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Celebrating Life at Diamond Lake and Sacheen Lake Volume 7, Issue 1
April 2018
Just a Chick in the Garden Perennials – dividing and transplanting
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Spring is here and we’re all excited to get outside and get our hands dirty. Every spring there is plenty to do in the flowerbeds. After getting the yard and gardens cleaned up, see what perennials need to be divided or transplanted. So the question is, why do we divide? Some of the reasons are: You want to share with friends and neighbors, or have new starts for a new flower beds, which will save you money on purchasing new plants. The other reason for dividing is to keep your plants healthy. Many perennials will need to be divided every three to five years. There are those that don’t need dividing for a very long time like peonies and baptisia. Spring is usually the best time for dividing, but just to let you know, you can divide and transplant from spring to early fall. Here are some basic rules. First, your midsummer to fall perennial bloomers should be divided in spring. For your spring bloomers, fall is recommended. The reason is less interruption in their blooming cycle. But no time is a really a bad time. There may just be some extra steps to ensure the health of the perennial. So here are some tips and tools for dividing your favorite perennials. When you start to see new green growth in the spring it is time to get your hands dirty. Digging up perennials can be easy and sometimes a challenge, depending on the perennial and how long they have been established. Making sure your soil is moist before digging up your treasures will make it a whole lot easier. Perennials like echinacea, phlox or asters are usually pretty easy to divide with a shovel. There are those perennials that are a bit tougher like alchemilla (lady’s mantle), hosta, or daylilies. Here is a tool that I use that works great for dividing those really tough rooted perennials –
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a drywall saw. You may ask why. Well, the blade has serrated teeth and cuts through anything. You can use a regular knife or the shovel for basic dividing. With summer and fall perennials follow the steps as above. Divisions should have several shoots and a portion of the root system. After you divide your plant material you’ll want to clean up the roots by removing any dead or diseased material and trimming the remaining roots, either using scissors, or pruners. You’ll also want to trim the leaves back. I usually cut foliage in half or I leave a few inches above the crown depending on the type of perennial. This all helps encourage new root growth to form. Otherwise, the plant is trying to sustain all of the remaining foliage and slows down the new growth process. Amend the soil with peat moss, soil conditioner, or compost. Replant divisions at the same depth as before. Add fertilizer of your choice and thoroughly water. By watering thoroughly and only when the plant needs it, you are teaching the new roots to search for deeper water, making the plant healthier and stronger. Make sure you test to see if your new plants need water. If you choose to divide in the heat of summer, pay special attention to your new plantings. Remember in the heat of day your plants leaves may go limp. This doesn’t mean your plant needs water, usually by end of day leaves will perk back up. But always check just in case soil is dry. If you do divide at the end of the season, you can mulch with pine boughs, de-compost bark, or shredded leaves to help level soil temperatures and keep your new plantings cozy through the winter. Divide when you need to, divide when you have to, and divide to share your perennials. Just remember to have fun gardening.
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It’s important not to be impaired while operating a vessel, says Charlie Schaefer. In Washington you can’t operate a boat under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including marijuana. While passengers can legally drink alcohol on boats, they can’t legally use marijuana, Schaefer says.
Schaefer about safety BY DON GRONNING
Charlie Schaefer is all about water safety. His public life revolves around teaching Boating Safety Education classes in both Washington and Idaho, something he has done for years. He finds the work rewarding. “I love it,” he says. He started teaching classes in the 1990s in Idaho. In 2007 when the Washington Boater Education Card became mandatory to operate a motorboat above 15 horsepower, he started teaching courses in Washington. He teaches about a dozen courses a year. In the course, Schaefer covers such basic boater education things such as how to get your boat safely in and out of the water, traffic rules of the waterways and managing risk on the water. He uses a variety of methods to get his point across, including the popular Aqua Bear. He uses the stuffed bear to show the importance of life jackets. His Captain Alcohol skit is also popular and brings home the difficulty of trying to put on a life jacket
while under the influence of alcohol. Schaefer works with both Bonner and Pend Oreille County sheriffs’ offices. He says sometimes when he has a class deputies will “suggest” to boaters who don’t have the mandatory Boater Education Card that they attend the class. The fine for operating a vessel without the Washington State Boater Education Card is $87. Along with teaching the rules and safety, Schaefer also recognizes there is plenty of opportunity for conflict on the water and emphasizes the need for courtesy when boating. “I’m about trying to get everyone to play nice,” he says. There is quite a bit of traffic on the water, with kayaks, paddleboards, rowboats, sailboats, as well as personal watercraft such jet skis, and motorboats big and small, all using the waterways. “Everyone wants a piece of the rivers and lakes,” Schaefer says in his New York accent. “But all vessels have to follow the same rules,” the U.S. Coast Guard’s Inland Rules of Navigation.
