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9 PTi a rn i I i tl I i i 8 IDAHO EDITION THURSDAY AUGUST 9 2007 -i' THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW 1 Latah sheriff sees safety with more guns gunshots into a sheriffs dispatch center There he killed one law enforcement officer and wounded two others as well as wounding a man who armed himself and ran to help Hamilton then went to the nearby First Presbyterian Church fatally shooting a caretaker Hamilton fired as many as 80 rounds inside the church before taking his own life See GUNS B6 carry a gun because a cop is too heavy David Klingenberg Resident who favors concealed weapons ban both concealed and exposed weapons in public areas such as city buildings Late on May 19 Jason Hamilton killed his wife at their Moscow home before driving to the courthouse and firing some 200 cept under supervised circumstances at its firing range Except for law enforcement officials the university requires that firearms transported to the range unloaded encased with a trigger lock attached or otherwise rendered idea also contradicts Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney who late last month asked for a legal opinion from the state attorney office on whether the city has the authority to ho campus to improve public safety my opinion if there were more students with (concealed weapons permits) the world would be Sheriff Wayne Rausch told the Lewiston Tribune because we (law enforcement officers) are charged with protecting the public mean the public be able to protect The university bans guns ex TWO KILLED IN APARTMENT SHOOTINGS 11! BRIEF COEUR D'ALENE Smoking banned on Tubbs Hill With recent fire danger Coeur Mayor Sandi Bloem has declared an emergency smoking ban for city property on Tubbs Hill Canfield Mountain and Cherry Hill The areas adjoin dry unirrigated federal or state forest lands said City Councilman Mike Kennedy who proposed the idea at council meeting The ban is now in effect the result is just awareness and signage so people absent-mindedly light up when they are strolling along Tubbs Kennedy said about Coeur waterfront downtown park not a permanent Kennedy said the city wants to change the law eventually so a smoking ban in these areas is triggered when state or federal agencies enact fire restrictions Erica Curless Council members mayor to get raise The salaries for the Coeur mayor and council members are going up The council voted Tuesday to increase its salary by $25 a month for an annual wage of $8700 in 2008 That will jump to $9000 in 2009 The salary for the part-time position will increase $400 a month for an annual wage of $28800 in 2008 The pay will increase to $32400 in 2009 The increase will take effect Jam 1 after the November election said City Clerk Susan Weathers may not benefit from the action they she said The salary increased since 2001 Council member salary was last increased in 2003 Councilmen Ron Edinger seeking re-election in November and Woody McEvers voted against the council compensation increase but supported the boost for the salary Erica Curless BONNER COUNTY Two teens injured in US 95 crash Two Sandpoint teenagers were injured late Tuesday night in a crash on US Highway 95 Krystal Hepinstall 16 was driving a Mazda Protege north about 11 pm when she swerved across four lanes went down an embankment and ran into a tree near milepost 479 north of Ponderay the Idaho State Police said She and passenger Shylla Lynch 17 were taken to Bonner General Hospital Idaho State Police cited Hepinstall for reckless driving -AmyCannata He wants increase in citizen permits ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW The sheriff of Latah County where a shooting rampage left four dead and three wounded last May wants more people to obtain concealed weapons permits and carry guns including on the University of Ida Kootenai County sheriff's Deputy Manager BY MEGHANN CUNIFF Staff writer Though hundreds live in the Park Place Apartments in north Coeur tenants describe it as a tight-knit community run by strict but good-hearted people is a small community not just an apartment Sally Davis said Davis and her neighbors spent a somber Wednesday afternoon trying to come to grips with the slaying of their apartment manager and friend Bette Fears just the lady that on Wednesday after a shooting closed parts of the complex from the Park Place Apartments to many noise and parking issues before and a suicide note found in her apartment indicated was unhappy and that she was going to take matters into her own Coeur police spokeswoman Christie Wood said Shortly after 11 am medics