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COEUR d' ALENE - Imagine presidential primaries, notninatinl conventlons and the subsequent national electlon over and done with in a liUleday. That might sound like a fantasy in these cla)'I of two-year campaigns, but it took place Sunday at North Idaho College when approximately 60 political science students got a crash course in presidential politics. Students in Tony Stewart's American Government course gathered to participate in a mock Democratic convention. Stewart said the road between declaration and inauguration ._ filled with campailDlina. pn, maries and conventions - is a compllcated and confusing path that the game tries to mate clear. "I think when you leave tonight you're gohla to say you learned a great deal about our poUU: cal process," Stewart told the students. "For tbe rest of your life you'll know more about tbia than most people." Stewart said combining traditional classroom discussion of theory with the mock convention makes the political process "more meaningful"
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NIC mock election snaps racia~ sexual discrimination by Sharl Alderman Simulation was the name of the game, Sunday, Oct. 2, when political science, students participated in a nine-hour mock Democratic convention. Although it was a long and complicated ritual, the delegates were able to complete a presidential primary, a nominating convention and a national election. "I think it is a very good experience because it gives the students a chance to apply the theory and learn how it works,'' political science Instructor Tony Stewart said. Candidates for the Democratic nominations were portrayed by Paul Mend as Sen. Baker, Tennessee; Ann Webb as Vice President Cannon, Illinois; Dennis Gorringe as Gov. Allen, New York; and Tony Moore playing Sen. Moore, New Hampshire. Hampshire. Students opened the convention by debating the party's eventually adopted platform. The platform, which addressed the party's stand on issues from the Equal Rights Ammendment to nuclear freeze, was not adopted until each delegate was satisfied. Then, each state cast its votes for a distinguished candidate. Moore was obviously the party's first choice, although Gov. Allen, ran a fairly close race. Next on the agenda, the class held a public debate between both the democratic and republican candidates. Each state was allowed to ask questions which were responded to by both. Afterward, the presidential electoral votes were tallied, and history was made. The U.S. Electoral College elected the first black president of the United States, Democrat Tony Moore and female running mate Kim Ackerman, portraying Sen. Kim Dodge, for vice president.
NIC prof8SSor''S forums ·r each thousands By MADONNA KING Staff writer COEUR D'ALENE • For tbe past 12
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Wubington residents have bad special acceu to everything from tales of Bigfoot to lectures by tbe lite11 of the late Bvckrnlnster Fuller. Students at North Idaho College (NIC) have beard much of tbe same - and enjoyed free popcorn in tbe process foi the past 14 years. Tbe agent of these enlightenlng and entertalning oppor bmlties in tbe community bas been Tony Stewart and bis "NIC-TV Public Forum" on KSPS-TV and bis NIC Popcorn Forum. The political 8clence teacher a t tbe college initiated both projects to provide what be believes ls at file cru of quality education: "tbe free excbanae of a broad spectrum of ideas... Viewed-Sundays at noon on Channel 7 by an estimated 100,000 area residents, the "NIC-TV Public Forum'' airs its 550th program today on "Public Education in Idaho," featuring Coeur d 'Alene Scllool District Superintendent Warren Bakes. Stewart, wb01e spectacled face bas become familiar to thole tbousanda of viewen over tbe years, moderates a panel of interviewers during tbe balf-
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On tbe NIC campus. where Stewart claims bis first b ve ls classroom teaching in political science, periodic Popcorn Forums feature some of tbe same guests and topics for an averaae attendance of 228 students. Tbe 178th such forum ls scbecluled for Nov. 11, when students will bear from Mary Lee Tatum of Vlrpda about human aenallty and sex education IUidellnes for parents and teacben. Stewart will moderate, u usual, and the traditional free J)OpCOl'D will be
