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Tony Stewart, North Idaho College political science lnstruQtor, took the brunt of the student entnuslasm Tuesday In the Faculty Pie Throw. The ac-
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The Coeur d'Alene Pren Mon., Fob. 6, 1978
Dancers boogie to financial triumph By Edd o·oonnel Press Correspondent F'onzie would 've faded. Vinnie Barbarino would've bagged it when the prespiration wilted his world famous locks But the Coeur d'Alene kids had true "Saturday ~ight Fever" and boogied their way to an $11.830.12 figure for the Muscular Dystrophy drive. Gary Webb and Vicki Yount from Coeur d Alene High School did the 24-hour marathon hustle at top step and took home the three-foot gleaming trophy plus a IO-speed bike each. Beat. bushed and bunioned. they smiled like winners. obliged the photographers and split for a footbath of hot waler and epsom salts. The couple raised $1 .236 95 for the drive. The dancers-up and the other entrants from Coeur d'Alene High School and North Idaho College had given i~ their all and went home knowing they'd had a good time and helped a worthy cause Some were heard mutterrng "Next year... Most of the youngsters on hand F'riday night have grandparents who were marathon dancing 50 years ago to ragtime am! racoon coats The Big Band era. rock's original sock hops and the concert craze of the sixilies each exhibited their form of marathon dance whether it was called that or not. The music has changed radically since 1928. One mother in her thirties sat complaining to another mom about !he musical volume. 'How can they stand it so loud.·· God forbid a·nybody should remind her of her mother's exasperation with the never ending play of Elvis Lillie Richard or others that rocked her teen insecurities to sleep
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Linda Burdett, swallows goldfish Linda gulped hers whole
The kids have changed. too. Oh. the overshadowing need to be "cool" 1s still a post-puberty syndrome but somehow they don't seem to take it as serious as past hordes of teens There were no young men hangmg back in the shadow, corners desperately trying to effect the misunderstood rebel posture The cloud of smoke potent enough to get a mastadon high was not there The outrageous garb of the sixties was long gone Young ladies slaved to look as "foxy" as possible They sweated over many copies of ··Cosmo" to get Just the right arch in the eyebrow Young men Ah. yes, young men. Well they've not changed too much The hair and clothes have reached a near medium in style but the traumas of acne big feel and awkwardness are still with them . though the) seem lo be less self-conscious than possiblv their fathers were at such high-powered events. B) Saturday afternoon the crowd of dancers thinned from 39 lo 15 Stamina straight from the odd-hundred Coke cups and candy wrappers on the floor 1s slill keeping them hoofing Just a bunch of kids having a good time on glad power There may be hope for realilv yel. And lhf' bands played on and on and on. The groups are mostly semi-hip with lots of bass driving beat and some good licks but they are just bands to the dancers who hear not the music, only lhe thump, thump The bands break and the disco tape sets in More thump, thump and the hoofers. now into gym suits, Tshirts and the zen of long distance dancing are grateful for any distraction from the continuous shuffling of their feet Famil ies crowd around the floor to give solace to members engaged in this mania which sometimes grips the youth of an entire community Mothers give pecks and hugs over the crepe strand partitioning the dance floor Candy and soda is delivered. Fathers wi th amused smiles · stand shaking their heads and remembering. Intermittently, door prizes are given or some youngster who has shot off his mouth in bravado makes a meal of a goldfish And the music goes on. The dancers-turned zombies keep the beat and the North Shore convention center has the aroma of cigarettes and deodorant that died a few hours ago. Finally. the end is at hand The winners have left smiling ·and the rest of the crowd is headed tor pizza. hot dogs or what what you. The high school kids went home with bigger tired smiles than students from the college as they garnered $5.090 09 in pledges lo the college's $3.826.87 Second place dancers were high schoolers Kirk Nelson and Teri Markowski who pulled m $874 91. Coming in third were Bill While. l\/IC, and Janel Lewis, high school , who received $839 50 in pledges.
