New Sandpoint Police Chief Promises Major Department Rebuild
Laurence F Sterling, chosen by the police study committee, will be sworn in after tonight's council meeting which also weighs a union contract for firefighters. He plans a lean budget, dispatch consolidation, more discretion on arrests, and a two-car patrol with seven officers including himself, plus foot patrols downtown. Sterling promises 24 hour service and compensatory time, plus expanded residential and commercial area patrols.
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Sandpoint
Laurence F Sterling
Police Study Committee
Les Brown
Brown
Sterling
Bonners Ferry
Sheriff's Department
Bonner County School District Revises Free Meal Policy
The district updates eligibility guidelines for free and reduced price meals and free milk under national programs. Families with low incomes or high medical and shelter costs may qualify, with foster children sometimes eligible. Applications are sent home, with confidentiality and appeals. Schools listed include Clark Fork to Washington and Sandpoint Jr High students advised to walk to Washington School.
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Bonner County
Clark Fork
Farmin-Stidwell
Hope
Kootenai
Lincoln
Northside
Priest Lake
Priest River
Priest River High School
Sagle
Southside
Washington
Sandpoint Jr. High
Washington School
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy today and Tuesday with a chance of light rain or snow. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation risk 30 percent today and tonight, 40 percent Tuesday. High around 35 today, low near 30 tonight.
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Sandpoint
Taxwriters advance bills on school levy and energy incentives
Idaho House tax writers sent a bill to permanently reduce the county school levy by four mills. Reimbursed from sales tax receipts, the plan may draw on nearly 10 million in anticipated surplus. Other measures include a tax exemption for alternative energy devices and incentives for home solar installations. Maxine Neider acting for Rep C W Neider was sworn in. A bill to allocate 0.5 percent of public building costs to art proposals was moved forward after a prior defeat.
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Boise
UPI
Gary Ingram
Radio Auction Tally Reaches 2111 95
Final total from last week’s March of Dimes radio auction is 2111 95 dollars, announced by a spokeswoman for Beta Sigma Phi the sponsoring group. Items bought at the auction and not picked up are now at the Bee office.
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Beta Sigma Phi
The
Bee
Solution To Reappraisal Problem May Be In Works
Bonner County official Henry Samuels says a workable path may exist to resolve a reappraisal problem in the county. He and Idaho Tax Commissioner Don Loveland discussed alternatives to outside fee appraisers and will formalize agreed bases and methods. The two men note a state role in supervising local appraisals and aim to present findings to county officials once progress is clear.
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Bonner County
Samuels
Dennis Benda
Idaho
Don C. Loveland
Idaho State Tax Commission
Supreme Court of Idaho
Roy Truby
Idaho Statesman
Truby
Pend Oreille Lake Level to Rise to 2056 Feet
Ken Coffman project engineer at Albeni Falls Dam announced Pend Oreille Lake will be raised from 2054 to 2056 feet to conserve excess water and increase power generation. He noted spawning needs will limit withdrawals, though space could be used for flood control next month if required.
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Ken Coffman
Albeni Falls
Pend Oreille Lake
Coffman
Two Men Turn Themselves In To Sheriff's Office
Steven D. Ennis of Clark Fork and Lawrence T. Cummins of Samuels surrendered to Bonner County sheriff over the weekend. They waived extradition to California where a forgery warrant exists and await transport. Sheriff Wilcox says they are wanted by U S military police for allegedly being AWOL from the Navy.
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Sheriff's Office
Samuels
Clark Fork
Sheriff’s Office
California
Steven D. Ennis
Lawrence T
Cummins
Bonner County
Robert Wilcox
Navy
Talley Injured In Pickup Accident On Icy Road
Hubert G. Talley of Sagle suffered minor head injuries after a pickup slid on icy Talache Cutoff Road and ditched about 130 feet, shearing off a power pole. Pacific Power cut service to about forty customers briefly. Talley was not admitted to Bonner General Hospital.
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Talache
Sagle
Hubert G. Talley
Dale ‘Addington
Pacific Power ‘and Lights
Bonner General Hospital
Talley
Idaho Republicans push repeal of anti Mormon voting ban
The Idaho Republican State Central Committee urged the Legislature to place a constitutional amendment before voters to remove a provision in Article 6 that bars Latter Day Saints from voting, juror service, or holding office over polygamy or celestial marriage. The move cites historic religious prejudice still echoed in the state constitution.
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Boise
Northern Ireland
Idaho
State Central Committee
Church of ‘Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Anti-Mormon Party
Earth
Republican State Central Committee
Vernon Ravenscroft
James Ellisworth
Rleadore
Allan F. Larsen
R-Blackfoot
House
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Bonner
Boundary Counties
Forest Service
Maxine Neider
W Neider
Coeur d'Alene
House ,State Affairs Committee
Henry Samuels
Commissioners and Clerks Association
Heaven
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