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Virtual reality opens up new worlds to library users

By Sophia Aldous

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By Don Gronning Of The Miner

CUSICK – The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend the county deny a proposed comprehensive plan amendment that would have eliminated the Public Lands zone and rezoned all land currently zoned Public Lands.

The planning commission took the action at their regular meeting Tuesday, April 16 at Cusick.

The county’s amendment was tabled at last month’s meeting. It has drawn much opposition from people opposed to the proposed PacWest silicon smelter. The land where the smelter is proposed to be sited is zoned Public Lands and would need to be rezoned before a smelter could be built.

Commissioners William Kemp, Brad Hanson, Tom Watson and Judy Ashton voted to deny the amendment, with Jean Hines and Paul Edgren voting against the denial. Commissioner Wayne Antcliff was absent. The planning commission’s recommendation now goes to the county commission for a decision.

Community Development Director Greg Snow had presented the county’s proposed amendment, which would eliminate the Public Lands zone. It would establish a Public/Institutional Uses class for publically owned lands. Under the county’s proposal, the properties that aren’t publically owned would be rezoned according to the county’s matrix of current land uses.

People who want to build on land zoned PL can’t without a zone change. The planning commission approved a rezone at its last meeting for two properties formerly zoned Public Lands.

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What are you looking at? Allison Krsak tries out the Oculus Go at the Newport Library. Virtual Reality systems on loan from the Washington State Library are available to try.

City considers cannabis shop

By Caneel Johnson Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Newport City Council took up the matter of the Pend Oreille Cannabis Company relocating from Ione to Newport.

City manager Russ Pelleberg asked the council members if they would consider having a cannabis shop in

the city.

“I am completely in the middle of the fence,” Pelleberg said. “I have never done it and I never will, but I am looking at it from a revenue standpoint.”

The council members were not against the idea as long as the laws regarding its restrictions and zoning were followed.

“It is zoning more than anything else,” said Keith Campbell, city council member. “If he finds a spot that fits the criteria and is in the zoning, then sure.”

City council member Mark Zorica asked if the distance restrictions from parks, schools and libraries See Council, 9A

Vehicle storage dispute goes to hearings examiner

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – A hearings examiner will hear the first disputed case

since the Pend Oreille County commissioners established the process.

At issue is the expansion of a large vehicle storage facility located at

582 Greggs Road.

The county issued a conditional use permit for the facility in 2009.

Since then the property changed hands and in

March 2018, Wes Blore applied for a conditional use permit to expand the building and add three

NEWPORT – Allison Krsak is in another world as she operates the Oculus Go, a wireless virtual reality (VR) headset at the Newport Library. Though she is standing in the young adult section of the library, the program she is immersed in is called The Body, which takes users inside the machinations of (you guessed it) human anatomy. Holding a joystick controller, the ninth grade Newport High School student tilts her head, then looks up, curious about a world only she can see. Suddenly, she flinches.

“What do you see?” asks her dad, Eric Krsak as he watches her.

“Viruses,” she replies, the headset still firmly in place.

On loan from the Washington State Library, Pend Oreille County Library District (POCLD) is offering patrons the chance to explore new worlds, via the Oculus Go and the Oculus Rift VR system. Users can journey through space, climb Mount Everest, visit the White House – the possibilities are many. On Monday, April 15, as the See VR, 2A

Here’s where to hunt those Easter eggs this weekend

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Easter Bunny will be hard at work stashing eggs for upcoming Easter egg hunts this weekend in the Pend Oreille River Valley. With the actual holiday taking place Sunday, April 21, here is a compilation of upcoming Easter egg hunts from Washington to Idaho.

Newport The city of Newport is holding its annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, April 20. The hunt will begin at 10 a.m. at city park. Volunteers who want to help hide the eggs will need to arrive at 8 a.m. The Newport Fire Department will be there with their fire engine to sound the beginning of the hunt. The Hope Hikers from Relay for Life will offer pictures with the Easter Bunny for $5.

Before hunting for eggs, enjoy free breakfast at Hospitality House, 8-10 a.m. Hospitality House hosts free

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B r i e f ly Albeni Falls Dam operations topic of public meeting PRIEST RIVER – Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are hosting a public meeting Wednesday, April 24 in Priest River, to inform the public on Albeni Falls Dam operations. Topics include spring and summer operations, snowpack and inflow forecasts, and a review of winter operations.

The meeting is from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Priest River Event Center, 5399 Highway 2, Priest River.

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NEWPORT – Donate new or gently used items to the Pend Oreille County Historical Society Museum for the annual yard and bake sale, held Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The museum is located at the Big Wheel and Centennial Plaza in downtown Newport. The sale will be held during the annual May Day sales throughout Newport, Oldtown and Priest River.

Call 509-447-5388 or 509-995-9389 for more information.

SPOKANE – Rich Eichstaedt, the attorney representing Responsible Growth * Northeast Washington, a group opposing a silicon smelter proposed to be located near Newport, has appealed the Spokane Superior Court decision allowing the sale of the land. The group had sued to overturn the sale of property from Pend Oreille County to Pend Oreille Public Utility District No. 1, to PacWest Silicon, the company that wants to build the smelter. A Spokane Superior Court Judge rule in favor of the PUD, which is what Responsible Growth is appealing.

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By Caneel Johnson Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Newport High School inducted its fourth member into the Alumni Hall of Fame last week, recognizing the accomplishments of 1987 NHS graduate Shawn Sunreth. Sundreth is a diplomatic agent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

He flew in from Belgium where he lives with is wife and two sons to be inducted into Newport High School’s Alumni Hall of Fame Friday, April 12 for his accomplishment in academics, professional career and his distinguished military service. Sundreth retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant after 25 years of service. He now works for NATO as a telecommunications specialist. Sundreth’s longtime friend Cindy Castle nominated him for the award.

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James Sundreth is applauded for his accomplishments and being inducted to the Newport High School Alumni Hall of fame Friday, April 11. His mother Winnie, brother, Ryan and the friend, Cindy Castle, who nominated him, stand with him.

Sundreth says his success can all be traced back to Newport.

“It was a combination of destiny and decision,” Sundreth said. “But all roads lead back to Newport.”

Sundreth’s path in

communications started in high school when he took computer typing and programming with Mrs. Patsy Riffle and his time as an amateur radio host for KUBS FM. His class in aerospace studies prepared him for his

career in the Air Force as well.

The Sundreths moved to Newport from Spokane in 1984 after his father, Mitchell, retired from the Air Force. They lived in the Golden Spur Motor Inn for two months

before his father built their home on 40 acres of land behind what is now Mason’s Meats.

“My husband built both the houses we lived in,” said Winnie Sundreth, See Alumni, 9A

Commission: Second half of meeting dealt with comp plan From Page 1A

Kemp was vocal in his opposition to the county’s amendment.

He said if the Public Lands designation was eliminated, parts of Pend Oreille County Park could be swapped and developed. He said there were many inconsistencies in the way the county’s matrix of current land uses was applied that needed to be corrected.

Planning commissioner Paul Edgren asked if the commission really wanted to look at each parcel individually. He said he looked at the matrix and thought it would work if the Public Land designa-

tion were eliminated. The fact that comprehensive plan amendments can only be done annually means a delay.

“I wouldn’t want to hold it up because somebody someday may want to trade,” Edgren said.

Planning commission chairman Norris Boyd, an experienced developer, said that development could occur in timberland, as not all the Forest Service roads are publically owned. He pointed out that the 49 Degrees North ski resort is leased from the Forest Service.

Boyd said that personally he doesn’t buy any land that needs a zone change, as it is too com-

plicated. The commission’s vice chairwoman, Judy Ashton, moved to deny the amendment. Boyd and Kemp moved to second the motion. Since Boyd only votes in the case of a tie, he didn’t vote and Kemp was listed as the second.

The second half of the meeting was taken up by Ben Floyd of White Bluffs Consulting, the firm the county hired to help with the update of the comprehensive plan.

Floyd went through a little of the process. The comprehensive plan guides the county’s long-term decisions, Floyd said. It will reflect community values and vision for the future, determine where

new housing, shopping, jobs and infrastructure will be located over the next 10 to 20 years.

The plan starts with visioning, something Skoog has already started to work on. She has solicited executive summaries from local towns and government entities such as the PUD that could be incorporated into the county’s comp plan.

Floyd said there would be plenty of opportunity for public participation as the comp plan is updated.

He said visioning meetings are planned for June 10-12. The comp plan is expected to be adopted by June 2020.

Dispute: Couple formally objected last fall From Page 1A

other buildings, all to be used to store boats and large vehicles.

Kathleen Quinn and her husband Steve Meisel live near the property and don’t want to see it expanded. When they got the letter from the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission last October informing them of the proposed expansion, they formally objected.

Quinn and Meisel say they and several of their neighbors don’t want a commercial operation in an area that has residences and agriculture.

“It opens it up to other commercial activities that aren’t compatible with the area,” Quinn said.

She was surprised

when she found out that the county’s Community Development Director, Greg Snow, had approved the conditional use permit over the objections.

Issuing a conditional use permit is now an administrative decision, decided by the director.

It used to be first heard by the planning commission, with recommendations passed on to the county commissioners.

That was changed three years ago.

Quinn and Meisel appealed Snow’s decision.

“We had to pay $475,” Quinn said. “The neighbors chipped in.”

A hearings examiner will hear the case Thursday, April 18, at 1:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ chambers at the county courthouse in Newport.

The original project was built without a conditional use permit. An after the fact permit was issued in 2009.

According to Blore’s application, he is seeking to add two 100-foot by 22-foot extensions to the 60-foot by 100-foot building that is there currently. He would like to do the expansion over the summer, according to the CUP application.

In addition he wants to build three other buildings. The other three buildings would be built over the next five to 10 years.

Blore says there are 18 vehicles stored in the existing building.

Primary activity on the site will occur during a two-weekend period in the fall when vehicles

VR: Can be realistic or fantasy From Page 1A

famed, historical cathedral Notre Dame in Paris, France, was burning in a fire thought to be caused by restoration efforts, residents in Metaline Falls were able to enter the church via the Oculus Rift.

“Today, as Notre Dame burned, we were able to take a virtual reality tour through the building. We hope they can save as much as possible so VR isn’t the only way to experience it in the future,” read a post on the POCLD’s Facebook page.

VR is an interactive computer-generated experience within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback. It can be realistic, like visiting historical sites or the international space station, or fantastical, like entering a video game or traversing Batman’s hometown, Gotham City.

“Oh, heck yeah, I can see Dubai,” Eric Krsak says as he settles in to the

Oculus Rift.

The Oculus Rift VR system consists of a gaming laptop, a headset with speakers and two handheld controllers for interactions with the environment.

One Oculus Rift headset retails for over $720 while the Oculus Go wireless version goes for about $200.

Only patrons 13 and older are allowed the use the VR systems and those that do must sign a consent form. Users are allowed a minimum of 15 minutes, depending on how many people are lined up to use each system.

“It’s definitely a different experience the first time you use it, so we want to make sure people can accommodate to the feeling and it’s important to give your brain and body a rest,” Newport Library manager Celine Thomas says.

“It’s totally engaging; your mind thinks that what you are seeing is real.”

To find out where the VR sets will be next, visit the POCLD’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pocld.org or call 800-366-3654.

are brought in and a two weekend period in the spring when they are removed. Blore says there will be no employees on site.

He says he anticipates

another dozen vehicles when he adds on to the existing building. If a complete build-out happens, he anticipates 6570 vehicles being stored at the site.

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b r i e f ly Woman found dead in Cusick CUSICK – Janelle Vig, 48, of Spokane was found dead in her friend’s bathroom in Cusick on Wednesday, April 10. Samantha Schubert called it in just before 11:30 a.m.

“We don’t think there was any foul play,” Pend Oreille County Sheriff Glenn Blakeslee said. “We don’t think she was murdered.”

The Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident to determine if the woman died of natural circumstances, an overdose, or suicide. They are waiting on toxicology reports and the results of the autopsy.

Forest plan objection meeting COLVILLE –The Forest Service will host objection resolution meetings for the revised Colville Forest Plan April 24 -26, in Colville.

The meetings will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Spokane Community College – Colville Center Wednesday and Thursday (April 24, 25), and at Stevens County Ambulance Training Center on Friday (April 26). The purpose of the meetings is to provide objectors and those with interested persons status an opportunity to discuss their objection issues with Forest Service leadership, provide clarity around objections issues and discuss potential areas of common ground and resolution. The meetings are open to the public to observe, and only those who previously submitted objections or those who have received interested person status may participate in the discussion.

For more information, please contact Holly Hutchinson, Forest Plan Revision Team Leader at (509) 684-7000.

Newport Friends of the Library meets Thursday NEWPORT – The Newport Friends of the Library, a group under the Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library District umbrella, is moving to scheduled monthly meetings. The meetings will be held the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. The next meeting is Thursday, April 18 at the Newport Library Branch, 116 S. Washington. It will begin with a potluck. The meeting agenda and other documents are posted on the Friends’ bulletin board at the library.

All are welcome. The Friends is a not-for-profit 501(C)(3) established in 1976 that provides funding for programs, events, and enrichment that support the Pend Oreille County Library District’s mission to “connect our communities with opportunities to enrich lives through empowerment, lifelong learning, and recreation.”

For more information, contact Katherine Schutte, President of Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library District at POCLDFriends@gmail.com.

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CUSICK – Era of Megafires: A Multimedia Learning Experience is coming to the Camas Center Thursday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. This presentation is free and open to the public. The event is in partnership with the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition, Kalispel Tribe Natural Resources, United States Forest Service and Washington Department of Natural Resources. The Camas Center is located at 1821 LeClerc Rd N., Cusick.

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Newport High School junior Luke Nichols works on a 2003 BMW for the upcoming Great Grizzly Dinner and Auction fundraiser.

Put Great Grizzly fundraiser on the calendar

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – It’s time for the Great Grizzly Dinner and Auction Saturday, April 27 at Beardmore Bistro Wine Bar and Tap House in Priest River at 6 p.m.

The annual fundraiser benefits Newport School District extracurricular and academic programs and is organized by the Maws and Paws Booster Club.

According to booster club volunteer Melissa Smith, last year’s din-

ner and auction raised around $30,000.

This year, a 2003 BMW was anonymously donated to the Pend Oreille River School’s automotive program, the Grizzly Garage, and is being restored by students to be auctioned off at the event.

