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IDAHO

BENEWAH COUNTY St. Maries

Rebecca Rouw won four of the 33 awards available at the Miss Teen of Idaho competition July 23-25. Rebecca, daughter of Ken and Laura Rouw of St. Maries, competed against 45 other teens throughout Idaho. She received first place in the sportswear competition, the western wear award, the photogenic award for formal presentation and recognition as a merit finalist. Rebecca will pursue a dance and business major at the University of Idaho this fall.

BONNER COUNTY Sandpoint

County commissioners have unanimously approved a switch in phone service that could save as much as $12,000 a year, according to Assessor Paul Votava. Along with saving taxpayers money, the new GTE CENTRANET system will enable county departments to be linked by a three-digit intercom.

BOUNDARY COUNTY Bonners Ferry

A peace pole planting ceremony will be conducted Monday at Bonners Ferry Fairgrounds. The peace pole project is part of a worldwide effort to raise the awareness of peace. There are more than 100,000 peace poles in more than 100 countries. The ceremony is scheduled on the two-year anniversary of the death of 15-yearold Cedar Ackley-Pfenning, who was gunned down by another local teen on Aug. 3, 1996. The public is encouraged to attend. The ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Debbie Ackley at (208) 267-5720 or Christy Olsen at (208) 267-4022.

KOOTENAI COUNTY Post Falls

The Post Falls Planning and Zoning Commission has scheduled a public hearing to discuss a proposed new chapter to its zoning ordinance. The ordinance is designed to regulate “adult entertainment” businesses. The hearing will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 11 in the new City Hall at 408 Spokane St. Copies of the ordinance are available at the city’s planning department, and the Post Falls Public Library also has copies for public viewing.

LATAH COUNTY Moscow

Dona K. Walker, director of the University of Idaho Office of Multicultural Affairs, has been accepted to attend the 1998 National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education at the Native American Preparatory School in Rowe, N.M., Aug. 9-14. The organization is an alliance of education professionals committed to building stronger native communities by making change in higher education policy.

SHOSHONE COUNTY Kellogg

Canyon Elementary teacher Patricia Alf and Sunnyside Elementary teacher Joan Dawson recently attended a weeklong math workshop at the University of Idaho. The workshop introduced teachers to a laserdisc video program titled “Jasper’s Adventures.” The program helps teachers improve students’ attitudes toward math skills.

WASHINGTON

PEND OREILLE COUNTY Newport

The Newport School Board presented Frank and Carol Monk with a plaque of appreciation for their recent donation of about 40 surplus computers. Monk said he traded rock material for the computers, which had been declared surplus by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

SPOKANE COUNTY Spokane Valley

Mirabeau Point advisory council members gathered recently for a workshop on landscaping plans for the community project. A public meeting on Mirabeau’s landscaping plans is scheduled in September, said Sue Lani Madsen of The Madsen Group architects, the project’s manager.

WHITMAN COUNTY Pullman

Professor of management Douglas D. Baker has been appointed vice provost for academic affairs at Washington State University. Baker has been a member of the WSU College of Business and Economics faculty since 1981 and has been on the WSU Vancouver faculty since 1996. He succeeds Geoffrey Gamble, who resigned earlier this year to become provost at the University of Vermont. Kenneth Casavant, professor of agricultural economics, has been serving has interim vice provost. Baker starts Monday.

MONTANA

LINCOLN COUNTY Libby

The state commissioner of political practices has agreed to investigate two Libby residents’ complaints against Libby Public Schools regarding its Feb. 24 levy election. Ken Gerke and Denise Rowe say school district employees may have improperly urged people to vote in the election seeking voter approval to spend $400,000. The levy passed 1,004 votes to 894.