<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Nicole Symons, a teacher at Post Falls Middle School, gives her all as she chases down a loose ball during the second half of the Post Falls High vs. Post Falls Middle School donkey basketball game Monday. The teachers and students of Post Falls Middle School were able to stage a comeback to defeat the Trojans 31-24. The game started late due to two runaway donkeys and there were three sanitary timeouts that required a cleanup crew.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Spring runoff flows under a fallen tree covered in moss Thursday as snow still covers the banks of Beauty Creek.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Elijah Kitchen, 13, performs a trick using his kendama Thursday during a competition at the Post Falls Public Library. 46 local youth competed in the activity, hosted by Friends of the Post Falls Library.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Damien Kauaihilo, 2, tossed bread for sea gulls and a goose Monday near the Spokane River in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jennifer and Stefan Rehnfeldt hike along the dike road at Hayden Lake during a morning walk Monday.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Trevor Aldrich, of Hayden, 21, performs a kick flip off the box Tuesday at the Coeur d'Alene skate park.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A horse grazes in a pasture Monday in the Cougar Gulch area of Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Deer rest in a shaded area beneath pine trees Monday morning as the sun shines onto a field near Hayden Lake.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A goose stands on top of a piling in the Spokane River as a steady rain falls Friday in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A fisherman navigates through the waters Thursday afternoon near pilings at Wolf Lodge Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press On a lift more than 100 feet in the air, utility workers make improvements to a communications tower Wednesday near Huetter Road on the Rathdrum Prairie.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Canon Steckman, 5, races Eugene Ballou, 8, to get their lap cards punched during the Holy Family Catholic School run for fun after school program held Monday in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Kendall Parrett, right, pushes towards Easton Townsend Thursday while rehearsing a sword fight scene at Lake City High in preparation for its upcoming production of "The Three Musketeers." The school hired experienced Hollywood stuntman Chris Tortora to train the cast to safely perform various stunts in the play.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A blue canopy over a boat slip at The Coeur d'Alene Resort reflects in the water as ripples disrupt the surface Wednesday.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Lauren Evans, 2, and her sister Savannah, 4, enjoy a swing in the sunshine Thursday during a visit to City Park in downtown Coeur d'Alene with their grandfather and mother.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jim Polhamus, with the Coeur d'Alene Pin Crushers Wii bowling team, lines up his shot as he is heckled by Lori Johnson, with the Life Care Center Wii bowling team, during one of the monthly tournaments Thursday at the Life Care Center in Post Falls. Despite the heckling, Polhamus scored a strike and won the game with a score of 210.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Spring runoff flows under a fallen tree covered in moss Thursday as snow still covers the banks of Beauty Creek.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Elijah Kitchen, 13, performs a trick using his kendama Thursday during a competition at the Post Falls Public Library. 46 local youth competed in the activity, hosted by Friends of the Post Falls Library.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Damien Kauaihilo, 2, tossed bread for sea gulls and a goose Monday near the Spokane River in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jennifer and Stefan Rehnfeldt hike along the dike road at Hayden Lake during a morning walk Monday.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Trevor Aldrich, of Hayden, 21, performs a kick flip off the box Tuesday at the Coeur d'Alene skate park.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A horse grazes in a pasture Monday in the Cougar Gulch area of Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Deer rest in a shaded area beneath pine trees Monday morning as the sun shines onto a field near Hayden Lake.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A goose stands on top of a piling in the Spokane River as a steady rain falls Friday in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A fisherman navigates through the waters Thursday afternoon near pilings at Wolf Lodge Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press On a lift more than 100 feet in the air, utility workers make improvements to a communications tower Wednesday near Huetter Road on the Rathdrum Prairie.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Canon Steckman, 5, races Eugene Ballou, 8, to get their lap cards punched during the Holy Family Catholic School run for fun after school program held Monday in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Kendall Parrett, right, pushes towards Easton Townsend Thursday while rehearsing a sword fight scene at Lake City High in preparation for its upcoming production of "The Three Musketeers." The school hired experienced Hollywood stuntman Chris Tortora to train the cast to safely perform various stunts in the play.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A blue canopy over a boat slip at The Coeur d'Alene Resort reflects in the water as ripples disrupt the surface Wednesday.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Lauren Evans, 2, and her sister Savannah, 4, enjoy a swing in the sunshine Thursday during a visit to City Park in downtown Coeur d'Alene with their grandfather and mother.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jim Polhamus, with the Coeur d'Alene Pin Crushers Wii bowling team, lines up his shot as he is heckled by Lori Johnson, with the Life Care Center Wii bowling team, during one of the monthly tournaments Thursday at the Life Care Center in Post Falls. Despite the heckling, Polhamus scored a strike and won the game with a score of 210.</p>
Slice of life images found while out and about in Kootenai County.