Movers & Shakers July 2, 2010
KMC welcomes Dr. Robert Seeley
Robert Seeley, M.D., has joined the staff at Kootenai Medical Center. He will work in the hospital's emergency department through an arrangement with Western Medical Associates.
Seeley earned his medical degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1994. Following a fellowship there in family practice and emergency medicine, he worked as an emergency room physician at a pair of Tennessee-based facilities, Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga and Bradley Memorial Hospital in Cleveland.
NIC offers free online classes to unemployed
North Idaho College is offering a series of free online classes to the unemployed this summer.
The NIC Workforce Training Center partnered with Growth Strategies, Inc., to offer the online classes that include topics such as confronting financial fear, women and money, telecommuting and buying a business.
Each class is offered in 12 sessions and is free to anyone currently collecting unemployment compensation.
"The classes are themed around topics that would be of interest and benefit to the unemployed to help them stay positive and find innovative solutions to re-entering the workforce," said NIC Workforce and Community Education Director Marie Price.
Since the classes became available in March, more than 40 individuals have utilized the free classes. Top selections are "How to Start an Internet Business," "How to Start a Home-Based Business" and "How to Earn a Living Freelancing."
Each course runs six weeks and is in an independent learning format, meaning students work at their own pace. Various start times are offered for each class and late enrollments are accepted.
To enroll, call the NIC Workforce Training Center at (208) 769-3333 or visit http://www.gsinet.org/cedemo/classes.htm to view the catalog of all available classes.
Free comic convention passes offered
Lightning Comics and Games on Saturday is giving away passes to the largest comic book convention in the world later this month.
Owner Tim Boal said people are welcome to enter an art contest that will be judged at 1 p.m. Saturday. Entries can be of any comic book character, drawing or painting, and must be on an 8 x 10 sheet of paper. They are due by 8 tonight at the store, 411 Haycraft, Coeur d'Alene.
There will be prizes for three age groups.
Anyone can stop by the store before the judging and get a ticket and entered into a drawing to win two, four-day passes to the San Diego comic book convention, "Comic-Con International," July 22-25.
The drawing will be about 1 p.m.
Also, an art group from Spokane will be at Lightning Comics and provide free sketches for anyone who comes into the store from 12:30 to 3.
Information: 667-2400
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