Bonner County History - June 29, 2025
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611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
June 29, 1975 – LEAVE FOR ENCAMPMENT
Sandpoint Girl Scouts who left Wednesday for an encampment at Fort Spokane included Kerry Sisler, Monica Tillberg, Angie Nordgaarden, Dawn Irgens, Janet Ingraham, Kay Madsen, Mary Driggs, Brenda Ingraham, Traci Gissel and Donna Driggs.
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FOURS N FIVES CHRISTIAN ENJOY PICNIC
Fours N Fives Christian Preschool enjoyed a picnic at the city beach the last day of school. Class members are Kim Derr, Jason McDonald, Jimmy Martin, Kristy Whitney, Jimmy Alt, Julie Tulk, Laura Thurston, Vicki Webb, Johnny Paden, Luera Hold, Kara Elliot, Toni Fournier, Tammy Thurston, Tommy Campbell, Carol Holm, Michael Alt, Teresa Coffelt, John David Simpson, Kathy Smith, Chris Hanson, John Durham, Jim Rindal, Katie McKinley, Lance Wigton and Jason Roberts. Mrs. Jerome Neumann teaches kindergarten; Mrs. Kenneth Holt, nursery.
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BURNETT IS GRASSMAN OF THE YEAR
Art Burnett, 1975 Bonner County Grassman of the Year, has never used a sack of commercial fertilizer in 32 years of farming. “We use what we haul out of the barnyard,” said Burnett, who raises Aberdeen Angus cattle on his 185-acre ranch at Oden. One hundred acres of his ranch is used for producing feed, including alfalfa, mixed grass hay and grain. Burnett believes that better farming practice is the only hope for the small farmer. “That’s the only way we’re going to hang on,” he said. We’ve got to keep our farms together and not allow them to be cut up.”
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
June 29, 1950 – BETTY DUNN IS BRIDE
On June 17 at the First Lutheran church, Miss Betty Dunn, daughter of Mrs. Grace Dunn of Kootenai, became the bride of Robert Olson, son of Mrs. Christina Olson of Sandpoint. The couple, both of whom are SHS graduates, will make their home at 720 Oak. Mr. Olson attended college at Pocatello for a couple years. He served overseas with the army in India and China and upon discharge has been employed by the Schaefer-Hitchcock Co. Mrs. Olson is receptionist at the Pack River Lumber Co.
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LAKE LEVEL REACHED 2067.2 SUNDAY
High water in Lake Pend Oreille crowned Sunday at 2067.2 feet and since then has dropped back to 2067. There is a large amount of small drift on the lake and off the beach, which may give considerable trouble during the outboard races here on July 4.
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JUBILEE EDITION GREW LIKE TOPSY
Last month the News-Bulletin requested old time pictures, with plans to publish a Golden Jubilee edition. We thought we would get out 18 or 20 pages; as the material and pictures began to pour in, we found we had a bear by the tail for sure and upped our plan to 24 pages. In the wee small hours this morning the News-Bulletin’s Golden Jubilee edition went into the mails, at 38 pages – and still we couldn’t publish everything we wanted to.
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