Feature Photos - March

<p>Figpickles Toy Emporium employee Carlin Mitchell tests out a toy outside Figpickles in downtown Coeur D’Alene on Friday. Mitchell says “The only good way to know the product is to play with it.”</p>

<p>Chase Gornick, 14, spends his Friday morning fishing at Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake.</p>

<p>Elk graze in a field Monday in the Cougar Gulch area south of Coeur d’Alene. Approximately 80 head of elk were seen in the area in the afternoon.</p>

<p>An officer with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department and a firefighter with the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department speak with the elderly driver of a mid-size sedan that crashed into Cedar Mountain Supply near Government Way on Monday. After complaints of neck pain, one woman was transported to Kootenai Health as a precaution.</p>

<p>Emergency crews respond to the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Interstate-90 near Post Falls on Monday. Traffic in the westbound lanes was backed up for abut four miles as crews worked in the area. The cause of the accident is under investigation.</p>

<p>Coeur d’Alene School District board of trustees vice-chair Dave Eubanks, dressed as Capt. Peter C. Sorensen, who built the first steamboat used on Lake Coeur d’Alene, left, introduces local historian Robert Singletary, representing Civil War Col. William P. Carlin, prior to a presentation to eight-grade social studies students at Lakes Magnet School on Monday. The program, Idaho History Week, included the pair traveling to area schools to present information and slide shows on the early history of Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p> Mr. X the Math Magician, Bob Bishop, holds up a can for his final act on Thursday at Garwood Elementary School in Rathdrum. Bishop has been visiting schools as Mr. X for 25 years to share with children his motivational workshop and to "bring wonder back to mathematics," Bishop said.</p>

<p>Sixth-grade math teacher at Lakes Magnet Middle School, Kristin Odenthal (3) and eighth-grade English teacher at Canfield Middle School, Jodi Booth (15) scramble for the ball during the Minnow Madness game at Lakes Middle on Thursday in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Brynlee Frost, 9, makes her way through the ropes course Monday at Triple Play in Hayden. The ropes course is one of the newest attractions and opened on Friday.</p>

<p>“Of all the times I’ve come out, I’ve never been skunked,” says Andy Anderson of a spot of the Spokane River at Corbin Park after casting his line on Friday in Post Falls.</p>

<p>A vehicle rests partially inside the Bookworm after crashing into the book store Friday afternoon on Fourth Street in Coeur d’Alene. The driver, who was parked, was reported to have accidentally slipped control from the brake to the accelerator causing the accident. No injuries were reported.</p>

<p>An elk pauses while grazing with others south of Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>Charlene Holbrook, communications manager with the Post Falls Police Department, right, and volunteer Doug DesChamps visit with a recipient of the Post Falls Senior Center Meals on Wheels program while dropping off a food at a Post Falls home on Monday. Local law enforcement and city officials participated in the delivery of meals as part of March for Meals month.</p>

<p>Eighth-grader at Canfield Middle, Brock Mills runs past the Lakes Middle students to fire up the crowd at the Minnow Madness basketball game.</p>

<p>Brian O’Conner cheers on daughter, Cannie, 8, as she advances toward the next platform of the route.</p>

<p>Jeff Kimble, truck driver for M and L Construction, fills out a form near the scene of a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highway 53 and Pleasant View Road on Wednesday afternoon. Kimble drove into the ditch in an effort to avoid colliding with a vehicle that was stopped on Highway 53 waiting to turn. The semi struck the rear passenger side of the stationary vehicle causing moderate damage to both vehicles. No injuries were reported.</p>

<p>Steve Seiver balances on a crosswalk signal post while performing extreme calisthenics that he refers to as a street workout on Thursday in downtown Coeur d’Alene. The personal trainer has been practicing this type of exercise for about a year.</p>

<p>A Kootenai County Fire and Rescue firefighter sprays water on a home at 6608 Davenport during a controlled burn on the structure, that was donated for training purposes, in Dalton Gardens on Tuesday. Neighbors said the property owners plan to build a new home on the site.</p>

<p>Shirley Thagard reads quotes from “Pieces of a Puzzled Mind” by Jeannie Seely during an event celebrating the role of women in history Wednesday at the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>A male that was involved in a two-car collision on highway 53 holds an ice pack to his forehead just north of the roadway Monday. Idaho State Police is investigating the cause. Minor injuries were reported.</p>

<p>Hunter Schlager, 6, watches as Shelby Eddy, 8, reacts while holding a baby rubber boa at the Idaho Fish and Game “Creatures of the Night” wildlife exhibit Monday during Fernan Elementary’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math science night in Coeur d’Alene. Nearly 300 students and their families attended the event that also featured demonstrations and exhibits from Gizmo, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Mobius Science Center, North Idaho College and a falconry expert.</p>

<p>Post Falls High School senior Carter Mattson interviews with a professional about business management at the Reverse Job Fair on Wednesday at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. Area high school seniors made booths displaying their career interests and were interviewed by volunteers who have experience with the students desired field.</p>

<p>Shananigan’s Toy Emporium customers eat ice-cream in the 70 degree weather on Friday.</p>

<p>City Worker, Darrell Brunetti shoves branches into a wood chipper as Nick Goodwin prunes a tree to get the area ready for spring on Wednesday near the public library in Coeur d'Alene.</p>