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MAKE IT COUNT! STROLLING THE AISLES OF THE STORE, there are already signs of backto-school specials. Yes, school will soon be here, but the reality is that we still have a lot of summertime fun left, and we should not let it go to waste!

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SUMMER IS FLYING BY, SO MAKE SURE TO MAKE THE TIME to get outdoors, soak in the sunshine and enjoy all the beauty that surrounds us right here in North Idaho! Our August cover photo was taken by Keith Boe, of North Idaho Life, in Bayview. Sit back, relax and take it all in before it’s too late!

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When prioritizing things in life, I am sure we can all agree that making memories with those we love is something at the top of our list. Laundry may pile up and some of our projects and house cleaning may have to be put on the back burner, but in years to come, it is the memories that we make that will remain.

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Health & Lifestyle

Tips and informational articles about living a healthy, active lifestyle.

Revive your home with essential oils.

62 Feature Story

30 Life & Community

82 Travel & Leisure

Coeur d’Fondo: Choose your ride.

Havasupai Falls: A memorable journey exploring the Grand Canyon.

Essentials

Five Happy Hearts Traveling the World: Home is where your family is.

36 Business Spotlight Creekside Construction: Custom home builder.

38 In Focus A Party Not to be Missed: Festival at Sandpoint celebrates 36th year.

44 Living Local

85 Food & Drink Your local guide to the tastiest hot spots around town and local recipes.

93 Arts &

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Artificial Takeover: AI. Robotics. take over town during Think Big Festival.

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ESSENTIALS

Improveand Your Life Your Living Space SIX WAYS TO REVIVE YOUR HOME WITH ESSENTIAL OILS

(BPT) - ESSENTIAL OILS, HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ESSENCES OF PLANTS, have the power to improve our lives, revive our spaces and boost our mood, whether it's through diffusing them to add a fresh scent to the kitchen, creating a spa-like oasis in your bathroom or whipping up DIY cleaning products to use all over your home.

"How we care for the everyday spaces we live in impacts our well being," said Charlynn Avery, an aromatherapist and educator for Aura Cacia, a company that sources and sells essential oils. "It's all about the power of positive change.

Clean, synthetic-free living is good for everyone, and using essential oils in your home is one way to do that."

Even better news, it's easy to use essential oils to refresh and revive your living space. Here are some ideas to get you started:

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Freshen up your fridge. Most everyone has a box of baking soda tucked on a shelf in their fridge to absorb odors from last week's leftovers or that questionable carton of milk. Why not make the box do double duty by adding essential oils?

Grapefruit, lime, bergamot or lemongrass will give your fridge a fresh scent. Hint: Sprinkle a little of the baking soda mixed with essential oils into your garbage can to freshen it, too.

Brighten your DIY cleaning products. Ditch the chemicals lurking in store-bought cleaning supplies and make your own infused with intoxicating scents! Once you try it, you'll never go back to commercial cleaners. And it's easier than you might think.

Here's just one recipe: For window cleaner, combine 1 1/2 cups distilled water, 2 tablespoons white vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of Aura Cacia Main Squeeze Essential Oil Blend

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Create your oasis! in a 16-ounce spray bottle. Shake well, and voila! You're ready to tackle your windows. You'll find more easy recipes for making your own natural cleaning products at AuraCacia.com.

mood. Try citrus oils like lime in a room spray, grapefruit in a diffuser or sweet orange simmering on the stove to promote positive feelings in potential buyers.

Banish food odors. Is the smell of the bacon you fried for breakfast still lingering in the kitchen at dinner? Pop a pan of warm water on the stove and add essential oils like cinnamon or citrus and simmer. It's a quick, low-cost way to diffuse oils for instant aromatherapy while getting rid of lingering cooking odors.

Becalm your bathrooms. Set a diffuser on the counter and add lemon, grapefruit or orange for a fresh scent, or try lavender, eucalyptus or tea tree to create a garden-like oasis.

Make the most of your open house. Realtors will tell you that bad smells make a bad impression and good smells make a positive impression. It's important to clean your home from top to bottom to neutralize pet odors, your teen's room full of gym clothes and other sources of bad smells.

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Revitalize your carpets. Pets, kids and general foot traffic can do a number on the way your carpets smell, and that odor can permeate the whole room. Add the essential oil of your choice, like bergamot, to a box of new baking soda. Sprinkle it on your carpet, let it sit for 15 minutes or so and vacuum it up. Hint: Pop a cotton ball doused with essential oil into your vacuum bag or filter to spread fresh scent every time you vacuum.

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5 PET-FRIENDLY PREPARATIONS FOR YOUR SUMMER TRAVELS

(BPT) - ON YOUR MOST CHALLENGING DAYS YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON your pet to greet you at the door when you come home or cuddle up in your lap in the evening. They are a vital part of your home life all year long, but when your life takes you away from home—as it often does during summer travel—are you thinking of them before you head out the door?

With so much to pack and prepare for your trip, it's easy to forget about those you'll leave behind, like your pets. That's why if you're planning to leave for a day or longer, you should make sure to employ these five tips to make sure your pet is happy and safe while you're away.

• Find a quality pet sitter. Dogs need to be walked and let out during the day, so when you're gone, you'll need a pet sitter to fill these duties.

Finding a quality, reliable pet sitter can be the difference between a happy pet and damage to your home when you return. Try to trade sits with a fellow pet owner, and if that's not possible, the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters is a nonprofit organization with resources to help you find the best pet sitter for you.

• Be mindful of the temperature. Knowing the temperature patterns in your destination city plays a big role in how you pack, but have you looked at what the weather has in store for your home while you're gone?

Allowing your home to get overly hot while you're away isn't good for your pet. You can control the temperature in your home—even while you're away—with the Coleman Echelon Hx Touch-screen Thermostat.

This Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat provides more than just comfort; it monitors the temperature in your home, allowing you to always be aware

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of your home's temperature. And best of all, it's completely controllable from your smartphone, so even if you forget to make adjustments before you go, resetting the temperature in your home is just a click away.

• A little cleaning goes a long way. Your pet really isn't that different from you; they appreciate a nice clean area to live in as well. Give it to them before you go by making sure the litter box or the yard is clean and that you've picked up as much clutter as possible. Wash the blankets that adorn their favorite sleeping places and make sure the space is ready for their use.

• A little TV time. If commotion is the name of the game in your home, a house that is suddenly too quiet could have a negative impact on your pet. To alleviate this concern, leave the television on in one of the rooms so your pet can enjoy a little noise in the background. Just make sure you choose a room that is different from where your pet often sleeps so they can comfortably avoid the sound if they want to.

• Leave a little bit of yourself. Is it possible to be in two places at once?

In some ways, yes. Leaving items out that smell like you—laundry or blankets, for example—can be a wonderful source of comfort in instances when your pet is feeling stressed. Just remember that if your pet likes to chew, these items could be their first target, so only leave things you're comfortable losing.

Having a pet doesn't mean you need to put your summer plans on hold; it just adds another layer to your planning process. Apply the tips above, and you and your pet will be happy and comfortable until the trip is over and you're reunited.

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WHETHER THE GOAL IS closing the sale, opening a new shop or dropping 10 pounds, the common expectation is that we’ll be happy once we achieve our goal. We believe in the pattern: Work hard. Achieve success.

Be happy—in that order. If that really worked, every weekend warrior who finishes a race, every family that moves to their dream home, every traveler who finally visits that special destination on their bucket list and every student who receives an acceptance letter— would be happy. That’s simply not the case.

that nurture your body, mind and spirit. Your body loves to start the day moving. Let your body know it’s time to wake up with activity ranging from light stretches to a vigorous workout. A preview of your day mentally prepares you for upcoming events. Visualize desirable outcomes in the morning and notice what happens to your results. Engaging the spiritual practice that’s right for you can put a spring in your step and a smile on your face. Tim Ferriss, entrepreneur and author says, “Own your morning. Own your day.”

Upon achieving our goal, we tend to be happy for a short time—until the “new car smell” wears off. Then it’s business as usual. We set a new goal and strive to achieve it, believing that will make us happy. And then we set another, and another, constantly pushing happiness into the future—or we realize those goals are unending. Many give up on goals.

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The business owner who reminds her salesman of the consequences of losing his next sale can add a barrier to his success. The business owner who reminds her salesman of past successes and her confidence in his skills does the opposite. Words influence our neurochemistry. Cortisol, the hormone that facilitates a fight, flight or freeze response, is produced when we’re uncertain.

Dopamine and oxytocin, hormones that facilitate creativity and connection, are produced when we’re confident and happy.

Both increase the likelihood of success.

Nearly two decades of research in positive psychology and neuroscience demonstrate that the formula, be successful, and then you’ll be happy, is broken. In fact, the opposite is true. Being happy both precedes success and fuels it.

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Daily Review At the end of your day, do you remember what you did well, what’s incomplete or what you wished you’d done better?

Your brain is eight times more likely to remember criticism over compliments and failure over success—unless you train it.

Designed to keep us safe, our brain notices what’s wrong. That worked on the Serengeti, but it in our modern lives, it increases stress.

A better idea is an end of the day practice to reflect on what went well. Find something to be happy about. Remember, your happiness precedes and fuels your success.

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WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING TO PREPARE FOR RETIREMENT? TOP TIPS AND TACTICS FROM FINANCIAL ADVISORS (BPT) - YOU’RE 10 YEARS OR LESS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT. You can clearly see the next phase of your life down the road— and it’s coming up fast. Are you ready for it?

Do you have a comprehensive plan in place so you don’t outlive your savings?

If you’re not as prepared for retirement as you should be, you’re not alone. The Federal Reserve did a study and found that one-fourth of Americans have no retirement savings or pension. And a Money article reports 56 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved.

Why aren’t more people prepared? There are myriad reasons. Some people are stretched thin. Credit card debt, student loans, rising mortgage and interest rates all conspire to make it difficult for them to save. Others may lack information on the importance of retirement savings or lack the financial savvy to be comfortable managing their own investments. And then there’s the gap between men and women. The Federal Reserve’s study found that among women with any level of education, investment comfort is lower than among similarly educated men.

Yet, retirement is waiting just around the corner. People need good advice to help them build their nest eggs before “someday” becomes “now.”

That’s why the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), a national organization representing FeeOnly financial advisors, conducted a poll of its members to get their top tips and advice for people who are nearing retirement. They want to raise consumer awareness about the urgency of preparing for retirement and the importance of having a comprehensive plan in place.

Here are the best tips, advice and tactics for retirement planning from the top financial advisors in the business.

1. Make a list of retirement needs and wants.

If you do not have enough savings for all of your needs, make a 10-year plan to increase your funds.

2. Take a hard look at any major debts you have and develop a plan to eliminate them.

3. Brainstorm any big-ticket financial commitments (caretaking for a family member, etc.) for the next 10 years and consider how these items might affect your ability to save for retirement.

4. Continually monitor and analyze your asset allocation to make sure it is the right one for you. Understand whether you should move to a more conservative asset allocation or continue investing for growth.

