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State, local positions face challengers in election By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – It may be an odd year election, but it will be up to voters to decide if the candidates are evenly matched. The deadline for candidate filing for the 2017 general election was Friday, May 19, cementing the running status of candidates vying for state and local government. Candidates could still withdraw from the election as of Monday, May 23. The Primary is scheduled for Aug. 1. Positions that only have one or two candidates running will automatically advance to the general election Nov. 7 and not be voted on in the Primary. For state office, incumbent Legislative District No. 7 Senator Shelly Short, a Republican from Addy, is being challenged by Democrat Karen Hardy of Valley. Short replaced former senator Brian Dansel of Ferry County, after Dansel took a position with President Trump’s administration as special assistant to the U.S. agriculture secretary in January. A race is also going on between Short’s Legislative District 7 Representative replacement, Jacquelin Maycumber, a republican from Colville, and Democrat Susan Swanson of Omak. In Pend Oreille Valley communities, there are several nonpartisan city council and mayoral races with some competition. Incumbent Shirley Sands, mayor of Newport, is running against Ken Smith. The position is a four-year term. Sands and Smith are the only candidates in this election required to pay a filing fee. The filing fee is one percent of salary for yearly salaries over $1,000. It is $10 for an annual salary of $1,000 or less. If paid for attending meeting (per diem), with no fixed annual salary, then no filing fee is required. The fee for both Sands and Smith is $84. Nancy Hawks-Thompson is running unopposed in

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Kittens, anyone? It’s springtime, and that means litters of kittens. Zoey Siemers, 6, and her brother, Jack (not pictured) went with their mother to pick out a pair of pet kittens from a giveaway in Newport Wednesday, May 17. For information on low-income spay and neutering for cats, check out the Pawsitive Outreach Spay and Neuter Alliance at www.pawsitiveoutreach.wixsite.com.

High water may peak first week June By Don Gronning Of The Miner

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By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – With graduation on the horizon for many high school seniors, Pend Oreille River School (PORS) the alternative high school for Newport School District, is no different. Peg Waterman, teacher at PORS, was at the Monday, May 22 school board meeting to update board members on the state of the school. For the 2016-2017 school year, the school served 65 students; an increase from last year says Waterman. In 2016,

26 seniors graduated from PORS with 12 kids walking the graduation ceremony. This year 34 students are graduating from PORS. Waterman says that 43 percent of students are from Newport School District, while the other 57 percent from “other areas,” including 30 percent from Cusick. Of that amount from Cusick, the majority are tribal members, but not all are Kalispel. There are also student from the Spokane tribe, Colville tribe, and Blackfeet nation. See School, 8A

Joel Fenolio of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers answers questions Friday night at Cusick High School. The Corps, PUD and U.S. Weather Service had people making presentations about risk of flooding.

CUSICK – High water in the Pend Oreille River should come the first or second week of June. That was one of the takeaway messages from a flood meeting held in Cusick Friday, May 19. Katherine Rowden of the U.S. Weather Service said this has been the coldest winter since 1988-89. The combination of a cold winter following a wet October, left the ground so saturated it couldn’t absorb the water. “It stayed cold, so we didn’t get the snow melting earlier,” she said. Mark Cleveland of the Pend Oreille See flood, 2A

Judgment nears in Moon Creek lawsuit By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – An exasperated Pend Oreille County Superior Court judge has dismissed most of the claims filed in a lawsuit filed by aggrieved landowners over unwanted weed spraying and beaver dam destruction and killing on Diamond Lake. The Friends of Moon Creek are made up of a group of property owners west of Diamond Lake.

Three people involved in the lawsuit have died since the cases were filed in U.S. District Court and Pend Oreille County Superior Court against the Diamond Lake Improvement Association, the Pend Oreille County Weed Board and the state of Washington and Sharon Sorby of the county Weed Board. Superior Court Judge Jessica Reeves said in a March 16 summary judgment hearing that the case was complicated and

convoluted, with many parties and claims. She said she had been pushed to the “absolute brink of her capabilities” reading and understanding the voluminous files. “ … after spending weeks of my spare time reading this file and all the materials provided along with desk books and case law, I’ve about reached max capacity,” she said. “And this is a very, very convoluted case. I mean right down See moon, 2A

B r i e f ly Blanchard plant, yard sale this weekend BLANCAHRD – The annul Memorial Day Plant and Yard Sale in Blanchard is expected to be the biggest one yet. There are lots of bargains, and organizers are still looking for volunteers. Call 208-627-3604. The sale is from 9 a.m. until they get tired, located at 26299 Highway 41. Also happening soon is the Spirit Lake Fire and Rescue Summer Sizzler, Saturday, June 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The events offers kids a chance to be a firefighter.

There will be a physical agility course, smoke house, fire trucks, free lunch and face painting.

Bead Lake gets wake ban NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Commissioners approved a temporary wake ban on Bead Lake the morning of Tuesday, May 23. A no wake zone means a vessel must travel at or below idle speed, or at such speed that the boat or its waves are not big enough to cause damage to other persons, boats or property.

In an op-ed piece submitted to The Miner on May 16 and appearing in this edition, commissioners wrote that they were considering a wake ban at Bead Lake because of the amount of sediment in the lake, as it is also the surrounding community’s drinking water supply. Shoreline debris has washed into the lake causing additional risk to boaters. The story that ran in this month’s edition of Lake Life addressing the possibility of a wake zone on Bead Lake went to print before the commissioners made their final decision Tuesday morning.

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USK – A contract crew working for Pend Oreille PUD recently planted over 3,000 Ponderosa pine trees on a 20-acre section of Everett Island, just downstream from Dalkena. In accordance with the PUD’s license for Box Canyon Dam, 50 acres of mixed woodlands on the PUD’s wildlife man-

agement properties are to be planted by 2020. Alpha Services from Coeur d’Alene performed the work. “The cottonwood trees are an excellent species for wildlife habitat improvement projects,” said Tommy Petrie, PUD wildlife and habitat specialist.

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Public Utility District told the crowd that it was unusual this year in that the Pend Oreille River and its tributaries rose about the same time. Since the Pend Oreille River is fed by streams in northwestern Canada, it normally comes up a little after the local streams do. This year they came up about the same time, creating some problems with managing the river. The Pend Oreille River is dynamic, with dams in the north end of Pend Oreille County and Albeni Falls Dam next to the southern part of the county in Oldtown, Idaho. Because of the tributaries and the river rising about the same time, Box Canyon Dam in the north part of the county pulled the upper gates in late March. That alleviated some flooding concern in the Cusick area, but made for low water in the Ione area. Cleveland says the plan is to pull the remaining lower gates sometime soon. Albeni Falls Dam has had all its gates open for some time. Joel Fenolio of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which runs Albeni Falls Dam, says that there normally is about 12 million acre feet of water running through Albeni Falls Dam each year. An acre-foot is an acre covered with one foot of water. This year about 16

to the question of, is it a ditch or a creek or what is it?” She dismissed most of the claims of the Friends of Moon Creek in partially granting and partially denying a summary judgment, citing no proof of damages. She said only claimant’s opinions had been offered to show damages in claims of outrage, trespass, takings and loss of wildlife. Friends of Moon Creek attorney Mark Wilson argued that their testimony was allowed and it was up to a jury to weigh its value. Reeves told him that a fact at summary judgment was a “reality rather than a supposition or opinion.” “Reality matters,” Reeves said after some back and forth about the legal reasoning for using plaintiff’s testimony about damages as proof. “You have to have more than an opinion, a bare assertion.” Wilson didn’t give up, asserting that the testimony was relevant. Reeves cut him off. “I don’t expect you to agree with me,” she said. “We’re going to be here until 6 if every sentence I say you tell me I’m wrong. I get it. You disagree. But let me get

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through it.” While she granted a summary motion March 16 that dismissed as a matter of law most of the claims, she denied the defendant’s claim that the Moon Creek drainage ditch was a public ditch. She said there is no disagreement as to whether the ditch was man made or not – it was, she said. The issue was who was to maintain it. “Was it the private owners who own to the center of the drainage ditch?” she said at the March hearing. Is it the county, which is responsible for surface water running into Diamond Lake? Is it the county or the landowners who are responsible for the weeds that impede the flow of water out of Diamond Lake? “It’s not clear what you have and who is responsible for it,” she said. “And I don’t think it is appropriate to say on summary judgment that there is no genuine issue of material fact.” She said there may well be a public easement but it wasn’t clear. “And if it’s not clear, it’s ambiguous,” she said. “If there’s more than one possibility, I’m going to deny the summary judgment on that part.” Reeves did find there was no proof offered to

support a number of the claims. She dismissed damage claims by the Joe Struthers estate because his land wasn’t sprayed, he was upstream of the spraying. Reeves found damages alleged by Douglas Anderson for losses to his chemical free tree farm unproved. She found the farm had never been certified organic and that he hadn’t documented the value of lost trees beyond his estimation of their value. Reeves said it was unfortunate the DLIA and Cheryl Ballentine couldn’t have worked out a settlement. She describes Ballentine as “a force to be reckoned with.” “… if they had been able to work on the same team, they could probably have resolved the problems,” Reeves said. “But that didn’t happen.” Reeves ruled that the Ballentines hadn’t submitted evidence to support a claim of emotional distress and ruled that it wasn’t outrageous to spray for noxious weeds. She said the fact that some of the plaintiffs had died wasn’t proof of emotional distress and denied their claims. The trial is still on in federal court, set for August.

