Meeting Thursday on Bonner plan
Sandpoint
Work on Bonner County’s new comprehensive plan will continue in a special meeting Thursday to discuss certain aspects of the proposed land use plan.
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission has worked on the plan for the past two years. The plan has not been updated since it was originally written in the late 1970s.
Thursday the commission is scheduled to discuss the Selkirk Loop scenic byway, the Garwood to Sandpoint U.S. Highway 95 improvement plan, and review the land use map draft, goals and objectives, and a schedule for community meetings and hearings.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in Courtroom 4 of the Bonner County Courthouse, 215 S. First Ave.
Benefit Thursday for stricken businessman
The Lakeside Booster Club is sponsoring a benefit dinner Thursday for a Worley business owner and community supporter.
The Jim Sifford Benefit Dinner aims to raise money for medical and other expenses resulting from surgery complications that left the man in a coma, according to a press release. Sifford and his family own and operate the Homestead Restaurant in Worley.
The spaghetti dinner begins at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lakeside Middle School Cafeteria in Plummer. Cost is $4 per plate. Donations will also be accepted. Checks can be made payable to the Lakeside Booster Club with a note that it’s intended for the Sifford Family Benefit.
For more information, call Karyn Stockdale at the Plummer-Worley School District, (208) 686-1621.
CdA Women’s Center opens in new place
Coeur d’Alene
The Coeur d’Alene Women’s Center is open for business in new offices at 850 N. Fourth St. after four months in limbo.
The Women’s Center left its previous site last summer after a building became available in mid-town Coeur d’Alene next to the center’s thrift store. The building wasn’t ready for occupancy, so the center’s services operated for four months out of a number of donated sites throughout the area. During that time, community volunteers and organizations helped the center add toilets, a ceiling, kitchen sink, carpeting and more to the center’s new home.
The new office is twice the size of the previous one and includes a separate room for the children’s counseling center.
The center offers help and information on domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and many other issues.
Museum accepting trustee applications
The Museum of North Idaho is accepting applications for its board of trustees through Feb. 22.
Three terms on the nine-member board are expiring and replacements will be elected by the membership in April, the museum announced.
The nominating committee seeks individuals from throughout the region who are active in the community. Informational packets are available by calling Dorothy Dahlgren at (208) 664-3448 or e-mailing dd@museumni.org.
ISU considers benefits for domestic partners
Pocatello, Idaho
Idaho State University is considering giving benefits to unmarried domestic partners of school faculty, including access to sports facilities, campus movie theaters and computer labs.
The proposal, set to be considered by the ISU Faculty Senate later this month, stops short of providing the same benefits for domestic partners that are afforded married faculty, such as health insurance and tuition waivers for spouses.
The Bengal Card would give domestic partners the same “soft” benefits that faculty members’ spouses currently enjoy, including access to Reed Gym, the Pond Student Union movie theater and library benefits.
Some faculty say the push at the Pocatello school is meant to provide a measure of fairness for all people who opt not to get married but are in longterm relationships.
ISU President Richard Bowen will make the final decision on the benefits.