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Boaters rescued at north county rapids

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

MINER PHOTO|JANELLE ATYEO

Volunteers work on various projects around the Circle Moon stage on the evening of May 15. Restroom renovations are wrapping up in time for the season opener this weekend. Bigger plans involve expanding the stage, hosting outdoor concerts and upgrading the kitchen facility.

Under the lights of the Circle Moon Theatre

Music and more at the Circle Moon

Theater group surpasses 30 years with big plans for the future

that hosted snowmobile races on winter Sundays.

BY JANELLE ATYEO Northwoods moved in around 1990, but OF THE MINER the group had been performing for almost a decade before that. Starting in December NEWPORT – Getting ready for their 1982, they put on their first Messiah season opening show this weekend, Christmas chorale, a program that’s Northwoods Performing Arts volunstill going each December. Back then, teers spent the holiday looking more they’d take their show on the road and like a construction crew than an estabperform at resorts around Priest Lake, lished choir of fine performers. at the Met in Spokane, and in Coeur The group is renovating its home, d’Alene. the Circle Moon Theatre, and has even “I try not to remember the days we bigger plans for the future.

Caldwell were packing around a U-haul,” said A bathroom renovation was just Chris DeChenne. She and her husband, the most recent project at Don, are amongst several found“I must say that the barn-turned-theater on ing members still with the group.

Mark Caldwell is a Highway 211 near Sacheen Bonnie Evans is another. She Lake. Northwoods’s “Shoot the genius of a director. remembers one performance at Moon” fundraising campaign Grandview Resort when they were has been going on a few years. He is what makes just going to start their next song.

It’s already helped update the Northwoods.”

“This horrible skunk smell came electrical work. The big wish through the restaurant and it was list for the future involves disgusting,” she said with a laugh.

Bonnie Evans opening the stage up to the “When we look back at the first Founding Northwoods back lawn and hosting outdoor shows, we’ve come a long way,” Member music festivals.

DeChenne said. “I think we’re Such is the vision of longtime getting more professional all the director, Mark D. Caldwell. time.”

It’s a long way from what that little red Evans gives the credit to their director. barn has seen in years past. In the 1950s, “I must say that Mark Caldwell is a genius Warren Harder operated a cattle ranch of a director. He is what makes Norththere. When he retired, his son, Dale, and woods,” she said. wife Carol Harder refashioned it into a restaurant with a nearby RV park and trails SEE NORTHWOODS, 2A

The Circle Moon Theatre will host seven dinner theater shows and concerts throughout the year. The season opens Friday, May 31 with the Northwoods Performing Arts spring chorale.

Forty-plus powerful talents will take the stage for an over-the-top choral tribute to “all that is.” Directed by Mark D. Caldwell, “Those Were the Days,” runs for three weekends. Shows are Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, featuring a garlic roast chicken dinner. On Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, the menu is a smoked pork dinner. The night of Tuesday, June 11, will have a show only, no dinner. Closing weekend is Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, with chicken and pork chow mein.

Each night, dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person for the dinner and the show.

Show only tickets cost $12 for adults or $10 for seniors and children. Purchase at Seeber’s Pharmacy in Newport or call Terri or Zola at 208-448-1294. Season tickets are available for $100.

In the spirit of ’76, Heidi Kuban and Diane Copeland will put on a patriotic show titled “Two Old Broads Present the Music of World War II.” Shows are July 5 and 6, and the dinSEE MUSIC, 2A

|| Graduations begin this weekend NEWPORT – High school seniors will be getting their diplomas over the next couple weeks.

Priest River Lamanna High School will graduate a large class of 93 on Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m. at the high school gym. The class has five valedictorians to recognize: Scott French, Steffie Pavey, Michaela Sumner, Melissa Trost and Whitney Urmann.

House of the Lord Christian Academy will hold graduation ceremonies at the school in Oldtown Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m. Six seniors are graduating. Pastor Caleb Thomason will speak.

Pend Oreille County schools hold commencement Saturday, June 8. Newport will graduate 84 seniors June 8 at noon. Sydney Siemsen is the class valedictorian, and Jenna Kersting is salutatorian.

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The Newport Class of 2013 flower is the red rose, and the class selected as their motto a quote from Thomas M. Smith: Let us keep climbing even higher, never fearing the step that is next, for our goal is in our grasp, just beyond our hopes and dreams.”

Cusick’s commencement ceremony is at 10 a.m. Class valedictorian is Zachary Read, and Evan Fountain is salutatorian. There are 23 in the graduating class this year.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, 14 Selkirk seniors will graduate.

The class speaker is science and math teacher John Kinney. The class valedictorian is Jessika Reiber, and Kendra McGeorge is salutatorian. At the ceremony, Eric Whittenmyer will be singing the National Antehm, as well as the song “For Good.” He and Emily Maupin will duet on “Moon River.” The class motto is “Only 47

METALINE FALLS – Three teenage canoeists from Spokane who ignored local residents’ warnings to stay out of the fast rushing water near Metaline Falls, got a scare Sunday morning, May 26, when their aluminum canoe capsized, pitching all three into the water.

“We seriously misjudged the rapids and were well into it before realizing our mistake and flipping over,” Nicholas Geoppo of Colbert was quoted as saying after he got out of the water.

Geoppo, Alexandra Wert of Cheney and a 17-year-old female

from Spokane were in the 56 degree water about 20 minutes before they were able to get themselves out of the water. All were treated for mild hypothermia and released.

Brad Larson is assistant fire chief for Pend Oreille County Fire District 2 and was in charge of the water operations. He said the three were part of a group of eight people in four canoes who were floating through the rapids just below Metaline Falls.

It was about 9 a.m. when the he received word that their aluminum canoe had flipped and dumped them in the water.

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River levels on the rise The Pend Oreille Public Utility District has been spilling water at Box Canyon since April 3 when NEWPORT – The level of the flows went above 40,000 cubic feet Pend Oreille River started to climb per second (cfs) at the dam. The in mid-May, increasing by nearly three turbines continue to run (the 5 feet at the Cusick gauge between fourth is under construction), but May 11 and May 18. the dam is spilling what’s beyond its As the Memorial Day weekend generation capacity. kicked off, the river was at 2,039.91 The flows Friday were around feet above sea level at the Cusick 74,500 cfs. Flows out of Albeni Falls gauge. That’s just Dam at Oldtown are pro“We’re ready to do jected to increase around a foot and a half below the flood stage the no wake if it Wednesday, May 29. of 2,041 feet when “We’re spilling double comes to that.” wake restrictions go what we’re running in effect for the river. through the dam,” HanThe river was actually JoAnn Boggs son said. closer to flood stage a Emergency Management He said it’s due to spring week before, but levels Deputy Director runoff. “It typically comes dropped slightly early later in the year. This year last week. it’s hurried itself up a little “We’re watching,” bit,” he said. said JoAnn Boggs, deputy director He projected that flows would of Pend Oreille County Emergency stay around 75,000 through MeManagement,. “We’re ready to do morial Day weekend. the no wake if it comes to that.”

Last year in early June, wake reShe said it depends on a lot of difstrictions were in effect on Diamond ferent variables, if it rains or if it gets Lake, but not on the river. In 2011, hot fast, the level will change. wake restrictions on some lakes Last year saw high water in areas weren’t lifted until after the Fourth of the Pend Oreille River Valley, but of July holiday. Diamond, Sacheen nothing compared to 2011. and Bead lakes experienced floodBut levels could still rise, warns ing, as did part of the river valley, Jake Hanson, hydro operator at Box especially around Cusick and Usk. Canyon Dam. That caused several events, such “It’s not over yet,” he said. “We’ve as the Kalispel’s fireworks show and got a little bit of room, but we’ll powwow to be canceled that year, have to do our best to keep it under and the poker paddle was delayed (2,041 feet).” until water levels went down.

Boggs has been in contact with SEE RIVER, 2A dam operators daily.

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years until we’re seniors again.”

Special candidate filing period next week NEWPORT – There will be a special filing period for Pend Oreille County seats where no candidates filed for office earlier this month.

The three-day filing runs June 3, 4 and 5 for the following offices: Newport City Council 3 (currently held by Mark Zorica), all council positions and mayor of Metaline, all Cusick School District director positions, Newport School District Director 2 (held by Lynn Kaney), Fire District 5 Commissioners 2 and 3 (Gary Cowee and Lee Kasper), all Cemetery District 1 commissioners, Cemetery 2 Commissioners 1 and 2 (Joyce Evans and Jack Taft

Jr.), all Cemetery 3 commissioners, Diamond Lake Water and Sewer Commissioner 3 (Ray King), all Ponderay Shores Water and Sewer commissioners, and all Hospital District 2 commissioners.

If no one files during the special period, the incumbent will retain his or her seat.

For more information about the election process, call 509-447-6472 or email lkrizenesky@pendoreille.

Eighth graders get promoted PRIEST RIVER – Priest River eighth graders will be starting their transition to high school. Eighth grade promotion is set for Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the junior high auditorium.

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PRIEST RIVER – School officials breathed a little easier Wednesday when they learned the West Bonner School District’s $3 million maintenance and operations levy passed easily: 711-488.

For school board chairwoman Peggy Smith, the election was bittersweet. She was happy the levy passed but disappointed that she was defeated in her try for another term on the school board by Drew McLain.

Smith, McLain and Joe English sought the Zone 2 seat. McLain got 94 votes, Smith 70 and English 53. The top vote getter wins. The race will not be on the general election ballot.

“I’m very happy that the levy passed,” Smith said. “Every time it comes up, we get this wrenching feeling.”

She says that while the levy usually passes, the board never really knows if the public appreciates the details of school funding.

This levy will be collected at $1.96 per $1,000 assessed value for the 2013-14 school year.

The district will use most of the money for salaries, although a portion will be used for capital projects, such as remodeling the bathrooms at the junior high school. A little over $2.1 million will go towards staff, $323,000 will go toward extra curricular activities, $250,000 will go towards capital improvements, including $85,000 for junior high bathroom remodeling. Roofs, locks and asphalt will also be purchased with the capital improvement money.

McLain, a Priest River police officer, said he was happy to win his first elected office. He and his wife, Julianne, have three children – ages 8, 5 and 3.

“I think it is important to promote beyond high school,” McLain said. He said students should be thinking about what they do after high school, whether it is going into the service, attending a vocational school or university.

Smith said she was disappointed she lost the school board position, but said she had confidence in her replacement.

“I think he will do a good job,” she said.

Voters chose Sandra Brower over former board member Leonard Parenteau to fill the Zone 4 seat held by Wade Coldiron, who did not seek reelection.

“It’s going to be challenging,” Brower said, “but I’m excited.”

It will be challenging because the district will need to hire three school principals, – for the high school, junior high and Priest River Elementary.

Next year will also be the year the district implements common core standards.

Brower and her husband, Wayne, have raised four children, all of whom went to school in Priest River. She works as a pharmacist technician.

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The red barn on Highway 211 near Sacheen Lake went from a cattle ranch to a restaurant to a dinner theater. It’s been home to Northwoods Performing Arts for 30 years.

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Caldwell taught music at the high school in Priest River, taking his students to all state and national competitions in 1983.

After that, he taught at Newport for 17 years.

People have come from all over the country to see performances at the Circle Moon. “Everybody thinks we’re very professional,” Evans said. “It’s because of Mark. He insists on perfection.

I’ve never seen a director like him.”

The Northwoods performers come from all walks of life, she said. She’s a retired journalist.

Their choir includes doctors, lawyers, teachers, housewives, engineers, and now two pastors, she said. The entire group averages around 35 people.

Some have sung professionally.

Caldwell’s mother sang with big bands. Evans was in the Seattle Opera Company as a teenager, and many have sung with bands.

“We have all kinds. We just love music,” Evans said.

“Northwoods is just loaded, not just with amazing performers,” Caldwell said.

A couple members went on to fame of their own. Cheyenne Jackson was a Northwoods Performer, and he’s gone on to act in several movies and television shows, most recently “30 Rock” and “Glee.” Before that he was stage star appearing in Broadway shows. Laura (Gill) Sable spent a decade traveling the world and performing on showboats, and for the past three years, she’s returned with her husband to perform for the home crowd.

DeChenne said it’s not just the musical talent the group has, but the members pitch in through so many other ways.

Some are in charge of set design, table decorations, arranging for the catering.

“Everybody has a talent beyond their singing that meshes with everybody else’s talents,” DeChenne said. “That helps to make the whole thing come together.”

It was thanks to the whole Northwoods community that the renovation plans are falling into place. With volunteer work, the non-profit arts organization was able to do the bathroom renovation for about $3,700, just the cost of equipment.

“It’s been just our own hard work,” Caldwell said.

The project involved expanding the women’s restroom from two stalls to four and updating facilities in the men’s room as well. With that, the concessions table is moving to the seating area beyond the bar, which didn’t have the best of views before.

Eventually, plans are to expand the stage to make it more flexible for performances. They’d also like to expand the seating capacity.

The outdoor venue is a longrange plan. Northwoods purchased the theater and four acres in the late 1990s. If they do some work to beautify the back yard, the place could have a wedding garden too, Caldwell suggests.

Board member Bruce Taylor has started a community outreach campaign. He said they’re willing to take their show on the road again, sharing their talents with retirement homes or schools. He’d also like to offer a shuttle service to bring people from out of town. Being that the theater is situated 15 miles out of Newport, it cuts some people off.

It’s all about getting the word out, he said.

“I don’t believe we’re known that well,” said Taylor. “We’ve got to have that kind of motivation if people are going to support us in a financial way. We’re

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Volunteer Lee Duke smoothes cement for the new bathroom floors on a recent workday at the theater.

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-ner is barbecue ribs.

One of Newport’s own is back for what’s becoming an annual show. Laura Sable and her husband Bill Wiemuth present “Music, Magic and Mayhem” Aug. 1, 2 and 3. Catering is chicken marsala.

The Coffey Twins will put on a 1950s and 60s rock and roll show for two weekends: Aug. 16 and 17 and Aug. 23 and 24. Opening weekend features a menu of chicken fried steak and the second week is barbecue beef and chicken.

Heidi Kuban will be back on stage Sept. 6 and 7 for her third annual “Song” series of folk music with a chicken stroganoff dinner.

Bringing out the spooks ahead of Halloween, Kevin Kuban is planning a night of murder and mystery with three one-act plays.

One tells the life of a troubled Edgar Allen Poe, another is a mys-

tery about a restaurant guest that ends up meeting her fate that very night, and one is a humorous tale of a shipwrecked couple.

The shows run three weekends: Oct. 4 and 5 with a dinner of grilled pork chops, Oct. 11 and 12 with roast beef, and Oct. 18 and 19 with a roasted pork dinner.

The season wraps up with the annual Christmas chorale.

Caldwell directs “A Celtic Christmas.” A formal gala night with a garlic prime rib dinner is planned for Dec. 6.

Come dressed in your best. The cost for gala night is $35 per person. Other shows are Dec. 7 with baron of beef roll ups, Dec. 10 and 12 with fried chicken, and Dec. 13 and 14 with pesto chicken breast.

If you’d like to sing, join the Northwoods group. Christmas chorale rehearsals begin Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. at the United Church of Christ in Newport.

getting dribblings now.”

Those interested in having Northwoods visit can contact Taylor at 509-447-4690.

Northwoods Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.

Donations are accepted through the website at circlemoon.webs.com.

RIVER | Dry summer expected in many western states FROM PAGE 1

This April saw additional mountain snow in Washington as well as above normal runoff. The chilly, wet April weather not only bolstered mountain snowpack but also prevented early snowmelt; however,

spring brought above normal temperatures since May 1.

Weather forecasters are now calling for a dry spring and summer with probable chances of near to above normal temperatures.

During the month of April, the National Weather Service and

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) climate stations reported much above normal precipitation in all river basins in Washington, helping to maintain near to slightly above average water year totals.

Washington State may be alone

T H I S W E E K’S FO R EC A ST

Wednesday Thursday Mostly cloudy Showers

Mostly cloudy Shower

65/41

61/39

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Saturday

Sunday

Partly Sunny

Mostly Sunny

70/38

75/41

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Monday

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in this designation; however, as USDA Secretary Tom Vilsak deemed many counties in Western states as eligible for USDA drought assistance.

