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Silicon company formed after deposit found By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – A week after the announcement of a silicon smelter proposed for Pend Oreille County, not much more is known about HiTest Sand, Inc., the Edmonton, Alberta based company that

proposes to build a $300 million smelter south of the Ponderay Newsprint Mill in Usk. Tom Vaughn, vice president of U.S. operations for HiTest Sand Inc., told The Miner that the company was formed fairly recently. “It was formed to See SMELTER, 2A

Affair on Main Street something to celebrate Labor Day weekend By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

METALINE FALLS – The Affair on Main Street returns to Metaline Falls for Labor Day weekend, complete with vendors, a car show, train rides and can-can dancers, to name a few offerings. The time-honored North Pend Oreille County event takes place along the town’s Main Street and in the park, kicking off Friday, Sept. 2. “I think we’re close to celebrating our 30th year, if we’re not there already,” says event volunteer Shirley Botzheim. Botzheim says Affair on Main Street was created after a now defunct gardening club in Metaline Falls decorated the town’s Main Street one See Affair on mainstreet, 2A

West Nile virus detected in three area horses COLVILLE - Three area horses have tested positive for West Nile Virus, including one in Pend Oreille County, according to a news release from Northeast Tri-County Health

District. The other two horses are from North Stevens County. None of the affected horses were vaccinated against the virus. According to the See West Nile, 11A

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A helicopter scoops up water from the creek next to Scotia Road to dump on the fire that started Thursday, Aug. 25.

Wildland fire contained to 6.5 acres NEWPORT – Local firefighters from various agencies contained a 6.5-acre wildland fire Thursday, Aug. 25, in the Gray and Scotia Road area of Pend Oreille County. South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the report of smoke in the area of Gray Road and Highway 2, just after 2 p.m. Thursday. Units first on scene located a fire burning on a hill behind Penrith Farms off Scotia Road. Firefighters from both the Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service arrived right behind SPOFR units and engaged in fire extinguishment efforts. SPOFR was also assisted by Spokane County Fire District No. 4 and See Fire, 2A

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A firefighter works at a wildland fire off Scotia Road Thursday, Aug. 25. The fire was quickly contained to 6.5 acres.

B r i e f ly Miner closed for Labor Day NEWPORT – The Miner Newspaper office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 for the Labor Day holiday. The deadline for classifieds and legal notices is noon on Friday. All other deadlines remain the same. The Miner will open Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 8:30 a.m.

Banks, post office closed for Labor Day NEWPORT – Banks, post offices and many businesses will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 for the Labor Day

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holiday. Pend Oreille County commissioners will not meet. City council meetings for both Priest River and Newport will be held Tuesday at their regular time.

County looking for new HR director NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County commissioners find themselves in the market for a Human Resources director after the current HR director Maria SwingerInskeep tendered her resignation. She is taking a job with Community Colleges of Spokane as campus 9B-12B

manager running the Colville, Republic and Inchelium community college sites. Swinger-Inskeep, who will have been with the county five months when she leaves, says her new job is a good opportunity to work close to home. She lives in Colville and has been driving 70 minutes each way to get to Newport. Monday, Aug. 29, Swinger-Inskeep hit a moose on Flowery Trail Road in Stevens County on her way to work. She said she wasn’t hurt and was able to drive to work. Her last day of work will be Sept. 9.

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SMELTER: Company says won’t produce liquid, solid waste From Page 1A

take advantage of the unique find,” Vaughn said. HiTest Sand Inc., announced the completion of the purchase of the Horse Creek Mineral lease in Golden, B.C. in early July. According to a news release, independent analysis in 2014 confirmed 51,000,000 tonnes of proven reserves and an additional 28,000,000 tonnes of probable reserves. The ore is particularly high quality, according to the news release, with the silica ore testing at 99.82 percent pure. The quartz from the Golden mine, when processed into silicon, is optimal for the premium processed silicon metals market, including polysilicon products, solar panels, computer chips and aluminum alloys. Vaughn said the company is still in negotiations to purchase the land. HiTest is trying to buy 77 acres from the owners of Ponderay Newsprint Co., Resolute Forest Products, based in Montreal, Canada. Vaughn said the company has other options should they not be able to purchase land in Pend Oreille County. “The Usk site was selected from a handful of other sites in the northwest,” Vaughn said. “All would be happy to have us.” Pend Oreille County Commissioner Steve Kiss, a former Port of Pend Oreille commissioner, says he can remember a few years ago when the Port was trying to acquire about

