Seventeen applicants have filed for the 1st District magistrate seat now held by Magistrate Penny Friedlander, who will retire Aug. 31, including former Coeur d'Alene City Administrator Wendy Gabriel. Others are: Jerri Lynn Brooks of Hayden, Deputy Prosecutor Kenneth Brooks of Kootenai County, James Combo of Coeur d'Alene, James Craig of Orlando, Fla., Deputy City Attorney Anna Eckhard of Coeur d'Alene, Deputy Prosecutor Donna Gardner of Kootenai County, Shawn Glen of Hagadone Directories/Coeur d'Alene, Tera Harden of Riverside, Calif., George Patterson of Boise, Denise Rosen of Coeur d'Alene, City Prosecutor Timothy Van Valin of Rathdrum, Kacey Wall of Coeur d'Alene, Anne Taylor of Blackfoot, Deputy Prosecutor Barbara Duggan of Boise, Deputy AG Michael Felton of Buhl, and Assistance Officer Jay Sturgell of 1st District Court/Coeur d'Alene.