Incoming Coeur d'Alene High School freshman and CDA Reads volunteer Jewel Martin, 14, finishes spooling floss sugar around paper cones to make cotton candy Thursday during the last day of the 2023 CDA Reads program. This was Jewel's third summer volunteering as a mentor.
July 28, 2023
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July 28, 2023 1:07 a.m.
Reading: It's a splash
CDA Reads program celebrates last day with fun, food, firefighters
A throng of children chanted: "Water! Water! Water!" After a quick countdown, Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder unleashed 500 gallons of water on dozens of elementary and middle school kids who cheered, squealed, danced and pranced about beneath the cooling shower from the fire engine. "We love it," Hyder said with a big smile. "It's just a drop in the bucket for us."