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<p>A pair of officers with the Rathdrum Police Department help Staff Sgt. Bradley Briton, a firefighter with the United States Air Force, to remove weapons from his overturned pickup Monday near the intersection of McGuire Road and Highway 53. Bliton’s vehicle rolled and came to rest in a ditch after colliding with a Ford Focus. “My priority was her. I wanted to make sure she was going to be okay and that she wasn’t going to be paralyzed,” said Bliton of the 22-year-old female driver of the compact who was transported to Kootenai Health after being ejected from her v…

<p>Justin Rader, left, and Ed Hartz walk among the “Bling Out of Spring” spectators and bidders who plan to bid on decorated bras in order to raise money to help distressed veterans and their families at the Coeur d’Alene Fort Sherman Bandshell in City Park Saturday.</p>

<p>Local war veteran Scott Widmayer models a sons of anarchy themed bra Saturday at Coeur d’Alene City Park.</p>

<p>Jeremy Deming, resident artist with ArtCoLab, paints a mural of Bryan Elementary’s mascot on the wall of the wall ball court on the Coeur d’Alene school’s playground on Friday. Deming, who has a student at the school, donated his time and supplies for the project.</p>

<p>A young moose frolics in the shallow waters of a marsh near Cataldo on Monday evening.</p>

<p>Ashlynn Sullivan, 9, pauses while raking pine needles during a clean-up project at the Kootenai County Cemetery Monday near Seltice Way in Post Falls. Members of the Pine Tree 4-H club and their families, about 40 in total, helped in the effort that has been taking place annually since 1976.</p>

<p>Eighth grade students Darian Clack, left, and Maya Hippenstiel load a simulated canon in a cooperative learning lesson at Canfield Middle School Thursday in Coeur d’Alene. Teams raced to load and shoot their simulated weapon earning and losing points as they followed a hands on process.</p>

<p>As the final part of the simulation, eighth grade students along with instructor Donald Delcambre steer clear of a baseball fired across the Canfield Middle School field. Students used water balloons and air pressure to shoot targets in the field.</p>

<p>Atarrah Brunko, 11, dances with Coast 2 Coast Choreographer, Louie Perez at the Dance Theatre Northwest in Rathdrum. Dance students received an hour-long master dance class from the professionals.</p>

<p> The Dance Theatre Northwest dance class warms up with Dance Across America's Coast 2 Coast crew Tuesday in Rathdrum. The dance studio is one of the crew’s 18 stops across the nation.</p>

<p>Evlyn Sera fixes up her poodle named Ashley in a busy grooming area Tuesday at the Coeur d’Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show. Ashley was given a continental haircut for the show that took place at Kootenai County Fairgrounds.</p>

<p>The Pekingese show group lines up in the ring Tuesday at the Coeur d’Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show. Owners, handlers, and breeds all around the Northwest and Canada took part in the competition.</p>

<p>Choco, a papillon breed, is groomed by handler Tammie Wilcox at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds Coeur d’Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show Tuesday.</p>

<p>Members of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department walk across the field after a U-12 soccer game at Coeur d’Alene High School on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Sgt. Moore’s son Dylon, played and scored the first goal of the game.</p>

<p>Shane Grady, a trooper with the Idaho State Police, left, investigates a single-car rollover crash on U.S. 95 near Fighting Creek on Friday. The vehicle came to rest in the ditch alongside the northbound highway lanes. Minor injuries were reported.</p>

<p>Steve Somers, a fourth grade teacher at West Ridge Elementary, dips resource paraprofessional Danielle Frame while square dancing Wednesday during the judging process of the 205 K-5 School Food Drive Challenge Spirit Award at the Post Falls school. Staff and students adopted a wild west theme for their food donation effort to benefit the Post Falls Food Bank.</p>

<p>Cashiers of the “General Store” Ashley Haines, in pink, and McKenna Harris, right, both fifth-graders, take their position as other students prepare for the judges of the food drive spirit contest to arrive. West Ridge Elementary won the competition, going up against Seltice, Mullan Trail and Prairie View elementary schools.</p>

