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Ruby Creek wolf captured, relocated

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

IONE – A single female wolf that wildlife officials and others say was becoming used to being around people and domestic animals has been captured and relocated to a wolf sanctuary on the west side of the state.

The 3-year-old black wolf was tranquilized from a helicopter Tuesday, Feb. 11.

The adult female wolf, the last known member of the Ruby Creek pack, was captured near Ione where she had spent

‘In this case ... we believe permanent placement in a wolf sanctuary is a good match given the animal’s habituation to humans.’

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months living near people, domestic dogs and livestock.

Dave Ware, wolf policy lead for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), said the wolf’s behavior prompted concerns she would breed with a domestic dog, produce wolf-dog hybrids in the wild, and become increasingly associated with humans.

“This is a rare situation,” Ware said. “We know that placing wolves in captivity is not an option every time there is a problem. In this case, however, we believe permanent placement in a wolf sanctuary is a good match given the animal’s habituation to humans.”

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This is a 2014 picture of the Ruby Creek wolf that was was captured last week and taken to a wolf refuge. It was the third time the wolf has been captured.

Water from Priest Lake may cool Priest River

Newport Eagles closing March 1 Couldn’t solve financial difficulties

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport Eagles Aerie 3443, which has been operating since the 1970s, will close its doors March 1.

The Eagles has been

struggling for several years now. Membership has been dropping for the last few years. In 2011, there were 240 men and 215 women members.

In addition to a drop in membership, two lawsuits have also hurt the Eagles.

One lawsuit was over unpaid grocery bills and the other was a sexual harassment suit brought by a former manager.

The Eagles building is owned by the Grand Aerie

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River could get colder.

A plan is being floated to siphon very cold water from the bottom of Priest Lake into the river. Some state officials believe cold

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water will improve the fish habitat.

A pipe to move cold lake water from the bottom of Priest Lake to cool the Priest River would aid in fish spawning and make the river a viable fishery, said Chip Corsi, regional supervisor for Idaho Fish and Game.

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Metaline Falls fixing town’s sewer lagoon

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

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Filling potholes on Friday the 13th Newport public works supervisor Dave North and Ryan Tellessen, acting wastewater supervisor, work at filling some potholes near the Hall of Justice Friday, Feb. 13. The warm weather has allowed city crews to start working on potholes earlier than usual. Weight restrictions on most roads are also early.

METALINE FALLS – The town of Metaline Falls is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment for a sewer lagoon project to lessen the amount of ammonia going into Sullivan Creek and to stop the lagoon from leaking, all for fish habitat.

The Environmental Assessment the town had for the lagoon was dated too far back, said Alan Gay, Stantec project manager and senior engineer, and the Department of Ecology wanted an updated one. Comments can be submitted to the Town of Metaline Falls, P.O. Box 277, Metaline Falls, 99153. For

‘The loan will be paid back by the town through existing revenues.

There will be no rate increase to pay off the loan.’

Tara Leininger

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more information, call the town clerk at 509-446-2211.

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B R I E F LY EDC delays electing officers NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council did not elect new officers at the January meeting, because EDC chairman Lonnie Johnson was ill and unable to attend.

Johnson’s term expired in January and he is unable to serve again without the EDC amending its bylaws. His position and the secretary position, currently held by Mike Manus, are up for election. Manus is no longer on the board, but he is still listed as secretary. Manus’ position on the board was taken by fellow Pend Oreille County

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commissioner Steve Kiss. Vice chairman Terry Knapton is retiring at the end of February and his position will also need to be filled.

Because of scheduling difficulties, the next EDC meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Cusick Community Center from 8:30-11 a.m.

Newport contracts for public defender, prosecutor NEWPORT – The Newport City Council, in an early morning meeting Tuesday, Feb. 10, agreed to contract for both a public defender and a city prosecutor.

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Timothy Trageser will be the public defender for Newport. He will be paid $1,100 a month and takes over the contract from Dennis Lewellen, which expires in 2016.

Defense attorney Robin McCroskey, as the lead public defender, made the choice to hire him, city clerk Nickole Schutte said.

Keely Chapman will be Newport’s prosecutor. She was selected from five candidates. Chapman will be paid $2,000 a month and will be signed to a three-year contract. The Pend Oreille County prosecutor’s office had been paid by the city to perform the duties for the city until they found a new prosecutor.

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West Bonner board chair recall doesn’t get enough signatures

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SANDPOINT – A recall against West Bonner County School District Board of Trustees chairwoman Sandra Brower failed to gather enough signatures to put the recall on the ballot.

Recall organizers needed 162 signatures from registered voters in Zone 4, from which Brower was elected, to get the recall on the ballot. They gathered 139 valid signatures.

They actually gathered 181 signatures, but 14 were from people from outside Brower’s zone and 11 were duplicates, according to Bonner County Clerk Mike Rosedale. Organizers have to wait 90 days from Jan. 26 before they can start the process over again, Rosedale said.

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SANDPOINT – The Bonner County commissioners support the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed plan to treat nearly 15,000 acres in order to reduce the risk and increase resilience to insect and disease infestations.

The Jasper Mountain Project is located about 8.5 miles north of Priest River and about 14 miles south of Priest Lake.

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Since last fall, the Pend Oreille County Commissioners have urged WDFW to move the wolf out of Ione, Ware said. Yet, she eluded capture and remained in the area despite the department’s efforts to trap her.

The day before the wolf was captured Pend Oreille County Commissioners Steve Kiss, Karen Skoog and Mike Manus sent a letter to WDFW requesting only one attempt be made to tranquilize her from a helicopter. If that didn’t work, commissioners wanted her killed.

“Due to the heavy cover of this area and her wary attitude, we encourage any attempts at capture be accompanied by lethal removal after one failed attempt,” the commissioners wrote Feb. 10.

“A future helicopter attempt to lethally remove would be harder to accomplish. Breeding season is upon us and her behavior towards dogs could change. She is already habituated to dogs. The risk of this wolf being bred by a dog is high. People have also become habituated to the wolf and may not be alarmed at her presence nor be prepared for a wolf in heat. Many residents own dogs and with spring weather and more activity there is a higher chance of an encounter.”

Steve Pozzanghera, regional director for WDFW, said the department only intended to capture the wolf, not kill it.

“If the aerial capture was

not successful, we would consider other options,” Pozzanghera said.

He said last week was the first week the helicopter crew could fly. In addition to the Ruby Creek wolf, the team darted and put collars on two wolves in the Teanaway pack near Ellensburg.

After the Ruby Creek wolf’s capture, she was spayed and transported for permanent placement to Wolf Haven International, a non-profit wolf sanctuary and wildlife education facility in Thurston County.

Diane Gallegos, director of Wolf Haven International, said she and the wolf team drove to Spokane to get the wolf and drive her back to the coast.

“We’ve been coordinating with the department for several months now, and we are pleased to be able to accommodate this wolf,” Gallegos said.

The Ruby Creek wolf is in about a half-acre enclosure with another wolf from Illinois, Gallegos said.

“We’re watching her closely on camera and listening at night,” she said. The Ruby Creek wolf was initially placed in a smaller enclosure until Wolf Haven was able to see she was accepting the other wolf.

If the wolf does not adapt well to life in captivity, according to criteria developed by the department and Wolf Haven, she will be euthanized.

Ware said the decision to place the wolf in captiv-

ity was made after discussions with WDFW’s Wolf Advisory Group of citizens, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the Pend Oreille County Commissioners.

“We discussed the pros and cons of possible actions, including translocation, euthanasia, or placement in captivity,” Ware said. “We appreciate the generous offer by Wolf Haven staff to take this individual into their care.”

This was the first wolf WDFW has placed in captivity.

The Ruby Creek pack was confirmed by WDFW in 2013 when two adult female wolves were found traveling together in the area of Ruby Creek south of Ione. A wolf pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together.

Last winter, after the other female mated with a domestic dog, it was captured, spayed and returned to the wild. That wolf was struck and killed by a motor vehicle on a road last spring.

The gray wolf is listed by the state as an endangered species throughout Washington and is federally listed as an endangered species in the western two-thirds of the state. WDFW is working to recover the state’s gray wolf population, guided by a citizen-developed plan to address conflicts with livestock and other impacts. For more information, see http:// wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/ gray_wolf/.

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The Lake Pend Oreille, Pend Oreille River, Priest Lake and Priest River Commission will discuss the cold water siphon concept Wednesday, Feb. 18 from 10:30-11 a.m. with Corsi as the presenter. The meeting will be held at the Dover City Hall.

WHAT’S NEXT: The cold water pipe is still in LAKE PEND OREILLE, PEND the conceptual stage, with no OREILLE RIVER, PRIEST federal or state agencies asking LAKE AND PRIEST RIVER COMMISSION DISCUSS SI- for the work to be done.

PHON CONCEPT: Wednesday, Corsi said the water coming Feb. 18, 10:30-11 a.m., Dover out of Outlet Bay Dam holds City Hall the lake water steady throughout the summer and keeps the water warm for four to eight weeks each summer.

“That’s really what limits it from being a cold water spawning area for fish,” Corsi said.

Corsi said moving colder lake water into Priest River would cool the river clear to the Pend Oreille River.

“It doesn’t change the flow, doesn’t change the level of the lake,” Corsi said. “The actual volume of water is a tiny fraction of the volume of the lake.”

The pipe would have three main benefits, Corsi said. It would regulate water temperature requirements below the dam, aid in bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout recovery, and make the river into a “high quality” sport fishery.

“We’d sure like to see bull trout delisted,” Corsi said.

There are no cost estimates as this project is still in the early stages. Corsi said likely sources of revenue could come from mitigation funds for area dams, including Albeni and Cabinet Gorge dams, if the entities agree to installing the pipe. Other entities that may benefit include Avista and the Bonneville Power Administration.

Corsi said that most entities have to do cold water mitigation work as part of their federal licenses to operate the dams. This project is not a forced project, but could be used as mitigation work.

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians paid for the modeling work that Portland State University completed.

Corsi said there are still “many hoops to jump through” if the plan comes to fruition.

“What we are trying to do is see if this is a good fit for mitigation funds,” Corsi said. “If it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to implement, it will boost the local economy.”

The Coeur d’Alene River is visited by about 50,000 anglers on trips each year, bringing in about $6 million yearly in economic impacts. Corsi said making Priest River a similar fishery would generate more fishing trips to the area.

“The economic value of Priest Lake for fishing is $3-4 million,” Corsi said. “It definitely has the potential to provide an economic boost to the area.”

Corsi said some concerns for the project include lowering the lake level, which he said will not be impacted by the pipe. He said there would be the same amount of water on the beach as there is currently.

“All it will change is the temperature of the water below the dam,” Corsi said.

Corsi said other concerns from area residents are that the pipe would be visible. Corsi said the project is not planned but they would account for these concerns if the project moves forward.

“It’s not going to change the lake,” Corsi said. “It has the potential to help downstream.”

Corsi said there is no timeline for the project and a “pile” of permits would be needed to move the project forward. He said there are many similar pipe concepts, including one in neighboring Pend Oreille County.

Corsi said the Lakes Commission and Fish and Game have been following the Pend Oreille Public Utility District cold water pipe, recently installed in Sullivan Lake to cool the tributaries for fish habitat. The PUD was required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to install the cold water pipe under the license surrender agreements for the Sullivan Creek hydroelectric project.

The PUD will pay for half of the $4 million it will cost.

Seattle City Light, operators of Boundary Hydroelectric Project, will cover the other half of the costs as part of its Boundary relicensing required mitigation.

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The commissioners sent a letter to the Forest Service, dated Feb. 3, expressing support for the Agriculture Act of 2014, otherwise known as the Farm Bill, that will fund the project.

“We appreciate this effort to quickly and effectively treat forest areas of increasingly heavy insect damage and diseased tree mortality,” the letter states, signed by

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This week last year was quite a bit colder and dry. Highs were in the 30s and low 40s, while the lows were in the teens and 20s. The region didn’t receive any precipitation.

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B R I E F LY Beekeeping topic of Priest River library talk PRIEST RIVER – A free presentation on beekeeping will be given Saturday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. at the Live and Learn program at the West Bonner Library in Priest River. Joe and Marilyn of the West Plains Beekeepers Association will share their experiences and expertise.

If you have ever thought about the benefits of keeping bees this is an opportunity to learn more about the requirements and resources you will need.

Information is available on the library website at http://westbonner.lili.org or call for more information at 208-448-2207.

Sacheen water sewer meeting moved SACHEEN LAKE – Due to scheduling conflicts, the regularly scheduled March 4 meeting of the Sacheen Lake Water and Sewer District is moved to Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m.

The meetings take place at the Sacheen Fire Station on Highway 211.

Port seeks bids to build blast booth USK – The Port of Pend Oreille is requesting bids for the construction of a blast booth facility. A blast booth cleans a railcar prior to painting. The port built a painting booth two years ago. Railcar maintenance and refurbishment now makes up nearly half the port’s annual budget.

The blast booth would be built adjacent to the current POVA shop and paint booth building, located at 1981 Black Road in Usk. Qualification packages are due by 2 p.m. March 6.

Knapton retires end of month USK – Terry Knapton, the Kalispel Tribe’s director of training and mentoring, is retiring at the end of February. In addition to his work with the tribe, Knapton served as vice chairman for the Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council.

Summer work offered

by Forest Service NEWPORT – The Colville National Forest has several summer jobs available in northeast Washington for people who want to work outdoors.

The positions available are located in Newport, Republic, Kettle Falls and Colville. They are temporary summer positions that start in the late spring or early summer and typically last until the fall.

The positions span many disciplines in natural resources, including visitor information assistant, archeological assistant, forestry technician, hydrologic technician, biological science technician and range assistant.

For a complete list of the jobs available and locations on the Colville National Forest, visit www.fs.usda. gov/colville. For a complete list of all Forest Service jobs available across the country, visit the Forest Service Albuquerque Service Center at https://fsoutreach. gdcii.com/Outreach.

For more information about jobs on the Colville National Forest, contact your local Ranger Station or the Forest Service Human Resource Management Contact Center at 877-372-7248, ext. 2, or at the My Hiring Question email at pnwregionhiringmanagerquestions@ms.fs. fed.us.

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Students from the Grizzly Discovery Center SeaPerch Program presented to the school board the process of building their underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). They will participate in the Fifth Annual Inland Northwest SeaPerch Challenge, Saturday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m. at the Eastern Washington University Aquatics Center.