Other auction items include a Seahawk football weekend with tickets and hotel included, an instant wine cellar with over 60 bottles of wine, a Schweitzer Mountain chalet weekend get-

away, and more.

Doors open for the event at 6 p.m. and hors d’oeurves and silent auction are 6:308 p.m. The live auction starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at Newport school offices, Nomad Coffee, Golden China restaurant and Owen’s Grocery and Deli.

For more information on Maws and Paws Booster Club, or to donate items for the auction, call Smith at 509-590-9933.

Huge plant sale at Stratton April 27 NEWPORT – The 21st annual WSU/ Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Plant Sale will be held Saturday, April 27 at the Stratton Elementary School Gymnasium, 1201 W. Fifth St. in Newport.

Doors will open at 9 a.m. and the sale will go until noon or until plants are sold out, whichever comes first. Take this opportunity to purchase Master Gardener recommended varieties of vegetables, herbs, annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs and berries that grow well in our area.

Plus, shoppers can purchase or order beautiful hanging baskets and spring flowering bulbs. Community businesses and other supporters have donated garden supplies, plants and community gift certificates for another Plant Sale Raffle. Tickets for the raffle will be sold all morning the day of the sale for $1 each.

Participants do not have to be present to win. The winning tickets will be drawn the morning of the sale.

Proceeds from this plant sale and raffle will be used to fund a long list of Master Gardener educational projects including Extension Office and Farmer’s Market Answer Clinics, the garden tour and dinner, the new demonstration garden located just west of the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office, SNAP Ed schoolyard programs at all county elementary schools, and other educational and gardening programs, classes and displays for the residents of Pend Oreille County. For further information concerning the plant sale or other gardening programs contact the WSU Extension Office in Newport at 227-A S. Garden Ave., 509-447-2401.

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Monopoly: We are feeding the beast of greed

f you purchase an item from Amazon, they will, in what appears to be a modern miracle, deliver it your door, here in the remotest part of eastern Washington, within a day or two.

If you don’t like it, an even bigger miracle takes place. When the courier comes to retrieve the item, in that same box Amazon sent it you, the courier scans it at your door, for delivery back to Amazon and you are instantaneously refunded the money.

Amazon might be getting an empty box when they credit you, no questions asked.

But that’s no miracle – their business model is unsustainable by anyone other than a company with monopolistic practices.

When Amazon first started in 1997, it was mostly a book re-seller so no one would begrudge that they didn’t show any profit until 2003. Its fourth quarter profits in 2017 exceeded the combined profits of the prior 14 years.

Along the way it drove the nation’s biggest bookseller out of business and then, as any economist would suspect, starting mandating new rules for publishers.

CEO Jeff Bezos (who until his divorce will be considered the richest person in the world) long preached re-investment in his business as the reasons for the regular losses.

But that’s a lie. Amazon wouldn’t be in business if not for the stock market. It is investors who have fueled the growth and now dominance of the largest retailer the world has ever known.

And they’ve done it through unfair trade practices, inherently designed to eliminate their competition.

Look around your favorite bricks-and-motor stores – those are what Amazon is unfairly trying to eliminate.

Most Americans aren’t retailers but we do depend upon local retail to pay for the lion’s share of our needs as citizens. Unlike your local retailers, Amazon paid little or no taxes in most of these United States, until a few years ago.

If you can imagine a world without local retailers, you might want to imagine that same world without local police, clean water and sewers.

There is a laundry list of why it’s a better experience to walk into a locally owned (or even locally managed) shop to buy something. First and foremost for the buyer is service. That may mean there’s someone to help you pick out the right product and if it’s the wrong product, just take it back to the store.

When shopping online, a savvy buyer may be able to work miracles with a smart phone but good luck to the person who attempts to actually use that smart phone to discuss a problem.

So there’s the proof of Amazon’s miracle – they’re eliminating jobs on Main Streets all across America, to feed the beast.

And the beast is your desire for instant gratification.

If you spend $100 with a local retailer, that money re-circulates in the community a multitude of times, burgeoning the local economy.

Spend that Benjamin with Amazon and you achieve the opposite effect for your community – you diminish your local economy by several hundred dollars with your $100 purchase.

A recent investigative report on Amazon states that the company killed almost a million local retail jobs last year along with a staggering 62,000 local shops.

If Teddy Roosevelt were president now, Amazon would be broken up by way of the Sherman Act, along with Facebook (which we believe is America’s real Public Enemy Number One), Google, and others who bamboozle the public into believing there is no long-term harm in unfair competitive schemes.

But America is at its ebb in political courage.

Greed, which was a few generations ago considered one of the deadliest sins, seems now to be the American ideal.

All those years of no profits also garnered Amazon billions in tax refunds – so the federal taxes you pay did, in some sense, pay for Amazon’s ability to create those miracles you enjoy online.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Litter a problem To the editor, Driving from the north end of the county to the south – state highway ditches look like a neverending landfill.

Beautiful area we live in – I think we can all do a better job to keep it that way.

-John and Lorna Larson Sullivan Lake

New tax law not so great To the editor, Have you completed your 2018 tax return yet? If someone does it for you, or you just answered questions for automatic on-line filing – take a close look – especially if you have children. In prior years, each child, and anyone who was considered a “dependent,” caused the “taxable income” to be reduced. In addition, the “primary taxpayer” named, and spouse (if there is one) are called “exemptions,” also reducing taxable income.

Each “exemption” and “dependent” re-

duced taxable income by $4,050, on 2017 tax returns. (Exemptions and dependents are grouped together as “Exemptions” under “credits” on the tax form.) With a spouse and three dependents (that’s five people), taxable income would be reduced by $20,250 ($4,050 x 5 “exemptions”) on a 2017 federal income tax return. Check the tax tables to see how much that would reduce the amount of tax you would owe.

Guess what? The new tax law has eliminated credit for “Exemptions” for 2018 tax returns and through to 2025.

Birth control may become ever more popular as a means for workers to afford paying their taxes.

Maybe this new tax law isn’t so great after all.

-Holly Ann O’Connell Colville

Sign of the times To the editor, Whose money does the West Bonner County School District spend?

That is a good question.

If you had attended one of the local school board

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meetings this winter, part of this mystery would have been revealed.

A principal at an elementary school reported the need for a sign. Now this sign already exists, but the principal wanted a better sign. One that they wouldn’t have to go outside to change the lettering. They might get wet or cold if it is raining or snowing, which does happen in Idaho. So of course they need a better sign. A digital sign.

Oh! But they forgot one small detail. Installation, which includes excavation through the paved parking lot. It is needed to get power out to the sign. The sign might be paid for with a grant.

But, alas, the installation/excavating/repaving price had not been calculated or budgeted.

To the rescue! A noble school board member volunteered our money to pay for all of this. And it doesn’t matter how much it costs, since, no total amount was specified. Whatever it might cost would be paid. Not even a “not to exceed amount.” How very

generous of this school board member. And all the other school board members thought it was a great idea and voted for it. There must be oodles of money lying around for them to donate to such a worthy project.

So whose money does the school board spend?

And by the way, why do they need the Levy?

Just one more reason to vote no for the WBCSD levy on Tuesday, May 21.

-Maureen Paterson Priest River

It’s not for the students To the editor, After the resounding March 12 defeat of the WBCSD $3 million levy, the district has begun their next campaign by promoting the same levy for a May 21 election.

Apparently not able to understand what “no” is, they are claiming this extra taxation is necessary due to reduced state funding. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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County commissioners work as a board

By Marianne Nichols

By Karen Skoog

Pend Oreille County Auditor

Pend Oreille County Commissioner

Editor’s note: April is National County Government Month, so we asked county officials to write a bit about what they do.

Editor’s note: April is National County Government Month, so we asked county officials to write a bit about what they do.

“Are you going to audit me?” is typically the first thing asked when people find out that I am the county Auditor. I reassure them that I will not be auditing them. The next question then, is “what do you do then?” Well, actually we do a lot in the Auditor’s Office with a small but amazing staff.

Do you vote? The Auditor is responsible for ad-

The concept of separation of powers is a key principle that forms the way county government works.

County commissioners do not have individual power but must agree as a board to approve or change something. There are separate elected offices, which avoids a “top down” approach. Commissioners have specific duties as a board and separately may work to advance

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r e a d e r ’ s p o l l Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced his ‘Medicare for All,’ proposal recently. The Associated Press reports the proposal would replace job-based and individual private health insurance with a government-run plan that guarantees coverage for all with no premiums, deductibles and only minimal copays for certain services. In this latest version, Sanders added coverage for long-term care.

Do you support such a plan?

No, this will bankrupt the country. It is far too expensive and would mean a huge loss of jobs in the insurance industry.

Yes, it is a much better use of the money that is already spent on healthcare.

No, the American healthcare system is the best in the world, certainly better than the single payer counties like Canada and Taiwan.

Yes, hell yes. For profit health insurance is immoral as well as inefficient.

r e a d e r ’ s p o l l r e s u lts Should helmets be mandatory for all moving activities or should the helmet laws be repealed?

41% Yes, helmets save lives and they should be mandatory.

No, helmets prevent people from participating in outdoor activities.

59% Total Votes: 32

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years the total revenue the school has received (excluding the levy) has increased $1.2 million (from $8,086,185 for the 2013-2014 school year to $9,263,290 for the 2017-2018 school year).

For each of these years the school managed to leverage another $3 million levy from district taxpayers. More importantly, during this period of time student population dropped 13 percent (from 1,210 students in the 2013-2014 school year to 1,057 in the 2017-2018 school year). This drop in student population is continuing with the current school year projection of only 970 students. One would surmise that with this dramatic enrollment drop, so should the cost of operations, but not so with our school district.

The reason is clear. The levy is not being spent on the students.

Vote “no” on the May 21 school levy rerun and demand fiscal responsibility from school management.

-Glenn Rohrer Priest River

Tax penalties too punitive To the editor, Back East there are sections of urban blight caused by unwanted, under productive properties ending up being foreclosed on by municipalities and counties taken off the tax rolls. Basing budget decisions off the financial struggles of those state level decisionmakers were elected to serve is appearing to be unsound public policy.

According to a recent guest opinion by Mike Volz and Michael Baumgartner in a local newspaper, there is a bill moving through the

Washington state Legislature this year (Amended House Bill 1105) aimed at preventing families from entering expensive foreclosure from excessive delinquent tax payments.

In my opinion, the state’s loan-shark-style delinquent property tax penalties tactic to create a substantial revenue stream counties and municipalities become all too reliant on, should be abandoned.

Historically, interest rates jumped to over 15 percent in the 1980s so the state jumped interest rates on delinquent property taxes to 12 percent, plus adding an 11 percent penalty (or effectively 23 percent) after the first year. Then there are legal fees, filing fees, title searches, advertising and more. The net revenue goes into the county’s general fund for administrative and operational costs like county-run programs and services.

This is needed revenue, but the state shouldn’t require counties to levy such hefty and punitive fees on those struggling to make ends meet.

Now that the current interest rates are around 4 percent, massive fees are just counterproductive, unneeded, bad governance.

Please urge our state Senators to abandon the 11 percent penalty.

-Duane Schofield Cusick

Public taken for a ride on abortion To the editor, After writing several letters about abortion and reading other opinions in The Miner, my feeling is that voters have been taken for a ride over this issue. What has been the result of voting for pro-life political candidates? Once elected, those politicians

oppose funding for sex education, birth control and social programs that would prevent unwanted pregnancies. That leads to more abortions as an unintended consequence.

Eliminating legal abortion would have similar consequences for desperate pregnant women.

How does the government make a woman carry a baby that she doesn’t want to have? Poor women would have little recourse. A rich woman with an unwanted pregnancy would travel to obtain an abortion.

The most insane public policy is to assume the fear of an unwanted pregnancy prevents the sexual intercourse that causes pregnancy. It’s just like the “just say no” drug policy that also failed. Our state senator is currently opposing a sex education bill under consideration in Olympia. That means we voted for a pro-life politician who is making public policy that could lead to more abortions.

How did your daughter get pregnant? We tried ignorance and fear of sex to prevent her pregnancy.

If Republicans can get the Supreme Court to criminalize abortion, we will be able to put that daughter and her doctor in jail if she gets an abortion.

Do you really think that Republican pro-life politicians are sincere about preventing abortions? We keep voting for them and they continue to make the abortion problem worse.

The babies saved from abortion are abandoned

by Republican opposition to every social program that supports those born alive children. They really like the idea of making a single unwed mom work for her welfare and medical care. Who is taking care of the baby?

-Pete Scobby Newport

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Free workshops to help manage Diabetes NEWPORT – Rural Resources Community Action and The Roe Foundation is sponsoring Diabetes SelfManagement Workshops beginning Wednesday, April 24 to help people maintain their independence and manage their conditions.

Workshops are once a week for six weeks, beginning Wednesday, April 24 and running until Wednesday, May 29, 1:30-4 p.m. They are free to the public.

Individuals should sign up for classes early, as space is limited. Classes will be held at the Newport Health Center, 221 Cass Ave., behind the hospital. To sign up for the workshop, call JoDee Savage at 509-447-9997 ext. 4002 or Art Mathew at 800-873-5889.

The workshops are developed by

Stanford University, and include many self-management tools, including techniques to deal with symptoms, appropriate use of medication, working with health care professionals, action plans, problem solving tools, menu planning, healthy eating and many more.

Stanford University has worked on developing the program for over three decades. They are designed help people gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms, better manage their health problems and lead fuller lives.

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issues that benefit our county and community.

County commissioners are the eyes of the people. The core duty of the board is protecting individuals’ rights and taxpayers’ money, while providing services that are hard to provide in the marketplace. State and federal law mandate certain requirements the county must follow. Part of our duty is to interact with the public on local concerns, and state and federal legislators or agencies on issues that affect the people we represent.

Our goal is to protect and improve the health, safety and economic foundations in Pend Oreille County.

There are many skilled workers in the county that keep things running well. Much of what comes to the board passes by many people for review before Commissioners take action. The board establishes ordinances, adopts land use plans, provides for road maintenance, develops and approves operational policies, and oversees the general fund budget of over 10 million dollars.

We oversee four department directors as well as our own staff.

Commissioners practice leadership skills in several arenas. There are regional boards in which commissioners participate. Public

health, juvenile detention, aging and long-term care, economic development, and behavior and mental health are just some of them. We often work on projects or in committees for the betterment of the community.

Commissioner Steve Kiss has been representing our community on the U.S. Forest Service plan update. Commissioner Mike Manus is supporting efforts locally to integrate mental health and primary care as well as economic development.