NEWPORT – Memorial Day ceremonies will be held through out the area Monday, May 29. The day will start at 10 a.m. with a color guard ceremony at the Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River. At 11 a.m. a ceremony will take place at the Newport Cemetery. At noon there will be a ceremony at the north cemetery on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, followed by a ceremony at the south cemetery about 12:30 p.m. There will be a ceremony on the Usk Bridge at 1 p.m., followed by a meal at the American Legion Post in Cusick at 1:30 p.m. The flags will be ceremonially taken down at the Newport Cemetery at 3 p.m. In the north part of the county, ceremonies will take place Sunday, May 29. There will be a ceremony at the Ione Cemetery at noon, followed by a ceremony at the Metaline Cemetery at 1 p.m. and a ceremony at the Metaline Falls Bridge at 1:30 p.m. A luncheon will follow at the American Legion Hall at 200 E. Fourth Ave., in Metaline Falls. (not confirmed) People are invited to join in remembering the men and women who served their country.

Brower wins second term to West Bonner school board

SANDPOINT – West Bonner County School District Board of Trustees Charwoman Sandra Brower won reelection to the Zone 4 seat, beating challenger David Sears by a dozen votes, 77-65, or 54-45 percent. The other contested election on the ballot for West Bonner County voters was for a six-year term on the Priest Lake Library Board of Trustees. Incumbent Barbara Benscoter easily won reelection for the Position 3 seat, defeating Nancy Bushman 57-22 or 72-27 percent. In the two uncontested races, Drew McLain of Zone 2 won reelection to the West Bonner school district board and Rosemary Yocum won reelection for Position 3 on the Priest Lake Library board.

election: Two races on Cusick council

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the Newport City Council No. 2 spot. Hawks-Thompson replaced former councilmember Sam Brooks, who quit in March. This position is also a four-year term. In Cusick, incumbent mayor Chris Evers will face former councilmember Ken Murray in the mayor’s race. Cusick resident Duane Schofield has tossed his hat in the ring for Murray’s former city council member No. 1 position, running unopposed. City government positions in Ione, Metaline and Metaline Falls are also up for reelection, but no challengers have filed in the mayoral or councilmember slots. For Newport School District positions, Rick Hughes has filed for the School Director No. 1 position, currently occupied by school board chair Paul Wilson, who has not filed. This is also a nonpartisan, four-year term. School Director No. 2 is also up for reelection, but no one has filed for that position including incumbent Mitch Stratton. According to Liz Krizenesky, Pend Oreille County Election Supervisor, a special three-day filing period will be opened for those positions that are up for reelection, but no candidates have filed. The exact dates of this filing period have yet to be determined, but will be announced in a legal in The Miner newspaper and online on the Pend Oreille County auditor’s website. There are also several elections in local fire districts. The only one with multiple candidates is Fire District No. 4, which covers the north city limits of Newport to the Cusick Flat, including Dalkena, Davis Lake and Usk, west of the Pend Oreille River. Baneta (Bonnie) Sheffler and Lee Sumerlin, both of Cusick, and Ryan Tellessen of Usk have filed for the Fire District 4 Fire Commissioner no. 2 position. This is a non-partisan office with a six year term. In Hospital District No. 1 there is a race between incumbent Lynnette Elswick and Susan M. Johnson for the4 Hospital Commissioner No. 3 position, which is a nonpartisan six year term. Hospital District No. 1 operates Newport Hospital, Family Health Center Newport, River Mountain Village Assisted Living and Newport Hospital Long Term Care. Hospital Commissioner no. 2, Lois Robertson is up for reelection, but running unopposed. For a complete list of candidates and races, go to www.pendoreilleco.org.

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million acre feet are going through the dam. The amount of water going into Albeni Falls Dam is controlled by the runoff from Lake Pend Oreille. Fenolio says that there has been about 3 million acre feet going into Albeni in March and April. He expects a similar trend in June and July. He says flooding is somewhat hard to predict, but he thinks flooding will happen in the first week of June and continue for a couple weeks. Joanne Boggs of Pend Oreille County Emergency Management, says her agency will make sandbags available if it does flood. Several years ago the county established a Public Safety Community Information Service, using Nixle, which delivers public safety and community event notifications by cell phone text message, email and web. There is no spam or advertising. Nixle is completely free, although standard text message rates apply for cell phone subscribers who do not have text plans with their cell phone providers. The service is simple to use, reliable and trusted. Register now and learn more at www.nixle. com or text your zip code to 888777 for SMS text messages. There will be another flood meeting Tuesday, May 30, at the Cutter Theatre in Metaline Falls at 6 p.m.

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b r i e f ly Boating class May 27-28 DIAMOND LAKE – There will be two free boating classes held Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Diamond Lake Fire Station. People don’t have to attend both classes, each day will be a complete session. People who successfully complete the session will receive a temporary Washington boater card, says Charlie Schaefer, the instructor. Call Schaefer at 509-447-2279 for information. The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office will also be conducting a Boat Idaho Course June 24 for the boating public wanting to learn basic boating laws and safety. The class will begin at 9 a.m. at the Marine Division Boat House located at 4001 North Boyer Road, Sandpoint. The class is expected to last about six hours. It is free to the public and is open to residents of any state.

Idaho to identify veteran, monuments BOISE – With Memorial Day coming up, an effort to identify all Idaho monuments and memorials honoring the military and veterans was launched by the Idaho Division of Veterans Services, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced. “It’s important for us all to remember with gratitude all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our nation, our people and our way of life,” Otter said. In conjunction with Memorial Day observances Monday, May 29, the Idaho Division of Veterans Services (IDVS) is utilizing www.historypin.org/en/ and seeking assistance from the public and veterans’ service organizations to collect photos, history and stories regarding the many memorials throughout Idaho. Historypin.org is a free online site for people to share historical and contemporary photographs. Content can be explored using maps and timelines and enriched with the stories uncovered by local communities. The memorials and monuments project will enable Idahoans to share stories and archive materials while creating a dynamic digital legacy for future generations. To participate in this project, contact IDVS or view the instructional guide found at www.veterans.idaho.gov/memorials. To view the progress of this living history project, visit the collection at www.historypin. org/en/idaho-veteransmemorials.

Port looking for temporary workers USK – The Port of Pend Oreille is accepting applications for temporary employment for general laborers. Positions include assisting with railroad surfacing projects and general track maintenance. The Port requires applicants to pass a pre-employment physical, which includes compliance with federal drug and alcohol testing requirements. Application forms are available at the Port office, 1981 Black Road in Usk. Applications will be accepted through 1 p.m. June 5; late applications will not be considered.

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20 months for child molestation By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT - Pend Oreille Superior Court Judge Jessica Reeves overrode a plea deal and gave a man convicted of child molestation two and a half months more in prison than had been agreed to by defense and prosecution when he appeared before her Thursday. May 4. Robert Samson, 54, had pleaded guilty earlier to one count of second degree child molestation of a 9-year-old girl. Prosecution and defense attorneys had worked a 17.5 month sentence deal, the midway point of the sentencing 15-20 month sentencing range. Samson had no criminal history. Defense attorney Brett Billingsley initially thought Samson was being considered for a Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative, but prosecuting attorney Lori Smith said she had never agreed to that. Billingsley said Samson had raised daughters and stepdaughters and that this appeared to be an aberration. He said Samson had been contrite throughout the case and had accepted responsibility. He acknowledged a pre sentence investigation said Samson was minimizing the offense, but disagreed with that. “He has a right to disagree with law enforcement,” he said. Samson said he did care about the girls and didn’t know where his actions came from. He said it wouldn’t happen again. Reeves said Samson appeared to be blaming the victim and showed a lack of remorse. “What’s missing is a true appreciation of the impact on the victim,” she said. She noted Samson was in a trusted position. She said she didn’t think a criminal history was necessary to give the high end of the sentencing range and sentenced Samson to 20 months in prison and 36 months community custody. Samson will have to register as a sex

offender. According to the statement of probable cause, a 9 year old girl had been baby sitting at the Samson residence in 2015 when she was given marijuana, fell asleep and awoke to find Samson’s hand in her underwear. She reported that that had happened three times. The statement mentions that another girl, age 10, had reported a similar offense. That charge was dropped as part of the plea deal, said Smith. She

agreed to the deal after speaking with the parent of the 10-year-old. According to the presentence report, there was a difference in what Samson said and what the girl said. The girl’s mother said the girl had changed since the incidents. She said she didn’t think the sentence was adequate, as her daughter would live with the effects for the rest of her life. She was glad Samson would have to register as a sex offender.

