The County Lines

Thu., Jan. 6, 2000

WASHINGTON

Adams County

Ritzville

Adams County commissioners recently adopted their $24 million budget for 2000. The juvenile justice department saw cuts, as did the prosecutor’s and sheriff’s offices. Four senior centers in the county will not receive any funding, though libraries still made the list.

Ferry County

Republic

Local middle school students capped off an eight-week drug and alcohol prevention unit by signing the Declaration for a Better World. In the statement, students pledged to stay away from drugs and alcohol, shun hatred, abuse and racism, and help any and all who need it.

Grant County

Quincy

As one of three counties in the state allowed to site two “Major Industrial Developments,” the county commissioners have been busy researching sites. It seems they’ve chosen the Martin area just outside of Quincy as their second MID area. The first site chosen was Rocky Ford between Ephrata and Moses Lake.

Lincoln County

Davenport

Lincoln County Farm Bureau and Lincoln County Wheat Growers are holding a joint meeting at 6:30 tonight at the county courthouse. The groups will discuss agricultural education projects and a pesticide ban north of Highway 2 near Creston.

Pend Oreille County

Metaline Falls

Those wishing to direct community theater are invited to a series of workshops. Tara Leininger, longtime director at the Cutter Theater and Selkirk High School drama teacher, will lead the classes on Jan. 11, 13, 18 and 20. For more information, call (509) 446-4108.

Spokane County

Spokane

The Spokane Plan Commission will hold a hearing on Wednesday on a request to allow retail uses along Meadow Lane Road at U.S. Highway 195. The 6:30 p.m. hearing will be at The Creek at Qualchan Golf Course club house.

Stevens County

Colville

Area food banks hope folks who stored up crates of food for Y2K will be willing to share with those less fortunate this winter season. The Colville Food Bank welcomes all donations, large and small, and thanks the many local businesses who held a pre-Christmas food drive.

Whitman County

Pullman

Washington State University has named Warwick M. Bayly interim dean of its College of Veterinary Medicine. Bayly, a professor of veterinary clinical sciences, succeeds the previous interim dean, Terry McElwain, who is going on sabbatical leave. Dean Emeritus Borje Gustafsson retired in 1998. Bayly’s appointment is for an indefinite period while a search for a permanent dean continues. Veterinary college dean searches are hampered nationwide by a lack of qualified applicants who must choose between an administrative career vs. more-lucrative jobs in other sectors of veterinary medicine. But Bayly stressed that because of the college’s mature, stable faculty, progress and productivity continues within the college despite the vacancy.

IDAHO

Benewah County

St. Maries

Building permits purchased in November in Benewah County and the city of St. Maries generated $2,455.

Bonner County

Priest River

Arnie and Joan Scheeler’s home recently caught fire while they were in Montana for the holidays. West Pend Oreille Fire Chief Les Kokanos reported that the fire smoldered a long time and caused heat and smoke damage.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

Two volunteer board positions are open in Boundary County.

Interested applicants for the Translator Board and the Handicap Access Board should call the Boundary County commissioners’ office at (208) 267-7723.

Kootenai County

Fernan

Heavy logging truck traffic on Fernan Forest Road Number 268 on the Fernan River Ranger District should be expected from now until mid-February. A timber salvage sale just began. Snowmobilers are urged to use the Fourth of July trailhead as it provides ample parking and would help snowmobilers avoid the trucks.

Latah County

Moscow

The Latah County Human Rights Task Force is hosting its annual Martin Luther King Human Rights Community Awards Breakfast at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 at the Moscow Junior High School multipurpose room. The Rosa Parks Human Rights Achievement Awards also will be presented.

Shoshone County

Wallace

Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Sleeping Beauty from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at Miners Hall. The play will be performed at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 15.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

Congressional candidate Nancy Keenan has asked members of Montana’s congressional delegation to stop two companion bills that would hurt efforts to file claims against the former owners of the abandoned W.R. Grace vermiculite mine for asbestosrelated health problems.

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