Coeur d’Alene Reservation, ID

Jackson & Leslie Louie have started their own online business called N8ive Image where they sell crafts that they and their children make. It only has a few items posted now as it is a new store but it is fully functional. Please take a look when you get a chance and maybe even buy something! You can go to the store at www.n8iveimage.com Also! Leslie is teaching anyone that is interested how to do the same thing for themselves at the tech center. To set up a time to work one on one on your business call Leslie at 686-1164 or Bill at 686-2020.

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Lakeside Spring Carnival for this Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Lakeside High School Football Field. Everyone is Welcome to attend!

The day promises to be filled with fun and education!

Tickets will be sold at the gate to play games and win more tickets. Tickets are used in a raffle at the end of the day – Prizes include: sports equipment, Xbox and Play stations games, IPod stuff, books and movies to name a few!

The Plummer Senior Citizens will be sponsoring a Volcano Breakfast Saturday, May 17th from 7 am to 10 am at the American Legion/Senior Center. The menu is little smokies, scrambled eggs, pork links, potato patties, homemade biscuits and sausage gravy with coffee and juice. Suggested donation $5.

The Volcano Breakfast got its start 28 years ago when Mount Saint Helens blew her top leaving many travelers stranded in Plummer. The Seniors fixed them breakfast that first year and have memorialized this event each year by serving breakfast to the community and raising funds for their operations.

April 27, 2008 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Tensed Community Building
Come to a spring salad!
Silent - write a bid and check back to stay in the running
Auction - Bid on breads and desserts, hand crafted items, new and almost new items, service work, and a whole lot more!!! Bidding closes at 6:45 p.m.
Lots of music - singing, instrumentals, ensembles, duets
Action - drama and puppets
Delectable Cheesecake Raffle - 6 cheesecakes for a year

Enjoy a real salad while listening or bidding available at a small cost, a taco salad. Served in your Dorito chip bag, you can choose whether you would like to add cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, olives, lettuce, spicy or plain meat.

The Delectable Cheesecake Raffle is for six cheesecakes within the upcoming year. The winner will choose from a exquisite variety. Caramel Brownie, Tropical, Mocha, or a festive Peppermint Cheesecakes are just a few made by Pastor Tom.

You can contact Karen 274-2800 if you have any questions.

Proceeds go to Tensed Community Church Siding Project Fund, Camp scholarships, and Women’s Retreat Support Fund.

Sponsored by Tensed Community Church

The Plummer Community Action Team (P.C.A.T.) is hosting a Candidates Forum on May 13 at the Plummer Community Center. The Forum is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until 9:00 p.m.

The forum is intended to allow interaction and communication between political candidates and citizens so that voters can be better informed. The format allows for all candidates to speak briefly about their platform, questions are allowed from the floor, and the evening ends with time for people to talk to each other on an informal level.

The candidates invited include those running for State Senator and Representative in District #2, Benewah County Commissioner, Benewah County Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, and Precinct Committeeman for Plummer and Tensed.

This is the second time that P.C.A.T. has hosted such an event. Dan Jolibois, P.C.A.T. President commented that the last Candidates Forum in 2004 was very helpful to him as a voter.

There will be a social and fundraiser in Plummer Idaho Saturday, April 19th at 3:00 p.m. Dinner and Chinese Auction begin at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. Dinner is $5 per plate.

Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat or Independent, come to the Plummer Community Center and learn more about 2008 campaigns of Ron Paul, Republican Presidential Candidate and James Stivers, Republican State Senate Candidate, 2nd Legislative District. Inspiring updates on the Ron Paul Campaign will be presented along with a speech by Mr. Stivers on “Ron Paul Republicanism” with a question and answer afterwards. Let’s talk about our future! For more information contact 274-2802 or www.jamesstivers.com. Contributions are welcome. Authorized by the Stivers for State Senate Campaign, PO Box 284, DeSmet Idaho 83824

Please vote in the Republican Primary May 27th for James Stivers, State Senate.

Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is the student vocational group associated with Family and Consumer Science education (used to be called FHA, Future Homemakers of America). FCCLA has been in our school district for some time. This is the first year our chapter has competed. In District competition, students earned a gold award and two silvers; all of our competing students qualified for the State competition which we attended last week. Lovinia “Itsy” Johnson, Summer Shamburg and Dorisa Whaley competed in Chapter Showcase and earned a silver award. Megan Mahoney and Chelsea Benson competed in Fashion Design. Megan earned the top award and was designated the National Conference delegate for our state in Fashion Design; Chelsea Benson was named as the alternate.

