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Volume 109, Number 18 | 2 Sections, 22 Pages

Alleged kidnappers wanted man away from family

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The alleged kidnapping of a Montana man who was bound and gagged and put in the trunk of a car started in Great Falls, Mont., according to charging documents.

Kenneth Joseph Morrison III told sheriff deputies that he and another man kidnapped the man because the man had been abusive to his wife or girlfriend and had threatened Morrison’s family.

“Mr. Morrison stated that he drove to Wash-

ington state to drop off (the victim) because he didn’t want him around his family anymore,” a deputy wrote in the statement of probable cause.

Morrison, 30, and John M. Davis Jr., 40, both of Columbia Falls, Mont., are charged with second degree kidnapping, fourth degree assault, unlawful imprisonment and unlawful possession of a firearm. They were arraigned in Pend Oreille County Superior Court before Judge Pat Monasmith Thursday, May 31, pleading not guilty to all charges.

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Defense attorney Robin McCroskey said that Morrison is employed and had lived in Columbia Falls, Mont., all his life. His only criminal record was a conviction for possession of marijuana. She said the $100,000 bond set at Morrison’s first appearance was too high. She asked that it be lowered.

“All he wants to do is keep his job and house,” she said.

Monasmith said the charges were serious, but lowered the bond to $50,000 and required SEE KIDNAPPING, 2A

Cusick seniors step on to the next phase COURTESY PHOTOS|JOYCE MONTGOMERY

Cusick High School seniors Jonathan Mason and Haley Augustine, left, walk in to the commencement ceremony Saturday, June 2. Cusick graduated 18 seniors, and valedictorian Courtney Montgomery, below, gave a speech. The last day of school for the rest of Cusick students is Friday, June 8.

Commissioners consider using park timber sale funds for other county expenses

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – When a newly acquired piece of Pend Oreille County Park land was logged last fall, it seemed sure that the revenue would stay within the park system for projects that benefit recreation on public lands. Now county commissioners are wondering if about $250,000 of the logging revenue can help with the overall budget shortfall.

Park board members brought their concerns to commissioners Monday. In communication they received, it sounded like the commissioners were moving forward with plans to use the park money. They assured the park board Monday that they are just exploring the option

and have made no decisions.

“I think we have much more research to do,” commissioner Diane Wear said.

The discussion first came up in a budget committee meeting where county elected officials and department heads were looking into many new funding sources.

Commissioners are reviewing state laws and county resolutions to determine if the logging money can be used outside the park system.

A resolution the prior board of commissioners signed when acquiring the park land in 2008 states that any revenue from logging the property will be used for parks.

“Honestly, the board would not like to touch the park money,” commissioner Laura Merrill said. She apologized for the miscommunication with the park board and noted that SEE PARK, 2A

PUD approves rate increase Rates will go up by less than 2 percent July 1

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Electric rates for customers of the Pend Oreille Public Utility District will go up by 1.7 percent July 1. Commissioners unanimously approved the increase following a public hearing Tuesday, June 5.

Three members of the public attended. One asked the board to consider ways to generate additional public comment on the issue, including mailing out comment cards. Director of finance John Jordan, beginning

his presentation on the rate increase, said public comment has changed the proposed rate increase in the past.

“Please don’t think that your voice is without power,” he said.

Another was concerned that the PUD rates were increasing at a higher rate than the state and national average. Commissioners noted that PUD rates were flat for a couple of years while rates continued to increase statewide and across the nation. The board has directed staff to manage with smaller increases from year to year rather than going without an SEE PUD, 2A

Newport wired with fiber

First retail service coming in fall

BY FRED WILLENBROCK OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – With almost 2,000 people signed up to get hooked up, the question is when will they be able to use the high speed fiber network now lacing the south county. Pend Oreille PUD officials are finally saying the network will be ready for retail service providers to begin offering services to homes and businesses this fall.

The fiber lines in Newport, the last of the overhead part of the fiber

system, are near completion. Contract crews and their boom trucks with spools of wire have been visible around town for weeks. Underground conduit is just beginning to be installed in other areas. Fiber is later pulled through the conduit.

Joe Onley, PUD community network system manager, said the actual gray boxes that will house the electronics that retail service providers (RSPs) will use to provide services such as phone, Internet, television and security will be installed this summer. The electronics will be installed in these boxes and connected to the under-

ground or overhead fiber by the PUD as RSPs receive orders.

The PUD does not charge for any of the work or equipment to the house including the final electronics in the box. That is all covered by the federal grant and PUD funds.

Until April 2013 when the grant period ends, the PUD will do the fiber work and electronics without charging customers. After that, they will cover only the first $1,500. This has been one of the incentives for the signup program underway by the PUD. Customers who haven’t signed up can now stop by the PUD’s Com-

|| Primary election coming Aug. 7 NEWPORT – The primary election in Washington is set for Aug. 7. Overseas and military ballots will be mailed out first, between June 21 and 23. Other ballots will go in the mail July 18-20.

Local races on the ballot this year include the District 1 and District 3 county commissioner seats. In the primary, only voters in those districts will vote, with the top two choices moving on to the general election in November. Write-in candidates may file until July 20.

Voter registrations are due by July 9 in the mail or July 30 in person.

June 6 is the last day to file a referendum measure.

It will likely come down to the last minute to verify a proposed referendum seeking to repeal gay marriage.

If a referendum doesn’t make the ballot, gay marriage

munity Connectivity building behind Safeway or sign up online.

This summer, contractors will also be installing the electronic hubs that connect groups of individual drops to the PUD fiber network. These will be SEE FIBER, 2A MINER PHOTO|JANELLE ATYEO

PUD crews work at a power pole where fiber was recently strung at First Street and Circle Drive in Newport last week. Nearly complete, the fiber lines in Newport are the last of the overhead part of the fiber system to be installed. Underground work is ongoing.

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becomes effective June 7, along with other laws the Legislature enacted during its last regular session.

Ione Bridge closed two nights IONE – The Ione Bridge will be closed for two nights this week. Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7, the bridge on Sullivan Lake Road will close at 6 p.m., reopening at 6 a.m. The bridge will re-open Friday, June 8 at 6 a.m. A detour will be in place, taking traffic up to Sullivan Lake and back to Highway 31.

Superintendent Roy Parrett of Dunkin & Bush Inc. apologized for the inconvenience and said they will try to limit the night closures.

At other times, the bridge is restricted to one lane with a temporary signal controlling traffic flow.

Phase 2 of the bridge upgrade work began April 9, and it should continue through mid-September.

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The West Company is the main contractor for the job, and has subcontracted the painting work to Dunkin & Bush. The bridge is being repainted the same redorange color. Other work this summer involves replacing some of the steel grade decking in the center of the roadway. Phase one of the upgrade, involving structural work, was completed last year. The $3.6 million project is funded through the federal bridge replacement program.

Newport, Selkirk graduate Saturday NEWPORT – Newport High School seniors will graduate Saturday, June 9, at noon in the high school gym. The guest speaker is fourth grade teacher and coach Jamie Pancho.

There are three valedictorians this year: Phillip Behrend, Heidi Biermann and Miranda Frederick. The

salutatorian is Ryun Boyles.

The class will graduate in the Grizzlies’ crimson and black. The class flower is a white rose dipped in crimson. The class motto is: “As our senior class drifts slowly by, we think of the past four years, why? We should be happy for the time we spent together, even if it won’t last ... forever. Our memories of each other will never be faded. There is nothing more precious we could have traded.”

Selkirk seniors will graduate Saturday, June 9, with a 1 p.m. commencement ceremony in the Sam Nicholas Gymnasium. Susan Vermeulen will be the speaker for the afternoon. Valedictorian Courtney Holter will also give a talk. Salutatorian is Annie Couch.

There are 23 Rangers graduating this year, wearing the Selkirk green and black. Their class motto is “We don’t remember days, we remember moments.”

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife study finds cost of protecting caribou over 20 years

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

COOLIN – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will cost $1.5 million over the next 20 years to protect the caribou in a proposed 375,500-acre habitat in northern Idaho and northern Pend Oreille County, Wash.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft analysis that estimates costs related to the conservation of the southern Selkirk Mountains woodland caribou and its proposed critical habitat.

It found that the timber industry would see the greatest impact ($1.22 million or $107,000 per year in lost revenue), with some types of logging operations being delayed for up to three years under some circumstances. Permitting road access across national forest land may be delayed.

The habitat designation would require special consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for some activity on federal land.

USFWS officials have said it will have little effect on day-to-day use of the land.

Citizens have expressed concerns that the closure of snowmobiling areas to protect caribou is impacting the snowmobile and resort industry.

“In 2011, there were 234 snowmobile registrations in Boundary County, and 2,754 in

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concerns.

Environmental groups, including the Priest River-based Selkirk Conservation Alliance, brought a lawsuit in 2002, and a settlement was reached in 2009, requiring USFWS to designate habitat.

The proposed habitat stretches east of Priest Lake, up to Boundary County and in to part of Pend Oreille County, coinciding with the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.

The majority of the proposed habitat lies in Boundary County.

Bonner County land includes 5,856 federal acres, 8,413 stateowned acres, and 38 acres of private land. All of the proposed habitat in Pend Oreille is on federal Forest Service land.

The public will have 30 days to submit comments regarding the USFWS economic study, as well as on the agency’s proposed critical habitat designation. This comment period will close July 2.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will host an open house informational meeting Saturday, June 16, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Inn at Priest Lake, 5310 Dickensheet Road in Coolin.

A public hearing will be held the same day, also at the Inn at Priest Lake, from 2-5 p.m. Citizens will be able to provide formal oral comments for Fish and Wildlife to review and consider for its final decision.

The proposed rule, maps and other information about the southern Selkirk Mountains woodland caribou will also be available online at www.fws.gov/Idaho.

PUD | Never a good time to raise rates FROM PAGE 1

increase for a year or two, then asking for a large jump in power rates.

Last year, rates went up 15 percent and the basic charge increased as well.

Rates are currently 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour with a basic rate of $24.50 per month. July 1, rates will go up by 1.7 percent, but the base rate will stay the same. The annual adjustment for power from Boundary Dam is 0.7 percent while the other 1 percent is tied to the PUD’s system.

“Really, any rate increase in this economy is too much,” one

man said.

Commissioner Curt Knapp said the public has brought up good points, but they are things the PUD has battled with over the last few months. It’s never a good time to raise rates, he said.

Members of the public asked about the PUD’s spending and its contract with the Ponderay Newsprint Company.

They also asked if the school districts had any concerns with the rate increase. The PUD has not heard from the school districts. They decided to raise rates in July in part to help the districts plan their budgets.

Rates for the five industrial cus-

tomers with a load of less than 2 megawatts are going from 3.2 to 3.27 cents. Rates for the 812 commercial customers will go from 4 to 4.08 cents. Most yard and street light rates will go up by 20 cents.

The 30 irrigation customers will pay an additional 15 cents on their minimum charge, and the energy charge will go from 4.5 to 4.59 cents.

Over the next few years, Jordan expects residential electric rates to go up annually by 1-2 percent for Boundary expenses and 1-2 percent for PUD costs. Most of these are related to relicensing expenses for both projects.

KIDNAPPING | Trunk popped open FROM PAGE 1

Morrison to agree to extradition if he were released.

McCroskey also asked that the $100,000 bond set for Davis be reduced.

Deputy prosecutor Tony Koures said that Davis was both a danger to the community and a risk of flight. He said Davis had a criminal record for eluding and misdemeanor drug convictions in Montana.

Monasmith noted that there was a difference between Morrison and Davis. He said Davis was the alleged aggressor and that he was more of a flight risk.

According to the statement of probable cause, Davis also had a collapsible baton on him when arrested. He lowered Davis’ bond to $75,000.

The statement of probable cause included some details about what Morrison said happened.

Morrison was the driver of the blue Chevy Impala with Missouri license plates that was used in

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Bonner County. Additionally, OHV registration by residence in 2010 were 3,593 in Bonner County and 850 in Boundary County,” the report said. “These sports have been growing in popularity, while environmental regulations have limited use of public lands within the proposed critical habitat for snowmobiling and OHV activities.”

The economic study was prepared by the Industrial Economics Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., using data from public sources like the recent census.

Bonner County commissioners didn’t like that the study didn’t ask local business owners about their experience. The Idaho State Snowmobile Association is conducting its own economic analysis using consultant economist Dan Green of Forest Econ., Inc. Commissioners have also partnered with the Pacific Legal Foundation and have filed a petition to delist woodland caribou as an endangered species.

On a flight in early February, biologists spotted four caribou about 6 miles south of the Canadian border. The entire Selkirk herd is estimated to number about 46.

The caribou was listed in 1984 as an endangered species, and occurs in northern Idaho and Washington and British Columbia. It’s considered to be among the rarest mammals in the United States.

While the Endangered Species Act requires critical habitat be designated for endangered species, that was never done in the Selkirk Mountains because of poaching

the alleged kidnapping. According to the statement, Morrison said he had ordered the victim into the trunk of the vehicle in Great Falls. When the victim didn’t want to get in, Morrison said Davis hit him in the knees with a metal baseball bat and pointed a sawed off shotgun at him.

The men then bound the victim’s hands and feet behind his back and put duct tape over his mouth and drove to Washington, according to the sworn statement from a deputy.

But the trunk popped open when car neared Pend Oreille County Park on Highway 2 Sunday morning, May 27. The men pulled over to close the trunk, but not before the victim had climbed out and ran to the car that was behind them.

The men tussled with the victim, trying to get him back in the car, but the man escaped. Morrison and Davis got back in the car and headed toward Newport, according to the statement.

Deputies were coming from

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Newport when they passed the car. They turned around to pursue. According to the probable cause statement, the Chevy sped up and passed another vehicle when deputies tried to stop it. The Chevy did stop at the Highway 2 and Spokane Avenue in Newport, and the men were arrested.

The car was impounded and deputies got a search warrant.

The deputies recovered several weapons during the search, including a sawed off shotgun that was tossed from the car and was recovered on the side of the road near Stratton Elementary School. They also recovered nunchucks, brass knuckles, hard knuckle gloves, a metal baseball bat and two bottles of liquid methadone prescribed to the victim.

Pend Oreille County Prosecutor Tom Metzger said there is a chance the kidnapping case will be moved to Montana.

“They have the greatest interest in it, since that’s where it occurred,” he said.

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Preparations are underway for Newport’s 63rd annual rodeo and parade, set for June 22-23.

“We’ve had several work nights already,” rodeo committeeman Otto Baumgardner said. The volunteer rodeo committee spends quite a bit of time making sure the grounds are in shape for Newport’s biggest annual event, pounding nails, pulling weeds and making sure the bathrooms are in shape.

Rodeo association president Cory Staples said he anticipates more contestants this year, as the Colville Rodeo will take place the same weekend. That means competitors can work both rodeos, as Colville has a Saturday afternoon performance and Newport has its Saturday performance at night.

With the two towns only an hour and a half apart, cowboys could hit two rodeos the same day.

Staples said the popular pantyhose pull will be held each night. In this event, two-person teams are turned loose on a herd of unsuspecting calves, with the object of

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attached to poles in most areas.

People can get a good idea of where the fiber is located by finding the loops of black fiber coiled on the poles at regular intervals.

These must remain to allow for any repairs in the future.

Crews have also been clearing rights of way of trees and branches. The grant allowed for some of this work, which will benefit the fiber system and – as an extra bonus – the electrical. They have completed most of this work.

Onley said they will have enough funds to connect all of the roughly 5,000 homes and businesses in the south county area. The grant had a minimum requirement of hooking up 1,000 in the south county. The grant did not cover north Pend Oreille County because Pend Oreille Telephone had received a federal grant.

Onley said the plan is to have drops to every home and business by April 2013. This does not mean customers have to purchase any retail services or pay anything to the PUD. But it will be ready to go if they decide to do

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the board instituted the three touches policy in order to generate discussion before taking action.

The county acquired the 560acre Fertile Valley parcel from the Department of Natural Resource’s Common School Trust in 2008.

It’s adjacent to the 400-acre Pend Oreille County Park, and the plan is to create one large system of trails for hikers and equestrians.

When an 80-acre section of the Fertile Valley property was logged last year, the cut brought in more than $350,000.

Before spending the logging money, the park board decided to wait at least a year and collect proposals for projects. So far, some of the money – less than $8,000 – was granted for last year’s operation of Crawford State Park when the state threatened to close the

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it in the future.

A separate grant awarded to the Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) is being used to create a redundant fiber loop over Tiger pass to Okanogan and back to Spokane. This will provide needed backup for the PUD backbone that runs south along Highway 2 to Spokane. That project should be completed by the end of the year, Onley said.

Onley added that NoaNet is running fiber along the east side of the river across the highway to Tiger Pass south of Ione. This is opening up some other potential service areas in north Pend Oreille County for the PUD. When the system is completed, retail providers will offer their services using the new fiber or by other means. Most local providers are saying that the cost will probably vary according to how the service is delivered. The PUD board has set a wholesale price to the RSPs of $50 per household.

This will have to be absorbed in their businesses costs and passed on in some way to customers.

How all this will work isn’t clear yet.

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putting pantyhose on them.

Prizes are awarded for the first team to get their calf dressed and everyone who participates will get a T-shirt. Rodeo association members are registering participants. They hope to get local businesses and groups represented. To participate call Staples at 509-550-9127.

Shyann Otte is this year’s rodeo queen. The Grand Marshall for the parade is long-time rodeo volunteer Vi Shanklin. The late Erv Richter and Herb Shepherd will be honored with memorials. Richter served as president of the Newport Rodeo Association for more than three decades and Shepherd was also involved with the rodeo for many years.

The Rodeo Parade will take place through downtown Newport Saturday morning, at 11 a.m., with line up and judging starting at 9 a.m. To register contact the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce at 509-447-5812.

This year the chamber is putting together an Old Time Carnival featuring carnival games, cotton candy, a petting zoo, a dunk tank

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north county attraction. No other projects have been selected yet.

“We’ve been guarding this money from all the open doors,” park board member Dave Gruver said. “We didn’t expect it to come from the back room.”

The county has used logging revenue to fund its parks system in the past, but that money has dwindled to the point that the parks budget was less than $4,000 before the recent harvest.

“We’ve been poor for so long on that park board,” park board chairman Sam Nicholas said.