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Tony Stewart aJao appeared on the forum u secretary of the interior), brought a gigantic bq of popcorn with him OD stage. lliJ'oriy's kind of sttnaY with the popcorn. so I brought some along," Stewart recalls Andrus aaylng, since the forum bad nm out once before. Tbe Popcorn Forum topics and guests are almost al~ays "replayed" on the TV show. Tbe broader TV expoeure ls regarded u a key to attracting "big name" guests. Tboee Popcorn Forums that aren't used OD TV are usually videotaped and filed in the library I along with all the TV programs, Stewart sa1a. Topics have run the gamut: "UFO's Are Real," "Behind the Scenes in a u Jack Benny's Head Comedy Writer," "A c u ~ ," . " My Trip Down tbe Amazon River," and " Agent ~ and the Idaho PanbandJe Forests.' to name a few. Many programs take the form of a stngle-speaker lecture, but debates between Uloee of opposing viewpoints, such u on abortion or the "Moral Ma• Issue, have been lncreasingly . In the past several years Stew~ bas produced 1eVeral series OD major topics, giving two to seven weeks of air tune and several Popcorn Forums to one issue. These have lncluded "Tbe ~ Crisis," "DNA Research: Genetic Enpneerinll," " Mental Health in the United States;' " Vanisbin~ Species," "Aging, Death and l)ylng, ' i&J'be Future of Sports," and '"l'be Future of the United
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States: Will Orwell's 1984 Be Realized?" The latter procram, from the 1982 schedule of forums, Included the address by Buckmlnster Fuller, the worldrenowned inventor who died just months after bis appearance in Coeur d'Alene. Stewart proudly notes that Fuller wrote and delivered bis first and last "Open Letter to Humanity" OD human rights and the threat of nuclear war during bis stay in tbe community. That particular forum, Stewart reports, was, u expected, one of the best attended. The top-drawing speaker over tbe years wu Sen. Howard Baker, who made a Watergate lecture tour in 1973 of Just four colleges in the country. Some 2,800 penom attended that Popcorn Forum. Baker was alao the most expensive speaker the forum bu paid to bring in, S"tewart recalls. Funded by the Associated Students of NIC, the forum bas bad an average cost of about $130 per program. The TV Forum ls basically a coat-f~ pN>gr81D since Stewart produces the TV Forum biJDlelf, with teclmlcal direction and camera work by NIC's TV / radio instructor Pat Richard and her students, and free air time from KSPS-TV. · Some guests, Stewart says while recountln.l coats, come free of charge, lnc l ~ l g names lite the late Bubert Hum . Some donate their honorariums larsblp funds. And many have been very generous with their time, addrealng students and faculty outside the Popcorn and TV Forums during their stays. Stewart says that when be started the forums, be did a lot of calllna around the country to get speakers. Now, altboup be still aeelts out 101De guests for specfal topics, people call him. Stewart, who bolds a bachelor's degree in political science and blstory from West Carolina University and a master's in political 1elence from the University of Tennesllee, taught at Washington State University. Stewart's own favorite program was a four-day Popcorn Forum preaented last spring in conjunction with the NIC Convocations Committee on "Nuclear War: Tbe Dangers and Realities." "I feel strongly a bout what comes out
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COEUR d'ALENE - Skip Rock, the only name by which a North Idaho College student would identify bimaelf, huddled among a group of fellow students early Friday in the Student Union Building parking lot. Rock. who said be took on the name Friday because "it sounded Hollywood," was one of more than 230 NIC students who left Coeur d'Alene before sunrise to partlci· pate la filming of the \Varner Brothers movie "Vision Quest" in
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for the students." Stewart said that almost immedl· ately after the first posters advertising for extras went up on campus, bis office was swamped with volunteers. So many signed up, in fact, that be spent most of the week scrambllag to find transportation to carry them to the Spokane Community College filming site. What Stewart ended up with would have made for an interesting movie scene in it.sell. Leading the two-block-long caravan were three limousines donated by area funeral homes, three school buses and a mixture of cars, vans and trllcks. Stewart delivered a brief pep talk before the caravan began movlaf.Remember to jump when they tell you to jump," be said. "These people are very picky and will keep sbootla& the scene until they get it exactly the way they want it." Stewart said the movie company picked NIC as a source for extras partly because of the company's awareness of the financial plight of the hospice and partly because of some contacts made when NIC hosted a film festival this past sum-
