Local drive boosts Toys for Tots with small gifts big impact
Five year old Eddie Eitzman sent his 65 cent savings to Santa to buy toys for underprivileged kids. Waitress Farr Moore has donated 3.90 in tips for Toys for Tots, and the Kootenai PTA urges clubs to match or beat 25 dollars. Donations total 2264.55 toward a 4000 dollar goal by December 15 with drives at Sandpoint Motors Evergreen Ford Bank of Idaho Daily Bee and Lions Club. Toys are being repaired by Life Skills students at Sandpoint Junior High for distribution at Christmas.
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Eddie’ Eitzman
Ed C. Eitzman, Jr
Santa
Eddie
Charlie
Fontaine
Ralph Hadley
al ‘Haviland
Bob Glock
Sandpoint Motors
Roger
Lubbers
Evergreen Ford
Lee
Lee,Mahler At Bank of Idaho; the Daily’ Bee
Lions ‘Club
Sandpoint Jr. High
Fire Destroys Residents Home in Fish Creek Area
Sheriff Robert Wilcox reports a residence on Fish Creek Road owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roop was destroyed last night by a fire likely caused by a faulty chimney. The blaze consumed the structure and its contents with no injuries reported at once.
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Robert Roop
Fish Creek
Robert Wilcox
Wilcox
Jail Release Mixup Free Man From Spokane Jail
Spokane mis identified inmate Jack D. Shinpaugh a 37 year old Pasco resident was mistakenly released from the city county jail by Sheriff William Reilly He is wanted in Boise Idaho on grand larceny and first degree burglary charges A second man was jailed alongside him and Shinpaugh reportedly joked about being the one who should have been freed.
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Spokane
UPI
Jack D. Shinpaugh
Pasco
William Reilly
Shinpaugh
Boise
Idaho
Reilly
Weather Versus Money Delays Sandpoint Ice Rink Plans
In Sandpoint, cold weather and funding hinder outdoor skating. Parks chief Bob Lindsday details repeated attempts to freeze slabs at Pine Street Park and other areas, but warming conditions ruin the ice. Residents support skating, a Hilltop cold-strip idea is floated amid travel concerns.
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Malcolm Hall
Sandpoint
Sandpoint Park and Recreation
Bob Lindsday
Pine Street
Fairgrounds
City Beach
Edgewater
Linsday
Congress For Community Progress
Schweitzer
Weather outlook for Coeur d Alene and Sandpoint
Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with a few showers and early morning fog. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation reduces to 50 percent tonight.
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Coeur d’Alene and
Sandpoint
County Tax Office Extends Hours at Courthouse
Regular office hours plus two Saturdays, December 7 and 14, from to noon, for tax collection at the county courthouse.
Post Office Opens Two Saturdays For Christmas Mail
The Sandpoint Post Office will be open on Saturday December 7 and December 14 to help patrons mail Christmas parcels. Parcel mail deadline is December 10 and greeting cards deadline is December 15 to meet delivery dates. Officials explain odd round stickers are part of a label program identifying mail bundles and routing.
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Doug Moran
Sandpoint
Postal Service
Zoning Critique Highlights Flaws at County Hall Meeting
Officials debated emphasis on zoning over planning and warned of repeated irregularities. A Union Pacific gravel operation near Clagstone sparked controversy over grandfathered sites and the need for a conditional use permit under Spokane area rules.
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Malcolm Hall
Clagstone
Spokane International Railroad
Union Pacific
Tom Wilson
Spokane
Wilson
Jim Brockway
DeAtley Corp
Lewiston
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