His dad just wanted a grandson
In 2016, an advertisement in The Press, paid for by a 78-year-old father seeking a wife for his son, attracted international attention.
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In 1993, community booster Dave Walker (shown on Sherman Avenue in 2017) named the town’s classic car show — “Car d’Lane.”
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In 1991, Dennis Kisiel of Edmonds, Wash., scored the first hole-in-one on The Coeur d’Alene Resort’s new Floating Green.
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In 1966, city workers held the signs that transformed Third and Fourth streets into one-ways. Shown are, from left: street foreman Jerry Greeno, sign painter Carl Erickson and street commissioner Reed Walker.
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Before Independence Day 1951, Mayor L.L. Gardner, left, swapped his 10-gallon hat for an “Admiral Cap,” while Carl Gridley smiled. The cowboy hat was a gift from the Lions Club of Kamloops, British Columbia.
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In 1981, worker Virgil Umland supervised cottage removal from Archie McGregor’s famous Lakeview Court campground.
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Founder Chris Guggemos enjoyed the music at a 2017 Handshake Production concert.
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In 2001, local firefighters began practice burns at the old Aryan Nations compound on Rimrock Road.
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There are matchmakers like Yente in “Fiddler on the Roof.”
And then there are matchmakers like Arthur Brooks, father of a Utah businessman.
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