We are currently raising funds to send Megan to the FCCLA National Leadership Meeting in Orlando in July so that she can represent us and our district in Fashion Design.

Lakeside High FCCLA is raising funds to send delegates in July to the National Conference in Orlando, Florida. Megan Mahoney will represent us and our school district in Fashion Design.

Get your tickets now! They are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. You may purchase them by phone 686-1937, email wommack.laura@lakesidesch.org, US mail through the District office, or see any FCCLA member. The drawing will be held May 5 by our FCCLA delegates at the high school.

This is a handmade quilt, lap/throw/baby size, in shades of blue and green. In case this is important to you, it IS from a nonsmoking home!

We hope you will support us!

Thank you!

FCCLA/Mrs. Wommack, Advisor

On Friday, April 18th, Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council member Charlotte Nilson will be giving the invocation at the Earth Day Luncheon at North Idaho College (tickets are very limited and must be purchased in advance). After the Luncheon, Tribal Council member Charlotte Nilson will also be giving a blessing at the Tree Planting Celebration at the NIC campus. The Rose Creek Drum will be drumming at the Tree Planting Celebration, too.

On Saturday, April 19th, Felix Aripa will be giving a presentation at the Earth Day Fair about the signs of the seasons at 11:30 am. The Earth Day Fair will have lots of activities and information for kids and adults:

· EcoArt Lane – 12 craft tables for kids to make things
· Jane Cantwell presenting live raptors (hawks and other birds
of prey) at 11am and 1:30pm
· Wolf Education presentation by Marcie Carter of the Nez Perce
Tribe and Dave Spicer of Idaho Fish and Game at 12:30pm
· Storytelling with George: an interactive story about salmon
migration for kids at 10:45am and 2:15pm
· Lots of educational information, food and music

If anyone would like additional information, please contact me at 686-8802. Also, if you would like to print out flyers for Earth Day activities, Earth Day Flyer

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe Environmental Programs Office recently received free recycling containers through a grant from the National Recycling Coalition/Coca-Cola Company for 60 recycling bins for aluminum cans and plastic beverage bottles. These bins are free to any Tribal offices or local businesses that would like to help out with the Tribe’s recycling efforts.

Initially, each office or business receiving the bins will be responsible for transporting the cans and bottles to area recycling centers on your own; however, we will be working towards some more organized means of recycling, in the future.

At this point, we have received 30 clear plastic bins, with lids (about the size of a 32 gal. garbage can). These bins snap together or can be stored flat, when not in use. Later, we will receive 30 hard blue plastic bins, with covers, labeled for cans or bottles.

If you would like one or more bins for your office(s) or business, please contact Bill Denton at 686-6412 or Tiffany Allgood at 686-8802 and we will make arrangements to deliver the bins to you.

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Community Input Meeting for the Zoning Maps on April 22 from 6 to 8 pm at the Community Center. A flyer is attached. Hope to see you there.

Donna Spier
City Clerk
City of Plummer
P.O. Box B
Plummer, ID 83851
(208) 686-1641
donna@cityofplummer.org

Here’s your chance to attend an early season garage sale.

The Senior Class will be having their last garage sale at the Rose Creek Longhouse in Worley, Idaho on Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

All proceeds will be used for spending money on their senior trip to New York City and Boston at the end of this month.

Did you know Lakeside Elementary School was built in 1937? The purpose of this bond proposal is to build a new elementary school in Plummer to address the following areas of need:

Learning, Facility, Safety

Learning
Improved learning environment
Meet current state and federal requirements
Collaborative Learning
Meet needs of all students

Facility
Continuous and costly repairs:
Heating & ventilation
Electrical
Roofing
Wall, windows, door replacement

Safety
Closeness of the new highway
Proper fencing
Supervision
Walkways and bus safety
Crisis Response

The Board approved to place before the voters a $10 million dollar bond at a 15-year cost of $1.45 per $1000.00 of assessed property value (not market value).

