North Idaho Briefs July 15, 2011
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 15 years, 2 months AGO
American Heroes Fourth of July Parade winners
COEUR d'ALENE - Everyone at a parade is a winner, but the Fourth of July Hero's Parade awarded the top prizes for participants in this year's procession.
• Community Float 1st: Deer Park, "I Am A Believer"
• Company Category: 1st: North Idaho College, 2nd: Porky G's Southern Style BBQ, 3rd: ROW Adventures
• Nonprofit Category 1st: Daughters of the American Revolution/Lt. George Farragut'; 2nd: Spirit of '45, 3rd: Ms. Senior Idaho, Stephanie Koennel
• Marching Band Category 1st: The Perfection-Nots, 2nd: Thunder Drum and Bugle Corp.
• Marching Unit Category 1st: Blazen Divas
• Classic Car Category 1st: Shugar Shack Chocolatier, 2nd: Caterham Lotus Super 7
• Equestrian Category 1st: Kootenai County Saddle Club
• Equestrian Horse Drawn Category 1st: Equine Rescue of North Idaho
Water outage to affect residents, NIC today
Another Education Corridor construction-related water outage is scheduled to take place today near North Idaho College.
Beginning at 7 a.m., water will be shut off to the areas east of the Fort Grounds Grill and on Military north of River Avenue. This includes homeowners to the north of River as well as NIC's Headwaters Complex. Water service is scheduled to resume by 5 p.m., but construction crews hope to have it restored earlier if possible.
State clears travel for two megaloads on Highway 95
LEWISTON (AP) - The Idaho Transportation Department has reissued permits allowing ExxonMobil to haul two oversized loads of refinery equipment along a different path than the more controversial route along U.S. Highway 12.
The Lewiston Tribune reports the agency issued permits Wednesday giving the company five days to ship along U.S. Highway 95. The loads would pass through Moscow, connect with Interstate 90 near Coeur d'Alene en route to the oil sands of southern Alberta, Canada.
Opposition has forced the oil company to consider alternatives to using Highway 12 as its preferred route. A small coalition of residents and business owners have fought shipping along the scenic roadway across north central Idaho.
The full size loads occupy both lanes and are some of the longest, tallest and heaviest ever permitted to state highways.