a~o,nat Review Volume 38, Number 8
Friday, Feb. 17, 1984
City's decision stymies NIC b) Rk J. All.SI
Mll e Saogg.lc pboLO
C roceful d em outs tro t ion American Fcsth·al Ballet danct-r Elixabetb Din performs a plroucue '111th help Croro Marl Sehncldcr. The ballet comp111.1) brought lu. Ou··•4'1 program Lo the- C-A Baildlng Feb. JI.
The Coeur d'Alene City Council's approval of "Poli"} 60" turned out to be just 11.·ha1 the doctor ordered for the Fort Ground Homeowners· A.ssociJI. 1ioo - bu1 1ha1 decision choked NIC"s fut ure expansion plans. In ;i 4-1 \'Ote. the coune1l appro"ed a language change 111 the e:nstiog zoning of 1he Fort Grounds lha1 resmcts ln) educational exp:tnsion north of River A,enue. Bal'T}' Schuler. IC president. :tppearcd before the council stressing the need to allo,, 'illC to expand mto the -oo block or ~filitar, Avenue and Rl\·er ,henue. An are.i just 11.cst ~r 1hc Fort Grounds Ta,ern had been 1he urget of pohible future etp:tn~ion b,· NIC. "The ume has come for the city of Coeur d'Alene to make ., de,.'l~ion.'' Schuler told the counc,I. "Do ~ou ~ ant 10 foster and nurture the gro11.1h of NIC and the cet1nomic benefits that come wnh it - or do you \\&DI \IC 10 deccniralize :ind gi"e the bu~incss 101he other coun11e<. in North Idaho?" City Councilman Jim Miehoud suggested thot NIC do both. Michaud i.aid 1h31 the small :icre:ige th111 NIC \\ ants 10 someda, use \\Ould not come close to meeting the needs" of 1he f:is1 growmg college. but 1s enremeh "cntkal .. 10 the O\\ner of a 50. b,· t()().foo1 lo,. · He suggested NIC target further growth toward m0tt ~1elti1e campu\Cs. One good area 10 look. he said. 1tould be in the Coeur d'Alene Industrial Park. Sand) Emerson. Coeur d'Alene Chnmber of Commerce m:uu.5?er went on record in support of "IC. S-3)ing thJt the stale 1s "'ainng to sec ho"· much ,o,;a. snppon XIC has. He stressed 1ha1 failure to suppon ~IC b, the counal could prevent 1he college Crom rece1,·ing sllte fundmg Emerson said 1ha1 includes funding for the long-needed libra.r: -computer science building But Dr. D.G. Gumprecht. president and spokesperson of the ho~11en' usoc,auon. told the eitv council that It ... u unfair for ',)C 10 say "We have dib$ on that prope-ny." Conllnved to page 16
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Six people. indud111g I\\O '\1( students Jnd an mstru,,or, "ere inJured lu\l "eek when ;in NIC , an "'ent out or control ,n :i slush, corner and hit a pickup truck The ,-an dmer. \ftch.iel Bund\ Enghsh instructor. lnd ~1uden1s JO!>eph R. \\ eadid; and Thercs.i A. Pen1~1 "'ere adnuned 10 Koo1enJi Memon.il Hospi1.il. Bund\ 30d Pentecost rc'mam hol>pitalized at prel>!> time Bundi !>u!Tered l>rcken rib~. ll punctured lung :ind ;a bnmed hean. :Ind Pen1e,-o,1. \\ho 1ns 1nnsft'l"l't'd 10 De..u."Oncsi. Mcd1,;1I Center in SpoLJne. rece1~cd ruptured tntc! ...1tn~. a fractured ,ertebn .ind broken nb,. FormC'r :-.1c runner \hcb:td Dilh ,uffered mmor miunC'S in the m1\h.1p. and the Lup ~ap t Le\\ !> md Emm:i H ndn<t, iilw ~~-aped~· u~ 1nJury.
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