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NORTH IDAHO NEWS NETWORK Saturday, May 18, 1991

NIC honors faculty members Corlis, Hohman, Marcy, Stewart COEUR d'ALENE - Four North Idaho College faculty members were honored Friday for contributions to the college during the past academic year.

The four faculty members were presented with the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award during commencement exercises and received a check for $500 each through a grant from the Burlington Northern Foundation. Selected by their colleagues for the honor were Phil Corlis, Sheila Hohman, Dale Marcy and Tony Stew-

art Cortis, a graphic design and photography instructor, served on the computer curriculum committee this past year to assess needs for faculty computing at NIC. He was selected to participate in the Humanities Colloquium that will be held at NIC in June with scholars from across the country. Cortis has a master's of fine arts degree from the University of Idaho.

Hohman is an English instructor and has taught at NIC since 1980. She received her master's of education degree from the University of Idaho in 1989 and was awarded a master 's of arts in English from Eastern Washington University in 1990.

Marcy is an instructor in the physical sciences department and served this past year as chairman of the College Senate. He has a master's of science degree in chemistry from the University of Idaho.

Sheila Hohman Stewart, a political science instructor, earned his master's degree in political science from the University of Tennessee. He coordinates the NIC popcorn forum which brings speakers from across the country to address NIC students and community members. He also serves as producer and moderator of the educational TV program "North Idaho College Pub-

lie Forum."

The Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award is funded through the Burlington Northern Foundation, representing the Plum Creek Timber Company Inc., Burlington Northern Railroad; El Paso Natural Gas Company; Meridian Minerals Company; Meridian Oil Inc. and Glacier Peak Company.

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" SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991

General urges grads to dive into life NIC sends 390 into post-college world

By Anne Pressentin Staff writer

COEUR d'ALENE - During North Idaho College's commencement pr~ion Friday morning, some participants were in ill-fitting and rumpled gowns, complete with jeans and athletic shoes. One even forgot his mortarboard.

And that was just the faculty.

The students followed their teachers, looking much more polished and slightly nervous in their gray gowns and mortarboards. After the two-hour ceremony, however, a few ad-

mitted they dozed during the speech.

Even the speech giver, Brig. Gen. Dennis Hague of the Washington Air National Guard. joked about his tendency to give long speeches. He told of the pool started by some faculty members to guess how long he would stand on the podium telling amusing, inspirational anecdotes.

"I guessed 15 minutes and 26 seconds," Hague told the capacity crowd in Boswell Hall Auditorium.

He erred on the short side.

While Hague said he didn't want to tell the 390 graduates that the futurc is in their hands - as many other graduation speakers will do this year - he did just that.

"Life is not a dress rehearsal. Even more, it's not a spectator sport," be said at the end.

"Folks, you're in the arena. Good luck and God bless you."

Graduate David Brown has already taken the general's advice. He works as a nurse at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

He also plans to take the exam to become a registered nurse this July and work toward his bachelor's degree in nursing starting next spring through Lewis Clark State College's program at NIC. While Brown is well on his way toward long-term employment, he still joked with fellow graduates.

"I'm a graduate, now I deserve money," he said. extending his band to another graduate.

Other grads weren't looking far down the

road following the ceremony.

"Drinking," Kurt Farnsworth answered when asked his plans.

Graduates weren't the only ones honored.

Four NIC faculty members received recognition for their contributions to the college by their 'mlleagues. F.ach received a $500 check from the Burlington Northern Foundation. They included: Phil Cortis, a graphic design and photography instructor; Sheila Hohman, who has taught English at NIC since 1980; Dale Marcy, a physical sciences instructor and chair of the College Senate; and Tony Stewart, a political science instructor and producer of the NIC Popcorn Forum and North Idaho College Public Forum.

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Mr. Tony Stewart Political Science Instructor North Idaho College 1000 W. Garden Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID. 83814 Dear Tony: Congratulations on your Faculty Achievement Award. Thanks to your work, students have a better understanding and appreciation of the world around them.

It's not just the students who benefit from your efforts, but all of north Idaho.

Keep up the great work, and again congratulations on your well deserved award .

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Reed eyes QOY.~!'lP,fShip Backers admire senator's pro-choice stance, chance to put woman in capitol

By AMY CABE Staff writer

COEUR d'ALENE - Hats tossed into the 1994 gubernatorial ring may include one wjth a feminine design.

State Sen. Mary Lou Reed, DCoeu r d'Alene, is considering whether to make a run at becoming Idaho's first female governor.

The four-term senator said Thursday she enjoys her Senate tenure and is pleased with Gov. Cecil Andrus' performance. It's difficult to feel restless, she said.

"On the other hand, I'm getting a lot of encouragement. It's really hard not to take a look at it."

Reed, 60, is among a growing list of potential contenders for

Sen. Mary Lou Reed

en. steve 5ymms questions Stallings' campaign tactics. See story, Page 20.

the seat Andrus has said he'll senator said she will think awhile vacate when his fourth term before announcing a firm deciexpires in 1994. sion.

"It's awfully nice to be asked," Meantime, Lt. Gov. Butch Reed said. She added that prod- Otter, a Republican, has already ding has come from some "sur- said he wants to break a 20.year prising" sources and voters are Democratic grip on the office. considering a broader range of Otter ran a failed primary bid for candidates to fill elected posi- the post in 1978. tions. "It's a time in which women Boise Mayor Dirk around the country and around Kempthorne, also a Republican, the globe are being considered has also been rumored to be for leadership," she said. interested in the post, as have The senator's pro-choice abor- state Auditor J.D. Williams and tion stand and a desire to place a Attorney General Larry North Idaho resident in the gov- EchoHawk, both Democrats. ernor's seat has also prompted "Politicians never say never," some supporters to urge Reed to EchoHawk said during a Coeur place her name on the ballot, she d'Alene visit Thursday. However, said.

"I love my job," he said, adding With three years to decide, the that he is not yet looking to 1994.

orkout takes stress out of work

By GORDON CROW

Healtli experts contacted suggested many anti-stress avenues for executives on the brink of burnout. They pointed to a regular exercise program, consultation on diet. professional counseling, religious or spiritual orientation, and many other tactics.

The main thing professionals need to learn, O'Brien said, is ..don't tilt at windmills." He said

Staff writer

COEUR d'ALENE - Mental health experts are urging professionals burdened with jobrelated stress to turn away from the after-work martini, and turn to exercise, improved nutrition, or a walk in the woods.

Local professionals are finding casual time here is exceptional, but the rigors of operating a business are equal to nearly anyplace in the CO\llltry.

Kevin O'Brien, an instructor for Lewis and Clark State College, and a mental health counselor identified Hans Selye as the '1ather" of theory on stress.

He said Selye specified two forms of stress: Distress stress from negative events in our lives; and Eustress (pronounced oo-stress) - stress from positive events in our lives.

A Coeur d'Alene attorney said what he feels just before a trial begins is good stress for him. "It's more of a high, than potentially damaging," be said.

O'Brien said their are many causes of distress in a professional's life.

