CdA Wins Red Kettle Showdown

Major John Chamness told HucksOnline moments ago that Mayor Sandi Bloem and Coeur d’Alene won the Salvation Army Red Kettle bell-ringing contest Saturday by collecting $5532.54, while Mayor Mary Verner and Spokane raised $1263 (for a total of 6795.54). Above, in a Salvation Army Kroc Center Facebook photo, Mayor Bloem is shown at the Coeur d’Alene Fred Meyer with Charlie Miller, manager of the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation, and the sixth-grade choir of Lakes Middle School.