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Newport team delivers with grit, heart Trophy caps first state appearance in 37 years

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

YAKIMA – The Newport Grizzlies boys basketball team played exciting basketball all season long.

Whether it was an open mouthed Robby Owen going up inside for a shot, a wild haired Adam Moorhead grabbing a rebound or a careening Danny Bradbury, throwing his body wherever he figured it needed to be, the Grizzlies could be intense and physical.

Owen Leslie was a presence both on offense and defense for Newport. Tug Smith and Kade Zorica contributed key minutes.

Koa Pancho produced buckets, often under pressure, as evidenced by a 3-point buzzer beater he hit to give the Grizzly boys their first playoff game in 37 years. It was as exciting a moment as has taken place in Grizzly sports, ever.

Newport brought home a sixth place trophy from the 1A Hardwood Classic state basketball tournament.

Newport was coached by Northeast A League Coach of the Year Jamie Pancho.

He said his team played with heart and had the community behind them.

“Our team is thankful for the community and parents who support our program,” Pancho said.

“Throughout the post-season, everyone really got behind us. There were a lot of supporters there from Newport, as well as alumni who came from other parts of Washington to watch us play.”

He said the team felt a lot of community pride in See Basketball, 2A

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He made it! The crowd goes wild watching the late night game at the Newport High School gym Wednesday, March 1. The buzzer beating basket got the Grizzlies a one point win and kept their tournament alive.

Newport to pay more for jail services

911 Dispatch Center looking for more employees

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – For most people working in an office, when someone phones screaming at the person at the front desk it’s not usually because they want help.

Plus, there’s always the option to end the

conversation with brisk politeness if the caller becomes too volatile in their emotion.

However, such is not the case for 9-1-1 communications officers.

When they get a frantic telephone call more often then not the person on the other end desperately needs assistance,

and it’s the dispatcher’s duty to keep a cool head as they respond.

That’s a majority of the work environment for employees at Pend Oreille County Dispatch, located in the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office. The agency See Dispatch, 2A

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport City Council voted unanimously to approve a 17 percent increase in what the city pays Pend Oreille County for jail services at the regular city council meeting Monday night, March 6.

“It’s a fair deal,” City Administrator Ray King said in recommending the three-year contract. The city will pay

$58,579 for the 2017 calendar year. For 2018 it will be $59,741 and for 2019 it will be $60,936. That represents a 2 percent increase in each of the last two years of the contract.

That represents salary and benefits for a mid-level corrections officer. King said the city had paid as much as $70,000 to $80,000 per year in the past.

King said that people could now start See City Council, 2A

Priest River Downtown Revitalization will have to wait another year

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

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Pend Oreille County 911 Dispatch Coordinator Steve West explains the layout of a dispatch operator’s computer last Friday.

PRIEST RIVER – While the city of Priest River had high hopes to begin their Downtown Revitalization project this summer, it looks like construction will be delayed until next year while the city finishes going through the grant process with the

Idaho State Department of Commerce.

“It’s pretty standard, actually,” says Priest River City Clerk Laurel Knoles.

“It’s usually the process for any Community Development Block Grant we received that I have seen.

It just means we have to wait a little longer.”

The city submitted a proposal to the Idaho

Department of Commerce for an Idaho Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) last November.

The proposed grant, if approved, will complete a Downtown Revitalization Project in the amount of $500,000. The city was contacted by the Department of Commerce last See Revitalization, 2A

B r i e f ly Newport music department holds first ever spring dinner concert NEWPORT – The Newport High School music department presents its first annual Spring Dinner Concert Monday, March 13.

The event will be catered by Owen’s Deli and will feature the NHS Jazz Band, Grizzly Choir, and Symphonic Band, as well as several solo performances from students who prepared solo and ensemble pieces for the regional festival in Spokane last month.

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This event is a fundraiser to help the NHS band students raise money for their Seattle band trip in April.

Ticket are $10 for dinner and the concert, or $5 for the concert only. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m., and headline performances begin at 6:15 p.m.

Spring Carnival this Friday at Stratton NEWPORT – The annual Spring Carnival at Stratton Elementary School is Friday, March 10, 5-7:30 p.m.

The public is encouraged to attend this family-friendly 4B-8B

event. There will be games, food and door prizes. The carnival serves as a fundraiser for the school ASB. Stratton Elementary School is located at 1201 5th St. in Newport.

Clocks spring forward this weekend NEWPORT – Daylight savings time begins this weekend, when clocks “spring forward” on hour at 2 a.m.

Sunday morning. Set your clocks ahead one hour.

DST ends Sunday, Nov. 5.

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Basketball: ’79,’80 teams were the last Newport team at state

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“We wanted to represent Newport in an awesome way,” he said. “The boys knew they weren’t just playing for themselves, but an entire community.”

The school sent quite a contingent to the first trip to the state boys basketball tournament in 37 years. Cheerleaders, the band and a broadcast crew went to Yakima.

The games were broadcast on KUBS-FM, the school’s radio station, with Alexander Adams and Josh Carlson calling the games.

By Saturday’s game, Carlson had pretty much lost his voice. Radio advisor David Bradbury said he took a crew of five down to both broadcast and video the game.

Cheerleader advisor Jazmin Brokaw took 11 cheerleaders to the tournament.

“Not everyone could make it, some had scheduling conflicts,” she said. She agreed the trip was

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handles an average of 12,000 calls per year that require some form of emergency response like police, fire departments, and/or medical.

That doesn’t count the non-emergency calls the dispatch center receives, says Pend Oreille County Dispatch Coordinator Steve West.

“We’ll get calls from people asking if the dump is open today, or for counseling referrals, or where can they go to get a marriage certificate,” says West. “We are programmed with a directory to other county services, so we can patch them on to the right department that is better suited to answer their questions.”

Dispatch is budgeted for 10 employees, but currently there are two vacancies and two trainees, “So it’s more like six at the moment,” says West. “Training is extensive. The public anticipates that when they call, someone will be able to answer their question and not put them on hold.”

Training can last as long as six months, depending on the

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The school also sent 16 cheerleaders, who did a halftime show for each game.

This was the Grizzly boys first appearance at state since 1980.

Todd Krogh played on that team. He vividly remembers the experience.

“It was huge,” he said of the appearance at state. The Grizzlies made it to state the previous year, 1979, but before that it had been more that 20 years since a Grizzly appearance at the state tournament.

Krogh says they handily won their first game against Woodland. That year the tournament was held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. Krogh says he got a chance to play in both games.

The team was coached by Gene Cash, who also coached the 1979 team. He had been an assistant coach at Gonzaga.

Forrest Ownbey played on the 1979 team. His son, Chris, plays on this year’s team, making them one of two father-son

combinations to qualify for state.

Don and Jeff Ellersick are the other father-son combo who made it to state.

Jeff Ellersick played on both the 1979 and 1980 teams.

“He was our best guy,” said Krogh.

Ownbey’s team lost both games. One of them was the opposite of this year’s NewportHoquiam game. In the game in 1979, Newport fell victim to a last second buzzer beater that knocked them out of the game.

Playing well was on everyone’s mind on the way over, said Robby Owen.

“We all wanted to have fun and have the experience, but we wanted more than one and done,” he said. “We wanted a deep run.”

They got a deep run and a trophy, but Danny Bradbury, who was named to the All Tournament second team, wants more.

“It was an honor being part of history,” he said, “but we want to go back and win it all.”

individual’s computer literacy. Dispatch is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and employees work eight-hour shifts; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 4 p.m. to midnight, and midnight to 8 a.m.

Individuals applying for a dispatch operator position must complete the online application form, take a written test, a typing test, pass a background check, an integrity interview, undergo a polygraph, psychological evaluation, and a physical exam. Starting wage for a trainee is $15.69 an hour with an increase of up to $19.87 per hour over a six-year period.

“It’s a difficult job and not everyone can do it,” says Pend Oreille Sheriff Alan Botzheim. “It’s a lot of work that requires a lot of dedication and is obviously a necessity to our (sheriff’s office) functions.”

The center’s annual budget is $900,000, twothirds of which is funded

by Washington state.

The county funds $300,000 of the budget.

Pend Oreille County did not have a 911-dispatch center until 1997. Until then, all emergency calls where taken by the sheriff’s department. Now, the

center serves the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Newport, and the towns of Usk, Cusick, Ione, Metaline, and Metaline Falls, and the Kalispel Tribal Police and the Kalispel Fire Department.

There are three dispatch stations and one supervisor station located in an office sandwiched between the sheriff’s office and the Pend Oreille County jail.

West started his career in emergency response 25 years ago as a communications officer.

He remembers when there was just one officer handling all the calls, which where then typed up on a typewriter and filed on three inch by fiveinch note cards.

“Let’s just say computers did not factor into daily operations, at all,” he says, smiling.

While technology has improved in terms of dispatchers now using computers, it has also become more challenging in that 85-percent of 911 calls now come in via cell phone, making the caller’s location hard to determine at times.

“We have to ask a lot of questions now in terms of location, because despite

what people may think, it’s difficult to trace a call coming from a cell phone, where as before when most people had landlines, we could pinpoint them exactly,” says West.

Though the job is demanding, West adds that the attrition rate is not

high because of the reasoning why most people apply in the first place.

“You hear people say all the time that they want to help other people,” says West. “That’s exactly what we do. People don’t call 911 when they are having a good day.”

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month and was told they needed to resubmit their initial paperwork and have at least four representatives present their project to the commerce board in person. Presentation slots were available in Boise in April or in Coeur d’Alene in July. The city has opted to attend the presentation in July to save money on travel expenses. Though it is not determined yet who from the city will attend, it will most likely be Mayor Jim Martin, Knoles and grant coordinator Nancy Mabile of Panhandle Area Council, Inc. The city has already approved the engineering agreement with Welch Comer for the Downtown Revitalization Project, not to exceed $109,900. The city retains the option to terminate the contract after preliminary design services in the event the city is not awarded the Idaho Community Development Block Grant.

The revitalization project includes widening sidewalks, improving water meters, better street lighting, and other tangible downtown fixtures. The sidewalk would stretch from Wisconsin Street past the front of AJ’s Café, elevating the intersection at High Street and Main Street to sidewalk level. Other aspects of the design include better outdoor seating and flower planters.

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shutting off their water.

Previously people were asked to leave a trickle of water running in the cold weather. King said people leaving their water on had been helpful in a year that saw many frozen pipes, including a city water pipe that had never frozen previously, he said.

The city council voted unanimously to pass a resolution revoking prior fee resolutions and adopting a new fee schedule.

There was only one change, city clerk Nickole North said. Building per-

mits will be valid for one year from the issue date.

They may be renewed for up to four times for $55 per year.

Sgt. Glenn Blakeslee of the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office provided an update on law calls for February. There were 240 calls in Newport last month, compared to 262 the year before. There were 232 calls in January.

Blakeslee reported two cars had been impounded for residue controlled substance violations.

There were three malicious mischief calls, in-

cluding a second vandalism at Spokane Teacher’s Credit Union. This time an antenna on the reader board was damaged, last month a window was broken. Other vandalism included graffiti at the Newport City Park and domestic violence related vandalism.

There were four thefts reported, including a theft from a locker at the high school and a cell phone theft at the middle school. There were 36 traffic stops in Newport in February. Blakeslee said five people received citations and two people

received criminal citations for driving with a suspended license.

He followed up on councilmember Mark Zorica’s question from the previous month about how many people were cited in traffic stops.

Blakeslee said there were five citations issued.

At the Feb. 21 meeting, held on a Tuesday because of President’s Day, the council awarded some hotel motel tax money.

Ray Hansen of the Newport Rodeo Committee requested $3,000 to be used for advertising

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a big deal for the everyone, with most of the girls on their first overnight school trip.

People in Newport could come to the high school cafeteria to watch the games, which were streamed on video as well as being carried on the KUBS radio station.

The district sent both cheerleaders and the band to Yakima.

Band director Greg Schuh said 21 high school band students went to Yakima. The district paid for transportation, lodging and food, he said.

“It was a cool opportunity,” he said of the band’s first overnight trip. “The kids were excited.”

He said about half the schools bring bands to the state tournament. It’s a good opportunity to see what other bands are doing.

He said some band members are involved in spring sports, so they went to a big park in Yakima and practiced.

“We took pictures, so they could show they practiced,” he said.

