In brief: Libraries plan summer program
Area libraries are planning to interest kids in reading by combining investigative procedures, fingerprinting and tracking with reading.
Get a Clue @ your Library, is a monthlong summer reading program for ages 4 to 12. It includes a reading contest, crafts and activities that bring in resources from Kootenai law enforcement, search and rescue groups, Boy and Girl Scouts and K-9 teams.
The program varies from library to library. For a full schedule of activities, check out Kootenai-Shoshone Area Libraries at www.ksalibraries.org.
Athol Library programs include a June 18 fingerprinting class taught by Officer Paul Klawitter of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. Erin Jenkins, of Confidential Investigations, will help kids solve a crime on June 19; and Boy Scout Troop 218 will give a demonstration on casting footprints and tracking animals on June 20. Crafts and other activities will follow presentations. Call 683-2979 for more information.
The Rathdrum Library has teamed with the Parks and Recreation Department to present a Teddy Bear Picnic at City Park on June 14. Kids should bring a sack lunch, a blanket and their favorite teddy bear. Because it is Flag Day, flags will be handed out and the Boy Scouts will present a color guard. Other activities include a science project led by the Girl Scouts, a visit from the bookmobile, and storyteller Mary Wellman. Call 687-1029 for more information.
The Spirit Lake Library will treat kids to a search and rescue demonstration with Mountain West Search Dogs on June 14; and the Spirit Lake Police Department and Kootenai County K-9 unit will show how they follow clues on June 21. Call 623-5353 for more information.
Fishing derby winners
About 200 children, ages 5 to 14, hooked extra fun last weekend at Post Falls Days sixth annual fishing derby.
Participants received a goody bag, bait and a barbecue lunch provided by Wal-Mart.
The winners included:
“Ages 5-7: Longest cast: Zach Moore, 75 feet; Smallest fish: Zachary Pollard, 1/2 ounce, 3 1/2inches
Largest fish (three-way tie): Ryan Smart, A.J. Dillard and Derek Sharp, 7 ounces, 9 7/8 inches
“Ages 8-10:
Longest cast: Kyle Raymond, 90 feet
Smallest fish: Beau Urbanik, 1/2 ounce, 3 3/8 inches
Largest fish: Tanner Rush, 9 ounces, 9 3/4 inches
“Ages 11 and up:
Longest cast (two-way tie): Scott Campbell and Brandon Hughes, 100 feet
Smallest fish: Vivian Bovee, 5/8 ounce, 3/4 inches, and Cody Johnson, 3/4 ounce, 3 1/2 inches
Largest fish: Andrew Moore, 7 ounces, 9 5/8 inches