Newport Miner July 16, 2014 by The Newport Miner

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Two women want prosecutor job EDITOR’S NOTE: The Miner staff interviewed each candidate in the prosecutor’s race at The Miner office. Both candidates will move on to the general election with the one receiving the most votes in the primary listed first on the ballot. We attempted to ask each candidate similar questions with follow up questions, as well as allowing them give us a question to ask their opponent.

Dolly Hunt BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Dolly Hunt has worked for three different prosecutors during her career as a deputy prosecutor – in Okanogan, Lincoln and Pend Oreille counties. “I’ve been a prosecutor my whole career, for the last 11 years,” says Hunt. She has see three styles of running a prosecutor’s office and the strengths and weaknesses of each county’s system. She sees prosecuting crime as the main job of the prosecutor, but recognizes that the job is bigger than just prosecuting crime. For one thing, in Pend Oreille County, the prosecutor has been the chief civil attorney for county commissioners, as well as the coroner. Hunt says she has experience with all the roles, including coroner. In a small community such as Pend Oreille County, the elected prosecutor has to be

familiar with all aspects of the prosecutor’s duties, Hunt says. “The coroner piece is a piece I have been lucky enough not to have to do since I’ve been here, but I did it when I was in Okanogan,” she says. If she wins election, Hunt says she isn’t sure how should would organize the office. In Okanogan County, the prosecutor tried some high profile criminal cases. It has been a while since Pend Oreille County Prosecutor Tom Metzger has tried a criminal case.

Robin McCroskey BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT - Robin McCroskey is best known for her work as a public defender, something she has done for Pend Oreille County for the last 12 years. But she also has done a lot of civil work in her private practice and says she would be comfortable

SEE DOLLY HUNT, 8A

providing legal advice to elected officials, including county commissioners. The main job of the county prosecutor is seeing that crimes are prosecuted, she says, and that will remain the main focus. “That’s what we think of first, but there is more to the job,” McCroskey says. “I would be responsible to give legal advice to the county commissioners, as well as the elected officials. I am ready to do that based on my civil experience. I’ve done a lot of work in land use, zoning and I’m very involved in the Growth Management Act.” McCroskey recognizes that drugs and crime are linked. She says the county used to have a lot of meth labs in the 90s. That isn’t the case now, but there is still plenty of meth, she says. “And if you want meth and you need to buy it and don’t have any money, you steal from other people,” she says. “It’s kind of a what comes first the chicken or the egg. Do we get rid of the meth and then we won’t have problems with burglaries or do we put all the people who commit the burglaries in jail and then we won’t have any need for meth? Well, I don’t see it that way. I think both problems need to be dealt with simultaneously.” SEE ROBIN MCCROSKEY, 8A

Ballots mailed Wednesday NEWPORT – Elections supervisor Liz Krizenesky said primary ballots were mailed out Wednesday, July 16, and must be returned to the county by Tuesday, Aug. 5. Ballots can be dropped off in the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or on Election Day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Twenty-four hour ballot drop-boxes are located in the alley behind the County Courthouse at 625 W. Fourth St. in Newport and between the Library and Community Center at 112 N. Central in Ione. They will remain opened

Fairies painted faces and volunteers taught how to make lavender wands during the 11th annual Pend Oreille Valley Lavender Festival this past weekend. The event included various juried artists, artisans, growers and demonstrations, live music, food and a beer and wine garden. Area resident Billie Martin said there were always crowds around the plants, flowers, lavender and lavender creations. The festival had a smaller than average attendance by about two-thirds because

SEE BALLOTS, 2A

Fiber installs getting quicker

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Fairies painted during hot festival

until 8 p.m. on Election Day. The Accessible Voting Unit will be available for use at the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office. The primary elections include a race for the first female prosecutor in Pend Oreille County with defense attorney Robin McCroskey running against deputy prosecutor Dolly Hunt. This is the only contested election among Pend Oreille County officials and both will advance to general elections in November. For McCroskey and Hunt, the primary election will only decide the order their names

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the heat was in the mid-90’s, festival organizer Loyce Akers said. That kept some area residents from enjoying the flowery smell of lavender, a huckleberry lemonade or shopping at the various vendors. Martin said the trees in the park were a welcome relief from the hot blistering sun. “The smoothies, frozen drinks, iced coffees, teas and cold fruit drinks were a certain hit with temperatures in the high 90’s,” Martin said. “The beer and wine garden was definitely a popular spot.”

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Public Utility District’s fiber to the premise project will see faster installations with the hiring of a new contractor to handle some of the construction work. Robert Fritz, CNS supervisor, said they have about 1,245 requests for service and have 1,085 connections installed. He said to get the wait time down from 4-6 weeks for installations to 1-2 weeks, they have hired Speccom Incorporated from Rathdrum. SEE FIBER, 2A

B R I E F LY Motorcycle crash takes a Newport postal worker NEWPORT – Melody R. Edwards, of Priest River, was killed Saturday, July 12, when the Harley Davidson motorcycle she was driving swerved off U.S. Highway 12 near Lewiston. Edwards was a longtime worker for the Newport Post Office. She was travelling westbound near Kooskia, Idaho when she drifted to the right shoulder and down a bank. She was riding with her husband and a group of friends. Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, July 19, at

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11 a.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements. A complete obituary was not available at press time.

Man found electrocuted in the woods NEWPORT – A 59-year-old Newport man died Wednesday, July 9, while cutting a tree off Calispel Trail Loop Road in southern Pend Oreille County. Walter Richard Rohrer III was found dead by a Pend 5B-6B

Oreille Public Utility District lineman shortly before noon. PUD personnel had responded to the area after receiving a report of a tree leaning on a power line. After cutting the power and investigating, the lineman discovered Rohrer and called for emergency personnel. It appears Rohrer had been cutting down a dead tree for firewood and fell it on the power line. When Rohrer attempted to cut the tree from the power line, he accidentally knelt into the live wire. He was pronounced dead at the scene. See obituary in this issue.

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PRIEST RIVER – A new gazebo now stands in honor of some Old Goats. A small crowd gathered Saturday morning at the Ranch Club Golf Course to dedicate the structure to a group of mentors – most of whom have passed away – that taught the importance of etiquette, deft of stroke, and value in sportsmanship. The Old Goats formed about 35 years ago, when Jerry and Sharon Martin still owned the Ranch Club. Dennis Napier, who has owned the club about 28 years now, explained that back in the 1970s, many families came to the club to golf. Kids being kids, they didn’t necessarily know how to behave on a golf course. Rather than be irritated, a group of experienced golfers decided to do something about it. “My dad always told us that we needed to put into our community more than we took out,” Bob Huston said Saturday morning. Out of that sentiment was borne the Old Goats, a group of retired golfers, mostly from Diamond Lake, who mentored young kids on the green. Huston’s father Hal was one of the original Old Goats, and was instrumental in keeping the program alive, Napier said. Bob wanted to honor his father who had built a gazebo himself at his home on

the years. “My own kids benefited from the scholarship,” she said. Many of the kids mentored by the Old Goats went on to play in junior leagues, in high school and beyond. Napier mentioned Dawes Marlatt, a PGA Master Professional who was promoted to Senior Director of Education and Employment for the PGA. Some went on to be golf pros, and MINER PHOTO|MICHELLE NEDVED

Ranch Club owner Dennis Napier talks to the group gathered at the his golf course Saturday morning about the dedication of the gazebo behind him, donated by the family of Hal Huston, one of the original Old Goats.

Diamond Lake that was, “his pride and joy.” Bob thought that would be an appropriate honor to his father and had hopes of Hal seeing the project completed. “And then Dad up and died on us early,” Bob said. Hal passed away last July. But the project continued. Bob, who lives in Alaska, and his mother, Madeline, stopped by the Ranch Club when they were in the lower 48 for Hal’s funeral. Bob shared his idea with Napier, who was pleased, but not without some trepidation. Napier had his doubts, hoping it wouldn’t be “some funky little gazebo.” “Instead, it’s this super nice building,” he told The Miner.

Ground broke in April. Gary Guinn, owner of Unique Masonry in Priest River, did the brick work and Joel Saccomanno worked on the construction, both donating labor. Saccomanno remembers Hal. “He taught me how to play golf,” he told Bob. The gazebo was dedicated the morning of the annual Bonner County Hospice Memorial Golf Tournament, held at the Ranch Club every year. Janine Jones, a golfer, spoke about how the Old Goats benefited her family. In addition to mentoring kids on the golf course, the goats have distributed nearly $75,000 in scholarships over

Priest River woman shot at Bonner General PRIEST RIVER – Jeanetta Marie Riley, 35, was shot and killed outside of Bonner General Hospital Tuesday, July 8, about 9:15 p.m., where she was said to have “aggressed” officers while holding a knife. Riley, formerly known as Jeanetta Mad-

dox, was reportedly shot in the chest while refusing to drop the knife as directed by members of the Sandpoint Police Officers. It was reported she was a mother and a resident of Priest River, originally from Washington State.

BALLOTS: Metzger is retiring this year FROM PAGE 1

will appear on the general election ballot, with the top vote-getter appearing first. Both are running as Republicans. Regardless of who wins in November, Pend Oreille County will have a new prosecutor for the first time in 30 years, as current prosecutor Tom Metzger is retiring this year. In addition to the prosecutor race, Curt Knapp and Katherine Brown will vie to see who will be the Public Utility District Commissioner from District 2. This race will not appear on the primary ballot but they will both advance to the general election. Krizenesky already drew position for the PUD race and Knapp’s name will appear first in the non partisan contest. County incumbents who were unopposed for reelection include Jim McCroskey, who is running for another term as assessor, Alan Botzheim, who is running for sheriff, Tammie Ownbey, who is running for Superior Court clerk, Marianne Nichols, who is running for auditor, Mike Manus running for County Commissioner and Terri Miller running for

treasurer. All but Miller are Republicans, Miller being a Democrat. The primary will also narrow the field for U.S. Representative. Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers will be challenged by fellow Republican Tom Horne of Nine Mile Falls, Democrat Joseph “Joe” Pakootas of Inchelium and Dave Wilson, an Independent from Spokane. McMorris Rodgers also lives in Spokane. The two top vote-getters, regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Seventh District state Reps. Shelly Short and Joel Kretz have opponents, as does 7th District state Sen. Brian Dansel. Dansel will run against Tony Booth. They are both Republicans. Short, from Addy, Wash. and also a Republican, will have an opponent from the Libertarian Party. He is James R. Apker of Mead. Kretz, a Republican from Wauconda, will be opposed by Ronnie Rae of Loon Lake. Rae prefers the Centralist party. Rae told the Spokesman Review newspaper that centralist was a philosophy rather than an actual political party. Pend Oreille County District Court Judge Phil Van de Veer will run for

reelection to the nonpartisan district court judge’s position, but won’t appear on the August ballot. There are several nonpartisan state Supreme Court positions up for election. Charles W. Johnson and Eddie Yoon are seeking the position 4 seat. Mary Yu is seeking the position 1 seat, Mary E. Fairhurst is running for position 3 seat and Debra L. Stephens is a candidate for position 7 on the state Supreme Court. Kevin M. Korsmo is the sole candidate for the Division 3, Court of Appeals, District 1 nonpartisan position. Twenty-three people filed for precinct committee officer positions – 12 Democrats and 10 GOP. None were contested. There are 27 precincts in the county. If you do not receive a ballot or need a replacement ballot please contact the Auditor’s Office at 509-4476472 or come in to the Auditor’s office. For information regarding assistance with voter registration, voting or accessibility issues, contact the election office at 509-447-6472 or email lkrizenesky@pendoreille. org or log onto http://www. pendoreilleco.org/county/ elections.asp.

many came back to become Old Goats themselves. “Once in a while you find a group of people that do something exceptional,” Napier said. “It just turned out to be a great program.” It’s a dwindling program now, however. Napier said young families don’t bring their kids out to golf anymore. Sharon Martin summed it up. “We need more Old Goats.”

Bonner hires superintendent PRIEST RIVER – Paul Anselmo has been selected as the interim superintendent for the West Bonner School District. He’ll start Aug. 1. Anselmo was born and raised in the Priest River area and has worked as a science teacher at Priest River Junior High for the last 14 years. “He’s smart and level headed,” said West Bonner School District board chair Sandy Brower. Anselmo has

his administrative credentials, although he doesn’t have a superintendent credential, district business manager Debra Buttrey said. The district will continue an aggressive search for a permanent superintendent, Brower said. Anselmo was one of two people interviewed for the job July 8. His salary won’t be set until the board formally approves his hire.

Accident blocks Highway 2 in Newport NEWPORT – A two-car accident was blocking part of U.S. Highway 2 near Cemetery Road, Tuesday, July 15, with no injuries reported to the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office. Pend Oreille County Sheriff Alan Botzheim said the accident was cleared after about an hour of deputies being on the scene. He said no medical calls were reported. At least one of the vehicles was taken to Newport Towing, Botzheim said, where deputies were continuing their investigation at press time.

