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Emotional comments dominate comp plan amendment hearing

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County commissioners got an earful of public testimony Wednesday night, May 22, as they heard comments during a hearing on four amendments to the county’s comprehensive plan.

The amendment drawing the most comments was the county’s proposal to rezone all lands currently zoned Public Lands.

The county proposes eliminating the Public Lands zone and rezoning all properties in line with the Land Use matrix. The rezone would affect land owned by PacWest Silicon, a Canadian company that wants to build a silicon smelter near Newport

on land it purchased from the Pend Oreille Public Utility District.

Most of the testimony during the three hour hearing held at Newport High School was about the smelter, including testimony from homeschooled Sandpoint children, ages 9-11. The children testified individually against the rezone and sang a song.

“You want to pollute our water, air, land and life here,” said Alia Howard, 11. “I say no to the smelter and to the rezoning. If you rezone you will only make it easier for the smelter and once you do, there is no going back.”

While the proposed smelter isn’t a direct topic of any of the four comp See Comp Plan, 2A

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Jamie Sears said she wanted the county’s mass rezone comprehensive plan amendment to be approved. She said she and her husband want to build a house on property they bought from the county. They can’t build a house there because the property retains its public lands zoning designation.

‘Everybody was on edge’: West Bonner district passes levy

School levy lift disappointing

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Sen. Shelly Short, R-Addy, and Reps. Joel Kretz, R- Wauconda, and Jacquelyn Maycumber, R-Republic, said the way the Democratic controlled legislature dealt with education was the biggest disappointment of the session.

“The biggest disappointment was the schools,” Short said.

“The levy lid lift is going backwards.”

She is referring to the legislature agreeing to allow local districts to raise their local maintenance and operations levy rates, something that was supposed to be discouraged under the idea that the state should pay for basic education, not local districts.

Maycumber said that allowing property tax rich districts to raise more money locally only helped the rich districts get richer. Kretz said districts are affected differently but for 19 of

the 29 districts in the 7th Legislative District, it felt like they were going backwards.

The legislators stopped

by The Miner Wednesday as part of their post session district tour.

They said the session was characterized by the Democrats pretty much waiting until the last minute to put a variety of measures forward, including $750,000 funding for a study on the removal of the Snake River dams, which the legislators oppose, money to do a study on comprehensive sex education and money for an income tax study.

The Democrats, who control the House, the Senate and the Governorship, put forth several title-only bills in which the bill was introduced early in the session with the details to be added later.

Maycumber said the legislature passed tax increases despite the state having more money than anticipated.

“There was an 18

percent growth in the state budget,” Maycumber said. That happened because of a good economy, not because of tax increases. “That’s something people could have come to testify about.”

The 7th District legislators did have some accomplishments.

Maycumber got bipartisan support for Bill HB 1448, The Veterans Service Officer Program, which was signed into law. The program will bring certified Veteran Service officers to rural counties so veterans can access the services they have already earned.

On average veterans are only accessing 25 percent of the federal money they are owed, she said.

She said two officers will be on board in June with more later.

Kretz was able to get a wolf bill through, HB 2097. It directs the Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop and implement conflict See Legislators, 2A

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The West Bonner County School District (WBCSD) administration can breathe a sigh of relief after its $6 million operational levy passed by 73 votes Tuesday, May 21.

“I would like to thank our community and all the people who work hard for our students,” WBCSD Superintendent Paul Anselmo said. “Everybody was on edge, both staff and students, since this levy is 25-percent of our budget. Now we will be able to provide the same services to our students moving forward.”

The levy proved to be a controversial measure for the WBCSD. Numerous letters to the editor in area newspaper publications were critical of the district’s fiscal responsibility leading up to both the March 12 and May 21 levy elections. Support for the levy seemed to emerge stronger leading up to the May 21 election, with letters to the editor and signs in front of West Bonner County businesses and homes encouraging people to vote in favor of the levy.

Unofficial results from the Bonner County Elections Department the morning of Wednesday, May 22 showed that 1,023 people voted for the levy and 950 voted against it. A total of 1,973 votes were cast. Voter turnout

was 30.13 percent.

This is the second time the WBCSD has run a levy this year. The district attempted to run the same $3 million per year, two-year operational levy on March 12, along with a modification that would have made the levy permanent if approved by voters. Both measures failed.

For last Tuesday’s levy election, the district dropped the permanent levy, keeping the two-year, $6 million operational levy.

With the passage of this levy, WBCSD will be able to retain 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Director Cherie Coldwell. The after school program, which focuses on providing tutoring in core subjects and extra-curricular activities for students including science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEaM) was slated to be cut at the end of the school year due to lack of grant funding from the state. An anonymous $20,000 donation to the program earlier in the year will help keep it afloat, but another $50,450 was needed in order to sustain the program and staffing.

The WBCSD board of trustees approved the expenditure at the May 15 board meeting in Priest Lake, with the underSee levy, 2A

B r i e f ly Adult social hour at library May 31 NEWPORT – Find a baby-sitter because Adult Social After Hour at the Newport Library is Friday, May 31, 6-9 p.m. There will be sweet and savory nibbles, assorted beverages, live music and more. Anyone 21 and older is welcome. The event is hosted by the Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library District.

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PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lamanna High School class of 2019 will have their graduation ceremony Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. The public is welcome to attend.

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Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday CUSICK – The North Pend Oreille Chamber of Commerce (NPOCC) meeting will be at Ruby Creek Lodge Monday, June 3. Social hour starts at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

For more information on the NPOCC, go to www. npochamber.org.

Ruby Creek Lodge is located at 400051 Highway 20.

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Legislators: Wildfire protection bill passed and sign into law

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mitigation guidelines for each wolf recovery region in the state.

“It provides a different set of rules for wolf dense areas,” he said. WFDW will be able to be responsive when problems occur. Non lethal actions will be considered first.

Kretz said another bill he sponsored to put a wolf sanctuary on Bainbridge Island helped pave the way for the bill that was passed.

Kretz was also able to get a wildfire protection bill passed and signed into law.

Kretz said fire breaks are really what stop wildfire. Ideally, he wants one 20 miles long and a few hundred yards wide. Firefighters can fight fire in that defensible line. The bill that was signed into law directs the Department of Natural Resources to prioritize, to the maximum extent practicable, forest health treatments that serve the dual benefits of forest health maximization and strategic wildfire response. It requires the DNR to track areas of forest health treatments, and other relevant geographic features in planning a fire response and authorizes outdoor burning within urban growth areas for certain purposes. The legislators had a list of policies they considered harmful, such as HB 1087, which created a long-term care benefit that will be paid through a payroll tax and SB 5223, which requires electric companies to increase the number of customers who are permitted to engage in net metering, the sale of consumer generated electricity to the utility. They said the Legislature missed opportunities to provide tax relief, including car tab relief.

From the GOP lawmakers’ perspective, the Legislature did dodge some bullets, including HB 1086, which would have prohibited high capacity firearm magazines over 15 rounds and HB 1110, which would have created a new low carbon fuel standard program.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Seventh Legislative District legislators Rep. Joel Kretz and Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, along with Sen. Shelly Short, not pictured, stopped by The Miner for a briefing on the recent legislative session in Olympia. Rep. Joel Kretz and Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber are pictured.

Levy: Election results will be certified Wednesday, May 29 From Page 1A

standing that the expense could be cut if the levy did not pass.

Coldwell will spend about 30 hours a week working in the 21st CCLC program and about 10 hours a week writing grants for all the schools in the district.

Breaking down votes by precinct, results show 79 ballots cast for the levy in Blue Lake and 133 against it. In East

Priest River 178 people voted in favor of it and 135 opposed it. In Edgemere 106 people voted for the levy and 186 did not.

It was a close race in Laclede, with 69 people voting in favor of the levy and 61 people voting against it. The majority of voters in Lamb Creek supported the levy, with 128 votes for it and 41 votes in opposition.

In Oldtown 196 ballots

went for the levy and 148 were against it. In Priest Lake precinct 51 voters approved the levy and 17 did not. Spirit Valley had 93 votes for the levy with 162 against it.

West Priest River had 123 people in favor of the levy and 67 votes opposing it.

Election results will be certified Wednesday, May 29, 8:30 a.m.

WBCSD relies on the levy for 25 percent of its

budget. This levy will replace the current levy of the same amount that expires in June 2019.

While the requested amount is the same, the rates have been reduced to $1.47 per $1,000 of assessed property value, down from the previous $1.76. This is attributed to the selling of lots at Priest Lake that increased the property tax base in the county. Previously, they were state owned and not taxed.

On the March 12 election the supplemental levy failed with 536 votes in favor, and 769 votes against the levy.

The second question that was on the ballot, whether or not to make the $3 million per year request permanent, also failed with only 387 votes in favor and 900 against the modification.

With only 1,308 total votes cast, the total voter turnout in West Bonner was 20.17 percent.

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plan amendments, the land where the proposed smelter would be built does need a rezone if the project is to go forward. Smelter opponents have actively testified and had their attorneys testify in opposition at the planning commission as well as at Wednesday night’s hearing. Indeed, Wednesday night’s hearing may not have happened and testimony reopened had there not been an appeal of the planning commission chairman discouraging testimony about the smelter.

Rich Eichstaedt of Gonzaga University’s Legal Assistance is one of those attorneys. He represents Responsible Growth * Northeast Washington, one of the groups opposing the smelter.

He said county commissioners can’t approve the amendment, as there is a State Environmental Protection Act appeal.

“They can certainly reject it and save us a lot of time, but you cannot approve the amendment because you do not have a final SEPA decision until the hearings examiner has completed review,” he said.

Eichstaedt says the amendment is unneeded, as there is a parcel by parcel way to rezone Public Lands designated properties that are no longer owned by the public.

He said there is basic information lacking in the county’s amendment, which he said would affect about two thirds of the county. For example, exactly what parcels would be affected and the exact amount of acreage hasn’t been specified, he said.

“There is very, very basic information about this that you don’t have and the public doesn’t have,” he said.

He said some of the land proposed for re-designation qualified as forest land of long-term

commercial significance, such a DNR forest land. That land really should be zoned Natural Resource lands 40. To do otherwise violates the Growth Management Act, he said.

He said the commissioners should deny the amendment.

Jamie Sears of Priest River spoke in favor of the amendment. She said she and her husband recently bought property from the county that is zoned Public Lands.

“We’re one of the little guys that bought property that we can’t use,” she said. “We just want to build a house but we can’t.”

She said she recognizes that many don’t want a smelter. But as far as the rezone goes, she says that affects her, not a big corporation.

“There is more than just the smelter involved in the rezoning,” she said. She urged the commissioners to not focus on the smelter but on the people like her who want to build on their property.

Curt Holmes, a Kalispel Tribal Council member, testified that the tribe is opposed to the rezone and to the proposed smelter.

“Let PacWest apply for their own rezone,” he said. “It’s their project.”

He said the tribe isn’t going to give up in its opposition to a smelter. He said the tribe is still willing to partner with the county on economic development in other areas.

Martha Winje spoke in favor of the rezone. She said she is passionate about services, such as hospital, fire and law enforcement services that are funded with tax money. She said the county already is having trouble maintaining its roads.

Kimberly Gentle also spoke in favor of the mass rezone.

She urged the commissioners to clear the hurdles for the 17

landowners who are awaiting a decision.

Alex Stanton said the easy way out for commissioners was to follow the planning commission’s recommendation and deny the amendment. He said the commissioners could craft a way for people who own Public Lands to get their zoning changed in an expedited way.

He gave the vacation rental ordinance as an example.

The commissioners also heard testimony on the other three comprehensive plan amendments.

The planning commission had recommended approval of an amendment for a zone change for Shannon Reel. She wanted seven acres changed from NR20 to R-5 to build a commercial storage facility near Dalkena.

Nobody testified.

The planning commission also recommended approval for a zone change from Public Land to R-5 on behalf of Lori Stime of Hayward, Calif., and Tracy and Rachel (Kelli) Knapp of Newport.

They were seeking a zoning change from Public Lands (PL) to R-5 for three parcels on Pleasant Drive East, on the east side of Pend Oreille River, off LeClerc Road South.

Stime has two lots and the Knapps own one. Sheryl Miller, who unsuccessfully ran for county commissioner against Mike Manus last fall, said that the applicants had asked two years ago and were told to hold off for the rezone.

The other amendment from Responsible Growth * Northeast Washington proposed pages of changes throughout the comp plan. The planning commission recommended the commissioners reject it.

Phyllis Kardos is one of the group’s leaders. She expressed disappointment with the planning commission’s recom-

mendation for denial. She said members of her group had work for months on the amendments.

“There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell you’ll approve it,” she said to the commissioners. She said her group saw the amendment as a way to pull the county into the 21st century.

Karen Skoog, county commission chair woman, started the hearing by asking each of the commissioners to answer audibly whether or not they owned property within 300 feet of any public land designated property. She and Manus said they did not. Commissioner Steve Kiss said he had some land in the north county that would be affected but he didn’t anticipate making money from it in foreseeable future, a remark that drew scoffs from the audience.

Skoog asked if they all felt like they could decide fairly on the comp plan amendments. All three said yes. She asked if any had had “ex-parte” communication.