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rodeo events. He asked for $1,000 for the rodeo, $1,000 for the John Swenson Bull-A-Rama and $1,000 for the Rough Stock Open. The rodeo will take place June 2324, the John Swenson Bull-A-Rama will be held July 14 and the Rough Stock Open July 15.

The council voted unanimously to award the money.

They also voted to extend the deadline for the noise ordinance from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, June 24 for a rodeo dance after the rodeo at McNeil Field.

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Usk Community Club Spring Bazaar plans underway USK – Vendor table rentals are available for the annual Usk Community Club Spring Bazaar, which will be held April 8.

Table rental is $10 for the first table and $5 for the second table.

The annual bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Community Hall, located at 2442 Black Road in Usk. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “We will be serving hamburgers, chips, home made soups and pies, brownies, cinnamon and caramel rolls,� said Barb McGill, one of the event organizers.

Local crafters will be displaying and selling their crafts. “This is a perfect time to pick up that special gift for someone.�

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Moose on the loose This male calf moose was documented numerous times around Newport last week, with Don Gronning snapping this photo Wednesday, March 1 near 4th Street. According to Washington Fish and Wildlife Officer Severin Erickson, the moose is still a calf, but old enough to be on his own. The missing patch of fur on his shoulder is due to winter ticks. The moose was not reported as being aggressive and was left alone.

Burns punishment enough for trailer explosion

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – A man and woman who were

From around the region Man gets 11 years for archery homicide A man who killed his half brother with a bow and arrow in 2015 was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in a plea deal.

Raymond Rudd, 50, shot and killed his half brother after an argument at Rudd’s Addy home. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after originally being charged with first-degree murder.

- March 2, The Independent, Chewelah

Elk Pioneer Days logo contest underway Elk Days organizers announced they were on the lookout for the 41st annual Elk Pioneer Days logo.

People of all ages are invited to submit drawings. The winning entry will be featured on shirts and hats and the designer will receive $25.

The Elk Park is also looking for a summertime park caretaker.

The caretaker gets a rent-free RV spot in exchange for watching over the park and keeping it clean.

For more information on the caretaker position or the logo contest contact Tiffany at 509-993-3681 or write to P.O. Box 141, Elk WA 99009.

-March 2017, The Elk Sentinel, Elk

Winter damages streets Colville city street workers were applying cold patches to city streets after a harsh winter. “This year we definitely got more frost in the ground,� Terry LeClaire, Colville City Street/Park Superintendent told the Statesman-Examiner. LeClaire, who had worked for the city more than 30 years, said it has been quite a few years since he’s seen this much frost heaving.

-March 1, Statesman-Examine, Colville

Rosalia gets charging station for cars Rosalia became the first community in Whitman County to have an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. Avista Utilities installed a slow charger and a DC Fast Charger at a former Texaco gas station.

Three Teslas, a Nissan Leaf, a Chevy Volt and a Toyota Prius were plugged in at the opening day event Feb. 22. Use of the slow charger is free and the DC Fast Charger costs 30 cents per minute.

Rosalia was chosen as one of three pilot communities for Avista’s EV project. It was chosen because it was halfway between Pullman and Spokane.

- March 2, Whitman County Gazette, Colfax

badly burned in a camper fire in Newport last March while they were making marijuana oil were given 364-day suspended jail sentences when they appeared before Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Jessica Reeves Thursday, March 2.

Bobby M. Pagaling, 62, and Tina Marie Banks, 48, pleaded guilty in separate cases to manufacturing marijuana oil Thursday, March 2, before Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Jessica Reeves.

Prosecuting attorney Brooks Clemmons said he would dismiss charges of possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia against Pagaling in exchange for the guilty plea to the manufacturing marijuana charge.

Clemmons said the process of making the marijuana oil resulted in a fire. “Both suffered extensive burns,� he said. He said because of the injuries, there has been punishment. In addition, he said if the case went to trial, there could be evidentiary issues with who was doing the actual cooking of the marijuana.

He said Pagaling had a felony history, but it was decades old.

Pagaling had a 1976 conviction for second degree assault, a 1983 conviction for second

degree robbery, a 1993 DUI conviction, and a 1996 conviction for possession of stolen property. His most recent conviction was in 2001 for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Defense attorney Amber Henry said that Pagaling had suffered emotionally as well as physically. He didn’t think of the consequences of his actions, she said. “He learned the hard way,� Henry said.

Pagaling apologized for the fire. He said he has eight children and the whole thing opened his eyes spiritually.

Banks, who is also known as Tina Salinas, was the most badly burned of the two, with more than 50 percent of her body burned, including her face.

In exchange for the guilty plea to the manufacturing marijuana charge, Clemmons dismissed a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. He said he was asking for the same sentence for Banks as Pagaling. Banks had no felony history. He said the burns are punishment she will live with the rest of her life.

Defense attorney Robin McCroskey said that Banks’ appearance speaks for itself. “She’s suffered enough,� McCroskey said. Both defense atSee PUNISHMENT, 5A

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Constituents hold town hall with cutout politician Congressman Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, who represents the 4th Congressional District in Washington D.C., was center stage Feb. 23 – in the form of a largerthan-life cardboard head – at a town hall meeting in Twisp attended by more than 200 constituents.

Like many members of Congress, Newhouse avoided hosting any town hall type meetings when he was back in the district on a Congressional recess.

So people in the Methow Valley held a public meeting in the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp.

Event moderator Jill Sheley said Newhouse had been invited in early January, but had scheduled no town halls.

Sheley said he offered to hold one in late spring.

Invited speakers talked about the Affordable Care Act, immigration issues and public land use issues.

- March 1, Methow Valley News, Twisp

NEWPORT – A man who admitted to stealing money from the till at Safeway was give a 364-day suspended jail sentence on the condition he pay the money back within two years.

Jayson R. Tieskotter, 38, pleaded guilty to second degree theft in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, March 2 before Judge Jessica Reeves.

Prosecuting attorney Greg Hicks amended the original charge from second degree theft, a felony, in exchange for the guilty plea and agreement to pay $2,500 restitution within two years. Third degree theft is a gross misdemeanor. He said the elements of the crime really didn’t fit the reduced charge but the plea was made to ensure Tieskotter make restitution. “We don’t want a felony,� Hicks said. “We mainly want restitution to Safeway.�

He said the store agreed with the proposed disposition of the case.

He said if the case went to trial, he would have shown that Tieskotter had been stealing money from the till for six weeks. He said the thefts were viewed by others, were on video and that Tieskotter admitted them.

Defense attorney Jason Couey asked Reeves to go along with the sentence he and Hicks worked out.

He said Tieskotter had three children and was in “survival mode� at the time of thefts. “It was not

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Dispatchers the unsung heroes keeping us safe

’ve had to call 911 a handful of times, for varying degrees of emergencies, during my time living in Pend Oreille County.

There was the one night a suspicious car had parked behind our truck several times throughout the evening. Home alone, I took note of it, and when I saw it parked down the street and two occupants walking toward our house, I dialed 911. They turned out to be friends of the neighbors.

Then there was the time I heard a strange noise downstairs in the middle of the night and found that someone had crawled through the dog door, grabbed our truck keys and drove away in it, after digging through the kitchen cupboards for a late-night snack.

And then there was the time my husband, our 2-year-old daughter and two elderly dogs went missing for hours into the late night.

They were found, with the help of GPS and some friends, safe and sound, my husband a bit frazzled, our daughter content with her dad and our dogs oblivious. Slippery tires spun in an unexpected snow berm, stranding them without a cell phone in the wilderness of Pend Oreille County.

In all three of these cases, the sheriff’s office responded in a most wonderful timely and effective manner, handling each case with sensitivity and expertise that gave us all solace.

But the heroes of those three nights that will forever be vivid in my memory are the dispatchers who answered my frantic calls to 911. In all three cases – and I believe all cases they handle – our dispatchers deliver a calm, reassuring solidarity that many of us couldn’t begin to offer perfect strangers, much less on a daily basis over the phone. They do this as often as the rest of us complete the daily tasks of our day jobs.

Being a dispatcher is a grueling profession.

The application process alone is not for the faint of heart. But they are truly the life-line we many times take for granted between our emergency and those who can help us.

We honor law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs on a regular, and truly deserving basis, but let’s take this moment to honor our dispatchers, for whom without, there wouldn’t be an answer on the other end of the phone line when our families are in distress, or we’re put on edge by the unknown, or our houses are on fire.

Thank you, Pend Oreille and Bonner county dispatchers, for always being there for us, no matter the time, the day or the nature of our emergency.

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McMorris Rodgers’ staffers grilled by Indivisible Pend Oreille

NEWPORT – A group of local residents from Newport and the surrounding area met with staffers from 5th District Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ office at Newport Hospital Thursday, Feb. 23. The meeting was requested by a member of the newly formed Indivisible Pend Oreille County group, according to a news release from the group.

Staffers Andrew Engell from Colville and Jessica Sunday from Spokane heard from about 30 of the Representative’s constituents who peppered them with questions about her stands on a variety of President Trump’s and Republican policy proposals.

Many had concerns and objections about repealing the Affordable Care Act and losing access to affordable health care coverage and Medicaid benefits for children, the elderly, single mothers and the working poor; as well as about reductions in Social Security and Medicare, giant tax cuts for the rich, environmental deregulation, and more.

When pressed for Rep. McMorris Rodgers’ position on specific elements of replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, the staffers had little information to provide, aside from saying that the Congresswoman did not want to “pull out the rug from under anyone” in regards to their health insurance coverage, repeating what other of her staffers and GOP Representatives have also recently stated.

Residents were polite but at times passionate. The staffers were asked if the Congresswoman would be taking a stand to work for her constituents, or See Indivisible, 5A

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yo u r o p i n i o n ‘Liberal’ county commissioners should scuttle ambulance district To the editor, After reading the ambulance taxing district story in The Miner last week (‘County working through approval of ambulance district’ March 1), I must conclude that I live in a county run

by Republicans who are closet liberals. The former Newport ambulances are parked near down town Newport as a reminder that businesses fail.

The commissioners want to raise property taxes as a result of the ambulance business failure. The government doesn’t exist to replace commercial services when businesses fail.

That’s why the county isn’t in the restaurant

business.

Our Republican commissioners want to form an EMS taxing district to extract more property taxes from fewer and fewer county taxpayers.

The article pointed out that Pend Oreille County was one of a few counties that didn’t have an EMS taxing district. The counties with those taxing districts have many more property taxpayers to pay for government subsidized ambulance services.

At some point our liberal Republican commissioners must understand that a rural county doesn’t have the tax revenues to pay for public services at the same level as a more populated urban county.

The commissioners want to keep up with the Jones’s, but don’t have the tax revenues to do it.

That’s why they are go-

ing to raise our property taxes.

Creating another taxing district is the same as signing up for another credit card when you are deep in debt. Our commissioners ran for office as fiscal conservatives and spend like the most liberal politicians. Looking at their taxing and spending record I don’t see how they can run as conservatives.

I must draw the line and oppose any more tax levies on my home.

The commissioners are drawing on the fixed retirement incomes of senior citizens living in a rural county. Please cut-up that ambulance credit card you got in the mail. You don’t need it.

-Pete Scobby Newport

National Women’s Day is March 8

To the editor: In the past 100 years the world has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s quality and emancipation.

However, an unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.

Join us in remembering the role women have played in the discovery, settlement and growth of our country and the world, as we continue to work towards equality for all people.

-Cody Francis Family Crisis Network, Newport

Lawmakers must consider costs of all taxes

By Don C. Brunell

As lawmakers in Olympia inch toward adjournment, they must keep in mind the total added costs of new taxes on our state’s economy.

It is not just about the taxes and fees they impose.

They are working against an April 23 deadline to enact a two-year financial plan and find sufficient funding for it.

Unlike Congress, states must balance their budgets.

While the funding decisions are generally contentious, this year legislative tension is high because Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and lawmakers must find ways to pay for our K-12 public schools as mandated by our state’s Supreme Court under the 2012 McCleary decision.

The governor is pushing $8 billion in new taxes to plug the budget hole.

His proposal is the highest tax increase in state history.

Inslee’s plan consists of four

parts.

First, it would increase the business-and-occupation (gross receipts) tax on services provided by accountants, attorneys, real estate agents and others from 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent. gu e st Second, it o p i n i o n would add a carbon tax that DON C. would charge BRUNELL the state’s emitAssociation ters $25 per of metric ton startWashington ing in 2018. CO2 emissions from Business vehicles, buildPresident ings and power plants would be taxed.

