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Retail project as local as it gets Three downtown shops moving to new location

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – It’s not very often Newport gets a new building, but construction seems to be going on everywhere these days, including a new four-storefront retail space rising next to STCU on Highway 2.

Alex and Tina Stanton, owners of Exbabylon, are building the $810,000 structure that Alex designed. The contractor, T.W. Clark Construction LLC of Spokane, is using all local subcontractors from the Newport and Priest River area.

The Stantons are moving Exbabylon’s storefront, and IT, computer and network services company, from Washington Avenue to the space on the east end of the new structure. Exbabylon also includes Verizon. Next to that will be Newport Alarm and Westside Pizza, both of which are also currently located on Washington Avenue.

The potential increase in vacant storefronts isn’t lost on Stanton, who serves on the Pend Oreille

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Alex Stanton, pictured, and his wife Tina are owners of Exbabylon and Newport Alarm. Alex designed the new building being constructed on Highway 2 on the north end of Newport.

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Chase ends in fruitless search for Idaho suspect

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a search Friday, June 17, when a Kootenai, Idaho, man fled on foot after being pulled over by a Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s deputy.

Scott M. Wensel of Kootenai is wanted in Bonner County on a felony warrant for burglary.

According to Pend Oreille County Sheriff Alan Botzheim, Wensel, 40, continued to slowly drive through Newport streets after the deputy had turned his patrol vehicle lights on, signaling for Wensel to pull over around 5:30 p.m.

“The deputy saw Mr. Wensel committing several traffic infractions along Highway 2 and turned on his overhead lights,” Botzheim says. “Wensel slowed down, but did not stop.”

Wensel pulled off of Highway 2 on to Spokane Avenue, before meandering his 2000 silver Mercury Cougar up 4th Avenue and turning left into an alleyway, entering The Miner Newspaper parking lot. It was at this time that the officer used his vehicle’s intercom to order Wensel to stop his vehicle. Wensel stopped the car and ran on foot, heading towards downtown Newport

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Weather looks good for rodeo weekend

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – This weekend will be a happening time in Newport. There will be live music. There will be a parade. There will be an art show. And most of all, Friday and Saturday, June 24-25, there will be the Newport Rodeo.

It’s the 67th edition of the Newport Rodeo. Unlike last year, with scorching heat, this year looks to be more moderate, with a chance of rain.

Newport Rodeo Association president Ray Hanson prefers rain to heat.

“People can move under the covered grandstands when it rains,” he said. “When it’s hot, you can’t get away from it.”

Rodeo performances will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 24-25.

Friday will be Military Night, with $10 tickets at the gate for military, firefighters, law enforcement and EMTs. Friday adult tickets are available for $10 in advance, $12 at the gate. Saturday tickets will cost $12 in advance or $15 at the gate.

Advance tickets for children 5-11 cost $5 and children under 5 are admitted free.

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Enrollment up slightly, but staff leaving West Bonner school district passes $8.52 million budget Bonner County School District is projected to go up next year, reversing a trend towards declining enrollment. Since state

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Student enrollment in the West

funding is tied to enrollment and attendance, that’s important.

District trustees passed an $8.52 million

budget following a hearing Wednesday, June 15. That is an increase over last year’s budget of

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B R I E F LY Motorcycle injury accident near Ione IONE – A Kansas resident was injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday, June 15, seven miles southwest of Ione.

According to the Washington State Patrol, Ronald J. Boden, 57, of Beloit, Kan., was eastbound on Highway 20 when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road at milepost 387.

Boden lost control of the motorcycle and struck the guardrail. He was wearing a helmet, but suffered injury and was airlifted to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Newport Towing impounded his motorcycle.

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Boden has been charged with speeding.

Calling all stick horse jockies NEWPORT – The stick horses are coming out of retirement after several years and making a comeback during the 2016 Newport Rodeo. The horses are available for $1 at Cork and Barrel, Petroglyph, The Miner Newspapers, Albeni Falls Building Supply and Ben Franklin.

The stick horses were put together by the Leadership Program students at Newport High School, and 8A-9A

feature a cardstock horse head on a wooden stick.

Children ages 3-12 are to decorate their horses, and can race Saturday during the day at Newport City Park.

Prizes will be awarded for the fastest and the best decorated in three age groups: 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12.

Winners in each “heat” will compete during the Saturday night rodeo performance.

The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is organizing the stick horse races and will provide one adult ticket to the rodeo performance to accompany the winners.

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SPORTS

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POLICE REPORTS

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OBITUARIES

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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HISTORY SECTION

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$8.25 million. No members of the public testified at the hearing. The increase was attributed to an increase in state funding.

The budget is based on an enrollment of 1,083 students. Last year’s budget was based on 1,100 students. At the end of the year, there was enrollment of 1,075 students.

The state will fund $5.94 million of the general fund budget, a significant increase.

Local taxes will make up $139,371 of the general fund.

Salaries and benefits make up the bulk of the budget’s expenditures.

The district budgeted $5.12 million from the general fund for salaries and $1.96 million for benefits.

There is the equivalent of 68.3 full time certificated staff funded through the general fund, which includes

teachers, counselors and librarians.

It does not include administrative or classified staff. There is the equivalent of 6.9 administrators and 40.13 classified staff.

The district is budgeting $75,900 for classroom technology. That money comes from the state, part of $18 million for local schools statewide.

Board trustees agreed to raise classified staff’s average annual salary to $20,421, up from $19,826.

The board also negotiated a 2.7 percent increase to the base salary for teachers.

The district had a number of people leave MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING at the end of the year.

West Bonner County School District Superintendent Paul Anselmo answers questions of trustee There were 15 retire- Margaret Hall during the school board meeting Wednesday, June 15. Also shown are trustees ments and resignations Samuel ‘Ranger Rick’ Hall and Bruce Hollett. announced at the June 15 meeting. asked about the number aren’t required, they got increased the cost of “Seven of those of people leaving. minimal response. Hall a school lunch by 10 retired,” district superAnselmo said that said she still wanted to cents, to $2.45 for eleintendent Paul Anselmo exit interviews were see what was said. mentary students, $2.70 said. conducted with some, In other school board for high school students Trustee Margaret Hall but since the interviews business the board and $3.60 for adults.

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RODEO: Tickets available locally 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 story page 13B) For local participants, there is the crowd pleasing 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 if you want to participate.

Events get underway Friday night, June 24, 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.

The annual Rodeo Parade winds through town, starting at the Newport Schools at 11 a.m. Parade participants will gather at the grounds near Sadie Halstead Middle School at 9 a.m.

As the parade ends at Newport City Park around noon, activities there will be well underway.

The Newport/Priest River Rotary Club is offering a beer and wine garden in the park, with beer provided by local Top Frog Brewery and wine

by Fleur de Lis. Live music kicks off at noon and goes until 6 p.m., including local favorites Larry Sauer, Mila, and Skookum Creek Music Company, finishing off with headliner The Plastic Saints, who have invited the local talents to jam with them on stage.

Widow’s Creek Band will be play-

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on Highway 2. The deputy pursued in his vehicle.

According to Botzheim, there were passengers in the car with Wensel, but law enforcement is unsure of how many. After Wensel fled on foot, one of the passengers drove the car east on Highway 20. The vehicle was later stopped

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and Bonner County law enforcement. There was one individual in the car, believed to be Wensel’s girlfriend. She was not charged with a crime.

According to Botzheim, Wensel’s car was impounded. As of Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office is awaiting a warrant for Wensel’s arrest for eluding law enforcement.

He is still at large.

Geaudreau didn’t shoot at deputy SANDPOINT — An increased bail is being sought for Bonner County resident Steven Michael Gervasi, 25, who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint, burned down a home in Edgemere, Idaho, and opened fire on a Bonner County sheriff’s deputy during a high-speed pursuit last month, according to a report in the Bonner County Daily Bee. Patrick Geaudreau, 27, was originally thought by law enforcement to have been the shooter. They now believe Gervasi was the shooter, although that hasn’t yet been charged, as the shooting happened in Washington.

Bonner County Prosecutor Louis Marshall has moved to increase bail to $500,000 due to the seriousness of charges faces in Idaho and Wash-

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ing near the rodeo stands from 2-6 p.m., where the beer garden in the rodeo stands will be open at 2 p.m.

Also in the Newport City Park are lots of vendors, non-profit organization booths, silly string tag, Sumo wrestling, jousting, a motorcycle show and chicken poop bingo.

The water park will be open.

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.

In downtown Newport, the Evergreen Artist Association will sponsor an Artists of The West show Friday and Saturday at 381 S. Washington, next to Owen’s Grocery and Deli. The show will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

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

This year’s rodeo queen is Mary Jane Lowry of Newport. The Kalispel Tribe of Indians will be honored as Grand Marshall of the rodeo parade, continuing the practice of honoring a local organization that started last year with the Port of Pend Oreille.

In addition to the rodeo events, the McMillan Family Trick Riders will perform. The riders range in age from 8-16 and are one of the most popular acts in the Northwest.

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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ington State, according to court records. Gervasi is currently being held on $180,000 bail. The state’s motion will be considered during a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled for June 22.

A sheriff’s deputy tried to pull Gervasi over on Tweedie Road in Blanchard on May 9, starting a high-speed chase that crossed into Washington and ended near Spring Valley after Gervasi allegedly fired on a pursuing policeman’s vehicle, disabling it. The deputy was not injured.

Geaudreau is now thought not to have been involved in the high-speed pursuit, but remains in jail on charges of aggravated battery, kidnapping, and attempted strangulation stemming from an incident in May.

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Source: National Weather Service and Accuweather.com, Newport, WA

Last Year: The weather this week last year was much more hot. The temperature started the week out at 79 degrees and worked up all the way to 101! It was very dry.

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14 months for child rape

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

Miner photo|Sophia Aldous

Elk Pioneer Days Parade ride

NEWPORT – A man who pleaded guilty to third degree rape of a child was sentenced to 14 months in prison

by Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson Thursday, June 16.

David Wayne Brunke, 50, was sentenced for having oral sex with a 14-year-old girl. The girl’s relatives told Nielson at sentencing that they wanted a maximum sentence.

“I don’t forgive him,” the girl’s father said. “He has no remorse, only regret for getting caught.”

The girl’s mother read a statement from the girl, who is now 17. The girl wrote that she wanted a maximum sentence. The mother said the crime affected the girl’s ability to trust. She also asked for a maximum sentence. She said Brunke was asking for a light sentence because of his health problems and lack of a criminal record. She asked Nielson to reject that reasoning.

Prosecuting attorney Lori Smith said she wasn’t seeking a Sexual Offender Sentencing Option in this case. The state Department of Corrections had recommended a SOSA sentence, which involves sex offender treatment, if the victim didn’t object.

“The victims do object,” Smith said.

She asked for 12 months and a day sentence, three years probation and for

The rain decided to spare the Pioneer Days Parade in Elk Saturday, June 18, as various floats, vehicles, and community organizations made their way into town. One of those participating was 2016 Newport Rodeo Queen Mary Jane Lowry.

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Charges reduced in harassment case

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – A man who brought an assaultstyle rifle to the Zodiac Areospace plant in Newport entered an Alford plea to the gross misdemeanor charge of harassment, which was reduced from a felony harassment charge.

Steven Jolly, 30, entered the Alford plea in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, June 16. In an Alford plea a defendant doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there would be enough evidence to convict.

Prosecuting attorney Lori Smith said the change was from threats to kill to threats to injure.

She said a firearms enhancement wasn’t available, as the firearm wasn’t in sight when deputies arrived on the scene.

“This was a love tri-

angle, so to speak,” Smith said, involving Jolly’s then girlfriend and his supervisor at Zodiac. She said she had spoken to the victims, who didn’t want Jolly to end up with a felony conviction. They agreed to the reduction, but wanted Jolly to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Defense attorney Dana Kelley said Jolly entered the Alford plea to take advantage of a plea bargain.

Jolly told Nielson that he never intended to harm anyone.

Nielson asked if there were any remaining hard feelings. Jolly said no.

Nielson sentenced Jolly to 364 days in jail, with the time suspended. Jolly got credit for the three days he was in jail. He also imposed $1,000 in legal financial obligations, including $250 for a public defender.

After sentencing, Jolly asked for the return of his

rifle, which was granted.

According to a statement of probable cause Jolly’s supervisor reported Jolly’s former girlfriend had received a text from Jolly in which Jolly talked of murdering the supervisor and that Jolly had an AR-15 rifle in his car at work at the Zodiac plant.

A deputy sheriff responded to the Newport plant. Dispatch told him Jolly was in the building. The deputy looked in Jolly’s car and saw the butt of the rifle under a towel in the back seat. He was told Jolly was coming outside with another employee. The deputy took Jolly into custody. He later spoke with the woman who reportedly received the text. The text made speculative mention of what would happen if Jolly murdered the supervisor, according to the deputy’s statement, which included the words of the text.

67th Annual Rodeo June 24 and 25 Fri & Sat - 7:30 pm

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environment because it eliminates or reduces pollution before it ever enters the environment,” noted Ben Jarvis, DEQ’s Pollution Prevention Projects Coordinator.

“It can be as simple as changing a process, using different raw materials, modifying a product, or preventing leaks and spills,” he said.

Pollution Prevention Champions will receive a certificate signed by the DEQ director and have their operations profiled on DEQ’s website and social media sites.

To apply for or nominate a business, industry, or organization for this recognition, fill out an application form on DEQ’s website.

Applications are due Aug. 26. Documented results of pollution prevention activities must be included.

For more information, contact Ben Jarvis at DEQ’s State Office in Boise

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Environmentally friendly businesses sought BOISE – Idaho businesses, industries, and organizations that incorporate pollution prevention into their daily operations are invited by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to apply for recognition as “Pollution Prevention Champions.” DEQ will recognize up to four recipients in observation of Pollution Prevention Week this fall.

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“Pollution prevention is one of the most important ways to protect the

Brunke to register as a sex offender.

Defense attorney Dana Kelley said Brunke was “highly motivated” to participate in treatment. He said he had been cooperative and asked for a SOSA sentence.

Brunke told Nielson that allegations of him giving the girl drugs were not true.

He said he had tried to lead a good life and keep out of trouble. He said he had health conditions that made a jail sentence difficult, including sleep apnea and other respiratory and heart problems.

Neilson said that the sentencing range was 12-14 months. He said health was a mitigating factor in all cases. He said there was some disagreement among the doctors who examined Brunke as to whether he fully confessed, but he did admit some sexual activity, Neilson said, and he saw that as a positive thing.

Neilson said that Brunke violated a position of trust with the girl. He said that could have been an aggravating factor but it wasn’t charged by the prosecution.

