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Parting Shot — 6/27/07

Meghann Cuniff's story re: the Kroc Center ground breaking this p.m. follows:


Dick Haugen cell phone photo

An old gravel pit near a busy Coeur d’Alene road will be transformed over the next 18 months into a world class community center – the first of its kind in the region and one of a number of major public projects civic leaders say bring unprecedented opportunities to the area. City officials gathered with other supporters of The Salvation Army Kroc Community Center Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site, near the corner of Ramsey and Golf Course roads. The ceremony culminated more than a year of fundraising that brought in more than $6 million. Coupled with a $64 million endowment, the money will build a 116,000-square-foot community center, complete with swimming pools, a gymnasium, indoor track, meeting and event space, a rock-climbing pinnacle, an outdoor amphitheater, an indoor playground and 400-seat chapel and performing arts center. Half of the endowment goes to keeping the center open after it’s built. Construction is expected to begin within a week.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.