HUCKLEBERRIES: Dinner, diplomacy and decisions
Bill Webster Sr., right, named his son, Bill Jr., “Head Mo-chinist” of the Brunswick Café in 1965.
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An undated photo shows the Brunswick Café exterior.
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In mid-June 1965, owner Bill Webster Sr., far right, and Bill Jr., far left, dressed up with the Brunswick Café staff for Coeur d’Alene’s annual Forest Festival celebration.
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Owner Charles Brown Miller of the Charlie Brown tavern, 705 River Ave., counted campaign donations after a raft trip in 1965.
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From left, Lakes Middle School eight graders Ashlee Ketron, Aimee Ricciardi and Jenny Edington display their Penny Drive T-shirts in 2000.
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The late Chris Guggemos launched the area’s free summer concerts in 1992.
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In 2005, Marshall Chesrown announced plans for a 22-story building at Riverstone.
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Josh Phelps was the first North Idaho high school grad to play Major League Baseball in 2000.
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Louise Shadduck celebrated with a Hudson’s hamburger after publishing her first Idaho history book in 1990.
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Wayne Meyer planted Kentucky blue-grass seed while mulling a developer’s offer to buy 500 acres of the family farm in 2005.
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Bill Webster has come home again twice — the first time in 1965 to help his father, Bill Sr., manage the iconic Brunswick Café.
As a teen, Bill Jr., now 84, served at his father’s restaurant on Sherman Avenue, known for good food at affordable prices and a motif that featured two wooden Indians, a 25-foot totem pole and a Wild West fort façade.
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