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Commissioners say ‘yes’ to no wake By Karen Skoog, chairwoman; Mike Manus, commissioner; Steve Kiss, commissioner Pend Oreille County

Precipitation, saturated soils, high water tables and runoff have caused landslides, erosion and high water levels in lakes, rivers and creeks. We are very sympathetic to the problems our neighbors are experiencing. Impacts from this wet year have been varied. High surface water has caused bank erosion and damage to infrastructure like retaining walls. A high-water table has caused wet basements and land movement that has put homes in harm’s way. The Board of County Commissioners has reviewed the possibility of wake restrictions on various lakes in Pend Oreille County. Each lake has its own specific set of circumstances to consider; from the size and use of the lake to historic lake levels, drainage issues, wind driven waves, winter impacts and social tolerance to both wakes and a ban on wakes. Due to the small size of Sacheen Lake, the highest lake levels in almost a decade, and a unified request from the lake association, the board has implemented a temporary wake restriction. Diamond Lake is currently slightly below the levels experienced during the most recent wake restriction in 2012. Reports we are receiving show the level is dropping slowly. Because Diamond Lake is larger and has areas where wakes would not have as much impact on improved property and because there is less acceptance of a wake ban by residents, the board has taken a middle-of-the-road approach. We will provide signs to remind people of the Negligent Operation portion of the current County Boating Safety Ordinance which is available in full on the County Commissioners’ webpage. We urge the public toward careful and prudent boating operations under the existing conditions to reduce the effects of vessel wakes on private property. Operators with boats designed to produce a large wake should be considerate of others and aware of potential damage done by large wakes. The board is reviewing Bead Lake for a wake ban as well. Of concern is the amount of sediment in the lake as it is also the community drinking water supply. Shoreline debris has washed into the lake causing additional risk to boaters. Shoreline erosion is a concern. Our Community Development Department stands ready to give personalized and site-specific assistance for people looking for ways to protect their shoreline with a project. We have seen some projects completed since the last high water event that have been successful in preventing further erosion.

Forest landowners prove cooperation works Recently, Washington state’s largest environmental, wildlife and natural resources agencies recognized 43 large forest landowners for their “exemplary efforts” to upgrade forest roads and stream crossings which improved salmon habitat and water quality. After investing more than $300 million collectively, these landowners rebuilt 25,000 miles of forest roads, replaced over 6,000 in-stream barriers to migrating fish, and opened in excess of 3,500 miles of previously blocked spawning habitat. The recognition is milestone in collaboration and a remarkable turnaround from nearly a half-century gu e st ago when regulators, fishermen and o p i n i o n loggers were at each other’s throats. It took a couple of visionary leaders DON C. from vastly different backgrounds to BRUNELL set up the problem-solving framework, which is in place today. Association Billy Franks, Jr., the legendary of Nisqually tribal leader, was a fisherWashington man with an engaging personality Business and an abundance of common sense President and wisdom. Even though he fought bitter fish wars and was arrested, he wasn’t resentful. To him, the battles weren’t about the past, they were about the future. Stu Bledsoe was a World War II Navy fighter pilot who saw combat in the Pacific Theater. He had the same warmth, engaging manner, and genuine commitment to settling a feud, which many thought irresolvable. Bledsoe was a rancher, former legislator and state agriculture director in the Evans Administration, and head of the Washington Forest Protection Association – the powerful organization representing private forest landowners. Together, they were the “calmer heads” which were needed to reduce tensions and set a respectful tone. They started bringing other leaders together to listen to one another’s perspective and conduct research to See FOREST, 5A

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yo u r o p i n i o n Lady Rangers, not Panthers, named All Academic To the editor, I live in Silverdale, Wash., and receive The Miner every week that I get as a Christmas gift. I was reading the current Miner, May 17 sports section. I saw the article heading Lady Panthers named All Academic Team. I start reading it and it is all about the Selkirk Rangers girls. Being a graduate of Selkirk High School, I find this heading very insulting to the Selkirk High School and to their softball team. To me this is really bad press for The Miner. Please reprint this article with the correct heading and not a little line saying we misprinted and the heading should have read Lady Rangers named All Academic Team. -Louis Anderson Silverdale Good luck to new ambulance Editor’s Note: The county commissioners can create an EMS district, but any taxes will be decided upon by voters.

To the editor, Thanks for your recent up-date on another Advance Life Support Emergency Medical service available in the south of Pend Oreille County, since Newport Ambulance ceased operations in September 2016. County Commissioner Mike Manus’ form Resolution for the towns to rubber-stamp for creating an EMS tax district, contained an assertion of the fact that “the” private ambulance services had ceased operations. We now have credible reporting that AMR has been operating in the south county, along with other private EMS operators and Life Flight and other providers. Hopefully, Pend Oreille EMS, LLC,

can fix prices for Advanced Life Support with a better contract than AMR has with Newport Hospital and Health Care Services. That one signed by CFO Kim Manus on Jan. 01, 2014, I will send to POEMS for negotiations. That one is for a term of 36 months, automatically renewable each three years, but the CFO has the power to terminate it without cause upon 60 days notice. Despite having minority (woman owned) grant start-up funds access, I would hate to see POEMS lay-out substantial staffing resources and get only infrequent calls, especially in remote northern county areas. Any new EMS tax district may not be created for funding for over a year. Meanwhile most of us will have to make do with the excellent and viable EMS arrangements we have. Good luck POEMS. I know you can do a better job with a local business, if Newport Towing is any example. -Duane Schofield Cusick

ments to get to the cars we drive today. We now have a chance to live if we are in a serious car accident. This requires us to wear seatbelts in combination with air bags. Any passenger not wearing a seatbelt can be ejected from the car during the crash. An ejection usually results in death. If you are a teen or have one, you should know that the leading cause of death for people under 36 years is accidents. Most of the political worry is over crime and terrorism, but accidents are the actual reason that teens die. Today we are faced with the distracted driver who can cross Highway 2 and hit us head on at 60 or more mph. The same distracted driver is just as likely to drive off the road into a tree or ditch. This increased risk requires us to act. The best preventive action you can take is buckle-up and not move the car until the passengers do the same. -Pete Scobby Newport

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To the editor, After reading the two reports in The Miner about teens killed in car accidents, I have an important message to share. As a first responder in my early career, I saw hundreds of car accidents and many were fatal. Over the years there has been an evolution of safety features that have saved countless lives. Still America has around 35,000 automobile deaths each year. I grew up in a small Midwestern town in the 1950s. In those days there were no seatbelts or airbags and nothing but metal sharp edges and a steering wheel that would impale the driver like a jousting lance. It took decades of safety enhance-

To the editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our state Sen. Shelly Short, Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber and the Pend Oreille County Commissioners for holding a town hall meeting in Metaline last month. It was informative and worthwhile. Those attending asked questions and the discussions taking place left us better informed. We need to work together to find solutions. That is the power of freedom of speech. Again, thank you fro the town hall meeting. -Conrad F. Ervin Cusick

Immigration reform starts with us enforcing its own laws By U.S. Rep Raúl Labrador Idaho 1st Congressional District

One of the most important aspects of immigration reform is bolstering enforcement of existing immigration law. While most unlawful immigrants come to the U.S. seeking a better life for themselves and their

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

President Donald Trump made his first trip out of the country as a U.S. President recently. He has visited Saudi Arabia and Israel and is set to meet with the Pope. How do you think Trump has done overseas? He’s done really well, he looks extremely presidential. He’s done all right but the trip isn’t over yet. His lack of international knowledge is an embarrassment to the U.S.

families, there are too many others who commit crimes against Americans, including murder. These crimes are especially devastating for the victims’ loved ones because they could have been prevented if our laws were actually enforced. We have recently introduced legislation, the DavisOliver Act, to give law enforcement at all levels the tools and resources they need to keep America safe and secure. This is a vital first step – but not the only step – in modernizing our broken immigration system. Under President Obama, interior enforcement deteriorated dramatically as his administration refused to enforce immigration laws, rewrote the law through executive action, and implemented policies that enabled millions of unlawful and criminal aliens to remain in the United States free from any possibility of removal. These policies had—and continue to have—dramatic consequences. The rule of law was undermined as hundreds of thousands of Central American unaccompanied minors and families arrived at the Southwest border during the Obama years and were released into the U.S. And too many Americans were killed or seriously harmed at the hands of unlawful immigrants who joined gangs and/or committed crimes. The Trump administration has begun to reverse the Obama Administration’s disastrous policies and is enforcing the law as written. President Trump has issued executive orders to strengthen the interior enforcement and implement strong border security See REFORM, 5A

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Law on the lookout for drivers without seatbelts BOISE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner and with it comes the busy summer travel season. As families across the state prepare to hit the road for their summer vacation, the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Office of Highway Safety and its law enforcement partners are reminding drivers across the state to Click It Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Risk It.

From May 22 through June 4, law enforcement agencies across Idaho will be on the lookout for people who choose not to wear seatbelts. This is part of a larger, nationwide effort to improve seatbelt usage across the country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly half of the 22,441 passenger

vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2015 were unrestrained. In Idaho, 93 people killed in car crashes were unrestrained; more than half of those deaths could have been prevented by a seatbelt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people in Idaho wear their seatbelts,â&#x20AC;? said Jenkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had an observed seatbelt rate of 81 percent in 2015, but have to do better â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to do and it saves lives.â&#x20AC;?