In Washington the law requires boaters 12 and older to take and pass a boating safety course or equivalency exam and get the $10 Boater Education Card before operating a motorized vessel of 15 horsepower or greater. These are the courses Schaefer has been teaching for more than 20 years. He has received a variety of awards for his volunteer work. In 2015 he received the prestigious Boating Educator of the Year award from the Western States Boating Administration and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. He was nominated for his work in two states – Idaho and Washington. Schaefer also started the loaner lifejackets you see at Diamond and Sacheen lakes, as well as on the Pend Oreille River. He started those seven years ago. The state provides the life jackets. “They disappear sometimes,” he says. He says SEE SCHAEFER, 4 April 2018 | Lake Life 3
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people should recognize that they are loaners, not keepers. Not having enough lifejackets when you’re on a boat will result in a ticket, Schaefer says. “There’s zero tolerance about lifejackets,” he says. According to RCW7.84.100 financial penalties can range from $10 to $500. Schaefer, 77, was born and raised in New York City. He went to high school at a maritime vocational school. “I was going to go into the Merchant Marine,” he says. But before he could do that, he was drafted. “I outran the draft,” he says, joining the U.S. Air Force instead, intending to serve in air-sea rescue. That didn’t work out quite like he thought it would. He ended up serving as a jet mechanic in Las Vegas. After he got out of the service, he worked for Prudential Insurance for 28 years. He came to this area in 1980, landing in Oldtown. These days he lives in Newport. In some ways, it’s a wonder he’s able to get around at all, let alone teach boating classes. In 1993, he turned his neck and was paralyzed when his vertebrae spun around and twisted his spinal cord. He fell to the ground, unable to move his feet. Fortunately, his wireless phone was clipped to the collar of his shirt and he was
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Charlie Schaefer uses Aqua Bear in his classes to demonstrate the importance of wearing a lifejacket. Schaefer is known for creative ways like this to teach boating safety. His “Captain Alcohol” skit is also popular with students young and old.
able to call for help. He ended up spending a month and a half in the hospital. He has had eight spinal cord surgeries.
“I was supposed to have been in a wheelchair,” Schaefer says. But he didn’t accept that. “I just didn’t give in,” he says.
Boating safety class April 28, 29 DIAMOND LAKE – There will be two opportunities to take the mandatory boating safety class Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29 at the Diamond Lake Fire Station off Highway 2. The classes are free but there is a $10
charge for the Boating Safety Card. Instructor Charlie Schaefer says people don’t have to take classes both days, one or the other is enough. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m., with the classes starting at 9 a.m. The classes will last until about 2 or 3 p.m., he says.
On the Water: Friends of Diamond Lake News BY JULIA CRAZE, PRESIDENT FRIENDS OF DIAMOND LAKE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
Springtime is the launch of so many exciting things at the lake. After a long winter season, we are all very ready for warmer weather and sunshine. Speaking of exciting things, the Friends of Diamond Lake Washington Foundation is pleased to announce that we have commenced with our Diamond Lake Boat Launch Project. As most of you know, this project has been in the works for many years. It is a huge step forward in our efforts to keep our lake clean and free of AIS (aquatic invasive species). We’ve received donations from many people on and around Diamond Lake in order to fund this project. To all of you who have donated, thank you very much for recognizing the importance of taking action now to protect our lake for generations to come. Our private inspection station for AIS will be the very first of its kind on the east side of Washington State. We are creating a single, full service RV site. This beautiful lakefront location will be available to be occupied by a volunteer RV host(s), in exchange for carrying out AIS inspections of incoming vessels. We hope to be finished with the project by the opening day of fishing season. Contact presdiamondlake@gmail.net if you are interested in being a volunteer RV host. Marc Davis, owner of 3-D Enterprises, Inc.
