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In brief: Handle Extra coverage expands

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Spokesman-Review subscribers in Sandpoint and other Bonner County communities will get more news from their neighborhoods starting today when the Handle Extra is included in their home-delivered newspapers.

A weekly source of North Idaho news, the Handle Extra covers issues that affect neighborhoods from the Statehouse to city hall, from the schoolhouse to the courthouse, with news and features about the people and places and events that make the Panhandle great.

Look for positive news about youngsters doing good things, neighbors helping neighbors, Love Stories about lasting relationships, community events calendars, business and entertainment news and more.

To report news in your neighborhood, contact Voices editor Tad Brooks at idahovoice@spokesman.com or call (509) 927-2164. To report an event, public meeting or church calendar listing, contact editorial assistant Sherry Adkins at 765-7120. For advertising questions, call Deana Rose at 765-7104. To place a classified ad, call (509) 456-SELL.

Coeur d’Alene

Comedian performing at NIC

Comedian Eric O’Shea will perform at 7 p.m. Monday in the North Idaho College Edminster Student Union Building Activities Center, on the lower level of the building.

With clips posted on Web sites such as YouTube as well as live performances at colleges and corporations nationwide, O’Shea has become known for his mix of life-based comedy, celebrity impressions and commercials.

O’Shea was nominated three times and is the 2007 winner of Campus Activities Magazine’s National Comedy Performer of the Year.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Sign up for spring soccer

Sting Soccer Academy is accepting registrations for its spring session.

The Academy caters to the player who is new to soccer or is currently playing and would like additional professional training. The six-session course focuses on developing a love of the game, while acquiring basic youth soccer skills, being challenged in decision making and having fun.

All Academy sessions are under the direction of Rick Mullins, director of Sting Soccer Club and a United States Soccer Federation National “B” License coach who holds a National Youth License.

More information and registration are available at www.cdasting.com; or contact Rick Mullins 818-1862; e-mail rickmullins2003@yahoo.com

First Fridays at NIC

Those interested in attending North Idaho College are encouraged to attend March’s First Fridays campus visitation program Friday.

The First Fridays program offers prospective students the opportunity to visit campus and learn about NIC’s programs and services.

Visitors will meet in the Driftwood Bay Room of NIC’s Edminster Student Union Building at 10 a.m. before attending an advising workshop designed to inform potential students about NIC’s academic and professional-technical programs as well as services available to students that will help them attain a certificate or associate’s degree.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to visit with instructors about specific areas of study, ask questions about NIC and tour NIC’s campus.

Prospective students and parents can sign up for upcoming First Fridays by calling NIC’s Admissions Office at 769-3311 or e-mailing admit@nic.edu.

Dinner to honor women

In recognition of Women’s History Month and to honor and celebrate the women who are and have been important to our lives, a Celebration of Women will be held March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Greenbriar Inn, 315 Wallace Ave., Coeur d’Alene. A buffet dinner and dessert is available for $18 per person and must be prepaid. Beer and wine is available.

Mail your check early for dinner only to Women’s History Dinner, P.O. Box 2582, Hayden, ID 83835, as seating is limited. Checks for dinner must be received by next Saturday.

The dinner is sponsored by American Association of University Women, Human Rights Education Institute, Kootenai County Democratic Women’s Caucus, League of Women Voters, North Idaho Head Start and WomenSpeak, an outreach project of the Idaho Women’s Network.

For more information, call Kathy Beechler at 667-0648 or Cary Miller at 772-7785.

Rotary selects student of month

North Idaho College student Jenny Rollins was selected as February’s Coeur d’Alene Rotary Club Student of the Month.

Rollins was born and raised in Kellogg. She graduated from Kellogg High School in 1994 and lives there now with her husband Jeremy and their two sons, 8-year-old Noah and 5-year-old Riley.

She is a part-time NIC student working toward an associate’s degree in business administration. She is concurrently enrolled at Lewis-Clark State College, where she plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in accounting.

Rollins’ honors included attending Student Day at the Legislature in Boise in January and lunch with various congressmen from across the state.

She is also a member of the Shoshone County Fire Prevention Cooperative and has been involved in performing its annual fire prevention skit at local elementary schools for the past five years.

In addition, Rollins is the president of the NIC chapter of Business Professionals of America. She has attended three national leadership conferences since 2004, and her team placed second in the administrative support team competition at nationals in 2005. Through BPA, she has also been involved in various community service projects, such as Idaho Special Olympics, Kootenai Humane Society, Books for Africa and Shoebox Treasures.

Baby Signs class scheduled

Do you wonder what’s on your baby’s mind?

Baby Signs, a free class that teaches the parents and caregivers of hearing infants to communicate with their children using American Sign Language is scheduled for Thursday, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Jameson Room at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave.

The class will be taught by Jacalyn Marosi, the library’s interim coordinator of hearing and vision loss services, and will continue to be offered the first Thursday of each month.

Baby Signs is designed for the families of hearing infants and toddlers, newborn to 2 years old, who want to learn to communicate with the children using ASL. Expectant parents are also welcome to attend. Participants do not have to bring their children, but they are also welcome.

Participants can register for the class by calling Marosi at 769-2316 or e-mail jmarosi@cdalibrary.org. Patrons who need accommodations to participate in programs or to access library services are asked to contact the staff.

Sight, sound exhibit at Boswell

Visitors to the North Idaho College Boswell Hall Corner Gallery are used to utilizing their visual senses while experiencing the art exhibits. But visitors to the gallery in March will be using their ears as well during an exhibit that couples landscape photography with original music compositions.

“A Collaboration of Images and Sound” will be on display in NIC’s Boswell Hall Corner Gallery Monday through March 27.

The photographs are part of the “Radiant Peaks” exhibit by photographer Jeff Jones.

Jones holds a master’s degree in marine biology and a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from California State University, Fullerton.

His panoramic landscapes are created by combining sequential frames into a whole image. This technique, which involves equipment designed by Jones, enables him to produce detailed, large-scale scenes. Jones also produces images of abstract forms of nature’s elements.

A gallery walk with the artist will be held at 10:30 a.m. March 11 followed by a slide lecture presentation at 1 p.m. in Boswell Hall Room 102. The opening reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the gallery. Boswell Hall Corner Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.

Spirit Lake

YES founder honored

Rep. JoAn Wood, R-Rigby, received the fifth annual Patricia Kempthorne Award at a ceremony in Boise on Feb. 21. Seven other Idahoans received Community Service Awards for their work in substance abuse, including Crystal Owens, founder of the Spirit Lake Youth Equipped for Success program.

Each year, the statewide Regional Advisory Committees on Substance Abuse recognize a public official who makes a difference in fighting drug and alcohol abuse. Idaho’s former first lady, Patricia Kempthorne, was the first recipient of the award. Each of the seven Regional Advisory Committees also nominates a community volunteer or professional to receive an award for their efforts to prevent or treat substance abuse.

Owens has been integral in establishing, growing and coordinating the Spirit Lake YES, which helps prevent youth crime and provides social interactions, accountability and new learning opportunities for youth in this isolated, low-income community.

From staff reports