Gooby Bros Protest Metered Water Rate
Sandpoint meat packer Pat Gooby challenged the city council over a metered water bill rising from 14 to 75.70 dollars monthly, alleging a 600 percent increase and possible Wage Price freeze issues as other firms pay flat rates. The council aims to meter gradually to cut water use while keeping rates near cost recovery.
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Pat Gooby
Gooby Bros
Here
Gary Finney
Finney
Ken Hackworth
Gooby
Ozzie Vallieres
City approves TV sewer inspection and paving delay
City Council unanimously set aside street paving for the year to proceed with sewer line inspection using TV equipment at an estimated $40,000. Walter Saxton and Associates led the survey while bids for the TV work were authorized amid a split vote that defeated a $2 sewer rate hike.
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Petitoris
Walter Saxton
Valliers
Edna Spearman
Larry Monroe
Saxton
Council
Monroe
Dave Welker
Walter Saxton &Associates
Sandpoint
Cities County To Meet Over Solid Waste Problem
Bonner County cities plan a joint meeting to tackle urgent solid waste disposal issues. Sandpoint Mayor Floyd Gray says Blackfoot stopped landfill operations and turned them to Bingham County, as Sandpoint and Priest River dumps face closure for not meeting standards.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint
Floyd Gray
Gray
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Idaho
Department of Health
Priest River
Mountain Lion Made Big Game Animal In 1971
Boise Idaho agencies report the mountain lion was made a big game animal by the state legislature in 1971. The law takes effect April 1 1972 and allows one lion per hunter per year. Residents hunt without a tag when active. nonresidents pay 135 for a combination license plus 10 for a tag. 1972 big game quota is 9552. Ranchers retain stock protection rights from individual cougars.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho House Moves To Tweak or Repeal New Criminal Code
Boise lawmakers pressed the proposed criminal code with four amendment bills after a committee vote. A subcommittee was named to study changes, while lawmakers voiced strong talk on repealing the code amid statewide dissatisfaction and calls for a more workable law.
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Boise
House Judiciary Committee
Idaho
Clyde Keithly
R-Nampa
Senate House
Earl C. Greenawalt
Jerome
Greenawalt
Don Brennan
D - Pocatello
Terry Crapo
Idaho Falls
Keithly
Reps
Don Copple
Edward Rice
R-Boise
Brennan
Copple
Ski Report Schweitzer Basin Opens Amid Snow and Wind
Schweitzer Basin near Sandpoint Idaho reports 26 degrees at 7 30 a m with snowing and blowing eight inches new snow and excellent skiing. Two chairlifts and one t bar operate while wind blocks other two chairs until it dies. the area remains open daily.
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Schweitzer Basin
Sandpoint
Idaho
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Pat Goody
Cities County
Mountain Lion
Crapo
Ski Report
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