"Some of the issues in North Idaho are too many hours worked in a week, relatively low pay and benefits, and less job security because we are a right to work state," O'Brien said.

executives do not need to take on more responsibility than is necessary to succeed.

"I add stress to my job by doing extra things," said Tony Stewart, political science professor at North Idaho College.

Stewart also serves as president of a human rights group, produces a weekly television show, and is involved in numerous other activities. "One form of stress is balancing the responsibilities on a daily basis. My hob-

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Stewart's hobbies include hilcing and tennis.

"I find those tremendously helpful, particularly getting out in the great outdoors," Stewart said.

"I should schedule it regularly, but I don't"

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Herman Roup owns ·Bendigo International Inc., 1602 Sherman Ave. The company specializes in swim wear in an international market. Roup knows the magnitude of stress indigenous to oper-

ating a successful business.

"In July, I managed (to have only) 48 hours in my own bed," said Roup of his brutal travel schedule. "It doesn't make it any different here than in Los Angeles. If you're in business, you're in business. Depending on your business, you may or may not get to utilize the beauty of this area. However, to be able to call this home is a hell of an advantage."

Roup tells of a recent visit his brother made to Coeur d'Alene from his London home. He travels four hours round-trip daily to work, and was envious of life in Coeur d'Alene.

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Roup said liis outlet 1s sequestering himself with his family and taking in the beauty and tranquility of the Coeur d'Alene area.

"I really do enjoy the lake.

Even when there's a thunderstonn,11 Roup said. "I like being in the outdoors. Being able to go for a walk. When you step out of New York and back here - that's a major plus."

O'Brien, who is currently developing a private practice, calls for a balanced approach to alleviating stress. He said it is important to equalize the demands of home, work, and play. He also advises his clients to seek more than counseling to mitigate stress. He agreed, exercise, diet, recreation, virtually every aspect of one's life needs qualified attention.

Lynda Stone, a registered dietitian at Kootenai Medical Center, said a proper diet is of equal importance to exercise

and rest in alleviating stress.

-rhe sad part is, there is not too many doctors who will refer a patient to a dietitian for work -related stress or other forms of stress," Stone said.

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Prejudice series earns praise of Stewart, NCAMH On behalf of the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations boards of directors, we send our heanfelt congratulations to the NIC Sentinel staff and adviser upon your receiving the Associated Collegiate Press National Story-of-the-Year Award. Your series of stories chronicling prejudice and bigotry in our society demonstrates the highest excellence in journalistic leadership and vision.

Tony Stewart The continued proliferation of Guest Opinion insidious prejudice and bigotry in - - - - - - - - our society is documented daily.

All civil rights organizations collecting data on hate crimes repon annual increa-;es. For example. the Anti-Defamation League of s¡nai B'rith in 1990 reponed the most anti-Semitic incidents in 11 years of record keeping across the United States. The Nonhwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment reported a 75 percent increase in hate crimes this year (Oct. I. 1990 through Sept. 30. 1991) over the previous year in their service area of Jdaho.

Moniana. Oregon. Washington and Wyoming. There \-.ere 711 victims.

The eradication of religious bigotry. age and handicap

discrimination. sexism. racism, homophobia and all forms of prejudice can only be realized through a fervent examination of the issue. Your enlightened series of articles on prejudice commenced that process at Nonh Idaho College. One crucial issue 10 emerge from your serie~ is that individual freedoms and equality are natural law and constitutional rights and these rights should never be subject 10 erosion or denial by public opinion polls or voting results.

Please permit me to pay tribute to your recent distinguished award and series by sharing these words of wisdom from the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin: "J became convinced that freedom can be built only on a democratic structure in which each person is treated with dignity."

Thank you for realizing the need to illuminate this vital issue. This form of enlightened journalism will someday lead 10 a society in which we will not only tolerate each other's differences but we shall celebrate each other's differences.

Again congratulations and thank you for having the courage of your convictions.

Tony Stewart is president of the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and the Kootenai County Task Force 011 Human Relations as well as a political science instructor at North Idaho College.

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Schools·try.t~:•~• by recycling NIC, Cd'A district can get ·credit on montt,ly solid waste bills l:ty,~ET FEILER Staff writer

·coEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho

College ·and iocal fichoo1 dislricts have an incentive~ than ecology to ·~ It's called ecooomics.

NIC is faced with an annual solid waste biD of between $17.000 and $20,000.

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d'Alene School District, with it$ lJ schools plus ~rvice facilities, is ·also

clear··,tass, ·atumimtM can,. paper ·and 5tefe Wulf, county solid waste director, cardboatd-in the&lldent Unioa~ said a 50 percent reduction in solid wastes U. would like to eveatuallf seea tmal1 should be po$$ible on campus, with about recydin•,centet in each ·building on a 30-35 percent reduction in the cafeteria. campus.

The. annual estimate for solid waste Jurgens chairs a .~ ,$bliehed produced on campus is 533 tons. bf me.President Bob Bennett to develop Coeur d'Alene schools have had, a a.~s-wtd.~ program .for ,;ecycling recycling education program for about eolid"Watte/l'-,Qewart and Lanny Stein four years, a measure that.earns thedustrict a credit of up to 80 percent on it.I arealep on die l)8llel. 'lbe~ . . . . ... have.-l solid ·wasl'e bill. ~ that~ about $50Q a month ·on Wulf said the county commissioners are

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ROUNDUP

Stewart to address Unitarians COEUR.d'ALENE - North ldab,,o Unitarians .invite the.public

to hear Tony Stewart speak on.pc,1itical ethics at the Sunday servi<:e 10-.30 a.m. at tbe Lake ,Qty.Senior Center. 1916 Lakewood

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Religious educa.tion ror 4-to'l().yearoldsc:willbe provided.

Stewart is a pc,1itical science instructor at North. Idaho College and is well known for.his work with the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relation~ Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religious association that fos. ters the princjples of individual freedom, moral integrity, human dignity and world communi1y. whlle drawing on many religious traditions in its ~arch for truth.

The North Idaho Unitarian group meets bi-monthly at the Lake City Senior Center.

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Executive Director Bill Wassmuth P. 0 Box 16776 Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 233-9136

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Pnswent o. Tony Stewart 2582 s. Fairway Drive Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 (208) 765-3932

This morning, as I start catching up on correspondence, I want to begin by than king you and the Kootenai County Task Force for the check from the f'. undraiser at the Clark House . Your work and commitment to helping to find the financial support for us to continue is most encouraging. May it serve as an inspiration to others in other areas!

Vice-Presidents

John Purce Pocatello NAACP Pocatello, ID Dan Noelle Portland Police Bureau Portland, OR

Please pass on my thanks in the name of the NWCAMH to the many others who worked so hard to make the event a success. I know very well that there were many involved who contributed time and resources to make it happen.

On a more personal note, Tony, I want to put in writing to you my appreciation for all that you have done for Patricia Lee the NWCAMH and for me personally . You will be very Commission on much missed by the Board of Directors . Your leadership Asian American Affairs and commitment has been very strong.

