Coeur d’Alene Reservation, ID

General Maintenance Personnel. The City of Worley has an immediate opening for a half time to full time General Maintenance person. Work involves routine maintenance, improvements and repairs to City facilities and equipment, including water, wastewater and storm water systems. Must be able to operate various light and heavy duty equipment such as backhoes, garbage truck, mowers and snow plow. Requires considerable experience with heavy machinery, hand tools and electic tools for significant mechanical repairs. Will be required to obtain additional certifications. Must be able to follow oral and written directions, keep accurate detailed logs, submit written reports regularly and respond to requests for information from state and federal governing agencies. Valid CDL and criminal background check required. Drug test may be required. Wage DOE. Benefits.

Applications are available at Worley City Hall Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Applications and resumes can be dropped off at Worley City Hall, 9936 West E Street or mailed to the City of Worley, P.O. Box 219, Worley, Idaho 83876. Position open until filled. Equal opportunity employer.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is an IRS certified program that can help prepare your income tax return for the following:
• 1040 EZ – 1040 A (with schedule 1, 2, 3, & EIC)
• 1040 (with schedule (A, B, EIC & R) – 1040 V
• 1040 ES – 2441 (Child and Dependant care credit)
• 8863 (Education credit)
• 8812 (Add. Child Tax credit)

Assistance will be provided on a first come, first served basis, no appointment necessary.
All sessions will be held at the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Information Technology Center and are open to the public. The program is being sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, University of Idaho, and Red-Spectrum Communications.

DATES:
• February 16, 2008 10 am to 1 pm
• CANCELLED March 1, 2008 10 am to 1 pm
• March 29, 2008 10 am to 1 pm
• April 12, 2008 10 am to 1 pm

Sign up for baseball and softball begins March 1st at the Wellness Center front desk and ends on March 18th. There are teams for youth from 5 years to 18 years of age. The registration fee is $10. Baseball camp will be held March 3rd through March 14th with the first practice being March 18th. For more information contact Wade McGee at 686-9355 extension 464 or Cheffrey Sailto 686-9355 extension 455.

Coeur d’Alene Tribal member John Daniels will be volunteering his time to teach beginners Arts and Crafts to area youth every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Tribal Social Services Office on P Street in Plummer. His goal is to get the kids interested in traditional crafts, teach skills that they can be proud of, and provide them with something to do with their time.

Start up materials were donated by the Wellness Center. Shawl material, shawl fringe, beads, bones and other craft items are needed. If you have materials to donate, please call Julian Mathews at 686-1800.

A calendar for 2008 printed in the Coeur d’Alene language is available for sale through the Language Center at 850 A Street in Plummer. The calendar has a glossary, English translations throughout and colorful stories written and illustrated in the 90’s by area youth, Tribal Elders and hnqwa’qwe’eln (Language Center) staff.

Calendars can be purchased at the Language Center or by contacting staff by phone 686-5051, email jmatheson@cdatribe-nsn.gov, fax 686-4406, or through the website http://www.cdatribe.com/depts/language/MAIN.shtml

We are having a honor dinner for Mitch Sr. and Mary Michael ’s Children:
On SATURDAY March 1st starts @ 11:00 am 2008 at the Worley Longhouse
We will have a dinner, tradional stick game, and a scrabble tournament to follow.
Everyone Welcome, come join our family.

Saturday February 23, the Technology Center began their FREE classes offered to the community. This series of classes included Intro to Microsoft- Word & Excel, taught by Sarah Howe from the University of Idaho’s extension program. The classes were split into 2 sessions, Word in the moring and Excel in the afternoon. We had 5 people attend each training. I am working on getting our class calendar on our website at www.red-spectrum.com and will update everyone when it is available. In the meantime, here is a brief rundown of our classes for the next month.

Wednesday February 27th - Mentor Training 5-6:30pm - NO CLASS
Saturday March 1 - Digital Art Class  1-3:30pm
Wednesday  March 5 - Digital Art Class  5p-6:30pm
Saturday March 8-9th -  No classes -Training for Mentors
Wedesday March 12th - Digital Storytelling (Video) Class - 5p-6:30pm
Friday March 14th - Cartooning Day! Alice Software & Frames Software - Send the kids! No school that day! 10a-3pm
Wednesday March 19th - Digital Storytelling (Video) Class - 5p-6:30pm
Friday March 21st - Technology Center Closed
Saturday March 22nd - NO CLASSES
Wednesday March 26th - Digital Scrapbooking Class - 5p-6:30pm
Saturday March 29th - Tax Assistance 10am-1pm
                                       - Digital Scrapbooking 1:30pm-4:30pm
Remember, these classes are completely FREE! AND FUN!

