Local Briefs February 16, 2011
IHCSB to present slide show
COEUR d'ALENE - A part of Idaho's history is making its way to North Idaho.
History professor Robert Sims, with the Idaho Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, will present a slide show about the Minidoka Internment Camp as part of the Our Region Reads project.
Minidoka Internment National Monument was established in 2001 as the 385th unit of the National Park System to commemorate the hardships and sacrifices of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II, according to its website. "Hunt Camp," as its also known, was a 33,000-acre site with more than 600 buildings and a total population of about 13,000 internees held from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.
Sims will speak and present a slide show at 3 p.m., Feb. 24 at the Golden Spikes Community Center, 8580 W. Yosemite, in Rathdrum; 3 p.m., Feb. 25 at the Spirit Lake Library, 32575 N. Fifth Ave.; 6 p.m., Feb. 25, at the Athol Library, 30399 Third St.; and at 2 p.m., Feb. 26, at the Hayden Library, 8385 N. Government Way.
Smoking cessation program to begin
COEUR d'ALENE - "Be Smoke Free in 7 Weeks" will meet on seven successive Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. beginning March 1 at Kootenai Medical Center.
The initial session, which is free to all, will give you an overview of what the program is all about.
Lead instructor Ellen Clark, a respiratory therapist at KMC, will introduce and discuss the various smoking cessation products on the market.
Cost is $50, half of which will be refunded upon successful completion of the program. To register, call 666-2893. One-on-one counseling sessions are also available upon request.
Missing girl found
COEUR d’ALENE — A 15-year-old Coeur d’Alene girl reported missing recently was found Tuesday.
Spokane Police Department recovered runaway Megan Schnall in Spokane. She is safe, police said.
Schnall had been reported missing by her mother, who last saw her Friday morning.
Man on trial for sexual abuse
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A 50-year-old Post Falls man is on trial this week for allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 2006 and 2007 while living in Montgomery County, Tenn.
Robert M. Deunces-Cruz, 50, is charged with 11 counts of statutory rape and 11 counts of other sex crimes.
A jury began hearing the case on Monday in Montgomery County.
Cruz’s attorney said the state has no evidence to prove the sexual abuse happened. He said the girl came on to Cruz in an effort to get him to buy her a car.
Cruz was booked into the Kootenai County Jail in 2008 for being a fugitive from justice from Montgomery County.
Riverstone hosts ‘Rise’ documentary
COEUR d’ALENE — The Spokane Figure Skating Club invites you to a celebration of American figure skating.
The documentary RISE will be shown in 500 theaters nationwide tonight to honor and remember the tragic plane crash that killed all the members of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team.
The film recounts the effects of the crash, which set back American figure skating dominance until the 1968 Olympics.
The movie will be shown only one time, and will be a nationwide special event. Showtimes are at 8 p.m. at Riverstone Stadium 14 in Coeur d’Alene and Northtown 12 in Spokane. Tickets are $15 and all proceeds go to a memorial fund.
Information: www.RISE1961.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office.