Recall Drive Targets Sandpoint Council Member Emma Lou Hook
Sandpoint businessman Gene Louviers seeks 260 signatures to place a recall vote on the November ballot. He cites Hook's negative council votes and alleged mishandling of garbage service negotiations, while Hook vows to resist resigning amid a dispute over permits and neighborhood issues.
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Brian Moe
Bee
Emma Lou Hook
Sandpoint
Gene Louviers
Louviers
Hook
Perma Profit Construction Materials Company
Dover Highway
Panhandle
Dave Easton
Doug Ward
Emma Lou
Ward
Wade Brown
Evans cautious on U S health insurance plan
Idaho Governor John Evans urged the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to weigh all options before adopting a national health insurance program. He spoke at meetings on the issue amid rising care costs and called for addressing high costs and disorganized planning before any federal national plan. Idaho Hospital Association official John Hutchinson criticized the moves, saying they disagree with government plans.
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Evans
John Hutchinson
Idaho Hospital Association
Night Sky Forecast For North地区
Partly cloudy conditions persist in the north tonight with fair weather elsewhere through Tuesday. Expect morning fog in valleys with overnight lows from the mid 20s to the upper 30s and daytime highs around the mid 50s to mid 60s.
Grant Loan To Aid Oden Water System Upgrade
The Farmers Home Administration approves a 21500 loan and 21000 grant to improve Oden Bay Water Association in Bonner County. About 140 homes are served with 40+ awaiting hookups. officials warned the system is at capacity with inadequate filtration and storage.
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Oden Water System
Farmers Home Administration
Oden Bay Water Association
Bonner County
Frank Church
Oden Bay
Oden-Selle
Randall Johnson
Coeur d'Alene
Northwest forest fire season ends with relief in 1977
UPI reports Northwest foresters mark the 1977 fire season as a relief after drought feared a worst year. About 24,500 acres burned in Region 1 and 6, with state totals 5,000–6,000 acres per state, despite a high number of fires and notable lightning activity in Region 6.
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Brian Motaz
United Press International
U.S. Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Dakotas
Washington
Oregon
California
Northwest
Forest Service
Pat Kelly
Region 6
Kelly
Ron Hendrickson
Missoula
Mont
Hendrickson
Region 1
Schools Get Music Grant In Idaho County
The Idaho Commission for the Arts and Humanities awarded a $2,000 grant to the Bonner County School District to expand the county string program. Superintendent Wayne Likens said Marion Royle requested funds to hire an aide to teach elementary strings at Sagle and Farming schools. The project uses a 50-50 match from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Idaho commission. Boundary County Community Theater also received $2,000 from the commission.
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Idaho Commission For the Arts and Humanities
Bonner County
Wayne Likens
Marion Royle
Sagle
National Endowment of the Arts
Boundary County
Deer strike injures car. Dodge sustains damage near Priest River
Donald D. Nelson, 29, of Priest River, driving a 1974 Dodge Sedan, struck a deer on Highway 57 near Priest River Friday evening. The deer was killed and the car sustained about $400 in damage.
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Donald D. Nelson
Priest River
Teen Driver Escapes Police Pursuit In 1970 Mustang Crash
Don R. Rasor 17 of Sandpoint wrecked a 1970 Ford Mustang on Lignite and Garfield Bay roads near Sagle. Police say he fled a chase at high speed with headlights off. The car left the road, skidded 92 feet after braking, rolled through a ditch, then slid 38 more feet on Garfield Bay Road causing substantial damage.
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Don R. Rasor
Sandpoint
Lignite Road
Garfield Bay Road
Sagle
Rasor
Nelson
Truck Hits Cow Near Blanchard on Highway 41
A 1977 Ford pickup driven by John J. Murtagh, 54, Blanchard, struck a cow Thursday morning on Highway 41 near Blanchard. Damage was estimated at $1,000 to the truck.
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John J. Murtagh
Blanchard
Highway 41
Stoves Stolen From Priest Lake Cabin
Ann Scott reported to police that in the past two weeks her cabin on Gun Club Road was broken into and at least two cast iron stoves were stolen.
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Ann Scott
Priest Lake Lodge
Gun Club Road
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Panhandle Health
U.S
Jay Wilcox
Pend Oreille
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