Kerri Thoreson
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Small fundraiser makes big impact
We read about and attend some pretty spectacular charity fundraisers in our communities throughout the year, where money raised hits six figures. What we don’t…
Please stand by for technical difficulties
As luck would have it, an internet service outage occurred with my provider early Tuesday afternoon. My drop-dead deadline to file this column for Wednesday is…
Memory of attack still feels like yesterday
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, which claimed nearly 3,000 everyday American lives. And life as we knew…
Labor Day legacy lives on
On Sept. 3, 1932, a local couple were attending a Labor Day barbecue at Silver Beach. About 6 p.m. the woman goes into labor and tells her husband it's time to…
Well-deserved recognition for Rathdrum couple
At the close of the North Idaho Fair, Mike and Gayle (Jacklin) Stegmann were honored with the annual Clyde Boatright Award, in appreciation for their outstandi…
The birthday boys' half century of celebration
When I first began penning this column for the Tribune in the early 1990s and later The Press, I would occasionally wish friends a happy birthday, especially i…
Happy endings and a road trip with grandma
Post Falls City Council President Joe Malloy proved he has the luck o’the Irish as well as a guardian angel on his side.
Decades of leadership, service and friendship
When I first moved to Post Falls in 1985, then with a population of about 5,000, Jim Hammond was serving his first term on the Post Falls City Council.
Shared history and enduring friendships
At 101 years young, Bea Fisher, Coeur d’Alene High School Class of 1941, was the belle of the ball at the 2024 CHS All-Class Reunion. How awesome is she?
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 County. It had been a couple of decades since I w…
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…