Coeur d’Alene Reservation, ID

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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Everyone is invited! Join the Plummer Branch of Sterling Savings Bank staff and community for a retirement celebration in honor of Loretta Graham who has 17 years of service. March 28, 2008 Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Questions contact Chris Smith 686-1921
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As most of you probably know, JoAnn Brown-Sonder has been hospitalized since March 7 for congestive heart failure. (Baby Archer is doing fine). The doctors say this is extremely rare at her young age. She has responded well to the medication (her heart is now pumping at 25% instead of 12% - although it is supposed to be at 55% as I understand it) and they are now allowing her to walk around the hallways, whereas before she was only allowed to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. JoAnn is scheduled for surgery Thursday morning (March 20) for the doctors to put in a defibulator. I do not know how much longer she will be in the hospital. Needless to say, expenses are piling up for the family, due in part to the high price of gasoline.

The Lakeside Boosters are coordinating a benefit Spaghetti dinner on March 28, 2008, at the Longhouse in Worley, beginning at 4:30 p.m. and going until we run out of food. Price will be $5 per plate for spaghetti, salad, French bread, dessert, and a drink. Donations will also be accepted. We will be scheduling shifts for people to help cook on the 28th, and to serve, and do cleanup at the end. Please contact Mindy Parker if you want to volunteer to work.

Food donations can be made through the following people:

Lakeside High School – Dawn Sifford – 686-2158
Lakeside Middle School – Sherry Chapman – 686-2204
Lakeside Elementary – Mindy Parker – 686-2117
CDA Tribe – Chris Dohrman – 686-6106.
(We have already received 10 pounds of burger from Dale Johnson)

Last year the Lakeside Band had a terrific event called Musical Desserts. This was a musical event with small ensemble music provided by our own music students and accompanied by yummy catered desserts provided by our own Food Production class. We have received so many requests to repeat the program that we have scheduled a repeat performance for Thursday, March 20, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rose Creek Longhouse, Worley Idaho. For tickets contact Lakeside High School 686-1937 or class advisors Laura Wommack, Foods class at 686-2147 or Joy Smith, Band class at 686-2131.

TRUSTEE ELECTION - May 20, 2008

On May 20, 2008, patrons from the Plummer-Worley Joint School District No. 44 will be asked to elect representatives from their zone for the Board of Trustees. The following positions are open for election:

Zone 1 - Term ends in 2011 Currently held by Kathy Anderson

Zone 3 - Term ends in 2009 Currently held by Ida (J.R.) Gustin

Zone 5 - Term ends in 2011 Currently held by Tim Clark

Nominating petitions may be picked up beginning March 17, 2008, at the district office located at 1157 E. Street, Plummer, Idaho (across from Lakeside High School). Trustee nominations must be filed at the district office by 5:00 p.m. on April 18, 2008. All nominees must be, at the time of nomination and election, at least 18 years of age, and a resident of the trustee zone from which nominated.

Interested patrons are encouraged to contact Karyn Stockdale at the District Office (686-2114) for a legal description of the trustee zones. Interested patrons may also obtain a list of board responsibilities from Mrs. Stockdale, or contact a current or past school board member to discuss the responsibilities.

The Rockford’s Lion Club is beginning to sell frogs for the annual Frog Regatta Festival. If you are unfamiliar with this, you buy a frog for $5 and then on Saturday, April 19 the frogs (plastic) are dumped into the Creek in Rockford. The first frog to get to the end of the race earns the owner $300, the second gets its owner $200 and the third place gets the owner $100.

The proceeds from the frog sales go to benefit youth and community activities, such as the previous scholarships which were awarded to Lakeside, Liberty, and Freeman graduating seniors. Most recently, three of our student groups (FFA, FCCLA, and Senior Class) received a total of $1,000 in financial assistance from the Lions to attend trips they are taking. They have also donated money in the past for various fund raisers including benefits for medical expenses in our community, as well as other student activities.

If you are interested in buying your “racing frog” and contributing to the Lions fund raiser please contact one of the following people: Mindy Parker, Bettie Hensley, Karyn Stockdale, Lion Tim Stockdale, Lion Sam Meyle, Lion Bill Burns, Lion Stacey Sonder, Lion Rich Wienclaw, or Lion Dan Sneve. May the best frog win!

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!

It seems like only yesterday since Leadership Plenty was offered here. I’m not sure of the final numbers, but quite a few people from the Reservation took the course. Some were already leaders and wanted to hone their skills, while others were interested in the role and wanted to test the waters.

Kathy Kolar is one who has emerged into a community leader after taking the course. She took a leadership role with the West Side Rendezvous and continues to help lead the charge. She has stepped forward to become more involved with other community help projects and currently serves as a co-chair for the Community Pride Team. Kathy even took on the daunting task of going before the County Commissioners to request using a vacant County lot for a community garden.

Another Leadership Plenty alum, Gerald Green, has taken a more serious look at himself as a community leader. From the shyest in class, he has taken his passion for life long learning to the next level by co-chairing that team with Dr. Chris Meyer.

Other classmates have taken on leadership roles throughout the community, some feel more empowered and now voice their opinions on government and community issues, and a couple even kicked around the idea of running for an elected office.

There are many more success stories to share and a bright future ahead. Leadership Plenty will be offered again this year to help others realize their leadership potential.

The City of Plummer will continue efforts to revise the zoning codes and map to reflect the goals and objectives from the Comprehensive Plan adopted last year. As with the planning process, the zoning process continues to be very transparent and public. Public meetings are scheduled for the next two months at 6 pm at City Hall: On January 22 the meeting will focus on gathering public input and opinion on various zones to better define them and on February 26 the meeting will focus on gathering input and opinion on the specific regulations for each of the zones. Everyone is welcome!

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

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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The second Community Coalition Breakfast will be held Thursday, November 29th at 7:00 am at the Rose Creek Longhouse in Worley.  Community leaders from the public sector, private businesses, and community organizations are invited to come together to build relationships and share information.

Representatives from the four Horizons Action Teams will present their respective work plans to the group.

The Vision Launch was held on September 27th at the Plummer Community Center. Forty-five community members discussed the issues and concerns which came out of the Visioning Rally. These included a lack of support for educaiton, a lack of investment in the future of the community, a lack of community pride, a non-inclusive environment, a lack of connection between the communities, youth issues and concerns for young people, Tribal and local governments not working together, a lack of future for the children in the community, a division within the community, and a lack of relationships between people.

Four Action Teams were formed to work on issues so that the vision can become reality.

Communication and Leadership Team
Co-Chairs - Carla Marratt and Donna Spier

Community Pride Team
Co-Chairs - Kathy Kolar and Sister Dolores Ellwart

Community Vitality Team
Co-Chairs - Josh Arnold and Wilma Bob

Lifelong Learning Team
Co-Chairs - Dr. Chris Meyer and Gerald Green