‘Come at your own risk’
In 1976, Clay Erickson examined the giant screen at the Coeur d’Alene Drive-In after it was destroyed by a lightning bolt.
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In 1976, in The Press, the Coeur d’Alene Drive-In advertised the double horror feature, “The Exorcist” and “Black Christmas.”
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In 1991, Starlene Staudt of Dalton Gardens began dressing the Staudt Family Goose to honor a military grandson and to delight children.
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In 2011, Tim Kirk, then 36, displayed a quarter with the initials he’d written on it as a 12-year-old boy.
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In 2001, Coeur d’Alene Sign supervisor Greg Miller changed the population sign to show Coeur d’Alene had grown by 40 percent in the 1990s.
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In 1971, project manager James McMurray, left, Robert McMurray and Charles Poland posed with the highway sign for the new Athol library.
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In 1956, Bob Neider, left, and Roscoe Fuller inflated Coeur d’Alene school bus tires after a prankster(s) had let the air out of them.
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In 2011, nursing assistant Lynda Poplin cared for Henry Thompson, the first patient ever at the Hospice House, 2290 W. Prairie Ave.
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In 2011, Nick Cox played with his 9-week-old blue nose pitbull at City Park. Coeur d’Alene had just been named as the nation’s most dog-friendly city.
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Moviegoers to the Coeur d’Alene Drive-In that summer evening didn’t see Linda Blair’s character vomit thick Andersen brand split pea soup on Father Karras.
On Aug. 6, 1976, motorists were still entering the drive-in, which featured “The Exorcist,” when a “powerful electric storm” toppled the screen.
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