Syringa Family Partnership to hold open house
A Hayden developmental disability agency is holding an open house for its new facility this afternoon, and invites the public to attend and learn about its services.
Syringa Family Partnership will hold the event at its new building at 8680 N. Wayne St. from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The agency, which offers intensive behavior intervention and development therapy, has been working to obtain a new facility for two years, said owner Colleen Fisk.
"We were definitely needing space," she said.
Cancer fundraiser scheduled for Saturday
A fundraiser for a Coeur d'Alene woman fighting cancer is scheduled Saturday.
Harley McGregor, 21, started chemotherapy on Monday to treat stage 4 melanoma. Friend Sammie Preston organized the event for 4-7 p.m. at Bluegrass Park in the Coeur d'Alene Place subdivision.
It is a $1 spaghetti dinner and there will be a raffle for a night at Cedar Mountain Farm Bed & Breakfast as well as gift baskets.
"Every dollar will add up," Preston said.
McGregor is married and has a six-month-old son. She has already beat cancer once, but it returned.
"She is one of the strongest women that I know," Preston said.
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Time capsule to mark anniversary of 1910 fire
A time capsule containing items from the 2010 Commemoration of the Great Fire of 1910 will be sealed at the Firefighter's Memorial at the Wallace Visitors Center at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Objects will include posters, programs, tickets, books, pictures, coins and other memorabilia. Video recording will provide future generations with a look at the events in 2010.
The public is welcome.
Teen, stepfather fight at Smith Lake camping site
A 17-year-old male used a hatchet to defend himself after allegedly being attacked by his stepfather while camping at Smith Lake Sunday.
Boundary County Sheriff Chief Deputy Rich Stephens said the youth's stepfather, Justin Heigel, 30, was the aggressor in the fight. He said alcohol was a factor.
What started as a verbal confrontation turned into pushing and shoving between the teen and the adult.
The teen went to another person's camp site to try to get away from Heigel who then went after the teen with a knife, according to witnesses.
The other camper then pulled out a gun, shot it in the air and told Heigel to back off.
Heigel settled back to his own camp, but ended up going after his stepson again, Stephens said.
This time, Heigel put his stepson in a chokehold face down on the ground. The boy managed to grab a hatchet, swung it backward and hit Heigel in the forehead with the butt end.
Heigel was transported to Boundary Community Hospital for treatment then released. That same evening he was charged with aggravated assault, battery and disturbing the peace. The 17-year-old was not charged.