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NI C students _eo_n_ti_nu_ec1_fro_m___:;,,;pa..:.,e;...;:1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stewart said more than 100 trained Hospice volunteers work in patients' homes and, after the death of a patient, with family members. Stewart, a Hospice board member, said the organization received a call about three weeks ago from Warner Bros., which wanted extras in exchange for donations. "My suspicion is, someone in connection with Warner Bros. has some connection with Hospice," Stewart said. "It's been really neat. Everyone's been very cooperative." U 230 NIC students show up Friday on campus for transportation to Spokane, Hospice will be SR 900
richer, Stewart said. Warner Bros. officials have also asked that a portion of the students return Monday for more shooting, which could bring in another $1,000. Vision Quest, the story of a Spokane high school wrestler, is taken from a book of the same tiUe written by Terry Davis, a 1965 graduate of Spokane's Shadle Park High School. Stewart said NIC students will work as spectators in the Spokane Falls Community College gymnasium Friday and Monday. A school official said the scene will
depict a state cbampiODlblp Wfllltling match involving tbe ftlm's _... character. Stewart said the lltallentl *9 recruited by NIC facultJ ailcl tbe student government. "'lbey've jUllt been waaderfll," be said. "Approximately one-""1 of them said they're goingjllltbicaue Hospice is getting the IDIJDl1/' Stewart said Hospice aerved • patients last year in Idaho'• f1'e
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LO-car .9r0Ups prepare for 'The Day After' By BILL GRAVES Prea, Manafinr Editor Kootenai County churches, schools and civic groups are bracing .for the fallout from a graphic portrayal of nuclear war scheduled to air on ABC-TV Sunday night. Local community leaders who have previewed the film, which shows how a nuclear attack affects communities in Kansas, urge all but young children to see it, but warn it will be a sobering experience. "I think some people are going to have nightmares as a consequence (of seeing the film),'' said the Rev. Richard P. Hermstad, pastor of Coeur d' Alene's Trinty Lutheran Church. Hennstad, at the invitation of KXLY. ABC's Spokane affiliate, previewed the film Sunday along with Lee Ray, a member of Coeur d'Alene's CANWE (Citizens Against Weapons and Extermination) antinuke group; Tony Stewart, a North Idaho College social science instructor; Eileen Ray, secretary at St. Pius.X catholic Church; and three other local leaders.
"All of us (who saw the fllm) were ... 'stUMed' would not describe it," Lee Ray said. "I'm still suffering from the effects of the film, and I'm a very strong person." "'Ibis bad a much more powerful impact than I had anticipated, I think because it dealt with real people," said Eileen Ray. "It's a reality film; it's something that could happen." "Immediately after seeing it (the film) there is Just a short period where you are somewhat disoriented ...somewhat speechless," Stewart said. But sborUy after that, me is ready to talk, and should, be said. Those who viewed the film agree with ABC's recommendation that a person watch the film with family or a group of friends. Ammg local efforts to give people a place to watch or later dJscuss the film: • CANWE will have a special meeting open to the public at 7 p.m. Monday in the North Idaho Head Start building, 728 W. Garden Ave. "We are going to be there for anyone who is distraught or dis-
the film in bis classes Monday. • St. Pius Catholic Church has invited its congregation to watch the film on three monitors at the church. After a 15-minute break for people to
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they can do about it," said Lee Ray. • Greg King's eighth grade social studies class at Post Falls Junior High School will discuss the film as part of a unit they are studying on war. but students will not be required to watch the show. · • Trinity Lutheran Church bas provided a discussion guide for members of the congregation, and the church's high school youth group bas been invited to watch the film with Pastor Hermstad. 'Ibe pastor
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"compose themselves," the church will offer group discussions following the film, Eileen Ray said. The power of the $7 million movie has prompted warnings from doctors of possible psychological aftershock, and America's biggest teachers' unloo, the l. 7 million-member Natiooal F.ducation Association, bas issued its first parent advisory on a television program. Critics charge that the film has a political slant blasting deterrence and fueling the nuclear freeze movement. But Stewart said the film does not refer to an administration or political party, and proves most effective in "making you part of the action." Hennstad said the film is effective because it deals with the particulars rather than the abstractions of nuclear war. He said he hopes it will help people ''form an opinion on the basis of reality rather than some ideology."