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We are sincerely hoping to have our Annual Diamond Lake Fireworks Display on the evening of July 4. This display is entirely paid for by donations from our community. At the time of this writing, we are not fully funded for this event. We have high hopes that we will be able to carry on this wonderful community tradition. Please visit our website, friendsofdiamondlake.net, or send a check to PO Box 889 Newport, WA 99156, to donate. If we don’t receive adequate funding to pay for the show this year, the monies will stay in the fireworks fund and will carry over to 2019. We hope that this long awaited spring season is safe and fun-filled for everyone.
A ghost in the loo? Why not? BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER
DIAMOND LAKE – Norm Smith will tell you flat out that he doesn’t believe in ghosts. He does however, believe in a good story, and it just so happens there’s an amusing antidote floating around the bathroom of his Diamond Lake home on the north side near Willow Cove. Don’t worry, this isn’t a tale wrought with toilet humor. Just your average, everyday bathroom haunting. “No one I know has experienced anything unusual,” Smith said of his supposedly supernatural home. “But after they hear the story, they say the bathroom is creepy!” The local legend goes something like this: One of the early owners of the house, built either before or sometime around 1975, was a husband and wife. The husband, Dick, would “retreat” to the bathroom in the outbuilding for extended periods with a stack of outdoor magazines. One day, the wife went into town early in the morning and was gone all day. When she came home, Dick was nowhere to be found. She finally found him in the outbuilding bathroom. He had died on the toilet. They called the medics who pronounced him dead at the scene.
The story goes that rigor mortis had set in and that the medics had to “bend” his legs through the door to remove him. “The haunted part is that if you use the bathroom and feel a tap on your shoulder, it’s the old man wanting his seat,” Smith said. Dick’s wife is said to have moved away to Spokane not long after his death. A retired accountant, Smith and his wife, Sue Perkins, alternate between Spokane and Diamond Lake throughout the year. They have owned their house on Diamond Lake for 16 years and are the third owners, to their knowledge. The “outhouse” of Smith’s humorously morbid ghost story is not an outhouse in the traditional sense. It’s the bathroom in the semi-attached structure. There are two bedrooms, the bathroom, and a shop/storage room. “The bathroom is pretty much unchanged since we’ve owned the house,” Smith said. Smith and Perkin’s neighbor, Mary Pettigrew, was the first to tell the story to the couple when she was visiting one evening, years ago. “We were sitting around one chatting and she said something like, ‘you know the bathroom in your outbuilding is haunted?’” Smith recalls. “We were like, ‘Uh-
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The Diamond Lake residence of Norm Smith, where a rumored specter is said to haunt the bathroom. No kidding.
hhh...no.’” Pettigrew, who has lived around Diamond Lake for over 20 years, said she’s not sure how the story of the haunting got started, and while she has never experi-
enced any supernatural occurrence in the home, she’s heard some people have. “Some people have claimed they had a weird feeling, like there was someone in there with them, or they felt what
they thought was a tap on the shoulder, but I’ve spent the night in that house, in that outbuilding, and nothing happened,” Pettigrew said. “It does make for an interesting story though.” April 2018 | Lake Life 7
Busiest year ever for South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue
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South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue handled a record number of calls last year. This car fire occurred off Rocky Gorge Road. About 80 percent of the calls were for Emergency Medical Service.
