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MY TURN: 'Warming many hearts'

by LARRY RILEY/Guest opinion
| February 7, 2024 1:00 AM

“Civilized societies take care of the less advantaged." An oft-mentioned quote, cited by a local elected official.

So how do you take the topic of “Unhoused in North Idaho” and homelessness and make it "upbeat" at 6:30 a.m. on a very cold January morning? Hard to do, yet the foundation was set nicely at the Coeur d'Alene Regional Chamber Upbeat Breakfast by Chief Allan of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe; Mike Baker, CEO of Heritage Health; and Linda Coppess, chamber CEO — who simply framed the question in many words, “How can you make a difference for those struggling to get by?”

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