Wild Card/Tuesday — 7.5.11

Dunno which was cooler during the 4th of July Parade — Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem riding on the back of a motorcycle per usual or North Idaho College prez Priscilla Bell at the wheel of a monster truck. Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce deserves major hat tip for one of the finer — if not the finest — parade I’ve seen in my almost three decades in the Lake City. Interesting entries from front to back, including marching bands, 3 Red Hot Mamas knockoffs, floats, Shriners on their various vehicles, and the flyover that launched the parade. Very swell time. Now for your first Wild Card of a short week …