DIAMOND LAKE – South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue (SPOFR) finished 2017 with their busiest year ever. SPOFR ran 550 calls for service in 2017. That is up 126 calls from 2016. The majority of the calls SPOFR responds to are Emergency Medical Service (EMS) calls - which are calls for people with chest pain, breathing problems, injuries, and motor vehicle accidents, according to Fire Chief Mike Nokes. “In 2017 SPOFR responded to 438 EMS calls, about 80 percent of our 2017 calls,” Nokes said. SPOFR also responded to 71 fire calls which include grass, car, house and other types of fires - making up about 13 percent of the calls. The remaining calls were false alarms, service calls, and hazardous condition calls. During the year, 18 percent of the time or 99 times, SPOFR was responding to and handling multiple calls at the same time. “I’m proud to say that SPOFR never missed a call and always had a crew responding to every call for service we received,” Nokes
said. “If it wasn’t for the dedicated and selfless members of SPOFR, that would not have been possible.” SPOFR has a roster of about 45 volunteer firefighters supported by two full-time and two part-time staff members. SPOFR can always use more volunteers to help with the call load, especially people who are interested in becoming Emergency Medical Technicians, Nokes said. South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue was created by voter-approved mergers of Pend Oreille Fire District No. 3, Pend Oreille Fire District No. 1 and Pend Oreille Fire District No. 7 in 2010. This includes the Diamond and Sacheen Lake areas, the Camden, Fertile Valley and the Deer Valley areas. The 150 square mile area is served by five fire stations located in Diamond Lake, Sacheen Lake, Deer Valley Road, Fertile Valley Road and Camden Road. If you would be interested in serving your community as a member of the volunteer fire district please contact me at 447-5305, or online at www.spofr.org.
Drags and Drinks returns NEWPORT – The second annual Drags and Drinks: A Sweet and Salty Fundraiser is back, with all the strut, flair and fun that became trademarks of the event last year. Held at Top Frog Brewery, Saturday, May 19, the show starts at 4 p.m. and features local men modeling different decades of women’s fashion down the runway. So far, models include Casey Brooks, Karl Jacobson, Christopher Demlow, Seth Callos, and Isaiah Crandall (more to be announced). “It’s a super good time for a good cause,” said event organizer Micki Brass. “It’s a way to cut loose and have some fun and help support 8 Lake Life | April 2018
our community.” A Newport, Priest River Rotary Club fundraiser, Drags and Drinks benefits Festivities in the Park, oneday event during Rodeo Weekend in Newport, June 22-23. Festivities in the Park is held in conjunction with the rodeo at Newport City Park Saturday, June 23, and features free youth activities, vendors and live music. Tickets to Drags and Drinks are $25 each or two for $40, and include hors d’oeuvres, plus one free beer or wine. Tickets can be purchased at Big Moose Rental Center in Priest River or call 509-710-9379 or 509-6716333.
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Karl Jacobson isn’t afraid to embrace his feminine side at last year’s Drags and Drinks.
‘Can I burn?’ BY MIKE NOKES, FIRE CHIEF SOUTH PEND OREILLE FIRE AND RESCUE
This time of year the most common question I get is “can I burn”? The answer is yes and if you follow the rules listed below you will have a safe burn season. • Call 1-800323-burn before you burn to make Nokes sure the burn season is still open, and call Pend Oreille Fire Dispatch at 447-3151 Ext. 2 to inform them about your burning so they do not send fire resources to check on your burn pile. • Burn one pile at a time no larger than 10 feet by 10 feet in Pend Oreille County during the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Rule Burn Oct. 16 to June 30. You can burn a 4 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet pile July 1 – Oct. 15 when burn season is open. • Only natural vegetation may be burned. • Burn barrels are illegal. • Never leave your fire unattended. • Do not burn when it is windy. • Always have a water source available to extinguish the fire. • Always ensure the fire is out and cold to the touch. If you are burning bigger piles, more than one at a time, or land clearing you must contact DNR and get a permit to burn from DNR before you burn. If you have a fire get away from you, do not wait to call 911. Most people try to extinguish the fire themselves first. SEE NOKES, 12
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DIAMOND LAKE – Area Facebook profiles were filled with warnings and caution to be on the lookout for wolves after an unconfirmed wolf sighting Wednesday, March 21, on Southshore Road near Diamond Lake. The animals were most likely coyotes, according to Severin Erickson, wildlife officer for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). The report was a third party report from a resident in the area who thought she spotted two dogs approximately 200 yards away, until a driver from a passing vehicle stopped and claimed they were wolves, advising the woman to move her children to safety. The animals were described as black and brown, which is uncharacteristic of grey wolves that live in Washington, said Erickson. Erickson also interviewed the woman’s neighbor who caught video surveillance of three coyotes
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attacking four of his chickens on Tuesday. The woman and the neighbor share the same driveway. “Our nearest wolf pack is somewhere near Boyer Mountain,” Erickson said. “We know that because they are collared and we can monitor them.” Erickson explored the area near Diamond Lake of the alleged wolf sighting looking for tracks and said he found human, dog, and coyote tracks, but no wolf tracks. The Carpenter Ridge wolf pack, which is the closest to the Diamond Lake area, was being monitored near Boyer Mountain at the time of the sighting. Erickson said the animals that were reported as wolves were most likely large dogs or coyotes. “This time of year coyotes’ coats are brushy because they’re shedding their winter fur, which makes them look bigger than they really are,” Erickson explained. He added that it is appreciated when people refrain from spreading news of an unconfirmed
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The cast of “Kilroy was Here,” strikes a pose. The musical comedy opens April 19 at the Circle Moon Theater in Sacheen Lake.