Another first-ever tax would be a 7.9 percent tax on capitalgains earnings above $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for

r e ad e r ’ s p o l l 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 minernews@povn.com.

President Trump tweeted that former President Obama ordered his phones wiretapped at Trump Tower during the presidential race. Trump was referencing accusations published on Breitbart. com and mentioned on Mark Levin’s radio show. A spokesman for Obama denied the accusation.

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joint filers.

Retirement accounts, homes, farms and forestry would be exempt.

Finally, Inslee would roll back several tax exemptions, including one on bottled water.

Majority Senate Republicans are calling for a different, less costly alternative which redefines the state’s approach to K-12 education.

Stay tuned.

However, the battle over McCleary is resolved, it is imperative that the governor and legislators carefully consider the cumulative impact of all taxes and fees on people and businesses.

That includes accounting for federal, state and local assessments.

When a family or business adds up its bills, the total tax load are often “budget busters.”

Consider the added impact of local tax levies on Vancouver See brunell, 1A

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He’s done great, exactly what he said he was going to do.

I’m freaked out, he seems to be mentally ill.

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torneys said that neither Banks nor Pagaling needed drug treatment.

Taylor told Pagaling the natural consequences were much worse than anything she could sentence him to.

She told Banks that it was unfortunate that she would have to bear the consequences of the crime for the rest of her life.

“I don’t think anyone

you encounter and tell this story to should think marijuana should be legally available,” Reeves said. “You’re walking testimony.”

Pagaling served one day and Banks served two days because she was picked up on a warrant.

Both will have 12 months community custody and were ordered to pay $700 each in legal financial obligations, the minimum.

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property owners, as an example.

Last November, voters approved “Proposition One” to fund low income housing and in February they supported a $458 million bond levy to rebuild crumbling schools.

With those approvals, property taxes for homeowners and businesses will increase.

On top of that, Vancouver’s City Council voted to add 61 people to the police department.

It will increase spending by $5.1 million this year and jump by $12.5 million in 2020.

The funds will be collected from a series of taxes on utilities, buildings and multiple family dwellings and hikes in fees.

The point is not to single out Vancouver because many communities across our state face revenue shortfalls and spiking needs.

It is to say that Gov. Inslee and lawmakers in Olympia need to be mindful of tax collections at all levels of government.

They quickly add up.

Because of our state’s unique tax structure, business feels the initial brunt of taxes.

According to the Washington Research Council (WRC), our state has the sixth highest percentage of business taxation in the U.S. In Washington, businesses are the source of 62 percent of all state tax revenues, and 52 percent of local taxes.

In contrast, Oregon employers pay just 35 percent of all state and local taxes, Idaho employers pay 40 percent. Oregon and Idaho have income taxes and Oregon has no sales tax.

Taxes, regulations and fees impact decisions on where people live, where companies locate, and whether small start-up businesses survive, particularly in border communities.

Hopefully, our elected officials at all levels will consider the total tax loads before acting.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

(because of) drugs or anything against Safeway,” he said. Couey said Tieskotter had a job offer in California and would be able to make the payment.

Tieskotter said he was ashamed of what he did.

“I was backed into a corner,” he said. He said he had prided himself in not being a thief, something he had preached to his son.

“I’m ashamed.”

Reeves said that she would go along with the 364 days sus-

‘We have one of the most valuable resources there is, which is the river … not very many other high schools can say this.’

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Newport High School and one determined junior classman is spearheading the advent of the first high school bass fishing club in Washington state. The Newport School board made it official at their meeting Monday, March 6.

“We need the district’s approval and support so kids can qualify for college scholarships,” said junior Jack “JT” Long, who according to NHS principal Troy Whittle, has been lobbying for more than a year to get a student fishing club started in Newport.

“He came to me with the idea when he was a sophomore and I liked it, so I told him to think about it some more and come back if we was really serious about doing it,” recalled Whittle.

“Well, he kept coming back and coming back and I finally said to Geoff (Pearson, Assistant principal and Athletic Director), ‘You know, I think he’s serious about this.’”

The club will be registered through The Bass Federation (TBF) Student Angler Federation, a nationwide educational program that introduces students to fishing and highlights career and educational opportunities through fishing.

It is not affiliated with the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association), like other high school sports.

Long said the club needs about $500 to become an actuality.

It would receive some funds from the high

Steve Long

Newport High School Bass Club Coach

Miner photo|Sophia Aldous

Newport High School junior Jack “JT” Long makes a presentation about the bass club to the Newport School Board Monday evening.

school’s Associated Student Body (ASB) fund, fundraisers, and sponsors.

The students will partner with the Pend Oreille Bass Club who will lend boats to the club to fish from.

Long’s father, Steve Long, will serve as the club’s coach and Travis Stott will be the supervisor.

In order to be part of the club, students must pay an annual fee of $25 so that the club itself and any volunteer who participates in a club event are covered by liability insurance.

Each student automatically qualifies for the High School Fishing World Finals held this

pended sentence, the maximum for someone with Tieskotter’s old criminal background.

Tieskotter’s most recent criminal conviction was in 1999, for marijuana possession.

Reeves said this was a resolution that apparently worked well for the store.

“This only works if you pay,” she said. She said she could sentence him to the full 364 days if he doesn’t make the restitution payments within 24 months.

According to the statement of probable cause, a loss prevention

officer who was investigating shortages in the tills saw Tieskotter take cash out of a till Jan. 2.

When confronted, Tieskotter produced a $100 bill and admitted taking it from the till.

He also admitted taking $1,800 over the course of the last couple months and signed a confession that said he took the money to pay rent.

In addition to the restitution, Tieskotter was also ordered to pay $1,000 in legal financial obligations, including $250 for a public defender.

year June 27 through July 1 in Florence, Ala., on Lake Pickwick.

For the NHS Bass Club, there will be a total of four tournaments throughout the season and there will be practice two to three times a month.

“Obviously, there is some expectation that any student that wants to be involved will have parents that are willing to pay some transportation costs to got to tournaments and compete,” Whittle said. “Personally, I was surprised that no other school has gotten on to this bandwagon. Someone just has to be the first to put their stamp on it.”

Coach Steve Long added that the club

would simply follow the GOP party line. They were asked to post on her website the schedule of upcoming votes in the House of Representatives so she could more easily hear from voters in advance and respond to their concerns. They were also asked what specifically she would do to hold the President accountable for his promises to the “forgotten” rural communities.

One person questioned if McMorris Rodgers was aware of the recent Newport Miner article (‘Hospital district needs more patients’ The Newport Miner Feb. 15) about Newport Hospital and Health Services, which included the fact that 90 percent of its charity debt is from neighboring Idaho. The state line

runs through this community, with Newport, Wash., on one side and Oldtown, Idaho, on the other. So when Oldtown and other nearby local residents must cross state lines to access the closest emergency care but are unable to pay, it impacts the hospital. According to the article “The expansion of Medicaid in Washington state along with a federal drug discount program, is what keeps NHHS in the black; while the lack of Medicaid expansion in Idaho is becoming a problem.”

Several in the room expressed interest in a “single payer public option” to provide universal health care to address such rural situations.

When one person asked for a show of hands favoring such a plan, most hands in the room came up. Both staffers politely

listened and took notes, responding they could not answer for the Congresswoman, but assured they would share their concerns with her. When one staffer expressed that they “understood your fears” an elderly woman angrily responded, “I’m not afraid, I’m outraged!”

Others asked when McMorris Rodgers would be coming to Newport for a town hall to speak with her rural constituents in person. When one staffer replied they had low attendance when they had tried to hold one in Ione, they were advised to run notices in local weekly papers well in advance to meet rural deadlines for better attendance.

Other issues raised or submitted in writing concerned McMorris Rodgers’ recent vote in favor of allowing waste from coal production to flow into

streams, her positions on privatizing federal lands, proposed tax cuts for high income individuals and corporations, as well as objections to President Trump’s policies on immigration and “attacks on our democracy.” As the meeting ended, one attendee stated, “I just want to say we are not professional activists! We live here!”

Indivisible Pend Oreille County is one of more than 4,500 individual groups formed after the election of Donald Trump. The next Indivisible Pend Oreille County public meeting will be held on March 21 at 900 W. Fourth St., in Newport at 6 p.m. All ages are encouraged to attend.

For more information email indivisiblependoreillecounty@gmail. com.

utilizes and promotes one of Pend Oreille Valley’s most important assets: water.

“We have one of the most valuable resources there is, which is the river,” he said.

“It’s practically right outside our front door, not to mention all the lakes we have in Pend Oreille County alone.

Not very many other high schools can say this.”

A meeting was recently held at the high school and organized

by Jack Long to gauge student interest in a fishing club.

Around 20 students attended the meeting and said they would join if one were formed.

The club is open to all genders in grades 9th through 12th grade.

“Did any girls come to the meeting?” asked Newport School Board Vice Chairwoman Connie Moore.

“Sadly, no,” quipped Long.

The first fishing tournament of the season is scheduled at Lake Washington near Seattle on April 9.

For more information, go to www.highschoolfishing.org.

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b r i e f ly River Arts Alliance meets Thursday OLDTOWN – River Arts Alliance (RAA) will host its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Riverbank Restaurant in Oldtown. The RAA is a consortium of individuals and non-profit organizations that support the arts and humanities. The public is welcome to attend monthly meetings.

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Rotary dishes out free breakfast March 18 OLDTOWN – The public is invited to a free community breakfast Saturday, March 18, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Oldtown Rotary Park. Breakfast includes made to order pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, muffins, juice, coffee and more. The event is hosted by the Newport/Priest River Rotary and Interact Clubs.

Public welcome to get in on sewing and crafts NEWPORT – Come and join the talented group who meet at the Calispel Grange for sewing and crafts. The next gathering is Thursday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This is a potluck so bring a dish to share. Participants are happy to share their craft. Organizers have sewing, quilting, crocheting, appliqué, coloring, and are always surprised at who and what may come next. For more information, call 509-447-2782.

‘On A Turtle’s Back’ at the Pend Oreille playhouse March 24-26

Idaho Hill readers Idaho Hill Elementary School received over 620 books during the Bulldog Book Drive that lasted throughout the month of February. Idaho Hill students collected 345 books, with other donations coming from Ben Franklin, Clothing Closet, West Bonner Library District, Priest River Junior High and Priest River Lamanna High School. The five top students who donated the most books (left to right): Levi Hannah, 5th grade; Madi Rose, 6th grade; Raylynn BuddriusRaby, kindergarten; Jesse Buddrius-Raby, 3rd grade, and Jocelyn Barker, 3rd grade.

Fused glass class March 15 NEWPORT – Randy Haa’s popular fused glass class is returning to Create Arts Center Wednesday, March 15, from 6-9 p.m. at 900 W. 4th.

Unlike Haa’s other classes, this will be a one-day event. Participants will design and make a flat project that could include coasters, trays, sun catchers or something of the student’s own design. Students will learn how to

we e k ah ead Wednesday, Mar. 8 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Playhouse (POP) will present the 3rd-th grade performance of “On A Turtle’s Back” Friday, March 24 through Sunday, March 26.

Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. and Sunday performance is at 3 p.m. The play is based on a Japanese folk tale, written by Amy Hollon and Zac Curtis, and will employ some ancient Japanese theatre magic. Tickets are $6 for kids and $12 for adults.

The POP is located at 236 South Union, Newport.

For more information, call 509-447-9900.

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

Legally Blonde, The Musical auditions March 27 and April 3

Thursday, Mar. 9

NEWPORT – Auditions for “Legally Blonde, The Musical” are at the Pend Oreille Playhouse Monday, March 27, and Monday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m.

Performances are June 16-25. Rehearsals begin April 10, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Auditions are open to ages 14 years old and up.

For more information, contact the playhouse at 509-447-9900.

Share your life events for free NEWPORT – The Newport and Gem State Miner Newspapers are looking to share your life events with the community.

Submit births, weddings and engagements to The Miner for publication at no charge. The Miner can be reached at 509-447-2433, minernews@povn.com or visit www.pendoreillerivervalley.com online, or stop by the office at 421 S. Spokane in Newport.

grind, cut and prepare the glass. Haa will then take students’ finished products home for firing and will return it to Create for pick-up.

The cost for materials start at $10.

Class is limited to 15 participants, so pre-registration is necessary. Call Create at 509-447-9277 or www.createarts.org. Ages for this class are 12 and older.

Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Home and Community Educators Diamond Lake Club: Noon - Call Billie Goodno at 509-447-3781 or Chris King at 208-437-0971 Weavers’ Group: Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-665-5921 for s

Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library 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: Noon - American Lutheran Church

Kids Movie Club: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - Newport Library Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

Sunday, Mar. 12 Newport Youth: 4 p.m. Sadie Halstead Middle School Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, Mar. 13 Evergreen Art Association: 10 a.m. - Create Arts Center Hospitality House Senior Potluck: Noon Newport

Habitat for Humanity: 6 p.m. - Sandifur Room, Newport Hospital

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library

Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Home and Community Educators Dalkena Club: Noon - Call Bonnie Witt 509-447-3647 or Billie Goodno at 509-447-3781

Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Group: 10 a.m. Blanchard Inn

Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

River Arts Alliance: 10 a.m - Various sites

Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Writers Group: 2 p.m. Create Arts Center

Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Friday, Mar. 10 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

Saturday, Mar. 11 Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library

Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown

Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

Master Chef Cooking Series: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

Blanchard Grange Meeting: 5:30 p.m. Blanchard Grange

Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport

Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-9466131

BASIC Meeting: 10 a.m. Blanchard Community Center

Family Movie Night: 5:308 p.m. - Newport Library

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House

Tuesday, Mar. 14

Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting – Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

Wednesday, Mar. 15 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post/Auxiliary: 6 p.m. - Priest River VFW Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River York Rite of Freemasonry: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple

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Don’t forget to register for native plant class NEWPORT - Learn about native plants and the benefits they bring to the landscape on Saturday, March 11, 10 a.m. -11:30 a.m. at the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office when local naturalist, Sandie Durand, will present “Native Plants of Pend Oreille - Seeking the Wild for Home Landscape, Propagation and Shoreline Projects.”

Class participants will receive tips and hands-on training for successfully propagating native plants.

Everyone should bring work gloves, pruning shears, if possible, and dress appropriately for working with potting soil. This class is limited to 15 participants so register early. Durand, local resident and owner of Cascara Consulting, specializes in native plant restoration planting plans – riparian and upland; wildlife habitat enhancement; planting/deeding; botanical survey; regeneration survey, and violation mitigation.

Pre-register for this class by calling the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 509-447-2401 or e-mail Beverly Sarles at beverly.sarles@wsu.edu to provide contact information should the class schedule change and ensure adequate materials for all participants will be available.

For complete details and a calendar of upcoming gardening classes visit the Pend Oreille County Extension website at www.extension.wsu.edu/pendoreille/ or contact Dixie Chichester d.chichester@wsu.edu at 509 447-6453.

Persons with a disability requiring special accommodations while participating in this program may call 509-447-2401 at least 14 days before the program.

Willoughby is Soroptimists’ Girl of the Month NEWPORT - Newport High School (NHS) senior Aryonna Willoughby is the International Soroptimist of Newport Willoughby Girl of the Month for February. She’s lived in the Newport area with since she was 12 years old.

Willoughby is the oldest of five children.

Her sister, who is a sophomore, also attends Newport High School.

Willoughby was home schooled until entering NHS, and since then she’s attended all four years. When it comes to

athletics, Willoughby has participated in soccer all four seasons and is about to start her last season of track.

Academically speaking, she has been on the honor roll every single year and is involved in the National Honor Society. She was also a part of the Big Brother, Big Sister mentoring program for two years.

Willoughby plans to attend Western Washington University in the fall to study biology.

Soroptimist is an international volunteer organization working to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world.

Where to Worship

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. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Steve Powers - 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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

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. 4 p.m.

Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm 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.

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11:00 a.m.

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“Backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul.”

Please call 509-550-2035 for the next HOUSE OF THE LORD scheduled devotional. Wonderful 754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 resources can be found at ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

“Jesus Youth Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

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

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“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

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“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.

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Sara Brown at Cutter this Saturday METALINE FALLS - The Cutter Theatre welcomes the Sara Brown Band to the stage on Saturday, March 11 for a special dinner/concert show at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and include a soup buffet dinner and a two-part concert. Reservations are limited to 48 seats in the Green Room of The Cutter.

If not interested in dinner, the second half of the concert will be available for $10, when the concert venue moves to the auditorium.

The Sara Brown Band, in this case the duo of Sara Brown and Jesse Brown, draws their influences from blues, rock, pop and funk. This eclectic mix features Sara’s vocals, and covers a number of artists, including Adele, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5 and Tracy Chapman.

Sara was awarded the 2012 “Best Female Blues Performer” by the Inland Empire Blues Society. This regional band, from Kettle Falls, is known throughout the area’s numerous folk festivals, from Couer d’Alene, Orient, Marcus, and Noxon, Mont. They are also featured at many local wineries, festivals, and private events. Reviews are always glowing. Brion Foster, of Blow Torch Blues 98.9 KKZX in Spokane, said “Sara fronts the band with a strong, amazing voice.

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Though this Saturday’s show features Sara and Jesse Brown, this band is comprised of Brendan Cesaratto on drums, Dave Kelley on guitar and Brent Purvis on trombone.

Band when you get the chance.”

The 6:30 p.m. dinner/concert will include a soup and stew buffet, breads, salads and dessert. Wine and beer will also be available for purchase. The music begins once dinner is served. For the second half of the concert, after an intermission, everyone – including “second concert” tickets – will be seated in the auditorium. This begins at 8 p.m.

For reservations, call The Cutter Theatre at 509 446-4108. The Cutter is located at 302 Park Street in Metaline Falls.

Snow, ice problems discussed at Ione council

By Sophia Aldous Of= The Miner

IONE - Snow and the figurative headaches it can cause were a large part of the conversation at the Feb. 15 council meeting in Ione. Council member John Redinger hired a local plow truck to remove snow from the town owned hangars. Contractually the leasee is responsible for grounds and building maintenance, Redinger will contact the leasee for reimbursement of this expense. Another hangar at the airport is privately owned, but Redinger said he would contact that owner regarding the snow level.

The Ione Community College building has a leak caused by the ice dam on the eves, according to council member Jessica Pearson. The roof has been shoveled to eliminate this issue.

She noticed shingles are missing and the heat tape is damaged, adding that the roof will need to be inspected this spring.

There is a frost heave by the backdoor, making the door unusable.

Council member Kathleen Turpin had a question about the frozen water line on 8th and why it continues to freeze.

Mayor Charles Spears said this is caused from the continued cold weather and traffic on 8th Street pushing the frost line further underground. This will be investigated in the spring.

City maintenance cleared the drains and fire hydrants as of Feb. 15.

Spears also asked Turpin to add McNally Way to the six-year street report for a two-phase upgrade project, with possible funding from Transportation Improvement Board.

Turpin will work with TD & H Engineering for cost estimates.

Pearson acted as a liaison for an individual complaining on Facebook about the town’s snow removal process, and has a few questions for Council.

She said she replied to the individual that coming to a council meeting to discuss issues or concerns with Council would be a good way to open lines of communication. Some of the questions posed were: Why is ice not plowed off the streets, with the additional question about deicer? Council stated the plow cannot remove all the ice buildup on the streets and the Town uses sand versus a deicer.

The individual stated in the Facebook message that a caller calling the office about snow removal stated the staff sounded irritated and stated we do

not have enough funding. Council stated the road is to be plowed when enough accumulation warrants it.

Pearson asked how we could get more funding for streets, tax increases or transferring funds from the current expense budget.

The Town receives a portion of fuel tax collected by the state, 100-percent of the tax received goes to streets, and 40-percent of property tax collected is used for streets.

Keeping the sidewalks clear of debris, ice and snow is the responsibility of the property owner.

The individual also claimed that a fence was hit by a snowplow.

Council said that person with the complaint needs to report this at a council meeting so something can be done about it.

It was recommended citizens attend a few council meetings to have a better understanding of government operations, funding and to communicate their concerns.

Selkirk students bring satire to Superheroes, young adult novels METALINE FALLS – The Selkirk Theatre Arts program, comprised of junior high and high school students, will perform two one-act plays Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at The Cutter Theatre.

The shows are Superheroes, a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that show what life is like for superheroes while they are in street clothes, and Dystopia: The Hungry Maze Games of Divergent Death. The second play is a satirical take on both reality television and dystopian young adult novels.

Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for students.

The Cuter Theatre is located at 302 Park St., Metaline Falls.

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Town Hall

Thursday, March 9 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

Friday, March 10 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Monday, March 13 Fire District No. 2 Com-

missioners: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione

Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library

Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

- Clerk’s Office

Tuesday, March 14 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Book Discussion Group: 4-5 p.m. - Ione Library Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall

Wednesday, Mar.15 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library

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D o w n M e m o ry L a n e 100 years ago 1917 The launch “Metaline,” which had been used for ferry purposes at Metaline, was sold by the county auditor to Capt.

J.M. Merrick for $425.

80 years ago 1937 Mine development in the Metaline region continued to attract attention and was steadily forging ahead despite the fact that there was practically no electrical energy available in the district.

70 years ago 1947 The Newport High School Grizzlies’ 30-6 win over Chewelah earned them the District title and they entered the Seattle State Tournament.

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Beer and wine for books The 16th annual Wine and Microbrew Tasting and Auction, hosted by Friends of the West Bonner Libraries, was held at the Beardmore Building in Priest River Sunday, March 5. The event serves as the biggest fundraiser for West Bonner County Libraries. In this photo freshman Karleigh Durham of the Priest River Lions Club LEOS displays a print up for auction.

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40 years ago 1977 Mike Fox, 90, a genuine Newport pioneer, was honored by 170 neighbors and lodge brothers at a testimonial dinner.

Newport High School wrestler Ken Alford was nominated and selected for high school All-American honors.

30 years ago 1987 The City of Newport adopted a halfcent sales tax. That raised the sales tax from 7 percent to 7.5 percent.

20 years ago 1997 An avalanche 15 miles east of Coolin claimed the life of a 28-year-old Oldtown man who was swept away in the snow.

The public was invited to the retirement party for Priest River Police Chief Wally Mitchell, who retried after serving the city 26 years.

10 years ago 2007 The 11-member Newport wrestling team was moved from the high school cafeteria to the mezzanine area of the gym.

The Grizzly Youth Wrestlers brought 34 young wresters age 5-14, to the kickoff match in Kettle Falls.

Harry Egland of Pend Oreille Fire District 3 was featured in a Fire District 3 ‘Meet Our Members’ ad that appeared along with a fire tip of the month.

Egland of Diamond Lake had been a volunteer for three years and was awarded the Most Valuable Firefighter award in 2004.

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PRIEST RIVER – Voters will decide whether to approve West Bonner County School District’s two-year, $3 million a year supplemental maintenance and operations levy Tuesday, March 14.

District Superintendent Paul Anselmo said that if the levy passes, property taxpayers would actually pay less this year than on the levy passed two years ago, even though both are for $3 million a year. Anselmo said the state’s cabin sales at Priest Lake brought the amount down to $1.78 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

The previous levy was collected at $1.94 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

District officials held a informational meeting Wednesday night, March 1, at Priest River Junior High School.

A small group asked questions. One man asked why the district didn’t go for an additional 18 cents per thousand assessed valuation.

Anselmo said that the board wanted to keep the amount tax burden down for voters.

The biggest part of the levy – $2,220,914 – would go to the general fund to fill the gap between what the school spends and what the state pays for salaries, benefits, transportation and special education.

One example is in special education.

Anselmo said the state only pays for special education for a maximum of 6 percent of the student population, regardless of the need. At West Bonner schools, 14 percent of the student population needs some special education, he said.

If passed, the levy would also pay $354,653 for extracurricular activities, $130,650 for facilities projects, $68,400 for library and school supplies and materials, $62,500 for curriculum, $55,000 for a school resource officer, $55,000 for longevity stipends for teachers who are with the district at least 15 years, $24,710 for technology, $19,173 for bus

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West Bonner County School District Superintendent Paul Anselmo explained the $3 million a year levy Wednesday night, March 1. Voters will decide on the two-year levy March 14.

purchase and $9,000 in tuition credits for professional development.

The district must purchase a bus every year. They cost about $88,000 but the state supplies most of the money. The district is seeking the difference in the levy, $19,173 each year, according to Jennifer Phillips, the district’s business manager.

Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 14. People vote at their general election precinct.

