Sandpoint battles water rationing with new pumping plan
City officials led by Mayor Ed Eitzman seek federal drought relief to fund a new pumping station and outer breakwater extension. Aims include a 500 foot shorter intake line and expanded intake capacity to meet projected summer needs at Lake Pend Oreille despite Sand Creek’s low flow.
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Bee
Pend Oreille
Swithhout
Furs
Sandpoint
CGF
Matie Green
Ed Eitzman
Eitzman
Green
Boise
Senate
City
Pace Water
Sand Creek
Buyto
Honesty pays off for Clark Fork High students
Clark Fork High sophomores Russell Schenck and Howard Therien found $1900 in a Toyota owner's manual on a highway near Troy during spring break. They turned it in to police and the owner, neighbor Robert Goff, rewarded them with $25 each. Schenck is the mayoral son. Therien is Gwendolyn Therien's son.
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Russell Schenck
Howard Therien
Troy
Schenck
Police Department
Howard
Robert Goff
Clark Fork
Albert Schenck
Therien
Gwendolyn Therien
al Schweitzer
Addington
LOGAL
Salmon Season Ok’d By IFG Commission In Idaho
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission votes to open a chinook salmon season in central Idaho this spring and orders policy changes on Hells Canyon stream flows The move follows prior actions to protect anadromous fish and ties to Idaho Power Company flow requests The commission directs Director Joseph Greenley to prioritize fish considerations in recommendations while public debate over balancing power needs continues Continue On Page Twelve
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Lewiston Morning Tribune
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Idaho
Fish and Game Department
Hells Canyon
Joseph Greenley
Boise
Sonnel
Department
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Snake River
Brownlee Reservoir
Power Company
Brownlee Dam
Pete Thompson
Sandpoint
Fisheries
Commission
Greenley
Snake River Flow Department
John Evans
Idaho Water Resources Board
Brownlee
Thirteen Dogs Find Homes After Court Adoptions
The Bonner County Humane Society found homes for 13 dogs impounded by court order after Laura Wilson of Colburn was convicted for failure to provide care. BCHS member Charlie Fontaine said the last dog was adopted Tuesday night, hours before dogs would be returned to Wilson. The court had set an April 12 deadline to place the dogs.
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Bonner County Humane Society
Laura Wilson
Colburn
Charlie Fontaine
BCHS
Wilson
Southside and Sagle Schools Win Narrow Expansion Approval
Bonner County trustees approved a needed expansion for Sagle and Southside Schools after a long meeting. The session included naming teacher contract negotiators and a denied resignation by a special education instructor amid a lengthy agenda.
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Sagle
Southside
Bonner County
Bonner County School Board weighs expansion and special programs
Trustees discuss expanding gifted programs at two sites for over three years and select architects to screen later this month. They approve a teacher contract process and deny an early release request from Keane for a workshop aiding over 21 youths, citing impact on 13 current special education students. A Coeur d Alene group pledges initial funds if the project proceeds.
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Bnetie
Jack Bopp
Verheis
Verhei
Bopp
Marian Ebbett
Likens
Robert Keane
Sandpoint Junior High School
Keane
Bonner County
Coeur d'Alene
Wallace
Ebbett
Blaine Stevens
Gary Gornick
Sandpoint Marina Co-Owner Reports Boat Vandalism
Idaho Fish and Game boat parked behind the Sandpoint marina vandalized Monday night. Suspects tried to remove an outboard motor but succeeded only in taking a control box and drive cable valued at 50 dollars.
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Sandpoint Marina
Leo Hadley
Idaho Fish and Game
Rock Thrown Through Window Damages Residence
Teresa Taylor reports a rock smashed a front window at 502 N. Boyer around 4 p.m. Sunday causing about 100 dollars in damage.
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Teresa Taylor
N. Boyer
Nine Blacktail Beach homes vandalized and possibly burglarized
Russell Keene, caretaker for nine residences on Blacktail Beach near Old Blacktail Landing on Lake Bend Oreille, told sheriff’s deputies that all nine were vandalized and perhaps burglarized since April 3. Investigations were set to begin today by the sheriff's office.
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Russell Keene
Blacktail Beach
Local Officials Endorse Energy Curtailment in the Northwest
Idaho Governor John V. Evans appeals for a voluntary ten percent power cut as Pacific Northwest shortages loom. Sandpoint PP&L and Bonneville reports warn of possible mandatory cuts. Sandpoint and Priest River customers urged to conserve to avoid job losses and factory shutdowns.
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Bonner
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Washington Water Powé Co
Whith
Pp&l
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Sindpoint
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Addington
Bonneville Power Administration
Sandpoint
Pacific Power and Light
John Evans
Ed Eitzman
Jim Brockway
Harold Anselmo
Dale Addington
Henry Samuels
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Gornick
Wayne Hagadone
Mike Lamanna
Ken Pearlstein
Pearlstein
EPA
Mike Dalen
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