Local dealership awarded for 50 years of business in eastern Idaho
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Stafford Smith, left, and Rick Sargent pose for a photo after the award presentation at Smith Honda in Idaho Falls. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS – A local car dealership is celebrating 50 years of business in eastern Idaho.
Rick Sargent, the District Sales Manager for Smith Honda, presented an award to owner Stafford Smith Tuesday morning in honor of that milestone.
Smith tells EastIdahoNews.com he’s thrilled to be a part of the community and for the chance to serve customers in eastern Idaho.
“We love Idaho Falls. Idaho Falls is a great community with a great culture, wonderful people and amazing natural resources. We’re very happy and content to be an integral part of Idaho Falls,” Smith says.
Tuftonboro FD rescues woman trapped by house fire
January 06, 2021TUFTONBORO The Tuftonboro Fire and Rescue Department responded to a mid-day fire in a modular home on Pine Tree Drive in North Country Village on Dec. 5 in which the female occupant was trapped.
Chief Adam Thompson, reporting to the Board of Selectmen on Dec. 28, said the first units arrived to find that neighbors Rick Sargent and George Storch had shut the propane feeding a wall mounted propane heater in the area of the fire.
He said that Sargent then kicked in a locked back door and crawled into the smoke and heat filled home to pull the resident out to safety. She was placed in the police department s cruiser until Tuftonboro s ambulance arrived to transport her to Huggins Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation and minor burns.