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Vacation Wild Card No. 8 — 5.28.09

Work, of sorts, beckons this morning as I will be part of a discussion panel with Councilman Mike K for Leadership Coeur d'Alene re: the electronic media. I signed up before I decided to take a week and a half off. I had to cancel an online discussion with U.S. Sen. Jim Risch on Wednesday. But I didn't want to leave the Leadership Coeur d'Alene organizers in a lurch. I was part of the first Leadership Coeur d'Alene class, in 1985. Jim Coleman/JUB, banker Allen Baldridge, insurance broker Bob McNabb & Marilyn Deutsch/Jacklin Seed were part of my class. The goal of Leadership Coeur d'Alene is to introduce future community leaders to movers and shakers involved in a variety of important tasks, from education and transportation to local government and media. Some of my class went on to bigger and better things. Others moved from the area. I'm still trying to make something of myself. Now, for your 8th of 11 vacation wild cards ...



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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