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County bans pot sales in unincorporated areas

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – With a unanimous vote and a stroke of the pen at the June 12 regular meeting, Pend Oreille County commissioners passed an ordinance banning retail marijuana facilities in the unincorporated parts of the county.

“It’s a decision that we’ve come to that we feel is in the best interest of the county at this time,” commissioner chairwoman Karen Skoog said on Monday.

The ordinance only affects the unincorporated areas of the county, meaning any place that is not within the city limits of a municipality. City governments are in charge of deciding whether or not they will approve retail marijuana within city limits.

According to Pend Oreille County Community Development Director Greg Snow, there are 490 square miles of unincorporated land in the county. The county has been under a moratorium on retail marijuana since it was passed Feb. 23, 2016. The moratorium was extended four more times, with the last one taking place Jan. 10, 2017. Public hearings were held several times at the commissioners’ office concerning the topic, including in March 2016, July 2016 and January 2017.

The ordinance affects retailers of marijuana only. The county will process applications associated with the production and processing of marijuana.

Commissioner Mike Manus cited the way that Washington state has lobbed medical marijuana and recreational marijuana together as a reason

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Newport City Council members Mark Zorica and Keith Campbell listen while Pend Oreille Sheriff Alan Botzheim explains why there isn’t 24-hour law enforcement coverage in Newport.

There isn’t enough crime to warrant it, he said.

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Pend Oreille County Sheriff Alan Botzheim talks with the Newport City Council while city administrator Ray King looks on.

Botzheim open to cancelling Newport coverage

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Rodeo action returns for 68th year

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport Rodeo will kick off its 68th annual event this Friday and Saturday, June 23-24.

Rodeo president Ray Hanson won’t predict the weather for this year’s event.

“It’s Newport,” he says. “It could be rainy or sunny or both.”

Rodeo performances will start at 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday.

This year’s event will feature a rodeo dance held in the space behind the beer garden immediately after Saturday night’s show.

“Honky Tonk from Spokane is the band,” Hanson says. “Some of those guys used to play at dances at the Eagles.”

The dance will be free and open to all ages. It will conclude at 1 a.m.

Friday will be Military Night at the rodeo, with $10 tickets at the gate for military, firefighters, law enforcement and EMTs who show proper identification.

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Says Newport getting good law enforcement deal

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Should Newport go back to having its own police department? In an hour-long talk at their regular meeting Monday, June 19, Pend Oreille County Sheriff Alan Botzheim told the council it wouldn’t matter to him.

“I don’t need to do your stuff,” he said. “Maybe if the deputies didn’t have 3,000 more calls, it would be easier to keep them,” he said. The Sheriff’s Office

is down three deputies, to 13. It handles about 3,000 Newport calls per year. “Actually, if I didn’t have to cover Newport, I would be at full staff,” he said.

Botzheim appeared before the council after the meeting two weeks ago when council members groused about city law enforcement coverage. Botzheim had let them know he was sick and couldn’t come to that meeting. Since he was sick, he wasn’t able to put the law statistics for Newport together.

Outside Monday night’s meeting, Botzheim said he considered having someone fill in for him, but See law, 2A

Peases retire after 40 years at Cusick

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

CUSICK – “It probably won’t seem real until school is ready to start next fall,” says Jean Pease, 62, who retired recently after 36 years as a full time Cusick teacher, mostly teaching second grade.

Her husband, Nick Pease, 62, also retired this year after 40 years with

the district. Pease, a 1972 Cusick High School grad, has been heavily involved with Cusick athletics, most recently serving as athletic director, as well as a high school biology and physical education teacher.

After graduating Cusick, Pease went on to play football or Spokane Falls Community College, making their traveling squad.

“On the first day, more than 140

turned out,” Nick says. “That’s more football players than the number of people I was used to going to school with.”

Only 35 players traveled to away games for SFCC and Pease was one.

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B r ie f ly Motorcycle Poker Run this Saturday

OLDTOWN – To accompany Rodeo Weekend, the first annual Motorcycle Poker Run for Angel Paws is Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. Registration begins 9:30 a.m. at Fay’s Lounge and ends at Newport City Park. Registration is $25 and includes one poker hand and a t-shirt.

Additional hands are $10. All proceeds go to benefit the non-profit Angel Paws. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place.

For more information and to RSVP, call 509-6713457 or email baubau1038@yahoo.com.

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Public urged to attend Block Watch meeting

BLANCHARD - The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is forming a community Block Watch program in the greater Blanchard area. There will be an informational meeting Friday, June 23, 6 p.m. to 8 at the Blanchard Community Center.

The watch program is community driven and provides an opportunity for residents to work with neighbors to prevent and report crime.

The public is welcome to attend. For more information, contact the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office at 208-263-8417.

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Kids, grab your stick horse NEWPORT – The second annual stick horse races are set for Saturday, June 24 at 3 p.m. in the Newport City Park. Children can purchase a stick horse for a $1 at Ben Franklins, Petroglyph Printing or The Miner and decorate it however they like. Age groups are 3 to 5, 6 to 9 and 10 to 12. There will be prizes for fastest horse and best decorated horse in each category.

The event is sponsored by the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce.

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Iffy tree issue comes up at Priest River City Council

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By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – Most of us can agree that trees are part of the landscape that beautifies a town. In neighborhoods, parks and city streets, a bit of nature adds color and tranquility amongst angular buildings and concrete.

However, sometimes nature has little care for infrastructure, as is the case with seven trees in the area of Seventh and Beardmore that need to be removed, according to Priest River Parks and Tree Commission member Chad Summers. Avista Utilities crews from Sandpoint were called out to that particular spot Saturday, June 17, when high Courtesy photo|City of Priest River winds caused branches Trees grow up and around an intersection near 7th and Beardto fall into power lines, more. Their proximity to power lines and a fire hydrant have resulting in an outage.

Summers, who works for caused them to be scheduled for removal.

Avista, said he doesn’t know how long the outmers said. “I think our and silver poplars are age lasted or how many city, and the community beginning to grow out customers in Priest River at large works really well into the intersection and were affected, but the together when it comes a fire hydrant is also obtrees need to be removed to operations and mainscured, making the area sooner rather than later. tenance projects, and a potential hazard, said “It’s a win/win situathis is no different.”

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Marijuana: Supports medical

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Pend Oreille County Commissioners Karen Skoog and Mike Manus talk county business with consultant Gregg Dorhn Monday morning. Kiss was out of the office for the day. All three commissioners voted unanimously to ban retail marijuana in the county June 12.

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for commissioners banning retail shops in the county.

Skoog agreed, adding that she supports medical marijuana users, as does Manus. Commissioner Steve Kiss was out of the office Monday.

“As we’ve said all along, if the state had not lumped the two together, we wouldn’t have any objections to medical marijuana,” said Manus.

Medical marijuana was approved in Washington State by voters in 1998 under Initiative 692, and Initiative 502 allowed the use of recreational marijuana in 2012.

Snow said the county is currently working on development regulations for processing and growing marijuana in the county.

“We’re trying to consider the unforeseen, the safety of others, and what significant challenges could come up as we move forward,” Skoog said.

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Last year Ione amended its development regulations to permit the retail sales of marijuana in its Highway Commercial district, resulting in the only marijuana dispensary in the county, Pend Oreille Cannabis Company. Newport has approved the sale of retail marijuana in its industrial zone.

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their current development regulations to include provisions governing the production, processing, or retail sales of marijuana, medical or recreational.

Cusick has banned the sale of recreational marijuana in the city limits.

that would have been on overtime and the person wouldn’t have had the statistics to discuss, so nobody came, which is what set council member Mark Zorica off. He objected to no statistics and no sheriff at the previous meeting, starting a wide ranging discussion about law enforcement in Newport.

Monday night, Botzheim said he felt like he was thrown under the bus at that meeting, which was covered by The Miner in a front page story.

Newport was getting a good deal for law enforcement, Botzheim said, comparing the $284,548 Newport pays the county annually for law enforcement to other towns, which pay more.

In addition, to the $284,548, the city also pays for jail and dispatch services.

Botzheim took the city back to when it had its own police department. In 2005, when the city had its own police department, Botzheim said they had three officers and a chief hired from Alaska. They worked days, from 2 to 10 p.m. If police were needed outside those hours, they were called in.

Botzheim compared those days to today. What Newport pays for funds three deputies, Botzheim said.

“You’re paying for three and getting 15 or 16,” he said, meaning that since Newport is the county seat, deputies are usually available. He said crime was down in Newport.

“You’re not having the crimes you’ve had before,” he said, noting last month there were no burglaries and three thefts. “That’s pretty good law enforcement,” he said.

He gave a 2005 burglary in progress call as an example of how things went then. When the burglar was discovered by the homeowner and fled, it was no longer a burglary in progress, because the person left, therefore no longer meeting the criteria for an active crime calling for immediate response.

He compared it to a 2012 call from Zorica, when an intoxicated person wandered into his home during rodeo weekend. A deputy had to be called out to respond, and Botzheim said the deputy was there within seven minutes.

Zorica didn’t agree.

“It was longer than seven minutes,” he said.

Botzheim said that was from the time the deputy was called.

Zorica said he had no idea if the intruder was armed or not.

“I feel like I should have had someone at my house,” he said. “I didn’t feel safe.”

Botzheim said in 2005, he wouldn’t have had anyone show up that night.

It was Zorica noting that there wasn’t someone on duty rodeo weekend that started the discussion at the meeting two weeks ago.

Botzheim assured the council that all vacations were canceled and people have to work on their day off to be on duty during this week’s rodeo weekend.

Botzheim said he had been providing law statistics and attending council meetings each month.

He said that wasn’t called for in the contract between Newport and his office and that he had been coming to council meetings “without being compensated.”

The contract calls for Botzheim to meet monthly with the mayor and that was what he was going to do. He would continue to provide law statistics, but wouldn’t come to council meetings unless something required him to come.

Botzheim said as far as crime goes in Newport, it really didn’t have much compared to other cities its size.

“The biggest problem is that Newport has a couple areas with a lot of traffic,” he said. “That’s not illegal.”

He said a place with a lot of traffic doesn’t qualify as a nuisance house of the kind Spokane has dealt with. Those houses had incidents of rape, prostitution and stabbings, much more serious crimes. “Traffic doesn’t qualify as a nuisance,” Botzheim said.

Council member Nancy Thompson said she had heard from people in the community who wanted answers. “It’s not just us,” she said.

Botzheim said that a problem neighborhood isn’t just a police concern; it’s a community problem. He said it took up to a year to hire a deputy because of all the tests, including polygraph and psychological tests. It takes another two years to train them.

Botzheim was asked about experienced deputies who didn’t need so much training. He said they don’t want to come here unless they have a problem elsewhere.

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b r i e f ly WSP targets left lane violators OLYMPIA – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has received numerous requests to address left lane “campers” in our state. In response to the requests, the WSP will be conducting a statewide focus of effort to address the left lane violators. The focus of effort is taking place this week.

RCW 46.61.100 requires all vehicles to keep right except when passing on multiple lane roadways. Left lane “campers” are drivers who remain in the passing lane (left lane) for long periods of time without passing.

The WSP targets left lane violators to educate them on the consequences of “camping” in the left lane. Left lane camping can lead to road rage, aggressive driving, traffic congestion, and collisions.

If you’re caught camping in the left lane it could result in a $136 ticket. The WSP contacted 16,453 left lane violators last year.

The WSP would like to remind everyone to save their camping for the wilderness and not the left lane.

