In brief: Lakeland school levy meeting set

Voters interested in learning more about the upcoming Lakeland School District levy election are invited to attend an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 18 at Timberlake Junior High School in Spirit Lake.

Lakeland School District voters will cast ballots March 25 on the two-year, $3.9 million levy.

The money – $1.95 million a year for the next two years – would be used to pay for basic school expenses in the district of about 4,400 students.

The levy would increase property taxes by an anticipated 35 cents per $1,000 in valuation. That would be a $20.90 annual increase based on the $205,000 assessed value of the average home in Lakeland School District.

More information is available at www.lakeland272.org.

Spokane Valley

Businesses invited to event

Businesses are invited to participate in the fifth annual Spokane Valley Open for Business fair March 26 at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road. The event is limited to 100 exhibitors. It is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $300 per table. Contact the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce at (509) 924-4994 for more information.

Jumping contest for dogs

Grab Fido’s leash and get ready for the annual DockDogs jumping contests at the Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show, set for March 20-23 at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Events are planned for each day in the categories of indoor big air, speed retrieve and extreme vertical. Any dog may compete.

Cost is $20 per dog for big air, $24 for speed retrieve and $30 for extreme vertical. The pre-registration deadline is March 17. Call (509) 487-1106 to register or for more information.

Post Falls

Reader’s Theatre presents ‘Scull’

Lake City Playhouse Reader’s Theatre on March 14 and 15 will present “A Scull in Connemara,” directed by Tom Nash, a dark adult-only comedy about a small Irish town whose cemetery caretaker must periodically exhume the buried bodies to make room for new ones.

His charge of “out with the old – in with the new” eventually requires him to dig up the grave of his late wife. Her death, under suspicious circumstance, becomes even more of a mystery when it is discovered that her grave is empty.

Show time is 7:30 p.m. at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center at The Old Church in Post Falls. Tickets cost $5.

Lookout Pass

Go uphill, then back down

Finish out the ski season by participating in an uphill/downhill ski race sponsored by North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits and Mountain Gear beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, at Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area.

Racers will test their endurance by skiing uphill to the top of the mountain, then their agility will play a role in the downhill race to the bottom. Each racer will complete two laps.

The race is designed as a fun event, so skiers are encouraged to wear costumes or silly dress as a celebration of the end of the ski season. Awards will be given to the fastest male skier and the fastest female skier as well as the most outlandishly dressed.

Race entry is $10 and sign-ups are not required. Registration will take place prior to the start of the race.

For more information, call 769-7809.

Spokane

Lucky lottery winners

Lottery winners in the Spokane region for the week of Feb. 25-March 2 include:

$1 million – Wayne Leyde, Mead

$5,000 – Dennis McConkey, Mead; Meggan Andrews, Wenatchee

$3,000 – Michael Svoboda, Spokane Valley

$2,500 – Ulysses Wilder, Spokane

$1,000 – Gregory Swedberg; Newman Lake; Roy Phelps, Newport; James Mead; Spokane Valley; Art Rosenau, Loren Atkinson, both of Spokane

$500 – Penny Hathaway, Spokane Valley

Coeur d’Alene

CYT starts spring classes

Christian Youth Theater-North Idaho will begin 10-week spring session classes on March 25 at The Altar Church, 901 E. Best Ave., Coeur d’Alene, on Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m.

Courses offered for children age 6-16 include: Beginning Drama, Beginning Dance, Beginning Voice and specialty classes, Stunts and Combat, Hip Hop Dance and Improv.

There is also an Intro to Musical Theater Class for 6- and 7-year-olds. All students will perform on June 3 in Showcase. In addition, any student and 8 to 18 can audition for the Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” to be performed May 30-June 9 at Lake City Playhouse. No prior experience is needed.

For more information, call 819-9281 or e-mail Bliss Lanier at cytnorthidaho@comcast.net.

– From staff reports