Reid Hatley gazed upon the smoldering ruins of his North Idaho business one morning this past June. Someone had broken into the golf course accessory manufacturer to steal tools, then set fire to the shop and offices near the Coeur d’Alene Airport.

He lost everything, including beloved clubs and the ball and scorecard from his best day on 18 holes, when he shot a stunning 58 at Hayden Lake Country Club in 2013.

The pungent odor of scorched materials triggered tender memories of watching his family’s home on Spokane’s South Hill burn in the late 1980s. Hatley was in second grade, and he and his older sister walked home from school to find the firetrucks. The electrical fire wiped out both of their bedrooms, their toys and books and clothes – everything.

“I instantly went back to being an 8-year-old kid standing there in the street, watching,” said Hatley, now 34, recalling his visceral reaction to what the arsonist had done to his 5-year-old company/Scott Maben, SR. More here.