<p>Bill Greenwood, parks superintendent for the City of Coeur d’Alene, left, and Fred McMurray position a sculpture made from McEuen Park’s original Freedom Tree as artist Jeff May, far right, operates a lift Thursday near the new dedicated tree at the park. The original tree was planted near McEuen Park in an effort to stop development of Tubbs Hill and was rededicated in 1972 for McMurray, a prisoner of war. The sculpture, that includes a flag, a pair of eagles and the words “Freedom” and “Return with Honor” was completed by May in about two months.</p…

<p>Apart of a driving under the influence re-enactment, Tyrel Derrick, a senior at Lakeland High School is lifted onto a backboard on Main Street in Rathdrum Friday.</p>

<p>Standing in front of a hearse, Felix Lopez and Mikayla White imitate a reaction to an acted out deceased fellow Lakeland student in the mock driving under the influence demonstration Friday.</p>

<p>Lakeland High School held its Mock DUI Friday in Rathdrum. Seniors watched an re-enactment of a drunk driving accident scene followed by an assembly to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving.</p>

<p>Alessia Sarale prepares to let her lantern take flight at the 2nd annual Lantern Fest Saturday at the Stateline Stadium Speedway in Post Falls. Thousands of biodegradable lanterns filled the night sky after sunset for the family-friendly event.</p>

<p>A snow globe like effect was given to many Washington and Idaho Residents in Post Falls who attended the Lantern Fest Saturday evening.</p>

<p>During the presentation of the colors, 1st Sgt. Darren Smiley, with the U.S. Marine Corps, salutes as Memorial Day ceremonies begin Monday at Hayden City Hall.</p>

<p>After becoming emotional during a speech, John Holley is comforted by his wife Stacey as the Gold Star parents of SPC Matthew Holley, who died in the Iraq War a decade ago, make presentations during the Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at Hayden City hall. The couple are co-authors of “Medals, Flags and Memories.”</p>

<p>Carl Gidlund, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889 and the color guard, fires a weapon during a rifle salute at Hayden City Hall.</p>

<p>Tom DePew rings a bell as Cary Poston reads the names of submarines that have been lost with military service men and women during a presentation by the Farragut Base U.S. Submarine Vets Monday at Honeysuckle Beach at Hayden Lake. The lives of some 4,000 soldiers and 66 submarine vessels have been lost in the line of duty.</p>

<p>Chet Wolniakowski, with Farragut Base U.S. Submarine Veterans, tosses a wreath into the water as John Howard salutes during a Memorial Day ceremony at Honeysuckle Beach.</p>

<p>Capt. Paul Brand, with the Civil Air Patrol’s Coeur d’Alene squadron, salutes the American Flag during a presentation of the colors near Hayden Lake.</p>

<p>Eden Harrison, 9, left, and Aidell Arch,10, work together to saw a log to experience some of Idaho’s logging history at the Ponderosa Elementary Rendezvous.</p>

<p>Ponderosa Elementary music instructor, Sarah Windisch teaches kids old west songs that peek into the history of the United States.</p>

<p>Ponderosa Elementary student Kaylee Leffler, 10, settles into the saddle of a horse at the 4th grade Rendezvous Thursday at the Ponderosa Elementary school in Post Falls. Students experienced different wild west themed stations teaching them the history of Idaho culture.</p>

<p>Ruth Townsend, of Hayden, sings along with a Christian song during a National Day of Prayer gathering of about 300 on Thursday at McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>Students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School in Hayden, ID stand under the water sprayed from a Northern Lakes fire truck on Friday. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day with activities including dunking Principle Lisa Pica in a dunk tank and water games.</p>

<p>Students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School in Hayden, ID watch as school Principle Lisa Pica is dropped into a dunk tank on Friday. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day.</p>

<p>Hayden Meadows Elementary School Principle Lica Pica sprays her students with a fire house with the help of Northern Lakes Fire Department fire fighter Chris Larson. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day with activities including dunking Pica in a dunk tank and water games.</p>

