IDAHO calendar

Today

Kootenai County Democratic Club – will meet at noon in the Iron Horse restaurant. This will be the monthly business meeting followed by open mike discussion. Information: 777-1588.

Safesitter 2004 – Class is today and Saturday from 9 a.m-3:30 p.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. This is designed for youths ages 11-13. Registration is not accepted by phone as payment is required upon sign-in. For more information, visit www.kmc.org.

Blanchard Daze – Today through Sunday. The theme is “Five Years of Harmony … say it with Music.” 9:30 a.m. parade on Saturday, 10:30 a.m. bathtub race, talent shows, pie contest and more. Community potluck at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call Mae Cannon at 437-0527.

North Idaho Fair and Rodeo – Continues through Sunday. For details visit www.northidahofair.com.

Lake City Playhouse Benefit garage sale – through Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the theater, 1320 E. Garden Ave. Information: 667-1323.

Turn Your Radio On – Concert at 7 p.m. presented by the Panhandle Community Radio at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. Cost: $12. Information: 263-9191.

Outdoor Concert at O’Shays in the O’Garden – The Pat Coast Band will perform at 8 p.m. at 313 Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive. Information: 667-4666.

The Art Books of James Castle – A traveling exhibit from the Idaho Center for the Book, will be on display through Sept. 9 in the Corner Gallery in Boswell Hall at North Idaho College. Castle was a self-taught artist known for his use of found objects, including books.

Lake City Playhouse – Discount season tickets are on sale now for the 2004-05 season. Buy one season ticket through the month of August and receive the second one at half price. Auditions are ongoing for all productions as well. Two men and four women ages 13 and older are needed for the first production, “A Shayna Maidel.” Auditions are Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call the theater at 667-1323 or stop by 1320 E. Garden Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Upcoming

Kootenai County Farmers’ Market – Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. with entertainment by Ruby Devine. The market is at Highway 95 and Prairie Avenue. Information: 772-2290.

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater – Saturday, 7:30 p.m., at the Song Bird, 315 N. Fourth. Cost: $40 includes a five-course dinner. ‘40s attire is optional. For reservations, call 664-3672 or e-mail incnarts@earthlink.net.

Idaho Panhandle National Forest Field Trip – Meet at the Sandpoint district office Saturday at 9 a.m. The destination is the Pack Saddle Mountain area to discuss access, recreation, inventoried roadless areas and vegetation. Information: 263-5111.

Silveroxx Mountain Bike and Music Festival – Saturday at the Silver Mountain Amphitheater. Tickets and information: (800) 204-6428 or Tickets West at (800) 325-SEAT.

Summer Sounds at Park Place – Shaunnessy Hill will perform Saturday, noon-2 p.m., at the park, 330 N. First Ave. in Sandpoint.

Old Church Arts and Culture Center Open House and Ice Cream Social – Saturday, 1-4 p.m., Fourth and Williams in Post Falls. Barbershop music, face painting and banana splits and raffle scheduled. Cost: $5 adults, $2.50 children 12 and under.

Coeur d’Alene 3-on-3 Basketball Shootout – Saturday and Sunday in the North Idaho College Christianson Gymnasium. For more information, call 769-5975 or visit www.nic.edu/athletics.

Signing Babies – This program at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library teaches hearing babies to use American Sign Language to communicate before they talk and will be offered free on Monday at 6 p.m. Participants must register in advance by calling the library interpreter for the deaf, Russ Patterson at 769-2315.