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Workers try to fix McEuen ‘Rainbow’

Above, you'll find two photos by Loren Benoit/Coeur d'Alene Press to illustrate this article.

Sunlight glinted off Randy Pettyjohn's sunglasses as he was hoisted on a boom several feet in the air. "Good thing it's a nice, cool day today," he joked Friday afternoon. "It's a little hot, but I'm enjoying it. I don't think I'm going to the gym tonight." He stretched skyward with a piece of lightweight PVC pipe, slit on one side, to snap onto the cables of the "Under the Rainbow" sculpture at the entrance of McEuen Park at Fourth Street. Pettyjohn and his boss, Sam Carlino, had a big job ahead of them: to brighten the "Rainbow"/Devin Heilman, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Can "Under the Rainbow" be fixed to your satisfaction?



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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