<p>Students from Sorensen Magnet School's fifth and sixth grades gather at Art Spirit Gallery Wednesday in downtown Coeur d'Alene to choose a piece of art from four that were perviously chosen from a larger group of art to be installed at their school.</p>

<p>Chloe Hanna, a fifth-grade student at Sorensen, looks at Mel McCuddin's piece "Owl" at the Art Spirit Gallery. The art was made available through a private donation by a parent of a Sorensen student.</p>

<p>Sean Siroshton, of North Idaho Title, cuts a length of wood for new garden beds with the help of Tambra Pickford. Over 30 members of the community gathered at Community Action Partnership to make garden beds, install a sprinkler system, paint, make a recipe wall and many other tasks at the Coeur d'Alene food bank.</p>

<p>Jeff Jillson, of Keller Williams, left, David Bardin, of Movement Mortgage, and Jonathan Ratautas, of Keller Williams, drill a two-by-four to a post for a new garden bed at Community Action Partnership in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Henry DePew, 9, plays the bass marimba at a flash mob event held by the Sorensen Magnet School for the Arts & Humanities on Friday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>Sorensen student, Cason Miller, 8, concentrates on his juggling skills on Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene on Friday. A piece of the avenue was blocked off for the students to perform a flash mob dance during the ArtWalk event.</p>

<p>Kayden Wade, 9, tests his bike skills at the Cherry Hill BMX Booth that provided a simulated BMX starting gate for people to try out at the Spring Fling event Wednesday.</p>

<p>Madison Gaylord, 6, shields her eyes from the sun as she looks to see the results of the spinning wheel she spun for a prize Wednesday at the Spring Fling event at Borah Elementary School.</p>

<p>A pressure rocket is set off by Julian McDowall, 10, Wednesday at the Spring Fling event in which students and the community gathered at Borah Elementary School to participate in activities put on by local business’.</p>

<p>The CDA Tap House has a bike themed atmosphere, highlighting the bike community and trails around Coeur d’Alene. Historic photos of Coeur d’Alene can also be found displayed upon the walls.</p>

<p>Tony Parks makes a margarita through the pedals of a bike blender at newly opened CDA Tap House in downtown Coeur d’Alene.</p>