He said that he hadn’t heard any remorse from Brunke.

“I didn’t hear anything from Mr. Brunke that shows he understands the impact on (the girl),” Neilson said. He sentenced Brunke to the maximum, 14 months, followed by three years of probation.

“Treatment is important,” Nielson said, “but after prison.”

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Let’s Rodeo!

eople not familiar with the western lifestyle are sometimes surprised when they discover the word rodeo can be used as a verb.

But it is and a pretty active one at that. Normally used by contestants, it applies to rodeo weekend here in Newport, too.

There are a lot of activities rodeo weekend, as this edition of The Miner points out.

There is all the arena action, with fast running horses, thrilling riding events and all the pageantry that rodeo brings. There will even be a barrel racing competition Sunday that will be free for spectators.

From the opening grand entry Friday night, led by Newport Rodeo Queen Mary Jane Lowry, to the last bull to buck Saturday, the rodeo is exciting start to finish.

But there is quite a bit more to rodeo weekend.

The rodeo parade is popular, with a variety of floats and groups. There will be live music and an art show.

It’s the highlight of the year in Newport, attracting people to town, not the least of which are the rodeo contestants and their families.

This year’s rodeo will take place without one of its biggest supporters, Wayne Staples, who passed away over the weekend. Wayne, a former bareback rider who suffered a catastrophic head injury more than forty years ago when he was kicked by a horse, was as big a rodeo fan as there was despite his injury.

He could be seen at every Newport Rodeo, Rough Stock Event and Bull-A-Rama. He will be missed.

But Wayne would likely be one of the first to urge you to go to the rodeo.

Between the rodeo food, the arena action, live music and the parade there really is something for about everybody during the 67th annual Newport Rodeo. Hope to see you there.

DG

Orlando aftermath demands much of us all In the wake of the horrid attacks on June 12 at an Orlando night club, perpetrated by an American citizen and a self-proclaimed ISIS sympathizer that killed 49 people and wounded 53 others, to say emotions are running high is about the most blatant, “Duh, Captain Obvious” observation that can be uttered. In the face of these ineffably violent acts, we struggle to make sense of the world and our role in it. Anger, fear, sorrow, wanting retribution – those run the gamut of our hearts like a twisted American Ninja Warrior gauntlet.

Soph i E’s The part of me that sympathizes with the loved ones of the victims CHOICE makes me afraid for all the people I Sophia care about, and I want to pull them close to me as if my concern alone aldous would act as a talisman to protect them from harm. Imagining how inexplicably terrifying it must be to one moment be dancing carelessly, then a second later be faced with the possibility of imminent death or injury at the hands of a stranger, makes me shrink inside. Dread threatens to fill the lungs like so much noxious smoke, and we strike blindly back at it with half-formed rationalizations and accusations.

Do I think the issue of gun control needs to be addressed without such extreme polarization? Yep. Do I think that is going to happen in my lifetime and that it’s the only answer to curb such atrocities as what was committed in Orlando, San Bernardino, and Paris? No. The issue of terrorism is much broader, deeper, and more nuanced than either the “Kill ’em all and let God sort it out” or “All the world needs now is love, sweet love” extreme points of view can encompass.

So how does the concept of the free world triumph?

We continue to live in courage. Not posturing, not shouting the other side down, but with an assertiveness that displays quiet confidence and zero tolerance toward violent, discriminatory actions against our fellow citizen, even if we don’t necessarily like that person. We cannot fall back to already tread ground, like the Patriot Act of 2001 (which only touted loyalty in name) or the suspicious, accusatory ethos of McCarthyism. To do that would be to give these people that carry out such brutality exactly what they want, which is for us to live in our fear.

While it really is an easy place to live, overcoming that with respect and rationality is the challenge we must demand of ourselves.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Fought for the rich and poor To the editor, In regards to Mr. Scobby’s letter, “Soldiers are dying to protect investments of rich.”

Mr. Scobby, my dad was in World War II, and my brother and I in Vietnam. My dad and brother are gone, so I will speak for them. We fought for every American, rich or poor. You have no right saying what you said.

The politicians and the president have the say on how our military works.

As for the democratic side of our politics, what they have done in the past eight years is wrong.

I could go on, but enough said.

Proud vet, -Tom Dishon Diamond Lake

Wants progressive state income tax To the editor, The purpose of this letter is to add my voice to those who support Washington State adopting a progressive state income tax. I am a math teacher and author for the Transition 2030 re-

search project. Today the project has two websites: www.future4washington.webs.com and www. transition2030.webs. com. The first website is a presentation in favor of a progressive state income tax.

The Washington State Treasurer’s Office publishes a report each year called the Debt Affordability Study. This report shows that the State of Washington is currently over $20 billion in debt.

Each year the Legislature passes a “balanced budget.” However this budget is “balanced” by borrowing money.

Currently 43 states place an income tax on individuals. Forty-seven states place an income tax on corporations.

One feature of a state income tax is that both individual and corporate state income taxes are deductible from federal income taxes. In fact, there is no cost or “financial burden” associated with a progressive state income tax to individuals or corporations.

If you have any comments or questions, please try to share them to my e-mail address,

mathteacher4@live.com.

-Eric Paulsen Shoreline, Wash.

Gun rights don’t mean we have to be gun stupid To the editor, Another mass shooting and no action will be taken to prevent future mass shootings. I am not talking about gun control or the Second Amendment.

I am simply looking at a problem and seeing that no solutions are being offered. You might recall that because a man had a shoe bomb on an airplane, we now must take off our shoes for the TSA. However, another crazy person buys an AR-15 and 2,000 rounds of ammo and proclaims his intent to harm others and nothing happens.

Is there really a difference between a gun and an airliner to a potential victim? We seem to do everything to prevent the next airliner incident, but nothing to prevent the next monthly mass shooting. We are supposed to be smart people yet we seem dumbstruck about adding safety features

to firearms. Millions of automobile airbags are being recalled to deal with a potential failure.

After a mass shooting the gun isn’t recalled; the only thing that happens is that people buy more guns.

The Second Amendment doesn’t give us the right to be gun stupid. It certainly doesn’t give one the right to kill others in mass numbers for social, economic, religious or political reasons. We might hate other people, but a firearm isn’t a legal means to express ourselves. Our right to have firearms is constitutional, but what we do with our firearms has no constitutional protection.

In our retail market system the AR-15 would be recalled as a dangerous product much in the same way we recall toys with choking hazards.

My thought is a required modification that only allows the gun to be fired every 15 seconds.

You retain your Second Amendment right but just can’t kill 50 people in a couple of minutes.

-Pete Scobby Newport

June focus on men’s health, safety

By Susan Johnson Regional Director, US Department of Health and Human Services, Region 10

In June, we celebrate Father’s Day, Men’s Health Month, and National Safety Month. These separate observances have a common theme – we can use them as an opportunity to focus on the health of the men in our lives.

Men die from accidents at a rate averaging about 40 percent higher than women – these higher rates begin in infancy. Accidental deaths include car accidents, overdoses, falls, fires, poisonings,

drowning, and other unintentional causes.

According to NIH’s Medline Plus Men’s Health page, “most men need to pay more attention to their health. Compared to women, men are more likely to: smoke and drink, make unhealthy or risky choices and put off regular checkups and medical care.

“There are also health conditions that only affect men, such as prostate cancer and low testosterone. Many of the major health risks that men face – like colon cancer or heart disease – can be prevented and treated with early

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

Stanford University athlete Brock Turner was recently sentenced to six months of jail time for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a Stanford campus dumpster in January 2015. Victims’ rights advocacy groups maintain Turner should have received a harsher sentence while defense attorneys say there was not enough evidence to warrant prison time. He was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault.

Do you think the Stanford athlete Brock Turner’s sentence of six months in jail for sexual assault was fitting?

Yes No

diagnosis. Screening tests can find diseases early, when they are easier to treat. It’s important to get the screening tests you need.”

Men could live longer and healthier lives if they would change some key behaviors. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) can assist with these behavior changes.

Preventive care benefits for adults as part of the Essential Health Benefits in Marketplace plans allow men (and women) to get preventive care services to catch diseases in their early stages or to prevent See men, 5A

r e ad e r ’ s p o l l r e s u lt s What do you think would be most effective in preventing future mass shootings?

Limiting who can come into the U.S.

Neither

29% 29% 43% Restrictions on who can purchase weapons in the U.S.

Total votes: 42

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Boating classes offered by Bonner County Sheriff ’s Office SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a Boat Idaho Course June 25 and July 23 for the boating public wanting to learn basic boating laws and safety.

The class will begin at 9 a.m. at the Marine Division Boat House located at 4001 North Boyer Road, Sandpoint. The class is expected to last about six hours.

It is free to the public and is open to resi-

dents of any state.

This course will teach boating safety and the legal requirements, including necessary equipment. Basic boating laws and the rules of the road with regard to navigation and boater courtesy will be instructed.

For more information, or to sign up for the course, call 208-263-8417 Extension 3125.

Get ready for Chataqua celebration in Chewelah CHEWELAH –Chataqua 2016 returns to Chewelah July 8, 9, and 10.

Chataqua is in its 43rd year and features three days of fine juried arts and

crafts, free entertainment, a food court, beer garden, carnival, children’s pavilion and special events, including a parade, fun run, golf tournament and

much more.

Chataqua is held in the City Park on Highway 395. For more information, go to www.

ChewelahChataqua.com.

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Cusick boat launch fee in place CUSICK – A fee to park in the Cusick Boat launch will be in effect throughout the year. The fee has currently been established at $10 per day or an annual pass may be purchased for $50 that is good through

April 2017. The annual pass is renewable each year, and payments should be made to the Town of Cusick. A receipt and a hanger for the individual’s vehicle mirror will be sent so it can be displayed in the

boat launch area.

According to Mayor Chris Evers, the fee is necessary to address the future needs of the boat launch, including parking lot maintenance and restroom improvements.

Semi loses load on Highway 41

OLDTOWN – A semi lost part if its load of lumber Wednesday, June 15 around 3 p.m. near milepost 38, according to Idaho State Police.

Clayton B. Thompson of Puyallup was driving the 2014 International semi.

Highway 41 was blocked intermittently for four hours while the load was recovered and secured. Bonner County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Transportation Department assisted in the cleanup.

No one was injured in the incident.

Disabilities board meets June 27 NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board will meet noon to 1:30 p.m. June 27. The meeting will be held at the county counseling conference room, located at 105 S. Garden Ave., in New-

port.

Light refreshments will be provided.

If requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or for more information, contact Jessica Ausborn at 509-447-5651.

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them entirely. Services such as alcohol misuse screening and counseling, tobacco use screening and cessation interventions, immunizations, and diet counseling, and colorectal cancer, cholesterol, and diabetes screening are just some of the offerings in these plans. The best present men can give themselves and their loved ones is to take care of their health.

Summer activities often begin in June and summer safety should, too.

Drowning and other outdoor accidents, including encounters with dangerous wildlife, become more likely. Taking precautions such as hiking with a buddy, swimming only in designated areas, and avoiding alcohol while engaging in summer activities, can prevent or minimize many accidents.

According to The Facts Hurt: A State-by-State Injury Prevention Policy Report, Washington has the 36th highest rate of injury deaths in the U.S. Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of injury in 36 states, including Washington.

Summer sunburns can be extremely painful and can lead to skin cancer down the road – males are less likely to use sunscreen and skin cancer is

the most common form of cancer. Washington has invasive skin cancer rates, which are higher than the national average according to the CDC. When the weather is overly hot, everyone should drink plenty of water and take measures to keep cool. Heat is especially hard on very young children, older adults, and those who are chronically ill, but it can affect anyone, especially if they exercise or work in the heat. As temperatures rise, stay well hydrated and keep an eye out for heat injuries.

As June draws to a close,

many people purchase and shoot off fireworks, with males sustaining about three quarters of the fireworks related injuries according to the most recent report from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. When celebrating, follow safety advice from their Fireworks Information Center or better yet, visit a community fireworks display instead.

As we celebrate Father’s Day and the men in our lives, let’s ensure males are as healthy as possible as we also observe Men’s Health Month and National Safety Month.

Happy

87 th Birthday Jim Ward Sunday, June 26th 2 to 6 pm Come Celebrate and Share Your Memories Refreshments • Everyone Welcome at the Family Home of Jim & Bobbie 628 Selkirk Way, Oldtown 509-671-0425 • 509-496-8612

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b r i e f ly Newport all class reunion July 9 NEWPORT – The third annual Newport High School All Class Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, at Newport High School. All NHS classes are welcome to attend. Doors open at 10 a.m. followed by a tour of NHS at 11 a.m. and lunch and a program at 12:30 p.m.

For more information and to register in advance, contact Gayle Pelleberg at 509-4470405.

Civilian Conservation Corps topic of June 30 library presentation PRIEST RIVER – The Civilian Conservation Corps will be the topic of a presentation at the Priest River Library Thursday, June 30, at 5:30 p.m. Authors Ivar Nelson and Patricia Hart will be speaking.

The library is located at 118 Main Street in Priest River, and the event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The CCC was the first, most far-reaching, longest-lived and best-loved of the New Deal programs in a decade full of big ideas and super-sized projects. This presentation revisits the CCC in fresh perspective and places the CCC in Idaho forests at the very heart of contemporary issues such as conservation, fire ecology and outdoor recreation. The presentation brings the period alive through a digital portal based on the digitizing of thousands of photographs and documents by the University of Idaho Library.

The program is funded in part by the Idaho Humanities Council, a non profit organization that serves as the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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

Submit births, weddings and engagements to The Miner for publication at no charge. The Miner can be reached at 509-447-2433, minernews@povn.com or visit www.pendoreillerivervalley.com online, or stop by the office at 421 S. Spokane in Newport.

Evergreen art Association awards scholarship SELKIRK - Selkirk High School student Dana Riggleman is the 2016 winner of the Evergreen Art Association annual Scholarship. The scholarship of $750 is awarded to a qualifying graduating senior in the Pend Oreille Valley area who is planning to pursue an advanced degree in an art-related field. Riggleman is a photographer who met all the criteria in her presentation to Evergreen Art. When she is enrolled in an undergraduate program, her school will request the funds to be used for her college expenses.

All the local high schools, Selkirk, Cusick, Newport, Priest River, and House of the Lord, are given the information for the scholarship. They are encouraged to work with their art students who may be interested in pursuing an art-related degree. For additional information, contact Janet Steiner, Scholarship Chair, at 503 999 6610.

Kids can win prizes for summer reading BLANCHARD – The Blanchard Branch of the West Bonner Libraries will be offering Summer Reading Logs to young patrons that want to read through the summer and receive recognition for their efforts.

