Priest River float wins Sandpoint parade sweepstakes
Thousands watched as Priest River Community float driven by Paul Branham earned the Sandpoint Lions Club community float award and the overall sweepstakes honors in the 1975 Independence Day parade amid bicentennial costumes and sunny skies. The entry featured Miss Priest River Kathleen Branham and Princesses Trudy Davaz and Sandy Bryan. Grand Marshal Dr. Helen E. Peterson led more than 73 entries, with Mountain Mavericks 4-H Club winning the horse category and United Methodist Church claiming the civic award in a bicentennial theme. Harold Miller won in the antique category for a wood powered steam engine and C. Tucker took the logging award.
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Priest River
Sandpoint Lions Club
Paul Branham
Kathleen Branham
Trudy Davaz
Sandy Bryan
Helen E. Peterson
United Methodist Church
Harold Miller
C. Tucker
Digger Dale
Lightning Sparks Pack River Fire in Bonner County
Lightning storms caused 79 fires across the Pacific Northwest over the weekend. One quarter acre blaze along Hell Roaring Creek in the upper Pack River drainage near Bonner County was controlled. Fire crews from the Forest Service and Idaho Department of Public Lands fought the timbered fire.
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Pacific Northwest
Pack River
Bonner County
Larry Stone
Sandpoint Ranger District
Panhandle National Forest
Hell Roaring Creek
Grand Jury Recessed in Hofmeister Homicide Probe
The grand jury investigating the Hofmeister homicide will not reconvene until July 14, per County Clerk Doris Kenney. The panel, which had planned to hear three witnesses, is probing the death of June Hofmeister found in a wrecked pickup near the Schweitzer Cutoff Ad. An autopsy found she was strangled after a head blow.
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June Hofmeister
Doris Kenney
Ms. Hofmeister
Idaho
State Department of Employment
Sandpoint Declares Open Burning Ban Across City
Fire Chief Wade Brown announced a city wide ban on all open burning within Sandpoint city limits. The rule takes effect today to curb fire risk during the dry summer months with limited daytime burning allowed only in approved incinerators or barrels under guard and with a hose nearby. Special permits for controlled burns are available at the Sandpoint Fire Department.
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Sandpoint
Wade Brown
Sandpoint Fire Department
Pony Express Trail Ride to Transport Bicentennial Scrolls
Riders from Bonner and Kootenai Counties will cover about 60 miles tomorrow to move local Bicentennial scrolls to Coeur d'Alene. The relay begins at dawn led by Ed Hawkins, with ceremonies at a south end bridge, color presentations, and remarks by Merle Parsley for Gov. Andrus.
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Bonner
Kootenai
Coeur d’Alene
Ed Hawkins
Long Bridge
Idaho
Merle Parsley
Cecil D. Andrus
Hawkins
Hope-Clark Fork
Les Brown
Sandpoint
Bobbie Kehle
Granite Hill Roadside Park
Kootenai County
Boise
Pennsylvania
Idaho 4-H Horse Council
Worst Unemployment Past Boise
UPI reports unemployment in Boise area during a season of miserable spring weather and slow job recovery. The article notes lingering layoffs and hiring hesitancy as firms adjust payrolls amid weather-driven production delays.
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Boise
Car hits garbage truck after cyclist and stop sign
Cecil E. Todd of Sandpoint swerved to avoid a youth on a bicycle at Westmond and skidded into a parked garbage truck. Todd’s car sustained $800 damage. The bicyclist reportedly ran a stop sign and into Todd’s path. Idaho State Police documented the incident over the weekend.
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Cecil E. Todd
Rt. 2
Sandpoint
Todd
Westmond
Idaho
Eberline Named to Idaho Nuclear Energy Commission
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus appointed Eberline of Burley to the Idaho Nuclear Energy Commission for a four year term ending July 1, 1979. He replaces Mel Alsager and serves alongside his current role as managing editor of the South Idaho Press and former Blue Ribbon Study Commission member.
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Boise
API
John Eberline
Burley
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho Nuclear Energy Commission
Eberline
South Idaho Press
Mel Alsager
Blue Ribbon Study Commission
Idaho ‘Nuclear Energy Commission
Andrus
Sandpoint Radio KSPT Off Air After Transformer Burnout
KSPT in Sandpoint has been off the air since last Friday due to a burned high voltage transformer. The station said it is awaiting parts from the east but expects to resume broadcasting tomorrow.
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Kspt Radio
Sandpoint
KSPT
EPA boosts grant to Southside Water District
The Southside Water and Sewer District gains a $5,250 increase from the Environmental Protection Agency, raising total EPA funds for building treatment works, interceptor and outfall sewers to $191,250 as announced by Sen. James A. McClure.
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Southside
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Mountain Mavericks 4-H Club
Lions Club
Fred Ledger
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Memorial Field
Ledger
Lions
Mike Reed
Bob Glock
Okanogan Forest
Wenatchee
Colville National Forest
Clearwater, Panhandle
Lolo National
Bitterroot
North Idaho
Larry Carson
Juliaetta
Carson
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