Community Thanks

THANK YOU: From 24/7 ministry

The Anthem Church staff of the 24/7 ministry would like to extend a much appreciative “Thank You” to businesses and individuals who support our fundraising golf tournaments. On Aug. 19 we held our 4th annual tournament at Prairie Falls Golf Club.

Corporate sponsors for this year and year’s past have been: Thorco Electric. Champion Concrete Pumping, Western Tree Service, Williams Paint, Snap Fitness, Solid Rock Automation, Randy Weiss, bankcda, Joel Pearl Reality, The Rooter Guys, Northwest Swisse Machine, McArthy Corporation, North Idaho Golf, Paragon Brewery, Young’s Quality Cleaning, Nick Pepperworth, North Idaho Physical Therapy, Dougherty & Associates CPA’s and Mark’s Marine.

The following restaurants and establishments provided gift certificates as prizes: The Porch, Tomato Street, Texas Road House, Sargents Restaurant, Caddy Shack, Prairie Falls Golf Club, Twin Lakes GC, Avondale GC, The Links GC, Circling Raven GC, Stoneridge GC and Coeur d’Alene GC. And, thanks to all of the golfers who registered and played in the tournaments, and to all of the individuals who gave personal donations.

24/7 is a drug and alcohol recovery program that ministers to men and women coming out of incarceration. We provide treatment along with housing for 16 months. Our clients are taken through classes that teach them how to live a life free of drugs and alcohol, and how a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the only way to a successful life. Proceeds from the golf tournament help support the ministry.

BRIAN BASSETT, 24/7 pastor

GLEN ROTHROCK

Hayden

BENEFIT: Pay-it-Forward

On Sept. 30, we held our 9th annual Pay-it-Forward dinner for the benefit of the ABC Food Bank in Athol. I would like to extend my thanks to the following businesses and individuals who made very generous donations.

Thank you to: Northwoods Veterinary Hospital, C & L Repair, Rock Springs Repair, Little Town Market, Country Clinical Massage, Timberlake Fire Department, and John Mott — all in Athol; Richard and Bobbie Neamy in Hayden Lake; Ed and Meredith Robinson in Post Falls; Spirit Lake Marine in Spirit Lake; Gloria Robinson in Blanchard; Jan Powell in Coeur d’Alene; and all who donated food and money at our dinner.

We were able to donate $879 and five large boxes of groceries to the food bank. Also, thank you to Norma Jean Knowles for doing the majority of the cooking, and Casey M. for cleaning up. We couldn’t do it without you.

DONNA LOPEZ

American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 149

SPONSORS: Support youth sports

The Post Falls Parks and Recreation Department would like to extend a special thanks and appreciation for the dedicated businesses that sponsor the youth soccer and flag football programs provided by our department to the Post Falls and surrounding communities during the fall season. Your support is greatly appreciated: Day Dental Smiles, Academy Mortgage, Seright’s Ace Hardware, Advanced Benefits, Allied Weldery, Basso Construction, Blue Dog RV, Post Falls Taco Bell, Cannon Hill Industries, Century Publishing, Coeur d’Alene Pediatrics, Coeur d’Alene Self Storage; Del Taco, Financial Strategies, Fox Trailers, Grille From Ipanema, H & I Woodcraft, Hagadone Directories, Handy Andy Home Service, Integrated Personnel, Jump for Joy Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Animal Hospital, Kootenai Urgent Care, Lakeview Financial, Little Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, North Idaho College, Paul Bunyan, Peach Orthodontics, Post Falls Family Dental, Post Falls Family Medicine, Post Falls Volkswagen, River City Chiropractic, Specialty Forest Products, St. Maries Lumberjacks, Viking Construction, Washington Trust Bank, Watercolors Daycare, Wood Doctor, Woodland Family Dentist, bankcda, Champion Concrete Pumping & Conveying, Idaho Central Credit Union, Mainstream Electric, Nate’s New York Pizza and Northwest Urgent Care.

Again, thank you for your continued support of the Post Falls Parks and Recreation Department’s youth sports programs. The benefits of these programs are endless.

For more details please contact the Post Falls Recreation office at 208-773-0539.

POST FALLS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

TURKEYS: Providing food for families

The Turkeys & More Committee is very thankful for the wonderful donations and support to provide turkeys and “trimmings” food to 1,600 families served by the Community Action Partnership (CAP) Food Bank in Kootenai County. We would like to especially thank Bob Drummond, Jack and Camie Beebe, and Doug Parker for providing funds for half of the turkeys needed for Thanksgiving. With their financial assistance and the other donations, we have almost reached our goal of raising $32,000 to buy all of the Thanksgiving food.

Thanks also to Platinum level donors and sponsors of almost $1,000 and over: The Coeur d’Alene Garden Club, The Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Schuon Manufacturing, Idaho Central Credit Union and Coeur d’Alene Kiwanis.

$500 Gold Club members thanked are: Academy Mortgage, Horizon Credit Union, Kootenai Title, Northwest Specialty Hospital, P1FCU (Potlatch Credit Union), Sunrise Rotary, White Pine Wealth Management and Windermere Realty.

Thanks too for our Silver Donors of $100 and over: Jim and Doreen Irving, Aspen Homes, Doug and Eileen Cresswell, Gookin Living Trust, Theresia Hood, Numerica, Unity Church and Sharon Weiss.

Additional thanks to donors of $20-$60: Dan English, Ann Bergeson, Ruth Rodeen, James and Judy Sullenberger, Jane and Randy Thomas, Delores Johnson, Bart and Bonnie Chamberlin, Paul Ferguson, Sandra Kay, Ruth Kirk, J. Simpson, Sandra Ball and Barbara Fillmore’s Majong group.

A big thanks to Mike Bolan of the Fabulous Shadows, who volunteered to direct our Showcase of Talent benefit concert held at the Kroc on Sept. 29. Those attending enjoyed a delightful evening of wonderful talent presented by: Father and daughter Brady and Ellie, Hannah Verdi, Alejandro, Bones Kasun, Luke Russell and Thom Pace. In the second half, we enjoyed: The Red Hot Mamas, The Josh Day Trio (with brother Nick and instructor Barry Aiken), Mackenzie Hickerson, Hannah Goodwin, Jacob Maxwell and Britt Sasson, the winner of North Idaho America’s Got Talent. Britt also shared Emcee honors with Dave Walker, a former Coeur d’Alene city councilman and a key contributor to the Turkeys & More Facebook event site.

We are also grateful for the in-kind donations from: Action Printers — for printing poster, Betty Bray Baker signs, Coeur d’Alene Press — for publicity help, Commericial Printers — for printing tickets and the Lady d’Alenes for help at the event. Thanks to: Lake City Center — for meeting space, Deni Linhart — Fine Arts Photographer, Bill Severs of Net Best Internet Services for graphic design, and Salvation Army Kroc Center for scholarship and other assistance.

Thanks to our door prize donor Mike Bolan (original painting) and raffle donors: North Idaho Quilters, Gonzaga, Costco, Mountain West Bank, Dave Walker, Demian and Amber Rose, and Barbara and James Fillmore. Kudos also to Turkeys & More committee members: Food Bank Manager Nicol Barnes, Betty Bray Baker, Mike Bolan, Barbara Fillmore, Shirlee Grabco, Deni Linhart, Peter Luttropp, Christie Owens, Lindsey Ritzheimer, Karen Worthley and Dave Walker.

EVALYN ADAMS, coordinator

Turkeys & More Committee