Three injured in pickup, tractor trailer collision CUSICK – Three people were injured Wednesday, July 9, when a pickup truck in which they were passengers ran a stop sign and was hit by a semi truck on Highway 20 a mile south of Cusick, according to a news release from the Washington State Patrol. The 2013 Toyota Tundra pickup was driven by Rajeev Sheoran, 41, of Penticton B.C., who was heading east on McKenzie Road shortly after 10 a.m., when he failed to stop at a stop sign and was hit by a 2014 Peterbilt driven by Kenneth E. Un-

rein, 53, of Athol, who was heading north on Highway 20. The pickup caught fire after the collision, starting a grass fire. Ritvy Sheoran, 38, and Ria Sheoran, 10, were taken to the Newport Hospital. They were discharged later that day. Aaron Sheoran, 6, was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Unrein and Rajeev Sheoran were uninjured. Rajeev Sheoran is facing charges of failure to yield and negligent driving, according to the WSP.

FIBER: Two technicians will continue to work FROM PAGE 1

They gave an estimate for $80,000 for the work required, however, were given a maximum “unit contract” not to exceed $200,000. “The construction part takes the longest and is slowing us down the most,” Fritz said. There are two CNS technicians that will continue work on the electronic part of the installation for those who have already had fiber ran to the premise. Speccom will handle all overhead and underground fiber installations that are left outstanding. Fritz said there are currently 53 requests for

fiber services that have not had any work done during the project. An installation like this requires CNS to come give an estimate and then subtract the $1,500 credit that CNS is offering toward installations. The customer must pay any costs over the $1,500. They will have to decide if moving forward at that point would be feasible. Fritz said there is no average price for this type of installation as they could vary in distances, such as some only need 100 feet of fiber where others would need about a half mile.

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This time last year the weather was hot and humid. We started our week with thunderstorms early, then it was back to full sun to finish out our warm week. The high for the week at a hot 96, the nights held the week’s low at a mild 48.

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B R I E F LY Safe boating class this weekend DIAMOND LAKE – Summer time means boating on the area lakes and rivers and two free boating education classes will be offered Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20, at the Diamond Lake Fire District. Each day will be one complete class. Registration for the free class will take place at 8:30 a.m., with the class starting at 9 a.m. People are asked to bring a sack lunch. To register, call Charlie Schaefer at 509-4472279. Schaefer is a certified boating safety instructor for Washington and Idaho, and is offering the class for those that still need to get the training for their Washington state required boater safety cards. Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1955, who would be 59 or younger this year, are required to take the course. You must be 14 years or older to operate a boat in Washington. The class is also available online at www. parks.wa.gov, or you can request to take an equivalency exam instead of the course. A boat operator from another state is not required to take the course for the first 60 consecutive days of their visit.

Planning and Zoning Commission holds hearings SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold two public hearings, Thursday, July 24, to discuss rental standards and special use permit renewals. The hearing at 5:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the Bonner County Administration Building, 1500 Highway 2, Sandpoint, will be for rental standards for rental warehouses, ministorage and boat storage. This will include separate boat storage regulations from ministorage standards, not allow boat storage in Rural Service Center and recreation districts, allow for unlimited square footage for rental warehouses in the commercial and industrial districts and eliminate the 10,000 square foot maximum for boats, rentals and ministorage. A hearing on special use permit renewals and street definition will start at 6 p.m. at the same location. This will include allowing special use permits be renewed up to five times for cycling events, triathlons or other recreational events and amend the definition of street to lot or parcel to ease the front yard setback standards for land encumbered by private travelways.

Gold season has arrived BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – Many of the small creeks, rivers and tributaries in the county are rich with placer gold and area residents can start mining on some of them Wednesday, July 16. Placer gold is gold that has separated from the host rock where it was formed and “placed” on hillsides and streambeds by the action of water, glaciers or other geological forces. According to The Explainer, a U.S. Geological Survey estimates that more than 20 percent of the U.S. gold deposits are in placer gold. Placer gold, however, was not enough to satisfy some prospectors and the real pay dirt came from lead and zinc mining after the war efforts in Pend Oreille County. The State of Washington allows the use of suction dredges up to five and onequarter inch, however, most of Pend Oreille County is restricted to four and onequarter inch, a measurement taken on the size of nozzle on the suction tube. The areas where a fourinch dredge can be used in Pend Oreille County starting Wednesday, July 16, include Harvey Creek upstream from Rocky Fork, the tributaries of Deep Creek, Currant Creek, Meadow Creek, Rocky Creek, Silver Creek and Smackout Creek. Mining begins Friday, Aug. 1, for the Little Spokane River, West Branch of the Little Spokane River and Harvey Creek at the mouth of Rocky Fork. Some of the tributaries of the Pend Oreille River

Todd sent to prison, judge turns down drug treatment sentence BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

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A miner catches the shiny yellow rock in the rivets of the gold pan. Gold is 19 times heavier than any other item in the water and often settles in the streambeds and cracks on the river bottom. The New 49’ers state that panning is often used to locate a richer paying area by sampling the locations.

include Big Muddy Creek, Bracket Creek, Exposure Creek, Kent Creek, Le Clerc Creek, Renshaw Creek and Sullivan Creek. Other Pend Oreille County mining locations include Brown’s Lake Placers, on Brown’s Lake; Harvey Bar Placer and Schierding Placer, both on the Pend Oreille River; Schultz Placer; and Sullivan Creek Placer, on Sullivan Creek, where it’s been reported prospectors have found gold nuggets weighing up to 2 ounces. Studies have suggested that there is as much as 519 metric tons of gold resources in the state and more than 2,100 tons in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1990s. The state of Washington is ranked among the top 10 states in existing gold de-

posits, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A California Geological Survey says that one in 1,000 miners will strike it rich in their lifetime. The state of Washington requires prospectors have the Gold and Fish Rules for Mineral Prospecting and Placer Mining Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) guide at all times while prospecting. This guide can be found at any WDFW office or online at www.wdfw. wa.gov/licensing/mining. Each area of the state offers different prospecting seasons and permits and this guide will explain the seasons for each river in Pend Oreille County and throughout the state. Check individual state environmental rules if prospecting outside of Washington state.

NEWPORT - A Newport man with a criminal record dating back nearly 20 years was sentenced to 29 months in prison for five felonies when he appeared before Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson Thursday, July 10. “I don’t run, I don’t hide, I don’t tell,” Walter Randall Todd, 50, said before he was sentenced for two counts of possession of a firearm in the second degree, two counts of possession of stolen property, in the first and second

degree, and possession of a controlled substance, meth. “I’m ready for what you have to do.” Neilson rejected a deal worked out between prosecution and defense that would have given Todd a Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative and allowed him to serve 3-6 months in residential drug treatment facility. Nielson told Todd that the case was different than those in which he normally granted a DOSA. Todd was an older defendant, he said, and the exchange of drugs for SEE TODD, 5A

Public records training at City Hall NEWPORT – The Newport City Council is attending a mandatory training on the open public records act and records retention, Monday, July 21, at 4 p.m. at City Hall. The training will be prior to their regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 6 p.m. The Council will be trained using power point presentations available online through the Washington State Attorney General’s office. Under a new state law, every four years, elected officials, public records officers and governing body members must complete open government training. “This will be an informal training with the Council reviewing the power points and discussion among them and administration,” Newport City Clerk Nickole Schutte said.

No camping restrictions from cold water pipe BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

SULLIVAN LAKE – The Pend Oreille Public Utility District has started constructing a compressor and control building as part of the cold water pipe project and they said there would be no restrictions on summer recreation until about September at Sullivan Lake campgrounds. Workers will be doing construction work through Dec. 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., MondayFriday. This will include work on the control building and between the control building and dam, and waterline dam rehabilitation work. Starting Sept. 3 through Dec. 15, work will be done on the pipeline intake installation, Cofferdam installation and in-water pipeline installation and dam rehabilitation. “Our goal is to have as little impact on summer recreation as possible,” said PUD Director of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Mark Cauchy. “There may

Clean audit for Fire District 6 NEWPORT – Fire District 6, which serves the east side of the Pend Oreille River in the Pioneer Park area, received a clean audit from the state auditor. The audt, which covers Jan. 1, 2011 through Dec. 31, 2013, found that internal controls were adequate to safeguard the public interest and that the district complied with its own policies and state law. Auditors noticed an unauthorized purchase that

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they brought to fire district commissioners’ attention, according to Vicki Miles, the district’s secretary. Pend Oreille County Fire Protection District No. 6, located in Newport, provides fire suppression and protection services for the areas of Leclerc and Furport. An elected, three-member Board of Commissioners governs the district, which operates on an annual budget of approximately $84,000, primarily from property taxes.

be impacts on some types of recreation after Labor Day.” The PUD is required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to install the cold water pipe under the license surrender agreements for the Sullivan Creek hydroelectric project. The PUD will pay for half of the estimated $4-5 million it will cost. Seattle City Light, operators of Boundary Hydroelectric Project, will cover the other half of the costs. The system includes a pipe that will be more than 900 feet in length and more than 48 inches in diameter. Cauchy said the water would

be released through the pipe at 30-50 cubic feet per second during the summer months. The pipe has a gate that controls the flow levels. During the winter, the lake is already down to winter elevations, about 2,570 feet by the end of December, and the PUD just maintains this level. “It’s sort of like a siphon,” Cauchy said. “As the lake goes down, the pressure goes down. Basically by opening a gate, the pipe will flow water.” Water Systems Manager Mark Scott said, “The project is progressing well. The control building is being constructed now.”

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Community center is monument for the right stuff

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lassy, with the community’s betterment in mind, is a simple way to describe the essence of the new Priest River Community center. Those words can also describe the builders, Buck and Carolee Merritt and their family. It was inspiring to see the family members smiling at the open house of this grand facility, eager to start sharing it with the community. For a long time they have given back to the community that helped make them prosperous through their timber industry endeavors. This building was the icing on the cake of community support that started while Buck Merritt still operated the sawmill in Priest River. It continued long after Buck and Carolee retired. But this building will be something special for the community and family for a long time. As the family story goes, daughters Jill Linton and Holly Janhsen said they wanted their parents to see the contribution they planned to make to the community in their lifetime. They wanted them to see the community members enjoy it and benefit from their contribution. We think they also built a monument to what a prosperous business owner, community supporter and family leader should be. When asked in the future about who built this great facility for the community, people will say: they had the right stuff. --FJW

Newport budget discussed at work session BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport School District Board of Directors will hold a budget work session, Tuesday, July 22, at 4 p.m. in the district boardroom to offer an open meeting with a question-and-answer session. This will be held prior to their regular board meeting at 5 p.m. Business Manager Tom Crouch said during the June board meeting that a budget extension may be needed because $378,000, the first installment of a three-year PEP grant, and about $800,000, an insurance payout for fire damage at the high school,

‘No one in the state of Washington qualifies, so there really is no place to go.’ Tom Crouch

Newport Business Manager

came in after the budget was set for the current year. Crouch said the extension would need to be resolved on Tuesday, July 22. The budget would be adopted Monday, July 28, at noon at a special board meeting in the district boardroom. This special meeting is needed because the district cannot overspend the current budget, which ends Thursday, July 31, Crouch said. He said if they do not pass the budget before July 31, they could overspend the current budget. The board will discuss

the 2014-15 school year budget to figure out the differences the district will see with the changing rules from the state of Washington failing the No Child Left Behind waiver. Crouch said the statewide loss of the No Child Left Behind ON DECK: waiver BUDGET WORK may SESSION,: Tuesday, cause July 22, 4 p.m., some District Board Room budget stresses. There were also state transportations issues with funding. “We need some more information on this one, but we were notified last week with the new funding system for transportation and it looks like we are going to be taking a major hit on our transportation funds,” Crouch said to the board. Crouch said Title I funds are for lower-income districts and Newport has more than 60 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. He said other districts with smaller populations would see a lesser impact. “It’s a big program for us because we have a lot of free or reduced students in the district,” Crouch said. The District receives more than $400,000 in Title I funds. Because of the waiver failing, Newport has to “set-aside” about $80,000, or 20 percent of the budget, to transport students to other passing schools in the area, Crouch said. “No one in the state of Washington qualifies, so there really is no place to go,” Crouch said. He said the money would be held until after the school year has started and then it would be put back into the District budget to be applied to the following year.

