'Cronkite' lecture set for Thursday

Prize-winning historian Douglas Brinkley will be the speaker at the Idaho Humanities Council's 10th annual Distinguished Humanities Lecture and Dinner at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Author of numerous books, Brinkley will speak in Coeur d'Alene about his latest work, "Cronkite," about CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, who was the face of CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, and was known by the American public as "the most trusted man in America."

Ticket selection is now limited to only a few seats for the dinner and lecture, sponsored in part by Idaho Forest Group, The Press, Idaho Public Television and the Hagadone Corporation. Registration will close at noon today.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.idahohumanities.org under "IHC Events," or by calling the IHC at (888) 345-5346. General tickets are $45.