1 Moe City workers Gene Truppe (left) and First Avenue near Lake Street in search "We repair about three a day," Truppe last week of Sandpoint's water bond water mains are to be replaced. Willard Peale dig down through of a leaking water main. issue, all of the city's said, but with the passage. A hunting closure near Basin and an explanation of hunting rules. for the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge near Bonners Ferry were announced today.
Officials of Schweitzer ski area and the city of Sandpoint say all lands under lease and owned by the ski area and the city watershed in Sand Creek will be closed to hunting or discharge of firearms during the 1977 hunting season. Schweitzer. spokesman Bill said that the land involved includes all. the Sch- Hunting Area Closure Explained ed weitzer Basin Village subdivisions and everything within the ski area boundaries, from switchback 9 of the Schweitzer Road to Colburn n. Creek, as well as the city watershed.
reason behind this move is obvious dangers to both people and equipment in the area," Haskins said. "There are a great number of yearround residents on the mountain, and leaving the area open to hunting would pose a great threat to those residents, their children and their homes." Meanwhile, the manager of SANDPOINT VICINITY WEATHER Rain. showers tapering off tonight. Chance of a few thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Clearing Friday.
Overnight lows in the 30s and lower 40s. Highs Friday in the id-50s to mid-60s. Skiing Risks Insurance Question Clouded Vt. (UPI) Insurance companies which provide liability coverage for most Vermont ski areas are reportedly considering pulling out of the- state because of a recent court ruling in favor of an injured skier. If they carry out the threat, it could be disastrous to the lucrative alpine ski industry which is considered important to the state's economy.
A jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a Burlington man who was injured in skiing accident at Stratton Mountain. The ruling was significant because courts had previously ruled in favor of ski areas on grounds skiers must assume the risks of the sport. Ski area operators, who have appealed the ruling, have warned of dire consequences unless the Legislature acts to 3 reduce their liability for skiing mishaps. American Home Assurance Co. Vice President Dennis Busti called the court ruling "very "If we can't get some sort of relief in the state on appeal, and some reasonable legislation we certainly would withdraw (from the state)," he said.
The problem is compounded by the fact that the state Supreme Court is not expected to rule on the appeal until next summer. Skier Awarded Damages SPOKANE (UPI) Steven Hurley, 33, son of State Rep. Margaret Hurley, D-Spokane, has been awarded $24,088 damages for injuries suffered in a skiing accident in March of 1976. Hurley sought the damages contending Mt. Spokane Chair UNIV.
OF IDAHO the Sandpoint A DIBRARY DEPT. Daily Bee VOLUME XII, NUMBER 70 EIGHT PAGES Single Copy 15c THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER City Election Filing Opens Bass Sandpoint's city election season officially began today with no declared candidates for mayor or any of four City Council positions that will be on the ballot. Petitions for the positions became available today, City Clerk Dave Easton said. Anyone intending to run for mayor or for one of the council seats must gather 20- signatures from registered voters who live within the city. Mayor Ed Eitzman has indicated he will not run for re election because the job has taken too much time away from his business.
Eitzman was appointed mayor a year ago after the death of Mayor Les Brown. City Council seats currently held by J.C. "Bud" Benoit, Joe Venishnick and Harold Huff will be open for four-year terms, while the seat held by Doug Ward will be up for a twoyear term. Ward was appointed last spring to replace Steve Klatt, who resigned to spend more time on his business. Ward said he will not run for reelection for the same reason.
Benoit and Huff both said today they are unsure whether they will seek. re-election. Venishnick could not be reached this morning. Easton said only registered voters mav sign candidates'. Drawdown Pend Oreille Level To Drop 4 Lake Pend Oreille is now a bout two feet below its normal summer high water level and may go down as much.
as nine more feet by the end of November, Albeni Falls project supervisor Steve Clark said. The lake's normal high water elevation is 2,062.5 feet and Clark said the Army Corps of Engineers hopes to bring the level to 2,060 feet by Saturday. He added the lake level should be down to 2,055 by November 1 and 2,051 by the end of November. not expect to see hunters using 20 or 16 gauge shotguns on the Kootenai Refuge hunting area," said Pierce. 1.
