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GALLERY: May 2016 Best Photos

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Lake City's Brandon Stapleton (10) celebrates his walk-off RBI ground-rule double with coach Paul Manzardo, middle, Kodie Kolden (2) Dominic Conigliaro (19) and Kaleb Reid (12) during the 5A Region 1 Championship game against Post Falls on May 10, 2016.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press More than 30 jet boats, topping out at speeds of 150 miles-per-hour, skim 30 miles of the Coeur d'Alene River between Harrison and Cataldo on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 and Wednesday for the 2016 USA World Championship. To purchase photo, please visit: www.cdapress.com/photos</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press LeRoy Dowd, left, and LaRoy Dowd pose next to their individual cars on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 before heading to Lost in the '50s classic car show this weekend in Sandpoint. LeRoy drives a 1955 Chevy Bel Air while his son will show off his 1966 Chevy Nova Super Sport after just finishing work on the car a couple days ago.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Unfinished crosses rest on one of Tom Goonan's garage shelves prior to sanding on Friday, May 6, 2016. The majority of the 200 crosses gifted are about 20 inches tall and 13 inches across the beam.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Bagpipers Kevin Ellison, left, Steve Clark, middle, and Fred Freeman of the Hot Punch Highlanders play "Amazing Grace" during the City of Hayden Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony on Monday at Hayden City Hall.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Track teams from around the region gather on Thursday, May 5, 2016 for the District 1 All Star meet held at Post Falls High School.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Third-grader Becca Crippen, left, throws a pie in the face of Cornerstone Christian Academy teacher Jana Penland on Tuesday, May 3, 2016.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Jim Lyon of Northern Lakes Fire District and first-grader Eden Genkins listen to Katie the puppet give an answer to a Fire Safety Showdown question on Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Borah Elementary School. Lyon, along with other local agencies, will visit 24 local schools the next week to teach 1,700 kids about fire safety and prevention.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Track teams from around the region gather on Thursday, May 5, 2016 for the District 1 All Star meet held at Post Falls High School.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Scott Lakey, of ArtCo Lab, helps Cadence Tuck, right, spray paint "The Zone" Mural section of the "Super Smash Bros." themed mural on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Kroc Center.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Lake City baseball players touch the Region 1 championship baseball trophy after defeating the No. 4 seed Post Falls Trojans 10-0 on May 10, 2016.</p>

<p>A Lake City baseball player takes practice cuts while on deck during a game on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 against Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Two Coeur d'Alene Police officers walk down D Street on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the scene of an assault with a weapon in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Shelly and Marie, two Asian elephants in their late 40s, pose for a portrait outside their tent on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. The elephants will be at the Northwest Spring Fest this weekend at the fairgrounds.</p>

<p>The "Never Satisfied" jet boat flies down the Coeur d'Alene River on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Rose Lake. More than 30 jet boats, topping out at speeds of 150 miles-per-hour, will continue to skim 30 miles of the Coeur d'Alene River between Cataldo and Harrison today, from 10 a.m. to noon.</p>

<p>Lake City's Jarred Hall slides into second on a steal as Coeur d'Alene senior Jonny Plum attempts to tag him out, unsuccessfully, on Monday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.</p>

<p>Sherri and Fred Moore, Sgt. Greg Moore's parents, share a moment on Thursday, May 5, 2016 as 200 balloons fill the sky at a memorial ceremony for the fallen police officer at Independence Point.</p>

<p>Brandon Miles is moved on a stretcher to an ambulance on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 after leading a police chase that ended in him being Tasered by police at the Lone Tree Apartments in Rathdrum.</p>

<p>Fire officials from Northern Lakes Fire Protection work the scene of a home that was crashed into during a police chase on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 on Wright Street in Rathdrum.</p>

<p>With bee-keeping fabric covering their faces, Kym Browning, Molly Michaud and Dodi Rode of the "Bee-Dazzled" adult spelling bee team work together to determine the spelling of a word on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Kootenai County Adult Spelling Bee at North Idaho College.</p>

<p>Colleen Anderson of Medical Lake laughs as she recieves some puppy love from her resuced long-haried Dachshunds Miss Twiggy, Ginger and Widget on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the eighth annual Dog d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Lake City's Kodie Kolden snags a ground ball hit by a Coeur d'Alene player on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.</p>

<p>The jet boat "Easily Influenced" rips down the Coeur d'Alene River on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Rose Lake during the 2016 jet boat world championship.</p>

<p>The Moore family, foreground, get ready to release balloons on Thursday, May 5, 2016 in memory of their family member, Sgt. Greg Moore.</p>

