Bonner County History - Feb. 2, 2023

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Feb. 2, 1973 – LANDFILL PROTEST

The Panhandle Health District solid-waste informational meeting on a proposed sanitary landfill site in the Colburn area became a noisy protest session. Some protestors appeared to believe they were attending a public hearing and the meeting rapidly degenerated into a verbal free-for-all, with most of the facts presented by officials ignored or lost in the shuffle. Protests focused on fears of possible water contamination, litter, insect attraction, and odors. Almost without exception, statements of protest ignored PHD’s explanation of how sanitary landfills are designed to avoid such conditions. All of Bonner County has for some time been in violation of federal and state laws concerning health and environmental standards, with unsightly, unsanitary open dumps scattered across the county.

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CONCRETE WORK AT NEW HOSPITAL

Concrete work has reached the second-floor level at the new Bonner General Hospital. Hazen & Clark, Inc., Spokane, had crews taking advantage of the moderate weather of recent days to keep pouring concrete. Finishers are vibrating, tamping and smoothing the wet concrete that forms the floor of the second level. Work has been covered with plastic and heated to allow curing without freezing.

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WINTER RETREADS

Any size winter retreads in stock, $14.95 + tax and casing. Tire Town, N. 502 5th Street, 263-6513. [Note: in 2023, the site of Nu-Way Wash-O-Mat]

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Feb. 2, 1923 – LOCAL NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Lyons are parents of a son [Hardy Clayton], born this noon at the City hospital.

The high school's second basketball team won from Laclede high school here Friday evening, 29 to 22.

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GROUNDHOG DRAGS HIS SHADOW

Bre’r Groundhog was a disappointment to residents of this section when he came out of his subterranean quarters this morning with his shadow dragging behind him. The prophets claim it means six more weeks of winter, whereas, had he left his shadow at home, there would surely be but four more weeks. Starting at 1 below this morning, the air warmed up rapidly under the brightest sun of many days and the day has been clear.

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MERCURY SINKS IN TUBE; HITS 11 BELOW

For the past several days, Sandpoint has been in the grip of the winter’s second severe cold snap, with temperatures of 9 below Tuesday morning, 2 above Wednesday, 11 below Thursday, and 1 below today. The cold was preceded by snowfall Saturday, with more on Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds Sunday night, Monday, and Tuesday, drifted the fresh snowfall to a considerable extent. The steamer Northern, which was blocked out of the harbor here from Dec. 8 to Jan. 8, was again blocked out Tuesday and has not made the city dock here since.

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