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an acre of land from the newsprint company. While it was a small amount of property, it was tied up as collateral on financing and it took a long time to get the land. Vaughn said the company’s process of turning ore into silicon won’t produce any liquid or solid waste. “All byproducts will be sold to other industries, including the cement industry,” Vaughn said. He said the smelter will use ore from the mine and coal from Kentucky, although the coal won’t be burned. It will be used as a carbon source. It is part of the chemical process to release the silica, he said. The process will also use wood chips, which will be used as sort of a spacer, he said. The sand, coal and wood chips are mixed together in a giant metal bowl that measures about 20 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep. They are heated to 2,000 degrees Centigrade using electricity, Vaughn said. Gregg Dohrn, the conCourtesy map|Pend Oreille County sultant the county hired to help with the process, This map shows the location being considered for a silicon smelter. It is 77 acres in size and is says he understands the located south of Ponderay Newsprint Mill on Highway 20. desire to move quickly. volved with any zoning ect must be a private development. The “But the reality is it industrial development project is slated to retakes time,” Dohrn said. change. Vaughn said once the with private capital ceive $300,000 in state He said the county site is secured, the com- investment in manueconomic development needs to take time. A pany will do some pubfacturing or research assistance that will be zone change is needed and development, or channeled through the before the project can go lic outreach, including holding open houses. development that will Pend Oreille Economic forward. Kiss said that he The proposed smelter provide a net environDevelopment Council. anticipates full notifihas been designated a mental benefit. AddiIf it goes according to cations to all nearby ‘Project of Statewide tional criteria include plan, Vaughn said once property owners when Significance,’ according providing significant the land is purchased, it gets closer to going to a news release from economic benefit to the about a year of engiahead with the plant. the state Department of local or state economy neering would begin, That is in addition to Commerce. and alignment with followed by two years of the public hearings To qualify for the the state’s comprehenconstruction before the that will be held indesignation, a projsive plan for economic plant would open.

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Fire District No. 4. DNR called in two small planes called a Fire Boss, and one helicopter to help with suppression efforts. “The helicopter was dipping water out of a nearby pond and the planes were filling up off Diamond Lake, which led to very short turnaround times allowing them to knock the fire down very quickly,” SPOFR Chief Mike Nokes said.

SPOFR responded with 19 Firefighters and 10 pieces of apparatus. In all more than 60 firefighters helped extinguish this fire. “We were fortunate that the fire was only 6.5 acres in size and was contained the same day at 7 p.m. No homes or buildings were lost or threatened during this fire. Quick and effective fire district and agency response coupled with available air support kept this fire relatively

small,” Nokes said. DNR is taking the lead in the investigation efforts to what caused the fire. The cause at this time is still being investigated, but it is suspected that the fire was human caused. “This is a stark reminder why our county is in the High Fire Danger rating and why we have an all-out burn ban in place. Please remember, no burning of any kind right now in Pend Oreille County,” Nokes said. Visit to www.spofr.org for

more details. Nokes thanked all of his district’s partner agencies for their assistance with this fire and, “especially SPOFR’s dedicated members who volunteered their time to leave their jobs and families to respond to this fire and help extinguish it.” Anyone interested in serving their community as a member of the volunteer fire district should contact Chief Nokes with SPOFR at 509-447-5305, or online at www.spofr.org.

Affair on mainstreet: Train rides Saturday, Sunday From Page 1A

weekend with an array of flowers. “We thought their hard work should be seen, so it kind of started from that,” Botzheim says. “We have flowers along Main Street now commemorating their original idea.” Around 40 vendors will set up their booths and sell their wares starting Friday at 5 p.m. The NuVu, Pend Oreille County’s only movie theater, will be open both

days. The ever-popular North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Club train rides will take place Saturday and Sunday, departing at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on both days. Cost is $15 for adults ages 13 and older and $10 for children two to 12. Kids under two years ride for free. Kindred Kitchen of the Metaline Falls Assembly of God will host a pancake breakfast in the Metaline Falls United Church of Christ Saturday, Sept. 3, 8-10 a.m.

The group will be back Sunday, Sept. 4 for a second round of pancake breakfast from 8-9:30 a.m. The Classy Car Show will showcase classic vehicles on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with car show judging happening at 2:30 p.m. Awards will be given at 3 p.m. An arts and crafts show is scheduled throughout the weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, as is the quilt show put on by the

Forgotten Corners Quilt Guild in Metaline Falls City Hall. The Affair Flower Show and Garden Container contest is Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Affair Key Sale starts at noon on Saturday and gives participants a chance to win a box full of cash if they purchase the correct key that unlocks it. Monies raised from the purchased keys goes to support Affair on Main Street. Selkirk High School cheerleaders dressed as can-can danc-

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ers will give their own spirited interpretation of the high-energy dance Saturday and Sunday at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. Momentum Aerial, an air acrobatics troupe, will perform at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, followed by Midnight Run at 1 p.m. The band will perform again on Sunday at noon. Momentum Aerial returns to the stage at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Local acoustic band Scotia Road will perform at the Cutter Theatre at 7 p.m., Saturday.

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Last Year: The weather this week last year was about the same, but we saw much more rain. Temperatures didn’t get higher than 75 and we had rain three of the seven days in the week.

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Most fires caused by people OLYMPIA – In six days in late August, firefighters from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to 82 wildfire starts. Investigators believe all but two of those were likely started by humans. DNR asks every Washingtonian to exercise extra caution when working or playing outdoors. “It is the personal responsibility of all Washingtonians to take seriously the possibility that working or playing outdoors can spark tragedy,” said Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands. “Our firefighters work hard to protect our communities and our natural treasures. Don’t make their jobs any harder.”

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I-90 travel delay possible OLYMPIA – With summer’s last holiday weekend here, many motorists will be hitting the roads. Drivers can use the Washington State Department of Transportation’s traffic volume charts this holiday weekend to help time their travel on key routes. In particular this year, holiday travel congestion is expected in two spots along eastbound Interstate 90. Vantage Bridge: Across the Vantage Bridge, heavier-than-normal congestion is expected on eastbound I-90 due to a lane closure for bridge painting. No work will take place during the weekend, but the lane restriction will remain in place and lengthy delays are expected during peak travel times, ranging from 20 minutes to two hours. If travelling across the bridge before 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, is not an option, drivers should consider taking alternate routes such as US 97, Interstate 82 or State Route 24. Adams County: In Adams County, eastbound I-90 will be reduced to one lane at Wahl Road (milepost 213) through the holiday weekend. Eastbound travelers should expect congestion and delays, particularly the afternoons of Friday, Sept. 2, and Monday, Sept. 5.

