George Green: Passion to save the Playhouse

George Green became executive artistic director of the Lake City Playhouse in 2010. Under his direction, playhouse budgets have increased dramatically as has the level of audience enthusiasm.
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Archie Hulsizer: A life focused on the positives

There is no way to do justice to everything retired bank executive Archie Hulsizer has accomplished in his "almost-93" year-old life. He has lived in the same unpretentious Wallace house for many decades because "my wife LoRayne loved it and didn't want to move." He was also the fastest typist …
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Enter the night terror

It's the stuff of horror movies.
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Chris Green: Not wasting life experience

Chris Green has spent the last several years as a casework manager at St. Vincent de Paul. After a tough adolescence and the startup of a successful heavy-equipment business in Alaska, he is now working toward a bachelor's degree in social work. His philosophy? The most important thing we can …
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Pat Raffee: Grace under pressure

Pat Raffee is Kootenai County chief deputy county clerk. She was hired in 2011 by County Clerk Cliff Hayes, who died in office last December. She currently works under Jim Brannon, who was appointed interim county clerk by the Kootenai County Commission. Raffee's background includes contract positions as executive director …
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Dr. Dick Smart: Passionate, and so much more

The short form of any introduction to Dr. Dick Smart is a list - in no logical order - of several of his lifetime accomplishments: dentist, family man, railcyclist, train enthusiast, patented inventor, author, outdoorsman and nature lover. He's also the designer and builder of a pedal-powered, rideable version of …
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Chickenpox virus can likely lead to shingles

Often the mere mention of shingles can produce an impressive string of expletives.
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Kim Ransier: Living life with passion and a mission

Kim Ransier, director of operations for the nonprofit Hospice of North Idaho - the first inpatient hospice facility in Idaho - is a woman who lives life with both a passion and a mission.
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David Callahan: Planning to solve problems

David Callahan is Kootenai County's new director of community development. A San Antonio native, Callahan started work here in November of last year after holding a similar position in Fort Morgan, Colo.
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Ron Jacobson: Let's just make things work and get them done

On Jan. 7, Ron Jacobson took the oath of office for mayor of Post Falls. A senior vice president of Inland Northwest Bank, Jacobson has been involved with the city for more than 20 years and served as both city council member and city council president.
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The advantages of a gluten-free diet

There's a new acronym out there and its usage is growing daily in popularity.
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Steve Widmyer: The new mayor reflects

On Jan. 7, Steve Widmyer will take the oath of office to become the 34th mayor of Coeur d'Alene. A longtime local businessman, Widmyer will soon jump into a part-time job with his typical full-time zeal.
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Eve Knudtsen: A woman without pretense

Eve Knudtsen is president of Knudtsen Chevrolet Co. and has spent more than a quarter of a century working in the family business. A woman without pretense, she is equally passionate about her job and her community.
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Russ Porter: The secret of 'our' success

Russ Porter is Chief Executive Officer of Mountain West Bank. He's a banker who personally knows the value of manual labor and a man who is reluctant to talk about his own accomplishments but is not shy about praising the work of his employees.
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John Stone: An affinity for building

Riverstone developer, John Stone, is an unexpectedly soft-spoken man with an unpretentious office overlooking Riverstone's man-made pond, which is now covered with snow. "You should see it in the spring," he said. "It's really beautiful with all the people around there."
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Single dad providing for his two kids - one with special needs

Sometimes doing the smart thing it takes to turn your life around isn't the easy thing. As a matter of fact, it can be the one thing that seems almost impossible.
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Jack Bannon: He's told a few stories

Jack Bannon, a man with his own Wikipedia entry, is perhaps most frequently identified with the role of assistant city editor Art Donovan on "Lou Grant." A longtime resident of Coeur d'Alene, Bannon is currently performing in 'A Christmas Cabaret' at The Coeur d'Alene Resort. The production, which is presented …
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Couple tries to get by working three jobs

Between this mom and dad, they have three jobs and are still unable to make ends meet.
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Mom dealing with child's disorders

This mother works in the restaurant business, but is unable to put in more than 25 hours a week.
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Charles Buck: Interesting man doing interesting work

Dr. Charles Buck has been in his current position at the University of Idaho in Coeur d'Alene for two-and-a-half years. His job title is 10 words long: Associate Vice President and Center Executive Officer of Northern Idaho.
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Woman concerned for ailing husband