“I think we all have,” Manus said. He said the communication basically followed the line of many of the comments. Kiss said he also had reviewed hundreds of comments and emails.

Skoog then opened the hearing up for one minute testimony about the commissioners. This was separate from the public comments about the comprehensive plan amendments.

Several people spoke, with calls for all three commissioners to all recuse themselves.

The commissioners will wait until the SEPA appeal is decided to rule on the county’s comprehensive plan amendment, Skoog said. She said Community Development Director Greg Snow is scheduling time with the hearings examiner. She said didn’t know if the others could be approved separately, referring questions to Snow.

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CORRECTIONS The Pend Oreille County Library District’s property tax levy is currently 37 cents per $1,000 valuation. Because of a reporting error, it was misstated in last week’s story ‘Library district will seek levy lid lift,’ The Miner, May 22.

In last week’s story ‘Local economies get local attention at EDC’ the location of the next north Pend Oreille Chamber of Commerce was incorrect. The next North Pend Oreille Chamber of Commerce meeting will be at Ruby Creek Lodge Monday, June 3. Social hour starts at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Ruby Creek Lodge is located at 400051 Highway 20. We regret any confusion this caused.

County holding visioning meetings NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County is holding a series of visioning meetings as they seek public input on the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update.

The public is being asked for their thoughts on the scope, vision and topics they want addressed in the county’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan update. All plan elements – maps, goals and policies – will be updated, as necessary, during this process.

A meeting will be held at the Cusick Community Center Tuesday, June 11, starting at 7 p.m. The Cusick Community Center is located at 107 First Ave., in Cusick.

There will be a meeting held Wednesday, June 12, at 6 p.m. at the Ione Community Center, at 210 Blackwell St., in Ione.

Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m. there will be a meeting held at the Newport High School Multi-Purpose Room.

For more information, call Greg Snow, Pend Oreille County Community Development Director, at 509-447-6457 or contact Lara Floyd of White Bluffs Consulting atlara@whitebluffsconsulting.com or by phone at 509-460-2001.

Make and take a mini succulent container garden NEWPORT – People are invited to learn how to create a “mini garden or fairy garden” using succulents during this “Make and Take Succulents Mini-Garden” class Saturday, June 15, at the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 227-A S. Garden Ave., in Newport, from 10 a.m. until noon.

Class participants will learn about the different types of succulents; choosing the right varieties; suggestions for containers; design elements; propagating; transplanting; and care for these popular plants.

The class, taught by Master Gardener Vicki Green, will then go outside to the greenhouse for hands-on experience designing and creating a miniature garden planter to take home.

The fee for the class is $20 per person and will provide each participant with a planter, soil, five succulent plants, a “fairy house” or other miniature structure, moss, rocks, lichens and other supplies. Fairies, gnomes and additional accessories with be available for purchase at the class.

All funds raised from the class will be used by the local Master Gardener Foundation to cover costs for materials and to help provide gardening education programs.

Register early because class size is limited.

Participants should wear appropriate clothing, including sturdy, closed-toe shoes, for working outdoors with soil and bring gardening gloves. Bring a lawn chair if you require seating while working in the greenhouse.

Register by calling the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 509-447-2401 to provide contact information should the class schedule change and ensure adequate materials for all participants will be available.

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Newport Rodeo Queen Emily Sprague shows kindergarteners at Stratton Elementary School her horse Sweetie Thursday, May 23. Sprague, who started riding at age 2, attends Whitworth University. Her ambition is to become an equine veterinarian. She has been busy promoting the Newport Rodeo, set for June 21-22.

Cusick clerk arrested, charges dismissed Charges may be brought back when crime lab results return

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Cusick city clerk Jennifer C. Lee, 41, of Newport was arrested Tuesday, May 21, for alleged possession of methamphetamine.

When she appeared in court the next day following a night in jail, prosecuting attorney Greg Hicks said it will be some time before results are returned from the state crime lab. He asked District Court Judge Robin McCroskey for a finding of probable cause for the arrest, with the intention to proceed with the case if the results of the crime lab come back supporting the charge.

Defense attorney Dana Kelley said Hicks couldn’t have it both ways, he needed to charge or dismiss. Lee has a right to be brought to trial within 90 days after arraignment.

McCroskey asked Hicks what he wanted to do.

Hicks moved to dismiss the case without preju-

Two injured in mid-county wreck CUSICK – Two people were injured Tuesday, May 28, when their cars collided one mile south of Cusick.

Anthony J. Seymour, 18, of Inchelium was driving a 2006 Toyota Tundra pickup east on McKenzie Road when he allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign, according to the Washington State Patrol, and hit a 2012 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Carol O’Leary, 56, of Cusick. O’Leary was traveling south on Highway 20.

Both drivers were injured, with O’Leary transported by Lifeflight to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

Seymour was transported by ambulance to Newport Hospital.

Seymour was ticketed for failing to yield.

Both vehicles were totaled.

dice, meaning it can be brought back once he has the crime lab results.

Lee is currently on unpaid leave from her job.

Hicks said Lee is alleged to have been smoking meth in the outdoor bathroom. According to the sheriff logs, she was arrested at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Cusick Mayor Chris Evers said as soon as she heard of the arrest, she ordered an internal investigation to see if Lee had broken any town policies. Evers says people are presumed innocent until proven guilty and that the town can’t put an employee on unpaid leave solely as a result of a criminal allegation.

“Pursuant to the Town’s Employee Policy Manual, unpaid leave is limited to a maximum period of thirty (30) days,” Evers said in a written statement. “If the internal investigation is incomplete after thirty days, I am required to return the employee to paid status while the investigation continues.”

Evers said she may rely on the Prosecutor’s and Sheriff’s Office investigation or she may complete the internal investigation first. She says a written report of the internal investigation will be prepared.

“If any discipline, up to and including termina-

tion, is imposed based on the results of the internal investigation, I will follow the procedures outlined in the Town’s Employee Policy Manual,” Evers wrote.

Evers said she also took steps to ensure the town’s work gets done while Lee is on leave.

She assigned what could be done to existing town staff and contracted with William Mulholland, a CPA who previously served as the Finance Director for the City of Pullman and as an auditor for the Arizona state retirement system, to handle other matters.

He will be paid $65 an hour.

“His first assigned duties will involve the finalization of the Town’s 2019 budget analysis with my assistance and that of the Town Council’s Finance Committee and preparation of any necessary amendments to the 2019 Budget,” Evers wrote.

City attorney Laura McAloon said she would handle all public records requests. Former council member and mayoral candidate Duane Schofield has a number of pending public records requests. McAloon says since the town is short handed, they might not come as fast as Schofield wants, but they are being responded to.

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Friday for publication the following Wednesday. No letter will be published unless it is signed by at least one individual, even if the letter represents the view of a group.

The letter must include a telephone number and address for authentication. The Miner reserves the right to edit letters. Political letters will not be published the last issue before an election. Letters will be printed as space allows.

Levy election should be wake up call for board of trustees

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he West Bonner County School District levy passed last week, but narrowly. The two-year $3 million levy failed earlier in the year, and while we support its passing now, we remind the board of trustees that it’s now time to listen to your constituents.

There was a time when school levies in West Bonner passed handily, without much thought. This time, there was a concerted effort by people who are not so happy with the school district to convince voters to not pass it this time either. It would behoove the current board to take those complaints to heart, start a constructive conversation with those who opposed the levy, and put a plan in place so the next time they have to ask voters to balance the budget, it won’t be so difficult.

Not to mention that a lot of the complaints out there are well founded.

The installation of a new reader board at Priest River Elementary comes to mind. While we understand that funding for the board was donated, the timing of the installation of such a high-end piece of equipment that is meant to get the attention of passers-by, was poor. Optics are important. Don’t ask voters who are already anti-tax and strapped to make their own ends meet to fund education or there will be dire consequences, without paying attention to what you’re showing the public.

We’ve said on this page before that the levy should not be a referendum on the school board or the administration, but that the election of the board should be. Before the next election, we encourage the board of trustees to take seriously the complaints your constituents have and do something about it.

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Building bridges… one by one

BY KELLIE RISSO

The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office presented its annual Neighborhood Watch Captains Forum and meeting April 26 at the Bonner County Sheriff’s Training Room. The main focus and networking event provided an overview of resources and introductions to key contacts from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office and that of the other agencies in the department that serve the county.

Captain Tim Hemphill welcomed the groups and gave the overview of speakers which included Deputy Steve Carl with the K-9 unit, Deputy Jason Davis Risso with Search and Rescue, Detective Matt Wallace who presented a PowerPoint presentation of what is needed to build a case, Lt. Douglas McGeachy with the Marine Division and Sgt. Shawn Deem with the Patrol Division. This event aimed to provide community leaders with a basic understanding of knowledge and building awareness along with new ideas and increasing interaction between Law Enforcement and the Neighborhood Watch Captains and the Watch Coordinators.

One of the main goals is keeping the lines of communication open. Communication comes in many forms; newsletters, flyers, E-mail lists, neighborhood websites, etc. Newsletters can help further neighborhood goals by allowing neighbors a chance to read/ talk at their leisure about the news from within your own community, included to social events which give neighbors a chance to know each other – like a block party, potluck dinner, picnic or barbecue in the park or meeting for a cup of coffee.

With that in mind, please mark your calendars for Wednesday, Oct. 2 for the Coffee with a Cop event that involves the Tri-State region of Sanders County in eastern Montana, Bonner County, Idaho, to Pend Oreille County in eastern Washington, with all law enforcement agencies spanning and participating.

The coffee with a cop event creates a relaxed atmosphere with no agenda or expectations, just coffee, and conversation. It allows for residents to sit down with the local officers that patrol their community and have the ability to discuss whatever concerns that they may have and that is important to them.

The event will be at various coffee businesses throughout the region soon to be announced.

Remember: What you do matters and community members of neighborhood watch groups only serve as the extra “eyes and ears” of law enforcement. If you see something say something, report suspicious activity to law enforcement. For more information on how you can become a volunteer or a member with a neighborhood watch program in your area please contact Sheryl Kins at the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department at 208-263-8417 or in Pend Oreille County contact Deputy Jake Larsen at the Pend Oreille Sheriff’s department at 509-447-3151.

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YO U R O P I N I O N Drinking from the Grid To the editor, Those of you who follow environmental news are likely aware of escalating concerns about the future availability of fresh water sufficient for the needs of a growing population.

Most of the Earth’s surface water is not suitable for human consumption, and the water available at depths accessible by practical well drilling methods is not sufficient to satisfy the deficit in our demand for fresh water. What to do?

I think the necessary actions are readily sorted into one of three simple categories: (1) reduce consumption by conservation and improving the efficiency of processes that require fresh water; (2) recover potable water by processing waste water to the greatest extent technically possible; (3) extract fresh water at potability standards by desalination of ocean water.

I also think that our

fresh water future will be secured by actions in all three categories, noting that the latter two require energy, and further note that the extraction of fresh water from the ocean is already a primary source of potable water for some countries today (Israel, for example). So, as the demand for fresh water increases with increasing population, we had better find the energy for processes (2) and (3), because simple conservation (1) will not suffice.

Thus once again the electric Grid will be called upon to increase its capacity to meet this demand. And, as I noted last time in the discussion about the effects of electric transportation, realization of this increased Grid capacity with fossil fuels as legacy generation technologies (e.g. coal) will further confound efforts to reduce the total amount of carbon dioxide and other combustion gases released to the atmosphere. Thus the integration of renewable energy

sources into the Grid is further motivated to satisfy one of our basic survival needs.

Next time – why photovoltaics are prominent amongst renewable energy sources.

-David Bell Fertile Valley Road

Saddened by rude behavior at comp plan meeting To the editor, I don’t have all the facts regarding the proposed smelter. Fortunately for those of us at Wednesday’s zoning meeting, the anti-smelter folks did.

Dozens of them did. They made some good and valid points. Some points were spoken, some sung, some rapped.

The few, maybe five who spoke in support of the re-zoning, not necessarily the smelter, were heckled, shouted over, laughed at by the opponents of the re-zoning. They were a hostile group. Which sort of diminished their argument. Unfortunately, this incivility seems

to be acceptable today.

There’s one view allowed and any opposing view is met with anger, threats and violence.

This group spoke of our First Amendment right to free speech but apparently feel those rights only belong to them. I was saddened and embarrassed by their rude behavior.

-Lorraine and Ben Kirkpatrick Newport

Tariffs making it more expensive for everyone To the editor, I am trying to wrap my head around President Trump’s trade war with China. The president is going to give farmers impacted by China’s tariffs on their crops $16 billion in aid from the federal government. He claims that the farm aid cost will be paid by American tariffs on Chinese imported goods.

Look at it this way, a trip to Wal-Mart will cost SEE LETTERS, 5A

State of Liberty tempting I was headed into the grocery store the other day for bread, eggs and milk when I noticed a line outside the door. I thought it might be some free samples, so I went over to see what they had. It was a line to sign a petition for a ballot initiative C O L U M N to create Liberty State. I had heard a little about the FRANK proposal, and WATSON had dismissed it as the rumblings of anarchists and the ultra-right.

