North Idaho Eye Institute to open Hayden clinic

The Hayden clinic for North Idaho Eye Institute will open Monday, July 1, at 8378 Government Way. The 7,000-square-foot new building includes 11 exam rooms, a LASIK room, a visual field testing room, staff offices and support areas.

Also with clinics in Coeur d’Alene (since 1966) and Post Falls, services include general eye care (exams and screenings), cataract and LASIK surgery, retina and glaucoma, glasses and contacts. The LASIK surgery practice will be expanding.

Doctors and surgeons include Sara Duke, Whitney Smith, David Dance, Drew Thomas, John Weisel and John Calderwood. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Phone 208-209-7100. Check www.northidahoeye.com.

BMC building a new facility

BMC (Building Material Construction), a leading national provider of diversified building products and services to builders, contractors and professional remodelers, recently broke ground on a new five-acre, 23,000-square-foot facility at 8228 N. Huetter Road (off Prairie Avenue). In the fall it will replace the current facility at 505 W. Kathleen (west of U.S. 95).

The products and services include lumber, sheathing, engineered wood products, exterior and interior doors, custom millwork, siding, trusses, windows and decking. The company has places in 18 states with its headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. Locally, phone 208-664-9104.

New positions will be available with the new facility. Check www.buildwithbmc.com.

7/20 Haberdashery opens on Fourth

Offering men’s clothing and tailoring, 7/20 Haberdashery is opening at 202 N. Fourth St.

Tailoring for 49 years for men and women, owner Luis Alejandro Gomez said he saw a need for a full-service men’s clothing store. The “7/20” part of the name comes from July 20th being the date for he and his wife Shannon’s birthdays and the wedding anniversaries for them, his parents and his godparents.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 Sundays. Phone 208-964-7392. The website under construction is www.720haberdashery.com.

Ironfish Auction Gallery on Fourth

Offering online auctions, Ironfish Auction Gallery has opened in the Looking Glass Antiques building at 848 N. Fourth St.

Owners-operators Jeff and Heather Caton and James and Jenny Supp offer estate liquidation services, consignment, appraisals and consultations. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 Sunday.

Phone 208-758-7887. Check www.ironfishauction.com.

Now for the Tidbits

- A sign on property in the northwest corner of U.S. 95 and Wyoming Avenue says “Equipment Hayden” and “Landlock Marine.”

- A Belle’s Brunch House restaurant and a Chops butcher shop will open in Lancaster Center at U.S. 95 and Lancaster.

- A fourth Beau Monde clothing store will be at 810 N. Fourth St.

- Surf Shack is coming to the former Dairy Queen building on Appleway.

- Black Lodge Brewing will open in July at 204 N. Third St.

- Shiki Sushi will be on Sherman.

- Coeur d’Alene Paving and CDA Redi Mix are building a new place at 3110 N. Government Way.

- Bear Paw Cookies will be in Riverstone.

- A Hardwick & Sons hardware store is coming to Post Falls.

- The Bier Haus will be in the former Camera Corral building at 515 Sherman.

- Shopko’s last day is today. The optical department will move to a new location. No news on what will occupy the Shopko building.

- STCU will open a Bonner County branch in Ponderay Tuesday and one in Rathdrum later in the year.

- Wake Up Call Coffee will be in the former Taco Time building at 2517 N. Fourth.

- The new Bakery by the Lake will be on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive.

- Aesthetica Skin & Beauty Bar will be at 1111 E. Sherman.

- A Maverik gas station-convenience store is under construction at the southwest corner of Government Way and Dalton Avenue.

- AutoZone is building a new place at Highway 54 and Sylvan Lane in Athol.

- A new pub-eatery will open next to Vertical Earth on East Sherman.

- Release Float Spa will be at River City Plaza off Highway 41.

- New places are coming to The Northern at Coeur d’Alene Place on Ramsey Road.

- A new place for bank cda (no caps) will be in Post Falls.

- Coeur d’Alene Vision Source is building a new place at 3879 N. Schreiber Way.

- Docu Driven offers records management and document scanning at 401 E. Front. Details next week.

- Staybridge Suites hotel is under construction in Riverstone. A Marriott Fairfield Inn is planned for nearby on Ironwood.

- A new building for Idaho Central Credit Union is under construction at 1327 W. Appleway.

- Bi-Mart will open a new store in the former Stein’s Family Foods building at 16102 N. Highway 41 in Rathdrum.

- Usually we try to run the W’s (what, where, when, who) of a new place the Sunday before it opens and tease it in Tidbits the weeks before.

- When the first Mass was held at the burned Notre Dame Cathedral, a Spokane TV station ran a printed line saying “Notre Damn.”

- Mark your calendars for the Tubbs Hill cleanup 9 a.m. to noon Monday, July 8 (after the July 4 mess). Trash bags, coffee, lemonade and ice cream will be provided.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.