<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Tori Sims, 5, right, thinks about what she is going to write in her letter to Santa Claus as her sister Hailey, 7, scribes her note at Ponderosa Elementary's Christmas festival Thursday in Post Falls. Students were able to write letters to Santa or soldiers, have their pictures taken with Santa, choose a free book and enjoy Christmas cartoons, cookies and milk during the event sponsored by local businesses and hosted by middle school honor roll students.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Power lines frame the moon at twilight Friday over Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Bob Wilson, playing the role of Santa, sits with Sally Klumpe's Siberian Huskies Rocky, left, and Freckles as they wait for their portrait session with Rainbow Photography to begin Thursday at the Kootenai Humane Society Thrift Store in Coeur d'Alene. Pet owners were albe to bring in their animals for a portrait with Saint Nick with proceeds benefiting the Humane Society.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Crombie, an American Staffordshire and Labrador Retreiver mix, waits for Kootenai Humane Society Thrift Store shoppers to come and pet him Thursday as Samantha Whitehead, 12, right, her sister Kristin, 16, and mother Christina visit with another dog available for adoption from the Kootenai Humane Society.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Fifth-graders Chandler Roberts, right, reacts after Anneliese Slattery buys a fistful of candy canes Thursday at Mullan Trail Elementary in Post Falls. The fourth grade students are selling candy canes for $.25 each to help benefit Toys for Tots. The sale will continue through December 15.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Dalton Bly, foreground, and Matt McDonald work on the construction of their holiday scene Friday engineered and built with the 2,400 cans of food allotted for each of the nine teams in a company-wide competition at Endentics in Post Falls. The company purchased 22,000 cans of food at a discount from Super 1 Foods in Post Falls and Walmart at Stateline for the holiday event. After the teams are judged on their project's color, structural integrity, and engineering sophistication, all the food, as well as cash won by teams, will be donated to the Post Falls Food …
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Power lines frame the moon at twilight Friday over Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Bob Wilson, playing the role of Santa, sits with Sally Klumpe's Siberian Huskies Rocky, left, and Freckles as they wait for their portrait session with Rainbow Photography to begin Thursday at the Kootenai Humane Society Thrift Store in Coeur d'Alene. Pet owners were albe to bring in their animals for a portrait with Saint Nick with proceeds benefiting the Humane Society.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Crombie, an American Staffordshire and Labrador Retreiver mix, waits for Kootenai Humane Society Thrift Store shoppers to come and pet him Thursday as Samantha Whitehead, 12, right, her sister Kristin, 16, and mother Christina visit with another dog available for adoption from the Kootenai Humane Society.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Fifth-graders Chandler Roberts, right, reacts after Anneliese Slattery buys a fistful of candy canes Thursday at Mullan Trail Elementary in Post Falls. The fourth grade students are selling candy canes for $.25 each to help benefit Toys for Tots. The sale will continue through December 15.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Dalton Bly, foreground, and Matt McDonald work on the construction of their holiday scene Friday engineered and built with the 2,400 cans of food allotted for each of the nine teams in a company-wide competition at Endentics in Post Falls. The company purchased 22,000 cans of food at a discount from Super 1 Foods in Post Falls and Walmart at Stateline for the holiday event. After the teams are judged on their project's color, structural integrity, and engineering sophistication, all the food, as well as cash won by teams, will be donated to the Post Falls Food Bank.</p>
Slice of life images found while out and about in Kootenai County.