Water resource managers face difficult decisions because of this shortage.

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High 77 46 62 55 63 71 67

Low Precip.

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L A ST Y E A R Last year at this time the weather was mildly warm with a few showers early in the week. Not too far off from the weather of this week.

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BR I E FLY Rowing club meets Wednesday PRIEST RIVER – The Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Association will hold a club meeting Wednesday, May 29, at Noni Wine Bar in Priest River. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m.

The group is a branch of the association that puts on the Head of the Pend Oreille Regatta in the fall. It serves to promote rowing and paddling sports in the area.

Quad county commissioner to meet in Cusick CUSICK – County commissioners from Okanagon, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties will meet Friday, June 7, at the American Legion in Cusick, with the meeting starting at 10 a.m.

County commissioners from the four counties have been meeting to discuss areas of mutual interest, including wolf issues and timber harvest on national forest lands.

Newport to discuss street plan NEWPORT – The Newport city council will hold a hearing on the proposed six-year transportation improvement program, highlighting street repairs and related projects in the works for the next few years. The hearing will take place during the regular council meeting Monday, June 3, at 6 p.m.

Fiber crew breaks water line CUSICK – Residents in Cusick and Usk were without water for 12 hours Wednesday evening, May 22, after crews working to install fiber optic cables in the area broke the water line.

Cusick Mayor Bob Spencer said the crew was working on River Road when they hit a six-inch line about 3 p.m. Wednesday. Water was restored about 3:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 23, he said.

The fiber project is part of NoaNet, a network of public utility districts including Pend Oreille County PUD. The group is working on a stimulus grant to run fiber from Okanogan County across Highway 20, tying into the Pend Oreille PUD fiber system. It will provide a second link to the system being built by the PUD.

Rusho appointed jail captain NEWPORT – Geoff Rusho, has been appointed jail captain for Pend Oreille County Jail, according to Sheriff Alan Botzheim.

“I used one of my political appointments,” Botzheim said. Rusho has more than 20 years law enforcement experience, he added.

“He worked as a sergeant in Bonner County and he has been a marine deputy and a reserve officer here,” Botzheim said. Rusho may be best known for providing court security at the Hall of Justice.

Rusho will replace Steve Higgins, who will return to his position as a sergeant.

Botzheim says the jail is now fully staffed.

The jail has been full lately.

“We’re down to 33 today,” Botzheim said Thursday, May 23. He said the jail has had as many as 44 inmates recently.

There were 40 housed prisoners Tuesday, May 28.

“When we get into the high thirties and forties, it becomes crowded,” he said.

In Superior Court, a man who was sentenced to jail but allowed to serve his jail terms in two stretches was released to do his second 45-day sentence later this summer.

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Memorial Day honors those who served Memorial Day ceremonies roll through region NEWPORT – Area VFW members joined together to remember their fallen comrades on Sunday and Monday, putting on ceremonies from Priest River to Metaline Falls. Ceremonies were held in each community cemetery and on bridges over the Pend Oreille River. Flags were flying throughout the area under the threat of rain.

Organizers reported that attendance was good at all the ceremonies last weekend.

A service was held Sunday at noon at the Ione Cemetery, followed by a 12:30 p.m. service at the Metaline Cemetery. At 1 p.m. a ceremony was held on the Metaline Falls Bridge, followed by lunch at the American Legion Club in Metaline Falls.

Monday, May 27, services were held in the mid and south part of the county, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Disabled American Vets joined by the Boy Scouts in performing the ceremonies.

Monday services started at 8 a.m. at the Newport Cemetery when the flags were put up. The veterans then moved on to the Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River for a 10 a.m. ceremony.

A ceremony was held at the Newport Cemetery at 10:30 a.m.

At 11:10 a.m. it moved on to the

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Monday afternoon, local veterans visited the North Cemetery on the Kalispel Indian Reservation to honor their fallen comrades.

Oldtown Bridge to commemorate those who had served in the Navy.

At noon, the veterans moved to the North Cemetery on the

Building without a permit? Fines getting heftier SANDPOINT – Bonner County’s planning department has come across a large number of building violations in unincorporated areas of the county. That prompted the board of commissioners to consider a fee change that would double the price of a permit when a construction project started without one.

A public hearing on the new fees will be held Wednesday, June 5, at 2 p.m. at the Panhandle Health District conference room, 322 S. Marion Ave. in Sandpoint.

According to planning department records, by early spring

of this year, building violations nearly equaled the number of incoming building location permit applications. Over the past several years, on average, one in every four building location permits started with a building violation.

The county is proposing several ways to correct this, including public information programs, increased fines and working with the county assessor to seek back taxes from landowners who escaped property tax assessments by failing to obtain permits.

Kalispel Indian Reservation and then to the South Cemetery. The day ended with a lunch and final ceremony at the Cusick American Legion.

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Memorial Day ceremonies started before in the morning in Priest River and moved here to the Newport Cemetery where a wreath is placed on the monument for the unknown soldier.

People leaving rural Idaho SANDPOINT – By early 2013, Idaho reported the largest exodus from rural Idaho since the 1980s. Of 33 rural counties, 28 experienced a population outmigration.

Bonner County shows a loss of about 1 percent of its popula-

tion from mid-2011 to mid2012.

In comparison with the 2000 census, the 2010 update reveals that Bonner County grew slower than the state’s 17.5 percent pace. Bonner County grew by 11 percent in the 10-year span.

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remember standing in the freezing rain with a dozen others putting Christmas lights up around town. We had a warm feeling building inside when we thought about how much the people would enjoy the lights and hopefully say this is a great place to live. I remember other volunteer tasks all equally rewarding, from serving on chamber event committees and flipping hamburgers at the fair to countless board meetings for various groups attempting to improve the local economy.

I wasn’t ever compensated and at the time never even considered that I should be. Even though the volunteer jobs included time away from my job and family, in my mind it was always time well spent. Like most community volunteers, I realized that if a few of us didn’t volunteer, community events and improvements would never get done. Volunteers passionately believe what they are doing what needs to be done. It’s probably what the pioneers felt when they built a church or school house; they didn’t wait for the government to do things, they volunteered to do it.

Today there are many essential tasks being accomplished by volunteers in our community. We don’t give them enough recognition, but volunteers don’t really expect it. They’re working for the warmth it gives them and the realization that nobody else will do it.

The Pend Oreille County Commissioners have decided its time to recognize the volunteers and maybe encourage a few others to join in. They have scheduled the first volunteer appreciation day June 1 at the Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds. If you are a volunteer you deserve it, if you aren’t yet, attend the event and see how you can. You won’t regret it – you’re needed more than ever.

--FJW

Nation needs federal shield law to protect confidential sources The Obama administration’s sources confidential. And that invasive search of Associated means greater public access to Press reporters’ phone records a free flow of information unfetoffers another sharp reminder of tered by government control. why the nation needs a federal Similar legislation seemed sure shield law to protect journalists’ of approval in 2010 – it had been confidential sources: Govapproved by the House and ernment can’t be trusted GUEST a Senate committee. But it to always tell the truth or OPINION then foundered in the wake to always do what’s right. of the WikiLeaks scandal.

Government officials often FROM THE Ironically, this time, another MILWAUKEE scandal has pushed the legiswill have interests and agendas they want to pro- JOURNAL lation back into play.

SENTINEL tect from public view.

Because some of the details That’s one reason the of the AP case aren’t known, Founding Fathers created three it isn’t entirely clear that this branches of government to ballegislation would have entirely ance those interests and why prevented the AP scandal. But at they put press and speech protec- the very least, a shield law would tion in the First Amendment. have required the Justice DepartThey knew the people needed ment to seek approval from a the ability to create watchdogs of federal judge, who could have government. ensured that a broadly worded But as the Justice Department’s subpoena wouldn’t be used to search of AP reporters’ phone conduct a fishing expedition. records in a national security “The events that have come to investigation shows, more protec- light this week demonstrate that tion is needed. The search was so clear, uniform standards – adbroad that it swept up informaministered by an impartial judge tion unrelated to the original – are needed for the compelled case and justifiably outraged disclosure of confidential source news organizations and public information so that overly broad watchdog groups everywhere. requests do not chill the flow The public should be just as of information to the public on outraged. This search came to important government issues,” light, but are there other searches the Newspaper Association of that have not? If government is America said in a statement. allowed to do this without any The association, working with kind of check or accountability, a coalition of 70 media groups the public’s ability to monitor including Journal Communiwhat its government is doing cations Inc. to pass the bill, is could be severely hampered. exactly right. If whistleblowers But there is a bright side: The and other potential sources fear scandal may finally yield a federal that their identities will become shield law. In the wake of the known, they may be far less likely revelation of the Justice Departto come forward. That means ment’s intrusive probe, the White government’s ability to control House is now showing some information becomes more shame and supporting bipartisan secure, and it can shape agendas legislation – the Free Flow of Inand stories the way officials want formation Act – in both houses of them shaped.

Congress that would give reportThat’s incompatible with a free ers greater protections in keepsociety. ing their communications and SEE SHIELD LAW, 5A

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|| Road department needs to respond To the editor: Can anyone tell us how to get the attention of the Bonner County Road Department?

Last winter, the snow plow threw gravel 10 to 15 feet onto our property. It has packed down and cannot be racked off.

I realize a small strip of this is road right of way, but we have always mowed and maintained it.

Now we cannot mow that part of our lawn.

We have lived here nearly 30 years and have never encountered this problem before. Three calls to the county have been totally ignored.

-Bob and Hazel Blenz Blanchard

Nurses want a contract To the editor: Once again the people of Pend Oreille County are being deprived of their hard earned money by outside consultants. The hospital and the nurses union have been negotiating for a contract for a long time now, and they can’t seem to get ‘er done.

About 50 people showed up at the recent hospital board meeting to voice their concern about the process. It was pointed out that the negotiators get paid by the hour. That money comes right out of the hospital budget, the same budget that has no room for wage increases.

Although the nurses have been showing up at the bargaining table with their negotiator, the hospital hasn’t even sent a representative of its own. There doesn’t appear to be progress at the bargaining table. Without pressure from their employer (the hospital administration) where is the incentive for the negotiator to settle? I think it might be time for the hospital to hire a new

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negotiator.

When the hospital does not negotiate in good faith, we all suffer. Friction develops between staff and administration, good workers find jobs elsewhere, and the quality of patient care suffers.

The nurses work hard to keep that quality up, but they cannot do it alone.

At the board meeting Tom Wilbur agreed to sit in on negotiations after nurses and community members voiced their opinion that it would be helpful if he were to oversee the negotiators. Maybe now we can get something done.

-Jan Searles Newport

Sustainable farms used seed saving To the editor: Native Americans saved the best ears of maize for seeding future crops. Populations perished without such sustainability.

Running out of crop seed money, most dust bowl farmers lost their homestead land the government “got.” Unseeded land then exasperated the erosion, spreading to neighboring parcels, counties, states and continent.

Climate and agronomic changes and land and food subsidies restored some stability.

Huge irrigation projects, corporate chemical fertilizers and fast food demands brought us less diverse crop seeding, accelerating evolving food, pest and corporate pesticide battles.

The U.S. Supreme Court now unanimously gifts to “Big Mother” Monsanto, genetic modification seed ownership protection.

By confirming an Indiana soy business bust, on a lower court’s $85,000 judgment for second harvest Roundup-Ready seed patent infringement, the global take-over of life sciences modification by commercial ownership,

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An inspector general’s audit found that staff in an IRS Cincinnati field office used terms such as “tea party” and “patriots” to select applications for extra scrutiny. Congress is investigating the IRS’s actions and the FBI has begun a criminal investigation. The White House said President Obama did not know about this. The head of the IRS resigned and another mid-level administrator is on administrative leave pending the results of the investigations.

made individual, non-organic seed saving impractical and unsustainable.

In Africa, Chinese and Saudi farming displacements and corporate land grabs for genetically modified monoculture seed crops are having the same effect. It was only accelerated by the global food market collapse following the 2008 financial crisis.

Like the dust bowl farmers, millions of family farmers were bankrupted from their land by the lack of control over climate and seed cost controls. This strained modified pest-control soy, corn and traditional food production yields, fertilization and diminishing well water irrigation aquifer resources.

Two commercial farmers now do what dozens of sustainable families and communities used to. Only 2 percent of our population works to produce food we consume.

At 30 percent, communities were happier and healthier.

Chuck efficiency for good old sustainability.

-Duane Schofield Cusick

We must abandon world superpower vision To the editor: Look at the dark side of sending our military around the world as policemen. I mean no disrespect for the sacrifices of our troops, but we face many unintended consequences of military service. This includes the recent increase in rape and suicide. We ask soldiers to make multiple deployments and when they return physically and mentally broken, we make them fill out forms and wait years for their earned benefits.

This Memorial Day my ire goes to the neo-con chicken hawks who think that military action is the first choice when something

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Make the hospital the best place to work To the editor: Thank you community of Newport for your support at the Newport Hospital board meeting.

The nurses of Newport are in negotiations and have been without a contract since Dec. 31. We are just seeking respect and acknowledgement for experience.

Fifty nurses and community members came to the board and asked Tom Wilbur some very

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Is it worth losing a trophy pike fishery to revive threatened bull trout?

C. Yes. We have to protect our native fish. The bull trout has a long way to go, but we’ll see it’s important to the natural ecosystem.

A. No. Pike make for good fishing and good eating, and they draw tourists.

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Is the IRS out of control; is it a threat to the rights of every citizen?

A. No. It is a necessary agency; people will abuse the system if there is no enforcement. If anything, in this case there was some mismanagement of staff.

B. The problem is the tax code itself. There are too many loop holes and gray areas theft to interpretation of IRS agents. There should be a flat tax and no IRS. C. Yes. The IRS has become a political arm of the administration; they go after those that disagree with those in power.

happens in world politics. We overplay our superpower status and think in terms of imperialism. As long as we don’t have to provide any personal blood or life and limb, we feel great about ourselves. How proud we are when we don’t have to be in the line of fire.

The war-on-terror is over.

People that commit acts of terror can be dealt with like any other criminal. We don’t need special prisons and military tribunals to create a reason for more people to oppose and hate us. There is nothing honorable about being blown up by an IED or killed at random just because someone is mad at our country.

Our military should be used only for direct defense of our country. We need to abandon our world superpower vision. We cannot afford it in blood or money.

Anytime a chicken hawk wants to go to war, he or she should buy an airplane ticket and go to some God forsaken place and fight. Do not ask someone to do it for you and sit back and make money off of it. War is something we should only do as a last and desperate option. The outcome should be worth the sacrifice of the troops we send.

-Pete Scobby Newport

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B. We should be able to reach a balance where the bull trout population is strong enough to live with pike.

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Land transition workshop registrations due Friday NEWPORT – Farm and forestland owners in Pend Oreille and Bonner counties have until Friday, May 31, to register for a workshop that will explore how to successfully pass on family property to the next generation.

The Ties To The Land workshop is limited to 25 participants and will be held Saturday, June

8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Newport.

A $35 registration fee covers refreshments, a workbook, and DVD. Additional family members are $10 each and additional workbooks can be purchased for $25. Downloaded a registration form at http://forestry.wsu.edu or picked up at the WSU Pend

Oreille County Extension office, 418 S. Scott, Newport.

For registration questions, contact WSU Pend Oreille County Extension in Newport, 509-447-2401, or UI Extension in Bonner County at 208-2638511. For program questions, contact Kirk David at 208-6833168.

BUILDING | Appeals would increase $70 FROM PAGE 3A

Bonner County currently collects an initial investigative fee of $80 from landowners who fail to obtain permits prior to construction.

If the landowner doesn’t comply, the county assesses $160, plus mileage for each subsequent site visit.

The county is proposing to double the cost of the permit if construction is started without one. All but construction of minor additions would be assessed the

double fine, if the new fee schedule is approved. Violations would be subject to additional penalties and fines, as authorized by state and county codes.

Other proposed fee changes include: • A fee for appeals of final board of commissioner decisions. State law now authorizes appeals of final board decision, therefore an appeal fee is needed, according to a press release from the planning department.

• An increase of $70 for planning and zoning and hearing

examiner appeals; • Several reductions to fees for multi-family housing, storm water reviews and modifications of permit approval; • An adjustment to the site visit investigative fee for land use violations to match the current building violations fee.

