Beat the heat

Here’s a look at how people are escaping – and embracing – the heat wave that’s sweeping over the Spokane area.

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Sun., July 9, 2017

Angie Koep, of Spokane Valley, Wash., bites into cake ice cream with animal cookies from Brain Freeze Creamery, July 7, 2017.

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Joseph Mason, 8, relaxes in an inner tube on the shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene.

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Jerry Vanbavel rests in the heat on Friday. Vanbavel was in Post Falls selling food at the annual Post Falls Festival. The former tar roofer likes drinking whiskey and staying in the shade on hot days.

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GO TO THE LAKE Austin Bucknu, 2, plays in the river near Post Falls on Friday.

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People relax by lake Coeur d'Alene on Friday near North Idaho Community College.--

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