Community notices and holiday gatherings in Sandpoint area
Local clubs plan events through December including a ham and turkey shoot at Sandpoint Gun Club on Dec 17, a North Idaho Flying Club meeting Dec 14, and a bake sale at Sears on Dec 16. Announcements list Christmas dinners, potlucks, parties, and meetings across Grange chapters, nurses, senior citizens, and service groups with dates, times, and locations.
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Sandpoint Gun Club
Sandpoint
IWA
Fourth
Alder Streets
Commodities distribution at Bonner County Fair Grounds
Commodities will be distributed at the old Bonner County Fair Grounds from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec 19 and 20. Applicants may file at the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Riverside Building in Sandpoint. Bring containers and boxes to collect commodities.
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Idaho Nurses’ Association
Geri Stockman
S. First Avenue
Bonner County Fair
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Riverside
Sandpoint
PWP Group Hosts Regional Council Meet
Parents Without Partners Chapter 606 hosted 50 plus members for the Eastern Washington Regional Council meeting in Sandpoint at the VFW hall. Fred Artis from Tacoma presented the charter to Ray Porter of Sagle as Rod Johnson of Moscow welcomed the chapter into the national group. Johnson urged active participation to meet the constitution goals. Sandpoint’s charter has grown to 25 members in a year. Floyd Christiansen, Sandpoint accountant, discussed single parent income tax during the workshop. Christiansen substituted for the absent speaker. The Dream Patterns from Spokane performed at dinner and Mark Evans Band provided dancing music.
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Parents Without Partners
Eastern Washington
Sandpoint
Floyd Christiansen
Christiansen
Dream Patterns
Spokane
Mark Evans
Lights To Shine Despite Thieves In Springville
In Springville Utah Robert Huntington finds Christmas light thefts persistent with up to sixty bulbs stolen in a night. After replacing stolen globes with burned-out ones in a yard display a sign asks thieves to take the used bulbs, but the light thefts continue and police advise not to decorate.
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Springville
Utah
Robert Huntington
Huntington
Spokane Considers Campus Type Housing for Low Income
Spokane Housing Authority discussed a preliminary $3.75 million campus type housing complex for low income families. The plan envisions 150 to 250 units and was presented by developer James S. Black who held an option on an unspecified site. Black will return January 9 with a more concrete proposal.
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Spokane
UPS
Spokane Housing Authority
The
Housing Authority
James S. Black
Black
Students Do Something Nice at Veterans Hospital
Fifth and sixth graders from Kootenai School visited Spokane to perform for veterans. They sang a program including America and Battle Hymn the Republic, with narration by Lori McAvoy. Teachers noted it was the hospital’s first student entertainment and the children also baked goodies and distributed candy wreaths.
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Kootenai
Spokane
Veterans Hos
Hells Canyon Bill Unveiled
Rep. Al Ullman proposes a Hells Canyon National Forest Park to protect the area along the Oregon Idaho border. The plan would forbid Snake River dams within the wild and scenic zone and place adjacent land for wilderness study as far north as the Washington border.
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Washington
UPI
al Ullman
D-Ore
Hells Canyon
Oregon-Idaho
Ullman
Hells Canyon National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Rhode Island
Snake River
Washington State
Free Movies Saturday At Panida Theater
Free shows at the Panida Theater Saturday December 16 begin at 1 9 p m with no ticket required and continuous screenings ending around 3 p m The Sandpoint Merchants sponsor the free program and advertise the event locally.
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Panida
Saturda
Sandpoint Merchants
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North Idaho Flying Club
Elks Temple
the Panhandle Racing Association
Sears
Kokst
al Anon
Westmond Grange
Grange
Grange No
Clarkfork
Pack River Grange
A.aaw
Ellen Munson
Syringa Heights
Elenor Young
Southside Community Church
Cocolalla
Sagle Helping Hand Club
Co-op Gas and Supply
Sagle Pto
Sagle
Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club
Superior
Ray Porter
Mary Borden
Signcrafters ‘of
Idaho
Sherman Ave.Coeur d’ Alene
Bruce Rabowski
Rick Radis
Tim Woods
Joel Thompson
PWP
Hells Canyon Bill
T&f
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