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CdA club looking for host families

Compiled from staff and wire reports The Spokesman-Review

The Coeur d’Alene Sunrise Rotary Club will sponsor an exchange student from Costa Rica for the next year and is looking for families in the Lake City High attendance zone willing to host him.

Jose Nema, 16, will arrive from Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, next month. He’s a sophomore and soccer player. His favorite subjects are math and English. His father is a veterinarian and his mother is a retired courthouse clerk.

Rotary exchange students divide their year in Coeur d’Alene among four host families. To apply as a host for Jose, call 667-6300 or e-mail mkarencook@adelphia.net.

Drive aids children after meth arrests

Burley, Idaho Churches and local law enforcement officials in southern Idaho are providing clothing and other personal items to children caught up in methamphetamine busts.

When children are removed from meth homes, all their possessions, including their clothing, are taken because they may be contaminated, said Lt. Randy Kidd of the Cassia County Sheriff’s Office.

So far this year, 26 children have lost their personal possessions in Minidoka and Cassia counties because of meth busts, officials said.

Susan Price, a member of the Mini-Cassia Child Protection Team, has collected donations of clothing, blankets and stuffed animals from local church members. Dentists have donated toiletry items and a children’s clothing store has provided underwear.

Children At-Risk Evaluation Service, or CARES, donated blue duffel bags with the words “My Stuff” printed on the side.

School computers are nice, but …

Kamiah, Idaho The head of one of five northern Idaho school districts to receive used computers donated by the U.S. Senate said the gift was a nice gesture, but what the districts could really use is more money.

Sen. Mike Crapo released a statement Monday regarding the donations, saying they “give students access to a vital tool and better prepare them to compete and contribute to a complex job market.”

Kamiah School Superintendent Doug Flaming said the schools won’t turn down the five used computers, but he added, “It’s a pretty small drop in the bucket when it comes to financial things.”