HomeStreet expanding next month

A mortgage lending office of HomeStreet Bank in Suite 106 at 1900 Northwest Boulevard will expand to a 2,000- square-foot space upstairs at the end of February.

Manager Natalie Overturf leads five people in the Coeur d'Alene branch, and five more employees will be added. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays with evening hours added by appointment. Phone 664-6630.

HomeStreet Bank started in 1921 as Continental Mortgage & Loan and changed to Continental Savings Bank in 1986 and to HomeStreet Bank in 2000. Based in Seattle, it has 45 branches in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii and Idaho with more than 1,000 employees. Check www.homestreetbank.com.

Arrow Construction Supply moving

The end of February also is the moving completion date for Arrow Construction Supply from 6520 N. Government Way to 11400 Warren St. (formerly Appleway Homes), Hayden. The company offers concrete accessories, decorative concrete supplies, asphalt products, erosion control products and geosynthetics.

Based in Spokane, Arrow came here in 2001 and also has stores on Highway 95 north in Ponderay (just past the new Big R) and at 9915 E. Trent Ave. in Spokane Valley.

With six employees, the Hayden store is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Manager is Tim Broesch. Phone 772-4076.

New-2-You Thrift closing

A going-out-of-business sale benefitting victims of domestic violence will close the New-2-You Thrift store at the end of the month. It has everything from knick-knacks to furniture.

Located at 1034 Third St. (behind JoAnn Fabrics), hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Phone 665-2010.

Bear Paw Quilting to celebrate

The 10th anniversary celebration for Bear Paw Quilting & Bernina will be this coming weekend.

The store started in Sunset Mall and moved to 600 W. Kathleen Ave. (north of Fred Meyer) in 2009. With 10 employees and more than 20 instructors, the store offers cotton fabric and Bernina sewing machines and quilting and sewing classes. Owners are Sandy Langston and Kathryn Boss. Phone 664-1554.

Now for the Tidbits

- Rumors are that ShopKo will build a 35,000-square-foot store in St. Maries next year. With 136 stores in 13 states, ShopKo began in 1962. Its headquarters is in Green Bay, Wis.

- MoonDollars Coffee House in Post Falls has closed.

- Bullman's Wood-Fired Pizza in Riverstone now has an opening date of March 1.

- Some of us go inside our financial institutions rather than use the drive-through to get the free coffee.

- "Blonde" is a female noun and is spelled "blond" as an adjective for a male noun. Light-hair-colored people often are called towheads, derived from the freshly cut end of a log before it is towed to the truck. Speaking of hair, intelligent people have more zinc and copper in theirs.

- Change your Ipod's name to Titanic so it'll sync.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.