In brief: Library food for fines a success
Patrons at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library exchanged overdue fines for 510 pounds for the Community Action Center Food Bank.
During February the library declared an amnesty on late fees for patrons who donated nonperishable food items for people and pets as part of “Love Your Library – Food For Fines.” The Kootenai Humane Society also received a substantial contribution of dog and cat food.
The amnesty did not apply to library fines for items that were lost or damaged.
More information about the library is available at www.cdalibrary.org or visit the library at 702 E. Front Ave.
Canoes topic of NIC lecture
Nineteenth-century trapper and mapmaker David Thompson’s canoes are the topic of a Thursday presentation at North Idaho College.
Thompson used a variety of watercraft to navigate the Inland Northwest from 1807-1812 and local author Jack Nisbet will discuss how each kind worked and the Native American tribes who made them. Thompson’s trading posts were the foundation of the fur trade in this region.
Nisbet has written two books about Thompson – “The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau” and “Source of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America.”
The lecture Thursday starts at 7 p.m. in the Molstead Library at Todd Hall at NIC. Tickets are free, but reservations are encouraged. They can be made by calling 769-3355.
Rathdrum
Donkey basketball tourney
Timberlake High School will host a Donkey Basketball tournament on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Teams include The THS senior class, faculty, junior high school faculty, Spirit Lake Elementary School faculty, Athol Elementary faculty and booster club.
Advanced tickets are $6 for adults, $5 for children and $4 for children through sixth grade. Tickets cost $1 more at the gate.
The games will benefit the TSH Club PEASE scholarship program for graduating seniors.
Bonner County
Funding apps sought
Bonner County is seeking funding applications from public and private social service groups who supply emergency assistance to local people in need.
The county recently received $18,700 in federal supplemental emergency food and shelter funds and now must distribute the money to local food banks and shelter programs.
Eligible groups must be in Bonner County, be private, voluntary nonprofit groups or units of government and have a demonstrated capacity to deliver shelter or food to those who need it.
Applications are due by March 17 and may be made by contacting Sondra Woller at 265-3548.
WINGS info session
All students and parents who are interested in North Idaho College’s dual credit program known as WINGS are encouraged to attend an information session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 18 in Room 103 of the NIC Ponderay Center, located at 300 Bonner Mall Way in Ponderay.
NIC’s WINGS program, an acronym for WIN by getting a Good Start, gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to enroll in NIC classes for both high school and college credit, giving them a head start on their college career.
The classes are offered at half the cost of normal college credit and are accessible to students, with classes offered via the Internet and through interactive video conferencing as well as through on-site instructors.
Students from public, private and home school systems are welcome to attend.
The information session is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 769-3229.
Kootenai County
County plans seminars
Kootenai County Building and Planning Department is offering two opportunities to help applicants achieve successful building permit submittal and plan review. A revised seminar has been prepared, similar to that which was presented two years ago.
The main focus of the presentation will be the process of submittal for a building permit and a review of the “Kootenai County Submittal Requirements and Checklist”. A great deal of effort has been put into creating and refining this document in order to help applicants comply with the Kootenai County building permit submittal requirements. There will also be some discussion about the revised snow load requirements in the jurisdiction of Kootenai County. Other technical topics will be touched on, but again, the primary focus will be on putting together a complete, accurate and successful submittal package.
The first presentation will be held on Tuesday, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. There will be a repeat presentation on March 25, at the same time. Both presentations will be held in the Kootenai County Administration Building, Meeting Room 1A on the lower level, just down the hall from the Building and Planning Department, 451 Government Way in Coeur d’Alene.
A handout package will be provided to those in attendance. Staff will be available afterward for questions.
For more information, call 446-1040.
Spring show at fairgrounds
More than 100 vendors will be on hand Friday through March 16 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds for the Home and Garden Spring Home Show.
Do-it-yourself remodelers and landscapers as well as those looking for professional help will find ideas, products and contractors at the event which will feature booths as well as full-sized displays of water features, brickwork and more.
The event is sponsored by the North Idaho Building Contractors Association and runs from 1 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16. Admission is $5 for adults, free for children 12 and younger.
– From staff reports