He said with their new procedure for choosing projects to fund, it was the board’s hope that they could show the public they are good stewards of the money and the parks. With that, they could some day ask voters to consider approving a tax on property sales that would go to parks.

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This week last year saw highs span from 70 to 61 degrees. Lows were between 52 and 41.

Three days of light rain accumulated .04 of an inch for the week.

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Angel Paws helps with vaccines, spay, neuter NEWPORT – Angel Paws, a non-profit organization in Pend Oreille County that promotes responsible pet ownership, is offering free rabies vaccinations to qualifying pet owners as well as free spay and/or neuter, in the month of June. Angel Paws can also help feed your pet.

Contact Deb at 509-4451005, Cindy at 509-999-6965 or Janet at 509-447-3541.

Angel Paws meets at noon the first Saturday of every month at Kelly’s Restaurant and Lounge in Newport.

Bonner commissioners cancel meeting SANDPOINT – The Bonner County commissioners will not meet Tuesday, June 12 because they will be attending an Idaho Association of Counties meeting in Lewiston, Idaho.

They will resume their regular meeting Tuesday, June 19.

Couple requests to build duplex at Coolin SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a conditional use permit request for a duplex near Priest Lake at a hearing Thursday, June 7 at 5:45 p.m. in the county administration building, 1500 Highway 2, Sandpoint.

Gary and Nancy Lammers are seeking approval to construct a duplex at Coolin, east of Priest Lake. The proposed 1-acre site is zoned Recreation and is located on Bayview Drive, about 25 miles north of the city of Priest River in Section 10, Township 59 North, Range 4 West, B.M. The public is encouraged to comment on the request.

Written statements can be submitted to the planning department at 1500 Highway 2, Suite 208, Sandpoint ID 83864; faxed to 208-265-1463 or emailed to planning@ co.bonner.id.us. Additional information is available at the planning department. Staff reports are available at the planning department or may be viewed at www.co.bonner. id.us/planning seven days prior to the hearing.

Biologists capture, radio tag wolf COLVILLE – Biologists with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently captured and radio equipped what they believe is the alpha male of the Smackout Wolf Pack, living in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties. The wolf was captured Monday, May 28 and is estimated to be between four and six years old.

“This capture will greatly assist us in locating additional members of the pack and the den site as well as help us and ranch operators in monitoring this pack as it relates to cattle operations in the area,” said Steve Pozzanghera of WDFW. WDFW has contracted for a range rider to be working the Dawson allotment from approximately June 1 to Oct. 31. The range rider is a pilot program to learn more about opportunities for range riders to provide a human presence in areas where wolves and cattle are in proximity to one another.

No wake still on at Diamond, Bead lakes NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County commissioners decided to keep the no wake zones on at Diamond Lake and Bead Lake at their Monday meeting.

Boats must operate at a slow enough speed to prevent creating a wake.

The precaution is meant to minimize shoreline and property damage during high water.

A wake restriction on Sacheen Lake was lifted May 22.

No wake zones went into effect March 27 at Diamond and Sacheen. A restriction on Bead Lake was added April 24.

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Reward offered for information on break-in

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A break-in over Memorial Day weekend left a local youth sports organization without stock for its concession stand. Now the Newport Youth Athletic Association Executive Board is offering a reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest of individuals involved in the break in.

Over the holiday, thieves apparently broke into the concession stand below the Wain Fields grandstand, located behind the rodeo grounds. They got away with many candy and snack items and several bottles of drinks, including 20 ounce Coca-Colas, PowerAde, Dasani water, and Minute Maid juice. The money the athletic association raises by selling concessions is used to pay umpire fees and for field improvements that benefit the community as a whole, pointed out NYAA treasurer and scheduler Janel Waterman.

Newport has 15 Little League teams this year, up from 10 last year, and volunteers put well over 500 hours of work into the program each week, Waterman estimates.

Volunteers coach the kids, schedule games, work the concession stand, perform field maintenance and repair, coordinate umpires and do the bookkeeping, amongst other duties.

“We have seen a tremendous amount of support from the local community from parents to business owners and other groups providing sponsorship, in kind donations, volunteer service, and much more,” Waterman said.

It’s not the first time the baseball/ softball fields near Newport City Park were targeted. The stands have been hit on four separate incidents this season involving damage and/ or theft. Waterman estimates the

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Ivan Poisel Jr., softball commissioner for the Newport Youth Athletic Association, and deputy Dan Dice from the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday afternoon, May 29, look at areas where thieves possibly entered the concession stands at Wain Fields in Newport.

damage and stolen property total about $800 in losses.

“We would like to appeal to the community as a whole to report any unusual circumstances or loitering near the ball fields when

games/practices are not scheduled,” she said.

Anyone with information regarding the break-ins can contact the sheriff’s office at 509-447-3151, ext.

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heard motorcycles and investigated, finding Ponder and Yancy.

Further investigation turned up stolen items from the Deer Valley burglary, as well as items taken in another burglary.

Ponder and Yancy were arrested and as they were being taken to jail, deputies were told of another burglary. When the stolen items were described to deputies, they realized the items were also with the other stolen items recovered when

Ponder and Yancy were arrested.

Deputies obtained a search warrant and recovered all the stolen items from both the first and second burglary.

Among the items recovered were two dirt bike motorcycles, two firearms, miscellaneous camping gear, various tools, savings bonds, coins, bankcards and a computer.

Deputies also seized drugs, according to the statement of probable cause.

Bonner County loosens building regulations SANDPOINT – Bonner County loosened construction regulations on waterfront property owners in mid-May, allowing 35 percent of all properties to be covered with “impervious surfaces.” Impervious surfaces are those that water cannot penetrate, such as roofs, asphalt, sidewalks, and patio stones.

Since the new code was adopted in 2008, the county had a three-tiered

system, where only 15 percent of smaller properties could be covered, 25 percent of mid-sized properties and 35 percent of larger properties.

Planning director Clare Marley said her department had brought the issue to the planning commission’s attention about a year and a half ago because staff was having a difficult time making the 15 percent restriction work for many property

owners. A Priest Lake couple took it upon themselves to make a formal request to the commission to speed up the process because they wanted to build this year, Marley said.

When the ordinance was first adopted in 1978, every property had to adhere to the 35-percent rule.

Both the planning commission and county commissioners agreed to reverting back to that standard, and the commissioners made the decision May 15.

PUD conducting late night fish studies NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Public Utility District’s natural resources staff is conducting nighttime fish studies on the Pend Oreille River. The studies, which began in late May, will be conducted up to twice each week through the end of summer.

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throat trout and bull trout species in the area between Blueslide and Newport. The studies are a part of a larger fish behavior study program, the data of which will eventually be utilized in the design of fish passage at Box Canyon Dam. The brightly lit boat is equipped with lights to aide in the collection of fish.

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Caribou Proposed Critical Habitat Open House:

Drugs, alcohol suspected in Highway 31 crash IONE – Three people were injured in a collision that happened Saturday, June 2 on Highway 31, about 11 miles north of Ione.

Heather Van Strydonk, 29, of Metaline Falls was driving south in a 2002 Nissan Sentra when she collided with a vehicle driven

by Jordan D. Gardner, 22, of Ione.

Gardner was driving north in a 2000 Pontiac Sunbird with a passenger, Alexis Curtis, 20, of Colbert. The two vehicles collided in the northbound lane.

Drugs or alcohol were involved,

according to a news release from the Washington State Patrol. The wreck is under investigation.

Strydonk was transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with injuries.

She was listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday, June. 5.

Gardner and Curtis were transported to the Newport Hospital.

Gardner was released and Curtis was transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center for surgery. She was also in satisfactory condition Tuesday.

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Deputies recover stolen items NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Sheriff deputies recovered motorcycles, guns and tools and arrested two people for possession of stolen property Tuesday, May 30 at a Gray Road residence.

Sean T. Ponder, 26, and Reesa M. Yancy, 23, were arrested and are being held in Pend Oreille County Jail on $10,000 bond.

Deputies went to investigate a residential burglary at Deer Valley Road. While in the area, they

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Saturday, June 16, 9:30 to 11:30 am

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites citizens to share information, ask questions and learn about the proposal and the associated economic analysis.

Public Hearing: Saturday, June 16, 2:00 to 5:00 pm

Citizens will be able to provide formal oral testimony for the Service to review and consider for its final decision. Those who deliver oral comments for the record are encouraged to also provide a written copy of their statement at the hearing. Speaker Registration begins at 1:00 pm.

Location: The Inn at Priest Lake, 5310 Dickensheet Rd, Coolin, Idaho 83821 Comments on the proposal will be accepted until July 2, 2012.

For more information, go to: www.fws.gov/idaho/Caribou.html

NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Pat Monasmith appeared startled when deputy prosecutor Dolly Hunt told him that he was the defense attorney for Travis J. Griffith, 29.

“How long ago was that?” he asked. Hunt said it was in 1995, when Griffith was 12 and being tried for second degree rape indecent liberties in Stevens County.

He was found guilty of the charge and now he was before Monasmith, charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Monasmith reluctantly handled the arraignment Thursday, May 31, lowering the

bail from $7,500 to $5,000 before recusing himself. Another judge could reconsider the bail, he ruled.

According to charging documents, Griffith had found work as a cook and was living in Metaline. In addition to the underlying sex offenses, Hunt said that Griffith had a criminal record for fourth degree assault, driving without a license and manufacturing burglary tools, as well as failure to register as a sex offender.

Defense attorney Robin McCroskey said that Griffith moved to Ione looking for work and intended to register when he got settled.

Bonner County continues readdressing process SANDPOINT – To help emergency services better locate addresses in Bonner County, the county formed the GIS Department to oversee mapping and address databases.

Some addresses have changed in the last several months to rectify duplicates between city and county addresses. Many addresses in the city of Priest River were changed last year.

On Pawne Point Road at Priest Lake, some residents received notices that their address would be changing June 22. According to road and bridge secretary Karen Olsen, the road had originally been a loop but was cutoff by residents, making the road ac-

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Residents whose addresses are changing received notice in the mail, as well as the post office, phone companies, elections department and the assessor’s office.

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s candidates for local elected positions come to our office to explain why they are running, we realize once again what a great system of government we have. Once a year, the people have a chance to renew what is working and replace what isn’t in their communities. But first the best and brightest amongst them can tell the voters what they would do for them if elected. Everyone has to love this process if they truly love democracy.

This year with the lingering recession and continuing government cash shortages, Pend Oreille and Bonner counties have a strong slate of county commissioner candidates running. They will tell everyone how they will deal with less money but still serve the voters’ needs. Some will talk about raising taxes while others are going to make cuts. It’s the voters’ job to pay attention and ask questions.

There really isn’t any one right answer for everyone. The beauty of democracy is that it must build a consensus or find solutions that appeal to a majority. And usually the voter does the right thing.

But again it only works if the voter pays attention and knows what the candidate stands for and will do if elected. Those voters who make a choice only from second hand information or rumors, guessing or first impressions won’t get what they really want in an elected official. Read what they have to say or attend functions where they will speak. Talk to them; this isn’t the presidential race. The candidates are your neighbors.

And the last thing that democracy must have to function properly is underlying respect for all candidates. This respect isn’t really for the candidate but for the democratic system itself.

It is the same important point made at the national level. People might not respect the politics of the man who is president at any time but they must respect the position of President of the United States if they want democracy to work.

So as the local candidates offer the voters their ideas for the future, pay attention and give them respect. Democracy works.

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Several reasons for women not to serve in combat Here we go again.

Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in a bid to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles.

The lawsuit filed May 24 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia accuses the government of violating the constitutional rights of servicewomen by excluding them from certain ground combat units and other positions solely on the basis of their gender. Command Sgt. Maj. Jane Baldwin and Col. Ellen Haring say their career advancement has been hurt by being shut out of assigned combat roles and they have suffered a loss of pay and benefits as well as promotions.

Well, we went through this back in the 1990s. When a Fort Benning drill sergeant said he doubted “a lot of women could shoot someone just because they were going to shoot her,” I said sure they could. I said, I could. Having shot six deer, I know what a gory mess it makes, despite those nice, clean murders on television where when someone is shot all you see is a spot of blood the size of a half dollar on the victim’s shirt.

Barbara Bush said at the time that women in combat would be fine with her, “If I thought a woman physically could pick up someone who was wounded and carry them to safety. And if I thought a woman could throw a hand grenade as far as a man could.”

I said most women can’t do those things although some can. Women tennis players and golfers still don’t play in matches with men because they aren’t as powerful as men. In fact, if men weren’t so much more powerful than women, we wouldn’t have so many domestic violence cases involving female victims.

There are 10,000 wife beaters for every husband beater.

Women are more emotional.

Even former Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder, the prime sponsor of a bill at the time asking that women be tested in combat roles, cried when she pulled out of the race for president.

War is a dehumanizing process, a dirty, nasty business that makes brutes out of GUEST men. Having women OPINION alongside ADELE isn’t going FERGUSON to ensure CORRESPONDENT gentlemanly behavior.

But the one drawback to women in combat that no one wants to talk about is that women, unlike men, have several days during each month when they go through menses. What kind of war could be fought with women service personnel who had to be adjacent to lavatory facilities for personal hygiene for two to five days a month?

When I asked that question, I got a reply from a supply officer who said four times as much toilet paper had to be ordered for the Women’s Army Corps as for the men. Because of its bulk, toilet paper filled one truck out of six in a supply train.

“So much for that extra truckload of artillery shells needed to stop an enemy breakthrough,” he said.

The problems of mass treatment of disease and parasites would be doubled, wrote a reader. Troops being deloused drop their clothes as they enter, scrub down with disinfectant and are examined for missed lice and nits. Worming and fungicidal infection are problems SEE FERGUSON, 5A

|| Sierra Club tactics too extreme To the editor: The Sierra Club in asking for my membership and financial support states that we the working people need to overcome the political clout and deep pockets of timber, mining and the oil/gas industries, because they are all anti-environmentalists.

These industries, because they are/were the main employers for many of the smaller western towns, I have never met a person who worked with Mother Nature who was an on-purpose anti-environmentalist.

The Sierra Club has been involved in many projects that have saved vulnerable species and land areas. However, they have seen to the removal of more than 110 million acres from any possibility of being on the local tax rolls by having them declared off limits to any development.

They have stopped the building of 160 newly designed and environmentally correct coal plants, mainly in the east. Does anyone with more than half a brain really believe wind mill power (when the wind is blowing), or the approximately

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20-square-miles of solar panels it takes to equal the constant output of one small reactor or that diaper burning bio-fuel plants can support our growing power needs?

The Sierra Club would like to see a dam removal project on the Columbia. That would equal one for the fish and zero for the power operations, irrigation and boating tourism.

-Larry Connelly Cusick

PUD raising rates To the editor: Once again our PUD raises the electrical rates. Like all governmental units they tell us how little the new rate or tax raises our monthly bills.

The PUD thinks that we are gullible. That’s why they raise the rates during the lowest consumption month of the year. Now they will raise the rate around 2 percent per year, so that we won’t protest like we did after the last 15 percent increase. We must really be too mentally challenged to multiply 2 x 7 to get a 14 percent rate increase in seven years.

We aren’t supposed to notice that a rate increase every year brings more revenue much like a savings account compounds

its interest. So in the end the PUD gets more of our money than they would if they just raised the rate by 14 percent seven years from now.

This is what happens when citizens get distracted by political ideology. Could the government one day take away my guns? It unlikely, but it’s a sure thing that the PUD commissioners are going to raise electric rates every year.

What’s irritating is that local government acts now like a soulless corporation with only one goal, its own survival and growth. How can their costs increase while our incomes remain flat or decrease? Why do they need to have more money than the public they serve?

Adding insult to injury is the fact that the PUD rate increase is partially due to the strong arm tactics used by our county commissioners against Seattle City Light to obtain more impact funds. That increased Boundary Dam’s operating costs and those costs were passed on to our PUD. It looks like one set of commissioners robbed Peter to pay Paul. They get more funds to spend and we get higher rates to pay.

-Pete Scobby Newport

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With the U.S. pulling funding for NASA, a private company recently launched an unmanned shuttle to send supplies to the space station. Russia has already dabbled in space tourism, and many more companies are looking to launch. Some companies are even taking advance reservations now for future space tourist flights.

If money weren’t an option, would you sign up to be a “space tourist?”

No way. I get queasy enough thinking about standard air travel.

For sure! It would be an amazing experience that so few have had the opportunity to try.

Maybe. It seems risky, but I’d go if I was convinced it’s safe.

No. It is a waste of resources to send people to space “just because.” There are enough awe-inspiring things to see here on this planet.

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A recent study showed that coffee drinkers live longer. How’s your coffee habit?

I will probably live forever. I drink coffee nonstop.

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I drink coffee, but sparingly. Despite the latest study, I don’t think it’s all that healthy.

I’ve never been a coffee drinker.

There comes a time when enough is enough. No more excuses, no more delays.

In 1986, hospitals, local governments, schools, small businesses and doctors were fed up GUEST with the high OPINION cost of personal injury DON C. lawsuits and BRUNELL liability insurASSOCIATION OF ance. They WASHINGTON successfully BUSINESS PRESIDENT lobbied for tort reform legislation, which was signed into law by Gov. Booth Gardner.

Fast forward to 2012 and you see that same tipping point with our public schools.

Taxpayers are tired of hearing, “Just give us more money and we’ll fix our schools.” We’ve been there, done that and nothing has changed. Washington students who cannot afford a private education are locked into traditional public schools, many of which are failing to prepare them to succeed.

According to Christine Campbell, a research analyst at the University of Washington’s Center on Reinventing Public Education, only one-third of our minority students meet state standards in math and science, and the Legislature found that half of all high school graduates need remedial education courses in college. Clearly more must be done to ensure graduates have the skills needed to succeed in life after high school.

After Democrat lawmakers spurned a modest charter school proposal last session, a wide array of concerned people came together to support an initiative that would allow Washington to establish up to 40 public charter schools. To make the November ballot, they must turn in 241,000 signatures by July 6.

More than 5,700 public charter schools serve almost two million children and their families in 41 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Oregon has more than 100 charter schools; Idaho more than 30. But they’ve been voted down here in 1996, 2000 and 2004. A bill to authorize them surfaced in this year’s legislative session but did not come up for a vote.

Opponents point out that some public charter schools have failed. True, but lots of traditional public schools have failed as well. The difference is students in public charter schools have a choice. They can switch to a better school, while students locked into failing traditional public schools have no alternative.

