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| Kerri Thoreson |
Kerri Thoreson
A year as a community ... together
Here's to all of you
It's tradition to spend the final days of each year looking back to see how far we've come. As I wrote in my own Christmas letter this year ... for me 2004 will forever be defined by family.
We traveled, we laughed, we celebrated and mourned; as a family ... together.
And while I'm grateful to a family who for the most part allows me to share their lives with the readers of this column, I'm also grateful to all of you who invite me to share your joys and sorrows, successes and laughter in print each week. It reinforces that 2004 will also be defined by community ... together.
Here's a Happy New Year to all of you whose names and stories appeared in Main Street this past year:
Jackie & Steve Parker, Cyndie Hammond, Dean Opsal, Mary McCormick Hughes, Gladys Schneidmiller, Wilbur and Florence Mead, Susan Jacklin, Darrell Whitesitt, Doug Woods, Jim Guindon, Jim Reynolds, Gary Miller, Jim Johnson, Rocky Watson, Kim Brown, Jeannie Peugh, Mary Schell, Donna Rae Sweeney, Jack Hatch, Pete and Delle Thompson, Frank Henderson;
Tom Burnette, Duane Hagadone, Rosa and Donald Dolph, Robert and Sharon Bateman, Bradley and Valda Pfundheller, Thomas, Lori and Nathaniel Schnebly, John, Sandy and Melissa Goedde, Gene and Shirley Fuson, Ed Adamchak, Robert Bird, John Boraas, Joan Gordon, Phyllis Johnson;
Richard Dyseng, Eric Youngson, Myron and Dorothy Fay Higbee, Art and Dixie Hoffman, Kelly Hughes, Evelyn Adams, Paula Laws, Marilyn Deutsch, Gus Johnson, Doug Frymire, Katie Brodie, Claudia Brennan, Rick Currie, Dick Panabaker, Sandy Bloem, Ron Edinger, Al Hassell;
Marguerite Johnson, Elmer Currie, Ben Davis, Jennifer Lockwood, Yvette, Joseph, Elexis and Yvonne Spier, Karynae, Timothy, Claracy, Garryth, Sebastian, Mclain, Thaliya, Kayler and Riyanne Harrington, Don and Louise Mitchell, Glenna Henderson, Sharon Kohls, Pam Lager;
Don Lohman, Edie Cutting, Mike Jacobson, John and Helen Centa, Dick Harris, Hilde Kellogg, Bob Potter, Lacy Erickson, Claire Bennett, Adrianna Bucholtz, Mike Kennedy, Anna Pearce, Loretta and Gene Reed, Valerie Wilcox, Jim Hammond, Tracey Brown, Kristi Kuhn, Jennie Lindburg;
Yvonne Boursse, Joe Clay, Fern Sutton, Floyd Garner, Don Gross, Doc Ellis, Ann Ware, Nora Horn, Wes Miller, Jeannette Judd, Helen Jeske, Kelly Marange, Julie Fertig, Kim Harmon, Beve Roots, Steve Holloway, Sina Grace, Paulette Volkoff, Donna Traver, Mark Hilditch, Peggy Fairfield;
Rhonda Hayes, Ron Kocsis, Tia Flynn, Kathy McKahan, Mary Beth Hassell, Mary Ward, Tambra Maple, Julie Head, Jan Young, Pearl Bouchard,
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Rita Tubbs, Evalyn Adams, Keith Ekness, Candy Holstein, Kami Estes, Rhonda Paulson, Larry and Ruby Stoker, Mike Wytychek, Mike Jarrett;
Wayne and Sammie Mussatto, Pam Pereira, Oskar Owens, Harry Erwin, Jack Harper, Kate McCamment, Emily Schneidmiller, Kristi Kuhn, Savannah Petit, Marisha Cunliffe, Lisa Schultz, Rachael Batchelder, Alec Hanson, Isaias Hernandez, Russ Stanley, Debbie Brown, Julie Tastad;
Rich Piazza, Lyndon Harriman, Mike Piper, Charles Eberle, Lonne Jordahl, George Flett, Stephen Shortridge, Chris De Rosie, Cliff, Jeanne, Jennifer, John and Natalie Hayes, Stephanie Smith, Brett Schneider, Randy and Pat Rector, Kevin McCarty, Joshua McKay, Keith Rector, John Andersen;
Misha Andersen, Nicolas Andrews, Rodney Andrews, Justin Buck, Christoper Burns, Patrick Dicksen, Scott Hall, Jesse Harbrige, Tiernan Ketchum, Matthew Lewis, Samuel Lewis,Tim McCarty, Vanessa Smith, Virginia Taylor, Tyson Watson, Stephen and Melissa Clark, Dick and Shirlee Wandrocke;