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HospiCe honors amateur actors Dear Editor: It is difficult to find the appropriate adjective to express the extent of my feeling and gratitude to the NIC students who donated their time to helping Hospice of North Idaho. These NIC students spent a very long day under difficult circumstances to help raise money for Hospice and the terminally ill. Our students were up at S a.m. and served as extras in the movie "Vision Quest" from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Because of this dedication, Hospice is several thousand dollars
better off than before. My special thanks goes to the ASNIC Student Board for their sponsorship of the event. The ASNIC Board is always working to assist others. Again I wish to state a special thank you to a very special group of people. Sincerely, Tony Stewart Member Board of Directors Hospice of North Idaho
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Dear Tony: Many thanks for your wonderful telegram during Frank's hospitalizatio~. '!be outpouring of love and concern, especially from our friends in Idaho, is so very heartening. Although Frank is unable to respond personally at this time, he wants you to kn<:M how deeply he appreciates your message, and how rruch it means to him. You were dear to think of us. Affectionately,
Bethine Churdl
Cd' A conservationists honored ¡State group lauds Reeds By DA VE BOLING
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Idaho's state motto reads Esto meaning "It is forever." For Coeur d'Alene's Scott and Mary Lou Reed, it might also be a fitting personal motto, since the two have spent much of the last 30 years fighting for the conservation of the resources that make Idaho unique. In its November/December issue, Idaho Wildlife magazine named the Reeds the 1983 Conservationists of the Year. "Each has worked for more than 30 years on many conservation fronts and together they have influenced public policy touching almost every Idaho resource,'' said Pat Fonl. executive director of the Idaho Conservation League (ICL). Idaho Wildlife editor Diane Ronayne noted that Mary Lou, among her many accomplishments, provided the early leadership and spurred fund-raising efforts that have made the ICL an "effective and widely respected" voice in Idaho environmental issues. Scott, who has used his background as an attorney to benefit environmental causes, spent 12 years on the Idaho Water Resources Board and in that time was "able to convince the board, the public and the legislature to change their way of looking at water rights," Ronayne said. As one of the authors of the State Water Plan and the l!r78 Water/Power Initiative, Scott helped the Idaho Fish and Game Department secure instream flows to protect quality fisheries at Hagerman, Silver Creek. St. Charles Creek and the Coeur d'Alene River. Also notable, Scott joined forces with many in the Coeur d'Alene area in the fight to retain Tubbs Hill as an undeveloped park. In addition, Mary Lou has been a director of both the Idaho Environmental Council and the Northern Rockies Action Group, and as such, she has played an import.ant role in the expansion of the environmental movement. Mary Lou downplays the acPerpetua -
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colades, saying many of the achievements were the result of "community efforts. "The exciting thing for us bas been to work with the many individuals and organizations interested in saving as many environmental values as possible," Mary Lou said. Among pressing issues facing Idaho conservationists in coming months include "the great concern about hazardous wastes," Mary Lou says. "And the peoples' right to know what's going into the waste sites in their community." Mary Lou fears insufficient legislation exists to protect Idahoans from the dangers of toxic wastes. The proposed construction of the New Production (nuclear) Reactor in Idaho Falla is a critical upcoming issue. "In general, there's a concern about expanding the nuclear industry in Idaho, (especially) when it's so near the Snake River aquifer."
CurrenUy more important than the Idaho wilderness issue, Mary Lou says, is "making sure biggame habitat and fishing streams are not damaged by unnecessary road building." The "growing confilct between the recreation and natural-resources industries" is another critical conservation issue, she says. Idaho residents appreciate what the state bas to offer and most "consider themselves conservationists, of sorts," Mary Lou says. "Generally, there's an across-theboard desire to maintain the environment," she says. In summing the reasons for the Reeds' award, ICL director Ford says, "This couple is an inspiration and eiample to all Interested in conservation, particularly those who realize conservation success is not achieved in a day or a decade." It is measured, rather, in terms of forever.
