Three local champions of the arts were awarded Wednesday evening during the 19th annual Mayor’s Awards for the Arts. About 150 people gathered at the Hagadone Event Center to recognize this year’s recipients. Honored for their contribution to the arts were, from left (excluding Mayor Steve Widmyer, second from right): Stephen Shortridge, Excellence in the Arts; Jeni Riplinger-Hegsted, Arts in Education; and Ruth Pratt, Support of the Arts. Coeur d'Alene Today report here.