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determine what would work. At that time, Judge George Boldt, a Tacoma federal jurist, issued game-changing rulings, which were upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the landmark decisions didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t settle differences, they only exacerbated them. Boldt ruled that natural fish spawning and rearing habitat must be restored. That meant reducing silt in spawning beds, curbing soil erosion from logging roads, and reducing harvest areas along streams to keep water temperatures low. The overriding fact was wild salmon and steelhead runs were declining. Something dramatic needed to happen outside the courtroom and legislative chambers. Bledsoe understood that forest landowners were in for dramatic and costly changes, but his members

could not afford another round of prolonged litigation nor to be shut out of the woods. Frank felt the same way. He would repeatedly say that while the lawyers argue, fish runs decline. Litigation meant paralysis for everyone. Both took enormous risks and recognized they had a hard sell with their constituents. The talks were emotionally charged and at times, were on the verge of unraveling. Somehow, Frank and Bledsoe kept the train from derailing. After a decade of hard work, the forests and fish agreement was ratified by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gardner in the 1980s. It led to streamside buffer zones, road culverts revisions which allowed migrating fish to pass, and put sensitive areas off limits to logging. The bottom line was simple. Frank wanted fish runs restored and Bled-

soe wanted timber landowners to be able to plant, manage and harvest trees. They soon realized their interests were compatible. To Bledsoe and Frank respectful relationships mattered as did the words they wrote and spoke. They realized that unless they brought people with diverse views together and found ways to work out their differences, everyone would lose. Too bad Frank and Bledsoe arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t around today. We could all use a good dose of their common sense, wisdom and good manners. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best way to build public trust and solve problems. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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measures. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are already implementing these executive orders and there have been quick results. Illegal border crossings at the Southwest border have dropped dramatically in 2017, due in large part to consistent enforcement of the law and the strong message that the U.S. no longer tolerates illegal immigration. Despite the progress made within the Executive Branch, our laws still need to be improved to provide the Trump administration with the additional tools it needs and to ensure that all future administrations continue to enforce the law. This week, the House Judiciary Committee will take up a bill to improve the interior enforcement of our immigration laws to prevent criminal aliens from roaming free in our communities. The Davis-Oliver Act is named after Placer County Detective Michael Davis, Jr., and Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver, who were murdered by an unlawful immigrant in California in October 2014. The bill removes the ability of any president to unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement by granting states and localities the authority to enforce federal immigration laws consistent with federal practices. Local law enforcement officers are

trusted to enforce many federal laws, including homicide, rape, and drug laws â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but not immigration laws. The Davis-Oliver Act would change that. The Davis-Oliver Act also ensures that unlawful immigrants convicted of drunk driving are deported. Drunk driving is currently not a deportable offense and many offenders have been released into communities, even when their recklessness results in the death of Americans. For example, in January 2016, 21-year-old Sarah Root was killed in Omaha, Neb., after an unlawful immigrant driving drunk struck her car. She had just graduated from college. To make matters worse, the person responsible was released from custody and is still on the loose. This common sense bill also protects public safety by enhancing penalties for deported felons who return to the United States. And it also strengthens current law to penalize sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. These changes are desperately needed. In 2015, Kate Steinle was murdered in San Francisco, a known sanctuary city, by an unlawful immigrant, Juan Francisco LopezSanchez, who had previously been deported five times and was convicted of multiple felonies. Another criminal immigrant, also deported at least five times, Nicodemo Coria-Gonzales, is suspected of being responsible for nearly a dozen sexual assaults in Austin, Texas. He

allegedly kidnapped a woman and attempted to light her on fire using gasoline, and kidnapped and raped a 68-year old woman. We cannot allow dangerous unlawful immigrants to repeatedly enter the U.S. without consequence. The Davis-Oliver Act is not the end of the House Judiciary Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to improve our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immigration system, but it is a critical first step. The most important duty of the federal government is to keep Americans safe, and for far too long our immigration laws and lack of enforcement have been failing the American people and harming too many lives. The Republican Congress is working with the Trump administration hand in hand to ensure our laws are enforced and improved, and to enhance public safety. We have much work to do and are committed to ensuring our immigration system is enforced in order to better protect the American people.

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District Court busy Criminal cases up by 50 over last year, have been more By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County District Court handled more criminal and civil matters in 2016 than the year before, but not as many as in 2007, according to a report issued by District Court Judge Philip Van de Veer. The report had numbers from 2005-1016. There were 2,156 District Court cases, up from 1,902 the year before. The most in the last 10 years were 2,766 in 2007. There were 579 criminal cases, compared to 520 the year before. Driving under the influences cases increased slightly to 63 from 58 in 2015. In 2007, there were 104 DUI cases.

There were 202 other traffic cases in 2017, up from 173 the year before. That doesn’t count infractions. There were 1,285 traffic infractions last year, compared to 1,105 the year before. There were 214 misdemeanor criminal cases, compared to 207 the year before. In 2005 there were 477. District Court handled 100 felony in custody cases last year, up from 82 the year before and higher than any in the previous 10 years. People held on felony cases many times make their first appearance in District Court. There were 98 non-traffic infractions, compared to 76 the year before. There were 262 District Court probationers last

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students have faced legal issues, while 69 percent of students who stop attending have dealt with legal issues. “These are kids who are dealing with a lot and don’t have a lot of structure in their lives,” says Waterman. “It’s hard work, but they are why we do it.” The PORS is located behind Safeway (in the old car dealership) and also houses the Pend Oreille Skills Center. In partnership with the Kalispel Tribe, the skills center is a vocational training program for Pend Oreille County students. The program is open to Pend Oreille River, Newport High School, Cusick and Selkirk students. The first program is an automotive technology program where the students receive credit and certification. Other

programs could be added in the future, depending on student interest and funding. Individuals tat support the school are the high school counselor, a career counselor, a visiting nurse, and other individuals who will provide training in a number of area like mental health, fitness, and finances. “Our school has grown by word of mouth,” Waterman says. “It’s students telling other students and encouraging them to try it out.” PORS offers two sessions Monday through Thursday from 8:15 a.m. to 11 and 11:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. All students attend half days on Fridays from 8:15 a.m. to 11. The session times are not flexible, because of coordinating session times with the Pend Oreille Skills Center.

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PEND OREILLE RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS Emergency Action Plan Drill July 12, 9 am–3 pm May 31 is National Dam Safety Awareness Day! Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County PUD, BC Hydro, and Fortis BC would like to announce our Full Scale Drill that will be taking place on July 12. The purpose of this drill is to coordinate with local emergency management agencies to practice and improve upon emergency preparedness for the dams along the Pend Oreille River. The Drill will involve a hypothetical dam failure scenario and will involve the mobilization of emergency management personnel. For more information about dam safety, visit fema.gov/dam-safety.

MISSING REMINISCING? “Down Memory Lane” may not always make it into the paper, but it is on our Facebook page every week. Like us on Facebook today.(49HB-TF) FOR SALE 2011 Ford Fiesta four door hatchback. 17,000 miles, excellent condition. $6,000. (509) 447-5957. (17P) FOUR BURIAL PLOTS for sale at Newport Cemetery. $250 each. Call Marilyn at (509) 869-6207. (17p) FENCED PASTURE wanted. Near Newport/ Oldtown/ Priest River areas for 2 horses and 3 cows. Call Ken (208) 920-3202. (16HB-2p) UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Annual yard and tool sale. June 2nd 9:00- 3:00, and 3rd 8:00- 12:00. 430 West Third Street, Newport. Clothing, dishes, furniture and more. Hot dogs Friday 11:00- 2:00! (17HB-2) Miner want ads work.

GARAGE SALE May 26- 27, 9:00- 4:00, West 157 Lakeview Boulevard, Priest River. Highway 41 to Old Priest River Road, to Elder Road, follow signs. Hide-a-bed, 2 bottom plow (3 point hitch), guns, golf items, water trampoline, plastic fish pond, tools, life jackets, more!(17p) GROWING UP- AGAIN! BOOT CAMP FOR GROWING OLDER Four free classes providing information on long- term care, financial planning, insurance and more, presented by a panel of local experts. Classes are 12 p.m.- 1 p.m. and take place at the United Church of Christ, 430 3rd Street, Newport, Washington. Dates: May 31st, June 7th and 14th. Attend one or all! Call to RSVP (509) 447-3242. Presented by Denise Stewart, Attorney, Estate & Long Term Care Law Group.(17) MADSEN LAW OFFICE Disability law, Social Security, disability and workers compensation. Contingent fee. Spokane (509) 3255600.(16HB-3p)

TWO FAMILY Yard sale. May 27th 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Corner of Scott Avenue and Highway 2, Newport.(17p) BLANCHARD BASIC YARD SALE Memorial Day Weekend. Friday- Monday. New merchandise! Giftware, makeup, clothing, new holiday items! Plants, shoes, swimming pools, dishes and much more!(17p) THEY’RE BACK! Newspaper end rolls are back at The Miner Newspaper office, 421 South Spokane Avenue, Newport. Prices start at 50¢. (49HB-TF) ROAD ATLAS Current, detailed road atlas, spiral bound with laminated cover. Pend Oreille County, Washington $29.50. Bonner County, Idaho $37.50. Sold at The Miner Newspapers, 421 South Spokane Avenue, Newport. (509) 447-2433(6-TFalt) Read The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

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Rangers race on to state Issakides, Bubb are regional champs By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Selkirk High School track and field team was a force to be reckoned with at the NE/SE 1B Regional Meet Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20, at Central Valley High School, with 14 athletes qualifying to go to State Championships at Eastern Washington University this week. Ryan Issakides was regional champion in the boys’ 800 meter, 1600 meter, and 3200 meter races while Zayren Bubb came out the regional champ in triple jump. Issakides placed first in the 800 meter with a time of 2:06.32, first in

the 1600 meter with a time of 4:59.59, and he won the top spot in the 3200 at 10:50.96. Bubb seized first place in the triple jump at 42 feet, 11 inches. The Ranger girls’ 4x200 relay team of Katie Dewey, Emilia Avey, Bree Dawson, Alva Engquist won fourth place at 2:00.09. The boys’ 4x400 relay team of Austin Robertson, Elias Hill, Parker Jenkins, and Zayren Bubb came in first at 3:37.14. “All of our athletes competed well,” says Susan Vermeulen. The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced). Courtesy photo| Susan Vermeulen

Katie Dewey’s long jump at last week’s Regional Championship meet earned seventh place at a distance of 14 feet, three inches.

