Briefs March 14, 2012
Stop the Violence Benefit is Thursday at The Cd'A Resort
COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho Violence Prevention Center and Soroptimist International of Coeur d'Alene are hosting a breakfast fundraiser Thursday.
The Stop the Violence Benefit begins at 7:30 a.m. at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
To reserve a seat, call Barb Bradley: (208)755-0604.
The fundraiser will support the nonprofit violence prevention center's efforts to provide services to North Idaho victims of domestic and sexual violence and the Soroptimist Children's Counseling Center's support of youngsters who have been exposed to, or victims of, family violence.
The center provides free and confidential services - emergency shelter, court advocacy, crisis counseling - to violence victims of all ages and genders. The center also provides education and outreach programs.
The Coeur d'Alene chapter of Soroptimist, an international organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of those in their communities, began partnering with the nonprofit violence prevention center in 2000.
Local students qualify for state geographic bee
Several local fourth- through eight-graders qualified for the Idaho Geographic Bee at Boise State University on March 30.
The overall winner advances to the national finals in Washington, D.C., May 22-24.
One hundred students will compete in the state event.
Here are the local students who qualified for the state event after placing at the school-level events and submitting a written test:
Eighth grade
Hope Grasham, Harrison; Rohnin Randles, Lakeland; Anthony Reimer, Timberlake
Seventh grade
Brandon Wheeler, Woodland; Taigen Tripp, Lakes
Sixth grade
Ryan Holly, Athol; Travis Callahan, Canfield; Cameron Prickett, Coeur d'Alene Charter
Fifth grade
Isaac McArthur, Fernan; Allen Chatfield, Hayden Meadows; Luke Kendra, Atlas; Gabriel Mahaffey, Sunnyside (from Post Falls)
Fourth grade
Logan Jeanselme, Skyway; Brayden Godin, Borah; Morgan Dixon, Dalton
Clark Fork man dies in rollover accident Sunday
CLARK FORK - A Clark Fork man was killed after being thrown from his pickup truck in a crash on Sunday morning south of town.
Idaho State Police identified the victim as Kelvin E. Stevens, 60.
Stevens, state police said, was westbound on River Road when he began to overtake another pickup ahead of him. Stevens' sideswiped the vehicle during the passing maneuver and went off the shoulder. Stevens over-corrected back onto the road and his Ford F-150 overturned.
Stevens, who was not wearing a seat belt, was flung from his vehicle as it went off the shoulder and crashed into an embankment, according to ISP.
The occupants of the Dodge Dakota Stevens sideswiped - driver Brandon M. Gerstenberger, 22, of Sandpoint, and passenger Vincent C. Thompson, 20, of Clark Fork - were wearing seat belts and were not injured, state police said.
The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. approximately four miles south of Clark Fork.
North Idaho man's trial on abuse charge delayed
SANDPOINT - A northern Idaho man accused of hog-tying a child with Asperger's syndrome will stand trial in June.
Shane Lee Crawford of Laclede has pleaded not guilty to a felony. A trial scheduled to start this month was postponed because a witness for the prosecution was unavailable.
According to court documents, Crawford's son videotaped him while he forced the 12-year-old boy to the ground, binding his hands and feet together.
Crawford's attorney says he wanted his interaction with the boy videotaped because the child was prone to exaggerating and he wanted help in dealing with the boy's Asperger-related outbursts. Asperger syndrome is a mild form of autism
The footage was turned over to a counselor, who forwarded it to the authorities.