The NWCAMH would Seattle, WA not be the strong force for justice in the Northwest that it is today without your energy and vision .

Secretary Marvin Stem Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Seattle, WA Treasurer Anne MacIntyre* Montana Human Rights Commission Helena, MT

While I understand your reasons for your decision, I hope that you will still be able to find the time to share with me your thoughts and reactions .

I cou nt . on them in many situations and sincerely hope that we can maintain close contact as f r iends and as co- workers in the arena of justice for all .

Thanks again, Tony, for your support for the NWCAMH and for me personally. ~ in,cerely I

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Dear Tony:

I was glad to see the recent Spokane Spokesman Review editorial recognizing the work you and other do for human rights.

I admire your ongoing efforts fighting racism across the Northwest .

You have my full support . Feel free to call on me whenever you might need help.

I look forward to being with you in Coeur d'Alene for the celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday .

Keep up the great work. efforts.

We all are inspired by your

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C. Robert Bennett Office of the President North Idaho College 1000 West Garden Ave .

Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Dear President Bennett: We are pleased to have Rusty Price join our office as an intern during the upcoming 1992 legislative session. I am sure that Rusty will be a great help in assisting us keep up with the immense onslaught of information that passes through the office every winter. I can assure you that the Governor and his staff members wi l l try to make Rusty's experience at the capitol as educational and meaningful as possible.

In terms of publicity for the Governor's Executive Intern Program, I think that we are off the hook until next fall when I start recruiting for the 1993 interns. However, I would like to recognize Tony Stewart . It has been a p l easure to work with him throughout the selection process this past fall. Tony is the epitome of the consummate professional and is truly an asset to NIC. Once again, I look forward to have Rusty work with us in Boise. The support that he has received from such an attentive faculty, administration, and student body is indeed a genuine statement of the strong education that NIC invests in its students.

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Cd.A Tribe wants to join redistricting hearing

By D.F. Oliveria Staff writer

The Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe asked the state's 4th District Court on Friday for permission to join the court battle over the legislative reapportionment.

Tribal leaders want their reservation to be part of a district that includes Kootenai or Benewah and Shoshone counties - not any counties to the south, tribal attorney Ray Givens said.

"We seek a plan that is free of gerrymandering," Givens said. "We intend to protect the interests of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and we intend to help protect the interests of all our neighbors in North Idaho."

District Judge Robert Newhouse announced he would decide how to apportion the --=....

state after the Legislature was unable to put aside partisan politics and do so itself.

The tribe must submit a reapportionment plan to Newhouse by Feb. 24. Court proceedings on the issue will begin March 2.

Federal law requires that Indian reservations remain intact when legislative boundaries are set. But some plans proposed by legislators that would tie the reservation with districts to the south worry the Coeur d'Alenes. One proposal placed the reservation in a district extending to Grangeville.

The tribe has economic, cultural and historic links to Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone counties. The reservation now is part of the five-county North Idaho flotorial district.

Tribal Councilman Lawrence Aripa outlined the Coeur d'Alenes' goals at a State Af-

fairs Committee hearing in January: "Our cultural ties to this region go back thousands of years, centered around ~ke Coeur d'Alene. Since statehood, our pohttcal ties have extended beyond the reservation but always to our neighbors north and east.¡: The tribe won't defer to incumbents m proposing its plan, Givens said. "The need f?r a solid, fair reapportionment plan far ?utwe1ghs any need to protect incumbents of either party."

Givens successfully challenged a l?8? reapportionment plan on behalf of plamtiff B11l Heller.

North ldaho College Professor Tony Stewart will work with the tribe to prepare a plan.

In 1984, the Idaho Supreme Court adopted Stewart's reapportionment proposal.

Redestricting panel gets go-ahead BOISE (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment turn路 ing the responsibility for legislative reapportionment over the an independent citizens commission has been cleared for action by the full Senate.

'This Legislature this year has spent way too much time, way too much money and way too much effort in an area we shouldn't be involved in," Senate Republican Floor Leader Jerry Twiggs of Blackfoot said.

Twiggs and eight other members of the 10-member State Affairs Committee endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment on Friday. Only Chairman Mark Ricks. R-Rexburg, opposed the dramatic change in the way

Legislature '92 future attempts to realign legislative districts will be handled.

"I still like the idea of the Legislature doing it." said Ricks, who was co-chairman of a special House-Senate committee that spent eight months last year in an unsuccessful search for an acceptable district map.

Lawmakers spent the month of January haggling over how the state would be carved up to reflect population shifts during the 1980s and reduce the number of legislative districts from 42 to no more than 35.

The debate, producing only one plan that was vetoed by

Democratic Gov. Cecil Andrus because he had no Democratic support, was marked by concern for political survival and preservation of traditional rural legislative dominance in the face of overshadowing urban growth.

The Senate committee action came as the deadline passed for intervention in the reapportion路 ment lawsuit pending before 4th District Judge Robert Newhouse.

While all the intervening parties will not be identified until next week, the Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe was among them. Tribal attorney Ray Givens said the tribe wants to protect the integrity of its boundaries in any court路 ordered reapportionment plan.

Newhouse has said the Legislature should fulfill its responsibility and come up with an acceptable district map. But he has promised to take responsibility himself if necessary and will begin reviewing potential plans in early March.

Among them will be Attorney General Larry EchoHawk's proposal that would cut the Legislature to 30 districts, a plan that has drawn little public reaction from lawmakers.

"Some of the comments I've heard is that it isn't that bad," Republican Senate President Pro Tern Michael Crapo of Idaho Falls said. But House Speaker Tom Boyd, R-Genesee, said the plan路 has created some concern among his colleagues.

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Cd' A Tribe tries to protect border in reapportionment PLUMMER - The Coeur d'Alene Tribe filed a petition Friday to intervene in the court battle over state legislative reapportionment.

The tribe seeks to protect reservation boundaries in the upcoming, court-approved reapportionment plan, and maintain economic, cultural and historic links to Kootenai, Shoshone and Shoshone counties. said tribal attorney Ray Givens.

T ribal representatives are concerned about proposals to have the reservation linked with districts toward the south rather than north and east.

One legislator's plan would

have put the reservation in a district extending south nearly to Grangeville.

"That's nowhere near the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's community of interest," said Givens.

The Tribe will submit a statewide reapportionment plan to 4th District Court Judge Robert Newhouse by Feb. 24 for Pxpected March 2 trial.

North Idaho College faculty member Tony Stewart is working with the tribe on its reapportionment plan.

Federal law requires Indian reservations to be kept intact when legislative district boundaries are set

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Proposal designed to keep reservation in one district PLUMMER -lhe Coeur d'Alene To.~ inta<.'t." ~d tn1>al chairman Ernie Stensgar. has devised what it says is the best plan to "We also intend to maint3in our community end the jurisdictional di&pute over ~sla- of interest among our neighbors north and tive reapportionment east of the reservation."