That painful reality was vividly portrayed in the documentary, “Waiting for Superman.”

Produced and directed by Davis Guggenheim, who produced Al Gore’s documentary on global warming, the film follows the plight of five struggling inner city families desperate to find better schools for their children.

Because there are not enough charter schools to accommodate all the students who want to attend, officials assign students by lottery.

If they don’t “win” the lottery, parents are left to watch helplessly as their children remain mired in failing schools.

One single mom profiled in the documentary had previously scraped up enough money to send her daughter to a private school but had to withdraw her when she was laid off. She turned instead to the charter school lottery as a last resort – but her daughter’s name was not called.

As a result, we all lost, robbed of SEE BRUNELL, 5A

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Street work by courthouse wrapping up NEWPORT – Paving is complete on a project on Scott Avenue along the west side of the courthouse in Newport. The sidewalk was cut away there, adding two ADA (Americans with Disabilities Acts) accessible parking spaces.

Some striping and landscap-

ing is left to do.

The project was funded with a voter accessibility grant of nearly $50,000 from the Washington Secretary of State’s election division. Some extra work was done that sent the project over budget. Some stairs leading from the back parking

lot to the back door of the courthouse were eliminated to put in an accessible ramp.

A representative from the Secretary of State’s offices was on site and said the county could submit the work for additional funding. The county is currently coming up with a total cost.

Construction ongoing along Highway 20 CUSICK – A pair of construction projects are underway along State Route 20.

Pend Oreille Telephone crews are working on the shoulder of the roadway installing fiber optic lines in the conduit that they previously installed there. The work will be in progress until June 15.

Drivers should expect shoulder

closures in the southbound lane in various locations.

A pedestrian tunnel for the Riverview Bible Camp is being built under Highway 20 at milepost 408.5 north of Cusick about 10 miles. The highway is reduced to one lane there with a temporary signal controlling alternating traffic. Drivers should expect

Thrivent for Lutherans give fresh food to those in need NEWPORT – The local chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, in cooperation with Second Harvest of the Inland Northwest, will be conducting a farmer’s market style distribution of fresh produce and perishable food at no cost to those in need.

The event is Thursday, June 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ameri-

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Only one household pickup per recipient is allowed, so bring your neighbors. Box supplies are limited, so bring one if you can.

For more information, contact Nichole Smoot at 509-671-1432.

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the achievements her daughter and other children might have made if they’d had the chance.

Adding insult to injury, New York City’s school system spends $100 million a year on so-called “rubber rooms,” offices where troubled, suspect or low-performing teachers get full pay to sit idle for years because it is virtually impossible to fire them.

In Washington, D.C., schools, Chancellor Michelle Rhee

wanted to reduce administrative office staff, put more teachers in the classroom, increase salaries for good teachers and fire weak principals. She quit after three-and-a-half years when the teachers’ union refused to allow its members to vote on Rhee’s reforms.

The question for us in Washington is will we give parents a choice? Will we give public charter schools – and our children – a chance to create a better future?

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in hot climates and worming in the field involves the use of slit trenches that aren’t marked His and Hers or even Officers and Enlisted. Mass treatment for fungicidal infection or jungle rot involves troops lining up naked for painting of the genital area with a stinging solution by medical personnel.

THAT should cure the ladies’ itch to wear the Combat Infantry Badge, he said. The average American soldier, said the writer, “is a romanticist who puts the American girl upon a pedestal.

He doesn’t want her next to him in the slit trenches.”

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The speed limit around Riverview is reduced to 25 mph, and loads longer than 16 feet must take an alternate route.

Work on the tunnel began in early May and should wrap up by the middle of next week. Crews from Kretz Construction said Tuesday they are waiting to put asphalt down. The work is weather dependent but should happen Monday or Tuesday.

Shoreline plan comment period extended for Pend Oreille County NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Commissioners extended by 60 days the comment period for the county’s Shoreline Master Plan. That comment period ends Aug. 8. This is the second extension.

Commissioners will also hold three public hearings, one in each commissioner district. The dates of the hearings have not been set yet but the meetings will occur before the comment period ends so that people can make comments on the record at the hearing, according to Mike Lithgow, the county’s community development director.

Commissioners made edits to the draft document.

The entire document will be posted on the county website, complete with notes on the edits.

Commissioners also added the implementing regulations to county’s development regulations.

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Led by recognized experts in forest management, wildlife habitat, and other forest stewardship disciplines, this “out-in-the-woods” educational event will provide useful, timely and unbiased information designed to meet the needs of landowners with five to 500 acres.

The field day is designed to prepare landowners to plan and execute management activities

that meet their personal objectives, reduce risks, and protect their financial investment.

Participants can choose from a wide variety of classes and activities taught by specialists in forest health, wildlife habitat, weed control, wildfire protection, timber and non-timber forest products, using global positioning systems, chainsaw safety and maintenance, and forestland security and safety.

The presenters will be available to answer questions specific to your property situation. Youth activities will be available all day.

The fee for those who register by June 8 is $20 per person or $30 for a family of two or more. After that date the fee is $30 per person or $40 per family. An optional

barbecue lunch, with proceeds to benefit the Riverside High School wrestling program, will be available for $10 per person. Lunch reservations must be received by June 8.

A brochure with more detailed information, driving directions and the registration form can be found at http://forestry.wsu.edu, or contact your local WSU Extension office. For more information contact WSU Extension Forestry Educator Andy Perleberg at 509667-6540 or by email at andyp@ wsu.edu.

WSU Extension, the DNR Forest Stewardship Program, and the Family Forest Foundation are the primary sponsors of the field day.

Basin commission learns about Watershed Advisory Group SANDPOINT – The Pend Oreille Basin Commission will meet Thursday, June 7 for a quarterly meeting in the Panhandle Health District Conference Room, located at 322 Marion St. in Sandpoint. The meeting is set for noon until 3 p.m., and the public is encouraged to attend.

The meeting will include an introduction to the Watershed Advisory Group that is in the process of being formed to address impairments on tributaries entering the Priest system by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

Bonner County commissioner Mike Nieslen was appointed as the primary person to represent local government on the board. Scott Bauer is an alternative. The WAG

will work with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

A presentation will be given on the delisting of the Pend Oreille River for phosphorus impairments

by DEQ. A presentation on the current and future projects occurring at the Sandpoint wastewater treatment facility will also be given.

Attendees will receive an update from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on the ongoing development of their next five-year fishery management plan and an update from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture on aquatic invasive species in the Basin and what the summer season has in store.

A discussion with a U.S. Forest

Service representative on what measures are being taken to limit camper bathing in Priest Lake at USFS campgrounds will be held.

The Pend Oreille Basin Commission was created by House Bill 110 in 2003.

The commission consists of seven members and one chairman appointed by the Governor, five of which are residents of Bonner County, one the regional director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and one a representative of the Idaho Attorney General.

Additionally, the state of Montana is cited as an ex-officio member of the commission; the executive director for the Flathead Basin Commission sits on the board.

PUD to divide Sullivan powerhouse parcel

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – In preparation to perhaps one day sell the defunct Sullivan Powerhouse, the Pend Oreille Public Utility District is proposing to divide the 100-acre parcel of land on which it sits.

The old, brick powerhouse sits along Highway 31. While in the early 1900s it generated power for the cement plant and the town of Metaline Falls, power hasn’t been generated there since the 1950s, and now that the PUD is surrendering the license for the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric project, it’s preparing for a day the powerhouse might

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The parcel with the powerhouse on it will span about 10 to 12 acres, while the other 88 acres or so will be its own parcel.

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The PUD has filed a request for a large lot segregation through the Pend Oreille County Community Development department.

Written comments on the proposal are being accepted through June 14. The file may be reviewed at the courthouse in Newport, or call 509-447-4821.

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BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Michael G. Shelly, 31, pled not guilty to a charge of witness intimidation in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, May 31.

Shelly is charged with intimidating a witness in the trial of Zane Lumpkin, who was acquitted of charges of harassment threats to kill, burglary and fourth degree assault in a three-day jury trial that concluded May 23.

According to a statement of probable cause, the witness says Shelly told her on May 20 that he had a close friend who was to go on trial May 21.

“If you or anyone else gets on the stand and testifies against him, bad things are going to happen to them; you will die,” Shelly allegedly told the witness, according to the statement of probable cause.

Deputy prosecutor Tony Koures said that Shelly had several recent convictions, including convictions for burglary and possession of and trafficking in stolen property.

“He just got out of prison two months ago,” Koures said. He wanted the $10,000 bond set in

District Court to remain.

Defense attorney Robin McCroskey said that bail was too high.

She wanted Shelly released on his own recognizance.

Superior Court Judge Pat Monasmith left the bail in place.

“I think there is a danger to the community,” he said.

Lumpkin also appeared in court May 31 on a separate matter. He is set to go to trial later this month on charges of residential burglary, first-degree theft and second-degree trafficking in stolen property.

Koures added charges off malicious mischief and possession of stolen property.

He said that Lumpkin has an extensive criminal record and that he was a danger to the community.

Defense attorney Peter Jones asked that Lumpkin’s $50,000 bond be lowered. The threats to kill were cited as a reason to keep the bond at $50,000 before the threats to kill trial. Jones said the risk of Lumpkin fleeing was reduced because of the acquittal. Monasmith, who presided over Lumpkin’s jury trial, disagreed. He said that Lumpkin still was a flight risk and a potential threat to the community.

Researchers launch grizzly bear population study WEST GLACIER, Mont. – A small army of researches will soon begin a summer of scouring the woods of extreme Northwest Montana and northern Idaho, collecting grizzly bear hair for a genetics based population study.

The project is being led by Kate Kendall, a U.S. Geological Survey researcher who pioneered a similar large landscape grizzly bear population study in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem in 2004.

Kendall was recently on her way to lead 70 field workers in a nine day training session at a U.S. Forest Service work station in the upper Yaak Valley not far from the Canadian border.

While the methods of the project will be similar to those used in 2004, it will be different because the Cabinet­Yaak grizzly bear population is much smaller.

Researchers believe there are at least 40 grizzly bears within the 2,600­mile recovery area.

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North Spokane Corridor progressing SPOKANE – Say so long to the construction signs and barrels and hello to a new, two-mile stretch of the North Spokane Corridor. Wednesday, June 13, drivers will get their first chance to try out a new connection between U.S. Highway 395 and the northern five miles of the 10-mile North Spokane Corridor.

Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation built two curving bridges at the north end of the route (near the Wandermere Golf Course) and completed a fourlane section of divided concrete

freeway linking the corridor with Highway 395. A fully paved pedestrian and bicycle path parallels the new freeway, connecting to other trails along the route.

Funding for this $38 million project came from the transportation package passed by the 2003 Legislature. Graham Construction and Management of Spokane is the prime contractor.

Still under construction are the southbound lanes from the Freya/ Francis area to Farwell Road and the Parksmith Road Interchange.

Those sections are slated to be completed later this year.

County approves road vacation NEWPORT – After a hearing May 7, Pend Oreille County commissioners approved vacating a portion of Little Spokane River Road in the southeast corner of the county.

The property owner on both sides of the road has expressed disinterest to use this road and requested it be vacated. The landowner will dedicate a county turn-around area within a year.

Camping ban at Yocum Lake won’t go on

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Following the double homicide that involved a pair of men camping on county land near Yocum Lake April 29, Pend Oreille County commissioners considered closing the area to overnight camping. The ban will not go on, after members of the county’s parks and recreation board spoke out against the closure.

“There’s a lot of potential on that lake for recreation,” park board chairman Sam Nicholas told commissioners Monday.

Park board member Dave Gruver suggested that opening the area more and encouraging more people would deter the trouble makers.

The lake, on the east side of the Pend Oreille River six miles north of Ruby, is surrounded by county and U.S. Forest Service land. The campground is unimproved, with no toilet facilities available. The

boat ramp, though, was recently upgraded.

Commissioner Laura Merrill said their concern was with the “lookie loos” going up there just to look around after the homicide.

By mid-May, the county had signs made stating there could be no fires and no overnight camping on the land at Yocum. They were sent to the north county, but never posted.

Merrill said they had intended to post it for no camping earlier and then further discuss a permanent ban.

“When you print the signs and send them up, it gives the impression that the decision is made. It’s just a formality,” Nicholas said. He noted how he worked during his time as commissioner to get land at Yocum into the county’s hands and prevent its closure. He is concerned with the closing off of public land.

“When I first moved here, it was like every road led to the forest,” he said. “Now it’s every road leads to a closed gate.”

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He is an owner turnover and is currently in foster care.

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A young female Chihuahua Pug mix. She is currently in foster care waiting for a forever home.

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A baby Lab. She is approximately 12 weeks old and a real lover.

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MILLY

A young female Shepherd mix . Was transferred from a kill shelter in California.

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MEGAN

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GIZMO

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A young male Tabby with beautiful black stripes on ultra soft fur.

He gets along with cats and dogs.

Looking for her forever home.

CASPER

An adult male domestic short hair Tuxedo mix. He is a big, sweet kitty and will make a great companion pet.

ARAMIS

A young female Domestic long hair. Sweet and loving and has been overlooked. Someone please come to her rescue.

DENISE

An adult female domestic short hair. Quite a character and would make a great family pet.

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Animals in need of a good home will be featured in this section on the first and third week of each month, thanks to these advertisers and The Miner Newspaper. These pets can be adopted from the Priest River Animal Rescue, Hwy 2, across the street from Mitchell’s Grocery Store in Priest River. Hours are 11 to 4, 208-448-0699.

Please visit our web site to view all available adoptions at www.pranimalrescue.org

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Call Create at 509447-9277 for more information or to register for a class. Costs are noted, and for ongoing studios and clubs, a $2 donation for Create is appreciate. The arts center is located at 900 W. Fourth St. Experiment with different textile paints and application techniques in a two-day fabric painting class lead by Shirley Bird Wright Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $65. Lunch will be provided for an additional $5. In this class, students will learn about the possibilities of textile paint, experiment with new ideas, have fun sharing, and create new fabrics to use in textile art.

Contact Bird Wright at 509-981-6811 or Create Arts Center at 509-447-9277 for a supply list to bring to class.

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—Senior Meal at Blanchard Inn

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—Duplicate Bridge Hospitality House 6 p.m.—Pinochle, Hospitality House

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—Duplicate Bridge Hospitality House 6 p.m.—Pinochle, Hospitality House

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—Duplicate Bridge Hospitality House 6 p.m.—Pinochle, Hospitality House

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Diabetes Support Group: 10 a.m.

- Newport Lutheran Church Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Paws for Literacy: 3:30 p.m. Newport Public Library North Idaho Pattern Racers 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Supply, Oldtown Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. - American Legion in Cusick Newport Maws and Paws: 6 p.m.

- Sadie Halstead Middle School Library Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport

Priest River Food Bank Open: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Joy in the Morning: 9-11 a.m.

- Priest River Southern Baptist Church Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board Meeting: 10 a.m. - Metaline City Hall Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick StoryTime: 1 p.m. - Newport Library After School Readers Club: 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Blanchard Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

FRIDAY, JUNE 8

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Boating Safety Class: 8 a.m. Sacheen Lake Blanchard TOPS: 8-9:30 a.m. Blanchard Community Church Drop-in Sewing: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

- Create Arts Center, Newport Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m.

- Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Stitchery Club: 1-3 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Tango Class: 4-6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown, House of the Lord Spring Choral Show: 6:30 p.m.

- Circle Moon Theater, Highway 211 Campfire Program on Native Americans: 7 p.m. - Mudhole, Priest River Al-Anon Meeting: 7-8 p.m. - 220 Larch St., Priest River. Call Jan 208-946-6131 SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Sacheen Lake Association Highway 211 Clean- up: 8 a.m. Myers-Harter Sanctuary

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Pend Oreille Valley Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport Women’s AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Blanchard Art Group: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Kids Movie Club: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Newport Library Newport High School Graduation: Noon - NHS Gym Teen Anime Club: 12:30-3 p.m. Newport Library Chocolate: Food of the gods: 1 p.m. - Priest River Library Veterans of Foreign Wars Post/ Auxiliary: 1 p.m. - Priest River VFW Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown Spring Choral Show: 6:30 p.m.

- Circle Moon Theater, Highway 211 ‘A Rock and Roll Midsummer Night’s Dream’: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport Campfire Program on Native Americans: 7 p.m. - Riley Creek Recreation Area, Laclede

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 ‘A Rock and Roll Midsummer Night’s Dream’: 3 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport Newport Youth: 4 p.m. - Sadie Halstead Middle School Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House

Library, Cusick Bingo: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. Spirit Lake WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. Priest River Senior Center Home and Community Educators Diamond Lake Club: Noon - Call Billie Goodno at 509-447-3781 or Chris King at 208-437-0971 Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-623-5626 for locations Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport

MONDAY, JUNE 11 Blanchard Community Breakfast: 7-11 a.m. - Blanchard Community Center Invitees: The Week Ahead Evergreen Art Association: 10 a.m. - Riverbank Restaurant Hospitality House Senior Potluck: Noon - Newport Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Blanchard Grange Meeting: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Grange Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m.

- Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Group: 10 a.m. - Blanchard Inn Overeaters Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church, Newport, use back entrance Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley

To the Selkirk Graduating Class of 2012 Graduation Ceremonies begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 9

Ann Marie Couch

Brianna Ingle

Ciara Taylor

Cody Gagliardo

Dustin Spalding

Emily Guthrie

Hallee Thompson

Hanna Yarbrough

Katrina Smith

Matt Emerson

Miguel Johns

Molly Matlock

Courtney Holter

Hannah Simpson

Nick Gardner

Cozza Curran

Jackie Mendenhall

Sally Green

Dillon Croy

Josh Ross

Taylor Mayall

Kathleen Huntsman

Victoria Hughes

WE SALUTE THE GRADUATES OF 2012 Ponderay Newsprint (509) 445-1511

Du-Mor Recycling (509) 489-6482

Van Dyke Logging (509) 442-3852

Ben Franklin (208) 437-4822

Tiger Physical Therapy (509) 442-2109

Seattle City Light / Boundary Dam (509) 446-3083

CHAS Community Health Association of Spokane (509) 444-8200

Vaagen Brothers, Inc. (509) 684-5071

Mountain Chicks (509) 442-2209

City Service Valcon (208) 437-3513

Dawson Construction & Concrete (509) 442-3702

Mountain Traders (509) 442-3818

Pooch Parlor Colville (509) 684-5480

Metaline Falls Trading Company (509) 446-2301

Selkirk Ace (208) 437-5669

5th Avenue Bar & Grill (509) 446-4234

Public Utility District 1 of Pend Oreille County (509) 447-3137

Pend Oreille Mine, Teck Washington, Inc. (509) 446-4516

Pend Oreille County Library District (509) 447-2111

Weaver’s Garage & Exhast (509) 684-6524

Nu-Vu Theatre (509) 446-5000 Carey’s Auto Body, Inc. (509) 684-2587 Mountain West Bank Newport & Ione (509) 447-5642/ (509) 442-3516

NAPA Auto Parts (509) 447-4515/ (208) 448-1412

Columbia Cedar (509) 738-4711

Kalispel Tribe (509) 445-1147 Community Colleges of Spokane Newport Center (509) 447-3835

Sweet Creek Creations (509) 446-2429 Country Hardware Store (509) 442-3532 Cathy’s Café (509) 446-2447

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home (509) 447-3118 Newport Miner & Gem State Miner Newspapers (509) 447-2433 RTI Pend Oreille Telecom (888) 636-2840

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NEWPORT SENIOR CLASS OF 2012

Graduation Ceremonies begin at Noon - Saturday, June 9

Kayora Bailey

Caitlin Balasa

Ryan Barquist-Tafoya

Michelle Clark

Don Burns

Brandan Cass

Aaron Castle

Anden Fernandes

Kristyn Favaro

Spenser Douglas

Jordan Duke

Dustin Montgomery

Conor Knowles

Jesse Kardos

Townsend Holubasch

Devin Hampson

Kourtney Haren

Duncan Heaney

Lacey Malsbury

Travis Martin

Melody McGee

Savanna Lindell

Morgan Laville

Ashley Lelle

Taylor Lewis

Johna Pack

Riley Pederson

Kattya Prater

Haley Radan-Munar

Kate Sieler

Alexandra Newcomb

Nick Odell

Shauna Over

Natasha Rohrer

Leslie Ross

Adrienne Seger

Courtny Roderick

Amanda Roberts

Taylor Woods

Nicholas Yeanuzzi

Madilyn Young

Jacob Zickler

Tyler Zickler

Kiara Zorica

Philip Behrend

David Bereiter

Heidi Biermann

Chelsea Boures

Ryun Boyles

Tamarah Bunt

Steven Contreras

Amanda Coppedge

Keith Coulson

Rachle Culp

Rawley Cunningham

Miranda Frederick

Gracie Fuller

Tyler Gibbs

Anne Glines

Mackenzie Krogh

Brandon Lambert

Jared Larion

Samuel Medrano

Judah Meek

Madelaine Merrill

Haylee Averill

Students who chose not to have their pictures taken

Michael Rapp

Ponderay Newsprint (509) 445-1511 Safeway (509) 447-4315 2nd to None (509) 447-2362 Penrith Farms (509) 447-2996 Action Recycling (509) 483-4094 Fenix Photography (208) 304-7883 Mt. Spokane Ski Resort (509) 238-2220 Beaver Lodge Resort (509) 684-5657 Woodworkers Network (800) 291-9663

Anna Ratcliff

Justin Reyes

Levi Rice

Ciara Williamson

Jacob Wiley

Amber Verville

Brian Tompson

Mackenzie Smith

Allen William Shadra Green Brittany Garness Riley Hillestad Jonathon Jamison Samatha Nick Amanda Radan

WE SALUTE THE GRADUATES OF 2012

Pend Oreille County Museum & Historical Society (509) 447-5388

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

Mi Pueblo (208) 448-0115 CHAS Community Health Association of Spokane (509) 444-8200 J’s Upholstery (509) 447-5433 Kardos Plumbing (509) 671-7855 Audrey’s Restaurant (509) 447-5500 Dry Creek Enterprises (208) 946-6944 Usk Grill (509) 445-1262

NAPA Auto Parts (509) 447-4515/ (208) 448-1412

City Service Valcon (208) 437-3513

Choppers Hair Design (509) 447-5141

Farmers Insurance GroupBruce Hunt (509) 447-3428

Seeber’s (509) 447-2484

Newport Little Diamond KOA (509) 447-4813

Leo’s Compact Excavating (509) 447-3037

Du-Mor Recycling (509) 489-6482

Concept Cable www.conceptcable.com

Vaagen Brothers, Inc. (509) 684-5071

Roger’s Body & Frame, LLC (509) 447-4225

Public Utility District 1 of Pend Oreille County (509) 447-3137

Selkirk Ace (208) 437-5669

Columbia Cedar (509) 738-4711

Kalispel Tribe (509) 445-1147

Perfection Tire (509) 447-3933

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

Inn at the Lake (509) 447-5772

Carl Pitts (208) 437-4168

Les Schwab (208) 448-2311

Pend Oreille County Library District (509) 447-2111

Ben Franklin (208) 437-4822

Community Colleges of Spokane Newport Center (509) 447-3835

Clark Electric (509) 447-2319 Aerocet (208) 448-0400

Connie & Clyde’s Barber Shop (509) 447-3734 Classic Mini Storage (509) 292-2075 Laclede Convenience Store & Deli (208) 263-3892 Clark Construction (509) 447-5209 City of Newport (509) 447-5611 C&D Zodiac (509) 447-4122 Yoke’s Sandpoint (208) 263-4613 Newport Vision Source (509) 447-2945 Land Title Company (509) 447-5743

Thomas Shelgren Alexander Smith Zacariah Staab Odessa Whitehouse Paul Pilskalns Alexander Chirkin

Crossroads Café & Lounge (509) 445-1515 Newport Consolidated School District (509) 447-3167 Westside Pizza (509) 447-2200 H&D Diesel (509) 447-4699 Special Mobility Services (509) 534-7171 Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home (509) 447-3118 Newport Miner & Gem State Miner Newspapers (509) 447-2433 Teri-Fic Auto Salvage (509) 447-2487/ (509) 935-4095

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Learn to paint fabric,

BR I E FLY Art group meets at Riverbank

NEWPORT – The Evergreen Art Association, which is open to all artists in the area, has its next meeting Monday, June 11, at the Riverbank Restaurant in Oldtown.

All artists in the area are invited to attend the regular meeting at 10 a.m.

The program will be presented by Nancy Thome Wilden of Newport, a glass artist. Prospective members and guests are always welcome.

Featured artist for June is Sylvia Humrich of Newport.

Her paintings can be seen June 11 to July 9 at the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce office in Newport.

Showing their work in the June rotation at the Black Rose Salon and Golden China Restaurant in Newport, and Hardwood Grill in Priest River are Channin Manus, Arlouine Gregory, Sharon Smith, Teri Lyons and Jan Gleason.

The Evergreen Art Association’s mission is to support and promote all artists in the area and to provide scholarships to graduating seniors in local schools.

For more information, call president Loyce Akers at 208437-0274.

Enjoy bluegrass at Hospitality House NEWPORT – Newport’s “Little Grand Old Opry Show” kicks off its third show of its sixth season Saturday, June 9.

The featured band is The Old Town String Band, an entertaining and original bluegrass band from Oldtown.

The Old Town String Band plays a blend of traditional and modern bluegrass, plus some great arrangements of acoustic music standards and original songs. The show is hosted by Cook’s Mountain Country Grass Band, who will open the show at 6 p.m.

The Hospitality House is at 216 S. Washington Ave., and doors open at 5:30 p.m. Coffee will be served, and everyone is encouraged to bring finger food snacks for the refreshment table.

Learn about chocolate at the library PRIEST RIVER – Friends of the West Bonner Library District invites everyone to “Chocolate: Food of the Gods,” presented by Dr. Lauren Fins, June 9, at 1 p.m. at the Priest River Library, 219 Main St. Fins, a professor of Forestry at the University of Idaho, will explore the natural and cultural history of chocolate.

An informative and fun social time will follow with chocolate tasting.

The event is funded in part

by Idaho Humanities Council.

For more information, contact Gwyn Tipton, 208-610-9643 or gwyntipton@conceptcable. com.

Celebrate 10 years of Priest River’s library PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Library is holding an open house Monday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to celebrate 10 years in the current location.

Area students named to UW dean’s list SEATTLE – Two students from North Pend Oreille County were named to the dean’s list at the University of Washington for the winter quarter: junior Ciera Botzheim of Ione and sophomore Amy Johnson of Metaline Falls.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of 4. Students are notified of the distinction when they receive their grades for the quarter.

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build reed baskets

COURTESY PHOTO|CHRISTOPHER DEMLOW

Meddling faeries Puck, played by Charity Birkland, left, Oberon (Michael Thompson) and Titania (Chiayo Gilbert) cause some silliness in a rock and roll adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

A modern twist on classic Shakespeare NEWPORT – Shakespeare goes rock and roll with an adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” staged at the Pend Oreille Playhouse for three coming weekends, opening June 16.

Set in 1957 in a high school in Athens, Ga., Arne Zaslove’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic play features familiar doo whop music, including hits “Teenager in Love, “ “Love Potion No. 9,” and many, many more that will have you dancing in the aisles.

Ancient Greek characters,

Elizabethan English, and 1950s American rock and roll are gently stirred and poured over twitter pated teens, meddling faeries, blundering actors and oblivious nobles.

The Pend Oreille Players production is directed by Millie Brumbaugh with assistant Gillian Monte. The cast includes: Mike Hunter, Noma Hunter, Xavier Culver, Duncan Heaney, Maxine Barer, Erica Fuller, Kris Cornelis, Lucas Cooper, Orion Koffman, Chris Demlow, Clerisa Hunter, Michael

Garden Clinics open in Pend Oreille County NEWPORT – Gardening questions? Bring your home garden and landscape problems to WSU/ Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners for free diagnosis and advice.

The Master Gardeners will be holding regular plant clinic sessions during the growing season at public libraries in Newport, Cusick and Ione. They welcome visits during these hours from home gardeners bringing plant or insect samples for diagnosis, or to just “talk gardening.”

WSU Master Gardener volunteers will be at the Newport Library every Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m., and welcome drop-ins or phone calls to 509447-2111 during those hours.

Master Gardeners will be at the Ione library on all Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 pm, and at the Cusick library from 6-8 p.m. on the second and third Tuesdays of each month.

Samples can also be dropped off at the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension office, 418 S. Scott Ave.

in Newport on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions and pictures for Master Gardeners can be emailed to cmack@wsu. edu or phoned in to the Extension office at 509-447-2401.

“WSU Master Gardeners are volunteers who have extensive horticultural training and access to a large research-based reference library,” Extension educator Carol Mack said. “They have proven to be a valuable resource for home gardeners in recommending safe, effective treatments.

“I highly recommend that everyone who is interested in gardening stop by to talk with them about some of the tips and techniques for overcoming the climate and soil challenges we face here.”

WSU Master Gardeners have been offering seasonal garden clinics in Pend Oreille County since 1990. Persons with a disability requiring special accommodations may call 509-4472401.

Lots happening this month at West Bonner libraries PRIEST RIVER – June is a busy month at the West Bonner Libraries. Computer classes are in full swing, held at the Priest River Library Mondays and Wednesdays and at the Blanchard Library Thursdays.

Digital literacy coach Owen Morey will also be available at each library on alternate Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Anyone with questions about using computers or the Internet can stop by and “Hang With Owen.”

Classes for June include Internet basics, Microsoft Word, working with photos, using Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Craigslist, and using web-based email.

Schedules are available at both libraries or at westbonner.lili.org.

All classes are free.

Bring your own laptop, or there

are a limited number of laptops available for class use. Preregister to reserve a laptop. For more information or to reserve a laptop, call the Priest River Library at 208-448-2207 or the Blanchard Library at 208-437-0801.

The libraries are also gearing up for Summer Reading 2012.

This year’s theme for elementaryage kids is “Dream Big.” Teens will “Own the Night.” Summer Reading for adults is also on the schedule with the theme “Between the Covers.”

Summer Reading will begin in Blanchard Wednesday, June 20 and in Priest River Thursday, June 28. Online registration for Summer Reading is now available. For more information or to register online, visit westbonner. lili.org. Register early, space is limited.

Thompson, Chiayo Gilbert, Charity Birkland, Lauretta Heaney and Amanda Santee. Costumes are by Kari Thompson.

The show runs June 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1. Friday and Saturdays shows are at 7 p.m., and Sunday matinees begin at 3 p.m.

Tickets are available now at the box office, 240 N. Union Ave., by calling 509-671-3389 or online at www.pendoreilleplayers.org.

Tickets are $10.50 for adults and $5.50 for kids 18 and under.

NEWPORT – Create Arts Center in Newport has a number of classes and workshops planned for June.

Call Create at 509-447-9277 for more information or to register for a class. Costs are noted, and for ongoing studios and clubs, a $2 donation for Create is appreciate. The arts center is located at 900 W. Fourth St. Experiment with different textile paints and application techniques in a two-day fabric painting class lead by Shirley Bird Wright Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $65. Lunch will be provided for an additional $5. In this class, students will learn about the possibilities of textile paint, experiment with new ideas, have fun sharing, and create new fabrics to use in textile art.

Contact Bird Wright at 509981-6811 or Create Arts Center at 509-447-9277 for a supply list to bring to class.

A tule basket weaving class with Wendy Yellowjohn Ostlie will be Saturday, June 23 at 9 a.m. Call Create to sign up. The cost is $35. Tule is a grass like plant that grows in marshy areas in Oregon and California.

Students will be making baskets with this tule reed.

An oil painting class with Barry Duman is held every second and fourth Friday (June 8 and 22 this month) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and every Tuesday at 6 p.m. The cost is $35 per class.

Watercolor basics and beyond

with Shirley Bird Wright meets Friday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $35.

A tango dance class is held every Friday at 5 p.m. Anne Chamberlain leads the class with a focus on fun. No partner is required, and there is no age limit. Costs are $20 per month or pay $5 per class.

Summer art camps for kids ages 5-13 are planned for June and August. The cost is $30 for all four days. Susan Peck will hold the nature art and craft camp June 25-28, then a camp on drawing and painting animals Aug. 20-23.

Domino night is Sunday, June 17. A potluck begins at 4 p.m.

Drop-in sewing meets Friday, June 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bring your unfinished projects or start a new one while enjoying the company of like-minded people. Bring a sack lunch, your sewing machine and your enthusiasm.

Open painting is every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bring your current project and paint with the group. This is for beginners as well as advanced painters; all are invited to share.

The fiber arts studio meets every Wednesday 9 a.m. to noon.

Bring your spinning wheel, fiber or bring your yarn, knitting needles or crochet hooks and enjoy.

The stitchery club meets every Friday 1-3 p.m. Work on embroidery, cross stitch, needlepoint projects or anything you want.

Compost in your own backyard NEWPORT – Learn how to set up, maintain and use a backyard composting system in a class to be held at the Rhubarb Festival in Newport Sunday, June 24.

WSU Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners are hosting Kristine Major, education and outreach specialist from the Spokane Master Composters/ Recyclers – a program sponsored by Spokane Regional CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

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

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

John 6:35

REAL LIFE MINISTRIES

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

Worship Time: Sunday 10:30 a.m. at the Newport High School Real Life Ministries office, 420 4th St. Newport, WA - Office Phone: (509) 447-2164 or Toll Free (877) 997-1200

Solid Waste System now in its 18th year.

Major will also bring a compost bin that one lucky attendee to the workshop will take home for free.

The Rhubarb Festival will be held at Create Art Center, located at Fourth and Fea in Newport.

The downstairs room at Create is reserved for the 11:30 a.m. class.

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

Church School ~ 10:00 a.m.

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

CHURCH DIRECTORY

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH

S.S. ~ 9:30 • Worship ~ 11 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

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

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

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

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Church ~ 447-3265 Pastor Mitch McGhee E-mail pineridgecc@gmail.com

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS

WSU Pend Oreille Master Gardeners are presenting this workshop free of charge. Preregistration is not required. For more information, call the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension office at 509-447-2401.

Persons with a disability requiring special accommodations while participating in this program may call Extension at least five days before the program.

4 Miles South of Newport, Hwy. 2 Sun.: 9:30 Sun. School, 10:30, Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Service Sun. & Wed. at Pastor’s house.

Jams 5pm 2nd Saturdays Pastor, Walt Campbell: 447-5101

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

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

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

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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

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North Pend Oreille

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

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COURTESY PHOTO|SELKIRK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Selkirk seniors listen to the speaker during the annual senior breakfast May 30. The event teaches the soon-to-graduate students about job interview skills.

Selkirk seniors gather for breakfast

IONE – The Selkirk High School senior class met for breakfast at the Cabin Grill in Ione Wednesday, May 30 where they learned interview skills to help them in the job market. Students enjoyed a nice breakfast, inspirational presentations, and one last chance to converse with all their classmates before graduation.

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Angela Cain, career training education teacher at Selkirk, spoke to the students about table etiquette. Job Interviews are often conducted at a breakfast or lunch meeting, so she discussed with them topics such as the proper way to eat bacon, chicken, and more.

Guest speaker Brenda Miller, of-

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 Ione Community Center Advisory Board: 7 p.m. - Old Ione Town Hall Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office THURSDAY, JUNE 7 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. Ione Library North Pend Oreille Lions: 7 p.m. Ione Train Depot FRIDAY, JUNE 8 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Ione Senior Center SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Selkirk High School Graduation: 1 p.m. - Sam Nicholas Gymnasium MONDAY, JUNE 11 Writers Group: 10 a.m. - Metalines Library Fire District No. 2 Commissioners: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442

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Highway 20, Ione Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Home and Community Educators Ione Club: Call Flora Halstrom at 509-442-3603 TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Metaline Town Hall Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. Ione Library Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. Metaline Town Hall VFW Post 3082: 7:30 p.m. - American Legion in Metaline Falls

fice administrator at Box Canyon Dam, spent time with the students discussing their employment portfolio and gave them interview tips.

Selkirk guidance counselor Dianne Allert concluded by encouraging students to appreciate their time together, reminding them that this is one of the final times they will gather as a class.

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IONE – The annual Selkirk Booster Club 18 hole golf tournament is Saturday, June 16 with check-in at 8 a.m. and the shotgun start at 9 a.m.

First place wins $200, and many other prizes will be given away as well.

All proceeds go toward funding Selkirk student athletes.

It is a four-person scramble with teams of two men and two women. Register for $40 per

person by calling Andy Anderson at 509-446-2420 between 6-8 p.m., or call Kathy Mondich at 509-442-3435.