U.S. Marshalls warn of phone scams SPOKANE – The U.S. Marshals Service is warning the public of several nationwide telephone scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials.

In one scam, the caller attempts to collect a fine in lieu of arrest for failing to report for jury duty.

The U.S. Marshals Service does not call anyone to arrange payment of fines over the phone for failure to appear for jury duty or any other infraction.

In another scam, call recipients are told they have won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and are directed to pay a fee in order to claim the prize.

In order to appear credible, these scammers may provide information like badge numbers, the names of actual law enforcement officials and federal judges, and courthouse addresses.

They may also spoof their phone numbers to appear on caller ID as if they are calling from the court or a government agency.

Victims have been told they can avoid arrest or claim a prize by purchasing a prepaid debit card or gift card and reading that number over the phone to the scammers.

The Marshals Service urges the public not to divulge personal or financial information to unknown callers, even if they sound legitimate.

Actual court orders can be verified through the clerk of court’s office of the U.S. District Court in your area.

People who think they were a victim of such a scam are encouraged to report the incident the local U.S. Marshall Service in Spokane by calling 509-353-2781.

correction O’Reilly’s Auto Parts is opening this weekend, not in July, as stated in a story about Oldtown City Council in last week’s issue of The Miner. O’Reilly’s is opening this weekend, Saturday, June 24. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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This is how the Cusick arena at the Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds looks after a rain. The clay under the dirt doesn’t allow water to drain.

Sand needed for Cusick arena 4-H group appeals to county commissioners for money

NEWPORT – If you love our little corner of the Northwest and have some time to give, the Greater Newport Area Visitors Center could be an ideal opportunity.

Visitors from across the globe stop by asking about our area’s highlights, and with travel season upon us the vital service that volunteers provide is critical in keeping the Center open during optimal times.

“We’re looking for volunteers who are willing to spend anywhere from two to four hours at the Visitors Center Thursday through Sunday throughout the busy summer season,” said Randy Pymm, president of the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber is also seeking candidates to fill the paid position of Volunteer Coordinator, as Glennis Stott is stepping down.

“We deeply appreciate Glennis’ hard work and creative ideas supporting our community. She always has a warm welcome and bright smile for visitors who stop See center, 5A

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By Don Gronning Of The Miner

CUSICK – The Bare Mountain Bandits 4-H club has taken on quite a community service project. They want to add up to 12 inches of sand to the Cusick arena at the Pend Oreille County fairgrounds.

“So far the club has raised $640 hosting a yard and bake sale in May and washing PUD trucks,” said group leader Nicole Seeber.

Costs to put new sand in the arena, depending on how much sand is used, range from $16,500 for 1,100 cubic

‘So far the club has raised $640 hosting a yard and bake sale in May and washing PUD trucks.’

Nicole Seeber 4-H Leader

yards, which would add six inches of sand to the arena, to $33,000 for 2,200 cubic yards, which would add 12 inches to the arena.

In addition, to keep the clay from rising to the arena surface, typar fabric would be spread over the arena before the new sand is added.

That adds about $4,500 to the project.

The Bandits made a presentation to county commissioners Tuesday, June 13, laying out their case for new sand.

The Cusick arena has a lot of clay in it, which makes for hard ground that doesn’t drain properly.

The arena is a danger when it gets wet, club members told commissioners Mike Manus and Steve Kiss.

Horses slip and slide, posing the danger of a fall, and even when it isn’t wet, it is hard to work properly so it isn’t too hard.

In their presentation, the Bandits used a power point presentation and skits to make their point. They said there were 200 youth enrolled in 4-H and one in four are involved

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The Bare Mountain Bandits 4-H club made an appeal to Pend Oreille County Commissioners to add sand to the Cusick arena.

Commissioner Mike Manus kicked in $100 towards the effort.

The club has raised $640 and an anonymous donor has contributed $3,000.

with horses.

Usually there are 4-H Horse clinics held in the arena but last year none were held because of the state of the arena.

Commissioners heard from Dan Rejonen of the county Road Department. Rejonen handles ground preparation for the Newport Rodeo.

He explained some of the challenges to keeping arena grounds in top shape. At Newport, Rejonen handles discing the arena. Since he has been doing it for years, he has it down.

At Cusick, where various volunteers do the work, it is more uneven depending on their experience.

Since arenas aren’t usually totally level, topsoil can be dragged to the low end during the process of working the arena, leaving more clay at the high end.

Rejonen said tractor operators would have to be especially careful if the typar is used, lest it get hooked by the disc or springtooth and dragged to the surface.

Commissioners agreed to work on the project, along with the 4-H group. Manus tossed a $100 bill out on the table as a donation.

He said an anonymous donor had contributed $3,000 towards the project.

The commissioners said the county could likely haul the sand, which would save a little.

Sherman Rock and Concrete sells sand.

They said they would offer it for $2 a ton if the county hauls it and $2.50 a ton if they do it.

The Bare Mountain Bandits plan to continue fundraising and

want to reach out to other 4-H clubs for help.

They’re looking for items for a raffle.

If you have something to donate for the raffle, contact Seeber by email at nseeber14@gmail. com.

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It’s time for the Newport Rodeo

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or more than 68 years, the Newport Rodeo has slipped into town like an old friend coming home to visit. The unique event and celebration that surrounds it can’t be recreated. It cuts the dust from parched throats with the ice-cold beer of traditions and magical Western myths. Many communities are envious of these few special days in Newport.

The Newport Rodeo is worth keeping for more than sentimental reasons. It brings thousands of people to town as either participants or fans to the actual two day show. It also creates an atmosphere of community celebration and pride. Would there be a parade without the rodeo? Would so many people schedule their family reunions or return visits around rodeo weekend without it?

Some don’t get why small communities work so hard on their festivals and events. These people also don’t get what makes small town life attractive.

Like anything in life, a community celebration can’t simply stand on the same ground that made it successful in the past.

A lot of people put a lot of time into this weekend to make it not just an attraction to those visiting, but as a treat for those who live here.

Take advantage of this great community we live in and go to the rodeo this weekend, and all the other events that go with it.

What’s next?

By Christina LeBlanc

As most of the community probably knows, graduation for Priest River and Newport was on June 10.

Although it may be a few days past this emotional event, the aurora of the day still remains. At least to me it does. As it should be for a newly graduated Priest River Lamanna High School alumni.

My status as a high school graduate hasn’t even existed barely over a week and yet I still feel like I haven’t experienced a little fragment of the celebration. I should LeBlanc feel or have felt overwhelmed and excited for it to be over right? That’s what everyone else feels. Why don’t I? All my close friends have already left town to start their new lives away from this old one. They have already had a huge celebration over the fact they’re graduates and I’m still stuck on the shoreline. What’s next for me?

Oh believe me, I do have plans for the coming fall. I will be attending University of Idaho and assisting my boyfriend in up keeping an apartment, but where’s the reality? My body hasn’t accepted that I’ve graduated and will be moving in a month’s time. Nor has it accepted all my friends have come and gone. Everyone has gone through the rollercoaster ride of excitement and horror, but all I feel is boredom – as if I’m waiting in line.

I don’t feel excited for what’s to come, but not as if I’m scared of something – more like I can’t grasp it. I do feel one thing: stressed. That’s the closest thing I feel to connect me to what is and has happened. I want to feel excited, but I have too many obstacles in my way: selling my car to pay for an apartment; getting a job to try to support myself when I do get down there; and finding a way down there/packing my things. Get why I’m so stressed?

I just don’t feel in place and I shouldn’t be at only the age of 18. But I do think I at least should feel something other than stressed. I don’t want to feel anxious nor do I want to feel rushed, I just want to feel renewed. I keep wondering if I will ever feel anything other than stressed. Although, a person will always feel stressed, so there’s no point wishing that you can’t. So again, I wonder: what’s next?

I’ll tell you what’s next. My life. As a college student, as a girlfriend and as a human being. Whatever is next is whatever I make it to be. I plan to make it a good life, as should everyone else in the world. Even though I, a regular 18-year-old teenager, who feels stressed and stretched beyond her limits – am young and ambitious, I still am and will strive to be everything that I can be.

So whatever is next will be something so amazing that it will definitely be me. Everyone else’s reactions and movements don’t define who I shall be. Who says I have to ride the same rollercoaster as everyone else? Who says I have to rush into the tide as everyone plainly does? I set my own path off of my own reactions and off of my own emotions and movement. This path may be harder or even easier than everyone else’s but at least I’ll know I arrived on this path on my own. Which gives me a sense of control on my own life. As it should for everyone else. So I shall ask again, but this time, I direct it to you. What’s next?

Christina LeBlanc is a 2017 Priest River Lamanna High School graduate. She’ll attend the University of Idaho and major in psychology; psychology/ communication studies; Advertising; Journalism and Mass Media. Ever since she was a little girl, she always wanted to be a writer and she hopes to find that at U of I.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Paulina Staab great in ‘Legally Blonde’ To the editor, Actors in ‘Legally Blonde’ at the Pend Oreille Playhouse turned in an outstanding performance for us mature audience types.

Every actor was spot on but if there were Tonys in Newport, the lead actress, Paulina Staab, would win hands down.

Thanks for the great show Pend Oreille Players.

-Mark Bender Newport

McMorris Rodgers wrong on guns To the editor, Has there been enough killing? It doesn’t matter if it was one of 20 children and seven adults killed at Sandy Hook, the recent shooting of six Congressmen, or any of the 93 daily deaths (average) from guns. No one in our nation should have to fear for their life, yet that is becoming reality in our country. This is an American issue and can be solved by our Congress.

They can intervene and they can stop much of the violence and make sure we are safe, simply by the laws they pass. I hope each senator and representative will take time to think of their actions concerning guns and act for the safety of the people.

Concerning our 5th district Representative, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, I ask that she reconsiders her voting for such bills as The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, which would allow concealed guns to be carried from state to state, even if the state does not want concealed guns. Anyone would be allowed to conceal carry in school zones and on public lands.

McMorris Rodgers also takes the stance of absolutely no background checks for gun purchases.

She said, “I think we have to be careful about new... suggesting new gun laws.”

Her personal choices take away our safety. It is time for our Congresswoman to change her stance, do her duty and make America safer. That is what real representatives of the people will do.

-Patricia Bates Clarkston

Need to find areas of agreement and build on them To the editor, For years now, there has been dissatisfaction with the way our federal government has worked; nothing much seems to be accomplished. The fault lies with both parties, and ultimately, the fault lies with us.

We are all so sure that we are right and the other person is wrong. Instead of finding some point of agreement, we focus on our differences. I hope that the terrible shooting in DC a few days ago can help us focus on the things that are important: we are all Americans and we all love our country.

If we will only listen to one another instead of just waiting our turn to disagree – if we will find areas of agreement and build on them – then we can all work together for the good of our country.

Isn’t that what we all want?

-Ruth Calkins Newport

Radon No. 2 cause of lung cancer To the editor; Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of both men and women in

our nation. The American Lung Association’s Lung Force campaign aims to increase awareness about lung cancer. We can reduce our risk of lung cancer by not smoking, eating well, exercising, and by testing our homes for radon.

Radon exposure is the No. 2 leading cause of lung cancer. Every year, more than 21,000 Americans die of lung cancer due to radon exposure. It is one of the risk factors of lung cancer that remains elusive to people in Washington who are unknowingly being exposed every day in their homes.

Commonly known as a “silent killer,” radon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas naturally found in rock, soil, and less commonly in water.

