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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1976
Page
1
Warmer, partly cloudy today with sun expected tonight and Tuesday. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chance 20 percent today, 10 percent tonight and Tuesday. High today near 75, low tonight around 55, high Tuesday about 80.
A severe Friday storm battered Priest Lake causing extensive damage across Indian Creek and Navigation campgrounds. A 14 year old Spokane girl Mary Charlton was injured by a falling tree and hospitalized. Crews report hundreds of downed trees, power outages, and widespread road closures with power restored to most major facilities by Sunday.
PP&L general manager Dale Addington said Friday night’s storm was the worst of the year for the company. Crews worked 28 hours on damaged transformers and downed lines, with Sandpoint hardest hit and Priest River seeing six transformers out. Power restoration to residences is expected by Tuesday night, with most businesses back by Sunday noon. Fire reports included two lightning fires near Samuels and Blue Lake, later extinguished, and wind damage from the storm being surveyed.
School District 82 trustees meet at Farmin School cafeteria for the August meeting. Public session begins about 8 p.m. with talks on budget, bus routes, facilities use, building projects, and the hot lunch program. The board will review bids and canvass the July levy election, consider a resignation petition for Superintendent Wayne Likens, and discuss personnel, student teaching contracts, and the opening week schedule.
Idaho homeowners can be held liable for contractors debts for building materials used on home repairs. The Rissers of Rogerson paid parts of a remodel but still faced an unpaid bill and a lien on their home. The law aims to ensure payment but offers little homeowner notice. owners can protect themselves by bonding, paying suppliers directly, and verifying contractor reliability.
Bonner County Deputy Sheriff Ernie Nagel escaped serious harm when three trees fell on his patrol car while en route to Priest Lake. He swerved to avoid the trunks, but the vehicle suffered body and front end damage, possible frame damage, a broken windshield, and loss of the top light bar at milepost 18 on Highway 57.
The Sandpoint City Council holds a regular session at City Hall at 8 pm. New business includes Gerldine Davis seeking planning and zoning agenda time and Danny Lee on finance and administration. The Panhandle Rodeo Association seeks parade permission for September 11 with standing committee reports on finance public safety public works ways and means parks beach and buildings and administration.
Pacific Power and Light will raise charges by 10 percent for roughly 7,000 Bonner County customers effective August 13. Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved the increase to mirror a Federal Power Commission rise in wholesale power costs. The temporary 14 mill hike boosts the average 1000 kWh bill by about $1.57 to $15.10, with no other PP&L increases planned.
Sterling Police warn businesses to verify currency after a $1 bill was altered with pasted $10 marks and passed as a ten. Ednad Remsburg at Kwik Stop Dairy reported the incident. police suspect four ten dollar bills were cut and taped to the dollar bill. Citizens urged to contact the police if they receive suspicious currency.
Bradley R Buerge aged 22 was treated at Bonner General Hospital after being thrown from a vehicle at City Beach Saturday night. Police say a 17 year old driver backed the car while Buerge held on following an altercation. The case will be forwarded to the City Attorney for possible charges.
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