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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1973
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Eric Vincent report Sun Oil Company of Dallas Texas will begin exploration of thermal energy leases in this area seeking to expand energy prospects locally.
Registration for Community Education Council programs begins Oct 1 with classes starting Oct 3 at Oakwood Elementary Preston. Nancy Pearce notes holiday themed courses and potential new topics next year. Courses include lingerie sewing art painting dance crafts and sports for all ages.
Census findings show Franklin County's assessed property value for local taxes fell 2 percent to 7.18 million from 7.335 million five years earlier. National trends show a 43 percent rise locally over five years, with Idaho up 19 percent. Tax per resident last year was 957 dollars.
In Burbank on a 1971 date a vehicle collision near the Rear a of od intersection resulted in damages estimated at $450. A youth involved was cited for failure to use due care, with preliminary reports noting $350 in vehicular damage.
Lee Hunt, Preston resident and conservation officer for Idaho Fish and Game, announced Saturday as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Idaho. The department will hold open house activities from 8 to 5 at all installations including the Grace fish hatchery, with tours and visitors welcome.
City of Preston posts updated weekly garbage collection times. Monday residential picks start at 7 p.m. south of Oneida and west of State Street. commercial at 6 a.m. Tuesday adds residential 7 a.m. north of Oneida and east of State Street. Wednesday crews visit Franklin at 7 a.m. and then schools hospital and restaurants.
A rash of burglaries hit three Weston homes Saturday afternoon. The McKay house was entered through a back door and items including frozen meat, a blender, watches, a $2 bill and a Canadian dollar, a clock, goblets, a can opener, and a piggy bank were taken. Robbins home had a broken glass back door and a large vacuum cleaner disappeared. Austin residence saw an unlocked rear entry and $60 stolen with other contents emptied. Sheriff investigation continues.
Keith Rawlings 18 of Preston sustained minor injuries when his four door sedan collided with a two ton truck driven by Kevin Viehweg 17 of Preston on a rural county road Saturday at 7 38 p m. Rawlings was eastbound two miles south and one mile east of Preston when Viehweg failed to yield from a farm road. Vehicle damage estimated at 650 for the car and 30 for the truck. Viehweg cited for failure to yield.
Preston city will buy the emergency rescue van jointly with Franklin County from volunteer firemen and add it to official firefighting equipment with half the funding from the county. The van and its ambulance backup gear were funded by the firefighters who donated wages and raised funds. Debts on the apparatus must be paid by November 1.
Preston High invites alumni to Homecoming events on Sept. 21. A 10 30 am assembly in the high school auditorium precedes a 1 pm parade starting at the high school. The Preston Indians face Snake River Panthers at 7 30 pm at O R Cutler Field. The Homecoming Dance follows Saturday in the gym with music by Words of Ernest and the theme Yesterday Once More.
Lewis H Stone eight of Franklin escaped injury when the wheel came off the 1956 sedan he was driving Saturday. The car left the highway one mile north of Franklin on U S 91.
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