National Library Week Kickoff at Sandpoint Library
National Library Week starts Sunday April 18 with a formal kickoff Monday April 19 at the Sandpoint Library. An AAUW tea runs 1 30 to 5 pm and a youth club melodrama The Cleanest Town in the West is staged by the Presbyterian Youth Club led by Miss Sharon Weller. The program and displays, including rare 17th century manuscripts, are free to the public per Librarian Mrs Cordes.
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National Library Week
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Sandpoint
Presbyterian Youth Club of
Sharon Weller
Cordes
Sandpoint Librarian
Floyd Gray
National Library
Redena Mosher
Renstrom Labels Budget Cut a Mistake for Idaho Tourism
Dick Renstrom Idaho Tourism Director told Sandpoint Chamber members that a 25 percent cut to the 1971 advertising budget by Governor Andrus would hurt next year's national campaign. He urged local business support for regional tourism groups and extending the season with events like an Ice Festival.
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Dick Renstrom
Idaho
Department of Commerce and Development
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Trawlers
Renstrom
Chamber
Andrus
California
Pacific Northwest Travel Association
Sandpoint Contractor Wins City-County Airport Maintenance Build
Sandpoint contractor Robert E Sleep won the bid to construct the new maintenance building at the City-County Airport. Bids came from Dan Deshon of Sandpoint for 27400 dollars and Sleep for 23456 dollars. The 70 by 48 foot structure will be metal and wood framed and house shop hanger facilities.
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Sandpoint
Robert E. Sleep
Bonner County
Dan Deshon
Sleep
Old Fairgrounds Park Turned Over To City
At the Fair Board meeting James Brockway urged transferring all buildings at the old fairgrounds to the City of Sandpoint. The agreement ends the county lease and allows city maintenance and development, with plans for a youth recreation center and reinstalled playground equipment. The board also discussed an Exhibit Building at the new fairgrounds and food booth plans from local churches and the Knights of Columbus.
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James Brockway
Bonner County
Fair Board
Everett Hofmeister
Fairgrounds
Sandpoint
Floyd Gray
Neil Cochran
Knights of Columbus
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint Area
Increasing cloudiness with occasional rain and gusts today and tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday with a few showers. Rain chances 30 percent today, 60 percent tonight, 30 percent Saturday. Highs around 45 and lows near 35.
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Sandpoint Area
Brown Retained As Commission Chairman
Les Brown, chairman of the Idaho State Racing Commission from Sandpoint, announced today that the three member commission will continue under his leadership.
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Commission
Les Brown
Idaho State Racing Commission
Sandpoint
Camel Wins North Side Conference Track Meet in Idaho
Camas County led the North side Conference track meet at Fairfield Idaho with 70 percent of points Rimrock 59 Carey 561 Richfield 51 Gooding State 29. The racing commission endorsed retaining Chairman Brown and called for an election to potentially replace him while Idaho debates three man versus five man commission reform.
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Idaho
Camas County
Rimrock
Carey
Richfield
Gooding State
Brown
Benefit Dance Set For Tonight
A fund-raising benefit dance sponsored by the Bonner General Hospital Employees' Association and Auxiliary is set for Friday night at the Sandpoint Community Hall. The event begins at 8 30 p m with old time live music and aims to raise money for oxygen equipment for children. Proceeds from the dance support the fund and follow a challenge by the Sandpoint Jaycees to match or beat a $10 donation.
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Bonner General Hospital Employees’ Association and Auxiliary
Sandpoint
Sandpoint Jaycees
Air Force Officer Dies in Idaho Crash
Col. Ellery D. Preston, 60, former Mountain Home Air Base commander, died in a two vehicle collision at Canyon Creek and Kniefel Road near Mountain Home. Robert W. Bennett, 57, suffered serious chest injuries and was hospitalized.
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Ellery D. Preston
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Robert W. Bennett
Mountain Home
Canyon Creek and
Kniefel Road
Bennett
Amore—Memorial Hospital
Past Exalted Ruler Party at Sandpoint Elks Club
The Sandpoint Elks Club announces the Annual Past Exalted Ruler's Party on Saturday April 17 at the Elks Club. A 6:30 cocktail hour precedes a 7:30 prime roast dinner served by PERs, with Leonard Mitchell to be installed as PER Association President and Bobby Moore to receive his PER pin. Ted Crabb Combo provides music. proceeds fund Operation Improve for club renovations. The event is open to Elks, their ladies and guests.
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Sandpoint Elks Club
Elks Club
Leonard Mitchell
Bobby Moore
Ted Crabb
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