<p>Members of the Idaho Technical Rescue team, Timberlake Fire Protection District and Coeur d'Alene Fire Department work during a training session on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 to rescue Silverwood employees on the Aftershock roller coaster. The rescue groups train yearly with roller coasters, however this was the first year of collaboration between all three.</p>

<p>Coeur d'ALene's Grady Leonard heaves a shot put on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the 5A Region 1 track and field meet at Coeur d'Alene High School.</p>

<p>Nate DeGraw of Post Falls heaves a shot put at the 5A and 4A Region 1 track and field meet on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.</p>

<p>Coeur d'Alene's Nate English dives back to first as Lake City's Dominic Conigliaro picks him off on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.</p>

<p>Sorenson Magnet School student Henry Depew, right, plays the marimbas along with the school's marimba group in front of hundreds on Friday, May 13, 2016 on Sherman Avenue. The school's sixth annual Art Walk presentation featured more than 200 students performing a variety of shows as a token of appreciation for Coeur d'Alene's Downtown Association.</p>

<p>Surronded by teammates, Lake City's Michaela Flerchinger holds up the 5A Division 1 Championship softball trophy after trumping undfeated Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School. Lake City will advance to the state tournament next Friday at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Memories of Leo C. Neal live on as his close friends raise their candles in remembrance on May 25, 2016.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College graduates celebrate by tossing their caps in the air after receiving their degrees and certificates on Friday, May 13, 2016.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Karlee Hergenreder, right, hugs her mother, Theresa, after completing her studies at North Idaho College on Friday, May 13, 2016.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d'Alene's Harrison Davies is swarmed by Lake City Wolves defenders as he tries to score during a lacrosse match, Wednesday May 18, 2016 at Lake City High School.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Ed Hartz, of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889, places a wreath in the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene during Memorial Day to honor those lost at sea.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Donning their Kentucky Derby hats, Blazen Divaz fill their colorful lunch plates with dessert before watching the race on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Hayden Lake Country Club.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Photographer Chris Chaffee sits next to his working and non-working cameras on Monday, May 9, 2016. Chaffee has created an eight-week photography program specifically tailored towards veterans to help them with the many challengesthey face in post-military life.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Tom Goonan explains in his house on Friday, May 6, 2016, how each cross is tagged and labeled before it is given as a "thank you" gift to priests, churches, friends and others.</p>

<p>LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeside Elementary students Jonathan Jordan, left, Meyha Wienclaw, middle, and Quincy Hall, right, inspect a crayfish at a booth during the 14th annual Water Awareness Week event hosted by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe on Thursday, May 12, 2016.</p>