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June was born in Colville on June 10, 1941 to Elnora Jeanne (Farnam) Loken and Robert “Pat” Lane of Ione Washington. She attended Ione school all twelve years, graduating in 1959. June briefly attended college in Canada then returned home and worked at Boundary Dam during its construction. Pat and June were married in the Ione Congregational Church on July 16, 1966. They lived in Spokane for a couple years then moved to Bremerton WA. in 1968 where they lived and raised their two children. In 2005 Pat and June moved to Cashmere, WA. June completed her journey with us and went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday August 23, 2016. She is survived by her husband of 50 years Pat, son Lane and wife Cathy, daughter Amy and husband Erik Pheasant, eight grand children, her brother Allan Loken and wife Sharlen, and two nephews.

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Ronnie Lawson stands next to a Little Free Library he is assembling that will go up at Southshore Diamond Lake Road, per a homeowner’s request. This will be his fifth. He doesn’t plan to make anymore after that.

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‘Making the Most of Your Garden’ topic of Master Gardener class NEWPORT – Learning how to get the most out of your garden space, saving you time, effort and money will be the topics of a popular class Thursday, Sept. 8, at the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 227 S. Garden Ave., Newport, 6-8:30 p.m. The discussions will include choosing the best plants to grow, herbs, square foot gardening, vertical gardening and what to do with the produce you harvest. The class, taught by Master Gardener Jan Wood and Dixie Chichester, Master Gardener Program Coordinator, will begin inside in the extension meeting room and then move out to the adjacent Master Gardener Demonstration Garden for a tour to observe Master Gardener gardening methods and some on-going experiments. Participants should dress appropriately for walking in the garden and the weather. The cost for the class is $5 for community members and $3 for Master Gardeners. All funds raised from the class will be used by the local Master Gardener Foundation to provide gardening education programs to the community. Pre-register by calling the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 509-447-2401 to provide contact information should the class schedule change and ensure adequate materials for all participants will be available.

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DIAMOND LAKE – A few years ago Ronnie Lawson came across an article in the Spokesman-Review about Little Free Libraries. He was instantly taken with the idea, and explored the pick up points in Spokane where little libraries were listed. “I just thought it was a cool concept,” says the 73-year-old Diamond Lake resident. Admittedly, he then forgot about it. Then a couple months ago, he was helping to dismantle the Cooney cabin, an old lake cabin that had been totaled when a tree landed on it during last November’s windstorm. The wood was destined for the scrap heap, so he salvaged some and brought it back to his sister’s house and created the first little free library at the North side of Woodland Drive. Then followed another, with a roof constructed from discarded license plates. The premise of the tiny libraries is simple: take a book, leave a book. No charges, no overdue fees. Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization based in Hudson, Wis. that supports the worldwide movement to offer free books housed in small containers to members of the local community. According to the website littlefreelibrary.org, there are nearly 40,000 Little Free Library book exchanges around the world, that share millions of books annually. For someone who is so invested in the little libraries, Lawson admits he isn’t much of a reader. “Honestly, it takes me about a month to get through a book, if I really like,” Lawson says, smiling. “I have a stack of novels in my shop right now that I have to occasionally

We will remember June for her unbridled laughter, bright lipstick, love for her family, service to the Lord and His Church, pot roast dinners, perfect pie crust, proper English, and never secretive opinions! We take great joy and comfort and praise God, knowing that she is in heaven enjoying Him in all glory for eternity. Amen!

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wipe a dust cloth over.” So why do it? He enjoys the creative outlet and the chance to see his friends and neighbors take advantage of the free literature. “It reminds you of a sense of community,” says Lawson’s friend and fellow Diamond Lake resident Ron Ulrich, who has provided Lawson with some supplies for the libraries. Lawson agrees, recalling a little girl who had gone to one of the libraries around the lake and was so excited to see that someone had left some children’s books. “It is what it is,” he says. “And it’s fun.”

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County fair a raging success

t’s not very often a business sees a 30-percent increase in revenue from one year to the next. Our area’s youth were able to do just that at the Pend Oreille County Fair’s Market Animal Sale this year. Last year’s sale brought in about $85,000. This year topped $110,000, thought to be a record. Attendance was up by more than 500 people, according to Jim Mathis, chairman of the fair board. This is an astounding success and the volunteers who make sure the fair happens every year should be commended. Last year was my daughter’s first trip to a county fair, and this year was my son’s. I think regardless of going to cover the fair for the newspaper, this will be an annual excursion for us. We took my sister-in-law with us too. It’s been a while since she was at a county fair, and she was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was. The kids who participate in the fair give today’s youth a good name. They were polite, and friendly, and informative. The fairgrounds were a cool respite from the 90-degree weather, and the food was outstanding. Ever heard of butterfly fries? You need to try them at next year’s fair. An untold number of work hours are put into the fair each and every year. Think about the effort everyone who enters something in the fair puts in for the entire year. Every pig, every squash, every pie and photograph, painstakingly cared for over the months leading up to the fair. Of course, the fair – like everything – is in need of volunteers. Check out Mathis’ letter to the editor on this page, and then cruise on over to pages 7A-9A for the livestock champions and the first batch of fair winners. The Pend Oreille County Fair is a slice of old time Americana that fortunately doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere but forward.