Stephen Gregory, Shelley and Archie McGregor, Darcy Humphrey, Karen Ebert, Shelly Stapleton, Robin Renaldo, Jackie McGregor, Shawn Walters, Kristi Wear, Erin Branson, Staci Modrell, Doug Spencer, Kianna Dian Nelson, Randy McKahan, Rita Preston, Debbie Tschauder, Dianne Gordon;
Erin Peters, Angela Knott, Ruby Rose, Eva Angst, Dorothy Moudy, Sharon Crum, Bea Clark, Lorraine Wallace, Jim Reynolds, Thelma McPoland, Alta Turpin, Bryan Sullivan, Sharon Culbreth, Kathy Sims, Butch Otter, John Ryan, Janet Jones, Jenna Umthun, Betty Hays, Cindy Powers Angelo;
Cathyanne Nonini, Dallin Baird, Sue Ballinger, Tamara Tschauder, Denise Durflinger, John Lynn, Kezia Drumwright, Rachel Collins, Merle Hedge, Katie Hunter, Gary Blake, Keith & Jean Anyan, Jayme Smith, Chalee Atkinson, Ivor Bauman, Martha Finch, Thelma Willy, Mae Omodt, Lois Brown;
Bonnie Jensen, Ruthie Johansen, Violet Phillipson, Jean Albers, Elizabeth Catte`, Dorothy Dunsmore, Bill Flanders, Marykay Hansen, Rosalie Jidov, Ray Mobberly, Mary Ellen Moran, JC Sams, Theresa Thomas, Pat Sanborn, Helen Hall, Mary Cochranne, Holliday Sanderson, Neal Roberson;
Ellen Snider, Marv Fenn, Jack Andrews, Haldis Kurz, Ray Grannis, Dennis Wheeler, Sue Ballinger, Jack and Mara'd Sjostrom, Pepper Smock, Brietta, Rick and West Leader, Sue Thilo, Lori Shepherd Gravelle, Keith Shepherd, Larry and Debra Shepherd, Paul Deckon, Dr. Thomas DeTar;
Marvin and June Goecke, Andy and Lenoire Anderson, Darick Pope, Bev and John Snider, Kris Stemmene, Melissa Ehrmantraut, Danielle Drapeau, Riley Ehrmantraut, Bradlee Drapeau, Bruce Reed, Elizabeth MacGregor, Tammy King, Chick and Pat King, Marvin and Sharon Erickson;
Lee Lorenz, Leigh LeGore, Ian Waltz, Dana Whalen, Dawn Smith, Jeri Shafner, Nancy DiGiammarco, Bill Reagan, Jonathan Coe, Christina Hatfield, Connemara Reisinger, Rich Houser, Darren Krier, Rex and Barbara Symons, Ron and Karen Ouren, Lola Hagadone, Dave Matheson, Sue Waltz;
Maria, John, Jaron, Iliana, Kyra and Amara Schwartz, Shellie, Tariq and Jazlynn Vasquez, Nicole, James, Gauge and Ivy Odekirk, Jacquie, David and Jazzlyn Hooker, Mike Valente, Don and Sharmon Schmitt, Don Solzman, Tom Cronin, JD and Bess Lee, Mike and Jill Kincade, George Rodke;
Chris Halloway, June Reynolds, Marge Chadderdon, Blake and Luke English, Reiley and Ryan Chapman, Jane Quinn, Elizabeth Larsen, Pat McGaughey, Dr. Burnett, Dr.Cooke, Dr. Pataky, Bruce and Erik English, Rick Seward, Dusty Rhodes, Rollin Putzier, Joe Toffelemire, Dave Schlotthauer;
Michelle Schultz Bell, Janelle Ruen, Austin Lee, Jan, Michelle, Dani and Erika Olsen, Holly Bowen, Stephanie Zoldak, Jordan and Todd Brownlee, Garrett Deuber, Donna Euler, Berni Dami, Chris Pappas, Kathy Martin, Karen Sines, Dennis Franz, Ellen Travolta, Jack Bannon, Patty Duke;
Dexter Yates, Dick Haugen, Jerry and Ellen Jaeger, Nancy Flagan, Mary Sanderson, Sherry Lenarz, Katie Sayler, Jo Ann Nelson, Roberta Larsen, Lori Mayfield, Ruth Pratt, Rhonda Fristoe Ellis, Bobbi Howard Peppin, Kelly McCandless Edwards, Donna and Monty Montgomery, Vivian Eastwood, Jamie and Dean Hirsch, Joe and Mary Lou Dion.
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne
And here's a hand, my trusty friend and gie's a hand o' thine
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet for auld lang syne
Kerri Rankin Thoreson is the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune and a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. "Main Street" appears in The Press every Wednesday. Kerri can be reached at rkthor@webtv.net.
