Planning/Zoning schedules hearing

The Post Falls Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 6 p.m. in City Hall on the proposed capital plan and development impact fee revisions and the city’s comprehensive plan amendment.

The proposed capital improvement plans and development impact fee report may be viewed on the city’s Web site, at http://postfallsidaho. org/ComDevService.htm. Paper copies can be obtained in the Community Development Department, 408 Spokane St., between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information, call the Post Falls Planning Department at 773-8708.

Leadership workshop planned

The North Idaho College Idaho Small Business Development Center will present a leadership workshop this spring for entrepreneurs who want to strengthen their businesses.

Entrepreneurial Leadership Training will be offered in 10 interactive sessions from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays Feb. 5 through April 8 at the NIC Workforce Training Center in Post Falls.

The workshop is designed for both new and existing entrepreneurs to gain a deeper understanding of their businesses as well as insights into business tools and critical factors that affect success. Participants will learn to develop clear goals and a strategy to take their businesses to the next level.

Topics covered include business planning, market analysis, operations, management, financial planning and budgeting, deal making and managing growth.

Cost is $395, which includes all materials. Space is limited.

Sponsors include US Bank and Panhandle State Bank.

To register, call the NIC Workforce Training Center at 769-3333 or visit www.workforcetraining.nic.edu.

Coeur d’Alene

NIC choir looking for singers

The North Idaho College Concert Choir is auditioning singers for its spring season.

Community members are encouraged to audition during the ensemble’s first rehearsal at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Boswell Hall’s Schuler Performing Arts Center.

Auditions will include pitch matching exercises and some music sight-reading. The ability to read music is recommended, but not necessary.

The NIC Concert Choir focuses on choral repertoire suitable for the large ensemble, which can include 60 to 80 singers. The group meets regularly throughout the year from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Rehearsals are in preparation for the “Spring Choral Extravaganza” April 27 at NIC. The concert will include selections by Aaron Copland.

Participation in the NIC Concert Choir is open to both students and community members. For more information, call NIC Choir Director Max Mendez at 769-3275.

Wild Game Feast coming up

Tickets are on sale for the North Idaho College Alumni Association’s ninth annual Wild Game Feast Feb. 2. This year’s event features a five-course meal of extraordinary wild game delicacies created by Steve Taylor of NIC Food Services.

The event will begin with a social at 6 p.m. in which attendees will have a chance to enjoy appetizers of alligator wontons, Tibetan yak meatballs and wapiti quesadillas, while listening to music and viewing silent auction items.

A four-course dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. in the Ts’elusm Dining Room of NIC’s Edminster Student Union Building. The menu will feature Creole turtle soup, spinach salad with crispy boar bacon and quail eggs, kangaroo medallions and a huckleberry bread pudding.

Tickets are $75 per person or $70 for NIC Alumni Association members. Limited seating is available. All proceeds benefit the NIC Alumni Association and scholarships for NIC students.

For tickets, mail a check to the NIC Alumni Association, 1000 W. Garden Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, or call 769-5978.

Avalanche course planned

North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits program is offering a clinic that will provide participants with the knowledge of avalanche risk factors and the basic experience for quick decision-making and action in case of an emergency.

Avalanche Level 1 is a certificate course that follows guidelines from the American Avalanche Association. The clinic will cover basic avalanche types, mechanics, terrain hazards, snow pack and weather, decision-support tools and rescues.

The clinic will be offered from Jan. 19 through 21 and includes four hours of classroom training and 20 hours of field training. The classroom portion of the class will be on NIC’s main Coeur d’Alene campus and the field work will be in the Lookout Pass region of the Silver Valley.

Participants should have a basic understanding of winter travel.

Cost is $75, which includes transportation, instruction, lodging for one night and avalanche equipment. Space is limited. For more information, call 769-7809.

– From staff reports