What for a long time was the obvious Consign Furniture building off Interstate 90 on the east side of Post Falls is now the Findlay Value location and opens Wednesday. Consign Furniture moved to Liberty Lake last summer.

The Findlay automotive group also has separate locations for its Nissan, Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram, Hyundai-Mazda and Findlay Customs and RV.

The new place offers pre-owned cars, trucks, SUVs and RVs under $9,900 and mechanical operations. The company stresses the vehicles have had extensive safety inspections.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10 to 5 Sundays. Phone 619-2500. The website will be www.findlaypostfalls.com/valuelot.

Press Start to Play

now in Riverstone

Many products and activities involving games are the features of Press Start to Play which moves Wednesday from 1121 E. Sherman Ave. to 2040 Main St. in Riverstone.

The four-year-old business sells, buys and trades video games, card games (Magic: the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!), board games and tabletop games and offers activities for them. Owners are Jon Kropff and Tanner Roberts.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Phone 664-5421. The website will be www.press_start_to_play_cda.com.

New owner, facelift

for Deja Brew

The Galaxy Redbull Smoothie is a new hit product for Deja Brew coffee stand at 3550 N. Ramsey Road (in the Oxarc parking lot across from the softball fields and north of the Kroc Center).

The place will have a facelift and has a drive-through with new owner Brittany Harris and baristas Christin Mesenbrink and Haley Mindt.

Hours are 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Phone 666-1427.

The Gutter Guys

open in March

A March opening is projected for The Gutter Guys at 7736 N. Government Way.

Owner Matt Surplus will offer seamless raingutters and Sunsetter awnings. He is a new dealer for Graber, Bali and Hunter-Douglas blinds, shutters and window coverings.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Saturday showroom hours are noon to 5. Phone 699-4951.

Now for the Tidbits

• The Emerald Cleaners building at Fourth and Montana Ave. will be a new Midtown pub. The Ugly Fish restaurant in Riverstone will be replaced with another Asian eatery.

• Watch for Kitchen CDA in the Silver Lake Mall food court. Spies say other stores are coming into the mall also. Taco Loco will be where Valentino’s Pizza was off Canfield Avenue Cash & Carry store will be behind Wendy’s off Appleway, and Cosmic Cowboy Grill will be at Highway 95 and Haycraft Avenue.

• In Hayden, an Asian eatery will be where Kynrede Cafe was on Government Way. A major development called The Crossroads is proposed for Athol. Watch for details. We anticipate a Super 1, a bank, coffee shop, a motel, a gas station-convenience store, a restaurant and others.

• Downtown — Watch for Rustic Restaurant at 309 Sherman (next to Clark’s Jewelry).

• Domino’s Pizza is moving to a new place in Post Falls. New places coming to Tedder Business Center (formerly the Post Falls Outlet Mall) north building will include Black-Ops Self Defense, Knowhere Comics, Coffee & Games, SNR Costume Rental, The Coffee House and My Big Fat Greek Deli.

• Capitalize “Dad” and “Mom” when they substitute for a name to address: “Hi Dad and Mom!” Not in “I’ll ask my mom.”

• Readers and I are whining about the glaring electronic billboard on the wall in the NIC gym. It’s too much. And men’s basketball starting at 8 p.m. is too late. The team is fun to watch and in first place in their new league with which they will develop Northwest rivalries. Too bad more students don’t attend, and the home-game season is probably over.

• Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

• A real headline: “Juvenile court to try shooting defendant.”

• Contact Nils Rosdahl at nrosdahl@cdapress.com.