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Climate policies should be comprehensive The flurry of climate regulations coming out of federal agencies is an example of what to avoid. Whether those new rules are based on laws enacted by Congress is questionable. Case in point: American Highway Users Alliance, a diverse group of organizations representing transportation, vehicle manufacturers, and energy trade associations, questioned the g u e st Federal Highway Administration’s o p i n i o n (FHWA) legal authority to impose greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements on state transportaDON C. tion departments and metropoliBRUNELL tan planning organizations. Association The Alliance is convinced even of if legal authority was justified, Washington there are several reasons why Business the new stringent standards are President inappropriate, unnecessary, and duplicative of other requirements. As part of the new GHG rules for oil and gas, FHWA is working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose new limits on methane gas. In 2014, methane accounted for about 11 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Human activities include landfills, manufacturing, waste water treatment, burning of fossil fuels and biomass, and agriculture. Wetlands are the largest natural source. Smaller ones include termites, oceans, sediments, volcanoes, and wildfires. According to EPA, methane, the “key constituent of natural gas,” is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 25 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. Even though it breaks down after approximately 10 years, EPA says methane is the second most prevalent GHG emitted in the United States from human activities, and nearly one-third of those emissions come from oil extracting and refining; and, the production, transmission and distribution See BRUNELL, 5A

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yo u r o p i n i o n Thanks to all who made fair successful To the editor, The 2016 Pend Oreille County Fair wrapped up a successful run on Aug. 21. Attendance was up by about 500 over the previous year. I would like to publicly and individually thank the hundreds of volunteers that make this event a success. If I could publicly and individually name each volunteer I would, but I know that whether you worked a few hours or hundreds of hours on making the fair the outstanding event it is. You are noticed and appreciated by all. There is always a need for new or replacement volunteers. At the November fair board meeting we elect or reelect 25 percent of the board, so we would appreciate your participation and willingness to assist. There are also other volunteer opportunities always available. We need your help. In my opinion, if you attend the Pend Oreille County Fair, you see the best of the best. The kids, which I think this is all about, are excellent in their behavior, dedication and all aspects of effort. They are closely followed by their parents and leaders. The livestock sale, which sold over $100,000 worth of animals, is a real economic stimulus and an educational activity that is hard to duplicate everywhere. To attempt to mention and properly give praise to all other events would leave some without proper recognition. From antique tractor drives to contest to bingo, fair smiles are everywhere and contagious. As we begin now to

prepare for the 2017 Pend Oreille County Fair, to be held Aug. 17-29, please plan also to volunteer or participate. -Jim Mathis, fair board president Newport

We should consider taxing the Taiwan way To the editor, Want to erase US debt and still fund new, effective programs? Then tax the Taiwan way. I recently witnessed firsthand Taiwan’s thriving economy. Besides capital gains tax, each Taiwan stock trade is assessed a 0.3 percent transaction tax and the top income bracket is taxed at 45 percent, versus our 39.6 percent that Republicans continually strive to reduce. Transaction tax may be the fairest mode of taxation since it is assessed on those sufficiently wealthy to trade stocks for “unearned income” — income from no productive work. But even Oregon Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio’s proposed much smaller 0.03 percent transaction tax is strongly opposed by Republicans. This equitable Taiwan taxation system doesn’t affect their work ethic. My son, who has worked in over 40 countries worldwide, describes Taiwanese as the hardest working. Interestingly, Taiwan also enjoys single-payer health care modeled after Canada’s. In addition to debt reduction, transaction tax revenues could be used, for example, in a myriad of ways involving living wage jobs. One urgent need for such jobs is to repair our country’s aging and deteriorating infrastructure, as frequently proposed by

President Obama. But again that faces staunch opposition from Republicans. -Norm Luther Spokane

U.S. should stop killing children To the editor, We see disturbing images from Syria of children being pulled from the rubble that was their homes. Those children are being bombed by the military of their own country, by Russian airplanes and finally by American airplanes. The USA is inadvertently killing children to fight a war against the concept of radical Islamic terrorism. We are also providing the arms being used by others against those children. America has a history of conducting war on children. Perhaps you can recall the words of General Sheridan, “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.” The term at the time also applied to Indian children, as they were killed by U.S. Army raids on their villages. We can recall the picture of a Vietnamese girl running naked after being burned by napalm from American airplanes. Today we are dropping bombs on children all over the Middle East and Asia. The children are what we in political correctness call collateral damage. Killing foreign children has no relationship to defending our country or protecting our culture. Millions of Americans go to church and pray for the safety of our troops. We should be asking for forgiveness for our role in the murder of children justified by politics. We should demand that our government and mili-

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The Northeast Tri-County Health District is about to discontinue its Family Planning and Sexually Transmitted Diseases clinic, citing a drop in patient numbers. The Newport clinic closes the end of August.

tary stop killing children on our behalf. I challenge anyone reading this letter to provide a justification for using our military to kill children for any reason. A bomb can’t tell the difference between an enemy and an innocent child. America won’t sign the international anti-personal land mine treaty. We see thousands of children with lost limbs or killed by land mines that we made or deployed. I can’t think of a higher motivation for people in foreign countries to hate America than the killing of their children. -Pete Scobby Newport

