The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 73 No 4, Nov 14, 1996

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The Student Newspaper of North Idaho College

Thursday.Nov. 14, 1996

Volume 73, Number 4

Election fills board of trustee positions Chamberlain, Widmyer discuss goals by Debora Tice Sentinel Reporler

Local politicians weren't the only changes during the national election Nov. 5. The Lide also swept through NlC. Sieve Wtdmycr nnd Barbara Clwnbcrlain were elected a~ the new NIC Boord of Trustee members. They will fiU the scats vocatcd by Betty Mclain nnd Nonn ~ L The new lruSICeS wiU take offtre in Janua,y of ·en.

Widmyer~a 34-year resident of Coeur d' Alene, and Chnmbcrlain. who has li ved in Coeur d' Alene since 1985. will remain on the board for six years. During that time they will have a voiing say in all mailers of the college. They join Bob Ely, Jeane Givens nnd Sue Thilo. who are prescnily bonrd members. Widmyer has been married for 10 years, ru1d he and his wife. Marie, have

four children, boys ngcs 8 and 9 and I !month-old twin girls. Widmyer works at the Coeur d' Alene Resort, where he is the chief financial officer and controller. He hM been wi th the resort since it opened nnd has worked for the Hagadone Corp. for 14 years. He and his wife also own and operale Cougar Bay Trading Co. and Marie's Boutique. He graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1978 nnd anended NIC for two years. He Lhcn

:mended the U of I, where he received his bachelor's degree in accounting. He received his MBA in Coeur d'Al ene through the UI. Widmyer served 11 ve years on the board of directors for United Way of Kootenai County. including a year as president. He was on the Citizen ·s Advisory Comminee for Athletics nt NIC, and is a staunch supporter of the Booster Club. Chamberlain is n native of Idaho. She

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Proposition 1 defeated; schools continue as usual by Shannon Horwood News Editor The failure of the One Percent Initiative did not start in Kootenai Count y. In fact, 5 1 perceni of voters approved tl1c mit iativc, but in the end it wa,) defcaied by 127.000 votes statewide. Rolly Jurgen~. dean of admini,tnuion nt NIC, called his reaction "ecsrn1ic." "Cuning programs 10 lower property 1:1x is fine until it's your program thm's gcning cut,'' Jurgen, said. Ron Rani.in. author of the iniLintive. beat out Democratic candidate Chuck Sheroke for Kootenai County Comm1ssioncr. Rankin stated that he would be back in January with o revised version of the One Percent. In other proposition results. Initiative 2 (bear hunting) failed by nearly I00.000 votes. The "Stop the Shipments" proposition (Initiative 3) was shot down by 123,779 votes and Proposition 4 (term limits) was npproved by 55,000 votes.

photo by Kat Yockey

Bowl• of,,_,... Entries are closely compared by photography Instructor Phil Cortis during the annual Chili Coolcoff In the Kootenai Room. Jerry Gee and the Offic6 of Instruction won with their -Blazing Saddles· chi/I.

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SPORTS

Alaska trip highlights auction.

'Glass Menagerie' opens to favorable reviews.

Cross country team is headed ior national competition.

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