The County Lines

Fri., April 7, 2000

WASHINGTON

Adams County Othello

Dancer Toby Black, director of the Rock’n B Cloggers, will perform with an elite group of dancers at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. The group’s leader is Karl Drake, national champion in Irish step dancing. Black and the group will perform four times each day through May 7.

Ferry County Republic

Over $3,200 from the Choices group has been distributed to local charities. When the community group - put together to deal with teen drug use - disbanded, it left the money in a bank account. Members of the group got together to decide where to place the cash. Community Youth Ministries received the lion’s share of the money, while $1,000 was set aside to help neglected kids.

Grant County Moses Lake

Office Depot and Big 5 sporting goods have announced they’ll open soon in Moses Lake. Office Depot will take over Penhallurick’s Express Building Supply store, while Los Angeles-based Big 5 will build a 10,000-square-foot facility next to Lamonts.

Lincoln County Wilbur

Lt. Gov. Brad Owens, who, with his band, has spread the word about living drug- and alcohol-free, will perform at Wilbur High School on April 12 and 13. Lincoln County Alcohol and Drug Center Director Jan Wigen has now brought Owen to Wilbur four times. This time, he’ll entertain high school and middle school students.

Pend Oreille County Newport

Local business supporter Fred Willenbrock is concerned that local businesses are not taking advantage of a grant that has created a community-run, low-interest loan fund. So far, only a third of the $99,000 in the fund has been borrowed. The loans are for downtown businesses to spruce up to attract more customers and tourism. If Newport residents don’t use the money, it will be made available to the rest of Pend Oreille County.

Spokane County Deer Park

Deer Park Players community theater group is looking for participants to develop an ongoing Readers Theater. Call 276-8884 for more information.

Stevens County Colville

Staff is in place and the paperwork done for a program to train host families to take in and help runaway and homeless kids. The majority of the work is being done at The Center - A Place For Youth in downtown Colville. The program does involve local law enforcement and DSHS. Three homes are just one month from being certified to take kids. Host families are still needed. For information, call (509) 685-0234.

IDAHO

Benewah County St. Maries

A sheriff’s candidates forum will start at 5 p.m. Thursday with a spaghetti dinner, followed at 7 with the three candidates, Bob Loe, Dave Resser and Bill Tharp discussing the issues. Proceeds from the event will help fund a chairlift for the infirm to the Eagles Lodge basement.

Bonner County Hope

A public hearing on Lake Pend Oreille School District budget revisions will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hope Elementary School. The budget is available at the central office, 1123 Lake Street, for review prior to the meeting.

Boundary County Bonners Ferry

City utility customers may make advance payments at city hall prior to receiving the delayed bill. Mayor Darrell Kerby and the City Council are examining the billing process to decide who will handle billing customers before sending out the next bill.

Kootenai County Coeur d’Alene

The Museum of North Idaho is open through October and will not charge admission Saturday. The featured exhibit is “Coeur d’Alene’s Waterfront - Heart of the City” and includes the history of the Third Street dock, McEuen Field, Independence Point, Memorial Field and Northwest Boulevard.

Latah County Moscow

The Idaho Supreme Court visited Moscow this week to hear cases at the University of Idaho Law School courtroom. Law students heard cases argued before the state’s highest court. A reception was held at the Camas Winery for Supreme Court Justice Cathy Silak, who is running for re-election this year. Silak also visited the Moscow High School senior government class.

Shoshone County Kellogg

Fifteen maple trees will be donated to the city and transplanted from the old Sunnyside School to Division Street. The trees were dripping sap on new vehicles parked close to them. The Sunnyside Parent Teacher Organization planted the trees four years ago at the school, which Dave Smith Motors owns now. Cherry trees that don’t bear fruit will replace the maples at the school.

MONTANA

Lincoln County Libby

The City Council agreed to support the Kootenai Heritage Council’s application for a community development block grant. The grant will help pay for the conversion of Memorial Gym into a multipurpose cultural arts center. The Heritage Council has received a $900,000 federal appropriation toward the $2.5 million project.

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