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YO U R O P I N I O N To for new congressional representative To the editor: Albert Einstein is attributed with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Our registered voters will soon have the opportunity to repeat what they have done over and over again. Some will continue their practice of not exercising their right and responsibility to vote, leaving it up to others to make the critical decisions that impact their lifestyle. Others will just vote for the incumbent because they recognize the name. I believe all voters have an opportunity to show that they are not insane. The first step is to cast their ballot, rather than relying on others to make the “right” decision. I believe it is time to select a new congressional representative. Our current representative seems to be disconnected from our community. There is a candidate that has strong ties to our community and has a history of investing his time, talents and treasures locally. That candidate is Joe Pakootas. Joe is a lifelong resident in the area, has been married for 38 years to his high school sweetheart, and his children and grandchildren live in our community. He is a gun owner, a hunter, a coach for athletics and has a philosophy of leaving the world a better place. Joe is a small businessman. He was instrumental in the construction and

development of the Camas Center and as the CEO of the Colville Confederated Tribes business units has demonstrated success with a miracle turnaround from near bankruptcy to strong profits. Joe is not the traditional politician. He is smart, educated and dedicated to our community. He has my vote of confidence and I hope others will look at their choices, mark their ballot for Joe and return it by the August 5 deadline. -Bob Eugene Newport

Pakootas has track record on jobs To the Editor, We can no longer support Rep. McMorris Rodgers, as she has proven that she does not represent our interests over her wealthy donors in Washington D.C. After listening and researching all candidates in the upcoming August 5 primary in Washington State’s 5th Congressional District, I have decided that Joe Pakootas will be an outstanding person to replace our failed Congresswoman. In the two debates three of the four candidates have already completed, Joe was the only person to satisfactorily respond to every questions asked, as well as express details as to the issues he will advance once elected. The two other candidates do not seem prepared to assume a leadership role, as they did not advance anything other than personal opinions about government. Joe’s first priority is creating much needed jobs,

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People in Washington can now legally buy marijuana from state sanctioned stores, as retail marijuana sales start around the state. A handful of stores opened and more are expected to open every week. Are you glad there is legal marijuana for sale in Washington? Yes, I would be if it ever becomes available somewhere in Pend Oreille County. No, this will have a far more negative impact than we know. Many more young people will start smoking marijuana, for one thing. Yes, the system will bring in tax money and let people buy bud without going to the black market. I’ll buy some as soon as possible. No. For one thing there really isn’t legal marijuana available because it is illegal under federal law. I don’t care, I’ll still go to my black market dealer for more affordable marijuana. I don’t care, I don’t use marijuana and don’t plan to start.

while adhering to realistic protection of our environment. He states a strong economy is dependent upon putting our unemployed back to work via combining incentivizing private sector jobs with wise targeted investments, including expanding a clean energy economy, will result in thousands of good jobs. Joe’s track record for maximizing private sector resources with smart tax inducements; which resulted in developing infrastructure, while creating hundreds of jobs that could be replicated throughout the 5th Congressional demonstrates his experience. He will endorse policies that will create jobs toward revitalization to our region. Because Joe endorses education as the foundation of a healthy, growing economy. He will continue to fight for providing quality educational opportunities for all individuals of all ages, including offering people the skills required by new and potential businesses in our region. For these, and many more reasons, I will vote for Joe Pakootas to represent me in Washington State’s 5th Congressional District. Please remember to return your primary ballot by August 5th. -Gayle Cain Cusick

Neighbors upset over tow company appeal To the editor: Recently, the Planning Commission voted no, (narrowly by a 4-3 vote), to a conditional use permit that would have allowed a tow company, that is supposed to be in an industrial zoned area, to set up a business in a residential neighborhood. This tow company

in now appealing this decision to the County Commissioners. We, as residential neighbors, have signed a petition against the conditional use permit, and do not want an industrial business in our neighborhood where children, ride their bikes and families live. This company would be driving through our neighborhood all hours of the day and night in commercial trucks. If the County Commissioners give approval to this appeal, your neighborhood might be next. There are other tow companies in the area that are in an industrial zones area. This business does not belong in a residential neighborhood. I hope our County Commissioners consider the neighbors’ concerns in their decision. Do our votes not count? We are not against a new business in town, just the location. Please contact your commissioners and ask them to vote no to this appeal. -Jerry and Mary Lou Kroening Newport

Technology in hands of misguided government officials dangerous To the editor: A government drone could search for a lost child or be used to invade your privacy. Technology in the hands of misguided government officials is dangerous. When police officers got infrared instruments to find criminals hiding in buildings, some officers used them from the street to see people in their bedrooms at night. We have all seen the naked-like images of people going through TSA screening as an example of misusing technology by intrusive minded officials. SEE LETTERS, 5A

R E A D E R ’ S P O L L R E S U LT S Do you think for profit employers should get to choose which forms of birth control to fund? No, where does it stop? Can they object to paying for blood transfusions? This is a slippery slope.

Yes, the decision only affects certain types of birth control: the “morning after” pill and intrauterine devices. Women will still be able to get other forms of birth control.

24% 8% 14% 55%

Yes, of course. Employers should not have to pay for something they believe to be morally wrong.

No, how can a corporation have religious rights?

Total Votes: 66

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PUD passes annual audit NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Public Utility District passed their annual audit with no deficiencies found in any areas on June 11. The audit covered the year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 2013 and included looking at financial statements about reporting finances and major federal programs, including the CNS fiber-to-the-premise

Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. No discrepancies were found. PUD Assistant General Manager April Owen said the PUD had one finding several years ago regarding a reporting error, but every other audit they have passed. “We have always passed our audit,” Owen said. “We have a really good accounting staff.”

PU BLIC M E ETI NGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 PEND OREILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: 8:30 a.m. – PUD/CNS office DIAMOND LAKE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT BOARD: 10 a.m. - District Office

BONNER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building

County Administrative Building, Sandpoint SOUTH PEND OREILLE FIRE & RESCUE: 7 p.m. - Station 31, 325272 Highway 2, Diamond Lake

PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

MONDAY, JULY 21

NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD: 5 p.m. - District Office

PEND OREILLE COUNTY PARK BOARD: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center

PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

WEST BONNER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m. - District Office, Priest River

SELKIRK SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m. - Selkirk Middle/High School Music Room

FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4 COMMISSIONERS: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station

PRIEST RIVER CITY COUNCIL: 6 p.m. - Priest River City Hall

IONE TOWN COUNCIL: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office

THURSDAY, JULY 17 BONNER COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP: 5 p.m. - Bonner

PEND OREILLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center PEND OREILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center PEND OREILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY: 7-8:30 p.m. - American Legion, Cusick

NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall PEND OREILLE FIRE DISTRICT NO. 8 BOARD: 7 p.m. - Fire Station at Spring Valley and Tweedie Roads

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

TUESDAY, JULY 22

LETTERS FROM PAGE 4A

The question is how to prevent government officials from abusing us with technology. We need to limit the power of officials and provide severe punishment for people who turn the power of technology against citizens. As a fire officer on a military base, I recall being asked if I would use our fire engines to spray water on demonstrators protesting at the main gate. I said no,

as fire hoses are designed to put out fires and not knock down or injure people. I am sure our sheriff would love to have drones to spy on criminals, but I don’t know if he could resist the temptation to spy on non-criminals. Since 9/11, government officials have all but thrown the Constitution out the window. In the name of protecting us from terrorists, they now seem worse than the terrorists. It seems easier to get a legal opinion than a search

warrant before acting against a citizen. One is an opinion and the other is a Constitutional right. I simply don’t trust anyone with unchecked power. What will the county commissioners say to the sheriff when he asks for funds to purchase drone technology? They should think of how the drone could be used against them and say no, or at least keep control of the key that turns it on. Pete Scobby Newport

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TODD: Arrested in high profile raid FROM PAGE 3A

property was destructive to the community. Todd told Nielson that when he was in prison before, the DOSA program wasn’t available. Nielson said that he had seen offenders turn around their lives of drugs and crimes without treatment. He also turned down Todd’s request to report a week later to start his sentence. In addition to the prison sentence, Todd was ordered to pay $1,100 in court costs and fines. Todd was arrested in a high profile raid at his property in June 2013, when more than 50 law enforcement officers

descended on his home just off Stohr Road, near Spring Valley Road south of Newport. According to a search warrant, they were looking for evidence of homicide, as well as stolen vehicles. They didn’t find evidence of a homicide. Washington State Patrol’s auto theft unit led the search, which included a helicopter, at least two SWAT teams and five tactical vehicles, bomb sniffing dogs and hazardous materials teams. Law enforcement brought all the firepower because when they conducted a raid in 1998, they found a pipe bomb, other explosives and several loaded firearms, along with a meth lab.

Todd and his brother, Robert Patrick Todd, 48, were arrested in the 2013 raid. All charges against Robert Patrick Todd were dismissed earlier this year after Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson ruled a Spokane County Superior Court judge did not have sufficient facts to issue a search warrant of Todd’s residence and that evidence seized in a raid could not be admitted at trial. Robert Patrick Todd had been charged with manufacturing marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana and four counts of possession of stolen property.

Selkirk Ace wins national award OLDTOWN – Selkirk Ace Hardware in Oldtown is the first 20/20 Vision Pinnacle Store, showing visions for long-term strategies and retail growth. Jim and Patty Perry purchased the store in 2005 with no prior retail experience. “We didn’t know what we didn’t know,” Jim said. Selkirk Ace is an 11,400

square foot store serving 24,000 people in a rural community. It featured core hardware departments as well as a few niches, including sporting goods, firearms, fireplaces and outdoor greenhouses. They are locally involved with customer appreciation days, December shopper’s nights, a booth at the county fair and hosting community fund-

raising events. Jim came from the timber industry and Patty had a career in business administration. They said their success is from support received from other Ace stores and the training provided when they bought the store. “If we are sitting still, we are falling behind,” Jim said.

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WE E K AH EAD WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 ROTARY CLUB: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance

YORK RITE OF FREEMASONRY: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

THURSDAY, JULY 17

NEWPORT TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles

NIA DANCE LESSONS: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center

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

PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

STORY TIME - CALISPEL VALLEY LIBRARY, CUSICK: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

MASTER CHEF COOKING SERIES: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport PRIEST RIVER TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST/AUXILIARY: 6 p.m. Priest River VFW NORTH IDAHO PATTERN RACERS 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Oldtown PRIEST RIVER ANIMAL RESCUE: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library PEND OREILLE RIVER ARTS ALLIANCE: 11 a.m - Various Locations 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 BLANCHARD BOOK TALK: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Library CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 5:30 p.m. - House of the Lord, 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown PEND OREILLE KIDS CLUB: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

NEWPORT MASONIC LODGE: 7:30 p.m. - Newport

FRIDAY, JULY 18 MOTHERS OF PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES: 9-11 a.m. - Dalkena Church, Highway 20 OIL PAINTING CLASS: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center WATERCOLOR BASICS AND BEYOND CLASS: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

OATH KEEPERS CONSTITUTIONAL STUDY GROUP: 5:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport SET FREE NORTHWEST MEAL AND WORSHIP: 6:30 p.m. Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown

SUNDAY, JULY 20

STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Newport Library DAVIS LAKE GRANGE: Noon Davis Lake Grange

ATHOL AMERICAN LEGION POST 149 BINGO: 1 p.m. - Post 149 NEWPORT YOUTH: 4 p.m. - Sadie Halstead Middle School

DANCE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

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

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

PRIEST RIVER LIONS: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETING: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

SATURDAY, JULY 19 VFW BREAKFAST: 8-11 a.m. 112 Larch St., Priest River

MONDAY, JULY 21 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

TUESDAY, JULY 22

WOMEN’S AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

NIA DANCE LESSONS: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center

HAPPY AGERS CARD PARTY: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

BLANCHARD SPINNERS: Blanchard Community Center

AA MEETING: 5 p.m. - Corner-

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 WEST BONNER LIBRARY STORY HOUR: 2:45 p.m. - West Bonner Library in Priest River JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center WEIGHT WATCHERS: 5:306 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport

NEWPORT TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library PRIEST RIVER LIONESS: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center SACHEEN LADIES OF THE LAKE: Noon - Various Locations, call President Maria Bullock at 509-998-4221 AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church

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

PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown

BINGO: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles

PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

SPIRIT LAKE VISIONS, INC.: 7 p.m. - 5525 New Hampshire St., Spirit Lake

JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

SPIRIT LAKE LODGE NO. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 ROTARY CLUB: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance

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Groups file petition to prevent wolf killing

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The Merritt family hosted an open house for the new Priest River Event Center last week. From left to right are: Dustin Colombini, Kim Colombini, Miles Janhsen, Heidi Janhsen, Herb Janhsen, Holly Janhsen, Kyle Linton, Tanner Linton, Jill Linton, Steve Linton, Carolee Merritt and Buck Merritt.

Merritt family opens Priest River Event Center Last week the Merritt family opened their new event and meeting center in Priest River. They offered the community tours, food and wine in the beautiful 9,600 square foot facility on the west end of town on the highway. Among the features are: a 4,500 square foot banquet room, two conference rooms, a commercial

kitchen, wet bar, outside courtyard with fireplace, stage, dance floor and sound system. They have hired a part time event coordinator and will charge fees to help pay for operating costs and maintenance. Holly Janhsen, the daughter of Carolee and Buck Merritt, will be involved in the management of the facility.

Jill Linton, another daughter, said they wanted to build this facility while their parents were still alive and could see it and the community members enjoying it. The center has already hosted the Priest River High School graduation party and weddings. They have several events scheduled and are working on scheduling more.

