Donations still sought for KYRO ice arena

COEUR d'ALENE - Kootenai Youth Recreation Organization keeps plugging away.

The nonprofit raised $23,000 during its community barbecue Sept. 24 for Frontier Ice Arena, boosting its total to $36,066 raised since the end of August.

The goal is simply to open the ice-skating doors for the state-of-the-art, $2.8 million facility.

Once it is open, KYRO wants the facility, which is being rebuilt after the old building was crushed under record snowfall in 2008, to be open year round.

It still needs to bring in $113,934. The fundraising goal started at $800,000.

Donors of $1,000 and above will be permanently listed on a "Wall of Honor" inside the lobby of the building.

For more information, call 765-4423.