I was more concerned with my bread, eggs, and milk, so I bypassed the gathering and proceed-

ed to get my shopping cart.

After securing my purchases and barely avoiding a collision with a six passenger pick up in the parking lot, I let my thoughts wander to the crowd still in the line to sign the petition. They didn’t look like radicals, but you never know.

We already have two Washingtons and surely don’t need a third. Spokane Valley is confusing enough. I decided to learn more about the issue generating the crowd, so when I got home, I visited the Libertystate.org website.

The movement is not new but is recently gaining momentum. In a nutshell, the proposal draws a line down the crest of the Cascade Range and divides our state in two parts. The western, liberal, part keeps the name, capitol, and all

existing government bodies and functions. The eastern, conservative, part becomes a new state and must create a new capitol, government, etc. The arguments for and against are easily found on Google.

I questioned the constitutionality of such a proposition and was assured that it is not prohibited, and precedent exists. In 1861 contrary to the wishes of the western part of the state, Virginia seceded from the Union. The dissenting counties formed their own state and were formally admitted to the Union in 1863. So, I guess it is possible for Washington to follow a similar path.

I thought the Liberty State proponents would have no chance of SEE WATSON, 5A

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Do you think the U.S. will go to war with Iran?

Several states have passed strict abortion laws, seemingly aimed at getting a case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where anti-abortion activists hope Roe V. Wade will be struck down, making abortion illegal in the U.S.

Yes.

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Is it time for the U.S. to end legal abortion?

Yes, it’s murder. It is time to end abortion.

No, abortion is one part of women’s health care. It needs to be protected.

I don’t care.

No.

Maybe.

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Governor launches effort to improve Idaho’s broadband BOISE – Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his latest executive order last week, establishing the Idaho Broadband Task Force to improve connectivity and broadband infrastructure across Idaho.

“In a data-driven society, connectivity is imperative for a vital economy,” Governor Little said.

“Improved broadband infrastructure ensures both urban and rural Idaho will be connected and well-positioned to attract business and enhance our citizens’ quality of life.”

Little directed the task force to come up with recommendations by November on ways the state can assist in furthering Idaho’s connectivity and

speeds. Idaho Department of Commerce Director Tom Kealey will chair the task force. The group will focus its efforts on mapping Idaho’s existing services and identifying gaps in Idaho’s broadband infrastructure. The mapping effort is the first step in developing a statewide broadband plan.

“For Idahoans to continue to realize commercial growth and better lives, they must have access to reliable broadband infrastructure and service,” Director Kealey said. “The Idaho Broadband Task Force intends to directly address connectivity gaps and low-speed service and provide recommendations to the Governor that will

allow Idaho citizens, businesses and communities to continue on a trajectory of success.”

The task force plans to meet four times before October and provide a final report to the Governor in November.

The task force is made up of government officials, internet providers, satellite providers, cellular providers, industry representatives, universities, and representatives from the tribes, counties, and cities. In addition, the task force includes Reps. Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, and Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, as well as Sens.

Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, and Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville.

Delayed opening of Mill Pond Historic Site, Campground NEWPORT – The anticipated June opening of Mill Pond Historic Site and the Mill Pond Campground has been postponed until mid-August, due to unforeseen construction and weather-related delays.

These sites have been closed since July of 2017, when construction began to remove Mill Pond Dam and restore the habitat in and around the area. The project is being performed by Seattle City Light on the Colville National Forest as required by the Boundary Hydroelectric Facility License issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2013.

Upon opening, visitors can enjoy 10 upgraded campsites with new food storage lockers at each site. Improvements to the road, and parking spurs will be made, and a new bathroom facility will be installed in the campground.

The new Mill Pond Historic day use site will offer visitors a picnic pavilion with fireplace, picnic tables, grill tables, fire rings, and interpretive displays. A new trail system, which can be accessed from the old dam site or campground, will provide a loop around the old pond site and lower floodplain area. An additional connecting trail and improvements to existing trails will be completed over the next two seasons to provide a continuous loop opportunity connecting the picnic shelter site to trail system. Most of this trail system, including two large bridges spanning Sullivan Creek and the old dam site, will be accessible for all users.

Visitors to the area will notice that since Mill Pond Dam was demolished in the fall SEE DAM, 7A

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you more as you are paying the tariffs in the form of price increases. The federal government collects the tariff taxes and the importers raise the price to offset the tariff. Don’t forget that the increase price at the store also translates additional sales and excise taxes at the cash register. Those taxes are based on a percentage of the sale.

Before the trade war with China, farmers exported their crops to stable Chinese markets.

Those farmers made profits and didn’t need aid from taxpayers The result is that taxpayers are the consumers who are paying for Trump’s trade war of his own making.

The idea is that China has treated us unfairly with trade practices.

China simply took advantage that American parents didn’t want their kids working factory jobs, they didn’t want to breathe the dirty air from operating factories and they wanted cheap goods and lower prices. The first TV I bought in 1971 cost

$1,000 and was made in an American factory by union workers making living wages. The same TV is now $300 and is made in China and sold to me by a kid at Wal-Mart making $12/hour with no benefits.

The problem is that the kids went from working in a factory to working at a Wal-Mart.

The solution of putting our farmers on welfare and paying for it with a tariff tax is making everything we buy cost more.

-Pete Scobby Newport

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success until I reviewed the activities of our most recent legislative session. With both houses of our legislature controlled by liberals, the legislature was able to run amok, create programs that were west coast specific, and pass the largest budget increase in history. Everyone knows the mess they made of school funding, but relatively few voters are aware of the bevy of new taxes passed during the last-minute surge. These bills were passed in dark of night with no public input and without the critical eye of the press. These secret proceedings included a new tax on gasoline to be added to the increases already passed, making Washington gas prices among the highest in the nation. Banks will be subject to increased state taxes. They have no choice but to pass these increased costs along to their customers. The state tax on your home will increase, and the rate will vary with the appraised value of the property. If you recently purchased a new home, your tax can more than double.

Another big kicker was the increased tax on businesses. When this tax became public, a spokesman for the administration said it was an increase on a small select group of services. This is simply not true. I read the bill. The list

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Sharing the Dharma Day June 9 NEWPORT – Sravasti Abbey, the Tibetan Buddhist monastery, opens its doors for Sharing the Dharma Day on June 9. The day’s schedule includes a guided meditation, vegetarian potluck lunch, and facilitated discussion on the day’s topic. The program is offered freely, and donations as well as food offerings for the resident nuns and monks are welcomed.

Venerable Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess, teaches on “Establishing Compassion-

ate Habits.” The day’s topic is drawn from the book, An Open-Hearted Life, a book published by Shambhala and co-authored by Ven. Chodron and Eastern Washington University psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts.

The first session begins at 9:45 a.m., potluck lunch is at noon, and the program ends at 3 p.m. Participants should bring food to share for lunch, avoiding onions, garlic, and SEE DHARMA, 7A

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is neither small nor select.

It includes: anything related to technology or software, newspapers and news agencies, on-line shippers, lawyers, engineers, etc., etc. Did I mention that the new law also increases the cost of health care? The escalating cost of health care is already a national crisis, and our legislature jacked up the cost even more. I think the logic is that when the bill comes, it will be in the form of higher insurance premiums. The legislature can then blame the dirty rotten insurance companies. The saddest part is that the increased taxes are not needed. Our economy is booming, and state revenues have increased over 22 percent since the last legislative session.

No thought was given to what will happen when the economy cools, as it surely will. The budget is not sustainable.

When the whirlwind session was over, Governor Inslee joined the liberal legislators in celebration. Is there any wonder why the Liberty State initiative is gaining momentum? Next time I am at the grocery store, I just might sign the petition.

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Last game of the season

hese youngsters were taking part in the last game of the Pend Oreille Valley Youth Sports Association soccer season at Newport Thursday, May 23.

Parents, siblings and grandparents watched as the Wild Animals, in green, took on the Shooting Stars, in blue. The POVYSA had about four games for the youngest players, ages 3-6.

Miner photos by Don Gronning

A Shooting Star looks to dribble while Wild Animals rush to defend.

ABOVE: Emmett Green, 5, a Wild Animals team member, gets a little tangled in the net as he retrieves the ball.

ABOVE RIGHT: Two spectators share a moment while watching Thursday’s match.

RIGHT: The Shooting Stars and the Wild Animals mix it up with Shooting Stars coach Laura Verity overseeing the play.

BELOW: The two teams have the customary handshake at the end of the match.

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Dam Safety Awareness Day Pend Oreille Public Utility District will celebrate National Dam Safety Awareness Day Friday, May 31, at Box Canyon Dam in Ione. Activities for kids, including catching critters in Campbell Pond, are available during the entire event. Visitors of all ages can take part in interactive tours, presentations, get a free barbecue lunch and receive giveaways. The lunch will take place from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. It will be followed by a powerhouse tour from 12:30 to 1 p.m. A dam safety presentation will be given at 1 p.m. and people can ask questions and talk to staff from 1:30 to 2 p.m. People who RSVP in advance to communications@popud.org will be entered into a raffle.

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leeks as well as meat, fish, or chicken.

Dress is casual, although modesty is appropriate for a monastic environment. Short skirts and shorts are discouraged.

Sharing the Dharma Day is a monthly event for people of all faiths and backgrounds that would like to know more about Buddhist teachings. All are welcome. Curiosity and openness to learn are the only pre-requisites. Future dates include July 14, Aug. 4, and Sept. 15.

Sravasti Abbey is located at 692 Country Lane, Newport.

For more information and directions call 509447-5549 or email office.sravasti@gmail.com. Find additional information about Sravasti Abbey at Sravasti.org.

of 2017, the landscape of the old Mill Pond site has been dramatically transformed. Most of the sediment in the pond was flushed downstream with strong Sullivan Creek flows in the spring of 2018 exposing the pre-dam ground surface of the Sullivan Creek floodplain.

Throughout the summer and fall of 2018 a natural riverine ecosystem was shaped, with multi-thread stream channels and extensive

log jams to provide high quality fish habitat and spawning areas. During the fall of 2018, thousands of locally-sourced shrubs, trees, and grasses were planted in five different planting zones around the old pond site. With the warmer weather of spring, the site has begun to green up and the initial site restoration will be complete when the site opens later this summer. For more information, contact the Newport Ranger District at 509-447-7300 or visit www.millponddam.com.

NEWPORT

Barbara Jo Ross of Newport passed away May 23, at Newport Hospital, due to health complications.

She was 64 years old.

Barbara was born Feb. 15, 1955, in Lewiston, Idaho, the Ross daughter of Dale Hardin and Frances Peterson.

She married Robert Ross Sr., who passed away. She then married Larry Bergman.

Barbara enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and sewing. She loved her cats, humming birds and yellow roses.

She also loved music, dancing and cooking.

Barbara is survived by her son and daughterin-law, Eric and Nanette Ross of Newport, and grandchildren Stacy, Thomas and Alyssa Ross; and her son Robert Ross Jr., of Spokane, and grandchildren Alexander, Nicholas, Robert, Isaiah and Lily Ross.

She was preceded in death by her late husband Larry Bergman and former husband Robert Ross Sr., as well as her mother, Frances Harding.

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In the short time she was on this Earth she made a positive impact on everyone that crossed her path. She was a genuine soul who loved her family.

She leaves behind her husband Skipp Snyder, daughters Summer Satterlee and Shawnee Satterlee, stepchildren Aaron, Brett, Christopher and Torrie; one

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Say hello to the new junior high principal

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – Priest River Junior High has a new principal, pending West Bonner County School District’s Board of Trustees approval at monthly meeting June 19.

As of Friday, May 24, Amber Williams of Sand-

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point, was offered and accepted the position of junior high principal.

“Amber expressed great passion for students and learning, and is excited to join our team,” WBCSD Superintendent Paul Anselmo said in an email.

Williams is currently a second grade teacher at Sagle Elementary School.

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Listen for the geese

by Jan Gleason

Sometimes I wake at dawn and lie very still to listen for the creeping sounds of the coming day.

When all is quiet I hear the wild geese honking as they fly out to their feeding grounds and I think – All is well!

Other days begin with an assault of sound and activity and I get no sense of the day to come; so I say to myself --Listen for the geese!

As end of day draws near there may be a question, did the day fulfill it’s promise or or did it fall short?

When I hear the geese call as they fly to their nests by the river; I know -- All is as it was meant to be.

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Friday, May 10

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Wednesday, May 15

Story Time and Crafts Location: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

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

Commissioner Kiss Office Hours Location: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library

Monday, May 13 Fire District No. 2 Commissioners Location: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Story Time Location: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

Tuesday, May 14 Story Time Location: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Book Discussion Group Location: 4-5 p.m. - Ione

Weight Watchers Location: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Catholic Church Ione Town Council Location: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

Thursday, May 16 Story Time Location: 11 a.m. - Ione Library North Pend Oreille Lions Location: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

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President Donald J. Trump (R) The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington D.C. 20500 Phone: Comments 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Senator Patty Murray (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2621 Spokane office: 10 North Post Street Spokane WA 00201 Phone: (509) 624-9515 Senator Maria Cantwell (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3441 Spokane office: W. 910 Riverside, No. 697 Spokane WA 99201 Phone: (509) 353-2507 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 1708 Longworth House Office Bldg.

