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Grief Support Group – For those who have lost loved ones; meets 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Kootenai Medical Center; (208) 666-3285. HIV/AIDS Support Group – Meets 7-9 p.m. the first, third and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Hospice in Coeur d’Alene; (208) 769-6254.

Filings from Oct. 27-Nov. 3. Chapter 7 (liquidation petitions)

Coeur d’Alene Parkside LLC, 601 E. Front Ave., commercial, Grille from Ipanema, valued at $105,000.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort will light up the season on Friday with its 24th annual Holiday Light Show. The opening ceremony will kick off at 5 p.m. with a lighted parade, Christmas carols, candle lighting and a fireworks show over Lake Coeur d’Alene. At 5:30, the cruise boat will take a “Journey to the North Pole.” The cruises will run through Jan. 2. Children age 12 and younger are free; adult tickets are $15.95; and seniors 55 and older are $14.95.

Local students in Coeur d’Alene can get extra help with their homework, have a healthy snack and even work off some extra energy in the Kroc After-School Program, held at the Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Road. The program is open to all students, Monday through Friday from 3 to 5:45 p.m. Canfield Middle School students registered in the program have transportation available to them.

The name of the place is Tequila Joe’s, and it has plenty of standard Mexican foods and beverages. However, it also has pastas, burgers, steaks, sizzling skillet-plates, lunch specials, a kids’ menu and more. It opened in late October at 9510 Government Way (on the east side of the street almost to Hayden Avenue) in the building that housed Toro Viejo before it moved elsewhere in Hayden. In two large, nicely decorated rooms, the restaurant seats 80 customers in booths and at tables and a counter. It also has a full bar and a 3 to 6 p.m. happy hour daily.

COEUR D’ALENE – North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits will show the Warren Miller film “Wintervention” tonight in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center at 6:30 p.m. The film highlights skiers who sail from Argentina to Antarctica searching for some of the last untouched descents on Earth and skiers and snowboarders who venture deep into the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia for some of the best terrain.

Imagine being taken from your home in the middle of the night. You are a young child and your parents have been abusive and neglectful to you and your siblings. Someone told on them. Someone who wanted to make sure you were safe. Now the police are going to make sure that they do not harm you anymore. But there is a shortage of foster homes and the authorities must make a decision on where to take you. You long to be with your brothers and sisters but you are told that is not an option.

Today Bill Reid (Jazz) – 1 p.m., Di Luna’s Cafe, 207 Cedar St., Sandpoint, (208) 263-0846.

Are you ready for the first Arctic blast of the season? Mother Nature has taken it easy on us so far this month when it comes to chilly temperatures. Referencing Spokane numbers, November has been significantly warmer than normal. The overnight low only dipped below freezing four times during the first 18 days of the month, and 28 degrees was the coldest reading (though outlying areas in both Eastern Washington and North Idaho have probably already experienced much colder temperatures).

Trace your hand on a brown paper bag, cut it out, glue construction paper feathers on the fingers, and hang it on your momma’s fridge, because once again, Turkey Day is upon us. Despite the potential terror of distant relatives bearing mysterious Jell-O salads, most people like to celebrate Thanksgiving at home with their families. There’s comfort to be found in the sound of the Macy’s parade on the television, the scent of a slowly roasting domestic fowl heavy in the air, and the sight of your dear Auntie passed out face down in the cheese-and-crackers platter after her fifth dirty martini.

Coeur d’Alene Mill River Seniors LLC, 3505 N. Sunapee Loop, commercial, community building, valued at $194,769.