Historical Society Moves Ahead With Museum Plans In Sandpoint
Bonner County Historical Society directors met to discuss construction for a proposed museum near Memorial Field. A petition against locating in the park prompted calls to delay, meet residents, or relocate. The board unanimously approved proceeding with construction and organizing neighborhood talks ahead of a March 15 groundbreaking. The March 2 BCHS meeting is open to the public.
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Bonner County: Historical Society Board of
Memorial Field Area
Memorial Field
City Beach
Sandpoint
Roubicek
Pete Thompson
Northwest
Bonner County
BCHS
School Board
Darrel Kenops
Hope School
Priest River High School
Kenops
Bee
Idaho Proposes Multiyear water plan to aid growth and environment
Idaho's Water Resources Board presented a 10 year effort to allocate Snake River Basin waters for 1.2 million acres of new farmland by 2020 and protect environmental quality. The plan urges coordinated policy, funding, and public interest review to ensure sustainable development.
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Margaret Bailey
BOISE
UPI
Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho Department of Water Resources
The
Water Resource Board
Snake River
Lower
Snake
Andrus
Federal Power Commission
Hells Canyon Dam
Department of Water Resources
Snake River Basin
Franklin Jones
Lower Rates and Bigger Signs for City Parking Lot
Residents at a Sandpoint meeting urged cheaper and clearer pricing to boost use of the city parking lot west of Idaho First National Bank. Proposals included signs, lower monthly rates from 7.50 to about 5, a graduated discount for multiple spaces, lower daily rates, and adjusted tolls, with council approval needed for any change.
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City Hall
Sandpoint
Maloney
Archie Yager
Long Bridge Speed Limit Reduced to 35 MPH
Highway department will post advance warnings as heavy trucks on the Long Bridge over the Pend Oreille River face a planned speed limit drop. District Engineer Merle Harding cites uneven concrete as cause and notes a flagman will direct traffic during repairs.
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Pend Oreille Bridge
Pend Oreille
Highway Department
Merle Harding
Harding
Ring Returned by Honest Californians Highlights Good Deed
Charley Fox, a CSU Fullerton graduate, recovered a diamond ring left at a rest stop after Harold Yager of Bonner County found it in California and returned it. The ring valued over $200, ownership traced via initials and school directory. Yager refused reward. Fox praised the public spirit.
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Bonner
Daily Bee
California
Charley Fox
California State University At
Fullerton
Shaft
Cal
Harold Yager
Cal State College
Fox
Yager
Idaho Human Rights Commission Faces Federal Intervention Risk
Federal civil rights officials warned the Idaho House State Affairs Committee that without subpoena and cease and desist powers the Human Rights Commission could be decertified and lose federal funds. The committee voted to hold the bill for further study after a lengthy hearing.
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Richard Charnock Boise
UPI
House State Affairs Committee
Human Rights Commission
Commission
Idaho
State Commission
Charles Nicholas
Rosalind Brack
San Francis
Volunteers Needed For Heart Fund Drive
Bonner County volunteers are urged to support the Heart Fund with more workers in rural areas including Laclede Careywood and Wrencoe. Contact area chairs or coordinators such as Roger Kane in Sandpoint and Richard Sonntag in Priest River for details and telephone numbers. The Idaho Heart Association seeks broad community support and generous contributions during Heart Sunday.
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Heart Fund
Bonner County
Sandpoint
Heart
Laclede
Careywood
Wrencoe
Roger Hanlon
Dohnlee
Priest River
Richard Sonntag
Elmira
Donald Buerge
Sagle
Gerald Lewis
Arlene Evans
Richard Koreski
Idaho Heart Association
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Dennis Roubicek
Edgewater
Gene Littlefield
Thompson
Bud Moon
Coeur D’alene
University
Library Dept
Moscow
Ring
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Robert Jeffrey
EEOC
Seattle
Commission For Action
Priest Lake
Frank Falk
Roger Kane
Oden-Northside
Linda Hall
Clark Fork
Roger Kesting
Burt Bowlden
Rusty Hays
Hope Peninsula
Wayne Parenteau
Gary Fredericks
Hope and
East Hope
Lee McLaughilin
Colburn
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