City Council Delays Firemen Pay Increase Amid Budget Strain
The Sandpoint City Council rejected a 10 percent pay hike for firemen as the budget faces a $80,723 shortfall. Council members cited broader department cuts and the need to finalize the budget by March 31. Firemen also sought two free parking spaces and an itemized prevailing rights clause. A follow up meeting was set for February 23.
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Sandpoint
Darius Williams
Steve Klatt
Jim Holt
Council
Bud Benoit
Benoit
Les Brown
Brown
Risigag
Klatt
Emma_ Lou Hook
Holt
Hook
Ed Katzman
Eitzman
Ozzie Valheres
Brnott
Father Son Rivalry Highlighted At Winter Carnival Snow Ball
A popularity contest at the Winter Carnival Snow Ball pits Don LaMoreaux and son Mark against each other. Don leads the Variations on organ, while Mark fronts the Howling Coyotes from Moscow on lead guitar. Both groups mix rock and older dance tunes as spectators anticipate a rare joint performance.
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Don LaMoreaux
Elks Hall
Mark
Moscow
Howling Coyotes
LaMoreaux
Don
Ponderay
Snow Sculpture Contest Seeks More Entrants at Sandpoint
Sherri Metz urges more groups or individuals to join the Snow Sculpture Contest as part of Sandpoint Winter Carnival. First prize is 50 dollars with prizes funded by merchant entry fees. Sculptures form downtown, judged at 3 p.m. before the parade at 4 p.m.
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Sherri Metz
Sandpoint
Recipe for Perfect Snow Sculptures Below Freezing
A keeper of snow art explains mixing snow with a little water in large buckets to achieve the right consistency. Artists can color and adorn with items or cover a paper mache form. Some plan to use snow from higher elevations or craft ice chunks from a lake.
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Schweitzer
Open Negotiations Begin for Bonner County Schools Tonight
Bonner County Education Association and District No 82 School Board start contract talks at 8 p.m. in Farmin School cafeteria with a new rule open to the public. Leaders praise open sessions and urge community attendance amid legislature consider open negotiation law.
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Bonner County Education Association
District No 82
Farmin School
Wiley
Bonner County
Reed Budger
Senate Health Education and Welfare Committee
Idaho
Budge
Beeson
Pnest River
Parent Teacher Association
BCRA
Pocatello Tahoe Falls
Ada County
Senate
Health Education and Welfare Committee
Waho
Thompson Elected Idaho Fish and Game Commission Head
Pete Thompson, publisher of the Sandpoint Bee Bulletin, was elected chair of Idaho Fish and Game Commission for 1976, replacing Jack Hemingway of Ketchum. The commission met to discuss a Williams Lake petition by property owners seeking a winter fishing season closure near Salmon to curb vandalism and protect vacation homes, amid claims the department keeps the lake open for license revenue.
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Boise
UPI
Pete Thompson
Sandpoint Bee-Bulletin
Idaho ‘Fish and Game Commission
Thompson
Jack Hemingway
Ketchum
Williams Lake
Salmon
ERA Opponents Lose Ground In Idaho Senate Setback
In Boise the Idaho Senate sent a concurrent resolution opposing the Equal Rights Amendment to the State Affairs Committee by an 18 to 16 vote. Sen. Arthur Murphy defended the move though questioning its legality, while Sen. Dane Watkins and Sen. Reed Budge argued past practice. Final action on the two resolutions would come later in the week.
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Boise
UPS
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Murphy
State Affairs’ Committee
Agriculture Committee of
State Affairs
Dane Watkins
Idaho Falls
Agriculture Affairs Committee
Watkins
Reed Budge
Soda Springs
James Yost
Rendell
Idaho
Yost
Mt Spokane Ski Area Files Bankruptcy Petition
Mt Spokane Chairlift Inc owner of Snowblaze ski resort filed for bankruptcy Monday amid a $292 471 collection suit by Riblet Tramways Co The firm plans asset sales and reports assets exceed liabilities A temporary cash flow squeeze is cited as the cause and lack of snow has hurt the season.
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Mt. Spokane
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Laurence F. ‘Sterling
Schweitzer Basin
Sandpoint Daily
Marian Ebbett
Kenops
Idaho School Board Association
David Beeson
Darrell Kenops
Tam
Bc.e.a
John Wiley
Coeur D'Alene
Farmin
Dick Howell
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