Bonner County History - Aug. 21, 2022
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Aug. 21, 1972 – NEW OUTDOOR ARENA
The newly constructed Bonner County fairgrounds outdoor arena was officially opened for business last Sunday during the afternoon segment of the annual 4-H horse show. Participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony were Bonner County Fair board Chairman Bob Wood, horse show judge Floyd Gephart, and county extension agent Raynold Davis. The arena fence was constructed during the past three weeks by volunteers from the community.
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WENDY FOREST NAMED CHAMPION
Wendy Forest was judged champion bareback equitation rider by judge Floyd Gephart. Giving her some stiff competition was Randy Wilcox who won the reserve championship. Miss Forest is a member of the Bits n Pieces 4-H Club, while Miss Wilcox is enrolled in the Brush Rats. The two will compete with 17 other Bonner County youngsters at the North Idaho District Horse Show in Coeur d’Alene Saturday. Competing with them in bareback equitation will be Kim McCandless of the Schweitzer Valley Dwellers, Robin Maloney of the Clark Fork Lightning Club and Patti Bennett and Laurel Berger of the Selle Satellites.
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4-H HORSE SHOW WINNERS
After more than 140 4-H horse members had been put through the paces, two were awarded the grand and reserve championship in fitting showing at the 4-H horse show. Winning the top spot was Laurel Berger of the Selle Satellites. Kim Lewis of the Schweitzer Valley Dwellers is reserve champion.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Aug. 21, 1922 – MILL WIPED OUT BY FIRE!
Fire, starting in the planing shed of the A.C. White Lumber plant at Laclede Thursday night, in a few hours wiped out all units of the plant and entirely destroyed both the main yards, with 17,000,000 feet of the finest grade manufactured western white pine, and the lath yards. Also destroyed were the home of W.J. Hodge, the company house occupied by Thomas Vandervort, the boarding house and the bunkhouse. The company store was saved after hours of Herculean effort. The loss totals about $700,000, the worst single conflagration in Bonner county history.
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CITY BREVITIES
The forest fire which last week went over the top of the mountain south of Contest point and destroyed considerable property at the Sam Smart ranch also burned out five or six bridges and culverts on the new Bottle Bay road, which is now under construction. The loss to the county and district will be about $1000.
Sandpoint saw its first tourist radio outfit yesterday when two women of Chicago paused at a local filling station to replenish their gas and oil and change a tire while on a cross country trip to Oakland, Cal. Across the top of their Auburn Beauty-Six touring car, from poles rigged to the hood and rear, was a three-wire radio aerial connected to a Tresco two-stage amplifier in the tonneau. “We were told we carried the first radio set in Yellowstone park,” said one of the ladies.
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