Feature Photos - February

<p>Emma Lees, 13, of Calgary Canada leaps high on the balance beam during the 14th Great West Gymfest on Saturday at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Convention Center. Lees is just one of thousands of athletes competing this weekend.</p>

<p>The Great West Gymfest hosts athletes from 11 states and also Canada. These talented young athletes compete in the balance beam, floor exercise, vault, and uneven bars.</p>

<p>Officer J.D. Putnam releases Megan Spradlin, left and Alexus Holbert from handcuffs after a posed photo following the Post Falls High School Dance Team’s flocking the Post Falls Police Department. Megan and Alexus, members of the Post Falls High School Dance Team snuck onto Police Department on Thursday night and put pink flamingos on their front lawn “holding them hostage” until they made a donation. The Post Falls Police Association donated $100 to help send the Post Falls High Dance Team to the basketball state championships in Boise.</p>

<p>Noah Garrett plays Michael in Lake City’s “Dancing at Lughnasa.”</p>

<p>Lee Brack tells his three and a half-year-old yellow lab, Katie, to sit while they play fetch on the North side of Tubbs Hill on Tuesday night. Brack and Katie walk around Tubbs Hill every morning at 6 a.m.</p>

<p>Mia Sutherland and Caden West dance the foxtrot during a ballroom dancing performance at Ramsey Magnet School of Science on Wednesday afternoon.</p>

<p>Brenna Cowan, dental hygienist at Avondale Dental Center in Hayden Lake, inspects the teeth of Connor Hay, 9, during their annual event Give Kids a Smile Day on Friday. The office has been participating in the American Dental Association sponsored event for about 15 years, offering nearly $30,000 worth of free dental services just this year.</p>

<p>Nica DeGuzman, 11, of Richmond Canada performs her floor routine and scores a high 9.6 on Saturday at the Great West Gymfest at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.</p>

<p>Cpl. Michael Lininger, with the Idaho State Police, conducts a search of a vehicle after a traffic stop resulted in a drug arrest Tuesday on the Sherman Avenue exit ramp of Interstate-90 in Coeur d’Alene. After the driver gave a false name, it was discovered the male’s license was suspended. Upon further investigation, methamphetamines, syringes, a pipe and other drug paraphernelia were found in the vehicle.</p>

<p>The Lake City Harmonizers’ DéjàVu Barbershop Quartet, made up of Jon Kolp, far left, Bob Thackston, second from left, Joe Lykins and Jim Peters, far right, sings a Valentine song during a stop at The Press on Monday afternoon. The group is now taking orders for “Singing Valentines” that includes a two-song performance, candy a balloon and a personal card for $40. Performances will occur on Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14. For more information call 208-667-6209.</p>

<p>Coeur d'Alene resident Mark Arbic takes advantage of a sunny day and searches with his metal detector for hidden or lost objects on Saturday at City Park in Coeur d'Alene. "I've just found pocket change so far…when you find a gold coin it's like the Holy Grail!" Says Arbic.</p>

<p>Heather Pritchett smiles as she's handed home made chocolate mousse by Bret Sommer, owner of Mrs. Honeypeeps Sweet Shop, during the Chocolate Affair on Friday evening in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Lauri Carlson of Coeur d'Alene sits with her Yorkshire Terrier, Kozy, at Crickets Restaurant on Tuesday night to watch the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Carlson takes her dog every year to Cricket's dog show viewing party.</p>

<p>Nico, a 5-year-old service dog that is part pinkingese, poodle and pug, waits at a bus stop, with her owner nearby, in a fluffy pink coat Thursday near the intersection of East Locust Avenue and Third Street in Coeur d’Alene.</p>

<p>A pair of pigs graze in a pasture Tuesday in the Cougar Gulch area.</p>

<p>Chad Schearer speaks to more than 400 people at the funeral of Buck Knives Chairman, Chuck Buck, on Friday afternoon at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls. Buck passed away on February 6th at the age of 78.</p>

<p>TJ Bomar, left, and Mike Parmenter, landscapers at the Coeur d'Alene Resort work together to do the "weekly wash-down," said Bomar, on Wednesday morning.</p>

<p>Ashlynn Hartley and Mark Holeck run through the mouse trap station at the Jump Rope for Heart event at Ramsey Elementary on Friday afternoon. Second through fifth graders collected sponsorship to participate in the event which raised money for heart disease.</p>

<p>William Rutherford, principal at Fernan Elementary, prepares rattlesnake in the school’s kitchen on Tuesday for the upcoming Wild Game Feast fundraiser that will benefit their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program. Tickets for the February 21 event at Avondale Golf Club are $75. For more information call 664-2659.</p>

<p>Sue Coon braves the rain with her umbrella on her walk home on Monday afternoon in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>Robbie Jensen, a sixth-grade student at Lakes Magnet School, right, drives his team’s underwater robot, Tardis, as seventh-grade classmate Taylor Pressdee helps keep the attached cable from tangling during a test run of their Sea Perch with a group from Gizmo Tuesday at the Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene. Students will be competing in a regional competition, sponsored by the U.S. Navy, that will include about 30 teams from Idaho and Washington on February 21. The competition will judge performance through a timed obstacle course that includes controls like steering and liftin…

<p>Logan Robillard listens for instructions from the professional dancers teaching the fifth graders at Ramsey Magnet School of Science ballroom dancing on Wednesday afternoon. The dancers from the National League of Junior Cotillions and the fifth graders ended their four weeks of lessons with a performance.</p>

<p>Tammy Swamstorm, manager of Coeur d’Alene Jifi Stop, buys $10 worth of Powerball tickets at the end of her shift on Wednesday afternoon. The Powerball jackpot is an estimated $500,000,000, the third largest in the game’s history and the fifth largest in the history of the world.</p>

<p>Morgan Casson, a third-grade student at Mullan Trail Elementary School in Post Falls, is The Press Kid Scoop winner for January.</p>

<p>Barbara Rostad, left, and Judy Edwards, of the Coeur d’Alene Chapter of the Sons of Norway prepare Norwegian meatballs for their annual lutefisk and lefse dinner that will take place on Feb. 21st at 12 p.m. in the Odd Fellows lodge in Post Falls. The family-style dinner will include meatballs, potatoes, carrots, pickled beets and sandbakkels with ice cream. Adults, $17; youths 6-18, $7; 6 and younger, free; and $45 for parents and their youths. Lutefisk and lefse will be for sale, as well as fishballs, Kalles Smoked Roe and Norsk miscellany. Reservations are needed by Feb. 17. C…

<p>Asher Garrett, 2, reaches for a slice of juicy pineapple from Ed Ducar, director of the Coeur d'Alene schools meal program, at the Health GPS event on Tuesday at Lakes Magnet Middle School. The event was held to educate children in the community on nutrition, exercise, bike safety and more.</p>

Dental Party

<p>Post Falls Middle School sixth-grader Damon Rosenau smiles at his classmate Nathanal Thomas when he realizes how heavy a fire fighter's jacket is, on Wednesday at the PFMS career day. Students listened to presentations given by representatives of many different careers such as hair dressers, law enforcement, fire fighters, attorneys, and more.</p>

<p>Piper Glover, portraying the part of Christine, left, and Apollo Rose, as Gerry Evans, perform their parts during a dress rehearsal of Lake City High School’s production of “Dancing At Lughnasa” Monday in Coeur d’Alene. The show opens tonight.</p>

<p>Betty Hollingsworth sings as her daughter Jane Smith plays the guitar and accompanist Kathryn Robison plays piano during her 101st birthday celebration Friday at Kootenai Health’s McGrane Therapy Center in Coeur d’Alene.</p>