Movers and Shakers October 26, 2011

Angela Erickson becomes first female president of NIBCA

The North Idaho Building Contractors Association, a nonprofit trade association dedicated to promoting and protecting the local building industry, held its monthly general membership meeting on Oct. 19, which also included the election of new board members and officers.

The NIBCA membership in attendance elected board members and for the first time in the history of the association, elected an associate member as president of NIBCA.

Angela Erickson of Panhandle State Bank also became the first woman ever elected to the office of president for the NIBCA.

Erickson has been associated with Panhandle State Bank since 2005 in increasingly responsible positions. She serves as vice president/commercial loan officer at PSB, and acts as a resource and specialist throughout the community bank's three-state region.

Erickson is an 18-year member, Past Distinguished President and current board member of Kiwanis of Coeur d'Alene. She has been an active volunteer with the NIBCA since 2005.

Dutch Bros. Coffee will release second comic book

Dutch Bros. Coffee will release the second issue in its highly popular comic book series, Dutch Bros. Freedom Fighters, which follows the adventures of Mad Cow, Princess Penny and Pez.

In honor of its release date on Monday, the second Freedom Fighters issue will feature a Halloween-themed plotline.

Freedom Fighters is the brainchild of Brant Boersma, who is editor-in-chief.

"The first edition of Freedom Fighters was so well received by our customers, we were psyched to put our heads together and brainstorm for the next one," said Boersma. "We hope our fans enjoy the spooky element we've added in for Halloween."

Dutch Bros. will distribute 70,000 copies of Freedom Fighters for free at each of its nearly 170 drive-through coffee stands in Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona.

The first issue of the comic book debuted on April 1 of this year.

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