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~ Stude'l!. New~er of North Idaho Coll!9_e
photo by Ken H.tmson
Circle of life- Nicole Noordam perches In swing near Children's Center.
Volume SO., Number 11
by Ken Ha rrison Seminel Reporter Details of the Children¡, Center expansion project, designed 10 triple the cenier'\ siic and belier serve ~1uden1s, were announced at the center by the NIC Foundation on April 16. The expanded fociluy will be able 10 accommodate 90 children. an infunt/toddlcr program will be introduced, hot meals will be available and there will be more room for ac11v11ie\ Carol Lindsay. Children', Center director. ~aid the need for expan~ion i, there. She ,aid the number of Muden1, on the w:uting list varies from 125 to 185. The center wpcrvi~e~ 35 children. "For muny studenh an 1mponan1 pun of being able to nuend college i, 10 be able to provide child care for 1bc1r children," Lind~ay ,aid. "We ,in: really cxcned and would like to thunk every, body for making tbl\ u rca luy.'' Steve Schenk, dean of College Rclationb and Development, ,tud more than half of the $613,000 price tag for con\trucuon has already been rai\ed through donouon~ und contribution, from I.he community.
Schenk said the possibihucs of expunding the center began when Kellogg resident Eula Chilcou donated SI0,000 toward this panicular project. Other contributions came from Tom Addi, who donated SI0,000 and NIC's concert senc~. underwrillen by Wa~hington Tni\t Bank. donated more than $50,000. Schenk ,aid I.hi~ ye:ir's concen serie\ Wll~ parllculnrly important because all of the proceed\ will go 10 the Children', Center Wa.,hington Water Power contributed $75,000 through u SI 1111llion gif1 the company ga\e 10 the educnuonal communuy last foll. Rob Fukui. vice pre\idcnt and external relation, reprc,entative ÂŁor Wn,hington Water Power, ,nid the way ching, were chunging thc\C duy, you hove 10 mol..e ,ldJu,tmcnl\. "We rccog1111e thut education 1, really the key to economic ,uccc,,. und you h,1\e 10 m.ikc invemncnt\ in education.'' Fuk:11 ,aid. "So we're very hoppy 10 be able 10 make a contribution 10 NIC ma way that I.hey could apply 11 to thc need, that they thought wcrc the most pressing.'' See Center, Page 12
University of Idaho expands campus, Post Falls Research development offered
by Jona than Hay News Editor The University of Idaho 1s expanding to become belier intoned with the busine~, world. Wilh the help of a land grant, the UI 1~ openmg a research and development campus in Post Falls thlll will offer research and degrees along with working directly with various Nonhwest bus1ncss-
c1.. However. the Ul ou1po~1 in I.he upper level of the libniry on the crunpu, of NIC
will not be moving next year when the
workforce uaimng center opens. Jack Dawson. I.he director of lhe UI Coeur d'Alene center, said that it's an imponant step in I.he improvement of the univers11y. " It\ the biggest thing to happen 10 the Ul m North Idaho since we came here in 1981." Dawson ,aid. The new campu~ should be operating in a linle more than a year. According to Dawson, due 10 the educauon cuts m
Idaho. 11 will become morc and more crucial for college, 10 work wnh private industry. Dawson said lhat I.here un: 144 other re~earch parks in the Unned State, I.hat the UI will be able 10 draw idea., from, "We' ll be I.he ncwe~t and hopefully 1hc best when it's done," Daw,on said Both I.he UI and the community of Post Falls arc eager 10 ha\C the center running bccau~e it will bring numerous Job, 10 the: community. The Jacklin Lond Co. donaced 28 acres 10 UI 10 get the proJCCI going.
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NEWS
SPECIAL ISSUE
SPORTS
Board of Trustees: different plans for SUB remodel
History pull-out features decades '40s -'90s.
Baseball coach and instructor, Jack Bloxom, retires
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