With the support of my seatmates, I am working on a project we are calling “State of the County.” We are collecting data to help with a visioning process in June that will result in the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update.

Being a county commissioner is challenging and rewarding. The topics we need to relate to are broad and sometimes go in depth. The rewards come when we can help solve a problem, improve a system, or often just ask the right question. Building relationships and working with partners is an amazing opportunity to grow.

As we learn and grow, we try to provide grounding principles and create vision. In the end, the best part of being a county commissioner is all the people; the people we work with, the partners in our community, and most of all, our neighbors we serve.

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ministering all federal, state and county, city/town or school, hospital, fire, cemetery, water, sewer, port, park and recreation and public utility district elections. In addition to the annual primary and general election, there can also be two special elections in February and April, along with the presidential primary every four years.

Do you have a vehicle or vessel? The Auditor is an agent for the Washington State Department of Licensing and is responsible for the issuance of vehicle and vessel licenses and titles. We also issue disabled parking placards.

What about owning property in the county? As the county recorder, the auditor’s duties include maintaining, forever, the county’s permanent, historic records.

This includes real property records such as deeds, real estate contracts, deeds of trust, surveys and liens, to name a few. Documents are presented to the auditor are placed in the official public record to serve as official notice to all interested parties.

Thinking about tying the knot in Washington? Well, make sure you stop by the Auditor’s office to get your marriage license. We issue and retain permanent copies of marriage licenses and provide a record to the Washington State Department of Health.

Don’t you audit anything? Well, we audit the county.

We audit and pay all the bills for the county and junior taxing districts as well as process the payroll and benefits and quarterly tax reporting, overview of cost allocation and grant. In 2018 we processed almost 7,500 warrants (checks) for the county and local districts totaling over $23.4 million. For payroll we processed over 5,500 warrants and direct deposits for the county and local districts totaling over $7 million.

We also maintain the central accounting system for the county, we are responsible for the preparation and submission of the county’s annual report to the state Auditor and prepare and monitor the budget each year.

Also, in Pend Oreille County, the Auditor serves as the Public Records Officer, claims officer and serves on the finance committee.

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Management Program (CDSMP) to many highrisk communities.

Doing so has strengthened and sustained CDSMP in Washington State.

People suffering from chronic conditions are often high utilizers of

the health care system.

Chronic conditions such as Diabetes results in high cost to not only the individual, but also the health care system.

In Washington, five percent of the Medicaid chronic-care population accounts for 50-percent of the Medicaid health care expenses.

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May Callos cooks Thai food in her food truck in Priest River. Hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

‘It’s always about flavor’

May’s Thai Food something unique

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – With spring comes the arrival of harbingers of the season: flowers, Easter, and food trucks. Yes, you heard that last one right.

May Callos’s orange trailer, which houses May’s Thai Food, is a Priest River staple adjacent to West Jefferson Street. On this particular day her and her daughter, Juniper, are cooking up chow mien and a red curry. The smell of spices and colorful cooked vegetables swirl in the wok pan Callos uses, tossing noodles deftly.

“My food is all about spices, not being spicy,” Callos says. One of the biggest misconceptions she says she hears about Thai food is that it’s too hot.

“It’s however hot you want it to be, but it’s always about flavor. Food

needs to taste good before anything else.”

Callos has owned and operated May’s Catering: Thai Food and Sushi in Priest River for the past eight years. She started the food truck about two years ago by popular request of her clients, who wanted to be able to eat Callos’s food without waiting for a special occasion. She’s thinking about changing the name of the truck to “Thai Pumpkin” in the near future.

“It’s cute and it matches the color of the trailer,” she says, smiling.

Callos grew up in Atuttaya, the former capitol of the kingdom of Siam in Thailand. Her parents owned a butcher shop and her family lived with her grandmother, who taught Callos how to cook. Her grandma made everything from scratch, whether it was grinding the spices in her mortar and pestle, sending her grandchildren out to collect coconuts to make the coconut milk for curry, growing her own herb garden and even raising her own fish in a pond under the house. Everything was cooked on a

wood stove.

At the time, Callos said she hated it.

“It was work all the time,” she remembers. “All of us kids had to wash our own clothes in the river; my grandmother didn’t trust electricity, which was understandable, because at the time utilities weren’t very trustworthy. I had to be there after school to help her cook dinner, which could take two to three hours. I had to learn how to butcher chickens and gut fish as a little kid; I couldn’t just run off and play when I felt like it. So at the time, I thought it sucked.”

Callos came to the United States to go to school in August of 2000.

She ended up dropping out of college because the skills her grandmother taught her landed her several restaurant jobs and she was overwhelmed with work. Callos says it wasn’t uncommon for her to work over 60 hours a week. She has been a sushi chef, worked at chain restaurants, and food trucks.

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Hotdog man cometh to Newport

By Caneel Johnson Of The Miner

NEWPORT – People walking and driving down Washington Avenue, may notice a new face on the sidewalk of First Street. Doug Bickford the “Hotdog Man” will be selling his delicious hotdogs and serenading the passers by with his guitar.

“I am the first ever food cart to ask for permit in Newport,” Bickford said.

“I went to the city to get my business license; they said no. I had to go back and present my case to the city council. They hashed it out and gave me the OK. Of course they gave it to me, I am dashing, debonair and charming,” he said jokingly.

Bickford got his license and permits last year, but was so busy setting up the farm and building a greenhouse he was unable to start selling hotdogs until this year.

Bickford got his idea for a hotdog cart while visiting Manhattan. He came home to Spokane and set up shop in 2009. Bickford decided to move his business to Newport after he married Cassandra who he met on Craig’s List.

“I put up an ad called ‘Normal Guy Looking for a Normal Girl,’” Bickford said. “Neither one of us are normal, but it worked.”

The couple moved to Oldtown on Cassandra’s family farm where her dad was living. He was

sick and traded the farm for Bickford’s house in Spokane to be closer to the hospital. Cassandra’s father passed away last year.

Bickford and his wife have chickens, ducks, turkeys, horses, dogs, cats and more on their farm.

They plan to open an herb shop in Newport in the future. Cassandra is an artist and she is setting up a studio to teach pottery, herbal lore and answer questions about farm stock and farm practices.

She is a multi-media artist and does commission artwork for people.

Cassandra taught for a number of years for the Washington State Arts Commission through the local school programs and at Create years ago as an instructor for adults and at-risk kids.

Both Bickford and Cassandra are musicians and they have a music video about their farm and the Hotdog Man song on YouTube.

The couple made a song about how they met on Craig’s List called Personal Ads that will be featured on a CD they are producing.

The Hotdog Man will be selling his hotdogs on First Street Monday through Saturday through October, from 10 a.m. until food runs out or around 4 p.m. When the Farmers’ Market starts the hotdog cart will be there on Saturdays selling hotdogs and veggies from the farm.

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SAGE WISDOM FOR MANAGING STRESS

Saturday, April 27, 9 am - 12 pm I am so happy to be offering this class because stress is such a common theme in our lives today and we really don’t know how to deal with it exactly. It affects our physical lives, our relationships, and our happiness. This class will teach you how stress affects us and what we can do to overcome this condition to create a happier and more peaceful life. We will discuss nervine and adaptogenic herbs such as eleuthro, ginseng, ashwaghanda as well as chamomile, lemon balm, and kava kava, just to name a few, and we will discuss how to use these herbs in our everyday life. We will also learn ways to meditate, take a look at our energy fields, and learn how to ground and run our energy. For our take home project, we will be making delicious “Zoom Balls” that strengthen the adrenal glands, help build up the immune system, and enhance endrocrine function.

Class fee in $45 and includes a beautifully bound spiral notebook with class notes, recipes, and information.

Refreshments are also included.

Registration is now open and seating is limited: Contact Lois Robertson, 509-671-0515 for over the phone credit/debit card payment or send a check to Lois at PO Box 629, Newport, WA 99156.

Natural medicines in your own back yard it is said that Achilles carried it with him during battles to treat his army of their battle wounds. Hence, it is one of the best plants that stops bleeding. It is also a feverreducer and aids in restful sleep. As with mullein, it also is good for upper respiratory conditions.

By Lois Robertson Licensed Massage Therapist, Community Herbalist, Therapeutic Touch and Reiki Practitioner Owner of Cedar Mountain Massage Therapy, Inc. and Cedar Mountain Medicinals/Wellness Center

Taraxacum Officinale – better known as Dandelion

Several years ago, when I was studying the natural plants and medicines in the rainforests of Costa Rica with 30 other herbalists, that ever-proverbial light bulb turned on in my head. My thinking was, “Why not do this very same thing at home?” Although I learned much from this adventure, I kept coming back to the thought that I wanted to spend time with and learn about the medicinal plants that live amongst us, and to share that knowledge with my community. And, so I did!

Here are just a few of the most common medicinal plants that grow in Pend Oreille County and the surrounding areas. After you learn about them, it is my hope that you will look upon these plants as friends that can support and assist you, instead of “weeds” that need to be eradicated with toxic chemicals.

I am sure that dandelion needs no introduction here, but it does need a little more respect than what it has been given.

Even though it is disliked by lawn purists, it still thrives in abundance, even breaking through cement cracks. The entire plant, including leaves, stems, flowers, and roots are edible and highly nutritious.

Dandelions have been gathered as food since prehistoric days and they carry an abundance of vitamins and minerals. Dandelion is considered a “bitter” and is well known as a liver and gallbladder tonic. It is a diuretic and may help lower blood sugar levels. It helps eradicate candida albicans, has anti-inflammatory properties, treats swollen lymph nodes, cysts and abscesses, as well as alleviates arthritic pain.

Verbascum thapsus, or commonly known as Mullein This is one of my all time favorites.

All parts of the plant have a medicinal purpose. First year mullein grows close to the ground in a rosette pattern.

Mullein leaves are a sage green color and very soft and fuzzy. In its second year, a velvety flower spike develops and can grow as tall as 8 feet. The flowers are yellow and are commonly used for ear infections. Mullein leaves

have an affinity for the respiratory tract and are traditionally used for bronchitis, dry coughs, asthma, and chest colds. Mullein root is used for back pain. Mullein plants can be found in most environments, especially in areas that have been disturbed, along roadsides and wastelands and areas that have had fires.

Achillea millefolium, or otherwise known as Yarrow The beautiful and very fragrant yarrow plant can be found along with Mullein. I actually think they could be best friends.

Yarrow’s leaves are easily identifiable having very soft, fern-like leaves that are long and feathery. The flower has clusters of 15 to 40 white flowers that have an umbrellalike shape. Yarrow has a rich history and

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Are you tired of being embarrassed by your smile?

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These wild medicines are just a minute sampling of what this area has to offer.

There are many more plants out there waiting for you to discover them. Please consult with your health care practitioner before taking any herbs for an existing condition.

Bio: Lois Robertson is a Certified Herbalist and has practiced herbalism off and on for the last 40 years. She has founded Cedar Mountain Wellness Center where she teaches herbal education classes. She is a regular guest speaker for the annual Women’s Health Seminar hosted by the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation. She owns Cedar Mountain Massage Therapy, Inc. and has been a medical massage therapist for 20 years. Lois is also a member of the Newport Hospital Board of Commissioners.

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were adjustable by the city.

Pelleberg said he believed they were and knew of other cites that had adjusted them. Ken Smith, city council member, said the law states 1,000 feet, but the legislature allows cities to adjust the limit down to 300 feet.

“The question is can we do that?” Pelleberg asked.

“That would be your call.”

Ty Krohn owner of the cannabis shop was present at the city council meeting Monday, April 15 to address the issues he faces.

“I get that you guys have zoned my business industrial, but there is really nothing industrial about my business,” Krohn said.

“The gas station is more dangerous than my business. There is nothing that blows up.”

The biggest question is finding a building downtown. There are about four industrial spaces available in the city.

City attorney Tom Metzger said right now pot shops have to be located in an industrial area, according to city zoning.

“That brings up the policy discussion,” he said.

“Where do you want to go with that, because if you don’t change that from industrial to something else then that is pretty much the end of the discussion.”

Metzger said a zoning change was needed.

It is the perfect time to make a change, Pelleberg said. The change would fit in with the new changes the city is making to the comprehensive plan.

If the business were taken out of the industrial

classification, it would open up many possibilities.

Krohn told the council to use him to benefit the town. His business would get people to stop and get out of their car instead of diving through.

“This is a business that provides cash every quarter on top of brining in business,” Krohn said. “We are a tourist spot. People are going to come and spend money at the bar and grills. Everyone wants lunch when they come.”

Everyone laughed in response to that, but Krohn said he did not mean it that way.

Krohn is going to work with Pelleberg to put together a proposal to the planning commission, and the council will wait to hear the commission’s recommendation before discussing it further.

A change the council did decide on was to allow Sandy Coelho to put a produce stand up once a week at TJ Kelly Park next to the Hotdog Man. The city will require Coelho to have an insurance policy that names the city and to get a permit. The permit will cost $20, a month or $40 for 6 months. Coelho wants to set up a 10x10 canopy Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June to the September.

The city planning commission was present for a planning workshop before the city council meeting presented by Gregg Dohrn, the contractor the city hired to update the comprehensive plan. Dohrn talked about the process.

First the council members must go through the current comprehensive

plan and cross out goals that have been achieved or are no longer relevant and add any new goals to be discussed.

The council discussed brining in new industry to make up for the loss in jobs the closing of the mine would bring, finding new ways to being in tourism, parking on Washington Avenue, the walkability of downtown, changing zoning, an identifying properties for development.

The planning commission discussed the need to identify the hardship of getting businesses downtown.

The problem is that the owners don’t want to sell, and they want to charge rent that is too high, said Wayne Antcliff, planning commissioner. Further recommendations will be sent to Dorhn and they will be compiled and presented to the planning commission at the city hall May 20 at 5 p.m.

In other city business, the council voted to accept a new agreement for the Department of Corrections to rent office space at 309 W. Second Street, Newport.

The original agreement was for $200 a month for a small corner of the building. The DOC now uses the whole office space. The agreement was increased to $1,250 per month.

The public works department purchased two hydrometers for about $1,600 each to better monitor bulk water sold to contractors.

Contractors used to record their usage by hand and pay for water based on residential fees. Now they will have to pay a fee of $25 for daily use, $100 for weekly use or $250 for monthly

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Shawn’s mother. “He built our second home in the unincorporated town of Ruby in Pend Oreille County 1998.”