Radon can sometimes get into homes regardless of whether it’s new or old, well-insulated or drafty, with or without basement; radon enters through cracks in the floors or walls.

Radon gas is extremely damaging to living tissue.

Many counties in Eastern Washington, including Pend Oreille County, have shown to have elevated rates of radon gas. While there is no safe level of exposure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends radon levels at home to be less than 4 picocuries per liters (pCi/L). Pend Oreille County is at 4.8 pCi/L according to data that have been collected by Air Chek, Inc., the US EPA, various state and county health departments.

The American Lung Association recommends testing your home to know if it has elevated rates of radon. Testing is inexpensive, quick, and easy. You can purchase a low-cost home test kit at

www.radonkit.org.

For more information regarding radon visit www.epa.gov/radon. For Lung health, visit www. lung.org.

-Molly Ryan, MPH Washington Program Director

McMorris Rodgers wants to make silencers cheaper To the editor, A Republican congressional leader was gunned down on a baseball field and what do you think is happening in Congress?

Our congresswoman is a cosponsor to HR 367 “The Hearing Protection Act of 2017.” This bill eliminates the $200 federal tax on firearm silencers. I suppose the idea is to make it easier to purchase firearm silencers to protect the hearing of citizens shooting a firearm.

Now picture yourself on that ball field being shot at by a legal gun owner who has extreme political issues and uses his gun to shoot politicians and their staff. The silencer that our congresswoman supports would make it more difficult to determine where the shots are coming from.

If the shooter has a flash suppresser or a silencer on his gun, how could a citizen or law enforcement officer respond with their firearms? Had the shooter used a scope and took up a sniper position he could have shot more people including the Capital Police officers who only had handguns.

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If you have any ideas for future readers’ poll questions, submit them at minernews@povn.com.

Should President Trump be able to block users from his Twitter accounts?

U.S. college student Otto Warmbier returned to the United States last week, after being held in North Korea on accusations he took down a political poster. When he returned to the U.S., he was a state of coma and later died.

Should the U.S. retaliate against North Korea for the death of Otto Warmbier?

No. Trump’s tweets are public and should be available to all.

Yes. The president should be able to run his Twitter accounts the way he wants.

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Yes. No.

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by,” said Pymm. A handful of dedicated volunteers have been keeping the doors open, but more volunteers are needed, especially with all the summer activities taking place.

The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce envisions a bright future for the Visitors Center with plans to integrate the works of the Economic Development Council, Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance, and other local economic and tourism organizations. The chamber wants to ensure the center is not only a welcoming place for visitors to grab maps and brochures but wants to set the tone for Newport and Pend Oreille County placemaking.

Initial plans include painting and redesigning the interior emphasizing Pend Oreille County’s “High tech. High rec” motto.

In keeping with this theme, a couple of work desks and charging stations will be placed along the walls so visitors can log-on to the internet while they recharge their mobile devices.

The chamber believes its plans to highlight the best of Pend Oreille County in the Visitors Center will provide fresh experiences for all who visit Newport, Oldtown, and Pend Oreille County. The chamber and Visitors Center welcomes everyone’s constructive ideas, and success will be dependent upon the support of local organizations, community members, and volunteers who step up and lend a hand in revitalizing and keeping the Center open.

For more information online check out www.newportareachamber.com.

NEWPORT – A first degree assault charge against Leroy Tarbert, 83, was dismissed at the prosecutor’s request in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, June 15.

Prosecuting attorney Brooks Clemmons said Tarbert hadn’t been interviewed initially, as he asserted his right to an attorney before speaking.

the parking lot to the courtroom, according to Clemmons’ motion.

Superior Court Judge Jessica Reeves accepted the dismissal.

Tarbert was initially charged for a shooting

that happened Aug. 13, 2016, at a Davis Lake residence.

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When prosecutors understood that he would be asserting self-defense as a defense, Clemmons said he didn’t think they could overcome the defense, since there were no witnesses. That, coupled with Tarbert’s age and health condition, led to the decision to drop the charge. Tarbert is on oxygen and uses a wheelchair to get from

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Reservations are already being taken. Dinner at 4:30 p.m. is $12, and reservations for this will also be necessary as seating is limited. To make reservations for the concert and/or the dinner, call The Cutter Theatre at 509-446-4108. The Cutter Theatre is located at 302 Park Street in Metaline Falls.

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she would want to help a shooter by arming him with a weapon that makes it easier to shoot at her without being detected. If someone is shooting at her, she can’t find safe cover and the officers trying to protect her can’t tell where the shots are coming from.

Finally, why are we promoting such negative political discourse that people resort to shooting our representatives in response to their political actions? The health care bill that McMorris Rodgers passed is certainly going to contribute to the premature death of some of her constituents. This creates more negative political discourse and devastated families.

-Pete Scobby Newport

Play made good use of small stage To the editor, I drove to Newport from the Colville area to see Sophia Aldous in the Pend Oreille Playhouse production of “Legally Blond – the Musical.” And I am glad I did. The cast was great.

They worked hard. I applaud their innovative use of a small stage to show the different stages of the show. Everyone did a great

job – and some actors in more than one part. I hope others take the time for a fun evening or afternoon and support the Pend Oreille Playhouse producers, workers, actors, and directors.

-Mary Selecky Colville

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‘Legally Blonde’ a smash hit To the editor, Another smash hit, Pend Oreille Players in Newport, have done it again.

They have produced and performed their opening night with ‘Legally Blonde,’ entertaining the audience in spades with Paulina Staab leading the great cast as the Blonde who sang and danced with tickled authority on a minute stage designed and executed by Charlie Monte who directed the play as well and music directed

by Millie Brumbaugh. The performers as the Greek Chorus, OMG, were in top gear throughout and the entire Heneise Family in a variety of roles were high in spirits and performed as if on Broadway. Congrats are due the entire cast and crew succeeded in entertaining.

-Ruth Wagner Newport

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Denise Stewart’s Estate & Long Term Care Law Group is doing a summer prize giveaway that will benefit the Newport Food Bank.

The business is holding a drawing for a Premium

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Entry into the drawing is free. For every entry that is received, the ELTC Law Group will donate $1 to the food bank. To enter, call 509 447-3242. The winner will be notified on July 14.

“We really wanted to find a way to give back to the community,” founding attorney Denise Stewart said. “Newport has been home to our firm for over 10 years and we wanted to say thank you.”

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Pierce wins Outstanding Service Award as HOSA advisor NEWPORT – Newport High School Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Supervisor and district employee Saraya Pierce was nominated for the prestigious GoodheartPierce Wilcox Outstanding Service Award (outstanding HOSA Advisor in the west). Each state in the western region of the United States chose one HOSA advisor as their nominee.

Pierce was selected out of all of the advisors in Washington State as the

nominee.

On Tuesday, June 13, she was named the winner of Goodheart-Wilcox Outstanding Service Awards recipient as the HOSA Advisor of the Year for the entire western region of the United State of America. This award also comes with a $2,000 prize made out to the advisor.

“This is a well-deserved honor and we are very proud of her for her outstanding contribution to kids,” says NHS Principal Troy Whittle.

Pierce will be honored in front of 11,000 people at the national convention in Orlando, Fla. later this month.

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Community businesses and individuals have come together to make visitors to Pend Oreille County a little more welcome, with a sign project spearheaded by Fred and Susan Willenbrock. Donations have funded the new sign in Newport, and the Willenbrocks did the landscaping themselves. More welcome signs are planned for the north and south parts of the county.

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told deputies that he, his two young daughters and girlfriend were visiting Tarbert, to talk about some work and were intending to stay the night.

The man and Tarbert have known each other for years, he told the deputy. Tarbert and the man were arguing, something not unusual, according to the man. The man’s girlfriend said they had both been drinking.

Tarbert said he had a

gun and the man told him to get it, according to the statement. He was surprised when Tarbert came out of the bedroom with a .30-30 rifle. The man grabbed the gun, which went off, injuring his face and rupturing his eardrum but not striking him with a bullet.

The man took the gun away from Tarbert and pushed him, he told deputies. Tarbert later said he let the gun go. The man who was shot said

he had sent his daughters and girlfriend out of the house and turned to face Tarbert, who had retrieved the gun, when Tarbert shot him.

The man told deputies when he asked Tarbert for help while lying on the ground Tarbert cursed him and threatened to “jack him again with another one if you threaten me in my own house.” The man told the deputy the single gunshot injured his lung, liver, ribs and arm.

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OLYMPIA – Molina Healthcare of Washington, Pend Oreille County’s only insurer through the Washington Healthplanfinder, has filed documents with the state Insurance Commissioner seeking a substantial rise in premiums for 2018.

According to a Spokesman Review story Tuesday, June 19, Molina is seeking a 36 percent rise in premiums for Washington’s Region 4, which includes Spokane, Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln and Pend Oreille counties.

According to the Review story, premium rates will rise to $258 for a 26-year-old non smoker, $365 for a 45-year-old non smoker and $686 for a 60-year-old non smoker.

“I’m deeply troubled by the changes we’re seeing for next year’s health insurance market,” Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, a Democrat, said in a news release. Currently, no insurer has filed plans in two counties – Klickitat and Grays Harbor. As of March 2017, 1,119 people in Klickitat County and 2,227 in Grays Harbor County were enrolled in the individual market.

“The proposed drop in insurers and coverage areas clearly indicates to me that the uncertainty the Trump administration and the GOP-controlled Congress has sowed for months is sabotaging the progress we’ve made,” Kreidler said in the news release. “Their actions, including failing to commit to fund the cost-sharing subsidies, not enforcing the individual mandate, and continuing to push in secret the severely flawed American Health Care Act are eroding confidence health insurers have in the market here and across the nation.

These actions only increase premiums and decrease insurer participation.”

Under current state law, if no health insurer is available in a particular county, the only coverage option is through Washington state’s high-risk pool, WSHIP. However, because WSHIP is not a qualified Exchange insurer, subsidies would not be available.

All proposed rates for 2018 will be public 10 days from the June 7 filing deadline. No decisions will be made until early fall. Rates as well as coverage areas may change during the review, according to the news release.

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A survey conducted by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association shows one-third of United States adults have had symptoms consistent with a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a mini-stroke, but only 3 percent called 911 for help.

“Ignoring any stroke signs could be a deadly mistake,” said Mitch Elkind, M.D., chair of the American Stroke Association Advisory Committee. “Only a formal medical diagnosis with brain imaging can determine whether you’re having a TIA or a stroke.”

The survey showed 35 percent of respondents experienced at least one sign of a TIA or ministroke, such as sudden trouble speaking or a severe headache with no known cause.

According to the online survey, those who suffered symptoms were more likely to wait it out, rest or take medicine rather than call 911.

Stroke is a leading

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However, with proper, timely medical attention, stroke is largely treatable.

The faster you are treated, the more likely you are to have a positive outcome.

The American Stroke Association’s Together to End Stroke initiative, nationally sponsored by Medtronic, teaches the acronym F.A.S.T. to help people remember the most common stroke warning signs and what to do in a stroke emergency:

F – Face drooping A – Arm weakness S – Speech difficulty T – Time to call 911 While the symptoms are the same, the difference between a TIA and a stroke is that the blockage is temporary, lasting between a few minutes and 24 hours.

People who suffer a TIA, sometimes called a warning stroke, are more likely to have a stroke within 90 days, according to the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association.

