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Kerri Thoreson
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The importance of a jury of our peers
Back in June, around the date of summer’s official start, I received a jury summons in the mail.from Kootenai Coun…
Let humanity transcend politics and parties
On Nov. 22, 1963, I was an 11-year-old sixth grader in LaHabra, Calif. I recall being in the cafeteria and getting ready for my duty as a student lunch-ticket-…
Decades fall by wayside at reunions
There's magic in the annual gathering of vintage Vikings whose high school years were half-century or more ago. We see each other as we once knew each other, w…
Freedom's cost borne by hometown heroes
As we prepare to celebrate America’s 248th anniversary of independence we need also to remember over two centuries of selfless service to country by those who …
Passing the parade baton
No matter how the town has grown or changed the Fourth of July parade is a constant, a slice of Americana that for a couple of hours on Coeur d’Alene’s “Main S…
Summer has arrived. Finally!
Happy first day of summer tomorrow, when we'll receive the gift of sunshine and temperatures in the 80s after a chilly wet first part of the month. Summer sols…
Cars, cruising and stories to tell
Cars are coming to downtown Coeur d'Alene by the hundreds. Thousands of enthusiasts will enjoy Car d'Lane's Friday night cruise on Sherman Avenue, the Saturday…
Graduates, look around the room
In recent years I invited my village of friends, many of whom are actual long-ago classmates of mine, to give sage advice to the new crop of high school gradua…
To be loved by a dog is a gift
She was the best dog, the very best dog, actually the best dog ever ... all 6 pounds of her.
Serving the voters; observe, don't celebrate
Each election year, this column is filed on Tuesdays, long before the polls close at 8 p.m. So, while I can’t do in print the Wednesday morning quarterbacking …
May is for ice cream, motorcycles and voting
The past week’s glorious sunshiny weather has been a mood brightener all the way around.
Bold-face mention for Miss Nancy
My dear friend and former newspaper columnist, Nancy Harlocker of Dalton Gardens, left this world May 1 after 92 memorable years of life.
Here's to the merry month of May!
I love my birthday month of May, which I celebrate all month long with a hundred or so Main Street Birthday friends, starting with May Day, the Kentucky Derby,…
The resource of special teams
Last November, I volunteered with the Post Falls American Legion's free community Thanksgiving dinner, something I'd done for many years. That day one of the w…
Teaching us how to live our best lives
Last week, I had the pleasure of talking with one of the most interesting women I know. Betty Stone is celebrating a milestone birthday today, although she sta…