To join the Reading Marathon, stop by the library in Blanchard and pick up a reading log, including instructions for earning prizes. See Dani or Wanda for all the details.

Call 208-437-0801 or email library@westbonnerlibrary.org for more information or check the library website at www. westbonner.lili.org for additional programs throughout the year.

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Bible school June 27 in Blanchard Miner photo|Don Gronning

Letting him run Mark and Megan Chandler from Spokane were in Newport Thursday, June 16 visiting relatives. They took a break to play with their dog, Cooper.

Usk Community Hall July 4 breakfast, raffle USK – The annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast will be held at the Usk Community Hall, 2442 Black Road from 8-11 a.m. The menu is pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee. The price is $5 for all you can eat, and children under six years old get in free.

The community parade will also form at the community hall and begin at noon.

There will also be a raffle for

various gift baskets. The baskets to be raffled are: a movie basket, a kitchen basket, a baking basket, a gardening basket, a laundry basket, a bath basket, and a sewing basket. The proceeds from the raffle will be used to help maintain and keep the community hall open. The price of a raffle ticket will be $1 or six for $5.

For more information, call Laurie at 509-675-2398 or Brenda at 503-8010613.

BLANCHARD – A fiveday vacation Bible school club will be held at the Blanchard Community Church Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The club will be conducted by a team of young people from Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). It will include games, singing, crafts, Bible lessons and snacks.

There will be a closing program on Friday evening, July 1 at 7 p.m. for the children to share with friends and family all that they have learned during the week. The program will conclude with an Ice Cream Social featuring homemade ice cream.

There is no need to pre-register – just bring in children on Monday by 10 a.m.

Adams, Couch make Dean’s List DILLON, Mont. – Jaimi Adams of Cusick and Ann Marie Couch of Ione were named to the 2016 spring semester Dean’s List Wash., received dean’s

list honors.To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average.

we e k ah ead Thursday, June 23 Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick 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 Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

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

Monday, June 27 Hospitality House Potluck: Noon - Hospitality House in Newport Blanchard Grange Potluck: 6:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, June 28 Blanchard Spinners: 9 a.m. Blanchard Community Center 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, 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 Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Open Painting Work-

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 101 S. Scott • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m.

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

John 6:35

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH

Friday, June 24 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library

Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center

Spirit Lake Visions, Inc.: 7 p.m. - 5525 New Hampshire St., Spirit Lake

Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library

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

Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

Friday Night Live: 6 p.m. Hospitality House, Newport

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

Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-9466131

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

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

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

509-671-3436

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

CHURCH OF FAITH

Saturday, June 25 Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown Live Music: 6 p.m. - Hospitalty House, Newport

Sunday, June 26

Wednesday, June 29

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Thursday, June 30

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

ity House in Newport Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown

Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Alcoholic’s Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospital-

Where to Worship

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. - Blanchard Community Church

shop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 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

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

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley Road Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. -- Sunday School (509) 447-5534

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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.

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. - 4:00 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.

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

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

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face and hear the Voice of the Promised One.” The Divine Springtime has come.

Rejoice!

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 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

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

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Charles “Wayne” Staples Newport

This Father’s Day an amazing man went home to the Lord. Charles “Wayne” Staples passed away June Staples 19, at the age of 64.

Wayne was born Sept. 5, 1951, to Wilbur and Jeane Staples in Lynch, Neb., and moved to Newport as a small child. After graduating Newport High School in 1969, Wayne had a great adventure and joined the U.S. Navy and worked as a machinist mate during the Vietnam War. Upon return he competed in his greatest passion – rodeo. Unfortunately, at the age of 23, during rodeo practice he endured a tragic accident that left him fighting for his life.

He was a fighter and beat the odds and in doing so never lost his love and passion for the sport.

Although he struggled in his physical body his sense of humor is something that everyone who met him remembers.

Wayne has a great relationship with the Lord and was an active member of his church, New Testament. He belonged to the Grange and was a passionate member of the Newport Rodeo Association. Wayne also took great pride in being the first of three generations who graduated as Newport Grizzlies. He thoroughly enjoyed watching his grandchildren compete in high school sports and wore his Grizzly gear proudly.

Wayne is preceded in death by his father Wilbur, mother, Jeane and his brother Ted Staples.

He is survived by his brother Larry Staples; his daughters Jackie Zorica and Jamieko Gruenloh; son Jason Staples; and sons-in-law Mark Zorica and David Gruenloh. He is also survived by grandchildren Kiara, Kyler, Kade, David, Justice and Kiowa and was blessed with great-granddaughter Logan, whom he was able to meet before his death. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and is also survived by his loving aunts.

Services will be held at New Testament Church, Thursday, June 23, at 3 p.m. Immediately following the service there will be a potluck reception at the church.

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

Ann Beeman Sandy, Ore.

Ann Beeman, a loving wife, sister, and friend died peacefully at home on June 14.

She was 79. She is Beeman survived by her husband, Jim Beeman, and sister, Nancy Flint, and husband Fred.

Ann was born June 9, 1937 to Albert and Eleanor Strayer in Newport. She graduated from Newport High School and Washington State University. Ann spent most of her career teaching at

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Parkrose High School.

She was a compassionate teacher touching the lives of many students with her positive regard for each unique individual.

Before and after retirement, Ann enjoyed creating art in many forms.

She was an accomplished, colored pencil and watercolor artist as well as a quilter. Ann looked forward to experimenting with new techniques and mediums. She drew inspiration from nature.

Ann and Jim enjoyed a happy marriage of almost 50 years highlighted by doing many things together. They enjoyed camping at the beach or in the mountains.

A private family interment will be held in Newport.

Sandy Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Leonard Franklin Harris Newport

Leonard Franklin Harris of Newport passed away peacefully June 18 in Spokane, after an illness. He was Harris 83.

He was born July 4, 1932, in Clarksville, Ark., to parents Leroy and Cindy “Suzy” (Goldsmith) Harris. He was a decorated Korean War Veteran where he served in the U.S. Army and a Purple Heart recipient.

He resided on the West Coast most of his adult life before retiring to Newport in 1997. He enjoyed fishing, boating, traveling, and gardening.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Beverly; and his children Donna Marie Corn, Donald Harris, Wayne Harris (Joan); stepchildren Kathryn, Susan, Elizabeth, Robert, Mary and Judy; 19 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren.

Graveside service will be held Friday, June 24, at 11 a.m. at Newport Cemetery.

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

Bernice Helen (Olson, Taylor) Shivley Walla Walla

Bernice was born May 25, 1930, in a house in Belfield, N.D. and died at home surrounded by family on Shivley June 14. She was 86.

She was the first-born child of Olaf Marvin Olson and Helen Marie (Livingston) Olson, and also the first grandchild on both sides of her family. She moved to Montana, Idaho and then Washington as a child, until her parents bought the Bluecreek Mercantile in 1947 and the family moved to Bluecreek.

She helped her parents in the store, graduating from Jenkins High School in Chewelah in 1948. She then went on to business school in Spokane graduating with a secretarial degree from Kinman Business College and See obituaries, 12A

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 13 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Spruce St. and Fea St., Newport, report of two dogs running loose in the area one white and one black possibly lab mix dogs.

FOUND PROPERTY: Greenhouse Rd, Ione, report of found mountain bike and plastic box ASSAULT: W. 7th St., report that female was assaulted by brother’s girlfriend, punched in the face and has scrapes on her body.

WELFARE CHECK: S. 2nd Ave., Ione, request to check on a male subject who was supposedly ran over by a truck late Saturday night and no one took him to the hospital.

FRAUD: Mystic Lake Rd., Usk, report that residence is involved in a craigslist scam.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Bayview Blvd., Newport, report that neighbor’s two dogs keep coming onto complainant’s property and they have video proof.

ARREST: W. Walnut St., Newport, Larry K. Tull, 43, of Newport arrested on a local warrant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of male wearing white tank top and orange hoody carrying silver baseball bat and a black backpack.

AGENCY ASSIST: W. Walnut St., assisting Bonner County in a foot pursuit behind Safeway.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: E. Circle Drive, Newport, report of people on property that shouldn’t be there.

DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights TRAFFIC HAZARD: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of obstructed view due to parking at a local business.

TRESPASSING: W. Hwy. 2, report of subjects on property.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Eagle Way, Usk, report of neighbor’s dogs came over and attacked complainant’s dog.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Phay Rd, Elk, report of juvenile threatening staff.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Newport Ave. ARREST: Jacob Allen Frueh, 36, of Oldtown arrested on an out of state warrant and local felony warrant.

ARREST: Odean Bernard Chappell, 48, of Medical Lake arrested on Department of Corrections detainment ARREST: Michael Scott Wood, 57, of Spokane arrested on Department of Corrections detainment.

Tuesday, June 14 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights DRUG INFORMATION: Scotia Rd., complainant reports there is drug activity going on in area.

Rd., report of Great Pyrenese adult female and three pups not being cared for and running loose.

DRUGS: Eagles Nest Lookout, report that Border Patrol found approximately four grams of marijuana.

ARREST: Brady M. Olds, 45, of Colville was arrested on DOC warrant.

THEFTY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle versus deer red Ford Ranger collision.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Houghton St. VEHICLE PROWL: N. Calispell Ave., Newport, items reported stolen from car last night.

THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, subject reporting stolen diamonds.

report that purple hot rod and a black hot rod have been racing up and down 1st Ave. been going on for 10 minutes, now parked at the park.

BOATING OFFENSE: Diamond Lake, report of two jet skis going very fast, complainant states subjects at residence are drinking.

TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, citation issued for trespassing.

Thursday. June 16 ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Dennis A. Fisher, 19, of Newport was arrested on local warrant TRANSPORT: Spokane County Jail, inmate transport to court.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20 report of non-injury accident.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Doe Meadow Rd., report of runaway juvenile last seen one hour ago at residence in Newport.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Sacheen St., report of neighbor’s dogs running again, have pictures, this is an ongoing issue.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Fea Ave., Newport, complainant calling about suspect’s drug activity in area, states there is a chemical smell in residence.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Lone Pine Rd., report that mailbox was damaged sometime since last night.

Wednesday, June 15 TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of male that refused to leave as per security’s request.

ILLEGAL BURN: Wagon Wheel Ave., report of fire on property that is for sale TRAFFIC HAZARD: Leclerc Rd. S., report of older gray Chevy pickup partially blocking the road, no one around.

FIRE: LeClerc Rd. N., report of fire in the area, can see a lot of smoke.

BURGLARY: Rusho Lane, report that someone broke into her shed and stole some items within the last two weeks.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Washington Ave., Newport, deputy out with a person lying in park with shoes off.

ACCIDENT: Baker Lake Rd., report of black truck down in the ditch, no one around.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: Flowery Trail Rd., report of plastic chemical storage cube over the embankment, not sure if it is empty.

DRUG INFO: Usk area, respondent believes drugs are being transported in a silver car back and forth to several locations.

BURGLARY: Hwy. 31, report of house broken into and ransacked by male subject wearing a black t-shirt with white sleeves.

ACCIDENT: N. Main Ave., report that motorcycle ran into side of complainant’s truck.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Republic Lane, report of stolen dog possibly at location.

RECOVERED VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ACCIDENT: Blackwell St., report that vehicle backed into complainant’s vehicle while he was in the store then left the area approximately 20 minutes ago, headed south.

THEFT: W. Pine St., Newport, report that five minutes ago complainant’s black 1997 Chevy half ton pickup was stolen from location.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Veit Rd. report of multiple RV trailers parked in roadway subjects appear to be living there.

DISTURBANCE: Veit Rd., report that neighbor is yelling at other neighbor and shooting gun.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Spring Valley Rd., report that black Chevy pickup been parked there, unknown time frame, vehicle appears to be stuck in the ditch.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. Kelly Drive, report of a brown bike and a black backpack with multiple wallets in it.

THEFT: Lehigh Ave., citizen flagged down to report theft.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Phay Rd., report that juvenile female took off.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, one motorcycle down with injuries non-blocking.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: Willms

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: 1st Ave.,

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Spring Valley Rd., report of two males running.

ARREST: W. 4th St., Steven G. Garcia, 40, of Newport was arrested on an out of county warrant.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Eagle Way, report that neighbors pitbull attacked complainant’s dog and injured it.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Robert E. Carter, 44, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: S. Union Ave., Newport, report of wanted subject wearing all black and a black backpack walking with blond female.

TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, citation issued for trespassing.

Friday, June 17 FIRE: Hwy. 20, report that house is full of smoke, possible electrical fire.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Northshore Diamond Lake, complainant heard of five or six goats running around on roadway.

FISH AND GAME: Kalispel Slough, officer checking permits at slough.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: 3RD, report of male screaming and yelling kicked apartment door and then kicked electrical box across street.

AGENCY ASSIST: 4th St., Bonner County out with suspicious male request backup.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Scott Ave., deputy out with suspicious person.

ARREST: Coyote Trail, Ben J. Francois, 27, of Spokane was arrested for second degree assault and violation of protection order.

ARREST: Cody Michael Callihan, 25, of Newport was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.

Saturday, June 18 ABANDONED VEHICLE: Spring Valley Rd., abandoned truck reported.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: S. Washington Ave., Newport ACCIDENT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

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

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Devils Drive, report of a sound of explosion.

THREATENING: South Skookum Lake ARREST: S. Washingon, Newport, Misty Leahna Patterson, 35, of Priest River was arrested for third degree driving with a suspended license, driving under the influence, third degree assault on a law enforcement officer, reckless endangerment, and disorderly conduct.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20, deer injured in highway needs to be euthanized.

Sunday, June 19 ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ARREST: S. Fea Ave., Newport, Zachary S. Templeton, 32, of Newport was arrested for violation of restraining order and assault in the 4th.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Cusick Creek Rd. MALCIOUS MICHEF: N. Washington Ave., Newport ASSAULT: Phay Rd., report of assault between two girls.

PHONE OFFENSE: Quail Loop Rd., Newport, report of male harassing subject.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights BURGLARY: S. Union Ave., report of blue wooden storage building broke in to last night.

SUSPICOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Westside Calispel Rd., report of yelling in area TRESPASSING: Hill Top Rd. TRAFFIC OFENSE: 3rd Ave., Newport, report of male driving with Go-Pro sticking out the window and speeding.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Pleasant Drive W. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 7th St. SUSPICOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Scotia Rd., report that subject got into altercation with roommate.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 5th ILLEGAL BURNING: Hwy. 2, report of bon fire behind building DRUGS: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights West Bonner County

Monday, June 13 DRIVING WITHOUT PRIVILEGES: Main St. and High St., Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Riverside Rd., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Spirit Lake CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: 4th St., Oldtown DISTURBING THE PEACE: Hwy. 41, Oldtown DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Cavanaugh Bay Rd., Coolin

ANIMAL CRUELTY: W. 1st St.

