HUCKLEBERRIES: Biting the bullet
The “Gang of Four” — Bob Brown, Jim Michaud, Steve McCrea and Mayor Jim Fromm — hobnob in the former council chambers in 1985.
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Debi Cook, 16, takes aim in 1975.
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Scott Davis of the Los Angeles Raiders sacks rookie John Friesz in his debut as a starting NFL quarterback in 1990.
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Dr. C.G. "Ged" Barclay places a Christmas light inside a balloon to decorate his novelty Christmas tree in 1980.
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A runner exits Tubbs Hill in April 2025. In 1975, The Press named the public purchase of 34 acres of Tubbs Hill as its top local story.
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Darrell Dlouhy, fourth from left, plays Joseph in a live manger scene at Trinity Lutheran Church in 1970.
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Former Coeur d’Alene officer Mike Kralicek rehabs in 2005.
Darrell Dlouhy, fourth from left, plays Joseph in a live manger scene at Trinity Lutheran Church in 1970.
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From left, top local cops George Lenz, John Bender and Jack McGinnis warn residents not to drink and drive at Christmas 1970.
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The Red Hot Mamas perform with their signature shopping carts at London's 2004 New Year's Day Parade.
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Mikki Stevens, founder of the Red Hot Mamas, serves as grand marshal of the 2022 Fourth of July Parade.
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The “Gang of Four” left the city stage 40 years ago.
But the debate goes on among old-timers: Were the four men heaven-sent reformers? Or were they rabid tree-huggers who hamstrung growth?
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