Arrand headed for state track meet By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Dalton Arrand competes in shot put at the District meet at Riverside Saturday. Arrand qualified for state in the javelin throw earlier in the day.

CHATTAROY – A Grizzly is going to state in track and field this coming Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University. Dalton Arrand qualified for the State Track Championships in javelin after the NE “A” District 7 Championship at Riverside High School Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. Arrand came in second place, improving his school record javelin toss to 180 feet, 9 inches (a personal record by seven feet). Arrand also came in third place in discus, throwing 135 feet, 1 inch. Arrand was the only

Newport athlete to qualify for the state meet. The top two finishers qualified for state from districts. Last week was a bye week for Newport with a Northeast A League meet, but they competed at a junior varsity meet in Deer Park Wednesday, May 17. “Torrential rain hit at the latter end of the meet, resulting in many athletes being outside in horrible conditions,” says coach Lindsay Hicks-Frazer. “However, the team still managed to grab some medals and achieve some personal records.” The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced).

Panthers sink their claws into state Of The Miner

SPOKANE VALLEY – Cusick High School is moving on to the state track and field meet in Cheney this week after winning top marks at the NE/SE 1B Regional Meet Friday, May 19

‘We won the league championships this year with four girls. That’s pretty sweet.’ Jenni Jones

Springtime and thoughts turn to rodeo When I was a kid, this was the time of year the rodeo season was starting. I remember going with my father, Gordon Gronning, to Riggins, Idaho, one of the first rodeos regular cowboys went to in early May. I remember we slept in the horse trailer in our sleeping bags. Dad won his first trophy buckle, one of those cool looking old time buckles with the big 19 on one side and 64 on the other. I stared at it much of the long trip back to Cheney. He won the wild cow milking that year. rodeo Traveling to rodeos with Dad and scene my younger brother, Doug, got me don hooked on rodeo. I can still remember some of the top cowboys of the Gronning day, guys like all around cowboy Red Able. When I started rodeoing myself, Grand Coulee was usually the first rodeo of the year I went to for the first few years I rode. Grand Coulee was a great rodeo, with the big wooden bucking chutes that most rodeos had in those days. There were quite a few more rough stock riders back then. I think when I won second in the bareback riding in about 1977 there were something like 70 bareback riders. The bull riding was limited in those days, so if you couldn’t get in the bull riding, you would enter the bareback riding. Grand Coulee was a rodeo when everyone was coming out from the long winter. The rodeo dance and associated carousing could be epic. Grand Coulee was also a rodeo that almost caused me to give it up. I had been to a few rodeos earlier in the year but I just wasn’t winning or riding anything. I made a good ride at Grand Coulee, but I missed my horse out and was disqualified. You have to start the ride with your spurs over the horse’s shoulders when its front feet hit the ground the first jump and I didn’t, missing the horse out. So I entered Keremeos B.C. the next week, vowing to quit if I didn’t win anything. I drew the same horse, Camas Annie, and won the bareback riding. Well, that was it. A year or two later I got my Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association card, quit riding bareback horses and concentrated on bull riding. But it all goes back to the days when I went to rodeos with my dad and brother when I was a little kid. The time spent traveling to the rodeo, breathlessly waiting for my dad to compete in the calf roping, the camping out and cooking over a fire, the whole thing was magical.

Maltba brings home silver despite injury By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

MIDDLETON – Spartan harriers and hurlers went on to earn medals at the state track and field competition Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20 at Middleton. “Our kids competed hard and the results indicated that all their hard work paid off,” says Priest River Lamanna High School track coach Jared Hughes. Three students earned state medals this year, including Corbin Maltba, who won a silver medal in the pole vault with a jump of 14 feet. Maltba broke off half

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of two of his lower teeth and had badly bloodied nose after a failed attempt at 13 feet, when his knee hit him in the face. After picking up the pieces of teeth and cleaning up the blood, he was able to successfully make 13 feet, 13 feet, 6 inches and 14 feet on his way to that second place medal. “He won this medal by showing his mental and physical toughness,” says Hughes. Colby Poe won a fifth place medal in the discus, throwing 127 feet, 3 inches. “Colby is one of our See track, 8A

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and Saturday, May 20 at Central Valley High School. “We won the league championships this year with four girls,” says Cusick coach Jenni Jones. “That’s pretty sweet.” Four Panthers will attend the state meet at Eastern Washington University Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27. Alana Keogh is allleague, after winning first place in the girls’ 100 meter, 200 meter and 400 meter races. In the 100 meter she finished

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Friday, May 26 Courtesy photo|Jenni Jones

Cusick track and field coach Jenni Jones (center) poses with her athletes bound for state competition: Alana Keogh, Gracie StrangeOwl, Nicole Stensgar and Alberto Magana.

at 13.00, came in with a time of 26.22 in the 200, and finished at 58.76 in the 400 meter. Gracie StrangeOwl is all-league in the girls’ 1600 meter, 300 meter hurdles and the 800 meter. She placed second in the 1600 meter with a time of 5:45.35, second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.92, and

second in the 800 meter at 2:31.24. Keogh will compete in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter and long jump; StrangeOwl will ply her skills in the 3200 meter, 1600 meter, 800 meter and 300 meter hurdles; Nicole Stensgar will compete in the 400, and Alberto Magaña will attend as an

alternate in the 100 meter and 200 meter. “We took third at districts and regionals and once again, that’s pretty awesome for only having four girls,” Jones says. The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced).

Newport, Selkirk, and Cusick Track at State Championships: TBA – Eastern Washington University, Cheney

Saturday, May 27 Open Gym, Adult Basketball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School Newport, Selkirk, and Cusick Track at State Championships: TBA – Eastern Washington University, Cheney

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The 55th Priest Lake Spring Festival ‘Priest Lake’s summer kick-off’ • May 27-28

Friday, May 26

9 a.m. until sold out Bake Sale - Priest Lake EMT’s Highway 57 “Visitors’ Center - milepost 22

Saturday, May 27

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8 a.m. - Noon Pancake Breakfast Priest Lake Sportsman’s Association at Coolin Community Hall parking lot 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Arts and Crafts Fair - Cavanaugh Bay Road 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bake Sale - at Coolin Community Hall 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eats - Bratwursts, dogs, chips and drinks outside Coolin Community Hall 9 a. m. to 3 p.m. Quilt Display at Coolin Community Hall 10 a. m. to 2 p.m. Kaniksu Lions Club Kids’ Carnival Cavanaugh Bay Road Specializing in Custom Homes and Remodels, Serving Priest Lake & Surrounding Areas!

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b r i e f ly Drags and Drinks fundraiser June 3 DIAMOND LAKE – Drags and Drinks, a fundraiser benefiting Festivities in the Park Rodeo Weekend, is Saturday, June 3, 2 p.m. at Top Frog Brewery. The event will feature seven area men doing their best drag queen imitations for the enjoyment of the audience. Models include Newport City Administrator Ray King, Newport Hospital CEO Tom Wilbur, former Newport City council member Sam Brooks, Newport/Priest River treasurer Brad Mingay, Newport resident Karl Jacobson, Newport Cemetery Superintendent Chris Demlow, and Coeur d’Alene resident Isaiah Crandall. The MC will be Jason “Stretch” Lindberg. Tickets include all you can eat food and a glass of beer or wine. Price is $25 for a single or $40 for a couple. Tickets can be purchased at The Miner newspaper during business hours, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30. Drags and Drinks is hosted by the Newport/ Priest River Rotary Club with catering by the Kalispel Tribe.

“Legends and Lore” premieres June 3 SACHEEN LAKE - Rainbows, unicorns, folklore, and much more will be celebrated in “Legends and Lore,” the spring production of Northwoods Performing Arts. “Legends” is scheduled on June 2-3, 9-10, 13, and 16-17. Tickets are $25 per person for dinner and show, or $12 for show only. Senior and children tickets are $10. Dining service begins at 6:30 p.m. and the curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. Dinners are provided by Skeyes the Limit (menu for June 2 and June 16 is chicken parmesan); Mi Pueblo (menu for June 3 and June 9 is chili Colorado); River Catering by Darcie (menu for June 10 is BBQ pork ribs), and Travis Coffey (menu for June 13 and June 17 is BBQ pork ribs). For tickets and reservations call 208-448-1294 or go to www.northwoodsperformingarts.com.

Courtesy photo|Sandy Ellersick

Lutheran quilts These three are holding up a quilt, one of 48 quilts Lutheran quilters made on behalf of Lutheran World Relief. Last year Lutheran World Relief sent more than 30,000 quilts to Peru following an earthquake. Pictured are Trish Akre, Jean Oxrieder and Hazel Bauer.

Cutter Theatre fundraiser June 10 METALINE FALLS - The annual Cutter Auction, scheduled for Saturday, June 10, is in need of items to auction. Quality furniture, unused small appliances, artwork, or the odd time-share vacation site are all welcome, as well as smaller “baskets” or donations. The auction this year is important to The Cutter Theatre, according to Executive Director Tara Leininger. With the loss of a major funding source, the train robberies of the North Pend Oreille Valley Lions excursion train, the auction becomes vital to keeping the doors of The Cutter open. Every year, when the train passenger train would travel from Metaline Falls to Ione, Cutter Theatre volunteers dressed as train robbers to solicit donations from passengers. The hope is that the generosity of Pend Oreille County residents will continue through donations – and then bidding at the auction – some of the almost $8,000 that came from the train robbing can be

supplemented. “It is not just the theatre we’re maintaining,” said Leininger. “But the Metalines Library, as well as several local businesses and organizations are within the walls. The Selkirk School District puts on at least a half-dozen performances and concerts during the year. If we can’t afford to turn on the lights or maintain an aging building, then a whole community will be impacted.” Leininger added that as a community center, many people take for granted that The Cutter is there, without realizing how many times they enter the building or how much it takes to maintain. To donate an item for the auction, contact The Cutter at 509-446-4108. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., or a time can be made for drop-off or pickup. The Cutter Theatre is located at 302 Park Street in Metaline Falls.

