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Adams County

Ritzville

After discovering a baggie of marijuana near the bus garage, Ritzville School District officials called in the big guns. K-9 officer Imo sniffed school halls and lockers in a recent sweep for illicit drugs. Undersheriff Jay Wiese, Imo’s handler, said no drugs were found.

Ferry County

Curlew

People wishing to get involved in public service may apply for Curlew mosquito control commissioner. The five appointed commissioners, who serve without pay, meet nine times each year to detail mosquito prevention goals, set policies, prepare budgets and hire employees. If interested, call (509) 779-4805 for more information.

Grant County

Moses Lake

Pacific Rim Ethanol has proposed a $70 million ethanol plant three miles east of town. The plant would employ up to 60 people and would use 4 million bushels of local wheat and 15 million bushels of local corn to manufacture the fuel. The company hopes to start construction next April, with fuel production getting under way by April 2000.

Lincoln County

Odessa

Toddler Zachary Zagelow is sitting up, brushing his teeth and watching television after a heart/lung transplant last week, his grandparents said. Larry and June Zagelow consider their grandson lucky because he was on a transplant list only a few weeks before a donor was found. Zachary and his parents Mike and Gina Zagelow will live close to Stanford University Medical Center for several months before they can return home to Spokane.

Pend Oreille County

Newport

A bankrupt subcontractor for insurance companies has left Newport Community Hospital with a $300,000 unpaid bill. HealthLink was affiliated with Northside Medical Services Organization and Northside Physicians Hospital Network. The hospital may end up losing as much as $450,000 and may have to dip into reserves to cover its losses. It has joined a class action against the insurance carriers to try to recoup its losses.

Spokane County

Fairfield

Micki Harnois, a longtime resident of the Fairfield area, has been named to the Citizens Advisory Committee for Transportation. Harnois is a graduate student in urban and regional planning at Eastern Washington University. Other new committee members are Karen Barniol, Richard Bryant, David Buxton, Peter Higgins, Daniel Lambert, Shirley Meyer and Joe Tortorelli. The committee advises the Spokane Regional Transportation Council.

Stevens County

Colville

Charities in the Colville area don’t need to wish on a star for funds - they look to the moon. Moonglow Productions, a local club dedicated to “serving the community and having fun doing it,” has donated 2,000 pounds of food to local food banks this year.

Whitman County

Pullman

Dr. Sharon L. Shields will lecture Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Washington State University’s Todd Hall on “Building Bridges for Those Under Bridges - Lessons in Connectedness.” Her lecture, in the 11th Gordon-Engerg Professional Series sponsored by the department of kinesiology and leisure studies, will focus on a class working with the homeless in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, contact Donna Kallaher at (509) 335-4251.

IDAHO

Benewah County

Plummer

Rich Lawson recently resigned from the supervisory board of the Benewah Soil and Water Conservation District. An award presentation and reception will be held in his honor at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the conservation district office in Plummer. Lawson had served on the board for 14 years.

Bonner County

Sandpoint

Panhandle Animal Shelter Thrift Shoppe recently was relocated to 506 Oak St. next to Foster’s Crossing. The new location has an additional 4,000 square feet of floor space. The shop provides one-third of the operating funds for the animal shelter.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

The Boundary County Ministerial Association is seeking donations for Thanksgiving for families in need. Checks may be mailed to the Boundary County Ministerial Association, P.O. Box 103, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805. Food items may be dropped off at any Boundary County church.

Kootenai County

Coeur d’Alene

The North Idaho Private Industry Council is offering scholarships to graduating high school seniors who wish to enter vocational/technical programs at North Idaho College. The council administers Job Training Partnership Act funds throughout the five northernmost counties of Idaho. Interested students should contact their high school counselors or call the North Idaho Private Industry Council at (208) 772-0584.

Latah County

Moscow

The Moscow Sister City Association is raising funds for the Red Cross and Quest for Peace to be used in Honduras and Nicaragua, which recently were battered by Hurricane Mitch. To make donations, call (208) 885-8956 or send checks to the Moscow Sister City Association, P.O. Box 8367, Moscow, Idaho 83843.

Shoshone County

Kellogg

The Inland Northwest Blood Center of Spokane will sponsor a community blood drive Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Elks. This will be the last drive until February.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

The Montana Bowhunters Association, in conjunction with the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department’s TIP-MONT anti-poaching program, is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who commits a big-game hunting violation using bowhunting equipment. Anyone with information is encouraged to call 1-800-TIP-MONT.