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Goedde Wants To Honor Medal Winners

If legislation backed by Coeur d'Alene Sen. John Goedde is enacted, Idaho would rename the stretch of state Highway 3 from I-90 south through St. Maries and to its junction with Highway 12 between Orofino and Lewiston as the “North Idaho Medal of Honor Highway.” Goedde, a sixth-term Republican, said, “I was approached by a couple of veterans groups prior to the passing of Vernon Baker, to acknowledge Idaho's Medal of Honor winners. There are still two or three living Medal of Honor winners in North Idaho - it seemed appropriate. We've done that kind of thing before, and there'll be no expense to the state if veterans organizations want to put up signage”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here. (SR file photo: Jesse Tinsley)

Question: Would it be better to simply name the roadway Vernon Baker Highway?



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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