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Legally Blonde, The Musical coming to Playhouse NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Playhouse is going blonde with Legally Blonde, The Musical playing Friday – Sunday, June 16 -18 and June 23 – 25. Directed by Charlie Monte with music directed by Millie Brumbaugh, Legally Blonde, The Musical is written by Heather Hach and based on the blockbuster 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her exboyfriend Warner after he dumps her for not being “serious” enough. What starts as a naïve attempt to get-the-guy manifests into a journey of self-discovery and proving to herself and those around her that she is more than just a pretty face. With a colorful cast of supporting characters and catchy songs, Legally Blonde is a funny, uplifting show that reminds the viewer to not let other’s perceptions keep them from being true to themselves. The cast includes Paulina Staab, Gillian Monte, Melissa McNair-Davis, Joellie Heneise, Taylia Culver, Ayla Culver, Isabelle White, Roslyn Willoughby, Easton Townsend, David Heneise, Patricia Walker, Jahloni Culver, Christian Heneise, Danny Litowitz, Gail Cory-Betz, Jerrod Galles, Christine Heneise, Chris Demlow, Janine Goodrich, Matt Goodrich, and Kristi Bell. Tickets are $6 for students and $12 for adults. Performance times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. To purchase tickets, go to www.pendoreilleplayers.org or call (509) 447-9900, or visit the Playhouse at 236 S. Union in Newport, Thursday and Friday from 1– 6 p.m.

Governor recognizes Master Gardeners

OLYMPIA - Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has proclaimed May 21 - 27, as Washington State University Master Gardener Volunteer Week. The WSU Master Gardener program is celebrating 44 years of service to the people of Washington. This model of volunteer service was founded by WSU in 1973 and has since been emulated in all 50 states and numerous foreign countries. The Master Gardener program returns to Washingtonians over 10 times the funds used on the program’s maintenance. There are 3,515 dedicated WSU Master Gardener volunteer educators who served more than 330,000 Washington residents in 2016. For more information about the Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Program contact Dixie at 509-447-2401, d.chichester@wsu.edu

we e k ah ead Wednesday, May 24 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-447-0775. Newport TOPS : 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

All faiths, invited to Sharing the Dharma

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

NEWPORT - Compassionate living is the theme for a new series of Sharing the Dharma Day talks at Sravasti Abbey, the Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Newport. The next Sharing the Dharma Day is Sunday, June 4. Every month, Sravasti Abbey opens its doors to people of all faiths and backgrounds who want to know more about Buddhist teachings. In addition to the talk, the day includes a guided meditation, vegetarian potluck lunch, and facilitated discussion. The first session begins at 9:45 a.m., potluck lunch is at noon, and the program ends at 3 p.m. Dress is casual, although modesty is appropriate for a monastic environment. Sravasti Abbey is located at 692 Country Lane, Newport. For more information and directions call 509447-5549 or email office. sravasti@gmail.com.

Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208623-5626 for sites

Thursday, May 25 UCC Non-Denominational Bible Study Group: 10 a.m. - United Church of Christ, 430 W. Third St., Newport 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

Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Friday, May 26 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, call Jan 208-946-6131 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

Saturday, May 27 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. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown Live Music: 6 p.m. - Hospitalty House, Newport

Sunday, May 28 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, May 29 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, May 30

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

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

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

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

Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

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

Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park

Wednesday, May 31

Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-447-0775. Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and

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

Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

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

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

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. 509-671-3436

CATHOLIC MASSES www.pocoparishes.org Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231 612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m. Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. 4 p.m. Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m. Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St., Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

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

Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. “Jesus Youth Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.houseofthelordchurch.com

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m. Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.churchoffaitholdtown.org

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.” Worship Time: Sunday 10:30 a.m., at the Newport High School Real Life Ministries office, 420 4th St. Newport, WA Office Phone: (509) 447-2164 www.reallifenewport.com

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Marshall James (Jim) Deerwester of Newport passed quietly from this earth on May 19, 2017. He was 87. Jim was born April 20, 1930, in Cusick to Muriel Ann (Trudel) and Ora Carl Deerwester. Jim was the third of five children to include Pat, Kathleen, Beth and Don. Jim was preceded

in death in 2011 by his wife Barbara Louise (Bobbie) who was the daughter of John and Esther Ovens. Survivors include his children, Peggy Peterson of Spokane, Mike Deerwester of Newport, and Leslee Cunningham of McCall, Idaho. He is also survived by his younger brother, Don Deerwester of Newport, and sister Beth Stacy. Remember Jim with the fondest of memories on his passing. He was a devoted

husband, son, brother, father and grandfather who will leave a big gap in many lives. He was a long-time resident of Pend Oreille County. He was known by many and often recited stories of many happenings of his life in the area of the country that he loved. History was a passion of Jim’s, so he could tell you of much of the history of the county in addition to his personal stories. Jim was also a Korean War veteran

and will be remembered as a man who served his country with honor. Heavy construction was Jim’s life’s work. So if you drive up the Lewiston grade, see the pipeline in North Idaho, the landfill at Roosevelt, as well as many other projects, remember Jim as he was part of the crew that worked these endeavors. No memorial service is being planned, which will be a relief to Jim as he wouldn’t want anyone to

p o l i c e r e p o rt s Wednesday, May 17

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.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: Winchester St., Cusick, report of a suspended driver.

Pend Oreille County

THEFT: Telephone Rd. E., Newport, report of people on the property cutting trees.

Monday, May 15 ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report of stray cat needing picked up by animal control. DRUGS MARIJUANA: N. Newport Ave., report of black PU with people inside smoking marijuana. VEHICLE FIRE: 2nd and Hwy. 31, report of vehicle possibly on fire. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 211, complainant reporting damage done to vehicle as well as possible identity theft.

UTILITY PROBLEM: 1st and Warren, Newport, report of a wire down on the ground. TRESPASSING: N. Newport Ave., report of a female refusing to leave. TRESPASSING: W. Sacheen St., Cusick, request to speak to a deputy about a subject trespassing. ERRATIC DRIVER: Monumental Way, Cusick, report of a subject speeding through the area. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Spokane Ave., Newport

MALICIOUS MISCHEIF: Buffalo Lane, Cusick, report of a malicious mischief. THREATENING: Western Larch Rd., Newport, report of receiving threatening phone calls. JUVENILE PROBLEM: Skookum Meadow Drive, Newport THREATNING: Fertile Valley Rd., Newport, report of a male threatening people. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Hwy. 211, report of verbal argument.

Thursday, May 18

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, report of female receiving inappropriate messages via Facebook.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 6th St., report of dog that barks constantly while the owners are gone.

FISH AND GAME: Bigfoot Rd., Newport, complainant reporting a deer acting strange running into things as if she were blind.

DISTURBANCE: W. Kelly Drive, report male at the residence causing a disturbance.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Hwy. 211, complainant reporting her husband threw her down yesterday and would not allow her to leave. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 31, report of known male that has brought items back and placed them on property. THREATENING: Hwy. 20, report of known male making threats over text messages. LAW ALARM: Sanham Lane, Newport, report of residential panic alarm. ERRATIC RIVER: HWY. 2 and Rumsey, complainant states vehicle behind him keeps flashing his headlights. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Camden Rd., Elk, report of male that called 911 stated subjects were in his yard.

Tuesday, May 16

ACCIDENT: S. Union Ave., Newport, report that someone backed into complainant’s car. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Flowery Trail Rd. TRANSPORT: S. Spotted Rd., transporting inmate to court. ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: S. Newport Ave., report of attempt to locate wanted person. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: S. Washington Ave., Newport, reporting a white car parked in front of business for four hours. ARREST: S. Scott Ave., Newport, Cory A. Shults, 35, Oldtown, was arrested on and out of county warrant. DISTURBANCE: Walnut and State, report of verbal dispute. DISABLED VEHICLE: LeClerc Rd. N. DISTURBANCE: Newport ball fields, report of mother yelling at umpire and refusing to leave.

THEFT: Old State Rd., report of riding lawn mower taken yesterday.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Fristad Rd., report of issue with neighbor’s animal.

LITTERING: Spring Valley Rd., complainant found a large pile of garbage dumped on state land.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. Pine St., complainant reporting father has been bruised by caregiver.

ERRATIC DRIVER: State and 5th, complainant reporting a speeding vehicle, ongoing problem.

ACCIDENT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of hit and run.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2 and Scotia Rd., Newport, report of truck versus car, unknown injuries. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20 and McLoud Creek, report of erratic semi riding shoulder and unable to maintain speed. PROPERTY DAMAGE: Houghton and 8TH SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Spokane Ave., report of white Toyota four door car with false plates. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Garfield Rd. ARREST: Westside Calispel, Cody J. Marthaller, 26, Usk, was arrested for domestic violence assault in the 4th and malicious mischief in the 3rd. TRESPASSING: W. Walnut St., report of subjects refusing to leave the entrance of business.