5. Be tax efficient with your investments. For example, you should defer as much of your salary as you can to your defined contribution plans.

6. Save to an emergency fund and stay aware of your company’s financial situation.

Companies are prone to reorganizations and layoffs, and older workers can be vulnerable.

7. Ask your HR department about the relationship between your current health insurance and Medicare, as well as what your options are when you reach age 65. Get information about any pension or defined contribution options and any other retiree benefits.

8. Research when stock-based compensation might expire and what stock awards you can retain after retirement.

9. Double check your reported Social Security earnings and resolve any discrepancies now.

Explore your Social Security claiming options and make sure you understand the timing of applying for benefits.

10. Make sure that all of your estate documents are up-to-date. Verify that your named executors and proxies know your wishes and are willing to act on them if needed.

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hile there are many intense and competitive runs, rides and triathlons in our area, the Gran Fondo is not one of them. The annual fall event is meant to bring the cycling community together for a fun day of riding in support of one of the area’s favorite recreational pathways—The Centennial Trail.

Registration is available online at CdAGranFondo.com. Proceeds from the ride go to the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation. With the money, the organization repairs and maintains the Idaho side of the trail, implements continued improvements and helps encourage locals and visitors alike to get out and enjoy the trail.

There are four different distances for this ride held on Saturday, September 22. The Gran is the longest at 108 miles. The ride takes you along Lake Coeur d’Alene through Harrison and then St. Maries before turning back north. The Medio is an 84-mile run that from Harrison turns onto the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. The Piccolo ride is a 37-mile straight shot to Harrison with a return trip to town via a Coeur d’Alene Resort cruise boat.

Finally there is a 15-mile family friendly outand-back ride along the Centennial Trail that returns to the starting point at Second and Sherman downtown.

As in years past, the ride ends downtown during the Coeur d’Alene Chamber’s annual Oktoberfest Celebration. The event is family friendly, and there are several downtownarea businesses set up with beer tastings and some traditional German food offerings, the perfect ending to a great day of riding.

Enjoy a great ride, help out a long-established local nonprofit and end your day in celebration with your friends and neighbors.

Not a bad way to spend a beautiful fall Saturday.

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“Barn in the USA!” North Idaho State Fair & Gem State Stampede August 22-26, 2018

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aiting at a stoplight usually isn’t fun, but if you’re stopped at the intersection of Government Way and Kathleen Avenue on a hot day in August, you may get a burst of excitement.

Tucked on that corner is the beautiful Kootenai County Fairgrounds, and many who look forward to the yearly Fair get excited simply by seeing those first trucks pull in and begin setting up.

Much like the City of Coeur d’Alene itself, the Fair features events and attractions found in a bigger city mixed with that special small-town charm that brings us together as a community. This summer tradition does a fantastic job of keeping familiar favorites while also providing enough variety to continually feel new and exciting. Among the yearly switch ups is the always creative theme.

This year it’s “Barn in the USA!” and those animals certainly are a popular bunch.

From picturesque Clydesdale horses to cows, llamas and chickens in every size and color, you’ll find all ages wandering through the various barns announcing which animals are their favorites. For many, they’ve attended the Fair throughout their

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life since childhood, maybe even coming full circle and now bringing their own children to the Fair.

Traditions keep us together, and it often seems that the longer the traditions go on, the more special they become.

So, what keeps people coming back year after year?

One reason, of course, is the carnival rides and games. You can’t have teenage nostalgia and iconic romantic movies without a trip around the ferris wheel or a stuffed animal won at a ring toss game.

The North Idaho State Fair is no different, with groups of teenagers excitedly racing from ride to ride and adults taking a ride down memory lane.

There’s plenty of fun for the younger kiddos, too, before they graduate into Zipper territory as the years go by.

Two more consistently cited staples are the animals and the food. After oohing and ahhing at our fourlegged and feathery friends, the enticing smells lure the crowd over to the rows of food trucks and the large indoor food court. For the adult-only groups, beer and wine is also available to sip on while you stroll. Families bond while devouring an elephant ear (or two), but there’s more happening than

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You can’t have teenage nostalgia and iconic romantic movies without a trip around the ferris wheel or a stuffed animal won at a ring toss game.

just taste buds being satisfied—it’s also a great opportunity to feature local businesses. You might even find your new favorite food spot after sampling their cuisine at the Fair.

The opportunity to feature and celebrate members of our community is a really neat thing seen each and every year. Keep an eye out for the tremendous number of local musicians, dance groups, singers and cheer squads entertaining the crowds and keeping the energy up. The crafts barns are filled entries that range from cupcake creations to quilts that are truly a work of art to stunning photography and beyond. The many creative categories allow a place for everyone to shine! As Fair goers walk through and recognize names and run into familiar faces, the warmth of a small world feel fills your heart. Maybe that feeling, beyond anything, is what keeps us coming back year after year.

The Fair doesn’t only provide good feelings to the more than 80,000 patrons that come to enjoy it during its five day run—it also does some incredible things to benefit our community. On opening day every year, admission discounts are offered in exchange for non-perishable food donations. In 2017, over 400 pounds of food was brought in for the Post Falls Food Bank!

Thanks to the work of local nonprofit groups and the North Idaho State Fair, following the 2017 Fair, over $90,000 went back into the Coeur d’Alene community. In 2017, Chicks N Chaps and Paint the Fair Pink

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raised over $24,000—half for the Kootenai Health Foundation’s fund to support cancer and the other half for the Fair Foundation’s youth scholarship fund. This year’s Fair is sure to report similar amazing numbers!

With a phenomenal reputation throughout the rodeo community, The Gem State Stampede offers free bleacher seating at the Sunday matinee performance as part of “Family Day,” ensuring that no family has to miss out on the fun due to financial reasons. Plus, if you look around, you’ll see that the grounds are filled with volunteers of all ages. Some are helping with cleanup while others are doing fun giveaways and sharing information about their business, product or cause.

Each year we return for more funnel cakes and cheese fries, rodeos and petting zoos, talent and awards, and memories made lit by multi-colored lights to a soundtrack of laughter and music. It lasts just long enough to be missed and looked forward to while still having time to make an incredible impact that betters our community and the people in it. For those who are yearly Fair goers, take an extra moment this year to look around and really take in how this event is such a representation of how special our community is. If you’ve never been, maybe it’s time to start a new tradition.

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“The transition has been smooth and as seamless as possible,” says Dave.

“The plan for us to take over the company has been set is place since we started working for our stepfather 15 years ago.”

Dave and Derek, both project managers for the company, had been training to become owners of the business for the past 15 years, learning the ins and outs of running Creekside as well as running jobs and dealing with customers and employees. The brothers have been invested in the success of Creekside from day one, sharing a mutual understanding of what their goals for success look like and should be.

Being twin brothers and knowing each other their whole lives, they are not your typical business partnership. The pair has mutual respect for each other, understands each other’s strengths and knows when the other is better suited for a situation or decision that will benefit the company most.

“We have always been close and lived our lives that way, whether it’s work or family life,” says Dave.

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Serving Kootenai, Bonner, Benwah and Shoshone counties, Creekside Construction sets itself apart because they are not a production builder— they are all about relationships. “Our business is close to 100 percent referrals because of those relationships we establish during every project,” says Dave. Whether it’s building someone’s dream home or restoring the loss of one, they make every project a priority and dedicate the utmost attention to detail and perfection.

“The most rewarding part of the work we do is the process!” he says. “We enjoy what we do, plain and simple.”

Dave and Derek have lived and worked in the community for most of their lives. They both have a background in hospitality and hotel management, which has been a huge asset to their customer service level at Creekside.

Both men are extremely personable, outgoing and gregarious.

The staff is made up of a small group of friends. The team genuinely likes

each other, respects each other and enjoys working together. Dave and Derek attribute the success of the company to the people they work with, their staff internally as well as all the well-skilled subcontractors they work with daily.

“At the end of each day we ask, ‘Did we have fun? Did we laugh? And did we get the job done right?’” says Dave. “We value the good ole morals of life: God, family and work. God has blessed us with an incredible crew, lots of work and a beautiful place to call home.”

When it comes to the future of Creekside Construction, Dave say this: “We see a community that is growing in architecture and design and look forward to being a part of that growth in the construction industry. Coeur d’Alene is such a unique community of people; so many small businesses to support and people striving for success. When you look around at the world and truly reflect on this community comprised of genuine, hard-working people working together to make Coeur d’Alene better, it’s encouraging.

We love that we get to raise our young families here and be an influence for the next generation.”

Creekside is a big supporter of Young Life as well as veteran giveback and support programs.

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Whether it’s building someone’s dream home or restoring the loss of one, they make every project a priority and dedicate the utmost attention to detail and perfection.

“I THINK MUSIC IN ITSELF IS HEALING. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” ~ Billy Joel Music. It has a way of energizing and bringing people together. And there is perhaps no better venue to share that experience than the Festival at Sandpoint, which for nearly four decades has brought people together from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Now in its 36th year, The Festival at Sandpoint is the perfect staycation and has also become a traditional vacation for tourists each August. And it’s time once again to let the party begin!

For many who live in Sandpoint, we know the influx of energy that arrives each year at Festival

time. The streets, restaurants, stores and beach are filled, and there is a lot of joy in the air.

direct impact to the Sandpoint economy each year.

But it is not just the fans who benefit from this incredible event; the local economy does as well.

In a study conducted by the University of Idaho in 2012, the findings were impressive as to just how the Festival impacts Sandpoint.

• The Festival contributes $500,000 accommodations impact each year.

“That is the most recent study, so I assume the impact is even greater six years later,” said Festival at Sandpoint’s Executive Director Dyno Wahl. “I am looking to update this study in 2020.”

Some of the statistics from the 2012 study include the following: • The Festival generates at least $2 million in

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• Twenty-five FTE (full-time equivalent jobs) are created throughout Sandpoint because the Festival exists.

• Fifty-two percent of ticket holders are visiting from out of state, and the average ticket buyer spends $100 on shopping and dining in Sandpoint.

And while it is a two-week long festival with eight amazing nights of music, the work to make the Festival at Sandpoint an incredible success is

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a year-round task.

Wahl said she typically begins the search for the following year’s artists right after the Festival ends. “Sometimes it’s even sooner though,” she said. “I’m actually working on a big country act for 2019 right now!”

At the end of August, Wahl attends a conference that kicks off the process of learning who may be out on tour and coming to our region. “I have a booking committee that is made up of board members with a variety of musical tastes. We make our wish list in September that includes input from who our Facebook fans would like to see. Then we start exploring what is possible, weighing factors like availability and what a venue of our size can afford,” she said.

If you live in our area, it is no surprise that there are a multitude of amazing local performers who entertain year-round. When searching for opening acts, Wahl states that she always takes every opportunity to promote Sandpoint and regional talent as openers. “However, my suggestions are always subject to approval from the main act, and sometimes they have a different opinion as to what is compatible with their sound,” she said. “It has also become increasingly common for headliners to bring their own support as part of their summer tour, which makes for less opportunities for our local performers, but I still try every chance I get!”

