Talk:Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

message: Coeur d'Alene is an up and coming area of northern Idaho.  In the past year it has shown a 7.8% growth rate.  It has an unemployment rate of only 2.9 %.   The median home price is only $137,399 making it very affordable.
It has a world famous golf course with an island green that has made the cover of many golfing magazines and calendars.  Coer d' Alene is a beauiful place to visit and a great place to live. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.232.39.246 (talk • contribs) 01:16, November 23, 2005  (UTC)
::I'm not sure what you consider "world famous", but I've never even heard of the course you talk about, let alone any major course in Idaho.  Probably the most famous island green is the 17th green at TPC Sawgrass.  You're talking about Idaho, about 25 counties in the U.S. are larger.  Keep it realistic.  Then again, I'm from Miami, and when you call something "world famous", you better damn well mean it. ReignMan (talk) 06:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The above is a good example of content that should not appear in an article (should anyone be tempted to add such stuff.) Dxco 06:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree. And that information must be out of date or something, because the average home cost is closer to 250,000, and while the town WAS very affordable to live in as long ago as five years ago, thats hardly the case anymore.--67.22.38.204 23:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, a very good example of content not to be found on an article. Although this doesn't matter, I've been to Coeur d'Alene on many occasions before and it seems to me quite the opposite on current things. --Thekittybomb 20:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  no original research 

message: The Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy is a high school as well as a middle school. I should know, I go there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hattusa (talk • contribs) 05:51, October 18, 2006  (UTC)
:Indeed, and it has been appropriately added to the article. -134.50.19.140 (talk) 22:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  charter academy 

message: I don't think this picture should be on here.  It has nothing to do with the city of Coeur d'Alene.  I've got pictures of the city online on Picasa but I've collected a lot of them online...I didn't take them myself.  What's the policy on adding pictures to a Wikipedia page?  Also, there's several available at Coeur d'Alene's Chamber of Commerce website.  We need to delete the Kelso one though; again, it has no relevance to this page. Jordancda 05:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kelso Lake??? 

message: hi, I'm working on the German article about CDA... From the figures, there seems to be a decline in population and I'm wondering why... In 2005 there were about 40,000 people but for 2007 the FAQ on the website state that the population is 34,514 (http://www.coeurdaleneidaho.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=37&MMN_position=97:97). This is confusing to me since the PacNorthwest in general is a fast-growing region...  Are we talking about the same thing?;-) Did they change boundaries or something? Is one of the figures not accurate? Or is CDA really loosing population? Please help me out;-) --X-Weinzar 11:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cities grow and they shrink, and then there's also the issue of estimations vs. census data.  Probably a little of both.ReignMan (talk) 06:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  population 

message: When I searched for a source to sight the guy we had listed as northern Idaho athelete of the year (Joseph Wolfe), I found a list of northern Idaho athelete's of the year, and like a third were from this city and he wasn't one of them.  Northern Idaho isn't all that large population wise, so it makes sense, and I removed Joseph Wolfe since, even he did win and that list is wrong for some reason, I'm willing to bet so did many others from the city.  Did I make the right choice?  I could be completely wrong about this, and there could easily be more than one award by the same name, too, anyone have a second opinion? the lists ♦ Flffy'd ♦ 21:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Northern Idaho Athlete of the Year

message: I noticed that someone added Patty Duke to the page. I live in CDA, and wanted to add a few more, such as John Elway, Dennis Franz, Viggo Mortensen, Jake Plummer, and Ben Stein. I've met and/or seen most of them, and heard from others that the rest live here, unfortunately, I can't find definitive proof that they indeed live here. I'm rather new as a contributor, and just wanted advice as to whether or not I should add them without verification. Should I search property records? Any advice would be appreciated. Trystian Sky (talk) 18:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Famous People in CDA

message: This is not particularly important, but
Coeur d'Alene is mentioned also in the song 'Poet's Heart' by Kate Wolf (perhaps her most famous song).
Tapio Kotilainen (talk) 10:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: In Popular Culture

message: The French pronunciation is -len (/də-lɛn'/), so I'm surprised that the American pronunciation is -lane (/dəˈleɪn/).  With a google search, I've seen -len, -lane, and -lin.  Can someone from there actually confirm that residents really do say -lane?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.78.249.3 (talk) 02:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a local pronunciation only. And the local historians don't exactly know how it ended up that way either. A fluke of local dialect only. But since it's a proper name at this point, it should be pronounced "d'lane" if you are referring to the city and "d'len" if you are speaking French. 76.178.169.118 (talk) 22:46, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: The mention of the International Baccalaureate program being removed from CHS due to lack of funding in the Education section is unsourced, and I can find no corroborating information.  In a search on the CHS website, I still found references to current IB classes.  
http://chs-cdasd-id.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1236521104539
This link mentions IB courses, but does not actually list any.  
http://chs-cdasd-id.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1251955169231
This link is the course list for a current teacher at CHS, and the IB History of the Americas class is mentioned.  
The information available from the CHS website seems to point toward a reduced number of IB classes in comparison to Advanced Placement or Honors courses, but there is no way to infer that the program has been discontinued there, and certainly no way to say why it was discontinued (lack of funding or otherwise).  
The entire Education section about Coeur d'Alene is unsourced, but the rest of the information is more or less verifiable with a simple search of the Coeur d'Alene schools' websites.  However this statement about discontinuing IB at CHS has no information to back it up from what I have been able to find.  I recommend removal, unless it can be verified.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.179.68 (talk) 00:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  International Baccalaureate at Coeur d'Alene High School 

message: Do I land in spokane, rent a car & drive or can I hop another flight to the local airport? Thanx guys. Hanz ofbyotch (talk) 15:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How do I get there? 

message: Surely there must be a better photograph of the city than the one featuring the railing of a parking garage roof. 
MarkinBoston (talk) 19:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor photo 

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message: , . .  and many more all over the US, France, the UK, India etc. Doug Weller talk 15:26, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
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message: The lead paragraph states that Coeur d'Alene is French for "Heart of an awl."  WTF? Awls dont have hearts even metaphorically.  The link to Coeur d'Alene people states that the name in the Coeur d'Alene native language means ""The Discovered People" or "Those Who Are Found Here"."
So is the "awl" nonsense?  Anyone know? Ecphora (talk)
: The French fur traders gave the indigenous people the name "Coeur d' Alene", which explains why it is a French phrase. Having "the heart of an awl" is a very old French metaphor that means "a shrewd trader". The locals were very tough traders, demanding much value in return. The local tribe has unfortunately lost their heritage name, if they ever had one. They were a relatively small tribe and mostly kept to themselves. Titles like "the discovered people" are anachronistic. They simply don't know enough of their own history to say what their ancestors called themselves, if anything other than "people" or "tribe". Considering their relative isolation and small size, it's unlikely they ever developed an identity strong enough to give it a unique name. 76.178.169.118 (talk) 22:46, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heart of an awl???? 

message: Please list the temperatures yearly, monthly, daily. 104.35.79.130 (talk) 22:01, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  List Temperatures year round