Precincts include: Blue Lake at 9518 Eastside Road in Priest River, Edgemere Grange at 3273 Bandy Road in Priest River, East Priest River at Priest River City Hall, Laclede precinct at the Laclede Community Hall, the Oldtown precinct at Oldtown Rotary Park, Lamb Creek precinct at 27732 Highway 57 in Priest Lake, Priest Lake precinct at the Coolin Civic Organization at 5361 Dickensheet Road at Priest Lake, Spirit Valley precinct at the Blanchard Grange Hall in Blanchard and the West Priest River Bench Precinct at Priest River VFW at 113 Larch St.

Mark your calendars for Great Grizzly Auction II NEWPORT – The Newport Maws and Paws Booster Club is in the planning stages of the second Great Grizzly Auction, set for Saturday, April 29, at the Beardmore Bistro and Wine Bar

in Priest River. Tickets are $25 and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and a beverage of your choice.

Doors open ‪at 6 p.m. for social hour. The silent auction and buffet ‪from are 6:30-8 p.m., and the

Rotary club hosts trivia night Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

OLDTOWN – The Newport Priest River Rotary Club is holding its first Trivia Night, Saturday, April 1, at the Oldtown Rotary Park.

To participate, bring $1, a finger food dish and an item for the food bank. Teams are four to six people and the $1 entry free will be divided between the top winners.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., trivia begins at 6 p.m.

Bring your own drink.

live auction starts at 8 p.m. All proceeds from the evening will benefit the booster club and the various ways they support students in the Newport School District.

If you have an item to donate to the auction, such as a gift certificate, item, or service, message the Maws and Paws Booster Club on Facebook, or talk to a member: Annie Frederick, Sue Siemsen, Sammi Hunt, Lori Stratton, Carli Kirkwood, Kelly Alliger, Melissa Smith, Marie “Mo” Hughes, Espy Clark, Valorie Hein, Malynda Scott, Bret Bronkhorst or Gae Lewis.

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b r i e f ly Newport Gun Club announces results NEWPORT – The Newport Gun Club held its weekly trap shoot Sunday, March 5. Following are the results. The countywide shoot, the final week of the trap shooting season, will be held at the Metaline Falls Gun Club Sunday, March 12. The gun club opens at 7 a.m. and the shoot starts at 9 a.m.

16-yard: John Hankey 24, Dan Willner 24, Bret Willner 23, Chris Yeaw 23, Leland White 23, Phil Flack 22, Bud Leu 22, John Henshaw 22, Arlyn Duncan 22, Terry Miller 22, Tony Yeaw 21, Steve Patton 21, Jesse Miller 21, Jim Rainey 20, Nick Larson 20, Norm Anheier 20, AdamCollison 20, Jim Miller 20 Youth: Henry White 24, Dalton Mullaley 23, James Wiese 16 Handicap: Brent Livengood 23, Jim Miller 23, Bob Avey 22, Dalton Mullaley 21, Dan Willner 21 Doubles: Bret Willner 36, Phil Flack 35, Bud Leu 34, Nick Larson 34 Continental: Dan Reijonen 22, Bud Leu 21, Amy Reijonen 19

Grizzlies venture to West Valley for track March 18 SPOKANE – The Newport High School track and field team will travel to West Valley High School for their first track and field meet of the season Saturday, March 18 at 10:30 a.m. The Dolphin Invite will host various high schools in the region. Be sure to look for The Miner’s Spring Sports Preview coming out March 22 to read more about spring sports and the local athletes and coaches that participate in them.

Bowli ng Wednesday, March 1 Team Won Lost Morning Glories 65 31 Country Lane 59 37 Country Lane Sparklers 56 40 Golden Girls 46 50 State Line Girls 37 59 Ballsy Broads 22 26 High scratch game: Laura O’Brien 198.

High scratch series: Laura O’Brien 551.

High handicap game: Kim Rusho 226. High handicap series: Kim Rusho 625.

Converted splits: Marcia York 3-10, Kelly Jo Hilliard 2-7, Stephanie Pitts 2-56, Francis Deis 2-7, Deborah Hilzer 4-5, Claudia McKinney 3-10, Barb Mix 5-7.

Wednesday Night Loopers Team Won Lost Club Rio 311 256 Why Try Harder 308 259 Woodwise 289 278 McCroskey Defense 283.5 283.5 OK Lanes 255.5 311.5 Here for the Beer 239 309 High scratch game: Tom Hoisington 252. High handicap game: Tom Hoisington 287. High scratch series: Tom Hoisington 649. High handicap series: Tom Hoisington 754. High team scratch game: Club Rio 800.

High handicap game: Club Rio 932. High team scratch series: Club Rio 2,078. High handicap series: Club Rio 2,474.

Splits: Jim Loveridge 2-10, Pat Shields 2-7.

Friday, March 3 Friday Night Leftovers Team Won Lost Timber Room 66.5 37.5 EZ-Rider 59.5 40.5 Pooch Parlor 57 47 East River Plumbing 50.5 53.5 Cook ‘in Turkeys 49.5 54.5 O.K. Lanes 49 55 Party of Four 41 63 The No Names 40 56 High scratch game team: Timber Room 793. High handicap game team: East River Plumbing 867. High scratch series team: Timber Room 2,222. High handicap series team: Cook ‘in Turkeys 2,495. High scratch game: Jeff Huling 236, Jen Hudson 192.

High handicap game: Mel Logan 254, Cathy Wagner 239. High scratch series: Brian Hilliard 618, Jen Hudson 511. High handicap series: Eric Flavel 664, Jamee Cook 640.

Converted splits: Vicki Nolting 3-10, Pat Shields 5-10, Glenn Miller 2-5-7, Evie Logan 2-7.

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Results from Metaline Falls Gun Club METALINE FALLS – Seventeen shooters participated in the Metaline Falls Gun Club weekly trap shoot Sunday, March 5. Following are the results: 16-yard: Mike Barton 25, Keith Enyeart 23, Skip Luhr 23, Johann Maryhofer 23, Brad Gotham 23, Warren Dunbar 23 Ladies 16-yard: Lisa Enyeart 23, Diane Luhr 19 Youth 16-yard: Kory Enyeart 19, Eli Hill 18, Parker Jenkins 14, Gavin Stark 12 Handicap: Mike Barton 25, Skip Luhr 24, Mark Brown 23, Lisa Enyeart 21 27-yard: Keith Enyeart 25, Mike Barton 19, Tony Zaren 18, Sam McGeorge 15 Continentals: Keith Enyeart 23, Mime Barton 23, Brad Gotham 22, Tony Zaren 20, Kory Enyeart 18 The Metaline Falls Gun Club will be hosting the County Shoot Sunday, March 12. The club will be open at 7:30 a.m., and the shoot starts at 9 a.m. Call Tony Zaren at 509-671-1809 or Lisa Enyeart at 509671-3903 with questions.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Koa Pancho drives around a Lynden Christian player Thursday, March 2, in the Grizzlies’ second game at the Hardwood Classic State 1A basketball tournament in Yakima. Newport lost this game but went two and two for the tourney, bringing back a sixth place trophy.

Grizzlies cap state tourney with trophy

First state appearance since 1980, first trophy since 1956

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

YAKIMA – The basketball gods were smiling on Newport in their first game with Hoquiam in the Hardwood Classic State 1A Boys Basketball Tournament.

Or messing with them. It depends on how you looked at it.

Either way it was a must win situation for the Newport boys Wednesday night, March 1.

They led most of the game, up 10 points right away and keeping a seven to 10 point lead most of the game. But late in the third quarter, Hoquiam started cutting the lead. Newport, which was up 31-22 at the half, found itself ahead by just one point at the start of the fourth quarter.

Hoquiam pulled ahead for the first time in the game midway through the fourth quarter. Hoquiam was ahead

56-54 with 12 seconds left.

“We called a play that we work on in practice during situational time,” Newport coach Jamie Pancho said. Danny Bradbury hit Koa Pancho with a pass and Pancho fired off a 3-point shot.

“It felt like it was good,” Koa Pancho said. But it bounced off the rim.

Danny Bradbury came down with the rebound, which he threw to Pancho as Bradbury was falling out of bounds.

“Danny threw it right into my hands and I shot,” Pancho said. The buzzer went off as the ball was in the air.

Pancho’s 3-point shot gave Newport a 57-56 victory, keeping their tournament alive.

“Koa and I have been playing together since we were little kids, so I knew where he was,” Bradbury said. Still he was as surprised as any spectator at See grizzlies, 8B

Lady Rangers end season with loss at state Entire team returning next season

By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

SPOKANE – The Selkirk girls basketball team had to win their first game of the 1B State Tournament Wednesday, March 1, to stay alive, after losing their regional game to Colton last weekend. They weren’t able to do it, ending their season with a 65-48 loss.

“Yes, we made it to the state tournament.

One of our goals realized,” Selkirk coach Jack Couch said. “We have no complaints. We had the opportunity to compete at the state tournament, only the fourth time in 44 years the Selkirk girls basketball team has earned a state birth.”

The Rangers’ only losses this season were the four semi-finalists: Republic, Almira/Coulee-Hartline, Colton and Sunnyside Christian.

“All four teams lose valuable players. We don’t.” Selkirk returns all 11 players next year.

Wednesday’s game started very close. Sunnyside Christian was up

Courtesy photo|Mike Kirkwood

Newport Little Guys wrestler Mathieu Kirkwood pins an opponent on his way to clenching the 154 pound championship in the 11-12-year-old division last weekend at the Spokane Braveheart Invite, held at North Central High School in Spokane. Fifteen wrestlers won medals.

Little Guy wrestling season underway SPOKANE – The Newport Little Guy wrestling season started with a meet at North Central High School in Spokane.

Newport took 48 wrestlers to the match and brought home 15 medals.

First place winners included Mathieu Kirkwood, Preston Kremer and Everett Sawyer. Mariah Me-

lendez, Falcon Comer, Brenden Reeves, Austin Reeves, Markis Teeples, Landon Hall, Jeffrey Newman and Landen Pillers placed second.

Sonny Prentice, Starlin Prentice, Maddie Pillars and Daisy Mason placed third.

There are 60 wrestlers participating this year.

Next weekend the team travels to Reardan.

Lady Griz, Spartans start softball season NEWPORT – The Newport and Priest River softball teams will meet on the diamond for the first game of the season Saturday, March 11, a double-header at Priest River Lamanna High School. The first game starts at noon, and second game at 3 p.m.

s p o rt s c a l e n d a r Courtesy photo|Julie Fristad

Selkirk’s Nicol Lyons drives for the basket when the Rangers took on Sunnyside Christian in their first round of the 1B State Tournament. Selkirk lost 65-48.

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17-15 at the end of the first quarter, and both teams scored seven in the second. The third quarter, however, solidified fate with Sunnyside scoring 20 to Selkirk’s seven. They added two points to their lead with 21 in the fourth.

Whitney Dawson led the Rangers with 12 points. Gabi Rick scored 11, Jenna Couch added

Priest River Softball vs. Newport: Noon - Priest River Lamanna High School

10 and Bree Dawson scored five. Ellen Huttle scored four, and Nicol Lyons and Emma Avey each scored three.

“We are currently scheduling a rigorous summer schedule, aiming to improve our team

by Nov. 13, the start of next season,” coach Couch said. “I’m very proud of my team. Our girls are hard workers.”

Priest River Softball vs. Newport: 3 p.m. Priest River Lamanna High

Saturday, March 18 Newport Track and Field, Dolphin Invite: 10:30 a.m. – Spring Valley High School, Spokane

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n an effort to encourage literacy and celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday, area elementary school children in Cusick and Priest River partook in Read Across America Day, Thursday, March 2.

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Merrilee Brumley, a paraprofessional, reads a story to Priest River kindergartners.

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These first graders were running towards Mr. Bollinger at Cusick during the Dr. Seuss inspired Read Across America Day at Cusick Wednesday, March1.

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This is how Cusick Principal Steve Bollinger ended up, held to the wall with tape. Note his feet aren’t touching the ground.

LEFT: Retired Newport schoolteacher Larry Sauer took a different approaching to reading with Priest River students, teaching them how to read music.

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o b i t u ar i e s William Earl “Bill” Galbraith

late Daniel and Martha (Peters) Galbraith in his hometown of Brewster, Wash., where he attended elementary and high school, graduating with the class of 1979. Following high school, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

He returned to Brewster upon his honorable

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William Earl “Bill” Galbraith, a resident of Newport, born May 20, 1961, passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in Wenatchee, Wash.

