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PM Headlines — 5.17.10

Amidee
Amidee "Ace" Walden, a longtime banker, community leader and philanthropist from Coeur d'Alene, laughs as he is greeted by almost 100 people at his 100th birthday party Friday, May 18, 2007 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. He greeted his wellwishers, many in their 80s and 90s, by name, told jokes and stories of the Coeur d'Alene area before WWI. JESSE TINSLEY The Spokesman-Review (Jesse Tinsley / The Idaho Spokesman Review)

Amidee "Ace" Walden, a longtime banker, community leader and philanthropist from Coeur d'Alene, laughs as he is greeted by almost 100 people at his 100th birthday party in May 2007 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Today, Ace turned 103, according to Kerri Thoreson/More Main Street here. (SR File Photo/Jesse Tinsley)

Question: Would you like to live to be 100, if you had a choice in the matter?



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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