The public is invited to comment at the hearing or provide written testimony in advance and submit it to the Bonner County Planning Department, 1500 Highway 2, Suite 208, Sandpoint, ID 83864.

SHIELD LAW | Would ensure fairer process said, “This kind of law would balance national security needs against the public’s right to the free flow of information. At minimum, our bill would have ensured a fairer, more deliberate process in this case.”

Most states, including Wisconsin, have such shield laws.

In 2008, attorneys general from 41 states warned that the lack of a federal shield law was “producing inconsistency and uncertainty” for journalists and

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The legislation does not give news organizations a free pass.

The legislation establishes reasonable and balanced ground rules for when a journalist can be compelled to testify about confidential sources, including information needed to prevent an act of terrorism or other harm to national security.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., one of the sponsors of the bill,

sources and “frustrates the purposes” of state shield laws.

This month, even as he was being grilled by members of Congress over the AP search, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said he and the White House supported enactment of a federal shield law.

With White House backing and bipartisan congressional support maybe this can finally get done. For the sake of the public, it needs to get done.

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Fire district to build garage DIAMOND LAKE – The South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue District has put out a request for qualifications for an engineer to design a vehicle storage building that they hope to have completed by October, according to Fire Chief Mike Nokes.

The 88 foot by 44 foot building will be located at the Diamond Lake station and will be designed to house five vehicles,

be for the district to remodel the current vehicle storage facility into a training area/community building, he said.

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Fire District 5 has not consolidated with South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue, as was reported in last week’s Miner. Several years ago, fire districts 1 and 7 consolidated with Fire District 3, which became South Pend

Pend Oreille County NOW RECYCLING PLASTIC BAGS! Acceptable plastic bags are: Bubble wrap, Cereal box liners, dry cleaner bags, ice/pellet bags, plastic bread/produce bags, plastic grocery bags, plastic sleeves over newspapers/magazines.

Paper towel/Toilet paper overwrap, etc.

All must be clean, empty and dry!

Drop off at 3 transfer stations.

Questions? 509-447-4513

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Oreille Fire & Rescue. We regret any confusion this caused.

Call 509-447-0515 Cell 509-671-3652

June 1st 9 pm to closing

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tough questions, including but not limited to small business owners, millworkers, retirees. One couple asked the board what their responsibility to the community and the nurses would be. Lois Robinson stated it was none of the board’s business, and Ray King spoke up stating that they were aware of the matter and Tom would sit on the next round of negotiations.

The nurses are hoping the hospital will come back to the table and quit wasting time and tax payer money and settle this contract. It meant a great deal for the nurses

to see so many concerned community members showing support.

The nurses live in the community, spend their money in the community, and send their children to the schools and churches of the community. We could easily drive to Spokane and commute like Tom Wilbur, but we love our community. All we are asking is a livable wage.

We work hard to make Newport Hospital the best place to receive care. Please, Newport Hospital make it the best place to work!

-Susan M. Johnson RN Newport

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The district has budgeted $180,000 for the entire project, including the engineering, although Nokes said they hope it will come in considerably less than that.

The vehicle storage building will be the first phase of the project, Nokes said. The second phase, which will likely not happen for a couple years, will

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Watchdogs are back Community watch group formed in 1990 restarting

BY FRED WILLENBROCK OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Many people will remember the blue and white signs with the funny hat wearing dog that covered the region’s buildings for 10 years starting in 1990.

The group that also had dozens of members strung out in a web throughout Pend Oreille County to report possible crimes was called simply: Watchdogs. The Watchdogs lost their bite sometime in 2000 when they disbanded.

They’re back or at least attempting a comeback if people are still interested. With the help of a

founding member, Irv Kenney, they are going to try to re-establish themselves.

At the core of their crime deterrent efforts in the county for 10 years were the signs with the sheriff department’s number. Kenney plans to start by offering the signs for a $5 donation at the county volunteer appreciation day Saturday, June 1, at the Pend Oreille County fairgrounds. The next step Kenney said will be to find a small group of volunteers to manage the organization’s fundraising for more signs.

Stop by his table at the event and buy a sign, he said. He will also explain what the organization is about. Pend Oreille County Sheriff Allen Botzheim said although his

THURSDAY, MAY 30 Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick After School Readers Club: 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Celebrate Recovery: 5:30 p.m.: 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown, House of the Lord Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church FRIDAY, MAY 31 OKB Fest: TBA - Pend Oreille Playhouse Blanchard TOPS: 8:30-10 a.m. - Blanchard Community Church PRM-Advocates for Women: 9:30-11 a.m. Cornerstone Mall, Oldtown Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Iris Garden Open: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Story Time: 11 a.m. - Newport Library ‘Those Were the Days’ Spring Chorale:

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department is not affiliated with the group he encourages citizens to assist his department with information. The telephone number on the sign will connect people with the sheriff’s dispatcher. He said he also appreciates having this organization and others for a place to offer information about what his department is doing.

Botzheim, who was a deputy when the Watchdog group was active, says this community awareness and willingness to help his department is still important. He said with the widespread availability of cell phones there are now even more opportunities for citizens to help stop crime.

To contact Irv Kenney about Watchdogs call 509-954-5384.

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sion. The hearing will take place on the first floor conference room of the Bonner County Administration Building in Sandpoint.

Other data shows that Bonner County has aged. In 2000, 13.1 percent of the county’s population was older than 65, but by 2010, those over 65 made up 18 percent of the population. Statewide, 12 percent of the population is over 65.

The male to female ration was mostly uncharged locally (50.1 percent male to 49.9 percent female), as was the ethnic make up, 96.3 percent white.

Bonner County is better educated than in the past, by an increase of about 5 percentage

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points for those holding a high school diploma as well as those with a college degree.

One area where there was little change was the count of people living below the poverty line. It was 15.5 percent of the population in 2000 and 15.2 percent in 2012. That’s slightly higher than the state, but in line with the national average.

The census showed that Bonner County lost a little elbow room. In 2010, there were 23.6 people per square mile. That number was 21.2 at the last census. The number is based on the entire land base of the county, but only 40 percent of the land in Bonner County is privately owned.

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6:30 p.m. - Circle Moon Theater Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m.: 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Priest River. Call Jan 208-9466131 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - Priest River VFW

Selkirk Way, Oldtown Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown ‘Those Were the Days’ Spring Chorale: 6:30 p.m. - Circle Moon Theater

taurant, Call Ota Harris at 509-447-4157 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Blanchard Lions: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Inn Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Priest River American Legion Breakfast: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street Pend Oreille Valley Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: 240 N. Union Ave., Newport Women’s AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Priest River Graduation: 10 a.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School Volunteer Fair: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - County Fairgrounds Friends of the Library Book Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Iris Garden Open: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: 205 N. Craig Ave. Priest River Legion Auxiliary: 11 a.m. - VFW Hall, Larch Street Angel Paws - Noon - Kelly’s Restaurant, call Janet at 509-447-3541 Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building,

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Dharma Day: 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Sravasti Abbey, Newport Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Iris Garden Open: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: 205 N. Craig Ave. Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Mothers of Preschoolers Gathering: 10 a.m. - Priest River Assembly of God Church Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Soroptimist International of Newport Business Meeting: 12-1 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Kaniksu Lodge 97: 6 p.m. - VFW Hall in Priest River Belly Dance Fitness: 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Bingo: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Pend Oreille County Search and Rescue: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement

MONDAY, JUNE 3 Country Breakfast: 7-11 a.m. - Blanchard Community Center Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Bonner County Homeschool Group: 2:30 p.m. - Priest River City Park Youth Advisory Council 4 p.m. - Blanchard Library Priest River Chamber Board: 4 p.m. Chamber Office Newport Maws and Paws Booster Club: 6 p.m. - Newport High School Library Newport Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. - Kelly’s Res-

The county’s comprehensive plan includes comparisons of the past several decades of population changes. The revised goal for the population component pledges to keep current with census data and population trends to “effectively analyze community needs and development impacts.”

The planning and zoning commission will make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners following the public hearing.

The public is invited to comment at the hearing or provide written testimony in advance to 1500 Highway 2 Suite 208, Sandpoint, ID 83864 or by email to planning@co.bonner.id.us.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 7:30 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Computer Basics for Adults: 10 a.m. to Noon - Newport Library Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library Weight Watchers: 11 a.m. Weigh in and 11:30 to Noon meeting - Camas Center for Community Wellness, Usk Al-Anon - Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. - American Legion in Cusick Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m.: 1710 9th St., Priest River BASIC Meeting: 6 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club: 7 p.m.: 508 Quail Loop, Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

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BR I E FLY Auctions raises funds for fireworks

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Chamber of Commerce is making plans for the 15th annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration by collecting donations and planning a fundraising auction.

The auction will be Monday, June 10, at the Ranch Club from 5-9 p.m. The evening features all you can eat pizza, salad and dessert treats for $8 per person. There will be a silent and live auction.

Businesses or individuals can help by donating an item for the auction, a service certificate, or a monetary donation.

Checks may be made to the Fireworks Fund and mailed to: Community Fireworks, C/O Lisa Hemphill, 200 10th St., Priest River, ID 83856.

For information or to donate, contact Hemphill at home 208-448-0906, on her cell phone, 208-255-6789 or email jamalizoo@frontier.com.

Metaline student named to president’s list METALINE – Kea Johnson of Metaline earned a 4.0 grand point average and was named to the Everest University President’s List for the winter quarter of 2013.

Everest University is an online program. Johnson is in her freshman year, working toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Johnson is the daughter of Lynnette Rice of Metaline and Jon Johnson of Ione and a 2001 graduate of Selkirk High School.

Learn Fair Isle knitting NEWPORT – Knitters can learn a new technique with a class at the Create Arts Center.

Lori Mae will teach Fair Isle knitting June 19, June 26 and July 13 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colors. It is named after Fair Isle, a tiny island in the north of Scotland.

Students will be working on a hat during the class.

The cost is $45. Call Lori at 562-547-5433 or Doreen at 509-447-9277 for a supply list.

Create is located on the corner of Fourth and Fea in Newport.

Onley to pursue master’s degree PULLMAN – Jordan Onley, son of Joe and Lynn Onley of Newport, graduated cum laude from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Science in architectural studies. He will be going on to pursue a master’s degree from the University of Southern California School of Architecture in Los Angeles.

More than 300 applied for the elite 36 spots that were offered admission at USC.

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Bonnie Crotteau, left, and Betty Persyn, right, talk to Evelyn Reed after a luncheon in her honor Wednesday, May 22.

Friends and fellow volunteers show appreciation

OLDTOWN – The Pend Oreille County Historical Society sponsored an appreciation luncheon for Evelyn Reed Wednesday, May 22, at the Riverbank Restaurant.

Reed resigned this month as historical society president after serving in that roll for 18 years.

She has volunteered to help many organizations in the community for 25 years.

At the luncheon, Reed said it was a good day, and when asked if she planned to write a book she laughed and said no.

About 50 people attended.

New historical Society president Duane Becker was master of ceremony, and several people related their experiences working with Reed during the past 25 years on community betterment projects.

Candy Stipe, who volunteers with her husband Ron to plant and maintain the gardens

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Historical society volunteer Candy Stipe talks about working with Evelyn Reed at an appreciation luncheon at the Riverbank Restaurant. About 50 people attended.

around the museum and gazebo, told the group how much she appreciated working with Reed.

Miner Publisher Fred Willen-

Dig into reading at local libraries NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Libraries are planning their summer reading programs under the “Dig into Reading” theme.

At the Newport branch, the summer reading program runs from June 26 through July 31 on Wednesdays. Kids ages 1-8 meet from 10:30-11 a.m., a free lunch is served to kids of all ages from 11-11:30, and kids ages 9 and up meet from 11:30 to noon.

The Calispel Valley Library in Cusick will hold Summer reading Thursdays from June 13 through July 25. Messy Story Time is from 10:30-11 a.m., lunch snacks are served from 11-11:30, and art projects are from 11:30 to noon.

In Ione, summer reading program runs June 25 through July

25. Story times are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. Activities include digging worms, making terrariums from old jars, and how to make compost bins from recycled containers. A prize drawing will be awarded in different age groups, from pre-school kids to young adults.

The Metalines Library program runs from June 15 through July 31. Story times are Mondays at 11 a.m. for elementary kids, and Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Fridays at 11 a.m. for all ages. Snack bags are offered with crackers, fruit, pudding and juice. On the second and fourth Saturday of each month, the Metalines Library will host a play date. Try out the electronic chess game or make

something with the Legos. Read a few books and enter the reading contest to win a prize between June 1 and July 31.

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 409 S. Spokane • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m.

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

John 6:35

“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 or Toll Free (877) 997-1200

1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesdays: Girls Club, ages 9 to 12, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Soul’d Out Youth, ages 13 thru 19, 6:00 pm Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

OLDTOWN – Bobbie Zickler Davaz and Carrie Beth Shannon were married May 11 at House of the Lord Church in Oldtown by Pastor Jeff Ecklund.

The bride is the daughter of Dorothy T. Shannon of Chubbuck, Idaho, and the groom is the son of Fred and Gail Davaz.

The couple plans to reside in Newport.

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

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

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

Share your life events for free

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH COURTESY PHOTO|BILLIE WASHBURN

Smokey visits poster winners Smokey Bear visited Idaho Hill Elementary School last week for his annual fire prevention message, and besides bringing packets of educational materials for all students in kindergarten through third grade, winners were announced for the annual poster contest sponsored by the National Garden Clubs in association with the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands. Winners include students from Mrs. Jones’s and Mrs. Johnson’s classes. Pictured with Smokey is Lilly Robbins, left, Sidney Broesch, Erika Swoboda, Kimberlee Sedgwick, Rylan Thompson and Wyatt MacArthur.

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

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Sharing the Dharma Day June 2 NEWPORT – the Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Newport opens its doors Sunday, June 2, for Sharing the Dharma Day. The monthly event offers an opportunity to explore meditation, hear a talk drawn from Buddhist teachings, share a vegetarian potluck lunch, and enrich the experience through facilitated small-group discussion.

Sharing the Dharma Day runs 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the abbey, 692 Country Lane. The topic for June is “Looking at Death and Dealing with Loss” from the new book, “Don’t Believe Everything You Think,” by Abbey founder and abbess, Ven. Thubten Chodron.

“The Buddha’s first teaching was about impermanence,” says Chodron, “And his last teaching was about death, illustrating that awareness of impermanence and death are important in spiritual practice.”

For Buddhists, reflection on the inevitability of life’s end helps people stay focused on their priorities, putting their energy towards the activities that make life most meaningful.

“While most people consider thinking about death to be morbid,” Ven. Chodron explains, “Buddhists see it as a way to in-

vigorate their spiritual practice.”

“Don’t Believe Everything You Think,” is the focus of several upcoming book-reading events: Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main in Spokane; June 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Morning Light Yoga Studio, 1319 N. Government Way in Coeur d’Alene; and July 19 at 7 p.m. at the Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St. in Newport.

Books will be available at all readings and a portion of sales will be offered to benefit Youth Emergency Service (YES) serving youth in Pend Oreille County.

The Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day for people of all faiths and backgrounds to visit and learn more about Buddhism.

Dress is casual; friendly curiosity and openness to learn are the only pre-requisites. Guests are invited to bring a vegetarian lunch item –omitting onions and garlic as well as meat or fish – to share with the whole group.

There is no charge for events at Sravasti Abbey, and offerings – of food for the community and/ or financial gifts – are always welcomed.

For more information and directions call 509-447-5549 or email office.sravasti@gmail. com.

Get the most out of your garden PRIEST RIVER – The Live and Learn series at the Priest River Library presents “Getting the Most Out of Your North Idaho Garden,” Thursday, May 30, at 5 p.m.

Join Jennifer Costich-Thompson, University of Idaho Extension Master Gardener, for the answers to your Idaho gardening questions. It can be a challenge to garden in the Panhandle, and Jennifer may have some advice you could use.

The Summer reading program, “Dig into Reading,” is just around the corner. Early registration is June 1-8, online at the library

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

Church School ~ 10:00 a.m.

