{"id":22897,"date":"2025-12-03T16:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=22897"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:54:58","slug":"cheri-reinke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/cheri-reinke\/","title":{"rendered":"CHERI REINKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding Tech Literacy And Battling Senior Scamming Fraud<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

BY ISAIAH FRIZZELL<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cheri Reinke on a hiking trail. Photo credit: Cheri Reinke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What do you do when you need help with these machines we have essentially become surrounded by? What if you get a text or email that stinks of fraud? Contact Cheri!<\/p>\n

Enter Cheri Reinke: Educator and Life Management for Seniors
\nIt is abundantly clear upon meeting Cheri Reinke that her knowledge and compassion have fully joined and you\u2019re dealing with a woman you want to get to know. Reinke clearly enjoys assisting people, especially seniors who are not necessarily enamored with or engaged in the march of \u2018progress\u2019 and technology, and need help with basic or complex things, one of which, sadly, is scammers.
\nReinke and husband Langdon moved to the Wood River Valley about four years ago. Cheri Reinke is from Wisconsin (Packers fan!) and husband Langdon Reinke hails from Twin Falls. He\u2019s been in ministry for over 30 years while his father has been a pastor at Valley of Peace Lutheran Church, in Hailey, for nearly 14 years.
\nReinke, a lifelong educator, got her master\u2019s degree n Educational Technology from Concordia University. \u201cI\u2019ve taught for almost 30 years,\u201d she said. They\u2019d intended to stay in the Valley for a few months to relax and, like so many, fell in love with the delightful people of this amazing community.
\nReinke\u2019s heart is in it, full tilt. \u201cWhen we moved to the Valley, I decided I didn\u2019t want to go back into the classroom,\u201d she said, \u201dso I started teaching technology to seniors. After a while, I then moved into Sun Valley Senior Support, where I help with life management and technology and I am an advocate for seniors in the Valley. I make sure that they have those services they need. I really love what I do and just love working with seniors. Plus, it doesn\u2019t hurt that the landscape is so endearingly gorgeous. \u201cIt\u2019s like we live in a postcard,\u201d Reinke exclaimed about her love of our community and the lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The Purity of Helping Others
\n\u201cI care for my clients and never, ever charge if they\u2019re being scammed.\u201d Scamming is a constant threat these days and if you get texts you don\u2019t know, don\u2019t respond, at all. Weird phone calls? Never give out your info, and, in the age of AI, even your voice can be cloned, so resist talking to any clearly unusual number.
\nReinke is skilled in everything Windows and Mac, most AI and, of course, basic tech support that many need, especially now that there are new demands put on Social Security or signing up for just about anything. Need a place to rent? Reinke likely knows someone. She often teaches for a few hours, free, at the Hailey Public Library and is staff at Bellevue Public Library for those in need.
\nReinke can help with any issue you face, often refers friends when she doesn\u2019t have the time (she\u2019s booked constantly) and as well hosts a weekly home church, out of her house, where often 15 or more people show up to eat and talk Jesus, the Bible and morality based on that most important, and often neglected, spiritual component of life.<\/p>\n

When, Where, How
\nWhen not teaching, with four kids living in the Northwest, Reinke is at peace. \u201cI love travelling with my husband and spending time with my Phoebe, my Labradoodle.\u201d Is this a friends reference? I do believe so.
\nReinke is a good friend, confidant and simply wonderful just to talk with.
\nShe can be found online at: https:\/\/www.sunvalleyseniorsupport.com\/
\nQuickly email her: cheri@sunvalleyseniorsupport.com<\/p>\n

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