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| Kerri Thoreson |
Fortune smiles without win
As most of you know by now, I did not hold the winning ticket for either Wednesday or Saturday's Powerball drawing. I'm pretty sure I'm not even related to the Nebraskan who's now $365 million richer. But I received a couple of fun e-mails after last week's column appeared. Esther Webb didn't read the paper until after it was too late to buy a ticket on Wednesday but she thought my wish list of things to do with the money had merit so she said a little prayer wishing me luck. Kim Brown of the soon-to-be-displaced Post Falls Historical Society said I now joined many loyal society members who've been buying lottery tickets hoping to fund a museum for Post Falls. Hope is indeed eternal.
And even though the National Endowment for Financial Education reports that 70 percent of those who become suddenly wealthy squander their fortune within a few years, I'd make a real effort to be among the other 30 percent.
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If you heard trombones on Monday, it was probably in honor of one of my favorite Marines celebrating his 76th birthday. And good wishes for many more to Rick Seward. Semper Fi!
Tracy Dickinson celebrated her birthday on Feb. 15 and the next day celebrated the birth of new daughter Morgan Sabelle Dickinson. Tracy and J.D. have now evened the gender playing field in the family as Morgan joins sister Jaqueline and brothers David and Wyatt.
And combining babies, birthdays and Presidents Day ... the Monday birth announcements in The Press showed a slight lead for the boys and some names which could be deemed downright presidential. Greyson Cole Hoffman, born Feb. 2 to Peggy and Jon Hoffman of Coeur d'Alene and Owen Douglas Forsman, son of Katie and Travis Forsman, also of Coeur d'Alene, who arrived on Feb. 8, have very presidential sounding names. Equal time ... I have to give Azlyn Razelle Van Valkinburgh and her parents, Melissa and Michael Van Valkinburgh, points for a name that includes the seldom used letters "z" and "v" and over half the letters of the alphabet.
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Al Williams of NIC spoke to the Post Falls Chamber yesterday on the subject of team building. Great guy with an interesting background. Loved his observation about the value of being a good listener. Said Al, he doesn't know anyone who can learn something while they're talking.
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Spotted on Hwy. 41 ... personalized Idaho wildlife plate on a silver Mazda Tribute reading GATOR. Now that's a species probably not found in the Idaho wilderness.
Kerri Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. "Main Street" appears in The Press every Wednesday. Kerri can be reached at rkthor52@aol.com or www.kthoreson.com.