Tuesday, June 14

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: N. Warren Ave., Newport, report of trailer tire slashed sometime in last few days.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy.2, Oldtown, a 21-year-old resident of Colbert, Wash. was cited and released for possession of marijuana.

RECOVERED PROPERTY: Hwy. 2 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Warren Ave.

See police reports, 12A

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CAREGIVING 2- 12 hour temporary day shifts available for 4- 6 weeks. May work into permanent.

NAC or HCA required. Newport.

Call (509) 4470139. (18-4) NOW HIRING For recreation center custodian, Stoneridge Resort. Apply in person. Must be 18 years or older. Full time. 176 Holiday Loop, Blanchard, Idaho.

(21-3) JOB OPENING Cleaning/ janitorial service, Port of Pend Oreille.

See public notice section of this newspaper for details. (21-2)

has a full-time flex position opened in purchasing/clerical.

Will cross train in a variety of admin positions and be flexible to fill those positions when needed. Requires previous purchasing experience and attention to detail.

Must have the ability to learn and retain training. Benefits after 60 days. $12$15 DOE. Apply in person at 265 Shannon Lane, Priest River, ID or contact us online for an application at hr@aerocet.com.

OPTOMETRIC A S S I S TA N T Part time approximately 20 hours/ week. Duties include taking health histories and working up patients for doctors, eyewear selection, contact lenses, and various office duties.

Will train. Salary depending on experience. Leave resume: Newport Vision Source, 205 South Washington, Newport.

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G R A D U AT I O N PRESENT? Pearl white 1995 Cadillac El Dorado, beautiful car. $6,900. Also 1992 Subaru Legacy, all wheel drive $1.995. (509) 292-8286.(19-3)

MARSHALL LAKE Cabin for sale. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 100 feet waterfront. $170,000.

Phone (509) 9277179.(19-4p)135-18

YA R D S A L E S All yard sales are in the Hot Box, last page of Section A.(49-tf) Miner want ads work.

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

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

2016154 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board will be meeting from 12:00 -1:30 P.M on June 27th. The meeting will be held at the County Counseling conference room, which is conveniently located at 105 S. Garden Ave in Newport. Light refreshments will be provided. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Jessica Ausborn at 509-447-5651.

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2016203 P U B LIC NOTICE SHIPPING NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR CONTAINERS SMALL WORKS ROSTER 20, 40, 45ft stanPROPOSALS dard, insulated The Pend Oreille County Road and refrigerated. Department is accepting proposals Virtually vandal for maintenance sand production proof, dry storage and stockpiling. The Department and super strong is seeking proposals for approxifloors. Delivery mately 7,000 yards truck measure available. Ask for of maintenance sand to be produced B o b . 2 5 3 - 3 8 1 - at a commercial source of materials 0998 oceancar- within a radius of fifteen (15) miles g o c o n t a i n e r s . of the Cusick Maintenance Shop. com Hauling will be the responsibility of LEGAL SERVICES Pend Oreille County Road Department. Please submit proposals DIVORCE $155. to the Pend Oreille County Road $175 with chil- Department Office at 625 W 4th St, dren. No court P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156. a p p e a r a n c e s . For further information please call Complete prepa- (509) 447-4513. ration. Includes Proposals are due at the above adcustody, support, dress no later than June 29, 2016 property division at 9:00 A.M. and bills. BBB member. (503) Published in the Newport Miner on 772-5295. www. June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) paralegalalternatives.com legalalt@msn.com

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: DIAMOND LAKE WAT E R F R O N T Lovely 2 bedroom 1 bath cabin/ year round lake home.

Beautiful view, covered porch faces east/ southeast, gets a lot of sun. Woodstove heat. Level lawn.

Dock. Wonderful for family and children. Good neighbors. Family owned for 14 years. 5302 Northshore Diamond Lake Road.

Please call for appointment. Do not disturb tenants, drive by okay. $230,000. (509) 822-8903. (193p) 13-6-24

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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 1-800-927-9275.

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___________________________ 2016204 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PEND OREILLE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 2016 ROAD SALT Proposals will be received by the County of Pend Oreille Public Works Office, located in the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, Washington 99156 or P.O. Box 5040, Newport, Washington 99156, for furnishing ROAD SALT to the Pend Oreille County Road Department in the estimated quantity of 270 tons of 3% moisture or less, Type 2, Grade 2 ASTM-D 632-84. Price quoted shall be per ton, delivered using hopper or end dump trucks, as follows: • 90 tons delivered to 9302 Deer Valley Road, Newport, WA 99156 • 90 tons delivered to 13571 Highway 211, Usk, WA 99119 • 90 tons delivered to 161 Sullivan Lake Road, Ione, WA 99139 Salt shall be delivered to these County Maintenance Shops, Monday through Thursday, 6:00am to 4:30pm on or before August 4, 2016.

Proposals will be due no later than 9:00 AM Monday, June 29th, 2016.

Proposals are to be submitted by Email, Fax or envelope as follows: 1. E-MAIL – Don Ramsey, dramsey@ pendoreille.org and Teresa Brooks, tbrooks@pendoreille.org with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” in the subject line 2. Fax - (509) 447-5890 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” in the subject line 3. Mail – Public Works Department, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” on the envelope 4. Hand delivered - Public Works Department, 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, WA 99156 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” on the envelope.

Information concerning submission of proposals is available from the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at 625 W. 4th Street in Newport, Washington, 99156 or by Continued on 9A

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CHIROPRACTIC Camas Center Medical & Dental Services Ryan Leisy, DC - (509) 447-7111 1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119

COUNSELING Pend Oreille County Counseling Services Substance Abuse Treatment/Prevention/Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Offices in Newport & Metaline Falls (509) 447-5651

DENTIST Newport Dental Center

James G. Cool, D.M.D. Family Dentistry -- Evening Hours 610 W. 2nd -- (509) 447-3105 • 800-221-9929

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Camas Center Medical & Dental Services 1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119 (509) 447-7111 - (509) 445-1152 fax

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HEALTH CLINICS Camas Center Medical & Dental Services

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HEARING AID CENTERS Professional Hearing Center Jorgen Bang H.I.S. (866) 924-3459, Spokane Valley

Lois Robertson, Licensed Massage Therapist 322 S. Washington -- Newport -- 447-3898

The Willows - Massage & Bodywork Studio Judy C. Fredrickson, RN, LMP Newport -- (509) 671-7035

OPTOMETRIST Newport Vision Source

Drs. Michael & Cheryl Fenno 205 S. Washington -- 447-2945

PHYSICAL THERAPY Priest River Rehab Services

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

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PODIATRIST -- FOOT SPECIALIST Dr. Brent A. Clark

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Bids will be evaluated on total cost of road salt delivered to all three locations.

Pend Oreille County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bids and to accept such bid or bids as may deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

Published in the Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) ___________________________ 2016201 PUBLIC NOTICE Sale of Timber JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT Kalispel Indian Reservation Sealed bids will be received until 1:00 pm local time, June 29, 2016, with the successful bid awarded the same day, marked outside “Proposal for Timber, “JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT” addressed to the Forest Manager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA 99180, or hand delivered to the Kalispel Natural Re-

sources office, Camas Center, Usk, WA, for the purchase of merchantable timber designated for removal on the Kalispel Indian Reservation described as the “JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT”. Trees designated for harvest are painted with blue, red and yellow tree marking paint. This sale contains approximately 106 acres to be logged, with an estimated volume of 397,584 board feet of sawlogs of all species consisting of 10,907 board feet of Ponderosa Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 35,663 board feet of Douglas Fir/ Western Larch sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 287,054 board feet of Grand fir/Western hemlock sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 45,818 board feet of Lodgepole Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 18,142 board feet of Western red cedar sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; scaling diameter on a sixteen-foot log. The sale also includes approximately 150 tons of All Species Pulp and Hewood Products, 2.5 inches and greater DIB, which will be sold by weight. The above stated volumes are estimates and are not guaranteed. Each bidder

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must state the price per thousand board feet per bid group (Scribner Decimal “C” log scale or per ton) that will be paid for sawlogs cut and scaled, and tonwood, cut and weighed. No bid of less than $61.50 per thousand board feet for Ponderosa Pine sawlog 5.5 inches and greater; $173.86 per thousand board feet for Douglas Fir/WL sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $164.06 per thousand board feet for Lodgepole pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $164.06 per thousand board feet for Grand fir/Hemlock/OS sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $601.72 per thousand board feet for Red cedar sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; and $1.00 per ton All Species Pulp and Hewood 2.5 inches and greater DIB will be accepted. This sale is a fixed rate, or unadjusted stumpage rate sale.

Pile burning costs are included in the appraisal. Pile burning will be completed by Kalispel Natural Resources. This cost totals $2,000, and because this is included in the appraisal, this cost will be the responsibility of the purchaser. The purchaser will make one payment

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of $2,000, payable to; “KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS, Pile Burning”.

The payment will be due the last day of the month after starting the sale.

A bid deposit in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or postal money order made payable to the Kalispel Indian Tribe, or cash in the amount of $7,200 (seven thousand two hundred dollars) must accompany each sealed bid. The right to waive technical defects and to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, road requirements, conditions of sale, use of irrevocable letter of credit, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Manager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA, 99180. Sale information including prospectus and bid package may be requested at the above address or by calling 509-447-7426.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) ___________________________ Continued on 10A

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Continued from 9A 2016103 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation.

DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.

SEEKING ASSISTANCE - Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: 1-877-894HOME (1877-894-4663) Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/ consumers/homeownership/ The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://www.ocla.wa.gov/ I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, BENJAMIN D. PETIPRIN will on 7/22/2016, at 10:00 AM at main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W 4th St, Newport, WA 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 20 & 21, BLOCK 1 OF MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 2, PLATS, PAGE 117, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 9 2 M O U N TAIN VIEW DR NEWPORT, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 7/2/2007, recorded 7/6/2007, under Auditor’s File No. 2007-0293298, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from ROY A GIVENS AND HELEN T GIVENS, HUSBAND AND WIFE , as Grantor(s), to PEND OREILLE TITLE COMPANY , as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) as nominee for BANNER BANK, its successors and assigns. New Penn Financial d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing as servicer for THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2007-15 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-15 is the holder of the Promissory Note and current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust.

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

III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM THRU TOTAL 01/01/2015 03/01/2016 $56,514.07 Unapplied Balance ($338.58) Legal Fee Balance $860.00 Other Fee Balance $310.00 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION TOTAL $1,354.35 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 7/2/2007 Note Amount: $500,000.00 Interest Paid To: 12/1/2014 Next Due Date: 1/1/2015 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $475,759.61, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from the 12/01/2014, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.

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erty will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on 7/22/2016. The default(s) referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 7/11/2016, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 7/11/2016 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 7/11/2016 (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 paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: NAME ADDRESS HELEN T GIVENS 71530 Quail Trl Palm Desert, CA 92260 HELEN T GIVENS 92 MOUNTAINVIEW DR NEWPORT, WA 99156 ROY A GIVENS aka ROY GIVENS 71530 Quail Trl Palm Desert, CA 92260 ROY A GIVENS aka ROY GIVENS 92 MOUNTAINVIEW DR NEWPORT, WA 99156 by both first class and certified mail on 1/19/2016, 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.

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 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants and tenants.

After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

DATED: 3-16-16 Benjamin D. Petiprin, Esq., c/o Law Offices of Les Zieve as Trustee Address for service: Law Offices of Les Zieve 1100 Dexter Avenue North, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98109 Phone No: (206) 866-5345 Beneficiary / Servicer Phone: 800365-7107 Published in The Newport Miner on June 22 and July 13, 2016. (21, 24) ___________________________ 2016207 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF APPLICATION PERMIT NO.: WA0991009 APPLICANT: Town of Metaline Falls PO Box 277 Metaline Falls, WA 99153 FACILITY: Town of Metaline Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant Metaline Falls, WA The Town of Metaline Falls has applied for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in accordance with the

provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Chapter 173-220 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and the Federal Clean Water Act. The Town presently owns and operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant which is designed to handle an average monthly flow of 0.63 million gallons per day and discharges to Sullivan Creek. The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations for a permit to be issued.

The Department of Ecology is proposing to issue the permit and is hereby issuing public notice of its intent. Interested persons are invited to submit their name, address, and comments regarding this permit to: Ms. Eleanor Key Water Quality Program Department of Ecology 4601 N. Monroe Street Spokane, WA 99205 Email Comments should be sent to Eleanor Key at ekey461@ecy. wa.gov All respondents to this notice will receive a copy of the draft permit and fact sheet before the final permit is issued.

Ecology is an equal opportunity agency. If you need this publication in an alternate format, please contact us at (509) 329-3400 or TTY (for the speech and hearing impaired) at 711 or 1-800-833-6388.

Published in The Newport Miner on June22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016208 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Case No.: 15-4-00023-7 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE In the Guardianship of: BARBARA YEARGIN An Incapacitated Person.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Guardian, will apply to the Court for confirmation of the sale of the following described real estate: Lot 5, Block 2, Lazy Acres according to the recorded plat thereof, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Commonly known as 1100 Graham Rd., Cusick, WA 99156 The Return on Sale of Real Estate by negotiated sale sets forth a cash purchase price of $21,000.00.

RCW 11.56.110 provides that any increased bid pursuant to this Notice must be ten percent (10%) higher than the above amount, must be filed with the Court, and must be accompanied by a deposit of twenty percent (20%) of the bid amount in the form of cash, money order, cashier’s check, or certified check. This increased bid must be filed with the Court and the funds deposited with the Clerk of the Court on or before July 5, 2016, (ten days after notice is published). Any such bidder should review the additional requirements of RCW 11.56.110, not contained herein.

SIGNED AT Spokane, WASHINGTON THIS 14th. DAY OF June, 2016 /s/Lin D. O’Dell PO Box 9898 Spokane, WA 99209 509-315-8957 lin@linodell.com Published in The Newport Miner on June 22, 2016. (21) ___________________________ 2016209 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE The following ordinance was adopted at the regular meeting of the Ione Town Council on June 15, 2016.

The complete text of the ordinance is available for review at the Clerk’s office during regular business hours.