Bill was born to the

discharge from the Navy, where he met and married Tammy Vandelac, to become a loving husband, and father to Jeremy Vandelac and Amber Gene Welsh. A few years later in June 1990, Bill and Tammy welcomed their child, Haley Dawn.

From a young age, Bill

loved the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and most other outdoor activities. Family was the most important thing to Bill; he never missed a family gathering. He spent many weekends with his daughter Haley, going for drives in the mountains, watching

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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.

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Monday, Feb. 27 TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 20, report of deer in middle of road that needs dispatched.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENED/REVOKED: S. Newport Ave. BURGLARY: Allen Rd., report of fresh tracks on the property, unknown if someone could be inside at this time.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Panhead Hill Rd., report of two dogs running loose on her property.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of burgundy Honda with male slumped over steering wheel.

THEFT: W. 5th St., caller reporting phone, cash, and watch stolen between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

WANTED PERSON: Cass Ave., Douglas C. Brogdon, 37, Newport, was arrested on an out of county warrant.

ABADONED VEHICVLE: Industry, report of abandoned vehicle that has been parked in area since 04/22/2016.

ACCIDENT: LeClerc Rd. N., law on scene requesting check infant involved in rollover, no apparent injuries.

TRESPASSING: LeClerc Rd. S., Usk DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2 and Scotia, Newport

Wednesday, March 1 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 6th Ave.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Open Skies Rd., report of ongoing harassment online via social media.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, David E. Meeks, 50, Newport, was arrested on a local felony warrant.

ARREST: W. Kelley Drive, Kip M. Nordgaarden, 36, Newport, was arrested on a local warrant.

ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, James R. Wilson, 24, Cusick, was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer.

ARREST: Grey and Deer Valley, Johna M. Pack, 23, Newport, was arrested for failure to comply.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: McInnis St., Ione, report of aggressive dogs chasing animals on property again, an ongoing issue.

WELFARE CHECK: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of young male, about 7 years old walked by store, stated his home was on Quail and is now walking towards Safeway.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: LeClerc Rd. S. and Berry Rd., report of deer with broken leg off roadway.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Middle Fork Rd., Usk, out with vehicle.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle having problems maintaining lane travel crossed centerline and fog line.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2 and Diamond Drive, Newport, report of abandoned vehicle, blocking intersection.

Thursday, March 2 ANIMAL PROBLEM: LeClerc Rd. S., report of injured deer on west side of road over the bank.

DISTURBANCE: Jorgens Rd., report of male subject that won’t leave residence.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of white SUV speeding and cutting people off.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report that vehicle missed corner and is in the ditch, non-blocking.

FIRE ALARM: Railroad Ave., Newport, report of panic alarm and fire alarm.

ARREST: Julie Ann Quynh Anh, 27, Newport, was arrested for domestic violence assault in the 4th degree and malicious mischief domestic violence in the 3rd dgree.

CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE: W. 1st St., report of juvenile refusing to go with RP, claims to have guardianship paperwork.

ARREST: Joseph Galvin Pearman, Newport, 22, was arrested for driving under the influence.

Tuesday, Feb. 28 ACCIDENT: Scotia and Spring Valley Rd., report of moving van partially blocking the road.

ACCIDENT: Flowery Trail and Pease, Usk, report of a bus that slid off the road.

ACCIDENT: LeClerc Rd. N., report of a non-injury accident.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHSYICAL: S. Spokane Ave., Newport ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of an assault on an employee.

TRESPASSING: Hwy. 211, report of neighbor that came over yelling at complainant’s husband, previously trespassed.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Stohr Rd., Newport, report that court administrator wanted to pass on some information.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of semi-truck jack knifed in highway, blocking by hill.

ARREST: Tina Marie Stolz, 37, Newport, arrested on Department of Corrections detainer.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Jordan Wesley Buck, 24, Sagle, was arrested for rape in the 2nd degree and transported by Bonner County.

Friday, March 3 ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, reply white sedan up on guardrail, partially blocking northbound lane.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: Flowery Trail Rd., report of truck blocking plows on roadway.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 4th and Warren, report of found Great Dane, unknown owner.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Scotia Rd., report that juvenile left the facility early this morning.

THEFT: LeClerc Rd. N., report of money stolen from purse last night.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Tawnya Ann Werre, 48, Spokane Valley was arrested on a Department of Corrections hold.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Panorama Drive, report of two vehicles parked at corner of property and complainant can see two flashlights.

FRAUD: Diamond Drive, report of an Internet scam.

Saturday, March 4 ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of one vehicle rollover, occupant out of vehicle.

Way, Priest River, report of dog running at large.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 6th Street, Priest River MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY: Hwy. 2, Priest River ARREST: S. Grover Ave. and E. 3rd St. S., Oldtown, Nick Sjostrom, 30, of Newport was arrested on a Bonner County warrant.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: Blanchard

Tuesday, Feb. 28 RECKLESS DRIVING: Hoop Loop and Dinger Lane, Priest River UNLAWFUL ENTRY: Hwy. 57, Priest River TRAFFIC VIOLATION: E. 4th St. S., Oldtown, an Oldtown resident was cited and released for driving without privileges.

UNKNOWN ACCIDENT, INJURY: Freeman Lake Rd. and Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Wednesday, March 1

RAPE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of a rape.

ACCIDENT, UNKNOWN INJURY: Edgemere Cutoff and Vay Rd., Priest River

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Village St., report that neighbor is constantly speeding.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 57 and Saddler Creek Rd., Priest River

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 31, report of rockslide blocking southbound lane.

HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATIONS: Pineview Lane, Spirit Lake

JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. 5th St.

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Blanchard

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Hwy. 20, report that male subject purchased beer, opened one in vehicle and drove off.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: LeClerc Rd. S., report of broken cabinets and debris in roadway.

SUSUPICIOUS PERSON: S. Washington Ave., report of male subject acting suspicious.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 31, report of large rocks blocking southbound lane.

Sunday, March 5 ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 7th St., report of found dog in city.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle verus deer, deer in northbound lane.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211 and Deer Valley, report of black truck going into oncoming traffic and off the road.

ANIMAL BITE: W. Pine St., Newport, report of child bit by dog.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: E. 5th St., report of male sitting outside acting aggressive.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., report of theft earlier in the day.

BURGLARY: E. 5th St., report of employee that found a door kicked in and items damaged inside.

STRUCTURE FIRE: W. 5th St., report of storage shed on fire.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 20 and McKenzie Rd., complainant reporting open doors on storage units.

Thursday, March 2 BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL ALARM: Hwy. 2, Priest River DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Main St., Priest River, report of a fight.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Bridge St., Sandpoint, a 28-year-old Priest river resident was cited and released at City Beach for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

ARREST: E. Ockert St. S., Oldtown, Mark H. Schwartzenberger, 60, Oldtown was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant.

Friday, March 3 SEX OFFENSE: Oldtown Saturday, March 4 WEAPON OFFENSE: Lincoln Ave., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River TRAFFIC VIOLATION: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, a 50-year-old Spokane woman was cited and released for driving without privileges.

ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Hwy. 41, Blanchard, report of traffic collision.

Sunday, March 5 DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Jones Ave., Priest River ARREST: Klein Lane, Oldtown, Shawn Hoisington Jr., 24, Oldtown was arrested on an outstanding Bonner County warrant.

DRIVING WITHOUT PRIVILEGES: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, an Oldtown resident was cited and released.

West Bonner County

Monday, Feb. 27 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Airfield

p u bl i c m ee t i n g s Wednesday, March 8 Pend Oreille Cemetery No. 1: 8:15 a.m. - E. 100 Circle Drive, Newport Pend Oreille Conservation District Board: 9:30 a.m. - Newport Post Office Building West Bonner Water and Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall

Cusick Town Council: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pend Oreille Fire District No. 6: 6 p.m. - Furport Fire Hall, 7572 LeClerc Road Oldtown City Council: 6:30 p.m. Oldtown City Hall

Tuesday, March 14

Bonner County Democrats: 6:30-8 p.m. - Panhandle Health, 322 Marion St., Sandpoint

Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building

Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. Metaline Town Hall

Port of Pend Oreille Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Usk, 1981 Black Road

Monday, March 13 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Oldtown Urban Renewal District Board: 5:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall, as needed

Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse West Bonner Library District Board of Trustees: 9 a.m. - Priest River Library Friends of the Library: Noon Priest River Library Newport School Board: 5 p.m. District Offices

Pend Oreille County Planning Commission Hearings: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall West Bonner Library Board: 7 p.m. - Priest River Library Laclede Water District: 7:30 p.m. Laclede Community Hall

Wednesday, March 15 Diamond Lake Water and Sewer District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office Pend Oreille County Park Board: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station West Bonner County School Board: 6 p.m. - District Office, Priest River Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

car races, or just playing catch. He was a good friend to many, always willing to lend a helping hand, and a wonderful coworker. Bill was employed by the Washington State Department of Transportation. He was passionate about the role he played in maintaining safe roadways for the benefit and enjoyment of the public.

Bill was also an active member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the American Legion.

Bill is survived by one daughter, Haley Galbraith of Seattle; one brother and sister-in-law, Ben and Lori Galbraith of Wenatchee; one sister and brotherin-law, Teresa and Jeff Williams of Bremerton; stepmother Linda Galbraith of Yakima; stepsisters Cindie Furman of Packwood, Jennie and husband Matt Mathes of Naches; and stepbrother Wade Furman; additionally, many extended family members, including nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in death by both his parents.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Brewster, Wash., on Bill’s birthday, May 20, 2017. More details to come on location and time.

Ann K. Chaney Fields Newport

Ann K. Chaney Fields was born at Locke, Wash., on Aug. 24, 1922, and entered into her final rest on March 3, Fields 2017, at Newport Hospital Long Term Care. She was 94. The oldest child, she is survived by her brother, James W. Cooper; her daughter, Electra Jubon, and son-in-law, Ken Fisher; her grandson, Kris Donahoo, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Don Jubon, brothers Art and Dale Tallman, and her sister, Lydia Osgood. She attended school in Locke and Cusick, and also went on to Kinman Business University. She worked as the executive secretary for the local PUD for 31 years, retiring in the mid 80s.

She began her family with her husband, Frank Jubon, in Seattle, moved to Oldtown, and then to Newport in 1960.

After Frank’s death, she was married to Warren Chaney until his death in 1996. She married Alvin Fields in 2002, and they were together until his death in 2004. She was a very active member of the Pocahontas Lodge for many years, and a member of the United Church of Christ. She volunteered for the Pend Oreille County Historical Society museum and the Newport COC information center.

The family suggests that any donations in her memory be made to either the Historical Society or the UCC. A funeral service will be held at the Newport United Church of Christ on March 13, at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow in the church basement.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Family and friends are

invited to sign the online guest book at shermanknapp.com.

Rose Lathrom Newport

Rose Lathrom was born on April 17, 1957, at home in Gardena, Calif., to Eric and Eugenie Lathrom. She Lathrom passed Feb. 22, 2017. She was 59. She lived in Southern California until she moved to Newport in 1996. Rose worked hard throughout her life in varying fields, but what she truly enjoyed was spending time with family and friends.

Rose was content with the comfort of her own home and was more than willing to let people in to spend time with her, but preferred the outdoors.

Rose loved fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, gardening, playing at the park with her grandson, and taking in the breathtaking scenery around her. Rose found the most joy while spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Her spirit was a loving one as she would do anything for her family or close friends. She had a way with people and loved to put a smile on their face. She attracted many different kinds of friends. Rose was one with the Lord securing her place beside him in heaven.

Rose was preceded in death by her father Eric Lathrom and mother Eugenie Lathrom.

She is survived by her son Derrick Bemis (Ananda Smyers), grandson Kyle Bemis of Temecula, Calif., daughter Kelly Bemis (Charles D. Shaw), grandson Charles K. Shaw of Newport, brother Norman Lathrom of Newport, brother Mark Lathrom (Teri Lathrom) of Blanchard, and sister Yolanda Lathrom. She is also survived by a number of extended family members who will forever miss her. She goes now to rest, and is at piece.

Rose’s life will be celebrated March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 First St., in Newport.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com.

Gerald Edward Beers Priest River

Gerald Edward Beers of Priest River went to be with his Savior and Lord peacefully with family by his side Beers Feb. 22. He was 92.

He is predeceased by his parents, Bruce and Gladys Beers; brothers, Bruce and Rod, first wife, Christine, son Dwight and many cousins.

