Northwest Notes Oct. 21, 2011

| October 21, 2011 9:00 PM

First chance to see

NIC wrestlers tonight

COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College wrestling team will hold its annual Red-Gray scrimmage tonight starting at 7 p.m. at Christianson Gym.

NIC will also hold its annual alumni match Saturday at 7 p.m. Alums expected to wrestle include Keri Stanley, a current assistant coach and member of the 2003 national championship team; Shaun Williams, a 1999 national champion for NIC; Jon Parson, a national runner-up in 1993 and the current NIC Booster Club president; John Zamora, a national runner-up in 2003; Travis Liermann, an NIC All-American in 2001, among others.

Admission is free for both events.

Putnam to speak

at NIC luncheon

COEUR d'ALENE - Jim Putnam, the lead pastor at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, will be the featured speaker at the North Idaho College Booster Club luncheon Tuesday at noon at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Shore Lounge.

Putnam is a former wrestler at NIC and teammate of current coach Pat Whitcomb. After completing college, Putnam volunteered in youth ministry and eventually became a youth pastor prior to founding Real Life Ministries in 1998.

The luncheon is open to the public.

Information: 769-3348