In brief: ‘Baby Signs’ class at library
A free “Baby Signs” class is available at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., on Thursday at 5 p.m.
The class teaches the parents and caregivers of hearing infants to communicate with their children using American Sign Language. It will be taught in the Shirley Parker Children’s Theater in the Seagrave Children’s Library on the Parkside Level.
Expectant parents are also welcome to attend. Participants do not need to bring their children, but they are also welcome.
Participants can register for the class by calling Jacalyn Marosi at 769-2316 or e-mail jmarosi@cdalibrary.org. Patrons who need accommodations to participate in programs or to access library services are asked to contact the staff.
Post Falls
Chamber members elected
Newly elected executive committee members of the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce include chairman elect Dan Malloy, president of administration, Idaho Veneer Company; vice chairwoman Debra Wunderlich, human resources manager, Kimball Office; secretary David Bobbitt, chairman/CEO, Community 1st Bank; and treasurer Shirley Bade, attorney/CPA/owner, Shirley Bade Law Firm, PC.
New board members include Ryan Davis, executive director, Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County; Robin Erny, owner, The UPS Store; Andrea Fulks, consultant, Home Mortgage Northwest; Edward Santos, owner, Center Target Sports; and Ed Tensen, Overhead Door of Spokane-Coeur d’Alene
Gallery tour at Old Church
The Arts and Cultural Center at The Old Church, 405 William St., will host a gallery tour Sunday at 2 p.m. with Ernest Fokes , a retired neurosurgeon, whose palladium and platinum photography has been shown nationally and internationally.
Fokes will be on hand to discuss his technique and to provide an artist’s insight into each of the pieces on display. He studied palladium and platinum photography under Dick Arentz, one of the pioneers of the technique.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and by appointment.
For more information, contact Marina Kalani at 457-8950 during gallery hours.
Annual pottery event Saturday
The Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho Inc. will host the fourth annual Christmas Pottery Event, Mud and Spirits, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Arts and Cultural Center at The Old Church. Admission is free.
More than 20 potters will be showing a variety of functional and sculptural pottery. Highlights include live music and hourly pottery raffles. A mural, created by children from last year’s Art on the Edge’s Mardi Gras event, will be unveiled to the community for the first time. More than 100 children contributed to the mural that will be eventually hang in a public place for the community to enjoy.
The Old Church is at the corner of Fourth Avenue and William Street, just off the Spokane Street I-90 exit in Post Falls.
CAGNI is a nonprofit communication network for clay artists and supporters, promoting clay art and education in the community.
Spokane
Regional lottery winners
Lottery winners in the Spokane region for the week of Nov. 19-25 include:
$1,000 – Michael Mullen, David Eliason, Edward Farmer, James Adolfson, all of Spokane Valley; Daisy Bradshaw, Carol Lewis, Dru Searls, Eileen Huston, Linda Sandall, Judith Crane, Leonard Patyk, Greg Stevens, all of Spokane; Suzanne Williams, Keith Larson, Mead; Andrew Brown, Elk; John Cooper, Rathdrum; Diane Clark, Okanogan.