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

REAL LIFE MINISTRIES

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Couple wed in Oldtown

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

Submit births, weddings and engagements to The Miner for publication at no charge. The Miner can be reached at 509447-2433, minernews@povn. com or visit www.pendoreillerivervalley.com online, or stop by the office at 421 S. Spokane in Newport.

brock said when Evelyn called for help it was never about Evelyn but always about helping the museum, Newport or Pend Oreille County.

MAY 29, 2013 |

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

website westbonner.lili.org or by stopping in at the Priest River Library, 118 Main St. Call for more information at 208-448-2207.

Now that you know what to purchase for success in your garden, find the answers on how to budget for those items with the Live and Learn series presentation, “Bring Balance to Your Budget.” Financial advisor Seth Callos will offer insights to balancing your budget Saturday, June 8, at 10 a.m.

There is no charge for these programs and preregistration is not required.

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

4 Miles South of Newport, Hwy. 2 Sun.: 9:30 Sun. School, 10:30, Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Service Sun. & Wed. at Pastor’s house. Jams 5 pm 2nd Saturdays Pastor, Walt Campbell: 447-5101

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.hotl.me

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

Diamond Lake Church 326002 Hwy. 2, West of Newport Head Elder Dale French, (509) 447-4565 Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Pastor Ron Fleck (509) 447-4755 Sat. Morning Services Sabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00 NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488 PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Sunday School 9 am Worship Service 10 am (509) 447-4338

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THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER SENIOR CLASS OF 2013

Graduation Ceremonies begin at 10:00 a.m. - Saturday, June 1st

Erin, Sage

Samantha, Salazar

Dakota, Adamson

RC, Akre

William, Aldridge

Rita, Santi

Kourtney, Aldridge

Victoria, Arredondo

Tyler, Barber

Jake, Barwise

Sara, Bellah

Kelsey, Bradbury

Alex, Bray

Kirsten, Broschet

Caroline, Burnett

Robert, Campbell

Kyle, Snider

Shayanna, Clark

Brady, Coll

Jordon, Cornwell

Wendy, Cramer

Travis, Croft

Katie, Davis

Joseph, Day

Allysa, Deal

Renee, DeGarlais

Tony, DeMent

Dalton, Sommer

Jeffery, Doolittle

Patrick, Downs

Jeffrey, Duley

Cody, Edwards

Taryn, Eldore

Makaila, Endicott

Jenna, Erban

Mark, Evens

Jordan, Evenson

Nick, Farnham

Nicholas, Spangler

Ryan, Fellman

Brian, Fink

Kelsie, Fink

Scott, French

Erica, Fuller

John, Goodbrake

Tanyr, Hahn

John, Hamilton

Dillon, Harmison

William, Hepler

Alyssa, Staab

Thor, Hoefer

Kyle, Hoodenpyle

Melissa, Hunnel

Caden, Johnson

Boyc, Jones

Joshua, Karkoski

Madisen, King

Whitney, Kirkby

Kellee, Knopp

Kleber, Leaf

Ayonna, Lentz

Jim, Low

Anna, Luckey

Cody, Magee

Jacob, McDonald

Kendall, Mulanax

Jacob, Munar

Wyatt, Needs

Brady, Nelson

Erika, Nelson

Michaela, Summer

Erin, Nelson

Heather, Nelson

Patrick, O’Farrell

Jason, Oliver

Steffie, Pavey

Kayla, Pearson

John, Pettit

Tyler, Popkin

Thomas, Reynolds

Cameron, Riley

Brianna, Swopes

Melissa, Trost

Steven, Truby

Jessica, Tryban

Ricky, Ulrich

Whitney, Urmann

Cody, vanTuyl

Colton, Ward

Jelena, Wildi

Gayla, Yarber

Joseph, Rogers

Cole, Stelow

WE SUPPORT THE SENIORS OF 2013 Little Rascals (208) 448-2642

Tri Pro Forest Products, Inc. (208) 437-2412

Newport Vision Source (509) 447-2945

Priest Lake Boat Top & Canvas (208) 443-8108

NAPA (208) 265-0929

Kalispel Tribe (509) 445-1147

Meyer’s SporTees (208) 263-6790

Les Schwab (208) 448-2311

Zodiac Aerospace (509) 447-4122

R&L Enterprises, Inc. (208) 448-1080

Office Services (208) 448-2941

Roger’s Body & Frame (509) 447-4225

Yoke’s Sandpoint (208) 263-4613

Ben Franklin (208) 437-4822

Salon Seven (208) 448-0132

Rob’s Heating & Cooling (208) 477-0174

Selkirk Ace Hardware (208) 437-5669

Mountain West Bank Newport & Ione (509) 447-5642/ (509) 442-3516

Barrett’s Busy B Cedar, Inc. (208) 448-2685

Aerocet (208) 448-0400

Mountain View Famly Medicine (208) 263-9545

Seeber’s (509) 447-2484

Blanchard Inn (208) 437-3137

City Service Valcon (208) 437-3513

Carl Pitts & Sons Well Drilling (208) 437-4168

Ponderay Newsprint (509) 445-1511

Patti’s Action Auto Supply (208) 448-2331 Panhandle State Bank (208) 448-0604 Bonner General Hospital (208) 263-1441 Green Owl Tavern (208) 448-1995 The Red Barn (509) 684-8995

Mac’s Gas & Grocery (208) 448-1829 Dr. James G. Cool (509) 447-3105 Idaho Granite Works (208) 263-1884 Land Title Co. (509) 447-5743 Stone Creek Home Construction (208) 290-1613

Valued Merchant Services (208) 313-9141 Grandview Lodge & Resort (208) 443-2433 Millie’s Restaurant & Bar (208) 443-2365

Pend Oreille Players (509) 671-1442 Priest River Mini Storage (509) 447-4949 Black Rose (509) 447-3825

Rival Roofing (208) 610-6656

Stash & Stow Mini Storage (208) 255-6091

All About Landscaping, LLC (208) 946-0967

Petticoat Junction (509) 671-9963

Bill’s Auto & Towing (208) 437-3100

Laclede Convenience Store & Deli (208) 263-3892

Karaoke by Marj (208) 704-3843

Gem State Miner (509) 447-2433

THE NEWPORT MINER

North Pend Oreille

NEWS FROM NORTH PEND OREILLE COUNTY INCLUDING IONE, METALINE & METALINE FALLS

MAY 29, 2013 |

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Try geocaching game in the Colville National Forest COLVILLE – Come outside and play this summer on the Upper Columbia Children’s Forest.

From Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day there will be a number of easy to access geocaches located at easily accessed sites throughout the Colville National Forest.

Geocaching is like a treasure hunt using a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit. You input the coordinates and the GPS unit leads you to the geocache.

The geocaches are small, sixby-six inch plastic boxes that contain a card with information and a short activity specific to the recreation site.

There are opportunities to learn about how to read maps, how GPS works, and learning about wildlife, trees, plants and cultural history you will encounter along the way.

While the activities are geared towards 8 to 12 year olds, all of the geocaches require driving to the recreation site followed by a very short walk.

Navigating to and from the sites, helping out with reading

maps and working the GPS is a great opportunity for everyone in the family.

Any child who can collect all of the activity cards and presents them at the Kettle Falls Information Center will be able to claim a small prize.

The Colville National Forest encourages visitors to practice the Leave No Trace Principals while exploring the Forest.

Visitors should plan ahead and prepare, travel on camp and durable surfaces, dispose of waste properly, leave what you find, minimize campfire impacts, respect wildlife and be considerate of other visitors.

The geocaching game takes place on the Colville National Forest and other participating adjacent lands, which has been designated as part of the Upper Columbia Children’s Forest. A Children’s Forest can be thought of as an outdoor classroom, and it can be anything from the local city park or schoolyard all the way to remote wilderness.

What distinguishes Children’s Forests from other education

|| N O R T H P E N D O R E I L L E CO U N T Y E V E N T S WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Assembly of God THURSDAY, MAY 30 Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Boundary Dam Tours: 10:30 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Boundary Dam Road Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

FRIDAY, MAY 31 Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Boundary Dam Tours: 10:30 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Boundary Dam Road Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Ione Senior Center SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Cutter Clutter Sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Cutter Theatre Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Boundary Dam Tours: 10:30 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. -

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Boundary Dam Road SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Boundary Dam Tours: 10:30 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Boundary Dam Road MONDAY, JUNE 3 Boundary Dam Tours: 10:30 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Boundary Dam Road Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Emergency Food Bank Board: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Forgotten Corner Quilt Guild: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Senior Center WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 Tiger Museum Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - State Routes 20 and 31 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509442-3030 For Reservations Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Assembly of God Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office

efforts is the focus on partners and place.

In Children’s Forests, communities and partners work collectively to provide places and educational opportunities that get kids outside.

If your family does not own a GPS, there are a limited number of GPS units available to borrow at the Kettle Falls Information Center located at 255 W. Third in Kettle Falls. To ensure a unit is available, call the Information Center at 509738-2300.

If you want to play - go to www.geocaching.com and search “Upper Columbia Children’s Forest geocaches” and get the coordinates to input into your GPS Unit. For more Information on geocaching on the Colville National Forest, visit www.fs.usda.gov/colville/ and look for geocaching under Quick Links, or call 509-6847000.

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Team draws raffle winners The North Pend Oreille Valley Adult Developmental Center, formerly the Selkirk Superstars Special Olympics team, had their annual barbecue drawing at the Cedar RV and Car Wash in Ione May 9. Pictured are Linda Osbourne, left, Tory Enyeart, Gabe Osbourn, Trent Hanson and Steven McKenzie. The winner of the barbecue was Dena Johnson of Ione, and John and Kristen Redinger of Ione won the gift basket donated by the Osbourns, who own the car wash. The group thanked everyone who made it a successful event.

Priest River seniors GEAR UP with grants PRIEST RIVER – As high school seniors prepare to don their caps and gowns, there’s a grant-funded program at work to help them achieve the most after high school.

This year, 16 seniors at Priest River Lamanna High School have been offered scholarships through the GEAR UP program, most qualifying for the full amount of $5,645, which can be renewed for four years.

“One of the best parts of GEAR UP is it offers amazing scholarships to students … who attend college in Idaho,” said Betty Gardner, GEAR UP coordinator for Priest River’s junior high and high school.

Last year nine Priest River students were awarded the GEAR UP scholarship. With the 16 eligible this year, if each of the students reapply for the next three years of their college careers, there is the potential for each of them to receive $22,580 from GEAR UP. Multiplied by 16 scholarships, that means about $350,000 for local students.

GEAR UP grants work in conjunction with federal Pell Grants.

If a student is awarded a Pell Grant also based upon need – which may be anywhere from $50 to $5,645 – GEAR UP will double this, according to Gardner. Both can be renewed for up to four years.

The GEAR UP program is currently working with two different grants going on in Priest River’s schools. GEAR UP 1 focus is the graduating classes of 2012, 2013

and 2014. GEAR UP 2 focuses on this year’s seventh and eighth graders.

GEAR UP 2 will be offered a different scholarship deal. Each student will be offered $800 scholarships, regardless of financial need, and being awarded a Pell grant is not a stipulation of getting the GEAR UP 2 scholarships.

“Smaller scholarships, but more of them for more kids,” Gardner said.

Idaho public colleges have agreed to double the GEAR UP scholarships so every student who goes to an Idaho school will be offered the opportunity to apply for $1,600 scholarships.

In order for students to qualify for these scholarships they must be enrolled in Priest River schools for seventh, eighth and ninth grade and participate in GEAR UP activities in the classroom, do public service sponsored by GEAR UP, do a Dependable Strength Report in the class room, and go on campus exploitation visits.

Parents are invited to all GEAR UP activities and are encouraged to join the GU site council, which meets one hour a month.

“In order for the program to be successful the administration, staff, parents, students and the community must work together,” said Gardner.

GEAR UP – which stands for Gaining Early Awareness, Readiness and Understanding for Post

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Secondary Education – is a federal grant that is being implemented in 44 states through each state’s department of education. For a school district to qualify for a GEAR UP grant, the district must have at least 51 percent of its students qualify for free and reduced lunch, and each district must apply for the grant.

Each school signs a contract agreeing to follow several requirements, including taking students to visit college campuses, offering financial aid and literacy classes to students during the school day and their families in evening events, administering college entrance tests, offering career exploration,

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THE NEWPORT MINER

HOT BOX

PUD ponders rate increase

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – People in Pend Oreille County will likely be paying more for electricity, starting July 1. The public utility district managers are proposing a 2 percent rate increase.

The public will have a chance to share their thoughts about the rates at a hearing before PUD commissioners Tuesday, June 4, at 1 p.m. at the conference room in Newport, 130 N. Washington Ave. The basic rate of $24.50 per month will remain the same.

Rates will go from 4.6 cents per kilowatt hour to about 4.7 cents, if approved.

Last July, rates increased 1.7 percent. In 2011, rates jumped by 15 percent.

The board has directed staff to manage with smaller increases from year to year rather than going without an increase for a year or two, then asking for

a large increase in power rates. nificantly over the next few years Over the next few years, PUD due to relicensing projects. rates are expected to go up anPUD General Manager John nually by 1-2 percent Jordan said the 1.5 for expenses tied to W H AT ’S N E X T: percent increase tied to Boundary Dam and A HEARING ON the district expenses offsets 1-2 percent for PUD rate increase will inflationary increases the costs. take place Tuesday, PUD encounters, such as The commissioners June 4, at 1 p.m. in fuel costs, transformer will have their say Newport. purchases and health on the 1.5 percent insurance. The rate inincrease tied to rising costs in crease is not due to the fiber optic district operations. The other 0.5 build out, he said. percent increase is automatic Jordan noted that the fedbecause it is tied to the cost of eral government’s measure of power the district purchases inflation, CPI-U, increased 2.1 from Seattle City Light’s Boundpercent in 2012. He feels that ary Dam. It was approved with number usually understates the the budget last winter, but the actual impact of inflation on actual increase turned out to be businesses. lower than the 1 percent expectDebt service on borrowing for ed at the time. the Box Canyon Dam turbine The Boundary rate changes are upgrade is a driver behind part dealt with separately since the of the increase this year. The disPUD has no control over Boundtrict is in the process of installing ary costs. Residential customthe third of four new turbines ers in Pend Oreille County use at the dam. This year, the PUD mostly Boundary Power, and the budgeted to spend $15.6 milcost is expected to increase siglion – $6.78 million in principal

BOATERS | Flows should return to normal in July FROM PAGE 1

All three were wearing lifejackets, Larson said, which was good, as this is a dangerous part of the river.

“This stretch of river has claimed victims in the past,” Larson said. “Our goal is to raise awareness the dangers of this particular area, especially at this time of year.”

The river is flowing at 68,000 cubic feet per minute at this time of year, making the rapids very dangerous.

“Local fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies strongly recommend those in canoes,

kayaks and small boats avoid the one mile stretch between the Metaline Falls Bridge and Flume Creek until the flows return to their normal level, usually in July,” Larson said.

The steep narrow canyon walls and the high water levels combine to make it a dangerous place to boat before late summer.

In addition to Fire District 2, rescue crews from the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office, Seattle City Light’s Boundary Rescue Squad, the PUD and the U.S. Border Patrol responded, along with Brian and Sandy Rice from Metaline.

Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds. Read them every day.

|| P U B L I C 2013176 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Case No.: 13-4-00022-2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.0(0) In the Estate of: HAROLD CHARLES SEEBER II, Deceased.

The person named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided by RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representatives or the Personal Representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim; and filing the original of the claim with the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of; (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.040.020(1) (c); or (2) Four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: May 29, 2013.

Personal Representatives: Gregory C. Seeber Attorney for Personal Representatives: Linda J. Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: 301 W. Spruce St, Suite B Newport, W A

99156 /s/ Linda J. Mathis Linda J. Mathis Attorney for Personal Representative WSBA #16495 Published in The Newport Miner May 29, June 5 and 12, 2013. (17-3)

_________________ 2013177 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Camas Early Learning Center will hold a public hearing: Thursday, June 20, 2013 At the Camas Early Learning Center; 1821 N. LeClerc Rd. 7:00am-8:30am An opportunity to comment, ask questions, discuss your needs or concerns regarding the CCDF grant (co-pays, rates, eligibility, priority families).

Contact: Lisa Russell or Cheryl Sample Published in The Newport Miner May 29, 2013.

