Dixie Reid

Personal: Age 52…born in Coeur d’Alene…attended North Idaho College and University of Idaho…volunteer for the Coeur d’Alene Public Library and chairwoman for its site selection committee, Idaho Association of Cities board of directors and its legislative committee…worked for Chapman Design for six years and this year opened her own interior decorating firm - Dixie’s Inside Connection…16 years on the City Council, married, three grown children.

Issues: Sewage and stormwater treatment and disposal, street construction, street maintenance, protecting the aquifer, getting a handle on property taxes, looking to the business community for ways of operating more efficiently, joining forces with other agencies where there is duplication. , DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Photo