Friday, May 19 BURGLARY: Horseshoe Lake Rd., report of subject stealing from residence. ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, report of deer needing dispatched. JUNK VEHICLE: Allen Rd., report of junk vehicle needing inspected. WANTED PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of female in custody for warrant. BURGLARY: Farber Lane, report of attempted break in. TRESPASSING: Makai Lane, report of Subaru outback drove through complainant’s property.

report of female yelling and screaming, threatening to kill people. ASSAULT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report that inmate says he was assaulted by another inmate. JUVENILE PROBLEM: Knott Rd., report of three juveniles in area that seem intoxicated.

Saturday, May 20 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Cass Ave., report of van outside, backdoor looks like it has been rolled, may have someone in it. BURGLARY: Casey Rd., report of subjects at residence car taking items from a house. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Casey Court, complainant found a pile of junk mail and papers from multiple addresses, did not see anyone. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211 SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. Walnut St., report of female that was following complainant and her kids around store trying to touch complainant’s kids. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Boat Launch Rd., report of Gray Chevy truck with boat trailer parked so that other boats can’t come in and get loaded out of water. ERRATIC DRIVER: LeClerc Rd. S., report of erratic driver lane travel. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Newport Ave., report of maroon colored car in parking lot. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Xanadu Ranch Rd., report that neighbor’s fifth wheel trailer has been broken in to. ERRATIC DRIVER: W. Walnut St., report of vehicle that possibly tried to run complainant off road. THEFT AUTOMOBILE: Northshore Diamond Lake, report of vehicle stolen. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Houghton St., report of subjects possibly in old elementary school. ASSAULT: Blackwell St., report of 40 year old male bleeding from head from assault. NOISE COMPLAINT: Viewpoint Rd., report of loud party. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Casey Rd., report that complainant heard gate rattle and believes a vehicle went down driveway of residence that was burglarized early in the day. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: LeClerc Rd. N., report of male that made complainant hold a knife to his neck and told her to kill him. AGENCY ASSIST: S. State Ave. and 4TH, report of female intoxicated and yelling at residence.

Sunday, May 21 ARREST: Veit Rd., Ronnie L. French, 52, Newport was arrested on violation of a court order. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Winchester St., complainant picked up male who is now refusing to get out of the car. ARREST: Jermain Loop, Erin C. McLaughlin, 39, Spokane was arrested for assault in the 4th degree. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE:

Camden Rd., report of stolen vehicle in area. WEAPON OFFENSE: Hill Top Rd., report of complainant that heard gunshot next to residence. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Black Rd., report of blue and white Ford pickup driving approximately 45-50 mph. TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, report of black lab puppy running in and out of the highway. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: S. Washington Ave., Newport, complainant can hear yelling and furniture being thrown around. West Bonner County

Monday, May 15 THEFT OF PROPERTY: Washington St., Priest River RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Hwy. 57, Priest River ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Spirit Lake Cutoff and Peregrine Rd., Spirit Lake ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hank Allen Way, Blanchard

Tuesday, May 16 RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Safeway, Newport, Zachary R. Nurse, 17, Priest River was arrested for being a status offense runaway.

Wednesday, May 17 JUVENILE PROBLEM: 6th Ave. and Fir St., Sandpoint, report of a 17-year-old male from Priest River charged with battery of a family member. BATTERY: E. Settlement Rd., Priest River BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL ALARM: Eastside Cutoff, Priest River ACCIDENT, HIT AND RUN: Summit Blvd., Priest River ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Reeder Bay Rd., Nordman BURGLARY: Rosalia Bay Loop, Coolin

Thursday, May 18 SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES: Bandy Rd., Priest River BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL ALARM: Shores Rd., Coolin

Friday, May 19 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Harriet St., Priest River TRESPASSING: Hwy. 2, Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Spirit Lake

Saturday, May 20 MISDEMEANOR WARRANT ARREST: Hwy. 57, Priest River DUI, ALCOHOL OR DRUGS: Hwy. 57, Priest Lake TRAFFIC VIOLATION: Spirit Lake Cutoff and Hwy. 41, Spirit Lake, a female resident of Spirit Lake was cited and released for driving without privileges. NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 41 and Hoo Doo Loop, Oldtown

Sunday, May 21 No information available

p u b l i c m e e t i n g s Wednesday, May 24 Tri-County Economic Development District: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

Thursday, May 25 Pend Oreille County Library District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office, Newport

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Newport Ave., report of door to building open.

Public Hospital District No. 1 Board: 12:30 p.m. - Sandifur Meeting Room, Newport Hospital

THREATENING: W. 4th St.,

Priest River Airport

Board: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River City Hall

Monday, May 29 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse

Tuesday, May 30 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse

make a fuss. So, in remembrance think of Jim if you are travelling along the Pend Oreille River, fishing in Yokum Lake, gathering firewood, herding cows off the high range, or having a nip of rum in your coffee in the morning. Tip of the hat in remembrance of a man who personified the type of person who lived hard, worked hard, and loved his family as a true man of the west. His memory and legacy will carry forth through his children and family. Jim will be interred alongside his loving wife Bobbie in the Newport Cemetery. Rest in peace.

Raymond “Dennis” Gilbert Spokane

Raymond Dennis Gilbert lost his long battle with cancer and passed away May 15 at the home he shared in Spokane with his Gilbert longtime girlfriend, Kathy Myers. He was 64. He was born Feb. 8, 1953, in Cregg, Mich., to Raymond and Jo Ann (Shultz) Gilbert. As a young man, Dennis moved to California. He came to Pend Oreille County with a friend to hunt and fell in love with the area and decided he wanted to raise his family here. He was a longtime Pend Oreille and Bonner county resident, working as a carpet and flooring contractor. Most recently he had lived in Usk, where he had resided for 17 years. He also had lived in Oldtown. Dennis loved fishing, hunting, travel, music, horses and sports. He had been active in the Priest River Little League. Dennis is preceded in death by his son, U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathon Russell “Rusty” Gilbert, who died serving his country. Dennis is survived by his father, Ray and (Gail) Gilbert of Grants Pass, Ore.; sisters Cathy McKeough and Lori Jo Brindley of Paradise, Calif., and his girlfriend, Kathy Myers of Spokane. He is also survived by his dog Riley, his constant companion and loyal sidekick. There will be a ceremony at Newport Cemetery June 9, at noon, at the grave of his son. A private family service will follow at a later date.

Marilyn Jean (Johnson) Mathison Newport

Marilyn Jean (Johnson) Mathison died at Newport Long Term Care May 12, 2017. She was 86. Marilyn Mathison was born on Feb. 25, 1931, to Lesa and John Johnson in Olean, N.Y. She was the oldest of four sisters

– Shirley, Phyllis and Cindy – and they grew up in Jamestown, N.Y., surrounded by extended family and close friends. After graduation from high school, she worked for a time at Art Metal, where her father was an engineer, and then attended the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis with the “gang” from Jamestown. Upon graduation, she received a certificate in Biblical Studies and Parish Work, and accepted a call as a parish worker in a congregation in Minneapolis. She next served a congregation in Long Island, N.Y., and then another in Brooklyn, N.Y. It was in Brooklyn that she met her husband, Milo Mathison, while he was doing his pastoral internship in the same congregation. They were married Sept. 1, 1957. In 1958, they moved to St. Maries, Idaho, where Milo served as pastor, and where their three children were born – Leanne, David and Janine. And in 1966, they left the mountains of Idaho to move to northwest Minnesota where Milo served the Rindal Parish: Faaberg, Norman, and Ness Lutheran churches. Marilyn was the church secretary for that parish for more than 30 years … long after Milo left the ministry there in 1979. She also worked as a secretary for Nordheim Electric for many years. Marilyn was a committed volunteer in her community – in the schools and civic organizations, but most profoundly, in the church. She loved music, and sang in beautiful harmonies up until the end of her life. Her organizational skills were exceptional, and she was always calm and cheerful, kind and hospitable. She helped Milo design their dream home that he built on Maple Lake, and she loved living there for almost 30 years, welcoming guests and family. In 2014, she and Milo moved back to Idaho, to live at Luther Park in Sandpoint, near their daughter, Janine, of Newport. Marilyn was a beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milo. She is survived by her three children – Leanne (and Ron) Strom of Grants Pass, Ore., David (and Tammy) Mathison of Jamestown, N.D., and Janine (and Matt) Goodrich of Newport; her seven grandchildren – Tianna (Strom) Eddy, Ariel (Strom) Kostrna, Jordan (Mathison) Thunker, Micah and Makenna Mathison, Kari and Lia Goodrich; and two greatgrandchildren – Fiona and Eric Eddy. She is also survived by her sisters – Shirley Lundeen of Fountain Hills, Ariz.; Phyllis Anderson of Wyckoff, N.J.; and Cindy (and Alan) Lamb of Jamestown, N.Y. Marilyn’s memorial service will be at Faaberg Lutheran Church in Rindal, Minn., on July 7, 2017 at 11 a.m. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com.

