Legion Auction On Wednesday
The Legion of Fine Arts plans an auction tomorrow evening at the Elks Lodge featuring about 40 works from artists in Sandpoint and across the country. Centerpiece is a still life by Robert Kensinger of Malaga Spain, with current bids at 150 and 200 dollars. Viewing starts 7:30 p.m. bidding at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds support the Legion and participating artists receive half. Dustyne Hope and Kimm Byers donated works to be drawn at the event.
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Legion of Fine Arts
Spain
Robert Kensinger
Malaga
Kensinger
Les Arts Europe
Belgium
Commandeaur
The
Daily Bee
the Elks Lodge
Sandpoint
Dustyne Hope
Kimm Byers
Merit System and Pay Raises Considered for Bonner County
The Bonner County Board of County Commissioners approved proposing a merit system for the Sheriff’s Office. Commissioner Harold Anselmo said the plan followed a Twin Falls seminar by the Idaho Sheriff’s Association and includes a personnel administrator appointed to study the system. Pay raises for all county employees may be tied to the merit plan and would start after year’s end, with next year’s budget outlining provisions. Benefits under consideration include job classification, tenure security, internal promotions, and a board from other sheriffs’ departments to hear appeals.
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Bonner County
Anselmo
Sheriff's Department
Sheriffs
Oregon Bans Snake Dams on Middle Snake River
Oregon state action blocks dam construction on a 71 mile Middle Snake River reach through Hells Canyon. The State Water Resources Board, by 42 votes, declares the river should stay free flowing for recreation and limited agricultural use, challenging Northwest power firms and pending federal approval.
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Salem, Ore
UPI
State Water Resources Board
Snake River
Oregon
Idaho
Hells Canyon
North America
Northwest
High Mountain Sheep
Pleasant Valley
Idaho logger reaches five million Expo attendance milestone
Stanley Wolfe of St. Maries Idaho became Expo 74’s five millionth visitor marking a key break-even milestone for the fair. He toured with wife Pauline and granddaughters Stephanie and another child, his third Expo visit.
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Spokane
UPI
Stanley Wolfe
St. Maries
Idaho
Wolfe
Pauline
Stephanie
Northwestern Governors Back More Forest Management
Governors Tom McCall of Oregon Dan Evans of Washington and Cecil Andrus of Idaho approve a timber productivity resolution to boost management of public and private forests in the Pacific Northwest They also back lifting maritime restrictions to allow foreign vessels to transport fertilizer from Alaska to the Northwest to ease global food shortages.
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Boise
UPI
Northwestern States
Pacific Northwest
Tom McCall
Oregon
Dan Evans
Washington
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
Alaska
Northwest
Pacific Northest
Preliminary hearing set for Schroder in Idaho case
Magistrate Alan Schwartzman scheduled a 9 a.m. November 27 preliminary hearing on three counts of obtaining money under false pretenses and seven counts of attempting to obtain money under false pretenses against former Idaho Highway Beautification Project director Jerry Wayne Schroder. Schroder, Boise, represented by Paul J. Buser, said he was working in Olympia Washington and sought late November or early December trial dates after unemployment compensation denial in Idaho. He was released on his own recognizance after a Monday magistrate appearance.
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Boise
UPS
Alan Schwartzman
Paul J. Buser
Jerry Wayne Schroder
Olympia
Wash
Schroder
Idaho
Seniors Receive 13500 for New Bonner Center
Bonner County commissioners presented a 13500 revenue sharing check to Bonner County senior citizens who had been displaced from a center. About 50 attendees voted to pursue the city’s prior Main Street site as the construction plan proceeds with private labor and city land donations supporting the project.
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Bonner County
Chet Howell
Ha Old Anselmo
Sandpoint
Board of County Commissioners
Dan Moore
Moore Bros. Construction Co
Howell
Harold Anselmo
New Center
Main Street
Amtrak service eyed for Idaho via major city routes
Idaho Citizens Advisory Committee on Amtrak met with Amtrak officials in Washington to discuss restoring passenger service. If approved the route would be scheduled for major cities on both sides of Boise with connections to Ogden and Portland or Seattle, or Denver and Seattle.
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Washington
UPI
Idaho
Amtrak
Dwight Jensen
LE. Johnson
Boise
Jansen
Ogden
Utah
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Denver
Colo
Secretary of Transportation
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