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position, along with Pamela Hammond, an elementary and junior high teacher from Castlerock, Wash., Thursday, May 23 at the junior high. The two women were interviewed separately, and then took turns participating in a community forum in the junior high cafeteria where they answered questions from the public and other WBCSD staff.

Williams has taught elementary school in the Lake Pend Oreille School District for over nine years.

“My mentor there taught me a lot about learning from and listening to kids,” Williams, a mother of two, said. “Academics

is super important, but I think it feeds off of the social and emotional level a kid is at. You have to sit down with them and see where they are at, and how you can help them take the best advantage of their education.”

Earlier in May Priest River Elementary Principal Connie Kimble applied for the position and went through the same interview and forum process. Ultimately, she decided to remain at her current position.

Former PRJHS principal Leoni Johnson gave her resignation to the WBCSD in April.

According to the district, Johnson is leaving to accept a principal position in Washington state.

Fish free in Idaho, Washington June 8 BOISE - Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 8, and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game invites veteran and novice anglers of all ages, residents and nonresidents alike, to celebrate the day by fishing anywhere in Idaho without a license. Though fishing license requirements are suspended for this special day, all other rules, such as limits or tackle restrictions, remain in effect.

Lack of fishing experience is no excuse. At many locations, you don’t even need a rod, tackle or bait. Just show up and Fish and Game employees and volunteers will loan you gear and show you how to catch a fish. The department will stock trout in select locations before the event to increase your chances of landing a fish.

In Washington, the state offers a free fishing weekend June 8-9.

Vehicle Access Pass (which comes with a fishing license) also are not needed here. A Discover Pass will not be required on WDFW or Washington State Park lands throughout the weekend, but will be required on DNR lands both days.

While no licenses are required on Free Fishing Weekend, it’s still important to check the regulations for other rules such as size limits, bag limits, catch record card requirements and area closures that will still be in effect.

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Several teenage girls from Priest River Lamanna High School (PRLHS) are headed to the Ameri-

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Natalie Randolph, Adrie

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Minish, Kara Slater and Alaina Guevarra of Priest River have been selected to attend the Girls State program in June. As part of the ALA program, Randolph, Minish, Slater and Guevarra will study local, county and state government processes during a week of nonpartisan political learning experience.

Bonner County Syringa Girl State delegates were honored at Girls State Tea in Priest River Tuesday, May 11.

Randolph, Minish, Slater and Guevarra, juniors at Priest River Lamanna High School, were selected to attend ALA Idaho Syringa Girls State based on recommendations by the high school staff and

selection interviews by the Auxiliary Girl State Selection Panel. Selection criteria for the Girls State delegates included engagement in school and community activities, academic proficiency and leadership skills.

ALA Girls State attendees, known as “citizens,” receive special instruction in parliamentary procedure and organize themselves into two mock political parties.

The young women then campaign, hold rallies, debate and ultimately vote to elect city, county and state officials. Once elected to office, delegates are sworn in and perform their prescribed duties. Attendees not elected to office are

given appointments and visit the offices of those elected to share their viewpoints as citizens.

Every spring, approximately 25,000 young women across the country are selected to attend ALA Girls State programs in their respective states.

Two outstanding citizens from each of the 50 ALA Girls State programs are then chosen to represent their state as “senators” at ALA Girls Nation held in Washington, D.C. in July.

For more information about the Priest River American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 155, contact Kathy Jensen at kathy65@conceptcable. com.

Citizens Against Newport Silicon Smelter Open Letter to Pac West May 25, 2019

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we will not accept your proposed silicon smelter in our community. Not now. Not ever.

We will commit whatever time, resources, blood, sweat and tears necessary. Whatever it takes. However long it takes. This is our community. We aren’t going anywhere.

The public property that you purchased was sold illegally. The court found that the sale was conducted improperly, but you won round one by claiming to be “an innocent purchaser.” Round two is now underway in the Appeals Court. We will not give up.

You have relied on the County to rezone the property for you. You didn’t file an application. You didn’t even show up for the hearing.

We did. So did our kids and our grandchildren. It is that important to our future. We will continue to oppose it. And appeal it, if necessary. Whatever it takes. It is illegal and it is wrong.

You told all of us that you were committed to a full and transparent review of the environmental and health impacts of the proposed smelter. Yet, you haven’t even executed a contract to pay for the costs of the environmental review. You expect the Department of Ecology to pick up more of the work in-house, at taxpayer expense.

And there is no health review in the works. You’ve refused to pay for one. Cutting corners is not acceptable when it comes to our environment and our health.

Your one true talking point has been that Governor Inslee has named the proposed smelter a “Project of Statewide Significance” and has showered you with grant money. That was years ago, and nothing has come from it. Even more telling, the Governor’s Office recently told the media that this “doesn’t mean he supports it outright.” Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. Apparently, even the Governor’s Office has got the message.

So PacWest, if you thought bringing your proposed silica smelter to this corner of Northeast Washington would be an easy score, that nobody would care or that you could simply beat us down or wait us out, think again. We are still here. We are organized - and growing. We have powerful allies. We have a talented and committed legal team. We aren’t going anywhere. Make no mistake, we will meet you at every turn. We will outlast you. And we will prevail. Whatever it takes. Time to pack it up, PacWest.

Michael Naylor, Chairman

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Krabbenhoft wins second place at state

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

CHENEY – Selkirk High School’s Justin Krabbenhoft took home the second place medal in high jump at the Washington State Track and Field competition last week at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, leaping 6 feet. He tied for second place with Caleb Revey of Lummi.

Jacob Huset of Concordia Christian Academy was first place, clearing 6 feet, 2 inches.

Selkirk was the only school in Pend Oreille County to qualify for the state competition.

“Wow, just wow,” track and field coach Susan Vermeulen enthused.

“What an incredible three days of competition.”

The Rangers were at EWU May 23-25, competing with 50 schools in the 1B classification.

The boys placed seventh overall and the girls placed 28th.

Krabbenhoft finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.00 and sixth in the long jump at 20 feet, 1 inch.

Steven Issakides took fourth place in javelin, throwing 148 feet. He went on to finish seventh in the 300-meter

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Selkirk High School senior Justin Krabbenhoft was one of several Rangers to compete at last week’s annual Washington State Track and Field competition. Here, he throws himself up and over in the high jump.

hurdles, clocking in at 43.93.

Rennie Pelkie was eighth in the 800-meter at 2:20.42.

“Rennie ran this race after being sick all morning,” Vermeulen said.

He went on to finish 13th in the 1600-me-

ter relay with a time of 5:10.20.

In the boys’ 4x400 relay race the Rangers’ team – including alternates – of Pelkie, Jake Hays, Steven Issakides, Justin Krabbenhoft, Joel Krabbenhoft and Connor Stark placed seventh

with a time of 3:43.13.

For the girls Abbie Pettis finished 12th in the 400-meter race with a time of 1:08.69. The girls’ relay team of Makakla Foy, Osheana Fristad, Abbie Pettis, Sydnees Pettis, Kat Anderson and Mailei Jungblom, includ-

ing alternates, placed eighth in the 4x100 relay race with a time of 54.45.

They went on to finish seventh in the 4x200 with a time of 1:55.60.

“Thank you to all of our fans who supported us during our state competition whether your

support was cheering us on during the rain storms, donating money for food or helping us getting ready to leave,” Vermeulen said. “We value your time and commitment to the Selkirk Rangers Track and Field team.”

Newport tennis gets state experience

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

COURTESY PHOTO|DAVID SIEMSEN

The Grizzlies golf team represented Newport High School at last week’s state golf tournament in Olympia. The team took home the fourth place trophy for the second year in a row. Pictured above are NHS golf coach David Siemsen, Annie Huang, Nick Mackey and Ben Krogh.

Grizzlies took fourth as a team at state golf

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

OLYMPIA – Three golfers from Newport High School attended the Washington State Golf Tournament in Olympia Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21-22. Senior Nick Mackey placed ninth in the state and sophomore Ben Krogh placed 16th in the state for the 1A schools. Newport brought home the fourth place team trophy for the second year in a row.

For the girls, Annie Huang represented Newport at the Tumwater Valley Golf Club Tuesday. Huang shot a 50 on the front nine and 53

on the back, giving her a score of 103.

Unfortunately, the cut for the first round was 96. NHS golf coach David Siemsen praised Huang’s ability and said that since this is only her freshman year, he sees her only getting better.

“She is only a freshman player and had a tremendous golf season,” Siemsen says. “She made some unbelievable improvements this year and will return next year. She has a great shot of returning to the state tournament next year. Annie is a wonderful student-athlete.”

At the Olympia Country Club and

Golf Course, Mackey shot a 76 the first day (par was 72) and Krogh shot an 80.

“It was a great start for the first day of competition,” Siemsen said.

Both boys made the cut for the day, which was 90. On Wednesday, May 22 the boys ran into some difficulty. Mackey shot 83 and Krogh shot 86. Totals for the two days were 158 for Mackey and 166 for Krogh.

“It was a great season and I had a great golf squad this year,” Siemsen said. “Thanks to all the parents and kids on my team for making this year such a memorable experience.”

Register for race at Frater Lake by June 3 IONE – For runners, backpackers and trail enthusiasts, the last day to sign up for the Kaniksu 50 and Emory Corwine Memorial Ruck Race at Frater Lake is Monday, June 3 at 11:59 p.m.

This is an individual and team event, June 7-9 at Frater Lake.

The race is part of the Kaniksu Ultras, which are non-profit endurance runs held in the Lower Selkirk Mountain Range of the Colville

National Forest. All racers and teams will receive a tri-blend race shirt, post-race dinner and a unique finishers award. Kaniksu 50 and Tall Trees 29K awards will be given to the top three overall male and female finishers. For the Emory Corwine Memorial Ruck Race, awards will be given to the top three teams overall, top team outfits, top team baton and an award for last place.

On Friday, June 7

packet pick-up and/or race registration is 5 to 8 p.m. Relay teams need to bring a team roster with teammates assigned to each leg of the 50K. The SERE Beer Mile is 7 to 8 p.m. Each participant has four beers and must run the marked ¼-mile trail. Participant is required to drink one beer at the start of each ¼-mile lap. Only people 21-years-old and up are allowed to participate in the Beer Mile. For complete rules, go to www.

beermile.com/rules.

On Saturday, June 8, 4 to 5:30 a.m. the race site is open for packet pick-up, registration, and drop-bag collection.

All runners and ruckers need to check in at the timer’s table next to the start line.

For more information, including registration, race route, directions and times, go to www. kaniksuultras.com/ kaniksu-50-events-page or email kaniksuultra@ gmail.com.

YAKIMA – The Newport High School (NHS) tennis team returned from state with some wins, some losses and some valuable state experience.

“State was a great experience for the kids,” Coach Brandon McDaniel says, adding that they competed against some good tennis players.

Boys’ singles player Cameron Whittle lost his first match to a Tonasket player in two sets. 6-1, 6-1. He came back and beat a Wahluke player in three sets, losing the first set 6-3, then taking the next two sets 6-4, 6-4. That put him in a match with a Chelan player. Whittle lost the first set in a tiebreaker, then lost the second set 6-2. The Chelan player went on to win eighth. In boys’ doubles, Tug Smith and Danny Bradbury lost their first match in a hard fought three sets. They won the first set 6-1, then dropped the next two 6-4, 6-4. That put them in a match with a Pateros team, who won in 6-3, 6-3.

Newport’s other boys’ doubles team, Josh Carlson and Johnny Goodman, lost their first match in two sets to a Cashmere team, 6-2, 6-2. That put them in a match with a La Salle team. Carlson and Goodman took that match to three sets but lost. They lost the first set 6-1, came back to win the second set 6-4 and lost the third set 6-0. On the girls’ side, the doubles team of Cyndi Lewis and Lydia Jurgens lost their first match in two sets to a Tenino team, 6-1, 6-2. That put them in a match with a La Salle team. La Salle won 6-4, 6-2 and went on to win eighth place in the tournament.

McDaniel says it was a successful season for the tennis program, which is in its third season.

“It was certainly a successful year for the program and I could not be more proud of all the kids,” he says.

“I think we will continue to grow into next year and see more trips to state into the future. Thank you to the community and school district for their unwavering support of these kids.”

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‘You want to do this, so just do it’ Diamond Lake resident competes in Ironman

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DIAMOND LAKE – Jeffrey Bell is Ironman. To be more specific, he is an Ironman. The 64-year-old Diamond Lake resident recently competed in the Ironman Triathlon Santa Rosa, Calif., May 11, finishing sixth in his age group.

There were over 2,000 athletes from 30 different countries participating the event, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile run, raced in that order and without a break.

“There were about 25 men in my age group and 16 of us finished,” Bell says.

“Of those 16, I came in sixth.

“I’m just glad I finished,” he adds, laughing.

While he does have a competitive streak, Bell is more interested in pushing himself to do new things as opposed to showing anybody up. He credits his wife, Kristi, for her encouragement and accompanying him to the race.

“You can’t do these without the full support of your spouse, because it’s a real sacrifice on their part and a selfish endeavor on mine,” Bell says.