He is survived by his wife, Marie; daughters Yvonne Beers of Priest River, Pamela (and Don) Redford of Lynnwood, Wash., Becky (and Scott) See Obituaries, 8B

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Mellon secured by the Deed of Trust is: Trust Company, National Associa- Principal $45,261.46, together with tion fka The Bank of New York Trust interest as provided in the note or Company, N.A. as successor to other instrument secured from the JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee 4/23/2015, and such other costs for Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass- and fees as are due under the note Through Certificates, Series 2002- or other instrument secured, and as RP2 is the holder of the Promissory are provided by statute.

Note and current Beneficiary of the V. The above-described real propDeed of Trust. erty will be sold to satisfy the exII. No action commenced by the pense of sale and the obligation Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is secured by the Deed of Trust as now pending to seek satisfaction of provided by statute. The sale will be the obligation in any Court by rea- made without warranty, express or son of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s implied, regarding title, possession, default on the obligation secured by or encumbrances on 3/17/2017. The the Deed of Trust. default(s) referred to in Paragraph III. The default(s) for which this fore- III must be cured by 3/6/2017, (11 closure is made is/are as follows: days before the sale date) to cause Failure to pay when due the following a discontinuance of the sale. The amounts which are now in arrears: sale will be discontinued and termiPAYMENT INFORMATION nated if at any time before 3/6/2017 Delinquent All Due Payments from (11 days before the sale) the default 5/23/2015: as set forth in Paragraph III is cured TOTAL and the Trustee’s fees and costs May 23, 2015 – November 9, are paid. Payment must be in cash 2016 or with cashiers or certified checks

$58,217.15 from a State or federally chartered PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMA- bank. The sale may be terminated TION any time after the 3/6/2017 (11 days Note Dated: 6/19/2000 before the sale date) and before the Note Amount: $52,000.00 sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or Interest Paid To: 4/23/2015 the holder of any recorded junior lien Next Due Date: 5/23/2015 or encumbrance paying the entire IV. The sum owing on the obligation principal and interest secured by the

Continued from 4B site: http://www.ocla.wa.gov/ I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, North Star Trustee, LLC will on 3/17/2017, at 10:00 AM at main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W 4th St, Newport, WA sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 3, BLOCK 19, TOWN OF IONE, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 415 BLACKWELL (AKA 415 BLACKWELL ST AKA BLACKWELL ST) IONE, WA 99139 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 6/19/2000, recorded 6/23/2000, under Auditor’s File No. 2000 0254039, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from JON P. BLOXSOM AND BILLIE JO BLOXSOM, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to HENNESSEY, EDWARDS & BOSWELL, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of FIRST UNION HOME EQUITY BANK, N.A.. The Bank of New York

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Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: NAME ADDRESS BILLIE JO BLOXSOM 415 BLACKWELL IONE, WA 99139 BILLIE JO BLOXSOM C/O HENNESSEY & EDWARDS, P.S. 7307 N. DIVISION ST., STE. 310 SPOKANE, WA 99208 BILLIE JO BLOXSOM PO BOX 216 IONE, WA 99139 BILLIE JO BLOXSOM PO BOX 872 IONE, WA 99139-0872 JON P BLOXSOM C/O HENNESSEY & EDWARDS, P.S. 7307 N. DIVISION ST., STE. 310 SPOKANE, WA 99208 JON P. BLOXSOM 415 BLACKWELL IONE, WA 99139 Continued on 6B

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Continued from 5B JON P. BLOXSOM PO BOX 216 IONE, WA 99139 JON P. BLOXSOM PO BOX 872 IONE, WA 99139-0872 by both first class and certified mail on 9/19/2016, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property.

IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants and tenants.

After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

DATED: 11-8-16 North Star Trustee, LLC, as Trustee Kellie Barnes, Trustee Sale Officer Address for service: North Star Trustee, LLC 6100 219th ST SW, Suite 480 Mountlake Terrace, Washington 98043 Phone No: (206) 866-5345 Beneficiary / Servicer Phone: (800)315-4757 ss.

STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH I certify that I know or have satisfactory evidence that Kellie Barnes is the person who appeared before me, and said person acknowledged that (he/she) signed this instrument, on oath stated that (he/she) was authorized to execute the instrument and acknowledged it as a Trustee Sale Officer of North Star Trustee, LLC to be the free and voluntary act of

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(3, 6) ___________________________ 201746 PUBLIC NOTICE File No.: Trustee: 7025.21409 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Grantors: Joseph H. Akai, as his separate property Grantee: Guild Mortgage Company Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 20120312873 Tax Parcel ID No.: 453006590004 Abbreviated Legal: L4 HOWARD SUB, PEND OREILLE CO., WA Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq.

THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: Toll-free: 1-877-894HOME (1-877-894-4663). Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/ homeownership/post_purchase_ counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287.

Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?web ListAction=search&searchstate=W A&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-606-4819. Web site: http:// nwjustice.org/what-clear. I. On March 17, 2017, at 10:00 AM. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: Lot 4 of Howard Subdivision recorded in Book 2 of Short Plats, page 264, Pend Oreille County, Washington Commonly known as: 112 Beryl Court Newport, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 09/18/12, recorded on 09/20/12, under Auditor’s File No. 20120312873, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Joseph H. Akai and Jamie D. Akai, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Frontier Title and Escrow Company Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for American West Bank, a Washington Corporation, beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for American West Bank, a Washington Corporation, beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns to Guild Mortgage Company, under an Assignment/ Successive Assignments recorded under Auditor ’s File No. 20160325784. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the

following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate as of 11/14/2016. If reinstating after this date, please contact NWTS for the exact reinstatement amount. Monthly Payments $6,839.91 Lender’s Fees & Costs $152.28 Total Arrearage $6,992.19 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $810.00 Title Report $658.51 Statutory Mailings $22.32 Recording Costs $16.00 Postings $140.00 Sale Costs $50.00 Total Costs $1,696.83 Total Amount Due: $8,689.02 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $114,618.94, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 02/01/16, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on March 17, 2017. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 03/06/17 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 03/06/17 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 03/06/17 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Joseph H. Akai 112 Beryl Court Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Joseph H. Akai 112 Beryl Court Newport, WA 99156 Jamie D. Akai 112 Beryl Court Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Jamie D. Akai 112 Beryl Court Newport, WA 99156 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 08/22/16, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 08/23/16 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www. northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www. northwesttrustee.com and www.

USA-Foreclosure.com. Date Executed: November 14, 2016 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee

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Authorized Signature 13555 SE 36th St. Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98006 Contact: Nanci Lambert (425) 5861900. Akai, Joseph H. and Jamie D. (TS# 7025.21409) 1002.288303File No. Published in The Newport Miner on February 15 and March 8, 2017.

(3, 6) __________________________ 201765 PUBLIC NOTICE S U P E R I O R C O U R T, S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N , C O U N T Y O F PEND OREILLE CAROL H. McADAMS, a single woman, Plaintiff, vs.

TOM L. EASLEY and KATHRYN EASLEY, husband and wife in the marital community composed thereof, and all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the Complaint.

Defendants.

CASE NO. 17-2-00031-7 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION (60 DAY) Filed Feb 15, 2017 TO THE DEFENDANT(S): A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled Court by the Plaintiff(s). Plaintiff(s) claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons.

You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after February ,2017, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff(s), Carol H. McAdams, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for Plaintiff at the office below stated.

In case of your failure to do so, judgement will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint that has been filed with the clerk of the above entitled court.

The object of the above entitled action is to Quiet Title to the real property as contained in the Complaint filed with the court. Legally described as: Lot 10A, Pend Oreille Sunvale Acres, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Book 2 of Plats, page 110, Pend Oreille County, Washington Tax Parcel No.: 433733.52.9012 Date of first publication: March 1, 2017.

By David J. Carlson, Attorney for Plaintiff at 10015 N. Division, Ste 104, Spokane, WA 99218 (509)4652499, Fax #(509)465-2498.

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Washington.

DATED this _6TH ___ day of February, 2017. ___ Signed___________________ DAVID J. CARLSON, WSBA # 12222 Attorney for Plaintiff 10015 North Division, Ste #104 Spokane, WA 99218 (509) 465-2499 Published in The Newport Miner on March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and April 5, 2017. (5-6) __________________________ 201767 PUBLIC NOTICE NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL VA C A N C Y There is one (1) City Councilmember position open on the Newport City Council. Any citizen of Newport interested in becoming a part of the City Council/Administrative team is encouraged to apply. Qualifications: 1) Resident of the City of Newport for one year; 2) Registered voter.

Salary: Ranges from $50-$61 per meeting. Applications are available at Newport City Hall, 200 S. Washington Ave., Newport, WA 99156 or call (509) 447-5611. All applications must be received by the deadline of 2:00 pm., March 13, 2017.

Published in the Newport Miner on March 1 and 8, 2017. (5-2) ___________________________ 201768 PUBLIC NOTICE S E N ewport I m prove m ents P ro j ect I N V I TAT I O N T O B I D The City of Newport is requesting bids for the reconstruction of multiple City Streets. Bids will be received at the City of Newport, at the reception desk located in the main room of the Newport City Hall, 200 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, Washington Continued on 7B

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Continued from 6B 99156 until 3:00 pm on March 16, 2017. Bids will be opened and read publicly immediately following the close of bid receipt. No late or faxed bids will be accepted.

A pre-bid conference for this project will be held at 1:00 pm on March 8, 2017 at Newport City Hall.

The project includes full depth reclamation reconstruction of approximately 3,200 linear feet of City Street. The proposed improvements include paving, adding curb, sidewalk, ADA ramps, stormwater facilities, signage and striping. The approximate cost of construction is $700,000.

Contract Documents may be viewed electronically and purchased from Standard Digital, 256 West Riverside Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201, (509) 624-2985. Contract Documents are also available for viewing at the following locations: • Spokane Regional Plan Center, 209 N Havana, Spokane, WA 99202, (509) 328-9600 • Association of General Contractors, 4935 East Trent Spokane, WA 99212, (509) 534-1446 • City of Newport, 200 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, Washington 99156, (509) 447-5611 Bid must be submitted on the forms provided with the Contract Documents. A 5% bid bond will be required. 100% performance and payment bonds will be required from the successful contractor.

The contractor must be capable of meeting all insurance and bonding requirements.

This project is funded by the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB), and is subject to all applicable state laws and regulations. All work performed on this project will be subject to Washington State prevailing wage rates.

The City of Newport reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive technicalities, and in its sole judgment, accept the bid which it deems is in its best interest.

The City of Newport is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Small, Minority- and Women-owned firms are encouraged to submit bids.

Project questions can be directed to Belsby Engineering at (509) 747-6790.

Published in The Newport Miner on March 1 and 8, 2017. (5-2) ___________________________ 201769 PUBLIC NOTICE A board seat on the Pend Oreille Conservation District is available for appointment by the Washington State Conservation Commission.

Conservation district board supervisors are public officials who serve without compensation and set policy and direction for the conservation district. An applicant must be a registered voter in Washington State, and may be required to own land or operate a farm. Applicants for appointed positions do not have to live within the district to apply. For more information, or to obtain an application form, please contact the Pend Oreille Conservation District or visit the Conservation Commission website at http://www.scc.wa.gov/.

Applications and supporting materials must be received by the Commission no later than March 31, 2017.

David Marcell District Manager Pend Oreille Conservation District Published in The Newport Miner on March 1 and 8, 2017. (5-2) ___________________________ 201770 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille Conservation District Board of Supervisors hereby informs the voting public that the incumbent has been reelected to the currently open seat by reason of being the only person filing for the position by the filing deadline. Therefore, no poll site, absentee balloting or mail balloting will be performed pursuant to WAC 135-110-370. For further information, please contact the District at (509)447-1155.

David Marcell District Manager POCD Published in The Newport Miner on March 1 and 8, 2017. (5-2) ___________________________ 201763 PUBLIC NOTICE File No.: Trustee: 8308.21164 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Grant-

ors: Christina L. Wilson, a single person Grantee: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 20150321356 and rerecorded 8/30/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 20160325917 and rerecorded 10/11/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 20160326365 Tax Parcel ID No.: 463118520042 Abbreviated Legal: S 10 ft L4 N 40 ft L 5 B12 Koch’s, Pend Oreille Co., WA Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: Toll-free: 1-877-894HOME (1-877-894-4663). Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/ homeownership/post_purchase_ counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287.

Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?web ListAction=search&searchstate=W A&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-606-4819. Web site: http:// nwjustice.org/what-clear. I. On April 7, 2017, at 10:00 AM. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: The South 10 feet of Lot 4 and the North 40 feet of Lot 5 in Block 12, Koch’s Addition to Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington, according to the recorded Plat thereof. Commonly known as: 410 North Washington Avenue Newport, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 04/28/15, recorded on 04/30/15, under Auditor’s File No. 20150321356 and rerecorded 8/30/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 20160325917 and rerecorded 10/11/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 20160326365, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Christina L. Wilson, unmarried woman, as Grantor, to Pend Oreille Title & Escrow Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as designated nominee for Willamette Valley Bank, beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned

by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as designated nominee for Willamette Valley Bank, beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns to PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, under an Assignment/Successive Assignments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 20160325310. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate as of 11/29/2016. If reinstating after this date, please contact NWTS for the exact reinstatement amount. Monthly Payments $7,335.82 Late Charges $48.99 Lender’s Fees & Costs $1,077.61 Total Arrearage $8,462.42 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $1,125.00 Statutory Mailings $22.32 Recording Costs

$16.00 Postings $140.00 Total Costs $1,303.32 Total Amount Due: $9,765.74 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $77,028.40, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 09/01/15, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on April 7, 2017. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 03/27/17 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 03/27/17 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 03/27/17 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Christina L. Wilson 410 North Washington Avenue Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/ or Domestic Partner of Christina L. Wilson 410 North Washington Avenue Newport, WA 99156 Christina L. Wilson PO Box 1727 Priest River, ID 83856 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Christina L. Wilson PO Box 1727 Priest River, ID 83856 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 10/27/16, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 10/26/16 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www. northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www. northwesttrustee.com and www.

USA-Foreclosure.com. Date Executed: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature 13555 SE 36th St. Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98006 Contact: Vonnie McElligott (425) 586-1900. Wilson, Christina L. (TS# 8308.21164) 1002.289156-File No. Published in The Newport Miner on March 8 and 29, 2017. (6, 9) ___________________________

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201771 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00004-7 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of JAMES ARTHUR ZUBAUGH, Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: MARCH 8, 2017 /s/Brian R. Zubaugh Brian R. Zubaugh, Personal Representative 31810 N Schwachtgen Rd Chattaroy, WA 99003 (509) 414-3115 Published in The Newport Miner on March 8, 15 and 22, 2017. (6-3) __________________________ 201772 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE NO. 15-4-00017-2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW.11.40.030 In the Estate of: LAVETA WYLINE SMITH, Deceased The individual named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time this claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: March 8, 2017.

Personal Representatives : Hal and Traci Hunsaker Attorney for Personal Representatives: Linda Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: 301 W. Spruce, Suite B P.O. Box 1440 Newport, WA 99156 Published in the Newport Miner on March 8, 15 and 22, 2017. (6-3) __________________________ 201774 PUBLIC NOTICE S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N D E PA R T M E N T O F E C O L O G Y N O T I C E O F A P P L I C AT I O N T O A P P R O P R I AT E P U B L I C WAT E R S TA K E N O T I C E : That Sean Reagan of Spokane, WA on Feb. 14, 2017 under Application No. S3-30785, filed for permit to appropriate public waters, subject to existing rights, an unnamed stream, tributary to Harvey Creek, in the amount of .25 of a cubic foot per second, continuously, each year, for fire protection, fish propagation, hydro power generation, stock water and seasonally, each year, for the irrigation of 10 acres. The Continued on 8B

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Live broadcast KUBS FM, the Newport School District’s radio station, broadcast the state basketball tournament live last week. They took a five-person crew and both broadcast the games on radio, as well as video.

Pictured are on air radio broadcasters Alexander Adams and Josh Carlson and camera director Chaz Robinson, with advisor David Bradbury.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

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Wilson of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; sons, Brian (and Kristina) Beers of Olympia, and Edward (and Corina) Beers of Long Beach, Wash.; sister, Milly (and Earl) Magnuson of Seattle; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and others who knew and loved him.

A memorial service will be held at Peninsula Union Church on Peninsula Rd., Priest River, on March 23, at 4:30 p.m. Pastor Bill Lemm will officiate. Burial will be at the State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash., at 2:15 p.m.

March 24.

Jerry was born to Gladys (Mullen) and Bruce Floyd Beers on Oct. 4, 1924, in Centralia, Wash., the oldest of four children. During World War II he landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy, in the 79th Infantry Division and loved to tell stories about walking across France, Holland, Belgium and

Germany and into Czechoslovakia. He could talk for hours (and did!) about those experiences.

Once discharged from the Army he married Christine (Wilson) Beers and they had three children, Dwight, Yvonne and Pamela. He worked for the City of Seattle for 22 years and as a building inspector in Worland, Wyo., retiring in 1986. He married his second wife, Marie in September 1974, moving to Billings, Mont. They enjoyed remodeling homes together wherever they lived (Billings, Mont., Fort Collins, Colo., Worland, Wyo., Lynden and Nooksack, Wash.) and have lived in Priest River more than 18 years.

He passed up several offers of lucrative jobs in big cities because he wanted to raise his second family in smaller communities where the pace of life was slower.

It didn’t matter where he was living, he enjoyed studying his Bible and sharing what he learned.

Continued from 7B source of the proposed appropriation is to be located within the NE¼SW¼ of Section 19, Township 38 N., Range 44 E.W.M., in Pend Oreille County.

Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty-($50.00) dollar recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from March 15, 2017 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM - ERO PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611 NOTICE Published in The Newport Miner on March 8 and 15, 2017. (6-2) _________________________ 201775 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE S U R P L U S R E A L E S TAT E P R O P ERTY FOR SALE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (District) has declared the following real estate property as no longer necessary, material to, or useful in the operations of the District and, therefore, surplus to the needs of the District: • Property (North Fork Sullivan Creek): One tax parcel (PID 7914), 74 acres located about two miles east of Metaline Falls. Brief legal description: W1/2 SW1/4 of Sec. 24, T39N, R43E, W.M. Fair Market Value: $313,000.

Access to property is by Forest Service Road 2200235 (Bud Moon Road). The buyer will be expected to obtain a permit by the Forest Service.

This real estate property will be sold as is, without a survey. Title insurance would be obtained during closing and cost shared by Buyer and Seller.

Bidders must obtain a Surplus Real Estate Bid Form, which is available on the District’s website at www. popud.org, or by contacting the District’s Contract Administrator at (509)447-9345. The Surplus Real Estate Bid Form must be used when submitting bids. Bid amounts shall be no less than the fair market, as listed above. Sealed bids will be received at the District’s Newport

He enjoyed history and research and wrote five books, having three of them published. Of one of them, “Terror in the Tunnel” his daughter, Becky, said it was “a sneaky way of getting the gospel out without ever saying the word God.” He was a member of Peninsula Union Church in Priest River, and the American Legion where he was active until his health declined.

He would don his dress uniform and attend and/or speak at any armed service gathering when asked, giving support and encouragement to other veterans.

His family wants to thank Auburn Crest Hospice for all their help and support during Jerry’s last days.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermanknapp.com.

office, 130 N. Washington, P.O. Box 190, Newport, WA 99156 or at the Box Canyon Dam Visitor Center, 7492 Hwy 31, P.O. Box 547, Ione, WA 99139 until 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2017.

The sealed bid process will be conducted in one or two phases described as follows: The first phase will consist of sealed bids received, as specified above, on or before Friday, April 28, 2017. Each bid MUST be accompanied by an individual surety deposit, for the amount of $500.00, in the form of: Cashier’s Check, Certified Check, or Money Order, payable to Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County. In the event that more than one bid is received, a second phase of the bid process will be conducted for the property. The second phase will consist of advertisement of the bid results of the first phase, with the opportunity for subsequent bids to be submitted in an amount no less than 10 percent more than the highest bid that was submitted in the first phase. If a subsequent offer is received, the first offeror shall be informed by certified mail sent to the address stated in his or her offer. The first offeror shall then have ten days, from the date of mailing the notice of the increased offer, in which to submit a higher bid of no less than 5 percent more than that of the subsequent offeror. After the expiration of the ten-day period, the property will be sold to the highest bidder.

Interested persons may contact Mark Cauchy at (509) 447-9331 for more information.

Published in The Newport Miner on March 8 and 15, 2017. (6-2) ___________________________ 201776 PUBLIC NOTICE C o m bined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pend Oreille County did on March 2, 2017 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Jamie Cosand and did on March 3, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a ramp & dock on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SA-17-003), Location: 427551 HWY 20; Parcel# 443235539002 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on March 1, 2017 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

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the result. “When Koa hit it, I couldn’t believe it.”

Coach Pancho said Owen Leslie and Robby Owen both started strong for Newport.

“They both started fast offensively for us, which helped take pressure off of Koa and Danny; freeing them up a little more,” he said. “Tug Smith gave us a huge spark off of the bench, and I thought Kade Zorica played great defense for us, and knocked down some key shots for us. If guys like Kade and Tug play well for us, we become a tough team to stop because they add to our depth.”

The win took a little pressure off Newport. Now they were guaranteed at least two more games in the 12-team tournament.

They played No. 2 seeded Lynden Christian the next night.

Newport started hard and was up by two at the end of the first quarter. Lynden Christian came back, though, and took a 29-21 halftime lead.

Newport couldn’t get back in the game, which they lost 57-38.

Friday morning, March 3, the Grizzlies played their third game in as many days, this time against Cascade Christian.

This was a defensive game. Newport trailed by one, 17-16, at the end of the first quarter, then held Cascade to just four points in the second quarter, to take a 23-21 halftime lead.

Newport got a lead in the third quarter, up by eight at the start of the fourth quarter. They won 49-41.

That win put them in the trophy round, playing LaCenter for either fourth or sixth.

Newport trailed by five at the end of one period. They couldn’t cut that lead in the next period, playing an 11-11 quarter to trail 23-18 at the half.

Newport won the third quarter 15-14 but could only score five points in the fourth quarter and lost 51-38 to finish sixth.

Coach Pancho was happy with the tournament.

“Overall, our team played hard each game,” he said. “I was impressed with their composure and confidence all tournament long. Individually, many guys played well and everybody got some time on the court. The boys showed a lot of heart each game.”

Pancho said the team played scrappy defense.

“I thought we defended well enough to beat anybody,” he said. “We received a lot of compliments on the toughness of our basketball team, as well as how physical we are.”

Pancho says the team plans to come back.

“The boys’ goal is to return to state and have a shot at the state championship,” he said.

only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). 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, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 23, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) Dated: March 6, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner on March 8 and 15, 2017. (6-2) __________________________ 201777 PUBLIC NOTICE N otice of A pplication Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 16, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, and associated documents from Kalispel Natural Resource Department and did on March 1, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization project (FILE NO. SSDP-17-003), Location: Indian Creek; Sec. 29, Town. 32, Range 45, Parcel #: 453229020001.

An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on February 16, 2017 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 (WAC 197-11-355). 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, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport,

WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org.

Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Department Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 23, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) Dated: March 6, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner on March 8 and 15, 2017. (6-2) ___________________________ 201778 PUBLIC NOTICE The Kalispel Tribe (Tribe) is proposing to redesignate the lands within the exterior boundaries of the Kalispel Indian Reservation as a Class I area under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration program. The Tribe has prepared a Technical Report that discusses the reasons for the proposed redesignation, including a description and analysis of the health, environmental, economic, social and energy effects of the proposed redesignation.

Hard copies of the Technical Report are available for review at Kalispel Tribal Headquarters, 1981 LeClerc Road North, Cusick, WA 99119, and the Newport Public Library, 116 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, WA 99156. The Technical Report may also be viewed or downloaded on the web at http://kalispeltribe.com/ kalispel-natural-resources- department/overview The public is invited to review and comment on the proposed redesignation and Technical Report. Written comments must be submitted by April 7, 2017 and may be sent by email to AirQuality@kalispeltribe. com or mailed to: Kalispel Tribe of Indians Attn: Air Quality Comments PO Box 39 Usk, WA 99180-0039 A public hearing will be held on April 10, 2017 at 5:30 PM at the Kalispel Tribe of Indians’ Camas Center for Community Wellness, 1821 LeClerc Rd N, Cusick, WA, to provide an opportunity to give oral testimony on the proposed redesignation and Technical Report.

Published in The Newport Miner on March 8, 2017. (6) ____________________________