Prep football with a royal touch

Homecoming is a rite of passage as well as a celebration of school spirit and a new school year ... oh, and there’s a football game, too. Last week Lakeland High School crowned Jordan Plonka and Heidi Boyer as its king and queen and Coeur d’Alene High School did the same with Joey Naccarato and Sienna Sanchez.

On Friday Lake City High School will do the honors from among the school’s senior class homecoming court of Rusty Dan, Beau Chandler, Matt Duchow, Madeline Hennig, Hailey Czapala and Havana Johnson. Underclassman court is freshman royalty; Carson Dowell and Kaylee Wyatt; sophomores Conner Conigliaro and Keaunna Cleave; and juniors Kodie Kolden and Taylor Pickford. LCHS Spirit Prince and Princess are Alex Ayers and Chloe Falciani.

Post Falls’ homecoming will feature a parade for the first time in well over a decade. At 4 p.m. Friday the parade route will run from Real Life Ministries, up Cecil Street to Poleline, and then west Poleline to Prairie View Elementary School. A tailgate party with the PFHS Booster Club in the high school parking lot will follow the parade before kick off at 7 p.m.

Senior Class royalty for Post Falls are Kaytlyn Brenneman, Jeramie Evans, Myrisa Laufenberg, Dalton Fry, Mikayla Melchert, Camren Horn, Hailey Sessions, Nathan Walker, Jessica Zazuetta and Taegan Williams. Representing the junior, sophomore and freshman classes are Karabeth Schini, Nate Buer, Emily Banks, Payton Edmonds, Laney Smith and Colby Gennett.

Congratulations to all and here’s to a great night of football and friends!

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The Old Pleasantview School on West Riverview Drive is a local treasure and twice a year when the Pleasantview Community Association holds a public breakfast, we love to attend. Not only is it a great breakfast, there are always old timers enjoying breakfast and conversation in the auditorium. For the past few decades I always meet someone who has a connection to the school through their family. The homemade biscuits, honey butter and jams are not to be missed.

The breakfast is a fundraiser for restoration and maintenance of the old school as a community center, which is a registered Idaho Historical Site and a registered National Historical Site. Breakfast served from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. 18724 W. Riverview Drive, 5 miles west of Post Falls, 4 miles east of Stateline.

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The Knights of Columbus and St. George Catholic Church are honoring and hosting local active or retired first responders (law enforcement, firefighters and rescue personnel) and their families for a free breakfast on Saturday at their Post Falls parish hall from 8 a.m. to noon. Contact John Preston, (208) 699-7028, [email protected]

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Last chance today to buy a $50 raffle ticket with a better than 1-500 chance to win a $25,000 scholarship to use at North Idaho College, U of I or Lewis Clark State College. The winning ticket will be drawn at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce. While it would be great to win to give to your child or grandchild, if you’ve dreamed of going to college this would be a wonderful gift to yourself. Info: www.postfallschamber.com or 773-5016.

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Happy retirement to Beckie Williams after 24 years as homeowner’s exemption technician at Kootenai County. She’ll be fêted today from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the administration building on Government Way.

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The newest member of the Main Street Birthday Club was so eager to meet his big loving family he made an entrance a month early. Benjamin Grey Arvizo was born Saturday, Sept. 24 at 11:09 p.m., weighing 5 lbs 15 oz. Ben’s mom and dad, Ashlyn Greer and Erick Arvizo are joined by his grandparents Kelly and Shauna Moore, Travis and Dawn Greer and Elizabeth Ortega, great grandparents Chris and JoAnn Moore and Margie and Gary Coe and great, great grandmother Neva Moore in the welcoming party. Ben’s uncle, Kyley Greer made it home on leave from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri just a few hours after the arrival. Congratulations to all!

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Happy birthday today to Kayla Troxell, Kylie Solberg, Meg Elyard (75!), Natalie Loval, Ken Cook, Wayne Riddle and Bryan Czarapata.

Tomorrow our oldest grandson Matt Snider shares a birthday with A’mya Ohlig (13!), John Holley, Gina Myers, Peg Mettalia, Phil Corliss, Tina Crane, Greg Youngman, Jim Rosenlund, Shellie Mundy (50!) and Marilyn Griffitts.

On Friday I’ll be wondering where the time has gone when our youngest daughter Sarah Elizabeth turns 40! Steve Griffitts, Chickie Albright, Debra Raymer, Don Schmitt, Jeff Baltzell, Wilma Mort (75!), Dan Grimmett, Valerie Mesenbrink, Brett Hollenbeck, Ann Siebert, Liz Arakelian and Donna Cooper will also be celebrating on the last day of September.

Oct. 1 birthdays belong to Casey Irgens, Jill Gardner and Kathi Southland.

On Sunday Wendy Medlock, Jack Sjostrom, Dana Kinsey, Rebecca Armstrong, Millie Eylar, Linda Harris, Renee' Mullan, Karla Derton and David Tabakman are celebrating another trip around the sun.

Andy Stidham, Dave Bobbitt, Dave Priano, Madison Morrow (13!), Darcy Johnson, Shylo Deubner (Sweet 16!), Meilee Anderson and Jeff McLean mark their birthdays on Oct. 3.

Tuesday celebrants are Mary Wolfinger, Jada Olson, Michael Hillman, Barbara Lovett, Teri Grubbs, Valerie Queen, Ami Manning, John Beebe, Mike Bryan, Tommy Lynn and Nicole Sobelman.

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Kerri Rankin Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. Main Street appears every Wednesday in The Press and Kerri can be contacted on Facebook or via email [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @kerrithoreson.