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Wild Harrison Calming Down

On any given weekday, this quiet little town nestled on the eastern shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene is sprinkled with a handful of tourists enjoying the lake and the trail of the Coeur d'Alenes. But come to town on any summer weekend and Harrison is transformed into, well, a boater's party town. "It really is a tale of two towns," explains Paul Hoskinson, president of the Harrison Chamber of Commerce. "If you want backwater come down here mid-week, but if you want the rodeo, come on a weekend." Over the years, Harrison has become known for its weekend wildlife, but recently the town's leaders have made it a point to temper some of the wildness with structured events almost every weekend of the summer. "This was the wild, wild west in the '70s," Hoskinson said. "But we've had about three or four years now where the civil unrest has come to an end for the most part"/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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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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