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Cutting Trees

In this Feb. 5, 2015, SR file photo, a few large trees were left on the dike road along the west side of the campus of North Idaho College after city crews thinned the canopy to comply with federal flood control regulations. (Jesse Tinsley)
In this Feb. 5, 2015, SR file photo, a few large trees were left on the dike road along the west side of the campus of North Idaho College after city crews thinned the canopy to comply with federal flood control regulations. (Jesse Tinsley)

Be sure to recall
before striking the blow --
they come down real fast,
but they go up real slow.

The Bard of Sherman Avenue

D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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