Coeur d’Alene Reservation, ID

Hi! My name is Leslie and I am the Office Manager for Red-Spectrum Communications. I will be doing my best to keep you informed of what is going on on the Reservation regarding the technical side via Red-Spectrum. We will be starting some really fun classes soon that are free and open to the public. We are still finalizing the schedule but as soon as it is completed I will post it here. Classes will include music and video editing, digital art and scrapbooking, basic internet searching skills and email accounts, and E Commerce. Our goal is to make sure that everyone on the reservation will learn and utilize computer skills to help connect them to the world and furthur their education and careers.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at lzahir@cdatribe-nsn.gov or 208-686-1164.

The children of ECLC have decorated Christmas ornaments and written a wish for a special toy on the back.

Please stop by ECLC and grab an ornament, purchase and wrap the present then return to ECLC by Wednesday December 19th, 2007.

Santa will be stopping by the center on the 20st to pass out the presents to all of the children.

Thank you,

ECLC Staff

The Action Teams all presented their work plans verbally at the Community Breakfast November 29th. Complete work plans are available as separate pages to the right.

Life Long Learning will be focusing on building and strengthening educational programs for all ages, increasing the proportion of graduates from the High School, defining a process for identifying factors that contribute to dropping out of school, establishing a career program with job sahdowing, internship and visitation experiences for high school students to explore the many career opportunities in the communities, passage of bonds for the construction of a new school and library, and providing a continuous learning clearing house through establishing connections with local universities, community and technical colleges and through establishing a format for visiting speakers. Basically, they would like to increase level of optimism and appreciation within the local communities through involvement in educational activities.

Communication and Leadership will be working to improve communications by promoting the blog as a useful informational tool, hosting informal gatherings for leaders to build relationships, exploring options for a formal leadership group that would encompass all of the entities, starting a cooperative project of a non-controversial nature to foster working together, and trying to determine the most effective way to provide communication. They hope to have an impact on reducing poverty by building strong community leaders who make more efficient use of resources through cooperative efforts.

Community Vitality

Community Pride

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!!!!! Training for volunteers will be held from 8:15 to 9:00
a.m. this day.

This major event is being held for approximately 500 high school
students from schools located in Moscow up to Bonners Ferry and surrounding area, including Lakeside High School in Plummer.

The University of Idaho is sponsoring and the Idaho Council on Economic Education is very involved in this event. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!!!!! We would like volunteers representing the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Coeur d’Alene Casino and Horizon Community Volunteers. The International
Economic Summit is a global trading simulation that is full of excitement, creativity and competition as nearly 100 high school teams representing various countries work aggressively to better the economic situation of their country. Teams are also working to improve the world
addressing many issues such as, pollution, deforestation, AIDS and human trafficking. In order for the Summit to be successful the event requires 45 community volunteers to assist in score keeping, bankers, summit monitors, registration, etc. Training and lunch will be provided. If you can help recruit volunteers please have them email me at jamie.k.olson@wellsfargo.com or call me at (208) 819-3977 with contact information and I will forward that information to Heidi Rogers, U of I whom is helping to coordinate this event. The particulars are as follows:

Northern Idaho International Economic Summit
Coeur d’Alene Casino and Event Center
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
8:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Training for volunteers from 8:15 to 9:00 a.m.

Jamie K. Olson
VP Senior Business Relationship Manager
Coeur d’Alene Business Banking
301 E. Sherman Avenue 2nd Floor
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
(208) 769-1019 - Office
(208) 819-3977 - Cell
(208) 769-1006 - Fax
jamie.k.olson@wellsfargo.com

Tuesday and Wednesday, December 18-19, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Sennwechen Senior Apartments complex meal site. For more information please call Older Americans Program office at 686-7104 or meal site at 686-1268.

Friday, December 7th 12- 6 p.m. Come support families selling their craft items.
Contact Alison White or Tami Schnieder at 686-6507 to reserve your table.

