PSNI's Cottage blooming
SANDPOINT — Work is picking up at Panhandle Special Needs, Inc., as it prepares to open The Cottage on Saturday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD to talk budget issues
SANDPOINT — The Lake Pend Oreille School District trustees face some very painful decisions when they meet Monday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
PSNI opening home, garden thrift store
SANDPOINT — It has always been a challenge to place Panhandle Special Needs, Inc.’s disabled adult clients in local jobs.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD: Cuts likely districtwide
SANDPOINT — Patrons should expect a stripped-down Lake Pend Oreille School District when the new school year begins this fall.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD seeking solutions to budget woes
SANDPOINT — Northside Elementary parents believe other solutions can be found to district budget woes besides closing their school.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Parents: Keep Northside School open
SANDPOINT — Northside Elementary School students’ parents told Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Dick Cvitanich on Thursday they don’t want the school closed.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD considering potential cuts
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District trustees will spend the next few weeks figuring out how to cut potentially more than $2 million from its 2010-11 budget without sacrificing staff, said Superintendent Dick Cvitanich.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Legal Aid cuts travel budget
SANDPOINT — Low-income area residents can no longer get free legal help at the Bonner Community Food Center.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Benefit set to aid deputy stricken with mystery ailment
SANDPOINT — Seven months ago, 42-year-old Jim Cruse Jr. was one of those fortunate people who was rarely ill.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Couple's adoption petition denied
SANDPOINT —Tuesday Judge Debra Heise denied Anna and Lacey Blackford’s petition to adopt their 2-year-old foster son.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO
Lions kick off Toys for Tots campaign
SANDPOINT — Human character is revealed not when life hands out one royal flush after another, but when someone else’s challenges are more meaningful than our own.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO
Homelessness increasing in N. Idaho, country
SANDPOINT — Bonner County’s homeless and hungry come from a cross-section of circumstances.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Food bank seeks help
SANDPOINT — Have you wanted to buy a turkey to donate to the food bank and changed your mind because you had no time to deliver the bird?
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Food bank is in need of turkeys
SANDPOINT — Sandpoint Community Food Center Director Alice Wallace is worried there will not be enough turkeys to fill this year’s Thanksgiving boxes.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
LPOSD: Big demand for H1N1 shots
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Dick Cvitanich has tried to get immunized against the H1N1 flu virus without success.“I’ve been to three schools and I’ve been turned down three different times,” he said during Tuesday’s regular trustee meeting held at Kootenai Elementary School.Cvitanich is not the only …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Flu, colds boost LPOSD absentee rate
SANDPOINT — Absences in the Lake Pend Oreille School District for this time of year were five to 6 percent higher than normal Thursday, said Superintendent Dick Cvitanich.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
H1N1 flu making rounds in region
SANDPOINT — Panhandle Health confirms there have been 17 new cases of H1N1 flu in northern Idaho since early September, but it is likely many more people have been infected.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Festival's rainy day fund dries up
SANDPOINT — The Festival at Sandpoint’s rainy day fund evaporated as the annual concert series ate up the remainder of a $300,000 cushion this season.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Groundbreaking set for new charter school
SANDPOINT -— Sandpoint Charter School will break ground Thursday on an innovative $3.3 million high school.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD thrilled by community's support
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District board chairman Vickie Pfeifer said she would be happy with a win by a simple majority in Tuesday’s supplemental levy election.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
School district levy passes
SANDPOINT — The Lake Pend Oreille School District levy has passed with 59.5 percent of the vote.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Voters head to polls today in LPOSD levy
SANDPOINT — Residents are heading to the polls today to vote on a two-year $10,950,000 Lake Pend Oreille School District levy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD: Levy loss would end all activities
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District faces severe staffing and extracurricular cuts this fall if voters do not approve a $10.9 million levy later this month, according to district officials.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
$10.95M supplemental levy vote OK'd
SANDPOINT — The word supplemental in regard to an upcoming Lake Pend Oreille School District levy is a misnomer, says one board member.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD: Levy vital to district programs
SANDPOINT — Maintaining existing Lake Pend Oreille School District programs cannot be done without levying property owners, say officials.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD nears decision on supplemental levy amount
SANDPOINT - Lake Pend Oreille School District officials are close to making a decision on how much money to seek from voters through a supplemental levy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS AGO
Residents' generosity helps 'Tots' drive grow
SANDPOINT - Life really is about putting one foot in front of the other.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS AGO
LPOSD asking for $13M in budget requests
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District employees are asking for about $13 million in budget requests for an upcoming two-year supplemental levy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS AGO
LPOSD levy gets support
SANDPOINT - Parents and educators endorse a replacement levy that funds enough teachers for manageable class sizes and retains an upper quartile math and science program.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS AGO
Program hopes to peak girls' interest in science
SANDPOINT - Scientists from two Idaho colleges did not have to do much to convince Lake Pend Oreille High School senior Judy Dunnagan that more women are needed in the field.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
LPOSD planning supplemental levy
SANDPOINT - Lake Pend Oreille School District patrons can expect a two-year supplemental levy on the ballot this coming spring.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Stone named county's top teacher
SANDPOINT - Teaching teenagers confined in juvenile detention is not for everyone, said Bonner County's Wal-Mart "Teacher of the Year."