Shawn’s father died in 2000, but not before giving his son some good advice.

“I went in the Air Force because my dad was in the Air Force and I wanted to be just like him,” Sundreth said. “He told me that was great, just don’t be a dentist like me. In the future they are going to outsource dentists. He was wrong, there are still dentists in uniform, but I took his advice and went into communications.”

Sundreth had a distinguished career in the Air force where he was awarded a Humanitarian Service Medal for his participation in Operation Provide Comfort.

He made sure that food, medicine and clothing reached the Kurdish Autonomous Region of northern Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Sundreth processed over 30,000 messages to coordinate troops during Dessert Storm and Dessert Shield. He also developed a self-inspection check list that that was recognized by the quality Air Force assessment team as an example for all regency network stations to follow. Sundreth spent 17 years as a radio operator.

“I worked as long as I could as a radio operator. I kept putting off choosing a different position,” Sundreth said. “The Air Force finally said I had to choose another job or they would choose one for me. I didn’t want to take the chance I would end up washing towels so, I chose frequency manager.”

Sundreth went on to work for the Air Force as a frequency manager for eight years.

He combined efforts crucial to north-

ern sovereignty operations and the interception of 113 Russian bombers.

Sundreth worked for three years as a civilian-contracting consultant before he was hired at NATO. “Working for NATO is not something that you wake up one day and decide you are going to do,” Sundreth said. “It is a combination of having the right skills and being in the right place at the right time. My time in the military prepared me for working for NATO.” Sundreth did not know how important NATO was in protecting western values until he started working for them, he said.

“NATO exists to preserve our western traditions and values,” Sundreth said.

“One of NATO’s missions is to deter Russian aggression under Operation Atlantic Resolve.”

NATO has two primary languages, French and English. While Sundreth does not speak French he is fluent in Turkish.

“It is hard for me to imagine working in a higher position as a spectrum manger and being able to work with so many other countries,” Sundreth said.

Sundreth is the fourth member of Newport alumni to be entered into Newport’s Alumni Hall of Fame. Lyle Balderson class of 1949, Don Ellersick class of 1956 and John Hall class of 1960 were inducted to the alumni hall of fame in 2017.

Sundreth was nominated and chosen in 2018, but due to his job was unable to come to Newport to be officially inducted until this year.

“We have never had a female nominated to the hall of fame,” said Troy Whittle, Newport High School principal. “People can nominate anyone they want, but it would be nice to have a woman there.”

down rive r eve nts Wednesday, April 17 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library

North Pend Oreille Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

Friday, April 19 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

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American Legion Post 144: 3 p.m. - American Legion in Metaline Falls

Thursday, April 18 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

Sunday, April 21

Monday, April 22 Pend Oreille Fire District

use and put down a $1,500 deposit for the meter. The meter will record their use and they will be charged the residential use as they were in the past, which is $35 for 10,000 gallons.

If they use more than the

allotted 10,000 gallons they will have to pay the tier rate based on the water overage. The accumulated cost of the gallon usage will come out of the deposit and the rest, if any, will be returned to the contractor

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Chief of police Mark Duxbury reported on the law enforcement statistics for March. He reported that theft, and vehicle prowls are down and there were no burglaries in March.

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breakfasts every Saturday at 216 S. Washington Ave. There will also be an Easter lunch at the Hospitality House Monday, April 22 at noon. Main course is turkey and ham. Monetary donations to offset the cost

of purchasing food are appreciated. Call 509-4473812 for more information.

Cusick An Easter egg hunt at the Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds in Cusick will

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get underway at 10 a.m. sharp Saturday, April 20.

The Easter Bunny will attend for photo ops and to pass out treats. American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 217 puts on the event.

Ione The Ione Children’s Easter egg hunt is Sunday, April 21, at Ione Park for ages 12 and under. The event starts promptly at noon. The hunt is sponsored by Pend Oreille County Fire District No. 2.

Metaline There will be an Easter egg hunt Sunday, April

www.spokanearearetirededucators.org Each Registrant will be asked to donate $5.00 to SAREA’s Scholarship Fund and will be responsible for own lunch.

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Daily coordination with Water/ Waste Water Treatment Operator. Equal opportunity employer. Open until filled. Full job description www.townofcusick. com or Facebook Page: Cusick Town Hall. Information: (509) 671-9008, (509) 863-3778.(12) PLANT SALE/ RAFFLE Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners plant sale and raffle. Saturday April 27, 9:00 a.m. Stratton Elementary School, Newport.

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21 starting promptly at 1 p.m. in Metaline Park. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 144 sponsors the hunt, with donations from local businesses.

Priest River Priest River’s big Easter egg hunt will be at the Mud Hole off Highway 2 on Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m., sharp. Kids can find hardboiled eggs and redeem eggs for prizes. There will also be plastic eggs with prizes inside. There are different egg hunts divided by age groups for kids up to 10. The Priest River Lions Club sponsors the event.

Priest Lake There will be an Easter celebration at the Priest Lake Community Church Sunday, April 21. Sunrise Service begins at 6 a.m. followed by breakfast with the Easter Bunny, 9-10 a.m. The Easter Egg hunt starts at 10 a.m. Regular worship starts at 10:45 a.m. The church is located at 25 Creekside Drive, Priest Lake. Call 208-4432611 for more information.

Blanchard The annual Blanchard Grange Easter Egg hunt takes place Saturday, April 20 promptly at 11 a.m. near the center of town.

People should arrive early.

For more information, call 208-437-0348.

Donate items or rent a space to raise fireworks funds PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual Pickers Day, Saturday, May 4.

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b r i e f ly Spartans boys’ golf team in second PRIEST RIVER – Spartans boys’ golf team came in second in their first league match at Pinehurst Tuesday, April 9 with a team score of 459. Ben Zepher scored 97, Kameron Salesky 111, Bowen Fergert 123, Kyle Patterson 138, and Brady O’Brien scored 128.

The girls’ team came in third with a team score of 3141. Jordon Macdonald scored 144. Maddy Rusho, Olivia Hoepfer, Amy Flack and Heather Pounds did not finish the match.

Lady Panthers crush Republic CUSICK – The Cusick softball team took down Republic Saturday, April 13, shutting them out 11-0.

The Panthers hosted Inchelium Tuesday, after The Miner went to press.

They host Curlew Saturday, April 20 at noon and then hosted Northport Tuesday, April 23 at 2 p.m.

Panthers in competition throughout the week CUSICK – The Cusick High School track and field team traveled to the Nike Van Kuren Invite at Spokane Falls Community College last Saturday. Results from that meet were not available before deadline.

The Panthers competed at Valley Christian Tuesday, April 16 after the newspaper had gone to print. Results for that meet will be in next week’s newspaper.

Cusick will attend the Priest River Invite Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m.

Rangers ready to roll on to Priest River IONE – The Selkirk High School track and field team went to Valley Christian for a District 7 1B and 2B League meet Tuesday, April 16 after deadline. Results form that event will be in next week’s newspaper.

The Rangers are competing at the 23rd Annual Priest River Invite Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. at priest River Lamanna High School. Selkirk competed at the Nike Van Kuren Invite in Spokane Saturday, April 13. Results were not available before deadline.

Panthers golf team still in qualifiers CUSICK – The Panthers golf team is still competing to qualify to play in an 18-hole game. They played a 9-hole game in Colville on Tuesday, April 9, but no one qualified.

“They changed the rules this year,” Panther coach Philip Nomnee said. “Boys have to score 58 or under and girls have to score 68 or under to qualify to play 18-holes. We had one boy come close, but didn’t make it. We expect to have a few qualify this week.”

The Panthers will played in Chewelah Tuesday, April 16 to see if anyone qualifies for the 18-hole game in Deer Park Monday, April 22 at 10 a.m.

Lady Rangers to play Northport, Republic IONE – The Selkirk softball team hosted Wellpinit Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They host Northport Saturday, April 20 at noon and travel to Republic Tuesday, April 23 at 2 p.m.

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Spartan batters too much for Kellogg

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans baseball team got a 9-1 win at home Friday, April 12, beating Kellogg in the Spartans’ first game of the year.

“We really came out hitting against Kellogg, scoring five in the first inning,” Priest River coach Mark Schultz said. The Spartans played good defense as well, but Schultz was especially pleased with the hitting. “Pounding out 13 hits was really awesome to see.”

After the first inning, neither team scored again until the fourth inning, when Kellogg go their sole score and the Spartans answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

The Spartans added another two runs in the fifth inning, their last time at bat.

Justin Allbee went 3-3 at bat, with two RBIs. Brendan Reeves went 2-2 with two RBIs. Everett Hannah, Coby Rogers, Konner Johnson, and Kenyan Troup each hit doubles. On the mound, junior Jantzen Lucas shut down Kellogg, striking out 12. He gave up one hit, walked five and had one earned run scored against him.

“Jantzen threw the ball well today,” Schultz said. Troup relieved him in the fifth inning. Troup stuck out two, walked one and gave up two hits, with no earned runs.

“It was a good first game,” Schultz said. “Only being on the field a couple of times, they were ready to play some baseball.”

Priest River and Kellogg were due to play a doubleheader, but the second game was called because of darkness after three innings.

The Spartans travelled to St. Maries Saturday, April 13 only to have the game rained out after three innings.

Priest River played Bonners Ferry after the newspaper deadline Tuesday. Friday, April 19, the team will go to Spirit Lake for a game with Timberlake. Saturday they will travel to Riverside for a game. Both games start at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, Priest River will play at Kellogg at 5 p.m. Schultz said it was the Spartans’ first game of the season.

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Kellogg couldn’t come up with an answer for Priest River lefty Jantzen Lucas, who struck out a dozen batters in the 9-1 Spartan win.

Grizzlies swept Medical Lake in tennis

Wednesday, April 17 Newport Golf vs. Freeman: 10 a.m. - Hangman Golf Course Newport Baseball vs.

Cusick: 3 p.m. - Newport

By Caneel Johnson Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Grizzlies girls and boys got to sport their new uniforms when they swept Medical Lake 5-0, Wednesday, April 10. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 9.

“To be able to sweep both the girls and boys of a quality program like Medical Lake is extremely encouraging for us as a team and as a coaching staff,” said Grizzly coach Brandon McDaniel. “This was the first time we had a full team to be able to play for the girls and they came out swinging.”

Singles players Cydni Lewis and Lydia Jurgens both won their matches 6-0, 6-0.

The first two wins for the girls’ singles took off the pressure off the younger girls, McDaniel said, as it means the team only had to win one more match for the win.

Brenna Ells and Mady Baldwin defeated Medical Lake 6-1, 6-2 in a doubles match. Brooke Marsengill and Lilly Hughes took Medical Lake in a super tiebreaker. The Grizzlies lost the first set 6-2, but came back to win the second and third sets 6-2, 10-6.

“Nothing makes a coach prouder than watching them bounce back from a tough loss in the first set and taking the next two confidently,” McDaniel said. Newport’s doubles team of Audrey Whittle and Evelyn Jurgens defeated the Cardinals 6-2, 6-0. The Grizzly boys continued their winning streak. Cameron Whittle won his singles match 6-1, 7-5. Josh Carlson won his singles match 6-1, 6-1.

Grizzlies Johnny Goodman and Angus HicksFrazier beat the Cardinals in a tiebreaker 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

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Newport Track and Field at Freeman: 3:30 p.m. – Freeman Newport Soccer vs.

Deer Park: 4 p.m. – Deer Park

Thursday, April 18 Newport Tennis vs. Riverside: 3:30 p.m. - Newport

Friday, April 19

Miner photo|Caneel Johnson

Cameron Whittle returns a shot against Freeman in Newport Thursday, April 11.

Tug Smith and Danny Bradbury won their doubles match 6-0, 6-0.

“Danny Bradbury and Tug Smith, who most people know from our football season, decided to give tennis a go this year and are a blast to watch,” McDaniel said.

Medical Lake forfeited the last match because they were down a player.

The Grizzlies did not do as well at home against Freeman Thursday, April 11.

“Freeman is the team to beat,” McDaniel said.

“They have been number one for a few years.”

The girls lost 3-1 and both teams forfeited the third doubles match. The boys lost 3-2.

The boys won in Lakeside, 5-1 Friday, April 12, but the girls lost 6-0.

“I couldn’t be happier with the way the boys played,” McDaniel said.

“Going into Lakeside you know you are going into a great tennis program and expecting to battle; they didn’t disappoint.”

C. Whittle defeated Lakeside 6-4, 6-2. Carlson won 7-6 (10-8), 6-1.

Goodman and HicksFrazier won 6-3, 6-2.

Smith and Bradbury lost the first match, 6-4, but ultimately won 6-4, 7-5.

Klayten Baldwin and Dawson Baldwin lost 6-4, 6-2.

“Talk about a knock

down drag out brawl at our No. 2 doubles,” McDaniel said. “Tug and Danny lost the first set, but I knew they had a chance to come back and split, which they did. They had to be playing for close to 2 hours before they finally finished the match with a 7-5 third set win. The match had 32 total games played within the three sets and had quite a few deuce games.”

The girls had a tough time at Lakeside on Friday, McDaniel said.

Lewis lost to Lakeside 6-4, 6-1, and Jurgens lost 6-4, 6-2.

“Cydni was a little hesitant the first set, but got a lot more aggressive and put more energy into the second set which was a great thing to see, even if the score doesn’t say it,” McDaniel said.

Hughes and Marsengill lost to Lakeside 6-1, 6-0.

A. Whittle and E. Jurgens lost 6-0, 6-2. Newport forfeited the third doubles match.

The results for the match in Deer Park Tuesday, April 16 will be reported next week.

The Grizzlies will play at home against Riverside Thursday, April 18 at 3:30 p.m. Then the Grizzlies will play at home against Lakeside Friday, April 19 at 3:30 p.m. Newport will play in Colville Tuesday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m.

Newport Boys Soccer vs. Deer Park: Noon Newport Newport Softball vs.

Deer Park: Noon - Deer Park Cusick Baseball vs.

Curlew: Noon - Cusick High School Selkirk Baseball vs.

Northport: Noon - Selkirk Priest River Baseball vs. Riverside: 3 p.m. Riverside

Monday, April 22 Cusick Golf at St. George’s: 2 p.m. - Deer Park

Priest River Golf at Coeur d’Alene: 8 a.m. Coeur d’Alene High School

Newport Boys Soccer vs. Medical Lake: 4 p.m.

- Newport

Newport Golf at Chewelah Invite: 10 a.m.

