NOTE WORTHY

no ‘dogs’ on deck

It’s not uncustomary for wildlife to be spotted downtown, but it was a little out of the ordinary in January when the owners of the 219 on First Avenue found a young coyote pup hiding on their outside bar deck. The pup was dispatched, and Fish and Game asks that any uncommon wildlife behavior be reported.

Crossing The Finish Line

Jed Stephensen (see our story in the Winter 2022 issue at www.sandpointmagazine.com) achieved his goal of competing in the Iditarod this spring, completing in a time of 12 days, zero hours, 44 minutes, and 24 seconds. Stephensen was met by wife Amy and their twins as he crossed the finish line after 1,000 miles.

Catching A Win

Locals Tara White and Kara Berlin head to Bristol Bay, Alaska, every summer, where they commercially fish for wild salmon... and then bring it home. Their business, Thunder’s Catch, recently was awarded best new retail product at the Seafood Expo North America with their Wild Salmon Chowder. Their wild salmon and salmon products can be purchased at local stores, at the Sandpoint Farmers’ Market, or online at www.thunderscatch.com

We Are The Champions

Sandpoint’s Lady Bulldogs made history for the high school when they brought home the first state basketball state championship —for girls or boys—, after a 69-65 victory over favored Shelley down in Nampa this spring.

Indigenous Voices

Idaho Mythweaver, as part of Voices of the Wild Earth, has created an archive of native voices from their decades of work preserving the oral history of the tribes of the Columbia Plateau region. In order to create new media projects highlighting those recordings, supporters had a chance to win a Nez Perce blanket from the Wallowa Lake Lodge. Learn more at www.mythweaver.org.

A Diamond anniversary

One of Sandpoint’s reigning couples, Jim and Virginia Woods, recently celebrated their 75th anniversary. The Woods family came to the area in the 1940s, settling in the Selle Valley. Descendents operate many local businesses such as Wood’s Meat Processing, the Woods Family Tree Farm, Wood’s Crushing and Hauling, the Woods V Bar X Ranch, and Western Pleasure Guest Ranch... to name a few.

Homestead Rescue

Badger Building Center appeared on the Discovery network’s television show “Homestead Rescue.” The company donated building materials to a local family in need while the show was filming in North Idaho last fall. The full episode, “By a Landslide,” can be seen at www.sptmag. com/byalandslide.

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