Robotics club shows work to Newport School Board

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport School District board of directors learned about the SeaPerch program and robotics club that have engaged the students throughout the year, at its regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 10.

About 60-80 students from area schools will participate in the Fifth Annual Inland Northwest SeaPerch Challenge, an underwater robotics event, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. at the Eastern Washington University Aquatics Center.

Students from the program told the board what the program has taught them. Patrick

Molvik instructs the Grizzly Discovery Center SeaPerch program.

During the event this weekend, students will operate their remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) while performing underwater tasks and problem solving. The tasks include navigating an underwater slalom course, salvaging underwater objects by collecting rings and placing them in submerged buckets and capping an oil well by placing a cap on a submerged traffic cone. These tasks are performed while viewing the ROV through an on-board camera and remote monitor.

The students spent more than six weeks preparing for the challenge by study-

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ing basic engineering and science concepts through building underwater ROVs. The students learned concepts in measuring, fabrication, soldering, electrical circuits, motors, propellers, robotics controls and physics.

“Prior to putting the ROVs in the water, we had to cover the motors with wax so they don’t get water and stop working,” student Katie Matthew said during her presentation. “This was a messy process as the wax was very sticky.”

Molvik said that if two of the teams place during the SeaPerch event, they would SEE ROBOTICS, 5A

NEWPORT – The Office of the Insurance Commissioner for the State of Washington revoked the license of Land Title Co. of Pend Oreille County, Jan. 12.

“The revocation means Land Title is no longer authorized to sell title insurance in Washington,” said Kara Klotz, OIC public affairs. “The OIC is not pursuing criminal charges.”

The Insurance Commissioner sent Judy Kokanos, the Designated Responsible Person for Land Title, a letter in February 2014, alerting her of the commissioner’s investigation and requested a written response.

Kokanos said First American Title Insurance Company shut down Land Title in February 2014, and everything was transferred to Pend Oreille Title, a subsidiary of First American at that time.

“Land Title has not done title insurance since last February,” Kokanos told The Miner. “Everybody’s been made whole. It’s all been resolved.”

The Order Revoking License documents from OIC

state the Insurance Commissioner received a complaint from First American Feb. 10, 2014. First American said its auditors found that Land Title had con-

‘Land Title has not done title insurance since last February.

Everybody’s been made whole. It’s all been resolved.’

Judy Kokanos

Designated Responsible Person for Land Title

sistently failed to reconcile its escrow accounts, made overdrafts in its escrow accounts and failed to account for and pay funds to the persons entitled to the funds.

Auditors found an overdrawn total of $119,002 in three different escrow accounts and that Land Title owed First American more than $19,878 for premiums SEE LICENSE, 5A

CORRECTIONS Jim McCroskey’s name was misspelled in a story on the Pend Oreille Mine in last week’s issue of The Miner. The Miner regrets any confusion this may have caused.

Shannon L. Johnson was listed as arrested in the West Bonner County police reports last week. It was a case of mistaken identity. While Johnson was arrested, once her identity became known, she was released.

The inmate pictured in the story about the Pend Oreille County Jail in last week’s Miner was not Jacob Frueh, as incorrectly reported. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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he initiative passed last year by Washington voters ordering the state schools to lower all class sizes is another good example of why the initiative system doesn’t work. Finding a way to get a better education for our children in the public education system is more complicated. If lowering the class size would do the trick, it would have been done a long time ago.

The Washington legislature is now having to work on funding this mandate from the people at the same time they haven’t even found the money to fund basic education next year. In the end, the taxpayers will be asked to pay more and they will probably rebel with another initiative limiting the taxes collected for public schools.

The destructive cycle will continue – people will demand better education and at the same time demand lower taxes. This doesn’t work; the constructive process of finding real solutions comes to a stop.

The biggest problem with I-1351 is the fact that many school districts including Newport don’t have the classrooms to meet the mandate of lower class sizes. To do it they will have to ask voters for a bond issue to build classrooms. How popular will that be?

Let the educators run the schools or as some legislators are proposing: Ask the people if they want to pay more for public education so class sizes can be lowered?

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We need to control wolves where we live The story of Thelma and Louise is winding down as the last Ruby Creek Pack wolf has been placed into captivity just down the street from the State Capitol.

We first started calling them GUEST Thelma OPINION and Louise after the KAREN SKOOG WashingPEND OREILLE ton DeCOUNTY partment COMMISSIONER, of Fish and DISTRICT 1 Wildlife informed us that one of the Ruby Creek wolves was hanging out with a male dog in the Ione area. They spayed her and returned her to the wild where she was later hit and killed by a car. This started an interesting interaction between the department, wolf recovery goals and the wolves.

As everyone knows, you can make a plan but the parties involved don’t always cooperate, especially when they are wild. There were a lot of firsts and adjustments that are not in the Wolf Conservation and Management Plan: spaying a wolf, returning a domestic dog, and a wolf placed into captivity.

The WDFW is dedicated to preserving, protecting and perpetuating the state’s fish and wildlife resources. Our board of county commissioners represents the people of Pend Oreille County and therefore requested certain things be considered relating to these wolves.

After seeing the trials livestock producers faced from investigations and harassment from certain segments of the public as well as the pressure the department is under when lethal removal is involved, the board asked the department for capture and removal of the remaining habituated wolf. Since the department, under strong pressure, did not complete the lethal removal of depredating wolves in the Huckleberry Pack, we wanted quicker results that protected our people, not a fiasco of public opinion from people outside our commu-

nity that would cause a long drawn out process. Unfortunately, nothing happened quickly.

When several weeks of trapping failed, the next action was a helicopter attempt. The board sent a letter asking for lethal removal after only one last attempt at capture. The studies show that wolf aggression toward humans typically involve wolves habituated to humans and dogs. People can get used to a wolf’s presence and not be prepared for a wolf in breeding season when behavior can change rapidly. People have the right to protect their lives and property if we feel threatened but then have to face investigations, public scrutiny or harassment, and possible legal fees. We wanted the department to take the heat, not our local citizens.

This year our 7th district legislators have introduced several solutions to the disproportionate burden this region faces in wolf recovery.

Tools like regional delisting, management plans that coordinate with local government, translocation, game animal status and more.

Personally, I don’t have a problem with wolves in the area as long as their numbers are at the level that they leave our livestock, pets and families alone and our game animals are not deeply impacted. I have been bringing the message to Olympia for several years that we need to have tools to deal with wolves. Wolves are in no shortage in Canada and the Rocky Mountain region. Expectations that wolves cannot be controlled in northeastern Washington due to political boundary lines is unfair to our industries and our families. People who feel no impacts by wolves need to stop blocking our ability to manage them where we live, or they need to demand more wolves in their own area by translocation to the wild, which is in the Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.

This week WDFW finally captured Louise and have relocated her to Wolf Haven to live out her life in captivity.

There is a small satisfaction knowing we sent one wolf to Olympia.

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YO U R O P I N I O N Maybe we need a king To the editor: The King of Jordan showed the world what to do to ISIS when one of their pilots got burned to death.

Why doesn’t the action of the king happen here? How many American lives do we have to lose to ISIS before our president does something? American citizens should be treated the same as a soldier. No one’s left behind.

The military should not, nor the FBI, have to ask permission from the president. Just go get them.

If the king of Jordan came here to run for president, he would probably win.

Maybe we better change the name of president to “king”.

-Tom Dishaw Diamond Lake

Big business, big banks and big government To the editor: 2015 will be a very special year, but not necessarily a good one. My wish for Newport and all its residents is that it will indeed be a good year. May God bless you.

Have you noticed the small (if any) interest we get on our savings? Soon, you won’t get any. In Switzerland today, they charge .75 percent to open a savings account. A depositor must pay their banks to keep money there.

2015 is the year many banks will refuse to take cash; unless “you pay them,” here in the United States.

We will soon enter into a cash free society. Our U.S. dollar will no longer be the world’s reserve currency. It will become illegal to hold “any currency” on hand. Governments around the world will see to that. As the average citizen merely becomes “a number,” the buy and sell formats (similar to today’s Internet) will massively increase; at least for a while.

Say goodbye to our Constitution and Bill of Rights, along with the rest of the liberties this wonderful country holds dear. You can call it Socialism, Communism, or whatever, but don’t call it free.

Big business, big governments and big banks are going to finally control the public masses.

The sad thing is “we the people” have allowed it to happen (me included). I plead guilty for not doing my part to stop it. We the people are spoiled and lazy; we want govern-

ment to give us necessities of life. I’ve got news for you – it just ain’t going to happen; soon that will become evident. America, it was nice knowing you.

Wars are expensive and the bill on the stupidity of our government’s actions is now due. We can’t pay that bill; hell, we can’t even pay the interest we owe on our national debt. We are broke, my friend, completely and utterly broke.

-Roy Gerard Newport

Closing of Eagles will leave vacuum To the editor: As many people in the community have heard by now, the Eagles Aerie 3443 will be closing. The reasons are many, but it comes down to lack of member participation and therefore funds to keep the hall open. Many service clubs in the area are also having this problem.

Besides the obvious loss of a longstanding community fixture, the members are concerned about the loss to the greater community, which uses the facility. The lodge has been made available for community activities such as the Soroptomists crab feed, the Rodeo Association banquet, the Friends of the Library used book sale, funeral dinners, Breakfast with Santa, Tops Clubs meetings, and many other activities, including taking the chuck wagon to the County Fair and Rodeo.

The Eagles association is basically a service and charitable organization and unfortunately the whole community will suffer this loss.

It is our hope that other organizations will step up and help to support the community as they are able.

Our thanks to all who have supported the lodge in the past. Perhaps one day a way can be found for people to work together and keep these vital organizations working in the community. For questions or comments please call Darryl Ratcliff at 509-4475809.

-Jan Gleason REAC President

Vaccines also benefit pharmaceutical companies To the editor: It is wonderful to hear the news

READE R’S POLL Visit The Miner Online to answer our readers’ poll question through Monday afternoon. Find it on the right-hand side of the page at www.PendOreilleRiverValley.com. The results will be printed next week on this page. You need not be a subscriber to participate. If you have any ideas for future readers’ poll questions, submit them at theminer@povn.com.

President Obama went to Congress to seek additional authority to wage war against the Islamic State, or ISIS as it is also known.

Do you support Obama’s efforts to get Congressional approval to wage war on ISIS? Yes, these people must be stopped, they’re barbaric.

No, ISIS wants the U.S. to attack them so the war will get bigger.

Yes, it’s time for Congress to go on the record regarding military action in the Middle East. They need to vote.

No, he already had the power and didn’t need Congressional approval.

about our good neighbor Pete Scobby on taking his mature fetus of a grandson to Disneyland. Thank goodness, he was immunized to protect him from the other mature fetus children that belonged to those possible extreme anti-science adult Conservatives there.

The park was so crowded too. My facial expressions just went aghast and my hand went up to my mouth thinking about the whole tragic event. Oh my, the danger of going out in public with your grandchild and exposing him like that is really taking his life into your hands. Wow, that almost sounds like a war story of Democrat talking points 101. I am glad you got the memo from the Retreat. It was a faux pa to act accusatory towards your neighbor about vaccination when it is reported that it is the Liberal Parents that are not vaccinating their children. Tsk tsk Pete. www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/bad-pander?utm_term=.shE2ePe2K#.cldyB4gL9e Sometimes the government and the school are in quite the hurry to catch up on their 49 vaccines … Oh well, just get them all done at one sitting because the doctor, schools, government, the parents and the neighbors think they understand the slow exposure approach, if that’s possible. The CDC states they no longer use mercury known as Thimerosal “routinely” in childhood vaccines but they still use it in flu shots.

There have not been enough studies done about overdosing these poor children because we have to – after all – protect the CDC, FDA, the Pharmaceutical companies and the system above those fetus children. Goodness, children receive 49 vaccines before age 6. Sixty-nine vaccines by the time kids are 18. www.nvic.org/CMSTemplates/NVIC/pdf/49-Doses-PosterB. pdf I had all five of my children vaccinated but it was nowhere near that many.

-Donna Lands Newport

Thank you Newport elderly care workers To the editor: I have a 91-year-old mother who has been in River Mountain Assisted SEE LETTERS, 5A

R E A D E R ’ S P O L L R E S U LT S Do you think it should be mandatory to vaccinate children against diseases like the measles?

48% 48% Parents should have the right to decide what’s best for their children, whether that’s vaccinating or not.

Absolutely, any parent willing to put their child, or other children, at risk by not vaccinating should be convicted of a crime.

4% Vaccinations are known to cause all sorts of problems and because of that, I haven’t or wouldn’t vaccinate my children.

Total Votes: 27

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PUD, Forest Service work to restore trout NEWPORT – The U.S. Forest Service is seeking comments on a Trout Habitat Restoration Program (THRP), to promote restoration of target fish species, including bull trout, cutthroat trout, and whitefish.

“The program goal is to accomplish work in 164 miles of stream habitat in tributaries to the Pend Oreille River in Pend Oreille County over a 25-year period,” said Dennis Schult of the Pend Oreille Public Utility District Natural Resources Department. This is a requirement of the operating license for Box Canyon Dam, he said.

Schult said the priority watersheds where work will initially be concentrated are the LeClerc and Calispell drainages. Other drainages where projects may be conducted include Tacoma, Mill, Indian, Ruby, Cee Cee Ah, and Cedar creeks.

Channel improvements, such as geomorphic improvements of barrier removal, floodplain restoration, riparian corridor restoration, fencing, conservation easements or purchases, non-native fish removal and reintroduction of target fish species are some of the projects that will be conducted over the 25-year period.

“Although there are no public meetings covering the overall program, each individual stream project does have to go through the permitting process with local, state, and federal agencies,” Schult said. “As such, public notices are posted through the (U.S. Forest Service) as part of the NEPA process for projects on federal lands, as well as through the county as part of the county shoreline management program.”

Schult said each project will be reviewed at the County Planning Commission meetings, which are open to the public.

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Living and is currently in Long Term Care in Newport. She has received excellent and very personal care.

Michele Page and her staff have been fantastic. The food service is excellent, too.

My heartfelt thanks go to all that work in these two facilities. I have been to several care units in surrounding cities, and the care our elders receive in Newport ranks right up there at the top.

Please, support them in any way you can. There will be a chance in the future to support them on the ballot.