Mine opening may benefit Selkirk school budget BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

IONE – The Selkirk School District is looking to adopt a more than $3.853 million budget for next school year, up slightly from the more than $3.748 million budget the district had for the school year just ending because of a WHAT’S NEXT: slight increase BUDGET HEARING AND in enrollment APPROVAL MEETING,: from the Pend Monday, July 21, at 6 p.m., Oreille Mine Selkirk High School music opening. room. The district is planning on revenue of about $4.776 million, however, some of those funds are slated for other projects, Superintendent Nancy Lotze said. “Usually revenue and expenditure

are much closer, but our Seattle City Light funds come in to the General Fund and then are transferred over to the Capital Projects Fund which accounts for the $970,000 difference between expenditures and revenues,” Lotze said. “The monies are deposited in our Capital Projects Fund for facilities projects,” Lotze said. “The local contribution of $250,000 toward the heating upgrades in the district will be paid for from those funds, as well as a small portion of the waste water project upgrade, a new elementary gym roof, and other maintenance projects,” Lotze said. The enrollment for 2013-14 was about 215 students, however, Lotze said the district averaged about 240 students. With 12 less kindergar-

ten students coming in this fall, the district counted about 228 students for 2014-15. With the mine opening, they conservatively budgeted about 235 students. “This is somewhat unorthodox. Generally, we would budget on 10 fewer than we actually can count at the end of the year,” Lotze said. “That is typical budgeting practice in small schools, however, to do so this year would have meant building a budget on 218 students and would have required possible cuts. That did not seem the appropriate approach in light of the mine’s announcement of an increase in workforce.” The budget hearing and approval meeting will be held Monday, July 21, at 6 p.m. in the Selkirk High School music room.

Metaline Falls discusses water system BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – The second phase of the water system acquisition report on the feasiblilty of the town of Metaline Falls taking over the water system will be ready soon, The Town Council will hold a special meeting, Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall, to discuss the report. Stantec consultant Alan Gay reported on the Phase II report progress during the regular Town Council meeting, Tuesday, July 8. Stantec was formerly USKH Inc. The council decided to hold the special meeting instead of waiting for the regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Tara Leininger, Metaline Falls Mayor, said the phase II report should include specific numbers with labor and cost figures from the PUD, upgrades or improvements that need to be made currently, insurance and other overhead figures. An analysis of the current system, its status and what it would take to run and maintain the water system would also be included. “What the report will give the Council is the bottom line of how the system is

currently run and its costs, and if indeed the Town of Metaline Falls could do as good or a better job for less money,” Leininger said. “What will not be included is any kind of conclusion as to rate increases or changes.” Council member Roger Aydelott said during the April 15 town council meeting, that the town has no capital project funds so any charges would come out of the town reserves of $21,291. The second phase would cost about $1,500$3,000 and the third phase, should the council continue with it, would cost about $5,000-$20,000, which would include an attorney and appraiser. The Council will either make a decision to continue work on the joint ratepayer survey, being developed by representatives of the PUD, the Town Council, and the ratepayers, or to end the acquisition process. Should the Council continue with the acquisition, the next decision will not be made until after a ratepayer survey is completed. Leininger said during a meeting in April that the “go or no go point” would come after Phase II is completed. The special July 29

meeting will allow council members to ask questions of the consultant, give time for public comments and questions and allow the PUD to answer any questions posed to them. Once the meeting is drawing to a close, Leininger said the council will make a decision to continue with the acquisition or not, specifically the joint survey of the ratepayers with the PUD. The water system ratepayers are more than $200,000 in debt to the Pend Oreille Public Utility District, which owns and operates the system now. The PUD’s recent water rate increase designed to balance the budget started the

town leaders’ discussion of a possible acquisition. The Town Hall is located at 201 E. Fifth Ave. in Metaline Falls. The special meeting is open to the public and the Town Council encourages Metaline Falls water system ratepayers to attend.

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OLYMPIA – The fight over how wolves that kill livestock should be handled continues in Washington state. Eight conservation groups re-filed a petition Friday, June 20, requesting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife enact rules that limit the use of lethal control of wolves that depredate livestock. The filing of the petition with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and its commission began a 60-day statutory period within which the state must respond. If the petition is denied, groups intend to appeal for a final decision by Gov. Jay Inslee. The Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider the petition during its Aug. 1 conference call, said Dave Ware, Game Division Manager of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The petition asks the state to require livestock producers exhaust nonlethal measures to prevent depredations before any lethal action can be taken against wolves. The groups filed a similar petition last summer but withdrew it with the understanding the WDFW would develop rules to address key parts of the wolf management plan, including when lethal actions would be considered by the department against wolves involved in repeated depredations on livestock. “But livestock producer and sports hunting groups on the committee refused to consider the petitioners’ proposals, and the department has indicated it plans to move forward and

introduce its own far-lessprotective lethal wolf-control rule,” according to a press release issued by the conservation groups. Ware said that after the petition was retracted, the department began working with the Wolf Advisory Group (WAG), but a representative of the petitioners asked the group to consider different language and additional rules. WDFW developed the WAG in 2013, a group that recommends strategies to reduce conflicts with wolves and other animals, including livestock and pets. “Several members of the WAG representing agricultural and hunter interests were not supportive of additional rules beyond those under consideration,” Ware said. The consideration of new rules has been postposed until the recent petition is resolved. The groups also argue that rules are needed to ensure adherence to Washington’s wolf plan, which was written with input from a 17-member stakeholder group, more than 65,000 written comments from the public, and a peer review by 43 scientists and wolf managers. The plan was adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission in 2011. The conservation groups say WDFW and the commission view the plan as advisory and key provisions of the plan were ignored when the Wedge SEE WOLVES, 8A

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

SUNDAY, JULY 20

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AMERICAN LEGION POST 144: 3 p.m. - American Legion in Metaline Falls

COMMISSIONER KISS OFFICE HOURS: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

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

SELKIRK SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m. - Selkirk Middle/High School Music Room

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

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C.F.A.P.F. announces another successful 4th of July Celebration What a Wonderful Celebration Our thanks to our many supporters

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DOLLY HUNT FROM PAGE 1

Hunt says since she is the only deputy prosecutor to live in Pend Oreille County, she has had to handle about everything the prosecutor does when Metzger isn’t around. “As a deputy prosecutor, you do what comes in the door,” Hunt says, whether it is reviewing a contract or handling a public records request. She acknowledges that she is stronger with criminal cases than civil and doesn’t rule out the possibility of hiring or contracting with another attorney to handle civil cases. If elected, there will be a deputy position open. “You gotta look at caseloads because you want to be able to deal with the criminal aspect because that’s what people care about,” Hunt says. “They want to be protected.” If elected, she says she will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the staff and make whatever adjustments she thinks necessary. Her opponent, Robin McCroskey, questioned whether Hunt has the civil experience necessary to handle all the civil matters that face prosecutors, including land use, employment law and risk management. Hunt says her training and experience will enable her to handle the civil tasks. “Having worked as a deputy prosecutor for over 10 years, I have advised various county officials on contracts, public record requests, employment law issues, civil forfeitures and numerous other civil issues,” Hunt says. “In addition, I have attended specialized trainings which have enhanced my ability to work with the Pend Oreille County risk management team and minimize our county’s liability to exposure. Over the years, I have developed an extensive network of professional contacts who I can call upon if needed.”We asked both candidates about their thoughts on how they would communicate with the public. Hunt said she has an open door policy now and doesn’t think that will change. She says prosecutors must be careful about what information they release, though. “The thing is there is a certain amount of information you can give the public and there is a lot of information you can’t, because you can’t inflame the jury pool,” she said. Prosecutors have to protect the defendant’s right to a fair trial, she said. “You have to strike a balance and that’s not always easy,” she said. Hunt said that public records requests are something that must be dealt with, but they take time and resources.“It’s a problem because we don’t have the bodies to devote to that,” she said. “When we get a request, we’re taking away a body from a job they’re already being paid to do to deal with a request. I’d

love to see the Legislature be subject the Public Records Act.” She says the process is abused, particularly by prisoners. But, it is the law and she said she will comply with it. “We’re going to do that, it may not be for a day or two,” she said. She says technology may make it easier to provide public records. Hunt says she doesn’t see any huge problems facing the new prosecutor. She says the relationship with law enforcement has improved in recent years. “When I first came here, I felt law enforcement didn’t feel they could come talk to me,” she said. That isn’t the case now, she says. The office does need to update its technology, she said. Some of the data base programs need updating, for instance. “You have to make a fairly substantial investment to be up with everyone else,” she said. Metzger has been open about his support for her candidacy. She says she has been working with Metzger on budgeting procedures for the office, another important part of the prosecutor’s job. Hunt said she thinks the prosecutor’s office does a good job with alternatives to incarceration. “Some of that is dictated by statue,” she said, pointing out that many felonies are not eligible for home confinement sentences. One thing she would like to see come back is the work crews program. With the work crews, prisoners would go out in guarded groups to perform work for the community. Hunt says she is a conservative, running as a Republican, although she hasn’t been active in the local Republican Party until recently. Hunt grew up in Pend Oreille County, the oldest child of Jim and Regine Hunt. She is a 1995 graduate of Newport High School, where she was active in student government. She worked at McDonalds when it first opened in Newport and worked as a tour guide at Box Canyon Dam for a time. Hunt is candid about her career ambitions. She says she would eventually like to become a judge. Her family has lived in Pend Oreille County for many years. Hunt, 38, is the oldest of three children. She is single and lives in the mid county.She got her undergraduate degree at Gonzaga University and went to law school at Santa Clara University in California. Hunt has been involved with the state bar association, serving on their Judicial Recommendation Committee, Professionalism Committee and the board of the Leadership Institute. Hunt also currently serves on the board of directors for Columbia Legal Services and is a new member of the Newport chapter of Soroptimist.

Volunteers work to revamp bleachers PRIEST RIVER – A group of volunteers installed the Priest River Lamanna High School bleachers 23 years ago, and again volunteers are working to revamp the deteriorating structure. The bleachers are used by football, track and field and soccer fans, but they won’t be able to use them this coming school year, without some maintenance. A group of volunteers met three days last week and will meet

again July 21-23, from 4-7 p.m. each day, to work on the bleachers. “The district has zero dollars (for the bleachers),” organizer Dona Storro said. The ultimate goal is to replace them with concrete bleachers, but that would cost upwards of $100,000. Right now volunteers are working to remove the pea gravel and paver brick retaining wall so a concrete retaining wall can be installed.

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ROBIN MCCROSKEY FROM PAGE 1

She sees the county’s loss of some funding to fight meth as a real loss. McCroskey recognizes that jailing all offenders isn’t realistic, given the cost and a crowded jail. She gives driving with a suspended license third degree as an example of an offense where jail isn’t the best solution. “Three years ago every driving while license suspended third degree went to jail,” she says. “I don’t think there is another jurisdiction in the state that would do that. It really gets to a point where you got to stop and think, this person did not pay a fine and because they didn’t pay a fine, a license got suspended and now they’re driving. You remedy that by paying the fine. That’s a DWLS third. I think it is way too punitive to throw them in jail.” The fine that wasn’t paid is often just a speeding fine, she says. “We have to think before we fill our jails with crimes like that when we’ve got people that need to be there,” McCroskey says. Prosecutors really need to ask if the person is a danger to the community. “When you answer that question, you know who needs to be in jail and who needs to be out of jail.” McCroskey says that if she is elected, she will make the prosecutor’s office more accessible to the public than it is currently. “I have many members of the community approach me stating that they have raised issues with the prosecutor’s office and felt they were ignored,” she says. “They have no explanation as to why they were not taken seriously. They were not given answers.” McCroskey says her first priority, if elected, would be to let people know their concerns will be taken seriously. “If there is no action that can be taken, I will strive to make sure they clearly understand why,” she said. “As well, no matter who is complaining, I want the county to know the issues will be fully investigated.” McCroskey says she would evaluate public records requests individually. There are public records requests that are harassment, she says, but they are not that common. “I don’t believe they’re so common that you shut it down legislatively,” McCroskey says, referring to lobbying efforts by the Washington Association of Counties

WOLVES FROM PAGE 7A

Pack, located in northeastern Washington, west of Pend Oreille County, was killed in 2012. Ware said the plan was developed as an Environmental Impact Statement under the state’s Environmental Policy Act, but the plan itself is not law. “However, several parts of the plan are covered in law or rule, regarding when a person can kill a wolf to protect themselves or their domestic animal; or when and how the owner of livestock can be reimbursed for livestock losses due to wolves,” Ware said. CARD OF THANKS The family of Steven Pitts thanks everyone for supporting us with all the prayers, thoughts, phone calls, visits, and food. Thank you very much. Carl, Maxine Pitts and families.

to pass laws that would make it more difficult to get public records. “Because then the person who is truly interested is not protected,” she says. Some information can’t be released, she says, for safety and other reasons, but that information can be redacted, she says. She says once you figure out what has to be released and what doesn’t have to be released, a system can be developed to make the information available. She says it is important that public officials understand that electronic communication - email and text messages - are subject to public records requests. She says educating public officials is vital to make sure they understand the Public Records Act and the Open Meetings Act. They need to understand if they are using a county computer or using a county email address, what they write about is subject to public records requests. McCroskey’s opponent, Dolly Hunt, asked how she would handle changing from a defense attorney to a prosecutor. McCroskey said it wouldn’t be difficult. She quotes the American Bar Association’s model code of professional responsibility. “The responsibility of a public prosecutor differs from that of the usual advocate. His duty is to seek justice, not merely to

convict,” she said reading from the code. “What I do every day and have since I started doing this, is looking for justice. Whether you are a public defender or prosecutor, that should be your goal.” She said the transition to prosecutor is still about seeking justice. Some defendants have demonstrated they deserve another chance and some don’t. “As far as changing roles, I’m not changing my convictions,” she says. “Justice is still my goal.” We asked McCroskey if there is a conflict of interest for a public defender to prosecute cases she worked on which could be the case next year if elected. She said she won’t be working on any cases she defended. She says she won’t micromanage the office. Right now she has her clients sign waivers acknowledging that they know she is running for prosecutor. McCroskey and her husband, county assessor Jim McCroskey, have several IRS tax liens on their Newport home. McCroskey says the liens mostly stem from federal taxes she owed on 2,000 acres of land in central Montana that her father deeded to her in 2006. She has paid off $231,261 and still owes about $100,000. “The recorded lien is the result of a disagreement regarding tax owed from a taxable event years back,”

McCroskey wrote in a statement after the interview. “My accountant and I dealt with the Internal Revenue Service honestly and professionally. The result was a substantial reduction in the amount owed.” McCroskey is making $4,000 monthly payments on the debt. McCroskey has been active in GOP politics in Pend Oreille County since 1999, receiving the Eagle award for her volunteer services in 2009. She has worked with several community organizations, including the Newport School District, the Newport Rodeo Association, Eagles Arie #3443, and served as a board member of the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce. She is married to Pend Oreille County Assessor Jim McCrosky and they have two daughters, Raeanna and Jacklin. She says she and her husband plan on retiring here. MCroskey says she will run for election as long as voters keep electing her. McCroskey, 49, grew up in East Texas. She left high school a year early to enroll in Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont, under an early admission program. “I turned 17 the day I got to college and have lived in the northwest since,” she says. She is a graduate of the Gonzaga School of Law.

