<p>SHAWN GUST/Press</p><p>Mark McAllister, a laborer with the Coeur d’Alene Downtown Association, checks a flower basket after hanging it near the Ironhorse Bar and Grill Thursday morning. The baskets are part of an effort by the association to help beautify the downtown area. Donations from downtown businesses and the Downtown Association allow for about 170 baskets to be displayed the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend each year.</p>

June 2, 2014