Local Briefs May 14, 2010

Community forum set for May 20

SPIRIT LAKE - A forum on current youth issues and "balanced restorative justice for our community is scheduled 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Spirit Lake Community Center.

There will be a panel and a time for questions and answers.

The panel includes Clyde Owens, co-director of the Wilderness Ranch Ministries; Nancy Scofield, local author of "Running High, A True Life Story;" and Shelley Tschida, executive director of Spirit Lake Youth Equipped for Success.

The public is welcome.

Information: Crystal Owens, 691-9153

Letter carriers get 17K pounds of food

Coeur d'Alene residents donated 17,936 pounds of food for the National Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive on Saturday.

The food collected goes to community food banks.

"Our community and postal customers really delivered to help stamp out hunger," Postmaster Dave Hoover said.

"All that food will help out those who most need it. And with many people still hurting with the tough economy, thanks to you, they will not go hungry," he said.

This was the 18th year of the one-day drive across America.