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Adams County Lind
It’s a long way from Missoula to Lind, but teacher Alex Mulner says the trek was worthwhile. Mulner is the newest face on the local teaching staff. Her duties include seventh-grade math, ninth-grade health, weight training and physical education.
Already delving into athletics, Mulner is coaching the Bulldog volleyball team as well.
Ferry County Republic
Ferry County has been awarded $10,000 to clean up an illegal dump in the northern reaches of the county. Located on Art Creek Road, the dump has been a sore spot for county commissioners.
Giddings Construction bid $4,680.60 to begin cleanup work. That amount does not include landfill tipping fees, which should be covered by the grant.
Grant County Soap Lake
The treasurer of Soap Lake’s “Parents for Kids” program has pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzling $2,366 from the local charity. Deborah Kay Tift, 28, faces one charge of first-degree theft and 10 counts of forgery.
Free on bond, Tift is suspected of failing to make bank deposits after fund-raisers, cashing checks from the group’s account at a local grocery store and purchasing a cell phone and service with the charity’s money.
Lincoln County Davenport
Local residents are being warned of a phone scam. The caller, often claiming he needs to check the phone line, asks people to punch in 90#. That combination allows the caller access to the phone line to make long distance calls at the victim’s expense.
Local authorities warn never to dial 90# on anyone’s request.
Pend Oreille County Sullivan Lake
After closing a pair of roads in the Sullivan Lake Ranger District, volunteers planted trees and bushes last month. Officials hope the plantings will discourage motorcyclists and off-road vehicles from entering the area.
Roadbeds were seeded with a mix to provide forage for big game and 200 trees were planted.
Spokane County Deer Park
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Deer Park Ambulance had an open house Sunday.
The nonprofit organization began in September 1948 as a service to Deer Park and the surrounding community. It serves northern Spokane, southern Stevens and southern Pend Oreille counties.
Stevens County Colville
With budget cuts making hiring of additional recess monitors impossible, Hofstetter Elementary School has put the students in charge. Discipline problems at recess recently increased, so administrators scrapped the list of playground rules and gave students a workshop on leadership. Fourthgraders wrote letters to the principal applying for monitor jobs, and 11 students will be “hired” each week.
Student monitors are responsible for being good role models for other students.
Whitman County Pullman
“What’s Missing From Your News?” The answer will be discussed in a presentation today at Washington State University by Jay Harris, publisher of Mother Jones magazine. His talk begins at 7:30 p.m. in Bryan Hall auditorium.
Harris will address the role of independent magazines in an era of consolidation. He is a Yale graduate and has taught magazine management at the University of California.
IDAHO
Benewah County St. Maries
Benewah County has proposed building a road through a marsh parallel to the St. Maries River Railroad embankment to state Highway 3 at Archie’s IGA parking lot.
The county has applied for a wetland permit with the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of filling a half-acre of marsh. The county is also seeking alternatives to the project.
Bonner County Priest Lake
Representatives from the Idaho Department of Lands, Bonner County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol and Bonner County Waterways/Parks and Recreation Department have removed 155 navigational hazards and buoys from the lake. None of the items removed, including antifreeze bottles, milk and juice containers, tetherballs, laundry detergent and bleach containers and volleyball nets, was permitted or legal.
Permits are needed for any traffic-related markers set in the water and mooring buoys.
Boundary County Bonners Ferry
Valley View fourth-grade student Kelly Carlson was one of 17 winners in a national art contest sponsored by the Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles. Carlson received a $50 US Savings Bond. Entries in third through sixth grades were judged on originality and artistic merit. The contest theme was “What I Like Best About My Home Town.”
Kootenai County Coeur d’Alene
The Museum of North Idaho closes for the season Oct. 31. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31, the museum will hold a free day. This will be the last opportunity to see the feature lobby exhibit “The Civilian Conservation Corp, When We Were Boys.” Museum of North Idaho hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 pm. Admission is $1.50 for adults, 50 cents for children 6-16, and free for children under 6. A family rate of $4 for two adults and children under 16 is available. The museum will reopen April 1.
Latah County Moscow
Moscow’s Renaissance Charter School will be the fourth charter school to open in Idaho after being approved last week through a staterun lottery program for charter school slots.
The school, proposed by Moscow residents Jim and Laurel TangenFoster, is scheduled to open in January and will focus on arts, technology and experiential learning.
Shoshone County Kellogg
The Kellogg Police Department is requesting that camp trailers, boat trailers and motor vehicles not presently registered or operable be removed from Kellogg city streets. That will help with snow removal during the winter months.
Violators’ vehicles may be impounded and citations issued to owners.
MONTANA
Lincoln County Troy
Preschool screening for Troy Public Schools will be at the Methodist Church Friday between 8:30 a.m. and noon. Parents of newborns to children age 5 are encouraged to take advantage of the free and informative screening. To register, call Bobbie Bamford at (406) 295-4321.