Candidates scheduled to debate

Sat., Sept. 9, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

U.S. House of Representatives 1st Dist. Republican candidate Bill Sali and Democratic candidate Larry Grant will face off on platform issues during their first debate at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of North Idaho College’s Edminster Student Union Building.

The event is sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and NIC’s Popcorn Forum, now in its 37th year.

The candidates forum will be moderated by Kent Propst, NIC assistant to the president for community relations. Panelists include Coeur d’Alene Tribe Vice Chairman Francis SiJohn, Mike Patrick, managing editor of the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press, Spokesman-Review columnist Dave Oliveria and Noah Buntain, NIC student and online editor of The Sentinel, the college’s student newspaper.

The forum is open to the public and the media, although only the panelists will ask questions to the candidates. Popcorn and other refreshments will be available.

For more information, call (208) 686-0803 or (208) 769-3325.

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