Elkind said anyone who experiences a stroke warning sign that appears suddenly,

whether it goes away or not, should call 911 immediately. This could improve the chances of an accurate diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Stroke symptoms come on suddenly with no known cause and may include confusion, trouble speaking or understanding; weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body; trouble seeing in one or both eyes; trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; or a severe headache.

To learn more about stroke warning signs and treatment, visit StrokeAssociation.org.

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Qualified candidates must have strong communication and interpersonal skills related to customer, staff and vendor interactions.

Strong leadership skills to include training, coaching, goal setting and continuous improvement. Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products and/or billing/accounting software is preferred. Ten key and typing ability (50 wpm minimum), along with solid basic math skills are required. Other requirements include a high school diploma (or equivalent), Bachelor’s degree preferred, along with a minimum of ten years’ experience in a customer service setting.

Interested candidates should submit an application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources, Pend Oreille County PUD #1, PO Box 190, Newport, WA 99156 or to careers@popud.org . Applications may be obtained at the main Newport office or at Box Canyon Dam, or online at www.popud.org.

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The individual hired would have primary responsibility for processing invoices submitted to the District for payment. Work is performed using a desktop PC and related application software/processes.

Qualified candidates must possess demonstrated accounts payable skills and directly related work experience. Keyboarding and 10-key skills are required, along with the ability to effectively communicate with both internal staff and external customers/vendors.

Qualified applicants must possess solid math skills and be able to accurately process a large volume of workflow. A High School Diploma is required, along with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an office position with accounts payable responsibilities.

Interested candidates should submit an application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources, Pend Oreille PUD #1, PO Box 190, Newport, WA 99156 or to careers@popud.org. Applications may be obtained at the main Newport office or at Box Canyon Dam, or online at www.popud.org. This position is open until filled.

The District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Continued from 9A be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 22, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) Dated: June 5, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 7 and 14, 2017.(19-2) 201784 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. TS No.: WA - 1 6 - 7 3 7 2 9 8 - S W A P N N o . : 453006-41-0001 Title Order No.: 7283 Deed of Trust Grantor(s): JENNY L SHEA, MICHAEL D SHEA Deed of Trust Grantee(s): ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2004 0274655 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 7/21/2017 , at 10:00 AM At the main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, located at 625 W 4th St, Newport, WA 99156 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of PEND OREILLE, State of Washington, to-wit: The East 1,062.44 feet of the North 820 feet of the N1/2SE1/4 of Section 6, Township 30 North, Range 45EWM. TOGETHER with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over the North 15 feet of said North half connecting to Telephone Road. 1341 E Telephone Rd Newport Wa 99156 More commonly known as: 1345 Telephone Rd E, NEWPORT, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 4/16/2004, recorded 4/23/2004, under Instrument No. 2004 0274655 records of PEND OREILLE County, Washington , from MICHAEL D. SHEA AND JENNY L. SHEA, HUSBAND AND WIFE , as grantor(s), to PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE , as original trustee,

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

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

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to secure an obligation in favor of ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC , as original beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-HE10 , the Beneficiary, under an assignment recorded under Auditors File Number 20110309487 II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $97,122.37 . IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $143,191.22 , together with interest as provided in the Note from 7/1/2010 on, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute.

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 7/21/2017 . The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 7/10/2017 (11 days before the sale date), or by other date as permitted in the Note or Deed of Trust, to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 7/10/2017 (11 days before the sale), or by other date as permitted in the Note or Deed of Trust, the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank.

The sale may be terminated any time after the 7/10/2017 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower(s) and Grantor(s) by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. The list of recipients of the Notice of Default is listed within the Notice of Foreclosure provided to the Borrower(s) and Grantor(s). These requirements were completed as of 12/8/2016 .

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20 th 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 20 th 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. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY

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SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/ consumers/homeownership/post_ purchase_counselors_foreclosure. htm . The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal.hud. gov/hudportal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/ hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=se arch&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=d fc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear . Additional disclaimers provided by the Trustee: If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the noteholders rights against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Dated: 3/10/2017 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Lauren Esquivel, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202 Seattle, WA 98104 (866) 925-0241 Sale Line: 916-939-0772 or Logi n to: http:// wa.qualityloan.com Trustee Sale Number: WA-16-737298-SW State of: County of: On before me, I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of WITNESS my hand and official seal. ( Seal) Signature IDSPub #0123996 6/21/2017 7/12/2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 21 and July 12, 2017.(21, 24) 2017164 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE P U B L I C W O R K S D E PA R T M E N T N E W P O R T, WA S H I N G T O N Sealed Bids will be received by the County of Pend Oreille at the County Commissioners Office, located in the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, Washington, until 10:00 AM Tuesday, June 27, 2017 and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the construction of the improvement.

All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in accordance with Section 1-02.7 of the 2016 Washington State Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the County of Pend Oreille.

Bid Proposal, Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department, Road Division, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, Washington 99156, upon payment of $30.00, non-refundable, per set. All checks shall be made payable to the Pend Oreille County Road Department.

This project provides 30 working days for completion.

Informational copies of maps, plans and specifications are on file for inspection in the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department, Road Division, in Newport, Washington, and the Chapter offices of the Associated General Contractors of America. Plans and specifications may also be viewed at the official Pend Oreille County web site: http://www.pendoreilleco.org A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Monday, June 19, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the Pend Oreille County Court House, Public Works Conference Room, 625 West 4th Street, Newport Washington.

Bids are to be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to:

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COURTHOUSE, NEWPORT, WASHINGTON 99156 with “BID FOR COUNTY ROAD PROJECT NUMBER 837 Sullivan Lake Inlet Bridge written on the outside.

Pend Oreille County in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d--42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex inconsideration for an award.

Published in The Newport Miner June 7, 14 and 21, 2017.(19-3) 2017162A PUBLIC NOTICE E S TAT E O F D AV I S , R O Y SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00019-5 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Roy W. Davis Deceased PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: June 14, 2017 Connie Davis, Administrator PO Box 541 Newport WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.(20-3) 2017169 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00020-9 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of JAMES HUGGINS, Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: June 14, 2017 Christine Huggins, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Continued on 11A

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2017170 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given, the Newport School District No.56-416 is accepting written proposals according to district specification provided in the proposal document. Request for proposal is for providing of Diesel Fuel for Pupil Transportation Operations. Proposal documents are available in electronic form on the district website at www.newport. wednet.edu or may be obtained in printed form from the District Business Manager at 509-447-3167.

Proposals shall be returned to the following address: Newport School District Debra Buttrey, Business Manager 1380 W. 5th Street P.O. Box 70 Newport, WA 99156 Phone: 509-447-3167 Proposal timeline is as follows: Note: Proposals received after scheduled closing cannot be considered.

Proposal advertised: June 14, 2017 and June 21, 2017 Proposal due date: June 29, 2017 by 2:00 p.m.

Proposal award date: July 24, 2017 The District reserves the right to accept any proposal it deems most favorable to the interests of the District. It also reserves the right to waive any informalities and irregularities and reject any and/ or all proposals or any portion submitted which in their opinion is not in the best interest of the district. No contractor may withdraw or alter his proposal after the time set for opening thereof, unless award of contract is delayed for a period of more than forty-five days.

Published in The Newport Miner June 14 and 21, 2017.(20-2) _________________________ 2017172 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 6, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Tim D. Windhorst, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-016), Location: River Edge Estates; Cusick, WA 99119 Parcel#: 433635529003 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 1, 2017 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project.

The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) _________________________ 2017173 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction

Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 5, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Josh James Whitney, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-017), Location: 202 Westshore Drive, Newport, WA 99156; Parcel#: 443227530006 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May, 25, 2017 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) __________________________ 2017174 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 5, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from John A. Anderson, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-018), Location: 971 E. Joyner, Cusick, WA 99119; Parcel#: 433733529016.

An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 5, 2017 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project.

The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) __________________________ 2017176 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00022-5 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O

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CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of DEAN A. PERSYN, Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: June 14, 2017 Neil R. Persyn, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242

O F P E N D O R E I L L E C O U N T Y, WA S H I N G T O N SMALL WORKS ROSTER Pursuant to Washington State Statute RCW 39.04.155 and RCW 54.04.070, the Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County maintains a Small Works Roster of Contractors who wish to submit proposals for various contracts with an estimated cost not exceeding $300,000. The roster is comprised of contractors who have requested to be placed on this roster and who are properly licensed and registered to perform such work in the State of Washington.

Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County invites all contractors, who are not currently on the PUD’s Small Works Roster, and who are interested in performing small works construction to contact the Contracts Administrator at 509-447-9345. A form will be forwarded to all inquiries to be completed and returned to the Public Utility District for inclusion of your company in the Small Works Roster. The Small Works Roster application is also available on the PUD’s website at: www.popud. org. Minority and women-owned contracting firms are encouraged to respond. Contractors who are currently on the Small Works Roster do not need to re-apply.

Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.(20-3)

2017180 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T H AT WA S C O N T I N U E D I N D E F I N I T E LY O N M A R C H 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 PURSUANT TO THE REVISED C O D E O F WA S H I N G T O N CHAPTER 61.24, ET. SEQ. Reference No. for Deed of Trust Being Foreclosed # 314387 A d ditional on Page 2 Beneficiary: Christy Leavitt Connie Shenefelt, Successor Trustee Grantor: Leisa Glasgow, n/k/a Leisa GlasgowBunting Successor Trustee: Chris A. Montgomery, Montgomery Law Firm Legal Description: Lots 15 and 16 in Block 10 of the Town of Ione, Washington, as recorded in Book 1 of Plats, Page 20, records of the Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Tax Parcel No. 433706-54-8072 TO: LEISA GLASGOW-BUNTING 414 Main Street Ione, Washington 99139 LEISA GLASGOW-BUNTING P.O. Box 942 Ione, Washington 99139 DSHS – DCS P.O. Box 11520 Tacoma, WA 98411-5520 ADEPT ESCROW CO. E. 107 Magnesium Road Spokane, WA 99208 Escrow No. 44425 (Courtesy Notice) OCCUPANT(S) 414 Main Street Ione, Washington 99139 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will, on July 21, 2017, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, main door, inside lobby, in the City of Newport, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following-described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: Lots 15 and 16, Block 10 of the Town of Ione, Washington, as recorded in Book 1 of Plats, Page 20, records of the Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington. which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated February 14, 2013, and recorded February 21, 2013 under Auditor’s File No. 20130314387 records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from LEISA GLASGOW, now known as Leisa Glasgow-Bunting, a married woman, as Grantor, to Stevens County Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of JAMES C. SHENEFELT and CONNIE SHENEFELT, as Trustees of the JAMES & CONNIE SHENEFELT TRUST, as to an undivided 50% interest; and CHRISTY LEAVITT, an unmarried woman, as to an undivided 50% interest, as beneficiary.

II. No action is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust.

III. The default(s) for which this fore-

2017177 PUBLIC NOTICE N otice of O rdinance A doption On June 12, 2017, the Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2017-2 governing facilities associated with the retail sales of marijuana in unincorporated Pend Oreille County; stating that the county will not process applications for marijuana facilities in towns that have prohibited such facilities; adopting findings of fact; providing for severability; and declaring an emergency. This Ordinance prohibits facilities associated with retail sales of marijuana and repeals the moratorium which was extended by Ordinance 20171. The full text of the Ordinance is available on the Commissioner web page at pendoreilleco.org and will be mailed upon request to the Clerk of the Board.