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Special deadline Tuesdays 2 p.m. YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS ANSWERED Send your questions to Master Gardeners. pomastergardeners@outlook.com or call Washington State University Extension (509) 447-2401.(23HB-3p) PEND OREILLE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY POTLUCK PICNIC July 19, 2014, 5:00 p.m. Special Guest: Joe Pakootas, Congressional Candidate, 5th Congressional District. Beverages and dinnerware provided. Cusick City Park, 107 1st Avenue, Cusick. Bring favorite dish. A prize drawing for those who bring election ballots. Information: Gayle (509) 710-6493. (23HB-2) 308 GOLDEN GATE ROAD Priest River/ Vay. June 17, 18, 19, 20. 8:00- 4:00. Building supplies, band saw, tile cutter, Fiesta ware, lots of John Deere die cast models, compound bow and arrow, yard art, sofa, and lots of miscellaneous. (24p) 5TH ANNUAL Diamond Lake community yard sale. Saturday, July 19th. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Follow the signs.(24) 3 BEDROOM HOUSE Oldtown. $675/ month, $375 deposit. (208) 290-3867. (24) IT’S BLOOMIN’ AT INTO THE GARDEN UP TO THE LAKE! With PJ’s Nursery, Sweet Briar Nursery and Anita’s Antiques. Sale on select items! Friday July 18th and Saturday July 19th. 10:00- 5:00. (208) 448-2150, Highway 2 between Newport and Priest River.(24) EXERCISE! Balance and stretching exercise sessions every Monday and Thursday, 8:00 a.m. Free! Hospitality House, your community and senior center, Newport. (509) 447-3812.(23) WANTED 1 bedroom or studio apartment in downtown Newport. (509) 589-1493.(24p) Find it fast in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

GARAGE SALE Saturday July 19th only! 8:00- 4:00. In front of the Miner Newspaper garage on Highway 2 (park in the Miner parking lot at 412 South Spokane Avenue, Newport due to construction). Area rugs, blankets, comforter sets, kitchenware, Bistro style kitchen table, farm house style kitchen table, bar stools, pendant style light, floor lamp, home decor, clocks, shelves, framed pictures, television stand, office chairs, coupon supplies, tools, kids toys, booster seats, twin girl clothes sizes 4- 7, boys clothing sizes 1014, women’s/ junior clothing all sizes, men’s clothing, holiday decor and other treasures!!!(24) YARD SALE Friday July 18th 9:00- 3:00. 210 Circle Drive, Newport. (24p) ESCAPE THE HEAT! Come to Newport Library for Humanities Washington presents Hank Cramer “One Trail, Many Voices: Songs of the Oregon Trail” Saturday July 19, 10:00 a.m.(24) VIETNAM VETERAN with medical license seeking provider for quality medicine. Live in Newport (208) 290-5998. Trustworthy and discrete.(24p) YARD SALE Saturday and Sunday, 8:002:00. 1001 Greggs Road, Newport. Collectibles, boat motor, 25 gallon propane tank, tools, miscellaneous. (24p) FREE SEMINAR AVOID PROBATE? WILL OR TRUST? LONG TERM CARE PLANNING WHO’S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU? Thursday, July 31st, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Denise Stewart Law office, 414 West 3rd Street, Newport. Coffee and cookies provided. Call (509) 4473242 for reservations as seating is limited. (23HB-4) OLDTOWN AUTO SALES We buy clean used cars and RV’s. See our complete inventory online at www.oldtownautos.com.(51HB-tf)

1986 14X70 FLEETWOOD Mobile home. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Appliances included. Need moved immediately, has tongue hitch and tires already attached and ready to go. $9000 or best offer. Will consider partial trade. Newport. Call Troy (509) 209-6307 for more details. (24p) BEAUTIFUL Place on highway to build your own mobile home or business. 397802 Highway 20, 15 minutes south of Ione, Washington. 12.5 acres of trees, meadow and mountain views. Septic 3 bedroom permitted system in. Power in. Needs well. $68,500. Cell (509) 671-6212, home (509) 445-1353.(24HB-4p) DID YOU MISS IT? You won’t miss a thing when you subscribe to The Miner. Save $14.00 a year and receive it in your mail every Wednesday. (509) 447-2433.(47HB-altTF) SALES BY TUDY Priest River moving sale for Barbara Fillis, Friday 8:003:00, Saturday 8:00- 1:00. Up 4th Street to Cemetery Road, follow green signs. House is full- lovely, quality ladies clothes, shoes, purses. Christmas, all household. Also men’s items- tools, some ammo, old fishing lures. No previews or early sales- cash please.(24p) DIAMOND LAKE ESTATE AND MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE 5041 Northshore Diamond Lake Road. Lots of tools, housewares, home decorations, and more! ThursdaySaturday 9:00- 3:00.(24p) DOLLY HUNT IS an outstanding Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Her knowledge, experience and demonstrated work ethic makes her my choice for Prosecuting Attorney. Tom Metzger. Go to: www.dollyhunt.com (24p) Place your classified or display ad with The Miner and it will appear in both newspapers - The Newport Miner (Pend Oreille County) and The Gem State Miner (West Bonner County). All for one good price. Call (509) 447-2433 for details.

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Concert at the lake benefits education programs

B R I E F LY Community yard sale this weekend DIAMOND LAKE – The Diamond Lake Improvement Association is hosting a community yard sale, Saturday, July 19, at 8 a.m. Residents wishing to sell items are encouraged to set up a table in their yard and DLIA will post signs and is advertising in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner to alert area residents about the communitywide yard sale. DLIA may have items they collected setup at the Southshore store parking lot.

Hospital hosts third annual Heart-toHeart Tea Social NEWPORT – Newport Hospital and Health Services is hosting the third annual Heart-to-Heart Tea Social with guest cardiologist Dr. Sean Spangler from Spokane Cardiology. The tea starts at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, in the Sandifur Room in the basement of Newport Hospital, 714 W. Pine St. The event includes heart healthy education, friendly conversation, tea service, and teatime snacks. Space is limited for this popular event, so make your reservations by calling the Newport Hospital Foundation office at 509-4477928. Donations will be accepted. For more information, visit the foundation website at www.phd1.org.

Folksinger, guitarist comes to the area

Organic, fresh food at Farmers Market Newport residents Ann Lacheur, left, and Rosemary Shipman enjoy shopping at the Newport Farmers Market, held on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., because the food is organic and fresh.

Third appearance for Hank Cramer at Cutter in their place is the foundation of true western and country music including the songs of the cowboys, miners, soldiers, railroad men and drifters. She said the history of the west is brought to life through the music of the people and Cramer is the musician and singer who gives the music breath. Hailing from the ethow valley, Cramer is known nationally, especially at cowboy poetry gatherings, folk

PRIEST RIVER – A representative from the Idaho State Veteran’s Service Office will be in Priest River Tuesday, July 22 to answer questions about current veterans’ benefits, assist with ongoing claims and to take new claims of benefits for eligible veterans and

their dependants. The officer will be at VFW Post #2909, located at 113 Larch St., Priest River, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The State Service Officer will be working in conjunction with Bonner County Service Officer Chad Osborn. Veterans will be seen by

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festivals, and regional music events throughout Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona and Alaska. He was awarded the Humanities Washington Award in 2011. The Cutter Theatre is located at 302 Park St. For reservations or information on upcoming events, contact The Cutter Theatre at 509-446-4108, email cutter@potc.net or check the website at www.cuttertheatre.com.

PRIEST LAKE – The third annual Kidstock Concert at the Lake is Sunday, July 20, from 2-6 p.m., featuring a nohost barbecue and live music by Sammy Eubanks, Trapper Creek, The Skivees, Kustoms and Dr. Scott. The family event takes place at Hill’s Resort at Priest Lake. The regional and local musical acts come together and donate their performances to raise money for the Priest Lake Pre-School, Ready for Kindergarten program and education grants, all sponsored by the Priest Lake Community Education Foundation. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students and children 12 and younger get in for free. A backstage pass can be purchased for $100, which includes a pre-event social at 1 p.m., with PLCEF volunteers serving specially selected regional beer and wine, along with appetizers. This year’s event features a free souvenier photo booth and complimentary face painting for the kids. Wear your “peace and love” outfit. “The weather is always phenomenal, the music excellent and spirits high as we come together as a community,” organizers said. “In its fifth year, Kidstock is known as the ‘must attend’ event for locals and visitors alike.”

Veterans representative in Priest River July 22

Master Gardeners For questions call: (509) 447-2401 or visit the website: http://pendoreille.wsu.edu

Dinner catered by River Catering by Darcie at the New Priest River Event Center Featured Gardens of Priest River, Idaho

appointment to ensure they are given quality time. Appointments must be scheduled by calling Micaela Sierra at 208-4461096. If there are no appointments scheduled for this outreach, it will be canceled.

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NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Library District and Humanities Washington host two free musical performances with Hank Cramer, a folksinger, guitarist and historian that shares true stories of Oregon Train pioneers through folksong. Saturday, July 19, at 10 a.m., Cramer will perform at the Newport Public Library. The Calispel Valley Library in Cusick will host Cramer on Saturday, July 19, at 1 p.m. Both shows are free and for people of all ages. Refreshments will be served following the performances. Cramer will share stories of emigrants who headed west in a Version different than children are often taught at school. Cramer is a member of the 2012-14 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. For more information, Call Newport’s library at 509-447-2111 or the Cusick library at 509445-1215.

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METALINE FALLS – The Cutter Theatre welcomes back Hank Cramer in concert for the third time, Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 and reservations are encouraged. Tara Leininger, Cutter Artistic Director, said Hank Cramer is not a “CW” singer but returns to the roots of county and western music. Gone are rhinestones and crossover tunes, and

“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 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. ~ 9:30 • Worship ~ 11 a.m. Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m. (Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Sandy Strait - 509-447-3687

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH of Diamond Lake Corner of North Shore Road and Jorgens Road Informal Family-style Worship Sundays 10:00 a.m. 509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. - Bible Study 6 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) 447-3588

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 3rd and Spokane St., Newport, WA Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Nursery Care Available Rev. Russell Clark 447-4121 newportucc@conceptcable.com www.newportucc.org

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

pocoparishes.org Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231 612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m. Saturday Evening 7 p.m. Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. - 5p.m. Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 - 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m. Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St., Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Head Elder Gilbert Navarro (509) 447-4755 Sat. Morning Services Sabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00 NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488 PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m. The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. “United Generation Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6 p.m. Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.hotl.me

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 a.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“The aim of this Wronged One in sustaining woes and tribulations, in revealing the Holy Verses and in demonstrating proofs hath been naught but to quench the flame of hate and enmity, that the horizon of the hearts of men may be illumined with the light of concord and AMERICAN LUTHERAN attain real peace and tranquility.” Bahá ’u’ lláh CHURCH E.L.C.A. Please call 509-550-2035 for the next 332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich can be found at Sunday School 9 am - Worship Service 10 am www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org (509) 447-4338

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Sports

B R I E F LY Golf tournament raises $3,000 for Hospice PRIEST RIVER – The Bill Tait Memorial Golf Tournament, held at the Ranch Club Golf Course in Priest River, raised nearly $3,000 for the Bonner County Hospice Program. Heavy early morning rain Saturday, June 28, prevented a sellout but plenty of hearty golfers turned out and had a great time, as did the staff, Ranch Club owner Dennis Napier said. “(I) would like to offer a special thanks to the volunteers that donate their time to help make this a successful event every year,” Napier said. The volunteers were led by Gary Bell. The first place team, with a score of 59, consisted of Bob Tortorici, Jeanne Tortorici, Mike Lake and Terry Miller. Second place, also with a 59, was Russ Vatcher, Tammy Vatcher, Dennis Salor and Cal Coates. Third place, with a 60, was Tom Pags, Jim Forrest, Tim Downs and Carleen Downs. Fourth place, with 61, was Steve O’Neill, Rhonda Cary, Travis Low and Mitch Wardrop. The longest drive went to Rhonda Cary and Rob Hoepfer. Closest to the pin was Tonda Saccomanno and Russ Vatcher and the longest putts were by Tonda Saccomanno and Travis Low.