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MD marathoners jive past goal The NIC-Coeur d'Alene High School Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon held Feb. 3-4 at the North Shore Convention Center netted over Sll,800. .. We made our goal. Actually, we wanted to make SJ0,000," ASNIC President Kathie Collins said. Of the 39 couples who began the marathon, 24 completed the dance. A couple from Coeur d'Alene High made over SI ,000 and took first place. Secondand third-place ¡ couples were also from
Coeur d'Alene High, and they each made over S900. "The place was open for other people to dance and a Jot of people came--a lot of parents too," Collins said. Prizes were given away every hour and various games were played to raise money. Tony Stewart, NIC political science in- ¡ structor and the master of ceremonies, raised SSOO by eating a live goldfish. Breakfast for the participants was provided by McDonalp 1,s and lunch was furnished by .Taco Time. Various stores donated drinks and cold cuts. The dancing music was performed by several bands. Collins said six bands donated their time to the dance and one played twice. The only incident that marred the event occurred when a beer bottle was thrown at the dance floor by a man. No one was hurt.
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Class probes gubernatorial costs By Hester Pulllng Press Staff Writer
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NlC poly-sci class plans for mock governor's race "Candidate" R. T. Day discusses strategy with Tony Stewart and Debbie Teerlnk
Interested in tossing your hat in the ring and joining the race for governor of Idaho? A cost analysis drafted by a North Idaho College political science class setting the gubernatorial election campaign price tag at $181.950 might cause some potential contenders to yank back on the reins. The seven-member seminar, con· ducted by NIC poly-sci department head Tony Stewart. reached its expensive conclusion afler investigating all facets of the gubernatorial primary and general election contests. Included in campaign expenses were costs of leaflets, transportation. head· quarters· rent. staff salaries. radio. television and newspaper advertisements. polls and bumper stickers. Not suprisingly. ads ate up a lion's share of the expense. A total of 575 TV spots lasting 30 seconds each - used both in the primary and general election - amounted to $45.000. according to the students' research. Another $22,700 was put into radio and newspaper ads. The second major expense was letters lo voters - 150,000 were mailed out in the seminars' simulated campaign. Brochures promoting the candidate, 100,000 of them. amounted to $20.000 and staff salaries totaled $12,000 Students even contacted a major Boise pollster to get estimates on conducting a phone poll. Voicing great interest m the "candidate, .. the firm said it would cost $6,000 each for primary and general election phone polls of 600 persons. Direct one-on-one personal contact doubled that
price Stewart ·s class went beyond compiling expense statistics - they drafted a candidate. researched campaign issues, organized volunteer workers and citizen support groups and conducted \'Oler registration drives and fund raising events. With 'Idaho - A beller wav with R. T. Day" as their campaign slogan , students prepared their Republican candidate for the tough election battle. "The students determined the major issues. wrote campaign speeches and taped TV interviews and spot ads," said Stewart. With intentions of "toughening up' candidate day. mock newsmen posed hard hilting questions. "His stands were attacked at press conferences thev reallv drilled him." recalls the course isntructor Issues raised bv Dav and his staff in· eluded "keeping Idaho's water in Idaho," protection of the environment and wildlife, federal land use, promoting quality education and increasing state recreational facilities. Rather than personally attack the Democratic contender. Dav's staff concentrated on "selling R. T.," said Stewart and keeping the campaign clean. Money was raised through dinners. banquets. mass mailing fund drives and personal contacts. 'We avoided big iabor contributions,'' added one of the students. With his campaign now over. Day - a pre-law student from Great Falls, Mont. - is considering a future in law. politics or baseball He was recently drafted by the Cincinnati Red.
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·ncun1hents l~ ahead By Doug Cfark Press Managl1'1Q Editor
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cboice of area voters )1 ea#bW 17J~ "'111• bis opponent, Dwl8M Jensen, could ilaly maifer • supporters. 'nle ~ repr'elented a 31.1 percent margin for McClure over Jeuen with IS undeeided, Other heavy favorites iDcluded Gov. Jolpl Euna (D), Rep. Steve Symms (R), Lt. Gov. WU1Jim Murphy <D), and the proper;ty tu.measure.
