On Thursday night, Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson was in the dunk tank busy raising money for River City Leadership Academy's scholarship fund for Post Falls High students. Sez Kerri: "And the water was warmer than the air after we were wet."

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HucksOnline numbers (for Thursday): 11,445/6552, (for Wednesday): 13,663/7495, and (for Tuesday): 14,683/7502