Kardos wins bull riding at Cheney Rodeo CHENEY – Newport’s Jesse Kardos won the bull riding at the Cheney Rodeo, held July 11-13. Kardos scored 79 points and collected $2,115. The win increased his lead in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Columbia River Circuit standings. The Columbia River Circuit includes Washington, Oregon and North Idaho. He has won $7,658, leading the next rider by $4,000. Kardos won’t be participating at the upcoming Newport Bull-ARama, set for July 19. He will be competing in a PRCA rodeo in Nampa.

Newport Hospital offers free sports physicals NEWPORT – Free sports physicals will be offered at Family Health Center, inside Newport Hospital, 714 W. Pine St., Newport, Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Participants should wear loose fitting clothing such as T-shirts and shorts. Free physicals are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Later sports physicals may be scheduled for a fee of $30. For more information, call 509-447-4885.

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Lots of riders, top bulls at Bull-A-Rama BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

COURTESY PHOTO|DAVE HOOD

The State Line Outboard Racing Association held hydroplane races in Ione this past weekend, where people gathered at Ione City Park to watch the boats skim and race across the scenic Pend Oreille River at speeds exceeding 40 mph, such as this modified class racer.

NEWPORT –This year’s Bull-A-Rama will have at least as many riders as last year, with 23 riders scheduled to compete at the Newport rodeo grounds Saturday, July 19, with the performance set to start at 7:30 p.m. “We’ll probably have a long go and bring back the top eight for the finals,” said Mel Layton, the man supplying the bulls for the event. All the bucking bulls will be from Elk, including the 2013 Pro-West Bucking Bull of the Year, Mo Bandy, a 5-year old spotted bull that has never been ridden. Layton-McMillan rodeo stock contractors

are headquartered in Elk. Other top bulls in the Layton string include Voodoo Man, a big, banana horned bull that also has never been ridden. Eddy Munster is one of Layton’s money bulls. The bull has appeared at both the National Finals Rodeo and at the Professional Bull Riders finals. “But they’ve all been bucking good,” Layton said. There are some top bull riders competing, including Matt Loomis, Pro West’s No. 1 ranked rider. Loomis won the bull riding at the recent Newport Rodeo. Jace Berg of Kettle Falls, the 2011 Pro West champ is also entered. SEE BULLS, 3B

Hydroplane races speed through Ione

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

IONE – The State Line Outboard Racing Association hosted hydroplane races in Ione, Saturday-Sunday, July 5-6, where a variety of race boats, some with speeds exceeding 40 mph, skimmed their boats across the top of the scenic Pend Oreille River. “Dispite the fact that the water conditions cannot be predicted the Pend Oreille valley, it is a fabulous place to hold a race,” organizer George Doi said. “An additional 16 entries were drawn to the region from the Seattle area making for an excellent gathering of water competition.” Area residents watched the races from the shore in Ione City Park, or on the water soaking up the sun in

a boat. “Ione is a wonderful place to hold a race,” Doi said. “Shaded areas for the spectators, who can watch from an elevated position giving them the best viewing of the entire course and the heart pounding action.” The winners from the weekend include Courtney Stapelton for the Y-80 class. Amanda Krautkraemer and Will Smoot rounded out the top three. For the OSY-400 class, John Maroney took first, Ryan Magnuson and Smoot took second and third. The Super E-Hydro class went to Daren Goenring for first, Mike Stone for second and Jeston Burnett for third. The C-Mod Hydro winner was Maroney, followed by Kyle Bahl and Daniel Korpie. The Y-102 class had win-

ner Bahl, Ryan Magnuson and Ben Toombs as the top three spots. The D-Stock Hydro class went to Goenring, Ronda Biship and Ron Magnuson. Goenring finished at the top of the E-Mod Hydro class, followed by Ron Baker and Jimmy Smith. Ron Magnuson was the only racer in the D-Mod Hydro class. Brian Nicholson and Mark Toombs took first and second for the Pro Hydro class and the Advanced Novice class winners were Ryan Loomis, Stapleton and Briana Surfus. The races will travel to Newport to Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 16-17. There will be seven classes of races, including the pro-alcohol boats that reach speeds in excess of 100 mph.

Forest walks highlight beauty of Sullivan Lake SULLIVAN LAKE – The Colville National Forest is celebrating Smokey Bear’s 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act this summer, offering free, guided tours through parts of the forest called NatureWatch Activities. Participants should bring water, lunch, binoculars, sturdy walking shoes and warm clothing. Four different guided tours will teach hikers the conservation of wildlife, fish, plants, and habitats. They are free to attend. Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. at the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station, participants will hike the trail to Round Top Mountain in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness to commemorate

the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Meet Mike Borysewicz, East Zone Wildlife Biologist, at the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station. Participants will drive about 12 miles to the trailhead at Pass Creek Pass. The trail passes through a regenerating old burn, subalpine forests and a picturesque alpine meadow. If lucky, participants may spy Clark’s Nutcrackers and other residents of the high Selkirk Mountains. This 3-mile roundtrip hike is on a trail rated as moderately difficult. Group size is limited to 12 in the Wilderness. Call the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station to register for this hike at 509-4467500.

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Life jackets on loan at area watering holes The Pend Oreille Public Utility District sponsors the Borrow A Life Jacket Program at Campbell Pond at Box Canyon Dam near Ione and at the Oldtown boat launch on the Pend Oreille River near Newport. The program invites visitors to pick out a life jacket from a variety of sizes provided, use it while they’re in the water and return it when done. Contracts and Public Information Officer for the PUD Eileen Dugger said the life jackets are part of the Washington State Parks’ Boating Program and any quality life jackets that residents would like to donate to the program can be dropped off at the PUD, 130 N. Washington in Newport.

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BULLS: Barrel racers competing in serveral divisions FROM PAGE 2B

Among the top local names entered are Jason Hodge and Connor Anderson, both from Elk, Cheyne Anderson of Newport and Dakota Rice of Spirit Lake. Rice won second at the Newport Rodeo.

There are also some Cody, Wyo., bull riders making the trip to Newport.In addition to being sanctioned by Pro West, the competition is also sanctioned by the Elite Professional Bull Riders. If this year’s Newport Rodeo is any indication, riders will have

their work cut out for them. Only two cowboys managed to make qualified rides at the rodeo in June. Bull riders at the Bull-A-Rama will be competing for $3,000 in added prize money and a trophy buckle. Last year’s winner got away with more than $1,700.

FOREST: Participants will hike two miles FROM PAGE 2B

The Columbia Mountain fire lookout cabin hike will be held Saturday, July 19 at 9 a.m. The group will hike to the lookout on the Kettle Crest. Forest Archeologist Alicia Beat will guide the hike. Participants meet at the Kettle Crest parking area along Highway 395 for the moderately difficult roundtrip hike of seven miles with 1,400 feet of elevation gain. Bring a lunch and plenty of water to enjoy the view from the peak, as well as wildflowers, wildlife, history and the restoration of the lookout. Saturday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. at the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station, about 20 minutes east from Ione, is an autotour to Salmo Mountain Fire Lookout. Safety Manager

Sandy Mosconi is leading the tour. Participants will drive about 20 miles along Sullivan Creek, stopping along the way to discover the culture and natural history of the area. Parts of this road are high clearance, narrow and have switchbacks. Organizers suggest bringing water and lunch. The Salmo Mountain Fire Lookout will provide views of the Salmo-Priest Wilderness and surrounding areas. Also on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. at the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station, NewportSullivan Lake District Ranger Gayne Sears will lead a day hike on the Crowell Ridge Trail in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness. There is a 60-minute drive to the Sullivan Mountain Lookout and is on a high clearance vehicle road for about four miles. Participants

will hike two miles along the scenic ridgeline, returning the same way. Sears will talk about the idea of an enduring resource of wilderness and what wilderness means to each participant. They will also discover the culture and natural history of the area. Organizers said to bring plenty of water, a lunch and be prepared for a mildly strenuous hike with glorious views of the Salmo-Priest Wilderness. Call the Sullivan Lake Ranger Station to register for this hike at 509-446-7500. For more information on these hikes and NatureWatch, contact Kathy Ahlenslager at 509-6847178. To read more about NatureWatch and programs across the country visit www. fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch.

There is also barrel racing at the Bull-A-Rama. Barrel racers will be competing in several divisions, depending on how much money has been won on the horse. There is $300 added money for the open division, $200 for the $2,000 division and $200 for the $500 division. Advance tickets for the 17th annual Bull-A-Rama cost $11 and are available at a variety of local businesses. Tickets will cost $12 the day of the show. Admission prices for youngsters age 5-11 are $5 and those under 4 are admitted free.

Dinner & Concert Italian Music performed by

Jace Fogleman Saturday, July 26th Sat. Dinner • 6pm seating RSVP • only $25 Show Only • 7pm • $14 Adv./ $16 ATD

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FORE THE DOGS! Angel Paws 2nd Annual Golf Tournament 18 Hole 4 Person Scramble

Sat., Aug 2nd Check in 9am • Shotgun starts 10am $ 3500 per person • $14000 per team Each 4 person team must have a combined handicap of 70 or higher Registration deadline: July 20th • 208-448-1731

$1.00 Raffle for Autographed & Framed Bob Hope Chrysler Desert Classic Plus Tons of Prizes! Ranch Club Golf Course, Priest River Angel Paws raises funds to help dogs in P.O. County with spay/neuter, vaccines, vet procedures, food

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OBITUARI ES Jerald Duane Lebow NEWPORT

Jerald Duane Lebow passed away Tuesday, July 1, in Idaho Falls while on his way to Colorado to spend Lebow time with family. He was 71. Mr. Lebow was born in Kellogg, Idaho on Feb. 24, 1943 to George Daniel and Nora Lee Lebow of Pinehurst, Idaho. As a young man, he served in the Navy. Mr. Lebow and his wife Dorothy moved to the Newport area in 1984 when he began working for Forest Enterprises as a truck driver. After Forest Enterprises, Jerry drove logging truck for Van Dyke Logging until his retirement due to health issues. Mr. Lebow was a true man, a man who loved his wife and children. He worked hard every day to support those he loved so much. His humor spread laughter and happiness and he was an unselfish person. He was always honest and told his thoughts in a way only he could. He was the father, husband, grandfather and friend people were blessed to have. His gardens provided the best place to get into trouble. He kept the kids in line by putting them in the pea patch to weed. Mr. Lebow is survived by his spouse Dorothy of 37 years and his six children James Lebow, Doralynn Campbell, Jerald Lebow, Theodore Lebow, Loralee Lebow and Corianne Lebow and their families. He is also survived by his sister Trish Reynolds and brother Ron Lebow. He was blessed with 10 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother James Lebow. Services will be held Sunday, July 13, at the Blanchard Community Center.

Michael L. Dechand NEWPORT

Michael L. Dechand passed away peacefully on June 23, surrounded by loved ones. He was 67. Mr. Dechand Dechand was born Sept. 18, 1946, in Chewelah, where he graduated from Jenkins H.S. in 1964. He was born to Arthur and Ruby (Hunter) Dechand and was older brother to Jay and Ward. He had great memories of times at the farm on the Burnt Valley, his sheep winning Grand Champion at the fair and achieving Order of the Arrow in Boy Scouts. Mr. Dechand served in the Army from October 1964 to October 1967, spending 18 months of that as a flying crew chief in the 54th Aviation Company. Mr. Dechand had various jobs until 1972, when he started working at Ryerson Steel. He retired in 2001, after 29 years. Retirement left him time to enjoy a longtime dream, the log home he designed, built and rarely wanted to leave. Mr. Dechand had many fond memories of building and riding choppers, camping and offroading, days at Priest Lake and times with family and friends. Family and friends say Mr. Dechand will be remembered as a wise, loving, funny and intelligent husband and father. He leaves behind his wife Leanne (Keefer), son Andrew (Michelle), daughter Brenda (Sean), grandson Zane, brothers Jay and Ward (Beverley), as well as many extended family

members and friends. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of his life on Saturday, July 26. For details contact 46mld14@gmail. com.

