Note: I'll edit the full interview by mid-afternoon and repost it.

Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review

Bob Macdonald, left and Doug Eastwood both from Coeur d'Alene were involved in the development of Centennial Trail from its infancy.

D.F. Oliveria: When did you arrive in Coeur d'Alene and from where?
Doug Eastwood: I arrived in July 1978, from Los Angeles (West Covina). I was with the L.A. County Parks and Recreation for almost six year. I decided Los Angeles was getting too crowded. I had a cousin who ran a masonry department in Spokane. He put me to work as hod carrier. It took me a short time to determine that job wasn't meant for man or beast. The city of Coeur d'Alene was advertising for a landscape technician. I interviewed and we've been married ever since. My wife of 33 years, Dee, saw the ad.

DFO: When did you become the parks and cemetery director?
DE: In 1983-84, when the city split the parks and recreation department -- and moved the cemetery into the parks.

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