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&lt;p&gt;Justin Rader, left, and Ed Hartz walk among the &#147;Bling Out of Spring&#148; spectators and bidders who plan to bid on decorated bras in order to raise money to help distressed veterans and their families at the Coeur d&#146;Alene Fort Sherman Bandshell in City Park Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Local war veteran Scott Widmayer models a sons of anarchy themed bra Saturday at Coeur d&#146;Alene City Park.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Jeremy Deming, resident artist with ArtCoLab, paints a mural of Bryan Elementary&#146;s mascot on the wall of the wall ball court on the Coeur d&#146;Alene school&#146;s playground on Friday. Deming, who has a student at the school, donated his time and supplies for the project.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;A young moose frolics in the shallow waters of a marsh near Cataldo on Monday evening.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Ashlynn Sullivan, 9, pauses while raking pine needles during a clean-up project at the Kootenai County Cemetery Monday near Seltice Way in Post Falls. Members of the Pine Tree 4-H club and their families, about 40 in total, helped in the effort that has been taking place annually since 1976.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Eighth grade students Darian Clack, left, and Maya Hippenstiel load a simulated canon in a cooperative learning lesson at Canfield Middle School Thursday in Coeur d&#146;Alene. Teams raced to load and shoot their simulated weapon earning and losing points as they followed a hands on process.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;As the final part of the simulation, eighth grade students along with instructor Donald Delcambre steer clear of a baseball fired across the Canfield Middle School field. Students used water balloons and air pressure to shoot targets in the field.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Atarrah Brunko, 11, dances with Coast 2 Coast Choreographer, Louie Perez at the Dance Theatre Northwest in Rathdrum. Dance students received an hour-long master dance class from the professionals.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&#160;The Dance Theatre Northwest dance class warms up with Dance Across America's Coast 2 Coast crew Tuesday in Rathdrum. The dance studio is one of the crew&#146;s 18 stops across the nation.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Evlyn Sera fixes up her poodle named Ashley in a busy grooming area Tuesday at the Coeur d&#146;Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show. Ashley was given a continental haircut for the show that took place at Kootenai County Fairgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The Pekingese show group lines up in the ring Tuesday at the Coeur d&#146;Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show. Owners, handlers, and breeds all around the Northwest and Canada took part in the competition.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Choco, a papillon breed, is groomed by handler Tammie Wilcox at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds Coeur d&#146;Alene Dog Fanciers AKC Dog Show Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Members of the Coeur d&#146;Alene Police Department walk across the field after a U-12 soccer game at Coeur d&#146;Alene High School on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Sgt. Moore&#146;s son Dylon, played and scored the first goal of the game.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Shane Grady, a trooper with the Idaho State Police, left, investigates a single-car rollover crash on U.S. 95 near Fighting Creek on Friday. The vehicle came to rest in the ditch alongside the northbound highway lanes. Minor injuries were reported.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Steve Somers, a fourth grade teacher at West Ridge Elementary, dips resource paraprofessional Danielle Frame while square dancing Wednesday during the judging process of the 205 K-5 School Food Drive Challenge Spirit Award at the Post Falls school. Staff and students adopted a wild west theme for their food donation effort to benefit the Post Falls Food Bank.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Cashiers of the &#147;General Store&#148; Ashley Haines, in pink, and McKenna Harris, right, both fifth-graders, take their position as other students prepare for the judges of the food drive spirit contest to arrive. West Ridge Elementary won the competition, going up against Seltice, Mullan Trail and Prairie View elementary schools.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Bill Greenwood, parks superintendent for the City of Coeur d&#146;Alene, left, and Fred McMurray position a sculpture made from McEuen Park&#146;s original Freedom Tree as artist Jeff May, far right, operates a lift Thursday near the new dedicated tree at the park. The original tree was planted near McEuen Park in an effort to stop development of Tubbs Hill and was rededicated in 1972 for McMurray, a prisoner of war. The sculpture, that includes a flag, a pair of eagles and the words &#147;Freedom&#148; and &#147;Return with Honor&#148; was completed by May in about two months.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Apart of a driving under the influence re-enactment, Tyrel Derrick, a senior at Lakeland High School is lifted onto a backboard on Main Street in Rathdrum Friday.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Standing in front of a hearse, Felix Lopez and Mikayla White imitate a reaction to an acted out deceased fellow Lakeland student in the mock driving under the influence demonstration Friday.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Lakeland High School held its Mock DUI Friday in Rathdrum. Seniors watched an re-enactment of a drunk driving accident scene followed by an assembly to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Alessia Sarale prepares to let her lantern take flight at the 2nd annual Lantern Fest Saturday at the Stateline Stadium Speedway in Post Falls. Thousands of biodegradable lanterns filled the night sky after sunset for the family-friendly event.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;A snow globe like effect was given to many Washington and Idaho Residents in Post Falls who attended the Lantern Fest Saturday evening.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;During the presentation of the colors, 1st Sgt. Darren Smiley, with the U.S. Marine Corps, salutes as Memorial Day ceremonies begin Monday at Hayden City Hall.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;After becoming emotional during a speech, John Holley is comforted by his wife Stacey as the Gold Star parents of SPC Matthew Holley, who died in the Iraq War a decade ago, make presentations during the Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at Hayden City hall. The couple are co-authors of &#147;Medals, Flags and Memories.&#148;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Carl Gidlund, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889 and the color guard, fires a weapon during a rifle salute at Hayden City Hall.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Tom DePew rings a bell as Cary Poston reads the names of submarines that have been lost with military service men and women during a presentation by the Farragut Base U.S. Submarine Vets Monday at Honeysuckle Beach at Hayden Lake. The lives of some 4,000 soldiers and 66 submarine vessels have been lost in the line of duty.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Chet Wolniakowski, with Farragut Base U.S. Submarine Veterans, tosses a wreath into the water as John Howard salutes during a Memorial Day ceremony at Honeysuckle Beach.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Capt. Paul Brand, with the Civil Air Patrol&#146;s Coeur d&#146;Alene squadron, salutes the American Flag during a presentation of the colors near Hayden Lake.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Eden Harrison, 9, left, and Aidell Arch,10, work together to saw a log to experience some of Idaho&#146;s logging history at the Ponderosa Elementary Rendezvous.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Ponderosa Elementary music instructor, Sarah Windisch teaches kids old west songs that peek into the history of the United States.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Ponderosa Elementary student Kaylee Leffler, 10, settles into the saddle of a horse at the 4th grade Rendezvous Thursday at the Ponderosa Elementary school in Post Falls. Students experienced different wild west themed stations teaching them the history of Idaho culture.&lt;/p&gt;

