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Kerri Thoreson

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Updated 6 days, 18 hours ago

The resource of special teams

Last November, I volunteered with the Post Falls American Legion's free community Thanksgiving dinner, something I…

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Perfect gift in memory of my dad

In 2004, I bought my dad a Father’s Day card and gift and enjoyed a dad hug. We never know when simple things will happen for the last time. Such is life.

Updated 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Parade season is cause for celebration

“A parade is a procession of people, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wid…

Updated 11 months ago
Graduates, take a bow and make a vow to reunite

Last year, 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 graduates a…

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Traditions honor those who didn't come home

So many newcomers to our community don’t know the stories of all of the things most people think just happen and the wonderful people who did many of those thi…

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Sisters' road trip to a new life

Two new members of the Main Street Birthday Club were born in the merry month of May. Sisters Nellie Thompson and Shirley Kincaid became Idahoans on May 1 afte…

Updated 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Most memorable Mother's Day gifts

Happy Mother's Day! Here are all our readers' lovely stories about their favorite Mother's Days.

Updated 12 months ago
Royally kicking off merry month of May

King George VI of England died in 1952, the year of my birth. His daughter, Elizabeth aged 25, was crowned Queen the following year. On Saturday, for only the second time in my lifetime, England will crown a new mo…

Updated 1 year ago
Blooming trash a sign of spring

“Is anyone else bothered by the abundance of trash along the I-90 corridor? It’s disgusting. We live in a beautiful place, can’t people be more respectful and …

Updated 1 year ago
Her childhood dream comes true

In 2010, Coeur d’Alene’s Junior Miss Madison Leonard won the state title and went on to be chosen America’s Junior Miss in Mobile, Ala. ... the first ever from…

Updated 1 year ago
Ode to really good boxes

Over the weekend, I said farewell to about two dozen really good boxes of all sizes that were overtaking my home office.

Updated 1 year ago
Pilgrimage to Boomer mecca

Our Gen X daughter, Sarah, was puzzled, then amused when I said that during my visit to her home in Chandler, Ariz., last week that I wanted to take a road tri…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
One true sentence at a time

In nearly four decades, I’ve written well over a million words ... in this column, news and feature stories, personal letters, advertising copy, press releases…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Springtime babies galore on the prairie

A multi-generational farm and ranching family on the Rathdrum Prairie is in baby mode this month.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
March is for shamrocks and weddings

Several years ago, my sister, Janna, and I joined our mother as members of the Lt. George Farragut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Little things make a big impact

This isn’t the biggest news of the week, in fact, I don’t even have names to include, but it was the most memorable moment of my week by far.