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Mrs. Leroy Dixson of Dixon’s Drugs in Rathdrum prepares an ice cream soda in April 1971.

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How Coeur d’Alene obtained Salvation Army center

Christmas 2006 arrived early for Sandi Bloem and Coeur d’Alene. On May 1, 2006, then Mayor Bloem and 100 supporters jammed the old City Council chambers to learn the fate of the city application for a Salvation Army Kroc Center.