Local Briefs October 3, 2011

NIC marketing candidates to be at open forums

North Idaho College staff, faculty, students and community members are invited to attend a series of open forums for three finalists for the vice president for community relations and marketing position at NIC.

The open forums will be held from 3:45 to 5 p.m. in the Edminster Student Union Building Lake Coeur d'Alene Room on the following days:

• Mark Browning, chief communications and legislative officer for the Idaho State Board of Education, today;

• Colleen Roach, executive director of communications and marketing at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, Wednesday; and

• Richard Dittbenner, district director of public information and government relations for the San Diego Community College District, Thursday.

Attendees will be allowed to provide questions to a moderator to ask of the candidates and feedback will be accepted.

Single-stream recycling starts in Post Falls today

POST FALLS - Single-stream recycling starts in Post Falls today and residents will begin using their new dark blue bins.

Residents have the option of keeping their old blue recycle bin for free for personal use if they like. If they don't want the old bin, it will be picked up for recycling beginning Oct. 24. Residents are asked to put the old unwanted bin out on their regular garbage pickup day. Due to the possible large volumes of pickup, if it is not picked up that day, they can take it back out again the following week for pickup.

Recycling pickup will be every other week during residents' regular garbage collection day starting the first week of October. Garbage pickup will remain weekly.Single stream allows for co-mingling of 21 recyclables, including paper, junk mail, phonebooks, plastics, aluminum, cereal boxes and cardboard, as opposed to residents separating materials prior to pickup.

For FAQs on single stream recycling, visit www.postfallsidaho.org. For questions or concerns, call Post Falls Sanitation at 457-1820.