While the Festival has three full-time, year-round employees as well as a part-time bookkeeper, the staff increases considerably in the summer

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months with a box office manager intern and two additional box office staff during the Festival.

“Dave Nygren serves as our production manager, Paul Gunter is our site manager, and they have a production crew of a dozen dedicated men and women,” said Wahl.

And then there are the volunteers. In fact, there are over 500 who cover duties that include gates, ushers, security, first aid, transportation, merchandise, artist hospitality, bar, Festival Street, chair rental, set design and special events.

“And there is the amazing ‘green team’ that makes the Festival look bright and new each morning with minimal impact to the environment,” said Wahl.

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executive director, Wahl said that she has many concerts that stand out most in her mind as do many of the Festival’s fans.

“It’s still hard for me to believe that the legendary Smokey Robinson was on our stage, with dancers, back-up singers and costume changes, what a showman!” said Wahl, who added that Dwight Yoakam blew her way. “I am not a big country fan, and he put on a barn burner of a show with four encores ending with his version of Elvis’ Suspicious Minds—I was dancing on my chair along with the other 3,000 people in attendance on that one!”

In recent years, the Avett Brothers, Counting Crows, Brandi Carlisle and Steve Miller Band were definite highlights for Festival fans.

“Michael Franti and John Butler Trio cast a magic spell, Pink Martini was a delight and Angelique Kidjo was pure joy. Finally, I don’t think Festival fans will ever forget the Brett Dennen and Donavon Frankenreiter show that ended in a deluge and both bands heading to Eichardt’s for an impromptu encore to the delight of quite a few lucky, die-hard, rain-soaked fans!”

So, what are you waiting for? Join the stars—and the volunteers—at Memorial Field at The Festival of Sandpoint, with its eight nights of music

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by Amos Lee (August 3), ZZ Top (August 4), Greensky Bluegrass (August 9), Sublime With Rome (August 10), Gavin Degraw and Phillip Phillips (August 11) and the Spokane Symphony (August 12).

And don’t forget about the Family Concert on Sunday, August 5, featuring The Festival Community Orchestra and Sandpoint’s Studio One Dancers.

There are wonderful pre-concert activities for the kids including the Instrument Petting Zoo where youngsters can try out various instruments with help from musical mentors. There will also be an animal petting zoo, pony rides, clowns, face painting, games and the popular Parents’ Corner where parents can take a break and receive a complimentary mini-massage.

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Over three days, attendees will enjoy two great shows for the price of one. Participants will be able to taste, savor, sip and soak in a plethora of vendors offering flavors and gifts from around the Pacific Northwest at the Northwest Taste Show. Additionally, the Home Idea Show offers attendees the opportunity to peruse hundreds of home improvement exhibitors and attend a variety of seminars.

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he fall Home Idea Show in Spokane is regularly attended by more than 6,000 people, and that number is likely to rise with the addition of Northwest Taste. After working as a marketing consultant with Home Idea Show owner Rhonda Marks for the past 10 years, Ada Hargrove brought up the idea of pairing both shows over the same weekend.

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show-only specials and see demonstrations on various projects. You will find everything from kitchen and bath services to siding, decks, outdoor living and design consultants.

Booths are set up to be visually stimulating, and you will likely see design elements and features you hadn’t even considered.

Once you’ve got your plans finalized, head over to Northwest Taste for a few hours of sampling some of the best bites and beverages local chefs have to offer. Your admission includes all food samplings, and you can purchase tastings for alcoholic beverages that include local wines, beers and ciders.

Each entrant also receives a commemorative tasting glass they can take home with them.

You will find cheese, sweets, oils/vinegars, artisan breads, dried meats and nuts, all locally sourced from the Northwest.

“We want this to be a demonstration of the great variety of foods that are available right here in the Northwest,” said Hargrove.

Just Plain Darin will be providing musical entertainment on Friday and Saturday night.

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BY COLIN ANDERSON PHOTOS COURTESY OF INNOVATION COLLECTIVE During the heyday of mining and timber production, North Idaho was at the forefront of emerging technologies in the industries that help power the world. Today the landscape is much different with many businesses becoming reliant on tourism in order to survive and expand. Walk into just about any hotel, café or restaurant and you’ll find a ‘Help Wanted’ sign for server, busser, front desk, housekeeping, bartender or barista. This is keeping unemployment in the area very low, but finding jobs in advanced science or technology remains a struggle for many communities.

Since 2013, Innovation Collective has been on a mission to turn those struggles into successes and inspire a wave of innovators. The Collective holds monthly meet-ups like fireside chats in which a national speaker is brought in to inspire creativity. Coffee and Concepts is a bi-monthly meet-up where community members can get together to discuss new technology news, and upstart businesses can brainstorm with others.

The highlight for many each year is the annual Think Big Festival which comes to the Lake City August 23 through 25.

Put on by Innovation Collective, the goal is to gather as many citizens of North Idaho to a place where they can hear from world-renowned experts in high-tech fields. “Our goal was to catalyze big thoughts and

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crazy ideas by introducing locals to the most cutting-edge technology and people working in the robotics and AI [artificial intelligence] space,” said Collective COO Chris Cochran.

The first Think Big Festival was attended by 100 people and featured four experts. The 2018 event brings 25 speakers to Coeur d’Alene and organizers are hoping for a turnout of around 1,500. As the event continues to gain recognition, more prominent speakers are lining up to participate. “With each year we have gained notoriety within the robotics world, so that makes it easier,” said Cochran. “Combine that with our network of contacts and the beautiful lake town of Coeur d’Alene, and we are able to bring some of the leading minds to the Festival.”

Attending this year are some of the top minds, leaders and scientists in emerging technology. Garen Moreno is director of strategic partnering at BMW Designworks and Host of “Departure Unknown,” a popular technology podcast. Megan Smith served as the chief technology officer during the Obama administration, sits on the board at MIT and is a previous vice president at Google. A very cool local angle will be the presentation of Burt Rutan, who since retiring in 2011 has called Coeur d’Alene home. Rutan is a legendary aerospace engineer most noteworthy

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for his 1986 Voyager flight—the first flight in which a plane flew around the world without stopping or refueling. He has designed and flown more than 40 unique planes and has countless honors and recognitions.

“The fact that those who attend Think Big Festival get access to people like The Rear Admiral of Surface Warfare for the US Navy, the legendary Burt Rutan, the most connected man on the planet and the first ever person to have a mind-controlled robotic prosthetic, is something that cannot be overlooked. It really is a special event,” said Cochran.

Over the festival, attendees will get to not only attend presentations from these incredible minds but meet and interact with them face to face.

Cochran believes this is one of the very best aspects about attending.

“My favorite part of Think Big Festival is hearing the incredible conversations that happen during the citywide pub crawl. I remember hearing the CEO of an Autonomous Vehicle company talking with someone from BMW and a local citizen who wasn’t in tech having a spirited discussion on what needs to change in order for our society to

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The Festival isn’t just auditorium-style presentations, as organizers want everyone to have a lot of fun in a relaxed setting typical of a summer weekend in North Idaho.

“We are throwing a giant block party in front of the Innovation Den that will include concerts, DJs, food vendors, a beer garden and the Think Big Robotics Experience, where people can get up close and hands on with actual robots, drones and other revolutionary technology,” said Cochran.

With a variety of incredible speakers and innovators scheduled to appear, one such speaker has Cochran and others very excited. A recent strategic alignment with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings Chief Scientist for Johns Hopkins APL’s Brain Compute Interface David Blodgett. This technology is literally allowing people to type using telepathy. Imagine being able to think something and your computer or mobile device can type it. “This will be the first time this technology is

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Innovators are beginning to emerge in Coeur d’Alene. And in recent years several new technology startups have come to call the area home. Many were inspired through the Innovation Collective and Think Big Festival, and organizers hope that inspiration continues, especially with the area’s young people.

“Our sincere desire is that young people and innovators get access to some of the most innovative minds on the planet.

Our goal is that they would come away inspired to want to innovate themselves and emboldened to bring their own dreams to life,” said Cochran.

Tickets for an event like this can often run upward of $400. In fact, previous Think Big Festival tickets were over the $100 mark. This year, thanks to increased sponsorship support, tickets for the entire two-day festival including concert, tech carnival, speaking engagements and block party are

just $25. Coeur d’Alene Living Local readers also have a special opportunity to get themselves in for free. The First 50 people to share ThinkBigFestival. com on Facebook with the hashtag #ThinkBig18 will be sent a link to a free ticket.

The Think Big Festival offers TED-type talks and discussions at small-town festival prices. It creates dialogue and new ideas in a casual setting. Something like this is typically found in Silicon Valley or a major market, making this one of the more unique opportunities North Idaho can be a part of. If you have an idea for business, want to get hands on with new technology or just want to discover what new technology really means, you’ll come away with all kinds of new ideas after Think Big. For a list of speakers and events or to purchase your tickets in advance, visit ThinkBigFestival.com.

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n a modern world with rapidly evolving technology and a growing need for qualified information technology professionals, students can get the skills they need to stay competitive in the newly accredited Network Security Administration program at North Idaho College.

“It’s an opportunity for students to really have a chance to expand their horizons in information technology,” said Kathleen Czurda-Page, who is a NIC computer information technology instructor/cyber defense program manager and designed the curriculum. “And it’s an opportunity that isn’t being offered everywhere.”

The Network Security Administration program prepares students for careers in cybersecurity technology, which includes jobs such as security analyst, security engineer and security consultant.

The skills acquired in this two-year program can be applied in many areas, Czurda-Page said.

Those who are already working in the information technology field will have opportunities to enhance their knowledge and credentials, which may help them advance in their careers.

NIC is the only community college in Idaho to earn a highly selective designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense 2-Year Education. This designation ensures employers that NIC students come from a nationally recognized program that meets the highest standards in cybersecurity, giving students a leg up when it comes to job searches.

The program is also accredited by the Northwest Commission for Community Colleges and Universities.

Whether at the local, regional or national level, there is employment in this rapidly growing field, according to Czurda-Page.

Pictured are NIC representatives attending the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Reception and Designation Ceremony at the National Cyber Summit in Huntsville, Alabama. in 2017. NIC earned a highly selective designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense 2-Year Education and is the only community college in Idaho with the CAE2Y designation. The designation paved the way for the new Network Security Administration program at NIC, which prepares students for careers in cybersecurity technology.

Pictured are, from left: Leonard T. Reinsfelder, commandant of the National Cryptologic School National Security Agency; NIC President Rick MacLennan; Kathleen Czurda-Page, NIC Computer Information Technology instructor/Cyber Defense program manager; Sue Shibley, NIC Business and Professional Programs division chair; and Daniel R. Stein, acting branch Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Department of Homeland Security.

