BOISE

Humane Society cat adoption special

The shelter is overwhelmed with adoptable felines, so through Oct. 21, cats and kittens will be available for a donation in the amount of the adopter’s choice. About 100 cats are at the shelter, and another 300 are in foster homes.

Adoptions include the spay or neuter surgery, first set of vaccinations and microchip.

If you are not able to adopt, the shelter is in urgent need of pet food donations for its pantry, which helps economically struggling residents.

The shelter is at 4775 W. Dorman St., 342-3508.

BOISE

City calls for music submissions for 150

The Boise City Department of Arts & History is seeking original contributions from local musicians for a compilation commemorating BOISE 150 — activities related to the city’s 150th anniversary in 2013.

Accepted submissions will be included on a BOISE 150 compilation CD that will be distributed next summer. The deadline to apply is noon on Nov. 30.

All applicants must submit their piece and completed application form (available online at boiseartsandhistory.org) by email, to rosuna@cityofboise.org. Musical entries are to be submitted as recordings in an MP3 file format. Applicants must submit the lyrical text for the piece.

For more about the project, contact Ricardo Osuna, BOISE 150, rosuna@cityofboise.org or 433-5685.

NAMPA

College of Western Idaho going pink

The school invites students, staff and visitors to campus to wear pink on Tuesday in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Information tables offering brochures and bracelets will be set up between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on campus.

IDAHO FALLS

INL plans a move to new building

The Idaho National Laboratory will move powerful microscopes capable of illuminating the secrets of nuclear fuel to a new 8,000-square-foot building in the eastern Idaho desert.

The microscopes’ current home, in the so-called Hot Fuel Examination Facility, is too antiquated to accommodate cutting-edge microscopes that examine fuels and materials that go into nuclear reactors.

Statesman staff, wires

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