County Reports Primary Election Costs and Reimbursement
Bonner County Clerk Doris Kenney said she filed a $12 457 70 claim for Idaho reimbursement of costs from the May presidential preference primary. Total county cost reached 13 641 12, covering boards ballots registration supplies absentee needs postage and part time salaries with future state reimbursement depends on legislature funds and county participation.
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Bonner
Doris Kenney
Kenney
Stop Signs Sought After Two Sandpoint Crashes
Police chief asks public works to install stop signs at Fourth Street and Church and at Ella and Cedar after two serious accidents in two weeks. No injuries were reported in the updated dispatch.
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Sandpoint
Larry Sterling
Sterling
Jack Leckner
Public Works
Fourth Street
Fourth and
Church
Ella
Ella and
Cedar
Johnson
Cedar-Ella
Fourth
Church Streets
Patricia D. Lappin
Naples
Ishmael C Evans
Pine
Evans
W . Sterling
BT RE
Developers Sue Over Water System Membership Rights
Two Come Back Bay developers Brockway and Rainey sue in district court claiming they were denied water system membership for Come Back Bay Addition on Fry Creek. They built a 36-lot system and seek a writ to compel connection, asserting widespread water capability and unfair board actions. They request court orders granting all plat owners the right to use the water system upon fee payment and cost allocation.
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Come Back Bay Water Association
James Brockway
Albert E. Rainey
Come Back Bay
Fry Creek
Lake Pend Oreille
Brockway
Board of Directors
Rainey
Suspect Arrested in Sand Point Station Larceny Case
Robert Davis, 25, of 502 N Boyer, was arrested on a warrant for petite larceny related to a March 17 theft at John's Husky Station on North Fifth in Sand Point. About $20 was taken from the till while an attendant pumped gas. Davis posted a 50 bond and was released.
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Robert Davis
Boyer
John’s Husky Staton
North Fifth
Sandpoint
Mill Worker Injured In Colburn Conveyor Accident
An employee at the Colburn Mill received arm lacerations after his arm was caught in a conveyor that moves sawdust from the planet to the burner. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. and the worker was treated and released from Bonner General Hospital. Sheriff deputy Jerry Hatch provided the details.
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Colburn
Bonner General Hospital
Witham H Evans
Jerry Hatch
Hearing Continued On County Suit
Bonner County pursues an injunction against Edward Jack Gage over a drive in diner built near U S 95 south of Sandpoint. The suit seeks demolition or repurposing of the building for safety and zoning reasons after Gage did not locate the diner at the required distance from the highway center line. The hearing date is moved to Wednesday June 30 at 9 30 a m in the Court House.
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Bonner County
Edward Jack Gage
Gage
U.S. 95
Sandpoint
Priest River to Add Downtown Off-Street Parking Lot
City council considers converting Dick Sonntag’s West Main Street property between Kaniksu Lane and Karli Electric into an off-street parking lot. The site previously housed several businesses that were destroyed in the December 1973 fire.
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Priest
Marylyn
Cork
Dick Sonntag
White Cross Pharmacy
Sonntag
Kaniksu Cline
Karli Electric
Priest River
Ruth Treat
Washington Auto Carriage
Defense Nearing End in Stroisch Murder Trial
Coeur d Alene Idaho UPI the defense is set to rest its case in the first degree murder trial of George Stroisch for the Nov 19 1973 strangulation death of Rita Marcussen Prosecutors seek to prove Ron Marcussen suspiciously disappeared the day of the death while defense contends the bone evidence ties to a body found at the grave site and questions Stroisch involvement.
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Ron Marcussen
Rita Marcussen
Stroisch
Mrs. Marcussen
PPL Rate Hearing Set in Idaho for Sandpoint
A public hearing by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission is scheduled for June 6 at 2 p.m. in the Bonner County Courthouse to consider a 1.4 mill per kWh rate increase requested by Pacific Power and Light Co. The rise would raise a 1000 kWh monthly residential bill by about $1.58 and generate $210,825 annually.
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BOISE
UPI
Pacific
Power
and Light Company
Tates
Energy
Sandpoint
Idaho“Public Utilities Commission
Bonner County
Power’ Company
Killowatt
Washington,Power Co
PUC
Idaho EPA Says Funds Can Solve State Water Problems
EPA Idaho director Harold Geren told the Idaho Clean Water Advisory Committee that federal 208 funds should produce real results if spent wisely and that the program would be turned over to state hands with EPA watching. He and Sen. John Peavey stressed local input, phased implementation, and avoiding unfunded plans, aiming for laws and ordinances with practical impact.
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Boise
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
Idaho
Harold Geren
EPA Idaho
Idaho Clean Water ’ ‘Advisory
Geren
IEPA
Bec
al Figuren
Boise Cascade Corporation
EPA
Ejiguren
Sen
John Peavey
R-Rupert
Peavey
Lee Stokes
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Stokes
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Jerry Johnson
Leckner
Davis
Terry Ball
Marcussens
Treat
Alberi Falls Dam
Ted Brower
Corps of Engineers
Spokane
Charles Shirk
Don Chilcote
Congregational United Church of
Chast
Washington Street
Alberi Highway
Connie Salesky
Philadelphia
Trent
Idaho City Clerks and Finance Officers Association
Log Cabin
Robert B York
Harvey Littler
E LeRoy Krogh
Northern Development, Inc
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