Briefs June 25, 2012
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 6 months AGO
Library program rescheduled; Science show Wednesday
POST FALLS - The presentation called "Nocturnal Animals" with Beth Paragamian that was scheduled at the Post Falls library on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
"Radical Rick" will perform an extreme science show at the library on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
The programs are free.
For more information, call the library at 773-1506.
Tree house saga branching out
SANDPOINT - The saga of a controversial tree house overlooking the Kootenai River in Bonners Ferry has sprouted some new branches.
A recent land survey indicates the part of the levee where the cottonwood tree and the tree house are located do not belong to landowners Tremain Albright and Adarah Dancer.
"It's on city property," David Sims, Bonners Ferry's assistant city administrator, said of the tree and its attendant house.
The city is also disputing Albright's claims in various media interviews that it gave him permission for the structure following a public hearing in 2007.
The tree house is jeopardizing the city's compliance with the levee maintenance program, under which the corps covers 80 percent of the cost of routine levee repairs and 100 percent of the cost during emergency repairs.
The tree the house is perched on was targeted for removal because it threatens the integrity of the levy, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.