West County Lines - Oct. 16, 2024
Kim Spacek, West Bonner County School District superintendent, talks to parents and community members at a past meet-and-greet event.
File photo/CAROLINE LOBSINGER
WBCSD hosting meet-and-greet events
PRIEST RIVER — A series of meet-and-greet events with West Bonner County School District Superintendent Kim Spacek continue this week.
Spacek is holding a series of community meet and greet events to hear from residents about their concerns. Spacek will also share information on the district's goals and hear from residents about what makes each of their communities unique.
Upcoming events include:
• Friday, Oct. 18 — 1-3 p.m.; Surf Shack, 22 Geaudreau Road, Blanchard.
• Monday, Oct. 21 — 9:30 a.m.; Infinity Cafe, 5770 U.S. 2, Priest River.
• Tuesday, Oct. 22 — 6 p.m.; Laclede Community Center, 24 Moore Loop, Laclede.
• Tuesday, Oct. 29 — 5-7 p.m.; Nickleplate Restaurant (Nordman Resort), 36442 Highway 57, Nordman
• Wednesday, Oct. 30 — 5 p.m.; Idaho Hill Elementary, 402 E. Third Street South, Oldtown (event to be confirmed)
Info: sd83.org
Huschke to speak at Sunday event
NEWPORT — Kai Huschke will present "Pend Oreille County's Right to Be Rural Will Require Resistance & Resilience" at a special Sunday event.
The program will be held from 2-4 p.m. at Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport.
Huschke is the executive director of the Environmental Community Legal Defense Fund.
The public is invited and donations will be accepted at the door. Refreshments will be served and there will be door prizes.
At the program, Huschke will talk about the region's unique character. However, he said, much of what makes the area unique — the forests, the rivers and the collection of communities — are out of the hands of those who call Pend Oreille County home. At the program, Huschke will talk about how to navigate the discord residents may feel and the reality that exists in the region and the future of the county
The event is sponsored in partnership with Create Arts Center and Responsible Growth * Northwest. The program is funded in part through a Kalispel Tribe of Indians Charitable Fund.
'Polter-Heist' goes on the road
Out of the Box Entertainment is taking "Polter-Heist Live" on the road.
The interactive murder mystery comedy was by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose. The show opens with music from the Popeye Social Club with Steve Bennett on mandolin and vocals, Darlene Mossman on Bass and vocals, and Jim Pletsch on slide guitar and vocals.
Following the concert, the audience is invited to enjoy the antics of the cast where everyone seems to be up to heist something, including stealing a ghost.
In the play, Madame Zelda Von Spookum (Darlene Mossman) of the Boogeyman Outreach Organization and others attempt to make contact with a ghost "living" at the Mouldering Pines Inn, owned by squabbling innkeepers Jim and Phyllis Lodge (James "Jamie" Clark and Yvonne Clark respectively). Also in the cast are FBI agents Fox Smoulder (Justin Clark) and Dana Scullery (Beth Sturgeon), Professor Lionel Specter (Butch Lee), and Janet from Another Planet (Linda Cassella).
Performances will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 and 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Cutter Theater, 302 Park St., Metalline Falls, Wash.; Oct. 25, at 5:30 p.m. at the Coeur d'Alene Shrine Club, 1250 W. Lancaster, Hayden; and at 6 p.m. Oct. 26, Create Arts Center, 900 Fourth St. Newport.
Out of the Box Entertainment is a 501c3 nonprofit community theater.
Information: outoftheboxentertainment.org