HUCKLEBERRIES: Geranium Day put petunias out to pasture
Fifty to 60 volunteers will dress Coeur d’Alene Resort grounds with Tango Red geraniums May 16, 2023.
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Bill Reagan, president of The Coeur d’Alene Resort (center), pitches in on Geranium Day 2023.
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Teacher Larry Islitt made a point with his bad writing.
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George Morgan and his “Donut Hole Society”: Front, from left, Chris Matthews, Sandra Matthews, Melissa Pierce and Brett Baragia, and Jessica Brabank, back.
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Siblings Christopher and Stephenie Cozad play the Dandelion Game.
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CEO Marshall Chesrown at his Bellerive development in Riverstone.
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Matt Johnson, right, pampered mom Virginia at a Mother’s Day Concert.
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Secretary Gail White and sales rep William C. Reagan, both of Western Frontiers, tout Coeur d’Alene Country after the United Air Lines article.
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Fred Murphy, left, with Jim Burns, manager of Murphy’s Landing.
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Geranium Day arrived first, probably in spring 1986 or 1987.
And the designation of the geranium as Coeur d’Alene’s official city flower wasn’t far behind.
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