Perhaps the ~ .int.erestlflg fact to emerge In the 1>0ll's findings is the apparent lack of part, support for gubermtorlal caridlcr,te Allan Lanen. Of those voting a "straight Re~ blieiD U..,"
d'Alene Tomorrow, ' spearheaded by Mayor Donald Johnston, is a task force taking the public's pulse on future issues in an attempt to figure out what city Coeur d'Alene residents would prefer a city in leadership. administrators and planners ought to be 1990 with the same number of people it has now but domg. think the city ought to expand its boundaries, don't seem to think much of paying for libraries but ·'The main intent is to get a little better input would raise their own taxes to beef up fire and from the citizens on where we want our community police protection, agree there's a need for apartto go "Johnston said today. "Whtie all government ment buildings but don't want them bullt In their is reactionary to a certain extent, we're trying to neighborhoods. and prefer the present form of city get away from that and address the city's problems government but think the city and county police before they arise. That's what it's all about.'' departments ought to be consolidated. The 24-part questionnaire was conducted by Those are some preliminary results of a survey students in Professor Tony Stewart's political of the local citizenrv to find out what kind of ,;, science class at North Idaho College. and contains, community they'd like here in the year 1990. "Coeur/ Stewart said. a "very good random sample" of local By O.P. BOND Pre11 City E.ditor
residents from all walks of life, sexes, ages and education levels. Its results were to be formally unveiled at 4 p.m. todav at a "Cd' A Tomorrow" conference at NIC. Seve·n volunteer citizen task forces will analyse the survey results and begin work on policy recommendations for the city. "I've asked them to bring their wish lists but we' ll try to keep our feet on the ground," Johnston said. A full 89 percent of those surveyed would like to keep Coeur d' Alene's 1990 population under 35,000. with more than half of those saying they'd like to keep it at its present population of 21,000. Only 12 percent said there should be no limit on growth. Forty-six percent said the city ought to annex outlying unincorporated areas, while 36 percent oppose the idea. The possibility of hotel room taxes was raised by half those surveyed, who said tourists and noncity residents should be charged "some form of fees or taxes" to use city facilities.
A strong maJority - 85 percent - believes the city sewer system ought to be expanded but Is fairly evenly split over who should pay for it. Forty-eight percent said all residents should share in the expense, while 52 percent believes only incoming residents should bear the cost of sewer expansion. Asked what kind of industry they would like to see growing in Coeur d'Alene. respondents said light industry was preferable to growth In tourism and heavy industry Cultural acth·ies such as libranes and museums are at the bottom of the public's tax dollar wish llst, while police and fire protection and sewer services came out on top. the survey results indlcate. By majorities of 64 and 62 percent. Lake City dwellers would increase police and fire protection at the expense of other publicly-funded activities Sixty-one percent recognizes a need for "multiple housing units'' in the city. but only 42 percent wants such housing 1n L:1eir neighborhoods
Chairmen selected Chairmen for the seven forums that will make up the ''Coeur d'Alene Tomorrow" conference have been selected by Mayor Don J_ohnston according to Tony Stewart chairman of NIC's Division of Social Sciences. The seven are Bill Shisler, Population Growth Policies group; Wally Adams Economic and Business Growth Pohci~ group. Roy McMurray, Polit1erl Policies ~roup· Da\'e Chapman, Recreation Policies group Bnan Meckel , Public W rks Policies group; Gary Haman. Law Enforcement Policies group: and Larn· Rasmussen, Cultural Policies g"1Up
T_ony Ste" art has been appointed chairman of the entire "Coeur d'Alene Tomorrow" conference "Coeur d'Alene Tomorrow·· is a cltvwide program designed to allow the area ·s citizens the opportunity to express their dreams about what thev would like the city to look like in another ;in vears. The program will be at the ·North l<laho College Student Union Buildm" ·o
Feb. 15 from 4 p.m. untiJ 9.30 p.m. Each group will discuss problems and propose solutions dealing with each particular area of interest. An eighth group has been formed - an advisory team- that will circulate among the other seven groups offering legal a~d technical help on any questions ~t m1g~t come up. Jim Countryman will preside as chairman over that group At the conclusion of the conference the advisory group will give a short critique of the future Coeur d'Alene the groups will have come up with. Coeur d'Alene citizens are encouraged to take part m the conference. Persons wishing to participate should decide ~hich of the above listed groups most interests them and contact city hall or Tony Stewart at ~IC with that information . Prosessor Sidney Duncombe, University of Idaho political scientist, will be a consultant at the conferPnce.