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u_p work with 96 families. The Hospice of North Idaho, a support service group for people who · youngest Hospice client is 3 years are expected to die within six old, the eldest is 96. months, is holding a fund-raiser " It doesn' t matter what age potluck at 6 p.m. Thursday in the you are," McGruder said. " It Bonner Room of North Idaho Coldoesn' t matter what disease it lege's Student Union Building. is." The organization began in EngHospice is an expensive pro. land in 1967, crossed the Atlantic gram to support, however, McOcean to America in 1974 and Gruder said. • reached Coeur d'Alene in 1981. Last year, the cost to Hospice " In 1981, we were not within of North Idaho to provide its care the mainstream of medicine, it was $281,605. Money for the orwas so new a thing," said Kay ganization comes only through McGruder, executive director of donations. the local Hospice. " In 1985 we are Last year, Hospice raised $75,000, with the remaining costs a part of the mainstream. That says a lot for our local physicovered by volunteers and incians. " ~d ~oi,~tions, frQ.r;n .the P4R\i~. I-~- rt .... .., .... and medical community. > Hospice gets its clients from _ " Our clients don'.! pay now; but referrals from local doctos. we're looking at some possible " We care for the dying and fees," McGruder said . their families at their homes," The potluck Thursday night in said McGruder. "Our specialty is the Bonner Room costs $4 per being able to do pain manadult andIBTree for children. agement. People no longer need Those attending should bring a to die in pain. We provide emofood dish to share. tional and medication support." Entertainment will be proPresently, Hospice of North -Press Photo By PAULA DAVIS vided by the North Idaho College Idaho has a client load of 12 paJazzFest 85-86 band. tient families and is doing follow- Tony Stewart and Toni Smith prepare Hospice potluck
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Kootenai County Sheriff Merf Stalder was hit in the face with trators volunteered to collect money for Jarah West. Whoev¡ a pie thrown by Gary Cuff, president of the Deputy Sheriff's¡ er collected the most money got the pie in the face. Thea Association. Stalder and several North Idaho College adminis- deputies' group gave $500, giving Cuff the honors. I
Many folks care about Baby Jarah By Robin Fleming Slaff --,,ondnil
cost between S20,000 and $30,000, Jarah ma'"It's the people who don't have much mopey die due to lack of nutrition, or to her body 11 that are contributing, and it really toudles inability to ward off. viruses, said Carla West.
COEUR d'ALENE - When Kootenai County The family bas no medical insurance, and Sheriff Merf Stalder got a coconut cream pie Ray West Jr. was unwilling to quit his S558in the face Thursday, everyone at North Idaho per-montb job as a car detailer to go on tbe College cbeered and applauded. public ~yroll. Everyone except one person. . Her name is Wests pride is what prompted unemployed Jarab West - better known to the community log mill worker Kevin Jetton to start a United as Baby. Jarab - and It was in her name that for Baby Jarah organization. the ple wu smeared in Stalder's face. "I wanted to help my fellow laborer," said Besides, he added. "This little girl capThe event raised S900 to belp Jarah's par- Jetton. ents - Carla and Ray West Jr. - pay hospital tured my heart." bills totalinl about $60,000 for two surgeries Witb the help of a couple of former co-workperformed on the S-montb~ld, whose Intes- ers, Jetton iet about raising funds for tbe famtines were outside ber body at birth. ily, succeeding in raising nearly $3,000 in donations from more than 40 local merchants In addition, the baby must bave another op- and private citizens, be said. eration performed before her first birthday, t.o allow her stomach to absorb nutrients, carla Jetton said be baa received most of tbe monWest said. ey from small-business owners and otben on If sbe doesn't get the surgery, estimated to tight budgets. ~
your heart," said Diane Lazelle, Carla Wt$t's
mother. , Although "the money's really startingl to pour in, we're sWl a loot, way from raising SI0,000 for this little baby, ' Jetton said. : Carla West said ber family is thankful ¡for the generosity shown by local residents. "There aren't words that can express our ,appreciation, We're just In awe. We didn't know how many people out tbere cared." : On Saturday, local residents will bave .another opportunity to display their gene~ty, said Jetton. , An auction featuring tbe wares of sco~ of local merchants will be held Dec. 14 at Fadâ&#x20AC;˘s, 1323 Sherman. For $3 admission, live 1950s music will be Dlayecl from 7 to 9 p.m. The auction beldn$ at 0:30, and at its conclusion, live rock muslc will be played until midnigbL