- Chewelah Golf and Country Club

Selkirk Baseball vs.

Republic: 2 p.m. - Republic

Priest River Baseball vs. Timberlake: 3 p.m. Timberlake Priest River Softball vs. Timberlake: 3 p.m. Timberlake Newport Tennis vs.

Lakeside: 3:30 p.m. Newport Newport Baseball vs.

Medical Lake: 4:30 p.m. Newport

Saturday, April 20 Open Gym, Adult Basketball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School Newport Track and Field at Mooberry Relays: 8:30 a.m. - Riverside Priest River Track and Field vs. TBA: 10 a.m. Priest River Selkirk Track and Field at Priest River Invite: 10 a.m. - Priest River Cusick Softball vs.

Curlew: Noon - Cusick High School Cusick Track and Field at Priest River: 10 a.m.

- Priest River Lamanna High School Newport Girls Track and Field at Prosser Rotary Invite: 10:30 a.m.

- Prosser Newport Baseball vs.

Deer Park: Noon - Newport Selkirk Softball vs.

Northport: Noon - Selkirk

Tuesday, April 23 Cusick Softball vs.

Northport: 2 p.m. - Cusick High School Selkirk Softball vs.

Republic: 2 p.m. - Republic Cusick Baseball vs.

Northport: 2 p.m. - Cusick High School Priest River Softball vs. Kellogg: 3 p.m. - Kellogg Priest River Baseball vs. Kellogg: 3 p.m. - Kellogg Newport Girls Tennis vs. Colville: 3:30 p.m. Colville Cusick Track and Field at Republic: 3:30 p.m. Republic High School Newport Boys Soccer vs. Colville: 4 p.m. Newport Newport Softball vs.

Freeman: 4:30 p.m. Newport Newport Baseball vs. Lakeside: 4:30 p.m. Newport

Wednesday, April 24 Newport Baseball vs.

Freeman: Noon - Freeman High School Newport Track and Field at Deer Park: 3:30 ap.m. - Deer Park Selkirk Track and Field at 1B/2B League Meet: 3:30 p.m. - Snyder Field, Chewelah

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By Don Gronning Of The Miner

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Priest River’s Natalie Randolph pitches at Priest River when the Lady Spartans hosted Kellogg. The Spartans won 13-12.

Lady Spartans off to high scoring start PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River softball team began their season last week with a 10-0 loss to Colville Tuesday, April 9.

Natalie Randolph pitched for Priest River and Jasmine Martin was behind the plate. Colville scored three runs in the first, one in the second, and two in the third, On Deck: At Timberlake: Friday, April 19, 3 p.m.

At Riverside: Saturday, April 20, 3 p.m.

At Kellogg: Tuesday, April 23, 3 p.m.

fourth and fifth innings, before the game was called on the 10-run

mercy rule.

Priest River had one hit and six errors.

Things turned around for the Spartans Thursday, when they traveled to Troy, Mont., and won 10-5.

Tawny Nichols pitched for Priest River until the sixth inning, when Randolph came in. Martin was behind the plate.

Randolph went four for five with a double, a home run and four RBIs. Nichols hit a triple.

Priest River hosted Kellogg Friday, April 12, and won 13-12 in another squeaker. They then trav-

eled to St. Maries Saturday, April 13 and lost 13-12.

Randolph pitched for Priest River.

Nichols hit a double for the Spartans.

St. Maries’ Elizabeth Ragan went four for five with four runs for the Lumberjacks.

Priest River traveled to Bonners Ferry Tuesday, after The Miner went to press.

They travel to Timberlake Friday, April 19, to Riverside Saturday, April 20 and Kellogg Tuesday, April 23.

All games start at 3 p.m.

Grizzlies battered by Cardinals, kick past Crusaders

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Newport High School boys’ soccer had one win and three losses over the last week, ending with a 4-1 loss in a home game against Lakeside on Monday, April 15.

Stats for that game were not available before deadline.

The Grizzlies had a taste of victory with a 7-0 win against Northwest Christian Tuesday, April 9.

During the away game, the Grizzlies had 16 shots on goal and the Crusaders had five.

Newport’s goalie Adam Moorhead had five saves.

On Thursday, April 11 the Grizzlies lost to the Medical Lake Cardinals, 2-0 in an away game. Taye Jones grabbed six saves to earn the shutout and the Cardinals (1-3-01) topped the visiting Grizzlies (1-2-1-0).

Carter Pivonka and On Deck: At Deer Park: Wednesday, April 17, 4 p.m.

Vs. Deer Park: Saturday, April 20, 12 p.m. NHS

James Pivonka each scored second-half goals for Medical Lake.

The Cardinals had 17 shots on goal and Newport had 10. Moorhead had seven saves and Medical Lake had six.

The biggest loss came against Lakeside, who beat Newport 11-0 Sat-

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers baseball team beat Cusick in both games of a doubleheader Tuesday, April 9, winning the first game 14-9 and the second 12-1 Jay Link pitched for Selkirk in the first game, going five innings and striking out 11. He gave up five runs on six hits. Ethan Hardie pitched for Cusick. He was relieved in the fifth inning by Trevor Shanholtzer.

The first game was close, with Cusick scoring first in the first inning. Selkirk came back with a three-run second inning.

Cusick answered with a four run third inning to tie the game. The Rangers weren’t through, though, and rallied with three runs in the bottom of the third to reclaim the lead.

“Jay had some control issues, but powered through against a good hitting Cusick lineup,” Selkirk coach Jeremy Link says. Zech Curran replaced him in the sixth inning. Curran gave up four runs on three hits and struck out five for Selkirk.

The teams played a scoreless fourth inning but Selkirk came alive in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring seven runs.

“A huge fifth inning proved to be the real difference maker,” Link says. “We picked up seven runs highlighted by a Luke Couch grand slam over the left field fence.”

Cusick scored four runs of their own the next time they were up. Couch answered with another homer in the sixth inning for Selkirk.

Both teams got the bat on the ball. For Cusick, Hardie hit a 3-run homer and Nate Allan and Jed Cupp hit doubles. In addition to Couch’s homers, Link hit two doubles and Andreas Hejselbaek hit a triple for Selkirk.

The second game wasn’t as close, with Selkirk winning 12-1 in five innings.

“We ran out of steam in game two,” Cusick coach Cory Swennumson said.

Ryan Zimmerman pitched for Selkirk.

“Ryan pitched a heck of a game,” Link says. Zimmerman pitched four innings, striking out seven and giving up two hits and a run. Ty Taylor relieved him for the fifth inning.

Alan pitched for Cusick, relieved by Cupp in the fourth inning.

Ranger batters dominated, hitting back-to-back home runs in the first inning. Jay Link hit an inside the park home run followed by Curran hitting home run off the center field fence.

They didn’t let up. In the second inning Link and Curran hit back-to-back triples, part of a five run scoring barrage.

Link wasn’t through. In the third inning he hit a three-run homer over the right field fence. Link ended the game with eight RBIs. Cusick scored in the fourth inning but Selkirk answered in the bottom of the inning with another score to end the game 12-1.

“Both games where huge wins for us,” Selkirk coach Jeremy Link said.

Selkirk had a non-league doubleheader with Columbia rained out Saturday.

The Rangers have a 4-3 league record and are 6-3 overall.

Selkirk will host Northport Saturday, April 20, at noon. Tuesday, April 23, the team travels to Republic for a game that starts at 2 p.m.

Grizzlies’ golf team wins 13 under par

Courtesy photo|Patty Cutshall

Newport’s River Edmiston goes up against the Northwest Christian Crusaders in an away game April 9.

urday, April 13. Ethan Williams scored three goals with three assists and the Eagles shut out the visiting Grizzlies.

Newport had two shots on goal to Lakeside’s 22 and Moorhead had eight saves, while Lakeside had two.

Newport hosted Riverside Tuesday, April 16 after deadline.

Results from that game will be in next week’s newspaper.

The Grizzlies will travel to Deer Park Wednesday, April 17 for a game at 4 p.m.

Newport will host Deer Park Saturday, April 20 for a game at noon.

NEWPORT – The Grizzlies golf team won the Medical Lake Scramble by 13 strokes Thursday, April 11. Nick Mackey and Ben Krogh shot a 64.

Par for the course is 72.

In a scramble, two players shoot and then plays from the spot of the best shot.

Newport had its first league match at the Dominion Meadows Golf Course in Colville.

League uses a modified Stableford scoring system,

which records points for the team and individuals. It does not use stroke score until districts. Nick Mackey placed second with 49 points and Ben Krogh placed fifth with 42 points.

The Grizzlies will play a league match against Freeman at Hangman Golf Course Wednesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. Then at the Chewelah Boys and Girls Invite Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m.

Cusick Panthers blast Republic

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

CUSICK – The Cusick Panthers baseball team won both games of a doubleheader with Republic Saturday, April 12, at home, 11-1 and 11-4.

“In game one Trevor Shanholtzer pitched five innings of good baseball for the win,” Cusick coach Cory Swennumson says. He struck out 10 and also hit a triple on offense.

Jedd Cupp hit a double in the first game, which the Panthers won 11-1. Both Shanholtzer and Cupp are batting over .500 in the first six games Cusick has played.

Cusick played error free, scoring

11 runs on eight hits in the five-inning game called when Cusick got a 10 run lead.

Republic scored first in the first inning of the second game. Cusick answered with three runs and added three more the next inning.

Cusick had a four-run fourth inning and the Panther defense held Republic scoreless until the fifth inning, when Republic scored three.

Cusick got a run in the bottom of the inning and the teams didn’t score again.

Cupp and Nate Allen pitched for Cusick, combining for a dozen strikeouts in the 11-4, seven-inning win. Cupp hit a double for Cusick.

Swennumson says Panther pitch-

ing needs to continue to get stronger as the season progresses.

Cusick will go to Newport for a game Wednesday, April 17, at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 the PanOn Deck: At Newport: Wednesday, April 17, 2 p.m.

Vs. Curlew: Saturday, April 20, noon Vs. Northport: Tuesday, April 23, 2 p.m.

thers will host Curlew, with the first game starting at noon. Cusick will be at home again against Northport Tuesday, April 23, at 2 p.m.

Cusick has a 2-4 Northeast 1B League record. They lost a doubleheader to Selkirk earlier in the week (see Selkirk story).

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Poe places first in shot put twice

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Joel Miller pitches Friday at home against Riverside. The game was called on account of rain in the fourth inning and will be picked up when the teams play at Riverside April 30. Riverside was ahead 6-1.

Newport low on baseball players

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport Grizzlies baseball team is struggling to keep nine players on the field, as the team lost two players to season ending knee injuries.

When a player was ejected from the game against Colville, it left Newport with just eight players to finish the game, which they lost. When a player is On Deck: Vs. Cusick: Wednesday, April 17, 3 p.m.

Vs. Medical Lake: Friday, April 19, 4:30 p.m.

Vs. Deer Park: Saturday, April 20, noon Vs. Lakeside: Tuesday, April 23, 4:30 p.m.

ejected it is for at least two games, so the Grizzlies forfeited the second game of the doubleheader Newport coach Todd Ellingburg declined to name the player who was ejected or say why he was ejected, referring questions to Newport Athletic Director Brett Mackey.

“The ejection will not be appealed as our student athlete did in fact cause a collision at second base with the opposing team’s short stop,” Mackey said.

Players ejected must miss the next game and without nine players Newport forfeited the second game of the doubleheader. Mackey also declined to name

the player.

Colville won the first game 10-0 in five innings.

The game was moved to Colville because of Newport’s field conditions.

Newport had trouble hitting against Colville, with 14 of 15 batters striking out. But Colville had trouble hitting Grizzly pitcher Hunter Ellingburg, at least until the fourth inning, when they scored four.

Until then, Colville was up 1-0.

“Colville is probably one of the best teams in the league,” Ellingburg said.

The day before Newport hosted Riverside for four innings before the game was called for rain. Riverside was up 6-1 at the time. The game will be continued April 30 at Riverside.

“The Riverside game was wet and cold,” Ellingburg said. “We only had one hit, a squeeze bunt by Hunter Ellingburg. He scored Tyler Ward.”

Joel Miller pitched against Riverside.

Newport played Deer Park after the newspaper deadline Tuesday. The Grizzlies will be at home for the next few games.

They will play Cusick Wednesday, April 17, Medical Lake Friday, April 19, Deer Park Saturday and Lakeside Tuesday, April 23.

The Cusick game starts at 3 p.m., the Medical Lake at 4:30 p.m. Deer Park at noon and Lakeside at 4:30 p.m.

Grizzlies run past Rams, Indians finished tenth at 14.03.

Of The Miner Chris Rivard won second place in the boys’ RIVERSIDE – The 800-meter with a time Grizzlies competed at the of 2:17.

NEA No. 1 Colville/NewKeelan Mitcham took port track and field meet third place in the pole Wednesday, April 10, vault, reaching over winning spots in the top nine-feet. In javelin, he ten finalists for numerthrew 106-feet, placing ous events. The event fourth. was hosted at Riverside Johnny Frantz won High School. third place in shot put, Jessica Hankey-Clark with a 37-feet, two-inch was the first place winthrow. He also finished ner of the girls’ 200-mefourth in the 1600-meter race, clocking in at ter, clocking in at 5:41.

29.26.

For the girls’ shot put, In the boys’ 3200-meHanna Lehmkuhl finter, Jeremy Ward finished ished fourth, reaching at 12.31, winning first 25-feet, five-inches. place. Wyatt Dikes came Amber Busby finished in fourth place with a fifth in the 1600-meter time of 13.21. with a time of 6:40.

Aaron Eggleston, who In the girls’ 100-meran with an injury, still ter Maddie Waterman managed to place third placed third, coming in the boys’ 100-meter in at 14.10. Teammate race with a time of 11.92. Alika Robinson followed Jacob Davis was ninth at in fourth place with a 13.69 and Drew Green time of 14.20. Emma

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Bradbury was 12th, with a time of 15:13 and Morgan Hall finished 14th at 16.76.

For the boys’ 200-meter Jacob Davis finished in sixth place, with a time of 28.80. In the 110-meter hurdles he clocked in at 21.31, finishing in fifth place.

Morgan Hall placed 10th in the girls’ 1600-meter with a time of 8:00.

Newport track and field competed in the Nike Van Kuren Invite at Spokane Falls Community College last Saturday.

Results were not available before deadline.

The Grizzlies will compete at Lakeside High School Wednesday, April 17 at 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, April 20 Newport travels to Priest River Lamanna High School for the 23rd annual Priest River Invite at 10 a.m.