The.tribe's 32-distrlct reapportionment Some plans submitted to Newh.ouse plan was filed Monday in 4th District Court would put the reservation in districts in Boise. It is the only plan submitted to extending south almost to Grangeville. OthJudgt Robert Newhouse by North I.da- ers would.combine portions of Kootenai County with areas of ~tab, Clearwater. hoans.

The plan is meant to protect the interests Nez Perce or Lewis Counties. of the Coeur d'Alene Tn1>e in partkular and The tribe's plan would link Boundary and the interests of North Idahoans in general. northern Bonner counties. including Sand,, pojnt, into one district. Southern Bonner atribal spokesman said. "ltJs the best plan for the state because it and western Kootenai counties, including is designed tobe fair to the voters- not the Post Falls and the City of Hayden, would incumbents." tribal press secretary Bob form another.

Bostwick said. ., The cities of Coeur d'Alene and Hayden.

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fonn the 'lbird I,.eaielative District.

The Fourth Legislative Di•trict would include southern Kootenai ~ t y\aad alJ~ of Benewah and Shoshone c»Unties. The Kootenai County portion of the Fo,,urth 0. trict would include the Coeur d'Alene Resenation, the area surrounding·Lake Coeur d'Alene and the area alopg tbe south bank otthe SpokaneRnu. Latah County would become • di$trict into itself. "lt'S' the best plan 'for the whole et.ate,• Stensgar said. -We've designed it without ,.. regard for inc:tunbenb ot either party. , "m The.tribe's plan was developed by North Idaho College instructor Tony Stewart. He is as an ind.epen_s.ent consul.tant··. the tn'be. C (f'e~ 2 ... 'lF-92-

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COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe bas submitted a redistricting plan to the 4th District Court that keeps its reservation boundaries intact and keeps North Idaho in four districts.

The 32-district plan and an alternative arc among approximately 20 sent to District Judge Robert Newhouse before the Monday afternoon deadline.

The tribe's proposal will pit state Sen. Mary Lou Reed against one of two other Democratic incumbents: DcMy Davis of Coeur d'Alene or Marti Calabretta of Osburn.

"This plan is good for the tribe, and it's good for all North Idahoans," tribal Chairman Ernie Stcnsgar said "In fact, it's the best plan for the whole state. We've de-

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The tribe's main proposal would as ~ from the Hispanic com· District S: Latah County. munity, Canyon County Democrats, f<nn the following five districts from Under this plan, Reed and Davis the state's two political parties, and the six northern Idaho counties: the tribe.

District 1: Boundary County and would be in the same district.

North Idaho College instructor the northern half of Bonner County, The tribe also submitted an alter· Tony Stewart developed the plan as a including the town of Sandpoint. native proposal that would move Hayconsultant for the tribe. He said be den Lalce into District 2 with HayDistrict 2: Southern Bonner Coun· den, and the Fernan area, where and a team of tribal officials worbd on the proposal beginning after school ty and the western half of Kootenai Recd lives, into District 4. The alterlast Wednesday, through the week- County, including the towns of Hay- native could force a match between end, and oompleted it just before the den, Rathdrum, Spirit Lalcc and Post Reed and Calabretta.

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POST FALLS - Kootenai County's Democratic caucus attracted 250 party loyal Tuesday .evening atTemplin's Resort.

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin was the big winner. receiving 10 local delegates.

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown will have seven delegates from Kootenai County, followed

by Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, 6; and Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas,5.

Elsewhere in North Idaho, caucus members in Bonner County said yes to Brown. Shoshone County Democrats made Harkin their choice.

Kim Weissenburger of Des Moines, Harkin's western field director, said her candidate's strong showing in Kootenai County came as no surprise.

"I was confident we would do well in Idaho," Weissenburger shouted above the rising roar of an energetic crowd. "We've got a strong grassroots campaign. Sen. Harkin has always done well in caucuses, they are more personal."

Under caucus rules, each presidential candidate needs support from at least 15 percent of the crowd to win delegates.

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Clinton supporter Sen. Mary Lou Reed, 0-Coeur d'Alene, said she remains confident her candid ate will win the Democratic nomination despite his thirdplace showing in Kootenai County.

North Idaho College instructor Tony Stewart, also a Clinton backer, agreed.

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Kerrey, whose supporters had With 34 of the state's 44 spent months setting up what Continued from Page 1 counties reporting results, state Democrats in gener al Tsongas claimed 18 percent of believed was the best organizasaid. the support at the local meet- tion.

Reed conceded she did not ings despite a state campaign expect Tsongas to do as well that relied heavily on volunThe counties reporting nationally as he has. teers until the final days when accounted for 60 percent of the "How well he is doing is a his wife Niki personally met 377 state convention delegates surprise," Reed said. "We'll with hundreds of Democrats. selected Tuesday. The commithave to see if he has the staying 'The lesson of tonight is that ment of those delegates will power. Clinton has shown ideas count and people are determine the allegiance of 18 endurance." looking for a leader of sub- of Idaho's national nominating Democrat Hilary Chick of stance," Tsongas coordinator delegates.

Coeur d'Alene showed up at Mo Cunningham said.

Tuesday's caucus to learn more The campaign had drawn about the how the system But Harkin, who also spent such limited interest that no works. She has not yet chosen half a day in the state just Democrats showed up for a a candidate. before the caucuses, was a caucus in southeastern Idaho's "I could flip a coin three close second with 17.5 percent. Franklin County. Its two deletimes and come up with three Uncommitted was running gates were automatically lost. different candidates," she said. third at 11.4 percent with All but Brown made a person"At this point, it's a straw vote." Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton at al pitch to Democratic Gov. But Chick predicted a Demo- 7.9 percent, Kerrey at 4 per- Cecil Andrus for his support. crat will upset President Bush cent and Brown at under 2 per- But Andrus, the Carter adminin November. cent istration Interior Secretary and Elsewhere in Idaho, Harkin "This has far surpassed my state chairman for Walter Monand Tsongas were as of press expectations," Harkin organizer dale's losing presidential bid in time Tuesday night running Phil Lansing said. "He knocked 1984, declined to make an even among Idaho Democrats them dead with his farm mes- endorsement as he joined the concerned about the economy sage.'' uncommitted contingent in Ada and their number-one industry It was another poor outing for County.

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Mr. Tony Stewart Kootenai County Task Force Coeur d ' Alene, Idaho 83814 Dear Tony, Thank you for your kind note and the TV tape. I look forward to viewing it.

I am proud to have worked with you and others for equality over the years .

I hope all is well with you.

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Phil Batt, Chairman Idaho Republican Party PB:fc

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COEUR d' ALENE - An international conference on human rights - held in past years in Moscow, New York City and Berkeley, Calif., - bas been set for October 1993 in Coeur d'Alene.

The conference, "Empowering Women: Achieving Human Rights in the 21st Century," is expected to attract 1,500 people,

according to local human rights leaders.

The sessions will be held Oct. 29-31 , 1993, at The Coeur d'Alene Resort and North Idaho College, said organi1:er Tony Stewart at a press conference Thursday.

