Day: October 15, 2022

The CdA News offers a public service announcement: Empty shelves at the food pantry! Food drive going on now!

Darrell Rickard, Community Action Food Bank director, says daily donations are collected from a variety of stores requiring two trucks. Community donations end up on these shelves prior to distribution. An increased need for assistance results in empty shelves as early as 2pm. Imagine if your cupboards emptied every day, sometimes by 2 pm.

Darrell Rickard, Community Action Food Bank director, orders whatever is available quarterly through a government food program. These flats of chili will be divided among 25 area food banks.

Food Drive Starts Today

From October 15, until October 22, a food drive is going on in Coeur d’Alene. Watch for Red plastic bags on your porch and place any of the following donations: “All nonperishables, toiletries, baby diapers, and wipes.”

Sponsors include the CdA Fire Department and local wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Red plastic bags will be placed outside residences and will be picked up October 22nd between 8 am and noon.

Or, drop off donations Saturday, October 22, from 12 pm to 1 pm at: 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2801 N 4th St, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815

Let’s fill the shelves!

In a move many voters find questionable, Candlelight Pastor Paul Van Noy invited three NIC Trustee candidates to the stage during Sunday worship services this week. He asked them to state why they were running, endorsed them, and urged his congregation to vote for them.

Diana Sheridan stated, while holding back tears, “I’m running because they are coming for our kids at all levels and we need to be in charge.” 

Ron Hartman stated he was running “to bring family Christian values back into the college.” He also mentioned academics, transparency, and community ending his statement as follows: “Those that disrespect our flag have never been handed a folded one.”

Mike Waggoner, who acknowledged he attends Candlelight Fellowship, stated that God inspired him to run for the trustee position. He also claimed the “opposition” is using a budget of $70,000 to $100,000 to “spread lies and stay in control.” He noted the “conservative Christian candidates” each have a $7,000 budget and could use more donations if parishioners felt inclined to support their cause.

Pastor Paul then prayed over the candidates.

These three candidates were notably absent from NIC’s forum. A source reported that, “When asked, one of the candidates said they weren’t going because they believed it would not be a level playing field.”

The pastor stated that his church would pray for any candidates regardless of endorsement.