Kevin Dean Scott OLDTOWN

Kevin Dean Scott passed away, Tuesday, July 1. He was 46 years old. Mr. Scott was born the middle child to Alan Lastname and Phyllis Scott on April 20, 1968. He was born small and blue and in a hurry to get into this world and a hurry to get out, family members said. The story goes that Mr. Scott’s Grandpa could hold him in the palm of his hands with his head touching one thumb and feet the other. Mr. Scott attended Idaho Hill Elementary, Priest River Junior High, and graduated from Priest River Lamanna High School in 1987. Mr. Scott held many jobs in his short time here on Earth. He worked at a local hardware store, in a window manufacturing plant in Bothell, Wash., as a custodian at Sacred Heart in Spokane and as a counselor at Excelsior Youth Center in Spokane. In 2006, Mr. Scott moved to Lynnwood, Wash., where he took a job with Home Depot. As with his normal life, he worked many aspects with this company. Mr. Scott loved to fish and spent a lot of time doing so with good friends Chris Cliff and Aaron Brown. Mr. Scott loved his family whether they were blood or not. Before his passing, Mr. Scott had found, “The One” Faith Blood. People say he had never been happier. Faith meant everything to him and he would tell you to no end even if you didn’t care. Mr. Scott was preceded in death by his father, Alan, his brother, Michael, and nephew, Shane. Survivors include his mother, Phyllis Scott of Spokane; brothers Patrick Scott of Newport, and Gene “Chet” and Becky Scott of Oldtown; nieces Cathy, Crystal, and Kendell, and nephews Corey, CJ, Kristopher, and Garrett, in addition to lifelong friends Chris, Jacqueline and Morgan Cliff, and Aaron Brown, as well as “The One” Faith Blood. There will be a small graveside service on, Saturday, Aug. 2, at noon. A potluck wake will follow at 122 E. Third St. in Oldtown. Anyone that knew Mr. Scott is welcome.

Joyce Wike Holder CUSICK

Joyce Annabelle Wike Holder passed away peacefully Dec. 6, 2013, in Seattle. She was 95. The public is invited to a Holder memorial service, Saturday, Aug. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Camas Center for Community Wellness on the Kalispel Reservation, 1821 N. LeClerc Rd. Ms. Holder was born in Spokane on April 22, 1918 to Mildred and John Adam Wike of Cusick. She was raised in an extended family that included her maternal grandparents, Hildeborg and Fred Hansen, Danish immigrants who homesteaded on the lower slopes of Calispell Peak before settling in Cusick. Joyce’s paternal grandparents emigrated from Germany to Nebraska where Adam grew up. In 1905, her father joined his brother Lou in operating

the Wike Brother’s Store in Cusick, eventually run by her mother in later years. Her parents both taught in one-room schools near Cusick before they married in 1915, having met in the store when her mother was a customer. Her father was active in civic affairs, serving as Cusick mayor and on the school board where he worked to raise funds to build a separate high school, completed in 1925. He was instrumental in bringing the Pend Oreille County Fair to Cusick and responsible for planting most of the deciduous trees that still exist in the town. He also played on a Kalispel baseball team. Ms. Holder enjoyed growing up in Cusick, exploring, swimming, fishing, ice-skating and camping.

She worked in the family store, participated in several school clubs and played basketball before graduating from Cusick High School. Although she had many fond childhood memories, the family experienced great tragedy when her younger sister, Betty, died in 1923 from an acute illness after their home had burned down previous to Betty’s death. Ms. Holder’s grandfather Fred, a professional carpenter, and her father rebuilt their home across the street from the Diamond Mill. The mill was a constant presence for the family with the sounds of milling and whistles blowing at regular intervals. Ms. Holder and her friends walked on logs waiting in the river to be

milled. Her mother forbid her to swim in the Pend Oreille River by herself, but family stories abound of her swims across the river and back, including one where she was named by Kalispel schoolmates, “Oh Whala.” College years began in Walla Walla, Wash. at Whitman College for one year, then moved to Seattle to study dance for a summer at the Cornish Institute for the Arts and became lifelong friends with fellow student and dancer Merce Cunningham and Cornish teachers, composer John Cage and painter Morris Graves. She remained in Seattle to attend the University of Washington, receiving a BA and MA in Anthropology. Her fieldwork was done on the Swinomish and Yakima

Reservations. A few years later, Ms. Holder earned a doctoral degree in Anthropology at Columbia University where she had studied under Ruth Benedict, protégé of Franz Boaz. Ms. Holder married fellow anthropologist Preston Holder in 1946 in the Panama Canal Zone, and soon after continued to Colombia on an American Museum of Natural History expedition. Their Columbia trip received publicity in the U.S. where news articles mentioned the “professor and his young wife,” but few mentioned that Ms. Holder was also an anthropologist. During her career, Ms. Holder was an elementary school teacher in the AleuSEE OBITUARIES, 8B

P O L I C E R E P O RT S EDITOR’S NOTE: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights. Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online. PEND OREILLE COUNTY

MONDAY, JULY 7

booked and released for violation of a protection order. BURGLARY: Hwy. 20, report that window in residence was brokebn out and several guns taken. THEFT: Allen Rd., report that known male removed three vehicles from property. TRESPASSING: Rocky Gorge Rd., report that door was damaged on back balcony, appears someone has been making entry into foreclosed house.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: S. Washington Ave., Newport

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 1st St., report that something smells dead in the area first noticed it about a month ago.

THURSDAY, JULY 10

CIVIL: W. 1st St., Newport, fencing off area for festival tomorrow, female refuses to leave with her kids.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED: Davis Lake, report of subject driving with license suspended.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: N. Union Ave., Newport, report of heating and air conditioning unit vandalized overnight.

TRESPASSING: Woodard Rd.,

ERRATIC DRIVER: Stanley Drive, report of white Jeep Wrangler driving erratic.

THEFT: Hwy. 2, two hanging flower pots reported stolen overnight. ARREST: Hwy. 2, Gabriel J. Andrews, 39, of Cusick was arrested for driving with a suspended license. GRASS FIRE: Oriole Rd., fire burning under pole. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Spring Valley Rd. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 31, single vehicle rollover non-blocking non-injury. THEFT: Deer Valley Rd., report of gates open and shop broken into. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Graham Rd., report of damaged fence and other suspicious activity occurring in area.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of female shoplifter in office. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report of two vehicles and camper parked on side of the road camper has the awning out on it. ARREST: W. 6th St., David J. Mcdonagh, 55, of Chicago was arrested for driving with a suspended license. BURGLARY: S. Union Ave., Newport, report that cook shack was broken into. ARREST: Buffalo Lane, Frank Louie Carden, 25, was arrested for domestic violence physical. ILLEGAL BURNING: Calispel St., report of someone burning garbage. FIREWORKS: Diamond Lake, report of firecrackers going off at boat launch along with loud music. ARREST: Ricky Dean Davis, 52, of Newport was arrested for violation of a protection order. ARREST: Roxanne Kaye York, 46, of Newport was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer and for third degree theft.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 COURT COMMITMENT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Bill D. Lawrence, 68, of Elk was booked and released for reckless driving. COURT COMMITMENT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Phillip Ray Bell, 33, of Newport was booked and released for public indecency. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, semi truckpickup collision, vehicle on fire. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: 1st Ave., report of windows broken on bus overnight. COURT COMMITMENT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Sharyn M. Tucker, 68, of Newport was

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Flowery Trail Rd. ARREST: Black Rd., Brad W. Epperson, 28, of Usk was arrested for assault. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: W. 3rd Ave. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: W. 2nd Ave.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. Walnut St., Newport

ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Richard D. Smith, 28, was arrested on a Department of Corrections warrant.

TUESDAY, JULY 8

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20

THEFT: N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report that known male took money from complainant’s apartment.

THEFT: Horseshoe Lake boat, reported theft of wallet.

POSSIBLE DUI: Scotia Rd., possible person driving under the influence reported.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Willms Rd., report of domestic violence physical in progress.

ACCIDENT: Southshore Diamond Lake, vehicle vs deer colission.

THEFT: Hwy. 2, report that ex roommate took items while moving out.

THREATENING: Leclerc Rd. N., report of threats made.

sible injury.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Knott Rd.

HARASSMENT: Veit Rd., report that male subject keeps harassing complainant.

ASSAULT: Buffalo Lane, report of male with neck injury.

ARREST: W. 7th St., Justin D. Akers, 24, of Newport was arrested for trespassing.

reported theft of automobile.

ARREST: Lonnie Lee Alford, 53, of Newport was arrested for a warrant.

FRIDAY, JULY 11 ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, Newport TRESPASSING: Chain Lakes Drive, report of trespassing. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Bobier Rd. N. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Calispell THEFT: Mountain View Estates,

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SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 20

SATURDAY, JULY 12 BRUSH FIRE: Hwy. 211, fire reported NW of paper mill. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: S. Union Ave., Newport, report of domestic violence physical in progress. ACCIDENT: Spring Valley, report of vehicle accident, non-injury. FIRE SMOKE ONLY: Bead Lake Rd., light smoke reported in the area, possible fire. THREATENING: Hwy. 31, report of threats made. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: S. Scott Ave., Newport WEAPON OFFENSE: Kirkpatrick Rd., weapon offense reported.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2 ARREST: Hwy. 20, Kevin Ray Kristensen, 40, was arrested for driving with license suspended. ARREST: Flowery Trail Rd., Charles William Vankirk, Jr., 48, of Usk was arrested on a warrant. TRESPASSING: Teal Rd. THEFT: Coyote Trail SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Sullivan Lake Rd.

WEST BONNER COUNTY

MONDAY, JULY 7 JUVENILE PROBLEM: Old Schneider Rd., Priest Lake, there was a runaway juvenile on Old Schneider Road in Priest Lake.

TUESDAY, JULY 8 DUI: Hwy. 57, Priest River, report of a reckless driver in the Oldtown area.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 SHOPLIFTING: E. 4th St. N., Oldtown, three juveniles were cited and released for petit theft.

THURSDAY, JULY 10

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: S. Scott Ave., Newport

NO REPORTABLE INCIDENTS.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Camden Rd.

FRIDAY, JULY 11

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Sullivan Lake Rd. ACCIDENT: Westside Calispel Rd., report of vehicle vs. deer collision. FIRE SMOKE ONLY: Sacheen Lake, report of smoke seen. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 211 FIREWORKS: Coyote Trail, report Fireworks going off for half hour.

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River

SATURDAY, JULY 12 ASSIST OTHER AGENCY: Hyw. 2, Priest River, report of an agency assist with medical in the 3000 block of Highway 2. ARREST: Wells Lane, Priest River, Benjamin Mitchell, 35, of Priest River was arrested for domestic battery.

HARASSMENT: Regal Rd., report of harassment.

ARREST: Hwy. 41, Oldtown, Lori L. Aske, , 53, of Pullman was arrested for criminal trespass.

NOISE COMPLAINT: E. 5th St., report of loud music coming from bar.

BATTERY: Wells Lane, Priest River

BOAT ACCIDENT: Diamond Lake, report of boat accident no injuries.

SUNDAY, JULY 13 SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Veit Rd. ASSAULT: Southshore, Diamond Lake, report of assault. ASSAULT: Fertile Valley Rd. BOATING OFFENSE: Diamond Lake ACCIDENT: Rocky Gorge Rd., report of vehicle accident, pos-

MARINE INCIDENT: W. Lakeshore Rd., Priest Lake SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: High St., Priest River, report of a suspicious person in the 200 block of High St. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: High St., Priest River RUNAWAY JUVENILE: E. Lincoln Ave., Priest River

SUNDAY, JULY 13 NO REPORTABLE INCIDENTS.

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MAINTENANCE WORKER I The City of Priest River currently has one opening for the position of a full-time Maintenance Worker I. Starting salary is $23,316.80, plus medical, dental, employee assistance program, and PERSI retirement plan. TEMPORARY MAINTENANCE WORKERS The City of Priest River currently has four (4) openings for the position of temporary full-time Maintenance Workers, for the purpose of installing water meters. The 32-hour per week positions will pay $10.05 per hour and are anticipated to extend through November 2014, weather permitting. WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR The City of Priest River currently has one opening for the position of a full-time Water Treatment Plant Operator. Starting salary is $23,316.80 to $30,596.80 DOQ, plus medical, dental, employee assistance program, and PERSI retirement plan. All persons interested in one of these positions should request an application form and job description from Priest River City Hall at 208-448-2123, on our website at www.priestriver-id.gov, or by email: lknoles@priestriver-id.gov Please submit a City of Priest River application, resume and any other supporting documents to the City of Priest River by 5:00 pm on Friday, July 18, 2014. The City of Priest River is an equal opportunity employer.