responded to a call of an unconscious woman outside the office They saw Botto inside a little and called police Wood said Officers entered the office and heard a woman tell them to leave They then heard gunshots took cover and secured the Reporter ram to gain access to the office about 1:30 pm Wood said They found Botto dead from a gunshot to the head apparently self-inflicted Botto had barricaded herself in a back room behind two closed doors and filing cabinets police said She called at least two people from the office to tell them she had shot Fears Wood said Police did not release the identities of the people Botto called Wood said complaints to management focused on things as minor as the sound of a toilet seat hitting the toilet bowl in an upstairs apartment See SHOOTING B6 bare facts Alana Hunt directs evacuees away I was a friend you gave your rent to on the first of the said Davis who has lived at the apartments at 3825 Ramsey Road for more than a decade was more than that She made it more than Police say the 67-year-old long-time rental manager who lived at the apartments with her husband Lonnie was shot and killed by Evelyn Botto a disgruntled tenant who planned the shooting Botto had complained about on record for the Lilac City The heat was more intense in Western Montana and other locations along the Rockies Boise Pocatello and Salt Lake City all had their warmest month according to an online report (www wrhnoaagovotx) posted this week by the Spokane weather service office Missoula was 112 degrees abotfe normal and set a record high of 107 degrees The high temperature there fell short of 90 degrees only one day Closer to home Ritzville Omak and Colville also had their warmest July on record In Sandpoint the average temperature was 722 degrees See HEAT B6 Confvct the Idaho bureau: July tallied record heat for Inland Northwest cities Kathleen Ramsey Park Appleway 4 12 mile i Staff map Molly Quinn building treating the situation as a barricaded suspect Wood said The Kootenai County Special Response Unit used a battering HUCKLEBERRIES spokesmanreview comblogshbo gets down to DF )LIVERIA idahospokesmancom Onlir regional King on her she learned sunscreen and Summing a is au naturel lged since ACCURACY WATCH The Spokesman-Review is committed to accuracy It you think we have made an error call (509) 459-5430 or e-mail editorforumispokesmancom Achievements errors Anna Czechowski and Kristin Luber of Spokane graduated in the spring from Colby College in Maine Their accomplishment was misstated in a headline in the Aug 2 Achievements column because of an editing error Also in the Aug 3 column Janelle Laete was misnamed because of a clerical error The Spokane woman is the mother of Emily Laete who was named to the dean's list at Wisconsin Lutheran College Incorrect birthday list The celebrity birthdays in Wednesday's People column were for people born on Dec 24 An incorrect list was used because of an editing error BY MIKE PRAGER Staff writer If July felt unusually hot this year in the Inland Northwest you are right An analysis by the National Weather Service in the region showed that the average temperature for the month broke the record for Sand-point and Kellogg Other cities in the region set record highs for their July aver- ages In Spokane it was 7 degrees higher than the 30-year average making it the second-hottest Again Shenelle: buff naked souls careening down a hill and then running back up to the encouragement of the walkers and She finished in respectable 36 And stayed nekkid to eat sunbathe watch volleyball and listen to music She claims nudity was the mind during that time and several lessons including: on every inch of skin you bras were invented for a up Shenelle pledged not to protests or walk to Participatory journalism has I was a cub reporter And the answer is (as Gov Butch Otter once said): Not only no but hell no The question? Would you run nude in public and then tell about it? Then not Shenelle Kraack of the St Maries Gazette-Record Shenelle a self-described extrovert said she jumped at the chance when invited to participate in the Bare Buns Fun Run at Kaniksu Ranch near Loon Lake Wash And then had second thoughts when race day arrived She describes her first view of nudist colony life a gentleman parking attendant waving us up to the start line completely nude except for his bright orange For her prerace attire Shenelle donned a sports bra a Cougar T-shirt for easy removal some loose-fitting shorts and running shoes She wore only her shoes to the starting line at 9:30 Then they were off (208) 765-7100 fax (2P3) 765-7149 e-mail news: www spokesmanreviewcom.