Sandpoint appoints new police training officer Selby
William G. Selby, 42, arrives February 1 from Junction City to join Sandpoint as chief Abbott announces a new training officer. Selby, a 12 year Air Force veteran born in Chicago, previously worked with Abbott on Riverside Police and at Lane County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon. His wife Marge is a former Pocatello resident.
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Police
William G. Selby
Junction City
Abbott
Selby
The
Riverside Police Force
Lane; County Sheriff’s Office
Orégon
Air Force
Chicago
Marge
Pocatello
Hofmeister family seeks autopsy report release in death case
In Bonner County Idaho the Hofmeister family petitions for a writ to force the coroner to file the autopsy report with the county clerk. The petition labels June Hofmeister’s death as accidental amid a homicide investigation and names Colleen Craig Lynn Everett and Everett Hofmeister as petitioners guardians of minors Gaul and Erik Hofmeister. A Feb. 3 hearing is set as officials coordinate with prosecutors and a special prosecutor.
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Everett Hofmeister
Darlene Hofmeister
Bonner County
Thomas A. Mitchell
Dale Coffelt
Coffelt
Tom Frost
Lucinda Weiss
Local Group Joins Auction Performers at Sandpoint Event
Nashville entertainers join March of Dimes Radio Auction at Sandpoint Eagles Club in the Elks Dining Room. Four band members plus Kentucky Velvet Arnold Roberts Patti Hart and Ellen Black and Friends perform with others to curb birth defects during 7 to 10 p.m. shows on Wednesday and Thursday. Auctioneers Harold Hale Jack Popplewell and Glenn Eggers host. Door prizes include paintings by Gene Hayes Ted Denslow. baked goods from Noline Bidwell. Donations accepted from 2 p.m. at the Elks Dining Room. pickup from the auction site. Call 263-6874 for donations or requests.
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Nashville
Sandpoint
Eagles Club
March of Dimes
Kentucky Velvet
Arnold Roberts
Patti Hart
Ellen
Black
Harold Hale
Jack Popplewell
Glenn Eggers
Gene Hayes
Ted Denslow
Ink Well
Main St
Noline Bidwell
Beta Sigma Phi
Elks
Priest River Man Gets Multicount Burglary Sentences
District Judge Dar Cogswell sentenced Arthur Leo Pass of Priest River to 10 years on each of eight burglary counts and five years on one count, all to run concurrently, with 120 days of retained jurisdiction. Pass pleaded guilty to all nine charges including the Pastime Sports Shop burglary.
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Dar Cogswell
Priest River
Arthur Leo Pass
Pass
Nick Lamanna
Lucinda Weiss
Cogswell
Birch Society speaker attacks land use laws in Sand Point talk
A John Birch Society speaker from Los Angeles told about 50 attendees at Sand Point Junior High last night that land use legislation infringes property rights and resembles Communist planning. He blamed government overreach for limiting private ownership and criticized figures like Church Udall Jackson Muskie.
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Ron Wright
John Birch Society
Bee
Los Angeles
U.S
Sandpoint Jr. High
Wright
Russia
Sens
Frank Church
Morris - Udall
Henry Jackson
Edmund Muskie
Logging Roads Under Attack in Idaho Forests
The Idaho Wildlife Federation District 1 meeting condemned the Forest Service for not reducing logging roads in Idaho national forests. They urged cutting road miles and density, using yarding equipment to space roads, closing more roads after logging, and cleaning slash. The resolution, sent to lawmakers and civil officials, cites a Palouse timber sale conflict where independent soils science supported Forest Service road density limits.
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U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
National
The
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Federation
Wildlife Organization
Cecil D. Andrus
Forest Service
Palouse
Andrus Blaster On Fund Stand
Idaho Senate transportation chair blasted Gov. Cecil Andrus for proposing to use 10 million dollars in surplus funds for highway construction. Senator Reed Budge accused the plan of political maneuvering to appease voters and create jobs without solving the highway problems.
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Robert van Buskirk
BOISE
UPI
Idaho Senate Transportation Committee
Cecil D. Andrus
Reed Budge
Soda Springs
Budge
County approves continued junk car roundup with Sandpoint aim
Bonner County commissioners authorize a county-wide junk car roundup to resume next spring and seek City of Sandpoint participation. Planning Coordinator Bill Powers said 231 of 400 collected vehicles were removed last year, crediting cooperation from the county and state highway department for pits and landfills.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint
Bill Powers
Board of Commissioners
Powers
State Highway Department
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