It’s been a little while since we took a stroll together down Foodborne Illness Lane, but it’s so pretty this time of year so let’s have a go at it, shall we? Panhandle Health District is kind enough to provide us with a website, which is updated regularly with information about how many health code violations our area’s restaurants and eateries have managed to rack up in the last three years/OrangeTV, Get Out! North Idaho. More here.

• 5 violations: Breakfast Nook, Cd’A; Buttonhook Inn, Bayview; CJ’s Cafe, Kellogg; La Cabana, Post Falls; Lucky Seven Pizza, Stateline; Nosworthy’s, Cd’A; Pizza Factory, Post Falls; Sands Cafe, Smelterville; Sherman Junction, Cd’A; Subway, Rathdrum, Cd’A; Taco Works (Mobile), Cd’A; and The Mill, Cd’A

Question: Have you ever suffered food poisoning as a result of eating at a local restaurant?

Jeanne Bock, who has directed the Panhandle Health District since 2001, will retire this fall after 24 years of public health service in Idaho’s five northern counties.

The Board of Health accepted her retirement notice Thursday and plans to hire her successor by August.

Bock led the health district during a time in which it helped end a decades-old practice of residents discharging household waste directly into Shoshone County’s Canyon Creek. That achievement resulted from from a collaborative effort involving the health district, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Shoshone County commissioners and Burke Canyon residents, a health district news release said.

 

A Kootenai County woman in her 60s who recently traveled to Texas has become the first probable case of H1NI (swine) flu sent by the Idaho State Laboratory to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation. The woman is recovering and did not require hospitalization, according to the Panhandle Health District. “This is a strong reminder to everyone of the importance of practicing respiratory etiquette and good hygiene to protect themselves and others,” said Lora Whalen, director of Family and Community Health for the Panhandle Health District/Huckleberries Online. PHD news release here.