photo

&lt;p&gt;Ruth Townsend, of Hayden, sings along with a Christian song during a National Day of Prayer gathering of about 300 on Thursday at McEuen Park in Coeur d&#146;Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School in Hayden, ID stand under the water sprayed from a Northern Lakes fire truck on Friday. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day with activities including dunking Principle Lisa Pica in a dunk tank and water games.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School in Hayden, ID watch as school Principle Lisa Pica is dropped into a dunk tank on Friday. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Hayden Meadows Elementary School Principle Lica Pica sprays her students with a fire house with the help of Northern Lakes Fire Department fire fighter Chris Larson. The students at Hayden Meadows Elementary School raised over $22,000 during their spring raffle and as a result, received an outside play day with activities including dunking Pica in a dunk tank and water games.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Students from Sorensen Magnet School's fifth and sixth grades gather at Art Spirit Gallery Wednesday in downtown Coeur d'Alene to choose a piece of art from four that were perviously chosen from a larger group of art to be installed at their school.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Chloe Hanna, a fifth-grade student at Sorensen, looks at Mel McCuddin's piece &quot;Owl&quot; at the Art Spirit Gallery. The art was made available through a private donation by a parent of a Sorensen student.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Sean Siroshton, of North Idaho Title, cuts a length of wood for new garden beds with the help of Tambra Pickford. Over 30 members of the community gathered at Community Action Partnership to make garden beds, install a sprinkler system, paint, make a recipe wall and many other tasks at the Coeur d'Alene food bank.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Jeff Jillson, of Keller Williams, left, David Bardin, of Movement Mortgage, and Jonathan Ratautas, of Keller Williams, drill a two-by-four to a post for a new garden bed at Community Action Partnership in Coeur d'Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Henry DePew, 9, plays the bass marimba at a flash mob event held by the Sorensen Magnet School for the Arts &amp; Humanities on Friday in Coeur d&#146;Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Sorensen student, Cason Miller, 8, concentrates on his juggling skills on Sherman Avenue in Coeur d&#146;Alene on Friday. A piece of the avenue was blocked off for the students to perform a flash mob dance during the ArtWalk event.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kayden Wade, 9, tests his bike skills at the Cherry Hill BMX Booth that provided a simulated BMX starting gate for people to try out at the Spring Fling event Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Madison Gaylord, 6, shields her eyes from the sun as she looks to see the results of the spinning wheel she spun for a prize Wednesday at the Spring Fling event at Borah Elementary School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;A pressure rocket is set off by Julian McDowall, 10, Wednesday at the Spring Fling event in which students and the community gathered at Borah Elementary School to participate in activities put on by local business&#146;.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The CDA Tap House has a bike themed atmosphere, highlighting the bike community and trails around Coeur d&#146;Alene. Historic photos of Coeur d&#146;Alene can also be found displayed upon the walls.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Tony Parks makes a margarita through the pedals of a bike blender at newly opened CDA Tap House in downtown Coeur d&#146;Alene.&lt;/p&gt;