Hux Redux: Greyhound Park Snub

In this July 20, 1993, SR file photo, Tyler Ferguson, left, and Joey Jones get acquainted with greyhounds from Canadian Kennels at Coeur d’Alene Greyhound Park. Students and staff of the Coeur d’Alene Association for Handicapped Recreation visit the park as part of a summer program for the handicapped.

Another story that I wrote 25 years ago for the Coeur d’Alene office of the Spokesman-Review:

Playing second fiddle to Coeur d’Alene is one thing; doing so to the tiny community of State Line is quite another. Some Post Falls business people feel their town has been doubly snubbed by developers of a greyhound race track on its western flank. Not only is the track to be named Coeur d’Alene Greyhound Park, but now, Post Falls Chamber of Commerce members have learned track promotional material will identify its location as State Line, Idaho. “Hopefully,” chamber President Jim Kickinson said addressing a luncheon meeting Tuesday, “the race track will be a smashing success and we will get the overflow in terms of lots of jobs and people moving into the area.” A number of chamber members groaned when Dickinson pointed out that developer Duane Hagadone wasn’t going to change his mind about the track’s name.

Question: Am I the only one who ever won money at the greyhound park (during the one day that I attended races there)?