Santa Rosa wasn’t Bell’s first Ironman. He competed in the Coeur d’Alene Ironman in 2014 after volunteering for the event the previous year. He’s also run in the Boston Marathon in 2000, done triathlons at Priest Lake and Medical Lake, and is the organizer of the annual Diamond Lake Half-Marathon that takes place every July 4.

After serving as a volunteer on the swim portion of the 2013 Ironman, Bell started to muse about whether or not he should participate as an athlete.

“I thought that if I was 20 years younger I would probably go for it,” he recalls.

After mentioning it out loud to Kristi several times, she finally told him, “You want to do this, so just do it.”

“I think maybe she was tired of hearing me go on about it,” Bell says, chuckling. “Then when I went ahead and entered she was like, ‘Really, you actually signed up?’”

He admits that he was nervous for his first Ironman. He recalls the water of Lake Coeur d’Alene being choppy from the wind, and he felt intimidated by the more experienced triathlon athletes.

“But a friend gave me the best piece of advice, which is to just enjoy the day,” Bell remembers. “You’re there, and you’ve worked hard to get there. You know what you need to do and you’ve signed up for it, you might as well just enjoy the experience.”

To prepare for the 2019 Ironman in Santa Rosa, Bell trained six days a week with one day for recovery.

He found, “a fantastic coach” in Spokane who helped him with nutrition, hydration tips, exercise schedule and accountability. Once a week he would work in exercises for core strength and flexibility, then the other days were dedicated to 50-percent bicycling, 25-percent swimming, and 25-percent running. He figures he was training around 25 hours per week.

“I’m fortunate in that I only have to work at my regular job three days a week,” Bell says. “It (Ironman training) was like having a second job. I respect anyone who trains for this and has a full-time job on top of it.”

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“I have things I say to myself in my head, little mantras to keep me moving forward,” Jeffrey Bell says of his motivation to keep going in the Ironman race.

When it comes nutrition for racing, Bell says he eats what he usually eats, which is mostly a plantbased diet with chicken and fish. Before a race or intense training he will load up on carbohydrates like rice and pasta and then for recovery will have protein like beans, legumes, poultry or fish.

“It’s not a hard and fast rule for me, but I just try to be mindful about what I’m putting in my body,” he says.

So what’s different about doing a triathlon at 64 as opposed to 45? No great secret, just pushing through the aches and pains and taking care of yourself when you need to, Bell says.

“Your body doesn’t recover as fast as you used to, but if you’re keeping up on it you can compete successfully,” he says. “Father Time takes his toll, but you can still do it.”

When Bell was competing in the final leg of the Ironman at Santa Rosa, which is the 26.22 mile run, he recalls looking at the wine country around him and allowing the present moment to be what it was while talking himself through his tiredness and

physical hurt.

“It doesn’t matter how hard you train, you’re going to hurt by the end of it,” he says nonchalantly.

“The run was so beautiful though, so I just talked myself through it and felt happy that even though I was tired and hurting, I got to run through this gorgeous location and I was going to finish.”

It helps that when racers reach the finish line people are lined up on either side shouting their names and applauding, Bell adds.

“You’ve got your name printed on your race bib, so people are clapping and cheering for you and when you cross the line the announcer declares that you’re an Ironman, so that’s some good motivation,” Bell says. “In a strange way, it’s very enjoyable, but you have to enjoy the journey that gets you there because that is what makes it worth it.”

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We need native aquatic plants Now Servicing Diesels

By Lisa Alkire

Pend Oreille County Weed Board

Although you and your kids would rather have a plant-free swimming spot or fishing hole, native aquatic plants provide environmental benefits you shouldn’t ignore.

Aquatic plants are an important food source for many animals. Waterfowl eat the seeds, leafy parts and tubers of the plants of pondweed, arrowhead, and duckweed. Birds use the fluff from cattails as crucial nest materials.

Otter, beaver, muskrats, turtles, moose, and even bear graze on a variety of aquatic plants. Important aquatic insects also eat our aquatic plants.

Just as importantly, aquatic plants provide important habitat structure for insects and snails, which in turn supply food for fish and waterfowl.

Young fish and amphibians use aquatic plants for cover from predatory fish and birds. This, coupled with the food supply they offer, makes aquatic plants important nurseries for young fish, frogs, and our native trout.

Submersed and emergent plants protect our shorelines from erosive wave action or currents.

They also keep the sediment on the lake bottom,

which increases water clarity.

Aquatic plants are a vital part of the complex system of chemical cycling in a lake, river or stream and can influence the oxygen supply in the water. Aquatic plants also soak up pollutants from contaminated water. A diverse healthy native plant community is better able to repel invasion by opportunistic exotic weeds.

Like most things in nature, balance is important. Nobody benefits from a dense thick aquatic plant habitat. Very dense plant growth can keep us from our favorite recreational activities like boating and swimming. It doesn’t just inconvenience us, dense mats of aquatic plants also have low dissolved oxygen levels at night, which can decrease fish habitat by hampering the search for food or avoidance of predators. The dense plant growth that doesn’t do anybody any good is usually caused by an overabundance of nutrients, often from sources like failing septic systems, fertilizer runoff, and agricultural waste.

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DIAMOND LAKE - We’re blessed in Pend Oreille County to have such a bounty nature including beautiful and lush forested areas. Indeed, it’s this rich bounty of nature that draws many people to this part of the country. Many of the longstanding members of our community will tell you that each year there is a price that comes with such a blessing aside from just property taxes.

It is each homeowner’s responsibility to make their home safe from wildfire and now is the best time to take action. The combination of new homes being built in wild land areas and vegetation overgrowing older subdivisions makes wildfires increasingly more difficult to fight.

“The best action homeowners can take is to create a space around their homes or cabins which may allow their property to survive a wildfire without firefighter assistance,” says Mike Nokes, chief of the South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue. This is known as defensible space.”

Property owners can create this defensible space by following these tips: Clean out gutters, sweep decks and clean off your roof. These places can catch wind-driven embers that will ignite your home.

Remove leaf clutter and branches overhanging the

roof. Vegetation should not touch the home.

Make sure that there are no flammable materials within 3 to 5 feet around buildings.

Properly dispose of slash and plant debris as much as possible.

Keep your grass cut short and well watered within a 30-foot radius of structures Store firewood at least 30 feet away from the house.

Organize a neighborhood cleanup day. By helping your entire community, you’ll be providing better protection to yourself.

Contact your local fire department or agency office for more specific information.

Research has shown that homes with defensible space, free of flammable fuels, can often survive a wildfire. Defensible space later offers firefighters the advantage of extra room to operate equipment to safely reach and extinguish any active fire when they check your home after the fire passes.

There are many other things you can do if you are landscaping your yard or remodeling your home that may add to the safety of your home and the likelihood firefighters will be able to defend it. For more information and tips about landscaping go to www. firewise.org, If you would like to have firefighters from the South Pend Oreille Fire Rescue conduct an assessment of your property to point out

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At home, remove paint can lid and place can in a warm spot to dry out, OR add a claybased kitty litter, sawdust or soil to the LATEX paint.

Stir daily to break the “skin” and allow the rest to dry out.

When the LATEX paint is DRY or in a semi-solid state, dispose of LATEX paint can (keep the lids off) with your regular garbage.

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Thought I write about the most recent and past perennial winners. What is gardening, if not trying new, interesting perennial varieties; let’s start with the most recent.

Stachy monieri ‘Hummelo’ – Lamb’s Ear: This particular Stachy has deep green leaves and blooms from early to late summer. Flowers are lavender pink with a square stem and even after deadheading this particular perennial won’t reward you with extra blooms. Stachy is a very dense plant and should be divided every few years.

Prefers full sun to part shade. I’ve had this plant in my garden for about seven to eight years now and have never had the deer even take a nipple.

On to 2018 – Allium ‘Millenium’ – ornamental onion: Forms a compact, upright clump of glossy

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green foliage. Beautiful profusion of large 2 inch, bright rosy purple flowers in late July and August.

Sweet nectar attracts butterflies and honeybees but with its strong scent keeps deer and rabbits at bay.

2017 – Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly weed: If you want to attract hummingbirds, Monarch butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects than this the perfect plant. With bright shades of orange and yellow blooms followed by pods that open to reveal seeds with long, silky hairs. All plant parts have a milky sap that may be a skin irritant. Prefers full sun and drought tolerant once established.

2016 – Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ – Windflower: This is exceptional perennial blooming late summer to fall. Pure white single blossoms above grape like leaves. Prefers sun to part shade and also makes a great cut flower

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2014 – Panicum viratum ‘Northwind’: This is a versatile switchgrass for many seasons reaching 4 to 6 feet, blooming in July. Panicles turn beige as seeds mature in fall with seed plumes persisting well into winter. Seed are a food source for birds in winter. Prefers full sun to part shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.

I hope you give these six winners a try in your flower beds and check out other past winners.

Taking care of our waterfront Riparian areas are transition zones between land and water environments. They are important because they stabilize shorelines, reduce downstream flooding, improve water quality and enhance wildlife habitat. There are many things you can do to preserve lakeside or streamside environments, including: * Use organic or slow-release fertilizers on your lawn, or none at all. * Shrink your lawn by adding native plant gardens which means less maintenance, watering, mowing, fertilizing, and expense. * Pant a buffer of native plants and vegetation between your lawn and lake or stream. * Landscape to slow rainwater run-off between your house and the lake or stream. * Plant a rain garden, which will help prevent excess nutrients and contaminants from flowing into the water. * Practice natural yard care to protect water quality by using compost to build healthy soil, and watering the right amount and only when necessary. Seek natural alternatives to pesticides. * Maintain your septic system. * Never dump aquarium contents, fish, or amphibious animals into lakes or streams. * Clean up pet waste promptly. * Learn to identify noxious weeds and how to eradicate and control them.

Everyone around your lake or stream has a stake in the health of the riparian environment. Working with neighbors and other property owners will help you protect it.

For shoreline planting recommendations, lawn care, lawn alternatives, rain gardens and composting, contact the Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners at 509 4472401. Additional shoreline restoration information may be obtained from the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department and the Pend Oreille County Conservation District. The Pend Oreille County Weed Board is available to help with shoreline weed problems.

Many state and federal programs offer financial incentives for landowners who want to restore and protect riparian areas. The Spokane Regional Ecology office can be contacted at 509-329-3400.

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for bouquets. This gem is on the menu of deer though. You will need to spray with repellent if you want to see blossoms come fall.

2015 – Geranium cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’: I love hardy geraniums in so many ways. This variety has beautiful white flowers with pink stamens. Foliage is bright green with a spreading habit and leaves are scented and develop a rich, orange red color in the fall. Reaching six to 12 inches blooming late spring to summer.

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Present and past perennial plant of the year winners

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B R I E F LY Book Folding workshop at Calispel Library

CUSICK – There will be a book folding workshop at Calispel Valley Library Saturday, June 8 at 10 a.m. The workshop is free and supplies are provided.

Book folding is the art of construction folded images and patterns using the pages of a book. The Calispel Valley Library is located at 107 S. 1st Ave. in Cusick.

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Volunteers clean up the Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in preparation of planting season.

Get your hands dirty in demonstration garden

Forest Insect and Disease Field Day KAMIAH – The University of Idaho is hosting a one-day field trip to give participants first-hand exposure to a wide range of insects, diseases, and parasitic plants that impair the growth of trees and forests in northern Idaho. Experts will be on hand to help participants identify insect and disease symptoms and discuss practical, long-term and short-term methods of dealing with them.

The event will take place Thursday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Idaho Department of Lands, 913 3rd St., in Kamiah. Sign-In begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $15 per person. Contact the UI Extension office at 208-476-4434 or email clearwater@uidaho.edu to request additional program information.

‘I’ll Be Gone in The Dark’ next Book Club read NEWPORT – Read ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ by Michelle McNamara and join Book Club in a Pub for drinks and conversation Sunday, June 23, 2-3 p.m. at Kelly’s Bar and Grill.

According to the website Amazon, “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara’s compelling investigation of the “Golden State Killer,” who terrorized northern California from the mid-70s to the mid80s, is one of the best true crime books to come along in a decade. It’s the story of two obsessions: McNamara’s obsession with the criminal, and whatever abhorrent obsession drove him to commit a series of horrific rapes and murders over 10 years. The author, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary. com, describes the crimes and examines clues in an effort to uncover his identity.” This event is free and anyone can participate.

Kelly’s Bar and Grill is located at 324 W. 4th Street in Newport.

NEWPORT – What is a demonstration garden? Look no further than the Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden. Adjacent to the Washington State University Extension on Garden Avenue, the demonstration garden provides hands on experience for gardening and food preparation classes hosted at the extension.

Whether a beginner or avid gardener, people can learn how to grow their own food and what landscaping plants are native to the area and beneficial to pollinators.

Since 2017 local Master Gardener volunteers have added a small-fruit and berry section that includes raspberries, strawberries, grapes, josta berries, currants and blueberries, an herb garden and an official “Monarch Way Station” pollinator garden. In 2017 the Master Gardeners were able to donate 309

pounds of fresh produce to the Newport Food Bank. In 2018 produce donations increased to 558 pounds.

