🌱 How a 94-year-old Hayden native preserved Hayden Lake’s forgotten stories

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• How a 94-year-old Hayden native preserved Hayden Lake’s forgotten stories

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.
• Thursday: Glimpses of blue sky, temps: high: 68, low: 46.
• Friday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 74 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Author's history book added to NIC library (cdapress.com) — Hayden and Hayden Lake residents now have their local history preserved at North Idaho College’s library, thanks to 94-year-old Hayden native Barbara Bennett. Her book, “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives,” chronicles Hayden-area families and the origins of places like Hayden Lake, and is now available to the public as a genealogy and local history resource.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Hayden

• Columbia Distributing Announces Strategic Investment in Hayden Beverage to Expand Pacific Northwest Platform (wineindustryadvisor.com)
• News Briefs for June 2, 2026 (shankennewsdaily.com)
• The Best Night Sky Events for June (cdapress.com)

Coeur d'Alene

• Chip Shots June 2, 2026 (cdapress.com)
• Coeur d'Alene City Council to decide future of well sites at Tuesday meeting (krem.com)
• Coeur d'Alene Tribe receives health service award (krem.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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