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PM Headlines — 5/18/09

Chuck Young along with his great-grandchildren, from left Keira, Macaylee, Brayden and Destiny wait at the Social Security office in Coeur d'Alene on March 13, 2009 in order to obtain the proper documents for an Idaho Identification card. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-Review (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Chuck Young along with his great-grandchildren, from left Keira, Macaylee, Brayden and Destiny wait at the Social Security office in Coeur d'Alene on March 13, 2009 in order to obtain the proper documents for an Idaho Identification card. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-Review (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

Chuck Young along with his great-grandchildren, from left Keira, Macaylee, Brayden and Destiny wait at the Social Security office in Coeur d'Alene earlier this spring in order to obtain the proper documents for an Idaho Identification card. Alison Boggs and photographer Kathy Plonka have been telling the compelling story of how Chuck and his wife, Shirley, are raising four great-grandchildren here, while Chuck battles lung cancer here. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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