Feature Photos - July

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>The Kelly Hughes Band entertains attendees of the 4H Fundraiser at Rocking R Ranch.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Josie Booth, center, and Zach Petersen herd pigs back into the trailer at the end of the 4H Fundraiser at Rocking R Ranch on Thursday evening.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Jeff Leedy sets up his booth for the 46th annual Art on the Green this weekend at the NIC campus.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>A fawn leaps through the air at Armstrong Hill Monday.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>A female mallard duck swims near the edge of a patch of lily pads Thursday in Bull Run Lake.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>Fred Jones, local skateboarder performs a trick on the pyramid at Coeur d’Alene Skatepark Monday.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>From left to right, Ricky Rowland, 10, Josh Nelson, 11, and Tyler Nelson, 9, watch firefighters put out a small grass fire behind the Nelson's home on Wednesday on Chase Road in Post Falls. Recent hot and dry weather has elevated Kootenai County's fire risk to high.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>Mckenna Wilson, 3, of Coeur d’Alene, holds an American flag while wandering around the underside of a C-45 airplane.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Airplane enthusiast Tony Hattell checks out the prop engine of a Commemorative Air Force C-45 Monday at the Coeur d’Alene Airport. The World War II transport aircraft is on display at Pappy Boyington Field until 6:00 p.m. July 9. Representatives expected its B-29, which was delayed for mechanical reasons, to arrive later.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Dustin Kegley, center, and his mother Sandy chat with Kim May, North Idaho Fair and Rodeo Foundation scholarship committee president, left, after four local students were presented with $1,000 college scholarships Friday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. The scholarships are raised from the foundation’s annual Cowboy Ball event, sponsored by local businesses, including the Idaho Forest Group, Texas Roadhouse and Kootenai/Shoshone Farm Bureau Federation.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Gabe Wright and his daughter Maggie Wright, 3, play in the Spokane River on Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures reached a high of 99 degrees Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Slavko Kovacevic admires a 1996 F355 Berlinetta Ferrari at the “Ferarris in the Park” event hosted by the Members of the Northwest Region of the Ferrari Club of America. Seventeen cars participated in the event in City Park on Saturday morning.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Ronan Malaghan, 11, of Coeur d’Alene looks at a 2013 458 Spider Ferrari at the “Ferarris in the Park” event.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Lew Allert and Theresa Hart salute the American flag in honor of Nick Newby and Nate Beyers at the R.D. Rankin Veterans Memorial Plaza on Tuesday afternoon.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Dave Sheldon of the Kootenai County Veterans Honor Guard raises the American flag in honor of Nick Newby and Nate Beyers who were killed in action on July 7, 2011. The flag will fly the month of July at the R.D. Rankin Veterans Memorial Plazaand before it is on display in the Hall of Heroes inside the Kootenai County Courthouse.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Rachel Johns of Coeur d’Alene fertilizes the flowers by the Resort Boardwalk and Marina on Friday morning.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>Corey Tindel,left, and Justin Honbel leap into the air while battling to catch the frisbee Monday in Coeur d’Alene City Park.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Sheldon Dissinger and Travis Hixson of the Idaho Department of Lands extinguish a grass fire that started next to the Centennial Trail alongside I-90 on Tuesday afternoon.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Christian Schmidt, 8, is drenched by a flood of water as it falls from a splash pad feature above his head while seeking reprieve from temperatures in the 90s Monday afternoon at McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Gary Whiteley walks down Sherman Ave. for the Coeur d’Alene Ride and Block Party, one of the events for the Pacific Northwest Harley Owners Group (HOG) Rally.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Dave Diehl from the Christian Motorcycle Association directs motorcyclists down Sherman Ave. for the Coeur d’Alene Ride and Block Party on Thursday afternoon. Around 1,100 motorcyclists rode from the Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson dealership to Coeur d’Alene to kick off the Pacific Northwest Harley Owners Group (HOG) Rally.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Don Wagar smokes a cigarette after getting off his bike for the Coeur d’Alene Ride and Block Party on Thursday afternoon. Wager rode for two days from Calgary to participate in the Pacific Northwest Harley Owners Group (HOG) Rally. Over 1,600 Harley-Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts will participate in the four-day event.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Luke Knoll flies a kite under hazy skies Friday at McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Clayton Orr, tear-off foreman for Halfhide Kline Roofing, works to unfasten roof materials as laborer Jaime Steadman carries a large sheet of metal across the roof of Memorial Field’s stadium Monday in Coeur d’Alene. The $16,000 roof replacement project, which is being done due to normal wear, will be green to match the walls of the building and is scheduled to be completed later this week.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Grace Turner, 4, fills a bucket with sand as her brother Forest, 5, and sister Emma, 6, create sand castles on Tuesday at the beach near North Idaho College. Temperatures reached 100 degrees, drawing swim suit clad crowds to the popular beach.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>A young Northern Flicker makes its way across a bike path after crashing into the pavement while learning to fly Thursday near Bull Run Lake.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Andrew Kaplan, a firefighter with Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, places a female African gray parrot named Seedy back in its cage as homeowner Joe Hepsak, left, helps to secure the bird Thursday after emergency personnel removed the pet from the home while battling a structure fire on Townsend Loop in Post Falls. No injuries were reported and the blaze remains under investigation.</p>

