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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1975
Page
1
A burglary at Anderson Lumber Co in Grace Monday night May 19 netted power tools saws and other equipment valued at over 925 dollars. Thieves forced entry breaking two doors and looted the display room taking a Mini Mac Chain Saw Victor Electronic Calculator three machinists tool boxes and multiple hand tools. Law officers are investigating.
Registration for summer band is set for May 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Junior High School Band Room. Open to seventh graders this fall, begins six week program ending July 4. Instruments available. call Wally Bennett at 547-4478 if unable to attend.
George Ivory, longtime Terracor employee, named General Manager of Bailey Creek a 715 acre recreation community four miles south of Springs on Bailey Creek. He will also lead the Bailey Creek Community Association. Ivory brings extensive experience and notes several homes under construction and daily inquiries about building. He will move to Bailey Creek after school ends this spring. his family currently lives in Stansbury Park.
School superintendent Tevit District No. 150 in Soda Springs says a needs assessment meeting will be held Wednesday May 28 at 8:00 PM in the Howard E Thirkill Elementary School Library. Dr Richard Nelson of the State Department of Education will attend to explain the project and answer questions.
Intermountain Gas Company filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for a general rate hike of about 5 percent, amounting to 3.6 million dollars. The increase mainly covers distribution costs and will not raise residential bills, with commercial and industrial rates rising 3.8 to 9.7 percent on average. Grimme cites rising taxes wages and material costs as drivers while noting higher gas purchase costs have been passed to all customers. Hearings will be held before IPUC to decide the request, and the article also notes hunting death and injury statistics guiding state hunter safety education.
Due to the courthouse closure on Monday May 26 the Caribou County Commissioners will meet on Tuesday May 27 at 9 00 AM to conduct regular business.
Taft Thomsen unseats incumbent Hugh Grover in Trustee District 2 by 35 to 18 votes. Gordon Aland wins re election in District 1 with 22 votes. he is board chairman.
Two Wayan Elementary artists Celeste Drewsen and Brett Somsen saw their pastels selected for statewide touring and exhibition. Their works, crane and sheep camp, were showcased at Boise State University Student Union and the Talented and Gifted Conference and will tour Idaho schools.
Election results in School District No 148 Grace show Frank Swensen defeating Clinton Peck in Zone 2 by 33 to 25 votes. In Zone 3 Douglas Carter won over Clifford Manhart by 39 to 20 votes. A three mill levy for one year passed 165 to 52. Kindergarten advisory favored 6 months by 118 to 66 with 21 for no kindergarten.
Since a March 20 1975 Soda Springs meeting with local citizens and officials the Federal Highway Administration has completed its environmental assessment for a 5 mile Forest Highway Project on the Tincup Road from Wayan easterly. In six weeks they expect to move to field surveys to prepare final plans for improvements along the existing highway corridor from Wayan to the Forest boundary.
The Soda Springs Public Library received the Idaho by Robert C. Beatty, a gift from the local Idaho First National Bank branch. The volume includes a Bear River Basin section with outstanding photography and informative descriptions. Citizens praised the book and invited patrons to visit for a scenic map of Idaho.
Fifty Monsanto employees share $25 000 in prizes with $500 U S Savings Bonds for top energy saving ideas in a three month contest aimed at boosting energy efficiency across 68 locations. Plant manager Russ Crouse notes 1974 reductions of eight percent and specific plants cutting up to 25 percent.
East Idaho hosts a series of public information workshops from May 27 to May 30 to discuss the state water plan. The meetings in Montpelier Malad Soda Springs Preston and other sites feature explanations by Idaho Department of Water Resources staff and a Q and A session. A supplementary questionnaire titled You and Water invites residents to participate and return responses for analysis.
Grace High School will graduate 38 seniors in commencement exercises on Thursday May 29 at 8 00 p m in the Grace Idaho Stake Tabernacle. Neils Peterson to introduce the class co valedictorians Nathan Christensen Fred Robinson and Audrey Wright will speak. Donna Stoddard longtime school secretary is the graduation speaker. Graduates presented by Supt C D Simmons with diplomats by Dean Burton.
Soda Springs Junior High presents the hillbilly comedy Headin' for a Weddin directed by Mrs Carolyn Bennett. The May 2 performance features student cast including Homer Robert Kohlbero Maw and Grandpappy RacLene Jacaway along with Lisa Sibbett Lori Muir Bertha and others for the student body and parents.
Grace Seminary will hold a graduation on Wednesday May 28 with Dr Wesley Christenson as speaker. Twenty five students will graduate.
Northwest Pipeline Corporation honored Idaho residents for long service at a Salt Lake City Hotel Utah banquet. Recipients include Frederick T. De Graw Soda Springs Joseph W. Sape Soda Springs Leland K. Barkes Burley Dwayne V Christen sen Mountain Home William R. Dunham Meridian Gerald E. Lloyd Meridian and George L. Millward Meridian. The company serves Idaho Washington Oregon Nevada Utah Wyoming and Colorado.
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