The County Lines

Wed., Sept. 8, 1999

Washington

Adams County

Othello

Quesa fresco is a homemade Mexican cheese made with raw, unpasteurized milk. Because the Centers for Disease Control linked 90 Columbia Basin cases of salmonella to the dish in 1997, the Washington State University Cooperative Extension has come up with a safer recipe using pasteurized milk. For that recipe, call (509) 786-2226.

Ferry County

Republic

The Superior Court Clerk’s office has a new part-time employee that the county Assessor’s Office would like to use one day per week for mapping work. County commissioners have consented on the condition that no additional money be spent from the assessor’s budget.

Grant County

Coulee City

A recent check by the county Environmental Health Department found high levels of fecal coliform in Banks Lake. Environmental Health Director Kevin Barry says the amount found in recent samples could make a person swallowing the water sick. The most likely source of the fecal coliform is ducks and birds. Signs at Steamboat Rock State Park warn swimmers of the danger.

Lincoln County

Davenport

Local fire chief Wayne Badgley is hanging up his hardhat. Badgley spent 20 of his 35 years on the volunteer force as chief. Under Badgley, the Fire Department grew and updated most of its equipment. Badgley’s last day will be Sept. 30.

Pend Oreille County

Newport

The county auditor’s recent state audit found the department lacking in staff. The latest audit found the auditor so short-staffed that financial records have been filed late from 1995 through 1998. Financial reports also are late, and the office lacks an integrated grant accounting system. The county has software to track federal grant money, but staff isn’t fully trained to use it, the state audit found.

Spokane County

Spokane

Habitat for Humanity-Spokane is conducting a series of three informational meetings for people interested in becoming Habitat homeowners. The meetings will be Thursday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Friday at 7 p.m. at the West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt. Potential homeowners must work on housing projects in conjunction with volunteers and Habitat staffers.

Stevens County

Kettle Falls

The Veterans Administration Mobile Clinic will be in town Sept. 11. Only veterans with appointments will be seen. To make an appointment, call (509) 685-2119. The clinic opens at 10 a.m. at the Kettle Falls American Legion Post.

IDAHO

Benewah County

St. Maries

The St. Maries Disaster Recovery Center, a service of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is located in the Avista Utilities building at 528 College Ave. The center operates Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bonner County

Clark Fork

The geology of North Idaho will be the topic of two classes Saturday and Sunday at the University of Idaho’s Clark Fork field campus. The Saturday class will include discussions of the history of glaciation and ancient rock formations. Lake Missoula floods will be discussed on Sunday. Each class costs $19. To register, call Edie Kinucan at (208) 266-1452.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

The Boundary County Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at North Columbia Equipment, 6606 Main St. For more information, contact Margaret Mouat at (208) 267-2883.

Kootenai County

Coeur d’Alene

The Coeur d’Alene Chapter of the National Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Idaho Spokesman-Review building. The meeting will include community members reading from “A Sand County Almanac” and a discussion of land ethics and how people use this ethic for professional and personal guidance. For more information, contact Susan Weller at (208) 682-3413.

Latah County

Potlatch

Latah County sheriff’s deputies said this week they will be conducting emphasis patrols in the Laird Park region, including an area known as “the dredge.” Laws pertaining to all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and alcohol use will be strictly enforced. For more information, contact the Latah County Sheriff’s Department.

Shoshone County

Wallace

The Shoshone County Democratic Women’s Caucus will have a no-host luncheon meeting Tuesday at noon in the Brooks Hotel Garden Restaurant. Betty Maxwell of the Shoshone County Women’s Resource Center will give a brief talk on laws related to women and domestic violence. For more information, call (208) 752-3851.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

A complete rewriting of the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Rock Creek mine isn’t likely, Kootenai National Forest supervisor Bob Castaneda said. But Castaneda plans to meet with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to discuss the request from the Rock Creek Alliance. The group has asked for a new draft environmental impact statement to address issues in an integrated and comprehensive manner. The proposed mine would be located on the southeastern edge of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness northwest of Noxon, Mont.

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