SPOKANE – Despite rainy weather, the Priest River Lamanna High School track and field team turned out strong for the Nike Van Kuren Invite at Spokane Falls Community College April 13.

Colby Poe had the best showing for Priest River with a tremendous first place win in the shot put, throwing 50-feet.

He had a fifth place finish in the discus with 131-feet, five-inches.

Teagun Holycross finished eighth in the 100-meter with a time of 11.89, and a ninth place finish in the 200-meter at 24.50. He also finished ninth place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.48.

“There were 78 competitors in the shot put and 77 in the 100-meter, so for these two kids to compete this well is amazing,” PRLHS track and field coach Jared Hughes says.

Hughes adds that Sharnai Hogan had a great day for the girls with two personal bests in the 800-meter with a time of 2:46 and a finish of 13.08 in the 3200-meter.

There were 52 teams

registered from Washington, Idaho and Canada at the event.

“This was the largest meet our school has ever been to, excluding state,” Hughes says. “The meet was a chance for our top athletes to compete against the area’s best and for the younger kids to experience what it would be like at the state meet.” While the competition was amazing, the weather won the day, according to Hughes. It rained solidly over eight hours of the 10-hour track meet and personal bests were hard to come by.

“Our kids still battled well and most finished near their seed rank or higher,” Hughes says.

Earlier in the week the Spartans went up against Timberlake and Coeur d’Alene Christian Academy on Wednesday, April 10 in an away meet. Poe won first place in shot put, throwing a distance of 50-feet, fourinches. He went on to win second place in discus, throwing 141-feet, 10-inches. Teammate Arron Reyes followed in third place, reaching 102-feet, nine-inches.

Holycross returned from being sick to finish second in the 100-meter race with a time of

11.63. He went on to win second in the 200-meter with a time of 24.32.

In the boys’ high jump, Cameron Parkes won second place, jumping five-feet, six-inches.

Jordan Phillips came in fifth place at five-feet. In long jump, Parkes placed fifth, jumping 18-feet.

Elijah Davis took fourth in pole vault, reaching seven-feet.

Travis Matthews was fifth in the 400-meter, clocking in at 1:00.02.

Sharnai Hogan placed second in the girls’ 1600-meter, finishing at 6:11.54. She was fourth in the 800-meter, clocking in at 2:48.49. The girls were led by freshman Erika Swoboda, who placed third in the girls’ 400-meter at 1:08.09. Shayla Martinez placed fifth in the girls’ 100-meter with a time of 14.88.

Next up for the Spartan Track and Field team will be the 23rd Annual Priest River Invite on Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. There are currently 15 teams signed up.

“Please come out and see some great competition,” Hughes says.

Volunteers are needed to help run the field events. To volunteer, contact the high school at 208-448-1211.

Lady Griz off to slow start NEWPORT – The Newport softball team traveled to Medical Lake Thursday, April 11, and hosted Riverside Friday, losing both games.

Medical Lake won 11-1, scoring nine runs in the first inning, followed by two in the sixth. Newport managed one run in the fifth.

Medical Lake’s Allison Duncan had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs to lead the Cardinals.

Anna Wyrobek pitched for Newport until the third inning.

Ruth Hildreth relieved her, and then in the sixth, Julie Schoener and Alexis Polensky both pitched.

Madi Bradbury was behind the plate.

Hailee DeShazer scattered three hits and struck out five for Medical Lake.

Newport hosted Riverside Friday, April 12. Wyrobek again pitched for Newport.

The Grizzlies hosted Colville Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Deer Park Saturday, April 20 to play at noon and host Freeman Tuesday, April 23 at 4:30 p.m.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Anna Wyrobek pitches for Newport when they hosted Riverside Friday, April 12. Riverside won 10-0.

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b r i e f ly Read ‘Defending Jacob’ for book club NEWPORT – For April’s Book Club in a Pub, participants will gather at Kelly’s Bar and Grill Sunday, April 28, 2-3 p.m. The book is Defending Jacob by William Landay. It tells the story of Andy Barber, an assistant district attorney dealing with the accusation that his 14-year-old son, Jacob, is a murderer. Copies are available to check out through the library at one of the POCLD locations or on the Hoopla app.

Anyone is welcome to attend (there is no childcare available). The book club is organized by the Newport Library.

Coming to America: An American Vaudeville NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Players Association (POPA) is performing Coming to America: An American Vaudeville June 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23.

The musical focuses on the lives of immigrants who came through Ellis Island from 1893 through 1916. Coming to America presents a poignant, sometimes humorous picture of the melting pot that was the American experience at the turn of the century, through the eyes of everyday people who helped mold and change the United States forever.

The score features landmark American songs by such iconic composers as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Scott Joplin, and George M. Cohan.

For more information including ticket prices, times, upcoming shows and theatre membership, go to www.pendoreilleplayers. org or call 509-447-9900.

If no one is there, leave a clear message with contact information.

Get tickets to Drags and Drinks NEWPORT – The annual Drags and Drinks Fundraiser returns to Top Frog on Saturday, May 18.

Doors open at 3:30 p.m. and the show starts at 5 p.m. The event benefits Festivities in The Park during Newport Rodeo Weekend.

This enables the Newport, Priest River Rotary Club to offer the majority of games and activities at Festivities in The Park to area youth for free.

Tickets to Drags and Drinks are two for $50 or $30 each, and include food and a complimentary beer or wine. Tickets can be purchased from any Newport, Priest River Rotary member or by calling 509-710-9379 or 509-6716333.

This event is open only to those 21-years-old and older.

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.

Creating colorful art Kiersten Davis creates a pinwheel of color at the fused glass class at the Priest River Library Thursday, March 29. The class was taught by, Randy Haa, a local glass artist.

The library has community members come in and teach different skills each month as part of the Live and Learn series.

Weekend retreat: Dealing with death She took full ordination in 1988. She has studied Buddhism with many masters including His Holiness the Dalai Lama Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Lama Thubten Yeshe. Ven. Sangye Khadro was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for 11 years. She is the author of several books, including How to Meditate, now in its 17th printing.

The retreat begins Friday evening at 3 p.m. and ends after lunch on Sunday. Meals are all vegetarian, and accommodations are in shared rooms. All programs at Sravasti Abbey are offered on a donation basis, and a $100 offering is requested to reserve a place. Pre-registration

is required. Information is in the Event Schedule section of sravastiabbey. org.

Sravasti Abbey is a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan tradition, founded by author and teacher Venerable Thubten Chodron. Ordained nuns and monks as well as lay people live there, devoting their lives to studying and practicing Buddhist teachings and sharing them with others. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed.

Friendly curiosity and openness to learn are the only pre-requisites.

Detailed guidelines for visiting Sravasti Abbey can be found under the Visiting section of sravastiabbey.org.

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Copper, fiddle, yoga classes on tap at Create NEWPORT – Popular copper wire artist Weezil Samter is returning to Create. He will be teaching a class in making and designing cold forged copper rings in adjustable and fixed size at Create, 900 W Fourth St. in Newport, on April 18 from 3-5 p.m. The minimum age for this class is 8 and costs $10. Preregistration is required in person, by check ( P.O. Box 1173) or online at www.createarts.org.

Additional classes in wire artistry can be scheduled.

Create has added a yoga class on Mondays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Class-

Courtesy photo|Christa Shanaman

NEWPORT – Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery near Newport, hosts a weekend retreat with long-time Buddhist nun Ven. Sangye Khadro, April 26 to 28. People are invited to learn how to prepare for death by living mindfully and ethically and explore practices that can help remain calm and positive during the process of dying. The course is residential, but commuters are also welcome. See Sravasti. org for information and registration or phone 509-447-5549 or office. sravasti@gmail.com.

California born, Ven. Sangye Khadro was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in Nepal in 1974.

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es are $10. Tina Stanton, the yoga instructor states: “Ansura yoga is a heartfelt practice, approachable by all people and bodies. I am an Ansura Elements yoga teacher and I want to share with my community the beauty of yoga.

Take the time for yourself and body to root into the practice of yoga.”

Ben Kardos is offering private fiddle lessons at Create on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. for ages 6 through adult. For more information or to schedule class time contact Create at 509-447-9277 or call Ben at 509-6716401.

Library renews Mobius passes, expands pass offerings NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Library District will renew free passes to Mobius Children’s Museum and Science Center in Spokane after a successful first year.

“We didn’t really know how popular the passes would be, but we liked the idea of giving it a try,” Library Director Mandy Walters says. “It’s been really amazing to see how excited people are when they find out they can take the family to a place like that for free.”

Each Mobius pass allows two adults and four children free entry

to the museum. Passes can be checked out for one week on a first come, first served basis at the libraries in Cusick and Newport. Admission for children and adults is normally $10 per person.

Due to the success of the Mobius passes, the library will be adding to their pass collection by partnering with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) beginning this spring.

More details will be released soon.

For questions about the library or their growing museum pass collection, email Walters at director@pocld.org.

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we e k ah ead Wednesday, April 17

7:30 p.m. - Newport

AA Meeting: 7 a.m. - Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 First St., Newport

Books Out Back: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library

Rotary Club: 8 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library

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

Dance Classes: 6:00-7:00 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m.

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

Thursday, April 18 Line Dancing: 10 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

Friday, April 19

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church UCC Non-Denominational Bible Study Group: 10:30 a.m. - United Church of Christ, 430 W. Third St., Newport

Saturday, April 20 VFW Breakfast: 8-11 a.m. 112 Larch St., Priest River Free Breakfast: 8-10 a.m. Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington, Newport Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Oath Keepers Constitutional Study Group: 6:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Sunday, April 21 Newport Youth: 4 p.m. Sadie Halstead Middle School Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, April 22 Hospitality House Potluck: Noon - Hospitality House in Newport

Quilters Meet: 11 a.m. Priest River Senior Center

Blanchard Grange Potluck: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange

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

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

Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Blanchard Book Talk: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Library Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge:

Tuesday, April 23 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Line Dancing: 10 a.m. Priest River Senior Center Priest River Book Talk: 10 a.m. - Priest River Library Priest River Book Talk: 10 a.m. - Priest River Library Writers Group: 2 p.m. Create Arts Center

Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St.,

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Visions, Inc.: 7

Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

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 ~6:30 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.

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 10 a.m. for all ages Sunday Worship - 11 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 Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Pastor Becky Anderson 509-447-4121 newportucc@conceptcable.com www.newportucc.org

LIFELINE MINISTRIES Full Gospel - Spirit Filled 214 S. Montana Ave., Oldtown 916-671-4460 Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

Friday Service 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer 4:30 p.m.

Pastor Jim McDonald

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

(509) 447-4338 www.americanlutheranchurch.net

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

Usk: St. Jude’s 111 River Rd., Sat. 4:00 p.m.

Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows 1981 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.

HOUSE OF THE LORD

754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ 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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

Worship Time: Sunday 10 a.m., at the Newport High School Real Life Ministries office, 420 4th St. Newport, WA Office Phone: (509) 447-2164 www.reallifenewport.com

BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

301 W. Spruce St, Newport Sunday 10:30 a.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Pastor R. Shannon Chasteen (864) 378-7056 Bible preaching, God honoring music

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

“Through His potency everything that hath, from time immemorial, been veiled and hidden, is now revealed.”

Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service Real 4 Life - College ages 3rd & 4th Mondays The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Saturdays, 10:00a.m.

Diamond Lake 326002 Highway 2 diamondlakeadventist.org Edgemere - 5161 Vay Rd 11:00a.m. edgemereadventist.org Newport - 777 Lilac Ln 10:40a.m. newportsda.com

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

180 Osprey Lane Priest River 208-448-2724 Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.

Elder Led

LACLEDE COMMUNITY CHURCH Hwy 2 Laclede, ID 25 N Riley Creek Rd Pastor Josh Jones Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 11:00 a.m.

Gospel Jam 4th Sat 5:00 p.m.

208-254-4727 cell

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‘Romeo and Harriet’ coming to Circle Moon

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ountain Harmony Show Choir’s (MHSC) spring musical, Romeo and Harriet: A Musical Comedy in Two and a Half Acts, is coming to Circle Moon Theatre May 2, 3, 4 and 9, 10. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. and a May 11 matinee is at 3 p.m.

The play is a New York, comedic twist on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The cast met at the United Church of Christ in Newport Thursday, April 11 for rehearsals and to try on costumes. Dinner and show tickets are $25, the show only is $12, and youth under 18 tickets are $5.

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o b i t u ar i e s Aaron George “Bud” Davaz Greenacres, Wash.

Aaron George “Bud” Davaz passed away Feb. 26, 2019. He was 74, born Feb. 12, 1945. Bud was a 1964 Newport High School graduate.

He grew Davaz up north of Furport, the fifth child of George and Evelyn Davaz, brother to Allen (Margaret), DonnaJo, Donald, Montelee and Julie Ann (Jim).

Bud served his country with two tours in Vietnam.

He married his faithful wife Donna Adamson in 1965. They have three children, Heidi, Debrah and Cory (Jeni).

Bud worked predominately as a truck driver in a variety of industries, the last one being Snyder Bakery.

In 2007, Bud suffered permanent damage to his sight and other injuries in a head on collision with a cattle truck near Rathdrum, Idaho.

With the help of his wife Donna and family, Bud rehabbed.

He attended the Veteran’s School for the Blind in American Lake, Wash., and they instructed him in how to use power tools safely and furnished him with a computer that spoke to him, which enabled him to keep in touch via the internet. Power tools came into play as Bud reinvented his life as a very skilled blind woodworker and made many different projects sought after by many.

Before Bud lost his sight, he made annual trips back to Pend Oreille County to fish and hunt.

He never lost his love for fishing and with accompaniment got to experience Alaska fishing.

His belly laughs and storytelling will be missed. He is survived by his wife, Donna; children Cory (Jeni) Davaz, Debrah Davaz, and Heidi Rice; grandchildren Amber (Rory) Mundt, Hannah (James) Manzano, Seth Beauvais, Zachary Davaz, Noah Davaz, Dustin Holcomb and Taylor Holcomb; greatgrandchildren Max Mundt, Lia Mundt, Nolan Manzano, Blazen Sparks, Ryder (Colt) Sparks, Jaxon Beauvais and Hayden McDaniels; and his siblings Julie Ann (Jim) Anderson, Allen (Margaret) Davaz, Donna Jo Engle; and many other family members.

There will be a remembrance celebration May 11 at 11 a.m. at the VFW at 300 W. Mission in Spokane.

