Frank Henderson was a true American Hero. He came to North Idaho for his semi-retirement as a newspaper man. Post Falls was his town, and the Post Falls Tribune weekly paper was to be his last hurrah - or so he thought. Before long he ran for mayor and won - not in his original plan. I was general manager of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber in 1980-87 when Frank and I got to work together on the area economic development efforts. There was no "Jobs Plus" at the time. It was years away, and the Coeur d'Alene Chamber, Frank at the county, and Panhandle Area Council headed by Jim Deffenbaugh and Joe Pike, by the mid-1980s was the economic development collaboration effort for the region. They responded to economic inquiries from companies and followed up on leads about companies that might be thinking of relocating. Frank was the energy and focus/Sandy Emerson, former Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce manager, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press: Frank Henderson pilots a small boat on Canada's White Swan Lake)