Seniors pin gr~nt hopes ~n research , p 4 ?rt>ss By TRUDY WELSH Press Staff Writer
The Lake City Senior Citizens are pinning their hopes for retirement housing grants on summer research work to be conducted by a University of Idaho junior ¡. working through North Idaho College. Coeur d'Alene native Debra Giovanelli will spend at least 80 hours examining resource materials to locate " hot grant prospects, " especially from the private sector, said David Potts, board chairman for the Lake City Senior Center, Inc. Cost estimates at this point are very tentative, Potts said, but the project could cost $1 million or
more and reqwre six to 10 grants. Receiving a number of grants tends to attract additional funding sources for a project, he said. " We hope to raise this money on our own, with community support," be said. "We've exhausted the possibilities for government support." The group last year considered a bond levy on property taxes, but dropped the idea before it was put on the ballot. The members also planned to file a funding request for an Idaho Community Development Block Grant, but the idea fell through when they could not secure the needed privatesector matching funds. Potts said the seniors were lucky that NIC was able to ar-
3 ¡ :2 1 - ?1,, range for Giovanelli to do the research work as a practicum for college credit. "We would have no way to pay someone for this work, and our members lack the time and ability to pursue it," he said. Giovanelli, a political science student, will meet with the seniors to determine their exact criteria, compile her findings, and select the most likely grant prospects, said Tony Stewart the NIC political science instructor who will supervise the practicum. The seniors then must enlist other help in writing the grant proposals, he said. If housing can be constructed on land they own near the present
center at 105 Indiana Ave. it could provide cash flow for other programs. Potts said relying on govemment aid in today's tightbudget times is just too uncertain. The seniors want to build a new 100-foot-by-~foot center on lots they own between the existing center and the property to the east. The housing units could either be placed above or behind the new center, Potts said. The population makeup of the Coeur d'Alene area would provide a good market for retirement housing, Potts said. The seniors have land and assets valiled at $180,000, a $100,000 building fund and plan to secure donations of labor and materials.
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April 14 summit to explore ways to strengthen economy strengthen the economic employment and meet the neceaaary requirements for a growing and health economy." Speakers include Booth Gardner, governor of Washington; John C. Anderson, director of Washington State Department of Trade and Economic Devel~ ment ; Robert J . O'Connor, president and chief executive officer of Idaho Power Co.; Marcellus L. Henderson executive vice president of the Fantu Co.; Glen . Wash.), Wallaceminingmapate Hiemstra co-director of Future Harry Magnuson, and Lake WU- Tense; ai.d D. Tony Stewart, liams, president of Wllllama In- chairman of the division of IOClal vestment Co. sclences at North Idaho College. The summit, accordinl to a reA panel addressing the issue lease sent out by the co- " How to achieve regional diverchainnen, " will attempt to Jden- sificatlon of the Inland tify and discuaa ia8lles and aolu- Northwest" will feature the Rev. tions that when implemented wUl Bernard J . Coughlin, S.J ., presiDignitaries and businessmen from North Idaho-Eastern Washington will meet in Spotane April 14 "to carefully examine and chart a course for regional COOi>' eration ~ economic growth." Coordinated by the Columbia Institute and sponsored by a number of local buaine8a and civic groups, the Inland Northwest Economic Summit is co-cbatred by Congressmen Larry Craig (Rldaho) and Tom Foley (D-
dent of Gonzaga University; Duane B. Hagadone, chairman of Hagadone Corp.· Duane Jacklin president of J a ~ Seed Co.; Michael Jensen, president of Jensen-Byrd Co.; and Paul A. Redmond, president and chairman of the board of Washington Water Power Co. John Evans, gov~ of Idaho, and Cornell C. Mai~r, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., will be featured speak~. at the " Congressional ~uet· concluding the smnrmt. ' Topics addressed at the Inland Northwest Economic Summit will range from thearea'seducational assets and needs to tour~ and recreation.