Volunteer firefighters, the unseen heroes among us To the editor, I recently joined the South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue after hearing that they needed volunteers. I joined knowing that I would be of limited use due to my age and other commitments within the community. Over the past year I have had the honor to get to know individuals who show up to almost every call, and those who show up knowing that they have to go to work in the morning. I am embarrassed to admit that after living in this area for over 20 years I was unaware that the fire and emergency service was predominately a volunteer organization. I had the opportunity on Thursday, Aug. 25, to serve on a wildfire off of Scotia Road. In the early stages of the fire, when resources were limited I watched as men of all See Letters, 5A

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High-speed chase starts at casino, ends in Rizville Armed suspect threatened to shoot self

AIRWAY HEIGHTS – It started with Kalispel Tribal Police officer noticing a suspicious hand-painted van in the parking lot at Northern Quest Casino Friday morning, Aug. 26, about 9:30 a.m. It ended west of Ritzville with the male suspect, armed with a handgun, threatening to shoot himself an hour later. Washington State Patrol troopers negotiated with the suspect, identified as David Kathrens, 49. They convinced him to surrender and he was taken into custody, along with a female passenger. The hand-painted van initially sparked the tribal officer’s suspicions. “So he ran the plates and they came back registered to the LDS Church,” Kalispel Tribal Chief of Police Jim Wynecoop said. Since the plates didn’t match the suspect vehicle, the officer started to contact the driver. “As the officer started to contact the driver, a female was walking towards the van,” Wynecoop said. The driver

called to her to jump in the van, which she did. The van backed into the Kalispel police vehicle, then fled to Highway 2, heading towards Spokane. “It reached speeds of up to about 100 mph on Highway 2,” Wynecoop said. The van turned off Highway 2 onto Sunset Hill, heading down the hill into Spokane. Police broke off pursuit then for the public’s safety, but kept the vehicle in sight. The van travelled down Sunset Hill and got on I-90 at the Maple Street entrance, heading west, where speeds again reached 90-95 mph. By now the Washington State Patrol and the Spokane County Sheriff were involved. The van got off the freeway at the Cheney exit, heading towards Eastern Washington University on Highway 395. As it approached campus, pursuing officers again broke off pursuit, but kept the van in sight. The van continued through Cheney, getting on Highway 395 and heading back towards

I-90, west of Cheney, with WSP, Kalispel Tribal Police and Spokane County Sheriff’s in pursuit. The state patrol unsuccessfully tried to stop the vehicle with a spike strip. As the vehicle proceeded into Adams County, Spokane County and the Kalispel police dropped off, Wynecoop said. As the van reached a marked construction

“It reached speeds of up to about 100 mph on Highway 2,” Jim Wynecoop

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zone on I-90, troopers ended the pursuit, but kept the vehicle in sight. After the vehicle exited the construction zone, troopers were able to deploy another spike strip that was successful near the Tokyo exit on I-90, according to a news release from WSP. Troopers then used a Pursuit Immobilization Technique (PIT) to spin the vehicle into the median at milepost 227 just west of Ritzville.

The driver and female passenger of the suspect vehicle did not exit the vehicle immediately. Kathrens armed himself with a handgun and began threatening to kill himself. Troopers negotiated with Kathrens and he eventually surrendered and was taken into custody without incident at about 10:30 a.m., according to the news release. Katherns’ passenger, identified as 49-year-old Regina Kathrens, was taken into custody and booked into the Adams County Jail on an outstanding tribal warrant, Wynecoop said. The handgun was recovered and found to be a BB gun. David Kathrens was booked into the Spokane County Jail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including possession of stolen property, eluding, unlawful detention, reckless endangerment and other outstanding warrants. There were no injuries as a result of this pursuit and arrest. The female suspect was held on tribal warrants in Ritzville, Wynecoop said.

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“Declaration of Intent to Provide Home-Based Instruction” is required by law in the State of Washington

It must be filed within two weeks of the beginning of a semester each year with your local school district superintendent’s office. Home-based instruction must be: • Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and is supervised by a person with a valid teaching certificate; or • Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and who has either earned forty-five college level credit hours or the equivalent in semester hours or has completed a course in home-based instruction at a post-secondary institution or a vocational-technical institute; or • Provided by a parent who is deemed sufficiently qualified to provide home-based instruction by the superintendent of the local school district in which the child reside. Newport School District is interested in maintaining a positive working relationship with home schooled families in any way that would help to provide the best quality educational experience for every school-aged child. Our own in-district Parent Partnership Programs are still accepting applications. Please contact Dave Smith, Superintendent, at 447-3167 for more information.

Kalispel Tribal Police Chief goes to Washington WASHINGTON D.C. – Jim Wynecoop, chief of police for the Kalispel Tribe, was invited to Washington D.C. last month to take part in the White House’s 21st Century Police Briefing. Wynecoop was one of 100 police officers invited to meet with Wynecoop top officials from the Obama administration to give their input on recommendations from President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and to brainstorm ideas on how to enhance public trust and confidence in the justice system while ensuring public safety. Wynecoop says police need to

understand the community they work in. “If you’re a cop in Chicago, learn the culture of the community you serve,” he said. “And if you’re an officer on the Pine Ridge Reservation, you need to learn the culture there.” Wynecoop is in favor of police wearing body cameras, both for the protection of the public, but also for the protection of officers who may be accused of excessive force. The police culture must change with the times, he said. “It’s going to take time, but a change must take place,” he says. He said people have changed with the advent of social media and policing needs to change. “We need to slow down, learn to listen and have patience. Society

is a mess; we are the first on the scene to clean it up and it’s not going to be an easy job.” Wynecoop has 40 years experience in law enforcement, including time with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He has worked for the Kalispel Tribe since 1997. Under Wynecoop’s leadership, the Kalispel Tribal Police Department is one of two tribal police department with agreements with the state and counties. The Kalispels and Tulalip Police Department are the only two tribal police departments in the state with such an agreement. It allows the tribal police to arrest and prosecute non-tribal members through the state court.

