A crowd of about 100 people showed up for the official ground-breaking for McEuen Field in Coeur d'Alene this morning. Major pieces of the $14.2 million makeover will be a promenade along Lake Coeur d'Alene, a grassy amphitheater, a large children's playground and summer splash pad, and new paths, parking lots, picnic shelters and restrooms. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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