For Jim Elder, it was time to pass the torch. The Fernan Lake Village mayor, volunteer, land donor, business owner, and board member finalized a deal to sell Cricket’s Downtown Bar and Grill on Friday, passing the Sherman Avenue fixture he has owned since 1985 to one-time dishwasher turned bar manager Rico Ciccone. So for Ciccone, 34, that means he has big shoes to fill. He knows that. He won’t change much/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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