Local/Idaho Briefs February 25, 2012
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 7 months AGO
Special school meeting Monday
The declaration of a vacancy in the trustee position previously held by Wanda Quinn, the school district's policy on naming facilities and the trustees' legal representation are all action items on the agenda for a special school board meeting set to take place in Coeur d'Alene Monday.
The meeting begins at 5 p.m. at the Midtown Center, 1505 N. Fifth St. and is open to the public.
The meeting will adjourn and reconvene at 6 p.m. at Bryan Elementary, 802 Harrison Ave., for a community chat session.
Fresh Start receives socks
Fresh Start, Inc. recently received 129 pairs of new socks and $192 from the Mica Flats Grange Dance Committee.
Chairperson Teresa Golden said the donations came during the Jan. 28 Mica Flats Grange dance.
The cash will go toward the nonprofit's operating expenses, while the socks will be distributed to visitors of the center at 16th and Sherman that helps the homeless.
FBI: Missing kids spotted in Mexico
BOISE (AP) - Authorities say three Idaho foster children who disappeared after a visit with their non-custodial mother have been spotted crossing into Mexico.
The FBI issued a statement Friday saying Amber Alerts in Idaho and Nevada are being canceled after a witness reported seeing the children cross the border with their mother late last Sunday. They were traveling in a grey Pontiac with Nevada license plates.
Authorities say that's the same vehicle 35-year-old Bertha Alicia Guerrero-Lopez was driving when she left southwestern Idaho with the three children, who had been staying at a foster home in Caldwell. Guerrero-Lopez picked up the kids Feb. 17 but didn't return them at a scheduled time the next day.
Police say Guerrero-Lopez has a history of drug abuse and child abandonment.
Authorities are continuing to investigate.