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Dec 2, 2019
4 min

Holiday Match

For some it’s a pair of warm socks while for others a new play set for their children. Maybe it’s a surprise date night or help with food for a holiday meal. The holiday requests come in to Newby-ginnings from many different people and situations, and remarkably they are all met thanks to the generosity of this community. When Theresa Hart started Newby-ginnings in October of 2013, her mission was to provide any kind of help she could to local veterans, military families and

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Oct 30, 2019
2 min

Rebuilding Smiles

A veteran-owned dental clinic, LakeView Dental in Coeur d’Alene specializes in general and cosmetic dentistry and prosthodontics. Combining his passion of dentistry with a love of artistry, Brett Matteson, DDS, FACP brings a unique perspective and inspired techniques to his treatment of each and every one of his patients at his practice. Dr. Brett earned his Bachelor of Science at La Sierra University and went on to earn his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Loma Linda Univers

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Oct 30, 2019
4 min

A Safe Haven For Children

“There is so much hope here. Kids are so resilient; once they feel safe, you begin to see the hope in them.” Rosa Mettler, LCSW, is the chief program officer at the Children’s Village, which, for more than 28 years, has been providing a safe and nurturing space for abused and neglected children in our community. “It is so rewarding to watch them blossom as they develop healthy, loving relationships,” she says. With an experienced and loving staff who strive each day to offer

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Oct 21, 2019
7 min

Making a Financial World of Difference

When a person goes to college and gets a degree, they typically learn a great deal about their chosen field, hoping to find a good job, make a lot of money and live the perfect dream life. For one Spokane woman though, going from point A to point B has already happened in her 30-some years, but with a fascinating, and life-changing, twist. Kumiko Love, an accredited financial counselor and the creator of The Budget Mom, was raised on a farm in Chewelah, Washington, and lived

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Oct 14, 2019
5 min

Fall activities in the Inland Northwest

October is a favorite of many Northwesterners. A sunny day with a bit of a bite in the air but no snow on the ground makes for a lot of smiles. It’s also the last chance to get out and enjoy dry ground before the November rains and December snows start to fall. All around the region there are fall activities, many culminating around Halloween. You can sample seasonal foods and drinks, select that perfect pumpkin, enjoy carnivals and entertainment or be scared completely out o

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Oct 7, 2019
5 min

Full Contact Fun

When in high school or college, it’s pretty easy to join a competitive team. There are all kinds of clubs and sports at competitive and intramural levels, and without a full-time job or family, you’ve generally got a lot more time for practices and competitions. As we get older it can become more difficult to find a way to scratch that competitive itch in a team environment, as there just aren’t as many opportunities due to our many daily obligations and responsibilities. For

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Sep 28, 2019
3 min

Athletes of the Month: Janae Rayborn & Julieanna Stith

Janae Rayborn Lake City High School Carrie Minden Photography October Athlete of the Month Janae Rayborn is focused on her last season as a Lake City High School volleyball player. The senior knew a while back that this was her calling in athletics and what she wanted to expend her full energy on. “Over the years I have played basketball, soccer and tennis, but I eventually wanted to choose one sport to focus on full time. This was a really hard decision for me, but I'm so g

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Sep 28, 2019
4 min

Walk 500 Miles in My Shoes

Army veteran Rich Henning showed his respect to the first responders of 9/11 by doing what comes naturally. He took a walk. Henning wanted to duplicate the effort of the emergency teams that responded to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that ominous morning by climbing 104 flights of stairs. Unfortunately, there are very few buildings with that many floors east of the Cascades. So instead, he did the next best thing. He found an 18-story building and climbed the stai

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Sep 28, 2019
2 min

An interesting story behind a unique building

Hidden amongst the tall trees in Hayden, Idaho, yet only a few minutes from Highway 95 on Government Way, is where you will find a building, which is unpretentious on the outside but takes you to another place once you enter. Constructed from 1983 to 1986 by the Louisiana Pacific Corporation with a budget of $1.5 million—which was a substantial sum for the time—it was built to operate as the corporation’s one-of-a-kind divisional headquarters. In 2004, Bielec Enterprises, Inc

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Sep 23, 2019
7 min

What’s In Your Beer?

