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Adding accountability

All of county clerk office's 83 employees now punching clock to start, end shift

The Kootenai County Clerk's Office has made more strides in tweaking operations to boost accountability and protect every dollar handled, said Clerk Cliff Hayes.

Boyles busy at Triple B Guns

Family business doing well amid growing call for tougher gun control laws

Gun sales strong at Triple B

Pam MacDonald, 61

Pam MacDonald, age 61 of Couer d’ Alene passed away on September 29, 2013. She was born September 25, 1952 in Albuquerque, NM to Robert and Martha Middlebrooks. She moved with her family throughout much of her childhood, living in seven different southern states as a Navy brat, before settling in San Diego. Pam met Ed MacDonald while working in Pacific Beach and three months later, they married. They spent time in their early years of marriage traveling in Ed’s Peterbilt throughout the West Coast and fell in love with CDA. Seven years later, in 1981, they moved up North and haven’t left CDA since. Pam began working at the City of CDA in 1989 as the Human Resource Assistant. She went back to school at LCSC and graduated with a BA in Business Management in 1997. Eventually she took over as Human Resource Director of the City. Pam loved her job, its challenges and the people she worked with. The highlight of Pam’s life was the birth of her daughter, Randalyn. Everything Pam did was for her family and nothing brought her more joy than time spent with Ed and Randalyn. In the past she enjoyed horseback riding and water skiing and lived a healthy lifestyle, exercising often so she could eat dessert every day. She loved spending time in her garden and took pride in her flowers and pumpkins. She was an expert at Sudoku puzzles and an avid Macy’s coupon collector. Pam was a member at Real Life Ministries and loved growing with her small group family. She cherished time spent on family vacations, happiest relaxing on a beach in Hawaii with Ed and Randalyn. Pam passed away after a six year battle with stage four cancer, that she fought valiantly. She is survived by her husband, Ed MacDonald, her daughter, Randalyn, her sisters Karen Giaquinta and Karla Clark, her brothers, Mark and Joey Middlebrooks, as well as her father, Robert Middlebrooks and mother, Martha Middlebrooks-Long and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at Real Life Ministries at a later date. Please visit Pam’s online memorial at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com and sign her guest book.

Emil Guse, 88

Emil Gustave Guse passed on Wednesday September 25 at the age 88. He was born in Robinson, ND to Caroline and Gustave Guse on April 27, 1925. The family moved to Corvallis, MT where he was raised on a farm with ten siblings. Emil enlisted in the Army Air Corp during WWII at the age of 17 and served as an electrician on fighter planes in the South Pacific. After the war, he married Florence (Reich) in Hamilton, MT, his wife of 66 years. Florence and Emil raised five children, David Guse, Sharon (Geri) Johnson, Judy (Rae) Guse-Noritake, Barbara (Rich) Pickens, and Raymond (Jeanne) Guse. He had eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Emil was preceded in death by his son David, granddaughter Megan, his parents, five brothers, one sister. Over a 38 year career with the Rural Electric Association in Western MT and Northern ID as a line foreman he brought electricity to many farms and ranches for the first time. He was often called upon in the middle of the night in the worst weather conditions the northwest can deliver to restore electricity that people depended upon to heat homes, milk cows and support other infrastructure needs. Florence would get up with him to prepare coffee that would keep him warm and awake and food to see him through power outages while not knowing when he’d return. Emil was a much loved and popular husband, father, brother, and grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, friend, teacher, mentor and moral example to many people throughout the country. His mind remained sharp to the end and he could recount stories of the successes and trials for everyone he knew. He worked crossword puzzles until they were completed every day. He regularly attended Lutheran Church and often served on church administrative and advisory committees. Upon his death he was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Coeur d’Alene, ID where a memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM, October 5, 2013. Donations may be given to the American Heart Association. Please visit Emil’s memorial and sign his online guest book atwww.yatesfuneralhomes.com

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Larry C. Sumner, 75

Stocking supplies for a pandemic

More than 200 customers were waiting outside Clarkston’s Costco when it opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday, with new rules in Washington state looming.

