The Thong Man debate
In the “Thong Hot Summer” of 1993, Tim Bowman (aka Thong Man) won the right from the City Council to sunbathe in a thong at City Beach.
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In 2001, Bob and Lee Ray introduced their new Post Falls neighbors to their “Mystery Plant.”
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In 1991, Bob Hill and Joe Hill of S&E Maintenance of Rathdrum prepared the historic Wilma Theater marquee for removal.
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In 1991, council members Nancy Sue Wallace and Mike McDowell discussed extending Kathleen Avenue to Government Way.
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In 1956, the Eisenhower Bandwagon bus rolled into Coeur d’Alene with three “Ike Girls” on board. And the city helped re-elect Ike.
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In 1996, Roy Hayter, 80, of Athol, was unfazed after reportedly becoming the oldest bowler in Idaho to roll a 300 game.
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In 1986, Robert Pires, then 22, was led to the Kootenai County Jail by Bailiff Dick Murphy, left, and a federal agent after admitting that he took part in the September neo-Nazi bombings in Coeur d’Alene.
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In 1966, protesting Spirit Lake parents and their children watched as the Lakeland School District bus left for Athol.
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In 2002, owners Dave and Liz Boerner of the Sandman Motel banned unmarried couples from staying at their East Sherman Avenue business.
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Tim Bowman sunbathed in a thong swimsuit at City Beach for three years without attracting attention. In summer 1993, however, his sun-kissed bliss ended when he was noticed by a church group that was waiting for a cruise at Independence Point.
Letters protesting Bowman’s bare bottom were sent to City Clerk Susan Weathers, and then outraged residents bombarded the Coeur d’Alene Press editorial page, pro and con. Thus began a cultural slog through the city bureaucracy that ended at the City Council.
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