We all know by now that the late Art Linkletter's comment, "Old age is not for sissies," is more truth than fiction.
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Binge drinking: An unfortunate holiday tradition

Want to know the best Christmas present you can give your family?
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John Eloe: The man behind The Resort lights

Who's got the most glamorous job in Coeur d'Alene on the day after Thanksgiving?
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Wendy Gabriel: A woman of many talents

Wendy Gabriel has worked in Coeur d'Alene's City Hall for almost a quarter of a century, first as a prosecuting attorney and currently as longtime city administrator. The self-described Idaho farm girl is a woman of many talents ranging from assisting at the birth of a calf, to running a …
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Mary Powell: She can talk to the animals

Mary Powell is the lead dog technician at the Kootenai Humane Society. She does everything from hiring, training and managing animal caregivers to cleaning kennels to evaluating dogs for temperament to working with adoptive families.
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Ryan Smith: Practicing 'street medicine'

Physician's assistant Ryan Smith runs Heritage Health's new school-based mobile medical clinic, a rolling clinic that primarily serves rural areas of Kootenai County. A developer of Heritage's "street medicine" program, Smith brought with him an intuitive understanding of the importance of taking health care out to the community as well …
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Be careful during the holiday eating season

Large, heavy meal may act as trigger for heart attack
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Many choose to donate organs, but few are eligible

Here's a feel-good statistic for you: Idaho is currently in a national tie for sixth place for percentage of us who are registered organ donors.
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Bette Ammon: Connecting people with the world

Bette Ammon has been a librarian for 30 years, eight of them served as Library Director of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. When she talked about her profession, her enthusiasm was instantly apparent. Books, she will tell you, are only one of the many community services provided by today's libraries.
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Gourmet Dinner Group celebrates 40th anniversary

Those were the days. A gallon of gas cost 40 cents, the average price of a house was $32,500 and "All in the Family" was America's favorite TV show.
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Helping those with low vision

There are many important community issues that most of us will go a lifetime without encountering - issues you'll rarely, if ever, find on an election ballot.
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Grant MacLean: A lifetime of keeping the faith

At the end of this month, Grant MacLean will be retiring as spiritual care coordinator for Hospice of North Idaho (HONI). Formerly pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church for more than two decades, MacLean has been a strong influence in the North Idaho faith community.
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The purpose of sleep

Not many parents are likely to challenge the following wisdom from comedian - and father - Chris Rock: "Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep."
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Athol Seat 4: Spencer loves Idaho, city

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Athol Seat 3: Zichko says it's time for change

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Athol Seat 3: Schieve running for the town

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Behind the flu shot

’Tis the season.
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Cd'A Crossing doubles down on donations

Though the 2.4-mile Coeur d'Alene Crossing fundraiser is only two years old, the group donated $7,000 on Thursday to Union Gospel Mission (UGM), one of three nonprofits receiving a $7,000 check.
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Becoming a better person

"Some people believe that because you're obese, you don't have the right to have feelings," said Jenny Duncan, a Coeur d'Alene woman who recently lost more than 300 pounds. "Most of them wouldn't think of yelling at someone out their car window, but I've even had people throw things at …
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3Cs plan autumn food, wine festival

They're fun-loving, they're generous and soon they'll be hosting the best fall festival in town.
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Americans definitely not anti-antibiotics

It's been called "one of the world's most pressing public health problems" by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and even has a week named after it.
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Author Brinkley reports on Cronkite

A prize-winning historian on a quest "to understand America" was the guest speaker Thursday evening at the Idaho Humanities Council's 10th annual Distinguished Humanities Lecture and Dinner at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
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Missing

Lost dog posters - you see people stapling them to poles in every town in America.
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Health center gets third name

When Legacy Health - the former Dirne Community Health Center - changed its name to Heritage Health on Monday, it was the second name-change for the organization in three weeks.
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Merlin Berger: A framework of community service

Merlin Berger, a co-owner of Frame of Mind, has strong roots in community service. His past volunteer work has included the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo Foundation as well as the Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association where he served as both a board member and president.
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Cronkite biographer to speak

"I'm just trying to understand America," said prize-winning historian Douglas Brinkley, recent author of "Cronkite," a biography of Walter Cronkite, who represented the face of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981.
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Vera Weniger: The social heart of country life

