Two people killed in 2-car accident

A 14-year-old boy from Sandpoint and a 52-year-old Spirit Lake man died in a two-car accident at the intersection of Clagstone Road and State Highway 54 on Sunday evening, according to the Idaho State Police.

The ISP reported that the accident occurred when Diane M. Willis, 39, of Sandpoint, ran the stop sign on Clagstone Road where it intersects with the highway that runs between Athol and Spirit Lake. Willis was heading north at 6:13 p.m. when the accident occurred, according to the ISP.

Willis’ Subaru station wagon collided in the intersection with another Subaru driven by Michael P. Henry, 52, of Spirit Lake, according to the ISP. Willis’ Subaru rolled and her passenger, 14-year-old Joshua A. Smith, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and killed. Henry also died in the accident.

Willis and the two passengers in Henry’s vehicle, Spirit Lake residents Corey and Brandi Kunde, both 15, were transported to Kootenai Medical Center, authorities said. Willis and Corey were listed in fair condition at KMC while the hospital had no information on the condition of Brandi on Monday.

Man to pay $200 fine, case to be dismissed

A Sanders Beach resident charged with false imprisonment has agreed to pay $200 to have the misdemeanor charge against him dropped.

Jerry Frank was scheduled to go to trial this week on the charge that stemmed from an Aug. 2, 2004, incident on his East Lakeshore Drive property.

Steve Reed, a local process server, claimed that when he was serving court papers to Frank last summer, Frank closed the automatic security gate, trapping him and his car inside the property. Reed said at the time that Frank closed the gate intentionally.

Reed was serving papers related to a lawsuit the city had filed against Frank over a makeshift barricade he erected on Sanders Beach to keep people off property he claims as his. The city, residents and other parties are currently engaged in another lawsuit to determine where the private property on the beach begins and the public property begins.

Until Friday last week, Kootenai County was handling the prosecution, but turned the case over to Post Falls Prosecutor Joel Ryan because of a conflict of interest. Kootenai County also is engaged in the beach ownership lawsuit.

Ryan said he looked over the file and determined that because Frank had no criminal record and because no violence was involved, that a bond forfeiture was appropriate. That means Frank will pay a $200 fine and the case with be dismissed without Frank admitting guilt.

Man in hospital after accidental shooting

A 65-year-old Athol, Idaho, man was in serious condition Monday afternoon at Kootenai Medical Center after an accidental shooting Sunday afternoon near Power Line Road and Chilco Road south of Athol.

Orville R. Boyd was riding his ATV on an obscured road behind a target where two men were practicing shooting their Glock pistols when one of the men accidentally shot him, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department.

The men stopped shooting when one of them saw Boyd on his ATV waving at them. They told deputies that Boyd told them he thought he was hit, and pulled his shirt away to reveal a wound on the right side of his chest, according to a sheriff’s report.

The two men’s names were not released by the Sheriff’s Department, and they have not been charged with any crime. One of them called 911 and drove Boyd on Boyd’s ATV to the Chilco sawmill near U.S. Highway 95, where they met an ambulance.

A deputy noted that the road where Boyd was riding his ATV was not visible from where the men were shooting because of heavy brush and trees.

Oregon House passes fluoridated water bill

Salem The Oregon House on Monday passed a bill requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water, but it allows them a way out if they don’t have the money.

The bill passed by a 36-22 vote.

About 20 percent of Oregonians currently drink fluoridated water. Salem is among the cities where fluoridation is required by local ordinances.

The bill passed by the House would apply to Portland, Medford and Bend and other cities that don’t fluoridate their water and have resisted efforts in the past to require it.

But under an amendment to the legislation, if cities don’t have the money to pay for adding fluoride to their water supplies they wouldn’t have to raise rates or taxes to do so.

The amendment was added when it became clear no state funds would be available to help cities with the cost.