HUCKLEBERRIES: An election to remember
In fall 2010, Mayor Ron McIntire chats with customer Darwin Grant at his Super 1 Foods in Hayden.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Founder Richard Butler at the 2000 Aryan Nations parade on Sherman Avenue.
World War II hero Vernon Baker talks to senior Nancy Pilkington after a Coeur d’Alene High presentation.
Commissioner Dan Green hugs his son, Brett, after 2011 swearing-in ceremonies.
Soapbox Association racers zoom down Foster Avenue hill, from left, John Wood, David Weitz and Sandy Emerson.
Robert and Beverly Davis at 24-hour Davis Donuts counter.
Frog racers in November 1958 (from left): Tootie James of KZIN, “Press” Presley of Roundup Tavern, Mike Franksen of the Hitching Post, Pat King of Coeur d’Alene Press, Bill Rhodes of KZIN and beer distributor Bill Jones, the winner.
Mayor Ray Stone dedicates $3.75 million Lakeside Avenue revitalization project on the eve of the 1993 municipal election.
It wasn’t much of an election race. But it received national media attention.
No debates were staged for the 2003 Hayden mayor’s contest. The incumbent, Ron McIntire, was confident that he and the community would win —– and wasn’t surprised when he collected 91% of the vote.
His opponent, Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, got 50 votes, or 2%.
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