• Windermere Cd'A Realty welcomes new additions

Windermere Real Estate, the largest independent real estate company in the West, announced the addition of:

* Shawn and Colleen Aldrich (Spouses that Sell Houses), join forces with Windermere's Post Falls office. They were previously with Century 21. They both look forward to using their real estate knowledge and 40-plus years of combined customer service experience to continue to fulfill their client's needs. Shawn and Colleen can be reached at spouses@windermere.com or (208) 659-4864

* Sara Fackrell, joins Windermere's Post Falls office. With a background in the hospitality and restaurant industry, she offers exceptional customer service and customer relation skills. Fackrell can be reached at (208) 659-4019 or sarafackrell@windermere.com

* Brian Lynn, joins Windermere's Post Falls office. Lynn has been in the construction business for the past 20-plus years. While he enjoyed the customer interaction and relationships he built, he especially enjoyed watching the happy new homeowners move into their new homes. Lynn can be reached at (208) 561-1650 or BrianLynn@windermere.com

Windermere Coeur d'Alene Realty: (208) 777-9900.

• Real Estate Career Institute welcomes Albi

The Real Estate Career Institute of Coeur d'Alene announced that Fred Albi has joined the company as Director of Pre-License Education.

Albi was licensed as an attorney in 1965 and became a real estate broker in 1981. He has authored the Colorado Real Estate Broker License Preparation Series as well as five Colorado Real Estate Commission approved continuing education courses, eight Idaho Real Estate Commission approved continuing education courses and a book: "Baseball - This, That & the Other." Albi has been a professor of business law for multiple colleges and taught pre-licensing courses for more than 30 years.

The Real Estate Career Institute is an Idaho Real Estate Commission certified Real Estate school providing Idaho pre-licensing classes for those wanting to get an Idaho real estate license. For more information visit www.recareerinstitute.com.

• Young and Schaffer join Panhandle Parks board

The Panhandle Parks Foundation announced two additions to the foundation's board of directors, Sandy Young and Tinka Schaffer.

* Young is the president and CEO of Verdis, a land use planning and landscape architecture firm. Young previously spent 14 years in Coeur d'Alene working in the field of land use planning and landscape architecture in the public and private sectors. She currently sits on Kootenai Land & Resource Conservation Trust.

* Schaffer, who sits on the Children's Village Foundation board, was previously the nonprofit's development director. Schaffer is excited to bring her years of nonprofit experience to board. Schaffer and her family have been North Idaho residents for more than 50 years and care about the area's parks and giving back to the community. Schaffer has served on several local governing boards.

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