94 Year Old Lily Shirk Preserves Independence At Bayview
Portrait of Lily Shirk a 94 year old Bayview resident who lives alone on a hill above town. She recalls growing up on the Spokane Lake Pend Oreille area and Sagle and notes her son Don Osborne played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. She defends her independence and recounts childhood adventures and a recent fall. She stays active learning arithmetic and writing songs and stays in touch with Senator James McClure.
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Lily Shirk
Bayview
Glady Kulp
Papoose
Minnesota
Spokane
Lakeview
Lake Pend Oreille
Talache
Sagle
Shirk
Don Osborne
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sagie
Mirror Lake
Dufort Road
Sandpoint Manor
James McClure
Shir
Kulp
US Professors to Lecture at Asian Universities in 1976 77
University of Idaho scholars Dr. Lorin W. Roberts and Dr. Robert H. Blank receive Fulbright Hays awards to teach abroad. Roberts plans six months in India lecturing on plant cell differentiation and hormones, while Blank will teach three political science courses near Taipei, Taiwan, for about a year through July 1977.
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Moscow
Univeristy of Idaho
Lorin W. Roberts
Robert H Blank
Board of Foreign Scholarships
Department of State
Roberts
Idaho
North-Eastern Hill
Shillong
Meghalaya
India
Cambridge University Press
England
Blank
Taiwan
Taipei
National Chengchi
National
National Chunghsing
Japan
China
California
United States
Cornwallis Surrenders in Yorktown Ends War
In 1781 General Cornwallis surrendered effectively ending the American Revolutionary War at Yorktown Virginia. The decisive victory for American forces allied with France led to negotiations and recognition of independence.
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America
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
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TBA
Enyart
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College of
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Dana Curtis Inc
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Sandpoint School OF Beauty
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House OF Flowers & Greenhouses
Sandpoint Bowling Center
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kaniksu
Evergreen Ford
Dalby’s
Exxon Service
Sandpoint
Sandpoint Furniture
Kamloops Klub the Pasta House
the Bitterrott the Bug House
Truby’s
Health Mart
Gibboni's
DELI
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
Loman’s Tire Service
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