03 Feb 1970
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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1970
Page
1
Mrs. George Roberson reports a large moose in her Sandpoint backyard around 3:00 PM yesterday. Tom Little captured twenty photos as the animal headed toward Schweitzer Basin, with witnesses recalling its untame quality and barnyard grazing before moving toward the woods.
County Agent Ray Davis reports the Bonner County Fair Board formed a Horse Show Committee including Jim Wood Gene Balch Mrs James Jacketta W Racicot and Veldonna Osborn plus Bob Wood from the Fair Board The fair dates were set for August 27 28 and 29 with the Horse Show the preceding week the first committee meeting date pending.
Musicians of the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra in Manchester struggled through Paul Patterson’s Symphonic Study No 2 after an office error left half the players playing a different work. The composer said the mix up was due to an administrative mistake.
One inch fresh snow improves skiing with good conditions despite wind. Three lifts operate at the lodge area where snow depth is about 80 inches and around 90 inches at higher points.
The 1970 Heart Fund drive begins with a 1 pm Thursday coffee hour in the Panhandle Room at Pastime Cafe. Mrs. Dennis Kelberg leads volunteers as campaign chair with Mrs. Ralph L. Chicks providing guidance in Bonner County. The goal is 1200 dollars, up from 1100 in 1969, to fund Idaho Heart Association programs. The kickoff includes Heart-Days-for-Business starting February 9, led by Mrs. Don Reach. The campaign peaks Feb 15 with 40 volunteers canvassing neighborhoods, ending Feb 22.
A press release announces new corporation papers filed with the Idaho Secretary of State naming Larry Larson and Associates of Idaho Inc Sandpoint. The firm carries a capital authorization of 50 000 to handle general insurance.
The Sandpoint sophomore game is replaced by a double header featuring SHS junior high eighth and ninth grade teams against Kellogg. SHS sophomores meet Kellogg in the preliminary Friday night game. Action starts at 5 30.
Snowpack at Schweitzer Basin measured January 30 shows below average water content. At 6100 feet the snow depth was 83 inches with 24.2 inches of water, versus 161 inches and 52 inches last year and 111 inches with 35.9 inches on average.
Dr. Franz H. Siemsen, Sand Point physician, spent the past week in Hawaii attending the Phil Thorek post graduate course in surgery. The limited event accepts sixty doctors from the USA and covers advanced abdominal, breast and thyroid operations. Thorek is hailed as the United States’ outstanding medical lecturer, professor of surgery at the University of Chicago, and Cook County Hospital chief surgeon.
The Board of Trustees for School District 82 will convene Wednesday night at 8 at Sandpoint Junior High School auditorium. Architect Bob Nelson of Coeur d Alene will present floor plans for New Farmin School expansion and discuss future plans for Southside School.
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