Town Meetings to further addresss the above listed concerns are scheduled as follows:

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Tensed Community Center
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Lakeside High School Gym
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Lakeside Elementary Gym

2009 Rate per $1,000 15-year bond $1.45
Annual/Monthly respectively Impact on:
$100,000 (home)* $72.50/$6.04
$200,000 (home)** $145.00/$12.08
$250,000 (business)*** $362.50/$30.21

* Estimated taxable value after homeowner’s exemption of $50,000
** Estimated taxable value after homeowner’s exemption of $100,000
*** No homeowner’s exemptions for business property, taxable value is $250,000
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NATIVE AMERICAN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS
Eastern Washington Bible Camp, Medical Lake, WA
Date: April 25-27, 2008
2-½ day Leadership/Knowledge Retreat
Learn about making responsible decisions; Indian culture and spirituality; prevention; cooperation; healing; having fun; developing a positive vision for the future and being competitive as well as a part of a team, in areas of speech, writing, and sports.
$10.00 Registration Fee
Applicants will be a member of an eight person team. As a team you will compete in multiple activities for trophies, gift certificates, and the grand prize.

1st Place: $350.00 in cash
2nd Place: $175.00 in cash
3rd Place: $80.00 in cash

Highlights:
Sport Events
Team Knowledge Bowl
Public Speaking Exercise
Debate Contest
Essay Contest
Camp Poster
Cheffrey Sailto: 208.686.9355 ext. 455
E-mail: csailto@bmc.portland.ihs.gov
Coeur d’Alene Tribal Wellness Center

For those Coeur d’Alene Tribal Members who are twenty-one and interested in being a candidate for Tribal Council, Petitions are available at the front receptionist desk starting 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 1.

Petitions will need to be returned by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15 to the Tribal Council Office.

Two (2) terms expiring this year

Petitions, Constitution, By-laws, and the Election Code may be picked up at the Tribal Headquarters, 850 A. Street, Plummer, Idaho at the receptionist desk.

Election day
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Voting polls open
from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tribal Headquarters,
850 A. Street
Plummer, Idaho

If you have any questions please contact
Vicki Moyle, Election Chairperson at 686-5403

Democrat meeting April 2, 2008 6 pm St. Maries Federal Building Conference room. We will have as our guest C.J. Rose, the candidate from Bonner County who is running as the Democratic challenger to Dick Harwood. She will tell us a little about herself and take questions.

A list of the county candidates is attached-both Dem and GOP.
Contact information Cheryl Halverson @ basketmakeart@yahoo.com
2008 Primary Candidate

2008 Primary Candidates

Worley Fire Association is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt in Worley City Park at 1:00 p.m. (if bad weather, go to Rose Creek Longhouse, Worley). All children Ages 3-10. Contact City Hall 686-1258
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Sponsored by Youth Activities
Attend the 3-on-3 Kick Butts Tournament (April 2nd) and the Juggling Workshop (April 3rd) and Receive a $15 AMC Movie Pass! For more info call Rachel 686-9355 ext. 456
Tom Sparough performs at the Wellness Center Gym, Plummer ID, April 3rd, 2008
Middle School Students 9am-noon and High School Students 1-4 p.m.

www.spacepainter.com Tom Sparough, professional juggler and storyteller, will lead two dynamic hands-on sessions for middle school and high school youth. All of life is perspective. Come to one of these sessions to get the juggler’s perspective. EVERYONE who comes will get in on the act. How many plates do you spin in your life? Have you found your balance point? Can you handle what others toss to you? These sessions will be fun, fast-paced, and a chance to work with one of the nation’s top performers for youth.

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The Western Benewah Ministerial Fellowship extends an invitation to everyone in Plummer and its surrounding area, to join together as a community to celebrate the events that has had greater impact on human history than any other –the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Lakeside High School Gymnasium 9:00 a.m. Breakfast of pastries, fruit, coffee, hot chocolate, and juice 10:00 a.m. Easter Service

Western Benewah Ministerial Fellowship includes: Plummer Bible Church, Plummer Assembly of God, Living Water Ministries, and Christian Life Fellowship

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Come join the fun in Tensed! Prizes! The Tensed Volunteer Fire Department and the Gem Community Committee are hosting an Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 22nd. Age groups 0-3 meet at Howard Park; Age groups 4 and above meet at the ballfield. Contact Scott Fritsche is you have questions 208-274-2179
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