Sandpoint council asks club to drop lease near airport
The Sandpoint City Council urged Mountain View Community Club to abandon the remaining nine years of its 25 year lease on five acres near Bonner County Airport to enable trading the land to Great Northern Railway for runway lengthening. Yager said the lease blocks the rail exchange. the club may relocate its 20 by 50 foot building to a nearby site. The vote also moves to fund moving costs if the club relinquishes the lease.
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Sandpoint
Mountain View
Yager
Great Northern Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Nor
Thern Pacific
Boyer Avenue
Mountain View Club
Buiding
Fredstrom
Agricultural Experiment Station
Bud Benoit
Benoit
District Trustees to review fire loss estimates and sex education policy
Board of 82 trustees will hear architect Bob Nelson present preliminary fire loss figures for Southside School and discuss a policy statement denying any current sex education in the district curriculum. Meeting moved to Sandpoint Junior High School for size. Also on agenda: personnel matters and a request from Glenn Grafe of North Idaho Security Police.
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Banner County School District
Southside
Jack Jones
Bob Nelson
State Board of Eelucation
Glenn Grafe
North’ Idaho
Co-op Wins Fuel Bids for Bonner County Districts
Bonner County commissioners opened seven bids Monday for gasoline and diesel supplies. Co-op Gas and Supply of Sandpoint was the low bidder for gasoline and diesel for districts 1 and 3 and for diesel in district 2. Texaco Inc of Sandpoint was low bidder for gasoline to the sheriff and Texaco Newport for road district gasoline. Co-op bid 21.1 cents per gallon for gasoline and 12.8 cents per gallon for diesel in districts 1 and 3. Texaco bid 23.54 cents per gallon for sheriff gasoline. The measure to accept the lowest bids passed unanimously.
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Co-op Gas
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Texaco, Inc
Texaco
Newport
Co-op
Weather forecast shows cloudy skies and snow risk
Mostly cloudy with fog and occasional snow flurries through tonight. Snow chances rise to 30 percent today and tonight and 60 percent Wednesday. Highs around 308 with tonight's low near 20.
Death Not From Accident in Two Car Spokane Crash
Mrs. Eugene Carpenter 44 died from massive peritonitis not injuries from a two car crash east of Kootenai. Autopsy showed abdominal infection from recent surgery, no connection to the accident. Driver Eugene Carpenter and passenger Frank Mauro injured. Maki cited for failing to yield right of way. An inquest was canceled.
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Eugene Carpenter
Kootenai
Spokane
Frank Mauro
Priest River
Bonner General Hospital
John Maki
Maki
Carpenter
Wilcox
Two Hunters Found Safe Near Bonners Ferry
Sam MecNeary and Eddie Bangman of Sandpoint were found cold but in good health at the Myrtle Creek Game Preserve seven miles west of Bonners Ferry after spending the night outdoors in freezing temperatures. Their pickup was found early Sunday after a disappearance reported Saturday night during a hunting trip. Explorer Scouts from Bonners Ferry, Boundary County sheriff's deputies, and volunteers aided the search.
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Sam MecNeary
Eddie Bangman
Sandpoint
Myrtle Creek
Bonners Ferry
Boundary County
Schweitzer Basin to Open Thursday Despite Light Snow
Manager Sam Wormington announced Schweitzer Basin will open Thursday even with only a few inches of snow. Snow is expected to continue, but tickets, the ski shop, and the coffee shop will operate as planned.
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Schweitzer’ Basin
Sam Wormington
Wormington
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John Holzmer
Florence
Lions Club
Cedar
Holzmer
Vern Stolz
Sandpoint Junior High School
David Hare
Boyer Slough
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