Pierce populations of reported that normalwaterfowl will be: present on the refuge for the opening of. waterfowl season Saturday. 9,500 ducks, mostly mallards and pintails, and 3,200 geese are using the refuge. The geese are feeding throughout the Kootenai Valley whereas the ducks are feeding mostly on the refuge and adjacent farming districts. Evans Dedicates Veterinary Clinic CALDWELL (UPI) Gov.
John Evans today dedicated the new $1.3 million Veterinary Medical Clinic in Caldwell to the future of agriculture in Idaho. The clinic, at the northeast corner of the University of Idaho Caldwell Agricultural Research and Extension Center, was dedicated in name Arthur Caine, secretarymanager of the Idaho Livestock Production Credit Association for 30 years. The facility is part of the Washington State UniversityNorthwest College of Veteri-' nary Medicine. "Idaho alone could not afford to establish a curriculum to train veterinarians, yet the need for new and highly trained veterinarians continues to grow," Evans said. "This the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge says there will be no exceptions to the law requiring the use of steel shot by waterfowl hunters using' the refuge public hunting area.
An article recently published in several newspapers indicated lead shot would be authorized for other than 12-gauge shotguns, manager Del Pierce said. However, this regulation applies to eastern steel shot zones "Because. steel shot is currently unavilable for other than 12 gauge shotguns, we will facility has enabled us to meet that need at one tenth of the expense in establishing our own state program." The clinic is one of the state's contributions to the regional veterinary college which includes the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Oregon State University. The facility is the culmination of four years of planning. It is on a 20-acre site and will provide an -patient service on a referral basis, animal disease research, and the job training and teaching of food animal medicine.
The clinic opened for business this week and dedication participants included Caldwell Mayor Robert Pasley and Dr. Richard Gibb, president of the University of Idaho. NEWS IN BRIEF 1 Man Hospitalized A Cutbank, man was admitted to Bonner County. General Hospital Wednesday afternoon after he collapsed along Highway 200 two miles west of Sandpoint. Fred Hartman of the Hartman Ambulance Service said John P.
Parker, 46, collapsed along VI the roadway while hitchhiking into' Sandpoint. Hartman said by the time he arrived on the scene, Bonner County Sheriff's deputies were already attending to. Parker, who said he had a heart condition and. complained of chest pains. Parker was taken to Bonner County General Hospital.
A hospital spokesman said he was in stable condition. 29, 1977 4' petitions and may only sign as' many- petitions as there are: positions open. In other words, each may sign one seat, one for the mayor's. petition for the two council position and three for the fouryear council seats. Candidates must have their.
petitions complete andturned in by Oct. 11 to file for the Nov. 8 general election. There is no primary ballot. Oct.
8. The water release will take a month and will result in lowering the lake level by about two feet. Water levels should be down one foot by Oct. 15, with the remaining drawdown completed by the first week of November. The water release program takes place every October in conjunction with the spawning cycle of Kokanee salmon.
ex- Ex-Official Threatens Lawsuit be Sand BOISE (UPI) The former and director of State Hospital South the plans to file a lawsuit if the ef- state director of health and the welfare does 'not listen to his lake grievance. lake Dr. John Harris filed a Schweitzer Readies For Season Opening With a major grooming project about one-fourth finished, workers at Schweitzer Basin are gearing up for a scheduled Nov. 23 opening. About one inch of snow fell at the top of Schweitzer's mountain last Wednesday, assistant ski area manager Dan Larsen said.