Published in The Newport Miner June 21, 2017.(21)

2017178 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE PEND OREILLE COUNTY B O A R D O F E Q U A L I Z AT I O N NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Pend Oreille County Board of Equalization will convene at 10:30 a.m. on July 19, 2017 in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington, and will continue in session during a 28day period of not less than three (3) meeting days.

Meetings will be held on July 19, July 26, August 2, August 10, and at other times as necessary to publicly examine and equalize the assessments extended in the current year on the taxable property of said county; to correct all errors in valuation, description or qualities of property assessed by the Assessor; and, to consider a request to reconvene.

The owner or agent of any taxable property who feels there are inequities in their assessment or exemptions may file a petition and appear before that Board at the time and place appointed. Appeal forms may be acquired from the Clerk of the Board of Equalization, Office of the County Commissioners, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington. Appeals must be filed by July 1st or within 30 days of the date of postmark on the revaluation notice, whichever date is later.

DATED this 15th day of June, 2017. /s/Rhonda Cary, Clerk Board of Equalization Published in The Newport Miner June 21, 2017.(21)

2017179 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1

Published in The Newport Miner June 21, 2017.(21)

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The Dairy Farmers of Washington are partnering with local Safeway Albertson’s stores for another promotion that will benefit food banks, the Give-a-Gallon promotion, June 7-26.

During the summer, children no longer have consistent access to milk at school breakfast and lunch. The Give-a-Gallon promotion gives shoppers the opportunity to purchase milk to fill that gap.

“During the school week, each child receives 10 half pints of milk.

So when they are out of school, that steady source of essential nutrients is gone,” said Jeff Steele, Partnership Development Director for the Dairy Farmers of Washington.

Give-a-Gallon is part of the Dairy for Life program, in which dairy farmers and Second Harvest work together to provide milk to families year round.

To participate in Givea-Gallon, customers will find donation scan cards in the dairy section or near the cash register at your local grocery store.

The Give-a-Gallon promotion is now through June 26 at Safeway Albertsons.

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Pend Oreille County launches new video NEWPORT – A new video has placed Pend Oreille County in a starring role meant to inspire technology businesses and workers to consider relocating to northeastern Washington for a “high tech, high rec,” lifestyle.

Commissioned by the Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council, the video is part of a digital marketing campaign the group is conducting this summer as it promotes the PUD’s high-speed fiber optic network to Internet-powered entrepreneurs who also seek a rural lifestyle rich in outdoor recreational opportunities.

The county seat is Newport, population little over 2,000, while the entire county counts only about 13,000 residents.

It’s a land of verdant mountains, pristine rivers and lakes – and also a robust fiber optic network built as part of a $34 million rural development project that delivers gigabit-speed Internet to businesses and residents almost county-wide. The fiber optic network delivers more bandwidth than many metropolitan areas.

With such an infrastructure for Internet-powered entrepreneurs in place, the goal of the new video is simple, said Jamie Wyrobek, executive director of the POCEDC: “We just want to share what a great place Pend Oreille County is to live and work.”

The video highlights the area’s beauty and a “work anywhere” lifestyle that the fiber optic network provides. It was produced by Coeur d’Alenebased Action Sports Media, whose co-founder Taylor Dockins grew up in the Newport/Oldtown area.

See the video on the POCEDC website at www. pocedc.org/gallery, or find it on YouTube on the Pend Oreille County EDC channel.

The main outreach of the video has been via the POCEDC Facebook page, where it has reached more than 32,000 people in little more than three weeks.

Continued from 11A closure is/are made is as follows: Failure to pay when due the following payments and taxes which are now in arrears: Payments Monthly Payments in the amount of $438.79 each, for the months of February 2014 through January 2015 $5,265.48 Monthly reserve account payments due February 1, 2014 through January 1, 2015 in the amount of $216.21 each $2,594.52 Late Charges Late Charges for the months of February 2014 through January 2015 In the amount of $43.88 each $526.56 2014 Annual Hazard Insurance Premium $234.39 Delinquent 2016 & 2017 Real Estate Taxes 1,690.28 TOTAL PAYMENTS, LATE CHARGES & TAXES: $9,533.44 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal of $50,000.00, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from December 3, 2014, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute, which are specifically set forth in the Notice of Foreclosure accompanying this Notice of Trustee’s Sale, and by this reference incorporated herein.

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. This sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on July 21, 2017. The default(s) referred to in Paragraph III, and the sums set forth in the Notice of Foreclosure, must be cured by July 10, 2017 (11 days before the sale) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before July 10, 2017 (11 days before the sale) 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 July 10, 2017 (11 days before the sale) and before the sale by the Grantor or Grantor’s successor in interest 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 Grantor or Grantor’s successor in interest at the following addresses: Name Address Leisa Glasgow-Bunting 4 1 4 Main Street, P.O. Box 942 Ione, Washington 99139 by both first class and certified mail on , proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the written Notice of Default was personally served upon the Grantor at the property described in Paragraph I above on January 2, 2014, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing, to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to 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 its interest in the abovedescribed property.

IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to R.C.W. 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale.

THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only twenty (20) days from the recording date on this Notice to pursue mediation.

NO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.

SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-HOME (4663) Website: www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800)225-5342 Website:www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/ sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=se arch&searchstate=WA The Statewide Civil Legal Aid Hotline for Assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Moving the house This house near the corner of Spokane Avenue and Walnut Street is being prepared for a move a few blocks away to Spruce and Warren Thursday, June 15. After waiting for power lines to be taken down for the move, the home was at its new location Monday, June 19.

Unemployment low in both states OLYMPIA – Washington’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.6 to 4.5 percent in May, establishing a new record low for unemployment, according to the state Employment Security Department.

The Washington state rate is the lowest since comparable recordkeeping began in 1976.

In Idaho the rate is even lower, at 3.2 percent in May. In Idaho’s Northern Region, which includes

Bonner, Boundary, Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, the May unemployment rate is 4.1 percent.

In Pend Oreille County, the rate is higher, at 6.9 percent.

Stevens County has an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent and Ferry County 9.7 percent, the highest in the state.

In Washington, from May 2016 through May 2017, 10 of the state’s 13

Website: http://ocla.wa.gov/aboutOCLA.htm DATED this _____ day of June, 2017.

By: Chris A. Montgomery, Successor Trustee WSBA # 12377 Montgomery Law Firm 287 East Astor Ave,, P.O. Box 269 Colville, WA 99114-0269 Phone: (509) 684-2519 Published in The Newport Miner June 21 and July 12, 2017. (21, 24)

2017182 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pend Oreille County did on June 14, 2017 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Rodger Perry and did on June 15, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for replacement of a dock on Sacheen Lake. (FILE NO. SA-17019), Location: 7964 Fertile Valley Road; Parcel# 433125549004 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 13, 2017 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 6, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: June 15, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 21, and 28, 2017.(21-2

2017183 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 14, 2017 receive a complete Shore-

industry sectors added jobs.

The only sectors reporting job losses were manufacturing (-8,000), mining and logging (-200) and wholesale trade (-200.)

The three industry sectors with the largest employment gains yearover-year in Washington were construction, with 15,300 new jobs, education and health services, with 14,700 new jobs and retail trade with 14,600 new jobs.

line Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, Regional General Permit (RGP) 7 and associated documents from Judy Fredickson on behalf of Ashenfelter Bay Lots 18-26 and did on June 15, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for a Bank Stabilization Project (FILE NO. SSDP-17-005), Location: 1312 Ashenfelter Bay Road, Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 12, Town. 31, Range 45. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 13, 2017 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. 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, Annex 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org.

For questions and/or comments, please contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 6, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Approval Letter/Permit (Army Corp) Dated: June 15, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 21, and 28, 2017.(21-2)

2017185 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF IONE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Ione Town council at the Ione Council Chambers. 112 Central Avenue, Ione, Washington 99139 at 7:10 p.m., Wednesday, June 21, 2017.

The purpose of the hearing is to provide for public comment on the adoption of the Six-year Street Program. /s/ Sandy Hutchinson Clerk-Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner June 21, 2017. (21)

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team had some success, winning the league and later being inducted into the Northwest Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

The community colleges dropped football a few years ago, something Pease didn’t want. He said he benefitted from playing.

“Without playing community college football, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” he said.

He went on to play for what was then the Eastern Washington State College Eagles, starting for them for two years.

The team tied for the league title his second year there.

He had given a career in pro football some thought.

“That was always the goal,” Nick says. He says if he was 3 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier, he might have had a shot. He was fast enough, running a 4.8 40 in pads in college. But without the size, a pro football career wasn’t to be. “It was a dose of reality,” he said.

So he concentrated on his career. He majored in physical education, with minors in biology and psychology.

Nick grew up in the Cusick area, as his father and grandfather did. The Peases came by wagon to the area in the late 1880s and homesteaded.

The three Pease brothers emigrated from England in 1640.

Jean grew up as a military kid, attending 10 schools. She was born in Ephrata, on Larson Air Force Base. She got her teaching degree from Washington State University.

“I started out in nursing in the beginning,” she said, “but I wanted to work with well kids.”

So she switched to education and graduated with a degree in early

childhood education.

While not being at school hasn’t quite kicked in yet, she imagines it will. The school was everything for so long, she said. When she had her son, Trevor, she would put a crib in her room and do paperwork the nights Nick was coaching.

The Peases have been celebrated by a couple retirement parties, one put on by the Kalispel Tribe at Northern Quest Resort and Casino last Friday.

After a touching slide show, the Peases sat through a variety of speakers who relived days of old.

Anna Armstrong, director of education for the tribe, remembered when she played basketball on a team Nick coached.

“I fouled out every game,” she said. “Mr. P would get in my face and scream ‘what are you crying for?”

She says she applies many of the life lessons he taught her now.

Bubba Konkright said he and Nick have been friends 50 years.

Konkright, who isn’t as big as Pease, found himself pitted against Pease in a number of football contact drills.

“You haven’t lived until you’ve had your wind knocked out by Pease,” Konkright said. “He was a brute. Clean and fair, but a brute.”

Troy Hendershott said he remembers having Jean, then a Rasmussen, as his second grade teacher in 1978. She and Nick got married in 1978. “I learned to behave in class because it was more fun” he said.

“She was by far my favorite elementary school teacher.”

Hendershott said Nick taught him responsibility and accountability.

“He taught me what it meant to be a good citizen in your community.”

W h o to c o n ta c t WASHINGTON

Federal

President Donald R. Trump (R) The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington D.C. 20500 Phone: Comments 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Senator Patty Murray (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-0238 Spokane office: 10 North Post Street Spokane WA 00201 Phone: (509) 624-9561 Senator Maria Cantwell (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-0238 Spokane office: W. 910 Riverside, No. 697 Spokane WA 99201 Phone: (509) 353-2547 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 1708 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 224-0238 Colville Office: 555 South Main Colville WA 99114 Phone: (509) 684-3481

State

Governor Jay Inslee (D) Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 360-902-4111 Relay operators for the deaf or hard of hearing, dial 7-1-1 www.governor.wa.gov Legislative District 7 - Position 1 Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber (R) 411 John L. O’Brian building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Phone: (360) 786-7908 Email: Jacquelin.Maycumber@leg. wa.gov No home office yet

Legislative District 7 - Position 2 Rep. Joel Kretz (R) 335A Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Phone: (360) 786-7988 Email: kretz.joel@leg.wa.gov Local Address (March-December) 20 North Main St. PO Box 1 Omak, WA 98441 Phone: (509) 826-7203 State Senator - Legislative District 7 Shelly Short 409 Legislative Building PO Box 40407 Olympia WA 98504 Phone: (360) 786-7612 Email: shelly.short@leg.wa.gov

Washington Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000 During session, weekdays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Legislative homepage: www.leg.wa.gov

He said he had been chewed out by Pease more than once, all deserved, he said. “It made me a better student, player, coach and man,” he said.

