Jeff Ward, a co-founder of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, will be the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Panhandle Pachyderm Club at Templin's Red Lion Inn in Post Falls Friday. He will be speaking on "The Future of the Republican Party." Also, Ward is discussing the recent Coeur d'Alene city elections at the noon luncheon of the Reagan Republicans at Fedora restaurant in Coeur d'Alene today.

Question: So you're 0-for-6 in the recent election re: endorsees and 2-for-12 for the year (if you throw in the spring school board and hospital board elections) -- and you're in demand as they guy who has local GOP woes figured out? Really?