We do need an upgrade in our facilities. Take an active part in making Newport’s care facilities the best they can be. Remember all you other “boomers,” we are getting older, too. Thanks again to all that care.

-Larry Sauer Newport

We’re playing into terrorists’ hands To the editor: It’s horrible when a person held captive is beheaded or burned alive, but the reason terrorists commit those acts is to get us to respond.

The idea is to dare us into behaving against our own interests. The “weak at the knees” president depicted in a letter last week asked Congress for an authorization to use military force which means more “American Snipers” will be deployed in Syria.

Ten years from now one

of those snipers might be found on an American street homeless and suffering from PTSD and other illnesses. The police might even have to shoot him if he appears threatening. That will make the terrorists that indirectly caused the event to smile as they achieved their goal of making Americans give up all of their values and principals. The idea is to goad us into spilling our blood and spending our country into everlasting military debt.

What is more important and tragic? A woman who is beaten to death by her husband in our epidemic of domestic violence, or a reporter who goes to the Middle East and gets captured and killed? How about a child who is killed in a preventable and senseless accident? Although we even have people starving to death and dying without medical care, we just can’t have ISIS killing someone on the Internet. We are going to spend trillions fighting a never ending and unwinnable war against extreme Islam and the Muslims that practice it.

We certainly have lost our sense of civilization when a person writes a letter claiming there are no rules when fighting terror. We seem to be willing to give up our values and principles when we say “no rules” for our conduct of military force. We shouldn’t have to become our enemy to stop him.

-Pete Scobby Newport

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LICENSE: Original license issued in 1980 FROM PAGE 3A

due to title insurance written by Land Title.

After a second letter was sent in March 2014, Kokanos responded later that month stating she was consulting with an accountant and an attorney and needed an extension until May 2014. The extension was granted.

Documents state numerous emails were exchanged from March 26, 2014, to May 27, 2014, with Kokanos stating she was scheduling a CPA to come and review the accounts “to discover what caused the issues with the trust accounts.”

OIC records state no attorney or accountant sent a letter of representation to the commissioner. Kokanos was notified that no response by June 9, 2014, would move the investigation forward with the information the commissioner had. Kokanos did not respond to the Insurance Commissioner.

During the investigation, documents show a Feb. 4, 2014, Consent Order to Cease and Desist, filed by the State of Idaho, Department of Finance.

The desist order said Kokanos and Land Title should cease unlawful escrow agency operations in Idaho as Land Title acted as an unlicensed escrow agency. The order said Land Title

did not distribute escrow funds promptly and Land Title did not have enough funds in its trust account to meet its customer disbursement obligation, failed to deliver the funds held in escrow and instead delivered funds to the customer from another escrow customer’s deposit.

Kokanos signed the order Feb. 4, 2014, but neither Kokanos nor Land Title notified the Insurance Commissioner of the Idaho administration action.

The license was issued to Land Title Co. of Pend Oreille County Feb. 25, 1980, and expired Aug. 16, 2014. Records show that Land Title was already being investigated when the license lapsed.

ROBOTICS: District is forming a robotics club FROM PAGE 3A

have the opportunity to go to Nationals in Dartmouth, Mass. Molvik said the students would have enough time to fundraise if they go to Nationals.

“It’s kind of an exciting thing,” Molvik said. “I had a team from Priest River last year go to Nationals and they had a great time.”

The Newport School District is forming an after school Robotics Club, under the direction of Chris Altmaier. About 16 students have joined so far.

Altmaier told the board that the program teaches students to assemble robots and how to problem solve any issues. He said the club could use the materials and robots already at the school for the remainder of the year and they will fundraise for new robots and materials next year.

Altmaier said bringing in more technology programs would give the students more opportunities to hone in on technology skills they are wanting to learn.

Randy Wyrobek, fire science instructor, said they

have 8-10 students at the middle school who are also interested in the robotics program.

“I think it would be a big advantage for these kids in the program,” Wyrobek said.

In other business, for Counselor Appreciation Week, the three school counselors, Kim Baumann, Sarah Theal and Julie Riegel, were given a certificate for their service.

“We are extremely lucky to have these three ladies,” Superintendent Dave Smith said.

The audit of the school district started in Spokane last Monday, with the auditor showing up this week at the district. The Physical Education Program grant and food service will be the focus of the audit, Business Manager Tom Crouch said.

“Initially it was going to be special (education) and food service but the PEP grant was over $300,000 so they are switching to the PEP grant,” Crouch said.

The next school board meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. at the District Office meeting room.

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Newport resident Kim Lindell returns to Newport Hospital NEWPORT – Newport Hospital and Health Services hired its newest Physician’s Assistant Kim Lindell at Lindell Family Health Center recently.

Lindell has lived in Newport for 18 years and started her healthcare career as a nursing assistant in the hospital’s long term care facility. She then received training as a phlebotomist and joined the hospital’s laboratory department before joining former hospital staff surgeon Dr. Morris Benson as his medi-

cal assistant.

From there, she became a surgical tech and then went on to physician assistant school through Medics Northwest through University of Washington.

Lindell said the progression to physician assistant school “seemed like the next logical step” and attributes her motivation to her love of medicine.

Lindell has three children: Jacob, 22, of Coeur d’Alene, Savanna, 21, of Newport, and Kale, 5, of Newport, and her granddaughter, Lila, three weeks old.

Currently, Kim Lindell is working four days a week, and will fill in as necessary.

WDFW says: Be coyote-wise OLYMPIA – It’s good to be wise about wildlife year round to avoid problems, but it’s especially important at this time of year to be “coyote wise,” according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Coyotes, which are abundant throughout Washington’s rural and urban areas, are paring up and breeding now in late winter to produce pups in April and early May. And coyotes that were born eight or nine months ago are striking out on their own at this time.

That means there’s lots of coyotes moving about and making noise, yipping and howling to communicate with each other.

Like most wildlife, coyotes usually avoid people and don’t cause trouble.

But coyotes are extremely opportunistic and adaptable to our ways and will take advantage of easy access to food sources.

As a canine species, they also view domestic dogs as competitors. These two factors can lead to problems with coyotes now and through summer as young are reared.

Finding food is critical for all wildlife. But mature animals that are reproduc-

ing, and young animals that are learning independence, are really driven to feed.

Coyotes are actually omnivores – they’ll eat everything from fruit to large animals. Hungry coyotes will try almost anything.

Never intentionally feed coyotes. And think about how you might be unintentionally providing access to food, like unsecured garbage, uncovered compost piles, spilled seed from backyard bird feeders, pet food left outdoors, or even small pets like cats or toy breed dogs left to roam, especially from dusk to dawn.

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WDFW Wolf Advisory Group expanded to 18 members OLYMPIA – Nine members have been added to the committee that advises the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on wolf recovery and management.

Their appointments, for two-year terms that run through 2016, bring the Wolf Advisory Group’s membership to 18.

WDFW Director Jim Unsworth said the new members will bring diverse personal and professional backgrounds to the group that makes recommendations to guide the department’s implementation of the state’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.

WDFW formed the group in 2013, with nine members representing the interests of wolf advocates, cattle ranchers, and hunters. Unsworth said the new members bring a wider range of perspectives and, for ex-

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ample, include a science teacher and a member of the state’s largest hiking association.

“Wolf recovery has been and will continue to be a very challenging issue, and the advisory group members will provide valuable advice on how to achieve the goals of the wolf plan,” Unsworth said.

Dave Ware, the department’s wolf policy lead, said more than 50 people applied for the new positions following the department’s announcement in October that it was seeking to expand the group.

Ware said WDFW placed a priority on selecting people from diverse backgrounds who have the ability to share information about the advisory group’s discussions within their own networks of contacts.

Ware said the nine peo-

ple who served as original members or alternates will continue to serve through 2016.

Those members have been very helpful to the department, and their continued presence will lend stability and continuity to the advisory group, he said.

The group’s next meeting is planned for March, with details to be announced on the Wolf Advisory Group website: http://wdfw. wa.gov/about/advisory/ wag/. WDFW Wolf Advisory Group members (* new members) are as follows:

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EAGLES: Locals want building donated to Newport FROM PAGE 1A

in Ohio. The Grand Aerie owns most Eagles buildings throughout the country.

The Grand Aerie made the decision to close the Newport Eagles, according to local Eagles officials. Nobody from the Grand Aerie returned calls for comment from The Miner.

Newport Eagles members would like the building to be donated for the community to use.

“We voted at our last meeting to give the building to Newport to use for community events,” vice president Kayla Meeks said Tuesday. Newport Eagles officials have been unsuccessfully trying to get the Grand Aerie to return calls.

Meeks said the financial troubles

date back to at least 2010. Bills were not getting paid, Meeks said, and their restaurant supply wholesaler sued for $11,000. There were other debts, Meeks said. Newport Eagles members got together and paid off $40,000 in debts in about eight months, she said.

A former manager named both the Newport club and the Grand Aerie in a lawsuit. The Grand Aerie, unbeknownst to the Newport Club, settled for an unknown amount, Meeks said. The Newport club eventually settled for $8,000 and paid attorneys fees. The lawsuit cost the club about $25,000, Meeks said. So when the Grand Aerie asked for their per capita dues of about $2,700, local Newport Eagles officials declined to pay, maintaining that the Grand Aerie owed the Newport club for the lawsuit.

Supper, ‘Symbolon’ offered in Ione IONE – St. Bernard and St. Joseph Catholic churches are hosting a series of supper and “Symbolon” events through the end of March.

Lenten gatherings will be held on Thursdays, with confession starting at 5 p.m., Mass to follow at 5:30 p.m. and closing with supper and “Symbolon,” a video series, intended to help bring people deeper into a communion of apostolic faith that has existed for 2,000 years in the church that Christ founded.

Each church will host the gatherings, with Feb. 26 at St. Bernard, March 5 at

St. Joseph, March 12 at St. Bernard, and March 26 at St. Bernard.

A communal penance service is scheduled for Monday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph, in place of a Thursday gathering that week. There will be no shared supper or video this day.

In the early Church, Christians described their summary statement of faith, as the symbolon, which served as a means of recognition of a shared relationship. “Symbolon” videos will be shown during Lent and continue after.

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The Grand Aerie pulled the club’s charter.

Meeks says the Grand Aerie could sell the building. If they did, they have to hold the money for eight years to see if the club reforms.

The Newport Eagles have done much for the community, Meeks says.

They host a variety of events, from the Newport rodeo banquet and the Soroptomist Crab Feed. They had a chuck wagon they used at community events. Since deciding to close they have donated that to the Newport Rodeo Association.

The Eagles have worked hard to overcome the financial problems, holding a variety of different events to raise money and discussed remodeling the building. “We have strived to serve the community,” Meeks said.

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Bonner County changes polling locations for school elections SANDPOINT – Some voters will be going to a different location to vote during the March 10 school levy elections.

The Bonner County Clerk’s Office changed the location of six polling places, including Priest River West City and West Priest River Bench. Previously, voters in Priest River West City voted at Priest River Elementary and voters in West Priest River Bench voted at Priest River Lamanna High School.

Now, voters in both precincts will vote at the VFW Hall at 113 Larch St. in Priest River.

Locations for Baldy, Grouse Creek, Sagle and Southside also changed.

Newly elected Bonner County Clerk Michael Rosedale said the decision to move the polling places was two-fold.

“First, elections should be held in as neutral location as possible,” he said. “This is not met satisfactorily on school grounds when levy questions are on the ballot.”

The second reason is safety.

“There is a safety issue for school children when hundreds of people are allowed to enter the school during school hours. This will add another level of safety for at least those kids who attend those schools,” he said.

The changes are permanent.

JASPER: Project would help fire safety, economy FROM PAGE 2A

commission chairman Cary Kelly and commissioners Todd Sudick and Glen Bailey.

The commissioners think the project will help prevent forest fire, but also improve the local economy.

“The proper active management of the almost 15,000 acres of National Forest lands identified in the Jasper Mountain project are will have a positive effect on employing county residents and keeping our timber businesses productive.

“Our Bonner County Community Wildfire Protection Plan has also

identified areas here where active management is badly needed,” the letter states.

The commissioners want as much acreage treated as allowed, and also support the Forest Service hooking into the Granite Reeder Water and Sewer District system.

“If a Stewardship harvest contract is used for this project we suggest that it include stipulations that a USFS hook up to the Granite Reeder Water and Sewer District be made a requirement of the project,” the commissioners wrote.

The Forest Service and the district are currently at a standstill over

maintenance and operations fees on the district sewer line at the Reeder Bay Campground and Ledgewood day-use recreation area on the west side of Priest Lake, both owned by the Forest Service.

The district extended its sewer line to both sites more than a decade ago.

The Forest Service paid for its portion of the system costs in order to have the sewer line ran to the properties but has not hooked up. The Forest Service is looking for funds to upgrade the bathrooms at the two sites in order to connect with the district’s system.

SEWER: U.S. has used lagoons for 90 years FROM PAGE 1

Metaline Falls Mayor Tara Leininger said this project is required for the town to meet federal and state requirements of operating the lagoon.

The Metaline Falls lagoon is a facultative waste stabilization pond, and is used to treat municipal wastewater. Gay said facultative lagoons are both aerobic and anaerobic.

The layer of water near the surface contains dissolved oxygen from atmospheric reaeration and algal respiration. The bottom layer of the lagoon includes sludge deposits and supports anaerobic organisms.

The intermediate anoxic layer, or the facultative zone, has aerobic near the top and anaerobic at the bottom.

The Department of Ecology said the U.S. has used facultative lagoons for more than 90 years with about 7,000 facultative lagoons in operation today.

The lagoon project has several parts, Gay said.

The lagoon has too much ammonia discharge that may affect fish in nearby Sullivan Creek.

“The (treated) discharge of the lagoon goes into Sullivan Creek,” said Gay, who has worked with the town since the mid-1990s.

Gay said the town permit on water was changed several years ago and restricted the amount of ammonia that could be present in the discharge, based on fish habitat. Gay said the problem was identified by agencies, including the Kalispel Tribe of Indians

Fisheries and Water Resources Division.

Bull trout and whitefish trout use the creek for spawning and a high ammonia discharge lowers the dissolved oxygen the fish use. Gay said it is also toxic to the fish and lowers the survivability of the eggs.

The lagoon will be treated with aerators to help lower the ammonia content.

“By adding air, oxygen mixes with ammonia and turns it into Nitrate,” Gay said, which is not toxic to the fish.

