By Chuck MalloyReader Contributor As any store manager can attest, retail is a tough business, and good help is hard to find. Not so much with Bizarre Bazaar, Sandpoint’s “upscale resale store,” which is...
Sandpoint’s ‘upscale resale store’ celebrates 20 years By Kathryn LarsonReader Contributor The Community Assistance League’s 25th annual rummage sale wrapped up in November 2005. As volunteers faced yet another mountain of high-quality leftovers with...
By Reader Staff The Community Assistance League will feature Karie Lee Knoke at its monthly meeting Wednesday, March 19 at the Heartwood Center (615 Oak St.). Knoke took second place on the television show...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everyone needs a little help from time to time. That’s the mantra of North Idaho Firewood Rescue. Now, the nonprofit organization — which has helped locals heat their homes...
By Reader Staff Bonner County’s upscale resale shop Bizarre Bazaar is nearly ready to open the doors at its new address, 114 S. Boyer Ave. — next to Smokesmith Bar-B-Que. Bizarre Bazaar is the...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Upscale resale store Bizarre Bazaar is preparing to move to a new location toward the end of the summer, announcing June 2 that it would pull up stakes from...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Sandpoint Senior Center was a little brighter this week, as it received the first installment of a substantial grant that aims to help build development capacity at Sandpoint...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Forty years ago, the Community Assistance League was formed by a small group of philanthropists eager to create a nonprofit where local women could affect real change in Sandpoint....
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It was a good day to be a nonprofit Wednesday. As it does every year about this time, the Community Assistance League, or CAL as it is called, awarded...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Like most great ideas, the Community Assistance League began with two women trying to solve a problem. As the legend goes, Sydne Van Horne and Marilyn Pagano were sitting...