For 2019 there are plans to erect a 12-feet by 14-feet pavilion within the garden to be used as an outdoor classroom and will be a native plants demonstration bed. The Demonstration Garden, other than the $1,500 startup grant the WSU extension received from the King County Master Gardeners in 2016, has been totally funded by the local Master Gardener Foundation through proceeds from the annual spring plant sale.

For more information on the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, contact Dixie Chichester, 4-H and Master Gardener Program Coordinator for the Washington State University Extension/Pend Oreille County at 509 4476453 or email d.chichester@wsu.edu.

WE E K AH EAD MONDAY, MAY 29 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

TUESDAY, MAY 30 PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center WEIGHT WATCHERS: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 ROTARY CLUB: 8 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport LOOSELY KNIT: 1-3 p.m. Calispel Valley Library, Cusick PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport BINGO: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center NEWPORT MASONIC LODGE: 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

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

PAINTING CLASS: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center

FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport

BOOKS OUT BACK: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library STORY TIME - CALISPEL VALLEY LIBRARY, CUSICK: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

THURSDAY, JUNE 1 ALCOHOLIC’S ANONYMOUS WOMEN’S MEETING: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library OPEN PAINTING WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

STORY TIME: 3 p.m. - Newport Library DANCE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETING: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 PRIEST RIVER AMERICAN LEGION BREAKFAST: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street BOOKS OUT BACK: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library HAPPY AGERS CARD PARTY: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA MEETING: 5 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport OATH KEEPERS CONSTITUTIONAL STUDY GROUP: 6:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

SUNDAY, JUNE 4

Soroptimist Girl for May NEWPORT - Alexis Polenki is the May Soroptimist Girl of the month.

Lexi, as she goes by, is ranked fifth in her class of 63 students with a 3.94 grade point average.

She’s active with the high school radio station, KUBS FM, is senior class president, as well as president of the Honor Society.

She’s put in more than 150 hours volunteering, mainly at the elementary school. She plans to be a teacher.

She has also been involved in things like organizing community events like the Hometown Christmas.

Polenki plans to attend Eastern Washington University next year. She will be in a dual enrollment program, working on a degree in elementary education and an additional endorsement in special education. After college, she says her hope is to return to Pend Oreille County to teach at Newport or Cusick.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

MONDAY, JUNE 5 BONNER COUNTY HOMESCHOOL GROUP: 2:30 p.m.

- Priest River City Park YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL: 4 p.m. - Blanchard Library NEWPORT MAWS AND PAWS BOOSTER CLUB: 6 p.m. - Newport High School Library BLANCHARD LIONS: 7 p.m. Blanchard Inn ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

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After Hours at the Newport Library this Friday NEWPORT – The Friends of the Pend Oreille County and the Newport Library branch have collaborated to provide an After Hours Adult Social Friday, May 31, 6 to 9 p.m. Adults are encouraged to attend and find their inner child with fun, food and friends.

There will be virtual reality glasses, 3-D Printing, and Ozobots to try out. Take a mini tour through on-line resources by searching for genealogical roots on My Heritage or find out about available online services, which can help small business, a job search or continuing education. Library staff and volunteers will be available for questions, information, and to assist.

Steve Bennett, a member of Scotia Road, and his mandolin will play music while Teen Ad-

visory Board members serve sweet and savory finger food. A variety of beverages will be offered, including Top Frog Beer and wine, which will be available for purchase.

The library is located at 116 S. Washington in Newport. The library will close at 4 p.m. on May 31 for event set-up.

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

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

‘Rhythm of Life’ coming to Circle Moon Theater SACHEEN LAKE – Rhythm of Life is a lively musical escapade and annual summer show presented by Northwoods Performing Arts. Through chorale, solo and ensemble songs, “Rhythm” captures the essence of our lives, and sounds a beat that is both familiar and timeless.

Performances are slated on June 7-8, 14-15, 18, and 21-22. Tickets are $25 per person for dinner and show, or $12 for show only. Senior and youth tickets are $10. Dining service begins at 6:30 p.m. and the curtain opens at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets or reservations call 208 448-1294 or go online to NorthwoodsPerformingArts.com. Tickets are also available at Seeber’s Pharmacy in Newport.

Dinners are provided by Coffey Catering (teriyaki chicken, June 7-8), Skeyes the Limit (grilled lemon garlic rosemary chicken, June 14), Owen’s Catering (country fried chicken, June 15, 18), Mi Pueblo (chimichangas, June 21), Mi Pueblo (beef fajitas, June 22) Circle Moon Theater is located on Highway 211, 3-1/2 miles north of Highway 2.

Where to Worship PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~6:30 p.m.

Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS S.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Steve Powers - 509-447-3687

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

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 10 a.m. for all ages Sunday Worship - 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

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

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

Friday Service 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer 4:30 p.m.

Pastor Jim McDonald

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

Alexis Polenki

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

(509) 447-4338 www.americanlutheranchurch.net

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

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

Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows 1981 LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m.

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

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

BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

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

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.

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

Worship 11:00 a.m.

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

208-254-4727 cell

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| May 29, 2019

Spokane

Alice Elizabeth Carstens passed away peacefully Tuesday May 21, 2019, in Spokane Wash., at the age of 89, with her family by her side.

She was born Oct. 12, 1929, in Potlatch, Wash., to Warren and Cora Hoisington.

She was married to Don Carstens for 65 years. They lived in Pend Oreille County in the Usk area for more than 70 years until moving to Mead, Wash. Alice Carstens enjoyed being a homemaker, helping Don on the farm, being with family by traveling, camping and attending gatherings. She loved listening to country music, solving puzzles, painting by numbers and eating chocolate candy.

Alice is survived by her daughters Dixie (Randy) Shukle, Susan (Lanny) Hughes, son Jack (Joanne) Carstens, nine grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.

Alice was preceded in death by her husband Don, son Steve and brother Charles Hoisington. She will be missed by everyone that knew and loved her.

A celebration of life memorial will be held Monday, June 3, at noon at the Priest River Event Center in Priest River, Idaho. In lieu of flowers, family and friends are invited to bring a potluck item to the celebration of life event.

Sherman-Campbell Funeral and Cremation Services in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book at shermancampbell.com.

Robert D. Doolittle Priest River

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.

BOOK AND RELEASE: Frank Alan Smith II, 56, of Newport was booked and released for driving with a suspended license.

Pend Oreille County

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Scott Ave., Newport, report that daughter assaulted mother.

Monday, May 20 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Sullivan Lake Rd., report that someone unlocked the gate and let out her three cows.

DISTURBANCE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of mother and child in hallway yelling at each other.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Calispel Ave., Newport JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Scott Ave., Newport, report that special needs daughter just broke the front window at her house.

FOUND PROPERTY: Hwy. 20, Usk

Mr. Robert D. Doolittle, 77, of Priest River, Idaho, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in the comfort of his own home.

He was born July 3, 1941, in Priest River, to Vera Sherriff and Lyle Doolittle and was raised in Priest River.

Robert married Yvonne and resided in Burien, Wash., for 16 years, then moved home to Priest River in 1980.

Mr. Doolittle retired as a self-employed, Doolittle automotive mechanic for 45 years. He was an active outdoorsman and would lend a helping hand to anyone in need.

He was a wonderful, caring and loving husband, friend, father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister and wife, Yvonne.

A service will be held Saturday, June 29 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River at 12:30 p.m. A celebration of life is to follow and will begin at 2 p.m. at the Village Kitchen in Priest River.

Sherman-Campbell Funeral and Cremation Services in Priest River is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at shermancampbell.com.

ERRATIC DRIVER: 211, report of blue Toyota pickup with canopy, all over road going into oncoming traffic.

Kay Carson Gray

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Driskill Rd., Newport, report that property has been vandalized.

Newport

(Clarene) Kay Carson Gray, 76, of Newport, passed away Jan. 21, 2019, at home with her husband and children by her side.

Kay was born to Herb and Dona Shepherd, Nov. 27, 1942, in Newport. She was the oldest child and was later joined by sister (Aleta) Sis and brother Wade. The family made their home in Oldtown and Newport. Kay is preceded in death by both her parents and Sis. Gray Kay is survived by her loving life partner and best friend of 27 years, Bill Gray; two children Denise (Darrell) Pooler of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Daniel Bailey of Priest River, Idaho; brother Wade (Colleen) Shepherd of Newport and See Obituaries, 10B

D e at h N ot i c e Michael Thomas Bates Oldtown

Michael Thomas Bates, 61, of Oldtown passed away May 19, 2019. Sherman-Campbell Funeral and Cremation Services in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

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SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick

Tuesday, May 21 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 20, report of found needles in the restroom sink.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Metaline Falls City Park, report that subject has been camping in his car for the last 3 to 4 days.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of white Harley, high rate of speed northbound, Idaho plate.

ARREST: 1st Ave., Cusick, Jennifer Christine Lee, 41, of Newport was arrested for possession control substance.

THREATENING: Deer Valley Rd., Newport, report ex-boyfriend told her he is going to have his friend come beat her up if she does not give an engagement ring back.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Cass Ave., report of male with head wound.

POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2, report of male at parts store with alcohol on breath.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Spokane Ave., person reports has ongoing issue with dog acting aggressive while she’s walking.

ACCIDENT: S. Scott Ave., Newport, report of a vehicle vs. bicycle collision.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, person would like phone call regarding juvenile issue.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Moonlight Lane, Newport, report that mom and step dad were fighting, separated now.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Newport, vehicle vs. deer collision.

JAIL HOUSING: S. Garden Ave., Rodney A. Love, 40, was arrested on a warrant.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Woodard Rd., Newport, report that dog is missing from yard, believes someone took the dog and he has been missing for probably four hours.

Wednesday, May 22 VIOLATION OF ORDER: Willms Rd., Elk, report that neighbor who she has an order against came and knocked a wall down on her pumphouse.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 4th St., Newport, person believes dog has been abandoned at this residence and people have moved away.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 3rd St., report of two dogs running loose, a mastiff and a small gray dog.

ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Dawn M. Carter, 46, of Spokane was arrested on a local warrant.

TRESPASSING: Qlispe River Way, report of two trespassers back, unknown further.

ARREST: Hwy. 20, Cusick, Kerry Hulse, 51, of Cusick was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Davis Rd., Usk, report of vehicle parked down road from her.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Deer Valley Rd., Newport, report that someone is outside residence, heard a vehicle pull up and can see headlights.

4-wheelers speeding up and down road for couple hours now.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy.2, deputy out with suspicious person.

INTOXICATION: Deer Valley Rd., report that complainant won’t give subject her keys to leave as she has been drinking.

BRUSH FIRE: Reflection Drive N., report of possible brush fire.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Qlispe River Way, report of unknown vehicle parked in back where employees park.

Saturday, May 25 PROPERTY DAMAGE: Deer Valley Rd., report that neighbor drove vehicle into ditch sometime last night and damaged fence.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Tweedie Rd., report of ongoing issue with neighbors on motorcycles racing down the street.

THEFT: No Name Lake, possible theft reported.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Sunset Drive S., report of neighbors shooting in the area.

ARREST: Power Lake, Roy L. Sommer, 41, was arrested on a warrant.

MISSING PERSON: LeClerc Rd. N., report of sister missing since this morning.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Leclerc Rd. N., report that male tried to get into closed business.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Tweedie Rd., report of loud music and other machinery, possible party.

West Bonner County

Monday, May 20 SEX OFFENSE: Kelso Lake Rd., Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Dickinson Ave., Priest River, barking dogs.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 3rd St., Priest River

TRESPASSING: Willms Rd., report of people on property, broke through gate.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 2nd St., Priest River, dog license required.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Gray Rd., Newport, report of huge explosion outside by neighbor’s residence just now; unknown what it was.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: N. 2nd Ave., report of subjects hitting security cameras.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Dickinson Ave., Priest River, dog running at large.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of SUV swerving all over roadway.

Thursday, May 23

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Glidden Ave., Priest River, dog license required.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, report of several cars pulled over on the NB lanes, blocking traffic.

ARREST: 11th St., Priest River, Kenneth C. Hammond, 26, of Post Falls was arrested on two Bonner County warrants.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 31, report of vehicle speeding and passing in no passing zones.

HARASSMENT: N. Central Ave., report that known male has been stalking complainant.

ACCIDENT: W. 5th St., Newport ACCIDENT: W. 5th St., Newport ARREST: Hwy. 2, Cody J. Mathaller, 28, of Usk was arrested on a warrant.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, James L. Walters, 51, of Sandpoint was arrested on an out of county warrant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Laurelhurst and W. Larch, Newport, officer out with two males.

UTILITY PROBLEM: N. Spokane Ave., sewer is backed up and flowing out of the manholes.

ACCIDENT: Timber Creek Rd., report of a vehicle-pedestrian collision.

THEFT: W. 7th St., report of scooter stolen by neighbor.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: 1st Ave., Newport, report of male vs. female, parties now separated.

DISABLED BEHICLE: Upper Priest River Rd., report of car stuck in snow.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Spring Valley Rd., report of Jeep with no plates parked off the road.

ARREST: Driskill Rd., Shyanne M. Ziarnick, 18, was arrested on an out of county warrant.

