$145K lottery winner sold in Kootenai County

Saturday's jackpot won on Wild Card

Kootenai County has recorded its second jackpot winning ticket of the year, this time on Wild Card.

The Idaho Lottery confirmed that one winning ticket matched all five numbers and the Wild Card for Saturday night's draw. That winning ticket is worth $145,000.

The winning numbers for last night's draw are 3, 7, 11, 17, 27 and the Wild Card is the Jack of Clubs. This is the second Wild Card jackpot winning ticket sold in Idaho in the last six months. The other Wild Card winner was Boise's Kevin Russell, who won $614,731.

"Idaho continues to be a very lucky place for big winning tickets," said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery director.

Idaho Lottery offices were closed on Monday in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. They will be open for regular hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. the rest of the week.

Kootenai County's other jackpot winner this year was Rathdrum's Holly Lahti, who won $190 million on Mega Millions in January.

Board of Trustees meetings for NIC now televised

Recordings of the monthly North Idaho College Board of Trustees meetings will now be available to the public. The meetings will be shown on city of Coeur d'Alene Public Access Channel 19 for Time Warner Cable customers and will be available to the public online at www.nic.edu/board following the meetings.

A video recording of the Sept. 28 meeting is already available for viewing online on NIC's website. The next regular monthly meeting is scheduled for Oct. 26.

The recordings will air on Public Access Channel 19 on Sundays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.; Mondays and Fridays at 3:30 p.m.; and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 3:30 a.m.

To access videos online, visit the NIC Board of Trustees website at www.nic.edu/board and click on the "video" link for each meeting.

Tribal land placed in federal trust

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe announced on Monday that about 86 acres of tribal land in Benewah County has been placed into a federal trust.

This places the land under tribal authority.

Although that means the property will no longer be subject to county property taxes, said tribal spokesman Helo Hancock, the Benewah County commissioners have shown their support throughout.

"We definitely think this is a step in the right direction to restore our ancestral lands," Hancock said.

The Department of Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs determines whether to grant a tribe's application to put land into a trust.

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has also applied to put about 1,200 acres in Kootenai County into a trust. The tribe and commissioners have been pursuing an arrangement for the tribe to continue making payments to the county on the land even after it is put into a trust.

Negotiations on that are ongoing, Hancock said.

"It's still in very preliminary stages," he said.

Church offers holiday seminar

A free seminar called "DivorceCare: Surviving the Holidays" is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Dalton Gardens Church of Christ, 6439 N. 4th Street.

The program is designed for people facing the holidays after a separation or divorce. It features suggestions, guidance and reassurance through video interviews with counselors, experts in divorce-related care and people who have experienced the holidays after separation or divorce.

Those who attend will receive a free book with over 30 daily readings providing additional insights and ideas on holiday survival.

Child care is available.

Info: Dalton Gardens Church of Christ, 772-0541

Firefighters delivering pizzas, checking alarms

POST FALLS - If you have a working smoke alarm and order a pizza from the Post Falls Dominos 6-8 p.m. through Thursday chances are your pizza will be delivered in an antique fire engine and will be free.

If firefighters show up with your pizza and the detector doesn't work, you still win. Firefighters will give you a free smoke detector, or new batteries.

Troy Speziale, spokesman for Kootenai County Fire and Rescue's firefighter union, said firefighters will be volunteering their time in recognition of Fire Prevention Week.

Free computer workshops offered

COEUR d'ALENE - Information Technology Coordinator Christopher Brannon will lead free workshops through November in the Coeur d'Alene Public Library's Gozzer Room. Workshops are for up to eight participants and are offered on a first-come basis. No preregistration is required.

Workshops have been updated to include information about the Windows 7 operating system and are based on the Microsoft 2007 Office Suite of software.

Upcoming workshops include: Oct. 17, 10:30 a.m.: basics in desktop publishing, Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m.: working With Facebook. Participants will need to have created Facebook and e-mail accounts before participating in the workshop. The classes continue through November.

Info and reservations: 769- 2380.