<p>Firefighters with Kootenai County Fire and Rescue work the scene as another firefighter with Northern Lake Fire District carries a piece of furniture from a Post Falls structure fire.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>Emergency personnel from Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue talks with a construction worker after responding to the scene of a suspicious device in the Spokane River that was discovered by a diver who was working for Avista Utilities Monday at Q’emiln Park in Post Falls. The device, which appeared to be a rusted grenade, was render safe by members of the Spokane County Explosive Ordinances Disposal Team.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Stan Allison of Coeur d'Alene hangs his WWI SE-5a model plane which was piloted by Duncan William Grinnell-Milne of the Royal Flying Corps in the Post Falls Library on Wednesday morning. Allison is president and aircraft builder of the Coeur d'Alene Aero Modeling Society (CAMS) and donated his two model planes to promote the Pilot Project on July 24th and an air show at the CAMS airfield on July 26.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>A Seagull stands in the middle of Coeur d’Alene City Park basketball court Tuesday on a rainy day.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Chris McCaffery, 11, sails through the air on a rope swing on Wednesday at Black Bay Park in Post Falls.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Hunter Hubbard, 13, soars over his younger brother Carter while performing a scooter trick on Tuesday at McEuen Park.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Mick O'Neill, 22, of Coeur d'Alene catches some air over the box jump on Tuesday at the Coeur d'Alene skatepark. The recent high temperatures has made the concrete and metal skatepark less busy than usual.</p>

<p>MIKE CURRY/Press</p><p>Samantha Satterlund, 1, attempts to grab the water at the Splash Pad Tuesday at Mcquoin Park.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Kyler Scott examines the lightning strike in the tree that fell in Lorraine Lader and Steve Cornwall’s backyard. Trees were blown over causing sporadic power outages due to thunder storms and high winds that moved into Coeur d’Alene Wednesday evening.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Lorraine Lader stands in front of the maple tree that fell in her yard after it was struck by lightning because of the storm on Wednesday afternoon. The tree fell directly between Lader’s house and garage causing minimal structural damage.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department disassemble after extinguishing an electrical fire on 205 North Park Drive at 5 p.m. that started in the kitchen on Thursday evening. Crews were able to completely extinguish the fire in one hour.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Shawn Riley, from the Kootenai County Building and Grounds Department, hangs the Kootenai County Fair and Rodeo ribbon outside the Kootenai County District Court on Thursday morning. The ribbon will hang outside the District Court building before moving to the Fairgrounds for the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo at the end of August.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>“This is the only way I could see to get my two cents in on it,” says Roy Wargi, a World War II veteran who turns 94 this Friday, after showing up at The Press Monday to show the stuffed animal and sign displayed on his pickup that refers to the recent police-involved shooting of a dog through a vehicle window. "It's completely uncalled for. He wasn't any threat to that officer, it's ridiculous,” he added. </p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>From left to right, Sadie Bouwens, 12, Bodey Paulson, 10, and retired fishery scientist Vaughn Paragamian wade along the shores of Mica Bay in hopes of catching freshwater animal and bug life at the Watchable Wildlife Nature Camp on Wednesday.</p>

<p>TESS FREEMAN/Press</p><p>Bodey Paulson, top, 10, and Ryley Smith, 10, try to catch fish, tadpoles, and insects during the Watchable Wildlife Nature Camp on Wednesday morning at the wetlands by the Mica Bay Boater Park. The five day natural resource camp examined a different ecosystem every day.</p>

<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>School board members and architects break ground on Thursday at the construction site of the new Winton Elementary School building. The new building, the first school building to be built in 10 years, is slated to be completed in September of 2015.</p>