Our Digital Art class will teach you the basics of turning your drawn artwork into a digital image.

The Digital Storytelling classes will teach you how to edit your personal videos, add music and sounds, upload to the internet and burn to cd/dvd. This class is great for all you Football or Basketball parents, new parents, grandparents, boxers, musicians, Seniors for your senior projects, Elders and more to be able to add more “oomph” to your videos.

And the Digital Scrapbooking class will teach you how to scan your photos, add them to a digital collage, add stickers or stamps to them and personalize them, add sounds and music and share them with your friends and family over the internet or on disc. This class is great for everyone such as new moms and grandmothers showing off their bundles of joy, artists to display and showcase their work, dads trying to sell his priceless vehicle, or children to make their parents or grandparents a unique and personal gift. If you are interested in learning how to do digital scrapbooking, please bring 5-10 personal pictures with you to learn how to scan and use! (They will return home with you after the class. )

I would also like to add that these classes may sound a little intimidating, but they are all Beginner Courses! Anyone can do this! So be sure to check it out. They will be alot of FUN!

Lakeside High School hosting a blood drive TODAY 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Contact the high school for more information 686-1937

1967-72 Ford pickup sheet metal parts. All cab parts, wrinkle and rust free please. Please call 208-274-2019

Several public meetings have been held over the past few months to solicit input on how to change the zoning in Plummer to be in line with the new Comprehensive Plan. Students from the University of Idaho Bio-Regional Planning Program are working on new zoning regulations using the Comp Plan, public input, city ordinances, other city plans and information to assist us in this endeavor. These students will be presenting their work to the public on February 26th at Plummer City Hall from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

The Plummer Community Action Team invites you to an evening of fun, food, door prizes, and silent auction. The main course will be chili in various levels of heat and a large selection to chose from. Everyone will be able to escape to a warmer place (at least visually) during a slide show that evening. Proceeds will be used for community beautification projects.

Wednesday - February 27, 2008
Dinner starts at 5:00 p.m. by donation
Plummer Community Center (Highway 5 and 6th Street)

Horizons Breakfast! The third Community Breakfast will be held February 28th at the Wellness Center with breakfast beginning at 7:00 am. A broad representation from the governments, community organizations, businesses, and citizens is anticipated. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Senior class will be preparing the meal in their continued efforts to raise funds for an educational trip to New York and Boston; and the students will be joining community members for the breakfast. Information about various community projects will be available and a presentation will be given by Two Degrees Northwest. For more information please see the attached flyer or call 686-1716.

I just wanted to update everyone and let you know I have since found a wonderful sitter for my boys. She is truly a blessing to us!

We have a family of seven, who are not enrolled Coeur d’ Alene but are descendants, that have recently been evicted from their home due to circumstances beyond their control. The owners of the home recently sold the house that they were renting so they were asked to move out. The family is currently staying at the casino motel and using their own money to pay for the room, but their funds are depleting. They do not qualify for Coeur d’ Alene tribal assistance or housing and they are trying hard everyday to find a place to rent. They have gone to each city, (Plummer, Worley, Tensed and Tekoa) seeking any vacancies, but have been unsuccessful. Their children attend school on a daily basis and they are trying to stay as structured as they possible can for their children’s sake. If there is anybody out there who knows of a place that is available I would sure appreciate any direction or support. Please call me if you have any questions, 208-686-6310 or 568-1968.

Can you imagine losing everything you own? That is what I tried to do Tuesday night. Everything. It was devastating to just think about it. Linda and Delbert Zurcher are living it. They lost their home recently to a fire and have no insurance to replace it.

I spoke to Linda at the spaghetti dinner that was held to help them out after their loss. Her positive attitude impressed me. She told her story about jumping out into a snow bank with only the clothes she was wearing. No shoes. No coat. All that is left for her are memories and ashes. Delbert adds burns to his list of what remains.

Linda is looking forward to replacing their home in the spring and has a picture to start a new collection of household belongings. A community member gave her a framed photograph of two Australian Shepherds previously purchased from the Zurchers. This gift was more than a picture. It became obvious that it touched her heart when Linda spoke of her dogs and showed off the picture, now the only one she has to commemorate this memory.

The dinner brought some much needed cash to the Zurchers who are currently living with their son. Once the snow melts and their house replaced, more community support will be needed to help add other belongings to that picture in creating a new home.