Bonner County History - Aug. 18, 2026

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Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

Aug. 18, 1976 – TO COMPETE AT MOSCOW 

Going to Moscow to enter the North Idaho Horse Show are Sandy Lewis and Bonnie Finney in fitting and showing, junior division; Kim Valez and Patti Bennett, intermediate division, and Barbara Tibbs and Cindy Raineri, senior division. Larri Ann Smith and Marcy Wells will represent Bonner County in junior division bareback equitation; Pam Offermann and Nancy Finney, intermediate; and Cindy Finney and Kim Lewis, senior division. Hunt seat equitation competitors will be Mary O’Meara and Cathy Apfel, juniors; Laurie Tibbs and Mari Chambers, intermediates; and Barbara Tibbs and Cindy Finney, seniors. Competing in saddle seat equitation will be juniors Sandy Lewis and Wendy Offermann; intermediates Laurie Tibbs and Patti Bennett; and senior division winners Ann Ross and Kim Lewis. 4-H’ers going to district in stock seat equitation are Nancy Mundell and Larri Ann Smith, juniors; Nancy Finney and Pam Offermann, intermediates; and Dannette Carr and Becky Marienau, seniors. 

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SISSON-ROBINSON ENGAGEMENT 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Robinson, E. Wenatchee, Wash. announce the engagement of their daughter, Karen Ruth, to Robert Paul Sisson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Sisson, Sandpoint. Miss Robinson attended the Inland Empire School of the Bible, Spokane, for the last year; her fiance attended North Idaho College. No wedding date has been set. 

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 18, 1951 – WORKMEN INJURED 

Two workmen at Cabinet Gorge dam were treated Sunday at North Idaho clinic. P.A. Foster had a piece of steel removed from his eye, while Larry Larkin was treated for multiple abrasions of the back and shoulder, and a bad cut on the knee sustained when he fell from a dozer, rolling over a rocky ledge.  

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TO REMODEL HOME 

A building permit was issued to Ed Crockett for remodeling at the home at 521 Lake; about  $1,000. 

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TO BUILD 4-H BOOTH 

The junior 4-H leaders decided to build a 4-H fair booth to acquaint the public with the many phases of 4-H work. To plan the booth, president Larry Larkin appointed the following members: Marguerite Dockins, Christine Weisz, Janice Larkin, Gene Driggs, Dick Stearns and Dick Sherwood.  

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RENOVATE SIGNAL STATION 

Repair work at the Signal service station at Cedar and First is underway with two Signal engineers from Seattle in charge. A new hydraulic hoist will be installed, a new pump island built and the driveway resurfaced. David Dalby operates the station.  

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EQUIPMENT ARRIVING 

Fluoridation equipment is arriving for the proposed installation to be made this fall in the city water system, said W.C. Racicot, water superintendent.

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.