Kathy Plonka/SR

Barbara Bisaro along with her daughter Kayla, 15, in Kayla's pirate theme bedroom at their home in Post Falls on Monday. Kayla was able to decorate her room to her liking after Barbara went through IHFA's self sufficiency program and was able to purchase the home. Becky Kramer SR story here.

*Sherry Adkins' Idaho Records/SR

*Coldwater lays off workers at HQ: Women's apparel industry in slump/Becky Kramer, SR -- Bad time of the year to get a pink slip.

*Kootenai County 2008 outlook bright: Commissioner Rick Currie gives annual State of the County Address/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene Press -- Would Commissioner Currie admit it, if the 2008 outlook wasn't bright? Wonder how he feels re: possibility of former CDA police chief Tom Cronin running against him this year?

*Record snow buries region/Thomas Clouse, SR -- My wife called after she got finished digging us out this morning and said: "Next year, we get a snow blower." (We take turns shoveling, depending on time of day. She gets the mornings.)

*UI, Wild Rose move forward with plans for Sandpoint campus/Marlisa Keyes, Bonner County Daily Bee -- Keep your fingers crossed. This is an important project for Bonner County and North Idaho higher ed.

*Light, noise could hurt Commerce Park: Businesses must shut down after 10 p.m. if set limits are exceeded/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene Press -- Don't the businesses have squatter's rights or something? A grandfather clause? The Commerce Park has been there for a long time.

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