"This conference will raise the awareness of women's rights in Idaho," predicted state Sen. Mary Lou Reed, D-Coeur d'Alene, at the press conference.

Reed joked that Idaho legislators tended to provide greater funding for programs involving beef, barley and sheep than wornen. Also, she said, the Idaho Legislature passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country two years ago. Idaho

Gov. Cecil Andrus vetoed the measure.

"We have a Jong ways to go," Reed said.

Former legislator Jeanne Givens and scholar Riane Eisler, author of "The Chaiice and the Blade," will serve as co-chairwomen of the conference.

It is significant that the conference for 1993 is being held in Coeur d'Alene, a community with ''a proud tradition of standing up for human rights," Givens said.

In 1987, Coeur d'Alene was awarded the Raoul WalJenberg Civic Award for human rights work by community leaders

and the Kootenai County Task Force on Human. Relations. The task.. force was formed in 1981 to combat white supremacist activities.

"The long-range goal of the conference is to lay the groundwork for the year 2000 as the beginning of the Human Rights Century," Givens said.

Earlier conferences focused on Human Rights and the Future (1989), Politics and Human Rights (1990), and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1991).

Former Soviet dissidents Yelena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov addressed the 1989 conference. ·

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By RITA HOLLINGSWORTH Staff writer COEUR d'ALENE - A group of local human rights activists will stage an international three-day conference on women's rights in Coeur d'Alene next year.

Titled "Empowering Women: Achieving Human Rights in the 21st Century; the conference is set for Oct. 29-31 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort and North Idaho College.

The event is expected to draw more than 1,500 scholars, speakers and peopl e from around the world. North Idaho College professor Tony Stewart, chairman of the sponsoring International Conference Committee, announced the plan Thursday during a

press conference in the Coeur d'Alene City Park.

Staging the conference will cost in excess of$300,000, Stewart said.

The initial $20,000 "seed money" will be raised through contributions of $50 from 200 women and 200 men in North Idaho and Eastern Washington.

Each of those 400 contributors will receive membership in the women's or men's Committee of Two Hundred, admission to the conference and an "Achieving Human Rights 93 International Conference" lapel pin.

The remainder of the money will be raised through a $50 conference registration fees, proceeds from receptions, luncheons and dinners in honor of participating scholars and speakers and grants that will be solicited from pri-

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Topics to be explored during the conference include the freepoms of economic security, self determination, the environment and protection from violence, Givens said. vate foundations.

Serving as chairwomen of the conference will be California scholar ruane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade, and former Id aho legislator Jeanne Givens of Coeur d'Alene.

Also participating in planning the conference are committee members-at-

large Arvonne Fraser of Minneapolis, Minn., director of International Women's Right Action Watch; Professor Bertram Gross. Moraga, Calif.; Peter Juviler, Barnard College, Columbia University; Carol Nechemias, Pennsylvania State University; and Professor David Porter, California State University at San Bernardino.

The conference. Givens said, is the fourth in a series on human rights held in the United States and Russia since 1989. Previous sessions were held in Berkeley, Calif., Moscow, and New York City.

"We're very proud to have this kind of prestigious conference come to our town." Givens said.

Those earlier sessions, Givens said, were open to scholars, with the excep-

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tion of a presentation by Andrei Sakharov at Berkeley, which drew an audience of more than 1.500 people.

The Coeur d'Alene conference will focus on giving the public an opportunity to meet and interact with scholars, authors and speakers from across the nation and around the world, Givens said.

That will be accomplished with an offering of small workshops intermixed with large, formal presentations and intimate receptions, said Mail Krivor of Coeur d'Alene, chairwoman of the Committee of Two Hundred.

Topics to be explored during the conference include the freedoms of economic security, self determination, the environment and protection from violence, Givens said.

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Opinion/Editorial Ednorlal

Looking for good things from Givens Congratulations are in order for Jeanne Givens, who has won election to the North Idaho College Board of Trustees.

Givens, a former Democratic state legislator from Coeur d'Alene, unsuccessfully challenged Larry Craig in a race for the U.S. Senate. She is also a former instructor at the colleJ,?e.

Givens won the position formerly held by Jack Beebe in the Sept 8 election. Judy Centa Meyer retained her position for another sixyear term.

Of 974 votes cast, Givens took 782 and her opponent, James Zipperer, 192. Centa Meyer received 775 votes and ran unopposed.

Managing North Idaho College is an important job that will require vision and a certain sense of entrepreneurial skill and imagination.

Coeur d'Alene and North Idaho will continue to grow.

Along with growth in business and industry will come increased enrollment with strains on facilities and faculty as well as financial challenges.

Jeanne Givens is a capable administrator and we look for good things from her to benefit the student body, the college and the high quality of life associated with the college and its environs.

However, there is a wrinkle.

During the parade at Spirit Lake on Labor Day, NIC faculty member Tony Stewart campaigned for Mrs. Givens. Professor Stewart handed out campaign literature to anyone who would listen and his actions have garnered criticism.

Certainly, there is an impression of a conflict on interest on the part of Mr. Stewart since he is a full-time instructor at the college.

It is also possible that Mr. Stewart, while campaigning for Mrs. Givens, put himself - as well as Mrs. Givens - into a position where a conflict of interest could be charged . . Clearly, any official action taken by Mrs. Givens as a trustee of the college that might directly affect Mr. Stewart could be questioned - whether favoritism was part of the decision or not.

That, then, would not be fair to Mrs. Givens, Mr. Stewart, the college or its programs.

Political rights not limited by employment

By BOB BROWN

I am sometimes struck by the apparent lack of logic used in some editorials or columns in The Press. I usually seem to encounter that more in columns written by retired press writers, but occasionally an editorial appears which is so lacking in logic that I find it truly baffling.

The most recent example of this was Sunday's editorial concerning a North Idaho College faculty member who had the audacity to publicly campaign for a person who was running for the board of trustees of the institution where he was employed. The public campaigning took place on a holiday when he was not at his place of employment, and took place in a town where the institution was not even located.

The Press expressed grave

concern over this situation and wondered what effect this might have if the elected official then had to rule on a decision that would affect this employee.

If this thought process, or lack of it, is carried to its logical conclusion, one can only assume that a teacher could never campaign for a school board member, a hos-

Guest opinion pita! employee for a hospital board member, or a businessperson for a member of Congress since he or she might have to vote on an issue that would affect their supporter's business adversely. Perhaps The Press feels that only newspapers should be allowed to campaign since they seem to be the only ones able to express an opinion without hoping for influence.

If all of the above were not enough, the insinuation that either of the two people involved would not take the honorable course of action if a conflict of interest might occur is truly insulting not only to the two individuals but to their thousands of friends and acquaintances.

The freedom to freely exercise your political rights is so basic to this country and so deeply ingrained in all of us that I hope you might want to rethink your position.

Bob Brown of Hayden is an attorney and former chairman of the Kootenai Democratic Party.

Readers speak out N/Cbashing Over the past several months Bob Paulos has been using his column in the Coeur d'Alene Press to bash North Idaho College, its staff, and instruction¡a1 programs. The self-indulgent tone of the Paulos column serves no purpose other than to embarrass and ridicule those that serve this community extremely well.

