin provides patrons of Kelly&#146;s Irish Pub and Grill with Irish fiddle music Monday as part of St. Patrick&#146;s Day celebrations at the Coeur d&#146;Alene pub.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A small bee perches on the stamen of a wildflower Monday near the main lower trail on the south side of Tubbs Hill in Coeur d&#146;Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Schutte talks with his son Luke, playing Thomas Jefferson, after a presentation about the historical figure during a wax museum event Tuesday as part of a Prairie View Elementary third grade biography course at the Post Falls school.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lynn Pampian, of Bayview, uses her cell phone to take a picture of her toddler daughter Helena Nimmo in front of the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile Friday in the Hayden Walmart Supercenter. The vehicle, one of six in a fleet of Wienermobiles, made the stop as part of its tour across American to promote the company and to recruit college graduates.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;SHAWN GUST/Press&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Randy Polito, a student at North Idaho College&#146;s welding school, attaches a sign to the side of a steel structure Wednesday at the school&#146;s welding shop in Coeur d&#146;Alene. The structure, a series of five welding booths, is being built for St. Maries High school&#146;s welding program and is slated to be delivered Wednesday, March 26. The project was fabricated using materials donated by area business including steel from Coeur d&#146;Alene Metals and other materials from Oxarc.&lt;/p&gt;