More than 20,000 square feet of space, easy access from Appleway and visual exposure from I-90 prompted Specialty Recreation & Marine to move to 722 W. Appleway Ave. Moving from 772 W. Kathleen Ave., the new space formerly was Lone Wolf Harley Davidson and seasonally Spirit of Halloween.

The 25-year-old business provides sales and service for ATVs, motorcycles, utility vehicles, personal watercraft and boats. Offering accessories also, the brand names include Yamaha, Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo and Can-Am. South Bay Pontoons, Rinker boats and SmokerCraft boats.

With 15 employees and owners Pete Morrisroe, Casey Morrisroe and John Sitter, hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

Check www.specialtyrecreation.com. Phone 667-3571.

JN Couture expands to Hayden

With a staff of 10 employees, JN Couture has expanded to a 12-chair salon at 8879 N. Hess Ave. (near Wal-Mart) in Hayden.

With 35 years experience in the business, Sherry Deming joined daughter Jill Nelmar with the project adding to the salon at 5417 N. Government Way. The wide range of services includes extensions, color, cuts, smoothing treatments and wedding and special-event styling.

"We are trying to bring something completely different to our town," said Jill, a Coeur d'Alene native. "We just had hair-cutting specialist Mike Karg (featured in GQ Magazine) help train and educate our staff."

Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Phone 664-4747 in Coeur d'Alene and 762-4667 in Hayden.

Old City Hall loses occupants

Computer Guru has moved from Old City Hall to the lower space four doors west at 414 E. Sherman Ave. This leaves the lower floor of the historical building empty as Hidden Treasures and a sweets shop also left.

Working on PCs and Macs, Computer Guru offers networking, repair and tuneups, data recovery, virus removal, maintenance, system upgrades and custom computers. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Phone 665-9216. Check www.cdacomputerguru.com.

Mattress Discounters near Highway 95

In the space that formerly was Sleep City, Mattress Discounters has opened at 348 W. Bosanko (off Highway 95).

The 30-year-old company has 70 stores in the West with its headquarters at Rocklin, Calif. Sleep City's base is in Missoula.

Mattress Discounters hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Phone 667-3778.

Hang on for these Tidbits

- Normally this column wouldn't include something that's more of an advertisement such as an eatery adding a meal. But this bunch is too tempting as it covers the entire day. Bistro on Spruce at 1710 N. Fourth now has breakfast 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The Cellar at 317 E. Sherman now has lunch 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, and Michael D's (at 203 E. Lake Cd'A Drive) has added dinner 4-8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

- Sometimes it's tough for Santa to be cheery. Last Sunday, after the Hayden Holiday Parade, Santa was hearing the Christmas wishes of kids, mostly wanting Barbies and electronic games. Then one little boy on his lap looked to his feet and asked if Santa could help him know his real dad...

- Single-digit numbers are words (such as "three") unless they're an age, dimension or address. When two digits or more they become numerals (like "11") unless they're beginning a sentence, and then avoid it by rewriting the sentence.

- A dog that gave birth to puppies beside the road was littering.

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.