The people (who voted) have spoken

Since I filed this column several hours before the polls closed yesterday, no Wednesday morning election quarterbacking will be included. I’m hoping that humility, grace and respect will accompany all of the newly-elected and re-elected when they take the oath of office in January 2024. God bless America.

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With election day just past and Veterans Day coming up, my appreciation to all who voted, all who stepped up to put their name on a ballot and to the veterans who through the generations have served to make and keep our country the land of the free.

To all who’ve served and serve in the Armed Forces, we thank you.

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Before you attend one of the many Veterans Day ceremonies in our communities this weekend, here’s a suggestion for breakfast. One of my favorite fundraisers is this Saturday, from 8-11 a.m. The Pleasant View Community Association's fall Cowboy Breakfast is a great opportunity to enjoy breakfast, including homemade biscuits, jam and honey butter, while benefiting the restoration and maintenance of the historic old school.

The school is a registered Idaho Historical site and a registered National Historical site. Tour the building and meet friends old and new. 18724 W. Riverview Drive, Post Falls. Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, extra biscuits for the jam and honey butter, coffee, juice and hot chocolate. $10/person, family prices available. $2 discount for veterans!

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Happy Main Street birthdays today to Keith Allen, Joanne Wilhelm, Jens Jensen, Jeff Tucker and Aaron Birdsall. Tomorrow, Jim Addis, Nancy Henry, Austin Gardner, Todd Tondee, Ben Rae, Lori Sherfey, Janine Avila, Gary Ulvan, Matt Lyman and Dennis Hall will celebrate. On Friday, Jeanne Norton, Beverly Pogue, Kathleen Tillman, Bret Bowers, Marlow Hendricks, Doug Eastwood, John Evans, Dale Broadsword and the U.S. Marine Corps, celebrating 248 years of honor and tradition. Semper Fi. Marking 11/11 birthdays on Saturday are Ruth Pratt, Ellen Jaeger, Tim Mitchell, Eugene Boyle, Aaron Roberts, Amy Colbert, Ruth Morrow, Kim Malar-Currie, Kelli Fahy, Heather Bryant, Keith Boe and Emilia Ovstedal. On Sunday, Faith Mitchell, Chris Arnold, Polly Johnson, Marshall Mend, Dana Ryan, Greg Gervais, Robert Lantz, Antigone Twidt, Brenda Murphy and Amanda Behringer put on their party hats. Monday birthday wishes to Matt Backs, Cheyenne Tate, Desiree Janke, Timarie Lindquist, Tonya Yost, Kim Boise (50!), Margaret Ogram, Jennifer Currie and Jeannette Laster. Best wishes to Mamie Johnson, Jane Hansen, Joan Antonich, Jill Satterly, Tim Curry,  Ann Jaworski and Robert Chatters on Tuesday.

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Kerri Rankin Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. Main Street appears every Wednesday in The Press and Kerri can be contacted on Facebook or via email mainstreet@cdapress.com. Follow her on Twitter @kerrithoreson.