A snappy tune from Coeur d’Alene
During a 1956 campaign stop in Spokane, the Sylte sisters of Rathdrum – Deanna, Joan and Deanda — serenade U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver with “The Kefauver Song.”
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Roy Schenkenberger.
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Bob Smith of Bovay Engineers of Spokane inspects a rotten post in 1971 before recommending that the Pleasant View bridge be closed.
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Bernice Achin-Deboever, left, and Neadda Baird dole out hot potatoes and trimmings in 1996 to motorists at the Huetter rest stop.
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About a dozen people attend the public auction of the city’s old library in 1986, but only Fred Harris of Harris-Dean Insurance bids.
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Kim Hutton of Coeur d’Alene isn’t thrilled in 2001 that gas price spikes cost him nearly $40 to fill the tank of his Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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Cyndie Johnson Lempesis dabs ice cream from the face of husband Chuck during a 2011 Guinness World Record try.
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, center, visits the Washington Monument in 2006 with Park Police Chief Dwight Pettiford and National Mall Superintendent Vikki Keys.
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Manager Bill Reagan of The Coeur d’Alene Resort carries a giant pair of scissors to the 1991 ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Resort Plaza.
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In 2011, Lake City High senior Garrett Cabeza completes his final year of perfect school attendance.
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Roy Schenkenberger.
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Estes Kefauver, the crime-fighting U.S. senator from Tennessee, campaigned hard for the 1956 Democratic nomination for president.
And, as he shook hands and kissed babies, he whistled a catchy tune from Coeur d’Alene.
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