ORDINANCE NO. 588 An ordinance declaring an emergency in the Office of the Treasurer and amending the 2016 annual budget of the Town of Ione upon receipt of additional grant funds from the Transportation Improvement Board in the Amount of $192,611. The sum so received is hereby appropriated to Fund 306 Street Improvement Project and said sum may be disbursed from said fund. /s/ Sandy Hutchinson Town Clerk/Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner on June 22, 2016. (21) ___________________________

2 0 1 6 2 11 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Newport School District The Newport Consolidated Joint School District has completed its budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year and placed it on file in the District Office. The Board of Directors will meet for the purpose of adopting this budget on Monday, July 11, 2016 at 12:00 p.m., at the Board of Directors meeting in the District Office, 1380 W. 5th Street, Newport WA 99156.

Any person may appear there and be heard for or against any part of the budget.

Dated this 22nd Day of June, 2016 David E. Smith, Jr., Superintendent Newport Consolidated Joint School District Published in The Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016212 PUBLIC NOTICE The Selkirk School District has declared surplus--1996 International Genesis school bus with minimum $800.00 bid. Written bids will be accepted through 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2016 at the Selkirk District Office, PO Box 129, 219 Park Street, Metaline Falls, WA 99153. All bids shall be marked on the outside of a sealed envelope as: “Surplus Bid”.

All bids shall be considered final and item awarded removed by bidder no later than August 31, 2016. Bids from public and private school districts shall have priority over general public bids. Please contact the Selkirk District Office at 509.446.2951 for additional information. The Selkirk School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept the bid that best serves the interest of the school district.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 22, 29, July 6, and 13, 2016.

(21-4) ___________________________ 2016213 PUBLIC NOTICE JOB OPENING PORT OF PEND OREILLE PEND OREILLE VALLEY RAILROAD The Port of Pend Oreille (POVA) is accepting applications for part time employment for cleaning services/ janitorial work.. An application may be obtained at the Port office, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180, or by calling 509-445-1090.

The Port requires applicants to pass a pre-employment physical, which includes drug and alcohol testing.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

Applications must be returned by 2:00 p.m., July 1, 2016 /s/ Kelly J. Driver Manager Published in the Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016215 PUBLIC NOTICE SURPLUS MATERIAL FOR SALE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County has declared the following as no longer necessary, material to, or useful in the operations of the District and, therefore, surplus to the needs of the Public Utility District: • Community Network System Fiber to the Premise Model Display House The item is being sold as is, where is, with no warranty or guarantee given or implied.

This item may be viewed between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at the PUD’s Community Network System Fiber Building, 110 W. Pine, Newport.

Sealed bids will be received at the PUD offices, 130 N. Washington, PO Box 190, Newport, WA. 99156, or at Box Canyon Dam Visitors Center, 7492 Hwy. 31, PO Box 547, Ione, WA. 99139 until 3:00 p.m., Friday, July 1, 2016. Indicate “Sealed Bid” on the outside of the envelope.

The bids will be opened July 6, 2016 and awarded at a July 6, 2016 Special Board meeting.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in the Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016 (21-2) ___________________________ 2016217 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR BIDS PEND OREILLE COUNTY Continued on 11A

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Continued from 10A 2016 Mid County Crushed Cover Stone Aggregate Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Pend Oreille County, Washington, at their Office in the Courthouse at Newport, Washington, until 9:15 a.m., Tuesday July 12, 2016, and then publicly opened Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. July 12, 2016 and read for the Contract to furnish and stockpile Crushed Cover Stone Aggregate within 15 miles of Cusick, Washington to Pend Oreille County.

The total cost for the crushed cover stone gravel including furnishing, crushing, stockpiling and providing storage, including tax, shall be $25,000.00.

The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bids and to accept such bid or bids as may be deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

Additional information on bid specifications and a copy of the Bid proposal can be found on our county website: www.pendoreilleco.org. or by contacting the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at the County Courthouse, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4513, ask for Don Ramsey.

Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ____________________________ 2016218 PUBLIC NOTICE Call For Bids Pend Oreille County 2016 North County Crushed Coverstone Gravel Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Pend Oreille County, Washington, at their Office in the Courthouse at Newport, Washington, until 9:15 a.m., Tuesday July 11, 2016, and then publicly opened Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. July 12, 2016 and read for the Contract to furnish and stockpile Crushed Coverstone Gravel within 15 miles of Ione, Washington to Pend Oreille County.

The total cost for the crushed coverstone gravel including furnishing, crushing, stockpiling and providing storage, including tax, shall be $25,000.00.

The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bids and to accept such bid or bids as may be deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

Additional information on bid specifications and a copy of the Bid proposal can be found on our county website: www.pendoreilleco.org. or by contacting the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at the County Courthouse, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4513, ask for Don Ramsey.

Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016219 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 13, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from James Guscott, and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a recreational dock and ramp on Diamond Lake. (FILE NO. SA-16-018), Location: 452 Bayview Blvd, Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 02, Town. 30, Range 44. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 12th, 2016, 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 July 7th, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: June 17, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016220 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 13, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Robert Allen, and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for replacement of a recreational dock and ramp on Sacheen Lake. (FILE NO. SA-16-019), Location: 371 Eastshore, Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 30, Town. 31, Range 44. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 10th, 2016, 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 July 7th, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: June 17, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016221 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pend Oreille County did on June 14, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Richard And Cynthia Tobias and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for replacement of a dock on the Pend Oreille River.

(FILE NO. SA-16-020), Location: 1595 River Bend Loop Road, Cusick, WA 99119; Parcel# 443406510012.

An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 3rd, 2016 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 7th, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter) Dated: June 17, 2016

Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016222 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pend Oreille County did on June 17, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from David Hoffman and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for a dock on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SA-16023), Location:1202 Ashenfelter Bay Road; Parcel# 453112519028 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 17th, 2016 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 7th, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter) Dated: June 17, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2015223 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pend Oreille County did on June 17, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Andy James and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for a dock on the Pend Oreille River.

(FILE NO. SA-16-024), Location: 42 Audrey Lane, Newport WA 99156; Parcel# 453101549004. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 16th, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of NonSignificance 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 19711-355). 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 7th, 2016.

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thorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter) Dated: June 17, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016224 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pend Oreille County did on March 23, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from John Wagoner and did on March 24, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a ramp & dock on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SA-16-004), Location: 188 Northstar Drive; Parcel# 433717530007 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on March 23, 2016 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 07, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter) Dated: June 14, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016225 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 17, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA and associated documents from Ken McGuire and did on June 17, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a dock & ramp (FILE NO. SSDP-16-010), Location: On the Pend Oreille River @Highway 20, Mile Post 205, Cusick, WA 99119; Sec. 29, Town. 25, Range 44, Parcel #: 443529029001. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 17th, 2016, 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

Continued on 12A 2016216 PUBLIC NOTICE 2016-2018 CALL FOR BIDS PEND OREILLE COUNTY UNLEADED GASOLINE, NO. 2 CLEAR DIESEL Sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Pend Oreille County, Washington, at their Office in the Courthouse at Newport, Washington, until 4:30 p.m., Monday July 11, 2016, and then publicly opened Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. July 12, 2016 and read for the Contract to furnish Unleaded Gasoline and Diesel Fuel to Pend Oreille County from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2018.

The following are estimated total annual quantities:

NEWPORT SHOP CUSICK SHOP IONE SHOP Unleaded Gasoline - 15,000 gals 20,000 gals 25,000 gals No. 2 Diesel Fuel - 40,000 gals 40,000 gals 40,000 gals The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bids and to accept such bid or bids as may be deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

Additional information on bid specifications and a copy of the Bid proposal can be found on our county website: www.pendoreilleco.org. or by contacting the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at the County Courthouse, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-6456, ask for Teresa Deal.

Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner on June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2)

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started working in Spokane.

She met and then married Richard Taylor in 1950, and gave birth to Barbara Ann in 1952 and Linda Marie in 1954. Dick died in 1955 from heart disease, and Bernice later met and married Glen Shivley on Oct. 5, 1956.

The last addition, Wanda Christine, joined the family in 1958.

Bernice was a wonderful wife and mother to us all, and many of our friends. She used her business degree and worked as a bookkeeper for Walla Walla Produce, Coca-Cola Bottling in Walla Walla, and as the secretary for the Mt. Scott Church of God in Portland, Ore. She helped organize and start Noah’s Ark Day School and always loved to be around the children, volunteering at Vacation Bible School and as a Sunday school teacher. She volunteered and helped the Camp Fire Girls, was a member of the Prospect Point Homemakers Club, the Gideons Auxilliary,

p u blic m e e t ings

and a long-standing member at the Blue Mt. Community Church.

She was a quilter like her mother, and loved to make quilts for all members of her family, plus many others who just needed a nice, warm quilt.

Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Wanda Fleischman in 2007, and her daughter, Barbara Taylor in 2011.

She is survived by all four of her siblings: sister – Marilyn Hastings, brothers – Ken Olson, Darrell Olson, and Roger Olson, her husband Glen, daughter Linda Harris, grandchildren – Christina Hagar, Sarahlyn Mattson, Erik Eide, Susan Eide, Maxwell Fleischman and Kenzie Fleischman, five great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.

Memorials in her honor may be made to Blue Mt. Community Church or the Gideons International through Mountain ViewColonial DeWitt, 1551 The Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362.

A Memorial service will be June 25, 2016 at

12:00 noon at the Blue Mt. Community Church, 928 Sturm Ave, Walla Walla. Friends and family may share memories and sign the online guestbook at www.mountainviewcolonialdewitt.com

Wallace Emmons Blore Spokane

Wallace Emmons Blore passed away June 6 at the age of 98.

He was born in Linton, N.D. July 10, 1917, to Isaac Samuel and Sarah Lee Blore. He Blore was number four of ten children, having six brothers and three sisters.

He graduated from Linton High School in 1935, then attended and graduated from State Teachers College, Mayville N.D., in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts in education.

Wally received a Master’s Degree of Science in Education at the University of North Dakota in 1947. He then went on to attend post-graduate

police reports From Page 7a

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Wednesday, June 15

ARREST: E. 4th St. N., Cory Joel Watson, 26, of Newport was arrested for an active misdemeanor warrant in Oldtown.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Thursday, June 16

DRIVING WITHOUT PRIVILEGES: Hwy. 95, a 27-yearold male of Spirit Lake was cited and released for driving without privileges.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: N. Nordman Rd., Nordman

VEHICLE THEFT: E. Valley St. S., Oldtown

BURGLARY: Hwy. 57, Priest River

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: S. State Ave. and E. 4th St. S., Oldtown, Adelaide McGillis 31, of Usk was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.

DUI, ALCOHOL OR DRUGS: Hwy. 57, Priest Lake, Connor Hardin, 20, of Appling, Ga., was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Friday, June 17

Continued from 11A 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 Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org.

Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Department Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 7th, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Dated: June 17, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner June 22 and 29, 2016. (21-2) ___________________________ 2016226 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 16-4-00035-9 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of EDDIE A. PERIN, 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

summer study at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University 1947-1966. He also served in the USCG under the Command of the USN during WWII 1942-1946 as a Lieutenant on DE USS Pride 323, a Destroyer Escort doing North Atlantic convoy duty.

Wally was in public education for 37-years, six as a teacher and coach in Linton, N.D., Madison, S.D. and Joyce, Wash. He spent four years as principal and 17-years as Superintendent in Sequim, Othello and Marysville, Wash., and spent 10-years in the Superintendent of Public Instruction office in Olympia.

Wally was involved for many years with NEA, WEA, Rotary Club, Kiwanis and on the church council of the local Lutheran churches where he lived. He was an avid outdoor sportsman (more than avid--it was a passion) and with a little help continued to hunt and fish up until this last year.

Wally met the absolute love of his life, Belinda Solomonson, in 1940

in Madison, S.D., where they both were teachers.

They were married June 8, 1941, in Pequat Lakes, Minn., and remained so very much in love for 64 years.

Wally and Bea had two children, Bonnie Blore and Wes Blore.

He is survived by son Wes (Linda) Blore of Newport, son-in-law Steve Fisher of Spokane, grandchildren Tara Wick, Tonya Wick, Travis Wick all of Spokane, Emily (Austin) Breneman of Yakima, six great-grandchildren Hannah, Gracie, Kourtney, Samantha, Jessica and Jordan, along with brothers Robert Blore and Thomas Blore.

Wally was truly a kind and thoughtful person, he touched the lives of many, we miss him so much but we know he is so happy to be with Bea again.

A Memorial Service will be held at Touchmark on South Hill, Saturday, June 25, at 2 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Central Lutheran Church, 512 S. Bernard St., Spokane, WA 99204.

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SHOPLIFTING: E. 4th St. N., Oldtown

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Bonner Mall and Hwy. 95, Ponderay, a 19-year-old female of Priest River was cited and released for possession of marijuana.

Saturday, June 18 NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: 4th St., Oldtown RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41 and Roberts Lane, Blanchard

Sunday, June 19 TRAFFIC VIOLATION: High Street, Priest River ARREST: Hoo Doo Loop, Oldtown, Timothy Swann, 30, of Oldtown was arrested on a Bonner County bench warrant.

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 22, 2016 /s/Janis E. Gillespie Martindale, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner on June 22, 29 and July 6, 2016. (21-3) ____________________________ 2016227 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 16-4-00036-7 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of WILLIAM M. KENDALL-JOHNSTON, 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

Newport

Wayne Howard Smith, 65, passed away Dec. 2, 2015. A family memorial will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Friday, June 24, in Medical Lake, followed by a Celebration of Life barbecue at 1202 Driskill Road, in Newport.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Allen Hammons Priest River

Allen “Lee” Hammons, 68, of Priest River, passed away June 15. A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 9, at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Priest River.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 22, 29, and July 9, 2016 (21-3) ____________________________ 2016229 PUBLIC NOTICE Superior Court of Washington County of Pend Oreille No. 16-4-00037-5 Probate Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.030 In the Estate of: James H. McAdoo, Deceased The individual name below has been appointed as executor of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time this claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the executor or the executor’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except at otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: June 22, 2016 Executor: Barbara McAdoo

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

Thursday, June 23 Pend Oreille County Library District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office, Newport Public Hospital District No. 1 Board: 12:30 p.m.

- Sandifur Meeting Room, Newport Hospital Priest River Airport Board: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River City Hall

Monday, June 27 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m.

- Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m.

- Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Newport Planning Commission: 5 p.m. - Newport City Hall

Tuesday, June 28 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m.