Gay said once the town lagoon goes through the ammonia reducing portion of the project, the lagoon will change classifications.

“We are turning two of them into aerobic ponds so we can reduce the amount of ammonia going out,” Gay said of ponds one and two.

The second problem is the lagoon is slowly leaking.

Gay said they are losing more of their wastewater than they should.

Weeds and trees will be removed around the perimeter of the dike, taking the roots to the plants out in the process. Gay said this should help with the leaking.

They also plan to line the lagoon with sheet piles, sheets made of metal or vinyl that will interlock with each other to form a retaining wall. The sheet piles will be driven a few feet into the berms to help with leaking.

“They will form a cutoff for less leakage,” Gay said.

Both scenarios will be investigated further as the process moves forward.

Currently the project is in

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the design phase, Gay said.

He said it would take about one year to design the project with construction scheduled to start in the spring of 2016.

“Those are the ones we are going to explore,” Gay said, “the more feasible ones to do at this time.”

The lagoon was built in 1960, Gay said, when no membrane liner was required. The town has not been required to put a liner in since the lagoon was built. Lagoons are not a major pollutant, and Gay said a membrane liner does not stop all leaking in lagoons.

“You are never able to completely stop it,” Gay said.

Gay said the project would cost about $250,000, mainly paid for with loans from the Department of Ecology. About $11,800 was “forgivable principal,” Gay said, meaning the town does not have to pay it back.

“The loan will be paid back by the town through existing revenues,” Leininger said. “There will be no rate increase to pay off the loan.”

The lagoon recently underwent an experimental project, which saved the town a lot of money, Gay said. During the planning stages of the lagoon project, it was noted that the first cell in the three-cell lagoon had a lot of solids detected.

The town worked with Reliant Aeration in New Orleans and brought in

an aerator and bacteria culture to digest “most” of the sludge. This enabled the bacteria in the lagoon to treat the material, as it normally does.

“The cell is now doing its job again,” Gay said. “It needed to be done.”

The project was experimental as it was unknown if the metals in the lagoon would wash into Sullivan Creek, which did not happen. The town looked into dredging the lagoon, which would have cost about $250,000. They were given a grant for $25,000 from a Community Development Block Grant, which completely covered the cost of the aerator and bacteria culture.

“It was basically done as an experiment,” Gay said.

“In this case, we wanted (the metals) to stay in the lagoon.”

This project was planned in 2011, and in 2012, the town applied for the grant to complete the experimental project.

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West Bonner school district explains facility needs

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER - The West Bonner School District Board of Trustees provided more details on the facilities portion of the $6 million, two year supplemental maintenance and operations levy that will be on the ballot March 10.

Most of the levy will go towards the general fund.

The district is seeking $2.119 million the first year and $2.128 million the second for the general fund. The state funds three fourths of the district’s general fund, the M&O funds a quarter. The level of state funding is based on enrollment. The district budgeted for 1,125 students for the 2014-15 school year.

Currently the district has 1,165 students. Most of the general fund goes for salaries and benefits for the district’s employees.

The district is seeking $244,500 over the two years for facilities improvements, with $124,500 budgeted for the first year if the levy is approved and $120,000 the second year. The work includes: · $88,500 for exterior doors, windows for the annex at Priest River Elementary School: The doors that need replacement are from the 1960s. They are rusted and broken through and need to be replaced, district officials say. The annex classroom window mechanisms are worn out and the district is unable to get parts for them. Window replacement will also meet current egress standards.

The district wants to spend $70,000 the first year and $18,500 the second year.

·$50,000 for heating and boiler maintenance of the district’s current boilers and heating systems includes tuning the boilers to ensure efficiency, rebuilding leaking pumps, replacement of valves and actuators, as well as acquiring a small inventory of replacement parts and tools for upgrades to prevent long term break-downs. The district wants to spend $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the second. ·$32,500 for a new roof on the west end of the bus shop: The roof has multiple leaks on the west end and roof replacement will prevent leaks and further damage to the building. It will also give us a higher R-Value to reduce heating costs. ·$17,000 to seal coat parking lot at Priest River Lamanna High School, Priest River Junior High School, Priest River Elementary School, Idaho Hill Elementary School: The district would like to put seal coating of parking lots on a three year rotation to extend the life of the parking lots. The work includes sealing cracks, seal coat, fixing potholes, painting lines, as well as purchasing tools to help maintain the lots. All of this work protects the asphalt. ·$12,000 for sprinkler

system additions at Idaho Hill Elementary School: The district wants to add additional sprinkler systems at the school. Currently manpower is required during the summer to move the sprinklers around the grounds. This will be a more efficient system, which will save both manpower hours and water usage, district officials say. ·Spend $10,000 to move overhead power lines to underground at Priest River Elementary School: The district would like to move the overhead power lines on the playground to underground.

This is a safety and a system upgrade from Avista, district officials say. ·$8,500 for tile replacement at Priest River Junior High School: District officials want to replace the vinyl composite tile in the science lab at the Junior High. The tile is broken up and coming up and has been repaired on several occasions. It needs to be completely replaced, district officials say. ·$7,500 for portable bleachers: The district currently has four sets of portable bleachers that are moved between the Priest River High School, Priest River Jr. High School and Priest River Elementary.

The City of Priest River uses them for Timber Days and the

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Moving the bleachers not only takes a lot of manpower, district officials say, but also causes the bleachers to have additional wear and tear than necessary. ·$7,500 for new fencing at Idaho Hill Elementary School: This will enclose the area in the back of the school and make it more secure. This is safety issue at the school, district officials say. ·$2,500 for new carpet in teacher workroom at Idaho Hill Elementary School. The carpet in the room is heavily worn and is estimated to be at least 24 years old. The carpet is considered a safety issue and needs to be replaced, district officials say.

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B R I E F LY Results from Metaline Falls Gun Club METALINE FALLS – The Metaline Falls Gun Club held its regular shoot Sunday, Feb. 15.

Results are as follows: 16-yard: Keith Enyeart 25, Byron Ford 25, Bill Wade 24, Sam McGeorge 24, Morgan Haney 24.

Ladies 16-yard: Lisa Enyeart 24, Kathy Wade 21, Tiffeny Zaren 17.

Youth 16-yard: Mathew Schaper 23, Logan Repp 22, Brayden Taylor 18, Ty Taylor 17, Parker Jenkins 17 Handicap: Morgan Haney 23, Bill Wade 22, Kathy Wade 22, Matthew Schaper 22 27-yard: Keith Enyeart 21, Sam McGeorge 20 Continental: Johann Mayrhofer 24, Bill Wade 22, Bruce Gayliardo 21, Arlie Ward 20

Priest River preps for District wrestling PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans had a week of practice to prepare before heading to the District wrestling tournament, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. at Lakeland.

Newport Gun Club results NEWPORT – The Newport Gun Club held their regular shoot Sunday.

Following are the results: 16-yard: John Hankey 25, Rob Linton 24, Dan Reijonen 24, Steve Smith 24, Bob Avey 23, Dale Maki 23, Nick Larson 22, Phil Flack 22, Steve Patton 22, Duane Randolph 21, Dan Whalen 21, Chris Yeaw 21 Ladies: Maddy Rusho 21, Amy Reijonen 9 Youth: Dalton Mullaley 17, Logan Shockey 15, Austin Maton 14 Handicap: Dan Reijonen 24, Nick Larson 23, Dan Whalen 22, Bob Avey 22 Doubles: Dan Reijonen 44, Phil Flack 41, Rob Linton 39, Dale Maki 39 Continental: Dan Reijonen 24, Dale Maki 22, Bob Avey 20

Selkirk sends three to Tacoma Dome

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers grappled to a seventh place team finish at Regionals, Saturday, Feb. 14, with three wrestlers moving on to the state championships. There were 19 teams participating.

Defending his 2014 state title, junior Justin ON DECK: AT STATE: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21, Tacoma Dome

Chantry, 113 pounds, will return to state after taking first place at Regionals on Saturday.

“He’s defending the state title,” Head Coach Keith Saxe said. “The kid is just tough.”

Also taking first at Regionals, Cody Hoffman, a 195-pound junior, will head to state. He won his first two matches by pin and his final match by a decision, Saxe said.

Placing fourth and earning a trip to state is freshman Ryan IsSEE TACOMA, 2B

Lady Spartans head to state

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls basketball team is heading to state once again this year, after beating Bonners Ferry and Weiser this past week. The girls take on Filer Thursday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. at Skyview High School in southern Idaho. The winner of that game plays the winner of Timberlake versus Fruitland and the two losers play in ON DECK: VS. FILER: At 3A State Tournament, Thursday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m.

the consolation bracket.

The Spartans lost to Timberlake Wednesday, Feb. 11, 46-26, a loss that put them in a do or die situation against Bonners Ferry Thursday, Feb. 12. With that 54-46 win, they played Weiser in a play-in game to state, which they won 42-26.

Timberlake led throughout Wednesday’s game, leading 12-4 at the end of the first quarter and ahead 24-9 at the half. Priest River managed 17 points in the second half, with Timberlake scoring 22.

Melissa Krampert scored eight for Priest River. Avery Summers and Katlyn Summers each scored five, Elisa Williams scored four and Angel Clark and Alyssa Carey each scored two.

The Spartans held strong when they hosted Bonners Ferry Thursday, Feb. 12.

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Priest River’s Katlyn Summers goes up for a shot against Bonners Ferry Thursday, Feb. 12. The Spartans are headed to state this week, playing Filer Thursday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m.

“We started out strong in the first quarter, but Bonners played tough and took the lead back in the second, third and fourth quarters,” Spartan coach Gary Stewart said.

Priest River finally got the lead back at the 3:01 mark in the fourth quarter.

“We shot an amazing 28 out of 33 free throws in the game, and that is what obviously won the game for us,”

Stewart said. “We posted up different players and they used their skills and determination to score on the low block or get fouled trying.”

Katlyn Summers scored 17 for Priest River, followed

by Williams with 15. Clark scored 12, Avery Summers scored six, Krampert added three and Carey scored two.

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Lady Rangers move on in district tournament

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

DEER PARK – After a crushing defeat against Almira/Coulee-Hartline Tuesday, the Selkirk girls basketball team went on to beat Curlew in round two of the Northeast 1B District Tournament and will continue on against Wellpinit Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 5:45 p.m.

The winner of that game goes on to play the winner of Valley Christian vs. ACH on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m.

Republic and Odessa-Harrington also play Saturday for a chance to play at state.

All games are at Deer Park High School.

ACH beat Selkirk 51-14 ON DECK: VS. WELLPINIT: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5:45 p.m. at Deer Park High School

Tuesday, Feb. 10.

“ACH overwhelmed us on both ends of the floor,” Selkirk coach Jack Couch said. “Unfortunately, we had three starters very sick and unable to stay on the floor

much of the game.”

The Rangers trailed 14-8 at the end of the first quarter and were held scoreless in the second. They managed just six points in the second half, while ACH scored 12 in the third and 19 in the fourth.

Gabi Rick and Mackenzie McAnerin each scored four.

Hannah Rick, Hannah Jensen and Imma Pinent Sans each scored two for the Rangers.

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Cusick boys battle back DEER PARK – The Cusick Panthers boys basketball team will play Wellpinit in the District tournament Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Deer Park, but they had to overcome a 54-52 loss to Odessa-Harrington to get there.

Cusick was leading late ON DECK:

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Selkirk boys beat Valley Christian DEER PARK – The Selkirk Rangers boys basketball team continued on in the District 7 1B Tournament with a 42-29 win over Valley Christian Saturday, Feb. 14, in a must win game for the Rangers.

Selkirk led start to finish.

They only allowed Valley Christian to score in double digits in one quarter, the fourth, after the game was in hand.

Dominic Cain got a double-double for Selkirk, scoring 21 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.

Cole Dawson scored 10 points and got eight boards.

The Rangers were in the must win situation after a 61-45 loss to Wellpinit Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Selkirk didn’t start well in that game, with

Wellpinit running up a 21-3 first quarter lead.

The Rangers didn’t have much better luck in the second quarter, when they were outscored by 10 and went into the half down by 28.

The Rangers had better ON DECK: VS. ALMIRA/COULEEHARTLINE: Saturday, Feb. 21, 5:45 p.m. Deer Park

luck in the second half, outscoring Wellpinit by one in the third quarter and by nine in the final quarter, but still lost 6145.

Cain led Selkirk scoring with 17 points. Logan Miller had 12 points.

Selkirk will play Odessa-Harrington, the No. 3 team from the Northeast 1B South League Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 5:45 p.m. at Deer Park.

Skaugstad heads to state for Newport

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Freshman wrestler David Skaugstad will represent the Grizzlies at the 2015 Mat Classic State Championship after ON DECK: AT STATE: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21, Tacoma Dome

he grappled to a second place finish at Regionals last weekend in Leavenworth, Wash.

“It was a good weekend of wrestling because we saw kids we haven’t seen this year and some we have seen and wrestled before,” Head Coach Steffen Ellison said.

Ellison said the competition was tough for Skaugstad, 120 pounds, but he pulled off a second place finish behind a wrestler from Lakeside.

Senior Brent Willis, at 126 pounds, and junior Joe Luback, 220 pounds, did not place at Regionals, Ellison said.

“Brent and Joe had a hard weekend and lost out for the season but wrestled with all their hearts and left it all out in the mat,” Ellison said.

Skaugstad will head to state Friday-Saturday,

COURTESY PHOTO|STEFFEN ELLISON

Freshman David Skaugstad, 120 pounds, wrestled to a second place finish for the Grizzlies during the Regional tournament, Saturday, Feb. 14 in Leavenworth, Wash. He will head to state next weekend in Tacoma.

Feb. 20-21 at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma.

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VS. WELLPINIT: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Deer Park

in the fourth quarter when Odessa-Harrington scored with three seconds left to take the lead. They added a free throw to make it a twopoint victory.

“We played a solid game.

We just couldn’t pull away,” Cusick coach JR Bluff said.

“We had our chances at the three-minute mark of the fourth quarter. We had a few missed shots and down the stretch we just couldn’t capitalize on some free throws.”

Bluff said he was happy with the effort.

“We did the things we wanted to do,” he said. Alec Bluff had 27 pts and eight rebounds on the night.