Woeful weather

Travelers cast wary eye as storm moves eastward

All hands on deck for veteran artist and wife

Community rallies to help couple who've been priced out of their home

Community rallies to help couple who've been priced out of their home

Loyce G. DeVore, 90

Loyce G. DeVore, 90, passed peacefully at Kootenai Health on September 29, 2013. She was born June 16, 1923 in Dickens, Texas to Dena and Charles Lasseter. She was one of five children. She married William P. "Bill" DeVore on December 1, 1945 and enjoyed 67 years of marriage until his passing on February 27, 2013. Loyce lived the majority of her life in central and southern California until 1991 when she and Bill moved to Coeur d'Alene. They became members of the Coeur d'Alene Bible Church and they enjoyed their new life in north Idaho. Loyce was a kind, generous and intelligent lady who always put her family and friends first and who was talented in so many ways. She was a wonderful cook, sewed clothes for herself and her family, braided room-size wool rugs, reupholstered furniture, and canned jams and jellies, and even once canned a batch of gooseberry jelly over a Coleman stove while camping. And one certainly can't forget all of the lovely hand-stitched quilts she made that adorn so many bedrooms and, in the last few years, the hand-tied baby quilts she made that were taken by a missionary couple to Swaziland to hand out to new mothers. We lost count but without a doubt she made hundreds. She always said "I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my quilts to work on." When Loyce was a young wife and mother, something very special happened to her one night while she was sleeping. She awoke and sat up and was enveloped in the most incredible feeling of love and she heard a voice reciting John 3:16..."For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." This scripture became a prayer for her, reciting it often, and she now rests for eternity in His loving arms. Loyce was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Granville and C.L., her sister Wanda, and her husband Bill. She is survived by her son Charles DeVore and wife Karen, daughter Teresa Jamerson and husband Jim, sister Joetta Holsinger and husband Ralph, and step-daughter Dorothy Breese and husband Lloyd. The family would like to express their sincere and heartfelt appreciation to North Star Retirement Community, Kootenai Health, and North Idaho Home Health for the loving care and kindness they so freely gave to Loyce. There is a visitation planned for Monday, October 7, at 11 AM at Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d’ Alene Chapel, 744 N. 4th St., with a graveside service following at 1 PM at Forest Cemetery, 1001 Gov’t Way, Coeur d’ Alene. Please visit Loyce’s online memorial and sign her guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.

All have their special stories of need

The thousands of Kootenai County individuals and families who ask for help from Press Christmas for All each have their own stories of need.

Many slow returns

Usually big shopping day dampened by slick, icy roads

Dec. 26 is typically a popular day to return unwanted gifts and get deep, post-holiday discounts, but Monday’s rain on top of existing snow prevented many local stores from seeing lines at their return counters.

Ask your audiologist… May is the month of better hearing and speech!

If you are over 60 it is recommended to obtain a baseline for your health records.

Year after, Melo's time as Knick falls short

Carmelo Anthony briefly had what now belongs to Jeremy Lin.

Unity and awareness

Peaceful protests continue around Coeur d’Alene

Flight cancellations drag on as airlines short-staffed

FlightAware said airlines scrapped nearly 6,000 flights globally on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Fat business

Mardi Gras means big money for Gulf Coast

Officials discuss cannabis oil

Some states legalizing substance for medicinal purposes

Representatives from the Idaho Office of Drug Policy met with the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday to discuss clinical testing of cannabis oil, which is showing "promising results" in the treatment of seizure patients.

Editor's Notebook: How we're connecting during a time of isolation

Growing up in Idaho, there have been so many crises around the country and the world that I’ve heard about but been sheltered from. Tornadoes, tsunamis, viral outbreaks. Even with massive forest fires in neighboring areas, the only impact I felt was the smoke in the air and restrictions to campsites.

‘Consistency across the board’ behind traffic calming policy

City engineer Chris Bosley told the Coeur d’Alene City Council Tuesday that the goal to reduce speeding on residential streets begins, first and foremost, with a plan.