Place your classified or display ad with The Miner and it will appear in both newspapers - The Newport Miner (Pend Oreille County) and The Gem State Miner (West Bonner County).

All for one good price. Call (509) 447-2433 for details.

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METALINE FALLS – The ninth annual Going, Going, Gone fundraising auction for the Cutter Theatre is Saturday, June 16 at 7 p.m. at the theater, 302 Park St. in Meatline Falls.

Admission is free.

An hour before the auction, Cutter volunteers will be serving Kim Grotle’s savory pasta dinner with choice of sauces, Liz’s Ellsworth’s salad, Joyce Evan’s French bread and board member’s homemade pie. The cost for the 6 p.m. dinner is $10.

Auction bidders can expect: gift certificates, vacation getaways, golf holidays, tools, services, home furnishings, massage, artworks, casino overnight, golf certificates, power tools, sporting event tickets, a year’s worth of cookies delivered monthly, and more, all donated by generous sponsors.

It’s been 100 years this summer since the Metaline Falls School opened its door for students and 21 years since the Cutter Players turned the crumbling school into a community center and performing arts theatre. Proceeds from the auction support the Cutter Theatre.

For more information, call 509-446-4108.

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9th Annual Cutter Auction Fundraiser S June 16th • 7 pm • Admission Free Sat., Pasta Dinner • 6 pm • $1000 Dinner Reservations Required by 6/11 please D Thanks to Auctioneer Elton Smith 302 Park St., Metaline Falls, WA

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2012194 NEWPORT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY (ESCO) Newport Hospital and Health Services is requesting ESCO services to identify, finance, design, install, commission, verify, and monitor energy and utility conservation projects throughout any of their hospital, administration, clinic, long-term care, assisted care, and any other owned buildings. Primary emphasis will be given to energy and utility conservation measures which incorporate the upgrade of mechanical and electrical system infrastructure. The focus of these projects shall be the HVAC systems, electrical systems, refrigeration systems, building envelope, irrigation systems and any other systems or processes that impact energy, water, sewer, or solid waste costs. The Hospital may incorporate measures or services that will assist the facilities staff in more effectively operating and maintaining hospital facili-

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ties. Newport Hospital and Health Services anticipates phasing projects over multiple years to match available cash flow.

ESCOs will be expected to provide input to the Hospital’s energy planning / management / conservation process, including capital planning and maintenance & operations.

ESCOs must be a licensed Washington State contractor at the time of submittal and employ engineers licensed in the State of Washington as part of the ESCO team. The ESCO team will be required to develop a project with guaranteed maximum pricing and guaranteed savings to submit in the first round of the Washington Department of Commerce Energy grants due 7/2/2012. The Hospital will consider phas-

ing projects into this and other future grant rounds that may become available.

Companies interested in providing these services are invited to submit responses not exceeding 6 pages, printed either single or doubled sided.

Responses should, at a minimum, include the following: Cover Letter and Introduction, Executive Summary, if applicable 1. History of the firm and financial stability 2. Resumes of key personnel who will actually be involved in the project 3. Experience as an ESCO – Provide a short summary of range of services and past experiences with State of Washington Energy Grant Submittals 4. Proposal of Standard Budget Format including

Council still deciding on chickens

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River City Council held a public hearing Monday evening, prior to their regular meeting, to take public testimony on allowing live chickens to be kept within the city limits.

Lynda Ayers made the request to the city several weeks ago and testified Monday in favor of an ordinance that would allow chickens with several conditions.

The only other public testimony came in written form – one letter in favor and one letter opposed.

Ayers said she made the request because she sees magazine articles on the benefits of owning chickens, and with the economic slump, it’s one more way for people to provide for their families.

The council didn’t make a decision on the issue but it will be placed on the agenda for the next meeting Monday, June 18.

Writing in opposition to the ordinance request, Butch Perry, a former councilman, said he fears allowing chickens will open the flood gates of requests for other fowl. He said the council deliberated for weeks about 25 years ago over whether to allow homing pigeons in the city.

Perry also said chickens could encourage other wildlife to come into the city limits, such as coyotes, wolves, foxes, wild packs of dogs and mountain lions.

If approved, the ordinance will contain several conditions to owning chickens, such as how often the pens need to be cleaned out, where they are kept and how many will be allowed. The council tossed around the idea of a maximum of six chickens, but a final decision has not been made.

The ordinance already states that chickens pens cannot be kept on top of septic tanks.

Most other cities in the region allow chickens, including Sandpoint, Newport and Spokane.

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Cost/Profit Structure 5. Past Project History for similar projects in the State of Washington 6. Provide a Statement of Service Capabilities to assist Newport Hospital and Health Services in long-term Maintenance and Operations of facilities and measurement and verification, following the installation of the agreedupon facility improvement measures.

The selection committee will select a firm from the information provided and generated under this announcement. The Hospital reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and to reject any or all proposals.

ESCOs will be considered for selection based upon their proven ability to identify, design, secure energy grants and utility

incentives, finance, install, commission, and monitor the operation/maintenance of energy and utility conservation measures.

Please submit in a sealed envelope (1) original and (5) copies of your proposal by 10 am on June 15, 2012. Send the response to Newport Hospital and Health Services, 714 W. Pine St, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4472441 to the attention of the “ESCO Selection Committee”. Clarifications should be submitted in writing to: Tom Wilbur, Administrator.

This announcement is published in compliance with RCW 39.35A Dated this 6th day of June 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6, 2012. (18)

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and other features. The carnival will take place from 5-8 p.m. Friday and 1-8 p.m. Saturday.

Music in the park will return again this year, Laura Merrill said, with performances from 1-6:30 p.m. Saturday. Merrill, who is a chamber member, volunteered to organize it since the group that had organized for many years disbanded last summer.

Music will actually start quite a bit earlier, as acoustic musicians arrive June 18 to camp behind the rodeo grounds in the camping area for a week. The sound of bluegrass and country music will be heard throughout the week and people are welcome to drop by to listen or play.

The Pro-West sanctioned rodeo will get underway Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23, at 7:30 p.m., with stock provided by the LaytonMcMillon rodeo stock contracting company. On Saturday, the Cowboy Breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the City Park, adjacent to the rodeo grounds. The breakfast is put on by the Newport Eagles Ladies Auxiliary.

The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce has organized booth spaces in the rodeo grounds for the weekend. The chamber will also host a beer garden near the rodeo grounds.

Rodeo action will wind up Saturday night, with cowboys and cowgirls from throughout the northwest and Canada competing for prize money, buckles and yearend points at the 2012 Newport Rodeo. Advance tickets are on sale now at area businesses.

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Blanchard cellular tower still on track SEATTLE – Blanchard residents can expect to get cellular service by the end of the summer, according to Verizon representative Scott Charleston. The cell tower was expected to be constructed in June, but snags with property lease agreements have slowed the process, which is typical of these types of projects, Charleston said.

Lease agreements should be finalized in the next couple of weeks and then construction can begin. The time-frame is still subject to change, Charleston warned.

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(17HB-2p) ESTATE SALE PLUS MULTIPLE FAMILY June 8, 9 and 10th. 9:00 to 5:00.

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Across the street from Store N More, Sacheen Lake area. (17HB-2p) DIAMOND LAKE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Saturday June 9, 9:00 am- 3:00 pm. From Newport, follow Newport Highway 2 south approximately 8 miles to Diamond Lake. Watch for signs all around the lake for some fantastic finds and great deals!(18) SALES BY TUDY Priest River Rodney estate, Friday- Saturday 8:00 to 5:00. Third and Lincoln. Everything goes!

No previews or early sales. Cash preferred. (18p) OLDTOWN AUTO SALES We buy clean used cars and RV’s.

See our complete inventory online at www.oldtownautos.com.(51-tf) FARMER’S MARKET Saturday 9:00-1:00 Spruce and Union, Newport. Miscellaneous plants, lettuce, baked goods. For sales during week, (208) 448-1145.

(18p) RENTALS AVAILABLE For weddings, reunions, etcetera.

White 10 x 10 tents, tables, chairs, and/or linens. Reasonable rates.

Call or email Jane Floyd at (301) 448-9958 or swcfloyd@yahoo.com.

(16HB-3) 20 ACRES One mile off McCloud Creek Road (9 miles from Newport). Nice building sites, abundant wildlife! $49,900.

Preppers paradise! (509) 442-2433.

(17HB-3p) SEEKING BIDS The Pend Oreille County Library District is now seeking bids from contractors for renovation of second floor storage area and other general repairs of the District Office. work includes: framing, insulation, attic ventilation, sheet rock, stair rail, threshold, metal clad entry doors and entry ramp. A mandatory site visit will be held on Thursday June 14th at 10:00 a.m. Please contact Colleen Auble at cauble@pocld.ort or call (509) 447-2158. (18) GOOD NEIGHBOR Write in candidate Donna Lands for Pend Oreille County Commissioner District 1. Paid for by Donna Lands.

(18HB-9) DIAMOND LAKE MEGA SALE 2400 South Shore Road Friday - Saturday. Fabric, clothes, power and hand tools, furniture, appliances, DVD’s, VCR’s, vintage records, antiques, plumbing, hardware, electrical, kid’s toys, lots of kitchen stuff, camping gear, Lazy Days Motor Home, Jeep Cherokee, 3000 feet filled to the ceiling. More information (509) 447-2369. (18p) DID YOU MISS IT? You won’t miss a thing when you subscribe to The Miner. Save $15.00 a year and receive it in your mail every Wednesday. (509) 447-2433.

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Coffee roaster wants to give back

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

OLDTOWN – A love for coffee and desire to make a positive difference were two driving factors behind Linda Hankel’s new business, Hankel House Coffee Roasters.

This spring, Hankel set up in the back of the Station 2:41 Coffee Shop building on Idaho Avenue in Oldtown.

“I wanted to create something where I could make a difference,” she said. “Plus, I like coffee.”

A quote – “Give as you have been given” – is on the label of every package of Hankel House coffee. Hankel, 45, wants to start a program to train people with disadvantaged circumstances, mostly women who are coming out of a bad domestic situation. She would operate a six-month program that teaches them job skills such as customer service and getting in the routine of working before sending them out to gain regular employment.

Hankel would also like to donate a portion of her sales to local nonprofit groups as she did with a previous business.

While she tries to make her own positive change, Hankel also wants to network with other businesses and programs that have the same ideas. She hopes to start getting her beans through a Liberty Lake supplier that owns a farm in Ethiopia. The Dominion Coffee Importers, part of the New Covenant Foundation, works with the farmers to make a better product and reach a better market, and they also help make a better community by building facilities such as a new medical

center.

Hankel House currently roasts about six batches a week – about 15 pounds of coffee at a time. Starting with the green beans that come in 100-plus pound burlap bags from Atlas Coffee Importers in Seattle, they’re heated to 380 degrees, and as they begin to absorb the heat, the dial is cranked up to about 450. The process takes about a half hour.

Hankel does the entire process, with some help from her sister. She bags it and labels it. Some is ground and some is sold as whole beans. She currently offers six blends, including: Columbian dark, Guatemalan, a breakfast blend, cowboy blend and espresso blend.

Much of her beans are organic and from fair trade sources, she said, but not all of them are certified because of the costs involved.

An Elk area resident, Hankel teaches at the Head Start in Newport during the school year, but she’s had experience roasting coffee. She roasted for about two years at a small operation in Rathdrum. To learn the process, she took classes through Atlas Coffee and Diedrich Manufacturing, a company in Sandpoint that made the machine Hankel House uses for roasting. Hankel wants to use as many local resources as possible.

Hankel House coffee is currently available at select local stores in Newport, Priest River and the Riverside community, and she is hoping to keep expanding. Coffee is also available for purchase on her website, hankelhouse.webs.com. For more information, contact Hankel at 877-218-0102.

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NEWPORT – Petticoat Junction is the newest vintage collectable store to open in Newport. It opened May 1, with a grand opening planned for later.

Dankievitch The owner, Susan Dankievitch, has been interested in collectables for years.

“It’s been my passion,” she said.

She thinks Newport has a real potential to be a center for collectible and antiques.

“We could do a Hillyard here,”

she said, referring to the revitalization of the Hillyard neighborhood in Spokane. It now is becoming known for its antiques stores.

Dankievitch offers booth space for rent. She charges $45 to $100 a month. People can also bring in individual items to sell on consignment. She will sell them for a 30 percent commission on the sale.

She has a variety of items, from furniture, to a Victorola radio to a brass fireplace screen made in the early 1900s.

The antiques and collectables are only part of the business.

She also sells candy. Kids have been some of her best repeat customers. She plans to expand

Autumn’s Loft moves to Priest Lake PRIEST LAKE – Autumn’s Loft, a coffee and gift shop, moved locations from Priest River to Highway 57, just past milepost 27, at Priest Lake.

The new location offers more space. Along with espresso and gifts, Autumn’s Loft has free Internet connections outside.

Exporting topic of workshop

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Linda Hankel pours out the freshly roasted beans to cool at Hankel House Roasters Thursday afternoon. Hankel opened up shop in the back of the Station 2:41 coffee shop in Oldtown.

Petticoat Junction features antiques, candy, collectables

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the edible inventory.

She has worked running the restaurant and lounge for a five star hotel in Connecticut.

“My forte is food,” Dankievitch said. “Eventually, we’ll do soups and salads.” There is a commercial kitchen in the building, which most recently was a day care but has also been a pizza restaurant.

Dankievitch’s father was in the Air Force, so she moved a lot as a youngster. She now lives in Oldtown.

Petticoat Junction, located at 201 N. Washington Ave. in Newport, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Dankievitch plans to open on Sunday soon. 208-818-3403.

NEWPORT – Business people who are interested in exporting can hear what the Small Business Development Center has to offer at a free seminar , set for Monday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the PUD in Newport.

The Introduction to SBDC Advising and Export Readiness Seminar is intended for existing small to medium Washington-based businesses that are interested in learning more about increasing revenue and may be considering new markets.

The local SBDC has two certified trade specialists and two business advisors, located in Spokane, who provide one-on-one confidential help to increase business. The seminar is sponsored by the Economic Development Council and the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, contact Jamie Wyrobek at the Pend Oreille County EDC office at 509-447-5569 or Valorie Hein at the Chamber at 509-447-5812. Register online at wsbdc.org/training-calendar.

April unemployment down from a year ago NEWPORT – The preliminary unemployment rate for Pend Oreille County for April, at 12.4 percent, was down slightly from March’s 13.1 percent. There were 4,540 people estimated to be employed in Pend Oreille County in April, compared to 4,500 the year before, with 680 unemployed in April 2011 and 640 unemployed in April 2012.

The April preliminary statewide unemployment rate for Washington was 8.9 percent. The Idaho unemploy-

ment rate was 7.9 percent and the national rate was 8.1 percent. In Idaho, Bonner County had an April unemployment rate of 9.8 percent, down from 11.6 percent a year ago and 10.1 percent in March 2012.

Northeast Washington continues to have some of the highest unemployment rates in the state. The unemployment rate for April was 13.8 percent in Ferry County and 12.4 percent in Stevens County. Spokane County had an 8.9 percent unemployment rate.

Legislators awarded for small businesses support OLYMPIA – Reps. Shelly Short and Joel Kretz were recently awarded for their support of small business.

The state’s largest small business advocacy group, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), recognized the Seventh District Legislators with its Guardian of Small Business Award. The 8,000-member association grades lawmakers on their votes on 10 pieces of legislation.

Kretz, R-Wauconda, and Short, RAddy, both received a 100 percent voting record for the 2011-12 biennium.

“When you travel around the Seventh District, it’s clear that the majority of jobs are created by small businesses like mine. They employ our friends, family and neighbors in areas where big businesses choose not to operate or, in the case of our part of the state, cannot get the permits needed to begin operations,” said Kretz. “Entrepreneurs risk their own capital to start their businesses and create jobs that support our communities

and the services our local governments provide. Anything I can do to support them, I will.”

“Small businesses are quite literally Short the backbone of our state and local economies,” said Short.

“One of the things I hear the most from folks back home is the need to protect the jobs we have and to help find ways to expand our region’s economic opportunities.”

According to a report authored this year by the United States Small Business Administration, small represent 98.1 percent of all employers and employ 53.3 percent of the private-sector workforce.

According to NFIB Washington State Director Patrick Connor, the cost of tax compliance falls heavily on small business and is 66 percent higher for a small business compared to a large business.

And, he pointed out a national study that found small firms with

fewer than 20 employees spend $2,400, or 45 percent, more per employee than larger firms do in complying with the same federal regulations.

Short also received the 2011 Cornerstone Award from the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) for her efforts to protect jobs, spur local economic development and create an employer friendly environment in Washington state.

AWB’s Cornerstone Awards are presented annually to Washington state legislators who have an 80 percent or better voting record with the association. The vote record includes the member’s percentage of AWB supported votes in 2011 and 2010, as well as their lifetime AWB average and their score as calculated by the Washington State Labor Council.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the AWB,” Short said. “They are an organization that works very hard to help foster an atmosphere that is friendly and accommodating to employers.”

Local governments streamline business roster process SEATTLE – Businesses can now register with local governments in one location to become eligible for small to medium-sized public works project notifications. Traditionally, a business needed to complete separate, yet

identical, applications for each public agency they would like to work with.

Businesses can complete one, free application in the MRSC Rosters database to register with multiple agencies in Pend Oreille

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Visit the Municipal Research Services Center online at www.mrscrosters.org to complete an application and learn about business opportunities.

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Recreation Department Ages 3 yrs & Up for a complete listing visit:

www.colville.wa.us 509-684-6037

Family Fun for

Schools Camps Activities Daycare

Earn Your Wings at Amazing Wonders Aviation™ 3 Years - 6th Garde 9:00 am - 12:00 • Monday, July 9-13 Newport Southern Baptist Church Hwy 2 South @ Sitton Road 509-447-3370 or 447-3742

All Ages

2012 - 2013 Register Now For Fall

Dalkena Church Vacation Bible School June 18th - 22nd 9 a.m.-12:05 p.m.

