The County Lines

Thu., April 29, 1999

WASHINGTON

Adams County

Othello

How can smashing junk cars help raise money for sick children? The second Western Wishes Demolition Derby will be held Sunday by the Othello Rodeo Association. Derby proceeds help rural children who have been severely hurt or have life-threatening illnesses. Last year, $12,000 was raised.

Ferry County

Republic

Local crafts people are invited to show their wares at the Eureka Arts Gallery. The gallery sells art and other handmade pieces on commission. Currently, Eureka is accepting items for the summer tourist season. Anyone wishing to participate should bring items in before Saturday. For information on commission fees and helping run the gallery, call (509) 775-3186.

Grant County

Moses Lake

A potato flake dryer caused a $1 million fire earlier this week at the Nestle Foods plant on Wheeler Road. The dryer overheated when potatoes plugged it up. Nestle, unlike some other Wheeler Road manufacturers, has no fire brigade. The company had been discussing putting one together. Fire District 5 answered the call.

Lincoln County

Davenport

Home-schooled children raised $533 to fight heart disease. Sixteen students spent two hours in the Lincoln County Courthouse parking lot jumping rope and collecting pledge money in their “Jump for the Heart” fund-raiser. The kids hope to make it an annual event.

Pend Oreille County

Newport

The Newport School District recently received several donations. Bonneville Power Administration donated 20 computers worth $24,000. Columbia Paint and Coating donated 2,100 gallons of paint. A laptop computer was given by Northwest Communications and the Pend Oreille County Taxpayers Association gave $75 to the athletic department.

Spokane County

Deer Park

Deer Park High senior Jonathan Waunch was named the Rotary Club’s Student of the Month for April. Waunch is a member of the school’s math and business clubs and the Talented and Gifted Program, and has a 3.82 grade-point average. He has qualified for state in wrestling and is also a member of the varsity tennis team.

Stevens County

Chewelah

A piece of local history is back in town. The old Chewelah fire bell, laid to rest in 1996, has been reinstalled in the old alarm bell tower. The bell was purchased from the city of Spokane in 1908 for $375 and served the town well for several years. Though replaced by an alarm years ago, the bell has been used for high school sports victories, special events and youthful pranks.

Whitman County

Pullman

Representatives from Playboy magazine are interviewing and phtographing Washington State University women this week for possible publication in the magazine’s August issue. Four to six WSU students are expected to be chosen for Playboy’s “Women of the Pac-10,” edition.

A Playboy magazine production manager and a fashion photographer are interviewing and photographing women at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Pullman. Earlier this week, two WSU students protested a publicity party sponsored by the magazine at a Pullman restaurant that drew a mostly male crowd of nearly 200.

IDAHO

Benewah County

St. Maries

Regulation of fishing in some areas of Heyburn State Park is being disputed by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the state of Idaho. A federal ruling last year gave the tribe ownership of bed and banks on the lower third of Lake Coeur d’Alene inside reservation boundaries except within Heyburn State Park. The latest appeal by the tribe is over the lack of ruling on ownership of Heyburn State Park waters including Benewah, Chatcolet and Hidden lakes. Citations will be issued to those fishing on water within the jurisdiction of the tribe without a tribal fishing license and a regular state license.

Bonner County

Priest River

The Priest River Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring an art contest for a Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage logo. Highway 2 between Sandpoint and Newport was designated a scenic byway last fall by the Idaho Department of Transportation. The logo will be displayed on highway signs. Logo designs should be submitted to the chamber by May 1. For information, call (208) 263-8399.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

Due to spring breakup, hauling is prohibited on a number of Boundary County roads until further notice. Other road closures are anticipated as road conditions worsen. Before hauling on Boundary County roads, call the Road and Bridge Department at (208) 267-3838.

Kootenai County

Coeur d’Alene

Two resurfacing projects will begin on the streets of Coeur d’Alene on Monday. Overlay work will be done on 21st Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to Coeur d’Alene Avenue, and on Garden Avenue from 20th Street to 21st Street. Motorists should expect detours and delays in those areas.

Latah County

Moscow

University of Idaho President Bob Hoover highlighted the results of a staff survey at the ninth President’s Forum on Monday. Of the 1,681 surveys distributed earlier this semester, 72 percent were returned. The survey results included a 29 percent salary satisfaction and 32 percent career advancement opportunity satisfaction. Relationship with other staff received 88 percent satisfaction in the survey. Hoover also discussed the availability of parking on campus and the progress of new buildings on campus including a new mechanical engineering building and the Idaho Commons.

Shoshone County

Cataldo

A new master plan for the Old Mission State Park will be unveiled 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at an open house. A slide show detailing the plan will be shown 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The plan will be presented to the Idaho Parks and Recreation Board on May 3 for approval. The plan was formed by the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, the Recreation’s Development Bureau, Old Mission State Park staff and a local citizen advisory committee. For information, call (208) 682-3814.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

Federal land management revenue will be the topic of a presentation tonight at 7 p.m. Frank Gladics, president of the Independent Forest Products Association in Beaverton, Ore., will discuss the findings of his three-year study on federal-land revenue sharing and what timber-dependent communities have at stake. The presentation will be in the Ponderosa Room of Libby City Hall and is sponsored by Communities for a Great Northwest.

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