HUCKLEBERRIES: Pappy's place
Pappy Boyington, right, meets with actor Robert Conrad on the set of the TV series, “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” in the mid-1970s.
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John Schafhausen of Hayden recalls his days as a World War II Navy pilot and flying Corsairs for the TV series “Baa Baa Black Sheep" in 1995.
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A “Linda Lunch” at Dockside in 2005 attracted the following Lindas, from left, Stolley, Harms, Mitcham, Salamina, Godin, Weisbaum, Whitehead, Ferguson, Coppom, Shane, Boyd and Sanders.
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Actor Edward James Olmos awaits direction during a scene for “Talent for the Game” that was shot near Fighting Creek in 1990.
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Solid Waste Department employees attend the Ramsey Park dedication in 1995. Among them are Dennis Knudsen, left, Craig Ross, second from right, and Bob Meyers, right.
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Superintendent Reed Walker of the city streets department and sign maker Carl Erickson survey vandalism at 11th and Garden in 1965.
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Skater Will Nesse enjoys riding his board at the new skate park near Memorial Field in 1995.
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Future KVNI broadcaster Bob Hough, second from right, and sports editor Bob Maker of The Press, right, play in a Spokane celebrity game in 1965. Baseball hall of famer Duke Snider, left, hit two home runs to win the game for the celebs, 7-6.
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Dick Haugen replaced retiring Bob Hough as KVNI’s “Voice of North Idaho" in 1990.
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Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was a hero who debunked heroes.
“Just name a hero, and I’ll prove he’s a bum,” the World War II warrior from Coeur d'Alene said in his autobiography, “Baa Baa Black Sheep.”
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