Coeur d'Alene Lake is warming a little earlier than it has for the past two years when Ironman athletes dove into frigid waters barely breaking 50^o. This year it looks like the CdA Ironman competitors will have a little easier time in the water with some warmer temperatures.

Last year's Ironmen experienced 57^o water with the lake warming up from 53^o over the course of two weeks. Today, with Ironman more than a month away, we already have lake temperatures greater than 55^o.

A combination of factors have contributed to this, including early snow melt and warmer than usual temperatures over the past two weeks.

It has been several years since we've experienced such great weather so early in the year. Typically lake temperatures don't rise to these levels until late March, and daytime highs are only in the upper 60s to low 70s. While this month has been warmer than usual, it has not yet come close to breaking our record May temperatures. The record high for May in Coeur d'Alene was 98^o, something we rarely see until July or August.

Saturday Easter Egg Hunts

University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene - 10:00a
Harbor Center Lawn - 1031 N. Academic Way
The University of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College of Coeur d'Alene the children of its students, staff and faculty to an Easter Egg Hunt! Join them on the Harbor Center lawn promptly at 10:00a. Donuts and drinks will be served. Please RSVP by emailing cdactr@uidaho.edu or call 208.292.2510. .

Phippeny Park Egg Hunt - 10:00a
Phippeny Park
Hosted by Real Life Ministries and for children 5th grade or younger.

Easter Eggsperience by Lake City Community Church - 10:00a
Lake City High School Soccer Fields
Bring your friends for LCCC's annual community easter egg hunt. All children, birth - 6th grade are welcome. There will be 26,000 candy-filled eggs to be found!

Eggstravaganza - March 30 at 10:30a
CdA Church of the Nazarene
The hunt is open to ages up to 12 and will be divided by age group. There will be door prizes and 5,000 eggs hidden on 10 acres. More information at 208.667.3543.

Easter Eggstravaganza by Prairie Avenue Christian Center - 1:00p
Fernan Elementary - 520 N. 21st St.
This event's festivities will begin with a free lunch at 1:00p, followed by live music from Kelly Hughes and face painting. The egg hunt will begin at 2:00p. for ages 0-12. We will be giving away grocery and gas cards as well as eight kids bikes. More information available by calling 208.772.7541.

Community Easter Egg Hunt by Real Life Ministries - 3:30p
RLM - 1866 N. Cecil Rd., Post Falls
Bring the whole family and your Easter baskets to hunt for eggs and get a chance to win some cool prizes. For ages 0-5th Grade. For more information, call 208.777.7325

Sunday Easter Egg Hunts

First Presbyterian Church of Coeur d'Alene - after the 9:00a and 11:00a services
521 Lakeside Avenue

On March 12, 2013, there will be a school district election asking voters in the Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Joint and Post Falls districts to approve new levies to fund school operations including maintenance and security.

Coeur d'Alene School district has announced that it will ask for $27,200,000.00 to be divided between two years in the amount of $14.3 million the first year and $12.9 million the second year. Amounts have not yet been announced for the Kootenai Joint and Post Falls school districts.

These levies follow last August's bond elections in which voters approved $37.7 million for Coeur d'Alene School District and $2 million for Kootenai Joint School District. A levy for Lakeland School District in the amount of $4 million ($800,000.00/year for 5 years) was also approved by voters in August 2012.

Lakeland School District's voters also approved two more levies in March 2012, one for $9,050,000.00 and another for $9,900,000.00.

This year, voters will be able to cast their votes in the school levy election with in-person absentee between February 25 and March 8 at the Kootenai County Elections office. The office is open from 8:00a to 5:00p, Monday through Friday. You may also request an absentee ballot. On election day, March 12, polls will be open from 8:00a to 8:00p. Not all polling places will be used for the election. Precincts 1-7 and 10-12 will not be used, and some other polling places have been changed. You can use the Polling Place Lookup Tool to find the appropriate polling place for this election.

Further Reading:
Kootenai County Elections Press Release
CdA Press: Cd'A Determines Levy Amount