He said Nick helped him when he started coaching.

“You’re my friend and I will surely miss you,” he said.

Glenn Nachbar said he was sort of mad about Pease retiring. When Nachbarr first started teaching at Cusick, Pease was a junior in high school. When he retired from Cusick, he had received an award as the longest tenured teacher at Cusick – 38 years. He watched Pease go by, 33, then 34 years.

“Finally he tied my record and then he broke it,” he said.

He said he had done some partner teaching with Jean.

Nachbar, who is from Hawaii, presented the Peases with a weeklong trip to the islands.

Emma Hardie said she had Nick for biology in the eighth grade.

“I loved it so much, I’m going into biology,” she said. She said she had been taught by both Mr. and Mrs. Pease. “We knew we were loved,” she said.

Kalispel Tribal Chairman Glen Nenema said the Peases had taught his children and now his great grandchildren.

“I’m grateful for your commitment to our children,” Nenema said. “It’s an honor to congratulate and thank you.”

The Kalispel Tribe will celebrate the Peases at the annual Powwow in August.

Superintendents, past and present spoke, as did students and colleagues.

Former Cusick superintendent Dan Read said Nick brought a sense of calm to the district.

He said there was no guessing what Jean was thinking at work. “She

d o wn r i v e r e v en t s Wednesday, June 21 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, call 509-442-3030 for reservations Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

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Thursday, June 22 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

Friday, June 23 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Saturday, June 24 Metalines Book Group: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

Monday, June 26 Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library

Tuesday, June 27 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

Wednesday, June 28 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, call 509-442-3030 for reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Above: Nick and Jean Pease beside the koi pond at their home near Cusick. Both are retiring, he after 40 years with the Cusick School District and she with 36 years. They met while working.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Left: This is how Nick Pease looked when he was playing football for the Eastern Washington State College Eagles in 1975.

Pease was a football star at Cusick, then went on to play for Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern.

Miner photo|Penny Pickerel

Below: The Peases’ colleagues had a little fun at the school retirement party, envisioning the Peases a few years down the line and providing them with athletic themed walkers.

would tell you,” he said.

The Peases received a variety of gifts. A woman sang a tribal honor song for the Peases.

The Peases plan to do some traveling this summer. They’ll go to Hawaii and Mexico. Nick will stay involved with the athletics. He will remain Northeast 1B League president and on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District 7 executive board of directors.

But now that the retirement activities are mostly over and their desks cleared out, they have time to reflect.

“Looking back, it went really fast,” Jean said.

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Summers at the June 19 council meeting.

“It’s not an emergency, but at the same time if left unchecked, it’s just a matter of time before another power outage,” said Summers.

The removal would also include what Parks and Tree Commission member Dan Eskelson referred to as “root suckers,” aggressive vertical stems that compete with, and eventually overgrow, tree trunks.

“It’s definitely something that needs to be done,” Eskelson said.

“When you have trees growing in a right-ofway, it’s just not acceptable in the long term.”

The city is coordinating with Avista Utilities and Asplundh Tree Export Co. to remove the trees, tentatively scheduled to take place in the next two weeks.

Eskelson said the area would most likely be replanted with some kind of tree that will not interfere with power lines and is easier to manage as they grow.

Cutter Auction raises $3,000 for community theatre

METALINE FALLS - The Cutter Theatre hosted its annual fund-raising auction Saturday, June 10, to much success according to event organizers. There was some fierce bidding on several items, but it was all in good fun. At the end of the evening, over $3,000 was raised.

Items being sold included two B&B weekends, tickets and passes to Silverwood, the Spokane Fair & Expo, Spokane Chiefs Hockey, and a family pass to the 20172018 athletic events at Whitworth University. Collectables, such as a blue glass collection and antiques, were eagerly bid on, as well as modern appliances.

Local artists Eric Ellsworth, Stacy Pelkie, Lee Stark, Niel Zimmerman, and Ken Smith all provided paintings, sketches and woodwork – going for prices not found in a gallery. And the food items, including a cookies-a-month, cookie trays, a meat package, fresh breads, jams, wines, and homebrew, were the hottest items. A donated “money jar” – holding $173.64 – sold for $100.00.

“The Cutter Theatre wishes to thank all of those who bid and won over 60 items, as well as the businesses, organizations, and individuals who donated to the auction,” says Cutter Theatre Director Tara Leininger.

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Adult tickets are available for $12 in advance, $15 at the gate. Advance tickets for children 5-11 cost $5 and children under 5 are admitted free.

This year’s rodeo will again feature ranch bronc riding and the standard rodeo events, with contestants from throughout the Northwest and Canada competing for about $10,000 in added prize money, along with the prestigious Newport Rodeo trophy buckles. (See rodeo sports story page B1) For local participants, there is the crowdpleasing calf panty pull

contest, in which teams compete to see who can be the fastest to put pantyhose on a calf. Call rodeo president Ray Hanson at 360-770-1180 to participate.

There will also be a stick horse race for youngsters Saturday during the Festivities in the Park, along with a host of other activities.

Children can purchase a stick horse for a $1 at Ben Franklins, Petroglyph Printing or The Miner and decorate it however they like. Age groups are 3 to 5, 6 to 9 and 10 to 12. There will be prizes for fastest horse and best decorated horse in each category.

Hanson says the stick horse finals will be held during Saturday’s rodeo performance. The event is sponsored by the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce.

Rodeo weekend gets underway Friday night, June 23, starting at 4 p.m., with commercial and craft vendors, family fun and a beer garden in the rodeo grounds.

The beer garden is inside the rodeo arena, and will offer beer and spirits.

Saturday kicks off with a Cowboy Breakfast at 8 a.m. at the rodeo grounds.

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At the rodeo grounds will be kids games, slides, mechanical bull rides, a bouncy house, petting zoo and pony rides.

Commercial, craft and food vendors will also be open.

Barrel racing fans will be able to watch a free competition at the rodeo arena Sunday, starting at 11 a.m., when the Inland Barrel Racing Association holds a competition.

This year’s rodeo queen is Jalin Earl of Newport.

The Pend Oreille PUD linemen will be honored as Grand Marshalls of the rodeo parade.

In addition to the rodeo events, the Skagit Rein Riders drill team will perform during both performances.

Rodeo tickets are available in advance at Earl Insurance Newport, Seeber’s, Safeway, Family Foods, Mountain West Bank, Owen’s, Selkirk Ace, Idaho Rigging, Oldtown Hardware, Priest River Ace, and North 40 Outfitters in Mead, Sandpoint, East Trent in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene.

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“It is a time for everyone to gather to view the parade, spread out blankets in the City Park to hear local musicians, eat good food, and take home a treasure from one of the craft vendors. Then as evening approaches everyone heads into the rodeo grounds to be wrapped up in the roar of the crowd.”

To accompany Festivities in the Park, there are 30 craft and non-profit vendors and live music will begin at 11:30 a.m. and go until 6 p.m.

Performers include Larry Sauer, Skookum Creek Music Company, Trout Pond Sammy and Spawn and country music singer Devon Wade.

“With our dedicated Newport/Priest River Rotary Club members, and a huge thanks the Kalispel Tribe of Indians for their most generous contribution, this year and last; we are honored to be able to play a part in having this wonderful tradition continue in our community,” says Brass.

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As the parade ends at Newport City Park around noon, the second annual Festivities in the Park will be well underway.

Sponsored by the Newport/Priest River Rotary Club and Kalispel Tribe, there will be a variety of free games for kids, including Flamingo ring toss, bean bag toss, paper airplane making and flying lead by a local Boy Scout troop, and sidewalk chalk for people to create colorful sidewalk art. The ever-popular chicken poop bingo returns, with a 50/50 cash prize to the winner. Spots on the board are $2 a piece.

“Newport Rodeo Weekend has been considered by myself and many other’s to be a holiday for our community,” says Micki Brass, organizer of Festivities in the Park and Newport/Priest Riv-

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I have lived in Pend Oreille County my entire life and have been around the sport of rodeo for just as long! Every summer since I was little, I looked forward to attending the Newport Rodeo.

I have ridden horses since before I could sit up. I am also a seven-year 4-H member and have represented Pend Oreille County at the state 4-H fair in Puyallup three times. I am very excited and honored to represent the Newport Rodeo Association throughout the Inland Northwest!

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These linemen are dedicated, hard working men who work diligently to keep the power on and protect public safety. They work with thousands of volts of electricity high atop power lines 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to keep electricity flowing. No matter the conditions, when a storm hits and the lights go out, these highly skilled men endure harsh weather and long hours to restore power for their customers.

They’re often called away from home on holidays, a child’s birthday, little league games, and many other family events; because that’s the life of a lineman, and it’s who they are and what they do.

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Rodeo Lingo Added money: The purse put up by the rodeo that is added to the contestants’ entry fees to make up the total prize money.

Dally: A turn of the end of the rope around the saddle horn after the animal is caught in the team roping.

Average:

Dink:

The cumulative score or times in an event competition. The winner of the event is the one with the best total scores or times. The average winner is the event winner.

Go-round: One round of competition. Rodeo events may have several go-rounds.

No time: Failure to qualify during the timed events that is signaled by the flagman by waving the flag side to side.

A bull or horse that doesn’t buck hard enough for the cowboy to get a good score. Half the score comes from how difficult the animal is to ride.

Fading: A bull that spins and moves in the direction of his spin.

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Rodeo Lingo Headhunter: A bull that is constantly looking for someone to charge.

Out the back door: When a rider is thrown off the hind end of the animal.

Pantyhosed: In the team roping, when the heeler catches a steer with the rope going around the animal’s flank, the roper is said to have pantyhosed the steer.

Pickup man: A mounted cowboy who rides alongside contestants and helps them dismount after their rides in the bareback and saddle bronc riding.

Piggin’ string: A short rope used by contestants to tie the calf’s feet in the tie-down roping.

Putting the boots to one:

Well:

Spurring during a bull ride. It’s not required but it may earn extra points for the rider.

The center of the spin, usually on a bull. Riders may get into the well and not be able to regain balance, which creates a dangerous area for dismount.

Sucks back: When a bucking animal suddenly plants its feet and moves backward, pitching the rider over the head.

Sunfishing:

Whipped down: When a rider that is jerked forward on a bull, over or onto the animal’s head.

When a bucking animal twists its body sideways, turning its belly towards the sun.

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Sports

b r i e f ly Metaline Falls Gun Club open house Sunday METALINE FALLS – Have you ever wanted to try trap shooting but have been too shy or embarrassed to try? Or have you shot before and just haven’t done it in a while? Well now is the time to come check them out, Metaline Falls Gun Club secretary Lisa Enyeart says. The club is hosting an open house Sunday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gun club is located at 92 Pend Oreille Mine Road. “We are a family friendly club that believes in having fun and meeting new people,” Enyeart says.

The club will also be taking sign-ups for a five week shoot that starts Sunday, July 9. It’s a five person team challenge so grab four of your friends and form a team. There is a traveling trophy for the winning team. Rules and details will be available at the open house. The traps will be open for practice rounds and the club has shells for sale. Guns will be available to borrow onsite if needed.