Pend Oreille County Fair & Rodeo

House of the Lord Christian Academy Preschool • Ages 3 & 4/ Kindergarten 4 mornings - $137 per month

Held at the Church 425961 SR 20 Ages 4 through 8th grade Call 445-1453 or visit dalkena.com for more information

Aug. 16th - 19th At the Fairgrounds Hwy 20, Cusick www.povn.com/pocofair

(Extended Day Available)

1st Grade - 12th Grade Call (208) 437-2184 for more information

OFFICE IS OPEN: JUNE MON-THUR • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Hope all of you have

a wonderful summer!

See you Tuesday,

Sept. 4th!

“Educate to Participate, in school and in life.”

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Strawberry Celebration: June 30, July 1, 7 & 8 Cherry Festival: July 14, 15 & 21, 22 Peach Festival: Aug. 18 thru Labor Day Apple Festival: Sept. 22 - Oct. 28 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND UP TO DATE EVENT ACTIVITIES GO TO appleranch.com OR FRIEND US ON Facebook. #4 on the map • 238-4709

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Mondays Full Service Storytime Snack Lunch Wednesdays 2-3 pm We’ll be reading “How to eat Fried Worms” For elementary age children Crafts, snacks, fun Fridays Storytime to go Stories with crafts to go

StorytimeTuesdays 10:30 am Thursday 10:30 am Prize Drawings For Adults, Teens, Kids For more, Call 442-3030

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Calispel Valley Library (Cusick) Thursday, June 14th - July 26 10:30 am Lunch - 11-11:30 am (Children Only)

The Total Camp for the Total Person

The camp leader in athletic life skills training since 1971

Basketball, Volleyball, and More www.nbccamps.com • 800-406-3926 Summer Camps available for kids 6-18 Experience NBC Camps 2012 Whitworth University • Spokane, WA North Idaho College • Coeur d’Alene, ID Upper Columbia Academy • Spangle, WA The Warehouse (Day Camp) • Spokane, WA Walla Walla University • Walla Walla, WA

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Where Jesus Leads Us Home Games • Crafts • Snacks June 25-29 • 9 - 12 • Ages 4-12 yrs

Ione 7th Day Adventist 509-442-4571 / 509-442-4723

Driver’s Education Classes Next Session Starts in Newport

July 24th - August 23rd Tues-Wed-Thurs • 9 am - 11:15 am (509) 466-2343 for more information

B&B Driving School • Spokane, Wa

Let the fun begin!

Field Trips Weekly Swimming Adventures 6 weeks to 12 yrs old USDA Program • ICCP • DSHS

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4797 Hwy 2 • Priest River, ID

(208) 448-4482

9 am to 3 pm for those entering 1st - 6th Grades 9 am to 11:30 am for 4 year old Preschool and those entering Kindergarten

American Lutheran Church United Church of Christ

A $10 donation per child is appreciated, but not a requirement to attend Those staying all day will need a sack lunch

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

WANNA PLAY?

Summer Art Camps Nature Art & Craft Camp

3 on 3 Basketball Tournament

Ages 5 to 13 years

June 25th - 28th 9 am - 11 am • Ages 5-8 1 pm - 3 pm • Ages 9-13

July 14 -15, 2012 Bonners Ferry, ID

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Registration: www.bfswish.com 2012

Bonners Ferry Swish

COS Play with Jazmine Young Ages 12 - 18

July 23rd - July 27th • 1-4 pm July 30th - Aug. 3rd • 1-4 pm This class will involve drawing, making costumes, applying make-up and acting. $60 / 2 weeks

4th & Fea Streets, Newport

509-447-9277

(509) 447-4218 (509) 483-0224

SIMPLIFIED SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM Free Meals to children 1-18 yrs WA & ID Families Welcome Adults $200 with child Idaho Hill Elementary

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June 18th thru Aug. 17th Breakfast served: 8:30 to 9:00 M-F Lunch served: 11:15 to 11:45 M-F Also served at: Priest River Elementary The Mud Hole Priest River Library and Blanchard Library

(no income requirements)

Open site available to all kids 1 - 18 years old

Call for dates and times 1-800-926-2588

MEALS WILL BE SERVED AT Sadie Halstead Middle School July 10th - Aug. 2nd • Tues, Wed, Thurs Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30 am Lunch 11:30 - 12:30 pm

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Limited scholarships available to registered Girl Scouts

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Wiley, Freder named Grizzly, Grillzzlyette of the Year

Spartan baseball awards given PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans presented baseball awards at a sports awards banquet May 24.

Kole Akre was named Most Improved, Tyler Barber was named Best Defensive Player, Ashton Brooks was awarded the Big Stick/Best Offense honor and Dalton Sommer was named Best Teammate.

Spring sports awards presented NEWPORT – Spring sports awards were presented at a dinner Tuesday night, June 5.

A pair of multi-sport athletes were named Grizzly and Grizzlyette of the year.

Jake Wiley, who played football, basketball and participated in track was named Grizzly of the Year.

Miranda Frederick was named Grizzlyette of the Year. Frederick participated in volleyball and basketball.

Cusick honors softball team CUSICK – Cusick softball awards were held Monday, June 4, with other spring sports teams.

Brittany Adamson was named most inspirational, Sarah Martin most improved and the co-captains were Shanelle Savage, Haley Adams and Brittany Adamson.

Adams also received the Anderson Award for sportsmanship.

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Panther track athletes receive awards CUSICK – The Cusick High School track and field athletes held their award night with other spring sports Monday, June 4.

First time state qualifier sophomore Quinton Montgomery was named male Trackster of the year. Hurddler Sara Davis was female Trackster.

Sophomore Warren Piengkham, a sprinter, was most improved male while junior Sherryll Wynne, a sprinter for the girls team was female most improved.

The coaches award went to senior Andrea Heinen, the team’s star thrower. Heinen earned four state titles in shot put over her high school career, and she picked up three 1B discus titles.

Nunley hits hole in one PRIEST RIVER – Russ Nunley hit a hole in one at the Ranch Club Golf Course west of Priest River Sunday, May 27.

He used a driver to hit the ball 223 yards, and it landed in hole No. 3.

Golf scramble benefits hospital foundation NEWPORT – The fifth annual Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation golf tournament is set for Friday, June 15 at StoneRidge Golf Course in Blanchard.

Enjoy a complete program of activities including 18 holes of golf with a cart, snacks and contests, followed by an awards ceremony and a steak dinner (vegetarian option available) for $100 per player.

Check in is a noon and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m.

It’s a four-person scramble format and contest prizes include: top three teams, gross and net, men’s and women’s longest drive, men’s and women’s closest to the pin, hole-in-one, putting challenge and chipping challenge.

Dinner guests can be added for $25 each.

Visit www.phd1.org to sign up.

Priest River honors softball players PRIEST RIVER – Priest River Lamanna High School honored its softball team at a banquet Tuesday, May 29.

Kaylee Fink was named most improved.

Taylar Doolittle is most inspirational, Kelsey Bradbury is the Ultimate Teammate and the coach’s award went to Bradbury and Brittany Krampert.

Krampert was also named Most Valuable Player.

Middle school track season wraps up Newport seventh grader Lance Wood works to keep up with competitors from Deer Park and Lakeside as he begins the second lap of the 800-meter run. Newport hosted the all league meet Wednesday, May 30. It was the middle school track and field team’s last meet of the season.

Fish for free in Idaho, Washington NEWPORT – Saturday, June 9 is Free Fishing Day in Idaho and June 9-10 is Free Fishing Weekend in Washington.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife invites novice anglers of all ages (residents and nonresidents alike) to celebrate by fishing any public waters without a license.

Although fishing license requirements are suspended for these special days, all other rules remain in effect. These include such rules as bag and length limits or special fishing regulations.

Regulations brochures are available free at local sporting goods stores and other retailers.

Free fishing day provides an opportunity for novices to give fishing a try and perhaps develop a life-long pursuit. Parents are encouraged to bring their children out for a day of fun and excitement at this annual event.

To help beginning anglers, the IDFG is sponsoring a number of fishing clinics throughout the

state. Fish and Game personnel will be on hand to answer questions and help beginning anglers learn about terminal tackle, casting and fishing techniques, and fish identification. Some fishing tackle and bait will be available for persons who do not have their own gear.

Ten clinics have been scheduled in the Idaho Panhandle, so there is a location convenient to everyone in the region. While they are oriented toward beginning anglers, all anglers are welcomed to attend.

One early bird clinic is scheduled in Coeur d’Alene at Ponderosa Springs Golf Course from 7-11 a.m. The owners have generously agreed to close the course for that period for 23 straight years, so youngsters will have a chance to catch their first fish.

Other clinics have been scheduled for 9 a.m. until noon at: • Priest Lake, Priest Lake Golf Course, Co-sponsored with Priest Lake Golf Course, Priest Lake Sportsman’s Association and

Priest Lake Employees Association • Bonners Ferry, Snow Creek Pond, Co-sponsored with Bonner’s Ferry Lions Club • Calder, Calder Pond, Co-sponsored with US Forest Service • Clark Fork, Clark Fork Lodge, Co-sponsored with Clark Fork Lodge • Enaville, Steamboat Ponds • Mullan, Lucky Friday Pond • Post Falls, Post Falls Park Pond • Rathdrum, Rathdrum City Park, Co-sponsored with Rathdrum Parks and Recreation • Sandpoint, Round Lake State Park As IDFG would like to see everyone catch fish, rainbow trout are being stocked in each location for the clinics and should provide for good fishing. Limited equipment will be available for use, however, anyone with tackle of their own is encouraged to bring it along. In past years some folks have had to wait for others to finish fishing so they could use the limited equipment.

You are invited to come anytime

during the clinics. Fish and Game staff and volunteers along with personnel from other agencies, organizations and sportsman groups will be on hand to provide instruction and assistance as needed or requested.

Nationwide, the number of anglers is increasing. However, the percentage of the population that fishes is decreasing. This is attributed to a number of factors including a decrease of leisure time, parents with little time to fish or limited knowledge of fishing, urbanization, and loss of “fishing holes” to development.

When a lack of money for licenses or equipment; lack of knowledge, experience or a place to go are part of the reason for not fishing, Free Fishing Day is the ticket to a day of outdoor fun. The Fish and Game sponsored clinics will help new anglers learn fishing skills with all the needed tackle provided. Each year hundreds of Idahoans and visitors attend the clinics and thousands turn out statewide to fish without a license.

Castle wins at border dual PORTLAND, Ore. – Three of Newport’s top track and field athletes competed with the best from Oregon, Washington and Idaho in the border dual held at Lewis & Clark College in Portland Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2.

Senior Aaron Castle won the shot put by 10 feet with a throw

of 62 feet, 7 inches – a new meet record. He won the discus at 165 feet.

Junior Arielle Walden took third place in the triple jump with a leap of 36-04. She was fourth in long jump at 17-01 and in the 100-meter high hurdles, finishing in 15.41 seconds.

Sophomore Branden Barranco

took fourth in the pole vault with a jump that matched his personal best 14-03, but there were several vaulters who went over 15 feet.

Senior sprinter Jake Wiley was also invited to the meet, but with a hamstring pulled before the state meet, he was unable to compete.

Outdoor recreation season can bring encounters with bears, other wildlife OLYMPIA – The beginning of the outdoor recreation season can bring unexpected encounters with Northwest wildlife.

This is the time of year when black bears are especially active, now that they have emerged from their dens and are foraging for food.

Campers and picnickers – as well as people residing in rural and greenbelt areas – can follow some simple precautions to minimize the chance of a problem encounter.

One of the most important precautions to take is to secure

food and garbage so they don’t become an attractant to bears.

Black bears are known for their ability to find food at a distance with their keen sense of smell.

Since they’re omnivores, anything from the hamburgers on the grill to roasted marshmallows at the campfire can attract them.

Squirrels, skunks, raccoons, coyotes, deer and many birds also can be drawn to unsecured food and garbage, and smaller animals can attract larger and potentially more dangerous ones, such as cougars.

To reduce the chance of problem encounters with bears, cougars or other wildlife while recreating outdoors: Keep a clean camp. Clean grills and put garbage in wildlife-resistant trash containers where available.

Store food in vehicles or in wildlife-resistant food lockers when possible.

Otherwise, hang food in backpacks or other containers from a tree branch at least 10 feet above the ground and four feet out from the tree trunk. Never store food in tents.

Track Jake Zickler and Aaron Castle were named boys co-captains for track, with Kiara Zorica and Arielle Walden named co-captains for girls.

Wiley took the Golden Spike Award for the boys, with Walden receiving the honor for the girls. The Most Inspirational Award went to Samantha Morrell.

Soccer Phillip Behrend was named Most Valuable Player in soccer.

Behrend was also named cocaptain, along with Erik Person.

Nathan Larson won the Leadership Award, Coltin Worley was the Most Improved Player and Kade Barranco was named the Outstanding Freshman for soccer.

Golf Gage Anderson and Courtney Wiese were the boys and girls medalist in golf. Spenser Siemsen was named the Most Improved Golfer and Tiffany Huang was named Most Dedicated Golfer.

Softball Shauna Over earned the Most Improved honor in fastpitch softball. Maggie Abercrombie received the Most Inspirational Award, Alexandra Douglas got the Big Stick award for her batting. She had a .541 batting average for the season. Chaleigh Kirkwood got the Golden Glove Award and Bianca Sanchez was named junior varsity captain.

Baseball Spenser Douglas received the Most Valuable Player award for baseball. Michael Rapp was named captain, Justin Reyes was Most Improved and Bailey Brown was named Most Inspirational.

Summer tai chi classes resume at Kelly Park NEWPORT – Free tai chi classes are being offered at T.J. Kelly Park in downtown Newport each Monday and Wednesday at 8 a.m.

This is the fourth year for the classes led by fitness instructor Robin Clemens. They typically last 45 minutes. The series will run through August. Anyone is

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Ole Donald Nelson Priest River

Ole Donald Nelson passed away May 18 at the Huckleberry Retirement Home in Priest River.

He was 95.

Mr. Nelson was born in Priest River Feb. 2, 1917, to Ole and Odelia (Strand) Nelson. He Nelson grew up in the Priest River/Oldtown area, attending grade school at Idaho Hill and graduating from Newport in 1934. Mr. Nelson married the love of his life, Irene Archer Dec. 4, 1938, in Creston, Wash. They shared 65 wonderful years together until her passing June 1, 2004.

Mr. Nelson joined the U.S. Air Force and flew many missions as a nose gunner in a B-24 bomber during World War II. He worked at the Diamond Mill for many years, working on the river and in the yard until his retirement in 1982.

Mr. Nelson loved the outdoors.

He and Irene spent countless hours fishing, hunting or taking long drives in the Priest Lake area.

Survivors include his brother Delbert Nelson; three sisters-in-law, Jan Nelson, Waneta Lingelback and Barbara Freeman; plus numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Dewayne Nelson; two sisters Deloris Dayton and Doris Hamilton; sister-in-law Melva Nelson; brotherin-law Melvin Archer; two sistersin-law Marjorie Friesen and Alma Murphy; and his in-laws James and Maude Archer.

Gilbert Lloyd Ritter Priest River

Gilbert Lloyd Ritter passed away June 1, with all his girls by his side. He was 62.

Mr. Ritter was born Aug. 26, 1949, to Lester and Jackie Ritter in Newport. He attended Ritter Newport schools until 1968 when he joined the U.S. Army and went to fight for his country in the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in 1970 and returned to the Newport area, and then made his home in Priest River to raise his family.

Mr. Ritter chose work in the lumber industry. He worked for Louisiana Pacific for 21 years driving a log truck for them until the Priest River mill shut down. He then worked out of the Hayden branch, driving long haul until he grew tired of being on the road.

Mr. Ritter made a career change in 1993 and went to work for Tidewater Barge lines as a deck mechanic until he was forced to retire in 2011 due to his illness.

Mr. Ritter touched the lives of many people, and was loved and respected by all, family said. His smile would brighten the day like no other. He was preceded in death by his father Lester Ritter, mother Renna Jackie Ritter, a brother Charles Ritter and a nephew Timothy Ritter. Mr. Ritter leaves behind his pride and joy, daughters, Leslie Ritter-Meek and Julie (and Jerod) Turner of Priest River; sister Roberta (and Bob) Thompson of Green Acres, Wash.; brother Dick Ashdown of Newport; grandsons Dausen and Rees O’Brien, granddaughters, Harlee and Haylee Meek, and Raygn Turner, all of Priest River; his beloved Stephanie Reynolds, her daughter Niki Parenteau, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at the Sherman Knapp Funeral Home in Newport with interment to follow at the Newport Cemetery with Military honors, followed by a celebration of Mr. Ritter’s life with a potluck at the Newport Eagles.

Donations may be made in his name to the American Legion Post 217, P.O. Box 272 Cusick, WA 99119. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of

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Morris E. Wigen Priest River

Morris Wigen of Priest River passed away May 29 at the age of 71.

Mr. Wigen was the firstborn child to his loving parents Joris and Lillian Wigen Dec. 1, 1940, in Colfax, Wigen Wash. The Wigens moved to Spokane in 1942 where Morris grew up with his three brothers, Boyd, Norman and Ron, all currently living in Spokane.

He attended Trent Elementary and graduated from West Valley High School in 1959. Mr. Wigen and Linda Grey were married in 1961 and were the parents of two children, Morris Wigen Jr. (and his wife Judy) and Mark (and Delene) Wigen.

Mr. Wigen was a gifted musician and loved music. He was lead violinist at Trent Elementary and West Valley High. He played in many invitational settings along with his brother, Boyd. Morris was an outstanding baseball player for West Valley. He continued on with his love for sports to play softball for several years with the Liberty Lake Community Church Team.

Mr. Wigen graduated from Central Washington University with a teaching degree in math and science. His love for the ocean took him to Longview, Wash., for his first teaching position. The next year, he returned to Spokane Valley and the Central Valley School District.

He retired from the Central Valley School District in 1996. There, he taught math and science classes in addition to his love of being “coach” to the wrestling team and the girls track team. He went on to teach at Northwest Christian for two years.

In 1989, Mr. Wigen met the love of his life, Bernie Bays. He welcomed her children, Stacie, Mike (and Sue), Steve and Jeff into his life.

Side by side they built their home along the banks of Priest River, in the mountains of North Idaho. Mr. Wigen enjoyed being with family most of all.

He was always ready to give the grandkids a hand with baiting the hook, casting the line and reeling in the really big one.

Morris and Bernie loved to travel.

The most memorable trip was visiting the Holy Land with Monsignor John Steiner and the group of friends from their former parish of St. Mary’s Church in Spokane Valley. They were active in their Spokane community as well as their community in Priest River.

