Third Annual Sandpoint Lions Club Panhandle Rodeo Heads Weekend
More than 160 top cowboys from across the U S and Australia expected for Sandpoint event with Lewiston and Filer rodeos drawing entrants. Attendance aims to top last year’s 6 000 as grandstands host up to 4 000 per day. A Saturday parade begins at 10 a m with rodeo action starting 7 30 p m Sunday events begin at 2 p m. Tickets 4 adults 1 50 children under 12 remaining available ahead of weekend.
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Sandpoint
Brown
Spokane
Southern Idaho
Denver
Sandpoint Junior High School
Joe Kelly
Tonasket
Bill Bonner
Laclede
Bonner County Fairgrounds
Sandpoint Saddlery
Sandpoint Fish Hatchery to stay open under Idaho budget plan
Idaho Fish and Game Commission decided to keep the Sandpoint hatchery operating while trimming catchable trout plantings in north Idaho. The panel also reinstated one permanent Eagle hatchery employee as it tackles a 13 million dollar budget cut affecting the department’s overall funds. The Sandpoint facility rears brown and cutthroat trout and kokanee, and releases chinook salmon in the Clearwater River.
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Sandpoint
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Boise
Idaho
Columbia River
Stacy Gebhards
Commission
Eagle Fish Hatchery
Twin Falls
Priest River
High Mountain
Clearwater River
Forced Landing Interrupts Flight near Algoma
An early morning flight from Bonner County to Boise was forced to land on U S 95 near Algoma after the Cessna 210 engine failed. Charter pilot Chuck Currier and Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Pete Thompson were unharmed and resumed their trip in another plane after local Deputy Jerry Hatch assisted. The cause of the engine failure was not determined.
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Bonner County
Boise
Algoma
Chuck Currier
Idaho Fish and Game
Pete Thompson
Currier
Payless
Jerry Hatch
Thompson
Bill Rice
County To Get 250 440 From Forest Service Sales This Year
Bonner County will receive 250 440 67 from the 1976 National Forest fund after the sale of timber and other forest lands. Idaho statewide totals reach nearly 45 million for over 20 million acres. The money supports roads and bridges along with county schools, with 25 percent set aside for rehabilitation before distribution.
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Forest Service
Mike Dalen
Bonner County
National Forest Fund
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
Doris Kenney
National Forest
Kenney
Helen Mehos
Furest Service
Sandpoint
Knulson
Frank Church
Marjorie Moon
Federal Reserve
State of Idaho
Church
Senate Interior
Sular Affairs Committee
Missoula
Mont
George Fleming
Montana
South Dakota
Fleming
Sandpoint City Beach gate stays open after dark plan
The Parks Committee recommends leaving City Beach gate unlocked 24 hours until fishing season ends, contending locking offers no safety benefit and harms emergency access. A separate decision on the City Beach drive loop remains unresolved and will be forwarded to full council for action.
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Ken Fhowed
Sandpoint City Beach
Parks, Beach and Building Committee
Sandpoint
City Beach Drive
Steve Klatt
Emma Lou
Hook
Police
City Beach
Northwest pilot program hires probationers in Idaho
A federally funded pilot employment program in Idaho's ten northern counties aims to place 60 to 110 ex-convicts on probation. Regional coordinator Tom Billingsly in Coeur d'Alene screens candidates to match aptitude with employer needs and plans future apprenticeships and schooling as funds allow.
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Mike Dalen
Idaho
Northwest
Tom Billingsly
Billingsly
State Dept. of Corrections
Coeur d’Alene
Boise
Idaho State Penitentiary
Tolalio
Billingsley
P.O. Box
School Calendar Highlights 1976 77 Curriculum Day No School
The calendar outlines the 1976 77 school year with curriculum day and multiple no school days. It lists quarters, vacations including Thanksgiving and Christmas, and end of semesters. Other items cover start of quarters, holidays, spring break, and final teacher report completion.
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Lake Pend Oreille
Sandpoint City
Bert Davis
Rodeo Cowboy Association
Davis
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