Coeur d’Alene Reservation, ID

FREE Fishing Derby September 13th 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Worley Pond.

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe Natural Resources Department is hosting a “FREE” fishing derby this Saturday at Worley Pond. There will be cash prizes for the top three fish caught during the derby. There will also be LOTS of other prizes given away. Anybody who enters a fish in the Derby will be eligible for a prize. Come try your luck!

Starts September 9th & 10th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will continue every following Tuesday & Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Volunteer artists welcome. Open to kids of all ages.

Classes will be held at the Social Services Bldg., 845 P St., 2nd trailer, Plummer, ID.
For more info. contact Julian Matthews @ 686-0159

The UI Extension Nutrition Program will be offering classes in St. Maries and Plummer in September. The St. Maries class will be located in the basement conference room of the Benewah County Courthouse. The Plummer class will be held in conference room A in the CD’A Tribal Wellness Center. The first two classes are scheduled for September 9th in Plummer at 12:00pm and September 11th in St. Maries at 10:00am. The topic for these two classes will be “Using the Food Pyramid to plan a weeks worth of menus.” The class will consist of a short presentation and then lots of recipes and ideas for menu planning. The third class, scheduled for September 25th in St. Maries at 4:00pm, will be discussing fats: the good and the bad.

All of the classes are free, will last for about an hour and children are always welcome. If you have any questions please call the Benewah County Extension office at 245-2422.

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.

Save your quarters and your gas. A local resident is selling a used washer and dryer for $100. The set is about 3 years old, basic and working. 686-0233

The Community Wide Yard sale is June 14th.

To get on the map - call Arlene at 686-1403. The cost is $8.
To find a yard sale - pick up your map on June 14th at the Gateway Cafe or Sourdough Sams.

Flyer-May BreakfastThe 4th quarterly community coalition breakfast will be held Thursday, May 29th, 2008 at the Tribal Wellness Center in Plummer at 7:00 a.m. We will be enjoying the products of local and regional producers, and hearing from Caj Matheson, the director of uch ne’kwe’, talk about the services that his new transitional assistance program is providing to community members. Any groups who would like to bring information about their program are welcome to do so. Please call 686-1716 with any questions.

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.

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

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.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
1:00-3:30 pm Coeur d’Alene Inn
FREE
To register: call 765-6955 ext 223 in Cd’A
263-2569 ext 111 in Sandpoint
or e-mail kseitz@msehs.org

Presentation for business people, legislators, medical staff, law
enforcement, judicial staff, educators and others working with
people living in poverty—Learn about changes in communication styles to
reduce conflict and misunderstandings, methods to improve relationships with and
motivate people from poverty backgrounds and ways to frame goals from the
perspective of people with limited incomes. Dr. Beegle will help participants better
understand the context of growing up in poverty in the U.S. and build skills in
addressing class and poverty issues with sensitivity.

Are you a Tribal member interested in serving on an advisory committee for the creation of a Tribal Comprehensive Child Support Program?
The Child Support Development Program needs input regarding child support issues including establishing paternity, establishing initial child support orders; modifying child support orders; enforcing child support orders, and location of missing parents for establishing and modifying child support obligations.
If you would like to serve on this advisory committee, please submit a letter of interest and include why you would like to be involved with the Child Support Advisory Committee. Address your letter to:
Child Support Development Program
Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court
P.O. Box 408
Plummer, ID 83851

Or call (208) 686-2069 or e-mail: rlozon@cdatribe-nsn.gov

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS:
DECEMER 3, 2007