DC Kids need your help
A new crop of Rathdrum’s DC Kids are already busy earning money for their trip to Washington, D.C., and New York City next summer. They are hoping you will hire a couple of them to help with an odd job or two.
The kids began looking for jobs in the community a couple of weeks ago. So far, they have helped stack wood, lift heavy objects and raked a lot of leaves and pine needles. According to parent Ana Schnepf, the customers were primarily senior citizens who were really appreciative.
“The work was really a win-win for the kids and the clientele – the kids began feeling good about themselves and focused more on being helpful than on making money,” Schnepf said.
Schnepf said the kids are eager to find more jobs. Watch for announcements of future work weekends, or call anytime and they will do their best to find someone to help rake those leaves, or shovel snow. The cost is $20 per hour for two eighth-grade students and an adult supervisor. Call 755-4043 to schedule a work group.
A spaghetti feed and auction benefiting the DC Kids will be held on Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Lakeland Junior High. Tickets cost $5 per person. A silent auction will be held throughout the evening.
Lakes Bible kids attend speech meet
Students from Rathdrum’s Lakes Bible Academy made a good showing at a recent speech meet against students from The Oaks, in Spokane, and Logos School, in Moscow.
Nineteen first- through sixth-graders from Lakes participated in the event, which was attended by more than 80 students. Sasha Westly competed in the poetry event with her presentation of “The Adventures of Isabel” receiving a Superior Award. Students awarded Excellent standings were Brooke Mayberry, Abby Stanchfield, Julia Kaplan, Alexa Ricks, Cara Crateau and Ben Kaplan, according to a school press release.
Held in Moscow, the competition had categories that included poetry, history, Bible, fable and folk tales and literary oration.
For more information on Lakes Bible Academy, call 687-2101 or 651-0448.
Rathdrum/ Coeur d’Alene
Students earn honors at speech contest
Rathdrum’s Jasmine Williams is among five students who received awards for winning the annual North Idaho College Fall 2007 Speech Contest, earning honors for the first speech they wrote and presented in their Communications 101 classes at the beginning of the semester.
Of hundreds of communications students, 30 were selected by their peers to represent their classes in the contest, which is judged by NIC students, staff and faculty each semester. Cash prizes are sponsored by textbook publisher McGraw Hill.
Williams was first-place winner in the career category, earning $125 for her speech, “The Career of Forestry.” Second-place winner Adrielle Dunn of Rexburg, Idaho, won $100 for her speech “The Gross Factor.” Third-place winner Ryan McGee of Coeur d’Alene won $50 for his speech, “Not Just Point and Shoot.”
In the miscellaneous speech category, the first place winner was Sasha Kopriva of Coeur d’Alene. She won $125 for her speech, “Hi-Yaas and Throwing Stars.” Second-place winner Bekah Stephens of Post Falls won $100 for her speech, “The Claddagh Ring: Let Love and Friendship Reign.”
Spokane County
Christmas Bureau helpers needed
Volunteers are needed for the 2007 Christmas Bureau, a joint effort of Catholic Charities of Spokane, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review.
The bureau provides toys, books and candy to low-income people in the community. Last year, donations to the Christmas Fund, which is operated by The Spokesman-Review to raise money for the bureau, totaled more than $518,000. More than 31,000 people were served in the bureau’s two-week run.
This year’s bureau will open on Dec. 8, and close on Dec. 21. It will be open every day except Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Volunteers must be age 16 or older and will be required to attend an orientation lunch on Dec. 7 at noon. To volunteer, fill out an application at www.catholiccharitiesspokane.org.
Wolf Lodge Bay
Watch the eagles
An educational eagle-viewing cruise, highlighted by a live presentation with a real bald eagle, is set for Dec. 2 starting at 12:20 p.m. aboard the Mish-An-Nock, departing from the Coeur d’Alene Resort cruise dock.
The cruise is a fundraiser for Birds of Prey Northwest, a nonprofit group supporting raptor rehabilitation, education and conservation.
The tour will take in the sights of bald eagles gathering in Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Wolf Lodge Bay the bay to feed on spawning kokanee salmon and features a live presentation beginning at 12:45 p.m. with Liberty, the group’s living bald eagle ambassador.
Tickets are $15 adults, $9 children age 6 to 16. Order tickets in advance, as space aboard the boat is limited; last-minute reservations will be taken only if there is room. To order tickets, call Kris Buchler at (208) 664-4739. Checks may be mailed to: Birds of Prey Northwest; P.O. Box 3507; Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816. Tickets may also be purchased at the Coeur d’Alene Wild Birds Unlimited.Or, go to www.birdsofprey northwest.org for a link to pay by credit card using PayPal. Tickets are $16 and $10 online.
Coeur d’Alene
Wild Game Feast tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the North Idaho College Alumni Association’s ninth annual Wild Game Feast Feb. 2.
This year’s event features a five-course meal of delicacies created by Steve Taylor of NIC Food Services.
The event will begin with a social at 6 p.m. featuring the appetizers – alligator wontons, Tibetan yak meatballs and wapiti quesadillas, while listening to music and viewing silent auction items.
A four-course dinner will be served at 6:45 p in the Ts’elusm Dining Room of NIC’s Edminster Student Union Building. The menu will feature Creole turtle soup, spinach salad with crispy boar bacon and quail eggs, kangaroo medallions and a huckleberry bread pudding.
A special wine selection will be available with dinner in addition to a no-host bar. Wildlife displays provided by Beth Paragamian of the Idaho Fish and Game Department, Idaho Panhandle National Forest and Bureau of Land Management will be on display.
All proceeds benefit the NIC Alumni Association and scholarships for NIC students. Tickets are $75 per person or $70 for NIC Alumni Association members. Limited seating is available.For tickets, mail a check to the NIC Alumni Association, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, or call (208) 769-5978
– From staff reports