Mr. Wigen was diagnosed with cancer in 1997. When the cancer returned in 2005, he actively engaged in treatments of gamma knife intermittently for six years; always returning home to continue on with his love of gardening, yard care and the inevitable snow blowing. He didn’t complain; he just did it and was always ready for a cup of coffee or a cold beer when the job was finished.

Mr. Wigen loved to tease his grandkids from the day they were born. He loved to make pancakes, sausage and eggs for them. He attended their school functions, sports activities and was a strong supporter of their education. His grandchildren are Morrie’s children Gerald and Kayla; Mark’s Austin and Briana; Mike’s children Tim and Donna; Stacie’s children Bill, Virgil and Ashlynn; and Jeff’s children Jeffery, Ethan and Christina.

He also leaves behind nieces and nephews Kim, Christa, Mike, Ron, Eric, Jana and Jenny with whom he shared many birthdays and family gatherings. Mr. Wigen was preceded in death by his parents, Joris and Lillian Wigen. The Mass of Celebration of his life will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 612 W. First Ave., Newport Saturday, June 9 at 11 a.m.

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PEND OREILLE COUNTY Monday, May 28 ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2, Newport, report of Jeep driving south in northbound lane.

DRUGS – Deer Valley Rd., Newport, report of found bag with marijuana and pipe.

WEAPON OFFENSE – Hwy. 2, report of five gunshots heard near park.

BURGLARY – Camden Rd., Elk, report of home burglarized.

ACCIDENT – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ACCIDENT – Camden Rd., Elk, report of four-wheeler rollover accident.

WEAPON OFFENSE – Coyote Trail Rd., Newport, report of gunshots in area.

HARASSMENT – Knott Rd., Newport, report of male subject stalking female, threats to kill her.

WEAPON OFFENSE – S. Grandview Ave., report of shots fired vehicle.

FIRE – Virginia Lane, Newport, report of possible chimney fire.

WEAPON OFFENSE – Larsen Blvd., report of six gunshots coming from area with a bonfire and multiple vehicles.

Tuesday, May 29 THEFT – Deer Valley Rd., reported theft of motor and hydraulic system for equipment.

ASSAULT – Honeysuckle Drive, Cusick THEFT – Hwy. 2, Newport, reported theft of gas and lawnmower.

STRUCTURE FIRE – Westside Calispell, report of mobile home on fire, spreading to surrounding trees.

THREATENING – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of male threatening multiple people.

THEFT – S. Hayford, Airway Heights FIRE – Kirkpatrick Rd., Elk, report that burn pile flared up.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Matthew Paul Schillinger, 37, of Elk was arrested on an out of state warrant.

DRUG INFO – S. Shore Diamond Lake, report of suspicious behavior.

ARREST – S. Garden Ave., Newport, Robert P. Clark, 42, of Newport was arrested on out of county warrant.

BURGLARY – W. 1st St., report of concession stand damaged, property missing.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Crystal A Bryant, 26, of Newport was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Westside Calispell Rd., report of suspicious person in vehicle.

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Wednesday, May 30 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of possible burglary in progress.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – 1st Ave., report of malicious mischief.

THEFT – Deer Valley Rd., report that subject stole metal from complainant’s property.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of smashed side window in the canopy of truck.

ARREST – Robin A. Eby, 45, of Bonners Ferry was arrested on two local warrants.

SEX OFFENSE – Newport area, report of a sex offense between and underage female and an adult male.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Newport area, subject wanted to speak with deputy about an incident that happened in February.

THEFT – Deer Valley, report of 100 gallons of diesel fuel stolen.

BURGLARY – Deer Valley Rd., Newport, report of two dirtbikes and two guns stolen.

CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE – W. 2nd St., Newport, report that child’s grandparent will not release the child to his mother.

BURGLARY – Four Mile Lane, Newport, report that subject’s garage burglarized last night.

ARREST – Reesa Marie Yancey, 23, of Newport was arrested for possession of stolen property.

Thursday, May 31 SUSPICIOUS PERSON – W. 5th St., Newport, report of student refusing to leave.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Kings Lake Rd., report that campers left camper on the grounds and are refusing to remove it.

THEFT – S. 8th Ave., Ione, reported theft of tools and other items.

THREATENING – Hwy. 2, complainant reports being threatened by ex-girlfriend.

FOUND PROPERTY – Western Larch Rd., Newport, report of found motorcycle.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Gregg’s Rd., Newport, report that older male subject came to residence saying he was an off duty officer.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Gray Rd., Newport, report that someone is possibly trying to break into this garage.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – S. Warren Ave., Newport, report of rock thrown through window.

ACCIDENT – S. 4th Ave.; Ione, report of vehicle hitting a fire hydrant.

FIRE – Roberts Rd., Newport, report of motor home on fire.

ARREST – Alberto Garcia-Pacheco, 32, of Cuautitlan was arrested on an immigration hold.

ARREST – Jose De Jesus Rojas-Gonzalez, 47 of Metaline was arrested on a Border Patrol hold.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Idaho State Democratic Convention SUNDAY, JUNE 10 Idaho State Democratic Convention MONDAY, JUNE 11 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Pend Oreille Fire District No. 6:

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS – Hwy. 2, report tat fuel tank split, 150 gallons fuel spilled.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of two subjects trying to get into a vehicle.

TRESPASSING – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of male subject trespassing.

ACCIDENT – W. Pine St., Newport, report that elderly female driver hit signs and then two cars.

BURGLARY – Gray Rd., Newport, report that two car batteries were stolen.

TRESPASSING – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SEX OFFENSE – Newport area ERRATIC DRIVER – Smackout Pass Rd., Ione, report of small black truck covered in mud driving erratically.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ERRATIC DRIVER – W. 7th St., report of red Sunfire going into oncoming traffic.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Hwy. 2, report of two-door sedan, lots of activity coming and going.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 31, report of twovehicle accident, multiple people injured.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE – N. 4th Ave., Ione SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE – Hwy. 30, report of two males parked on the side of the road.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – S. Cass Ave., Newport, report of male threatening female and refusing to leave.

Saturday, June 2 SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Flowery Trail Rd., report of female sitting in the middle of the road.

ARREST – Ashley Lorine Widemand, 18, of Airway Heights was arrested for disorderly conduct.

THEFT – W. Sacheen St., Cusick, report of animal horns taken.

DRUG INFORMATION – Hwy. 2, caller reported possible drug selling activity.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, subject reported sleeping near dumpster.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Colville Cutoff Rd., report of motorcycle parked on side of road with no one around.

HARASSMENT – Georgetown St., Metaline Falls, complainant would like to speak to deputy.

VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER – LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, report of intoxicated persons on premises.

THEFT – W. 8th St., Newport, report of two bicycles taken from yard.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Gray Rd., report of vehicle parked at the residence, complainant was told to call the law.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, subjects reporting possible domestic violence where woman tried to run a man down with vehicle.

DRUGS – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Davis Rd., Usk, complainant said truck pulled up next to home and are taking items.

ARREST – Rocky Stewart Bykerk, 41, of Newport was arrested for disorderly conduct.

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SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Viewpoint Rd., Newport MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of malicious mischief.

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ARREST – David Charles Vallee, 47, of Cusick was arrested on tribal charges.

Sunday, June 2 ARREST – Flowery Trail Rd., Jeffrey Scott Norris, 29, of Addy was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Rumsey Drive, Newport, report of two males at bank owned house taking flooring.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – S. Washington Ave., Newport, report that someone started to dismantle the engine on complainant’s vehicle.

PHONE OFFENSE – Sandy Rock Lane, Newport, complainant reports she met male online, now he will not stop calling her.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Laurelhurst Drive, report of older male and teenage female sitting on side of road.

WEST BONNER COUNTY Monday, May 28 MARINE INCIDENT – Pend Oreille River, Priest River Tuesday, May 29 BURGLARY – Chipakota Lane, Oldtown ABANDONED VEHICLE – Memory Lane, Oldtown, report of a suspicious vehicle.

Wednesday, May 30 ARREST – Hwy. 2, Priest River, Chad Bowman, 37, of Priest River was arrested for a Bonner County warrant.

Thursday, May 31 No reportable incidents.

Friday, June 1 TRAFFIC VIOLATION – Vay Rd., Priest River, a woman was cited for driving without a current and valid drivers license.

ACCIDENT – Blanchard-Elk Rd., Blanchard DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – Hwy. 57, Priest River SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Angelina Way, Priest River DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – Hwy. 57, Priest River ARREST – Hwy. 57, Priest Lake, James E. Dietz, 49, of Mead was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Saturday, June 2 ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, Priest River, report of a hit and run accident.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY – Granite Bay Rd., Nordman STALKING – E. Beardmore Ave., Priest River SEX OFFENSE – Pend Oreille Drive, Spirit Lake, a deputy investigated the report of a sex offense.

DRIVING WITHOUT PRIVILEGES – Hwy. 41, Oldtown, a 54-year-old Newport man was charged with driving without privileges.

ARREST – Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake, Miguel Figueroa Jr., 65, of Athol was arrested for possession of controlled substances and a warrant.

Sunday, June 3 No reportable incidents.

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1-425-562-4002 3 BEDROOM TRAILER No pets. Lazy Acres Trailer Park. Newport. (208) 4374502. (7-tf) 1200 SQUARE FEET 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Cathedral ceilings. $525 per month plus deposit, includes water/ sewer/ garbage. Priest River. (208) 448-1823.(13-tf) METALINE FALLS WASHINGTON Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment. Water, sewer, garbage plus wi-fi included.

Post office building. $410 plus deposit. (208) 6109220. (16-3) METALINE FALLS WASHINGTON RV lot, beautiful large lot with river view, all utilities and wifi included. $250/ month. (208) 610-9220.

(16-3) 2 BEDROOM 1 BATH House with garage - new carpet. On 8 acres 4 miles from Newport on Highway 2 $625.00/month. (509) 447-3238. (17-3p) DIAMOND LAKE 1 bedroom, for long term renter. Beach access, north end of lake. Call (509) 2920682 evenings. $400.00/ month. (17-4p) NEWLY REMODELED Large 2 bedroom apartment, Priest River. Washer, dryer, dishwasher, carport. $500. (509) 951-6307.

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Nice, neat and clean. Newport. (509) 496-9686/ (509) 993-4705. (18-3p) BRAND NEW REMODEL 3 bedroom home, large covered porch. Garage, carport, big yard, storage building. Near Newport Hospital. $865/ month, $700 deposit. Includes water, sewer, small pets ok. (509) 993-4705, (509) 496-9686. (18-3p) $625 MONTH In Newport. 3 bedroom 2 bathroom newly remodeled manufactured home. Water, sewer, garbage included.

Small pets allowed. (509) 993-4705, (509) 496- 9686.

(18-3p) METALINE FALLS WASHINGTON Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment. Water, sewer, garbage plus wi-fi included.

Post office building. $410 plus deposit. (208) 6109220. (18-3) 2 BEDROOM Apartment, 110 East 5th Street North, Oldtown.

Walk to services. $425/ month plus deposit (208) 610-0362. (18-3p) LARGE 2 BEDROOM 1 bath duplex. 836 West 3rd, Newport. Washer/ dryer hook up. $650 month.

(208) 255-8455.(18-3) CLEAN, ECONOMICAL One bedroom apartment close to downtown Newport. Includes range and refrigerator. Landlord pays your electric, water, sewer, and garbage. No pets. No smoking. $475 month / $400 deposit. (208) 6602164. (18-3) OLDTOWN AREA 4- 5 bedroom, 3 bath 2700 square feet, attached 2 car garage, $1000/ month plus utilities. No smoking. (509) 993-5465. (17tf) Short of cash; long on “Stuff?” Advertise in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

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COUNSELING Molly Phillips, LICSW, CMHS, GMHS

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A Service of Bonner General Hospital Tim Gray, P.T. -- 448-4151 Mon.-Wed.-Fri. - 9-5 • Tues. & Thurs. 9-4

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Family Practice, Minor Emergencies Behavioral Health Mon. & Wed., 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Floors & More, Inc Kevin Johnson 24/7 Emergency Service 20 8 - 2 5 5 - 9 5 8 0

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MERCURY 7 1/2 horsepower with fuel tank $150.00. Phone (509) 447-3216, cell (661) 5575854. (17-4p)

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22 ACRES (more or less), trees, creek, electricity. 4938 Kings Lake Road, Usk. Call (509) 9957518. Jan Roseleip, Windermere City Group. (16-3p) 21.12 ACRES 322 Conklin Meadows Road. Trees and meadow.

3 bedroom septic, power, and well. $99,000. Call (509) 868-8391. (16-3p)

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We charge 10% or a minimum of $200 2004 Chev 1/2 Ton $17,495 w/ New Meyer Snowplow 2005 Kia Sedona Minivan $7,795 1995 Elkhorn , 11.5 ft Camper $6,995 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser $6,995 Low, Low Miles 1988 Cruisemaster $6,995 34 ft. Motorhome 2004 Chev Cavalier $5,995 2000 Ford Ranger P/up $5,995 2WD, Red 1990 Mallard, $5,895 27 Ft. Motorhome 1995 Dodge Ram Truck $5,495 1500 4x4 2001 Ford Explorer 4x4 $4,495 2005 Yamaha $2,795 250 Motorcycle 1993 Ford F150 Truck $2,495 4x4 (Manual Trans) 1988 Ford Econoline $1,995 Camper Van 1971 Volkswagon $1,995 Superbeetle 1978 Chev Blazer $1,995 4x4 Full Size 1999 Ford Econoline $1,995 Work Van 1986 Chev Van $995 Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

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Fisheries Conservation Program Manager

Fisheries Management Program Manager

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians in Usk, Washington is seeking a Fisheries Conservation Program Manager.

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians in Usk, Washington is seeking a Fisheries Management Program Manager.

Summary of Functions: The Program Manager is responsible for providing strategic planning and oversight for the Tribal Fisheries Conservation Program with over 10 professional and technical staff members and a minimum annual budget of $1.5 million dollars.

This position is responsible for developing, directing and implementing Reservation and offReservation habitat and fisheries restoration and conservation projects. Restoration projects include 1) non-native fish suppression and/or eradication, 2) instream habitat restoration 3) riparian planting and fencing 4) culvert removal and 5) road removal and abandonment. Conservation project include non-native fish suppression and eradication, and land protection through acquisitions or easements.

The Program Manager develops and implements multi-year project plans in support of Tribal goals to provide a traditional subsistence and ceremonial fishery for Tribal members. This position requires frequent contact and interaction with multiple regional and national level managers in federal, state, county, tribal and other agencies and organizations.

This position provides recommendations to the Director of Fisheries and Water Resources and Natural Resources Executive Director on negotiations and agreements with external agencies including costs, rates, deliverables, compliance issues and any other contract terms or conditions.

As a key liaison with outside agencies, the Program Manager provides technical analysis and advice to the Director of Fisheries and Water Resources, the Natural Resources Executive Director, and represents the Tribe in negotiations of complex interagency agreements, cooperative agreements, memorandums of agreements (MOA’s), grants, procurement contracts and various other types of contracted obligations.

Summary of Functions: The Program Manager is responsible for providing strategic planning and oversight for a the Tribal Fisheries Management Program with over 10 professional and technical staff members and a minimum annual budget of $1 million dollars.

This position is responsible for developing, directing, evaluating and managing Reservation and off-Reservation resident and anadromous fisheries programs including habitat assessments, biological studies, research, monitoring and evaluation activities, hydro, hatchery, and harvest management. The Program Manager develops and implements multi-year project plans in support of Tribal goals to provide a traditional subsistence and ceremonial fishery for Tribal members. This position requires frequent contact and interaction with multiple regional and national level managers in federal, state, county, tribal and other agencies and organizations. This position provides recommendations to the Director of Fisheries and Water Resources and Natural Resources Executive Director on negotiations and agreements with external agencies including costs, rates, deliverables, compliance issues and any other contract terms or conditions. As a key liaison with outside agencies, the Program Manager provides technical analysis and advice to the Director of Fisheries and Water Resources, the Natural Resources Executive Director, and represents the Tribe in negotiations of complex interagency agreements, cooperative agreements, memorandums of agreements (MOA’s), grants, procurement contracts and various other types of contracted obligations.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Biology/ Management , Natural Resource Science, or Environmental Science, AND 10 years of professional experience in fish management, biology and/or research. At least 5 years experience in lead or supervisory roles; OR A Master’s degree in the applicable science will substitute for 2 years of the required experience; OR A Ph.D. in the applicable science will substitute for 4 years of the required experience; Must be in good physical condition to be able to work and hike in inclement weather conditions and over variable and rugged terrain; Must be able to work variable hours, long days, early mornings, holidays, and weekends as the work dictates; Washington State Aquatic Pesticide Applicators license preferred.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Biology/ Management, Wildlife Biology/Management, Natural Resource Science, Environmental Science, or related field, AND 10 years of professional experience in fish management, biology and/or research. At least 5 years experience in lead or supervisory roles; OR A Master’s degree in the applicable science will substitute for 2 years of the required experience; A Ph.D. in the applicable science will substitute for 4 years of the required experience.

Must be in good physical condition to be able to work and hike in inclement weather conditions and over variable and rugged terrain; Must be able to work variable hours, long days, early mornings, holidays, and weekends as the work dictates.

For further information and full job description or to apply online, please visit our website at www.kalispeltribe.com Or Applications may be obtained at the Kalispel Tribal Office front desk at 1981 N. LeClerc Rd., Usk, WA 99180.

For further information and full job description or to apply online, please visit our website at www.kalispeltribe.com Or Applications may be obtained at the Kalispel Tribal Office front desk at 1981 N. LeClerc Rd., Usk, WA 99180.

We exercise Indian Preference and are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer

We exercise Indian Preference and are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer

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2012161 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE I THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANYTHING OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, Washington Foreclosure Services, Inc., will on the 15th day of June, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., inside the main entrance of the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, 625 W. 4th, Newport, Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following real property, situate in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: Lot 6, Block A, Deer Valley Estates, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Book 3 of Plats, page 222, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington (Parcel No. 443118 51 0006 Which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated May 26, 2010, and recorded on June 1, 2010, under file number 20100305334, records of Pend Oreille County, State of Washington, from Gary J. Lynch and Marci Lynch, husband and wife, as Grantors, to John A. Deeter, an unmarried man and Walter M. Sims, an unmarried man, each as to a 50% interest, as said Beneficiaries. Washington Foreclosure Services, Inc., was appointed Successor Trustee on January 7, 2011, under file no.