Vera Weniger is a longtime Coeur d'Alene resident with an abiding love of all things grange-related. As a past president of the Mica Flats Grange, and holder of many Grange positions, she has been instrumental in keeping the facility at the social heart of Mica-Kidd Island life.
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ALS walk set for Saturday

It's a disease without a known cure and one that costs every person diagnosed with it a minimum of $200,000 annually.
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Ashley Piaskowski: A whole new Legacy

Since July, Ashley Piaskowski has been the patient enrollment and outreach coordinator for Legacy Health - Legacy is the new name of Dirne Community Health Center.
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Testing begins at home

It used to be that the simple thermometer was the sum total of the typical American family's home-health gadgets.
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Paddling the years away: Paddlefest 2013 helps Camp Sweyolakan

They are waterborne time machines dating back to the 1920s. Add to the mix 10 happy paddlers with a history of good times at Camp Sweyolakan and you've got a couple of 26-foot war canoes filled with laughter.
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New name, same mission

Legacy Health: It's the new name for Dirne Community Health, a longtime local asset whose goal of providing a medical home to at-risk populations has stood the test for 30 years.
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Gum disease could lead to other problems

If you're one of those people who lives by the philosophy, "Caveman didn't brush his teeth, so why should I?" you might just want to rethink your approach to oral hygiene in light of some recent research.
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Rod Erickson: An entertaining life

Rod Erickson has been entertaining the citizens of North Idaho - not to mention the rest of the country - for more than 40 years. Born in 1938 in Beaver Lodge, Alberta, the Spirit Lake resident figures he'll keep on doing what he does best as long as he can …
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North Idaho Fair and Rodeo queen ready to ride

Born in Coeur d'Alene, raised in Athol and Spirit Lake, the first North Idaho Fair and Rodeo queen is Timberlake High School senior Jessica Norlander. With a reign lasting until August 2014, the new royal is excited about her job.
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Art that makes a difference

She's a longtime artist who comes with a professional pedigree that includes her father, Stephen Shortridge, an internationally acclaimed painter.
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Mike Bullard: A crafter of words

Mike Bullard is a retired Presbyterian minister, 2010 Democratic candidate for the Idaho Legislature and recent author of the book, "Lioness of Idaho: Louise Shadduck and the Power of Polite."
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Prepared to paddle

Maybe we really can go home again.
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Choosing the best options for every cancer patient

Dr. Brian Samuels is director of the Northwest Oncology Program at Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls. A board-certified oncologist and author of more than 60 articles and book chapters, Samuels was previously on the faculty of the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois. The following interview was …
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Doug Miller: Consumed by hydroplanes

Forty-five years later, H1 hydroplane racing is back.
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Back to work

Most of us head off to work every day making for our return home at night. Many of us, however, won't get to follow that script.
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An advocate for pets

There's a new nonprofit in town and it's all about pets.
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New St. Vincent de Paul housing opens

A ribbon-cutting was held Tuesday morning to celebrate the new John O'Brien House at St. Vincent de Paul. The Homestead Street facility offers housing for low-income residents with a chronic mental illness and/or disabilities.
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More than a cookbook

For many locals, "More Than a Cookbook: A Legacy of Recipes and Stories of Hope" is the answer to a prayer.
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A team to design your care plan

"Sometime over the last 40 years, the practice of medicine became physician-centered," said Dr. Terence Neff, a board-certified pediatrician at Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics. "Now it's all about the physician and not the patient.
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Jim Hightower: A restless soul

Jim Hightower - director of operations of four local Domino's pizza stores owned by his wife, Missy, as well as a recent school board member - is a restless soul. Always looking for new challenges, he is currently preparing to go partners with his son in two Domino's stores in …
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From lemonade to People to People

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When in doubt, laugh

The following statement comes to you with a disclaimer: The source of this item is not some well-respected university study but comes, rather, from thousands of years of anecdotal reports.
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In Person: Denis Yost

Denis Yost could easily be called North Idaho's Renaissance Man of Pharmacy. Bringing with him almost four decades as a hospital director of pharmacy - six of them at Kootenai Health - a well-defined expertise in medical research, and his years as a faculty member at the University of Montana, …
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Kathy Carmichael: A born caregiver