For more information, contact club president Tony Zaren at 509-671-1809 or Enyeart at 509-671-3903.

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Almost ready to row Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Association (PORPA) Treasurer Patricia Sudick sands paint off of donated oars. PORPA is a non-profit based in Priest River that promotes safe and responsible rowing in the Pend Oreille River valley of Idaho and Washington. New members are always encouraged. For more information, email contact@porpa.org and check out the website www.porpa.org.

Metaline Falls Gun Club hosting a 5 week, 5 person team challenge METALINE FALLS – The Metaline Falls Gun Club is hosting a five week, five person team challenge.

Teams will be must be made up of three to five people of any age. The entry fee is $5 per person.

Those who don’t have enough people to forma team are invited to come anyway.

The shoot will begin on Sunday, July 9 and the challenge continues to shoot every Sunday and Wednesday for five weeks.

There will be an open house on Sunday, June 25 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. for people to sign up, practice and receive the rules of the shoot.

“We are a family oriented club that likes to have fun and promote gun safety,” said Lisa Enyeart, club secretary.

For more information, contact club president Tony Zaren at 509-671-1809, club secretary Lisa Enyeart at 509-671-3903 or Gary Taylor, youth coach, at 509-671-0390.

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Marci Schreiber and Doug Hammond pause for a picture under dark skies at StoneRidge Golf Course. They were participating in the 10th annual Fore! the Health of It! Golf Tournament held Friday, June 16, to benefit the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation. The event was halted midway because of lightning and thunder, but still raised more than $22,000 for the foundation.

Hospital Foundation golf tourney a bit soggy BLANCHARD – The Fore! the Health of It! Golf Tournament held at StoneRidge Golf Course scrambled 28 foursomes under dismal weather conditions for the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation fundraiser June 16.

The 10th anniversary tournament saw golfers through their seventh hole before calling them back to the clubhouse with a course “alarm” signal. Lightening,

thunder, wind and heavy rain sent golfers scrambling for cover.

StoneRidge officials and tournament coordinators decided to call the game, but golfers gathered for an early dinner and tournament prizes. Even though the prizes normally afforded to tournament winners were raffled, the 100 plus crowd was in good spirits.

Tournament funds grossed over $22,000 to

benefit NHHS Foundation programs including Healthy Kids Snack Bags (a weekly snack delivery program to 250 school-age children from five local communities), and Reach Out and Read, a pre-kindergarten literacy program that provides new books to children age 0 to 5 years old. More information on NHHS Foundation is available at NewportHospitalAndHealth.org.

NEWPORT – Some of the champions from the Colville Panorama Rodeo, held last weekend, will be coming to Newport hoping to repeat their victories.

They are among the dozens of cowboys and cowgirls entered in the 68th edition of the Newport Rodeo.

Colville bullrider Jace Berg will compete Saturday night at Newport. He won Colville and is currently the No. 1 bull rider in the ProWest Rodeo Association. Newport drew at least six bull riders, with late entries being accepted. Spirit Lake bullrider Alex Job will also compete Saturday.

Two local bull riders will not be participating.

Newport’s Jesse Kardos has retired from bull riding and Priest River’s Thor Hoefer II is on the road with one of the Professional Bull Riders circuits.

Another Newport cowboy, Austin Krogh, is recovering from a broken leg suffered while racing motorcycles. His name is absent from the saddle bronc and steer wrestling entries.

All around champion Jacob Stacy of Moses Lake won both the steer wrestling and the saddle bronc riding at Colville. He is entered at Newport, up Saturday in both events. He will be among a field of nine saddle bronc riders and 27 steer wrestlers entered.

Barrel racing drew the most entries, with 40 contestants set to compete. There are a number of riders from around the area competing, including Chelsea Spies of Clayton, Dallas Bauer and Chantell Burrill, both from Colbert.

Breakaway roping got 29 entries, with Colbert’s Madison Brown up Friday.

Steer wrestling drew 17 entries, tie down roping received a dozen entries, and team roping has 26 teams competing.

Bareback riding drew 13 entries, including veteran Jed McKinlay of Colbert. McKinlay, who is a veterinarian, at age 57 is by far the oldest competitor entered in the most physical sport in rodeo. He won Asotin earlier this year and is currently ranked No. 6 in ProWest bareback standings. He will be out Saturday.

Contestants in the riding events can enter more than once, so there are a couple cowboys who will appear twice in the bareback riding.

There are too many team ropers, barrel racers and breakaway ropers for the Friday and Saturday performances, so a special slack performance will be held Saturday morning at 9 a.m. There is no admission charge for the slack performance.

This year’s rodeo will also have ranch bronc riding, an event for working cowboys. Rodeo president Ray Hanson says there are a good number of contestants scheduled for this wild event.

The rodeo will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.

s p o rt s c a l e n d a r Thursday, June 22 Open Track Practice: 5:15 p.m. – Priest River Lamanna High School

Friday, June 23 Newport Rodeo: 7:30 p.m. – Newport Rodeo Grounds

Saturday, June 24 Open Gym, Adult Basketball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School Newport Rodeo Slack:

9 a.m. – Newport Rodeo Grounds Newport Rodeo: 7:30 p.m. – Newport Rodeo Grounds

Sunday, June 25 Inland Empire Barrel Racing Association Barrel Racing: 11 a.m. – Newport Rodeo Grounds

Monday, June 26 Open Track Practice: 5:15 p.m. – Priest River Lamanna High School

Newport, Priest River youth nab top spots in summer track meet SPOKANE – School may be done for the summer, but the drive to compete is not. Two students from Newport and Priest River attended the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics Local Championships at Central Valley High School in Spokane on Saturday, June 17. Allyson Barton, entering sixth grade at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport competed in the girls’ 11 to 12 year old age group. She finished first in the shot put, first in the discus and second in the javelin. Tanner Hughes, going into fourth grade at Idaho Hill Elementary, competed in the boys’ 9 to 10 year old age group.

He finished second in the shot put and second in the javelin. The meet was

a regional qualifier for Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Both Barton and Hughes have qualified to compete at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics Region 13 meet at Central Valley High School Saturday, July 8. That meet will be for athletes from North Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. The top five from that meet will qualify for the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic National meet in Kansas at

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Allyson Barton, Tanner Hughes, and Andon Griesmer practice javelin at Priest River Lamanna High School.

the end of July.

The next open track meet for children athletes is Tuesday, June 27, at Spokane Falls Community College at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Jared Hughes at jhughes92@ hotmail.com.

There are four more open practices on Mondays and Thursdays at Priest River Lamanna High School at 5:15 p.m. Kids ages 7 to 18 are welcome to participate.

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Lifestyle

b r i e f ly Come talk Saquatch at Calispel Library Saturday CUSICK – The presentation, Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth will be held on Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m. at the Calispel Valley Library in Cusick. David George Gordon, a member of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau will give the presentation.

Throughout the Northwest, people have been reporting encounters with the Sasquatch – a hairy, eight- to 10-foot-tall hominid – for hundreds of years.

Yet aside from a collection of large footprint casts and a sizable assemblage of eyewitness accounts, some attributable to the earliest humans in the Northwest, no scientifically accepted evidence has been offered to establish this being’s existence.

Author David George Gordon evaluates the data gathered about the legendary Northwest icon, discusses the rules of critical thinking and the workings of the scientific method, and explains how one can become an effective “citizen scientist” by gathering credible evidence that can be used to substantiate the Sasquatch’s status as either Man-Ape or Myth.

Attendees are encouraged to tell their tales and share their experiences with this mysterious creature.

For more information, call the library at 800366-3654 or email pamt@ pocld.org.

Register kids for summer camp at CREATE NEWPORT – CREATE, the arts organization in Newport, is planning educational and fun activities for kids for the summer through its Explorer’s Club.

Dedicated instructor Cynthia Byerley has planned three summer camps. The cost is $12 each day and students need to bring a lunch. Children will explore Russia on July 17-21, learning about the country and its culture.

The third camp will be a science camp and takes place in August 21-25. All camps run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Campers need to bring a lunch, dress to be messy, and have fun.

Pre-registration is required as classes are limited to 10 per class. Contact CREATE at 509-447-9277 or createarts.org. Create is located at 900 W. 4th, in Newport.

Build a Better World with summer reading program PRIEST RIVER - There is still time to sign up for the 2017 Summer Reading program, Build a Better World. Programs for kids grades kindergarten through sixth grade begin on Wednesday, June 21 at 10:30 a.m. and will run each Wednesday through July 26.

New this year is an online Summer Reading Program that will run through August 31. Join The Great Reading Adventure to earn badges, points and prizes. Register for both programs on the library’s Summer Reading page at www.westbonner. lili.org/summer-reading or stop in at the Priest River Library, 118 Main St. For more information, call 208-448-2207 x103.

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This vein is better Zach Nelson offers his other arm as a blood bank worker seeks a vein. Nelson works at Boundary Dam and came down to donate. Seattle City Light gives workers time off to donate blood. The Inland Northwest Blood Bank uses their bus in the summer times, as many places don’t have air conditioning. The bus was at the United Church of Christ in Newport Thursday, June 15.

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Frank Church presentation at library this week PRIEST RIVER - The Friends of the Library and the Idaho Humanities Council will host a free presentation titled “U.S. Senator Frank Church: It’s Called Democracy” Thursday, June 22, at 5 p.m., at the Priest River Library, 118 Main Street.

Frank Church was a member of the United States Senate from Idaho from 1957-1981.

Throughout his distinguished career, Church expressed consistently his commitment to democracy and his unshakeable belief in a democratic society. Church, a Democrat, demonstrated a Jeffersonian belief in the people along with a Madisonian dedication to fundamental democratic principles, ideals, and institutions.

Presenter Dr. Stephen Shaw is Professor of Political Science at Northwest Nazarene University and Dean of the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The presentation will focus on Church’s work in the Senate and the Senate’s role in American foreign policy.

Grant Farm at Newport Park July 9 Free all ages concert 2-5 p.m.

NEWPORT – Live music is coming to Newport City Park in the form of Grant Farm, a Boulder, Colo. Based Americana band that will perform Sunday, July 9, 2 p.m. – 5.

This is an all ages venue. The concert is being sponsored by local businesses and Takin’ Time, a non-profit whose goal is to promote live music and art in the community. Though the concert is free, donations to the band are appreciated.

Courtesy photo|The Grant Farm Facebook page

we e k ah ead Wednesday, June 21 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Master Chef Cooking Series: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River Veterans of Foreign Wars Post/Auxiliary: 6 p.m. - Priest River VFW York Rite of Freemasonry: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple

Thursday, June 22 UCC Non-Denominational Bible Study Group: 10 a.m. - United Church of Christ, 430 W. Third St., Newport Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library 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 Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Alcoholics Anonymous:

7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Friday, June 23 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, Call Jan 208-946-6131 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

Saturday, June 24 Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

Sunday, June 25 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, June 26 Hospitality House Potluck: Noon - Hospitality House in Newport Blanchard Grange Potluck: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, June 27 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Priest River Book Talk: 10 a.m. - Priest River Library Priest River Book Talk: 10 a.m. - Priest River Library Writers Group: 2 p.m. Create Arts Center Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting – Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Visions, Inc.: 7 p.m. - 5525 New Hampshire St., Spirit Lake Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

Wednesday, June 28 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park

Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. -

Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-623-5626 for s

Where to Worship

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~6:30 p.m.

Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS

S.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

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

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

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

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

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT “Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

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

BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

301 W. Spruce St, Newport Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday 10:30AM Wednesday 7:00PM Nursery Care Available Pastor R. Shannon Chasteen Pastor Becky Anderson (864) 378-7056 447-4121 Bible preaching, God newportucc@conceptcable.com honoring music www.newportucc.org

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“Backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul.”

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

(509) 447-4338 www.americanlutheranchurch.net

SEVENTH�DAY ADVENTIST Saturdays, 10:45a.m.

Diamond Lake 326002 Highway 2 diamondlakeadventist.org Edgemere - 5161 Vay Rd edgemereadventist.org Newport - 777 Lilac Ln newportsda.com

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Newport Boy Scout Troop 696 and Priest River Cub Scout Pack 604 participated in flag raising ceremonies at Newport Hospital and Pend Oreille Newsprint Wednesday, June 14 and Thursday, June 15. The ceremonies were to honor Flag Day (June 14) and retire older, worn out flags at each location and replace them with brand new ones. Troop 696 is a new Boy Scout Troop, formed about three months ago in Newport.

Photos by Sophia Aldous and Bill White

Members of the Cusick American Legion attended the flag raising at the hospital last Wednesday. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

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

Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

Pend Oreille County

Monday, June 12 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2 and Scotia Rd., report of black lab running on highway.

ACCIDENT: S. Calispel Ave., report of two vehicle accident, non-injury and non-blocking.

BURGLARY: Westside Calispel Rd., report that sometime in the last two weeks items were stolen from residence.

FRAUD: S. Grandview Ave., report of elderly sister being taken advantage of.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUSTANCES: Hwy. 20, report of partially blocking vehicle with man possibly sleeping.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: W. 6th Ave., report of vehicle here with screwdriver in the ignition.

AUTOMOBILE THEFT: Moonlight Lane DOMESTIC VIOELNCE PHYSCIAL: Turk Rd., welfare check on female after a possible DV. MALICIOUS MISCHEF: Scotia Rd., report of female resident broke into secured building.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: S. Spokane Ave., report of male and female fighting.

VIOLATION OF ORDER: Southshore Diamond Lake BURGLARY: Blackwell St., Ione, report of known male that broke into home.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: E. 4th Ave., report of wife that beat up complainant.

TRESPASSING: W. Walnut St., report wanting suspect from earlier assault trespassed.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Woodard Rd., report of neighbors paying loud music.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Kings Lake Rd., report of female walking north and yelling, “Help me!”

ANIMAL NOISE: N. Calispel Ave., report of ongoing problem with dog barking.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Camden Rd., report of a group of people attempting to steal cows.

Tuesday, June 13 THEFT: McKay St., Ione, report of a theft of license plate.

SUPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Garden Ave., report of a suspicious circumstance.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. 2nd Ave., Ione, suspicious male in the area.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Sullivan Lake Rd., Ione, report of a cow loose.

ASSAULT: W. Walnut St., report of two females fighting.

DISORDERLY: Blackwell St., report of a disorderly subject.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Calispell Ave., Newport SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Davis Lake Rd., Usk

Wednesday, June 14

POSSIBLE DUI: Southshore Diamond Lake, report of subjects who are drinking and drove off in a vehicle.

ERRATIC DRIVER: River Rd., report of motorcycle speeding up and down road.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Walnut St., report animals living in a possibly abandoned vehicle.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Thomas Leslie Fredenberg, 60, Newport, arrested on an out of county warrant.

FIRE: Willms Rd., report of lightning strike in area, complainant sees smoke.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: Hwy. 31, Metaline Falls, report of vehicle abandoned on county right of way.

AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 2, report of trooper requesting assistance with accident, unknown injuries.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Box Canyon Rd.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211 and Davis Lake Rd. report of vehicle all over roadway.

THEFT: Doe Meadow Rd., Newport, report of a theft from property.

ILLEGAL BURNING: Village St. ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Sacheen St., Cusick, request to speak to a deputy about an animal problem.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of a two-vehicle, non-injury accident.

THREATENING: W. 1st St., Newport SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. Walnut St. MISSING PERSON: Kirkpatrick Rd., Elk THREATENING: Southshore Diamond Lake DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Hwy. 2, Newport DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: Hayford and Balmur, Airway Heights, report of a suspended driver.

Thursday, June 15 CHILD ABUSE: W. 6th Ave. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of truck crossing lanes and speeding.

ACCIDENT: E. 5th Ave., report of non-injury accident.

ANIMAL BITE: Coyote Trail, Newport, report of complainant bit by son’s dog.

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

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Kelly Rose Bemis, 34, arrested on a local warrant.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle tailgating.

FISH AND GAME: Metaline Cemetery Rd., report of bear problem.

ACCIDENT: McKenzie and 5th St., report of non-injury, nonblocking accident.

FISH AND GAME: Hwy. 2 and Kirkpatrick Rd., report of moose problem.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of vehicle with no plates.

THREATENING: S. 2nd Ave., report of neighbor threatening to shoot complainant.

POSSIBLE DUI: Diamond View Rd., report of possible DUI with children in vehicle.

Friday, June 16

ABDANONED VEHICLE: LeClerc Rd. N.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 31, report of tree partially blocking southbound lane.

Animal problem: W. 1st St., Newport, report of a found dog.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, report of deceased deer in northbound lane.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Washington Ave., report of three boys possibly damaging car.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, deceased deer blocking southbound lane.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of semi tailgating, all over roadway.

ANIAL CRUELTY: Night Hawk Lane, report of horses that seem to be starving.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Southshore Diamond Lake, report of trailer partially blocking roadway with caution tape around it.

pu blic m e eti ngs between male and female in trailer.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., report of male subject that stole beer.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Frissell Rd., report of vehicle parked on side of dead end road for several hours.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Beery Rd and Skookum Creek SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Woodstock Drive, report of female riding kids toys with no shirt on.

ARREST: McGowen Rd., Douglas W. Beard, 38, arrested for drugs.

VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 2, report of car with smoke coming out of it, non-blocking.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Bockman Rd., report of loud explosions heard.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Southshore Diamond Lake, report that neighbor logged trees and knocked down fence.

ASSAULT: Woodstock Drive, report of cold assault by known subject.

ERRATIC DRIVER: W. 6th St., report of erratic driver that almost hit children.

RESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, intoxicated subject refusing to leave.

DISTURBANCE: Hwy. 31, report of several subjects causing a disturbance.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2 and Hwy. 211, vehicle swerving with erratic speeds.

West Bonner County

ANIMAL NOISE: Telephone Rd. E., report of neighbor’s dog barking.

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River

Saturday, June 17 THEFT: S. Newport Ave., report that someone broke into the yard and got into vehicles.

LITTERING: Hacienda Way, report that someone dumped a bunch of garbage on complainant’s property.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Summer Pl, report of girlfriend that head-butted complainant.

Monday, June 12 ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Hwy. 57, Priest River ABANDONED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, Priest River DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Hwy. 57, Priest River

Tuesday, June 13 NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Wednesday, June 14 ANIMAL PROBLEM: 5th St., Priest River

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. Walnut St., report of male and female arguing in parking lot.

PARKING VIOLATION: Eastriver Rd., Priest River

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. 6th Ave.

MISDEMEANOR ARREST: Hwy. 2, Priest River

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Hwy. 2 and Kirkpatrick, report of male and female yelling at one another in intersection.

TRAFFIC VIOLATION: Harriet St., Priest River

ERRATIC DRIVER: Scotia Rd., report of dirt bikes speeding up and down road.

BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL ALARM: 10th St., Priest River

ERRATIC DRIVER: Driskill Rd., report of two trucks speeding and knocking down signs.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Sunset Drive N., report of numerous four-wheelers and motorbikes speeding thru area.

DISTURBANCE: S. Union Ave., report of intoxicated male with aggressive dog.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of subjects sitting in bushes.

Thursday, June 15 MISSING PERSON: Hwy. 2, Oldtown DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Hwy. 2, Oldtown MISSING PERSON: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Friday, June 16 SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES: Eldorado Rd., Priest River

Saturday, June 17 No reportable incidents

Sunday, June 18

Sunday, June 18

ARREST: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, Lindsay A. Kirby, 25, report of Spokane County warrant.

MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY: Hwy. 2, Priest River

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PYHSICAL: Old American Campground, report of disturbance

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, Priest River

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Wednesday, June 21 Pend Oreille Economic Development Council: 8:30 a.m. - Various Locations Diamond Lake Water and Sewer District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office Pend Oreille County Park Board: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station West Bonner County School Board: 6 p.m. - District Office, Priest River Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

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Wednesday, June 28 Tri-County Economic Development District: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

obituari es John F. Babcock Newport

John F. Babcock (Jack) passed away May 28, 2017, at the age of 85 following heart complications. Born in Spokane on March 25, 1932, to John Henry Foster Babcock and Elsie Hope Babcock, Jack spent most of his life in the Spokane area with brief periods living away in West Covina, Calif., Seattle, and Anchorage, Ala. Jack attended Lewis and Clark High School, graduated from Whitworth College, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Jack was married Babcock to Catharine Dullanty from 1959-1977 and raised seven children (John Babcock, David Babcock, Christopher Babcock, Patrick Babcock, Amy Chamberlin, Paul Babcock and Matthew Babcock) and eventually became grandfather to his 12 grandchildren (Christopher Chamberlin, Michael Chamberlin, Mary Cate Babcock, Eileen Babcock, Brigid Babcock, Billy Babcock, August Babcock, Alice Babcock, Isabella Babcock, Ava Babcock, John (Jack) Babcock, and Andrew Babcock).

Jack spent most of his working life in waterworks supply, including positions with Palmer Supply in Western Washington and Grinnell in Spokane before opening and operating Material Distributors from 1976-1989 in partnership with Mike Day and Dave Mathers with branches in Washington, Idaho and Alaska. Jack retired to Nordman, Idaho, in 1999 where he enjoyed an outdoorsman’s lifestyle and later moved to Newport.

Jack will be remembered as a man who cherished time with his family and friends. He possessed the distinct ability to show his children unconditional love as he truly felt they hung the stars and moon. Always an engaging personality, he was a master storyteller with a contagious and booming laugh who had the ability to relate to people from all backgrounds through his vast life experiences and stories. Always willing to give an honest opinion, Jack lived life on his own terms while making time to lend a hand to friends in need.

Jack loved spending time in the outdoors and welcomed any activity that allowed him access to Mother Nature including fishing, hiking, snowshoeing, hunting, snowmobiling and boating. Always welcoming adventure, Jack fished and hunted throughout the Pacific Northwest and made multiple treks to Alaska by way of the Alaska-Canadian Highway.

Jack is preceded in death by his mother and father, his sister (Sandra Strong), brother-in-law (Dick Strong), his son Christopher, and his infant son David. He is survived by his stepmother (Dorothy Babcock), former wife (Catharine Babcock), five children, four daughters-inlaw (Aida Babcock, Mary Beth Babcock, Angela Babcock, and Amy Babcock), son-in-law (Robert Wright), 12 grandchildren, two nieces (Stephanie SmithLatham and Leslie Moore), and many dear friends. A celebration of Jack’s life will be held on July 29.

s e rv i c e n ot i c e Arthur G. Evans Sun City, Ariz.

A memorial service for Arthur G. Evans will be held July 24, at 2 p.m., at the Blanchard Community Center at 685 Rusho Lane. He passed away March 31, 2017, at his home in Sun City, Ariz. He was 85.

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