Sandpoint Chamber Center Dedication Draws Crowd
Friday dedication of the Sandpoint Area Information Center drew about 100 residents and officials. Mayor Les Brown and Jr. Miss Cheryl Wooden cut the ribbon. flags were dedicated by Lions Club and officials. a time capsule was placed to be opened in 2001. the Big Foot Award honored local media. Monument Park art by Roy Reynolds was unveiled. final center dedication closed with tours and refreshments.
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Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Area Information Center
Sandpoint
Les Brown
Sandpoint Jr
Cheryl Wooden
Center For Public Review
Sandpoint Lions Club
Lions
Pete Thompson
Vern Bormgard
U.S. Department of Soil Conservation
Andrus
Merle Parsley
Idaho
Lions International Zone
John Trescott
Creston
B.C
Wally Staglund
Bonner County
Dell Brown
K&k
Chamber
Robert Farmin
Big Foot
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Ac
The
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Norm Baur
KSPT
Mike Adams
Kxly Radio-Television
Spokane
Monument Park
Roy “Boots” Reynolds
David Thompson
Brown
Miss Wooden
North Idaho
Roy “Boots
Train Crushes Truck High Centered At Colburn
A tractor-trailer hauling a D-6 Caterpillar tractor became high centered on Colburn railroad tracks and was crushed by a Burlington Northern freight train. Driver Jerald Hazeltine escaped unharmed. The Pack River Lumber Co. rig and the engine suffered extensive damage. no derailment occurred. Deputy Larry Berry cited no damage estimate yet.
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Burlington Northern
Bonner County
Larry Berry
Pack River Lumber Company
Jerald H. Hazeltine
Hazeltine
Berry
Fred Bender
Sandpoint Council Meets Tonight
The Sandpoint City Council will hold a regular session at 8 p.m. in City Hall chambers. Councilman Steve Klatt will present requests from the Lions Club to use city streets and City Beach for White Cane Day on May 15 and Beach Bar-B-Q on July 31. The Bonner County Historical Society seeks beach use July 31. Richard Maraffio of First Security Bank asks to use Triangle Park on Oak Street for an open house on May 22.
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Sandpoint City
Steve Klatt
Sandpoint
Beach Bar-B-Q
Bonner County Historical Society
Beach
Richard Maraffio
First Security Bank
Triangle Park
Oak Street
Volunteers Battle Shake Mill Blaze in Colburn Weekend Fire
Northside Fire Association volunteers spent at least 23 hours fighting a blaze at the B&B Shake Mill in Colburn starting around 4 p.m. on Friday. Crews from Northside, Idaho Department of Lands, and Pack River Company used four fire rigs, a big pumper, a tanker, two pumps and a bulldozer to control the fire through Saturday night, saving about 37 000 dollars worth of shingles and noting no monetary loss. A Sunday brush fire at the Selle Road residence caused little damage with seven men, a tanker and a pumper responding.
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Northside Fire Association
Colburn
Selle Road
Northside
Bob Lyons
Shake Mill
Idaho Department of Lands and Pack River Company
Lyons
Department of Lands
Pack River
Joseph Barns
Department of Lands and Pack River Lumber Company
Stolen Kamloops Trout Decides K and K Derby Winner
Charlene Hutchinson of St Maries won the 1000 prize after properly registering a 24 lb 2 oz Kamloops trout caught on Lake Pend Oreille on May 1, the first day of fishing season, which was later stolen from the Eagles Lodge display in Sandpoint. The theft prompted a 100 reward offer that went unclaimed. Other top awards went to Jim Martin 22 lb 15 oz Kamloops and Inez Kimzey 17 lb 9 oz Dolly Varden, with additional prizes for weight guesses, certificates, and trophies across several categories.
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Lake Pend Oreille
Eagles Lodge
Sandpoint
Lake
Hutchinson
the Eagles
K&k
Jim Martin
Sagle
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Linda Ravedal
Betty Pelleas
Linda Wallace
Frank Warren
Dick Neuder
Jeff Moline
Ponderay
Kamloops
Dean Mell
KHQ Television
Spokane
Fred O’neil
Mell
Willard Memorial
Reg Batchelor
Annie Overholser
Overholser
Don Wasson
Coeur d’Alene
Kimzey
Dolly Varden
Wasson
Bjorvik
Reagan Church Could Pull Upsets In Nebraska
In Nebraska's early 1976 primary Ronald Reagan and Frank Church were seen as potential upsetters. Ford and Carter remained favorites as campaigns wound down with Church targeting Lincoln and Omaha while urging Democratic crossovers to unite behind him.
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Church
Reagan
Nebraska
Arnold Sawislak
Omaha
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Frank Church
California
Ford
Idaho
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Lincoln
Georgia
Hubert Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Humphrey
Kennedy
Texas
Indiana
House
Senate
Congress
Henry Jackson
Morris Udall
Weather for Sandpoint and Vicinity
Cloudy today with a chance of showers tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday with south easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances 10 percent today, 40 percent tonight, 30 percent Tuesday. Highs: today near 50, tonight lower, Tuesday around 0. Weather notes reflect seasonal patterns and light precipitation potential.
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Sandpoint & Vicinity
PP&L Starts Work On Power Plant
Pacific Power & Light announces the fourth 500000 kilowatt unit at the Jim Bridger steam electric plant near Rock Springs Wyoming. The project cost about 416 million dollars with total four unit cost near 1 billion. Unit 1 and 2 are in operation and unit 3 nears completion.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Jim Bridger
Rock Springs
Wyo
Pacific Power & Lights Company
Oregon
Northwest
Pacific Power & Light Company
Idaho Power Company
Last Sandpoint Chamber Meeting Set for Tomorrow
The Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce schedules its last monthly meeting until September tomorrow at noon at the Sandpoint Elks Club. Chief Deputy Dave Hare of the Bonner County Sheriff's Department will discuss crime in Bonner County and how the department can help. Members are urged to bring a guest. The chamber pauses summer meetings due to busy season.
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Sandpoint
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Barbara Remmers
K & K Prize
Inez E Kimzey
Teri Walker
Walker
Pp&l
Eldon Drennan
Wyoming
Bp&l
Midpoint
Medford
Ore
Sheriff’s Department
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