To brew beer you need four key ingredients: water, yeast, malt and hops. Clean water makes for a crisp beverage, and yeast is used to convert sugars into alcohol. Malt is where the color and flavor profile comes from, and hops add to the aroma and bitterness. A stroll down any grocery store aisle and you’ll find such a wide range of choices that it’s hard to fathom they all come from the same four basic ingredients. If you’ve tipped back a Bud Light, Goose Island IPA, Elysian

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Sep 16, 2019
5 min

Coding From Your Couch

Sean Bonner is quick to call himself a nerd, and during his 15 years living in North Idaho, he has come to realize that he is not alone. Through the Coeur d’Alene branch of the Innovation Collective, he and other self-avowed nerds have a place to come together and work toward the organization’s mission, which is to create “a global entrepreneurship movement in smaller towns,” nodding to the uniqueness of each town and the skills of each member. Charles Buck is the associate v

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Sep 2, 2019
4 min

Give Until it Hurts

In early August, at what is now a monthly check-giving ceremony, the partners at Daft Badger took a financial hit—a big one. They gave a check in the amount of $2,136 to CDAIDE, the result of their month-long donation program for the busy summer month of July. “Today’s a tough one,” said Darrell Dlouhy, one of the brewery’s founders. “That’s a big check.” But then, that’s the point, Dlouhy said: “Let’s give until it hurts.” Now in its fifth year of operation, Daft Badger Brew

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Sep 2, 2019
4 min

Coeur d’Alene Regenerative Medicine: Faster Recovery, Lifelong Solutions

Coeur d’Alene’s active lifestyle is one big reason many of us call this place home. We are a city on the move, whether we’re out on the putting green, perfecting our parallel turns at Schweitzer or just walking to yoga class. With all this physical activity going on, there are bound to be a few accidents and injuries. Conventional medical care may require months of rehab and a slow recovery. But a breakthrough treatment known as regenerative medicine is changing the way doct

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Aug 19, 2019
7 min

Living Your Purpose With Passion

I had a conversation with a young woman a while ago who’d recently gotten married. She and I were talking about the new phase of life she was in, and I asked her what her biggest challenge was. She answered, “I guess I would have to say my own individualism, since I’m in a different phase of life and I’m newly married now. Sometimes I think about who I am and what I’m supposed to be doing ... I want to live passionately now, not just in the future.” We all have that longing t

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Aug 12, 2019
4 min

Feel It, Live it

Let’s talk opera. When you think of opera, do you envision an elegant evening of spectacle and emotion presented by some of the most gifted artists on earth? Then you’re thinking of Inland Northwest Opera, and your season tickets are one of your most treasured possessions. Or do you think of opera as two portly people in slightly musty costumes and horned Viking helmets (which the Vikings never wore by the way) standing two feet apart and bellowing Wagner at each other for se

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Jul 31, 2019
5 min

A Drop in the Bucket List

Darlene Richardson stood from her seat next to the window, lifted her phone and took another picture of the Spokane River. Then she sat, two chairs from her son Bert, and smiled. A cruise down the Spokane River was on her bucket list, she said, and One More Time made it happen, “before I got too sick.” “I haven’t found too many people willing to go the extra mile,” Darlene said. “I didn’t even know they existed.” Darlene, 77, and Bert took their three-hour cruise in mid-July,

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Jul 29, 2019
3 min

The Fair Necessities

It’s time once again to celebrate North Idaho as the North Idaho State Fair comes to the Kootenai County Fairgrounds August 21 through August 25, and it’s an event you won’t want to miss! With events, exhibits and entertainment for the entire family, Brittany Teverbaugh, the marketing and sponsorship manager for the fair, says that each year the fair sees upward of 80,000 attendees. “Last year was a record breaker in many ways, with an attendance of 85,448 over the five-day e

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Jul 29, 2019
2 min

Building Fun and Creating Lasting Memories

“We felt the need to foster socialization in a time when kids would rather sit and engage with a video game instead of kids their age. We wanted families to experience fun together by embracing the boundless joy of bouncing. Trampoline parks are the perfect way to fill this need.” The founders of Trampoline Parks, LLC manufactured the first modern-day trampoline park back in 2011. Since then, they’ve built more than 200 trampoline parks across six continents, creating hours o

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Jul 22, 2019
7 min

Mission: Save Lives

The orange-striped ships with sailors from the US Coast Guard that patrol the waters of Washington, Oregon and Idaho are responsible for more than checking registrations and policing loud parties. District 13 of the Coast Guard has authority over commercial fishing regulations, enforcing environmental regulations and protecting inland waters. But their primary mission is to protect the Pacific coastline from attack from hostile forces from the border of California to the stra

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Jul 15, 2019
4 min

Out of the Birds' Shadow

As she pointed out inventions, airplanes and photos spanning more than a century of United States history, Rachel Riddle Schwam found herself apologizing for mixing up the dates on a few displays at the new location of the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center. The double-checking was understandable. There are a lot of dates for her to keep track of. Some items go back at least 150 years. “You’ve got old airplanes, new airplanes, antique inventions to modern day invention

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