Richard Roesler

Li Yan Sheng plays a bamboo flute for his long-lost friend, Patricia Zhang. The two were schoolmates in China 30 years ago. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

1. Jim Beebe, a Yurok Indian, is one of the few Indian logging contractors on the reservation. He works alone and can make $350 a day. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Joe Chapman plants trees west of St. Maries. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Cookies and ballots Marylee Schaffner, center, and Melody Wight. along with 2-year-old Samantha Wight, are ready to greet voters at the Wight residence Tuesday. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Mother's Day in North Idaho: food, family and, for some, firearms. Cars filled the National Guard Armory parking lot in Post Falls on Sunday as gun aficionados turned out for the Post Falls Kiwanis Mother's Day gun show.

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Attorneys for Idaho death row inmate Don Paradis hope public concern can save their man. Can it happen? Yes, albeit rarely, say death penalty experts. Here are two cases where public outcry set convicted murderers free:

Bonner County schools have a new superintendent. The Bonner County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire Californian Max Harrell, 52, to head the district. The vote ended a six-month search.

1. Don Paradis 2. Don Paradis appears in court in 1980. File/The Spokesman-Review

Coeur d'Alene Tribal Judge Wanda Miles is out of a job, after losing a tribal "vote of confidence" 143 to 104. "I really don't know what the tribal members' personal issues with her were. But nobody's ever going to be 100 percent happy with a judge," said tribal communications director Donna Matheson. "If they have to go before her, they're not going to say 'Thank you for that six months."' It was the first test of a year-old tribal law requiring a referendum on new judges after one year. In essence, judges are on probation and tribal members have a chance to pass judgment on them.

Two incumbents have won re-election to the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribal Council. Councilwomen Norma J. Peone, 43, and Marjorie Matheson Zarate, 42, both of Plummer, were elected to new three-year terms. Tribal communications director Donna Matheson said election workers tallied ballots throughout the night Saturday.

Sunday found Ed Rivers sitting at home, a nervous man. Last Monday, he'd entered a weeklong fishing derby on Lake Pend Oreille.

Above, Ozzie George chats at Spokane Raceway Park. Below, George fires up his modified '74 Vega. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Councilman Chuck Reitz stands in the Morning Club. Services such as the club would be imperiled, officials say, if Mullan were to disincorporate. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Under pressure. Bill Farley talks with his wife, Louise, during her first treatment in Shoshone Medical Center's hyperbaric chamber Friday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

While the elephants trumpeted, the donkeys heehawed. Republicans toasted recent political victories Wednesday night with several GOP luminaries at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Leonard Browning of Spirit Lake stands next to his bulldozed land. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

A Sandpoint High School junior died Sunday of injuries suffered in a car wreck. Kenneth G. Stafford, 17, was thrown from a car when it slid off Baldy Mountain Road in Sandpoint shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday. His neck was broken, and he never regained consciousness. The 1984 Datsun sedan was driven by 18-year-old Talea L. Morgan of Sagle. She was taken to Bonner General Hospital and treated for a concussion and ear lacerations.

Mike Prokop and others concerned with violations of handicapped parking law met with Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Dave Scates during a roundtable discussion Thursday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Lawerence Aripa, an elder in the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, receives an honorary degree from North Idaho College's Steve Schenk Wednesday in Sacred Heart Medical Center as tribal member and NIC trustee Jeanne Givens looks on. Aripa, 69, has been hospitalized for heart problems. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

When the smoke cleared, the only things Kurt and Barb DeHart salvaged from their burned home were a few pieces of firescarred pottery. Clothing, food, furniture - everything was destroyed in the March 14 fire, started by a clothes dryer.

Ellis Vawter of St. Maries puts together the latest creation from his home shop. This one, which was made from old plywood, scrap metal and a rotisserie motor, was set up at the gas atation in Rose Lake. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Alfred Nomee stands on Coeur d'Alene tribal land. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Four North Idaho cities will split $1.5 million in state grants to pave dusty roads, fix leaking sewers and boost feeble water pressure. Spirit Lake, Dover, Athol and Post Falls have been awarded so-called community development block grants to fix problems they otherwise couldn't afford to. Roughly $7.5 million in block grants, funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, was approved for 26 cities by Gov. Phil Batt last week. Spirit Lake was the only community in the state to get two grants: $500,000 for street work and $139,085 for construction of a senior citizen center.

Benewah County gun supporters say they'll go to the voters, since officials are unwilling to touch even a watered-down gun measure. "I'm looking forward to election day," said Ken Rouw, president of the Tenth Amendment Coalition. "That was really our plan to begin with," said Rouw. "We figured we'd see how the political landscape was here first."