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higher education broke out in applause and a low roar when Duane B. Hagadone announced intentions to attempt to bring golf's U.S. Open to North Idaho. Hagadone, chairman of tbe board of Hagadone Corp., wu one of 11 speakers to address tbe Inland Northwest Economic Summit in Spokane Monday. The speakers addressed tbe participants on a variety of subjects tied to the summit's theme of ~ nomic development for tbe Inland Northwest. North ldaboam joining Hagadone on tbe podium were Tony Stewart, Chairman of the Social Science Division at
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North Idaho College, and Duane Jacklin, President of Jacklin Seed Co. in Post Fallil. North Idaho's congressional representative, Larry Craig, and Wallace mining magnate Harry Magnuson co-hosted the conference, joining forces with Rep. Tom Foley, Washington's congressman from the fifth district and the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, and Luke Williams, the founder of the American Sign and Indicator Corp. American Sign and Indicator grew to be the world's largest electronic sign company. Coeur d'Alene Resort, which will open next month in nearby Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is that project, be said. Stewart addressed tbe problem of state boundaries splitting nat-
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ural economic regions, and thereby hindering economic development. He said a depressed economy and increased latitude allowed states under new feeler· alism have caused a new series of
;, trade conflict between states H called for Idaho and w ~ : to rise above such COnflict and to =.logetherforthe~of~
Jacklin USed the his company;, experience in internatJon. trade, to illustrate Problems U.S. comparues face when attemp1 to enter the mternauona1 mar., Stewart said the two states ket. must wort jointly to soJve three Maenuson said attendance wu urgent ProbJem facing the lnJand double !00-400 summJt or-1 ~o~west: the impart of su1>- ganizersthe expectecf. s1dized Canadian WOOd rodu ts "Attendance far exceeded our the Prospect of the f ~ hope and evidences the exJstance ernment turning the Bonnevwe of a Breat deal of CODcern about P~wer Adm.inistrat.1on over to the economy and future of this pnvate hands, and the dan,er ~t J_ocat.ing IJ.uardous Waste area," said Ma111uson. The SIUJlmjt's 8J>eaters adsi~ ~ the Pacific Northwest Will brJDg. dressed a wide variety of economic issues p e ~ to the In"These three crucia) .issue and land Northwest, wfuch l'an,ed a number of other equally preq. from how to attract ~ to .ing Problems should Produce and the area to o v ~ the trade UIJency .in all of us for action " and COOJ>erat.ion Problems the sa1d Stewart. ' Idaho- Washington border creates.
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Hagadone spoke on tbe future of the tourism and recreation indu!lltry in th11 Tnhtnd Nnriti\lftl!lt. and decribed his efforts .in Coeur d'Alene with the new Coeur d'Alene, A Resort on tbe Late, and a planned goU course at Rockford Bay. The Coeur d'Alene was am,Jed out by another speaker, Marcelius Henderson from the Fantus Company, the oldest locational economic consult.Ing finn in the U.S.. Henderson SUUested 1 the Inland Northwest region use J the Coeur d'Alene as a beacon to , attract economic development To SIICCeed economically, Hen-
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American military strikes at the headquarters of state-sponsored terrorism in Libya are appropriate - if tragic - responses to continued attacks on U.S. citizens, according to North Idaho College political science professor Tony Stewart. Stewart said today, one day after American figbter-bombers bit terrorist bases and other targets in Libya, that the United States bas no choice but to use force against the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Kbadafy. Sgt. John Shepherd, with the Idaho National Guard in Post Falls, agreed. "It's about time" America did something to halt attacks on innocent Americans, Shepherd said. He said be felt the bloodshed " ultimately will put an end to terrorism," and that it's worth the risk of additional violence to stop Khadafy. Shepherd said there is no telling, however, bow far Kbadafy will carry bis campaign of ~ lence. Stewart said, " we've tried everything" to put a halt to terrorist activities by Kbadafy's forces, including working with U.S. allies, applying economic pressure and with appropriate diplomatic channels. "Tragically, nothing bas worked," be said. " Kbadafy is the most violent political leader" in the world today, Stewart said, and when be advocates and practices bis
form of warfare - terrorism then the United States bas no choice but to find some way to defend its own and other peaceabiding countries' interests. Stewart said bis political science students also seem to feel America bas no choice but to use military force against Libya. He said some students bad expressed concern about possibly having to go to war, but that be hasn't seen any protest signs yet. "This is not a Vietnam-type issue. This is the reverse of Vietnam. There are no parallels," Stewart said. He said Vietnam essentially was a civil war, and that Libya represents an irrational zealot executing a long-range plan of violence against civilians. Stewart said bis students recognize that serious violence must be countered, that society must have bounds and that Kbadafy never bas recognized or worked within the guidelines of international cooperation. " He's not operating ra tionally," Stewart said, and so there can be no peaceful settlement to American and Libyan differences at this point. He said it becomes obvious Kbadafy is irrational when he sends bis limited military resources to attack huge U.S. aircraft carriers, as be did a few weeks ago during American naval maneuvers below Kbadafy's so-called "Line of Death." " He seems not to be facing reality," Stewart said.
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