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_________________ 2013179 SOUTH PEND OREILLE FIRE & RESCUE REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS (ENGINEER) I. PURPOSE OF REQUEST. South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue, “District”, is requesting Statements of Qualifications “SOQ” from qualified Engineers to assist with the design of a set of engineered plans for a 88 foot by 44 foot vehicle storage pole building with: insulated finished walls, one man door and 5 bay doors 12 foot wide and 14

Special deadline Tuesdays 2 p.m.

and $8.85 million in interest payments –for bond payments financing the relicensing debt.

“The rate increase is designed to be as small as possible and still maintain the district’s financial health,” Jordan said.

He explained that good financial health is important in keeping future borrowing costs down because it means lower interest rates.

“The district operates in a very capital intensive industry; borrowing funds is a necessary part of keeping electric infrastructure in good condition,” he said.

The PUD has about 7,900 general service customers and about 840 commercial customers, such as schools, which pay based on a different rate structure. The few industrial customers, such as Ponderay Newsprint, have special contracts with the PUD. A 2 percent rate increase will generate under half a million dollars. The PUD’s total annual budget is around $93 million.

Rodeo parade entries open now; advanced tickets on sale NEWPORT – The great amount of behind the scenes work necessary to make the Newport Rodeo happen has begun and a good sign that the rodeo is coming soon is the fact that tickets went on sale.

The rodeo, set for June 21-22, will feature the traditional riding and roping events, and, of course, the popular calf panty pull contest.

The Newport Rodeo Association is signing up two-person teams from the community to show their skills putting nylon pantyhose on a calf in the arena Friday or Saturday. Call association president Ray Hanson at 360770-1180 to sign up or for more information.

The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is accept-

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foot high and potentially for assistance with the design and construction of future district projects on an as needed basis.

It is the District’s intent to select the Engineer based on qualifications, abilities, past performance and the ability to perform the necessary work and to complete projects within timeframes specified. Once the District has reviewed the qualifications, one or more Engineers may be requested to provide additional information and/or participate in an interview process.

II. TIME SCHEDULE. Issue RFQ May, 29th 2013 Deadline for Submittal of Qualifications June, 10th 2013 Notify Engineer Chosen June, 11th 2013 III. INSTRUCTIONS. A. Three (3) copies of the SOQ must be received by 4:00 p.m. on June, 10th 2013 either by mail, fax or e-mail. It is the responsibility of the Engineer to ensure the SOQ arrives on time and to the correct location. Any SOQ received after the scheduled closing time shall be returned to the Engineer unopened.

B. Contact South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue’s to request instruction packet for Engineer RFQ at: South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue 325272 Hwy 2 Newport, WA 99156 E-Mail – mnokes@spofr. org Office Phone – 509447-5305 Fax – 509-447-3121 Published in The Newport Miner May 29, 2013.

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ing applications for the rodeo parade Saturday morning. Applications are on their website.

The Newport-Priest River Rotary Club is organizing a beer garden in the stands this year.

They have also taken over the concessions and carnival activities around the rodeo grounds from the chamber.

Rodeo association work nights are underway at the rodeo grounds.

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2013180 NOTICE OF SPECIAL 3-DAY FILING PERIOD Pend Oreille County will hold a special threeday filing period on June 3, 4 and 5, 2013, for offices with a void in candidacy or a vacancy in any nonpartisan office leaving an unexpired term to be filled by an election for which filings have not been held.

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_________________ 2013181 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Library District is seeking bids for construction to the District Office. The construction consists of 2 offices, open conference area, and a clerk area.

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Shafer wins state gold for Selkirk

BR I E FLY Grizzly golfers have mixed results at state

SPANAWAY – The two Newport Grizzlies who qualified for the state 1A tournament, held May 21-22 at Spanaway have been to state before.

For Gage Anderson, it was a good tournament, Newport coach Jim Murphy said.

“He shot his best round at state ever,” Murphy said.

Anderson shot a 79 on the second day to go with his first round 83 to finish with 162tied for 21st.

For Courtney Wiese, it was a different tournament.

“She had a tough first nine that just killed her,” Murphy said. She shot a 98 the first day and didn’t make the cut to play the second day.

Still, she can look back at a good year and a good high school career, Murphy said.

“She made state every year and was the district and regional champion this year,” he said.

Murphy says it looks like he will have all the players except for Anderson and Wiese back.

Lakeside fourth at state softball RICHLAND – The Lakeside Eagles took fourth place in the 1A state softball tournament over the weekend.

Playing in Richland, Lakeside won their first game of the tournament Friday, May 24, beating Warden 19-6.

They took Nooksack Valley 3-1, but the next day lost 5-1 to Woodland.

The Eagles won their first of two games in the consolation bracket, beating Elma 15-5.

They lost to Montesano 11-3 in the competition for third place. Connell won the team title and Woodland was runner up.

Riverside was sent to the loser’s bracket after losing their first came 14-2 to Connell.

They were out Friday after a 12-1 loss to Hoquiam.

Golf tournament this Saturday PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lions Club will host its annual golf tournament Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m. at the Ranch Club.

Played as an 18-hole scramble, four person teams must have one female player and one male with a handicap of at last 14. The cost is $40 per player. First place will win a $400 prize, second gets $300 and third place takes $100.

To sign up, contact the Ranch Club at 208-448-1731 or Lion Gary Bell at 208-6104986 or 208-448-0163.

Kids fish for free at Priest Lake derby NORDMAN – Priest Lake’s annual Kids Free Fishing Derby will be held Saturday, June 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kids may fish all afternoon when the derby ends.

The derby will take place at the Priest Lake Golf Course, at the small pond between the seventh and 10th holes.

Each of the kids under age 14 will receive a free T-shirt, if needed a free fishing rod and reel, and a goodie gift bag from the Priest Lake Ranger Station.

Prizes will be given to the boy and girl who catch the biggest trout and the smallest trout.

Free Hot Dogs, chips, cookies, water, soda or fruit drinks are available for all who attend the derby. The past derbies have drawn more than 300 kids from all over Bonner County, Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Priest River and even Spokane.

The Priest Lake Kaniksu/ Coolin Lions and the Priest Lake Sportsman’s Club sponsor the event. Organizers are seeking donations. Mail Bob Ekler, P.O. Box 420, Nordman, ID 83848.

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

COURTESY PHOTO|PAUL DELANEY, CHENEY FREE PRESS

Newport senior Arielle Walden runs the 100-meter hurdle prelims Friday, May 24 at the state meet in Cheney. She earned her third championship in the event.

Walden wins two golds at state

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

CHENEY – Newport senior Arielle Walden secured two more championships at the state track and field meet this weekend – in the 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump. Through her high school career, Walden collected 10 state medals in all.

It was her third straight hurdle championship. She won the finals in 15.55 seconds, keeping an edge on a freshman from Bellevue Christian, Courtney Porter.

Walden also earned gold in the triple jump. She led the whole way and got better with each jump, coach Rory Axel said. Her winning jump was at 35 feet, 3.75 inches.

In the long jump, Walden sat in first place until the final jump when she got passed up by a

Seattle Christian freshman, Abi Kim, who went 18-04.25.

Walden took second at 17-07. Axel gave special thanks to volunteer coach Pat Barranco Stahl who worked with Walden on her jumps all season.

With those top places, she earned 28 team points for eighth place out of 48 teams. Cedar Park Christian/Bothell won the team title with 67 points, Riverside took second with 44 and Lakeside was third with 42.

Junior Braden Barranco was the lone Newport boy to qualify for state. He went defending his state title in the pole vault, but was disappointed to get fifth place.

Barranco came up against some tough competition who went over

15 feet while his personal best is 14-03.

Barranco’s top vault this past weekend was 13-06, which got him fifth place. Four seniors were ahead of him, with Cedar Park Christian vaulter Daniel Calhoon in first at 15-09.

Coach Axel was not disappointed with Braden’s effort: “I think that he did an incredible job this season considering that he had two surgeries this winter on his hand and shoulder, it was amazing that he did as well as he did. I believe that we will see great things from Braden next year.”

The meet took place Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Hoquaim was the top boys team with 71 points. Riverside was the top Northeast A League placer in fourth with 32 points.

Montgomery throws for fifth place

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

CHENEY – Cusick junior Quinton Montgomery has been steadily improving his discus throw all year. The tough competition at the state 1B track and field championships over the weekend pushed him to throw a personal best almost four feet farther than his improvement from a week ago.

With a throw of 118 feet, 3 inches, Montgomery earned fifth place at state Friday, May 24.

The week before, he had won the regional meet with a fivefoot improvement.

The 1B discus champ far out threw the competition though.

Senior Joseph Winn of Taholah won at 141-10.

Wellpinit took the boys team title, and Mt. Vernon Christian won the girls title.

The competition took place at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

Cusick coach Franklin Pope is looking forward to next year.

COURTESY PHOTO|JOYCE MONTGOMERY

Junior Quinton Montgomery throws for fifth place at 1B State track meet, with a personal best throw of 118 feet, 3 inches in the discus.

Montgomery will be back for his senior year, and the Panthers aren’t graduating any athletes this spring aside from the foreign exchange students who competed with them this year.

Pope is also looking for good things from freshman Baylie Brown this year, just was just a few feet away from qualifying for state in the discus and is coming up in the javelin as well.

Kirkwood makes all conference NEWPORT – Newport catcher Chaleigh Kirkwood has been named to the Northeast A League’s all conference first team for softball. Biancca Kirkwood Sanchez was named to the all conference second team.

Lakeside received the most honors, with Nikki Tiffany named pitcher of the year, Taylor Sheldon named the offensive player of the year Sanchez and Miranda Brittos named defensive player of the year. They are all from Lakeside.

Riverside’s Howard Reisenauer was named coach of the year.

Others named to the all conference first team included Hailey Carnline (Chewelah) Faith Keister (Medical Lake), Krislin McInelly (Kettle Falls), Josie Schultz (Freeman), Brielle Supanchick (Riverside), Lauren Gerty (Lakeside), Madi Naccarato (Lakeside), and Hannah Tanner (Lakeside).

Person, young named to all league soccer NEWPORT – Two Newport boys soccer players were named to the Northeast A all league team: senior Erik Person and junior Alex Young.

District champion Lakeside had the coach of the year, Mike Reeder, and the most valuable player, senior Cody Constant. Other Eagles

named to all league honors were senior Mitch Middleton, Junior Ricky Carroll and sophomores Kelly Kyllo and Ty Lahue.

Medical Lake was the league’s No. Person 2 team. They had

Young

seniors Seth Hansen and Tony Manzo on the all league team, and sophomore Dallas White. Riverside had one player named to all league: junior Daniel Kjersner.

1B

CHENEY – A pulled hamstring kept her from state gold last season, but this year, Selkirk junior Georgie Shafer got her gold, winning the 300-meter hurdles at the state 1B track and field championships this past weekend.

She managed her best time yet in the 300s, 48.18 seconds. She also had her best triple jump, 33 feet, 1.75 inches, for third place. Shafer wasn’t able to break 17 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles. Her time of 17.52 put her third in that event as well. A Mount Rainier Lutheran senior, Rachel Siltman, won in 16.51.

Selkirk senior Aley Curran took eighth place in the discus

with the best throw of her career at 89 feet, 4 inches. The winning toss went to a junior from Mary Knight High School at 108-08.

Eighth grader Shafer Guyla Boyle had an eighth place finish as well in the 800-meter run, finishing in 2:46.54. The winner was Trout Lake senior Valerie Vogt in 2:20.79.

Competing at Eastern Washington University’s track in Cheney Friday and Saturday, the Selkirk girls scored 24 team points to tie Thorp for 12th place out of 34 teams. Mt. Vernon Christian won the girls team title, and Wellpinit won the boys.

Injury, tough teams take toll on Selkirk at state knee in the first inning and then getting hit on her pitching hand.

Jessika Reiber had a good tourYAKIMA – The Selkirk Rangers nament, Enyeart said. softball team didn’t get a trophy at “She hit a double and a triple,” state, but Ranger coach Cathy En- Enyeart said. Reiber, who plays yeart considers the year a success. catcher, also threw out runners at “Not too many people thought every base over the course of the we would get to state tournament. at the first of the When Anderson “Not too many year,” Enyeart said. people thought we went out in the The Rangers first inning, Couch would get to state at and Hannah Rick started their state tournament with a the first of the year.” pitched. game against WishAfter the Colton kah Valley Saturday, Cathy Enyeart game, the Rangers May 25. They won took on Quilcene Selkirk Softball Coach that game 6-4.

Sunday, May 26,

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

The game went back and forth. Both teams scored in the opening inning. Wishkah Valley took the lead in the third.

In the sixth inning, Selkirk tied it up and put the cap on it in the seventh inning when the Rangers scored twice.

Katie Couch hit a home run for Selkirk.

In the second game, Selkirk drew tough and had to play the team that has won the state tournament the last four years – Colton. Colton lived up to their hype and beat Selkirk 18-0.

Colton went on to win the tournament for the fifth time.

Anderson took a beating in the game, catching a line drive to her

losing a heartbreaker 5-4 in the seventh inning.

“We were up one in the seventh inning,” Enyeart said. Then Anderson took another line drive shot. Selkirk walked in the tying run then gave up the winning run.

Still, it was a good performance, with Reiber getting a triple and Josie Miller hitting a double.

Enyeart figures the girls finished in fifth place for the tournament, although only the top four get trophies. Three Rangers received awards for sportsmanship: Abiona Carrasco, Anderson and Reiber.

The Rangers finished the year with a 19-5 overall record.

Chewelah has most players on baseball all conference team NEWPORT – Medical Lake had three baseball players selected for the Northeast A League’s all conference team, including most valuable player, senior Adam Paulson. Kerry Kelly, the coach of the year also came from Medical Lake.

No Newport players were selected for all conference, although that wasn’t unexpected, as coach Sam Castro said all along it was a building year for the Newport team.

Chewelah had four players on the all conference first team: Caleb Wiebe, Brandon Smith, Dustin Olson and Derek Smith. Lakeside had three play-

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Lions Club Golf Tournament: 10 a.m. - Ranch Club, Priest River MONDAY, JUNE 3 Newport Spring Sports Awards:

ers: Jordan Kuhnert, Devon MacKenzie and Chris Noonan.

Bryce Wetherell was the sole Riverside selection for first team and Wyatt Smith was the only Freeman player named all conference.

The second team included Dustin Crowell (Chewelah) Cory Wagner (Medical Lake) Nathan Disque (Kettle Falls), Isaiah Crane, (Freeman), Cordell Bean, (Chewelah), Jake Phipps (Freeman), Tyler Howard (Lakeside), Andrew Hansen (Chewelah), A.J. Iris (Freeman), Jake Girard (Lakeside), Roman Kissack (Medical Lake) and John Grittner (Lakeside).

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O B I T UA R I E S

Anna Hurst Oldtown

Anna Hurst of Oldtown died May 21 in a car wreck on Highway 41. She was 19.

Miss Hurst was born Aug. 26, 1993, Hurst and was a 2012 graduate of Priest River Lamanna High School and a current student at North Idaho College. She enjoyed being outdoors, four wheeling, camping, swimming, and hanging out with family and friends.

Family said she had a quick smile for everyone she met and lived life to the fullest. She was loved by all that knew her.

She is survived by her parents Travis and April Hurst, and brother John Hurst of Oldtown, grandparents Catherine McDaniel and Richard and Larene Hurst also of Oldtown, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers Everett McDaniel and Bruce Rains and her aunt Tanya Radabah.

A memorial service will be held Friday, May 31, 2 p.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport. Everyone is invited to a potluck gathering after the service at the Priest River High School.

Feel free to bring whatever you like.

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

Dale Robert St. Andre Priest River

Dale Robert St. Andre has passed away Wednesday, May 22, after losing the fight with many medical conditions including kidney failure and St. Andre finally liver failure.

He was 60 years old.

Mr. St. Andre was born Aug. 29, 1952, in Chicopee, Mass., to Oliver and Rita St. Andre. He leaves his son, Robert J. St. Andre, and grandson, Dylan Robert St. Andre, of Priest River; and his daughter, Josette St. Andre, and grandson Nathanial and granddaughter Kasey of Newport.

He also is survived by his eight brothers and sisters: Peter, Marge, Lorraine, Paul, Marc, Francais, Roy and Denise.

