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The Post Falls Lions Club is seeking donors to buy handheld vision-test cameras (559-786-1188) costing about $7,500 each to expand free screenings for 2nd, 4th and 6th graders across North Idaho; a pair would allow earlier school visits, loaning devices to nearby clubs and reach an estimated 10,000 students.

Wild West Rustic Furniture has returned its famous giant chair to the front parking lot; staff and the owner's son built and installed the new seat after about a week and 120 man-hours (12 ft, 1,500 lbs), moving it into place by forklift.

Photographer John Noltner will be the Weaver Awards keynote Wednesday at the Hagadone Event Center and will lead two pop-up studio sessions (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.); attendees can register for the $35 lunch and studio to share stories for a future video.

November will bring overlapping meteor showers, a Leonids peak on Nov.

17, a Supermoon on Nov. 24, and several close planet pairings, with all seven planets visible, so look after dark from local dark-sky spots for the best viewing.

The Coeur d'Alene Resort says Kathy Larson is not retiring and will serve as the celebrity countdown guest for the resort's Holiday in Lights opening lighting ceremony, which will mark the resort's 40th anniversary and include a record-setting fireworks show.

Girl Scouts dedicated a stone at Farragut State Park on Saturday, Oct.

31, honoring the 1965 Senior Roundup that drew 12,000 scouts and helped spur Idaho's parks system, and leaders urged local scouts to carry the group's legacy forward.

Dalton Elementary fourth- and fifth-graders spent the last hour of school Thursday raking leaves and bagging yards for six households (Mount Carroll Street) to thank neighbors, with teachers and parent volunteers supervising and hauling the bags to the dump.

Velocity lost 2-1 at Madison in the quarterfinals, eliminating the team and ending its season.