HUCKLEBERRIES: Forget Greek Week — let's go medieval
Mark Wetzel, left, of Sandpoint, and Scott Anderson adjust their North Idaho College catapult in 1976.
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North Idaho College engineering students test-fire an empty beer keg from their 10,000-pound catapult in 1976.
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Mayor Don Johnston, left, congratulates North Idaho College President Barry Schuler at the opening of the new Communication-Arts Building in 1979. The building’s auditorium would be renamed after Schuler in 1995.
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President Barry Schuler feuds with the North Idaho College student newspaper, its advisor and the Faculty Assembly in 1986.
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Melody White follows in the footsteps of her father, Melvin (Flag Man) White, in 2000.
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Brokers and developers call the Louisiana-Pacific mill in Post Falls after news of its closure breaks in 1995.
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Joe Dobson, the Kootenai County extension agent, presents awards to enable Karen Davidson, of Post Falls, left, and Diana Hughes, of Silverton, to attend the National 4-H Congress in Chicago in 1970.
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Taryn Rossmiller, right, is thankful that her twin sister, Tori, was alive and recovering after a van hit her in 2005.
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Cliff Harris forecasts weather for the Coeur d’Alene area in 1990.
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Director Bob Brown, right, tells local politicians what to do during their cameo appearances in his play in 1980, including, from left, Glenn Jackson, Ron Edinger, Jim Fromm, John Centa and Bob Scates.
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North Idaho College shot a beer barrel into the air — and it fell, we do know where — about two football fields away.
In fall 1975, NIC’s Engineering Club challenged eight colleges in Montana, Washington and Idaho, including the University of Idaho, to a “Great Catapult Contest.”
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