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Today

“Proof” – The North Idaho College Theater Department’s winter production continues today at 7:30 p.m. in Boswell Hall’s Schuler Auditorium. Additional performances Thursday-Feb. 26. Due to adult language the play is recommended for adult audiences. Information: 769-3220.

“A Woman of Independent Means” – This play, written by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, and directed by Jack Bannon, will be performed today at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. This is a benefit for the Coeur d’Alene Women’s Center children’s counseling center. $25. Tickets: 667-1323.

Steel Guitar Benefit Concert and Jam – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lake City Senior Center, 1916 Lakewood Drive. This is to help cover medical costs for Don Parks, a well-known area steel guitarist and good friend of many Northwest Musicians. Potluck lunch, craft sale and bake sale. For more information, call Darrell Klein at (509) 928-2798 or Joel Johnston (509) 869-0183.

Audubon Society – Half-day trip to Hayden Lake. Meet at 8:30 a.m. in the south end of the Kmart parking lot. Information: Roland Craft at 457-8894.

Northwest Living Wheat and Gluten Free – will meet at 3 p.m., at Bonsai Bistro, 101 Sherman Ave. Information: Jeannie at 687-8225 or George at 640-9941.

“The Jungle Book” – The Missoula Children’s Theatre production will be at 2 and 7 p.m., at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. Cost: $8 adults, $5 students 18 and under. Information: 263-6139.

Art in the Window – Charleen Martin will be working with mixed media in the window at Angel Gallery of Fine Art and Antiques, 423 Sherman Ave., from 1-4 p.m.

Lake City Playhouse season tickets on sale – for the theater’s 2005-06 season. Cost: $70 adults, $65 seniors, $65 students and $40 for children. For more information, call the playhouse at 667-1323.

Sparkling Spur Youth Writing Contest – Students in grades 4-12 are eligible to enter the contest. Theme is short stories set in the American West. Deadline to enter is March 5. Entries must be unpublished and original. Enter at www.westernwriters.org/youthwritingcontest.htm.

Upcoming

Banff Radical Reels – by Mountain Fever Productions, Sunday, 7 p.m., Panida Theater, Sandpoint. Cost: $10. Information: 263-9191.

International Log Builder’s Association – 32nd annual conference Sunday at the Coeur d’Alene Resort from 1-4 p.m. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. Cost: $25 per person, or call (800) 532-2900 to register. For more information, visit www.logassociation.org.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees – will meet Monday at noon at the Red Lions Templins Hotel in Post Falls.

Audubon Society – will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 521 E. Lakeside. The speaker is Tom Buckley, and the program is “Wolf Management in the Idaho Panhandle – Current and Future.”

Sports Nutrition Workshop – With registered dietician Samantha Ramsay, Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., at the University of Idaho, Coeur d’Alene, 1000 W. Hubbard Ave., Room 142. Cost: $25. Pre-register by calling 667-2588 or visit

Auditions for “Antigone” – Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Harding Family Center Meeting Room, 411 N. 15th St. There will be one performance March 16 at Cafe Doma. Information: 667-1323.

Audubon Society – Brown bag birding trip Tuesday. Meet at noon at the west end of the Fernan Lake Boat launch. Information: Lynn, message phone 664-4739.

North Idaho Workforce Investment Board – will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Best Western Coeur d’Alene Inn, 414 W. Appleway. Information: 772-0584.

David Wilcox Concert – with opening act Alan Lane, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. $26 advance, $29 at the door. Information: 263-9191.

Women in Jazz – As part of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the film “Strange Fruit,” which explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday’s signature song, will be screened at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Borah Theater in the Student Union Building at the University of Idaho. On Thursday, “Ladies of Jazz on Film,” four short films produced from 1962-1966 will be shown at 11:15 a.m. “Lady Sings the Blues,” will be screened at 4:15 p.m. For a full listing of concert events visit For exhibits and lectures visit

Public Forum for Sustainability – Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Sandpoint Public Library. The topic is Simple choices for a Healthier Life. Information: 255-5898.

North Idaho Partners in Care Mobile Clinic – will be at the Spirit Lake Community Center Thursday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For an appointment call 667-3481.

Logger Education to Advance Professionalism – Register by Thursday for this class to be held in Coeur d’Alene March 3-4. $38 registration fee includes course materials and refreshments. Call the University of Idaho Kootenai Extension Office at 446-1680.

North Idaho Partners in Care Mobile Clinic – will be at Gary’s Drug Center in Pinehurst Friday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. For an appointment call 786-7474.

Kootenai County Democratic Club – will meet Friday at noon at the Iron Horse restaurant. The program is “Undoing a Century of Corporate Dominance in the Bunker Hill/Cd’A Basin Cleanup,” presented by Barbara Miller, director of the Silver Valley Community Resource Center. Information: 777-1588.

“Galumpha” – Acrobatic, dance and physical theater group will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. $26 advance, $29 at the door. Information: 263-9191.