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The Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene, will offer The Huckleberry Workshops, an introduction to the performing arts for children, beginning Monday. The first session will run through June 20. Other summer workshops will run July 21-Aug. 1 and Aug. 11-22. All sessions are for ages 7 through 18 and will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday.

Retirees Central Valley School District

Central Valley High School Class of 1953 – July 11-12, Liberty Lake Park. Contact Dorothy Burns (509) 487-2484 or Helen Toothaker at (509) 928-5363. West Valley High School Class of 1988 – July 18-20. Contact Tina Murbach-McGlothlen at (509) 928-5326 or e-mail wvhs1988@juno.com.

For 06-07-2008

For the week of June 9-13 Monday – Barbecue riblet on a bun, vegetables, baked beans, pears, oatmeal raisin cookie.

The goal of Somebody Needs You is to match donors with the specific requests of needy Spokane residents. The list of requests is coordinated by the Volunteers of America in cooperation with recognized social service agencies in Spokane. If you have an item to donate, please contact the social service agency directly. Donors who can deliver items are especially appreciated. If someone you know needs help, contact a local social service agency provider.

Class of 2008 Farrah L. Anderson

If school is getting out, it must be time for the Vacation Bible School season to begin. Valley churches offer the fun mix of Bible instruction and games to children every summer and the first ones are coming up the week of June 23. As always, it's a good idea to register for the popular sessions early. • Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Road, will host five days of "Power Lab: Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power" beginning June 23. Children age 3 through those entering sixth grade may attend. The session will be from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, and there will be a special family night on June 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

For 06-07-2008

Fairfield City Council – A representative from Century West Engineering spoke about a water line replacement project. The city is mapping manhole covers and will be organizing a raffle of four cords of red fir. Tickets are $10 and available at city hall. The city has received a $1,000 grant to replace the pea gravel under the playground equipment. A 6 p.m. budget meeting will be held before the next scheduled council meeting June 17. (Source: Town clerk Mary Kinsey) Rockford City Council – The town has received a $1,000 grant to replace a portion of the sidewalk on Emma. There will be a contest to pick a logo for the town. (Source: Town clerk)

Greenacres Elementary principal Terry Ellifritz can't quite believe she's been on the job for 35 years and will retire this month. Her time with the district has seen her in the classroom teaching students in nearly every elementary grade, topped off by seven years as principal.

The campaign finance report mess involving CDA car dealer Kathy Sims and Post Falls sidekick Tom Macy gets curiouser. Now, Sims is telling City Attorney Mike Gridley that Macy had nothing to do with that flier circulated late in the 2007 CDA city elections, attacking incumbents Ron Edinger, Al Hassell and Dixie Reid for supporting urban renewal efforts. Even though Macy's name is on some incomplete paperwork filed last fall for the Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County. Also, Sims and her attorney, Glen Walker, told Gridley that Sims had a bag of cash (more than $3,000) at her Honda dealership to pay for the color flier, reportedly from dozens of anonymous donors who chipped in 50 bucks apiece. Seems they gave Sims the cash over several years in appreciation for the work she and Macy did in a successful court fight in which the local-option tax was ruled unconstitutional for a time. Sims finally submitted the required 2007 seven-day pre-election report March 6, after being hounded by the city for months to do so. Her original report was filed with the wrong entity and had several other problems. Sims could be facing $18,200 in penalties, Gridley said. He told Huckleberries he will continue to pursue this case. Cliff's note