SEX OFFESNE: Medford Rd. NOISE COMPLAINT: Sicley Rd., report of neighbors shooting, shaking residence.

WEAPON OFFESNE: Deer Valley Rd., report of gunfire heard up the hill from residence.

Friday, May 24

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Qlispe River Way, report of possible wanted subject.

VIOLATION OF ORDER: Telephone Rd. E., report that subject in order has called complainant at least eight times this morning.

WEAPON OFFESNE: Bartlette Rd., report of subjects shooting high powered weapons across from other campers.

THEFT AUTO: Spring Valley Rd., report of motorhome stolen sometime in last two days.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 20

THEFT: Sicley Rd., report of car parts stolen sometime in last couple months.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Reflection Drive, report of unknown motorhome parked at end of roadway, dumping on a property.

Sunday, May 26 THEFT: Fertile Valley Rd., report that someone stole gravel from property in the last week.

TRESPASSING: Buck Creek Rd., report of subjects camping on property and shouldn’t be there.

FOUND PRPERTY: Hwy. 20, person found a sports bag on the side of the road.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Cusick Creek Rd., report of ATVs driving through the creek, tearing up the vegetation.

ARREST: W. 6th St., Remington B. Lumpkin, 33, was arrested on a warrant.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle swerving all over roadway.

ACCIDENT: Horseshoe Lake Rd., report of ATL vehicle accident that possibly rolled over cliff.

AGENCY ASSIST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, transport female inmate to ER.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Joshua K. Eby, 27, was arrested on a warrant.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Hidden Loop, complainant reports hearing explosions coming from neighbors.

TRESPASSING: Dury Lane, report of known subject recording complainants while sitting in driveway.

BURGLARY: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of store broken into last night, no alarm set up.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, suspicious vehicle WEAPON OFFENSE: Sicley Rd., report of subjects shooting guns for awhile, lots of traffic in the area.

SUSPICOUS PERSON: Riverside Ave., report of male at the park scaring the kids that were there.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Pondoray Shores Rd., report of gunshot heard north of residence.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Driskill Rd., report of suspicious vehicle sitting near fence line.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Tweedie Rd., report of motorcycles and

BURGLARY: N. Grandview Ave., report of residence broke into sometime in the last month.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle towing boat almost in the ditch several times.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Southshore Diamond Lake, report of neighbor’s dog coming onto property and being aggressive.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Hwy. 20, report of subjects on neighbor’s property trespassing and shooting off guns.

FISH AND GAME: Kalispel Slough, officer out with subject fishing.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Westside Calispel Rd., report of woman walking along road inside a culvert.

DRUGS: Ione Park, report of two vehicles at park, possibly doing drug deal.

Tuesday, May 21 ACCIDENT: Blanchard Cutoff, Blanchard, report of a non-injury accident.

MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: 10th St., Priest River, prohibited parking.

MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: 5th St., Priest River, report of weeds and grass.

MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: Maple Ave., Priest River, materials and junk.

MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: 7th St., Priest River, materials and junk.

ARREST: Peninsula Loop, Priest River, Robert Rumsey, 31, of Priest River was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

TRESPASSING: Hoo Doo Loop, Oldtown SHOPLIFTING: E. 5th St. N., Oldtown, a 21-year-old man was cited for trespass and petit theft.

ARREST: Hwy. 57, Priest River, Curtis Howard Kendle, 36, of Newport was arrested for driving without privileges, resisting and obstructing, paraphernalia with intent to use and possessing of a controlled substance, methamphetamine.

Wednesday, May 22 MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: Jefferson Ave., Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Kluth St., Priest River, dog license required.

ACCIDENT: Robertson Rd., Priest River, report of a noninjury accident.

Thursday, May 23 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Larch St., Priest River

Friday, May 24 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Highway 57, Priest River BURGLARY: Eastriver Spur, Priest River ARREST: Spruce Street, Priest River, Kevin Wilson, Spokane, was arrested for driving under the influence.

Saturday, May 25 RECKLESS DRIVING: Highway 2, Priest River PARKING VIOLATION: Railroad Ave., Priest River

Sunday, May 26 HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATION: Dunromin Rd., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Priest River

Pu blic M e eti ngs Saturday, June 1 Pondoray Shores Water and Sewer District: 9 a.m. - PUD Building, 130 N. Washington, Newport

Monday, June 3 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Newport City Council: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall Bonner County Fair Board: 6 p.m. Fairgrounds Office in Sandpoint Priest River City Council: 6 p.m. -

Priest River City Hall

10 a.m. - Skookum Rendezvous Lodge

Property Rights Council: 6:30 p.m.

- Bonner County Administration Building, Sandpoint

Pend Oreille PUD Commissioners: 10 a.m. - Newport PUD Offices

Blanchard Tea Party: 6:30 p.m. Blanchard Community Center

Tuesday, June 4 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Lenora Water and Sewer District:

Bonner County Soil and Water Conservation District: 1:30 p.m. USDA Office, 1224 Washington Ave., Ste. 101 West Pend Oreille Fire District: 6:30 p.m. - Fire Hall on Highway 57 Pend Oreille Fire District No. 5: 7 p.m. - Fire Station 51, 406722 Highway 20, Cusick Pend Oreille County Fair Board: 7 p.m. - Fairgrounds at Cusick

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See job description for complete list of qualifications and essential job functions. Obtain application from Pend Oreille County Human Resources, 625 West 4th Newport, WA or the County website www.pendoreilleco.org

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Summer Engineering Intern Public Works Department, Wage $16.00 per hour. See job description for complete list of qualifications and essential job functions.

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Serving victims of all crime and the homeless Office 447-2274, 24 hr Helpline: 447-5483

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2019126 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR T H E S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N , COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Case No.: 19-2-00026-26 AMENDED SUMMONS

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PATRICK TODD, a single man, and ZOOPOOR TRUST, Plaintiffs, vs.

DEAN CLARK, DOROTHY (CLARK) BLACK, BILLY BLACK, CHARLES WELLS, DOROTHY WELLS, and their unknown heirs, devises, successors, and assigns, creditors of each of the above-described individual defendants who now be deceased; and all other persons unknown claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Complaint adverse to plaintiffs’ ownership, or any cloud upon plaintiffs’ title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent.

Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled Court by Patrick Todd and Zoopoor Trust, the Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs’ claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you much respond to the Complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a copy upon the person signing this Summons within twenty (20) days after the

service of this Summons, excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default is one where the plaintiff is entitled to what it asks for because you have not responded.

If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.

You may demand that the plaintiff file this lawsuit with the Court. If you do so, the demand must be in writing and must be served upon the person signing this Summons. Within 14 days after you serve the demand, the plaintiff must file this lawsuit with the Court, or the service on you of this Summons and Complaint or the service on you of this Summons and Complaint will be void.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

DATED this 27th day of March, 2019.

JOHNSON LAW FIRM, P.C. By /s/ Sean Edward Johnson 421 West Riverside, Suite 216 Spokane, WA 99201 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Published in The Newport Miner

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____________________________ 2019147 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC TIMBER SALE Department of Natural Resources will auction timber to the highest bidder. Contract terms and bidding information is available by calling Northeast Region at (509)684-7474 or by visiting the Region Office at Colville or Product Sales & Leasing Division, Olympia. Bidding begins at 10:00 a.m. at the on June 11, 2019.

Q SECO SORTS, App. Nos. 098420098428, 29 miles north of Usk, WA. on part(s) of Sections 36 all in Township 36 North, Range 44 East, W.M. Each log sort will be sold individually.

Minimum acceptable bids listed are set at delivered log prices.

Sort 01 approximately 6168 tons DF/ WL 7-10” minimum acceptable bid $67.00/ton; Sort 02 approximately 7110 tons DF/WL 11”+ minimum acceptable bid $88.00/ton; Sort 03 approximately 3689 tons WH/GF/ ES/LP/AF/WP & Non-Chuckable DF/ WL 7-10” minimum acceptable bid $58.00/ton; Sort 04 approximately 4653 tons WH/GF/ES/LP/AF/WP & Non-Chuckable DF/WL 11”+ minimum acceptable bid $76.00/ ton; Sort 05 approximately 681 tons WRC Poles 6-35’ & better minimum acceptable bid $350.00/ton; Sort 06 approximately 3353 tons WRC 5”+ minimum acceptable bid $180.00/ ton; Sort 07 approximately 6194 tons DF/WL/WH/GF/ES/LP/AF/WP 5-6” minimum acceptable bid $50.00/ ton; Sort 08 approximately 750 tons Dead DF/WL 5”+ Utility minimum acceptable bid $100.00/ton; Sort 09 approximately 810 tons Dead All conifer species except WRC 2”+ Utility minimum acceptable bid $25.00/ ton. This sale is Export Restricted.

Published in The Newport Miner May 29 and June 5, 2019.(18-2) ____________________________ 2019151 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 O F P E N D O R E I L L E C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G T O N PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS The Public Utility District NO. 1 of Pend Oreille County requires all individuals or companies wanting to perform any construction or improvement to any electrical facility, distribution, transmission, substation work, communications, right-of-way clearing and maintenance of lines for the District to be “pre-qualified” as required in RCW 54.04.085.

To qualify to bid on the District’s projects, a person, firm, or corporation shall meet the following requirements:

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• Adequate financial resources, or the ability to secure such resources; • The necessary experience, organization and technical qualifications to perform the proposed work; • The ability to comply with required performance schedules taking into consideration all of its existing business commitments; • A satisfactory record of performance, integrity, judgement, and skill to perform the proposed work; • Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable laws and regulations.

Contractors must register at popud. procureware.com. All previously approved Contractors must re-apply using the new application system.

Contractors can email contracts@ popud.org if they have any questions. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and if for any reason it is not approved, you will be contacted. Minority and women-owned contracting firms are encouraged to respond.

Published in The Newport Miner on May 22 and 29, 2019. (17-2) ____________________________ 2019152 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 O F P E N D O R E I L L E C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G T O N VENDOR LIST Pursuant to Washington State Statue RCW 39.04.190, the Public Utility District NO. 1 of Pend Oreille County is soliciting vendors to add to its Vendor List, notify the public of its existence and make current vendors aware of the need to re-apply. The purpose is to seek vendors who can provide materials, equipment, supplies or services for the District (i.e. electrical equipment, office furniture, communication equipment, vehicles and other equipment, supplies and services).

The Public Utility District invites all current Vendors, Vendors who are not currently on the Vendor List, and who are interested providing materials to apply. Registration must be completed at popud.procureware. com. Previously submitted forms on the old application, including vendors previously approved, are no longer valid. Vendors can email contracts@popud.org if they have any questions. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and if for any reason it is not approved, you will be contacted. Minority and women-owned businesses are encouraged to apply.

Published in The Newport Miner on May 22 and 29, 2019. (17-2) ____________________________ 2019153 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 O F P E N D O R E I L L E C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G T O N SMALL WORKS ROSTER Pursuant to Washington State Statue RCW 39.04.155 and RCW 54.04.070, the Public Utility District NO. 1 of Pend Oreille County maintains a Small Works Roster of Contractors who wish to submit proposals for various contracts with an estimated cost not exceeding $300,000. The roster is comprised of contractors who have requested to perform such work in the State of Washington.

The Public Utility District invites all current Contractors, Contractors who are not currently on the Small Works Roster, and who are interested in performing small works construction to apply. Previously submitted applications on the old forms, including Contractors previously approved, are no longer valid.

Registration must be completed at popud.procureware.com. Contractors can email contracts@popud. org if they have any questions. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and if for any reason it is not approved, you will be contacted. Minority and women-owned contracting firms are encouraged to respond.

Published in The Newport Miner on May 22 and 29, 2019. (17-2) ____________________________ 2019154 PUBLIC NOTICE TS No WA08000438-18-1 TO No DS7333-18000308 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. Grantor: RANDALL A SLATER, AN UNMARRIED MAN Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: U.S. Bank National Association Original Trustee of the Deed of Trust: FRONTIER TITLE & ESCROW COMPANY, INC.

Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: U.S. Bank National Association Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 20170329589 Parcel Number: 433706540153 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 28, 2019, 09:00 AM, At the Main Stairs, Old City Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth Street, Newport, WA 99156, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or 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 EAST 4 FEET OF LOT 1 AND ALL OF LOT 2, BLOCK 19, IN THE TOWN OF IONE, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON. APN: 433706540153 More commonly known as 417 BLACKWELL ST, IONE, WA 99139 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated September 25, 2017, executed by RANDALL A SLATER, AN UNMARRIED MAN as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for WASHINGTON TRUST BANK, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, recorded September 28, 2017 as Instrument No. 20170329589 and the beneficial interest was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association and recorded October 1, 2018 as Instrument Number 20180333118 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Pend Oreille County, Washington. II. No action commenced by U.S. Bank National Association, the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ 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: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From July 1, 2018 To February 28, 2019 Number of Payments 1 $335.70 7 $338.99 Total $2,708.63 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION July 1, 2018 February 28, 2019 $47.05 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: September 25, 2017 Note Amount $49,292.00 Interest Paid To: June 1, 2018 Next Due Date: July 1, 2018 Current Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association Contact Phone No: 855-698-7627 Address: 4801 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $48,615.21, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and 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 June 28, 2019. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by June 17, 2019, (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 June 17, 2019 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ 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 June 17, 2019 (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 entire 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 current Beneficiary, U.S. Bank National Association or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS RANDALL A SLATER 417 BLACKWELL ST, IONE, WA 99139 RANDALL A S L AT E R 11 5 6 A R O S E WAY, EVENS, WA 99126-5600 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RANDALL A SLATER 417 BLACKWELL ST,

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I O N E , WA 9 9 1 3 9 U N K N O W N SPOUSE OF RANDALL A SLATER 1156 A ROSE WAY, EVENS, WA 99126-5600 by both first class and certified mail on December 31, 2018, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place December 31, 2018 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ 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 tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on 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 might 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: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819 Website: www. wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www.homeownership.wa.gov Dated: February 25, 2019 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 500 Union Street, Suite 620 Seattle, WA 98101 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832Order Number 56865, Pub Dates: 05/29/2019, 06/19/2019, THE NEWPORT MINER Published in The Newport Miner May 29 and June 19, 2019.(18, 21) ___________________________ 2019155 PUBLIC NOTICE Superior Court, State of Washington, County of PEND OREILLE No. 19-4-00021-26 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 In the Matter of the Estate of ELAINE OSBURN MAIER, Deceased.

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brother-in-law Dale Hopkins of Oldtown. She is also survived by several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, who affectionately referred to her as Grandma Great.

Kay enjoyed every holiday – decorating her home, inside and out, for each occasion. She had one entire building reserved for all the special décor that Bill was tasked to change out with every season. From Valentine’s Day to Fourth of July to Christmas, the grandkids could always look forward to the special, holiday gifts she always had for them.

Kay loved to travel and spent many years wandering the western and southern United States, visiting more than 25 states. Her favorite places were Alaska, any state that had desert with cactus and the Oregon coast.

When she returned to Newport, she met Bill and they created a home together outside of town; just a stone’s throw from Kay’s former employer and their favorite hangout: Audrey’s. Bill and Kay had numerous friends they would meet up with almost daily for coffee and conversation. Between the two of them, there were few locals that came through those doors that one or both of them didn’t know.

They were caring and generous friends of many.

Bill and Kay had an incredible bond. They greatly enjoyed each other’s company while participating in many shared interests: gardening and landscaping, yard sales, gold mining and traveling to the Oregon coast.

Bill boasts that during their 27 years together, they never had one quarrel.

Kay’s love for Bill, her family and her friends was unassuming, unwavering and steadfast and she, in turn, was cherished by all that knew her. She is missed more than words can express.

Kay’s graveside service will

take place on June 8, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the Newport Cemetery.

A family gathering will take place following the service, at a location to be determined. The family requests that any donations made be in support of St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Kay’s favorite charity.

Gene Curtis Nelson Jr. Forest Grove, Ore.

Gene Curtis Nelson Jr., 69, a resident of Forest Grove, Ore., passed away May 19, 2019, at his home.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 25, at Old Town Nelson Jr. Church; 2224 15th Ave., in Forest Grove. Reception to follow services in the church hall. Rite of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River, Idaho. Reception following the graveside services held at the Village Kitchen in Priest River.

Gene was born on May 31, 1949, in Newport. He was born to Gene Sr. and Leatrice (Baker) Nelson and was raised in and around Priest River. Gene shared his wonderful life with his four siblings, Dick, Tom, Carol and Ernie. He attended Priest River High School and graduated with the Class of 1967. Gene then moved to Oregon, working as a laborer in the Construction Industry.

He met his wife, Betsy Lee Belwood, while in high school. They were high school sweethearts and married on Dec. 16, 1967, in Sandpoint, Idaho. They first settled in the Beaverton, Ore., area while Gene continued to work in construction.

In the early years they moved around and started their family in 1969 in Arlington, Wash., with the birth of their daughter, Amanda. They returned to Oregon where Gene worked on

the Freemont Bridge, prior to starting his apprenticeship in the Electrical Trade in 1974. They remained in the Aloha, Hillsboro area welcoming the births of their son, Christopher, in 1972 and their daughter, Tiffany, in 1978.

Gene started working in construction as a young man.

As the years went on Gene was mentored into becoming an electrician by his good friend Jeff Hawkins. He started his apprenticeship working for AB Electric and the Schlottmann family and co-workers soon became lifelong friends. In 1983, Gene and Betsy returned home to Sandpoint, Idaho, starting Sundown Electric Co. They felt blessed to have their work and be surrounded by family and friends while in Idaho.

Their business eventually returned to Oregon in 1990, focusing on the electrical installation of traffic signals, street lighting and detection loops. Gene was a passionate boss, embracing his Sundown crew as family. In fact, often they were family, his son, daughter, brothers, brothers-inlaw, son-in-law and nephews, all worked at Sundown at one time or another. He wanted to see each of them succeed in their career and personal lives.

Gene semi-retired in 2016, going to work for Global Electric as a consultant. He was still working as a consultant until his battle with cancer returned in April.

He enjoyed boating, traveling, golfing and music. You could often find him dancing in the kitchen with Betsy. Gene most of all enjoyed time with family and friends and interacting with his children and grandchildren. He loved holidays and the times they were all together under one roof.

Gene was a passionate Oregon football fan, loving both the Beavers and the Ducks, unless they played each other. Then he was a Beaver fan only. Gene was a handyman and was always tinkering around to improve things

around the home. His family and friends often say, “how would Gene do it.”

Gene loved being a grandpa and was a big part of their lives, whether it be investing time learning to ride horses and clean stalls or being the biggest cheerleader on the sidelines, he was present. His newest passion with Betsy, was traveling in their RV and visiting throughout California and Arizona, meeting up with family and friends along the way. Gene was a man who demonstrated the love of God to family, friends and co-workers.

He enjoyed his times of worship and his Rock Creek Family. Gene went on several mission trips to Africa and was committed to helping those near and afar.

He is preceded in death by his father, Gene C. Nelson, and his brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Kaie Nelson and his son-in-law, Todd Davies.

He is survived by his loving wife Betsy, and their children and spouses; Amanda Davies of Forest Grove, Christopher and Tanya Nelson of Beaverton, Tiffany and Damien McDivitt of Tacoma, Wash.; his grandchildren Shelby and Taylor (husband Rudy), Kylan and Molly, Addison and Greyson, Megan (husband Shawn), Slater (wife Mariah), Tyler and Cooper; and his greatgrandchildren Hudson, Lennon and Little Rudy.

The family suggests donations in Gene’s name to the American Cancer Society, Oregon Chapter.

Barbara Sladek Willmott Foster Parker Spokane

Barbara Parker passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Sunshine Memory Care, Spokane, Wash., on May 24, 2019. She was 86. Per Barbara’s wishes, there will be no services.

Barbara was born in Port Orchard, Wash., to Theodore Roosevelt and Lotta Mae (Young)

the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below, a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after a Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of first publication of Notice to Creditors: May 29, 2019.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: PAUL HILLSTEAD ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: FONDA L. JOVICK ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: FONDA L. JOVICK LAKE CITY LAW GROUP PLLC 50 MAIN ST, STE 203 Priest River, Idaho 83856 DATED this 21st day of May, 2019. /s/ Paul Hillstead PAUL HILLSTEAD Personal Representative Presented by: LAKE CITY LAW GROUP PLLC By: /s/ Fonda L. Jovick FONDA L. JOVICK, WSBA #42120 Attorneys for Estate

PROJECT LOCATION: This Project is located at the Boundary Dam entrance roadway, near Metaline Falls in Pend Oreille County, approximately 100 miles north of Spokane, Washington.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Replacement of the metal roof, roof accessories and insulation, and damaged purlin(s); reinforcement of roof joists; and installation of fall protection anchors for a warehouse building.

ESTIMATE: The Engineer’s Estimate for this Project is approximately $450,000 before sales tax.

PRE-BID SITE INSPECTION: Bidders must attend a MANDATORY pre-bid site inspection, which will be held on the following date: 1.Thursday, June 6th, 2019, at 1:00 PM at Boundary Dam, 1198 Boundary Dam Access Road, Metaline, WA 99152.

No bid will be accepted from any bidder who does not attend at least one of the mandatory pre-bid meetings.

INCLUSION PLAN: For purposes of the Inclusion Plan, this is considered a Boundary type of project with a Past Performance of 1% WMBE utilization rates based on completed projects. For questions on the Inclusion Plan please contact Miguel Beltran at Miguel.beltran@ seattle.gov or 206-684-4525. Backup contact is Carmen Kucinski at carmen.kucinski@seattle.gov or 206-684-0188.

QUESTIONS: Written questions must be submitted no later than close of business on Friday before the Bid opening.

OBTAINING BID DOCUMENTS: Contract Documents, contacts and Bid instructions are available at https://www.ebidexchange.com/ seattle.

Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Pend Oreille County assures that no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or income status be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity. Pend Oreille County further assures every effort will be made to ensure non-discrimination in all programs and activities, whether those programs and activities are federally funded or not.

Pend Oreille County’s Public Works Director Craig Jackson is responsible for initiating and monitoring Tittle VI, compliance activities, preparing required reports and other Pend Oreille County responsibilities as required by 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 21.

Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint with Pend Oreille County. Any such complaint must be in writing and filled with the Pend Oreille County Public Works Title VI Coordinator within 180 days following the date of the alleged discriminatory occurrence.

The Title VI Complaint procedures and forms can be obtained from the Pend Oreille County Public Works Office located at 625 W 4th Street, Newport WA 99156 or by calling 509-447-4513 or cjackson@pendoreille.org.

Craig Jackson Title VI Coordinator

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2019157 PUBLIC NOTICE C I T Y O F S E AT T L E B O U N D A RY B U I L D I N G F R O O F REPLACEMENT Bid Opening: JUNE 19, 2019, 2:00 P.M. Ordinance: 125207 PW# 2018-052

2019158 PUBLIC NOTICE Title VI of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Notice to the Public Pend Oreille County hereby gives public notice that it is the County’s policy to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and RCW 49.60, as amended, the

2019160 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update Public Visioning Meetings Notice Pend Oreille County is seeking public input on the scope, vision and topics to be addressed in the County’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan update. All plan elements, maps, goals and policies will be updated, as necessary, during this process.

You are invited to attend an upcom-

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Sladek on Dec. 21, 1932. After graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1951, she married Carl Willmott. They lived in Puyallup, Wash.

In 1955, she married Victor Foster.

Vic’s career took them and their four children to various places in WashParker ington, Hawaii and California.

They retired and built a home in Chewelah, Wash.

Barbara later married Everett Parker. She worked as a bank teller in Chewelah and as a clerk for HUD. Barbara loved traveling, gardening, reading, quilting and watching wildlife in her backyard. She loved spending time with her family and friends.

Beloved mother of Carl (Kelly) Willmott Jr., Macomb, Miss.; Vicky (Norm) Noggle, Sun City Center, Fla.; Robert (Linda) Foster, Chattaroy; and Patrick (Nancy Brown) Foster, Wallace, Idaho.

Grandmother of Sean Foster, Washington; Danielle (Brad) Willmott Spears, Oklahoma; Carl Willmott III, Washington; Kyle (Angela) Willmott Arnett, Washington; Shawn (Aya) Noggle, Florida; and Nathan Noggle, Washington.

Great-grandmother of Stetson, Savannah, Sawyer Spears and Nawal Noggle.

Dear sister of Theodore “Ted” and Carole Sladek, Tacoma, Wash., and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, sister Patricia, nephews Skip and Mark, and husband Everett.

Sherman-Campbell Funeral and Cremation Services in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at shermancampbell.com.

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ing meeting: Tuesday, June 11 at 7 PM – Cusick Community Center, 107 1st Avenue, Cusick WA Wednesday, June 12 at 6 PM – Ione Community Center, 210 Blackwell Street, Ione WA Thursday, June 13 at 6 pm – Newport High School Multi-Purpose Room, Newport WA We hope to see you there! For more information, please email or call: Greg Snow, Pend Oreille County, email/509-447-6457 Lara Floyd, White Bluffs Consulting, lara@whitebluffsconsulting. com/509-460-2001 Published in The Newport Miner on May 29 and June 5, 2019. (18-2) ____________________________ 2019161 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF IONE The town Council of the Town of Ione has declared the following items as surplus for a public sale: round & rectangle tables - $5.00 each, office desk-$15.00, typewriter-$10.00, wood straight back and wood barrel back chairs, office chairs and stackable fabric chairs - $1.00 each. Items can be viewed at the Clerk office, sale will be cash only and begins May 30, 2019, 8:30 a.m. /s/Sandy Hutchinson Town Clerk/Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner on May 29, 2019. (18) ____________________________ 2019162 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County Cemetery District Board of Commissioners will have a Public Hearing for 2018 Budget Supplemental Appropriations at the next regular District meeting on June 12, 2019 at 8:15 am in the District office at the Newport Cemetery, 161 Cemetery Ln, Newport, WA. For the purpose of adjusting the equipment line item of the 2019 budget.

Published in The Newport Miner on May 29 and June 5, 2019. (18-2)