Perhaps there are underlying personal issues here that ought to remain a private matter. If so, the use of a public forum appears unethical at worst and temperamentally petty at best.

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Since when does your employment take away your right to

freedom of speech? For many years teachers fought the same battle.

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the trustee campaign is totally inappropriate. Mr. Stewart has done a great deal for this community and I feel you have questioned his integrity and campaigns. character and should apoloThe great fear was the way gize. they might influence their stuI find it most interesting that he is willing to put his name and dents.

We finally came out of the reputation on the line with his dark ages and teachers have the activities but the editorial writer same right to speak openly about is not even willing to sign his those candidates they support. name to an editorial.

They are also very careful not Are you ashamed of the stand to do so in their classroom. you have taken?

Your questioning of Mr. Robert Haakenson, Stewart's right to participate in Coeur d'Alene

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Tony Stewart North Idaho College 1000 W. Garden Avenue Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Dear Tony: It's not easy to find just the right words to say thank you to someone who has so totally supported my re-election effort.

You are a stalwart and dependable volunteer, and as a member of "Team LaRocco," you are the heart of this campaign .

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NIC fee proposal tabled COEUR d'ALENE - North Tribe.

NlC trustee Jeanne Givens coIdaho College students will have to wait until March to find out chairs the conference. Tony how much tuition, fees, board . Stewart and several other NIC facu lty members serve on the and room will increase next fall.

The NJC Board of Trustees steering committee.

Wednesday night tabled that agenda item until its March 24 meeting, after administrators ( said additional information and comparison data from other institutions would be forthcoming.

The original proposal had been for a $10 a semester increase in tuition, no or minor ¡ changes in fees and a $100 increase per semester in dormitory rates.

Trustees endorsed the world conference on human rights which will be held Oct. 29-31 at The Coeur d'Alene Resort and NIC campus.

Entitled Empowering Women: Achieving Human Rights in the 21st Century, the conference will draw an estimated 1,500 delegates and will include nationally known speakers such as Arvonne Fraser, director of the International Women's Rights Action Watch, and Ada Deer, a professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin and member of the Menominee

Also Wednesday, the board approved the 1993-94 calendar, endorsed an outcomes assessment plan and heard a report on the accreditation review scheduled in March.

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COEUR d'ALENE - Health care reform will force difficult choices on people not prepared to make them, Kootenai Medical Center's administrator believes.

That's why Joe Morris is inviting the public to come to his place and role-play tonight.

"We think part of the future is that we won't be able to do all we do now," Morris said Tuesday. "People need to think about how they would allocate the dollars. These will be· come community decisions."

Some of those decisions will involve unplugging life support or ending expensive treatments. Now, KMC's ethics support committee advises families and physicians on such matters. But Morris believes the community will play a larger role in those decisions as money for health care becomes tighter.

"We want to stimulate folks, show them they need to have living wills, durable powers of attorney," the administrator said. "They should discuss different circumstances that could occur in their health and decide what they want done."

At a forum given by the ethics committee tonight, the audience will be given a chance to make some of those decisions.

The panel, moderated by North Idaho College political science instructor Tony Stewart, will present scenarios. Do you spend $50,000 on treatment that improves a person's chances of living by only 5 percent?

Should a hospital continue expensive medication for a person who will die in six months?

The panel, composed mostly of ethics committee members, will answer questions but make no speeches. The director of KMC's intensive care unit also will join the panel. The audience will divide itself into discussion groups that represent the families of the patients or the medical community.

When money for health care is spread among more people, expensive treatments that lack promising results may end, Morris said. Now, Americans expect every effort at any cost. But Morris said people should start preparing themselves now for some type of rationing.

Already, KMC asks patients to fill out a living will that specifies their choice between life support and death while they are capable of making the decision.

"The more informed the public is, the better it is for us," Morris said.

"There are no easy answers to these issues. But the more we talk about it, the better."

Medical community faces hard choices

By RITA HOLLI NGSWORTH Staff writer

COEUR d'ALENE - Pulling the plug on the dying apparently is an easy decision for a majority of North Idahoans.

At least that was the consensus of a majority of about 100 people who attended the "Hard Choices in Health Care" forum Wednesday night at Kootenai Medical Center.

In each of three ethical dilenunas presented to the audience, a majority opted to withdraw or deny treatment to dying patients.

By contrast, only one of those scenarios drew the majority support of medical experts on the panel.

1n that case - one that actually confronted KMC Ethics Committee - a young man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease was paralyzed. save for minimal eye movement. He had spelled out the words, 'I want to die.'

A vast majority of the audience - all but five - said they also would ask to die; all but 10 said they would, as family members, be willing to shut off the ventilator; and all but six said they would do so if they were the doctor.

Two days after the ethics committee pondered that decision, the man's physician and wife opted to turn off the machine.

The patient was given adequate medication to keep him comfortable. Death came within an hour, said ethics committee Dr. E.RW Fox, who served on the panel.

In the case of an uninsured 42-year-old man who likely would die from terminal cancer in less than 60 days, the audience overwhelming agreed it was senseless to spend $60,000 for drugs that would add six months to his life.

Only 27 people said they would choose the drug for themselves Seventy said they would not Panelist Dr. Robert McFarland. who also serves on the hospital's ethics committee, said real-life patients of a similar age tend to want the treatment. no matter what the cost.

Taking the family's position, 60 people said they would not want the patient to

accept the drug and leave the family in debt. Thirty-eight said they would want to assume that debt.

The audience also agreed on a 68-to 29 vote that the hospital should not absorb the cost of the drug therapy if the family had no assets.

But Joe Morris, KM C's chief executive, said the hospital routinely provides treatment for such patients.

"If it were a treatment normally paid by insurance, we would go ahead and provide it," Morris said. "Sometimes, surprisingly, you can go to the drug companies and get them to pay for the drug."

But, Morris said, as more and more expensive dr ugs become available, the hospital will be faced with denying treatment to some.

"If you get too many of these cases, you have a limited number of options," Morris said. "There will be limits."

In the final case, the audience voted 6926 to remove food and fluid tubes from a 68-year-old woman who had suffered a massive stroke. The woman many times had told her doctor and daughter that she never wanted tubes to keep her alive.

KMC chaplain Toe Rev. Luther Gutz, who also served on the panel, said he would be willing to go without food but not without waler.

"I would like the hydration because I hate the thought of being thirsty," Gutz said.

A man in the audience agreed.

"Hydration is an extremely important comfort value," he said.

Morris said the escalating medical costs and the national push for health care reform will force society to grapple with such issues.

"We can't spend all the county's wealth on health care," Morris said. "As a county we need to somehow limit the amount of health care that is consumed."

'Further. Morris said reform will not provide more health care for less money.

"What it really means is you're going to spend more money and get less health care," Morris said. '1'o provide lo alt, we have to cut down on the amount to some."