‘Kilroy Was Here’ at Circle Moon Theatre
SACHEEN LAKE – The Mountain Harmony Show Choir is gearing up for their dinner theatre performance of “Kilroy Was Here” at Circle Moon Theatre April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. with the option of dinner at 6:30 p.m. The matinee is April 28, 2 p.m. (no dinner option). “Kilroy Was Here” is a patriotic musical comedy that salutes
the men and women serving in the military. Tickets for dinner and show are $25 per person; tickets for only the show are $12 for adults or $10 for children and senior citizens. Tickets are available at Seeber’s Drug Store in Newport or call 208-448-1294. Go to www.northwoodsperformingarts.com for more information about this show and upcoming productions.
WHO TO CONTACT Pend Oreille County Website: pendoreilleco.org Commissioners 509-447-4119 District 1: Chairwoman Karen Skoog (2020) District 2: Member Mike Manus (2018) District 3: Vice Chairman Steve Kiss (2020) Four-year terms Annual salary: $53,945.28 P.O. Box 5025, Newport, WA 99156 Board meets every Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ office, main floor of the courthouse. Clerk of the Board: Rhonda Cary Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday Auditor 509-447-6474 Fax: 509-447-2475 Marianne Nichols (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 P.O. Box 5015, Newport, WA 99156 Assessor 509-447-4312 Fax: 509-447-6450 James McCroskey (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 P.O. Box 5010, Newport, WA 99156 Treasurer 509-447-3612
Fax: 509-447-0318 Terri Miller (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 P.O. Box 5080, Newport, WA 99156 Public Works Department 509-447-4513 Fax: 509-447-5890 Located in the lower level of the County Courthouse. P.O. Box 5065, Newport WA 99156 Director of Public Works: Sam Castro County Engineer/Assistant Director: Don Ramsey Risk Manager/Office Manager: Teresa Brooks SEE CONTACT, 12A April 2018 | Lake Life 11
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CONTACT FROM PAGE 11 Solid Waste Coordinator: Amanda Griesemer Fleet Accountant: Teresa Deal Receptionist: Annie Suchocki • Road Division, 509-4474513 P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156 • Solid Waste Division, 509447-4513 P.O. Box 5041, Newport WA 99156 • Buildings and Grounds, 509-447-4513 P.O. Box 5068, Newport, WA 99156 Board of Equalization 509-447-2712 Fax: 509-447-0595 P.O. Box 5018, Newport WA 99156 Board: Margie Fedderly, Mary Cates, Richard Miller, Bob Sanborn, alternative Clerk: Rhonda Cary
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Take the 30 seconds to call 911 and get help coming, we would much rather get there and have you tell us you put the fire out, then let the fire grow for 10 minutes while someone tries to put it out. The sooner fire resources get there the less likely we are to have a large fire in our area. If you have any questions on burning, or if you would be interested in serving your community as a member of the volunteer fire district please contact me at 447-5305, or on-line at www.spofr.org.