Kerri Thoreson
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Moments of community bring smiles
Bright and early Saturday morning, the skies cleared — or at least stopped dripping rain — just in time for the Race for the Cure event at North Idaho College.…
Beyond busy: Living a life of intention
A decade ago after being smacked upside the head with my own mortality when I suffered my second coronary “event” I made many changes in my life. Recognizing that we’re not guaranteed a certain number of years and …
First day of school photos run the gamut
Here’s a group Good Sport Award to the hundreds of kids, from kindergartners to seniors in high school, who let their parents take first day of school photos on Tuesday to post on Facebook. A longtime empty nester,…
Summer goes out with a parade ... or three
I’m sure I’m not alone in wondering how in the world is it almost September! Those lazy days of summer must be a myth, since this summer was anything but. On the plus side, a few days of cool and rainy weather did …
Kiki times two makes a perfect match
Late last winter when I saw the cast list for the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre’s three main stage musicals for this summer I knew I had to play matchmaker. At Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre we provide housing for the…
Baseball memories really last a lifetime
The Coeur d’Alene Little League team is living a dream this week as they prepare to play in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. Our community has been cheering the team on in this incredible j…
Out of the Shadows comes into the light
Last November I experienced a truly profound, uplifting and inspiring performance of “Fiddler on the Roof,” a production of Out of the Shadows Theater. With all due respect to the Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning pl…
First August weekend signals summer's homestretch
For as far back as I can remember, the first weekend of August — with Art on the Green, Taste of Coeur d’Alene and the downtown Street Fair — has signaled the homestretch of summer. In the 1960s, with JC Penney bet…
Enduring friendships shine at reunions
On Friday, Coeur d’Alene High School’s Class of 1970 will gather at Bardenay for their 48th high school reunion. 48th you ask? For our tenth, 20th, 30th and 40th class reunions we did the traditional decade thing. …
Rural romance is a dance
I know Valentine’s Day won’t be here for seven months, but this most wonderful love letter Sherry Mundt posted over the weekend is just too perfect not to share. She and her husband, Larry, farm and ranch just sout…
Three decades plus three is a good run
Jan Lindquist is keeping the tissues handy at work this week. “I’m the kind of person who cries at commercials and for game show winners,” she said. After 33 years in the Kootenai County’s Assessor’s office her las…
Land of the free, home of the brave
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
Loss of longtime givers will be felt
On Saturday at a celebration of life for Bert Brothers, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 83, I visited with some of the newer members of the Post Falls Lions Club who hadn’t known him. Bert was a 50-…
Infusion of perspective good for the soul
“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” I think I’ve been doing just that in 2018 and it’s time for me to take my pen back.
Fathers in all forms a blessing
Father’s Day evokes sweet memories of my own father, as well as the father that fate and providence brought into the lives of my three daughters in 1986 when Bert and I were married. Three daughters, two of whom we…