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Executi ve VP of PBS Visits N IC Sandra Welch, Executive Vice-President of Education Services for the Public Broadcasting Service, visited campus on Friday, September 17. During a forum held at 11 :00 a.m. in Todd Lecture Hall, Ms. Welch gave a brief look back at PBS's 25-year history and shared her view of PBS's future direction. Although no longer the only provider of ans and education programming, PBS is committed to leading the way in educational television.

She cited several new directions including video on-demand services. direct-to-classroom ventures and an electronic children's network. Already in prototype is an electronic magazine created by school children throughout the country. The magazine includes video, text, animation and sound. PBS is also in the forefront of services to the deaf and blind, by helping to introduce ooth "close-captioned" and "description video" technologies.

Ms. Welch told Mary Carr, Director of Leaming Resources, that she had researched NI C's PBS account before her visit. She wanted NIC to know how impressed she was with the school's commitment to educational programming, judging from the number and variety of PBS programs which the school licenses for use.

While visiting the campus, Ms. Welch also panicipated in the taping of an N IC Public Forum which will air on KUID (Moscow) and KSPS (Spokane) sometime this fall. Jerry Garber, Idaho Public Television (IEPBS), who accompanied Ms. Wclch, watched the taping of the

NlC Public Forum. He was extremely impressed with the production of the Forum and asked NIC to consider airing the NIC Public Forum throughout Idaho, via 1EPBS stations in southern and eastern Idaho. NIC will explore this po.ssibilicy with IEPBS. Ms. Welch's visit toNIC wassponsored by Leaming Resources, in cooperation with KUlD.

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WIiiiam Stacey Cowles, Publisher Christopher Peck, Managing Editor G._ D~uglas Floyd, Shaun Higgins Edrtonal Page Editor Director of Marketing a~d Sales ~obert D. Fairchild, Director of Operations

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North Idaho College is easy to take for ·granted, squeezed between the Spokane River, Lake Coeur d'Alene and Coeur d'A-· ·1ene's historic Fort Grounds area.

Many North Idaho residents wouldn't know the college exists if it weren't for community events such as Art on the Green ·and concerts staged there. Summer motor"ists, more intent on water, glimpse the backs of college buildings through trees while ,creeping along the Dike Road and Coeur d'Alene's shoreline.

Out of sight, out of mind. Toe community 'college quietly has dispensed quality education for all comers for the past 60 years. Many figure it will continue to do so well into the 21st century.

Maybe not. Some prospective collegians could find themselves being excluded, particularly if enrollment gallops along at the current rate of 10 percent annual increases.

The landlocked college is running out of room as it struggles to provide the best education for as many as possible with finite resources.

NIC will be there for high school students with high grade-point averages from Koote,nai County, which pays most of the school's ta,ces. Seventy percent of NIC students come from Kootenai County, 85 percent from north Idaho. But the school might not be

there for students with poor math and communications skills. Or for nontraditional students who are returning to school after a lengthy hiatus.

College officials will spend this year developing a "growth strategy." Spell that S-C-RE-E-N. Starting next year, NIC students likely will face a screening process that could eliminate weaker students. Now, a large minority of students is taking remedial courses.

Eliminating those students would be a big negative. Many adults owe their careers to the easy access and relatively inexpensive education provided by community colleges.

But there is a major positive. Those who will establish the screening process are the ones who care most deeply about continued access. They include people like Trustee Jeanne Givens, a former Idaho legislator who vigorously opposes closing the college off to anyone. Who'd rather see classes offered around the clock, with more faculty and satellite locations, than exclude anyone.

Bi.rt even with advocates like Givens, NIC, like taxing districts everywhere, is strapped for cash while constituents clamor for services. Something has to give.

NIC has become too popular for its own good - even if it's not as appreciated as it should be. ·

Editorials represent the collective thinking of this newspaper's editorial board. Editorial writers are John Webster, D.F. Oliveria and Doug Floyd.

Andrus'' efforts

appla~ded Senators so-so in poll of voters

By Jim Camden and Dean Miller Staff writers

Gov. Cecil Andrus is doing a great job, Idaho voters say. Their two U.S. senators are doing a so-so job.

But President Clinton mayt>e 6hould think about getting a new job, according to people contacted for a new scientific survey in Idaho.

Andrus received one of the highest ratings among 44 governors in states where Political/Media Research, Inc., has conducted recent polls.

When pollsters called 807 Idaho voters last weekend, more than one person in five rated the job Andrus is doing as excellent.

Two in five rated his job performance as good. Only one in 10 rated him poor in the poll conducted for The Spokesman-Review, KHO-TV in SP.Q_kane and KTVB-TV in Boise.

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Pollsters typically add the excellent and good ratings together to measure the voters' positive opinion of a politician. For Andrus, that number is 62 percent, second only to Vermont's Howard Dean in polls conducted over the last 18 months.

By comparison, Washington Gov. Mike Lowry rated a 31 percent positive rating in a poll conducted last fall. He was 34th out of 44.

Andrus may owe his high ratings in part to the fact that the state hasn't had a tax increase, said Del Ali, an analyst for the Washington, D.C.. polling firm.

Under Lowry, Washington bas.

Andrus also bas built a record as an efficient administrator and an effective communicator, said Tony Stewart of North Idaho College. He bas bad high ratings for years.

The Idaho governor said be was pleased with the ratings, but didn't think he would use them to bolster any new initiative.

"I will tackle any job that comes up, but I have never conducted my activities from a poll. good or bad," be ~d via cellular phone from the Pocatello airport, where he had just dedicated a new women's prison.

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Idaho poll approval ratings in the nation in the Idaho poll. Only one in three rated the president's job performance as good or excellent.

"They just don ¡1 like him,'' said Ali. Political scientists said they weren't surprised by Clinton's low ratings.

Gary Moncrief of Boise State University said the administration's proposals to raise grazing fees have hurt him in Idaho.

So have proposals for tougher gun control, said NIC's Stewart.

Idaho is traditionally a Republican state and that works against Clinton. both said. He barely beat independent Ross Perot in 1992, finishing a distant second to George Bush.

The poll indicates Idaho's two Republican U.S. senators aren't nearly as popular as Andrus, or as unpopular as Clinton.

Just over half of those surveyed gave Sen. Larry Craig positive ratings, while 42 percent rated Kempthome good or excellent.

Craig ranks 55th and Kempthorne 75th among 94 senators in states that

have been surveyed.

Freshman senators usually get poorer marks from voters, in part because "they haven't had time to crank up the public relations ma~ chine,.. Moncrief said. Kempt home could find some comfort that he rated higher than most other senators elected to their first term in 1992.

"I'm encouraged by it,'' said Kempt home.

The results suggest he bas overcome a City Hall bonus scandal and negative coverage of his attendance at a lobbyist-paid ski trip, said Kempthorne, the former mayor of Boise.

Craig could not be reached for comment. But press spokesman David Fish said even an average ranking is good news at a time when Congress is widely disliked.

"Given the current atmosphere where everyone hates Washington, to be here and still get such good numbers is proof he's doing something right," Fish said.

