26 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1971
Page
1
The public schools Task Force on Legislative Planning will send a plan to the State Board of Education to form a commission for a tentative statewide district layout. Public hearings will precede final adoption as Byron Johnson reports to the board next Wednesday.
Dr. E Wayne Likens Bonner County superintendent announces a General Faculty Meeting at Sandpoint Junior High on August 30 at 8 am with a coffee hour by the Association of University Women. The program includes opening remarks by Likens Vern Allen and Jack McHargue and school by school faculty sessions beginning at 10 15 am. No changes in attendance zones or dress codes for 1971 72, bus schedules unchanged. Administrations Office seeks substitute teachers and part time Teacher Aide positions.
Ruth Hengel of Moyie Springs Idaho said the sun blinded her and caused a single car crash at City Beach gates. Two minor children in the car suffered minor injuries and received treatment at Bonner General Hospital.
Fair conditions continue across Northern Idaho with daytime highs in the 80s to near 90 and overnight lows around 45 to 55. Pleasant, dry weather expected through Friday with light winds and no rain threat.
Blaine County commissioners threaten a injunction to stop a Labor Day rock festival near Sun Valley. Promoter Jack Teater plans 10 000 tickets at 15 dollars each, with costs estimated at 30 000 for performers. County ordinance requires a license 20 days prior or faces nuisance action.
Sandpoint High School Principal Dick Sodorf announced the hot lunch program will begin Tuesday September 7, not August 31. The high school cafeteria will delay service until that date.
George A. Antonson 31 turned himself in to the Bonner County Sheriff's Office after a prior arrest on August 11. He posted a $300 bond and was released. The latest complaint accuses him of embezzling household furnishings from the Talbot estate, valued at $1,255, while serving as executor.
Idaho will use a $2,440,000 federal Emergency Employment Act grant to cover salaries for 125 public school kindergarten teachers starting Oct 1. Gov. Cecil D. Andrus outlined priorities to rehire state workers and place preschool tutors, with Education officials coordinating placements statewide.
A Sandpoint youth, William L. Powell, 19, received a citation for inattentive driving after his vehicle struck a police car driven by Sandpoint Police Chief George Elliot. Investigating Deputy Sheriff Bill Dorn’s report shows both Powell and Chief Elliot were cited for inattentive driving, though the Bee noted the citations had not yet been issued at publication.
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