Congressman Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, will be the keynote speaker at the 25th Annual Conference of the Family Farm Alliance on Feb. 22.
The annual meeting and conference is Feb. 21-22 at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
For more information, go to www.familyfarmalliance.org.
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LAUREL - BelleWood Acres near Laurel will be one of 20 sites in the state hosting a Women in Agriculture conference Saturday, Feb. 23.
The conference will feature speakers, practical advice and discussions on how to improve farm management skills in addition to networking with other women "farmtrepreneurs," according to organizers.
The cost is $25, or $35 after Feb. 18. The conference runs 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Idaho attorney general's Consumer Protection Division will hold several free workshops in the Treasure Valley this month and next to help Idaho homeowners understand how to prevent foreclosure, how the foreclosure process works, and how a new national settlement affects them.
The nation's five largest mortgage servicers will pay more than $100 million in direct relief to Idahoans. These include Idaho homeowners whose mortgages are owned and serviced by the banks, and people who lost their homes in foreclosures and had mortgages serviced by those banks.
Housing Specialist Ramon Hobdey-Sanchez will make presentations. All workshop starting times are at 6 p.m.:
Katherine Applegate, winner of the 2013 Newbery Award for children's literature, is a featured speaker at the 10th annual Children's Literature Conference next month at Western Washington University.
Applegate's "The One and Only Ivan" is about the gorilla that was kept for years at a Tacoma mall. She also is the author of "Home of the Brave," the "Roscoe Riley Rules" series, and the "Animorphs" series - co-written with her husband Michael Grant, who is also a speaker. The award was announced Monday, Jan. 28, by the American Library Association at its midwinter meeting in Seattle.
Registration is $99 for the conference, which is 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the WWU Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting applications through Feb. 28 for five positions on its enforcement advisory group. Formed in 2006, the group assists the Enforcement Program with public outreach and education, hunter/fisher relations, legislation and the state administrative code.
A Tacoma Sister Cities student-leadership conference is set for Feb. 26, bringing together about 20 students from Tacoma high schools along with representatives from Tacoma’s 12 sister cities, the Office of the Mayor, the Tacoma World Trade Center, the Port of Tacoma and other interested organizations.
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