Handle on business: Kingdom Halls being built by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses are building Kingdom Halls in Coeur d’Alene, Rathdrum and Sandpoint.
The sites will be prepared and the foundations will be laid before hundreds of church volunteers from Idaho, Montana and Wyoming gather in late August for about 10 days to put up the 4,000-square-foot structures.
The exact timing depends on the coordination of preparation and paperwork.
The Coeur d’Alene church, at 3825 N. Fruitland Lane, will join two congregations and replace a Kingdom Hall at 720 Poplar Ave., which has been sold to Lighthouse Christian Academy.
The new Rathdrum church will be on Nagel Street, and the current building on Boekel Road will be sold.
The new building in Sandpoint will be at 1905 N. Boyer Ave. That congregation temporarily is meeting in a theater.
The three structures will have the same general plan but different facings.
From 225 to 300 volunteers will work each day, with about 500 people involved for all three projects.
Talk about teamwork.
They probably would call themselves God’s Team.
Oakwood Manor aims for senior citizens
Near the new Kingdom Hall in Coeur d’Alene, a complex of 16 town houses called Oakwood Manor will be built on two acres at 3615 N. Fruitland Lane.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom units will contain 1,600 square feet. The target buyers are age 50 and over.
“These townhouses will be ideal for people who are downsizing and want a location that is handy for access to businesses,” said Lela Wilson, who owns the project with her father, Eddie Keith. Both are associates with Coldwell Banker Realty.
The development is within walking distance of several restaurants, food markets and other stores.
Construction is to start in July, with the first four units to be complete in three months.
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Character Warehouse joins Outlets
Liquidation of unsold items from Disneyland is the business of AMS Character Warehouse.
The outlet store is in two bays of 7,000 square feet in the former Mikasa space at the west end of the North Idaho Outlets, 4490 W. Riverbend Ave., Post Falls.
The store, with five employees, offers Disney merchandise at reduced prices. Included are clothing, collectibles, jewelry, photos, posters, princess gowns, figurines and 50th-anniversary items.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays.
If you’re interested, however, you must shop before Aug. 12 because the store is only temporary. Manager Bob Gratrix said the merchandise is being moved around the Northwest and previously was in the Spokane Valley Mall.
AMS has 13 stores, including ones in Burlington, Wash., and Bend, Ore.
Check out www.ams-liquidation.com.
This week’s tidbits
“Not everyone is thrilled with the giant Cabela’s sporting goods store coming to Post Falls. Of course, competitors are worried.
But so are many sportsmen. For example, the Montana Wildlife Federation has sent letters to its 7,000 members concerning Cabela’s Trophy Properties real estate division.
The Montana Wildlife Federation says agents at the company’s two affiliated realties in Montana participate in recreational land marketing that squeezes out hunters from access to publicly owned wildlife.
Check out the Trophy Properties section at www.cabelas.com to see examples of the federation’s concerns. So far, the ad promotes only one North Idaho property, overlooking Black Lake.
Real estate companies in Philipsburg, Mont., and Salmon, Idaho, are marketing Idaho properties on the Cabela’s Web site.
“The Coeur d’Alene Auto Mall off U.S. Highway 95 north of Super 1 Foods has closed.
“A “Temporarily Closed” sign on the door of Coeur d’Alene’s new Japan House restaurant on Appleway has been replaced with two huge red “OPEN” signs out front.