most likely would never know. The fire chief of our district says that they consistently need more manpower, especially those who are able to do the hard work of actively fighting a fire. I hope that the next time you hear a siren during the day or the middle

of the night you realize that the men and women who are manning that vehicle are overworked unpaid volunteers and that perhaps you will consider joining their ranks to protect your community. -Bran Hanson Newport

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Our federal government should pursue legally authorized regulations which protect our environment and health. Our public policies should be thoroughly researched and well vetted before being committed to writing. They must consider all related factors. We need to continue to develop and deploy the best technology available. All that takes time and a strong commitment to open-minded approaches. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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ited to cookies, brownies, drinks, popcorn, and candies (gummies, chocolate, and suckers). The effects of consuming marijuana vary from person to person and are dependent on the type and amount consumed, as well as the method in which it is consumed. Ingesting marijuana is different from smoking marijuana. Edibles are processed through the liver. Unlike smoking marijuana, where the effects can be felt almost immediately, effects from edibles can take from 30 minutes to two hours to take effect. This can make it easier to ingest too much if a person doesn’t feel any immediate effects and takes more. The effects from edibles can also last longer. The recommended dosage for edibles is 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Some edibles have more than one dose of THC. Eating too much of an edible product may cause unwanted health effects. Marijuana edibles and their packages are often brightly colored and capture the attention of children. It is extremely important to keep these products locked up and out of reach of children and pets. The Washington State Liquor/Cannabis Board

issued rules for edible packaging and labeling. Washington prohibits any cartoon images, no candy that appeals to youth (lollipops, gummy bears), required child-proof packaging, required accurate THC labeling for edibles, and that all edibles be tested at a laboratory prior to sale. Washington State also requires that products like chocolate bars be scored to show where to break off a single serving. If a child accidentally ingests a marijuanainfused product or if individuals are worried about health and safety, call the Washington Poison Center at 1-800222-1222 for free, fast, expert help. All calls are confidential. If symptoms (a few examples include hallucinations, tachycardia, delusions, panic attacks, etc.) are severe, call 911 or go to an Emergency Room. If a pet ingests an edible product and exhibits symptoms (some examples include seizures, lethargy, respiratory depression, etc.), which can be seen within three hours, call the family veterinarian immediately. For more information, visit Northeast Tri County website at www. netchd.org or the Washington Poison Center website. www.wapc.org.

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Pend Oreille County Fair Market Animal Sale 2016 THANK YOU to all our BUYERS!

Grand Champion Goat Alyssa Percival Mike Manus

Grand Champion Lamb Gavin Hanson DariLane Farms

Grand Champion Hog Amy Reijonen Woods Hay & Grain

Grand Champion Beef Blake Koesel POVA

Reserve Champion Goat Coby Percival Versatile Industries

Reserve Champion Lamb Alianna Koesel Myron & Jenny Johnson

Reserve Champion Hog Brody Driver Selkirk Ace Hardware

Reserve Champion Beef Alianna Koesel DNA Embryo Transfer

4G Network Chattaroy Rentals Bailey Logging D&P Excavating David Hearrean David and Heather Hamlin Deer Park Veterinary Clinic Evan Haney Gaffaney Electric Gene St. Godard Hanson Livestock Lamb Exhibitors Gavin Hanson Alianna Koesel Julianna Trepanier Ally Biss Dylan Reijonen Taylor Allen Jessica Hankey Joseph Cutshall Jacob Gaffaney Tia Phillipy Robby Parker Kaycee Wilson Nathan Allen Reigan Allen Cheyenne Rick Clay Wilson Thaddeous Trepanier

THANK YOU to all our BUYERS!

Hedrick Ranch Helen Bond Idaho Forest Group Idaho West Industrial Preventative Maintenance Jerry Paterson John & Bridget Kosinski Kalispel Tribe Karen Skoog Knight Construction

Goat Exhibitors Alyssa Percival Coby Percival Dusty Sue McDaniel Ashley Percival Will McDaniel Gracie Willis Nicole Priest Westly Robinson Zoe Jones Charlie Chappell Olivia Martinez Alyssa Bolyard Beef Exhibitors Blake Koesel Alianna Koesel Dallin Miller Amy Reijonen

Dylan Reijonen Olivia Hanson Colin Hanson Garrett Hanson Jesse Miller Swine Exhibitors Amy Reijonen Brody Driver Trevor Shanholtzer Colton Hanson Dylan Reijonen Tyson Shanholtzer Grace Newman Koyes Reedy Cassidy Hansen Jacob Busby Jacob Gaffaney Jaxson Walrath

Kummer Farms Les Schwab MacArthur Land & Timber Miller Construction Newport Equipment Northwest Energetic Service Patty Biss Ponderay Newsprint Premier Party Rentals Reedy’s Custom Meats Sam Castro Rebekah Whittekiend Nate Allen Jessica Hankey Taylor Allen Alicia Busby Christian Miller Thaddeus Trepanier Alec Dillon Tanner Shanholtzer Abigail Busby Cody Main Madison Petrich Mollee Taylor Reigan Allen Raegan Reedy Rayana Chappell Lainey Schweiger Dylan Hendershott