Kathy Carmichael is a born caregiver - from her first career as a flight attendant to her current volunteer position as foster mom to endless numbers of orphaned and abandoned cats. For over a quarter century and across state lines, she has been the local go-to person when a cat …
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Atrial fibrillation: Trying to keep the beat

". . . and then my heart skipped a beat."
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Devi Fournier: All about kindness

Local kids' advocate Devi Fournier has just published her first children's book, "Peace Polly from Pluto." The 50-year old author is a woman with a social platform that, she said, can be summed up in a single word: Kindness.
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Grief: A part of life that hurts

Let's be honest here.
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New look for Kootenai Health

There's a lot of upbeat talk around Kootenai Health these days and the word "new" features prominently in all of it.
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Hydration, breaks key to avoiding heat exhaustion

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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In Person: Ron and Nanci Jenkins

For event organizers Ron and Nanci Jenkins, it's the busiest time of the year - the countdown to next Sunday's Jacey's Race in Sandpoint. A community event held to raise awareness of childhood cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, the race is now in its 11th year.
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A place for seniors to stay cool

With temperatures this week approaching the 100-degree mark, it's definitely worth paying attention to those tried-and-true health recommendations for heat sufferers: drink more water - unless your physician has recommended otherwise - and find yourself some cool, cool air conditioning.
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The reality of kidney stones

So what does a kidney stone attack feel like?
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Dane Dugan: Not just hanging out at the fair

Remember how the world looked when you were 9 years old sitting in the back seat of Grandpa's car and headed off to the state fair?
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Weighing the options

It carries the financial impact of monthly mortgage payments, the social consequences of a longterm relationship and the medical potential for saving - or losing - a life.
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The guy behind all that trivia

So here's your once-in-a-lifetime chance to get up-close and personal with the Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls Press' front-page trivia maestro:
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Ready to give

They're at it again.
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'Hope is your pilot light'

She's the cancer survivor who won't quit running. And swimming. And biking.
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Why didn't I listen to my body?

There's a classic Gershwin tune that starts, "Summertime, and the livin' is easy."
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To save a life

And now ... the answer to your final Jeopardy question is: "To save a life."
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Addressing the hurt

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Reaching new heights

The ever-popular Rah! Rah! Sis! Boom! Bah! was heard for the first time almost 150 years ago at a Princeton University football game. The "yell leaders" were all male.
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He's a dog person

If you want to know anything about Dave Byer, ask a local dog.
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Artful regret?

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'You're basically saving your own life'

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NIC dual enrollment suits them just fine

COEUR d'ALENE - If all goes according to plan, Taylor Canifax-Broesch will be teaching elementary
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New life for Lady Lola

"To Lady Lola," went the happy toast on Wednesday at Hagadone Marina.
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Relay for Life set for May 17

COEUR d'ALENE - Laura Narolski is a cancer survivor.
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Best treatment anywhere

COEUR d'ALENE - It's the occupation that has been voted the most trusted profession in America for 13 of the past 14 years.
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Strength in numbers

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Spelling for education

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
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Girl Gunslinger

She's 18 years old and assistant manager of the Coeur d'Alene Skeet and Trap Club.
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Celebrating 20 years of helping kids reach goals

It's the gee-whiz factor behind SOARING that makes it a five-star success with kids.
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A little theater, a little dance, some symphony

The world premiere of "SYM" - an original musical production which weds singing, dancing and improvisation to some good, old-fashioned joy and humor - continues tonight through Sunday at North Idaho College.
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In the name of safety

Sometimes it appears that the naming of streets is an exercise in creativity. Right here in Kootenai County, for example, we have OK Corral Road, Hat Trick Lane, Cattle Drive, Kicking Horse Lane, Easy Street and Wisteria Lane.
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Great outdoors a great attraction

When it comes to the subject of the outdoors and those blue-sky, crackling-air, thrilled-to-be-alive-days that are made only in North Idaho, most of us who live here know exactly how lucky we are.
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Go home and stay there

No one wants to end up in the hospital.
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Hands-on their future

RATHDRUM - There's something irresistible about knocking a few hours off a routine school day and using that time to learn how to climb a utility pole, operate heavy equipment, use a brad nailer or try your hand at welding.
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Rallies not really about machines

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