Results of the Idaho poll will be analyzed and repot1ed throughout the week in The Spokesman-Review and on KHQ-1V. Next: Idaho's U.S. House races.

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'Schindler's List' · tickets donated · By Cynthia Taggart Staff writer

COEUR d'ALENE - A local businessman was so impressed with , the movie, "Schindler's List," that he • bought enough tickets for 450 North Idaho College students.

The Coeur d'Alene Cinemas will :' liold a special showing of the movie • for NIC students at 12:30 p.m. Thurs; day. ! But the students' benefactor will ~ remain a mystery. : "What's exciting is the fact there's ~ a business person who said this ~ should be available to all,'' said Pat f McGaughey, Coeur d'Alene Cham"' ber of Commerce director.

I. t "He doesn't want publicity for • himself or his business."

Tony Stewart, adviser of NIC's ,. Human Equality Club, said he's find: ing students interested in the movie. ~ "I think they'll have a good turnout," Stewart said. :· "I know some teachers were talk"' ing about going as a class." ! McGaughey said the bUsinessman : originally wanted to send local high : school students. ,. But the movie is rated "R" and ; most t;tigh school students aren't old .. enough to see it without parents. ''Schindler's List" tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, who used his factory in Poland to save more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.

Tickets to the show are limited.

McGaughey asked that students donate a small amount if they can, but no one will be denied admission until the theater is full.

"Whomever did this is wonderful," Stewart said. ''I want to thank them for contributing in such a significant way to human rights."

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OPINION

Roundtable The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

Wednesday, May 18, 1994 Page B7

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How to wrtte? See "Keep in touch" at the bottom of this page.

Support Haagenson candidacy Dean Haagenson is waging a vigorous campaign for Republican candidate for the lieutenant governor of Idaho.

I have seen Dean in action as a legislator in the state House of Representatives on more than one occasion and have been impressed. One always knows where Dean stands on an issue. On several occasions he has taken me to task. But in each case bis thoughts were based on careful deliberation and good information.

He bas also been one of the strongest advocates for the college when he believed that we were going in the right direction. I will never forget watching him buttonhole his colleagues to get the necessary support for funding of the North Idaho College library, and I will be forever thankful.

I have also listened to Dean debate the subject of local property taxes. I believe bis thoughts about this complicated problem to be as knowledgeable as any expressed by the panelists I have heard.

Dean is an experienced politician and businessman who cares deeply about Idaho and who understands how to get things done. The citizens of North Idaho will be served weU if he is given the opportunity to be the Republican standard-bearer for lieutenant governor.

C. Robert Bennett, president North Idaho College

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Mr. Tony Stewart North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 Dear Tony: Many thanks for sending the picture. It brought back recollections of a very pleasant visit to North Idaho College.

Thanks, too, for all the help you've given over the years, Tony, with the endless tasks of arrangJng for me to appear on the campus and at events in the area. Your service as my "Coeur d'Alene connection" is outstanding, and I appreciate it very much.

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Larry Broadbent dies, 57 HAYDEN Larry almost immediately, when a Broadbent. whose job as under- group of citizens opted turned sheriff during the rise of the out to support a Jewish restauwhite supremacist movement in rant owner in Hayden who had Kootenai County propelled him been the victim of harassment. into the human rights arena.

His work continued through died Thursday. the federal investigation of Order He was 57. â&#x20AC;˘ One, a white supremacist group convicted ot more than 20 See crimes, and the community's "He really had a passion for efforts to counterbalance the people's rights," human rights presence of the Aryan Nation activist Tony Stewart said. compound at Hayden.

Broadbent, along with then"We've lost a tremendous friend Kootenai County Prosecutor of the human rights moveGlen Walker, was instrumental in ment."

A founding member of the the passage of the state's hateKootenai County Task Force on crime law "All I can say is I feel griefHuman Relations and the stricken.

He was such a fine Northwest Coalition Against human being, a good friend."

Malicious Harassment, Walker said.

"He was a very, very Broadbent began his eight-year caring and very unselfish pertenure as undersheriff in 1981.

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law enforcement stereotype.

He tried the tough act, but people who knew him saw bis big heart guiding him like a proud dog owner leads his pup.

Early Thursday, that big heart gave out after Broadbent's nine-month battle with lung cancer. He was 57.

The morning dawned with appropriate gloom. The lo~ was immeasurable.

"North Idaho and the whole area is now, and has been for a number of years, a safer place because of Larry Broadbent," said Bill Wassmuth,

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Malicious Harassment.

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Broadbent:He 'went in peace' Continued from A1 enforcement in Idaho, including four years as a senior investigator specializing in bate crimes with the attorney general's office.

His presence was even more impressive. Formidable in size, Broadbent spoke quietly and knowledgeably. It wasn't long before Kootenai County's new undersberiff was recognized nationally as an expert on hate groups.

But Broadbent took his work far beyond the sberiffs office. When white supremacists sprayed threatening graffiti on a Hayden l..ake restaurant owned by a Jewish man, Broadbent helped start the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations. He remained a board member until his death.

He was one of the architects of the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment, served on the state Human Rights Commission and helped make recordable the bate reasons behind crimes.

"He bad a burning drive to promote equality," said Tony Stewart, who worked closely on human rights issues with Broadbent. "We could not have done all the things we did without him."

Broadbent reaped state and national awards and helped the nation sec Coeur d'Alene as a human rights haven rather than a mecca for bigots.

After his boss was voted out of office in 1990, Broadbent lost bis job and some of his momentum. Jobs were scarce, so he headed back to school.

But Skip Kuck, a feUow task force activist, knew she could count on Broadbent any time.

"I was concerned about security for a gay and lesbian youth conference," she said. "He made suggestions and said, '1'11 be home if you need me. You only need to call me.

I'll be there.' "

Sometime Thursday morning, a sadness settled over those who had known him, known of him. But Larry Broadbel)t died content.

He told Stewart last fall be bad more work to do before he died. He went to the coalition's convention in October and learned that all law enforcement agencies in the state now are recording the hate reasons behind crimes.

"He said be had closure - those were his words," Stewart said. "He went in peace."

Larry Ronald Broadbent is survived by bis wife, Grace, and their children, Kari Sleight of Payette, Idaho; James Todd Broadbent of Ontario, Ore.; Oaudia Taylor of Moorhead, Minn.; Linda Erickson of Spokane; Leslie Aldolphsen of Boise¡ and Gloria Webb of Usk, Wash. ' He also is survived by 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; brothers Kenneth Broadbent of Boardman, Ore., and Julian Broadbent of Caldwell, Idaho¡ and sisters Emily Langly of Boardman Oleta Fuller of Boise and Myrna Pe~kins of Weiser, Idaho.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

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Lake City High School teacher Kent Scanlon said his government students watched portions of the opening statements and will be tuning in now and then

throughout the proceedings.

"It teaches them a little bit about the framework of how things work in court," he said.

"Many of them have made up their minds as to guilt or innocence and are really vocal about it," he said. "I have to explain that all the facts have to be considered first."