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Wild Card/Tuesday — 7.5.11

Dunno which was cooler during the 4th of July Parade -- Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem riding on the back of a motorcycle per usual or North Idaho College prez Priscilla Bell at the wheel of a monster truck. Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce deserves major hat tip for one of the finer -- if not the finest -- parade I've seen in my almost three decades in the Lake City. Interesting entries from front to back, including marching bands, 3 Red Hot Mamas knockoffs, floats, Shriners on their various vehicles, and the flyover that launched the parade. Very swell time. Now for your first Wild Card of a short week ...



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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