Mr. St. Andre attended North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene in 1989 where he completed a course in carpentry and then purchased a piece of property in Priest River where he built his home. He loved people and his family and leaves behind a wonderful house for his children.

Mr. St. Andre was well known in the antique car field and won many awards for his entries in local car shows from Silverwood to the Asphalt Angels. He served in the U.S. Army and worked in many local businesses in North Idaho, including logging and huckleberry gathering and sales.

He loved having fish tanks and enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Family members say Mr. St. Andre wanted people to celebrate after his death and they are hoping to see many at his memorial service. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 8 at 3 p.m. at the Priest River Mud Hole located on Highway 2 just over the bridge east of town.

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celebration of his life. The event will be a potluck, so guests are asked to bring their favorite dishes for all to enjoy.

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

Jacqueline J. Bryan Priest River

Jacqueline Jean Bryan, formerly of Priest River, passed away May 16, from complications following a stroke and cancer, which ultimately took her life. She was 82.

She was born March 7, 1931, in Deer Lodge, Mont., to Earl and Lucille Hamilton. She attended high school in Great Falls, Mont., finishing her senior year in Spokane and graduating from North Central High School in June 1949.

She married Richard C. Bryan Aug. 26, 1949, at the Central Methodist Church in Spokane.

She then attended Kinman Business College and worked for Eastern Washington State College while Richard attended school there.

Mrs. Bryan had a fulfilling career starting as a medical secretary and then worked in the trucking industry for a number of years for United Buckingham and Allied Van Lines. The remainder of her working career she spent as executive secretary for Merritt Brothers Lumber Co. in Priest River, where she resided. In her spare time, she worked for POVN in Newport. She was a voracious reader, and she enjoyed crocheting, sewing, and making crafts.

A woman generous with her time, she volunteered to support the efforts of organization that were important to her community. These included P.E.O., Lioness, and Friends of West Bonner Library District. She also sat on the board of directors for Stoneridge Resort in Blanchard, where she made many friends.

Mrs. Bryan never really retired, as she was always there for her family, friends and community.

She was a loving Mother of Kathryn Warren, Sharon Scanlon, Jean Dillard, Sandra Bryan and Susan Dimeo.

In March, she took up temporary residence in Portland, Ore., when her level of care increased.

While there she continued her quest to visit new places and see things. Among them, the tulip fields in Woodburn, Ore., a trip to Bend, and a visit to Oregon State University in Corvallis. She was able to visit with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Bryan further enjoyed trips to Shari’s Restaurant for the marionberry pie ala mode “without the extra sugar, please” and to Dairy Queen for hot fudge sundaes “extra fudge, please.” Patience and love are just a couple words to describe her, a devoted mother whose family was of paramount importance to her.

She is survived by her children and their families, 16 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and her brother, Ted Hamilton.

Her sister, Marjorie Haser, passed away Jan. 3, 2007, the same day one of her great-grandson was born.

Family and friends will celebrate Mrs. Bryan and her life well-lived Thursday, May 30 at 1 p.m. with services at Riplinger Funeral Home, 4305 N. Division St., Spokane. Interment will follow at Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery in Spokane. Sign the online guestbook at www. riplingers.com.

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Makayla Rose Mundy Makayla Rose Mundy was born May 17 at 7:58 a.m. to Jessica Henderson and Joe Mundy of Newport. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20 ½ inches long, delivered by Dr. Kraus at Newport Hospital. She joins sister Fallon.

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

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

All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time.

The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

PEND OREILLE COUNTY Monday, May 20 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Green Rd., report of vehicle parked blocking road with someone inside possibly sleeping.

ACCIDENT – Deer Valley Rd., complainant states known male ran them off the road.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Beaver Valley Rd., respondent has not received any mail since April.

HARASSMENT – Village St., report of complainant being harassed by neighbors.

THEFT – Hwy. 2, report of debit card missing from wallet.

ARREST – Grizzly Loop, Newport, Michel James Bill, 33, of Newport was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – W. 4th St., report respondent can hear male and female yelling and screaming, believes male is intoxicated.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Michael Gary Shelly, 32, of Newport was arrested for driving while license suspended.

FOUND PROPERTY – W. 5th St., report that bicycle has been at center for three to four weeks.

JUVENILE PROBLEM – Quail Loop, report of ongoing problem with juveniles skateboarding down middle of street.

DISTURBANCE – S. Scott Ave., report of subjects in alley arguing.

ARREST – LeClerc Rd. N., Raymond William Finley, 32, of Cusick, was arrested on a warrant.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – W. 7th St., report of washing machine smashed in attempt to remove change.

ARREST – Dennis Lyle Jones, 43, of Clayton was arrested on a warrant.

Tuesday, May 21 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Newport Area, report that subject found vehicle in woods while biking.

DISTURBANCE – W. Pine St., report of male visitor yelling and screaming.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – S. Spokane Ave., report that someone possibly broke into complainant’s house.

THEFT – W. Walnut St., report that male left store with beer.

BURGLARY – S. Spokane Ave., report that someone broke into complainant’s house and slept in her bed.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2, report of vehicle tailgating and all over the road.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. 2nd St., report that female has been driving for days and is lost.

FOUND PROPERTY – Laurelhurst Drive, report of found ID. Wednesday, May 22 THEFT – S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of vehicle broken into overnight and stereo is missing.

ANIMAL CRUELTY – Baker Lake

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Rd., report of horses not being fed or taken care of.

BURGLARY – Hwy. 211, report of residence broken in to with damage to the door.

DISTURBANCE – W. 5th St., Newport, report of parent making a scene at school.

ANIMAL CRUELTY – Sullivan Lake, report of horses not being fed.

DISTURBANCE – W. Kelly Drive, report of female at residence refusing to leave.

HARASSMENT – Chippewa Ave., report of teenager getting text messages from unknown subject that are threatening.

ARREST – John Lionel West, 35, of Renton, Cassandra Rose Andrews, 22, of Cusick, and Jordan Michael Komotio, 19, of Usk, were transported to Pend Oreille County Jail from Spokane.

FIREWORKS – S. Union Ave., Newport DISTURBANCE – W. Kelly Drive, report of male and female yelling again.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE – W. 5th St., report of van speeding in the bus parking lot.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Spring Valley Rd., report of women fighting in middle of road.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES - Green Rd., report of male subject trying to use electricity from vacant residence.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. 5th St., Newport, complainant states his niece was hit by a vehicle after school yesterday.

FOUND PROPERTY – Hwy. 2, report of found purse and ID. WEAPON OFFENSE – Woodland Drive, report of shooting in the area of complainant, heard 10-12 shots.

ANIMAL CRUELTY – Main St., report that neighbor’s dog is always outside with insufficient shelter.

DISTURBANCE – S. Garden Ave., Newport

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – S. Newport Ave., report of male cussing at female.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE – River Rd., report that vehicle passed school bus while red lights were flashing.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 20, report of vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, passing on double yellow.

THEFT – Allen Rd., respondent reports she had Kindle and iPad stolen from her room.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2, report of truck driving erratically, spinning around.

PHONE OFFENSE – W. 7th St., complainant said employee is being called multiple times after asking caller not to call back.

ACCIDENT – Dalkena St., 21 year old male conscious and breathing in rollover accident, possible head and eye injury.

ARREST – Dalkena St., Richard L. Johnson, 20, of Spokane was arrested for driving under the influence.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – LeClerc Rd. N., report of vehicle with flashers on.

POSSIBLE DUI – Hwy. 20 ALCOHOL OFFENSE – W. 1st St., report of suspicious persons.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – W. 1st St., report of people sleeping under skate ramps.

ARREST – Christina Marie Mason, 36, was arrested on a local warrant.

ARREST – Curtis Howard Kendle, 30, of Newport was arrested for third degree theft and driving while license suspended.

Thursday, May 23 THEFT – E., 5th St., white 2003 Toyota Tacoma pickup 4X4 reported stolen.

ILLEGAL BURNING – Quail Loop, Newport, report of unknown burning at location.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – 4th Ave., complainant believes they heard a gunshot in the area.

HARASSMENT – Main St., report that neighbor continues to come outside and yell at complainant.

THEFT – W. Walnut St., Newport, report of gasoline stolen.

TRESPASSING – W. Walnut St., Newport, report that subject that was trespassed came back and left toward Idaho.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Green Rd., report of red pickup parked at the end of driveway and subjects wandering in the woods.

JUVENILE PROBLEM – N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of group of kids knocking on doors in neighborhood.

Saturday, May 25 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – Monumental Way, Cusick, complainant states someone is taking down the privacy fence.

THEFT – S. Spokane Ave., Newport, complainant reports license plate is missing on vehicle.

TRESPASSING – Box Canyon Rd., report of neighbor trespassing.

ARREST – Power Lake, Tyler Joseph Williams, 26, of Kennewick was arrested on an out of county warrant.

FISH AND GAME – Deer Valley Rd., report that bear is on porch.

ACCIDENT – Middle Fork Rd., report of ATV rollover accident.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 211, report of sports bike driving high rate speed, passing in dangerous areas.

WEAPON OFFENSE – Hwy. 20, report of neighbors shooting into water.

THEFT – Riverside Ave., report that vehicle was taken.

ARREST – Jessie James Caddy, 28, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence.

ARREST – Christina Rae Butler, 30, of Cusick was arrested for driving under the influence and on tribal charges.

ARREST – Troy Stanley Thompson, 42, of Spokane was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer, on a warrant and for driving while license suspended.

Friday, May 24 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – River Rd., complainant states there are vehicles in the field loading copper.

RECOVERED VEHICLE – Gray Rd., report or recovered stolen vehicle.

BURGLARY – Telephone Rd. E., report of garage door open and two dirt bikes stolen.

VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER – Hwy. 2, reported contact from respondent in order.

POSSIBLE DUI – Spring Valley Rd., report of vehicle speeding and swerving on the road.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Houghton St., report of pickup speeding through the alley.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 31, report that vehicle pulled up and took something from the back yard.

Sunday, May 26 BOATING PROBLEM – Metaline Falls, report that aluminum boat with passengers has gone over Metaline Falls.

BURGLARY – Deer Valley Lane, respondent requests contact concerning property being broken into.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Rena Rd., found two horses with all gear still attached with two girls missing.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL – Casey Rd., respondent reports being struck by father.

BURGLARY – Fertile Valley Rd., report that cabin door was kicked in and cabin ransacked.

THEFT – Hgy. 31, report that four sets of antlers were stolen.

ACCIDENT –Hwy. 2, report of one vehicle off roadway.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Deeter Rd.,

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report that white van passed complainant on corner.

THREATENING – N. Shore Diamond Lake, respondent received threats from neighbor regarding dogs at large.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 30, report that subject lost tire.

ARREST – S. Washington Ave., Newport, Jerry Lee McIntosh, 22, of Newport was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property and theft of a motor vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – S. Spokane Ave., report of mini-van circling near apartment complex.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. Railroad Ave., report of kids out in field shinning flashlights.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – S. Scott Ave., report that respondent can hear female screaming.

ARREST – Bobby Joe Holt, 49, of Newport was arrested for driving while license suspended.

WEST BONNER COUNTY Monday, May 20 DRIVING WITHOUT PRIVILEGES – Clagstone Rd., Spirit Lake, an Oak Harbor was cited and released for driving without privileges.

RECKLESS DRIVING – Hwy. 2,Priest River ARREST – E. 5th St. S., Oldtown, Brian Norton, 30, of Oldtown was arrested for an outstanding warrant.

Tuesday, May 21 ACCIDENT – Hwy. 41, Blanchard DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – Hwy. 41, Oldtown ACCIDENT – Hwy. 57, Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING – Saunders Rd., Blanchard DOMESTIC DISPUTE – Clagstone Rd., Spirit Lake Wednesday, May 22 MISSING PERSON – Featherstone Rd., Spirit Lake RECKLESS DRIVING – Hwy. 57, Priest River CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, a 24-yearold Oldtown man was cited and released for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia with intent to use.

ARREST – Valley St. S., Oldtown, Brian Fennessy, 41, of Oldtown was arrested for battery and reckless driving, and Erik Lara, 24, of Oldtown was arrested for battery.

Thursday, May 23 ARREST – Hwy. 57, Priest River, Nathan Fry, 19, of Priest River was arrested for burglary.

VEHICLE THEFT – Snow Valley Rd., Priest River BURGLARY – E. 5th St. N., Oldtown Friday, May 24 RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE – Gray Road, Newport THEFT – Valley St., Oldtown NON INJURY ACCIDENT – Hwy. 57, Priest River CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, a Cusick woman was cited and released for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Deanne Hastings, 33, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence and resisting or obstructing an officer.

Saturday, May 25 LOITERING – Hwy. 2, Oldtown THEFT – Hwy. 57, Priest River Sunday, May 26 ACCIDENT – Eastriver Rd., Priest River DOMESTIC DISPUTE – S. 1st St., Priest River STRUCTURE FIRE – Cork Rd., Priest River

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Well, imagine it’s just pulled up in your driveway and the film’s wild-haired scientist, Emmett Brown, has offered to take you on a trip 21 years into the future.

You step inside and with a snap of the gullwing doors and a surge of the flux capacitor you arrive in the year 2030. What do the streets and cars look like? What are young people now driving?

Some of the world’s top automotive designers have tried to answer those very questions (without the use of a time machine) and have come up with some seriously out-there answers.

The LA Auto Show, which each winter, features an annual design challenge in which leading brands are asked to submit visions for how the vehicles of the future will look.

At the auto show in 2009, the American design divisions of companies including General Motors, Toyota and Nissan were given the

theme Youthmobile and asked to create renderings of vehicles that young people would be driving 21 years from now.

At the outset they were reminded of the key role cars played in young people’s lives today and were likely to play in 2030.

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The designers were asked to consider the impact growing up with mobile phones, online communities and webcams would have on consumers two decades from now.

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Electric car companies meet messy demise

BY BILL VLASIC OF THE NEW YORK TIMES

DETROIT – No one answers the phones these days at Fisker Automotive. Its visionary founder has quit; its employees have been laid off or put on furlough without pay. Production of its sleek plugin hybrid car, the Karma, ended months ago.

Veering on the edge of bankruptcy, without a buyer in sight, Fisker has become – to lawmakers and others – the Solyndra of the electric car industry. Not only private backers but millions of dollars in government loans gave life to a company, some would argue, that was a shaky investment from the start.

No electric vehicle initiative backed by Washington seems more of a debacle than Fisker, which was given a $529 million federal loan in 2009 to advance the project. Two years later, after Fisker repeatedly missed production targets and other deadlines, the Energy Department suspended the loans.

The all-but-closed company skipped a large loan payment that was due on Monday, leading the federal government to take the unusually aggressive step of seizing $21 million from the company’s cash reserves to begin recouping the $192 million in taxpayer dollars spent on the company’s flawed strategy.

Fisker, with its technical problems, management turmoil and mounting losses, offers a cautionary tale in the fiercely competitive arena of alternativefuel vehicles and of government subsidies for start-up businesses.

The company’s messy demise fell under the glaring spotlight of a Congressional hearing in April that was titled “Examining the Department of Energy’s Bad Bet on Fisker Automotive.” Some of Fisker’s top executives involved in the Karma’s development are expected to testify, as well as

agency officials involved in the loan program.

“The government is playing in a space where they have to recognize their limitations,” said Van Conway, a corporate restructuring executive in Detroit. “Whatever they spent on Fisker was just not going to be enough.”

Others, including members of the Senate and the House, complain that standards for awarding federal loans were overlooked in the rush to promote green technology. “How did the Energy Department determine Fisker’s potential before writing a check?” asked Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. “Was there due diligence, or instead a blind hope that Fisker would produce something useful?”

An Energy Department spokeswoman, Aoife McCarthy, said the loan to Fisker was one of only a handful of 33 clean-energy loans that did not prove successful. She asserted that its problems should not be considered representative of the Obama administration’s broader efforts to promote cleaner cars.

“There will always be an element of risk with investments in the most innovative companies,” she said. Major automakers like Ford and Nissan received billions of dollars in federal loans to produce electric cars and, so far,

have succeeded. A smaller manufacturer, Tesla, has also been able to meet the conditions of its government loans while producing an electric model.