Chad Browneagle had nine points and 10 rebounds, and

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DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: TBA

CUSICK BOYS BASKETBALL AT DISTRICT TOURNAMENT VS. WELLPINIT: 7:30 p.m. – Deer Park High School

SELKIRK BOYS BASKETBALL AT DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: TBA

SELKIRK GIRLS BASKETBALL AT DISTRICT TOURNAMENT VS. WELLPINIT: 5:45 p.m. – Deer Park High School

THURSDAY, FEB. 19 PRIEST RIVER GIRLS BASKETBALL AT STATE TOURNAMENT VS. FILER: 3 p.m. – Skyview High School

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 COURTESY PHOTO|KELLY DRIVER

Cusick’s Chad Browneagle goes up for a bucket for the Panthers in a District playoff game with Northport Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Deer Park. Cusick won 62-56.

Cameron Bauer added nine points and also had four assists.

That put Cusick in a loser out game with Northport Saturday, Feb. 14, at Deer Park.

Cusick got out to a five point first quarter lead, which they stretched to a seven-point halftime lead.

“This was the third time playing Northport,” Bluff said. Cusick lost the previous two games. “They are a very athletic team and very capable of winning any game on any night,” Bluff said. “Our plan was to wear them out offensively and SEE CUSICK 8B

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Newport knocked out of districts in OT

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport Grizzlies boys basketball team ended their season at Freeman Saturday, Feb. 14, with an overtime loss in the District 7 1A Tournament playoff game.

Freeman got off to a fast start and built an 11-point lead after one quarter. Then Newport stepped up its defense.

“I was extremely pleased with our defense in the second, third and fourth quarters,” Newport coach Steven Bryant said. Newport got going offensively in the fourth quarter, taking the lead midway through the quarter. The teams traded baskets and Ty McDaniel made two free throws with 30 seconds to go to tie the game at 58.

Newport was able to stop Freeman and get one more chance, but turned the ball over and the game went into overtime.

“In overtime, we got some good looks at the basket that did not go in,” Bryant said.

“We also missed some crucial free throws in the extra period that hurt.”

Bryant said he was happy with the players’ effort.

“Overall, I was pleased with my boys resilience,” he said. “Despite being down 11, I always had the sense we were going to climb out of that hole and get the job done.”

McDaniel had a great game with 18 points and 14 rebounds, Bryant said.

Josh Smith finished with 12 points, hitting six of eight from the field. He also had seven rebounds. Koa Pancho scored five crucial points in the fourth quarter and finished with seven for the game. John Lyon finished the game with 10 points. Kyler Zorica scored nine points and had five assists.

The Grizzlies started the week at home with a 6748 senior night win over

OF THE MINER

DEER PARK – The Cusick girls basketball team ended their season last week, losing two games in a double elimination tournament at Deer Park High School. The Panthers lost to Wellpinit Tuesday, Feb. 10, and to Valley Christian, Saturday, Feb. 14.

Wellpinit plays Selkirk Wednesday, Feb. 18, after losing to Republic Saturday. Valley Christian takes on Almira-Coulee/Hartline Wednesday.

Cusick lost to Wellpinit 57-47 Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the first round of the Northeast District 1B tournament. Wellpinit led from the get-go, with 17 points to Cusick’s 11 at the end of the first quarter. They led 32-27 at the half. Cusick scored 10 points in each of the third and fourth quarters, but Wellpinit added

sakides, 106 pounds.

Saxe said he lost by a 7-11 decision, but won the next two matches to place fourth.

“He had some pretty tough kids we have never seen before,” Saxe said.

Saxe said the three

to their lead with 25 in the half.

Renee Wynne led the Panthers with 14 points, Rachel Wynne scored nine, and Jocelin Nenema scored eight. Kaleigh Driver scored six, Gracie StrangeOwl scored five, and Iris StrangeOwl and Ryean Pierre each scored two.

Cassidy Hansen scored one.

Cusick played a strong three quarters against Valley Christian Saturday, but six points in the first had them trailing from the beginning. Valley Christian led 23-19 at the half.

Cusick scored 26 and VC scored 27 in the second half, with the Panthers losing by five, 50-45.

Renee Wynne again led the Panthers with 17 points. Nenema scored 11, Rachel Wynne scored six, Driver scored four, Iris StrangeOwl and Pierre each scored three, and Gracie StrangeOwl scored one.

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Newport’s Kyler Zorica goes up between two Chewelah players during a Northeast A League game at home Tuesday, Feb. 10. Newport won the senior night contest 67-48.

Northeast A League foe Chewelah Tuesday, Feb. 10.

“Chewelah hung tough with us in the first half,” Bryant said.

The Grizzlies were able to essentially put the game away in the third quarter.

“We had a terrific start to our third quarter and were able to make it a 20 point game really quick,” Bryant said.

Lyon scored seven points in the quarter and finished with 10 for the game. McDaniel finished with a game high 12 points.

“It was a nice way to end our regular season,” Bryant

said. “A lot of players were able to get some time on the floor. My manager, Thomas Cass was a highlight for the game. Thomas started the game and hit a 3 pointer in the fourth quarter. We have a terrific group of senior boys who have worked hard throughout their basketball careers.”

Bryant said the team did well for the season, considering they lost four starters from the previous year.

“Despite losing four starters off last year’s team, I knew coming into the season we would be a competitive team because

Feb. 20, for first seed to regionals. The two losers will

play Feb. 20, and the winner of that game plays the

of the dedication of the boys on the team,” Bryant said.

“A lot of boys have put a lot of work into their game and I think it translated to the court. It was a great group of boys to coach who have a great work ethic and sense of purpose. We are losing a great group of hard working seniors who set a great example of what it takes to raise your bar.”

The Grizzlies will lose Lyon, Smith and Burgess to graduation.

They finished the year with a 6-8 Northeast A League record and were 1110 overall.

loser of the championship game Saturday, Feb. 21.

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Cusick senior Iris StrangeOwl dribbles down the court when the Lady Panthers played Valley Christian in a loser out district tournament game. The Panthers lost 50-45.

Spartans winding up season, prepare for districts

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartan boys basketball team played twice last week, losing to Timberlake and St. Maries.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, Priest River hosted Lakeside, losing 55-43 to the No. 2 team in the Intermountain League.

“Timberlake is a very beatable team and I was disappointed not to come ON DECK: AT DISTRICTS: Wednesday, Feb. 25: TBA - North Idaho College

away with our first league win,” Priest River coach Nick Ivie said. “I thought SEE DISTRICTS, 8B

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Newport’s Hadley Stratton battles for the ball against Chewelah in the Grizzlies’ last game of the season Tuesday evening. The Griz lost 47-36.

TACOMA: Saxe proud of his team FROM PAGE 1B

Lady Panthers’ season ends with double elimination

BY MICHELLE NEDVED

Lady Griz end season with loss to Chewelah NEPWORT – The Newport girls basketball team ended their season Tuesday at home, losing to Chewelah 47-36.

Newport led 13-11 at the end of the first quarter, but Chewelah rallied and scored 12 in the second while holding the Grizzlies to three. Newport scored 20 in the second half, but Chewelah’s 24 points kept them ahead for the win.

Lauren Vaughn led the Grizzlies’ scoring with eight. Hadley Stratton scored seven, Jalin Earl and Tiffany Huang each scored six, Emily Lewis scored five, Joana Oliver scored three and Elise Cunningham scored one.

In other Northeast A League play, Colville beat Freeman and Medical Lake beat Riverside Friday, in the first round of district playoffs. Colville played No. 2 Chewelah and Medical Lake played No. 1 Lakeside Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. The two winners will play Friday,

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wrestlers are ready for their trip to the Tacoma Dome, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21.

“Now they have to put their A-game on and tear it up at state,” Saxe said.

Saxe said he is proud of his team for making it this far and looks forward to next year

with the same group of wrestlers.

He said he has been coaching the three headed to state since they were five years old.

“We had a terrific season,” Saxe said. “I’m really proud of each and every one of them.”

CORRECTION Exchange student Mathias Ingerslev Loft from Denmark plays for the Cusick High School basketball team. He was listed as playing for another team in a photo caption in last week’s issue of The Miner. We regret any confusion this caused.

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Priest River’s Trent Slinger and Mason Clark go for the ball against Timberlake Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Priest River. Timberlake won 55-43.

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Lifestyle

B R I E F LY Free meal, music by Southern Baptist Church NEWPORT – The Newport Southern Baptist Church is hosting a free meal with live music Friday, Feb. 20 at the Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington, Newport.

Krista and Carrie will sing inspiring music and a free lasagna dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

Pastor Rob will talk about “What’s love got to do with it?”

The event is free to attend.

Shriners Hospital Clinic in Newport April 18 NEWPORT – Newport Hospital and Health Services will host a free clinic with the Shriners Hospitals for Children Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., inside Family Health Center.

Shriners Hospitals deliver care, free of charge, to children up to age 18 who are suffering from burn injuries and varying orthopedic and neuromusculoskeletal disorders and diseases.

Initial assessments will be conducted at Newport Hospital; if accepted for Shriners’ services, followup treatment will be held at the Spokane Shriners Hospital.

No appointment is necessary for the free clinic. For more information, contact Dale Cooper at 509-325-1536 or visit the Shriner’s website at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

Beer, wine showdown benefits hospital foundation

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Going for the ball Bear Smith of Newport tries to hold off Konner Hardwick, of Cusick’s Team Seymour, as he goes for the steal in a game at the Camas Center for Community Wellness at Usk Saturday, Feb. 3. Boys and girls teams ranging from first through sixth grade from Priest River, Cusick and Newport compete several days each week.

WE E K AH EAD WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 ROTARY CLUB: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance NEWPORT TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport MASTER CHEF COOKING SERIES: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

- Blanchard Community Center STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church Updated Aug. 1, 2012

PRIEST RIVER – The Newport Hospital Foundation brings its second annual Iron Sommelier and Brewmaster Event to the Priest River Events Center Saturday, Feb. 21, at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets are limited at $50 per person. Call 509447-7928.

Witness the spirited showdown and vote for your favorite wine and beer pairings with gourmet food from the Beardmore Bistro and Wine Bar. Competitions will be between Vehrs Domestic and Imported and Click Distributing East, and Kootenai River Brewing Company of Bonners Ferry and Selkirk Abbey.

The event benefits the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation and the Healthy Kids Snack Bag Program, now delivering weekly snack bags to Priest River, Priest Lake, Oldtown, Cusick and Newport.

You must be 21 years old to attend. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be served.

PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Hospital CEO to speak at Hospitality House

LOOSELY KNIT: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

NEWPORT – Those attending the Hospitality House’s weekly potluck Monday, Feb. 23, will hear from Newport Hospital and Health Services CEO Tom Wilbur. He will talk about long term care for seniors in the area.

The Hospital District is considering putting a bond issue on the November ballot to build a new assisted living facility next to the current River Mountain Village.

The potluck is at noon.

The Hospitality House is located at 216 S. Washington, Newport.

PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport NORTH IDAHO PATTERN RACERS 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Oldtown PRIEST RIVER ANIMAL RESCUE: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River

YOND CLASS: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- Create Arts Center, Newport

Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance

STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Newport Library

FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

DAVIS LAKE GRANGE: Noon Davis Lake Grange Updated Jan. 3, 2013 DANCE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETING: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church AL-ANON: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-946-6131

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 VFW BREAKFAST: 8-11 a.m. 112 Larch St., Priest River HAPPY AGERS CARD PARTY: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA MEETING: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown OATH KEEPERS CONSTITUTIONAL STUDY GROUP: 5:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport FREE NORTHWEST MEAL AND WORSHIP: 6:30 p.m. - Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown

SUNDAY, FEB. 22 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

MONDAY, FEB. 23

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST/AUXILIARY: 6 p.m. Priest River VFW

HOSPITALITY HOUSE POTLUCK: Noon - Hospitality House in Newport

YORK RITE OF FREEMASONRY: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple

BLANCHARD GRANGE POTLUCK: 6:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange

THURSDAY, FEB. 19 NIA DANCE LESSONS: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library STORY TIME: Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick PEND OREILLE RIVER ARTS ALLIANCE: 11 a.m - Various Locations OPEN PAINTING WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport DUPLICATE BRIDGE: 12:30 p.m.

- Hospitality House in Newport

CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 5:30 p.m. - House of the Lord, 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown BLANCHARD BOOK TALK: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Library PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport PEND OREILLE KIDS CLUB: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church NEWPORT MASONIC LODGE: 7:30 p.m. - Newport‚

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 MOTHERS OF PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES: 9-11 a.m. - Dalkena Church, Highway 20 OIL PAINTING CLASS: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center WATERCOLOR BASICS AND BE-

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

TUESDAY, FEB. 24 NIA DANCE LESSONS: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center BLANCHARD SPINNERS: Blanchard Community Center PRIEST RIVER BOOK TALK: 10 a.m. - Priest River Library WRITERS GROUP: 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center WEST BONNER LIBRARY STORY HOUR: 2:45 p.m. - West Bonner Library in Priest River JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center WEIGHT WATCHERS: 5:306 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick BINGO: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church SPIRIT LAKE VISIONS, INC.: 7 p.m. - 5525 New Hampshire St., Spirit Lake SPIRIT LAKE LODGE NO. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 ROTARY CLUB: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community

PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center NEWPORT TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library PRIEST RIVER LIONESS: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center SACHEEN LADIES OF THE LAKE: Noon - Various Locations, call President Maria Bullock at 509-998-4221 AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport SPIRIT LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-6235626 for locations

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 101 S. Scott • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m.

(509) 939-0676 CalvaryNewport@aol.com / 97.3 FM “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 6:35

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 p.m.

Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS S.S. ~ 9:30 • Worship ~ 11 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Sandy Strait - 509-447-3687

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH of Diamond Lake Corner of North Shore Road and Jorgens Road Informal Family-style Worship Sundays 10:00 a.m.

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.churchoffaitholdtown.org

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley Road Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. -- Sunday School (509) 447-3588

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Backyard chickens supply eggs, education USK – The WSU Kalispel Tribal Extension program offers a Backyard Livestock series, Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 6-8 p.m. at the Kalispel Camas Center for Community Wellness in Usk. The class is open to the public, but organizers suggest pre-registration to reserve handouts by calling 509-447-2401 or email beverly.sarles@wsu. edu.

Backyard chickens can keep families supplied with fresh eggs and meat for the table, organizers said, adding it is a good project for children to raise chickens and produce blue ribbons at the county fair.