- Pend Oreille County Courthouse Newport School Board: 5 p.m. - District Office Pend Oreille County Republican Central Committee: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pend Oreille Planning and Zoning Commission Workshop: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center

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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 22, 2016 /s/Patricia A. Kendall-Johnston, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-3242

Wednesday, June 22

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Attorney for Executor: Linda Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1440 Newport, WA 991356 Published in The Newport Miner June 22, 29 and July 6, 2016. ___________________________ 2016230 PUBLIC NOTICE Superior Court of Washington County of Pend Oreille No. 16-4-00038-3 Probate Notice to Creditors RCW.11.40.030 In the Estate of: Marjorie Allum Brass, Deceased The individual name below has been appointed as executor of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time this claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the executor or the executor’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except at otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: June 22, 2016 Executor: Michael W. Brass Attorney for Executor: Linda Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1440 Newport, WA 991356 Published in The Newport Miner June 22, 29 and July 6, 2016.

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Ione gets new council member State will auction 41 Priest Lake lots and a lightning strike

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

IONE – The town council of Ione selected its newest member at a recent council meeting. Jessica Pearson, a freelance design artist living in Ione, was appointed to council position No. 5, which was vacated by Mayor Charles Spears when he stepped in to fill the role left open by former mayor Don Fowell’s death in March.

“I think she’ll do well,” Spears said last Friday in a telephone interview. “I’m glad to see the next generation stepping up in leadership roles.”

Spears added that he did not know whether Pearson had filed her Oath of Office yet.

A lightning strike in late May caused the town’s water reservoir to drain when it shorted out the pump’s circuits, lowering the water pressure. The electrical shortage took place over the weekend, causing Ione residents to contact the mayor in regards to lack of water on a Sunday.

According to Spears, a town work crew replaced fuses and had the reservoir up and running by midnight that evening.

TD&H Engineering of Spokane completed an easement for placement of a 230-feet waterline that will straddle private property and property belonging

to the Selkirk Community Health Clinic.

The waterline will supply six residents and is budgeted from the town’s Small Works Roster for around $10,000.

Spears said an exact start date on the project hasn’t been set yet, but he would like to see the installation completed before Down River Days in late July.

Also at the June 1 meeting the council received a request from the Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners for volunteers to serve on the Pend Oreille County Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters (LEOFF-1) Disability Retirement Board.

The LEOFF-1 Board functions on an as-needed basis, to make decisions regarding disability and medical matters of LEOFF-1 retirees, with meetings held twice per year: the second Monday in January and June, 4 p.m., in the County Commissioners meeting room.

The public at large board member must be a Pend Oreille County resident who serves for a two-year term in a non-paid position.

Spears asked council if there was an interest from any members in volunteering for the LEOFF-1 board. No interest was expressed at that time.

The Metaline Falls Assembly of God church was granted a permit for a fireworks retail stand. The church sells fireworks for the 4th of July as a fundraiser.

Operation Dry Water focuses on impaired boaters NEWPORT – With the recreational boating season in full swing, the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office is ramping up its enforcement efforts as part

of a national crackdown on boating under the influence. The nationwide awareness and enforcement campaign, Operation Dry Water, is a partner-

DOWN RIVE R EVE NTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 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

THURSDAY, JUNE 23 STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 STORY TIME AND CRAFTS: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 METALINES BOOK GROUP:

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MONDAY, JUNE 27 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 28 STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 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.

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Washington DC 20510 202-224-3441 Website: www.cantwell.senate.gov Local: U.S. Courthouse 920 W. Riverside, Suite 697 Spokane WA 99201 509-353-2507 Sen. Patty Murray (D) 154 Russell Senate Office Bldg.

Washington DC 20510 202-224-2621 Website: www.murray.senate.gov Local: 10 N. Post St. Suite 600 Spokane WA 99201 509-624-9515 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) Fifth Congressional District 203 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 202-225-2006 Website: www.mcmorrisrodgers.house.gov Local: 10 N. Post St. Suite 625 Spokane WA 99201 509-353-2374

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ship of the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and the U.S. Coast Guard with a mission of putting an end to impaired boating. The goal of Operation Dry Water is to raise awareness about the dangers of boating under the influence of drugs and alcohol and to reduce the number of accidents and deaths attributed to impaired boating.

June 24-26, just prior to the July 4th holiday, law enforcement nationwide will show zero tolerance for boating under the influence. Boaters can expect to see an increase in the numbers of officers on the water and at recreational boating checkpoints. The goal of all law enforcement involved is to remove impaired operators from the waterways and secure a safe and enjoyable boating experience for those on the water.

“We know there will be a lot of boaters out enjoying the warmer weather and we want boaters to know we will be out making sure the water stays safe for them to enjoy,” Sergeant Questin Youk said. “Just as drinking and driving on the road is illegal and dangerous, we want to emphasize that drinking and boating is equally as dangerous and can lead to equal consequences as well, including arrests, termination of voyage, serious injuries and even death.”

Alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in recreational boating deaths in the United States.

Whether a person is operating a car on the road, or a boat on the water, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is illegal and can lead to serious consequences for operators and passengers alike. In Washington state it is illegal to operate a vessel with a blood alcohol concentration level of .08 or higher – the same as it is to operate a vehicle. If you are found to be impaired and operating a boat, you will be arrested.

Visit operationdrywater. org for more information about boating under the influence.

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) will auction 41 stateowned lots on Priest Lake valued at over $19 million for deeded ownership during a live, public auction Saturday, June 25, in Coeur d’Alene.

The auction starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Conference Center.

All of the lots to be auctioned have cabins on

them and are under lease.

The land is owned by the State of Idaho, and the cabins and other improvements on the land are owned by the leaseholders as personal property.

The current leaseholders applied to participate in the auction. A high bidder other than the current lessee must pay the lessee the appraised value of the home and personal property on the land at the

time of the auction.

There will be an auction of unleased lots in September of 2016.

The Idaho Constitution requires a public auction for the sale of endowment lands managed by the State Board of Land Commissioners (Land Board) and IDL. The Land Board previously voted to auction the lots over time instead of continuing to lease them.

Sullivan Lake Ranger District Office Closed on Wednesdays METALINE – Colville National Forest officials announced that the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station will close the office on Wednesdays.

The Sullivan Lake Ranger Station will

continue to have full visitor services Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Wednesday.

The Newport Ranger District Office will con-

tinue to be open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with full services.

For more information, contact the Newport Ranger Station at (509) 447-7300.

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BOISE – The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) will auction 41 stateowned lots on Priest Lake valued at over $19 million for deeded ownership during a live, public auction Saturday, June 25, in Coeur d’Alene.

The auction starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Conference Center.

All of the lots to be auctioned have cabins on them and are under lease.

The land is owned by the State of Idaho, and the cabins and other improvements on the land are owned by the leaseholders as personal property. The current

leaseholders applied to participate in the auction. A high bidder other than the current lessee must pay the lessee the appraised value of the home and personal property on the land at the time of the auction.

There will be an auction of unleased lots in September of 2016.

The Idaho Constitution requires a public auction for the sale of endowment lands managed by the State Board of Land Commissioners (Land Board) and IDL. The Land Board previously voted to auction the lots over time instead of continuing to lease them.

Newport City Hall changes hours NEWPORT – Newport City Hall will open their doors a half hour later in order to allow time to close out money deposits. Hours will now be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday, starting July 1.

“We’ll still answer the phones at 8 a.m. and if we get done sooner, we’ll open the doors, but we need time to close out the deposits,” said Nickole Schutte, city clerk treasurer.

The Newport City Council unanimously approved the changes at its regular meeting Monday, June 21.

EXBABYLON: Newport is home FROM PAGE 1

County Economic Development Council.

He is actively working to fill Exbabylon and Newport Alarm, both of which he owns.

“We thought a lot about that,” he said, but explained that the historical buildings downtown aren’t the best fit for his businesses.

“At the end of the day, I’ve always felt the problem with downtown is that it’s convenient to rent,” he said. “(But) I think you end up with businesses downtown that don’t necessarily belong downtown.”

While there are already several empty storefronts downtown, Stanton said the space currently occupied by Exbabylon and Newport Alarm are updated and more flexible than other spaces.

“We think our block is the best block,” he said with a laugh.

Stanton says that if he has it his way, the stores won’t sit empty more than two weeks. “I don’t foresee them being empty for too long,” he said.

The Stantons bought the property located at 204 W. Walnut, three years ago.

Stanton said his goal was to have the project done by the age of 30. He’s close – he’ll turn 30 in August, and move his companies in mid-fall.

Stanton graduated high school with dual diplomas from House of the Lord Christian Academy and Newport High School.

Tina also graduated from Newport. They attended Spokane Community College through the Running Start program, and built Exbabylon from scratch. They currently have locations in Newport and Hayden, and have a presence in Seattle, but will be scaling back to concentrate on the Inland Northwest.

The storefront that will house Exbabylon includes a second story that will become Exbabylon’s headquarters, which are currently located in Hayden.

Exbabylon is the largest Apple consul-

tant in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area, the largest Microsoft consultant in north Idaho, one of the top 10 Microsoft consultants in the Northwest, and the No. 1 Dell Security Partner. The Stantons see a bright future in Newport.

“We travel a lot, and every time we travel we always say Newport is home,” Stanton said. “When it came time to make a commitment it just made sense (to do it in Newport.)” He said the fiber Internet connection offered by the Pend Oreille PUD helped with the decision.

Exbabylon et al includes close to 20 employees, including Alex and Tina. Alex says when the new location opens, they will have close to 25 employees, including Newport Alarm.

Westside Pizza will be moving there too.

The fourth bay, on the west end, is still on the market. It includes a drive through so would be suited for a coffee shop, pharmacy or bank. The space is built to be customizable.

“This could be anything,” Stanton said while standing in the 1,500-square-foot space.

The entire building is about 8,000 square feet. The motif will reflect the Northwest, with exposed wood beams, and the IT company that built it, with concrete finishes. Stanton calls it Northwest Modern. He designed the building himself, starting about two years ago. It will be an energy efficient building, with a cold roof system where insulation is installed above the roofing. Open spaces and large windows will contribute to the Northwest Modern feel.

This project is going up the same time Newport Hospital is building a new clinic, Shopko is building a store in Oldtown, and a project in Priest River that will include storage and office space, a fitness center, and a salon. “We hope our presence here helps strengthen the community,” Stanton said.

Legislative leaders approve school funding group’s roster

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BOISE – Legislative leaders meeting at the Statehouse June 17 confirmed the lineup of Idaho lawmakers charged with potentially revamping the state’s public school funding formula.

The origin of the interim committee dates to the early days of the 2016 legislative session, when lawmakers passed a resolution and assembled a school funding working group.The 10 legislators on the committee — eight Republicans, two Democrats, plus Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra and a member of the State Board of Education — won’t have an easy or quick task.

House Concurrent Resolution 33 calls on the

committee to complete a detailed study of the state’s complicated school funding formula and report back recommendations to the Legislature.

Public school funding is the state’s largest general fund expense each year.

A complicated formula involving average daily student attendance drives the expenditure of nearly $1.6 billion annually.

The existing school funding formula hasn’t been updated since 1994, and some educators.

Some government leaders complain it wasn’t designed to accommodate online or dual credit courses, student mobility or the state’s gradual move to a system of mastery-based education.

As expected, the Public School Funding Formula Interim Committee will be headed up by Sen.

Chuck Winder, R-Boise, and Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls.

Members of both the House and Senate education committees — and, notably, Speaker of the House Scott Bedke — are also represented on the committee.

Since the group has already met, legislative leaders opted not to shake up its roster or alter the group’s mission. Instead, members of the Legislative Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the list of 10 lawmakers.

“This is probably more accurately called a ratification (of the committee roster),” Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill said.

“The committee was set up during the legislative session, and the committee has already met probably two-to-three times as well.

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NEWPORT

Rodeo 67 Annual Rodeo June 24 and 25 th

Fri & Sat - 7:30 pm

WBRA Barrel Race June 26th • 11am Tickets: Friday

Newport Rodeo Parade

Saturday, June 25 11 a.m.

Live Music at the Rodeo Grounds and City Park Games, vendors Stick Horse Races

Adults Advanced $10 At Gate $12 Military Night $10 at gate

For Military Members and first responders

Saturday

Adults Advanced $12 At Gate $15 Children 5-11 $5 Children 4 and Younger Free

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Pend Oreille Veterinary Clinic

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Kalispel Tribe grand marshal of Newport Rodeo

NE WASHINGTON FAIR August 25th - 28th, 2016

at the fairgrounds in Colville, WA 509-684-2585 lmatlock@ co.stevens.wa.us

Long ago, we believed that when the Tribe prospers, all should benefit. Today, that tradition is still at the heart of who we are and everything we do. Our commitment to being a strong community partner inspired our decision to build the Camas Center for Community Wellness to benefit Tribal Members and our surrounding neighbors.

It also guides our philanthropic endeavors through the Kalispel Charitable Fund, which has been able to give more than $15 million to more than 400 organizations throughout Spokane and Pend Oreille counties over the past decade.

When it comes to business, the spirit of mutual benefit directs our strategy to choose ventures that positively impact not only the Tribe, but also the surrounding community.

Our various business enterprises, which include Northern Quest Resort & Casino, two Fatburger Franchises, two Chevron fuel stations and convenience stores, the Kalispel Golf and Country Club, and the new commercial laundry facility Kalispel Linen Services, allow us the opportunity to employ more than 1,600 people and

contribute millions back to our local economy.

It has long been our goal to pursue economic development in Pend Oreille County, and we are excited to announce we are moving forward with the development of our properties along Highway 20 North this summer.

Our first project is the location of the former “Crossroads” restaurant. The building is currently being renovated for a new restaurant that will be developed in two phases. The front portion of the restaurant is scheduled to open in August 2016 and will feature quality, affordable menu options. The back portion, to be developed later, will be family-friendly and feature a kids menu and games.

We invite you to experience Kalispel hospitality throughout the summer at our annual 4th of July Celebration, which will feature a fireworks show at dusk, as well as our Annual Pow Pow the first weekend in August. Both will be held at the Pow Wow Grounds on the Kalispel Reservation.

We look forward to sharing our culture and traditions at these fun community events.

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Layton McMillan Rodeo Stock & Newport Rodeo Association Present

Newport Rough Stock Open Friday, July 15th • 7:30 p.m.

Newport Rodeo Grounds $1,000 Added Purse Added Purse Sponsors: Albeni Falls Building Supply, McDonalds Newport, Tripp Distributing, • Bull Riding Kardos Plumbing, Kalispel Tribe •Stock Saddle Bronc

•Bareback •Saddle Bronc •Concessions & Beer Garden

John Swenson 19th Annual Bull-A-Rama

Queen Mary Jane welcomes you to Newport Newport Rodeo Queen Mary Jane Lowry grew up in the Newport area and still calls it home.

She is a 2011 Newport High School graduate and attended Spokane Falls Community College from 2011 to 2014.

