2025 Woman of Wisdom Terri Palmer is a multi-talented artist who has unstintingly shared her talent and her time for the benefit of Bonner County for the past 35 years.

Born in Canada in 1947, Terri laughingly tells the story of how she almost flunked the test to become a United States citizen. Terri's family moved to Seattle when she was 9 and started the five-year journey to citizenship. When the judge asked 14-year-old Terri if she was willing to go to war and fight for the United States, she replied that she just did not think she could kill another person. Her outraged father asked for a recess and told her in no uncertain terms to tell the judge "yes." Terri finally gave in and told the judge she would fight but shared that she had both her fingers and her toes crossed when she said

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