WSU Master Gardener Jim McGinty, with 35 years of chicken raising ex-

perience, will instruct the class. Glenn Miller, Pend Oreille County Fair Poultry Superintendent, will explain poultry division entries at the fair. McGinty will discuss the basics of caring for baby chicks and adult chickens including choosing the best breeds for individual goals and where to purchase them, housing and fencing, feeding, winter care, cost estimates, all about eggs, licensing, maintenance and common challenges.

The Camas Center deli, located at 1821 N. LeClerc Road in Usk, will be open to purchase snacks or dinner to bring to the class.

Persons needing special accommodations should call at least five days in advance.

Spaghetti feed raises money for Blanchard scholarships BLANCHARD – “Education, the Pathway to Success” is the theme for this year’s annual luncheon to raise money for the Sarah Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund, sponsored by Blanchard Area Seniors, Inc. (BASIC).

The feed is set for Saturday, Feb. 28, at 1 p.m. at the Blanchard Community Center, and will include a spaghetti and lasagna meal.

The cost for the luncheon is $8 per adult, $5 under 10 years and free for those under the age of 3. All proceeds less expenses benefit the scholarship program.

The scholarship fund has been a BASIC project for many years and provides small monetary assistance to those in the Blanchard area who pursue educational advancement, including students of any age (high schoolers, college students, senior citizens and children attending many types of educational programs). All funding is accrued through the support of donations and fundraisers; the most coming from the annual luncheon.

“This fundraiser is essential to keeping this important program going so please plan to attend on Feb. 28 and show your support for education,” organizers said.

If you are a resident of the Blanchard area and would like to apply for a scholarship, contact the Blanchard Community Center at 208-437-1037 and leave a message for scholarship chairwoman Elsie Vernon. High school recipients need to apply by April 15 each year.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 3rd and Spokane St., Newport, WA Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Church School 10:00 a.m.

Nursery Care Available Rev. Russell Clark 447-4121 newportucc@conceptcable.com www.newportucc.org

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

www.pocoparishes.org Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231 612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m.

Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. - 5 p.m.

Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m.

Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St., Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Head Elder Gilbert Navarro (509) 447-4755 Sat. Morning Services Sabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00 NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488 PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Worship Service 10 a.m.

(509) 447-4338

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 4 Miles South of Newport, Hwy. 2 Sun.: 9:30 Sun. School, 10:30, Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Service Sun. & Wed. at Pastor’s house.

Pastor, Walt Campbell: 447-5101

HOUSE OF THE LORD

754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

“United Generation Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6 p.m.

Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.houseofthelordchurch.com

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 • 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11 a.m.

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“The aim of this Wronged One in sustaining woes and tribulations, in revealing the Holy Verses and in demonstrating proofs hath been naught but to quench the flame of hate and enmity, that the horizon of the hearts of men may be illumined with the light of concord and attain real peace and tranquility.” Bahá ’u’ lláh Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

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Aging & Disability Resources

“Luther Park at Sandpoint is a great place in which to retire. My daughter is greatly relieved, as she knows I am well cared for and content. I could go on and on about our wonderful chef and the terrific food she prepares, our fun “Social Hour” each afternoon in the Bottle Bay Lounge (so aptly named!) but you need to come visit and see for yourself! Then you’ll know what I’m talking about! Look me up when you get here!”

- Phyllis K.

We’re here to help seniors & their families

Connecting Seniors with a wide array of programs and services within the community. We work with Medicare beneficiaries, assisting them with accessing prescription drug benefits.

Also • Social Security • SSI • Medicare • Medical Insurance • Long Term Care

• Weatherization • Prescriptions • Nutrition • Basic Food Benefits • In Home Care

• Home Repair • Energy Assistance • Housing •• Legal Issues

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Serving Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties Senior Information & Assistance Services are provided free of charge

Eye health changes as you age As you age, your body goes through many changes, including differences in eyesight which can negatively affect day-to-day activities.

You may have noticed these differences while trying to read the morning paper or getting dressed for the day. While this change - also known as presbyopia - is normal (even for individuals who have always had perfect vision), it can disrupt the lives of those affected. Luckily there are ways to make these vision changes less

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noticeable and less impactful on daily life.

“It’s important for people to understand that what happens between 40 and 50 years old to our eyes up close is completely normal,” said Howard Purcell, O.D. and senior vice president of customer development for Essilor of America, the creators of Varilux lenses, the leading progressive lens solution for presbyopia patients.

While presbyopia affects most people over the age of 45, more than half of those with it don’t re-

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ceive adequate correction. In fact, it’s estimated that by 2020, 2.3 billion people will have this condition and will require some type of correction.

According to Dr. Purcell, understanding this typical anatomical change in aging eyes is simple.

The lens inside the eye needs to change shape to allow focus on objects, whether they are near or far. This lens grows throughout human life; but around 40 years of age, it isn’t as flexible as it was in younger years. This is around

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the time when the common issues associated with presbyopia begin to appear.

Dr. Purcell emphasizes the importance of routine eye exams, not only to evaluate the condition of the eyes, but to ensure systemic health is on point as well. Your optometrist can determine early warning signs of hypertension, diabetes and more - just by looking at your eyes.

While many individuals with deteriorating eyesight turn to bifocals for their vision needs, progres-

sive lenses may be a better solution. Progressive lenses transition from distance vision to near vision without the visible line associated with bifocal lenses. The use of high quality progressive lenses has been known to ease eye strain and provide natural vision correction.

Many patients believe there is only one progressive lens product available, which is not the case. In fact, those who have tried progressive lenses in the past without success should know that new, innovative options are available.

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• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House

Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

Hospitality House • Noon: Duplicate Bridge at Hospitality House • 6 p.m.: Pinochle at Hospitality House

at Ione IOOF Hall • 1 p.m.: Happy Agers Pinocle Tournament at Priest River Senior Center

Hospitality House • Noon: Happy Agers Dinner at Priest River Senior Center • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hospitality House Hospitality House • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • Noon: Potluck at Hospitality House

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Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

• Noon: Duplicate Bridge at Hospitality House • 6 p.m.: Pinochle at Hospitality House

• Noon: Happy Agers Potluck at Priest River Senior Center • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 6 p.m.: Live Music at Hospitality House

• 6:30 p.m.: Bingo at Ione IOOF Hall

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hospitality House • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

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• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

• Noon: Duplicate Bridge at Hospitality House • 6 p.m.: Pinochle at Hospitality House

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• 10 a.m.: BASIC Meeting, Blanchard Community Center • Noon: Duplicate Bridge at Hospitality House • 6 p.m.: Pinochle at Hospitality House

• Noon: Meal, Ione Senior Center • Noon: Happy Agers Potluck • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 6 p.m.: Live Music at Hospitality House

• 6:30 p.m.: Bingo at Ione IOOF Hall

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • Noon: Potluck at Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

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Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

• Noon: Happy Agers Potluck at Priest River Senior Center • 6:30 p.m.: Bingo at Ione IOOF Hall

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities

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• Noon: Duplicate Bridge at Hospitality House • 6 p.m.: Pinochle at Hospitality House

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D I ST R I C T C O U R T THE FOLLOWING CASES WERE RESOLVED IN PEND OREILLE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT BY JUDGE PHILIP VAN DE VEER.

Dec. 31 Cole Abold, 23, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (69 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($1,000 suspended) for third degree driving with a suspended license; $393 total fees and fine.

Khristafer Gentry, 30, was sentenced to six days in jail and fined $200 for third degree driving with a suspended license; $293 total fee and fine.

Dylan Powers, 37, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended) 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,000 suspended) for no test driving under the influence; $2,243 total fees and fine.

Emily Sully, 29, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (354 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for third degree theft, sentenced to 364 days in jail (354 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for first degree criminal trespass and sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,800 suspended) for fourth degree assault domestic violence; $679 total fees and fine.

Jan. 7 Danielle Flett, 33, was sentenced to 364 days (184 suspended), 120 days

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(converted to eight days electronic home monitoring) 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($2,500 suspended) for driving under the influence, and sentenced to 364 days in jail (324 suspended) for second degree driving with a suspended license. A charge of operating a vehicle without the required ignition interlock was dismissed; $4,038 total fees and fines.

Lloyd E. Miller, 50, was sentenced to 86 days in jail for a probation violation.

Victor Piengkham, 28, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 days suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,800 suspended) for second degree driving with a suspended license: $493 total fees and fines.

Tyler V. Watson, 24. A charge of fourth degree assault domestic violence was dismissed.

Jan. 14 Alicia Utter, 35, was sentenced to 354 days in jail, 14 days to be served on weekends or consecutively.

If there is a problem between now and September, the remaining 340 days in jail will be imposed. No fines, fees.

Joel Watson, 49, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (86 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($1,000 suspended) for littering greater than one cubic yard. A charge of third degree driving with a suspended license was dismissed; $296 total fees and fine.

M O S T WA N T E D L I ST EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are descriptions of people currently wanted by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies. Any information about these suspects should be directed to the sheriff’s office by calling 509-447-3151. This is a regular section of The Miner. All information is provided by the sheriff’s office.

Gordon Lautenbach, 66, is wanted on two Pend Oreille County warrants for failure to appear on two original charges of driving with license suspended. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 240 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Elk Lautenbach area. Extradition is statewide.

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Dewayne R. Webb, 23, is wanted on a Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to reappear after issuance of warrant. He is 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is Washington and Idaho.

David L. Hill, 41, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear for show cause hearing. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

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William C. Elston, 28, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for probable cause domestic violence assault 4th. He is 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area.

Extradition is statewide.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties.

Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights. Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints.

These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

PEND OREILLE COUNTY

MONDAY, FEB. 9 TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 31, lane partially blocked with trees and mud from mudslide.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy. 31, report of male walking around in the rain looking for coffee.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, door of shop reportedly wide open with lights on.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Park St., report of male subject with painted green face.

TRANSPORT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, transporting inmates from Spokane County.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, third party report of newer Subaru vehicle hitting deer; vehicle is on side of road with flashers on deer is in middle of southbound lane.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Garden Ave., Newport, in contact with a male subject with a service dog.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20, report of Saint Bernard and black 3-legged Lab on property.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Houghton St., report of female locked out of her residence by boyfriend and is unable to get her belongings.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of brown Chevy car with red hood passed subject on highway by Scotia Road in no pass zone and speeding.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Brad W. Epperson, 29, of Usk was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 1st St., report of subject on top of building, young male with dark clothing, seemed to be trying to hide.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of dark colored diesel pickup speeding and unsafe passing.

ARREST: Jacob Wayne Conner, 24, of Spokane was arrested on a warrant.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Ronald S. Lawson, 71, of Newport was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

ARREST: Randy Edward Kinney, 34, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Calispel Ave., report of a juvenile problem.

VEHICLE TEHFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of car theft.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of wallet stolen out of jacket.

POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2, possible driving under the influence.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Jeremy D. Benson, 37, of Spokane was arrested on a warrant.

SEARCH WARRANT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, search warrant executed.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Coyote Trail, report of intoxicated male at residence causing a disturbance, breaking items in house and hit someone in the face.

VEHICLE PROWL: S. Scott Ave., Newport, report of vehicle broken into overnight.

JUVENILE PROBLE: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, deputy out with male juvenile.

AGENCY ASSIST: W. 6th Ave., assisted SCSO in eviction of residents.

NOISE COMPLAINT: W. 6th St., report of noise complaint.

JUVENILE: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, report of a juvenile problem.

ARREST: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, Genevieve J. Willyard, 36, was arrested for a warrant and possession of meth.

ARREST: Fertile Valley Rd., James R. Bradbury, 54, of Newport was arrested on a warrant.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10

POSSIBLE DUI: N. Quail Ave., Newport, report of green Subaru all over road.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 20, report of small tree blocking northbound lane.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of red Ford F250 pickup swerving on roadway.

DRUGS: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of found drugs.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Anthony Elvis Purcell, 54, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and a warrant.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Hwy. 2, report that known female came to trailer and damaged some items outside.

AGENCY ASSIST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, court security.

ASSAULT: Monumental Way, Cusick, report that subject injured complainant’s son.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report that medium sized SUV swerved over center three times and fog line three times.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Justin R. McClure, 29, of Newport was arrested on a warrant.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15 SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S Union Ave., Newport, report of two males behind business.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. Pine St., Newport, report of female sleeping under tree.

THEFT: Silver Birch Ct., report of 1986 blue Toyota pickup with blue canopy stolen last night.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Deer Valley Rd., report of two brown horses loose on roadway.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Turner Rd., report of 16-year-old staying at friends’, unable to reach, last seen yesterday when dropped off.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Shawn E. Bryant, 31, of Spokane Valley turned himself in on a local warrant.

PURSUIT: Hwy. 2, deputy in pursuit of stolen blue Toyota from earlier today.

THEFT: W. 2nd St., theft of video cameras reported.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 4th St., Newport, report of white male hanging around area for over an hour.

BURGLARY: Hwy. 2, report of shop broken into.

BURGLARY: Hwy. 2, report of mini storage broken into.

ARREST: Gray Rd., John Mark Schneider, 42, of Spokane was arrested on a warrant and for driving with a suspended license.

VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 2, third party report of white mini-van possibly on fire, occupied.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Scotia Rd., report that dark colored pickup nearly sideswiped complainant at intersection.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, Report of green semi empty chipper truck swerving all over road.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Milwaukee Drive, report of barefoot male at residence.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Anthoney D. Rickard, 50, was booked and released for negligent driving and hit and run of an unattended vehicle.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Laurence L. Murray, 73, of Cheney was arrested for driving under the influence.

WEST BONNER COUNTY

MONDAY, FEB. 9 AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 2, Newport, deputies assisted Pend Oreille County with a building search.

FRAUD: Gunsmoke Lane, Priest River

ARREST: N. 2nd Ave., Christina R. Price, 24, was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

ASSIST OTHER AGENCY: Groves Addition, Oldtown

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: 2nd St., report that stuff sitting behind neighbor’s garage is getting loaded up by two men in a white Chevy pickup; complainant has never seen these men before.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: W. Kelly Drive, respondent can hear screaming and yelling, possibly breaking items in residence.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER: Northshore Diamond Lake, report that daughter is protected person in an order and is talking to respondent on the phone.

ACCIDENT: Leclerc Rd. S., report that black Yukon hit deer; blocking.

RECOVERED VEHICLE: Tweedie Rd., report that citizen advised Bonner County unit a vehicle rolled over, vehicle was identified as a locally stolen vehicle.

