Blasting to start at gravel quarry
Blasting will begin this week at a new gravel quarry in Boundary County.
Quarry owner Tungsten Holdings Inc. plans to blast for two days at the site just south of Porthill, near the Canadian border.
Blasting is to start at 8 a.m. Friday.
As a condition of the special-use permit issued by the Boundary County Planning Department, the company must give public notice of blasting dates.
A copy of the permit application is on file in the Planning and Zoning Office in Bonners Ferry and is available for review.
For more information, contact Boundary County Planning and Zoning at (208) 267-7212 or Tungsten Holdings at (208) 267-3156.
– Erica Curless
NIC seeks teachers for new campus
North Idaho College is looking for instructors for its newest satellite campus.
The Bonners Ferry center is to open this summer, joining similar operations in the Silver Valley, Sandpoint and Post Falls.
Instructors are needed in communications, art, psychology, sociology, creative writing, English, economics, history, mathematics, accounting, human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, medical transcription, medical software applications, medical coding and legal issues in health care.
Applicants should have at least a bachelor’s degree, and some experience in the subject they would be teaching is preferred.
For more information, contact the Human Resources Department at (208) 769-3304 or visit www.nic.edu/employment.
– Rasha Madkour
Lilac queen, princesses named
The Lilac City has a new Lilac queen and six new Lilac princesses.
Zanie McMillan of North Central High School will lead the royal court, judges decided Sunday as they narrowed down the Fabulous 14 finalists.
The event, sponsored by Avista Utilities, was held in the Pend Oreille Pavilion at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights.
The princesses are:
“Annie Caldwell, Medical Lake High School.
“Charli Johnson, Contract Based Education.
“Elizabeth Lewis, Mt. Spokane High School.
“Megan Murphy, West Valley High School.
“Nicolle Rose, Ferris High School.
“Brittany Tenold, The Oaks Classical Christian Academy.
“The pavilion was packed,” said Ken Briggs, Spokane Lilac Festival Association executive director.
“We had pretty close to 700 people there.”
The queen and princesses will participate in various events, highlighted by the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade through downtown Spokane on May 20.
They also will receive scholarships, donated mainly by Northern Quest Casino.
– Richard Miller