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Home and Garden Show this weekend

| March 14, 2014 9:00 PM

Spring is in the air. The snow is gone, the sun is out, and it's time for a Home and Garden show.

The North Idaho Building Contractors Association 42nd annual Monogram Homes/Mort Construction Home and Garden Show will be held March 14 -16 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

"The show is bigger, with far more featured displays than last year," said Larry Jeffres, executive officer of the NIBCA.

The entire show is located in the Jacklin Building (enter the Fairgrounds through Gate C off Kathleen Avenue).

There are more than 100 vendors with lots of great ideas, from longtime favorites to brand new participants. Food vendors will be on site, and for age-qualified attendees who may need to wet their whistles, beer will be available.

Bring a can of food to the ticket booth to receive $1 off admission. Food collections will benefit Union Gospel Mission of Coeur d'Alene and the citizens in need of their services.

Don't miss the Sponsor Scavenger Hunt with a grand prize of a Home Spruce-Up, which includes patio pavers, retaining wall material, landscaping stones, lawn mowing, and an air conditioner tune-up donated by show sponsors. The winner will be drawn at the close of the show, Sunday, March 16.

There's also a raffle, with a first prize of a stainless steel refrigerator from Fred's Appliance, a 40-inch television for the second-place winner and a beautiful gift basket for the third place winner, donated by the Professional Women in Building. Your admission ticket is your raffle entry. Additional chances to win are only $1 at the NIBCA booth (located at the entrance).

Main show sponsors are Advanced Heating and Air Conditioning; Andy's Heating, Cooling and Stove Shoppe; Ultra-Lawn; The Coeur d'Alene Press; Overhead Door Co.; North Idaho Masonry and Hardscape; R.C. Worst and Co.; Santiago Sales and Window World of the Inland NW.

Hours are today noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5, with children 12 and younger admitted free.

"The weather is great," Jeffres said. "Come see us!"