But Fisker never realized its early promise as a tiny start-up manufacturer in an industry dominated by automotive giants.

On the surface, Fisker had all the trappings of a potential player in the emerging electric car industry. The brainchild of the Danish car designer Henrik Fisker, the company was based in Southern California and staffed by experienced executives from Ford and other auto companies.

A big Silicon Valley venture firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was among its earliest investors.

Its first product, the low-slung Karma sedan, drew attention both for its looks and its $104,000 sticker price. One of a new breed of plug-in hybrids, the Karma could travel an estimated 50 miles on battery power before a gasoline engine kicked in to generate additional electricity.

While it resembled the Chevrolet Volt made by General Motors, the Karma lacked the Detroit automaker’s enormous marketing muscle and technical expertise.

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Serious problems emerged almost as soon as the car hit the market. Some batteries from the supplier A123 Systems were defective, and others caught fire.

A test drive by the influential magazine Consumer Reports ended abruptly when the Karma broke down and had to be hauled away on a flatbed truck.

Even the weather turned on the company when more than 200 new Karmas were submerged in a storage center flooded by Hurricane Sandy at Port Newark, N.J. At times Fisker simply ran short of money, forcing it to suspend work at its gleaming headquarters in Anaheim, Calif.

“Every time something went wrong, we trusted that management would find a way to keep us going,” said Sven Etzelsberger, a former top engineer.

The company scrambled constantly to prop up its image. After the embarrassing Consumer Reports episode, Fisker hired Tom LaSorda, a former chief executive of Chrysler, to address quality issues and control the damage. A few months later, he was replaced

by Tony Posawatz, a retired G.M. executive who had worked on the Chevy Volt.

At last year’s New York auto show, Fisker grandly unveiled a concept version of a smaller, less expensive model it hoped to build in an abandoned G.M. plant in Delaware. About the same time, it closed on $392 million in new financing from private investors.

But additional financing and shuffling of executives could not change the fact that American consumers were just not buying many electric vehicles. Last year, consumers bought 48,000 all-electric and plug-in models — a fraction of the 14.5 million vehicles sold in the United States, according to the auto research site Edmunds.com. Less than 900 of those sold were Fisker Karmas, Edmunds calculated.

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BELLEVUE – AAA released the results of its annual “Your Driving Costs” study, revealing a 1.96 percent increase in the cost to own and operate a sedan in the U.S. The average cost rose 1.17 cents to 60.8 cents per mile, or a total of $9,122 per year, based upon 15,000 miles of annual driving.

“Many factors go into the cost calculation of owning and operating a vehicle,” said John Nielsen, AAA Director of Automotive Engineering and Repair.

“This year, changes in maintenance, fuel and insurance costs resulted in the increase to just beyond 60 cents a mile.”

Nielsen continued, “Before you make any vehicle purchase, it is important to determine ownership and operational costs and compare them to your current and future financial situation.”

up 11.26 percent The costs associated with maintaining a vehicle had the single largest percentage increase from 2012 to 2013, growing by 11.26 percent to 4.97 cents per mile on average for sedan owners.

AAA’s estimates are based upon the cost to maintain a vehicle and perform needed repairs for five years and 75,000 miles including labor expenses, replacement part prices and the purchase of an extended warranty policy.

Driving the increase in maintenance costs is significant increases in labor and part costs for some models and a major increase in the price of extended warranty policies due to high loss ratios by underwriters.

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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Patrol is gearing up for the first sunny spring weekends of 2013, and the unfortunate motorcycle crashes that always seem to follow.

In a typical year, one or two riders die that first nice weekend, and several more are injured. The reasons are predictable: speeding or driving under the influence.

Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste hates it when his smart phone buzzes with word of yet another fatal collision.

“It’s painful to hear that another family has lost a loved one in a completely preventable motorcycle crash,” Batiste said. “For them, a sunny spring day will always be a reminder of their loss.”

Batiste urged riders to get out and enjoy the (eventual) good weather, but to ride sober and keep the speeds down. The most common scenario is a rider who enters a curve going way too fast, and loses control.

“If a trooper stops you for speeding, there’s a chance you might get a warning. The laws of physics are much more unforgiving.”

The good news is that Washington drivers are moving in the right direction when it comes to motorcycle safety. More motorcycle riders are endorsed than ever before.

In 2012, there were 83 motorcycle fatalities and the majority of those were caused by the rider and not another vehicle. This is a similar trend law enforcement has seen over the past several years where the majority of motorcycle collisions were caused by rider error.

Even though most motorcycle fatalities are caused by the rider, drivers still need to be alert and aware of motorcycles around them. By taking the extra time to check your blind spots prior to making a lane change, allowing for extra following distance,

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Fuel costs up 1.93 percent Gasoline prices were relatively stable compared to the prior year, leading to a minimal fuel cost increase of 1.93 percent to 14.45 cents per mile on average for sedan owners.

The average cost of regular grade fuel (used by most of the study vehicles) actually rose 3.84 percent, from $3.357 to $3.486 per gallon.

However, several vehicles in the Your Driving Costs study had small improvements in their fuel economy ratings which partially offset the fuel cost increase.

Fuel costs in the 2013 study were calculated using the national average price for regular, unleaded gasoline during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Insurance costs up 2.76 percent

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Increase in maintenance, insurance and fuel drive up average cost for sedans to $9,122 yearly, 60.8 cents per mile

Average insurance costs for sedans rose 2.76 percent (or $28) to $1029 annually. Insurance rates vary widely by driver and driving record, issuing company and geographical region. AAA insurance cost estimates are based on a low-risk driver with a clean driving record.

Quotes from five AAA clubs and insurance companies representing seven states showed acrossthe-board modest increases for all sedan sizes, with large cars having less of an increase than small- and medium-size sedans.

Depreciation costs rise 0.78 percent After seeing a drop in 2012, depreciation costs were up slightly in 2013, increasing 0.78 percent to

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Tire costs remain unchanged The cost of tires did not change from 2012 to 2013, remaining at one cent per mile on average for sedan owners. The stable price is attributed to a leveling off of past increased costs for raw materials, energy and transportation from factories to distributors across the country.

Driving study for 63rd year AAA has published Your Driving Costs since 1950. That year, driving a car 10,000 miles per year cost 9 cents per mile, and gasoline sold for 27 cents per gallon.

The study employs a proprietary AAA methodology to analyze the cost to own and operate a vehicle in the United States. Variable operating costs considered in the study include fuel, maintenance and repair and tires.

Fixed ownership costs factored into the results include insurance, license and registration fees, taxes, depreciation and finance charges.

Ownership costs are calculated based on the purchase of a new vehicle that is driven over five years and 75,000 miles. Your actual operating costs may vary.

In-depth findings of this year’s study, including a breakdown of specific costs by category of vehicle and various annual mileages, are contained in the ‘Your Driving Costs’ brochure which is available at select local AAA branch offices or may be downloaded at the AAA Newsroom.

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and being aware of approaching powered bikes, and older riders motorcycles, drivers will be able to who lack the appropriate trainavoid potential collisions. ing. The young kids are riding at “Folks driving SUVs, passenger speeds way above their skill level, cars and trucks need to be extra and the older riders are taking up attentive and make sure they the hobby without investing in ‘share the road’ with motorcysafety classes. clists,” said Batiste.

All riders would benefit from apTips motorcyclists and motorists proved motorcycle safety classes. can use to stay safe “Folks driving SUVs, They teach you on our roadways. how to recognize a The biggest causes passenger cars and collision developing of motorcycle fatali- trucks need to be while there is still ties in Washington time to avoid it. extra attentive and are excessive speed, The safety of inattention, and inex- make sure they motorcycle riders reperience, i.e. drivers ‘share the road’ with mains overwhelmexceeding their skill ingly in the hands of level. Speed reduces motorcyclists.” riders themselves. reaction time and Automobile increases the serious- Chief John R. Batiste drivers still need ness of injuries. to share the road.

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Sports fans can show support, benefit kids RENTON, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee summarized the state’s new Sounders and Seahawks license plate offer this way, “Buy a license plate, give a kid a great future.”

The Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates were revealed in May following the official bill signing ceremony with Inslee.

The preliminary Seahawks plate is dominated by a 12 flag highlighted by a fading blue backdrop while the Sounders FC plate features the team’s signature rave green color with an iconic team scarf held by a fan. Both plates

feature the individual team logos.

The plates will be available to order by registered car/vehicle owners in January 2014.

The bulk of the proceeds from Sounders FC plate sales will benefit Washington State Mentors, a public/private partnership based in Issaquah that provides grants and assistance to youth organizations across the state. Many of the children served by DSHS receive mentoring from Washington State Mentors.

Net proceeds from Seahawks plate sales will go to InvestED, a Seattle-based non-profit that

partners with schools statewide to help students from low-income families pay for clothes, shoes, school activity cards, testing fees and other student needs.

A third non-profit, the Association of Washington Generals will receive a smaller portion of the Sounders FC plate sales. The AWG recognizes outstanding individuals and promotes a variety of civic and veterans causes.

The preliminary license plate designs were submitted utilizing templates provided by the Department of Licensing. DOL will work with law enforcement to ensure

readability. The designs will be finalized sometime this summer or early fall.

“The license plates are a distinctive way Seahawks and Sounders FC fans can display their passion and support local non-profits,” said Seahawks and Sounders FC president Peter McLoughlin.

The non-profit groups are developing promotional programs to increase fan awareness of the license plate program, including an event to auction off the first 25 team plate numbers. Program details will be announced this fall.

FUTURE | INTERACTION BETWEEN CARS, HUMANS in the same way they subscribe to mobile phone plans.

General Motors sees a blurring of the lines between gaming, learning to drive and driving. It proposes cars that could drive themselves to destinations when a passenger puts an address into the on-board sat-nav device.

Young passengers would be encouraged to compete with the sat-nav on a driving simulator.

When their skills developed they would be allowed control of some features. Advanced drivers would be able to modify vehicles for increased power.

Mazda envisions a 2030 where personalization and customization of cars is all-important.

It sees young people designing their own vehicles online based around a platform called Souga, with the company then fulfilling these requirements.

It paints a future where it costs young people just $2,000 to buy the physical car.

Digital communication and information devices, it predicts, will be integrated into fashion apparel, eliminating the need to include these systems in cars.

Toyota’s offering for 2030 takes into account that education levels are rising in the U.S. and young consumers are increasingly well educated and proactive.

It proposes LINK, “an affordable, customizable, mass-transit vehicle for students with high social-networking demands and continuously evolving preferences.”

These small personal vehicles would be kept at central hubs.

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the hottest technologies to both explore and fulfill the needs of young people.”

The submissions from the brands varied widely, although there were common themes. Electric vehicles, cars that were able to morph their shape and cars that leant themselves to clever youth marketing were recurrent motifs.

So too were vehicles that allowed connectivity to social networking sites. A winner will be picked by a panel of experts during the show and while it’s unlikely any will ever go into production, they at least show where designers believe we’re heading.

So what did the individual companies pitch? Honda sees increased interaction between cars and humans in 2030.

“Emerging technologies, such as genetic integration and advanced adaptive polymers, will shatter the current paradigm of what is now considered ‘personally’ unique,” it says in its pitch.

The company proposes shapeshifting vehicles that could modify their size and wheelbase depending on the constraints of the environment around them.

Nissan sees a rosy 2030 in which electricity has replaced petrol as the main propellant for cars and US highways have been electrified to create an ultra-efficient, high-speed network called the GRID. The company’s electric offering is the crab-like V2G and it suggests consumers would be able to buy access to the electricity grid

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They would allow users to tap into social networking sites, trade music and compare class schedules.

Finally, Audi went beyond the brief and created two concept cars – a performance vehicle and an affordable, entry-level car. Both blend lightweight metals and composite materials and feature wheels without hubs.

The company says its lowprofiled eSpira would be a “technological tour-de-force” performance car. An advanced logic system would allow drivers to steer the vehicle with body movements and gestures, making motoring a more organic experience.

Perhaps a more realistic option for (typically impoverished) young motorists is the company’s eOra, which it envisages would share the logic control system with the eSpira but be more of a city car with a small footprint and good agility.

Nissan envisages a 2030 in which national highways are electrified (like a dodgem track) to provide power to electric cars.

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General Motors’s is a selectively self-driving car that allows new drivers to assume full control only after they have proved themselves on on-board driving simulators.

As driving skill increases, so do power options.

Honda proposes vehicles that can morph to suit their environment. In built-up city areas the vehicle has a small footprint, whereas on the open road it has a larger, more stable platform capable of high speed.

In Mazda’s model, young people are able to design their dream cars online and have them built on the Souga platform.

Toyota proposes a network of small motorized vehicles, which would be kept at central hubs and personalized by young users.

Access to social networking sites is a given.

With the eOra commuter vehicle and eSpira performance car, Audi’s cars both incorporate onboard computers that allow them to be driven using subtle body movements and gestures.

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In recent months, Fisker unsuccessfully negotiated with two Chinese carmakers to sell the company. The last-ditch efforts coincided with the departure of Henrik Fisker, who resigned from the company on March 13. He left “because of major disagreements” on business strategy, Mr. Fisker said in an email.

Bankruptcy now appears unavoidable, and a political reckoning is coming. Mr. Posawatz and Mr. Fisker are among the witnesses expected to testify at Wednesday’s hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee.

Some environmental activists worry about the potential ramifications of a Fisker bankruptcy.

“We can’t get to where we need to be in electric vehicles without government help,” said Dan Becker, head of the Safe Climate Campaign, an advocacy group in Washington.

Yet Fisker’s legacy will be its record of failure rather than its advances in fuel efficiency. It could not meet loan benchmarks like other automakers, and it never created the jobs it promised at the old G.M. plant. Even its troubled battery supplier, A123, also a recipient of federal funds, managed to attract a Chinese buyer after going bankrupt. But no one

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It is a tough lesson for Karma owners like David Cohen, a 57-year-old New Jersey resident, who said he loves driving the car but wonders whether there will be a company to service it down the road.

“If I was aware of the company’s dire financial situation, I would not have purchased the vehicle,” said Mr. Cohen. “But it is what it is.”

Fisker’s former employees find its downfall hard to accept. Mr. Etzelsberger recalled the heady days in 2009 when employees worked nights and weekends to deliver the first working version of the Karma.

At that point, Fisker was desperately seeking private capital and loans from the federal government to move forward. Management’s message to workers was blunt.

“These cars are the future of the company,” Mr. Etzelsberger recalled being told. “Without them, no one will have a job soon.”

This month, Mr. Etzelsberger was one of 160 Fisker employees suddenly laid off without severance benefits. He is now the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against his former company and another in a long line of disillusioned believers.

“I don’t really feel betrayed,” he said. “It’s more disappointment than anything.”

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Pend Oreille County Director, Extension Educator, Position #38196

The EHS Child Development and Disabilities Manager works collaboratively with the program’s Directors, Managers and Supervisors to assure the provision of comprehensive EHS child health, development and school readiness services to enrolled children and pregnant women in compliance with state and federal regulations and with the EWU EHS vision, mission, goals, objectives, values, policies and procedures. EWU Early Head Start is a $1.8 million federal grant which has been successfully renewed each year for over a decade.

PARENT CHILD EDUCATOR Early Head Start Two Positions Available EWU EHS Parent-Child Educators (PCEs) work in partnership with parents to provide comprehensive EHS services in a home-based program option for pregnant women, infants and toddlers. Ninety-minute home visits are scheduled on a weekly basis, year round. Caseloads per PCE include 8 to 12 infants, toddlers and pregnant women. PCEs work collaboratively with parents, other EHS staff, volunteers, community partners and other providers plan and implement the full range of EHS services.

The position may be home based or center based.

Position may be located in Stevens or Pend Oreille Counties. This position requires services be delivered in the homes of program families, many of whom are located in unincorporated areas. A reliable personal vehicle, valid driver’s license and auto insurance are required. Mileage is reimbursed at state rates.

Requirements: • Home visitors must have knowledge and experience in: o child development and early childhood education; o principles of child health, safety, and nutrition; o adult learning principles and family dynamics.

• 1 year work or volunteer experience working with very young children and their families in a human service setting is also required.

