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Easter Baskets for Idaho Troops – The Athol American Legion Post 149 on Highway 54 plans to send care packages to Idaho troops. Items needed include small personal toiletries, batteries, cards, hard candy, international phone cards, panty liners (for helmets), full-length nylon hose (not panty hose) to keep sand out of rifles, combs, gum and neck coolers. Leave filled, unsealed boxes at the post before March 17. Information: Joy at 623-4221.

Lake City Playhouse season tickets on sale – for the theater’s 2005-06 season. Cost: $70 adults, $65 seniors, $65 students and $40 for children. For more information, call the playhouse at 667-1323.

Auditions for Private Eyes – 7-9 p.m. in Boswell Hall, Room 001 (in the basement) on the North Idaho College campus. Needed are two men 20s-30s, two women 20s-30s and one man 40s-50s. No prepared material necessary. Call Joe Jacoby at 769-3220.

Instant Antiquity – An exhibit of ceramic sculptures by A. Lee Ayars, studio artist and ceramic arts instructor at Spokane Falls Community College, at Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall on the North Idaho College campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 769-7764.

Hayden Lake Management Plan Steering Committee – will meet at 7 p.m. to choose board members, at the Hayden Lake City Hall, 9545 N. Strahorn. Information: 769-1422.

Calypso Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society – will meet at 7 p.m. at the Life Care Center, 500 Aqua Drive. Information: 683-2407.

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. This class will be offered from 9-11 a.m. at the Coeur d’Alene S.L. Start, 1323 E. Sherman, Suite 5. Storybook Nutrition with hands-on activities will be offered for the kids. Information: 446-1680.

North Idaho Dahlia Society – will meet at 7:30 p.m., in the upstairs meeting room of the Coeur d’Alene Tidyman’s. Information: Susan 665-0619.

Book reading – David James Duncan, author of “The River Why,” and “The Brothers K,” will be in the University of Idaho Administration Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Information: 885-6823.

American Cancer Society Relay for Life – meetings will be at the Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane. Committees meet at 6 p.m., team captains at 7 p.m. Information: (509) 242-8290.

Logger Education to Advance Professionalism – Registration ends today. The class will be March 9-10 in St. Maries. Cost: $38. Call 245-2422 to register.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee – will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 710 Mullan Ave.

Upcoming

“The Vagina Monologues” – The University of Idaho student organization MUSE production will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the Hartung Theater. Cost: $7 students, $9 general admission. Tickets are available at the Women’s Center in Memorial Gym, Room 109; Violence prevention programs office in the Administration Building, Room 347; or Bookpeople of Moscow. Information: 885-6616.

Latte Talks Lecture Series – Bill Hall, a longtime Lewiston resident and former editorial page editor for the Lewiston Tribune, will speak Thursday, 7-8:30 p.m., on “The False Religions of Liberalism and Conservatism,” exploring the tendency of moral snobbery in political activism, in the LCSC Center for Arts and History at 415 Main St. in Lewiston. Information: 792-2317.

Progress in International Organization – lectures by Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center professor, and Abraham Sofaer, professor at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, 4 p.m. Thursday at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Reception for the scholars at 6:30 p.m. The event is part of the University of Idaho’s International Law Symposium. Information: 885-7634.

Importance of Detoxification for Your Health – Thursday, 7-8:30 p.m., with Dr. Pamela Langenderfer in Room 13 of the Winton Building, at North Idaho College. Information: 664-1644.

Kootenai Environmental Alliance – will meet at noon Thursday at the Iron Horse restaurant. Bliss and Annette Bignall will speak about Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring revisited. Information: 667-9093.

Post Falls Parks and Recreation – Registration closes Friday for Youth Volleyball for grades 3-6 girls and boys, (ages 8-12). Sign up at the Post Falls Parks and Recreation office at 408 Spokane St. or call 773-0539. Cost: $19 resident, $23 nonresident.

Diablo Ballet – Friday at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint at 8 p.m. Cost: $20 adults, $16 POAC members, $8 students under 18. Information: 263-6139.

Arbor Day Button Art Contest – Designs must be submitted by Friday. The contest is open to middle and high school students who live within the Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland school districts. For more information, call Karen Haskew, Coeur d’Alene Parks Department, 769-2266.

University of Idaho International Law Symposium – at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Friday’s panel discussions: 10 a.m.-noon, “The Rise and Fall of International Actors”; 1:30-3:30, “The Use of Force and The World’s Peace”; 4-6 p.m., “International Jurisdiction and International Jurisprudence”; 7-9 p.m. Barry Carter, professor at Georgetown University Law Center, on topic “International Law and Institutions for a New Era.” Saturday: 10 a.m.-noon, “The World Trade, Development and Environmental Protection”; and 1:30-3:30, “The Challenge of International Human Rights”; 4 p.m., reception. Information: 885-7634.

Auditions for the Red Hot Mamas – Friday and Saturday from 12:45 p.m. until finished at Ironwood Athletic Club. Cost: $6. Wear athletic shoes, workout clothing. All over 18 are welcome. Information: RHMamas@aol.com or Sherry at 765-5734.

“Jesus Christ Superstar” – opens Friday at the Lake City Playhouse with an opening gala at 7 p.m., show time at 8. Additional performances Saturday and Sunday, March 11-13, 17-20 and 24-26. Show times are 7 p.m. on Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Cost: $14 adults, $12 seniors/students and $8 children. Information: 667-1323.

Crabfest 2005 – To benefit ICARE Children and Family Advocacy Center, with auction viewing beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6. Saturday at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Cost: $45 in advance only. Call 676-1515 for tickets and information.