In brief: Skateboarding winner named
The Post Falls Parks and Recreation Department have announced the winners of its first skateboarding competition, held Aug. 19 at Millennium Park.
By category, trophies and prizes went to:
“Beginners: First – Jack Harris; second – Gavin Carter; third – Andrew Lalk
“Intermediate: First – T.J. Olsen; second – Kevin Deleonard; third – Kyle Hoover
“Experts: First – Zack Black; second – Allen Zwiers; third – Andrew Morrison
Reception planned for artists
The Old Church Arts and Cultural Center, at Fourth and Williams in Post Fall will host an Artist Series opening reception for Shirley Arrants, Sept.13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Arrants is a realistic painter with a preference in pastel or oil paintings of landscape’ portraiture, still life, wildlife, equestrian, sporting art, and native American culture, with a special study interest in painting the women of the West.
The event is open to public. at Call 457-8950 for more information.
Rathdrum
Ride to benefit 8th-graders
Motorcyle enthusiasts are invited to participate in a scenic ride to benefit eighth-graders in the Lakeland School District who wish to take an annual school trip to Washington, D.C. and New York.
The ride will take place Sept. 8. Riders will gather in the parking lot of O’Malley’s Sports Pub in Rathdrum for a 10 a.m. check-in and 11 a.m. departure.
Price is $15 per bike. Included in the fee is a portrait of participants with their bikes. Photos will be made at the start of the ride and distributed when it ends.
A 50/50 raffle will be also held, with the winner to be announced at the ride’s 4 p.m. conclusion. For more information, visit www.bikerinformation guide.com or call Becky Mumford at 659-9843.
Teachers and students in the Lakeland School District can learn more about the upcoming trip by calling Donna Leach, tour director, at 687-5256.
Water rate increase sought
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposed 87.4 percent water rate increase for Kootenai County’s Diamond Bar Estates customers.
The hearing will start at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Rathdrum Senior Center, corner of Highway 41 and Montana Street.
Diamond Bar Estates serves about 43 households.
Under the proposal, the base monthly charge for the first 7,500 gallons would go up from $21 to $50 a month.
And Diamond Bar is proposing a commodity charge of 52 cents – up from 45 cents – for every 1,000 gallons of water used beyond the 7,500 gallons.
Meanwhile, the PUC staff is recommending an increase to $29 for the first 4,000 gallons of use and 73 cents for every 1,000 gallons used above that.
At the hearing, Diamond Bar customers can give public testimony before the commissioners who will decide the case.
Documents related to the matter can be accessed online at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the water icon, then on “Open Water cases,” and scroll down to Case DIA-W-07-01.
Rockford
Rockford fair coming up
Exhibitor handbooks for Southeast Spokane County Fair in Rockford are available at Farmers and Merchants Bank locations throughout the region. The fair takes place the weekend of Sept. 21.
Fair organizers also are asking for photos and essays about harvest days gone by in southeast Spokane County. The theme of this year’s fair is Harvest Memories. Anyone interesting in submitting photos or an essay can contact fair organizer Gail Kopp, 291-5211.
– From staff reports