County plans survey to guide Bonner growth and appearances
Bonner County sent 1000 questionnaires to landowners in four areas to gauge citizen desires for a comprehensive plan. Patti Miller notes results will shape winter workshops and future growth, with areas including Sandpoint Clark Fork Priest River and Blanchard Glengary.
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Bill Crampton
Bee
The
Banner
County Planning Office
Patti Miller
University of Idaho
Sandpoint
Clark Fork
Priest River
Blanchard-Glengary
Bonner County
Miller
Sam Wentz
Test Drive Con Man Hits Spokane Car Swap
A well dressed man posing as a retiree test drove a 1973 El Dorado at Alpine Motors in Sandpoint and never returned. He later left a 1976 Hornet at Hollenbeck Motors in Spokane, abandoning the Cadillac and triggering police investigation. The man gave a fictitious address near the Pack River Bridge and used altered plates. He is described as about 50, tall and heavy with gray balding hair.
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Alpine Motors
Hollenbeck Motors
Spokane
Linda Larson
Andy Scaggs
Pack River Bridge
Alpiner Motors
Washington
Larson
Sandpoint
Wheatmen urge end to dock strike in Gulf and East ports
Idaho wheat growers head, led by Don Howe of Bonners Ferry, urge President Carter to convene a Taft Hartley cooling off board amid a 13 day Gulf and East coast longshoremen strike. They warn of rapid economic injury as export trade halts and wheat prices fall, calling for urgent action to resume trade.
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Bonners Ferry
UPI
Idaho Association of Wheat Growers
Carter
Don Howe
National Association
Howe
East
Gulf Ports
Gulf Port
Timber Owners Learn Tree Marking and Thinning
Nearly a dozen timber land owners attended a tree marking demonstration at Ray Delay’s 1400 acre farm near Careywood. Foresters from the Soil Conservation Service the Idaho Department of Lands and University of Idaho Extension showed marking thinning and harvest methods to reduce erosion and improve soil quality while outlining cost sharing for pre commercial thinning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Delay
Carey Wood
Soi Conservation Service
State Department of Lands
University of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service
Vern Bromgard
The
Soil Conservation Service
Bonner
Bonner County
Bromgard
Idaho Dept. of Lands Woodland
Dale Egstrom
da White
SCS
David Poe
Rex Johnson
Dept. of Lands
Careywood
Fish and Game Budget Faces Major Cut in Idaho
Idaho Fish and Game Department faces a near six hundred thousand dollar cut as the Budget Bureau proposes reducing the department's budget from over 112 million to 107 million. The loss would affect hatchery construction statewide and comes as officials prepare to plead with Governor Evans in October for restoration.
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The
Bee
Lewiston
State Budget Bureau
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Robert Salter
Salter
John V Evans
Boise
Woman cited after collision at Pack River Road U S 95
Leslie Ray Dahlberg a 73 year old Sagle woman was cited for failure to yield after her 1962 Chevrolet Belair was struck by a 1973 Chevrolet Motor Home driven by Edward Hunter 67 of Thorsby Canada at the Pack River Road and U S 95 intersection near Colburn Police said Hunter southbound on U S 95 could not change lanes due to traffic and applied brakes skidding 81 feet before rear ending the Belair Both vehicles moved 42 feet and the Motor Home pushed the Belair to the shoulder Damages were 3000 to the motor home and 1500 to the Belair with no injuries reported
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Sagle
Leslie Ray Dahlberg
Edward Hunter
Thorsby
Canada
Pack River Road
U.S. 95
Colburn
Hunter
Dahlberg
Spirit Lake Man Walks From Bonner General Hospital
Edward T. Obert 52 was arrested last Friday for driving while intoxicated and taken to Bonner General Hospital for alcohol related treatment. He walked out Thursday night and remained unfound at noon today, Bonner County deputies said.
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Spirit Lake
Edward T. Obert
Bonner County
Sheriff’s Office
Bonner General Hospital
Probation Violation Arrest in Bonner County Warrant
Gary Lee Bailey, 19, of Colburn, was arrested by the Bonner County Sheriff's Office on a Kootenai County probation violation warrant. He was jailed in Bonner County with bond set at $2,000.
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Colburn
Gary Lee Bailey
Bonner County
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Con Man
Community Hall
Gulfport
Egstrom
Vern Brom
Tsar Beas
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