Parting Shot — 11.13.14

Lakeland Junior High School teachers Jeni Nelson, left and Taylor Skidmore congratulate each other after a marathon ticket scratching during the Idaho Lottery annual Scratch for Schools event in at The Coeur d’Alene Inn Conference Center in Coeur d’Alene today. More than 50 northern Idaho area schools compete for the title of fastest scratching school and win cash for their classroom or school needs like playground equipment, books for their library, or computer learning software. This year, a record 440 schools statewide are set to compete for an estimated $100,000 in winnings. They scratched an estimated 19,000 tickets during the two-hour event today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)