Council Resignations Sought Over Cash Sheet Changes
Sandpoint councilwoman Emma Lou Hook demanded the resignations of three council members and City Clerk Dave Euston after changing four months of 1975 Cash Operation in Funds sheets without explanation. Budgeting issues involved misallocated labor and materials, with grants like the HUD storm sewer fund now kept separate to reflect true spending and aid 1976 planning.
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Sandpoint
Emma Lou Hook
Hook
Finance Committee
Bud Benoit
Ozzie Vallieres
Ed Bitzman
Dave Euston
Benoit
Easton
Water Department
Recreation Department
Northwest
Sewer Department
Steve Klatt
Gene Holt
Council
Hunters Clash Over Future of Wildlife Say IWF Leader
Richard Schwarz president of the Idaho Wildlife Federation warned at the state convention in Coeur d'Alene that hunters could end hunting if anti hunting sentiment grows. He urged hunters to change attitudes toward wildlife impact from expanding human activity and habitat loss. He noted no bad fish and game legislation yet but emphasized habitat as key to wildlife well being.
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Idaho Wildlife Federation
Federation
Coeur d'Alene
Richard Schwarz
Schwarz
Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee fishery faces fate debate
Idaho Fish and Game Director Joseph C. Greenley told the Daily Bee the final decision on Pend Oreille Kokanee fishing should balance resource capacity and public will. He noted that some locals favor commercial fishing while others oppose it, and discussed Boldt decision implications, wildlife issues, and upcoming Federation meetings in Coeur d’Alene with sessions on mining, environment, and energy conservation.
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Pend ‘Oreille
Idaho
Department’ of Fish and Game
Joseph C. Greenley
Daily, Bee Here Today
Greenley
Sandpoint
Pend Oreille
Greenky
IFG
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Coeur d’ Alene
Burglars Swipe Three Snowmobiles From Two Cabins
Items valued at 4600 were reported stolen from Priest Bay Lake area cabins on Steamboat Bay Road. Three snowmobiles worth 1500 each were taken from Robert Cunningham’s cabin and garage, one recovered later. A separate theft from Warren G Throop’s cabin included two snowmobile belts and two paint guns valued at 160. Sheriff Wilcox confirmed leads but no details yet.
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Steamboat Bay Road
Priest B Lake
Robert Cunningham
Warren G.throop
Robert Wilcox
Bill Exempts Wildlife Habitat Tax Break Proposed
Boise Idaho A House Revenue and Taxation Committee bill would grant a property tax exemption for wildlife habitat up to five acres per 40 acres used for wildlife in a 12 month period exempting up to 50 percent of market value. The exemption excludes water courses with running water and requires Fish and Game to verify qualifications.
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Boise
UPI
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Fish and Game Department
Uncertain Weather Rain Shifts to Showers in Sandpoint
Rain today in Sandpoint and vicinity, then scattered showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler air moves in Saturday with winds from the southwest 10 to 20 mph.
Munson Reappointed to Idaho State Board of Education
The Idaho Senate approved unanimously the reappointment of Sandpoint physician Dr. J. P. Munson to the State Board of Education. Senator Kermit Kiebert praised his focus on kids and education. Governor Cecil D. Andrus, who appeared recently in Boise, announced Munson’s second five year term.
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Idaho Senate
Sandpoint
J.P Munson
State Board of Education
Kermit Kiebert
D-Hope
Munson
Senate
Cecil D Andrus
Board of Education
Boise
Poster Contest Promotes Heart Health in Bonner County
The Sandpoint Heart Association sponsors a poster contest for Bonner County and Bonners Ferry students on heart health. Posters must be under 22 by 28 inches and delivered to Evergreen Ford in Sandpoint by February 28 1976. Three age groups receive first and second prizes with winners notified after March 1 1976.
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The
Sandpoint Heart Association
Bonner County
Bonner's Ferry
Evergreen Ford
Sandpoint
County Alleges Pilot Error in Priest River Crash Suit
Bonner County and two defendants face a $726,060 claim by Leland and Emma Chase over a June crash near Priest River. The county argues the accident resulted from pilot error and improper mooring, while Byers and Perkins contend Chase assumed risks and that control was shared with a third party.
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Bonner County
Lucinda Weiss
Coeur d’ Alene
Priest River
Larry L. Byers
Ralph Perkins
Leland
Emma Chase
Defendents
Chase
Larry Byers
Byers
Perkins
Birthday holiday closure for public offices observed
In observance of George Washingtons birthday public employees in city county state and federal service will have the day off Monday February 16. The County Court House City Hall Post Office and banks will be closed for the day.
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George Washington
Friday the 13th A mix of superstition and lucky events
The piece traces Friday the 13th origins from Norse goddess Freya and Christian associations to Adam and Eve. It notes thirteen as unlucky, cites Last Supper and Plymouth Rock links, and ends with a light quip that Friday the 13th is not all bad since the boss was born on that day.
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Freya
Venus
Christ
Judas
Palos
Spain
Harbor
Provincetown
Plymouth Rock
George Washington
America
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Sandpoint High School
Future Farmers OF America
Keith Reed
Robert Bernsten
IWF
Jim McClure
Washington
IEG Commission
Northshore Convention Center
Coeur d’Alene
Steve Symms
Floyd Frank
National Advisory Board On
IFDG
Joe Greenley
National Wildlife Federation
Ernie Day
Northshore
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