She received her AA in Elementary Education.

She currently attends Eastern Washington University, working on getting her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with a major in Mathematics.

“I am very honored and fulfilled to represent the Newport Rodeo Association, Pend Oreille County, as well as West Bonner County.

Although I did fall short in trying out in 2011, I still wanted to try again and accomplish my dream of being the Newport Rodeo

Saturday, July 16th • 7:30 p.m.

Newport Rodeo Grounds $3,000 Added Purse Added Purse Sponsors: Albeni Falls Building Supply, Kalispel Tribe, McDonalds Newport, Meek Harvesting

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Queen. In those years, I didn’t let the dream die for me. I tried to keep it alive and this year I was able to accomplish my dream of being chosen the rodeo queen in a community that I have grown up in and known

to love. I look forward to this opportunity and this rodeo season! I am honored to represent the Newport Rodeo Association throughout the Inland Northwest while promoting the sport of rodeo!”

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In the City of Spokane, we pick up or drop off at the Bank of America on Riverside and Howard. Upon request, we can also pick up at the following locations: Spokane International Airport, any of the major Hospitals including VA hospital, NorthTown Mall, Northpoint Wal-Mart, 29th and Regal, Fancher and Sprague or Trent and Fancher.

If you have a disability that prevents you from reaching one of our stops, please call our office to see if we can arrange a pickup at your home.

One-way fares $5.00 Newport/Spokane Reserve seating has priority. Open seating is available without reservations as capacity allows.

To reserve a seat, please call 24-hours in advance or during office hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm

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When rodeo work nights came about every year, John eagerly went about helping do whatever he could to make sure the rodeo was ready to go on opening night over the 48 years he was a

member.

John wore many hats

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in serving the rodeo over the course of his membership. Many years he sold rodeo ads which he thoroughly enjoyed as he traveled Pend Oreille County and Idaho promoting the rodeo and BS-ing with old and new acquaintances alike. He and his wife Anne took great pride in hosting the queen try outs and luncheon each year and making sure the royalty had what they needed to represent the Pend Oreille County Rodeo. You would see John for many years being the slate runner

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relaying the scores of the judges for the rough stock riders to the announcer in the booth.

He put in a lot of foot mileage during those times. He later was in charge of advance ticket sales and gate sales. During this time he and his daughter, Kayrene, would count the gate sales after every performance into the wee hours of the night.

John Swenson make many positive contributions to the Pend Oreille County Rodeo Association but he was especially proud to have had the honor to serve as its president and to have been a director.

John also took pride that 19 years ago he was able to bring the Bull A Rama to Newport. In addition to this, he was instrumental in hosting the Pro West finals here.

In recent years, after John began to slow down, you would see him no longer down in the arena running slate scores, but above the bucking chutes in the grandstand with his family enjoying and taking great pride in what he always loved – The Rodeo!

Happy trails to you, John Swenson, we will miss you.

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We are proud of our Community Inland Power and Light is a non-profit, member-owned electric utility.

As a cooperative that is locally owned and operated, we are working for a better quality of life for our members and the communities.

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Enjoy All The Festivities and

Thank You . . .

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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.

When a rider is thrown off the hind end of the animal.

Pantyhosed:

Average:

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.

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.

Pickup man:

Go-round:

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

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

No time:

Piggin’ string:

Failure to qualify during the timed events that is signaled by the flagman by waving the flag side to side.

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

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.

Freight trained: When someone is run over by an animal traveling at top speed, usually a bull.

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

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

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.

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Cost “Think about what you want to spend,” says Range. As with most things, as the quality goes up, so does the price. With felt hats, wool felt hats are at the cheaper end of the spectrum, selling for about $60. Wool-fur blends are the next step, with fur blends making up the top end of the felt hat market. Range says Hatco offers a 1,000 X Stetson made of a beaver, chinchilla blend that sells for $5,000. You can get a nice rabbit-beaver blend for about $180, he says.

Color The next thing to decide is the color. “Try on a variety of colors,” says

Range. “Some colors look better on some people than others.” He says black is the most popular color, followed by silver belly, palomino, mist grey and silver grey.

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Most men are 7-7 3/8 and most women fall into the 6 3/4 - 7 1/8 size, he says. Head shape also figures into hat fitting, which is another reason

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

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Whipped down:

A bull that is constantly looking for someone to charge.

One of the first questions a hat buyer needs to answer is felt or straw.

In hot weather, straw hats are lighter and more airy, although they don’t survive getting stepped on as well as felt hats.

Straw cowboy hats are also cheaper, priced from about $20-$100. Straw is a bit of a misnomer.

Most straw cowboy hats are made of shantung, a high performance paper that is rolled into a yarn

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

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

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

Fading:

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Putting the boots to one:

Dally:

For working cowboys and cowgirls, cowboy hats provide shade and protection from the elements. But they are also an American icon, valued for their style.

Matthew Range, head of marketing for Hatco, the company that owns Resistol and Stetson hats, provides some advice on hats.

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How to judge Rodeo Events • Breakaway Roping This event, for women or 16-andunder males, is similar to calf roping, except that the rope is tied to the saddle horn with a string.

When the horse stops and tension comes on the rope, the string breaks, and that’s when the time stops. The contestant doesn’t leave the horse, and the calf isn’t thrown. • Bull Riding Riding to be done with one hand and loose rope, with bell attached.

Bull will be ridden eight-seconds.

Rider will be disqualified for being bucked off or touching animal with free hand • Team Roping In Team Roping, ropes are loose from the saddle horns, and after making the catch, the ropers must take a wrap around the horn.

Time is taken when both ropes are tight and both horses are facing the steer. There are strict rules defining a fair head catch. The rope must be

around the horns, the neck, or one horn and the neck.

There is a five second fine for a head catch (with or without a figure-eight), that also catches a front foot. There is also a fivesecond fine for catching only one hind foot.

only when it is lying flat on its side, all four feet and head straight. If cowboy misses steer, flagman must ask if he wishes another jump.

• Calf Roping If cowboy intends to use two loops, two ropes must be carried.

Cowboy must dismount, go down rope, throw calf by hand and cross and tie any three feet If calf is down when roper reaches it, he must allow calf to get up and then throw him. If roper’s hand is on calf when calf falls, calf is considered thrown by hand. Tie must hold for six seconds after roper calls for time, and slacks rope. • Steer Wrestling Steer must be caught from horse.

If steer gets loose, cowboy may take no more than one step to catch him. Steer will be considered down

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• Saddle Bronc Riding The riding rein and hand must be on same side. The ride will be eight seconds. To qualify, the rider must have spurs over the break of the shoulders and touching the horse when the horse’s front feet hit the ground on the first jump out of the chute. Rider will be disqualified for: being bucked off; changing hands on rein; losing stirrup; or touching animal, saddle or rein with his free hand. • Bareback Riding One hand rigging is to be used.

To qualify, the rider must have spurs over the break of the shoulders when horse’s front feet touch the ground, first jump out of the chute. Horses will be ridden for eight seconds. Rider cannot touch the horse with free hand.

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The most popular crown is 4 5/8s inches. Open crowns are coming back into style, says Range.

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Volume 1, Number 6

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he Seventh Grade Press is a series of stories written by seventh graders in Ms. Irene Ewing’s class at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport. Each student chose a topic of local historical importance, conducted research and interviews and went through a lengthy editing process.

More than 80 students participated and each one will get a ‘by line’ in The Miner Newspapers. This is the sixth week of the project.

Check back for the next several weeks for more on local history. See more on page 12B. If you find that you have something to add, interview candidates the class should talk to, or documents and artifacts you want registered in the local museum, contact the Seventh Grade Class at Sadie Halstead Middle School, in Newport. They have agreed to collect and catalog everything that comes in, and deliver to the museum for archiving.

By Ally Jones

The Newport Rodeo began in 1956 with a parade, a carnival, and entertainment of all sorts.

It has been voted Rodeo of the Year many times by the Pro West Rodeo Association.

Each year this event brings countless families to our little town of Newport, Wash. The roar of the crowd when that final barrel racer wraps around that third barrel and makes a dash for home is something unforgettable!

The Newport Rodeo has one of, if not, the loudest Saturday night crowds in the northwest.

Every year for over 50 years the great men and women of the Newport Rodeo Association have been coming together to create this wonderful event that is fun for the whole family.

As you drive onto the grounds you are automatically greeted by volunteers that happily help you find a place to park and answer any questions you might have.

When you walk up those stairs into the stands you see all of those cowboys and cowgirls warming up their horses and sometimes even catch a few of the ropers doing sliding stops halfway across the arena.

Then you hear the voice of the announcer telling you, “Twenty minutes until showtime!” That’s just enough time to go get me a giant elephant ear and a huckleberry fizz and make it back to my seat.

Then it begins! The rodeo Queens race around the edge of the arena waving and smiling while behind the scenes there are hard working volunteers making it all happen;

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The history of Krogh Ranch

By Ben Krogh

did at the first but only this time in the opposite direction. The third barrel is special though, as this horse nears the end of the turn the crowd bursts out in yelling, screaming, clapping, basically anything that makes noise.

When this happens the horse will usually get an explosion of speed and hustle as fast as they can move to cross those timers in usually just under 16 seconds. That’s pretty fast if you ask me!

When the performance

Imagine spending nearly six months on a boat and then five more months traveling through seven states. That was my great-grandpa John Arnt Krogh’s life for nearly a year.

John left Norway at the age of 19 via New York, Minnesota and Montana, and then homesteaded in the Deer Valley in 1902. He arrived with his wife, Julia, and year old son Harry. Courine, John and Julia’s daughter, was born several years later.

After making his way through multiple states and settling in the Sacheen Lake area, John A. Krogh and wife Julia built a farm near Sacheen Lake. With the help of the Otness family, who homesteaded the Sacheen Lake Resort, the two families built log cabins.

Seventeen years later disaster struck; John’s wife Julia passed away of natural causes. Eleven years passed and another fire took the home they built.

To this day there have been five generations in the Krogh family, since John Arnt Krogh moved here from Bergen, Norway. The first generation was John A. Krogh. He had two kids, Harry and Courine.

Harry married Ruth Robinson in 1931. Ruth was a teacher in Deer Valley Middle School. Ruth and Harry were married for 43 years and had three children, John, Bonnie, and Jim. John, Jim and Bonnie continued the tradition of purchasing land and added over 1000 acres to the Krogh homestead.

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sorting calves into the proper pens, getting all of the bareback riders to the correct horses, but most of all, making sure that the entire crowd is enjoying their time at the rodeo.

In the middle of the performance, instead of having a half time, usually either a clown, drill team, or my favorites, the trick riders, come out and do a short performance.

Whether it be the clown on his mini motorcycle, the drill team with the sparklers on top of their flags, or the trick riders hanging upside down and backwards off their

horses, they will all definitely entertain you.

Nearing the end of the rodeo, we get to barrel racing. This event is probably the most crowd oriented. When that horse sees those barrels something flips a switch in their brain and they know exactly what to do. They are going to run just as fast as they can, go to the first barrel, slow up just a tiny bit then bend as close as they can to that barrel and as they come off of it they get a burst of speed and explode to the second.

When they get there they will repeat what they

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The prohibition hit Pend Oreille County hard, hard liquor that is.

People all over the U.S. wanted alcohol. Pend Oreille County had the privacy of rural mountains with a lot of cover, and that created a way to make big money.

The rough and tough people here loved their alcohol, but it wasn’t much of a problem until prohibition became law. According to “Prohibition” on History. com, the Federal government banned the sale, the production, the importation, and transportation of all alcoholic beverages from 1916 until 1933.

Pend Oreille County was kind of infamous for breaking every single part of that law. The first part of the law, producing alcohol, was big business. A lot of people made their living that way.

Stills were built to distill whiskey deep in the woods of Pend Oreille County because it was easy to get away with. They would pour the whiskey they made in jars, jugs, and buckets, and then transfer it in wagons. The whiskey would be covered by hay.

If policemen stopped the men that were transferring the whiskey, they would search their wagons. They would poke sticks in the hay to see if there was any alcohol under the hay. A lot was moved by trucks, but that was hard because

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the police watched the roads.

The importation and transportation of alcohol was also big business in Pend Oreille County according to Paul Reiber, the author of Bootlegging, in the 1980 Big Smoke. There were people who bought whiskey, transported it illegally just to make money.

They were called rum runners even though they were running whiskey and not rum.

These people would go to Canada, load with booze and return with an illegal load, then hide it, until they could take the whiskey, beer, and moonshine to Spokane where it would be shipped to Seattle.

Paul Reiber wrote a story about

the old whiskey trail. He reported that when he arrived in Metaline Falls in 1922, he found out that one of the people who was bootlegging had a well trained horse to run the booze. The man would ride over the border through the woods up to Salmo, Canada.

Then he would load the horse with liquor and lead the horse to the trail that went over Eldorado Creek. The horse went down the trail all by itself. It was said that if a car went by, the horse would stop and hide in the woods. Eventually the horse came out at Slate Creek on the main road to Metaline Falls.

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Horse shoes protect hooves

By Brooke Marsengill

Once people discovered the utilitarian value of the horse, they then realized the necessity to protect their horse’s feet. People realized the need for horses to be serviceable for anytime we need them. So, they began shoeing horses to protect their feet almost as soon as they domesticated them.

In the Book of Horses it says the first known protection for hoofs is described when people in Asia equipped their horses with some booties made from hides or woven plants. These helped the horses against future injuries that could occur during work or sports.

Horses a big help to early settlers

By Keeta Mitcham

So if you need a helping hand I think you would like to have a companion like a horse. Horses can get the job done a lot faster than we can. Horses were a big help to people in the early days of Pend

Horses were used to help people travel from place to place.

A blacksmith makes horseshoes and puts the shoes on the horses.

In England, horse shoes and coins were cast from the same iron, but the horse shoes were sometimes more valuable. During the Crusades of the 12th century, horseshoes were accepted in lieu of money to pay taxes.

Horses were a huge part for logging in Pend Oreille County and they needed big, heavy shoes to stand a chance against the big rocks and the rough, messy terrain of logging. When they worked in the snow and on the ice, the blacksmiths welded barium cleats to the bottom of the shoes.

A blacksmith makes horseshoes and puts the shoes on the horses. They also forge objects of iron that may be needed for horse drawn vehicles or on the farm.

The blacksmith’s shop was often in the middle of the town because their shop was often one of the first businesses in a town. Their main tools were a hammer, forge, and an anvil.

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Horse shoeing was very important. Without a horse shoe, horses hooves would be badly injured and horses would be lame.