“While we’ve had the need for cyber security for a while, the field is ever evolving, really,” she said.

“That’s why there are so many jobs available— there isn’t the workforce to fill them. It gives the program tremendous value.”

According to The National Initiative for CyberSecurity Education, 1.8 million more cybersecurity professionals will be needed to accommodate the predicted global shortfall by 2022.

“Government jobs are big,” Czurda-Page said.

To build the Network Security Administration program at NIC, Czurda-Page and NIC Business and Professional Programs division chair Sue Shibley examined employment at a regional

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and national level in order to understand what employers are looking for. They also studied other cybersecurity programs throughout the country to keep the NIC program competitive.

Because the field is dynamic and constantly evolving, those who work in cyber security are engaged in a lifelong learning process where they apply what they learn in real time. The ongoing challenge is part of the appeal, Czurda-Page said, which makes it a good fit for people who enjoy problem solving.

“Things don’t always go well. The anomaly is when things run smoothly,” she said. “Your role is to figure out why and how. I love the challenge of that.”

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Be Your Own Coach Encouragement and support start from within

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s we all embark upon our fitness, nutrition and lifestyle journeys, it’s important to evaluate and review our respective team. We all have our own little support group who can make a tremendous impact on our success and outlook. Those voices can absolutely make or break our plans as we move forward.

Think about it for a second. You’ve probably got some influential people in your life that you think about and make decisions based on their opinions, encouragement or lack thereof. When you decide to do or not do something, whose consideration are you wondering about? You can probably even hear their voice in your head.

Though you may or may not be able to rationalize or even change those

voices or your opinion of those voices, they’re important to recognize. More important than that, and the point of this writing, is to consider the foremost voice that is with you every minute of every day—your own When you are exploring your existence and future, what are you saying to yourself? Are you excited about your prospects and ability to succeed? Are you encouraging and supportive of your past, especially your mistakes? If you’re like most people I work with, you are not. In fact, you’re probably hardest on yourself than anyone else you know—in some cases, dramatically so.

This is incredibly unfortunate and a difficult obstacle to overcome. You should be your own biggest fan. You should be your best coach.

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Next time you have a thought in regard to your behavior, outlook or life in general, spin that thought in a way that the best coach in the world would say it to you.

If you are one of those people who are unforgiving on your own behavior or are one who laments your past, what would you say if you had a coach or therapist who talked to you in that way? What if you had a friend who, every time you made a mistake, said, “You are so stupid. Why do you keep doing that? No wonder you can’t ever get ahead.”?

If you had any self-respect, you’d tell that person to kick rocks. Yet, this is the voice in most of our heads.

That voice needs to change its attitude. That voice needs to become the best, most encouraging, biggest fan of you that there is on this planet. That voice needs to accept and acknowledge that your mistakes and past transgressions are all a part of what makes you—you. That everyone makes mistakes and that’s how they learn. That often, we don’t know something is a mistake (or success) until we finish the journey.

That voice needs to unapologetically celebrate all of your successes instead of trying to moderate that elation with reasons why it’s not that special or that it’ll probably be short lived. That voice needs to treat you like someone you adore.

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This is the point at which people push back and say, “Well, yeah, but I don’t want to become some egomaniac!”

First of all, most of us are so far to the negative that a bit of egotism would be a good thing. Second of all, why not? Seriously, what’s wrong with being your biggest fan? You’d probably be a lot happier that way rather than seeking out approval from people whose opinions are mired in their own prejudices and issues with envy. That doesn’t mean that you have to treat people poorly or completely ignore your fellow humans; it just means that you know that you’re awesome.

So here’s my advice. Next time you have a thought in regard to your behavior, outlook or life in general, spin that thought in a way that the best coach in the world would say it to you. Explain it to yourself in a way that a best friend would. Next time you find success, get excited and celebrate the heck out of it.

Enjoy your new perspective—it’ll feel great!

Summer Slummin’ SETTING GOALS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

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s the sun shines its face through the clouds of what seemed to be an endless winter, it’s hard not to want to embrace every ounce of it while it’s still here. Sunshine tempts one with its warm rays and bright lights. Not only does it have an ambiance appeal, but it also has a physical, anatomical reaction within the body. Hugs of Vitamin D, filling one with endorphins, invites a commitment of the body to soak up the rays. It’s powerfully amazing and intoxicating and, quite frankly, refreshing. While all of this is amazingly great, it’s important to not let these summer rays take us completely away from our fitness goals.

There’s more to summer than slumming.

Just like anything else, excuses are excuses.

Although the sunshine may be arguably a great one, it’s still an excuse taking us one step away from our goals. The multitude of events, activities and summer foods can take one that much further from meeting one’s fitness goals. Caught between enjoying the sunshine or working out can be difficult decision, but it doesn’t have to be. Summer slumming sounds great now, when the sun is out and events are happening, but what happens when the cold sets back in?

Finding yourself two steps backward, away from your goals, can be extremely defeating. When it’s all said and done, you’ll ask yourself, “Was it worth it?” Why not set oneself up for success now so that when the temperature turns, your body doesn’t have to? At least not as much.

The first thing to do is set the goals. Summer is supposed to be fun, so set these with intention. Maybe summer goals are more about maintaining than losing weight or gaining strength. The second thing to get done is to make them achievable. When it comes to food, think fresh summer salads and grilled veggies.

Where workouts are concerned, push hard three to four days a week and take the other days off.

Many people get up earlier or workout after the sun sets to optimize the sunshine. If indoor barre or yoga workouts are your go-to, think about an activity that mirrors these exercises that can be done outside. Another option would be to alternate—one day inside and one day outside. This way, workouts get finished and summer rays can still be had. Whatever is done, sticking to the plan is the direct way to stick to your goals and still enjoy the summer sunshine.

A favorite season of many is, hands-down, summer. So, enjoy it. Summer has a lot to offer.

It’s a beautiful time of the year to enjoy grilling, boating, outdoor activities and maybe even just the sunshine itself. With all that said, enjoying summer with goals in mind can make it even that much greater. Set your goals and take summer slumming to summer achieving. When winter rears its ugly face, be proud of the success you set throughout summer. Good luck!

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e have an amazing substance in our body called hormones. Hormones are regulatory substances that cause specific cells or tissues to do a prescribed function in the body. Most people, when they think of hormones, they think of sex hormones (such as estrogen, progesterone or testosterone), brain hormones that affect moods (such as serotonin, norepinephrine/noradrenaline, GABA and dopamine) and hormones that affect blood sugar levels (such as insulin, cortisol, glucagon and others). These are only a few of the many hormones that control how healthy we are and how much energy we have. Often neglected is the quality of function of the glands and brain that produce or regulate these hormones.

YOUR HORMONE PUZZLE Crucial for health and energy

We have a complex system of hormonal control mechanisms in our body—collectively referred to as the Endocrine System. This system includes the following glands: hypothalamus, pituitary and pineal, housed in the brain; thyroid, parathyroids, ovaries, testes (and other reproductive tissues), pancreas and thymus, housed in the body; and the organs liver and duodenum (upper end of small intestines). Amongst these is a feedback loop that is quite intricate. What that means is that if an endocrine gland or organ produces too much of a hormone, other organs or glands respond by releasing or tapering back their hormones in response. If too little is produced the opposite occurs.

It is an amazing, dynamic system that is in motion every moment of every day. Like a thermometer that continuously measures changes in temperature, the endocrine system continuously measures changes in hormones and responds appropriately to them.

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need. That results in symptoms ranging from fatigue to increased appetite, to weight gain or loss, PMS, moodiness or any psychological imbalance, menstrual irregularities, dry skin and hair, intolerance to cold, depression, insomnia, joint pain, facial hair, brain fog, sugar or salt cravings, afternoon “crashes,” low or high blood pressure and more. That begins the search for something to “jump start” our hormones. Many choices only mask the problem and do little to take care of the source of the imbalance. For instance, many use coffee, energy drinks, sugar, hormone replacement drugs or anti-depressant drugs to force a much-needed lift. They’ll all help you feel better for a while, but as the underlying issues continue unaddressed, soon these temporary fixes no longer work, and you either have to switch meds, increase dosages, consume more stimulant foods and drinks or reach for anything to get you feeling better.

Some of the key elements responsible for how well your endocrine system works are the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals and thyroid. There are as many reasons for their lack of responsiveness to normal hormonal stimuli as there are remedies. They hold a crucial, decisive role in how healthy you are and your levels of energy. If you want help figuring out your hormonal puzzle, see a natural health-care practitioner skilled in putting the pieces together to form a complete picture of what is happening and what you can do about it.

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ating s’mores was nearly impossible for Ashley Osmar.

Years of addiction and living on the street had taken a huge toll on her mouth. She hadn’t been to the dentist for more than a decade.

Ashley needed major work done, but without any insurance or significant sums of money to pay for dental care, it seemed impossible.

Heritage Health’s Street Medicine program intervened and helped give her smile back.

“I needed nine teeth pulled and I needed a filling in every tooth, and two root canals,” said Ashley, an appreciative Heritage Health dental patient. “It has made a huge difference in my life. I can eat s’mores again.”

This is one of the countless examples of how community health centers can make a difference in people’s lives.

“We’re in a really unique position to bring a community together,” said Mike Baker, CEO of Heritage Health. “We’re able to help people access medical, dental and behavioral health services that might otherwise be unavailable. It’s actually quite powerful.”

Heritage Health and other health centers across the country will be celebrating Health Center Week across the country in August. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are community-based organizations that provides comprehensive primary care and preventive care, including medical, dental, and mental health and substance abuse services to persons of all ages, regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status. Thus, they are a critical component of the health-care safety net.

“Working within a health center, you get to see true integration and partnership utilizing different types of clinicians and programs,” said Jade East, COO of Heritage Health. “A patient with diabetes may see their primary care provider and then have a pharmacist come in and talk through how they are utilizing their insulin or other medications and/or have a dietician stop in and help them meal plan and answer questions about food choices.”

East also notes that 50 percent or more of FQHC board members have to be patients of the health center.

“Since we are nonprofit and don’t have shareholders, we get to reinvest any profits into making our clinics, programs and community a better place,” said East. “This means major decisions that come before the board are being made by people who are experiencing care as a patient.”

Being different than traditional health-care systems allows us to generate innovation and pilot programs that reduce costs and improve care, such as shared medical appointments.

“Shared medical appointments are a group of patients who meet with a medical provider and discuss a health issue they want to learn more about,” said East. “Some of these may happen at one of our health clinics or they may happen at a community center.

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Seeing you are not alone and hearing the successes of others that are facing the same challenges that you are is powerful and gives patients hope.”

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raveling the world. It’s something many of us dream of doing but only few ever get the chance. And for one Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, mom and her four children, they have taken their world travels to a new level. Amy Hoffman Ford, a woman’s health nurse practitioner and single mom of four, has helped to open her children’s eyes to the world. Not through books, photographs or films, but by immersing them into the cultures themselves.

