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SR: CdA Persevered To Build Kroc

Posted by DFO

May 13, 2009 9:02 a.m. • 0 comments

The writer Henry Willard Austin once said that what appears to be genius is often “but perseverance in disguise.” Coeur d’Alene may have relied on both to bring the city’s impressive new community center to reality. A measure of good fortune helped, too. Officially known as the Salvation Army Kroc Corps Community Center, the $38 million facility opened its doors Monday to a boisterous turnout that proves a quarter of a century without such a facility was not due to any lack of public interest/SR Editorial Board. More here.

Question: Now that the Kroc Center & CdA library have opened to rave reviews, are you more enthused and supportive of the proposed Education Corridor?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.