In brief: NIC honors basketball coach

North Idaho College will honor longtime basketball coach Rolly Williams with the first Rolly Williams Classic golf tournament Sept. 21.

The four-person scramble will begin with lunch at noon and a 1 p.m. shotgun start at Prairie Falls Golf Club in Post Falls.

Cost is $75 for individuals or $300 for teams of four. Fees include a lunch, 18 holes of golf and cart rental.

To register, call the NIC Athletics Department at 769-3348.

The tournament honors Williams, who served as the head men’s basketball coach from 1961 to 1996, accumulating 731 wins and 314 losses and 25 consecutive winning seasons. Williams was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 1988 and into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1993.

Last spring, the NIC Board of Trustees approved the dedication of Christianson Gymnasium’s floor to Williams. Rolly Williams Court will be dedicated in October along with a men’s basketball reunion and a scrimmage between the current team and men’s basketball alumni as part of the celebration.

Post Falls

Artist reception planned

The Old Church Arts & Cultural Center, at 4th and Williams in Post Fall will host an Artist Series opening reception for artist Shirley Arrants, Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Arrants is a realistic painter with a preference for pastel or oil paintings of landscape portraiture, still life, wildlife, equestrian, sporting art, and native American culture, with a special study interest in painting the women of the West.

The event is open to public. More information on the event is available from the Old Church at 457-8950