A 29-foot-tall cement grain silo towers over a Greensferry Road property just south of the Spokane River on the Coeur d'Alene side of the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls border.
A curious hawk circles above, keeping a watchful eye on Patrick Record as he finalizes a restoration project to replace the cedar shakes on the nearly 100-year-old silo.
Barn swallows playfully soar from birdhouse to pole top while a sweet-tempered Great Pyrenees rolls about in the grass. A nearby rooster crows. Leaves and branches cast shadows on the lawn in the peaceful Friday morning sunshine.
"When I worked for a wig company, we had a lifetime guarantee on the wigs, so people would have it for a few years, then return it. All we did was wash it in an industrial washing machine, restyle it, then sell it as new."
A Times investigation found that Aaron Spolin built a booming enterprise by fanning false hopes in some families desperate to get their loved ones home.