The County Lines

Sat., March 18, 2000

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Adams County

Othello

Nine young women will compete in tonight’s Junior Miss pageant, and three will be chosen to represent the community throughout the region for the next year. The pageant will be held at Lutacaga Elementary School. Contestants will be judged on academics, poise and appearance, physical fitness and interpersonal skills.

Ferry County

Curlew

The Curlew High School Cougarettes drill team will host a community variety show March 25.

Singers, dancers, musicians and those wishing to give recitations or dramatic skits are asked to call Sally Kaatz at (509) 779-4931. The show is a fund-raiser for drill team travel and uniform costs.

Grant County

Royal City

The City Council’s new vendor policy is being put to the test. Itinerant vendors such as fruit stands and taco wagons will now be charged a $600 yearly fee to park in the city, and they must stay at least 300 feet from a permanent business selling similar wares. Dwight DuVall is unhappy about the fee he now pays for his taco wagon, and says he was parking in a certain spot long before a similar business, a tortilla bakery, opened across the street.

Lincoln County

Odessa

Representatives of Wyatt Engineering have asked to push the completion date for the town sewer system to Nov. 21, 2000. Along with that change, the company says change orders in construction and extra planning costs may run as high as $230,000. One item driving costs up is connecting sewer lines all the way to the homes, instead of just to the property lines.

Pend Oreille County

Metaline Falls

A recording studio has opened in the north county. Musician Dave King, with the help of the Selkirk School District and the Cutter Theatre, built the studio on the third floor of the historic theatrer.

Spokane County

Spokane

Wes Jackson, founder and president of the Land Institute at Salina, Kan., will conduct a lecture titled: “The Importance of Being Versed in Country Things” on March 23 at the Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana St. He will discuss the value of maintaining a rural economy and culture. The lecture will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Registration is $10. For more information call Seth Williams at 236-2265, or Diana Roberts at 477-2167.

Stevens County

Kettle Falls

Eight geese who had taken up residence at the Kettle Falls Marina were shot by rangers. The rangers say the birds were not only nonlocal, but were blocking a public access area and their droppings could cause health problems to swimmers.

Whitman County

The county will play host to a regional quarterly breakfast featuring Washington state Sen. Larry Sheahan and Idaho state Sen. Gary Schroeder, who will give updates on each state’s legislative sessions. Whitman and Latah commissioners, WSU and UI officials, Pullman and Moscow city officials and law enforcement officers will attend. The breakfast begins at 7 a.m. in the Hawthorne Inn banquet room (formerly the Hilltop) on April 5. Cost is $8 and reservations are requested by March 31 at 509-397-6200.

IDAHO

Benewah County

Plummer

The Benewah County Soil and Water Conservation District will establish district priorities for the year at a meeting set for 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the USDA Service Center conference room. Everyone is welcome.

Bonner County

Priest River

The Community Resource Fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. today at the Beardmore Building, Charbonneau Hotel, City Hall and Library, Keyser House Museum and at some businesses.

Participating fair sites will emphasis educational and health care along with service organizations and clubs. Entertainment, refreshments and child care will be provided.

Boundary County

Bonners Ferry

The Boundary Community Hospital interviewed 25 people from a variety of age and gender categories and community sectors last fall as to what they thought was the most important community health service issue. Most cited the lack of services such as surgery, obstetrical service and mental health/substance abuse counseling. The survey also showed the quality and competency of physicians is good and the hospital staff is caring, competent and professional.

Kootenai County

Coeur d’Alene

A free Democratic campaign training class will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at the Harding Family Center, 411 N. 15th St. The class is for those who want to help elect candidates and those who are thinking of becoming a candidate. Take a lunch. For more information, call 765-2232.

Latah County

Moscow

The University of Idaho Philosophy Department recently received $1,936 from the Idaho Humanities Council to support the third annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference. The free conference “Truth and Meaning” will be held March 24-26. UI assistant professor Michael O’Rourke is project director.

Shoshone County

Pinehurst

City Council member Jimmy Winebrenner resigned recently after an annexation effort to bring his home in to city limits failed after two successful motions to approve the annexation. During the third and final reading of the ordinance, council members Nancy Burkhart and Gary Hoffman abstained from seconding the motion. The council then went into executive session and when it returned, Winebrenner said it was in the best interest of the people and council that he resign.

MONTANA

Lincoln County

Libby

Lincoln County had the second-highest jobless rate (14 percent) in the state for January, Glacier County had the highest with 18 percent.

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