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press More than 30 jet boats, topping out at speeds of 150 miles-per-hour, skim 30 miles of the Coeur d'Alene River between Harrison and Cataldo on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 and Wednesday for the 2016 USA World Championship. To purchase photo, please visit: www.cdapress.com/photos&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press LeRoy Dowd, left, and LaRoy Dowd pose next to their individual cars on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 before heading to Lost in the '50s classic car show this weekend in Sandpoint. LeRoy drives a 1955 Chevy Bel Air while his son will show off his 1966 Chevy Nova Super Sport after just finishing work on the car a couple days ago.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Unfinished crosses rest on one of Tom Goonan's garage shelves prior to sanding on Friday, May 6, 2016. The majority of the 200 crosses gifted are about 20 inches tall and 13 inches across the beam.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Bagpipers Kevin Ellison, left, Steve Clark, middle, and Fred Freeman of the Hot Punch Highlanders play &quot;Amazing Grace&quot; during the City of Hayden Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony on Monday at Hayden City Hall.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Track teams from around the region gather on Thursday, May 5, 2016 for the District 1 All Star meet held at Post Falls High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Third-grader Becca Crippen, left, throws a pie in the face of Cornerstone Christian Academy teacher Jana Penland on Tuesday, May 3, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Jim Lyon of Northern Lakes Fire District and first-grader Eden Genkins listen to Katie the puppet give an answer to a Fire Safety Showdown question on Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Borah Elementary School. Lyon, along with other local agencies, will visit 24 local schools the next week to teach 1,700 kids about fire safety and prevention.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Track teams from around the region gather on Thursday, May 5, 2016 for the District 1 All Star meet held at Post Falls High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Scott Lakey, of ArtCo Lab, helps Cadence Tuck, right, spray paint &quot;The Zone&quot; Mural section of the &quot;Super Smash Bros.&quot; themed mural on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Kroc Center.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Lake City baseball players touch the Region 1 championship baseball trophy after defeating the No. 4 seed Post Falls Trojans 10-0 on May 10, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;A Lake City baseball player takes practice cuts while on deck during a game on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 against Coeur d'Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Two Coeur d'Alene Police officers walk down D Street on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the scene of an assault with a weapon in Coeur d'Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Shelly and Marie, two Asian elephants in their late 40s, pose for a portrait outside their tent on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. The elephants will be at the Northwest Spring Fest this weekend at the fairgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Never Satisfied&quot; jet boat flies down the Coeur d'Alene River on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Rose Lake. More than 30 jet boats, topping out at speeds of 150 miles-per-hour, will continue to skim 30 miles of the Coeur d'Alene River between Cataldo and Harrison today, from 10 a.m. to noon.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Lake City's Jarred Hall slides into second on a steal as Coeur d'Alene senior Jonny Plum attempts to tag him out, unsuccessfully, on Monday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Sherri and Fred Moore, Sgt. Greg Moore's parents, share a moment on Thursday, May 5, 2016 as 200 balloons fill the sky at a memorial ceremony for the fallen police officer at Independence Point.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Brandon Miles is moved on a stretcher to an ambulance on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 after leading a police chase that ended in him being Tasered by police at the Lone Tree Apartments in Rathdrum.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Fire officials from Northern Lakes Fire Protection work the scene of a home that was crashed into during a police chase on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 on Wright Street in Rathdrum.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;With bee-keeping fabric covering their faces, Kym Browning, Molly Michaud and Dodi Rode of the &quot;Bee-Dazzled&quot; adult spelling bee team work together to determine the spelling of a word on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Kootenai County Adult Spelling Bee at North Idaho College.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Colleen Anderson of Medical Lake laughs as she recieves some puppy love from her resuced long-haried Dachshunds Miss Twiggy, Ginger and Widget on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the eighth annual Dog d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Lake City's Kodie Kolden snags a ground ball hit by a Coeur d'Alene player on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The jet boat &quot;Easily Influenced&quot; rips down the Coeur d'Alene River on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Rose Lake during the 2016 jet boat world championship.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The Moore family, foreground, get ready to release balloons on Thursday, May 5, 2016 in memory of their family member, Sgt. Greg Moore.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Members of the Idaho Technical Rescue team, Timberlake Fire Protection District and Coeur d'Alene Fire Department work during a training session on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 to rescue Silverwood employees on the Aftershock roller coaster. The rescue groups train yearly with roller coasters, however this was the first year of collaboration between all three.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Coeur d'ALene's Grady Leonard heaves a shot put on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the 5A Region 1 track and field meet at Coeur d'Alene High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Nate DeGraw of Post Falls heaves a shot put at the 5A and 4A Region 1 track and field meet on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Coeur d'Alene's Nate English dives back to first as Lake City's Dominic Conigliaro picks him off on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Sorenson Magnet School student Henry Depew, right, plays the marimbas along with the school's marimba group in front of hundreds on Friday, May 13, 2016 on Sherman Avenue. The school's sixth annual Art Walk presentation featured more than 200 students performing a variety of shows as a token of appreciation for Coeur d'Alene's Downtown Association.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Surronded by teammates, Lake City's Michaela Flerchinger holds up the 5A Division 1 Championship softball trophy after trumping undfeated Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Coeur d'Alene High School. Lake City will advance to the state tournament next Friday at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Memories of Leo C. Neal live on as his close friends raise their candles in remembrance on May 25, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College graduates celebrate by tossing their caps in the air after receiving their degrees and certificates on Friday, May 13, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Karlee Hergenreder, right, hugs her mother, Theresa, after completing her studies at North Idaho College on Friday, May 13, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d'Alene's Harrison Davies is swarmed by Lake City Wolves defenders as he tries to score during a lacrosse match, Wednesday May 18, 2016 at Lake City High School.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Ed Hartz, of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889, places a wreath in the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene during Memorial Day to honor those lost at sea.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Donning their Kentucky Derby hats, Blazen Divaz fill their colorful lunch plates with dessert before watching the race on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Hayden Lake Country Club.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Photographer Chris Chaffee sits next to his working and non-working cameras on Monday, May 9, 2016. Chaffee has created an eight-week photography program specifically tailored towards veterans to help them with the many challengesthey face in post-military life.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Tom Goonan explains in his house on Friday, May 6, 2016, how each cross is tagged and labeled before it is given as a &quot;thank you&quot; gift to priests, churches, friends and others.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeside Elementary students Jonathan Jordan, left, Meyha Wienclaw, middle, and Quincy Hall, right, inspect a crayfish at a booth during the 14th annual Water Awareness Week event hosted by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe on Thursday, May 12, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;