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HUCKLEBERRIES: Remembering 'a loyal friend and a fine sportswoman'

by DAVE OLIVERIA
| February 4, 2024 1:00 AM

A fatal misstep on a diving board 81 years ago claimed one of Coeur d’Alene’s great female athletes.

Virginia “Ginny” Panabaker was only 19 when she fell off a 10-foot platform during a “fancy diving” exhibition for officers at the Farragut Naval Training Station on Feb. 24, 1943.

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