One good example of open government locally is the Lakes Highway District. When two new commissioners were elected laster, year, the first thing they did was move the meeting time from the godawful 3:00 PM to the evening, when more people could attend. But apparently scheduling government meetings at odd hours is not a trick unique to the obfuscation crowd in North Idaho.
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No, this post is not about the LCDC or the Coeur d’Alene City Council.  It is about something beneficial:  honey bees. 

According to a Science Daily News piece titled Scientists Identify Pathogens That May Be Causing Global Honey-Bee Deaths, scientists from the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the University of California San Francisco used a technology called the Integrated Virus Detection System (IVDS) to isolate the viral and parasitic pathogens that may be causing what has been called colony collapse disorder.   Scientists “…fear that without honey bees to pollinate crops like fruits, vegetables, and almonds the loss of honey bees could have an enormous horticultural and economic impact around the world.”

The US Congress’s response to colony collapse disorder is outlined in a Congressional Research Service report updated August 14, 2007, and titled Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines.

As we polish and refine this feature, Who’s Who, please feel free to correct or embellish the information listed. But keep it respectable.

Deanna Goodlander:

• CdA City council member
• LCDC urban renewal Board
• General Services Committee Chair
• Panhandle Area Council Board
• Arts Commission Board
• Library Board
• Chamber of Commerce Commodore
• Kootenai Perspectives
• Lake City Senior Center Board
• Business owner and property developer
• Born and raised in CdA, lives within the city now.
• Deanna comes from the old Coeur d’Alene family that owned Lee Ranch, a large tract of land in Northwest Coeur d’Alene, near Ramsey Road and the future Kroc Center. Much of the land is within the urban renewal district and remains in extended family ownership.
• Deanna’s brother, Terry Lee, is the artist creating the Mudgie the Moose sculptures sponsored by the Library Foundation and (?) the Arts Commission.