Service Team of Professionals Sewell Engineering Steve Kiss Stacey Pelkie T&D Farms Teck Pend Oreille Mine Thaddeus Baker Vaagen Brothers Lumber Vicki Pullin

Faith Longest Coby Percival Cody Denham Caleb Whittekiend Rodney Haynes lll Juliana Trepanier Courtney Hendershott Novalee Haney Joe Cutshall Brooks Proctor Aubrey Gardiner Bo Petrich Mathew Sprague Cassidy Whittekiend Brooke Basnaw Peyton Basnaw Kaitlyn Gardiner

MyKenzie Maupin Lilly Newman Allee Purkisher Paige Hamilton Blake Koesel Jesse Miller Rennie Pelkie Gus Newman Ethan Hardie Talon Haney Layton Zoyer Kameron Martinez Ty Phillipy Hunter Waller Emma Hardie Tia Phillipy Ashton Hall-Martinez

TOTAL MARKET ANIMAL SALE $110,864.55 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:

The following Businesses and individuals have given additional funding to the market animal exhibitors for their long term commitment to the care and responsibility of an animal. Exhibitors must learn principles of livestock nutrition, how to train and safely handle the animal, and how to accept the consequences of one’s work. Your participation in this sale is a major motivation for continued growth and education of the 4-H/Youth exhibitor. Individual Support – Bill & Bev Ives, Bob Eugene, Bronkhorst Company, Brian & Keri Ackerman, Chattaroy Rental, Darilane Farms, Gaffaney Electric, Hanson Lifestock, Jeremy Proctor, JKO Ranch, John & Pat Hankey, Lou’s Bar, Lydig Construction, Myrvang Dentistry, Popeye’s Lounge, Ranch Club, Reedy’s Custom Meats, Selkirk Ace Hardware, Service Team of Professionals, Steve Kiss, Sunshine Yarber, Teck, Thick N Thin Meats, Whitepine-Flats Farms

Livestock Transportation Driver Ranch, Fountain Ranch, Garth Hanson, T&D Farms, Dave Williams Veterinary - Deer Park Vet Clinic Auctioneer – Tucker Cool Photographer – Kelly Driver

Wood Chips and Shavings and Delivery – Ponderay Newsprint, Tri Pro Cedar Products and POVA Sale Help - Chris Tellensen, Ryan Tellensen, Rachel Driver, Jon Paul Driver, Joe Olmstead, Dannette Hanson, Callie Hanson, Becky Sprague, and Kelly Driver Thank You to all the volunteers that make sale day such a success!

Thank You to SELKIRK ACE HARDWARE for your generous support and sponsoring the livestock arena. Thank You to THE MINER for your continued support and help to make the market sale a community event.

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2016 Pend Oreille County Fair Winners Car Show - - Sponsor: Car Show - Best of Show - Nancy England - 1969 Chevy Camaro - Sponsor: Car Show - People’s Choice - Lanny & Ella Ross - 1950 Mercury Sponsor: 1900 - 1948 Car Stock - First Place Award - Car Show - George Booten 1929 Model A - Sponsor: 1949 - 1963 Car Stock - First Place Award - Car Show - George Shaw - 1952 Chevrolet Sedan Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Stock - First Place Award - Car Show - Larry & Linda Thompson - 1964 Chevy Impala - Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Stock Second Place Award - Car Show - George Gezelius - 1979 Mercury Marquis Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Stock - Third Place Award - Car Show - John Dills - 1969 Pontiac Firebird - Sponsor: 1949 - 1963 Car Modified - First Place Award - Car Show - Lanny & Ella Roass - 1950 Mercury Sponsor: 1949 - 1963 Car Modified - Second Place Award - Car Show - Michael Knapp - 1954 Ford Victoria - Sponsor: 1949 - 1963 Car Modified - Third Place Award Car Show - Frank Palmer - 1952 Chevy Fleetside - Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Modified - First Place Award - Car Show - Nancy England - 1969 Chevy Camaro - Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Modified - Second Place Award - Car Show - John Gray - 1978 Mercury Zepher Sponsor: 1964 - 1985 Car Modified - Third Place Award - Car Show - Sabrina Ross - 1965 Ford Mustang Sponsor: 1985 - 2014 Street Machine/Sport Car - First Place Award - Car Show - Jeff Simon - 2013 Shelby GT500 - Sponsor: 1985 - 2014 Street Machine/Sport Car - Second Place Award - Car Show - Nyla Nomee - 2000 Toyota Celica GT - Sponsor: 1985 - 2014 Street Machine/Sport Car - Third Place Award - Car Show Chris Chaney - 1990 Ford Mustang - Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Traditional Hot Rod - First Place Award - Car Show - Gene Oswood - 1955 Chevy Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Traditional Hot Rod - Second Place Award - Car Show - Rod Flores - 1937 Desoto Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Traditional Hot Rod - Third Place Award - Car Show - Gene Erickson - 1954 Ford Pickup - Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Pickup Modified - First Place Award - Car Show - Rod Sauder - 1981 Ford F100 Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Pickup Modified - Second Place Award - Car Show - Jess Abertson - 1978 Chevy El Camino - Sponsor: 1900 - 1985 Pickup Modified - Third Place Award - Car Show - Steve Gill - 1966 El Camino Sponsor: Under 21 enter any vehicle - First Place Award - Car Show - Evan Priest - 1982 El Camino - Sponsor: 1900 - 1970 Tractor First Place Award - Car Show - LeRoy Linton John Deere H - Sponsor: 1900 - 1970 Tractor Second Place Award - Car Show - John Wittenmeyer

