Mrs. O and I officially concluded the summer by attending the Master Class Big Band concert at City Park Sunday. Despite battling cancer, Chris Guggemos of Handshake Productions, Coeur d'Alene's Music Man, brought Coeur d'Alene/Hayden area residents another summer of good, free music. Chris joined Master Class to sing the final stanza of the final song of the season Sunday, Louie Armstrong's "It's a Wonderful Life." He told the appreciative crowd that he's facing surgery soon, but plans to be back for a 26th season of music in the parks next summer. I look forward to that. Now, it's time to face autumn and the final months of the 2016 political season. Here's your Wild Card ...

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