June Luella Rankin

nesses in Spokane selling sewing machines. She loved fishing, traveling in her motor home, spending time with her grandchildren and family Rankin dinners at her home in Colbert, Wash.

She was preceded in

W e s t P e n d Or e i ll e F i r e Call s PRIEST RIVER – Here is a list of dispatch calls recently responded to by the West Pend Oreille Fire District.

April 1: medical assist. Highway 57, Priest River April 1: medical assist. Pine Road, Oldtown April 3: non-injury accident, Selkirk Way, Oldtown April 4: extrication. Dufort Road, Priest River April 6: medical assist. McKinley Street, Priest River April 7: tree on powerline, High Street, Priest River April 7: false alarm, W. Lakeview Blvd., Oldtown April 8: false alarm, W. Settlement Road, Priest River April 9: false alarm, W. Settlement Road, Priest River April 11: medical assist. Gregory Street, Priest River April 13: service call, Highway 2, Priest River

Special thanks to the caregivers at Aspen Quality Care and Kindred Hospice for their love and support of June and family. Also, thanks to Terry Glidden, Christeen Allen and Dave and Nickole North for their support and help.

A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, April 20 at 11 a.m. at Newport Cemetery,

which will be followed by a Luncheon and Celebration of Life hosted by Dave and Nickole North at 961 Cusick Meadow Road, in Cusick.

Sherman-Campbell Funeral and Cremation Services in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at shermancampbell.com.

po li c e r e po rts Editor’s note: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report, but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights.

Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys.

All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

Spokane

It is with great sadness that the family of June Rankin announces her peaceful passing on April 12, 2019, at Aspen Rankin Quality Care in Spokane, Wash. She was 90 years of age.

She was born in Maquoketa, Iowa, on June 19, 1928. June’s biggest achievement was paving the way in society for strong women when she had the opportunity to open one of the first women-owned busi-

death by her parents, Frank and Charity Russell, husband Jack, brother Lyle, sisters Laura, Esther and Clara, sons Denny and Pat, and daughter Kathy.

She is survived by brother Leslie; sons Bob (Debbie), Allen (Patty), Richard (Cindy), Terry (Kathy), Mike and Dan; multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Pend Oreille County

Monday, April 8 ACCIDENT: W. 2nd St., report of a non-injury accident.

THEFT: Sacheen Terrace Drive, report of gas theft over the last three or four days.

FIRE-SMOKE ONLY: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of smoke coming out of vents.

FOUND PROPERTY: S. Cass Ave., report that someone turned in a found Visa debit card.

SEX OFFENSE: N. Warren Ave., Newport ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, Newport, report of a single car rollover.

An injured male is outside of the vehicle.

LITTERING: Coyote Trail, Newport, report that a subject dumped four or five gallon buckets on the side of the road.

CHILD ABUSE: W. Walnut St., report of a maroon GMC Yukon with a toddler alone in the back seat moving around the vehicle.

THREATENING: E. 5th Ave., report that a subject threatened the complainant. There are no weapons. It is an ongoing issue.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211, report of a white Dodge Dakota with a sticker on the back window all over the road and trying to pass a semi on corners.

VEHICLE FIRE: E. 5th St., Usk, report of equipment on fire.

It is full of diesel next to the conveyor belt.

LITTERING: Hwy. 2, report that a subject dumped five large garbage bags and other trash around the dumpster.

Tuesday, April 9 ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of two vehicles in a non-injury accident.

SEX OFFENSE: Outback Lane, Usk TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Flowery Trail Road, report of a chip truck driving during road restrictions.

ARREST: Qlispe River Way, Mandalynn Ann Ohlsen, 38, of Port Orchard was arrested on an out of county misdemeanor warrant.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – VERBAL: Qlispe River Way, Cusick, report of a domestic verbal argument.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 20, Cusick, report of a tree down blocking both lanes of the highway.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Jacob A. Oneal, 24, of Newport was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender.

Wednesday, April 10 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Deer Valley Road, Newport, report that a silver Ford Escort with Idaho plates has been parked on the side of the road with its lights on since 6:45 a.m. The male subject said he ran out of gas BOOK AND RELEASE: S. Garden Ave, Newport, Ethan Robert Belcourt, 21, of Spokane was booked and released for driving while his license was suspended/revoked third offence and driving without a license.

DRUGS: W 3rd St., Newport SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: Lehigh Ave., Metaline Falls, report that the complainant wants to speak to a deputy about a known male taking his phone, sending his wife information off his phone and slandering him.

THREATENING: E. 5th Ave., Metaline Falls, report that the complainant had an encounter with a male and his dog on the sidewalk. The dog was not on a leash and came towards him so he pushed it away with a broom. Then he saw the male later and he made threats to hit him that if he touched his dog again.

DECEASED PERSON: 2nd Ave., Cusick, report of a deceased female in the bathroom.

ARREST: N. Muhle Road, Elk, Shilo W. Gilman, 20, of Spokane was arrested on a Department of Corrections warrant.

ASSAULT: Pines Road, Newport, report that the complainant says a male subject tried to assault him with a shovel and he disarmed the man. Then the man stole spark plugs off his tractor while he went to get his cell phone to call 911.

BOOK & RELEASE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Darby Eulalia Hawkins, 23, of Newport was booked and released for obstructing a public servant.

ARREST: W. Walnut St., Newport, Larry D. Miller, 49, of Newport was arrested for failure to appear and an out of state warrant.

FOUND PROPERTY: Hwy. 31, Ione, report that the complainant has a property he is handling for the owner who passed away and he found a sawed-off shotgun he wants to turn over to sheriff’s department.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 20, report of a tree across the roadway.

Center, report of an officer out with a suspicious male.

stances at the tow yard.

THREATENING: Southshore Diamond Lake Road, report of the complainant getting threatening phone calls from her daughter’s boyfriend.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED/REVOKED: Hwy. 2, report of a suspended driver.

ARREST: Hwy. 211, Newport, Marcus Dale Charlton, 44, of Salem was arrested for driving while license is suspended/ revoked.

ARREST: Hwy. 20, Usk, Jeremy Joseph Tucker, 32, of Newport was arrested for DUI. ELECTRICAL FIRE: Monumental Way, Cusick, report that the complainant can smell burning plastic in the house. There is no smoke or flames.

Thursday, April 11 ASSAULT: Davis Lake Lane, report of possible domestic violence between roommates.

HARASSMENT: Cedar Creek Terrace, report of a complainant feeling harassed and threatened.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Joseph D. Ries, 21, of Newport was arrested on a local misdemeanor warrant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. Kelly Drive, report of a suspicious male subject in the area.

ARREST: Terrace Ave., Joy A. Blizzard, 33, of Spokane was arrested for domestic violence in the fourth degree assault and malicious mischief in the third degree domestic violence.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: Old State Road, report that the complainant believes that horses are not being cared for.

Saturday, April 13 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Baker Lake Road, report of a vehicle registered to a driver with a license suspended.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – PHYSICAL: W. 4th St., report that an incident of physical abuse was reported by the hospital.

ERRATIC DRIVER: LeClerc Road S. report of an erratic driver traveling southbound.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Flowery Trail Road, report of a boulder in the westbound lane.

FIREWORKS: Valley View Drive, report of fireworks and loud music in the area.

Sunday, April 14 TRAFFIC HAZARD: Deeter, report that the PUD requests a deputy to help block the roadway for a low hanging wire.

PROWLER: Hwy. 20, report of a prowler on the property early this morning.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: Calispel St., report that a subject kicked the complainant’s dog.

West Bonner County

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Union Ave., report of an officer out with a male at concept cable.

Monday, April 8

ARREST: Anthony L. Schaff, 35, of Newport was arrested for failure to comply.

ARREST: Kelso Lake Road, Spirit Lake, Andrew Wright, 29, of Athol was arrested on a Bonner County Arrest Warrant.

Friday, April 12

GRAND THEFT: Hwy. 57, Priest River

Tuesday, April 9

LITTERING: W. 1st St., report of a garbage truck dropping cardboard on the roadway.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20 report of a vehicle almost running other vehicles off the road.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Deeter Road, report that the complainant said two of his vehicles were stored in a barn and have been stolen.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Calispel Ave., report that a juvenile is threatening to leave after getting out of court.

HARASSMENT: W. Circle Drive, report that the complainant’s ex is making threatening gestures.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of an officer out with vehicle a suspicious vehicle occupied by a male and a female.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of a vehicle parked in the handicapped zone.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Tweedie Road, report that the complainant believes his girlfriend is being held against her will.

DRUGS: Farber Lane, Cusick, report of a person in the lobby requesting a drug case.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: W. 7th St., report of an officer out with a suspicious vehicle.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of a silver Kia all over the roadway. It can’t control its speed.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2 report of a car traveling at extreme speeds.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: S. Newport Ave., Newport, report of suspicious circum-

ARREST: LeClerc Road S., Christina R. Butler, 36, was arrested for DUI.

CITE AND RELEASE: S. Spruce Ave., Oldtown, a 24-year-old male from Oldtown was cited and released for possession of marijuana.

Wednesday, April 10 TRAFFIC HAZARD: 4th St., Priest River

Thursday, April 11 ARREST: Hwy. 41, Blanchard, James F. Snyder, 44, of Spokane was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.

ARREST: Hwy. 4, Oldtown, Roudy Holbrook, 46, of Spirit Lake was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving without insurance.

Friday, April 12 BURGLARY: N Idaho Ave, Oldtown ARREST: Fifth Ave., Sandpoint, Nicole Watson, 41, of Priest River was arrested for DUI.

Saturday, April 13 No reportable incidents

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Pow Wow Park, report of an officer out with two vehicles.

Sunday, April 14

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Visitor

No reportable incidents

P u bl i c M e e t i n g s Wednesday, April 17 Pend Oreille Economic Development Council: 8:30 a.m. - Newport

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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

Thursday, April 18 Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission Workshop: 5 p.m.

- Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint

sioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue: 7 p.m. - Station 31, 325272 Highway 2, Diamond Lake

Newport School Board: 5 p.m. District Office

Monday, April 22 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione

Tuesday, April 23 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commis-

Pend Oreille County Republican Central Committee: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pend Oreille Planning and Zoning Commission Workshop: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pend Oreille County Republican Party: 7-8:30 p.m. - American Legion, Cusick

Wednesday, April 24 Tri-County Economic Development District: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

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2019107 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 SPOKANE No. 19-4-00401-32 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.010) Continued on 8B

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2019104 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 19-4-00013-26 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS ( R C W 11 . 4 0 . 0 3 0 ) Estate of BOBBIE J. ADAMS, 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.

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Continued from 7B In the Matter of the Estate of: RICHARD DAVID SHERMAN, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the 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 on 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.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); 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 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: April 10, 2019 /s/ Richard David Sherman, Jr. RICHARD DAVID SHERMAN, JR. Personal Representative c/o Paukert & Troppmann, PLLC 522 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 560 Spokane, WA 99201 PAUKERT & TROPPMANN, PLLC By: /s/ Teresa A. Sherman TERESA A. SHERMAN Attorney for Personal Representative WSBA No. 14637 Published in The Newport Miner April 10, 17 and 24, 2019.(11-3) _________________________ 2019108 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 2 0 1 9 O utfitting T wo S heriff V ehicles PEND OREILLE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS Sealed proposals will be received

by Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners for the contract to Outfit (2) Chevy Tahoe’s with police packages. Proposals are due no later than 9:15 am on Tuesday April 23, 2019. Proposals will be opened at that time.

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The following is the Scope of Work: 1. Provide two sheriff vehicles with Police Outfitting.

2. All Work and materials be warranted for 1 year.

3. Most be a certified Motorola Dealer.

The County Engineer reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any informality in the proposals and to accept such proposal or proposals as may be deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

MAIL PROPOSALS TO: Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners PO Box 5025 625 W. 4th St Newport, Washington 99156 Proposals shall be clearly marked “2019 Outfitting Two Sheriff Tahoe’s” on the envelope. Submissions by fax or email will not be accepted.

A copy of the Request for Proposal and Instructions may be obtained by: 1) Contacting the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at the County Courthouse, 625 West 4th Street, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-4513 2) By email: publicworks4u@pendoreille.org 3) County Website: www.pendoreilleco.org – go to Public Works – call

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The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); 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 probate assets and non-probate assets of the decedent.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: April 10, 2019.

Eric K. Krabbenhoft, Personal Representative Brian H. Wolfe, WSBA #4306 Attorney for Personal Representative Brian H. Wolfe, P.C. Riverview Tower, Suite 1010 900 Washington Street Vancouver, Washington 98660 (360) 737-1487 Published in The Newport Miner on April 10, 17 and 24, 2019. (11-3) _________________________ 2 0 1 0 9 111 PUBLIC NOTICE 19-019 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS D E PA R T M E N T O F T R A N S P O R TAT I O N F R A N C H I S E AGREEMENTS PEND OREILLE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (the District), is requesting proposals for preparation of renewals/consolidations of Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) franchise agreements.

Proposals are due by 5:00 p.n. on April 26, 2019 to PO BOX 190, Newport, WA 99156. The full RFP packet is available at https://popud.org/toplinks/about-your-pud/contractingopportunities/.

Women’s, minority, and small business enterprises are encouraged to apply. The District is an equal opportunity employer.

Published in The Newport Miner April 10 and 17, 2019.(11-2) __________________________ 2 0 1 9 11 2 PUBLIC NOTICE 19-020 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS M E T E R T E C H N I C I A N / S TA F F A U G M E N TAT I O N & T R A I N I N G SUPPORT PEND OREILLE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

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Proposals are due by 5:00 p.n. on April 26, 2019 to PO BOX 190, Newport, WA 99156. The full RFP packet is available at https://popud.org/toplinks/about-your-pud/contractingopportunities/.

Women’s, minority, and small business enterprises are encouraged to apply. The District is an equal opportunity employer.

