Judge blocks Gage drive in restaurant without permit near Sandpoint
District Court Judge Dav Cogswell restrains Edward Jack Gage from operating his planned drive in restaurant near Sandpoint five miles south off U S 95 without a conditional use permit. The order grants Bonner County’s request for a temporary injunction pending trial.
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Edward Jack Gage
Dav Cogswell
U.S. 95
Sandpoint
Board of County Commissioners
Cogswell
Bonner County
Chamber Appeals Spurs City Park Maintenance at Monument Park
After an impromptu appeal at the Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Committee meeting, the city agreed to boost Monument Park upkeep. The center grounds require better water infrastructure and a new system, with a CETA worker to assist until funds run out.
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Monument Park
Chamber of Commerce
Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Committee
Sandpoint
Helen Whittaker
Chamber
Whittaker
Parks and Recreation Committee
Steve Klatt
Parks and Recreation
Bob Linsday
Linsday
Ning
CETA
Water District Boundaries Discussed After Court Ruling
City of Sandpoint officials and three private water associations debated mapping boundaries after a court decision requires serving all within the service area. Syringa Northside and Oden face capacity limits while a merged district could reduce overlap and share costs for future hookups and a possible lake water filter plant.
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City of
Eitzman
Roger Hanlon
Hanlon
Syringa
Northside
Oden
Pend Oreille
Jack Leckner
Public Works
Syringa and
Russian Tall Ships Face Public Access Restrictions in New York
Captains Ivan Schneider of the Kruzenshtern and Oleg Vandenko of the Tovarishch said local authorities warned against New Yorkers boarding their ships during Operation Sail. The vessels anchored mid river and remained closed to the public while crews could visit ashore. Schneider praised New York cleanliness but noted cigarette remnants on streets in his city.
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Julianne Hastings
New York
UPI
Thorities
Ivan Schneider
Xruzenshtern
Oleg Vandenko
Tovarishch
Kru
Hudson River
Kruzenshtern
Leningrad
Hygrade Plant to Rebuild After Destructive Fire
Hygrade meat packing plant superintendent Julian Carstens said the slaughterhouse and cattle pen areas were heavily damaged in a three alarm fire on Tuesday. No injuries occurred but about 15 cattle were killed and damage could reach up to $1 million. Detroit engineers were to assess the site with insurance adjusters present on Wednesday.
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Spokane
UPS
Hygrade
Julian Carstens
Carstens
Detroit
Indian Action Team funding boosted for 1977
A joint congressional committee agreed to raise funding for Indian Action Team IAT programs in Idaho and other states. Senator Frank Church said the Ford Administration's $14.1 million request was inadequate and the 1977 budget was raised to $20 million, ensuring Idaho does not lose funds. The IAT programs run by Coeur d'Alene Nez Perce and Shoshone Bannock tribes support continued community development.
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Washington
Frank Church
Indian Action Team
Idaho
Church
Ford Administration
IAT
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Coeur d’Alene
Nez Perce
Weather outlook for Sandpoint area this week
Considerable cloudiness with showers and thundershowers through Friday. Cooler temperatures with west winds 10 to 20 mph and gusts. Rain chance drops to 40 percent by tomorrow. High today 75, low tonight 55, high Friday 75.
City Sets Finance Meeting This Week
The Sandpoint City Council's finance committee will meet at 4pm Friday, July 9 in City Hall. Items include fund balances and departmental budgets as of June 30, status of capital outlay projects, bids for auditing city fiscal records for 1976, status of computer implementation and utilization, and plan for implementing the 1977 budget process.
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Sandpoint City
City Hall
Rosauer’s offers 2500 reward for store robberies
Rosauer’s food chain announces a 2500 reward for information leading to the conviction of a man who robbed a Rosauer’s store in the Spokane Valley last weekend. The robber wore a mask and used an automatic weapon to steal about 21000. President Ronald Springer cites rising robberies and says the loss is uninsured.
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Spokane
UPS
Rosauer’s
Spokane Valley
Ronald Springer
Dugway Mustang Deaths Not Tied to Chemical Tests
38 wild mustangs died near the Cedar Mountain spring at Dugway Army Proving Ground Utah. Col James Templeton Jr said no nerve or biological warfare caused the deaths and experts are unsure of the exact cause. Blood, carcasses, spring water, and soil will be tested with results in about two weeks.
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Dugway, Utah
UPI
Dugway Army Proving Ground
Dugway
James Templeton Jr
Templeton
Cedar Mountains
Desert
Cedar Mountain Range
Ron Hall
Bureau of Land Management
Thief In Surprise Stole Rod Reel Tackle Box And Cooler
Police in Moses Lake Washington report the theft from a pickup outside a tavern. The cooler held beer and three live rattlesnakes. The owner had reportedly caught the snakes at Potholes Reservoir.
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Moses Lake
Wash
UPI
Potholes
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Gage
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Jim Hunt
Planning Commission
Chamber Appeal
Sand Creek
Zenshtern Schneider
Cmdr
Vladimir Berezhnoy
The
First Avenue
Ken Pearlstine
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