HUCKLEBERRIES: The hero who wore an apron
Chuck and Amber Peace braved wind and cold on Lake Erie earlier this year.
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Amber Peace held Maria, her 15-month-old daughter, in July 2005 after visiting Shasta Groene at Kootenai Medical Center.
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Now 21, Amber Peace’s daughter, Maria, is enjoying life in Florida as a musician and jewelry maker.
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In 1985, Councilman Bob Macdonald tried and failed to save the old community center/junior high from a wrecking ball.
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Then-U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy visited the Hayden Lake Country Club. With Kennedy, from left, are local Democratic leaders James W. Ingalls, James L. Ingalls (back to camera) and John Rasor in May 1960.
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Mrs. Charles Bailey of Austin, Texas, chairwoman of the “Texas Ladies for Lyndon,” pinned a campaign button on local Democratic Chairman James L. Ingalls. Local dignitaries in the back were, from left, J. Ray Cox, John Rasor, Mrs. Montana Ellis, Bill Webster and James W. Ingalls on May 27, 1960.
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In 1970, owner Virgil Zabinski pinned a dollar to the ceiling of The Sourdough.
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Three mothers delivered twins in Kootenai Medical Center, from left, DeAnn Melius (Kyle and Brett), Beth Schmidt (Cristen and Denise) and Kelley Woodworth (Michelle and Cherie) in May 1990.
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Mayor John McHugh, right, shed his tie during a council meeting to embrace summer casual wear. Other officials present were, seated, from left, Councilmen Vern Hippler, Reine Schmidt, Howard Hudson and Don Johnston; and, standing, Councilman Ron Edinger, administrative assistant Bill Williams and Councilman Ivan Hanson in May 1970.
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Maintenance director Bryan Martin of the Coeur d’Alene School District holds the Canfield Middle School time capsule, while maintenance worker Kevin Jennings, with a jackhammer, backs away in May 2000.
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Amber Peace is happily lost in middle America today.
But 20 years ago, she received widespread media attention as the waitress at Coeur d’Alene Denny’s who helped save Shasta Groene from serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III.
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