Over the years, Amy traveled alone to Africa to underdeveloped and untouched areas all over the vast continent to serve women and children in need. These were the only times that she has been separated from her children. Her weeks abroad only added to her passion for the world and its people and helping others. “During the time spent away I started having visions of ‘one day’ bringing my children along so that they, too, could experience, live and love on others in need like I have. I have always told friends and family, ‘I can’t wait until the day I bring the kids with me!’

Several trips later, it hit me hard and fast. Why on Earth do I need to wait until ‘later’? The time is now.”

Amy and her children, Emma, 15, Bennett, (now 14, having celebrated a birthday in Sri Lanka), Hudson, (now 12, having celebrated a birthday in Fiji and Bali) and Mara, 8, set out on this journey in late January on a one-way around-the-world humanitarian journey to volunteer and open their hearts to wherever there was a need. The preparations were endless, with months of planning to prepare for their journey across the world.

With four children in three different schools within Kootenai County, the school district showed their support from day one for this “world schooling” adventure the children would soon embark on, all while helping those in need.

Along their journey, which includes 96,269+ kilometers traveled, 28 planes rides and 51 accommodations, they’ve had a variety of handson learning experiences. These include: astrology (at an observatory in Australia where they had the opportunity to see stars millions of light years away), culinary (cooking classes and sampling), archeology (digging for fossils, in which Mara found some dated 550 million years old!), history (seeing knights’ armor from 1810 in person and sleeping

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“When I stood by the elephant in the wild, I felt peaceful and graceful when I felt the elephant. I felt like an elephant, and they were big and I was small, and when I fed them bananas I felt happy and I had a lot of fun. Their names were Gentong, Boonront and Maydoom, Toomay,” says Mara. “One day we rode a bike to a bat cave in the forest and it reminded me of “The Goonies” adventure, just us and the forest, and when we walked into the cave there was 1,000 bats in the cave in every corner.”

Bennett recalls his many experiences along the way, as well as his various encounters of the different foods, religions, cultures and people. “Some experiences go from helping spear fish in Fiji to eat and feed the locals to serving people at a traditional Thai wedding in Thailand. But one of my many favorites is when we went to Australia and got to see an observatory on what was probably the best nights to go and see it on! We learned

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FEATURE STORY about the stars, how to use the big telescope, how massive the stars are and a whole bunch of really cool things that blew my mind away! If I had a chance to go back to Dubbo in Australia and do the same thing over again, I would definitely do it!” he says.

During their five-month volunteering world journey, Amy has watched her children interact with all races, cultures and ages, only walking alongside them, not in front of them.

“I have watched them hoist paraplegics into and out of sailboats to volunteer days afloat our earth’s ocean waters. I have watched them fill woven baskets full of tea leaves lending a hand on a plantation and living on a Buddhist monk monastery. I have watched them serve the needy at a program called REFOOD which upcycles unused or a surplus of grocery stores rations. I have witnessed them having full on conversations with groups of locals and only smiles, gestures and drawing pictures were the mode of communication as stories unfold and are shared. I have witnessed my children walk with elephants, the gentle giants in the northern forests of Thailand, without any gates or chains to separate both species nor signing any waivers to do such. I have heard locals call these children ‘their children’ like their own.”

Life’s simple luxuries were no more. They have slept on floors and taken cold bucket baths.

They lived among those whom they served, and always did it with a smile, no matter how difficult it could be at times.

“I have watched them serve hundreds at a wedding wearing peasant clothing and walk barefoot among the fancy dressed guests. I have yearned for these teaching moments for so long,” says Amy. “One of the children even celebrated a birthday with the indigenous people of Fiji who lifted him up high like the

“Witnessing this first hand made me realize that you don’t need much in life.

That is one of the many things that I have learned while on this world journey.”

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Countries visited: Fiji Australia Indonesia Singapore Thailand China Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates Kenya Rwanda

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Lion King, planted a palm tree for his day, in his name, and gave him the sacred island knife to cut his birthday cake … on Castaway Island.

Yes, the infamous Tom Hanks island.”

Hudson adds: “To compare a country to another, you have to experience each one. Like Sri Lanka and Dubai are two very different countries. In one flight everything changes. It goes from poor to rich in five hours; people living in shacks and fishing on wooden poles to hot tubs and Lamborghinis, six-foot tin houses to the tallest building in the world. In one day I experienced so much. We need to be grateful for what we have because some people live in half cargo containers and steal electricity to survive. No need to ask for more than what we have.”

Amy reflects back on taking the children to Bumi Sehat; a world-famous birthing clinic and meeting the founder, an American. “Anyone who knows me knows this is my second passion, besides raising my children, is helping women and children,” she says. “My children asked the founder such brilliant and thoughtprovoking questions, and they also knew deep down how important this one day along the journey was for me. It brought tears to my eyes when Hudson got to hold a newborn baby, born just the evening before, both of them sharing the same birthday.”

Along this journey, the definition of “home” changed for this family. Some may say home is where the Wi-Fi is or where you hang your hat, but not for Amy and her children. Throughout this journey, they have discovered that home is

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where your heart is at; home is made up of the people who give you life and make you smile, where welcoming hearts and love live. “I will always be home when I am with them,” she says.

“When we were in Cape Town, South Africa, my mom took us to one of the many common townships which she has frequently volunteered at delivering babies in her past journeys,” says Emma. “A township is where the poorest of the poor people live together in a community made up of tin, cardboard and stolen electricity. In the streets, trash is thrown everywhere, kids run around barefoot, even with the hundreds of broken glass bottles on the ground, yet, they were still smiling and happy. This made me think, why, with the way they live, the things they don’t have, how do they still smile and love on one another like they won’t see tomorrow?

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Witnessing this first hand made me realize that you don’t need much in life. That is one of the many things that I have learned while on this world journey.

“With the community that we live in back in the states, we are shielded from this kind of poverty and lifestyle. This is why I am so thankful my mother has taken us around the world, to show us what Coeur d’ Alene couldn’t and what school textbooks can’t define.”

Amy says that observing her children discover their world and watching these discoveries through their eyes and seeing them trust in themselves was her greatest souvenir.

“When you want so desperately for your children to understand the ways of the world, appreciate what they have, be grateful, be kind, be patient, be loving, have moments with their creator, and you try to teach them these things and show them the ways, and then the

lightbulb goes off in your soul; they are finding these things within themselves—all on their own.”

“OUR FIVE HAPPY HEARTS ARE NOW QUILTED AROUND THE WORLD TOGETHER, AND WE CAN’T WAIT TO BLANKET OUR WOVEN LOVE ALL OVER MOTHER EARTH AGAIN!”

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During the closure of the last weeks, as Amy and her children gathered around their nightly family meal, and while tears were shed, not one of them wanted to return. Now, as their journey has come to a close, Amy says this: “I can say that putting myself through graduate school for a double masters, raising four kids on my own since the youngest was in diapers and everything in between … We rocked this! This came from the strength within. I can finally say something positive about myself, which is reflected from the souls of my children’s hearts; I successfully got my children one full rotation around our Earth. We did it!”

If asked if she would do it all over again, the answer is an overwhelming “Yes!” As Amy smiles, “Our five happy hearts are now quilted around the world together, and we can’t wait to blanket our woven love all over Mother Earth again!”

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PAVING THE WAY Early learning program focuses on education

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“It is fulfilling to see teachers feel the sense of pride when kids learn how to write their names, know letter sounds and begin reading. I know we are truly making a difference.”

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pened in June 2015 by Jenny McMeekan, Smart Start Learning Academy in Coeur d’Alene is dedicated to educating preschool children ages 3 through kindergarten.

educator at her own facility, bringing her knowledge and love of education to create Smart Start. “We strive to create the perfect mix of playing and learning. I think we often underestimate a child’s ability to learn at an early age.”

An alumna of Eastern Washington University, where she graduated with a reading endorsement (K-12), bachelor’s degree in education with an earth science minor, Jenny relocated to Coeur d’Alene where she worked as a public school teacher. She taught first grade at Skyway for four years and language arts and science to sixth graders at Woodland Middle School for seven years. During this time, Jenny saw a need for quality early learning centers.

Smart Start Learning Academy’s primary focus is on education. According to Jenny, “We strive for quality instruction and care. Our goal is to have all graduating kindergarteners reading above grade level. We are different than other preschools because we follow lessons plans, curriculum and standards.”

At Smart Start, parents and children are greeted with a facility that is very clean, organized and secure with door code and cameras. The incredible teachers are dedicated and love to see their kids grow and learn. “I feel very lucky to have such great staff members,” says Jenny. “They are the best!”

“I have two boys who have gone to preschool in the area and always felt like they were missing the educational aspect,” she says.

Jenny decided to embark on her new journey as a preschool owner and

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When it comes to what Jenny finds most rewarding about the work she does each and every day, she says it’s seeing the children learn and grow.

“When kids begin at Smart Start, we see their speech develop, they begin growing academically and socially. Parents see a change in their child,” she says. “It is fulfilling to see teachers feel the sense of pride when kids learn how to write their names, know letter sounds and begin reading. I know we are truly making a difference.”

“What a wonderful place to learn and grow! We couldn’t have asked for more.

A supportive, caring and absolutely friendliest staff with whom it’s easy to communicate. True professionals who know what they are doing. A wellstructured daily program that teaches the children both academic and social skills. Our daughter has learned so much during only a few months. We as a family can and will warm-heartedly recommend Smart Start to anyone!”

- Mari T.

It’s never too early to start learning and growing. If you have a young child and are interested in their program, they are currently accepting applications for children 3 years to kindergarten. You can schedule your tour today online at SmartStartCdA.com. Click on ‘Schedule Your Tour Today’ and fill out and submit your information.

“We enrolled my son at Smart Start about a year ago, and we could not be happier with our decision to do so. All of his teachers are amazing, and it’s more than just a ‘day care.’ Their approach to learning is fun; this has really helped my son prepare for kindergarten. I believe that Smart Start has helped give him a head start and the educational foundation to help him succeed in school going forward. Also, the facility is always clean and well kept!”

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Smart Start Learning Academy—where learners grow.

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Festival at Sandpoint August 2 -12, 2018 Sandpoint, Idaho Enjoy eight nights of incredible entertainment featuring a variety of genres under the stars and overlooking the water in a breathtaking setting at War Memorial Field. In its 36th year, The Festival at Sandpoint has played

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host to incredible entertainers drawing people from all over the Pacific Northwest to enjoy the 4,000-seat capacity venue. Intimate in its setting, attendees can choose to bring in their own food and drink or enjoy some of the fabulous food and beverages provided on site. This year’s lineup includes Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Amos Lee, ZZ Top, a Family Concert featuring The Festival Community Orchestra and activities for kids, Greensky Bluegrass, Sublime with Rome, Gavin Degraw + Phillip Phillips and the Spokane Symphony.