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Coeur d'Alene survey reveals no-growth sta d By HESTER PULLI:\TG Spokesman-Review correspondent
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Cit.y residents would like Coeur d'Alene to remain al its present population level of about 19,000 eleven years down the road, feel law enforcement is the most important city service and think tourists and non-city residents should Le charged when using city facilities . At least that's what a 24-part telephone survey conducted by students in North Idaho College Professor Tony Stewart's political science class revealed when 220 residents were questioned. The "Coeur d' Alene Tomorrow" survey also reveals that residents favor city policies setting minimum standards for building design and landscaping, and favor a "reasonable" real estate transaction fee that would go to acquiring parks, open space and recreational land. Mayor Don Johnston, who was instrumental in setting up the survey and fivehour forum Thursday night, said the purpose of the community survey is "to get a grasp of what kind of city our residents want, and where they want it to go.'' . Asked about the preference to keep Coeur d'Alene at its present population, Johnston - a lifelong resident of the Lake City said, "That's not hard to understand. Everybody who comes here want to shut tl1e gate behind him.'' Limiting growth is not possible, Johnston said "People who come here work with us to retain our attractive lifestyle " Johnston said that the city "should not deny its attractions by shutting the doors," but should rather "attempt to manage growth within the lifestyle we presently have" ~Iale and female residents, of varying ages, educational backgrounds and occupations, also favored by a 54-26 ratio consolidation of city and county law enforcement.. While 44 percent of those surveyed favored keeping the city at 19 000 people, 35 percent favored expansion to a maximum or 35,000. Nine percent favored a city of a maximum of 50 000 people while 12 percent voted for no limits on growth.
With the advent of the l percent initiative, law enforcement should be given top priority, the survey indicated. Sewer and water systems, fire prolection and city streets and arterials also rated high with city residents. However, construction of city buildings, equipment and trucks; park and recreation; and cultural activities ranked at the bottom of their priorities. Some 46 percent of those surveyed favored annexing new areas into the city limits, while 36 percent indicated oppostion. On a question about the city's sewer capabilities, 85 percent said they thought the 41-year-old plant is close to full capacity and should be expanded. The cost of expanding the sewer system should be borne just by new residents added to the system, said 52 percent of those surveyed. In other responses, a majority of residents favored expanding tourism and light industry. Eight percent wanted heavy industry to move into the area. While residents see a need for multiple housing units, 42 percent said they didn't want such units in their neighborhoods. Residents favored the current mayorcouncil form of government. If taxes must go up, residents would support increases in fire and police, the survey showed. Some 80 percent of those survey indicated that they would like to see more opportunities available for citizens to actively particiapte in city affairs, and 62 percent indicated willingness to serve on advisory committees. Mayor Johnston said he felt adequate opportunity exists for citizen involvement, but added, "We don't know how to motivate people to come to meetings. "We seem to find the same small group of people attending all our meetings, and are hoping that a workshop like this can help smoke out more people." The more citizen involvement, the easier it makes it for elected officials, Johnston said. "Too often, the only time we see people is when they feel the city has stepped on their toes," the mayor said.