THEFT: Hope Rd., report that sometime since last Sunday, complainant’s Internet box out by his electrical meter was broke into and the insides taken.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10 NON INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Priest River, report of a non injury accident.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 THEFT: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Priest River ARREST: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Jason Kelly, 41, of Priest River was arrested in Oldtown on a warrant.

THEFT: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Priest River

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Blanchard

FRIDAY, FEB. 13 NO REPORTABLE INCIDENTS

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 AGENCY ASSIST: Tweedie Rd., Newport, deputies assisted Pend Oreille County in the area of Tweedie Road and Spring Valley Rd.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report that silver Dodge extended cab pickup down in ditch; can’t see from road looks like it is being parted.

ARREST: N. Treat St., Priest River, Seth Slifka, 31, of Priest River was arrested for a Bonner County warrant.

PU BLIC M E ETI NGS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 DIAMOND LAKE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT BOARD: 10 a.m. - District Office PEND OREILLE COUNTY PARK BOARD: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center WEST BONNER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m. - District Office, Priest River FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4 COMMISSIONERS: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station

THURSDAY, FEB. 19

MARRIAG E LIC E NSES

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of male sleeping in the hallway, refused to show ID to security.

AGENCY ASSIST: Larsen Blvd., reported issue with plowing.

IONE TOWN COUNCIL: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office

Elston

AGENCY ASSIT: W. Sprague, Airway Heights, report of disgruntled male subject on bus possibly armed.

BONNER COUNTY PLANNING

AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP: 5 p.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint SOUTH PEND OREILLE FIRE & RESCUE: 7 p.m. - Station 31, 325272 Highway 2, Diamond Lake

MONDAY, FEB. 23 PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse PEND OREILLE FIRE DISTRICT NO. 2 BOARD: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione

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Community Center

TUESDAY, FEB. 24

PEND OREILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center

BONNER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD: 5 p.m. - District Office PEND OREILLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP: 6 p.m. - Cusick

PEND OREILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY: 7-8:30 p.m.

- American Legion, Cusick

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: 11 a.m.

- TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

NEWPORT PLANNING COMMISSION: 5 p.m. - Newport City

THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGES WERE RECORDED IN PEND OREILLE COUNTY IN JANUARY 2015.

Richard Wayne Alexander of Umatilla County, Ore., and Susan Lynne Mabry of Spokane County.

Jourdan Rachel Huntley of Pend Oreille County and Townsend Gregory Holubasch of Spokane County.

Robert Stanton McDaniel and Amanda Leigh Shewfelt, both of Pend Oreille County.

Dayna Christine Dawson and Ramman Sheehan Turner, both of Multnomah County, Ore.

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• Mail or e-mail resume to: Just Because Attn: Lonnie, 317 S. Washington, Newport, WA 99156 or: Lonnie@shoppingjustbecause.com.

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FEMALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, PEND OREILLE COUNTY $2990.81- $3203.69/ month. Union; shift differential; competitive benefits package which includes vacation, sick leave and medical; Application deadline 4:00 p.m.

March 3, 2015. Physical agility and written examinations held March 5, 2015. Civil Service application required. $15.00 processing fee.

Application and job announcement available: www.pendoreilleco.org or Civil Service, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington; (509) 4472712. (2-3) POSITION OPEN Newport adult family home. 2- 12 hour awake night shifts, Thursday and Saturday. Please call (509) 447-0139, ask for Laura.(3-3) Place your classified or display ad with The Miner and it will appear in both newspapers - The Newport Miner (Pend Oreille County) and The Gem State Miner (West Bonner County). All for one good price. Call (509) 447-2433.

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Real Estate Wanted Mobile/Mfg. Homes Commercial Property Misc. Wanted Boats & Motors Cars & Trucks Motorcycles Recreational Vehicles Machinery, Tractors Logging Timber Farm & Ranch Animals for Sale Notices

Pend Oreille County Conservation District DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR Salary Exempt Position Earnings 30-36K/Year DOE The Pend Oreille Conservation District (POCD) located at 121 N. Washington Ave. Newport, WA has an opening for a District Administrator. This is a full-time grantfunded, self-starter, self-guided position overseeing the technical performance, bookkeeping and administration of all grants and personnel at the POCD. Qualifications: • B.A. or B.S. in Environmental Science or Natural Resources or related field.

• Or… A.A.S. in Environmental Sciences with three years’ of work experience in related field.

• Public Administration experience, training and expertise.

• Superior communication skills.

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.

• Superior budget planning and management skills, bookkeeping experience a plus.

• Experience with grant writing and the ability to secure program funding.

If you are interested, please send your application, resume, and cover letter to PO Box 465 Newport, WA 99156. You can obtain a complete position description and application form at www.pocd.org, by calling (509) 447-1155 or email andy@pocd.org.

Deadline for applications for this position is February 25th, 2015 by 5:00 p.m.

POCD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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In that self-government charges all citizens to be informed, this newspaper urges every citizen to read and study these notices. We strongly advise those citizens seeking further information to exercise their right of access to public records and public meetings.

201532 PUBLIC NOTICE Superior Court of Washington County of Pend Oreille Case No.: 13-700065-7 Notice and Summons by Publication (Dependency) In re the Dependency of Harley Taylor D.O.B. 08/02/1998 Minor Child To: Deborah Harmon-Kelly A Dependency Petition to was filed on December 18, 2013; A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on: March 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S. Garden Ave., Newport, WA 99156. You should be present at this hearing.

The hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5).

This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. If you do not appear at the hearing the court may enter a dependency order in your absence..

To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at 509-447-6216. To view

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201537 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 5th 2015 receive a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from John Schroeder and did on February 6th 2015 issue a Determination of Completeness for a access tram project (FILE NO. SSDP-15003), Location: 561 Southshore Diamond Lake Rd. Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 01, Town. 30, Range 44.

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HEARING AID CENTERS Huston Hearing Care & Audiology

Mon-Wed -- 9 am - 1 pm -- (509) 255-8200 Colville - 720 S. Main St. www.hustonhearing.com

MASSAGE THERAPY Cedar Mountain Massage Therapy

Lois A. Ernst, Licensed Massage Therapist 322 S. Washington -- Newport -- 447-3898

The Willows - Massage & Bodywork Studio Judy C. Fredrickson, RN, LMP Newport -- (509) 671-7035

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Application deadline: February 27, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.(3) METALINE FALLS OFFICE MANAGER 2 bedroom 1 bath apartPart time for local non ment above the post profit organization. office. Very large, great Major duties include: views of the park, pribookkeeping, payroll, vate entrance. Lots of mailings, maintaining storage. Water sewer and updating mem- garbage and wifi inbership lists. Contact cluded. $590/ month Selkirk Conservation plus deposit. Other Alliance for application units available. (208) at (208) 448-1110. Mail 610-9220.(2-4) resume or application 3 BEDROOM 2 BATH to: Selkirk Conservation in Newport. Water/ sewAlliance, Post Office er/ garbage included.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORY

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2 BEDROOM 1 BATH 850 square foot home in Newport. Available March 1st. Attached 1 car garage. $625/ month plus deposit.

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information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg. wa.gov/DPY.aspx.

Dated this 30th day of January, 2015, by Tammie A. Ownbey, Pend Oreille County Clerk.

Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on January 30th 2015, and the county expects to issue a Determination of NonSignificance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4474821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco. org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, (509) 4476462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than February 26th 2015.

The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Substantial Shoreline Development Permit Application on March 10th, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S.

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March 11, 2015. The bids will be opened and publicly read at that time.

The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bidding, or to exercise any other right or action provided by statute. Women and minority-owned businesses are encouraged to bid.

Continued from 6B First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Electrical Permit, (L&I) Elevator Permit (L&I) Dated: February 6th, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner February 11 and 18, 2015.

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201538 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR MATERIAL BIDS CONTRACT NO. 15-009 In accordance with RCW Chapter 54.04, the Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington, hereby solicits sealed bids for the following electrical wire: 50,000 feet, Doublesal, #2 15 KVA URD Alum 220 MIL Jacket, Full conc. Neutral, 2,500 foot reels Interested parties may obtain full specifications by contacting the Contract Administrator of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, P.O. Box 190, Newport, Washington 99156, (509) 447-9345.

Sealed bids will be received as outlined in the contract documents until 2:30 p.m.,

______________ 201542 PUBLIC NOTICE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT West Branch LeClerc Creek Watershed Restoration Project Environmental Assessment Colville National Forest Pend Oreille County, Washington The West Branch LeClerc Creek Watershed Restoration Project Environmental Assessment (EA) is now available for public review.

The project is located on the Colville National Forest, Newport-Sullivan Lake Ranger Districts, southeast of Ione, WA. The Responsible Official is

Gayne Sears, District Ranger, Newport-Sullivan Lake Ranger Districts, Colville National Forest.

The purpose of this comment period is to provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on a proposed action prior to a decision being made by the Responsible Official. Pursuant to 36 CFR 218.7, the decision on this project will be subject to predecisional objection under 36 CFR 218, subparts A and B. Only those who have submitted timely, specific, written comments may file an objection (36 CFR 218.5) In addition to a No Action alternative, the EA analyzes one action alternative that includes road construction, reconstruction, and obliteration to improve stream and riparian habitat on National Forest System lands.

The action alternative includes 0.7 miles of new construction, 1.2 miles of reconstruction, and 1.8 miles of road obliteration.

The obliteration will include the removal of at least 3 fish barrier culverts on West Branch leClerc Creek, Saucon Creek, and an unnamed tributary as well as other culverts.

The action wiould be

expected to reduce sediment delivery to the streams and open at least 4.5 miles of fish habitat currently blocked by culverts acting as barriers due to velocity and outlet drop. Additional information is available from the NewportSullivan Lake Ranger Districts (team leader Michelle Paduani) or at the Colville National Forest website http://www.fs.usda. gov/projects/colville/ landmanagement/ projects How to Comment and Timeframe Written, facsimile, hand-delivered, and electronic comments concerning this project will be accepted for 30 calendar days following the publication of this notice in the newspaper of record, the Newport MIner.

The publication date in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period for this project. Those wishing to comment should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source.

Please submit specific written comments related to the West Branch leClerc Creek project to project team leader Rob Lawler or District Ranger Gayne Sears, at the Newport-

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Sullivan Lake Ranger District, 315 North Warren, Newport, WA 99156, phone (509) 447-7300 or faxed to (509) 447-7301. The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments are: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Electronic comments should be submitted in a format such as an email message, hypertext markup language (.html), portable document format (.pdf), or Word (.doc, .docx) to commentspacificnorthwestcolville-newport@ fs.fed.us.

It is the responsibility of persons providing comments to submit them by the close of the comment period.

It is the responsibility of the sender to verify that electronically submitted comments have been received.

If an autoreply from the electronic mail system is not received, one should assume the comment has not been received. Please provide the following information with your comments: Name and Address; title of the proposed action; and specific comments on the proposed action, along with supporting reasons that the

Responsible Official should consider in reaching a decision.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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______________ 201543 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF METALINE FALLS Determination of Nonsignificance Description of proposal Seasonal high ammonia in plant effluent needs to be reduced to achieve permit limits for the Town’s discharge.

In addition, through monitoring and flow balance, it has been shown that the lagoons leak. The dikes have many young trees and large weeds that compromise dike integrity and likely contribute to leaking. Weed removal using a herbicide applied by a licensed applicator will be part of the project.

The project will include the addition of two mechanical aerators, which will be floating subsurface aerators, and dike repairs to include isolating the areas damaged by beaver activity and tree growth, replacing

damaged portions with suitable material, and repairing the breach in the southwest dike of Cell 1.

Proponent Town of Metaline Falls Location of proposal: The section, township and range are S22, T39N, R43E. The site is located within Pend Oreille County directly across Sullivan Creek from the Town of Metaline Falls. See vicinity map attached to SEPA checklist.

Lead agency Town of Metaline Falls Responsible official Tara Leininger Position/title Mayor, Town of Metaline Falls Phone: (509) 446-2211 Address Town of Metaline Falls, P.O. Box 277, Metaline Falls, WA 99153 Published in The Newport Miner February 18 and 25, 2015.

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______________ 201544 PUBLIC NOTICE Ordinance # 324 An Ordinance certify the previous year ending balances and certifying the current actual beginning balances for the Budget of the Town of Metaline Falls, Washington for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and adjustment of

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S P O RT S S C O R E B O A R D BOWLING WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 Wednesday Night Loopers

Team McCroskey Defense Treasurers A-Z Pend Oreille Marine Club Rio Woodwise McCroskey Atty @ Law

Won 325.5 322 281.5 276.5 265 248.5

Lost 249.5 253 293.5 298.5 310 286.5

High scratch game: Jeff Huling 269.

High handicap game: Jeff Huling 269. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 704. High handicap series: Jeff Huling 704. High team scratch game: McCroskey Atty @ Law 941. High team handicap game: Treasurers A-Z 1,067. High team scratch series: McCroskey Atty @ Law 2,667. High team handicap series: Treasurers A-Z 2,995. Converted splits: Sharon Smith 5-7, Sharon Reed 4-7-10, 3-10, Rex Yates 3-10, 3-10.

Lucky Ladies Team Won North Country Clothing Shop 51.5 Country Lane 50.5 Country Lane Sparklers 50 Golden Girls 48 State Line Girls 41 Morning Glories 35

Lost 40.5 41.5 42 44 51 57

High scratch game: Chris Anderson 202.

High handicap game: Chris Anderson 241.

High scratch series: Pat Shields 483. High handicap series: Sharon Smith 613. High team scratch game: Country Lane 662. High team handicap game: Country Lane 840. High team scratch series: Country Lane 1,818. High

King Pin Party of Four Gutter Gang Cusick Tavern Stoney Rollers Knight Realty “Four” Under Par Weber Enterprises

team handicap series: Country Lane 2,352.

Converted splits: Debbie Smith 2-7, 3-10, Pat Shields 5-6, Frances Deis 2-4-10, Liz Pope 3-10, 2-7-8, Laura O’Brien 3-10, Lenny Miller 5-6-10, Chris Anderson 3-10, 4-5-7.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 Thursday Niters Team Diesel Dawgs Plain Nasty’s Northwest Renovations Wanna Bee’s Wilkinson Rentals Enforcers

Won 46 43 42.5 42 41 37.5

Lost 38 41 41.5 42 43 46.5

Won 78 57.5 56.5 51.5

45 47 51.5 52.5 56.5 58.5 62.5 59.5

High scratch game: Jeff Huling 279, Jen Hudson 213. High handicap game: Rod Hilden 280, Sara Goss 256. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 757, Jen Hudson 529.