For further information or to RSVP
for an event please contact:

Meri Joswiak
Horizons Program Assistant
merijoz@uidaho.edu

208-885-8949
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Non-Profits that Work
Kay Sohl, Executive Director of Technical
Assistance For Community Services (TACS)

December 6, 2007 9am-3pm
Grangeville, ID–Super 8 Meeting Room

December 7, 2007 9am-3pm
Plummer, ID–Tribal Wellness Center

Learn how you can strengthen your nonprofit organization, rest easy that you are providing effective direction and oversight for its work, and increase the resources your nonprofit brings to your community.
For more information about the training
and Kay Sohl.
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Building Social Capital: Connecting
Newcomers and Locals to Strengthen
Community
Lynette Flage, Community Leadership
Development Specialist, North Dakota State
University Extension

January 15, 2008 9am-3pm
Grangeville, ID–Super 8 Meeting Room

January 16, 2008 9am-3pm
Plummer, ID–Tribal Wellness Center

How does a community assist those that have recently moved in to become engaged, feel at home and connected to this new place? A community with ample social capital will be able to do just that as they make newcomers feel connected and welcome.
For more information about the training and
Lynette Flage.
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Idaho Horizons Community/Partnership Summit

January 23, 2008 9am-3pm
Worley, ID–Coeur d’Alene Tribal Longhouse

January 24, 2008 9am-3pm
Grangeville, ID–Elks Lodge

The Idaho Horizons Community/Partnership Summit is an exciting and interactive opportunity to connect our Horizons communities with potential partners. We hope that the partnerships made during this summit will provide communities with valuable resources for completing their action items, as well as offer attending organizations the chance to develop and expand upon their services to rural
Idaho communities.

The Summit will include presentations by the Horizons communities on their action items and community visions, as well as guided networking sessions to connect the partners and commmunities. The community presentations will not only give the other Horizons communities, but partnering organizations as well, an idea of the upcoming work that will be done in the region.
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So You Want to Build a Community Center?
Craig Smith, Rural Development Initiatives, Oregon

February 26 and 27, 2008
1 day sessions in 2 locations (TBA)
Check back soon for more details.
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Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Series
March/April 2008
4-three hour sessions to be offered in 3 different locations
Check back soon for more details.
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Mobilizing Your Community
David Beurle, Innovative Leadership Australia

March/April 2008
1 day sessions in 2 locations (TBA)
Check back soon for more details.
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Specialized Marketing for Entrepreneurs
April 2008
1 day session in 2 locations (TBA)
Check back soon for more details.
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Internet Business/E-Commerce
Western Rural Development Center (WRDC)

May 2008
2 day session in Moscow, Idaho
Check back soon for more details.
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Grantwriting Training
Dates and Location(s) pending
Check back soon for more details.
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There will be a Foster Child Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 8th from 3-5 p.m., at the Lakeside High School Gym, and then again on Dec. 14th in St. Maries at the Church of the Nazarene from 6-8 p.m.

The purpose of the Bazaar is for children in foster care to be able to provide gifts for their families, foster families and anyone significant in their lives. They are able to choose gifts and wrap them for their families at the Bazaar. They “pay” for these gifts with certificates earned by doing odd jobs and service to others. 

Donations of gifts, cookies, drinks, etc., can be dropped off at the Gateway prior to the 8th, or at the High School on the day of the event, beginning at 10 a.m.  Contact Sherri or Christine at the Plummer Post Office, 686-1748,  for more information.

Genevieve Clark’s music students will present a program of Christmas music on Sat., Dec. 8 at 1:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served after you have been delighted by the harp, flute and piano renditions of these young musicians. This holiday program will be at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the East end of “A” Street in Plummer, ID.

If you enjoy harp music, you will be thrilled by the talent of these youngsters. If you are not familiar with harp music, you should take this opportunity to hear a live presentation–high-lighted with the flute. Mrs. Clark has been teaching music for many years and has a gift for developing talent when she finds it. This is not an ordinary recital. These young artists will amaze you.

You are invited to a Community Thanksgiving Celebration, Tuesday, November 20 at the Fort Sherman Chapel on the North Idaho College Campus. The event will begin at 7pm.

This will be an inter-faith celebration with the sharing of writings, prayers and music from a variety of faiths and cultures. It is an opportunity for the community to come together and express thanks for all the blessings we have received. The celebration is informal and there will be no offering. We are encouraging those coming to bring non-perishable food items for the local food bank.

The program is sponsored by “Diakonia” the area inter-faith group.
Questions? Please call 664-5410