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Wlale the city council should not feel obligated to foJl,,w recommendations resulting from Thursday's '('oc,:r d'Alene Tomorrow" conference at North Idaho CcJlege, it can use those results as another tool in setting direction for the city's future. an elated Mayor Don Johnston said Thursday night. Johnston - who was instrumental in lhe formation of the program - made his comments to the Press while seven committees discussed how Coeur d'Alene should deal with population, economic and business growth, political and public works policies, recreation. law enforcement and cultural policies with an eye toward the year 1990. \Ve{'ks earlier, students from NIC conducted a telephone survey designed to indicate how citizens feel about the future of their city. More than 200 people were polled during the survey. "This has opened a lot of doors," Johnston said. 'The more I think about it the more pleased I become with what these volunteers have come up with.¡¡ SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. the results of Thursday's meeting will be fed into a computer to be compared with the results of the telephone survey. At Ute end of Thursday nights session, the population growth group recommended the county and the city to "direct'' the area's popultion growth and that planning i.nd zoning committees of both city and county work together to direct the "quality" of growth in the area. The economic and business growth group concluded. among other things, that "very little" industry could be accommodated within the city. Considering a future tax base for Coeur d'Alene, the group recommended that fees should be charged for non-resident use of city facilities and stated that the city should lobbv for a local sales tax "in order to take advantage of the large volume of tourist dollars flowing into the city." The group also discussed expanding the tourist industry, what the city's official position should be on recruiting industry business and tourism to the area and the revitalization of the downtown business district THE POLITICAL POLICIES group discussed cooperation between federal, state, regional. county and other local governments
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A tale of two governments An enlightening contrast between the City of Coeur d'Alene and the government of Kootenai County was revealed last week in the way the two announced their intentions on dealing with the impact of growth upon the local future. Coeur d'Alene, :1t the leadership of Mayor Don Johnston and with help from North Idaho College, volunteer groups of citizens and the city machinery, launched its "Cd' A Tomorrow" program. The first stage of "Cd'A Tomorrow" was a scientifically random survey of city residents to test their feelings about how they'd like their city to look and be in the year 1990. "Cd' A Tomorrow" has now divided itself into seven task forces to come up with recommendations to government and business based on their studies of future needs and problem areas, and upon the opinions registered in the survey. While such planning will naturally involve its certain share of guesswork and wishful thinking, its reward (if carried out properly) will be a kind of crystallization of goals and alternatives to give all of us a say in our city's future, without making ironclad commitments of resources,
land and people. THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE to growth came in the form of an official announcement last week that the planning and zoning commission, in existence since 1972, was on its way out. The advisory planning commission, a group of 12 individuals appointed by the county commissioners , has produced a comprehensive county planning guide, an ordinance to enforce that guide, and an ordinance regulating subdivisions. Those documents didn't become law until the county board of commissioners approved them. But lhe current slate of county commissioners, led by Chairman Douglas Frymire, says the work has been inadequate, has interfered with property rights, and says the county's resources would be better spent on a sewer engineer Board Chairman Fr)1Tlire says he will appoint another board that will be even more accountable to commissioners than the present one. which is already subject to county appointment and veto power. That's not enough , says Frymire, because the planning commission may hire arid fire its own direc-
tor, something the three-man county board cannot do. A more ready contrast in two governmental philosophies cannot be made. The City of Coeur d'Alene is actively seeking guidance from its public on questions of responding to future growth - a task the planning commission was supposed to have been doing Lit the county commissioners. The county, on the other hand, doesn' t want to hear about it, or , 1 least doesn't like the answers it is hearir from its current advisory planning bodl that's a little akin to beheading the messenger bearing bad news Perhaps the county will come up with .i workable alternative to the present planning commission. Kootenai County does need an engineer. Frymire deserves a chance to try what he's been advocating for years. But from this perspective it appears one sharp difference between the city and the county exists . the city wants advice from its citizenry on how to handle growth and the county apparently doesn't. We'll know more after the March 8 public hearing on the abolishment of the Kootenai County Planning Commission.
¡ Close shave Tony Stewart (top) takes first crack at North Idaho College A.S.B. President Jim Aemsen's healthy head of hair and then lets student Kurt Mast have a go flt It (center). By sacrificing !'Ila curly locks, Remsen raised $36.36 for muscular dystrophy and .publicized future fund raising events by the college'. He will be cursed, however, with the KoJak look (bottom) tor the next coupre of months. -Press Photo By .Tim Hanson
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$15,000 COEUR D'ALENE- The muscular dystrophy fund drive here this weekend at North Idaho College netted $15,000, according to Tony Stewart, political science instructor and coordinator of the dance marathon. Stewart said a highlight during the marathon was when Jenny Baker of Spokane and the muscular dystrophy poster girl visited at about noon Saturday. "She was adorable " he said. '
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Mon., Apr. 9, 1979
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Dazed dancers Raising $14,700, more money than any other dance fest in the Northwest, the annual Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon ended midnight Saturday on a tired, but happy note. Of the 96 wild and crazy dancers who began the endurance test, only six , couples dropped out. Participants Included North Idaho College, ,Coeur d'Alene High and Lakeland High. (above right) Mary Jo Simmons and Vern Vanderhoef trip the light fantastic to a disco beat. (abot left) Musical tour guide and all around nice guy, Tony \Stewart, reads out the financial tally.