Bonner County School District to Probe Custodian Pay Inequities
The Bonner County School District votes to investigate custodian pay and work arrangements and authorize back pay for two years. The meeting at Sandpoint High School included custodians and union representatives as tensions over split shifts and hourly wage scales surface. Dr. William Morton notes shifts were set for custodian convenience but now viewed as district-friendly and pledges 5 cents per hour where deserved.
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Bonner County
Board of Trustees
Sandpoint High School
Sch
Ools
William Morton
Morton
Philosphy
Ellsworth Attacks Veto Of Stream Channel Amendments
Ellsworth criticized Governor Andrus for vetoing amendments to Idaho’s Stream Channel Protection Law. The Leadore senator accused the veto of neglecting landowner river issues and warned that relying on department rules would usurp legislative powers. He warned Idaho’s water could be exported if not used locally. Weather in Sandpoint calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer afternoons with a 20 percent chance of precipitation tonight and 10 percent Friday.
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Leadore
Idaho
Upngov
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho Senate
James Ellsworth
Rleadore
Elsworth
Department of Water Administration
Legislative Branch
Chamber Tour at Schweitzer Basin Ski Area
Chamber of Commerce Day invites all members and skiers to Schweitzer Basin on Thursday March 29. Activities start 11 30 a.m. with ski school demo followed by a no host luncheon noon to 130 p.m. Then a 130 to 4 p.m. tour of the area by ski school personnel. Evening cocktails and overnight tour 430 to 530 p.m. Transportation and reservations due by March 27.
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Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Schweitzer Basin
Peronnel
Symms seeks removing St. Joe River from Wild River Study
Rep. Steve Symms Idaho Republican announced a bill to exclude the St. Joe River from the Wild Rivers Study, calling classification a serious mistake. He argued the river already has over $10 million in development and that designation could cost jobs and income for Idaho residents.
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Washington
UPI
Steve Symms
Idaho
St. Joe River
St. Joe
Symms
Cenarrusa Explains High Food Costs
Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa told the Jerome Chamber of Commerce that high food costs are a result not a cause of inflation. He dismissed blame on labor middlemen or producers as based on the false notion that private enterprise alone causes prices.
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Jerome, Idaho
UPI
Pete Cenarrusa
Cenarrusa
Jerome Chamber of Commerce
Sandpoint approves sewer bonds at record low rate
The city authorized 575000 in Water-Sewer Revenue Bonds at 5.3846 percent, far below the 6.5 national rate. Foster and Marshall and Piper Jaffray submitted the low bid. Mayor Les Brown praises voter support as key to the favorable financing.
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Sandpoint
Foster and Marshall, Inc
Seattle
Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood, Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
Les Brown
GOP Demands Andrus Explain Lenaghen Appointment
Silverton Idaho UPI reports Idaho GOP Chairman Marjorie Miner demanded Gov Cecil D Andrus explain his two month delay in appointing Robert Lenaghen to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Lenaghen was acting Director of Administrative Services at the time.
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Silverton Idaho
UPI
Republican Party
Cecil D. Andrus
Robert Lenaghen
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Marjorie Miner
Lenaghen
Ruling May Affect Idaho Schools
Boise Idaho UPI reports a Supreme Court decision on local property tax funded schools could alter Idaho equalization efforts. Idaho challenges a Fourth District case arguing the school aid formula denies equal protection under the 14th Amendment. The Court's 5-4 ruling on Texas may influence Idaho's financing method.
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Boise
UPI
U. S. Supreme Court
Idaho
Texas
Supreme Court
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John Thompson
Bev Knapp
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American Association of University Women
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Federal
Environmental Protection Agency
Gop
Andrus
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