Kerri Thoreson
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Bring on the new year please!
I’m an admitted cock-eyed optimist by nature, but as 2018 ended I found myself looking back thinking, “What the heck was THAT?”
Praise for those who run the cash registers
Merry Day After Christmas, aka EVERYTHING IS ON SALE EVERYWHERE DAY! Here’s to all of the retail clerks, hospitality workers, delivery people, first responders, medical care providers and everyone who has spent the…
Lifelong Santa lights the way to Christmas
Author’s note: This story first appeared in The Press on 12/21/05 when this “daddy’s girl” was newly grieving the loss of mine. Each of the fourteen Christmases I’ve celebrated since my father’s been gone, there’s …
Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas
It’s impossible not to be moved by the wonderful spirit of giving and generosity for over a hundred local youngsters and their families during the annual Holidays and Heroes event. It’s a huge event that requires m…
Real trees at Christmas are gift that's renewable
Mica Flats farmer and rancher Sherry Mundt shared a perspective of real versus artificial trees that I thought interesting. Some people simply don’t like the hassle of real trees, which do require care through the …
Riding the rails for holiday adventure
Trains, planes and automobiles ... we’ve now added Amtrak to our mode of travel to see family and friends in North Dakota. When my husband and I planned a Thanksgiving visit with our oldest daughter in Reserve, Mon…
Christmas lights and counting blessings
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! A favorite quote that’s particularly appropriate in this season of thankfulness:
Gift of celebrating life with the living
From Main Street 12/6/17: “When Amy Bartoo throws a retirement party, she does it up right. Her husband, Gary, was feted at a celebration of his 40-year career in physical therapy on Sunday afternoon at the Lake Ci…
Morning-after election reflections
Voting early, absentee or at the polls on election day ... I’ve always preferred the latter. Having lived in the same precinct for decades, I’m a familiar face on election day, as are many of the returning poll wor…
For all who step up to the election plate
It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention, or breathing, that there’s an election on Tuesday. I’ve watched the local candidate forums, read the voter guides and candidate profiles and am a…
First vote in an election a family affair
In our family turning 18 was a real rite of passage ... registering to vote and then casting a ballot for the first time. In 1994 our youngest daughter had turned 18 just over a month before the general election. W…
North Idaho wins an 'Idol' golden ticket
You don’t need to be an “American Idol” fan to appreciate just how big a deal the two-day taping of auditions for the upcoming season is for our area. Flashback to 2010 when Julianne Hough and American Idol host Ry…
Lifetime of lessons learned from my father
Oct. 12, 2004, was a Tuesday, a beautiful bonus summer-like blue sky sunshiny autumn day. It was a day I will never forget ... not the sunshine or the sounds or the words that came out of a doctor’s mouth as I stoo…
Random musings from far and near
When Deadline Tuesday for Main Street collides with Travel Tuesday returning from a wonderful vacation to Amsterdam, I file the column from an unfamiliar time zone. Holiday subtitle: tuning out the noise of the wor…
Coach receives unexpected homecoming surprise
Matt Barkley has been teaching music in Post Falls schools for 22 years, including 18 years as the band director at Post Falls High School and now at Mullan Trail and Westridge elementary schools. This is also Matt…