Idaho calendar

Today

Singing Valentine’s – The Sandpoint High School Performing Choir is offering singing telegrams in the Sandpoint area. For $20, you get a card, a rose and a song. For appointment, call 263-4942. Proceeds will go toward defraying cost of group’s trip to the Heritage Music Festival in Southern California.

Lake City Playhouse season tickets sale – for the theater’s 2005-2006 season. Cost: $70 adults, $65 seniors, $65 students and $40 for children. For more information, call the Playhouse at 667-1323.

Sparkling Spur Youth Writing Contest – Students in grades 4-12 are elligible to enter the contest. Theme is short stories set in the American West. All entries must be unpublished and original. Enter at www.westernwriters.org/youthwritingcontest.htm.

Auditions for “The Jungle Book” – The Missoula Children’s Theatre will hold auditions from 3:30-5:30 at the Sandpoint Charter School, 614 S. Madison, in the multipurpose room. Casting roles for students in grades K-12. No advance preparation is necessary.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group – will meet from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Elmer’s Restaurant, 300 W. Neider Ave. For more information, call Beth at 773-9372.

Upcoming

Scholarship application deadline – Tuesday is the priority deadline for students seeking scholarships and other types of financial aid from the University of Idaho. To learn more about the process, visit www.its.uidaho.edu/finaid/hub_apply.asp or contact UI’s financial aid office at (888) 8-UIDAHO or finaid@uidaho.edu.

Kingston Kids – will meet at The Boat in Smelterville Tuesday, 1 p.m. Information: 786-3882.

Scholarship application deadline – Tuesday is the application deadline for new and transfer students who plan to attend Boise State University in the fall. An application packet must have a completed application form (available at http://admissions.boisestate.edu/applying.htm), a $30 nonrefundable fee, official high school and/or official college transcripts or GED score and ACT or SAT scores if you are under 21. Information: (208) 426-1820.

Country Western Gospel Jubilee – Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake City Senior Center, 1916 Lakewood Drive, featuring Roy Murrell. Information: 765-8580.

Alliance for Retired Americans – will meet Tuesday, 1 p.m., at the Lake City Senior Center. Information: 773-7964.

Making Dollar Decisions – The University of Idaho Extension Nutrition Program is offering free weekly classes to recipients of food stamps or other Health and Welfare programs. The class will be Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Health and Welfare office, 1120 Ironwood Drive. “Keeping Food Safe” will be offered Wednesday, 9-11 a.m. Story Book Nutrition with hands-on activities will be available for children during both classes. Information: 446-1680.

United Way of Kootenai County annual meeting – Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Information: Jeff Conroy at 667-8112.

“Trifles” and “Miss Julie” – Two short plays directed by Cory Jasmin, Wednesday at 7 p.m., Little Seattle, 2310 Fourth St. Cost: $5. Information: Lake City Playhouse, 667-1323.

Annual Lincoln Day Dinner – Tickets, $40, must be purchased by Wednesday for the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee dinner. Social hour at 6 p.m., then dinner and program at 7 p.m., at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Call 762-3603 for information and reservations.

Trio Day at the University of Idaho – Celebrating the success of UI’s nine federally funded programs, a free event for the campus community and the public is from 10 a.m.- noon in the Commons Whitewater Room. Refreshments and comments from Margrit von Braun, associate dean of the College of Graduate Studies. Information: 885-6307.

Public meeting on the state’s gypsy moth prevention – Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Hauser Lake Fire Protection District Station, 10728 N. Hauser Lake Road. Sponsored by the Idaho Department of Lands in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

“Proof” – The North Idaho College Theater Department’s winter production opens Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Boswell Hall’s Schuler Auditorium. Additional performances Friday and Saturday and Feb. 24-26. The play is recommended for adult audiences due to adult language. Information: 769-3220.

Black History Month – “Black Feminism in Action Past and Present,” presented by Kristal Moore, Washington State University graduate student/teaching assistant in American history and recipient of the 2005 Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award, Thursday, noon, in the Women’s Center, Memorial Gym 109. Information: 885-7716.

North Idaho Partners in Care Mobile Clinic – will be at the Osburn Senior Center Thursday, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. . For an appointment, call 786-7474.

Knitting Classes at the Post Falls Library – This four-session class will be on Thursdays beginning Feb. 17, 6:30-8 p.m. Pre-registration is required and space is limited to 12. Bring large knitting needles and yarn to the first session. Call 773-1506 to register.

Scaling and Marketing Private Timber – Register by Friday for this class to be held Feb. 25 at the Kootenai County Administration Building, 451 Government Way. Cost: $5. To register, call 446-1680.

Lt. George Farragut Chapter of the DAR – will meet Friday at 10 a.m. at the Jewett House. Information: 664-6543.

North Idaho Partners in Care Mobile Clinic – will be at the Sandpoint Senior Center Friday, Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for only dental care. For an appointment, call 263-5159.