20110307478. II. No action commenced by the beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/ are as follows: Failure to pay the monthly payments from September 1, 2011, in the sum of $254.33 per month; late charges from September 2011 in the sum of $23.83 per month; a service fee in the sum of $100.00; plus delinquent real estate taxes for the year 2011 in the estimated sum of $326.24. IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is $22,000.00 principal, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured from the 28th day of July, 2011, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statue. The sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on June 15, 2012. The defaults in Paragraph III must be cured by the 4th day of June, 2012 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale.

The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 4th day of June, 2012 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in Paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 4th day of June, 2012 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the

Deed of Trust plus costs and fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address: Gary J. Lynch, 8001 E. Baldwin, Spokane, WA 99212; and Marci Lynch, 8001 E. Baldwin, Spokane, WA 99212; by first class and certified mail on the 19th day of January, 2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on the 19th day of January, 2012, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. 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 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 of their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant occupied property the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.DATED this 12th day of March, 2012.

Washington Foreclosure Services, Inc., By: Vicky L. Armstrong, Vice-President, Successor Trustee, P. O. Box 14796, Spokane, WA 99214 (509) 892-0270 Published in The Newport Miner May 16 and June 6, 2012. (15, 18)

_________________ 2012167 NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE AUCTION Under an Order of Judicial Sale and Judgment entered in UNITED STATES V. JIRI V. PRUSA; ELANY A. PRUSA; ORINOCO LAND TRUST (No. CV 11-346-JLQ-USDC E.D. Wash), the United States will offer to sell at public auction property located in Pend Oreille County, Washington, and is more particularly described as: 2 - 56 F6 LOT 7 BLK A LESS RD PLEASANT VIEW 33-32-45 Assessor’s Geographic Identity No: 453233510007 Date /Time of Auction: June 28, 2012. at 1:00 p.m.; Registration 12:30 p.m.

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625 W. 4th Street, Newport, Washington 99156 Minimum bid amount: $25,000 Terms and Conditions of Sale The successful bidder shall be required to DEPOSIT at the time of the sale with the Internal Revenue Service Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialist a minimum of ten percent of the bid, with the deposit to be made by certified or cashier’s check payable to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before being permitted to bid at the sale, bidders shall display to the Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialist proof that they are able to comply with this requirement. No bids will be accepted from anyone who has not presented that proof. The balance of the purchase price for the property is to be paid to the Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialist within 20 days after the date the bid is accepted, by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the “U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.”

If the bidder fails to fulfill this requirement, the deposit shall be forfeited and shall be applied to cover the expenses of the sale, including commissions due under 28 U.S.C. § 1921(c), with any amount remaining to be applied to the federal tax liabilities of the taxpayers at issue herein.

The property shall again be offered for sale under the terms and conditions of this Order of sale. The sale of the property shall not be final until confirmation by the Court. On confirmation of the sale, a deed of judicial sale conveying the property to the purchaser will be delivered. On confirmation of the sale, all interests in, liens against, or claims to, the property that are held or asserted by all parties to this action are discharged and extinguished.

Redemption rights under state law shall not apply to this sale under federal law. Upon confirmation of the sale, the recorder of deeds for Pend Oreille County, Washington shall permit transfer of the property to be reflected upon that county’s register of title. The sale shall be subject to any building lines, if established, all laws, ordinances, and governmental regulations (including building and zoning ordinances), affecting the property, and easements and restrictions of record, if any. Contact: Kathryn K. Clark, Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialist, Internal Revenue Service, 55. South Market Street, HQ5410, San Jose, CA 95113; (408) 817-6474; or Kathryn.K.Clark@irs.gov; or www.treasury.gov/auctions/irs.

Published in The Newport Miner May 23, 30, June 6 and 13, 2012. (16-4)

________________ 2012160 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Case No.: 12-7-00013-6 NOTICE AND SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION (Dependency) In re the Dependency of: KAYLEE KRAMER D.O.B. 10/08/1997 Minor Child.

To: JESSICA GROOM A Dependency Petition was filed on March 22, 2012 (Date); A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on: June 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m./p.m. at Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S. Garden Ave., Newport WA 99156. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.050(5). THIS BE-

GINS A JUDICIAL PROCESS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at 509/447-6216. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/ DPY.aspx.

DATED this 9th day of May, 2012, by TAMMIE A. OWNBEY, Pend Oreille County Clerk.

Published in The Newport Miner May 30, June 6 and 13, 2012. (17-3)

_________________ 2012180 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representatives named below have been appointed as personal representatives of the estate of Thelma Irene Schetter. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representatives or the personal representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within four months after the date of first publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

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

Date of First Publication: May 30, 2012 Personal Representatives: Jewell & Shirley Ownbey Address for Mailing or Service: 358 E. Birch St. # 201, Colville, WA 99114 Court and Cause Number: Pend Oreille County Superior Court (WA), No. 2012-4-00022-4 Published in The Newport Miner May 30, June 6 and 13, 2012. (17-3)

________________ 2012182 PEND OREILLE COUNTY NOTICE OF SALE TRIMBLE-LOOP The Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners will accept Sealed Bids to be followed immediately by oral bidding, for an estimated 1072 MBF of saw timber plus other forest products, from the Trimble-Loop Timber Sale.

Bids will be opened in the Commissioners Meeting Room at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 9:30 A.M., June 12, 2012. This is a stumpage sale. The successful bidder will be responsible for logging the sale. The timber is located near Cusick, Washington.

Bidders can obtain further information by contacting Pend Oreille County Public Works at 509-447-4513 or by contacting Steve Gibson at 509-447-5916.

Published in The Newport Miner May 30 and June 6, 2012. (17-2)

_________________ 2012183 CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received through Monday, June 18, 2012, 11:00 a.m., bids will be opened by the Selkirk School Board of Directors for Milk products at the June Regular Board of CONTINUED ON 9B

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CONTINUED FROM 8B Directors Meeting on June 18, 2012. Approximately 21,000 half-pints 1% Grade A homogenized milk, approximately 20,000 halfpints nonfat chocolate milk, and approximately 5,000 half-pints lowfat strawberry milk. All milk must meet U.S.D. A. standards. For bid information and bid forms please contact the Selkirk School District at (509) 446-2951, or P.O. Box 129, Metaline Falls, WA 99153. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 13, 2012. (18-2)

_________________ 2012184 PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF NEWPORT Notice of Vendor Roster and Small Works Roster Pursuant to Ordinance No. 957, the City of Newport maintains a Vendor Roster for purchasing materials, supplies and equipment, as well as a Small Works Roster for public works projects involving the construction, alteration, repair or improvements of public facilities. Applications for either roster may be obtained from the City of Newport, 200 S. Washington Ave. Newport, WA 99156 or by telephone at (509) 447-5611.

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_________________ 2012185 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE File No.: 7021.28129 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP Grantee: Margaret M. Honaker, a single person Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2008-0298187 Original NTS Auditor File No. 20110309175 Tax Parcel ID No.: 453113578022 (16134) Abbreviated Legal: W1/2 LOT 9, ALL LOT 10, BLK 4, BLACKWELL’S ADDN TO THE TOWN OF NEWPORT Amended Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On July 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: The West half of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10, Block 4 Blackwell’s Addition to the Town of Newport, according to the recorded plat thereof, Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Commonly known as: 718 West First Street Newport, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 07/07/08 and recorded on 07/15/08, under Auditor’s File No. 20080298187, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Margaret M. Honaker, a single woman, as Grantor, to United General Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Paramount Equity Mortgage, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Paramount Equity Mortgage, its successors and assigns to Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing,

LP, under an Assignment/ Successive Assignments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 20110308703. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 05/16/2012 Monthly Payments $28,930.46 Late Charges $1,443.62 Lender’s Fees & Costs $260.00 Total Arrearage $30,634.08 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $420.00 Sale Costs $53.80 Total Costs $473.80 Total Amount Due: $31,107.88 Other known defaults are as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $107,217.82, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 03/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on July 6, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 06/25/12 (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 the close of the Trustee’s business on 06/25/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 06/25/12 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Margaret M. Honaker 718 West First Street Newport, WA 99156 Margaret M. Honaker P.O. Box 233 Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Margaret M. Honaker 718 West First Street Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Margaret M. Honaker P.O. Box 233 Newport, WA 99156 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 01/06/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 01/06/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII.

The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor, and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor, of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference.

You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www.USAForeclosure.com EFFECTIVE: 05/16/2012 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Winston Khan (425) 5861900. (TS# 7021.28129) 1002.181976-File No. Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 27, 2012. (18,21)

_________________ 2012186 LEGAL NOTICE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR THE SOUTHERN SELKIRK MOUNTAINS POPULATION OF WOODLAND CARIBOU NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING: JUNE 16, 2012 LOCATION: THE INN AT PRIEST LAKE 5310 DICKENSHEET ROAD, COOLIN, IDAHO 83821 NOTICE OF 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD CLOSING DATE: JULY 2, 2012 On November 30 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published in the Federal Register (FR 76.230, 74018-74037) a proposed rule designating critical habitat for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

The Service is proposing to designate 375,565 acres of critical habitat in Idaho and Washington for the caribou.

These lands are all currently considered to be occupied by the species and no exclusions or exemptions are proposed. The proposed critical habitat is located in Boundary and Bonner counties in Idaho, and Pend Oreille County in Washington.

On May 31, 2012, the Service released a draft analysis that estimates costs related to the conser-

vation of the southern Selkirk Mountains woodland caribou and its proposed critical habitat. The draft economic analysis (DEA) is contracted by the Service to an independent firm.

The DEA estimates federal agency administrative consultation costs in the states of Idaho and Washington.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Informed and active public participation is encouraged through information-sharing, public comment and public hearing opportunities, and is vital to the Service’s final decision. The Service recognizes the public’s interest in this issue and will work together to help citizens fully understand our proposal to designate critical habitat for caribou, and the economic analysis phase of proposed critical habitat. We also seek to gain as much information as possible from all interested parties which we will use to inform our final decision.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend the Open House to speak personally with Service staff and managers, and also to deliver formal oral testimony at the Public Hearing.

OPEN HOUSE: Interested citizens are invited to attend a Service-hosted Open House on Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Citizens will have an opportunity to share information and learn more about the proposal by talking personally with Service biologists and managers in this forum. There will be no presentation at this meeting.

PUBLIC HEARING: A formal public hearing will be held the same day, Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. so that citizens will be able to provide formal oral comments for the Service to review and consider for its final decision. All oral comments will be recorded and will be entered into the official public record. All speakers are encouraged to also bring a hard copy of their full testimony for incorporation into the record.

Speaker registration will begin at 1:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Both the Open House and Public Hearing will occur on June 16, 2012 at the Inn at Priest Lake, 5310 Dickensheet Road, Coolin, Idaho 83821.

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS COMMENT PERIOD: The Service has opened an additional 30-day public comment period to gain input during the economic analysis phase of the proposal. The public will have 30 days to submit comments regarding the DEA, as well as on the agency’s proposed critical habitat designation. If comments have already been submitted regarding the proposal to designate critical habitat, there is no need to re-submit comment. All comments must be received by the July 2, 2012 closing date.

COMMENT SUBMISSION: There are no limits to the length of written comments. Written and oral comments are given the same consideration.

Please submit comments and other information only by one of the methods listed below.

• Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the Keyword box, enter Docket No. [FWS–R1-ES-2011-0096], which is the docket number for this rulemaking. Then, in the Search panel on the left side of the screen, under the Document Type heading, click on the Proposed Rules link to locate this document. You may submit a comment by clicking on “Send a Comment or Submission.”

Please note that if you

are using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, the deadline for submitting an electronic comment is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 2, 2012.

By mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R1-ES-2011-0096; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203.

At public meeting and hearing: Recognizing that not all citizens have access to electronic means for comment submission, comment forms will be available at the June 16th meetings for citizens to hand-write comments that will be scanned by the Service and submitted to the Federal eRulemaking Portal as a courtesy to citizens.

All oral comments delivered at the public hearing will be court-recorded and entered into the official public record.

We will post your entire comment – including personal identifying information – on http://www. regulations.gov. You may request at the top of your document that we withhold personal information, such as your name, street address, phone number or e-mail address from public review; however, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation we used in preparing this proposed rule, are available for public inspection at http://www.regulations. gov, or by appointment during normal business hours at the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208-3785265 or 509-893-8014).

The proposed rule, maps, draft economic analysis and other information about the southern Selkirk Mountains woodland caribou will also be available online at http://www.fws.gov/idaho.

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_________________ 2012187 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on May 25, 2012, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjustment submitted

by Jerry Beacham to aggregate 2 contiguous lots into 1 lot; Within Sec. 29, T39N, R43E, WM. (Parcel #’s 433929-51-0071 & 43392951-0072. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept.

A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than June 21, 2012 after which a final administrative decision will be made.

Dated: June 01, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6, 2012.

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_________________ 2012188 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 01, 2012, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjustment submitted

by Kevin Penttila to aggregate 2 contiguous lots into 1 lot; Within Sec. 09, T32N, R45E, WM. (Parcel #’s 453209-51-9044 & 45320951-9043. Any person desiring to express their views,

or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept.

A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than June 21, 2012 after which a final administrative decision will be made.

Dated: June 01, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6, 2012.

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_________________ 2012190 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 01, 2012, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, RGP 7, and a SEPA Environmental Checklist from Don and Dawnese Sahota, and did on June 04, 2012 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization project on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-12016), Location: Within Sect.

29, T35N, R44E WM, 272 Otter Lane, Cusick, WA 99119. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 06, 2012. Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department.

The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 21, 2012.

Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Substantial Shoreline Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Regional General Permit (Army Corps) Dated: June 04, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 13, 2012. (18-2)

_________________ 2012191 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on May 23, 2012, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, RGP 7, and a SEPA Environmental Checklist from Erica Hedlund, and did on June 04, 2012 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization project on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-12-014), Location: Within Sect. 05, T34N, R44E WM, 491 Dilling Dr., Cusick, WA 99119. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on March 28, 2012. Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level,

625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821.

Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 21, 2012.

Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Substantial Shoreline Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Regional General Permit (Army Corps) Dated: June 04, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 13, 2012. (18-2)

________________ 2012192 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 04, 2012, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, RGP 7, and a SEPA Environmental Checklist from Lee Walker, and did on June 04, 2012 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization project on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-12-016), Location: Within Sect. 05, T34N, R44E WM, 407723 Hwy 20, Cusick, WA 99119. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 23, 2012.

Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821.

Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 21, 2012.

Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Substantial Shoreline Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Regional General Permit (Army Corps) Dated: June 04, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 13, 2012. (18-2)

_________________ 2012193 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 04, 2012, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application,

and a SEPA Environmental Checklist from Betty Cole, and did on June 04, 2012 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization project on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-12-010), Location: Within Sect. 12, T31N, R45E WM, 1342 Ashenfelter Bay Rd. Newport, WA 99156. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 01, 2012. Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department.

The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 21, 2012.

Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Substantial Shoreline Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Federal Permit (Army Corps) Dated: June 04, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner June 6 and 13, 2012. (18-2)

_________________ 2012196 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners will be holding to receive comments on declaring surplus and identifying the means of disposal the following vehicles: VEHICLES 1. 2002 Ford F250 (I2) V I N : 1 F TN21I22EC20185 Mileage: 216,995 On line public auction 2. 2000 Chevy Pickup (N3) VIN: 1GCEK19VOYE348724 Mileage: 227,865 On line public auction 3. 1978 Steel wheel roller (R41) VIN: 698B059 Hours: unknown On line public auction 4. Steel wheel roller (R47) VIN: R53P18371 Hours: unknown On line public auction 5. 2006 Dodge Charger (S7) V I N : 2B3KA43H86H433683 Mileage: 112,396 On line public auction 6. 1986 Fiat Allis (D31) VIN: 113788 Hours: 4094 On line auction

2012195 CAO PB 01 AFFIDAVIT COLLECTING PERSONAL PROPERTY OF DECEDENT – IDAHO SMALL ESTATE I/we swear/affirm under oath: 1. Mary L. Sands, a resident of Bonner County, Idaho, died on Jan. 18, 2011, at 320 McDonald Creek Rd., Blanchard, Idaho 83804.

2. The fair market value of the entire estate of the decedent, wherever located, which is subject to probate, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

3. At least thirty (30) days have passed since the death of the decedent.

4. No application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative or for summary administration is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction.

5. The undersigned is/are entitled to payment or delivery of the personal property of the decedent as successor(s) in the following respective listed proportion(s) upon the presentation of this affidavit as provided in Section 15-3-1201, of the Idaho Code: Name of Successor Proportion Robert W. Sands 1989 Ford Taurus Robert W. Sands 1992 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Robert W. Sands 1992 Ford P/U F250 4x4 /s/Robert W. Sands Published in The Gem State Miner June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2012. (18-4) CONTINUED ON 10B

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________________ 2012197 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County, Washington Updated Shoreline Master Program and Revised Development Regulations Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the Pend Oreille County Commissioners have made modifications to the Draft updated Shoreline Master Program and has revised the County Development Regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Shoreline Management and Growth Management Acts. An Environmental Checklist for this non-project action has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Environmental Policy Act. Copies of the proposed updated Shoreline Master Program, the revised Development Regulations, and the SEPA Checklist are available for review online at: http://www.pendoreilleco.org/county/shoreline_ master_program_update. asp and at the County Department of Community Development located in the lower level of the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Copies will also be available for review at the following locations: -Cusick Public Library, Cusick Community Center, 105 1st Avenue, Cusick: -Ione Public Library, Ione Community Center, 208 Blackwell Street, Ione; -Newport Public Library, 116 S Washington Avenue; and -Metalines Community Library, Cutter Theater, 302 Park Street, Metaline Falls.

Written comments on the proposed updated Shoreline Master Program, the revised Development Regulations, no later than Monday Aug 8th, 2012 at 4:30 PM to Pend Oreille County, Department of Community Development, PO Box 5066, Newport, WA 98156.

The Board of County Commissioners will be holding three public hearings before the August 8th Deadline for public comments. There will be one hearing in each Commissioner district. Members of the public are encouraged to attend these hearings.

Each hearing will be recorded and comments will become part of the record.

If you have questions regarding this non-project action, please call Mike Lithgow at 509-447-6497.

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