"This is my playground," said Chuck McClain on Wednesday while checking out the scene on Lake Coeur d'Alene that will host the Diamond Cup hydroplane races this weekend. Ready or not, here come the hydroplane races. Scott Maben SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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