Tacos and Cultures: A Visit With Sachiko Akiyama
Bee Staff Writer Sachiko Akiyama, a 16 year old exchange student from Japan living with the Raymonds in Sandpoint for five weeks, shares her likes for spaghetti and fried zucchini, views on food differences, and impressions of Idaho. She participates in Labo, a program with 4 H clubs to sponsor homestays in both countries, and notes contrasts in American freedom and Japanese chaperoning.
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Gary Palmer
Bee
Sachiko Akiyama
Sachiko
Japan
James Raymond
Sandpoint
Labo
America
Bonner County
Raymonds
Raymond
States
Idaho
Panhandle
Water bond plan split as council weighs 18 million issue
Council expected to discuss a proposed 18 million bond for revamping City water distribution to qualify for a 2.56 million Farm Home Administration grant. Mayor Eitzman questions bond need and ratesExperts say metering affects costs. If approved rates may rise from 5.50 to 12.60 monthly. Additional items include beer licenses and enforcement actions. Two planning hearings set for James Panken law office and Gem State Title Co.
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Brian Moe Bee
City Hall
Public Works Committee
JUB
Coeur dAlene
Federal Farm Home Administration
Ed Eitzman
David Easton
Doug Ward
Eitzman
Farm Home Administration
Syrnga Heights and
Northside Water Association
Hugh Hedges
Lion's Club
Public Safety Committee
George Wilkinson
Jerry L. Meyers
Lion’s
Lakeview” Park
James Panken
South Third Avenue
Gem State Titles Company
Fourth Avenue
Church Street
Sandpoint Head Start Adds New Teachers for sixth Year
Sandpoint Head Start announces two new teachers Charlie Brown returning after two years and Steven Okelberry joining from San Francisco State University. The program enrolls up to 22 low income children, offers two classroom days weekly, dental and medical care, and transportation with applications due August 25. Gladys Dempsey returns as cook for fourth year, focusing on nutrition and related duties.
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Sandpaint
Pine & Euclid Sts
Oddfellows and Rebekkahs
Head Start
Sandpoint
Charlie Brown
California State University
Chico
Charlie
Idaho Dept of Health and Welfare
Stéven Okelberry
San Francisco State
Okelberry
Ldaly
Gladys Dempsey
Gladys
Patricia Dole
Pat
Cocolalla
Steven Okelberry
Power Outage Mystery Baffles Idaho Utility Spokesman
Idaho Power Co faces unknown cause after a Sunday outage left over 68 000 customers without power for up to two hours and fifteen minutes. Bob Brown says the transmission interconnections with eastern and western suppliers failed, forcing selective outages to balance the grid as hydropower could not cover the load.
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Boise
UPI
Brown
Bonneville Power ‘Administration
Washington “Water, Power, Co
Bridger
Wyoming
Ione man Chauncey Harrington charged with DUI
Chauncey Harrington, 47, of Ione, Washington, was arrested Sunday on a driving while intoxicated charge. He posted a $300 bond and was released. Bertha Burns, 63, of Spokane, Washington, also intoxicated, posted a $300 bond and was released.
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Chauncey Harrington
Ione
Bertha Burns
Spokane
Coors pipe bomb fails to detonate in Aurora
A pipe bomb planted at Coors Timberline Distributors in Aurora did not detonate after a caller warned the bomb was placed by the Ludlow Brigade of the New World Liberation Front. The incident marks a third Coors distributorship bomb within a month, with prior claims and a July San Jose blast cited by authorities.
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Aurora
Colo
UPD
Coors
Ludlow Brigade
New World Liberation Front
New York Liberation Front
Adolph Coors Co
Golden
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Coors Timberline Distributors, Inc
Adams County
California
San Jose
Suison City
Scientist predicts dry up of Idaho lakes and streams
A UPI report from Ogden cites Dr. Walter Megahan of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station warning Idaho waters may dry up this year for the first time in recorded history. He notes potential declines in game fish and broader ecological impacts across mountain watersheds and wildlife.
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Ogden
Utah
UPI
Idaho
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Walter Megahan
Boise
U. S.forest’service
Weather Outlook Northern Idaho Through Tuesday
Fair weather with little change in temperature is forecast for Northern Idaho through Tuesday. Highs should be between 85 and 95 degrees with lows between 55 and 65 degrees.
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Idaho
Ford Arrests in Hope Charge of Drug Possession
David Allen Ford, 18, of Hope, was arrested Friday by city police on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. He was released Saturday on his own recognizance.
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David Allen Ford
Hope
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Wade Brown
Doug Wards
DUI
Sere
Ips
Roy
Ford
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