Library offering basic computer skill courses

Beginning Thursday, Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St., will offer basic computer classes. Courses are $10 per person and pre-registration is required.

“Word 2007 – Part 1” will be offered Thursday and June 11, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Basic typing skills and knowledge of using a computer mouse are required.

“Word 2007 – Part 2” will be on May 7 and June 25, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. “Word 2007 – Part 1” is a pre-requisite.

“Excel 2007 – Part 1” will be on May 9 and June 27, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Basic typing skills and knowledge of using a computer mouse are required.

“Excel 2007 – Part 2” will be held on May 16 and July 2, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. “Excel 2007 – Part 1” is a pre-requisite.

“Introduction to the Internet” will be offered May 14 and July 11, from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

“Introduction to e-mail” will be offered May 21, May 23 and June 13, from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

For more information and to register, call (208) 773-1506.

Coeur d’Alene

X-Men author visiting to promote comics, flick

Chris Claremont, the author of the X-Men and Wolverine comic books and a novelist, will be making a presentation at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., on Friday at 4 p.m.

He also will be available that day for a signing and meet-and-greet at 6 p.m. at Riverstone Theater, and prior to the 7 and 8 p.m. screenings of the X-Men movie.

Claremont was born in London in 1950, and made his entry into comic writing when he was given the fledgling title, “Iron Fist” in 1974. That also teamed him with John Byrne for the first time. Len Wein then gave him the writing duties for the relaunched X-Men.

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and, beginning at noon, free comic books will be given out at the library while supplies last, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Free comic books also will be given out at the Post Falls Public Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and at each of the seven Kootenai-Shoshone Area Libraries – Athol, Hayden and Rathdrum – from 10 to 11 a.m.; Harrison and Pinehurst, from 11 a.m. to noon; Spirit Lake, from noon to 1 p.m.; and from the Bookmobile at the Worley City Hall, 10 to 11 a.m.

Free comics will also be available Saturday at Lighting Comics, 411 Haycraft, No. C1, where Claremont will have a signing event from noon to 4 p.m.

Motorcycle parade, rally riding toward awareness

May is Motorcycle Awareness Month.

American Bikers Aimed Toward Education of North Idaho will host the 8th annual Motorcycle Awareness Parade and Rally on Saturday at 10 a.m, at the Kootenai County Courthouse, located at 451 N. Government Way in Coeur d’Alene.

The ride down Sherman Ave. will be at 11 a.m., and the Northwest Classic Club Bike Show and Swap Meet will follow.

For more information, call (208) 582-2262 or (208) 245-5094.