Naples man, 79, recovers from serious accident
Dale Sargent, 79, of Naples is up and about after fracturing his skull, breaking his jaw, knocking out most of his teeth and losing an eye in a logging accident on June 19.
Sargent, who stopped by The Herald on Monday, said he was skidding logs when the accident occurred.
“Beyond that, I don’t know what happened,” he said.
Sargent was hit in the head by a tree, yet somehow managed to walk 1/2 mile to his home to call an ambulance. He was taken to Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint and flown to Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’ Alene. Sargent was hospitalized for 2 1/2 months.
During that time, Don and Veryl Lindsay took care of things around Sargent’s home and brought things to him in the hospital.
John and Valerie Figgins cut and hauled most of the firewood Sargent will need for the winter. They also took fresh-picked huckleberries and food to him. Gary and Rochelle Johnson of South Dakota helped with wood gathering and visited Sargent at the hospital.
He also had visits from Gene Envik, Gene Barber, Gene Nicholausen, nephew David Stern, niece Lorrie Sherod and Barbara Kovacs.
• Six-year-old Robert Skilton sold $1,894 worth of popcorn for Cub Scout Pack 114’s recent sale.
His parents, Erin Reed and David Dickerson, had to remove both back seats from their mini-van to load the 102 tins of popcorn. It took about 10 days to deliver them.
Leader Nadine Colegrove was impressed.
“I thought it was amazing,” Colegrove said. “Most Tiger Cubs don’t sell that much, maybe a couple $100.”
Robert will receive a child’s size compound bow. He also will get to throw a pie in one of his two leaders’ faces during the pack’s Dec. 18 Christmas party. The other leader is Dave Suhr.
• Rosemary Garofalo is the winner for last week’s Holiday Bucks drawing.
Garofalo entered at Beyond, a downtown gift shop, and received $50 to spend with participating local merchants.
Merchants sponsoring An Old Fashioned Christmas in Bonners Ferry have entry forms at their shops. One name is drawn each Friday at every store.
An overall weekly winner will be chosen from every store’s winners. That person will receive $50 to spend at participating local downtown merchants.
• Four Bonners Ferry High School graduates are contributors to North Idaho College’s national award-winning newspaper.
They are photographer Ashley Klaus, the daughter of Mike and Tammy Klaus; arts and entertainment writers Dylan Caperton, the son of Dirk and Sisi Caperton, and Megan LaMarsh, daughter of Diane and Tony LaMarsh; and student life section writer Katie Richardson, daughter of Mike and Linda Richardson.
Three hundred colleges and universities attended the national College Media Convention on Nov. 2 in Kansas City, where the NIC Sentinel won “Best of Show” for two-year college newspapers and special sections.
The previous year, the Sentinel was honored as the top non-daily college/university newspaper in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists.
The Sentinel is comprised of 35 contributors, more than half of which are first-year students.
• Nita Hillard impressed Boundary County Genealogical Society with a detailed history of downtown Bonners Ferry.
Sources for her presentation included Howard Kent, Dave Hillard and others. Nita talked about bakers, newspapers, hotels, doctors, restaurants, furniture and cigar stores and other retailers that kept Bonners Ferry going for years.
• Moyie Springs Store was busy on Thanksgiving Day with guests from as far as Alaska for its free Thanksgiving, said Shirley Elliott, who co-owns the store with her husband, George.
“We tried to prepare for plenty and we had plenty,” Shirley said. “It was a really nice time.”
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