Trio joins Keller Williams

Steve Emery, Dennis Spencer and Emma Felker have joined the Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene Market Center.

Emery owned his own remodeling company for more than 10 years and has been in the real estate industry for six years. He was Rookie of the Year in 2004 and achieved the top 10 percent award in 2005 and 2006.

Spencer has a background in personal real estate investing and retail sales. He is also an active board member with the American Legion Baseball program and is the vice president of the Coeur d'Alene High School Booster Club.

Felker has a background in real estate in California. She was Rookie of the Year in her first year of real estate with Century 21 Automated in Laguna Hills. She decided to leave the real estate industry temporarily to raise her daughter and be active in parenting activities such as PTA secretary and volunteer work.

The Coeur d'Alene Market Center is at 1450 Northwest Blvd. Suite 301, Coeur d'Alene. The center was established in 2004 and has 112 associates.

Information: Ben Fairfield, 660-7204 or www.kwcda.com.

Henkle promoted at bankcda

Max Faller, president and CEO of bankcda, recently announced that Sam Henkle was named Branch Manager for the company's Hayden office. Henkle will supervise the continued growth of the Hayden branch, which opened in October 2004.

Henkle has been with bankcda since 2008 and brings a broad spectrum of experience to his new role, Faller said. Henkle served bankcda as Director of Business Development and Marketing for two years before being named a loan officer. "Sam's past positions with bankcda will be a great asset to the Hayden branch," Faller said. "Customers will certainly appreciate the convenience of interacting with someone well-versed in lending as well as the retail aspects of banking."

The $82 million asset bankcda is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Tuesday. Both the Hayden branch at 200 West Honeysuckle and the Coeur d'Alene branch at 912 Northwest Blvd. as well as a courier service serve the commercial and individual banking needs of the area.

"Because we, ourselves, are a small organization, we understand the needs of small-business owners," Faller said.

Assets of the independent community bank have grown from $16.3 million after its first 10 months in business to year-to-date average assets of $82 million.

Dutch Bros. donates to MDA

Dutch Bros. Coffee stores donated more than $137,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association following its annual companywide fundraiser, MDA Day.

Held April 29, Dutch Bros. hosts MDA Day annually in honor of company co-founder, Dane Boersma, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2005 and passed away in late 2009. Dutch Bros. donated $110,000 to the cause in 2010.

"We are so thankful for the contributions of our amazing customers and their support of a cause that means so much to all of us at Dutch Bros.," said company co-founder and Dane's younger brother, Travis Boersma.

In addition to MDA Day, Dutch Bros. Coffee reinvests 1 percent of its annual gross sales back into its local communities, and in 2010, the company donated more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations including local food banks, American Cancer Society and Boys & Girls Clubs of America and many other organizations.

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