The County Lines

Fri., March 19, 1999

WASHINGTON

ADAMS COUNTY Ritzville

Councilwoman Sharon Tison told the City Council that new electrical wiring, carpeting and fixtures are needed for the clubhouse of the Ritzville Municipal Golf Course. Crumbling walls in the basement and missing roof tiles are also high on the needs list. Tison says the men’s and women’s golf clubs have done a lot of work, but the city needs to help.

FERRY COUNTY Curlew

A pair of Curlew High students will head to Chicago for an international bridge-building contest April 24. The students blew away the competition at the recent Regional Bridge Building Contest. The bridges must span 1 foot, be 1-1/2 inches tall, weigh 25 grams or less and support some pretty hefty weights.

GRANT COUNTY Royal City

Thirteen local girls will participate in the Junior Miss pageant in Royal City starting Saturday in the Red Rock Elementary School gym at 6:30. Tickets cost $8.

LINCOLN COUNTY Harrington

On their return to B-8 football, the Sprague-Harrington Falcons will be led by a new head coach. Randy Behrens, aka the Harrington School principal, will lead the Falcons into battle this season. Behrens replaces five-year coaching veteran Steve Frank, who stepped down. Behrens has coached football at Republic, West Valley and Freeman.

PEND OREILLE COUNTY Metaline

The annual Panorama Music Festival is tonight at 7 at Selkirk High School. Hundreds of band and choir students from the Tri-County area will participate. Susan Peters of Eastern Washington University will be the guest band director, with Ann Fennesey, choir director at Mead High School, as the guest choir director. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for students.

SPOKANE COUNTY Deer Park

The Deer Park chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will hold a 55-Alive driving class Monday and March 26 at 9 a.m. at the Nazerene Church, Third Street and Margaret Avenue.

STEVENS COUNTY Colville

Twenty-one French students from Marly Le Roi, a Paris suburb, have spent three weeks in Colville. The teens not only attended class three days each week, but checked out the rural culture. The students like American schools because of sports and vocational and arts offerings.

WHITMAN COUNTY Pullman

The Parent Resource Center of Whitman County will offer an eight-week basic parenting class at the Gladish Community Center on Wednesday evenings from March 24 through May 12, 7-8:30 p.m. Child care and transportation support will be available. Local parent educators Ruth Emerson, Della Bailey and Sue Traver will team-teach, with the center’s Lynne Schauble coordinating. For more information call (509) 397-4966 in Colfax or 334-4555 ext. 258 in Pullman.

IDAHO

BENEWAH COUNTY St. Maries

Nine eagle perch poles will be erected along the St. Joe River in accordance with an agreement between the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Service and Benewah County. The poles will substitute for cottonwood trees removed by the county on direction of the Army Corps of Engineers following the 1996 flood.

BONNER COUNTY Sandpoint

The Court Appointed Special Advocates Program is seeking volunteers to represent abused, neglected and abandoned children in court and other proceedings. A 32-hour training program for Bonner and Boundary counties will begin Monday at the Federal Building in Sandpoint. Information: (208) 667-9165.

BOUNDARY COUNTY Bonners Ferry

Three Boundary County special use permit applications will be considered at 2 p.m. Monday at the Boundary County extension office, 6452 Kootenai St. in Bonners Ferry. Requests include a 15-unit bunkhouse for Union Pacific Railroad workers, a gravel pit and a release of limited operating hours at Feist Creek Resort. Information: (208) 267-7212.

KOOTENAI COUNTY Coeur d’Alene

Emergency stream channel alteration permits for flood control may be obtained from the Idaho Department of Water Resources, 1910 Northwest Blvd, Suite 210 in Coeur d’Alene. Emergency permits are designed to avoid bureaucratic burdens and/or time delays for residents wanting to protect their property. Specialists are also available for technical assistance. Information: (208) 769-1450.

LATAH COUNTY Moscow

The University of Idaho has announced the selection of four finalists for interviews in its search for a new dean for the College of Agriculture. The finalists include Michael J. Burke of Oregon State University, Michael H. Chaplin of Iowa State University, Thomas A. Lumpkin of Washington State University and Sharron S. Quisenberry of the University of Nebraska. UI is seeking to replace David Lineback, who left in November for the University of Maryland. The finalists will meet with UI groups and be interviewed on campus in April.

SHOSHONE COUNTY Wallace

The proposed rails-to-trails project continues to draw both support and opposition. The trail would be 72 miles of graveled and paved railroad right-of-way converted for hikers and bicyclers. State and tribal officials are gathering comments into a database to possibly revise the agreement between the Union Pacific Railroad and the state and tribe. Comment may be sent to Rick Cummins, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, 2750 Kathleen Ave., Suite 1, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.

MONTANA

LINCOLN COUNTY Troy

A benefit auction for Todd Jones will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Home Bar, Troy. Jones lost everything when his home burned March 4. Jones had no insurance. Donated items may be left at Timber Choppers in Bonners Ferry, or at Gene and Vance Jones’ home in Moyie Springs. Information: (208) 267-3763.

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