Shirley and Chuck Young are not your ordinary great-grandparents. The North Idaho couple are raising their four great-grandchildren, ages 5 to 9. They’re praying to live long enough to see the children, who spent two years in foster care, through to graduation. Sunday, in the first installment of a two-part story in The Spokesman-Review, photographer Kathy Plonka and reporter Alison Boggs document the Youngs’ struggles and triumphs.

• Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR
• Hundreds mourn murder victim/Alecia Warren, CdA Press; KXLY story
• Warm, sunny conditions expected through weekend/Mike Prager, SR
• LCHS pitcher tosses one-hitter; CdA loses/Greg Lee, SR
• CdA, Lewiston lose in state baseball tourney/SR
• Bonner County police log/SR
• Sandpoint Chrysler dealer to remain open/Conor Christofferson, Bonner County Bee

Question: Do you know any Seasoned Citizens who are forced by circumstances to raise their grandchildren.

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