In brief: Construction to limit parking

Construction work at the new Post Falls City Hall will further limit on-site parking.

As contractors install sidewalks and landscaping, the public may find it difficult to find a parking space in the small city hall parking lot.

Parking is also available along Fifth Avenue.

Students place in tech competition

Post Falls High School finished second overall last week in the Technology Student Association State Conference and Competition in Boise.

First-place finishers included Danielle Lunch in Job Interview and Electronics Systems – Custom Design; Ilene Thomson in Prepared Presentation; and Danielle Lynch and Caleb Danner in Promotional Communications Video.

Coeur d’Alene

NIC Jazz presents concert

The North Idaho College Jazz Ensemble will present “A Solution,” a concert themed according to this year’s NIC Popcorn Forum Convocation Series Symposium at 7:30 p.m. Friday in NIC’s Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

The concert will begin with video clips from a series by filmmaker Ken Burns on how jazz music builds harmony and requires cooperation.

The concert will kick off with performances of Jaxon Stock’s arrangement of the Dixie song “Back Bottom Stomp” by Jelly Roll Morton, the Count Basie classic “88 Basie Street” and “Max” by John Clayton, the artistic director of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.

The highlight of the concert will be the premier of the piece “Part of the Solution Suite,” which was commissioned especially for this concert by Vern Sielert, trumpet and jazz professor at the University of Idaho. The three movements “Issues – Time is Marching,” “Educate to Communicate” and “Where There is a Will” represent this year’s Popcorn Forum theme “Earth in Crisis: A Search for Solutions.” The concert will cap the Popcorn Forum event, which wraps up March 21.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Rathdrum

Chamber luncheon today

Remy Newcombe of Blue Water Technologies will be the guest speaker at today’s Rathdrum Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Route 53 Diner.

Also on the agenda is a discussion of bus service in Rathdrum.

Cost of $8. For more information, call 687-2866.

Kiefer principal honored by state

Betty Kiefer Elementary School Principal Debbie Long has been named the 2008 Idaho National Distinguished Principal of the Year.

Long, who has worked for Lakeland School District for almost 30 years, was nominated for the honor by her vice principal, Lisa Sexton, and selected by the Idaho Association of Elementary School Principals.

“She’s a strong advocate for her building and the district,” said Lakeland Superintendent Chuck Kinsey, who added that Long’s leadership has helped both students and other administrators.

“When you go into Betty Kiefer Elementary you’ll see it’s a building focused on students and student achievement,” Kinsey said. “Debbie is unwavering in that.”

The school’s test scores consistently meet or exceed state standards.

Long will travel later this year to Washington, D.C., along with winners from each of the other 49 states, to collect her award.

Liberty Lake

Time for the Bazaar

Everybody’s Bazaar is back in Spokane at the Valley HUB, 19619 E Cataldo Ave., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. There will be more than 200 booths filled with antiques, furniture, jewelry, collectibles and more. It is off the freeway on the Barker Street Exit – turn east and follow the signs for great deals.

Everybody’s Bazaar is produced by The Spokesman-Review. Admission is $4 and free for children under age 10. Free parking is available. An official guide will be published in The Spokesman-Review on Friday with a show map with seller locations and listings.

Spokane Valley

Adult bike donations needed

Pedals 2 People will be accepting donations of adult bikes at Ron’s Drive In just east of Sprague and Pines on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bikes should be in good or repairable condition.

Donated bikes are used for several programs. Some are shipped to Ghana, Africa, as part of the Village Bike Project. Some are refurbished and sold at a reduced price to commuters. For more information on Pedals 2 People, call 842-6597.

– From staff reports