Three studios are featured in the new location of Northern Dance Academy at 147 E. Aqua Ave. in Dalton Gardens. The academy is moving this weekend from 1042 W. Hayden Ave.

The 6,000-square-foot building also will house the offices of Christian Youth Theater (CYT), which will rehearse in the large studio as it's the same size as the Kroc Center stage where they perform. Northern Dance Academy offers all levels and ages of ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical and conditioning.

The former professional dancer staff is led by owners Jim and Nicole Hansen offering their professional musician and dance "showbiz" experience. Class start at 4 p.m. weekdays with more planned. Phone (406) 671-4326. Check www.northerndance.com.

Coyle buys Wytychak practice

Specializing in issues facing seniors and disabled, attorney Katherine Monroe Coyle has purchased the practice of Wytychak Elder Law at 314 E. Garden Ave. Michael Wytychak III will remain as counsel as the firm.

With the office since 2007, Coyle was educated at the University of Montana and Gonzaga University School of Law. She interned at the Spokane County prosecutor's office and with Wytychak and volunteers for the Alzheimer's Association. Her firm works with estate planning, trusts, wills, powers of attorney, probate, avoidance of probate, guardianships, conservatorships and planning for long-term care expenses.

Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Phone 765-3595. Check www.wytychakelderlaw.com.

Free tax help with AARP

The busiest place in Silver Lake Mall is the AARP Tax Aide office near the southwest entry. Sponsored by the AARP Foundation with support from the IRS, Tax-Aide provides free tax help with income tax preparation, e-filing and direct refund deposit to low to moderate income taxpayers of any age.

Tax-Aide volunteers prepare more than 5,000 returns locally and more than three million nationally. Hours in Silver Lake Mall are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Walk-ins are welcome.

Appointments with Tax-Aide volunteers also are at Lake City Center (1916 Lakewood Drive, 667-4628), Post Falls Senior Center (1215 E. 3rd Ave., 773-9582), Rathdrum Senior Center, 8037 Montana, 687-2028) and Athol Community Center (30355 N. 3rd St., 683-2407).

Candy O'Brien's Boutique closing

Candy O'Brien's Boutique, a ladies' wear shop in Coeur d'Alene, is closing.

Marie O'Brien and daughter Candy started the store in 1968, and Candy and husband John Hunt moved it to the Resort Plaza Shoppes in 1991. Sales associate and seamstress Atsuko Schlesinger bought the store in 2008 and is retiring.

The store will close when the merchandise and fixtures are gone. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 to 5 Sundays. Phone 664-4311.

And now for the Tidbits

- Watch for news on Beckers Tackle Shop and Timber Gastropub in Post Falls, Just Roses Plus moving in Cd'A, Gourmet Way in Prairie Shopping Center, Wiggett's Antique Marketplace, MOD Pizza in Winco-Crossroads and The Paint Buzz in Riverstone.

- Falls Park is awesome now with huge streams and ice at the Post Falls dam. There's a fishing pond, playground and birds so tame you can pet them. Take Fourth Avenue west off the south side of the Spokane Street I-90 exit.

- It's time for the litter to be picked off I-90 and Highway 95. Adjacent businesses could help. Thanks to the lady who was bagging it on the north side of the 15th Street exit.

- Sunset Motors has closed although its taxi and towing services are working.

- To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

- A real headline: "Uranus might be full of surprises."

- Remember the "...ward" words such as forward, backward, inward don't have an "s".

- Contact Nils Rosdahl at [email protected]