High handicap series: Rod Hilden 779, Sara Goss 666. Converted splits: Aaron Knight 5-7, Sherry Loveridge 3-10, Pat Shields 7-8, John Jacobson 4-5-7, Allen Hilzer 9-10.

High scratch game: Larry Burnham 211, Liz Pope 190. High handicap game: Nathan Rodriguez 259, Jan Edgar 240. High scratch series: Duane Jones 553, Jan Edgar 512. High handicap series: Nathan Rodriguez 705, Jan Edgar 683. High team scratch game: Wanna Bee’s 696. High team handicap game: Wanna Bee’s 918. High team scratch series: Diesel Dawgs 1,972. High team handicap series: Wanna Bee’s 2,617. Converted splits: Pam Nichols 3-7, Jan Edgar 5-7, Randy Edgar 3-10, Ralph LaGrand 3-10, 3-10, Gary Wilkinson 3-5-7, 7-8, 3-10, Diana Hilden 2-7, Jim Goss 2-10.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13 Friday Night Leftovers Team Timber Room EZ-Rider Pooch Parlor O.K. Lanes

51 46 44.5 43.5 39.5 37.5 34.5 33.5

BOYS BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEB. 14 Freeman 63, Newport 58 Newport (11-10, 6-8) 13 16 11 18 0 -58 Freeman (12-9, 9-5) 24 12 11 11 5 -63 Newport McDaniel 18, Pancho 7, Lyon 10, Zorica 9, Hastings 0, Smith 12, Owen 0, Smith 2, Burgess 0. Freeman: Paukert 14, Phipps 7, Luhr 0, Jacobus 0, Unfred 3, Harris 10, Maine 18, Phillips 11, McVay 0.

Cusick 62, Northport 56 Northport (9-13, 5-6) 10 17 11 18 -56 Cusick (13-9, 7-4) 15 15 11 21 -62

Lost 18 38.5 39.5 44.5

Northport: Lee 0, Marin 19, Santos 8, Lamb 13, Belli 10, Plum 6, Kuusela 0, Hill 0, A. Middlesworth 0, K. Middlesworth 0,

RANGERS: Focused on defensive approach FROM PAGE 1B

The Rangers turned it around Thursday, Feb. 12, when they beat Curlew 38-33.

“Wednesday, we had an opportunity to avenge two league losses to Curlew,” coach Couch said. “We knew going into this loser out game we would have to play our pace and our stay to defeat the No. 2 Cougars.”

Selkirk led 10-8 at the end

of the first quarter, but Curlew took the lead with 13 in the second, to be ahead 21-18 at the half. The Rangers scored 20 points in the second half while holding Curlew to 12.

“We focused on a defensive approach that we had not exposed in the previous games. Our Lady Rangers did a great job of contesting each shot, boxing out, and limiting the second chance opportunities for the Lady Cougars,” Couch said.

Lexy Ellsworth led the Rangers with 15 and Rick scored 11 points along with grabbing 12 rebounds and five steals. Jensen added eight points and Anna Kotzian and Emma Avey each scored two. Kotzian also had five steals, many defensive stops and ran the post position well, Couch said.

Selkirk had lost both regular season games against the Cougars.

The loss ended Curlew’s season.

CUSICK: Bluff scored 23, 12 rebounds FROM PAGE 1B

defensively. Although our efforts were solid, it took us till the fourth quarter for our efforts to show. At the end we were able to pull away enough to get away with a win.”

The Panthers hit eight of

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10 free throws in that final period.

Alec Bluff had 23 points and a dozen boards on the night. Browneagle and Cameron Bauer combined for 20 pts and Franklin Pope added eight points and 10 rebounds on the night.”

Continued from 7B operator, chainsaw, fuel, and mileage for transportation vehicle.

The agreement also requires that the cooperator must purchase and maintain Commercial General Liability (CGL) Insurance on an Insurance Services Office (ISO) form CG 00 01 or equivalent form, covering liability arising from premises, operations, independent contractors, personal injury, products-completed operations, and liability assumed under an insured contract.

Such insurance must be provided on an occurrence basis. Insurance must include liability coverage and limits not less than General Aggregate Limit of $2,000,000 and Each Occurrence Limit of $1,000,000.

Availability agreement packets have recently been mailed to those currently on Northeast Region’s mailing list of dozer operators. Potential Cooperators are asked to answer all questions in the packet thoroughly and accurately as the information provided will determine whether or not the DNR

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Cusick will play Wellpinit, the No. 2 team from the Northeast 1B South League, Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Deer Park.

The winner of that game will take on the winner of the Selkirk Odessa-Harrington game.

chooses to enter into an agreement. Those selected through this process will then have an opportunity to enter into a Fire Suppression Resources Availability Agreement with the DNR, Northeast Region and potentially be hired for fire suppression as the DNR determines and need arises. Once the selection process has been completed, agreement training, will be held for agreement holders.

If you have not received an Agreement Packet in the mail by March 1, 2015, and you are interested in submitting your rates, please contact the NE Washington Interagency Communications Center (NEWICC) in Colville at 509-685-6900 and a packet will be mailed to you. Should you have any questions regarding completion of the packet, you may also contact NEWICC at the above referenced number.

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201549 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Hearing Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on December 30, 2014 receive a complete JARPA and SEPA Environmental Checklist from Pend Oreille Road Department and did on December 30, 2014 issue a Determination of Completeness for this proposal. Location: Within Sect.

29, T32N, R45E WM, Indian Creek Crossing on LeClerc Road South Newport, WA 99156. The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Substantial Shoreline Development Permit Application on March 10, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Substantial Shoreline Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Nationwide Permit (Army Corp) Dated: February 13, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner February 18, 2015. (3)

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L. Lee 0. Cusick: Ty. Shanholtzer 8, Bauer 9, White 3, Bluff 23, Browneagle 11, NomeeKorbel 0, Pope 8.

Selkirk 42, Valley Christian 29 Valley Christian (3-17, 2-6)

5 4 9 11 -29 Selkirk (13-9, 6-5) 11 8 16 7 -42 Valley Christian: Segalla 6, Oliver 10, Strunk 0, Sun 5, Santone 2, Han 0, Pitotti 4, Rieho 2, Park 0. Selkirk: Washington 0, S. Avey 2, Cain 21, Miller 5, Dawson 10, King 4, Robertson 0.

St. Maries 59 Priest River 35 Priest River 11 8 9 7 -35 St. Maries 20 15 13 11 -59 Priest River: Clark 6, Slinger 7, Anselmo 4, Storro 0, Holman 0, Luckey 5, Simpkins 4, Mathews 7, Huddleston 2. St. Maries: Rose 2, Lounsbury 0, Gibson 3, Truscott 2, Greer 10, Wilson 2, Asbury 10, Burnett 0, Smith 14, Becktel 13, Gladden 3.

GIRLS BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 Timberlake 46, Priest River 26 Priest River (16-7, 3-3) 4 5 9 8 -26

Timberlake (18-3, 5-1) 12 12 13 9 -46 Scoring: Priest River - Clark 2, A. Summers 5, Krampert 8, Carey 2, Williams 4, Akre 0, K. Summers 5, Luckey 0, Hurd 0, Gamma 0, Dement 0, Warren 0. Timberlake - Powell 0, Kelley 2, Rhodes 10, Mallet 0, Starr 6, Jezek 4, Kirby 6, Gardom 0, Simpson 9, Lawler 10, VanWingerden 0.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 Selkirk 38, Curlew 33 Curlew (12-10, 8-3) 8 13 6 6 -33 Selkirk (10-13, 4-7) 10 8 10 10 -38 Scoring: Curlew - K. Fanning 10, L. Gibson 15, Keenan 0, H. Gibson 6, McCullough 0, Boyce 0, Beedle 2, A. Fanning 0, D’Lerma 0.

Selkirk - Robertson 0, H. Rick 11, Maupin 0, Jensen 8, Kotzian 2, Avey 2, Dewey 0, Ellsworth 15, G. Rick 0, Huttle 0, McAnerin 0, Pinent-Sans 0.

Priest River 54, Bonners Ferry 46 Bonners Ferry (11-9, 3-3) 11 16 11 8 -46 Priest River (16-7, 3-3) 14 8 13 19 -54 Scoring: Bonners Ferry - Oxford 9, Byers 2, Woods 15, Hill 8, Davis 0, Wenk 8, Everhart 2, Morgan 0, Bateman 2. Priest River - Clark 12, A. Summers 6, Krampert 3, Carey 2, Williams 14, Akre 0, K. Summers 17, Luckey

0, Hurd 0, Gamma 0, Dement 0, Warren 0.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 Valley Christian 50, Cusick 45 Cusick (7-12, 6-5) 6 13 13 13 -45 Valley Christian (4-17, 2-7) 12 11 12 15 -50 Scoring: Cusick - Ra. Wynne 6, Re. Wynne 17, I. Strangeowl 3, K. Driver 4, Balcom 0, Hansen 0, Nenema 11, G. Strangeowl 1, Pierre 3. Valley Christian - Alexeyenko 0, Fields 4, Hayek 4, J. Pope 6, Ka. Pope 6, Ke. Pope 7, Roth 0, Segalla 0, Trigsted 13, Valenti 10.

Selkirk 38, Curlew 33 Curlew (12-10, 8-3) Selkirk (10-13, 4-7)

8 13 6 6 -33 10 8 10 10 -38

Scoring: Curlew - K. Fanning 10, L. Gibson 15, Keenan 0, H. Gibson 6, McCullough 0, Boyce 0, Beedle 2, A. Fanning 0, D’Lerma 0.

Selkirk - Robertson 0, H. Rick 11, Maupin 0, Jensen 8, Kotzian 2, Avey 2, Dewey 0, Ellsworth 15, G. Rick 0, Huttle 0, McAnerin 0, Pinent-Sans 0.

Weiser (0-1, 0-0) -26 Priest River (16-7, 3-3) -42

SPARTANS: Regular season a warm up FROM PAGE 1B

Priest River made 28 out of 33 free-throw attempts, and Summers was 11 of 12 from the line.

Priest River beat Weiser 42-26 Saturday, for the trip to state. “(We) came out on fire in

the first quarter to roar out to a 19-4 first quarter lead and never looked back,” Stewart said.

The Spartans’ half-court pressure kept Weiser from getting any open looks.

“We were nervous about playing Weiser because they had a size advantage on

us, but we had the superior speed and skill.”

Stewart said he believes the regular season is a warm up for the last two weeks of the season.

“Will you and can you play your best basketball in the final two weeks of the season?

We’ll give it a shot,” he said.

DISTRICT: Sophomore led with 11 FROM PAGE 2B

we were prepared but once faced with pressure we reverted back to bad habits and let them control the game.”

The Spartans played with Timberlake in the first quarter, trailing 10-8 after the first quarter.

Timberlake turned it up a notch in the second quarter, outscoring the Spartans 18-9.

Priest River could never get back in the game.

Sophomore guard Alex Simpkins led Spartan scoring with 11 points. Senior guard Marcus Mathews scored nine points, Mason Clark, a junior, scored

Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 9, 2015 receive a complete Revised JARPA and SEPA Environmental Checklist from Bret Britz and did on February 13, 2015 issue a Determination of Completeness for this proposal. The revision decreased the footprint of the proposed project. Location: Within Sect. 25, T31N, R43E WM, 8372 Fertile Valley Road Newport, WA 99156.

The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Shoreline Variance Application on March 10, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Variance (Pend Oreille County) Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: February 13, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner February 18, 2015. (3)

______________ 201551 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 13th 2015 receive a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint

eight, as did senior Trent Slinger. Zach Huddleston and Perry Holman each scored four points.

Saturday, Feb. 14, the Spartans traveled to St. Maries for a non-league game, losing 59-35 to the No. 1 team in the Central Idaho League.

“St. Maries is a solid team but another team I still think we can play with,” Ivie said. “We proved it by starting the game on a 9-0 run, one of our first times leading early this season, but once the Lumberjacks knocked down a couple shots we panicked and made mental mistakes.”

After the 9-0 lead, St. Maries got untracked and

Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Lance & Tracey Ragan and did on February 13th 2015 issue a Determination of Completeness for a access tram project(FILE NO. SSDP-15-004), Location: 422 Levitch Road Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 31, Town. 32, Range 45. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on July 28, 2014, and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco. org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, (509) 4476462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Writ-

ended the quarter up 2011. They continued to add to the lead until the final quarter, when the Spartans outscored them 11-7.

Slinger and Mathews scored seven, Thomas Luckey scored five, Simpkins and Tommy Anselmo each scored four points.

The Spartans wrapped up their regular league season with a game with Bonners Ferry after deadline Tuesday. They will start the district tournament Wednesday, Feb. 25 at North Idaho Community College in Coeur d’Alene.

Ivie is optimistic.

“In each game I could see that we are starting to get our sets better,” he says.

ten comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 5, 2015. The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Substantial Shoreline Development Permit Application on March 10th, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW)Regional General Permit7 (Army Corp) Dated: February 13th, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner February 18 and 25, 2015.

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______________ 201552 PUBLIC NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE Notice of Request for Proposals The Port of Pend Oreille is requesting qualified firms to submit statements of qualification for engineering and design services related to construction of a blast booth facility. Said booth may be built adjacent to the current POVA shop/paint booth building located at 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180.

Qualified firms must be able to provide:

Complete Civil Design, Building Structural Design, Mechanical/ HVAC design, Geotechnical investigations, Project Administration, Construction Administration, Budget Tracking, Weekly Client Updates/Meetings, as well as Permitting.

Firms desiring consideration shall submit a complete qualification package and any other pertinent data to further assist the selection committee in evaluating the firm’s qualifications to: Kelly Driver, Manager. Qualification packages should be submitted to arrive no later than 2:00 p.m. on March 6, 2015.

The most highly rated firm will be selected for an interview and potential negotiation of a professional service contract.

Budgeting is in place for this process.

The Port of Pend Oreille is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority and women-owned firms are encouraged to submit proposals.

Questions regarding the project or proposal may be referred to Kelly Driver, Manager, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180, (509)-445-1090. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in The Newport Miner on February 18 and 25, 2015. (3-2)