Snowfall reports filtering in from around the West indicate that snow has fallen at Alta, Snowbird and in the streets at Sun Valley. "We are now about 25 per cent complete with a thorough grooming project on the Schweitzer side of the said Larsen. "We are grooming the Ridge Run, the T-Bar has been completed, Stiles Run has been completed and Chair 2 is approximately 50 percent through." Under a tradeout program, Schweitzer hired nearly a dozen local skiers to carry out the grooming program. For their efforts, each worker will receive a season pass to the area. The workers are cutting brush, moving boulders and generally smoothing out the runs in anticipation of an early opening.
With the help of a Cat and a little dynamite, the runs -l Derby Coming This year's drought did not alter the drawdown scheduleit began as usual soon after Labor Day, and it will not be lowered any more than usual. "The only reason to go any lower would be for an emergency such as drought, but we don't anticipate any problems." Clark commented. A year ago, Pend Oreille was lowered to 2,051 until Sandpoint began experiencing problems with water distribution. Domestic water demand ceded the amount that could supplied. through the Creek dam and filter plant the lake was too low for city's pumps to operate ficiently.
The Corps solved problem by. raising the level by two feet. Duringsome winters, the has remained as high as 2,055, said Clark depending on the amount of inflow to the lake. Water level may also be affected by fish spawning seasons and downstream power and water. demands.
Earlier this week, the Washington Water Power Co. which operates the Priest Lake water control structure, announced the annual drawdown forthat lake will begin Saturday. al Schweitzer should be smooth by the first day of skiing When the grooming project is completed, about 116- acres will have been prepared for the benefit of early skiing, Larsen said. In addition, the grooming crew is making a number of terrain changes on the mountain that will make access to chairs and runs much easier for all skiers. "By flattening the access road from the Day Lodge to the T-Bar by reshaping terra in contours a the upper T-Bar area we will be vastly improving and increasing the area for the beginning skier," said Larsen.
A number of the loading ramps have been re-worked to make it easier for beginning skiers to get on and off the chairs, he said. In other pre-season developments, Bill Haskins, Schweitzer ski school director, said the KXLY skischool will be held at the area this year and that a special introductory ski school program will begin in early December. Haskins asked anyone interested in the introductory program to contact Bob Aavedal at the Alpine Shop in Sandpoint, Idaho. Lake Pend Oreille will be the scene this weekend for a two man team American Bass Fisherman derby. Jay Wilcox, director of the tourney, says the Edgewater lodge will be tourney headquarters.
Entry fee is $50 per team. "This tourney will give friends who to fish together. a chance to compete as a team. It's something new for prize tournaments in this area," Wilcox said. Entry: is limited to 50 teams.
Bonus points are given to live fish released and it is certain nearly 99 per cent of bass caught will be released, judging from previous tournaments in north Idaho. "This is the first tourney held on Lake Pend Oreille, and most of us have not fished it all that much, so it will be interesting to see how well we will do," Wilcox said. He said plans now call for the Northwest A.B.F. tourney next year to held in Sandpoint in early June rather than at Coeur d'Alene in August. Cash prizes will go to the top five teams in this weekend's contest.
Those wishing. to enter can register at the Edgewater Friday evening or prior to 6 a.m. Saturday. The derby runs a full day Saturday and half a day Sunday. Working off season passes -Dick Ross (above and upper left) and Valerie Afelefinger, both of Sandpoint, along with other local skiers traded their work in grooming slopes at Schweitzer Basin for season passes offered by the ski area.
The workers are cutting brush and smoothing slopes for a predicted early opening in November. A grievance after he resigned Sept. 12 during an investigation of the disappearance of drugs from the hospital's pharmacy. Health and Welfare Director Milton Klein notified him Wednesday he. cannot file a grievance because he resigned.
-4 j1- Lift, the defendant, had negligently left a rope stretched across a trail in an area of Mt. Spokane operated by the company. Hurley said he skied into the rope and suffered a neck sprain that was originally diagnosed as a broken neck. a 4.
