Community Thanks July 31, 2010
KGSA: Season went awesome
Kootenai Girls Softball Association just completed its 2010 season. We had almost 300 K-9th grade girls from Kootenai County playing on 24 teams in 4 divisions. The girls played almost 170 league games and then ended the season with a year end tournament and T-ball Olympics on our home field at Finucane Park in Hayden Lake.
The KGSA board would like to thank the coaches and league volunteers for their countless hours they gave to the girls and the league. They are great people and invaluable to the league.
We would also like to thank our sponsors - ABCO Recycling, Applebee's, Big Horn Plumbing, Car Clinic, Electric 1, Grace Tree Service, Hallmark Homes, Integrity Steel Builders, Jan Jesberger Insurance, Kimmel Athletic, Legend's Photography, Local 77, Miller-Stauffer Architects, Nielsen's Flooring America, Northern States Security, NW Center for Sleep Medicine, Parker Toyota, Premier Electric, Panhandle State Bank, Specialty Gas Service, T & L Enterprising LLC, Triple L Plumbing, UPS Store - Post Falls, Wesco and Jim Koon's Wolf Pack. These kind and generous people allow us to keep the fees reasonable for the girls and provide a great league for them.
The league would like to thank our major scoreboard sponsors - LP Link (Jon and Kari Wilson), Parker Toyota (Jim and Diane Parker) and Premier Electric (Travis and Debbie Smith) and the minor scoreboard sponsors - CDA Crush Softball, CHS Booster Club, H & H Express, Jan Jesberger Insurance, Kimmel Athletic and Pioneer Title. The scoreboards help make the experience better for the girls.
Finally the board would like to thank the following people for their support to the league - Ron Reno, Suzie Cano, Wade Holecek, Jennifer Arrotta and Stefan Chatwin from the city of Hayden, Frank Granier and the Coeur d'Alene Press, and Kirk Rade at Sign Solutions.
RICK RASMUSSEN
President - KGSA
DONATIONS: Made trip possible
Hi everyone! My name is Nikole and you may remember me knocking on your door over the last few months and asking for donations to help me get to Europe (Representing the U.S. in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales). I had the time of my life! I rappeled off a castle wall, went in a mud bog and rode the tallest Ferris wheel in the world (443 feet High). I stayed a couple days with an Irish family, had a medieval supper and spoke with a prime minister.
There was so much packed into my 19-day trip, that I have not even been able to finish sharing photos and stories with my family. Though my luggage had gotten lost and not returned until the day after I returned home, and our groups were forced to spend an overnight in Chicago due to storms and then split up to take different flights on to England... I finally made it there! I also made it back safely and thank everyone for their prayers.
I want to thank my church, family friends, neighbors and local businesses that allowed for this amazing and unforgettable experience to become a lifelong memory. Thank you again for your donations. Every donation big or small made this possible. I especially thank Mike for his help and my mom for her relentless support.
Love to all.
NIKOLE
Post Falls
LIFE: Received second chance
My name is Jack Jones and 10 weeks ago I received a second chance in life from a total stranger. But, first let me start at the beginning.
Two and half years ago I was diagnosed with kidney failure and was kept alive through dialysis, three days a weeks, three and a half hours a treatment. I want to say "Thank you" to each and every one of you who touched my life during these last few years. To my dialysis buddies, thanks for helping to make those treatments an enjoyable time. Dominic and Al, you are always with me in spirit. The laughs, jokes and pranks were always something to look forward to. Terri, Leslie and the gang at the Fresenius Medical Center Post Falls were wonderful and really helped me to adjust to dialysis. Felicia, Kach and Chris helped me to settle in when I transferred to Liberty Dialysis in Hayden. A very special thank you goes to my nephrologist, Dr. Sherwin Foster and to Laura Triphahn, PA-C at North Idaho Nephrology. Without his quick assessment and Laura's watchful eye, I wouldn't be here today!
My living donor was found through a wonderful organization called the Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation at www.floodsisters.org. After testing for seven months, we finally met two days before the transplant.
The transplant team at UWMC in Seattle, are some of the best people in the world. I will always be grateful to them for providing both top notch pre- and post-operative care.
I am presently "making friends with my new kidney" and am looking forward to a healthy new beginning.
Thank you all and Sincerely,
JACK JONES
Blanchard