White Cane Day Aimed At Blindness Fight In Sandpoint
Sandpoint Lions Club joins 400 clubs across Idaho Washington and British Columbia to raise funds for blindness programs including the Lions Eye Bank and a rehabilitation dormitory. White Cane Day is set for May 10 with donor cards urged and Brad Gissel highlighted as a recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandpoint
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Lions Clubs
Lions Eye Bank
Lions Club
Gene Chamberlain
Kirby Scribner
Seattle
Sandpoint Lions Club
Brad Gissel
Don Gissel
Forest Service Cutbacks Trim Panhandle Jobs This Year
The U S Forest Service faces budget cuts reducing Panhandle Forest positions from about 110-130 seasonal hires to 75-80. Three roles will go unfilled, with timber, special uses and land exchanges most affected. Reforestation funds and national job applications shape hiring, with 5 500 applicants for 400 Panhandle posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Forest Service
Panhandle Forest
Helen Melior
The
Daily Bee
Forest Service
Panhandle
Couple Sought After Trestle Creek Shooting Incident
Bonner County deputy Larry Barry seeks an elderly couple driving a red Datsun pickup who may have witnessed the shooting near Trestle Creek on State Highway 200. An arrest warrant accuses Roger DeLair of assault with a deadly weapon. DeLair sits wounded at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane in satisfactory condition. Guy Mulanex and a juvenile face related charges. bond set at 3000 dollars.
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Bonner County
Larry Barry
Trestle Creek
Barry
Roger DeLair
Hope
DeLair
Guy Mulanex
Mulanex
Enfield
Deaconess Hospital
Spokane
Corps Seeks Three More Feet to Raise Lake Pend Oreille Level
Corps of Engineers told the K and K committee they need three more feet of water to lift Pend Oreille to 2054 feet by May 1. Slowflows due to cold weather and downstream needs forced storage delays. outflow reduced to 15000 cfs enables storage to reach target by May.
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Albeni Falls
Pend Oreille River
K&k Committee
Corps of Engineers
Ken Coffman
Pend Oreille
K&k
Merle Parsley
Terry Merwin
Cap Davis
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University of Washington Hospital
Lions Eye
Bill Stewart
Sandpoint’s Firefighters (Excluding Firechief
Wade Brown
International Firefighters Union
Roger Hanlon
Dept. of Labor
Hanlon
Corps
Lake
Parsley
Bill Derr
Bill Currie
John Majors
Robin DuCrest
KXLY
Mac McAlister
DuCrest
Kamloops and Kokanee
Panida
Bill
Bobbi Kern
Trawlers
Eagles
Pacific Northwest
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