Vikettes present Zumba camp

Coeur d'Alene High Vikettes Dance Team presents a Zumba fitness camp at 1 p.m. Saturday.

It is for girls grades K-5, at the CHS gym. Cost is $25.

The dance camp includes a pizza dinner and a performance at halftime of a boys JV basketball game. Participants will learn a dance routine.

Proceeds go to the CHS dance team.

Info: wendydances@gmail.com

Pick up your pen and write a story

COEUR d'ALENE - The 24th annual Writers Competition at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library has begun.

Writers ages 6 to adult can submit up to two entries of fiction and nonfiction prose (no poetry please) - two fiction pieces, two nonfiction or one in each category - up to 2,000 words.

Entry forms and rules are available at the library, 702 E. Front Ave., or can be downloaded from the library website, www.cdalibrary.org. The web entry forms can be found under the "About Us" and click on "Annual Events."

You can receive entry forms/rules by mail by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Writers Competition, Cd'A Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814.

The deadline for entries is March 31. Entries mailed to the library should be postmarked no later than March 30.

Cash prizes, funded in part by the Coeur d'Alene Kiwanis Club, are awarded in each category and age group at a ceremony in May hosted by the Friends of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Prizes are $100 for first place, $50 for second and $25 for third.

Man jumps from Moyie bridge

A 21-year old man from Coeur d' Alene with ties to Boundary County committed suicide by jumping off the Moyie River Bridge in Boundary County shortly after 1 a.m. on Feb. 8.

The body was recovered from the bank of the Moyie River by the BCSO later the same morning, according to the Boundary County Sheriff's office.

An investigation continues.

Senate to revamp Idaho's dog laws

BOISE (AP) - A bill to modernize laws governing Idaho's growing population of canines won introduction in the Senate, where an almost identical measure passed unanimously in 2011 before stumbling on opposition from agricultural interests in the House.

Idaho Humane Society Executive Director Jeff Rosenthal said Thursday the state's existing dog statutes are longer adequate, for an era when dogs live in increasingly close quarters with humans.

Among numerous changes, the measure would give courts more latitude on destroying dangerous dogs following violent attacks, while also offering probation-like opportunities where some potentially dangerous animals get the chance for rehabilitation.

And to satisfy the Idaho Farm Bureau, Rosenthal says dogs caught harassing sheep or cows during calving or lambing could be killed.

Cities or counties could still pass their own dog laws, under this bill.