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Festival season in great shape
SANDPOINT — Unlike other festivals across the United States hurt by a slowing economy and $4 a gallon gas, The Festival at Sandpoint is in great shape.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
School board OKs charter high school
SANDPOINT - Sandpoint Charter School will be hitting the books hard in the coming months.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Program helps students prepare for school
SANDPOINT — Wesley Smith, 9, now knows creating garagantuan bubbles takes 10 parts water to one part dish soap.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
School projects moving closer
PONDERAY — As early as Thursday, attorneys could begin work on a contract with an architectural firm for additional classrooms at two Lake Pend Oreille School District schools.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Dahlia fans blooming in area
SANDPOINT — You have to really love dahlias to grow them.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Award honors Quest Aircraft
SANDPOINT — It takes 5,000 parts for Quest Aircraft Co. to build one Kodiak airplane.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Festival tickets are hot sellers
SANDPOINT — Festival director Dyno Wahl cannot go anywhere these days without being asked if there are tickets left for the Ziggy Marley concert.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
SCS ponders creation of high school
Sandpoint Charter: Parents want a choice
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Janice Crawford and Summer Smith
SANDPOINT - Summer Smith resembles a young Jacqueline Onassis - classic features, creamy skin, dark eyes and dark hair.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD goes to bid on levy list
SANDPOINT - These days Lake Pend Oreille School District facilities director Sid Rayfield packs around what Supt. Dick Cvitanich calls his “box.”
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Teen wants to 'ride' own P.E. class
SANDPOINT — Physical education teachers want to put the brakes on a Sandpoint High School student’s request to opt out of a required PE course.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Camp Invention filled with fun, learning
SANDPOINT — Today’s Camp Invention lesson: You can make a smoothie using a blender powered by a bicycle.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Camp Invention at Bird Museum sells out
Science camp begins Monday
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Museum flies high as first anniversary nears
SANDPOINT - By New York Times best selling author Malcolm Gladwell's definition, Dr. Pam Bird is a connector.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
A child's challenges
SANDPOINT - Gavin Scheel, 2, uses his teeth like fingers, gripping a marker between them to draw.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Scheel, Smith named recipients of Jaycee's Race fundraiser
SANDPOINT - Gavin Scheel, 2, rolls his body to get from place to place because his joints do not bend.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD outlines building timeline
SANDPOINT — The current economic climate makes this a good time to construct additions at Kootenai and Sagle elementary schools, said Supt. Dick Cvitanich.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Train collides with stuck truck
ELMIRA - Brad Martin took quick drags from his cigarette to calm himself a half hour after a train destroyed the truck he was driving Friday afternoon.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Travel clubs link globe trotters
SANDPOINT — Have you thought about exploring Grecian ruins, but found travel costs too daunting?
