<p>Standing next to her mother Lyndsey Osborn on the Coeur d'Alene Resort lawn, Hailie Velasco, left, reads an excerpt about her fight with Type 1 diabetes. Hailie went before the Coeur d'Alene City Council to ask Mayor Steve Widmyer to proclaim Nov. 16-22 as Coeur d'Alene's Diabetes Awareness Week, which falls in the month of November, Diabetes Awareness Month.</p>
November 17, 2016
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November 17, 2016 8 p.m.
Resort goes blue for diabetes awareness
COEUR d'ALENE — Hailie Velasco stepped to a lectern set up near The Coeur d’Alene Resort clock tower Wednesday night and proceeded to start a group countdown.