I would love to visit a blacksmith and work with a blacksmith for just a day just to experience what it’s like. It would probably smell like forged metal and sweaty horses, and the horses would probably be sweaty because they will be stirred

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up and nervous to get the shoe fitted.

Horses are wonderful creatures but need the proper care and treatment. I decided to write about horse shoeing because it seemed the most interesting. I got some of my research off of some websites and books. I also talked to my uncle’s farrier who shoes his horse for him.

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The horse walked behind the Metaline Falls Hotel into the barn, and it would wait for the owner to unload him.

All this activity was called bootlegging. The term comes from the cowboys who wore tall boots that came equipped with more space to stash important items somewhere safe and hidden. After the Prohibition most people turned back to their law abiding occupation.

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John graduated from Washington State University in 1959. He became the Pend Oreille County Commissioner for two terms. John, Harry’s son, later married Janice, and had two kids, Todd and Chris.

Todd had four kids, Dylan, Mackenzie, Austin, and Ben. Chris had one child, Ashle, she lived on the farm for most of her life until she graduated for Newport High School.

Two years later she joined the United States Marine Corps. She served two years and when she came home she had a baby girl, Lily.

The Krogh Ranch business centers on 600-700 cattle, which is enough to feed more than 22,000 people. Timber harvesting, livestock and trade has been the reasons the Krogh ranch have prospered for over 100 years. Now nearly 110 years after my family’s farm was founded, it is run by my grandpa, John Krogh. Now, soon, it will be my turn to run The Krogh Ranch.

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ends and the crowd start to head out, you can watch as the volunteers take the signs down from the arena fence and the remaining steers being brought down to the catch pens. The few remaining cowgirls and cowboys start to head off to the trailers or possibly

even a different rodeo.

As you get into your car and begin to head home you replay the wonderful memories that were just created.

The Newport Rodeo has been creating long lasting memories for more than 50 years and encourages you to join them each year for an exciting, family oriented experience.

Oreille County. Horses also make life better and easier for people. They are fun to talk to and they are great friends.

Horses were used to help people travel from place to place. They would pull sleighs in the winter and carriages and wagons in the summer.

Horses would also help move heavy loads like big loads of logs for loggers. When they were doing these jobs, the horses would need a harness to pull.

There are two types of harnesses, ones with a collar and ones with a breast strap. A collar is on a work harness and is for heavy duty work. It is for pulling heavy loads and moving heavy objects like logs or pulling a plow.

Work harness was also needed to pull the big wagons. A light horse harness is used for pulling light vehicles like a carriage or sleigh. The horses that people ride usually do this kind of work, and they can be trained to do both.

You have to know what you are doing to work with big horses in harness. To help turn a horse in harness you say “Gee” to go right, and “Haw” to go left. It helps the horses to know what you mean.

Horses were harnessed together to pull even bigger loads. They used a double tree to attach more than one horse to something or extend out. It is common to hitch two horses together and a team is not too hard to drive.

When you hitch horses together you use cross reins that tug both horses to the right when you pull right, and then the other cross rein tugs to the left on both the horses to move to the left. It gets more complicated and harder to drive when you add more horses.

A four horses hitch is called “four in hand” because you have four horses hitched to the reins in one driver’s hands.

Then when you hitch more they call it sixup, and eightup. Driving more than two horses usually requires a professional driver. Some people can drive a 20 mule hitch. Horses are too spirited to hitch that many together.

It was a lot of work to care for a horse you would have to brush them every day. You would need cover like a barn to keep them dry. You would also need a place to keep all of the equipment like halters, harnesses, saddle, grain and hay. They would also need shoes so you would have to take them to the blacksmith shop a lot. The shoes are shaped like u’s and are put on the bottom of their hooves with horse shoe nails.

The kinds of horses from then and now have changed too. Back before cars they used horses for work and doing jobs. Now we use horses for entertainment and show, for example, rodeos, barrel racing, jumping, and for showing. Also, in early Pend Oreille County most people did not have registered horses like we do now. A horse was worth a lot if it could do the jobs it was needed for. Today a horse is worth more money if it is registered.

The history of Diamond Lake

By Kylee Rowe

Diamond Lake is a beautiful place to live. I should know, I’ve been living here for three years and it is the best place to live. It was this good even “back in the day” so I’ve heard. I interviewed my Grandma who has lived here for a long time. Some people say it was small but they loved it just as much as any other lake. They said that it was lovely.

Diamond Lake wasn’t just beautiful and lovely, it was also very useful. It is still considered navigable waters, meaning you can conduct business on the water and it is controlled by the Coast Guard. I thought that was pretty cool.

It also had log booms, a sawmill, the Diamond Match company cutting wood on it, and there was also a railroad depot. The log booms collected all the floating logs on the water from logging, and

they were loaded onto the railroad cars at the depot on Diamond Lake.

There was also a lot

There was also a lot of fun at Diamond Lake especially in the 60’s. of fun at Diamond Lake especially in the 60’s.

There was a resort called Camp Diamond Resort. I wish we still had that. It sounds like a lot of fun. You could go swimming, go boating, lay on the beach, eat at the restaurant, play the arcade games, and on the weekends, across the road, where there is a barn, they held dances.

Everyone loved being at Diamond Lake.

People came from Newport, Priest River and Spokane. People came from everywhere just to go to Diamond Lake.

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Sports

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Newport rodeo champions return to defend

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

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Mike Coles, Rob Cluster and Tom Wilbur line up on the green at the Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament fundraiser for the

Newport Hospital Foundation Friday, June 17, at StoneRidge Golf Course in Blanchard.

Hospital Foundation golf tourney fundraiser second highest BLANCHARD – The Fore! the Health of It! Golf Tournament at StoneRidge Golf Course scrambled 26 foursomes under sunny skies Friday, June 17 for the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation fundraiser.

The ninth annual tournament grossed just under $24,000 for Healthy Kids Snack Bags, a weekly snack delivery program to 200 school-age children from 5 schools, and Reach Out and Read, a prekindergarten literacy program that provides new books to children age

zero to five years old.

That’s the second largest amount raised in the nine years the tournament has been held, behind the 2013 tournament.

Tournament winners included: 1st Place Low Gross- Matt Mire, Ross Granier, Kevin Cox, and Rod Colwell (Mountain West Bank - Sandpoint); 1st Place Net – Mike Charles, Cassandra Charles, Christopher Bethely, Paula McKee (Cancer Care Northwest); 2nd Place Low Gross – Tom Wilbur, Brian Allard, Mike Coles, Ron Cluster (Wilbur’s Ring-

ers); 2nd Place Net – Clay Kersting, Katie Kersting, Jeremy Lewis, Gae Lewis (Newport Hospital and Health Services); 3rd Place Low Gross – Todd Chapman, Cameron Marke, John Nelson, Dustin Lenz (Chapman Financial Services); 3rd Place Net – Nick Ivie, Tom Garrett, Derek Thomas, Justin Arrand (sponsored

by NAC Architecture); Women’s Longest Drive – Gae Lewis; Men’s Longest Drive – Rick Hughes; Women’s Closest to Pin – Katie Kersting; Men’s Closest to Pin – Mike Charles; Long Putt – John Hiatt.

Nichols, Krogh do well at Colville

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

COLVILLE – Priest River’s Caleb Nichols and Newport’s Austin Krogh both collected checks at the Pro West Colville Rodeo, held June 17-18.

Nichols won the saddle bronc riding, collecting $433 for a 79-point ride aboard a horse called Bay Balmer.

Krogh placed second in the steer wrestling with an 11.86 second run. He also tied for fourth in the saddle bronc riding with

a 69-point ride. He won $338 in the steer wrestling and $54 in the bronc riding. Krogh also won the saddle bronc riding at Kamiah, Idaho rodeo over the weekend.

Other winners included Francis Marchand of Omak, who won the bareback riding with a 75-point ride on De Red Darling, pocketing $441.

Marchand also won third in the saddle bronc riding with a 71-point ride for $216.

Another Marchand, Kaelyn Marchand, won

the barrel racing with a 17.9 run, winning the rodeo’s biggest check, $860.

Shantelle McNamee of Whitebird, Idaho won the breakaway roping with a 2.25 second run, winning $619.

Dustin Nigg of Tonasket, Wash., was one of two bull riders to make the whistle. He won first with his 83-point ride, winning $707. Caleb McMillan of Soap Lake won second with a 72-point ride.

Justin Luhr of Medical Lake won the steer wrestling with a 6.65 second

run. He won $451.

Tie down ropers were led by Jason Minor of Ellensburg, who wrapped up his calf in 10.32 seconds to win $796.

Kelsey Felton of Lewiston, Idaho and Paul Dunn of Caldwell won the team roping. They faced up in 7.09 seconds to win $598 each.The Colville Rodeo returned to a Pro West Rodeo after a couple years off. Stock contractors McMillan-Layton supplied the stock. They will also be at Newport Rodeo this weekend.

Student athletes in Idaho must take drug and concussion tests PRIEST RIVER – Those interested in participating in high school sports should mark their calendars for upcoming events. On Thursday, Aug. 4, at 5 p.m. there will be a fall sports paperwork and fee session at Priest River Lamanna High School (PRLHS). School personnel will be available for paying fees, and collecting paperwork. The fall sports parent orientation will begin at 6 p.m. in the PRLHS gym. At 6:30 p.m. teams will disperse to classrooms for sport specific meetings.

On Friday, Aug. 5, there will be concussion and drug testing. All athletes are required to have a baseline ImPACT test and pass a drug test to participate in practice.

Athletes cannot participate without a baseline test on file.

Drug testing for girls and boys soccer is 8 a.m.-8:40 a.m.; 8:40 a.m.-9 a.m. for volleyball; 9 a.m.9:30 a.m. for cheerleading; 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. for cross-country, and 10 a.m.-11 a.m. for football. All drug testing will take place in the PRLHS cafeteria.

ImPACT testing will be held in the computer lab and will be 8 a.m.8:40 a.m. for volleyball; 9 a.m.-10 a.m. for boys and girls soccer; 10 a.m.-11 a.m. cross country and cheerleading; 11 a.m. -12:00 for football seniors and juniors, and noon -1 p.m. for football sophomores and freshman.

On Aug. 5 Family Medicine in Newport will give free sports physicals from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., no appointment needed and walk-ins

welcome.

First practice for football begins Monday, August 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, as well as boys’ soccer from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Girls’ soccer times are to be announced.

First practice for volleyball is 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. and at 3 p.m. for cross-country Friday, Aug. 12.

A complete Spartan sports packet needs to be completed and on file in order to participate.

Forms can be downloaded from Priest River Lamanna High School athletic webpage or picked up from the central office Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

A $35 ASB fee is due before first day of competition and a $15 drug test fee is due at the time of drug testing.

NEWPORT – Nearly all of last year’s event champions and a number of Pro West Rodeo Association champions will return to defend their titles at this year’s rodeo, which takes place Friday and Saturday night, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Last year’s Newport All-Around cowboy, Caleb McMillan, of Soap Lake, Wash., will be competing in five events – saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie down roping, steer wrestling and team roping. He won the bull riding last year.

Some local contestants will be coming into Newport on a winning streak. Priest River’s Caleb Nichols is scheduled to ride in the saddle bronc riding Saturday night. Newport’s Austin Krogh will compete Friday night in the saddle bronc riding and steer wrestling. Both Krogh and Nichols are coming off a money-winning weekend at Colville (see separate story).

Another well-known Newport bull rider, Jesse Kardos is scheduled to ride Friday. Newport tie down roper Chris Jones will compete Saturday.

Jed McKinlay of Colbert will return to defend his bareback riding title. At age 55, McKinlay is competing in rodeo’s most physically demanding event at an age most have long since hung it up. He will compete Saturday.

The timed events drew the most competitors, with 38 barrel racers, 29 tie down ropers and 23 teams in the team roping, enough to have a separate slack performance Saturday morning at 9 a.m. There is no charge to watch the slack.

There are 21 steer wrestlers, 20 breakaway ropers, 12 saddle bronc riders, eight bareback riders and four bull riders entered. That number of riding event contestants is likely to increase with late entries.

The ranch bronc riding will also be featured. This event involves working ranch cowboys riding bucking horses in standard stock saddles. The event is a crowd pleaser, with minimal rules and cowboys trying to make the wildest ride possible.

McMillan and Layton will again supply rodeo stock. This year the McMillan Trick Riding team will perform at both rodeo performances. The skilled trick riders are one of the most sought after contract acts in rodeo.

Al Parson will return to announce the rodeo.

Advance tickets are available at area merchants and cost $10 for Friday’s performance ($12 at the gate) and $12 for Saturday’s performance ($15 at the gate). There will also be a barrel-racing event Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.

Results available for special hunt drawing OLYMPIA – Hunters who submitted applications for 2016 special hunt permits can now view the results of this year’s drawing on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website.

The results of the random, computerized drawing were verified June 9 and are now available for viewing at www.fishhunt.dfw. wa.gov/wa/specialhuntlookup. Holders of the special permits can hunt at times and locations beyond those authorized by a general hunting license.

This year’s application forms included a range of hunting options for deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, and bighorn sheep, said Mick Cope, WDFW game division manager.

Like last year, hunters

were allowed to submit applications in multiple categories.

WDFW is emailing applicants who asked to be notified about the results of the drawing and has posted the results on its website. Successful applicants will receive their special hunt permits in the mail by mid-July.

Hunters selected for goat, sheep, or moose special hunts will receive a notification card in the mail by mid-July and have until July 29, to purchase their license and tag. Goat, sheep, and moose licenses and tags must be purchased from the Olympia WDFW office. Customers can purchase in person, by phone at 360-902-2464, or by mailing a check to Licensing Division, 600 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501.

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Preparing for the show

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he Newport Rodeo Association is made up of about 15 volunteers who attend to all the details of seeing the rodeo (June 24-25) comes off as promised.

From hammering nails, to painting, to ensuring the seats are in good shape, these volunteers are really the reason the rodeo happens.

The week before the rodeo is when most of the work gets done, with crews laboring every night this week to see that everything is ship shape.

All photos by Don Gronning

Long time rodeo volunteer Donnie Winterfield hands Billy Archer a piece of chain at the roping chutes while Robert Gladney looks on.

The Newport Rodeo arena will look considerably different than this when crowds start showing up Friday night.

Dustin Criswell of Newport is a former bull rider who is volunteering for his first year at the rodeo.

Jessica Edmondson of Priest River puts a coat of paint on a board that will end up at the restroom. Edmonson is volunteering at the rodeo for the first time this year.

Robert Gladney, another former bull rider, gets a chuckle as he looks into through the arena fence into the roping chutes.

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