The best man I know
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The world is shining a little dimmer this week. Ted Bowers, one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure to know, has …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The world is shining a little dimmer this week. Ted Bowers, one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure to know, has …
By Ted Bowers
Reader Columnist
For the first 10 years of my career as a builder in Sandpoint, my contract with customers consisted of a verbal agreement and a handshake. …
By Ted Bowers
Reader Columnist
Editor’s note: In Ted’s last column, he discussed the importance of making a plan before you build. In this Part II, he talks about scale …
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