Kayak club will paddle Thursday

The Coeur d'Alene Canoe & Kayak Club will have an evening paddle at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fernan Lake Public Boat Launch.

Anyone is welcome to come out and learn basic paddle safety.

Information: www.cdacanoekayakclub.org

County budget hearing is tonight

If folks want to put in their two cents on the Kootenai County budget, they will have their chance tonight.

The county commissioners will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on the proposed budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year.

After the commissioners recently retooled the budget, the county is no longer calling for any tax increase.

The overall budget is set for $72,151,802, which is $1.59 million less than the current fiscal year.

The biggest proposed changes include boosting the sheriff's department funding to $19,601,729, an increase of $887,201.

The county vessel budget would also bump up $160,406 to $678,470.

The hearing will be in Room 1 of the Kootenai County Administration Building.

The rest of the budget can be viewed on the county website at http://www.kcgov.us/ under Financial Reports.