Community Thanks February 6, 2011

LANDS: Thanks for assistance

On behalf of all the Volunteers of the East Side Fire Protection District, I want to publicly thank the Idaho Department of Lands for all the assistance they have provided.

Since the formation of the ESFD in 1994, they have provided us with a fire engine, four tenders and two brush trucks. Without this support the ESFD would have struggled to have enough equipment to cover the 90 square miles of our district along the East Side of Lake Coeur d'Alene.

We are proud to say that as of January 2011 East Side Fire has replaced all the borrowed vehicles with new ones and returned the last of the loaned equipment to the Department of Lands.

Thank you Department of Lands.

JIM WALTON

Chief, ESFD

KNIT-WIT: Story, photos helped

On behalf of all the Knit-Wit ladies, I'd like to thank Alecia Warren for the wonderful article in The Press and Shawn Gust for the great photos.

We've received several large yarn donations and are very grateful, as our supply was quite meager after last year's knitting was done. Our only money to buy yarn comes from the prize money we receive at the Kootenai County Fair. We rely heavily on the yarn the community provides us and are so appreciative of whatever we find in the barrel at the Senior Center. We've become quite adept at making all sorts of items from small amounts, but full skeins are really appreciated. Thanks also to the Senior Center for allowing us to meet there and providing a barrel for donations.

JAN D'ARC

Coeur d'Alene