Wrenco Loop Residents Protest Proposed Subdivision
A group of Wrenco Loop homeowners has signed a petition to block a developer's plan to subdivide about 200 acres near their homes. Enid Trenholm says roughly 50 residents back the effort and will present the petition to the Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission at its August meeting. Concerns focus on water supply and groundwater contamination from wells and septic systems, plus opposition to more subdivisions in an area already zoned recreational open space and agricultural suburban. Roy Sample is pursuing the project. the commission will review the preliminary plat Thursday.
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Wrenco Loop
Enid Threnholm
Bonner County
Trenholm
Roy Sample
Planning and Zoning Commission
Tom Wilson
Wrenco
Commission
Wilson
Burglars Net $2 900 In Loot From Clark Fork Area Home
A Clark Fork area burglary yielded about 2900 in valuables including a 2000 coin collection a 300 to 400 pearl necklace and two watches valued at 500 total The entry was gained by prying a back window frame Mildred Justice reported Sunday eight miles south of Clark Fork on the riverbank A string of other thefts across Bonner County included shop break ins and vehicle entries with firearms tools and cash stolen from various locations.
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Bonner County
Clark Fork
Mildred Justice
Star Route
Justice
Sheriff’s Deputies
Medicine Bow
Cedar
Sandpoint
John Murphy
Murphy’s
Kent Barns and Daughter Escape Mobile Home Fire
A Bonner County couple Kent Barns and his two year old daughter escaped a mobile home fire at 4 15 am with the residence destroyed within about ten minutes. The blaze threatened a neighboring trailer but residents kept it from spreading. Fire officials suspect an electrical panel caused the fire and investigators will view the site.
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Edgemere
Bonner County
Dave Hare
Kent Bars
Hare
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint and Vicinity
Variable clouds with showers and thundershowers through Tuesday. Cool spell persists with southeast winds 10 to 20 mph and higher gusts. Precipitation chances 60 percent today, 40 percent tonight and Tuesday. Highs 65, lows around 50.
Six arrested in Schweitzer Basin Lodge burglary case
Bonner County deputies arrested six people on Saturday in connection with the July 21 Schweitzer Basin Lodge and Ski School burglary. Two radios valued at about 550 dollars each were recovered. Three adults and three Sandpoint youths were charged or petitioned. two suspects were extradited to face related charges. Thomas and Ewing were seized in Thompson Falls on a warrant. James Thacker faces a Bonners Ferry radio theft charge but not the Schweitzer Basin burglary. Several items, including the radios, have been recovered.
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Bonner County
Thomas
Ewing
Thompson Falls
Mont
Boundary County
Bonners Ferry
Schweitzer Basin
James Thacker
Rt J. Sagle
Thacker
Sundquist
Sheriff's
Pursley Challenges Symms to Open Debate in Idaho
Ken Pursley, first district hopeful, issues a letter demanding a public debate with incumbent Steve Symms. He argues voters want dialogue over slick campaigns and pledges an aggressive, issue focused race to present clear differences.
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Ken Pursley
Steve Symms
Pursley
Symms
Could the County Do It Cheaper for Pre-School?
Bonner County reports two developments in pre-school education. School District No 82 delays public kindergarten funding due to finances while Head Start, funded by the federal government, receives praise for meeting performance standards.
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Marylyn Cork
Bonner County
Uncle Sam
Pat Dole
Sandpoint
Dole
State Department of Education
Wayne
Likens
Plicants
Cole
Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Stidwell Jr. High
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James Pacci
Middle Earth
Hope
Wesley Rolan
James A Sims
Hope Area
JO Perssall
Jeb and
Margaret
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Kootenai
Steve Watson
Conifer Courts
Marvin Throwbrue
Boundary
Rugene R Kahn
Renton
Wash
Sriday
Hardy Lyons
City Beach
Kent Barns
Barns
Department of Lands
Doug Bakken
Barns’ Brother
Bakken
Sandpoint and Vicinity
Sandpoint Town
Frank Wright
Wright
Gordon Sundquist
Russell Watts
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Larry Thomas
Rt. 1
Samuels
Keith Ewing
Watts
Sandpoint Center
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