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<p>Bob Ray talks about a gate that was built by a fellow Black Lake property owner in the middle of last month cutting off public access to block of county owned lakeshore property. Ray, a retired Vietnam War veteran, says the gate, if it stays, will change the way residents and the public have accessed the lakeshore since his family arrived in the 1960s.</p>

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Hitting a roadblock
May 12, 2014 9 p.m.

Hitting a roadblock

Gate is at center of public access spat

Property owned by Kootenai County with 90 feet of shoreline on Black Lake is at the center of a dispute between neighbors over public access.


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