• See our website for additional required and preferred qualifications

Don’t Delay! Screening to fill this position will begin June 5th. Please visit our online jobs portal for completion position information and application instructions: https://jobs.hr.ewu.edu Applications are only accepted through the online portal. This position is listed under Administrative jobs. Questions? Call Human Resources at 509359-2381 Eastern Washington University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty, staff, students and academic program offerings and to strengthening sensitivity to diversity throughout the institution. We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Don’t Delay! Screening to fill this position will begin June 5th.

Please visit our online jobs portal for completion position information and application instructions: https://jobs.hr.ewu.edu Applications are only accepted through the online portal. This position is listed under Administrative jobs. Questions? Call Human Resources at 509-359-2381

General Counsel & Government Affairs Officer

The District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Requirements: • BA or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education or Early Child Development or in a related field of study. A related field of study must include a minimum of 6 courses in early child development or educator birth to 5. Transcripts and course descriptions must be submitted with the application.

• A minimum of one year teaching/home visiting experience with the birth to three population • See our website for additional required and preferred qualifications

An employment application and detailed job description are available at www.popud.org. Please e-mail or mail the application, along with a resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, to: careers@popud.org; or, P.O. Box 190, Newport, WA 99156 Attn: Human Resources. Deadline for submissions: June 14, 2013. Salary DOQ, excellent benefit package.

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Primary Focuses of Position: 1. Monitoring EHS child development services as planned and implemented by rural home visitors in partnership with the parents; 2. Designing and implementing professional development plans and activities; 3. Assuring, in partnership with the program director, compliance with federal head start regulations, especially relating to school readiness; and 4. Coordinating referrals and services for children with identified developmental delays

A Bachelor’s Degree and J.D. are required, as is a license to practice law in the State of Washington and active membership in the Washington State Bar Association. Significant/relevant legal experience and background, including experience in municipal, contract and general business law, is required. Must be fully skilled in the use of personal computers and related application software.

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Primary Purpose of Position: To provide oversight that ensures the planning and delivery of high quality Early Head Start infant and toddler child development, infant mental health and disability services in compliance with local, state and federal regulations.

The District is seeking a well-qualified individual to act as the District’s General Counsel & Government Affairs Officer. This is a senior level management position, encompassing a broad range of activities, including: general legal advice, review, and representation; serving as the District’s spokesperson and representative regarding external communications to the public, agencies and other entities; conducting legislative affairs analysis and providing comment on matters of potential impact to the District; and, participating as a member of the District’s management team in strategic planning and risk management activities.

The position reports to the General Manager with a secondary reporting responsibility to the Board of Commissioners.

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Washington State University (WSU) is seeking a Pend Oreille County Director/County Extension Educator (open rank) in the area of 4-H Youth Development and Family Programming. This is a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure track faculty position located in Newport, Washington.

Required: Earned Master’s degree or equivalent and strong academic training or experience in social sciences, human development, youth development, education, volunteerism, organizational leadership or related field. Screening date extended to July 12, 2013. To apply visit: http://www.wsujobs.com. For questions about the position contact Lisa Clyde, EEO Coordinator, 509-335-2822, eeo.coordinator@wsu.edu EEO/AA/ADA

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & DISABILITIES MANAGER Early Head Start

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Eastern Washington University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty, staff, students and academic program offerings and to strengthening sensitivity to diversity throughout the institution. We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

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

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

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Your right to know and be informed of the functions of your government are embodied in public notices.

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

2013154 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON County of Pend Oreille Case No.: 13-4-00017-6 Probate Notice to Creditors In RE. the Estate of Christy Ann Martin, Deceased.

Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitation, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.

Date of filing copy of 5/8/13 Date of first publication 5/15/13 /s/ Clifford Martin c/o Douglas D. Lambarth P.O. Box 366 Newport, WA 99156 509-447-3036 Published in The Newport Miner May 15, 22 and 29, 2013 (15-3)

_________________ 2013155 SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF SPOKANE Case No. 13-4-00672-5 Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030) In the Matter of the Estate of Jesse A. Jasper, Deceased The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.010(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication:

May 15, 2013 Personal Representative: Mary P. Jasper Address for Mailing Notice: c/o Gair B. Petrie Randall | Danskin 601 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 1500 Spokane, WA 99201 Published in The Newport Miner May 15, 22 and 29, 2013. (15-3)

_________________ 2013159 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON For Pend Oreille County No. 13-4-00018-4 Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Holly Hope Morley, 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 nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: May 15, 2013 /s/ John W. Stewart John W. Stewart, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner May 15, 22 and 29, 2013. (15-3)

_________________ 2013139 PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC RATE HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF ELECTRIC SYSTEM RATE ADJUSTMENTS The Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County has scheduled a public hearing for the consideration of electric system rate adjustments.

The date, time and location of the hearing is as follows: June 4, 2013 - 1:00 p.m., Newport Administration Office Box Canyon Conference Room 130 N. Washington Avenue Newport, WA The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner May 22 and 29, 2013. (16-2) ___________________

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2013162 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Per RCW 35.77.010, the CITY OF NEWPORT will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. at its regular scheduled Council Meeting on June 3, 2013, in Council Chambers located at 200 S. Washington, Newport, Washington on the proposed Six Year Transportation Improvement Program.

City Council Newport, WA Nickole Schutte City Clerk / Treas.

Published in The Newport Miner May 22 and 29, 2013. (16-2)

_________________ 2013163 SURPLUS MATERIAL FOR SALE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County has declared the following as no longer necessary, material to, or useful in the operations of the District and, therefore, surplus to the needs of the Public Utility District: Sullivan Powerhouse and Associated Land The Property is located on Highway 31, Metaline Falls. The 1911 Powerhouse is a two story brick building with approximately 4,800 square feet. The building sits on 12 acres of land, most of which is on a steep slope. An access easement will be included to enable future timber harvest.

The building itself has a covenant relating to its historical classification and management.

The property may be viewed by appointment.

Please contact Mark Cauchy, (509) 447-9331.

The District wishes to evaluate buyers proposed terms and conditions, creditworthiness, as well as other factors in determining the most qualified and best bid, and that bid must meet state and federal law requirements, including historical requirements.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and determine the final successful bidder based on its sole determination.

Sealed bids will be received at the PUD offices, 130 N. Washington, PO Box 190, Newport, WA. 99156, or at Box Canyon Dam Visitors Center, 7492 Hwy. 31, PO Box 547, Ione, WA. 99139 until 3:00 p.m., June 17, 2013. Indicate “Sealed Bid” on the outside of the envelope. The bids will be opened June 19, 2013 and successful bid awarded at the June 25, 2013, Board meeting.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner May 22, 29, June 5 and 12, 2013. (16-4) ___________________ 2013165 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Case No.: 13 - 4 00021 - 4 Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030 ) In the Estate of: Grace T. Griffin, Deceased.

The person named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided by RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representatives CONTINUED ON 10B

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CONTINUED FROM 9B or the Personal Representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim; and filing the original of the claim with the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.040.020(1) (c); or (2) Four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first Publication: May 22, 2013 Personal Representatives: Ralph Griffin Attorney for Personal Representative: Linda J. Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: 301 W. Spruce St, Suite B Newport, WA 99156 /s/ Linda J. Mathis Linda J. Mathis Attorney for Personal Representative WSBA#16495 Published in The Newport Miner May 22, 29 and June 5, 2013. (16-3)

_________________ 2013170 PEND OREILLE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TIMBER HARVESTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners is soliciting proposals from consultants for the following work: Annual Timber Harvesting and Long Term Forest Management Planning Gather the necessary information to develop the annual harvest plans Prepare the final harvest plan (maps, written explanations and harvesting requirements) for review and approval by the Board of County Commissioners Complete a cost and benefit analysis of the proposed and future harvesting Research, negotiate and prepare access easements, cost sharing agreements and cutting line agreements with other agencies and property owners Submit all required permits to perform harvest and implement data base system to track current and future harvests Establish sales, advertise and manage all activities pertaining to Forest Management and Harvests SUBMITTAL: Submittals should include the following information: 1. Name of Principalin-Charge 2. Project Manager 3. Number of Employees 4. Key Personnel 5. Firms Qualifications and a list of clients in the past three years and their contact info 6. What services did you provide and detail your deliverables 7. How many sales/ harvests were conducted and approximate board feet involved 8. Firms Experience 9. Firms’ ability to perform work and meet schedules 10. Firms’ quality and quantity control measures 11. Identify hourly rates 12. Compliance with all the Title VI requirements 13. Three year contract with two one year extensions upon mutual agreement Each submittal will include firms address, phone, e-mail address, and fax numbers.

Pend Oreille County encourages disadvantaged, minority and women-owned consultant firms to respond.

Evaluation: Applicants will be evaluated based on experience and ability to perform management planning, implementing timber harvesting projects and cost of services. The County will prepare a short list of the most qualified applicants.

Each firm on the short list will be requested to present a short oral presentation and interview by the County’s review committee.

The recommendations of the review committee will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners.

The County’s selection will be in the best interest of the County and not necessarily the lowest cost proposal received.

The award of the service contract shall be a discretionary decision of the Board.

Please submit three copies of your Proposal to: Pend Oreille County Public Works P.O. Box 5040 Newport, WA 99156 Mark envelope “Timber Harvest Consultant” For further clarification of solicitation call Sam Castro, Pend Oreille County Public Works 509-447-4513 Closing Date: One complete copy of each proposal must be received by 1:00 P.M., Pacific time, on June 7, 2013 Late proposals will not be accepted and will be returned to the Proponent.

Proponents’ Expenses: Proponents are solely responsible for their own expenses in preparing a proposal and for subsequent negotiations with the County, if any. If the County elects to reject all proposals, the County will not be liable to any Proponent for any claims, whether for costs or damages incurred by the Proponent in preparing the proposal, loss of anticipated profit in connection with any final Contract, or any other matter whatsoever.

Contractor agrees to comply with the provisions of Title VI. Dated this 20th day May, 2013.

Published in The Newport Miner May 22 and May 29, 2013. (16-2)

_________________ 2013171 WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is given that Diamond Lake Mini Storage will be selling by live auction the contents of unit #C7 belonging to Erikha Thuleen 306 Wolf Trial Priest River, ID 83856, amount owing $675.00, unit #A12 belonging to Trent Hudson 192 Dubois Ave Twin Falls, ID 83301 amount owing $675.00, Newport, WA 99156, amount owing $540.00 and unit #A14 belonging to David Porter 19162 Sutliff RD. Escalon CA 95320 amount owing $900.00. All of these Units contain household items.

Auction to be held on June 1st at 1:00 PM at Diamond Lake Mini Storage 325502 N Highway 2, Newport, WA 99156 Katherine Rager 447-4088 Published in The Newport Miner May 22 and 29, 2013. (16-2)

_________________ 2013172 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE NO. 13-2-00053-5

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION ROBIN A. HALL Plaintiff, vs.

TERESA A. REED and JOHN DOE REED, wife and husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Defendants.

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO THE SAID DEFENDANTS, TERESA A. REED and JOHN DOE REED: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 22nd day of May, 2013, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Robin A. Hall, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff Robin A. Hall at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

This lawsuit arises out of personal injuries and damages as a result of the motor vehicle accident which took place on March 22, 2012.

DATED this day of May, 2013.

CRAIG SWAPP & ASSOCIATES By: Wesley D. Mortensen WSBA No. 39690 Attorney for Plaintiff 16201 E. Indiana Avenue, Suite 1900 Spokane Valley, WA 99216 (509) 252·5037 (509) 252-5038 FAX Published in The Newport Miner May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2013. (16-6)

_________________ 2013169 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE File No.: 7021.15340 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Bank of America, N.A. Grantee: The Heirs and Devisees of Carolyn Russell, Deceased Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2008 0297372 Tax Parcel ID No.: 433007510024 Abbreviated Legal: LOT: 1 BLOCK: 2 DEERHAVEN SUB. Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663). Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/ consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287.

Web site: http://www.hud. gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/ index.cfm?webListAction= search&searchstate=WA&

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Web site: http://nwjustice. org/what-clear. I. On June 28, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: Lot 1, Block 2, Deerhaven Subdivision, in Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 43 East of the Willamette Meridian, Pend Oreille County, Washington: Also, a triangular piece of land in Government Lot 8 in Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 43 East of the Willamette Meridian, Pend Oreille County, Washington. Adjoining said Lot 1 on the South, described as follows: BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of said Lot 1: Thence Southerly on a line extending the West line of said Lot 1 a distance of 35 feet to a point: Thence Northeasterly to the Southeasterly corner of said Lot 1: Thence Westerly along the South line of said Lot 1 to the point of beginning; EXCEPT minerals. Said Tract in Government Lot 8 being carried on the County Assessor’s Tax Rolls as Tax No. 7. Commonly known as: 4962 Horseshoe Lake Road Deer Park, WA 99006 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/07/08, recorded on 05/13/08, under Auditor’s File No. 2008 0297372, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Carolyn Russell, an unmarried person, as Grantor, to PRLAP, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 02/22/2013 Monthly Payments $9,002.88 Late Charges $376.20 Lender’s Fees & Costs $0.00 Total Arrearage $9,379.08 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $1,000.00 Title Report $518.63 Statutory Mailings $25.00 Recording Costs $15.00 Postings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,628.63 To t a l A m o u n t D u e : $11,007.71 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $100,707.70, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 02/01/12, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on June 28, 2013.

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in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 06/17/13 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 06/17/13 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/ are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid.

The sale may be terminated any time after 06/17/13 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS The Heirs and Devisees of of Carolyn Russell, Deceased 4962 Horseshoe Lake Road Deer Park, WA 99006 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Carolyn Russell, Deceased 4962 Horseshoe Lake Road Deer Park, WA 99006 Laura C. Russell, Personal Representative of Carolyn Russell, Deceased 4962 Horseshoe Lake Road Deer Park, WA 99006 Laura C. Russell, Personal Representative c/o K & L Gates LLP 618 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 300 Spokane, WA 99201 Laura C. Russell, Personal Representative c/o Paul D. Fitzpatrick, Attorney 618 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 300 Spokane, WA 99201 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 01/21/13, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 01/21/13 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in

accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www.

USA-Foreclosure.com. EFFECTIVE: 02/22/2013 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Winston Khan (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7021.15340) 1002.239969File No. Published in The Newport Miner May 29 and June 19, 2013. (17, 20)

_________________ 2013174 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No.: WA-12-493110SH APN No.: 433706519055 Title Order No.: 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 5 7 - WA - G N O Grantor(s): HAROLD ABELL, SALLY ANN ABELL Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION Deed of Trust Instrument/ Reference No.: 2004 0277415 Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 6/28/2013, at 10:00 AM At the main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth Street in the City of Newport, WA 99156 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of PEND OREILLE, State of Washington, to-wit: THE SOUTH HALF OF LOTS 55 AND 56 OF CHIPPEWA ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF IONE, PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 24, RECORDS OF THE AUDITOR OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON. TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF VACATED LUCILLE AVENUE, WHICH ATTACHES THERETO BY OPERATION OF LAW. EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF LOT 56 CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF DEEDS, PAGE 569. More commonly known as: 326 MCKAY, IONE, WA 99139 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 1 0 / 5 / 2 0 0 4 , re c o rd e d 10/6/2004, under 2004 0277415 records of PEND OREILLE County, Washington, from HAROLD ABELL AND SALLY ANN ABELL , HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantors), to FRONTIER TITLE AND ESCROW, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION (or by its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III.

The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $24,732.36 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $82,655.06, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 10/1/2010, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 6/28/2013. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 6/17/2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 6/17/2013 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid.

Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank.

The sale may be terminated any time after the 6/17/2013 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME HAROLD ABELL AND SALLY ANN ABELL, HUSBAND AND WD7E ADDRESS 326 MCKAY, IONE, WA 99139 by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. These requirements were completed as of 1/23/2013. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the

purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/ post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http:// portal.hud.gov/hudportal/ HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http://www.hud.gov/ offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=s earchandsearchstate=WA andfilterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: http://nwjustice. org/what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

Dated: 2/25/13 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866)645-7711 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 P o u l s b o , WA 9 8 3 7 0 (866)645-7711 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan.com TS No.: WA-12-493110SH,A-4358201 05/29/2013, 06/19/2013 Published in The Newport Miner May 29 and June 19, 2013. (17, 20)

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