North Idaho Briefs September 28, 2012
Firefighters to 'fill the boot' for MDA on Saturday
POST FALLS - Kootenai County Fire and Rescue union members will collect donations on Saturday for the Muscular Dystrophy Association with their annual Fill-the-Boot campaign.
Firefighters will be at two intersections - Spokane and Seltice and Cecil and Mullan - from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Proceeds help support MDA services and research programs, including MDA summer camp, support groups and local clinics.
For more information, call Darcey Hill at (509) 325-3747 or [email protected].
Extension Office receives more independence
The Kootenai County commissioners voted unanimously this week to adopt an agreement giving the University of Idaho Extension Office more independence.
Under the agreement with U of I, which the officials approved on Tuesday, the Extension Office's finances and employees will be managed by the university alone.
That includes choosing how to spend funds the county provides to the Extension Office. Previously, all expenditures were approved by the commissioners.
County employees working in the extension will also become university employees.
The agreement will be in effect from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2013.
Fall food convoy scheduled
for Oct. 19
The American Legion posts of District One North Idaho are gathering donations for the annual fall food convoy to the Lewiston Veterans' Home on Oct. 19.
Donations of cash or #10 cans of food can be left at Athol American Legion Post 149, Post Falls Post 143, or sent to Athol Post Commander George Wolf at P.O. Box 244, Athol, ID, 83801, by Oct. 16.
District One Auxiliaries are also collecting items for the veterans' Christmas gift table. Gifts could include toiletries, shirts and toys.
The items can be left at the Athol or Post Falls posts.
PYP supporters seeking
signatures
Supporters of the Primary Years Programme at Hayden Meadows Elementary hope to gather 1,000 digital signatures before Monday's school board meeting in Coeur d'Alene. An online petition to "Keep PYP at Hayden Meadows School" can be found at the following web address: http://signon.org/sign/keep-pyp-at-hayden-meadows
By 3:30 p.m. Thursday, there were 188 signatures. The petition will be delivered to trustees who will consider the program's future when they meet at 5 p.m. at the Midtown Center, 1505 N. Fifth St.