FestivalAtSandpoint.com Kirkland Summerfest August 10 - 12, 2018 Kirkland, Washington This three-day music and arts festival returns to the picturesque shores of Lake Washington for its seventh year offering the perfect environment for the artists, musicians and fans to enjoy an incredible summer weekend filled with music and art. During Summerfest, attendees will be treated to dozens of live performances, outdoor

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IT’S TIME TO GET PLANNING! entertainment venues, delicious food, local beers and wines, street fair with more than 200 vendors, interactive activities, KidZone and more. Though the event is free for those wandering the streets, there are festival passes that get you into the main stage events and KidZone passes available for purchase.

This is Kirkland’s signature event of the year with more than 35,000 attendees. Don’t miss out!

KirklandSummerFest.com Oregon State Fair August 24 - September 3, 2018 Salem, Oregon There’s nothing better than finishing

off the summer than heading to the fair! From the carnival rides and fair food to the animal exhibits and musical acts, there’s nothing else like it. The Oregon State Fair offers the young and young at heart 10 days of enjoyment with their on-going features including Bug-Ology, Dog Town, Familyville, FFA, 4-H, Machine Mania, Nightly Finale, Oregon State Grange and more. Dia de la Familia is a fair highlight you won’t want to miss with its fabulous mariachi, Aztec dance troupe, children’s ballet, Latino rock, bingo, face painting, kids soccer camp, piñata breaking and much more! And this year’s Oregon State Fair attendees have the chance for free concert seating in the L.B. Day Amphitheatre, though you can purchase VIP concert tickets in advance.

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Musicfest NW Project Pabst August 26 - 27, 2018 Portland, Oregon Musicfest NW presents Project Pabst, a celebration of music, beer and all things local. With musical performances by Iggy Pop, Beck and more than a dozen other talented musical acts, this two-day festival is one you will not want to miss! Doors open at noon both days with the first act starting at 1pm and the music continuing all day and night until 10pm.

Held at Portland’s beautiful Waterfront Park, Project Pabst is a 21 and older musical festival. Additional information on this year’s performers and to purchase tickets (single-day or a two-day pass) can be done online. ProjectPabst.com

FUN AWAITS! game is as friendly as it comes with locals welcoming you in whether you’re in maroon and silver or not.

Once inside you’ll be shocked at the noise helped by the stadium’s location along a canyon and butting up against Mount Sentinel as well as the front-row fans’ proximity to the players, which makes for a raucous and intimidating environment.

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Pig Out in the Park August 29 - September 3, 2018 Spokane, Washington Make plans this Labor Day weekend to visit Downtown Spokane and attend the 39th Annual Pig Out in the Park. Open daily from 11am to 10pm at Riverfront Park, Pig Out in the Park is host to 47 food booths encompassing 225 menu items, free concerts on three different stages featuring national, regional and local artists, and three adult beverage gardens from which to choose. From 3 to 5pm and 9 to 10pm daily, enjoy $4 bites. Running from Wednesday through Monday, make it a long weekend and take in everything else Spokane has to offer.

SpokanePigOut.com Paul Bunyan Days August 31 - September 3, 2018 St. Maries, Idaho Small communities often go all out for their yearly festivals, and Paul Bunyan Days is a prime example.

The town swells to more than double its roughly 2,500 residents for a weekend of family fun, events and fireworks. The event’s claim

of having the ‘World’s Biggest Topless Bar’ might be off-putting to families, but it’s not what you think. ‘The Blue Ox’, as it’s called, is the massive beer garden located in the tennis and basketball courts.

The fences are wrapped in blue tarps and there’s no roof, hence the name. There’s a full-scale carnival, children’s water competitions, nightly live music and dances, but everyone comes for the incredible fireworks display—a near 30-minute extravaganza that rivals anything you’ve seen in a major metropolitan area. Facebook.com/ stmariesidahoPBD Montana Grizzlies Football Saturday, September 1 Missoula, Montana On many a fall Saturday, Washington-Grizzly Stadium becomes one of the biggest ‘towns’ in the state of less than a million residents. Fans of the Griz come from all over Big Sky country to pack the 25,000-plus seats. While you might not see some of the first-round caliber athletes of the Pac-12, you’ll still be surprised at the high level of competition at the FCS level. Tailgating before the

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A celebration of the harvest— German style—2018 marks the 53rd annual Oktoberfest celebration in Mt. Angel, a community founded

by German pioneers back in 1867.

Mt. Angel’s Oktoberfest is one of the oldest and best loved community celebrations and enjoyed by everyone young and old. The four-day celebration attracts more than 300,000 people downtown each year, where you’ll find the Glockenspiel, the Die Früchtsäule (the Harvest Monument), the Maibaum (Tree of Trades), the Bandstand, Information Booth and all the delicious food booths!

It truly offers a wonderful blend of family fun, live music on four stages, traditional dance, food and beer. Additional highlights include a pedal tractor race, sports activities, car show, arts and crafts and much more! Oktoberfest.org Great Northwest Oktoberfest September 28 & 29, October 7 & 8 Whitefish, Montana The beer flows and German music fills the air at one of Montana’s largest Oktoberfest celebrations.

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Everyone is German during Oktoberfest, and there is no better place to celebrate than Leavenworth. A unique Bavarian-styled village nestled in the Cascade Mountains, it is the next best thing to Germany, especially during this festive celebration. With beer, live music and brats, the party is one you surely want on your bucket list. Hotels fill up quickly, but there is a shuttle service from Wenatchee for a small fee per person each way. It also runs throughout Downtown Leavenworth.

With four different venues each offering continuous live entertainment, this is one party that cannot be missed! LeavenworthOktoberfest.com

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival October 5 - 7, 2018 Port Angeles, Washington

Fall Release Weekend November 2 - 4, 2018 Walla Walla, Washington

A celebration of aquaculture and one of the area’s finest treats, you’ll find mountains of Dungeness crab legs as well as other delicious delicacies from the sea at the 17th annual event. Fourteen different restaurants will be in attendance with a few celebrity chef appearances and cooking demonstrations as well. Local wine and beer is available, and there are even crab-to-go kits that include freshly cleaned Dungeness, a crab cracker, bib and wipes. At the festival, watch over the chowder cook-off or take part in the grab-a-crab derby. You’ll also experience art, music, Native-American activities and children’s events at this free three-day festival. CrabFestival.org

Calling all wine lovers! It may seem like it’s too early to talk about harvest season for the wineries, but this is a weekend you will definitely want to plan in advance. Fall Release Weekend in Walla Walla is the perfect chance to sample the newly released wines from the plethora of wineries located in the Walla Walla Valley. For those wanting to learn more about specific wines, the winemakers will be available to talk with patrons and answer any questions you may have. This three-day event also features winemaker dinners, live music and more. Plan your trip today and enjoy this beautiful area and all that it has to offer.

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Distillery options continue to expand BY colin anderson

The Craft beer explosion over the last 15 to 20 years has ushered in a new era of consumer, one who enjoys many styles and variations and is often seeking new and exciting beverages. It has also helped bring in a new generation of distillers, each fighting for their piece of the multibillion dollar industry. The West is now home to hundreds of craft distillers with award-winning gins, whiskeys and vodkas, and the industry shows no sign of slowing down.

How it’s made Like brewing beer or winemaking, distilling alcohol is a relatively simple process with a few basic ingredients and steps. Depending on the type of spirit, grains like wheat, malted barley, rye or corn are added to a cooker to turn starches into sugar in what’s called the mash. Next the mash is pushed to a stainless steel fermenter where yeast is added.

Yeast eats the sugars and creates alcohol. The liquid is then sent to a still where the alcohol is turned into steam, separated and sent down through a condenser to return to a liquid state. This process is often repeated several times before it finally makes its way to the retention take where the high strength alcohol is mellowed. The alcohol is then placed in barrels where it will age before making its way into bottles and eventually your highball glass or cocktail.

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There are now well over 100 craft distilleries in the state of Washington, more than 50 in Oregon and roughly a dozen in both Montana and Idaho. Each state has created a guild to bring these craft distillers together to promote the craft spirit industry as a whole. The Oregon Distillery Trail (OregonDistilleryTrail.com) lists out locations and hours for distillers across the state. The Washington Guild (WashingtonDistillersGuild. org) has a map of its own you can link up with your smartphone. Laws on tasting rooms and serving on premise vary from state to state, but you can typically consume roughly 2 ounces on premise per day. By banding together, the industry is not only able to encourage individual consumers to choose their products in stores but also has influence over bars and restaurants, encouraging them to support local business when mixing cocktails.

Though not to the level of craft beer festivals, distillers across the West host their own celebrations and annual tasting events and competitions. Proof is held each July in Seattle and showcases Washington distillers and food pairings. In Montana, The Whitefish Chamber of Commerce puts on an annual spirit event and another recent distillers festival helped raise more than $10,000 for the Missoula Food Bank. Toast is typically held in spring in Portland and brings distillers primarily from the Northwest but also the nation and the world. This year’s event featured 120 different spirits paired with sample bites from a few of Portland’s top chefs. At other regional food festivals you are also more than likely to find a craft distillery or two shaking up unique cocktails that can pair with gourmet food just as well as wine or beer.

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Creativity The spirit of the West includes adventure and finding new experiences, something that is captured in its liquors as well.

While distillers are continuing traditional unflavored bourbons, gins and vodkas, many are experimenting with all kinds of different ingredients and fermentables. 44 Degrees North utilizes mountain-grown huckleberries in its immensely popular vodka, and you’ll find ginger-infused rum at all three Bardenay locations in Idaho.

Rogue is most likely known for its craft beers but has also been distilling since 2003. Here you will find Dead Guy Whiskey, which is distilled from the same malts as its award-winning beer with the same name. Alongside common spirits, these entrepreneurs are bringing lesser-known varieties like Aquavit, Absinthe and fruit liquors to the uninitiated. Many partner with local brewers on collaborations like whiskey barrel-aged sours or stouts, providing a whole new appreciation for both industries.

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Located in Spokane, Washington, Dry Fly was one of the very first to open up once distilling laws loosened in the state. With its location just a few miles from the rolling hills and farmland of the Palouse, Dry Fly is able to provide a true farm-to-table spirit utilizing only local grains. This is unique as there are ways for producers to shorten or ‘cheat’ the process resulting in a less superior beverage. The tasting room allows you to have three ½-ounce samples of any of their numerous spirits or two single spirit house-made cocktails. Each is made with one Dry Fly liquor and other nonalcoholic ingredients, allowing the spirit to remain the showcase.

You’ll find vodka, gin, bourbon and several whiskies including a frequently awarded port barrelaged whiskey.

Found in Gig Harbor, Washington, this small-town distiller is growing by leaps and bounds, as evidenced by its partnership with the Seattle Mariners. The growth is not surprising considering Heritage has been the most awarded distillery in the nation by the American Distilling Institute for five consecutive years. The options available here are almost too numerous to mention with flavor-infused vodkas like ghost pepper, strawberry, lavender and coffee to rye, bourbon and the everpopular Brown Sugar Bourbon.

