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(Photo by MARY MALONE) Each year over Memorial Day weekend, the communities around Priest Lake come together to show off Idaho’s “Crown Jewel” and to fund community projects. The first festival was held in Coolin in 1963, and in addition to the annual Saturday parade and Sunday fun run, the event includes an arts and crafts fair with more than forty vendors who bring their handmade wares to sell, pancake breakfasts, bake sales, a quilt display, the Lions Club Kids’ Carnival, and more. New this year, celebrity chef Scott Hill will be barbecuing brats and dogs on Saturday a…