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Continued from 7B below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: May 10, 2017. Mary E. O’Neill, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner May 10, 17 and 24, 2017.(15-3) _________________________ 2017135 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00012-8 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O C R E D I T O R S ( R C W 11 . 4 0 . 0 3 0 ) Estate of PEARL A. WILSON, Deceased PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: May 10, 2017. Paul R. Wilson, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242

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2017142 PUBLIC NOTICE N O I – T he P O C W eed B oard S eeks N P D E S C overage Pend Oreille County Weed Board, 509-447-2402, is seeking to update coverage and add areas along the Pend Oreille River under the NPDES Waste Discharge General Permit for aquatic plant and algae management. The proposed updated and added coverage applies to Arthur’s Tranquil Acres, Beehive Lane, Dalkena, Davis & Greenwater Estates, Dilling Drive, Duncan Pond, Furport, Grandview & Wagon Wheel Lane, Grant’s Cove, Gregg’s Addition, Harley & Elderberry Lanes, Ione East, Larch Lane, Levitch Rd, Lost Creek, McKay St (Ione), Open Skies, Outpost, Riverbend, Riverview Blvd, Sandy Shores & Spring Haven, Skookum Rendezvous, Stanley Rd, Sunrise Beach, Sunset Blvd N & S, Tiger Inlet North & South and Yergens Rd. Selected sites within the permitted areas may be treated to control aquatic weeds and algae growth between May 15, 2017 and September 30, 2021. The chemicals planned for use may be any one or a combination of: 2,4-D, Amine and Esther, Triclopyr TEA, Fluridone, Glyphosate, Diquat and Endothall. The total treatment areas will not exceed 60 acres. Any person desiring to present their views to the Department of Ecology regarding this application must do so in writing within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice (5/24/2017). Comments must be submitted to the Department of Ecology. Any person interested in the Department’s action on the application may notify the Department of their interest within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Submit comments to: Department of Ecology P.O. Box 47696 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 Attn: Water Quality Program, Aquatic Pesticide Permit Manager Email: jonathan.jennings@ecy.wa.gov Telephone: 360-407-6283 The chemicals planned for use have varying use restrictions, please refer to the table below: Herbicide Active Ingredient Drinking Water Irrigation Fishing Swimming Aqua-Kleen Butoxyethyl ester of 2,4-D 21 days or 70 ppb 21 days or 100 ppb None 24 hours Aquathol K Endothall 0.1 ppb 0-25 days None 24 hour advisory DMA-4-IVM 2,4-D Amine 21 days or 70 ppb 21 days or 100 ppb None 24 hour advisory Navigate Butoxyethyl ester of 2,4-D 21 days or 70 ppb 21 days or 100 ppb None 24 hours Renovate Triclopyr 0.3 ppb 120 days or 0.9 ppb None 24 hour advisory Reward Diquat bromide 10 days 3-5 days None 24 hour advisory Sonar Fluridone 6-20 ppb 4-14 days or 9 ppb None 24 hour advisory Any water use restrictions and or advisories will be posted near the treatment areas along the private shoreline and public access points. Copies of the application are available by calling the Water Quality Program, Aquatic Pesticide Permit Coordinator at 360-407-6283. Persons with legal water rights should contact the applicant if this coverage will result in a restriction of these rights. Permittees are required to provide an alternative water supply during treatment. Copies of the application are available by contacting the Aquatic Pesticide Permit Manager. Published in The Newport Miner May 17 and 24, 2017.(16-2) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 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: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 1, 2017. Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Published in The Newport Miner May 17 and 24,2017.(16-2) _________________________

2017147 PUBLIC NOTICE Lenora Water and Sewer District The Lenora Water and Sewer Districts June 2017 meeting will be held on Monday June 5th instead Published in The Newport Miner May of Tuesday June 6th. The meeting 10, 17 and 24, 2017.(15-3) takes place at the Skookum Lodge __________________________ located at 1432 Lenora Drive in Usk. Any questions call the Lenora office 2017146 at 445-0888. PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF Published in the Newport Miner May A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N 24 and May 31, 2017.(17-2) Pend Oreille County did on May 10, __________________________ 2017 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Envi2017148 ronmental Checklist, and associated PUBLIC NOTICE documents from Douglas D. Morgan Envirocon, headquartered at 101 and did on May 10, 2017 issue a International Dr., Missoula, MT Determination of Completeness for 59808, is seeking coverage under replacement of a dock on Diamond the Washington State Department of Lake. (FILE NO. SA-17-010), Lo- Ecology’s Construction Stormwater cation: 101 Terrace Ave; Parcel# NPDES and State Waste Discharge 443002529014 An Environmental General Permit. The proposed projChecklist under the State Environ- ect, Mill Pond Dam Removal Project mental Policy Act (SEPA) was pre- (Sullivan Creek Project-FERC Projpared by the applicant on May 10, ect Number 2225-015), is located off 2017 and the county expects to issue of Sullivan Creek Road near Metaline a Determination of Non-Significance Falls, Washington at Mill Pond Dam for this project. The optional DNS in Pend Oreille County (48.856852 North / -117. .299969 West). The application is for upland staging PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: areas associated with supporting All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Mill Pond Dam Removal project the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise and involves 2.6 acres of soil distur“any preference, limitation or discrimination based bance for supporting Dam Removal/ on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status Restoration construction activities. or national origin, or an intention, to make any such The receiving waterbody is Sullivan preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial Creek. Any persons desiring to presstatus includes children under the age of 18 living ent their views to the Washington with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women State Department of Ecology reand people securing custody of children under 18. garding the Mill Pond Dam Removal The newspaper will not knowingly accept any Construction Stormwater Permit apadvertising or real estate which is in violation of the plication, or interested in Ecology’s law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings action on the Mill Pond Dam Removal advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal Construction Stormwater Permit apopportunity basis. To complain of discrimination plication, may notify Ecology in writcall HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free ing no later than 30 days of the last telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800- date of publication of Mill Pond Dam 927-9275. (31tf) Removal Construction Stormwater Permit application notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from the Mill Pond Dam Removal Project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so,

whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II anti-degradation requirements under WAC 173-201A320. Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology, Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater, P.O. Box, 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696. Published in The Newport Miner May 24 and 31, 2017.(17-2) __________________________ 2017149 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Cusick School District No. 59 Pend Oreille County, Washington The Board of Directors (the Board) of Cusick School District No. 59 (the District) hereby provides this notice that they will meet for a Special Board Meeting on: Date: June 5, 2017 Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Cusick School District Library The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the 4-Day Waiver Request. CUSICK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 59 PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON By: /s/Don Hawpe Don Hawpe: Secretary, Board of Directors Published in The Newport Miner May 24 and 31, 2017.(17-2) __________________________ 2017150 PUBLIC NOTICE WA R E H O U S E M A N S L I E N NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to RCW 19.150.090 and 19.150.100 Notice is given that Diamond Lake Mini Storage will be selling by live auction the contents of unit A37 and C14 belonging to Cynthia Christl 3757 N Deer Lake RD Loon Lake, WA 99148, amount owing $699.00, unit A47 belonging to Wendy Pearsall 2280 Crest Dr. Ventura, CA 95540, amount owing $178.00. All of these Units containing household items. Auction to be held at: Diamond Lake Mini Storage 325502 N Highway 2, Newport, WA 99156 on June 3, 2017 at 1:00pm. (509) 447-4088 Published in The Newport Miner May 24 and 31, 2017.(17-2) __________________________ 2017151 PUBLIC NOTICE JOB OPENING PORT OF PEND OREILLE P E N D O R E I L L E VA L L E Y RAILROAD The Port of Pend Oreille is accepting applications for temporary employment for general laborers. Successful applicants will be assisting with railroad surfacing projects and general track maintenance. The Port requires applicants to pass a pre-employment physical, which includes compliance with federal drug and alcohol testing requirements. Applicants must be U.S.

citizens and must be at least 18 years of age. Application forms are available at the Port office, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180. Applications will be accepted through 1:00 p.m. on June 5th; late applications will not be considered. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in The Newport Miner May 24 and 31, 2017 __________________________

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hardest workers we have and it showed,” Hughes says. Poe outperformed on his 13th ranking, going in by improving his personal record by five feet. Enara Seiler earned a sixth place medal in the girls’ 100 meter race with a finishing time of 13.17. Her time is also the eighth fastest in PRLHS history. “Enara has been the backbone of our girls team all year,” says Hughes. Seiler qualified in four events for the state meet and was part of all eight team points at state. While no other Spartans athletes earned a medal, they still had great meets, praises Hughes. Eleven of the 15 PRLHS qualifiers had season/personal bests. The girls’ 4x200 relay team of Seiler, Cassidy Prudek, Shayla Martinez, and Liz Downs scored two points for their seventh place finish, with their time of 1:54.18 ranking third best in PRLHS history. The boys’ 4x100 relay team of Teagun Holycross, Spencer Sedgwick, Robbie Anselmo and Corbin Maltba ran a season best of 46.20 for one point in their eighth place finish. Teagun Holycross ran a 43.31 in the boys’ 300 meter hurdles and took 10th at state with the eighth best time in PRLHS history. Brandon McCracken also ran a personal record for the year finishing 10th in the 800 meter in 2:07.73 Senior Tommy Anselmo was PRLHS’s other scorer for the meet. “He has been battling two bad hamstring injuries all year,” says Hughes. “He is one of the toughest kids I know to be able to make the finals at state and score in eighth place fighting through all the pain and frustration he was going through.” Early in the year, Anselmo was able to run the 400 meter in the eighth best time in PRHLS history, but Hughes says it will mostly be his leadership that will be missed next year. PRLHS starting up a summer track club for kids ages 8-18. There will be an informational meeting at PRLHS on Thursday, May 25 at 5 p.m., discussing logistics such as practices, meet schedules, and potential paperwork. If anyone has kids that are interested they can attend the Thursday meeting or call Hughes at 208-448-1211 ext 134.