Feature Photos - December 31

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A simple, warm white light display at the corner of 9th Street and Foster Avenue in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A stand of trees at Ponderosa Spring Golf Course is silhouetted against a colorful sunset Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A male belted kingfisher is perched on a road sign Monday near the shore of Fernan Lake. A kingfisher’s diet consists mainly of small fish, but they have also been known to hunt other aquatic organisms, lizards and insects.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Mark Magill, instructor of the North Idaho College automotive technology program, reacts as student Rob partridge nearly finishes shaving his head Monday in the school shop. Magill agreed to shave his head if the students reached their fundraising goal of $500 for a charity of their choice. The automotive students raised $550 for Press Christmas For All throughout the month as part of No Shave November.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Jeremiah Rodriguez, a sophomore at New Vision High School in Post Falls, waters a table of poinsettias Monday during class. The school’s annual poinsettia sale runs Wednesday through Friday from noon-4:00 p.m. and next week Monday through Wednesday from noon-3:00 p.m.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Taidyn Daniels, a fifth grade student at Ramsey Magnet School, balances a dowel with a ball of clay near the top during a lesson in physics Friday during an school wide science lab day.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A worker with Merwin’s Repair and Towing hooks a chain to a piece of heavy equipment while working to turn a truck trailer upright after it tipped its load of logs Wednesday at the intersection of Highways 41 and 53 in Rathdrum. Traffic was affected for about two hours. No injuries were reported.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Cole Gregory, 7, ducks behind a large snow ball as his dog Cali approaches from behind after retrieving a tennis ball Friday while the two play in the snow in a church yard in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Hazel Kunkel, a first grade student at Sorensen Magnet School, opens a letter she received from Santa Friday while dressed as a Who from Dr. Suess’ popular book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” during Christmas celebrations at the Coeur d’Alene school.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A transient kneels as personnel from both the Coeur d’Alene Police Department and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office approach him Monday in a lot south of Tesoro near the 2300 block of Sherman Avenue. The man was reported to have made threats in an area business which prompted a phone call to law enforcement. When police arrived on scene, the man held a knife to his own neck. He was transported to Kootenai Health for a mental health evaluation.</p>