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Adams County

Ritzville

It’s cold and flu season again, particularly with school back in session. The Adams County Health District will begin offering flu vaccinations on Oct. 5, with flu shots also being given on following Tuesdays. Anyone over the age of 6 months can be given the vaccine, which protects against A/Beijing, A/Sydney and B/Harbin strains of influenza.

Ferry County

Republic

Residents wanting to chop wood for what many believe will be a long and bitter winter should get their permits early. The Republic ranger district of the U.S. Forest Service will sell firewood permits on Saturday mornings until the end of October when the first snowfalls are expected. Maps also will be available.

Lincoln County

Wilbur

Last-minute items still are being accepted for the annual Chamber of Commerce yard sale. The sale, scheduled for Friday and Saturday on the Rosman property across U.S. Highway 2 from Sandy’s Food City, will pay the bills for the town’s planned Y2K millennium/New Year’s Eve party.

Pend Oreille County

Newport

If you’re planning to get your General Educational Development (GED) degree, today is the day to start. The Newport College Center will begin its GED courses today with classes from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Classes will run Mondays through Thursdays, and enrollment is open with new students being accepted at any time. For more information, call (509) 447-3553.

Spokane County

Spokane

An upcoming exhibition at the Chase Gallery in City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., will explore different points of view about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The exhibit will run through October as part of the Visual Arts Tour and the Asian Cultural Festival.

Stevens County

Echo Estates

Residents of Echo Estates are hoping to rehabilitate their sewer system. State grants and loans totaling more than $219,900 have been awarded to Public Utility District No. 1 to repair the system. Homeowners have been dealing with sewage problems since April 1996.

IDAHO

Benewah County

St. Maries

Paving on state Highway 3 between Ed’s R&R and Reid’s Corner will begin soon.

Northbound traffic will be rerouted along the Meadowhurst detour road. Weather permitting, the $4 million project should be completed by October.

Bonner County

Sandpoint

The Panhandle Basin Advisory Group will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Edgewater Resort to inform the public and receive comments on the Pend Oreille bull trout plan. A copy of the plan is available from the state Division of Environmental Quality, 2110 Ironwood Parkway, Coeur d’Alene, or by calling (208) 769-1422.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

The Boundary County Community Action Agency is seeking a cook and a group interested in continuing to operate the community kitchen, which serves meals to senior citizens every Thursday. For more information, call Christine at (208) 267-3663.

Kootenai County

Coeur d’Alene

The Coeur d’Alene Recreation Department will begin youth basketball registration on Oct. 4. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the office, 221 S. Fifth. The program, which costs $25 for city residents and $30 for nonresidents, is open to boys and girls in the fourth through ninth grades. Games will begin in November and run through February.

Latah County

Moscow

The Antiques and Collectibles Fair is slated Oct. 2 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Eastside Marketplace at the junction of Blaine Street and the Troy highway in Moscow. Local experts will talk with residents about items of interest and make appraisals. Ruby Valentine, Gudrun Aurun, Arlene Jonas and Joann Jones will be on hand to answer questions about manuscripts, books, textiles and quilts as well as basic conservation techniques and supplies. Admission will be $5 for adults, which includes the appraisal of one item. Two appraisals will cost $9, three will be $12 and each additional one will be $3. The event, which is being sponsored by the Latah County Historical Society, is open to the public. Call (209) 882-1004 for more information.

Shoshone County

Wallace

The annual Girl Scouts roundup and parent information night will be held Sept. 28 at the UCC Congregational Church in Wallace. Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to join Girl Scouts Service Unit 662. Information and registration forms will be available. For more information, call Colleen Pettis at (208) 556-4731.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

A U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee approved $900,000 last week for the effort to build a cultural arts center in Libby. U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., is on the subcommittee. The Kootenai Heritage Council is proposing to build a 350- to 600-seat auditorium and cafeteria adjacent to Libby High School at an estimated cost of nearly $6 million. The appropriations bill included $21.5 million for Montana projects.

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