Community members needed for Fire Corps
COEUR D’ALENE – The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department needs the community’s help.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, fire and emergency service departments nationwide have struggled with increased demands coupled with reduced funding, the fire department said in a news release.
The fire department has created a Fire Corps program and is looking for volunteers, the release said.
Fire Corps is a component of the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizen Corps program. It is a grassroots effort to increase the capacity of fire and emergency departments through use of volunteers. Citizens can assist with nonemergency functions, including Web site design, fire safety education and other tasks.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Fire Corps coordinator and retired Chief Jim Miller at jdmill911@aol.com or Fire Inspector Bobby Gonder at (208) 769-2245.
Annual area bed and breakfast tour today
NORTH IDAHO – The North Idaho Bed and Breakfast Association will hold its annual spring tour today from noon to 5 p.m.
Nine bed and breakfasts in the Coeur d’Alene area, north to Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Athol and Rathdrum, and east to Kingston will be on the tour. Refreshments will be served at each “stop.”
Association cookbooks will be for sale at each bed and breakfast, and homemade gifts and art featuring local artists may be purchased at Tranquility Bed and Breakfast in Rathdrum.
Maps and directions will be available at all B&Bs or call Shar Scott at (208) 664-9650 or visit www.nibba.com for more information.
CYT summer camps for youths start in July
COEUR D’ALENE – The Christian Youth Theater-North Idaho is currently accepting kids interested in participating in the theater summer camps in July.
The camps are designed to create a hands-on, multifaceted theater experience and include games, water balloons, and rehearsals for the Friday showcase for family and friends.
The weeklong junior camps are for ages 7-13 and bitty half-day camps for ages 5-6. Campers will perform a musical review of the last century called “America’s Most Wanted Kids.” The camps run July 6-10, July 13-17 and July 27-31. Teen camp for ages 13-18 will perform highlights from “Grease” July 20-24.
Camp prices range from $90-$175. Discounts are available through today.
For more information, call (208) 765-8600 or visit www.cytnorthidaho.com.
City seeks open-space committee members
COEUR D’ALENE – The city of Coeur d’Alene’s is seeking members of the community to serve on a 17-person committee, which is responsible for creating open-space management guidelines. The guidelines will include how to acquire and preserve open space, along with reviewing all of the city’s open space acreage.
Specific committee projects include reviewing and making recommendations for the recent Fernan Hill acquisition, interaction with Urban Forestry Committee members on the Veterans Centennial Park and Arboretum, and work with a number of city council subcommittees.
The committee will meet at least once a month. For more information, call Doug Eastwood at (208) 769-2252.
For an application, call Victoria Bruno at (208) 769-2204.
NIC’s Molstead Library services available to public
COEUR D’ALENE – North Idaho College’s Molstead Library will be open for the summer and is available for public use, as well as students.
The library offers reference to newspapers, magazines and journals, electronic databases, encyclopedias, children’s books, and CDs and DVDs.
Patrons must bring in a picture ID and documentation of residency for a library card at NIC or may present their public library card.
Molstead Library hours are 8 a .m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday.
For more information, call (208) 769-3355.