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Doug Bressie and his children enjoy a group hug while posing for a photo in his kids’ earlier years. From left: Dusty, Oscar and Derringer, with Bressie, behind.

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A FATHER'S  FIGHT  Part Two: A Family Shattered
April 30, 2018 1 a.m.

A FATHER'S FIGHT Part Two: A Family Shattered

In the beginning, more than a decade ago, there was just Doug Bressie, a single dad who owned a Post Falls plumbing business as he raised three children between Post Falls and the family retreat — a log cabin near the small logging town of Emida, 30 miles south of St. Maries. He was in the process of building a house there, with a valley view, not far from Sanders Road.