Published in The Newport Miner April 10 and 17, 2019.(11-2) ___________________________ 201981 LEGAL NOTICE COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING The Boards of Commissioners of the Port of Pend Oreille, Public Utility District No. 1 and Pend Oreille County will meet on Friday, April 26th at 12 p.m. at the Fire District 4 facilities, 11 Dalkena Street, Newport, WA. /s/ Kelly J. Driver Kelly J. Driver, Manager /s/ Karen Willner Karen Willner Clerk of the Board /s/ Crystal Zieske Crystal Zieske Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner April 17 and 24, 2019.(12-2) __________________________ 2 0 1 9 11 3 PUBLIC NOTICE I N V I TAT I O N F O R B I D S OWNER/LOCAL AGENCY: Town of Ione, Washington PROJECT: Water System Improvements ENGINEER: TD&H Engineering, Inc., 303 E. 2nd Ave., Spokane, WA (509) 622-2888 Sealed bids for the following described construction will be received

by Town of Ione at: (1) By mail to the office of the ClerkTreasurer at P.O. Box 498, Ione, WA 99139, until 2:00 P.M., P.S.T., of the bid opening date. Notification by the Post Office will be considered as actual receipt of the bid by the Town of Ione.

(2) In the office of Clerk-Treasurer, Town Hall, Town of Ione at the Town Hall, 207 Houghton, Ione, Washington, until 2:00 P.M, P.S.T., of the bid opening date. Bids delivered in person will be received only at the office of Clerk-Treasurer.

The bid opening date for this project shall be Thursday, May 9, 2019. The bids will be publicly opened and read after 2:00 P.M. on this date.

Bids must be completed on a lump sum and unit price basis as indicated on the BID PROPOSAL. Availability of Bidding Documents: Contract bid documents may be examined at the following locations: 1) TOWN OF IONE, 207 Houghton, Ione, WA 99103 (509) 442-3611 2) TD&H Engineering, 303 E. 2nd Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 622-2888 3) Standard Digital, 256 W. Riverside, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 624-2985 4) Spokane Regional Plan Center 209 N. Havana Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 328-9600 5) Inland Northwest AGC, 4935 E. Trent Ave, Spokane, WA 99212 (509) 535-0391 6) Associated Builders & Contractors, 1760 E. Trent, Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 534-0826 7) Tri-City Construction Council, 20 East Kennewick Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509) 582-7424 8) Builders Exchange of Washington, 2607 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA 98201 (425) 258-1303 Contract documents are available at www.TDHplanroom.com .

Documents can be viewed and/or purchased online. The Planholders’ List is also available at this website.

All addenda will be issued through email. Bidders who order online are automatically placed on the Planholders’ List and will receive automatic e-mail notification of addenda. Contact Standard Digital with website and plan ordering questions, and TD&H Engineering regarding Planholders’ List.

Prospective bidders shall make all requests for clarifications to Marissa Siemens, TD&H Engineering in writing at the above address or to marissa.siemens@tdhengineering. com. No verbal clarifications will be made.

Brief description of work: Project includes installing 3,800 L.F. of 8-inch water main, abandon in place 1,500 L.F. of existing 4-inch water main, install 3 new fire hydrants, and provide new service connections.

Bid security: A certified or bank cashier’s check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid amount, payable to the Town of Ione, or bid bond executed by a licensed bonding company is required with each bid, subject to the conditions provided for in the bid procedures and conditions. No bidder may withdraw a bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Rejection of bids: The Town shall have the right to reject any or all bids not accompanied by bid security or data required by the bidding document or a bid in any way incomplete or irregular.

The Town of Ione is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Small, Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses are encouraged to submit bids.

All work performed on this project will be subject to the higher of the prevailing state or federal DavisBacon wage rates. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract.

This project is funded through Washington State Community Development Block Grant program with federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Published in The Newport Miner April 17 and 24, 2019.(12-2) __________________________ 2 0 1 9 11 4 PUBIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pend Oreille County did on April 8, 2019 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Maynard & Carol Gillespie and did on April 10, 2019 issue a Determination of Completeness for a replacement dock and ramp on Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SA-19-015), Location: 191 Beehive Ln.; Parcel# 443236069008 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant in March 2019 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). 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: Alexa Polasky, Community Development Planning Technician, (509) 4476931, apolasky@pendoreille.org.

Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than May 2, 2019.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Letter of Approval (Army Corps of Engineers) Dated: April 10, 2019 Published in The Newport Miner April 17 and 24, 2019.(12-2) ___________________________ 2 0 1 9 11 8 PUBLIC NOTICE S TAT E E N V I R O N M E N TA L POLICY ACT Determination of Non-Significance April 17, 2019 Lead agency: Pend Oreille County Public Utility District #1 Agency Contact: Mark “Bubba” Scott, 509-447-6375 mscott@ popud.org Agency File #: RV-DNS 1, 2019-001 Description of proposal – Installation of an arsenic, iron, and manganese removal treatment system rated at approximately 50 gpm to be located in the existing pump house. An 18’x15’ (existing) building ideally will be utilized, by installing a skid packaged plant re-modeling the inside of the existing structure. Costs to include: treatment units, pump house upgrades, piping, controls, telemetry, electrical, backwash system, waste handling system for backwash from the filter system.

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10’x 20’ pre-cast concrete septic style holding tank and 4” inch piping up to 200’ of drain pipe buried to 5’depth, trench 4’ width, 200 length.

Trenching will utilize bedding sand and native backfill, and other appurtenances.

Installation of an approximate length of 900 feet of up to 4-inch diameter water line. Water line costs to include pipe, valves, backfill, bedding, surface restoration, traffic control, and other appurtenances.

Install 900’ of 2”-4” HDPE or C900 in existing disturbed utility corridor right of way. This will be done by open ditch 5’ deep by 4’ wide 900’ long. This will loop the system to improve water quality.

Other dirt work will be located on Lots 1&2 of existing PUD property.

The Dirt work consists of: 30’ of trenching 5’ deep by 6’ wide from pump house to well connecting or modifying existing 30’ of 2”-4” pipes Galvanized, Ductile Iron, or C900.

Design, permit, and construct a discharge, septic, or holding system to collect the waste or backwash from the filter system.

Option if funding is available; replace up to 51 existing 5/8 x 3/4 service meters (just meters) that are 21 years old. Old meters will be replaced with a 5/8 x 3/4 Ipearl meter.

Costs to include: pipe, valves, backfill, bedding, surface restoration, water meter settings, traffic control, and other appurtenances. In addition to costs of construction, costs may include (but are not limited to): engineering, design, construction inspection, hydrogeological assessment, cultural and environmental review, permits, public involvement, preparation of bid documents, fees, taxes, legal, administrative, audit, and land acquisition.

Location of proposal - 421 Levitch Rd, Newport, WA 99156 Lots 1&2 TWN 32N RNG45E SEC 31 Applicant: Pend Oreille County Public Utility District #1 Pend Oreille County Public Utility District #1 has determined that this proposal will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2) (c). We have reviewed the attached Environmental Checklist and, this information is available by contacting: Mark “Bubba” Scott 509-447-6375 mscott@popud.org This DNS is issued under WAC 19711-340(2) the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date below. Comment period will end on May 2, 2019.

Responsible Official: Mark “Bubba” Scott, 509-447-6375 mscott@ popud.org /s/ Mark “Bubba” Scott_ Date of Issue: April 17, 2019 Appeal Process: You may appeal this determination in writing to Mark “Bubba” Scott , Water System Manager, at Pend Oreille PUD 130 N Washington Newport, WA. 99156 or by mail at: PO Box 190 Newport, WA.99156, no later than May 2, 2019 Published in The Newport Miner April 17, 2019.(12) __________________________ 2 0 1 9 11 9 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS TOWN OF CUSICK The Town of Cusick will be accepting sealed bids for approximately 50 acres of hay stumpage. Send bid information to Town of Cusick, PO Box 263, Cusick WA 99119 by May 2nd, 2019 deadline where bids will be opened publicly at 3:00 p.m..

The successful bidder will have a one-year lease with option to extend one additional year. Bids submitted must include name, address, contact phone information and bid price per acre for irrigated acres.

Envelope must be clearly marked on the outside “Hay bid” For more information on lease conditions or to inspect property, contact Chris Scott, at 509-671-3330. The Town of Cusick reserves the right to reject any or all bids but does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Published in The Newport Miner April 17 and 24, 2019.(12-2) ___________________________

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Earlier Thursday, Sen. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa, suggested the death of the rules bill could require Little to approve all rules on a temporary basis, “or perhaps (convene) a special session” to address the issue. On Wednesday, Boise State Public Radio’s James Dawson reported if all rules are allowed to expire, it could cost the taxpayers $400,000 to have more than 8,000 pages of rules printed in the Administrative Bulletin for public notice, if the current per-page fee rate is charged.

In his post-session press conference, House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, confirmed the rules will expire. That is likely to trigger a wholesale revisiting of the each of the rules

by Little and the executive branch. Bedke added that it is “certainly within (Little’s) prerogative to reissue them in a temporary way.”

If Little reissues all rules temporarily, that would

likely require the 2020 Legislature to review every rule – both new and long-established existing rules. Rules carry the force of law, and affect everything from public school academic standards to immunization rules, state fees, Medicaid guidelines and much more.

Because the rules can be published online, Bedke said the cost and burden likely won’t be as bad as initially thought this week. However, he did say a comprehensive rules review next year would be an extra burden for legislative committees and state rules administrators.

After watching the House Education Committee spend nearly two months scrutinizing rules this year, Rep. John McCrostie, D-Garden City, worried the process will be neither simple nor easy.

“It’s mammoth, and the consequences could be gargantuan,” McCrostie said.

The rules debate was one of the last fights keeping legislators in session and does have education implications. In recent years, lawmakers have approved Common Core standards and school science standards through rule.

House didn’t like rules process Throughout the session, House members grumbled over the rules process. They say the process that allows pend-

OLYMPIA – A bill to reduce the processing time for sexual assault kits passed the Washington legislature in two unanimous votes.

Sexual Assault Kits have remained untested for more than a decade in Washington. The Washington State Patrol Crime Lab can currently test only 213 kits per month, with a backlog of around 10,000 kits.

Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is the sponsor of this legislation and has worked on the issue throughout her time in the Legislature. Orwall testified on the five serial rapists that have been identified since the process of ending the rape kit backlog began in 2015.

“I think we’re trying to make sure that

we are having a strong survivor driven system,” Orwall said, of the rape kit tracking system.

This bill is hopefully “the fix” for speeding up testing and reducing the sexual assault kit backlog, Orwall said.

The Washington State Patrol Crime Lab could hire around 10 new employees to increase testing capacity, which is included in proposed budgets along with a new high throughput lab being created.

House Bill 1166 requires the sexual assault kit backlog be eliminated by December 2021. Beginning in May 2022, all testing must be completed within 45 days of receipt. The bill outlines victim’s rights, which include medical forensic examination at no cost, assistance from a sexual assault survivors

advocate during medical examination and interviews, and a free copy of the police report, among other rights.

The legislation also alters the function of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Best Practices. The task force was created in 2015 to review best practice models for managing sexual assault examinations and the rape kit backlog.

This legislation extends the task force and renames it the SAFE advisory group and will add a sexual assault nurse examiner to the group, along with removing certain representatives.

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changes made to state and federal laws, working with various agencies on federal grant requirements, and recommending institutional criminal justice reforms. Individuals can have a sexual assault kit done without reporting a crime and decide later if they would like to report the crime and get the kit tested, however, there currently are not standard regulations for how long the kit is held, where it’s held, or in what manner.

The advisory group would work to develop regulations to standardize the storage of unreported kits.

The House of Representatives passed the bill March 6 in a unanimous vote. The Senate unanimously passing it April 11. The bill now heads to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk, who is expected to sign it into law.

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ing rules to pass with the approval of just one legislative chamber allows the Senate to overrule the House.

The debate became particularly contentious in each of the past two years. In 2018, the Senate approved new science standards after the House unsuccessfully attempted to remove supporting content and several references to climate change and fossil fuels. Then, earlier this year, the Senate approved rules governing high school graduation requirements and math requirements, while the House made unsuccessful efforts to reject portions of those rules.

The session ran 95 days, the longest since 2009, when legislators labored for 117 days. In 2017 and 2018, the legislative session adjourned on the 80th day.

Even the end-of-session traditions and ceremony illustrated the friction between the House and the Senate.

As is custom, the House appointed a committee of three lawmakers to inform the Senate that their business was finished for the year. But in a break with tradition, Bedke did not dispatch two Republicans and a Democrat, instead sending three Democrats across the rotunda.

“It’s a long road that does not have a turn in it,” Bedke said during a break.

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original State Board budget March 7. After that, budget-writers rewrote it and reduced funding by $750,000 to reflect a different House vote to kill a school turnaround bill.

Overall, the State Board budget includes $5.6 million in general fund spending, down 11.9 percent from this year.

Notably, the budget contains $100,000 to launch Gov. Brad Little’s new K-12 task force.

Sponsoring Sen. C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, said the new task force will be called on “to evaluate the next steps in strategic funding of public schools for the future.”

Senate Education Committee Chairman Dean Mortimer, R-Idaho Falls, voted in favor of the budget, but said he regrets that it contains funding cuts and no new money to help struggling schools.

“This bill basically hurts education,” Mortimer said.

Sen. Grant Burgoyne agreed, but also voted to pass the budget.

“I think this budget is obviously inadequate, but it is all we can do and this is where we have come to in this session, I guess,” said Burgoyne, D-Boise.

The House passed the State Board budget April 10. It heads next to Little’s desk for final consideration.

“I told employers that if they hired me, they would be hiring five people, because of everything I can do,” Callos says. “If my grandmother hadn’t taught me, if my parents hadn’t showed me how to properly cut meat, I wouldn’t have those skills.”

In 2007 Callos moved with her husband, Seth, to Bonners Ferry with their two daughters, Juniper and Shongang.

In 2008 the family moved to Priest River and have been residents of the community ever since.

“You see that house over there?”

Callos asks, pointing to a house within sightline of her food truck. “That’s where we lived when we first moved here. It was so small; we had just enough room in our bedroom to get out of bed. The door led straight into the kitchen.”

During the summer, foodies can find

Callos making the festival circuit in Montana and Idaho, including Priest River Timber Days and the Festival at Sandpoint. Otherwise, her food truck is parked on West Jefferson Monday through Friday, serving up Thai dishes like Pad Thai, pork, chicken, beef and shrimp curries, stir fry, soup and more.

All of her ingredients are fresh, handmade, and never frozen. Juniper and Shongang often help her during spring and summer break. Callos says she would like to go back to school and learn more Japanese cooking techniques. She credits her customers for supporting her and encouraging her to grow.

“Growing up, I didn’t like to be in the kitchen, but now I am so grateful,” Callos says. “My grandma taught me to be strong, to be healthy, and it’s taken me farther than I thought it would when I was just a girl.”

For more information, call Callos at 208-610-4937.