Heritage recently partnered with rockers Pearl Jam and the Vitalogy Foundation on a special release bottle. A percentage of sales will go toward fighting homelessness in King County. Frequent visitors can also join the Cask Club, in which you receive your own 10-litre barrel filled with your choice of spirit.

You can come in and taste how the spirit is aging and you decide when to bottle the product.

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Havasupai Falls

A memorable journey exploring the Grand Canyon

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itting in a crowded pizza restaurant on a Thursday evening in Spokane, Washington, a tradition we had going for about six months, we decided a camping and hiking trip sounded fun. Brian, my husband, and our friend Pat Cornwall put our collective minds together and came up with the idea of going to Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

We quickly realized that this trip was not guaranteed as they have a competitive permit system to go, but we were prepared to try. On February 1, 2018, at 7am, the day the permit lines open, the three of us, in our respective locales, began trying the phones and the website hoping to get our permits. Suddenly, Brian texted that he had succeeded; we were going to the Falls.

My initial thrill soon turned to panic. We had just signed up for a 10-mile hiking trip into the Grand Canyon, which in turn means a 10-mile hiking trip out of the Grand Canyon!

It was time to prepare. We quickly began finding blogs and a Facebook group filled with people from all over the world who have gone or are preparing to go on this amazing trip (Facebook.com/groups/Havasupai/about). This group proved invaluable for me, as there were lists upon lists of what to pack and several stories of just how incredible the Havasupai Falls are. I was beginning to get more and more excited with each Facebook post.

Our permit was for March 28, so on March 27 we flew to Las Vegas, Nevada, with nothing more than our backpacks. We each wanted to keep our packs around 20 pounds as we would be carrying them quite a ways.

Once in Las Vegas we rented a car and began the trek to Arizona to stay our first night at the Grand Canyon Caverns campground, which is not too far past Peach Springs, Arizona, the nearest town. We set up camp and then toured the

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AFTER A FREEZING NIGHT, WE AWOKE THE MORNING OF THE 28TH READY TO MAKE THE HOUR TRIP TO THE TRAILHEAD TO BEGIN OUR DESCENT INTO THE GRAND CANYON. WE PARKED AT THE TRAILHEAD, PUT ON OUR BACKPACKS AND SET OUR TREKKING POLES TO THE CORRECT HEIGHTS AND BEGAN OUR HIKE.

Caverns, which unexpectedly, turned out to be a great part of the trip.

The Caverns are located 200 to 300 feet below ground, and once you take the elevator the 21 floors down, you are met with amazing geological formations and a fantastic history. The Caverns were used by the U.S. Government as a fallout shelter during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, holding supplies for 2,000 people, which still remain today.

As we ventured further into the Canyon we stopped and took photos, had snacks and took our time. The colors within the Canyon are indescribable; the blue of the sky is only something you see on the clearest summer day, and once you put the green trees and the red of the canyon walls against such a perfect backdrop, you get something only an artist could dream up.

After a freezing night, we awoke the morning of the 28th ready to make the hour trip to the trailhead to begin our descent into the Grand Canyon.

We parked at the trailhead, put on our backpacks and set our trekking poles to the correct heights and began our hike. As someone who has generally been active, competitive and loves a good challenge, I was a bit nervous, but there was no turning back now! We made it to the trailhead after about 10 minutes of walking down a road. The view of the Grand Canyon from the trailhead was incredible. It’s hard to imagine just how massive the Canyon really is. We began heading into the Canyon passing a few people along the way and several horses. There is an option to have a horse pack your belongings in, which seemed like a popular choice for many. You learned quickly to get off the trail in a hurry if you saw the horses—they were on a mission, to say the least.

We saw various trees, vegetation and amazing rock formations along the way, but other than the horses and a few birds, there weren’t any animals seen.

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After a fairly uneventful 10-mile hike in, we made it to the Havasupai Indian Reservation, home of the Supai people. We were not sure what to expect at the Reservation, but I think I can say that we were all a little caught off guard. Imagine living in the middle of the Grand Canyon, with a small school, a store that sold few items, a post office (the last “mule mail” in the country, I recommend sending yourself a postcard), and a restaurant, if you can really call it that. It had some great Indian fry bread, hamburgers, hotdogs and a few other items like what you might find in a large convenience store. The people don’t have much and, frankly, it was a bit depressing.

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We all ate our respective lunches and then realized we had 2 more miles to go to reach the campground. Our legs, at least mine, were feeling the hike by this point and I hoped these 2 miles would go by quickly; however, as it turns out, the last 2 miles are some of the best. We came across several pools of water that were turquoise in color and absolutely breathtaking.

The next morning we were up bright and early to continue on with our exploration, as there are several other falls to see in the nearby area all as beautiful as the last. Walking around the camp and seeing the water was a gorgeous and relaxing way to spend our day before the final day and the hike back out the Canyon.

We continued our trek past the pools of water and finally came across the Havasupai Falls themselves! They were enormous and, due to the amount of limestone in the walls of the Canyon, were a bright greenish color. We then continued on for about a 1/2 mile and found our camp spot. We set up our tents and ate some of the dehydrated food we had brought. We then set out to explore.

After an amazing trip we were ready to head out of the Canyon. The hike out was by far the most strenuous portion. There is 2,800 feet of elevation over 12 miles with the last mile and half being 1,000 feet of elevation—it sounded nearly impossible. We packed up camp, with our packs being slightly lighter than on the way in since we had eaten most of the food, and began the long hike out of the Canyon. Luckily for us the weather stayed in the mid-70s during the hike (it tends to get much hotter in the summer months, so plan accordingly).

There was a natural spring not too far from our campsite where we could refill water bottles, and then we went back to the Havasupai Falls to watch people swim and dip our feet in the water ourselves. It is said to be about 70 degrees year round, but it felt chillier than that to me!

That night we slept in our tents hearing only the noise from the nearby creek, the most quiet and peaceful sleeping conditions I have experienced.

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Once we made it back out of the Canyon, with a feeling of accomplishment, we headed to the car and to find some non-dehydrated food. This was a trip that I will not forget and one that I would recommend to all who can do it. The Canyon is a beautiful place!

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RECIPE COURTESY OF THE CULINARY STONE PHOTO BY MARINA GUNN

(GLUTEN-FREE + VEGAN) SERVES: 8-10

Ingredients: Crust: • 1 cup packed pitted dates, soaked for 10 minutes then drained • 1 cup raw almonds • 1 tbsp. cinnamon • 1 tsp. salt Filling: • 2 cups raw cashews, soaked for 45 minutes in hot water • 1 large lemon, juiced • 1/3 cup melted coconut oil • 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk • 1/2 cup maple syrup • 1 ripe peach, without skin • 1 tbsp. cinnamon • 1 tsp. salt Topping: • 1 peach, sliced • Drizzled maple syrup • Dusting of cinnamon

Method: • Add dates to a food processor and blend until it forms into a ball. Remove and set aside in a bowl.

• Next add almonds and process into a meal. Add the dates back in and blend until a loose dough forms. (It should stick together when you squeeze a bit between your fingers.) Add salt to taste.

• Cover the bottom of your springform pan with parchment paper and lightly grease. (I use olive oil spray.)

• Scoop crust mixture into the pan and press with down fingers.

• Add all filling ingredients to a blender and mix until very smooth. I mixed mine for 1 minute, until silky smooth. If it won't come together, add more lemon juice or more coconut milk liquid.

• Fill the pan with the filling and then decorate it however you'd like with your sliced peaches! Set in freezer, covered, for 4 to 6 hours.

• Keep in the freezer for up to 1 to 2 weeks.

ENJOY! *YOU CAN PICK UP EXTRA COPIES OF THIS RECIPE AT THE CULINARY STONE.

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Moon Time & The Porch

By Jillian Chandler

Every Neighborhood Should be So Lucky Any local will tell you Moon Time is a very casual, comfortable place to hang out. It’s like its own community. There are customers who have been going there for more than 20 years who are still seeing the same staff who has been working there nearly or just as long.

Friends and owners John Grollmus and Brad Fosseen have seen to it, since day one, that Moon Time gives their guests consistency. Offering great food at a reasonable price, paired with excellent service and a familiar face has always been their goal. Guests get what they have come to expect.

The menu, from the start, has featured unique and upscale pub food bringing a variety of items from many different cultures together, paired with a carefully selected 19 beer handles and a wide variety of wines, which complement the food.

With Moon Time being a neighborhood favorite for Coeur d’Alene diners, John and Brad decided to bring a similar concept to the Hayden community and opened The Porch Public House in 2003. The Porch features many similar menu items to Moon Time, with some that are distinct to its locale. One big difference is that it offers a full bar and cocktails.

At The Porch, the values are consistent with those implemented at Moon Time.

The owners and staff have a relationship built on mutual respect and friendship.

Their motto? Every neighborhood should be so lucky. And the Coeur d’Alene and Hayden community most certainly are.

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SWEET LOU’S RESTAURANT AND TAP HOUSE American fare with a twist. Ribs (pork or bison) smoked in house. Unique burger menu featuring burgers made from ground top sirloin, topped with pulled pork, hand-battered onion rings or jalapenos. 32 beers on tap to enjoy while watching the game on one of their 24, 4K TVs.

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CALYPSOS COFFEE At Calypsos you’ll find a combination of amazing coffee, which they roast on site, ice cream, fantastic food and live music on a regular basis. They display artwork from local artists, offer free Wi-Fi, have a play area for the kids and also offer a Smart Room for meeting rentals!

116 E. Lakeside Ave. | Coeur d’Alene 208.665.0591 | CalypsosCoffee.com

MAX AT MIRABEAU All summer long, enjoy a meal at MAX at Mirabeau on their 50-seat outdoor patio, where they’ve created a dining oasis with hanging flowers, plants and trees. You’ll be treated to eclectic cuisine, an award-winning menu with more than 100 items, a wine list boasting more than 500 labels and 75 eclectic cocktails—a perfect match for everything on the menu. Enjoy two happy hours daily, a-la-carte brunch featuring multiple benedicts, mimosas and the area’s best Bloody Mary Bar—starting at only $5.90 per person! There’s live music on Friday and Saturday evenings, and late-night dining with a full menu is offered until close. Open daily at 6am.

Photo by Keith Boe.

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THE PORCH PUBLIC HOUSE A beautiful golf-course view without the cost of joining the country club. They offer a full menu of sandwiches, salads, soups and specialties prepared from scratch without the high price of fine dining, and the region’s finest cocktails, microbrews and wines to accompany your meal. Feel at home in the comfortable pub-style dining room or the fantastic outdoor dining area. Open daily at 11am year round. Photo

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MOON TIME Serving some of the best food around in a comfortable pubstyle atmosphere. The menu offers soups, sandwiches, pastas, salads and other specialties prepared from scratch daily, along with a fantastic selection of micro-brewed beers and fine wines by the glass and bottle. Open daily at 11am, the kitchen is open late every night. Be sure to stop in Thursday night for live music featuring national and local artists. For more information including photos, menu, specials and directions, make sure to visit their website. Photo by Lauren Denos, Adventure Bound Media.