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Couple wants re-vote on LPOSD levy
SANDPOINT — A Bonner County man said he and his wife did not stop to vote in the levy election after reading a misleading sign at Farmin-Stidwell Elementary.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
School district addresses levy criticisms
SANDPOINT — School district officials have received several complaints about the May 20 plant facilities levy election.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Sleyster enters rarified air
SANDPOINT - The universe is just beginning to reveal itself to a Sandpoint High School senior with dreams of becoming an astronaut.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Some question levy's timing
SANDPOINT - Several people have questioned why Lake Pend Oreille School District did not hold a plant facility levy and trustee election on same day as the Idaho primary.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
SHS graduation is Saturday at Memorial Field
SANDPOINT — Rain or shine, Sandpoint High School graduation will take place at Memorial Field Saturday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Mom has hand in Iraq tool drive
SANDPOINT — At 35, Kym Holbert’s son, Marine crew chief Christopher Morrell, is far beyond the age when he needs care packages from his mom.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
'Crash' highlights dangers of drinking, driving
SANDPOINT — It was 10 p.m. Wednesday, and two officers and a police chaplain stood at Sandpoint resident Michelle Lawrence’s front door.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
PSNI nearing remodel goal
SANDPOINT — A grant from the Idaho Selkirk Assoc. Realtors has put Panhandle Special Needs Inc., within fingertip reach of meetings its fundraising goals for finishing the remainder of its remodeling projects.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Work is just beginning for LPOSD
PONDERAY - Work is only just beginning on the outcome of Tuesday's successful plant facilities levy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
It's official: Lake Pend Oreille's $14.1M levy approved
PONDERAY - Lake Pend Oreille School District trustees are jubilant over approval Tuesday of a $14.1 million plant facilities levy.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
$14.1M LPOSD plant facilities levy gets voters' OK
SANDPOINT — A $14.1 million plant facilities levy passed with a last shot at the buzzer Tuesday, just slipping past the percentage required for approval by 42 votes.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD levy leading at polls
SANDPOINT — The $14.1 million plant facilities levy narrowly passed Tuesday by 55.9 percent.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Extreme Home for sale
Hebert can’t afford upkeep nor time for maintenance
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD: Mailing filled with errors
SANDPOINT - A last-minute mailing encouraging people to vote against Tuesday's plant facilities levy is untruthful, said Supt. Dick Cvitanich.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD: Lack of space hurting education
SANDPOINT — When Supt. Dick Cvitanich walks through Farmin-Stidwell Elementary, he is bothered by a dearth of privacy afforded the school’s special services students.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Charter high school proposed
SANDPOINT — Not a week goes by without a parent asking Sandpoint Charter School principal Alan Millar what high school choices are available to their child.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
PSNI moves closer to goal
SANDPOINT — A fundraiser for Panhandle Special Needs is edging closer to making its $15,000 goal, according to organizers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD receives science grant
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District will launch a new science program in its elementary schools this fall.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Teachers lack classrooms
SANDPOINT — Washington Elementary School’s upper quartile math and science teacher Rod Swerin is a teacher without a classroom.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Crowded school concerns district
SANDPOINT — Once a day, Sagle Elementary School’s upper quartile math and science students share portable classroom space with an extended day kindergarten class.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
PSNI seeks funding help
SANDPOINT - A fundraiser to help compete a remodeling project for Panhandle Special Needs is about $8,000 short of its goal.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD proposes citizen's group
Would oversee levy if approved
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Data shows more money for LPOSD
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District officials have a bit more more money to work with for the upcoming school year than originally anticipated, Supt. Dick Cvitanich said Tuesday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
SMS teacher wins prestigious UI award
SANDPOINT — Middle school teachers are 12-year-olds in disguise, said the University of Idaho’s Thomas O. Bell teacher of the year.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Cvitanich: Levy addresses basic needs in district
SANDPOINT - A $14.1 million Lake Pend Oreille School District plant facility set for May 20 aims to fix decades of building disrepair and save taxpayers money by planning for the future.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD welcomes reading program
SAGLE - Kindergarten teacher Marril Valle hopes a new volunteer reading program will help children in Southside Elementary's lower grades become better readers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD to cut 33 positions
SANDPOINT - Lake Pend Oreille School District Supt. Dick Cvitanich and Brian Smith, local teachers union representative, are making the rounds to area schools related to positions that will be cut beginning July 1.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
CFHS wins state AcaDeca title
CLARK FORK - Until now, Clark Fork High School has surprisingly never placed first in any kind of team competition - athletic or academic.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
District officials mull budget cuts
SANDPOINT - School district trustees are expected to take one last look Tuesday at proposed budget cuts for the 2008-'09 school year before taking a formal vote.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
LPOSD offers buyout package to 8 teachers
SANDPOINT - The Lake Pend Oreille School District is offering eight teachers with longtime seniority the option of taking $20,000 each in return for an early contract buyout.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Donor could gift Panhandle Special Needs with $15,000
Community match needed for group to secure award
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Community mourns after East Hope mayor passes away
Bud Moon was son of early-day area pioneers
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
PAFE looks to boost literacy to get students 'Ready' for school
SANDPOINT - Family literacy may just be the most important crayon in the pencil box for a child's success in school.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
SMS: Staff cuts miss the mark
Propose alternate plan to LPOSD officials, board
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Idaho Meth Project seeks end to drug's use
Ronk: 95 percent of first-timers users use again — and again
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
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