05/13/08

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) _ A longtime human rights champion in
North Idaho is announcing his retirement this week.

Tony Stewart has scheduled a gathering Thursday to announce his
plans. He has been an instructor at North Idaho College in Coeur
d'Alene for 38 years, and his public TV show, ``The NIC Public
Forum,'' has aired in 1,800 episodes _ the most of any
college-produced program in the country.

At age 66, Stewart also organizes Popcorn Forum, a lecture
series that has brought leading speakers to town for 37 years, and
the Human Rights Celebration for area youth for 23 years.

In an e-mail to the community college community, friends and
reporters, he wrote, ``I wish to use this public venue to say
goodbye and thank you.''

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review,
http://www.spokesmanreview.com

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