Newport High School LIBRARY TECHNICIAN The Newport School District is accepting applications for the above library technician position. Additional information and applications may be obtained by calling the Newport School District at (509) 447-3167 or at www.newport.wednet.edu. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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2014213 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE No.:13-2-00144-2 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION W E L L S FA R G O BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. ERIC J. RICHARDSON, individually; et. al., Defendants. TO: ERIC RICHARDSON; THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO SAID DEFENDANT You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days af-

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______________ 2014234 PUBLIC NOTICE Selkirk School District #70, Pend Oreille County, has begun preparation of the 2014-15 budget and the preliminary budget is on file in the school district administration office located at 219 Park Street in Metaline Falls. The preliminary budget will be available for review to any person who might request such. Also, let it be publicly known to all persons that the Board of Directors of Selkirk School District #70, Pend Oreille County, will meet in a public meeting on Monday, July 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at Selkirk High CONTINUED ON 7B

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CONTINUED FROM 6B School Music Room for the purpose of fixing and adopting the 2014-15 Fiscal Budget of the District and the 2013-14 Budget Extension in the Transportation Vehicle Fund. Any interested person may appear at this meeting and will be given the opportunity to be heard for or against any part of the proposed 2014-15 budget. Published in The Newport Miner July 2, 9, and 16, 2014. (22-3)

______________ 2014195 LEGAL NOTICE LEADERS MEETING The Boards of Commissioners of the Port of Pend Oreille, Public Utility District No. 1 and Pend Oreille County will meet on Wednesday, July 23rd at 12 noon at the Camas Wellness Center. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager /s/ Karen Willner, Clerk of the Board /s/ Liz Braun, Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner July 9 and 16, 2014. (23-2)

______________ 2014236 PUBLIC NOTICE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOLICITATION Request for statement of Qualifications (RSQ) City of Newport Request for Qualification Data to Furnish Engineering Services The City of Newport is requesting qualified engineers to submit statements of qualification for engineering services related to the Comprehensive Water System Plan Update Project. These services will be to perform

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

a scope of work which includes providing engineering services for preparation of contract documents and contract administration services. The Newport Comprehensive Water System Plan Update should include a description of the water system, planning data and water demand forecasting, water system analysis, water resource analysis and water use efficiency, source water protection, operation and maintenance program, design and construction standards, improvement program and financial program. The project budget for engineering services is approximately $22,000.00 to update the current Water System Plan subject to State of Washington Department of Health requirements to be completed by December 31, 2014. Firms desiring consideration shall submit a complete qualification package and any other pertinent data to further assist the selection committee in evaluating the firm’s qualification to: Ray King, City Administrator. Qualification packages should be submitted to arrive no later than 4:00 PM on July 23, 2014. One firm will be selected for the project based upon the following criteria categories, weighted as indicated: Qualification of key personnel (2); Relevant experience as demonstrated on previous projects (2); Previous performance (1); Expressed interest in the project (1); Washington State Certified Minority Enterprise Participation (.5). The most highly rated firm will be selected for negotiation of the professional service contract. The project is partially funded through the Washington State Community Development Block Grant Program with federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Newport. A number of state and federal equal opportunity and affirmative action requirements will apply to the selection process and conduct the project. The City of Newport is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority and women owned firms are encouraged to submit proposals. Questions regarding the project or proposal may be referred to Ray King, City Administrator, 200 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-5611. Published in The Newport Miner July 9 and 16, 2014. (23-2)

_____________ 2014239 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille

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County did on May 05, 2014 received a complete Shoreline Variance Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Kelly Murphy, and did on July 3, 2014 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a shed and deck on Bead Lake. (FILE NO. SV-14-003), Location: 522 Bead Lake Dr., Newport, WA 99156 (Lot 33 Diamond Match); Sec: 09, Twp: 32, Rng: 45. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 05, 2014. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco. org. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner, (509) 447-6462, tmclaughlin@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 24, 2014. The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Shoreline Variance Application on August 12, 2014 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Variance (Pend Oreille County), Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County) Dated: July 03, 2014 Published in The Newport Miner July 9 and 16, 2014. (23-2)

______________ 2014240 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on September 09, 2013 received a complete Shoreline Variance Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Jasen Baril, and did on July 3, 2014 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a shed and landing (2) on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SV-14-002), Location: 102 Elderberry Ln., Cusick, WA 99119 (Lot 2 Pleasant Shores); Sec: 27, Twp: 36, Rng: 43. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on September 04, 2013. Any person

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desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco. org. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner, (509) 447-6462, tmclaughlin@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 24, 2014. The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Shoreline Variance Application on August 12, 2014 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Variance (Pend Oreille County), Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Regional General Permit 7 (US Army Corps) Dated: July 03, 2014 Published in The Newport Miner July 9 and 16, 2014. (23-2)

______________ 2014244 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERJOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GRANT NO. 14-4-00045-0 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: ROBERT BERNARD CARTER, Deceased. The Co-personal representatives named below have been appointed as Copersonal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-personal representatives or the Co-personal representative ‘s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court. The claim must be presented within the later of (1) Thirty days after the Co-personal representatives 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 as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of filing copy of Notice to Creditors: July 8, 2014 Date of First publication: July 16, 2014 /s/Catina Renee Shue

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R ober t Edw ard Carter /s/ Robert Edward Carter Personal Representatives 57 Valley View Road Moses Lake, WA 98837 Larry L. Tracy Attorney for CoPersonal Representatives /s/Larry L. Tracy by: /s/ Larry L. Tracy W.S.B.A. #3035 Published in The Newport Miner July 16, 23 and 30, 2014. (24-3)

______________ 2014246 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FIRE RETARDANT CLOTHING SUPPLIER Pend Oreille Public Utility District The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (the District), is requesting proposals for the supply of fire retardant clothing for electrical (distribution and hydroelectric) workers, in accordance with OSHA/WISHA requirements. Supplier proposals will be evaluated on price, quality, brand selection, sizes, color, customer service, guarantee, durability, return policy, shipping costs, employee purchase discounts, and care requirements. The successful supplier will enter into a 5-year contract with the District. Fire retardant clothing will be provided under this contract for approximately 38 District employees. Interested parties may obtain a complete scope of procurement by contacting the District’s Contracts Administrator at (509) 447-9345. All proposals must

be received no later than 2:30 p.m., August 6, 2014. Please send proposals to: Pend Oreille County Public Utility District P.O. Box 190 130 N. Washington Newport, WA 99156 ATTN: Contracts Administrator Women’s, minority, and small business enterprises are encouraged to apply. Published in The Newport Miner July 16, 2014. (24)

______________ 2014247 PUBLIC NOTICE Public Utility District No. 1 Of Pend Oreille County Notice Of Public Hearing For Public Comments Regarding Distributed Generation The Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County has scheduled a public hearing for the consideration of policies and associated equipment and engineering fees for customer owned generation facilities up to 100kWh capacity. The date, time and location of the hearing is as follows: July 29, 2014 12:30 p.m., Box Canyon Dam location Box Maintenance Shop, Upstairs 7492 Hwy 31 Ione, WA 99139 The public is invited to attend and be heard. Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner July 16 and 23, 2014. (24-2)

______________ 2014248 PUBLIC NOTICE

Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on July 14, 2014 received a complete SEPA Environmental Checklist with supplemental documents prepared by Alan Cable and did on July 14, 2014 issue a Determination of Completeness for a Recreational Dock, Ramp, and Pier project (FILE NO. SEPA-14011), Location: 571 Bear Paw Dr., Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 35, Town. 32, Range 44. An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on July 14, 2014, 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. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than July 31, 2014. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner,

tmclaughlin@pendoreille.org. Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic P ro j e c t A p p ro v a l (WDFW), and Regional General Permit 7 (Corps) Dated: July 14, 2014 Published in The Newport Miner July 16 and 23, 2014. (24-2)

______________ 2014249 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on July 11, 2014, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjustment (Aggregation) submitted by the Kalispel Tribe, to combine two contiguous lots into 1 lot (Parcel #’s 44333054-0031 & 443330-540032; Within Sec. 30, T33N, R44E, WM. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than July 31st, 2014 after which a final administrative decision will be made. Dated: July 14, 2014 Published in The Newport Miner July 16, 2014. (24)

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tian Islands, and taught at the University at Buffalo, Washington University in St. Louis, and St. Louis University. She was a tenured professor in the Anthropology/Sociology Department at Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb. and taught there from 1967 until her retirement in 1983. Before moving to Nebraska, the family lived on the Colville Reservation for a year. Ms. Holder and Preston had two children, Marcus and Teresa and Preston’s teenaged son, Tony, later came to live with the family. During many of those years teaching at Wesleyan University, she nursed both her mother Mildred and husband Preston with great dedication when their health failed. Throughout her adulthood, Ms. Holder regularly returned to Cusick. She loved her time there, the beauty of the land and was always anxious to come back. Her retirement years were spent between Seattle and Cusick. Visits from Cusick and Newport friends were greatly appreciated, as was the kindness of Cusick residents who helped her over the years. She enjoyed attending the annual Kalispel PowWow and other events on the reservation, as well as Cusick’s Fourth of July festivities and the Pend Oreille County Fair. She lived near her daughter in Seattle and regularly visited her cousins and son. In her 70’s, she traveled by herself to Oaxaca, Mexico and later to Paris, France. The last 10 years of her life were spent with Alzheimer’s Disease. At age 95, Joyce passed away peacefully in Seattle. She was preceded in death by parents Mildred and Adam, husband Preston and sister Betty. Joyce is survived by daughter Teresa (Bert) and sons Marcus (Zoe) and Tony; grandchildren Jesse, Lakota and Preston; great-grandchildren Auchee, Hoksila, Nialin, Nizhoni and Wesley; and cousins Mary and Richard. Joyce belonged to the American Anthropology Association and supported many social causes over her lifetime. Ms. Holder will be remembered by family and friends for her sharp intellect, adventurousness and witty sense of humor. She read voraciously, took daily walks and enjoyed dancing and listening to many types of music. But most of all, family remembers her devotion to her family and friends whom she loved very much. She was deeply loved in return. Donations may be sent to Friends of the Calispel Valley

Library, P.O. Box 227, Cusick, 99119.

James Ellsworth Johnston IONE

James Ellsworth Johnston passed away at home July 11. He was 84 years old. Mr. Johnston was born on Johnston May 4, 1930, to Vern and Hazel Johnston in Everett, Wash. He spent his childhood growing up with his older sister Norma Jean along the Lewis River near Woodland, Wash. He went to Clover Valley Elementary School and then Woodland High School. The family bought a ranch on the Pend Oreille River in 1947 and Mr. Johnston was in the height of his glory raising and breaking horses and herding cows on the LeClerc Creek ranch. He graduated from Ione High School in 1948. He attended Lewis and Clark College for a semester and decided college life was not for him. He moved back to the ranch and drove a school bus for a while. He then worked as a cowboy in the LeClerc Creek area and eventually was hired by the Forest Service. Mr. Johnston helped with the construction of a bridge on Harvey Creek and manned lookouts. He was drafted into the Army and served in Germany from 1953 to 1955. His father was very ill so he came home to help out on the ranch. He went to work for Jim’s Transfer as a truck

driver delivering cement. He met Phyllis Ryder during this time and she said she would wave at him but, “he just ignored me.” Eventually he must have noticed her as they fell in love and got married. He started to work for the Pend Oreille County Road Department and Mr. Johnston and his wife bought the old Swanger place in 1963 and raised a family there. In 1969, Jim and Phyllis bought the office building for the Boundary Dam construction. They had it moved to Ione in nine pieces and put it on a foundation. They moved in to the new house in April 1974 and this is where they have lived ever since. Mr. Johnston worked on the construction of Boundary Dam and was hired as a laborer after the construction was completed and worked there for 28 years. He retired as an operator in 1995. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were married for 54 years. They had four children, Shannon (and Stan) Haney of Ione; Kim (and Miles) Hartill of Chewelah; Charlene Patburg (and Derek) of Chewelah; and Harry (Jiff) Johnston of Ione. They have 14 living grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He also has a nephew, Dick (and Jennifer) Artley of Grangeville, Idaho. Mr. Johnston was preceded in death by his parents, his older sister Norma Jean Artley, and granddaughter, Lydia. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 19 at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church of Ione. Sherman-Knapp Funeral

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Walter Richard “Rick” Rohrer III NEWPORT

Walter Richard “Rick” Rohrer III passed away July 9, when a tree he was cutting near Calispel Trail Rohrer Road fell into a power line. He was born Nov. 8, 1954. He was 59 years old. He was preceded in death by his mother Jean E. Dinsmore of Denver and father, Walter R. Rohrer Jr. of Newport. He is survived by brother, Vernon Dean Rohrer of Denver, and sisters Katherine E. Bower of Newport and Valerie N. Evans of Fairbanks, Alaska. He never married and had no children of his own, but loved children and was loved by them. Private services will be held at a later date. ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

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D E AT H N O T I C E Grace Marie Hedlund Grace Marie Hedlund died at her home in Newport Saturday, June 28. She was 88 years old.

Donald F. Jubon NEWPORT

Donald F. Jubon passed away Wednesday, July 9, at Newport Long Term Care. He was 65 years old. A full obituary with service details will appear at a later date. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Melody R. Edwards PRIEST RIVER

Melody R. Edwards died Saturday, July 12, when the motorcycle she was driving left the road. She was 58 years old. A full obituary will appear at a later date. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, July 19,

at 11 a.m. at the ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Priest River. ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements.

B I RT H S Stetson S. L. Peightal Stetson S. L. Peightal was born June 10 at 4:53 p.m. to Nicole and Joshua Peightal of Newport. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 inches in length, delivered at Newport Hospital by Dr. Ragsdale.

Tyanna Angeline Mize Tyanna Angeline Mize was born June 16 at 9:59 p.m. to Aimee Hughes and Kori Mize of Newport. She weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 20 inches in length, delivered at Newport Hospital by Dr. Kersting.

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