Clockwise from top, Molly Hearn, Lily Vaughn and Katie Holte are part of a 4-H team that is going to judge horses at a national competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
Marie and Bert Russell in a 1988 photo at Northwind Ranch on Harrison Flats, where Bert recorded local histories. Photo courtesy of Family/The Spokesman-Review
Susan Brelin-Bechio encourages people to get in touch with nature. She believes it will lead to a kinder world. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
The lasagna still steamed on our dinner plates as my daughter launched into her comparison of Christianity and Judaism.
She glibly sprinkled sources into her analysis and appraised the evidence with rabbinical concentration. I was impressed, especially because she wasn't trying to impress.
Brad Veile from Lakeside High School in Plummer, Idaho, was one of 45 teachers who toured Poland and Israel to help them teach about the Holocaust. Photo courtesy of Brad Veile
The Wallace High School scholastic team, led by adviser Dick Schreiber, right, recently won the state Class B championship. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Mike Fox performs a scene from "The Tempest" that he used to audition for the National Theater for the Deaf. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Coeur d'Alene attorney Bliss Bignall, with his brother and sister-in-law, at a wooden playground in Sandy, Ore. It's the pattern for a future playground to be built by volunteers in Coeur d'Alene. Photo courtesy Bliss Bignall
North Idaho College English Department secretary Linda Erickson, in costume as ancient warrior queen Boadicea. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
Hyekyong Schrom studied English as a child in South Korea. It's important, she says, that her children know Korean as well as English to understand their heritage. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