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FISHERMAN’S MARKET

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A local favorite for an array of reasons, including the friendly staff, unbeatable atmosphere and phenomenal food. Voted best seafood in Coeur d’Alene 2012, 2013 and 2014. Their menu includes salads, fishwiches, taste of baja, fish and chips, smoked fish, fresh sushi bar and fresh fish market with live shell fish and lobster.

Open 7 Nights a Week

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215 W. Kathleen | Coeur d’Alene 208.664.4800 | FishermansMarketCdA.com

Delicious Food & Fun Cocktails 41 Lakeshore Drive, Sagle, ID NEXT TO THE LODGE AT SANDPOINT

NATE’S NEW YORK PIZZA Authentic New York-style Pizzeria in Post Falls. They serve up the biggest pies in town including the famous 36” pizza challenge. Stop by on Wednesdays for an 18” pepperoni pizza for just $17 and select bottled beers are only $1.50! Don’t forget to try some of the best hot wings and stromboli in town.

Stay and enjoy a beverage of choice or call ahead and take your pizza to go.

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FORTY-ONE SOUTH A beautiful waterfront, fine-dining restaurant in a romantic lodge setting overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. Whether it is summer on the patio or cozying up to the fireplace in the winter, Forty-One South’s spectacular sunsets, innovative cuisine, full bar and extensive wine list are sure to make it a memorable night out. A variety of delicious food year round.

Reservations recommended.

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SHOGA SUSHI BAR Delicious sushi and Japanese cuisine sure to delight anyone’s palate. Offering a wide variety of traditional and specialty rolls as well as salads, sweet and sour pork, grilled salmon and more! Beautiful waterfront dining with spectacular sunset views. Professional and courteous service. Enjoy a delicious meal while taking in the beautiful waterfront and spectacular sunset views.

41 Lakeshore Dr. | Sagle 208.265.2001 | ShogaSushi.com

MOONDOLLARS BISTRO Moondollars Bistro is known for their burgers, accompanied by scratch-made bread and soups. They uses only fresh ingredients, which are the backbone of this customer favorite. With a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, awesome food, great service, huge patio and full bar there is always something to keep customers coming back for more.

609 N. Syringa St. | Post Falls | 208.777.7040 5416 W. Village Blvd. | Rathdrum 208.687.5396 | MoondollarsBistro.com

ANGELO’S RISTORANTE “There is no substitution for quality. Our food is organic and prepared from scratch.” Authentic Italian cuisine.

Guaranteed best steaks in town. Catering and private cooking classes available with Chef Angelo. DINNER FOR 2 & A BOTTLE OF WINE $65. Choose from 15 Entrees and 10 Bottles of Wine. Open 7 days a week from 4-10pm.

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JUNIOR’S BBQ Enjoy North Idaho’s best barbecue at Junior’s, where guests are treated to big and bold backyard flavor.

Whether you dine in, take out or need catering, you will not be disappointed, and ordering is simple. Choose a sandwich, taco or salad. Next choose your meat, then your choice of fixin’s, from Granny’s baked beans, Mamma’s mashed taters, smothered green beans, coleslaw or pig tail fries. Top it all off with Hillbilly Habanero or Junior’s Original sauce.

Hayden | 85 W. Prairie Shopping Ctr. JuniorsBarbecue.com

TIM’S SPECIAL CUT MEATS Tim’s Special Cut Meats is your perfect, old-fashioned butcher shop. The friendly staff is ready to help you pick out the perfect cut. Tim’s carries only the finest natural meats and also handles custom orders, with an extensive line of house-made products from pickled garlic to specialty sauces, marinades, rubs and salsas.

Mobile butchering and wild game processing are also available. Post Falls | 525 N Graffiti St.

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Race for the Cure

Show your support and help raise funds for this important cause

By Colin Anderson

According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, in 1980, the five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer was about 74 percent. Today, that number is 99 percent. While this is proof that breast cancer research and treatment methods are vastly improving year to year, there is still a long ways to go before the disease it ultimately defeated. One in eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and you can show your support for survivors, those in the battle and those who lost their battle by taking part in the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Race day is Sunday, September 16, in Coeur d’Alene. Join your fellow runners at North Idaho College for a fun run that is a tribute to all affected by the disease and an event to raise funds to continue battling it into submission.

By registering early you can create a fundraising page in which people can pledge their support to your run. The link is easily shared through email or social media and can help the day be even more special.

Registration is open at KomenIdahoMontana.org. There is a 5k run or a 1-mile walk option, and the pre-race ceremonies include a performance by Coeur d’Alene’s Red Hot Mamas, a group survivor photo and appearance from the Idaho State Police Honor Guard.

Organizers are hoping to raise $50,000 at the event to add to the more than $2 billion raised globally since Race for the Cure’s inception. Whether running for yourself, a loved one or in the memory of someone lost, Race for the

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HIGHLIGHT EVENT Cure is an eye-opening day showcasing just how many of us are affected in some way by breast cancer. Show your support by registering today at KomenIdahoMontana.org.

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50th Annual Art on the Green

Downtown Street Fair

2-12

Festival at Sandpoint

This is the best arts and crafts fair weekend in the

Held on the beautiful Campus of North Idaho College,

Northwest with more than 250 vendors. This is a

this annual family friendly event features 190 artists

a variety of popular musicians from various genres

true street fair with three-days of food, fine art,

with handmade goods for sale, live entertainment,

in a beautiful outdoor setting at Memorial Field.

crafts, clothing and more! Totally handicap and

delicious food, a Children’s Art Garden and Beer and

Ticket purchasers can bring in their own food and

stroller friendly. The fun kicks off each day at 10am.

Wine Garden featuring locally crafted beer, wine, hard

beverages or purchase from vendors on site. To view

CdADowntown.com/StreetFair

cider and kombucha. This year they are also offering

this year’s performers and to purchase tickets, visit

classes with artists. ArtOnTheGreenCdA.com

FestivalAtSandpoint.com.

For the past 25 years, Festival at Sandpoint features

Upcoming Events in September 9

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DAY OF CARING

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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB 12TH ANNUAL A NIGHT IN BLACK & WHITE

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CDA WALK TO DEFEAT ALS

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Ales for the Trail Microbrewery Festival

Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon

Legally Blonde The Musical

Held at Q’emiln State Park, this race consists of of

Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre presents Legally

a .3-mile swim, 12-mile bike ride and 3-mile run

Blonde The Musical at The Kroc. This award-

and is a USAT-sanctioned event and chip timed.

winning musical proves that first impressions

August 11, from 2 to 8pm. It’s a day to enjoy and

Snacks and award ceremony will follow the race.

aren’t always correct and will take you from the

celebrate great craft beer and cider from local and

Race begins at 8am. For more information and

sorority house to the halls of justice with theatre’s

regional brewers all while raising funds for the

online registration, visit Joakes7.wixsite.com/

brightest new heroine and her chihuahua, Bruiser.

North Idaho Centennial Trail. Registration is $30

mysite or Active.com.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit

at EventBrite.com and includes six tasting tickets

CdaSummerTheatre.com.

(5-ounce pours), live music by The Rub and fun!

Join Ales for the Trail at McEuen Park Saturday,

Food trucks will also be on site.

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Charity Night for CASA

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Brewfest 2018

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Choose Local Fest in the Park

Head to Silver Mountain in Kellogg, where Brewfest

Join the local community for a day of family friendly

(Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)

2018 is sure to be an event to remember. Held 8am

fun at Coeur d’Alene’s City Park noon to 8pm where

Tuesday, August 14, 4 to 9pm, as they will be

to 9pm, attendees will have the chance to sample a

you’ll find activities and more than 150 locally

donating 10 percent of all sales to CASA . There will

variety of brews and ciders back to back (44 brews

owned businesses. There will be food trucks, pie

be great food, live music, a tap takeover, raffles and

and 16 ciders to choose from!). There’s something

baking contest, live music from local artists, beer

an all around evening of fun while supporting a

for everyone at Brewfest. Visit NorthwestTickets.

and wine garden, family fun zone, fine arts and

great cause. To find out more, call 208.277.0000.

com/events/brewsfest-2018 to purchase tickets.

farmers market. Find out more on Facebook.

Join Cosmic Cowboy Grill in supporting CASA

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North Idaho Fair & Rodeo It’s that time of year again for the Annual North

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Think Big Festival 2018

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5th Annual Boots & Pearls

This annual event educates and empowers

Lutherhaven Ministries present its Fifth Annual

Idaho Fair and Rodeo! From the carnival rides

entrepreneurs by focusing on the speed at

Boots and Pearl event 3 to 9:30pm. Tickets to the

and games to arena events, featured attractions,

which technology is moving and our role in its

event includes a Coeur d’Alene boat cruise to

local entertainment and more, it’s something the

progression. There will be thought-provoking

and from the event, wine, beer and cider tasting,

entire family will enjoy. This year’s theme is “Barn

speakers, live startup pitch sessions, drones,

gourmet appetizers, a mouth-watering Dutch-

in the USA.” Tickets can be purchased online at

autonomous vehicles, robots, tech parties around

oven dinner and dessert and boot-stompin’

NorthIdahoStateFair.com or at the gate.

town and innovative minds like yourself is the

entertainment with opportunities to purchase wine

perfect formula for a professional– and personal–

and beer by the bottle and make a pledge to support

experience you won’t want to miss this summer!

the cause. Buy tickets online at

Visit EventBrite.com to purchase tickets.

Lutherhaven.com/boots-pearls.

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2018 PARADE OF HOMES

BREAK THE COEUR D’ALENE D’ALENE 21 16 COEUR 22 SILENCE 5K WALK OKTOBERFEST RACE FOR THE CURE

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FREE ATTRACTIONS EVERY DAY! Petting Zoo | Racing Pigs Exhibits |XPOGO Stunt Team Hypnotist/Magician | Kid Zone Live Music on the Midway Community Stage | Dance Floor Strolling Entertainment Yankee Joe Mining Station Trackless Train Rides | Balloons

EVENT LINEUP AUG 21: Freestyle FAIRstyle AUG 22: Randy Houser Concert AuUG 23: Xtreme Bulls Rodeo AUG 24-26: Gem Stampede PRCA Rodeo AUG 26: Demolition Derby

Pre-Sale Tickets Available Now:

Fair Office | Jifi Stop | North 40 Jitterz Coffee Stands www.NorthIdahoStateFair.com

Competitive Exhibits at the North Idaho State Fair 4056 N GOVERNMENT WAY COEUR D’ALENE IDAHO 208.765.4969

All 10 northern counties of Idaho are invited to enter their arts, crafts and talents! Register online NorthIdahoStateFair.com

NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR OPEN HORSE SHOW: AUG 3-5, 2018

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A Night in Venice

at the Coeur d’Alene Resort

Live the Experience on Saturday, October 20th, 2018 Benefiting Children’s Village

Tickets at:

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