City Council Approves Immediate Dog Control Action
The Sandpoint City Council endorses hiring a full time pet control officer and retaining Northwest Eagle Enterprises for 30 days to curb loose dogs. Public safety chair Gene Holt urged swift steps and proposed funding from dog licenses. council members raised concerns about responsibility, hours, and policy and no final action was taken.
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Sandpoint
Northwest Eagle Enterprises
Public Safety
Gene Holt
Holt
Emma Lou Hook
Nee
Hook
Sandpoint council postpones sludge lagoon plan and seeks alternatives
Sandpoint City Council delayed final action on a sludge holding lagoon at Sandpoint Airport after health officials rejected the Entrance Engineering design as too shallow. The panel heard about a potential digester at the sewer plant and urged a city sludge management plan with 90 percent funding from federal and state sources.
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Sandpoint
Spirit Lake Electric
State Health Department
Entrance Engineering
Dave Welker
Health Department
Welker
Bud Benoit
Larry Comers
Environmental Division
Comers
Library Names New Director Linda Ayers In Sandpoint
Linda Ayers, 27, former Latah County Public Library head and ex Exxon Nuclear librarian, takes over as director of the Sandpoint-East Bonner County Library as Rich Wilson departs for the Idaho State Library in Boise. Ayers aims to expand county services with programs like a community resource file while partnering with schools to boost student access. Wilson, 24, plans regional post involvement and announces his upcoming marriage to Jane Votaw, an artist who has contributed to library displays.
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Rich Wilson
Idaho State Library
Boise
Sandpoint-East
Bonner County
Linda Ayers Ayers
Sandpoint
Richland
Washington
Exxon Nuclear
Richland Public Library
Ayers
Latah County
Moscow
Pullman High School
Rapid Lightning Creek
Gary
Wilson
Jane Votaw
Lewiston
Votaw
Wythega
Linda Ayers
Boise Bee
Idaho Joins Suit Over Right To Sue Government
Idaho Attorney General Wayne Kidwell authorized the state to join Pennsylvania in a Supreme Court appeal over the right of states to sue the federal government for losses from disasters. He argues the power would let Idaho sue on behalf of its people if federal action is illegal or mishandled.
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Boise ci Ph
Wayne Kidwell
Idaho
Pennsylvania
LS Supreme Court
Pennsylania
Agnes Kidwell
Pennsylvnia
Gonine
Wsvers
Eeneral
Kidwells
Teton Dam
Kidwell
Will
Pennsyl Varn
Secretary of Interior
Thomas Kieppt
Seton Dam
Aleppo
Northwest faces bill for Teton Dam disaster costs
Senate hearings on Idaho flood losses, with at least 10 dead and up to 1 billion dollars in damage, probe full private compensation and nonreimbursable funding. Church and McClure press for legislation while Jaffe and Stamm warn of higher rates and the need for nonreimbursable aid.
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Elmer W. Lammi
Washington
UPI
Pacific Northwest
Teton Dam
Senate
Frank Church
Idaho
Ford
Church
James A. McClure
Treasury
Irving Jaffe
Bureau of Reclamation
Jaffe
Idaho Democrat
Gilbert Stamm
Bonneville Power Administration
Téton
EPA
Stamm
William E. Crockett
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
McClure
Idaho Delegates Pledge Support as Carter Gains Lead
Six Idaho delegates pledged to support Jimmy Carter after Frank Church endorsed the frontrunner. Eight of Church’s sixteen delegates could not be reached. among those contacted, six favored Carter and two remained uncommitted. Carter backers include John Cooper and John McGee of Coeur d'Alene, Les Purse, Mel Morgan, Robert Kinghorn of Pocatello, and Betty Laverty of Ketchum. Lillian Inscore of Moscow and Deckie Rice of Idaho Falls stayed uncommitted.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Frank Church
Jimmy Carter
Church
Carter
John Cooper
John McGee
Coeur D’alene
Les Purse
Mel Morgan
Robert Kinghorn
Pocatello
Betty Laverty
Bad Day For A Burglar In Sandpoint
Daniel Moran of Sandpant faces first degree burglary charges after a daytime theft of a flag from the Lions Club site and a raid on a drive in where Dub Lewis confronted him with a shotgun. Moran was captured with $17.50 and merchandise and held on $1,000 bond.
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Sandpant
Daniel Moran
Moran
Sandpoint
Lions Club
Pete Thompson
Dan Lee
Moran Lee
Dub Lewis
Boyer Avenue
Highway 200
Lewis
E.L. Campbell
Campbell
Kootenai County
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Dogcatcher
Ray Davis
N. Boyer
Ozzie Vallieres
Davis
Vallieres
Environmental Protection Agency
Alaska
Ths
Roger Hanlon
Daily Bee
Curtis Travel Air
Herley Aerodromy Chief
Watts
Pend Oreille
Ber Phota
Northwest
Tegal
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