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- Sponsor: Chitwood Enterprises Superintendent’s Award - Shaylee Sams #3422 Sponsor: Glenn Miller Rooster Crowing Contest - First Place - Mallory Gay #1327 - Sponsor: Linda Everett Rabbits - - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Rabbit - 50 extra premium points awarded - Reagan Reedy #3177 - Sponsor: $4.50 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Champion Show Breed Rabbit - Reagan Reedy #3177 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank $4.50 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Champion Meat Breed Rabbit - Kaycee Wilson #1188 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion - Rabbit - Nolan Haney #3149 - Sponsor: Ben Franklin PeeWee Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Rabbit - Delaney Laughlin #3421 - Sponsor: Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Rabbit - Tia Phillipy #2658 - Sponsor: I-Own Auto Parts & Paradise Liquors Junior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Rabbit - Myah McElfish #2558 - Sponsor: Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Rabbit - Willow Vaughn #1661 - Sponsor: Pizza Factory Intermediate Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Rabbit Michael Thomas #3061 - Sponsor: Overall Fitting and Showing Champion Rabbit - Willow Vaughn #1661 - Sponsor: Country Lane Reserve Overall Fitting and Showing - Rabbit - Tia Phillipy #2658 Sponsor: Best of Show - Rabbit - Lu Lukas # - Sponsor: Mary’s Feed & Farm Superintendent’s Award - Rabbits - Willow Vaughn #1661 - Sponsor: Best In Division - Meat Breed - Rabbit - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Best in Division - Show Breed - Rabbit - Raelynn Reedy #3178 - Sponsor: Seeber’s Pharmacy Judge’s Choice - Rabbit Delaney Laughlin #3421 - Sponsor: Pocket Pets - - Sponsor: PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion - Pocket Pet - Jayden Thibodeau #3379 - Sponsor: Junior Fitting and Showing Champion Pocket Pet - Tia Phillipy #2658 - Sponsor: Signs, Shirts & More Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Pocket Pet - Elizabeth Lukas #1049 - Sponsor: Ben Franklin Senior Fitting and Showing Champion Pocket Pet - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Earl Insurance Overall Fitting and Showing Champion - Pocket Pet - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Ben Franklin Top Mammal - Pocket Pet - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Top Reptile - Pocket Pet - Logan Simon #2232 Sponsor: Ben Franklin Superintendent Award Pocket Pet - Logan Simon #2232 - Sponsor: Livestock - General - Sponsor: Livestock - Dairy Cattle - - Sponsor: Grand Champion

EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Dairy Cattle- 50 extra premium points awarded - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: $12.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Dairy Calf - Under One Year - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Overall Champion Dairy - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Top Cow in the Barn - Dairy - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Darilane Farms Top Fitting and Showing - Dairy - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: David & Colleen Nyberg Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Dairy - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Travis & Lori Hanson Individual Herdsmanship - Dairy - Cassidy Whittikiend #2480 - Sponsor: Darilane Farms Superintendent’s Choice - Dairy - Taylor Haney #2864 - Sponsor: Livestock - Dairy-Beef Cross - - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Dairy/ Beef Cross - 50 extra premium points awarded - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: $12.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Dairy-Beef Cross - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Best Dairy-Beef Cross - Gavin Hanson #1770 Sponsor: T & D Dairy Overall Champion Dairy-Beef Cross - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Superintendent’s Choice - Dairy-Beef Cross - Mollee Taylor #2476 - Sponsor: Livestock - Sheep - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Sheep 50 extra premium points awarded - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: $8.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Lamb - Under One Year - Amy Reijonen #1376 Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Top Sheep in the Barn - Amy Reijonen #1376 Sponsor: Maupin Logging Top Market Lamb - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Animal Doctor, Dr. Dan Herrin Reserve Market Lamb - Alianna Koesel #2219 Sponsor: Kirzanic Farm PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion Sheep - Justin Gaffaney #3059 - Sponsor: Mary’s Feed & Farm Reserve PeeWee Fitting & Showing Champion - Sheep - Ruby Proctor #3476 - Sponsor: Kirzanic Farm Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Sheep - Jacob Gaffaney #3060 - Sponsor: Mary’s Feed & Farm Reserve Junior Fitting and Showing Chanpion Sheep - Kelsie Gay #1326 - Sponsor: Kirzanic Farm Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Sheep - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Kalispel Tribe Reserve Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Sheep - Alianna Koesel #2219 - Sponsor: Kirzanic Farm Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Sheep - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: Mary’s Feed & Farm Reserve Senior Fitting and Showing Champion Sheep - Clay Wilson #1119 - Sponsor: Kirzanic Farm Overall Top Showmanship - Sheep - Gavin

Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Mary’s Feed & Farm $20.00 Club Herdsmanship - Sheep - Grass Roots - Sponsor: Safeway $20.00 Individual Herdsmanship - Sheep - Allysen Biss #1825 - Sponsor: Kalispel Tribe Top Wool Sheep - Anaya Wilson #2622 - Sponsor: S & D Corriedales Daily Rate of Gain Sheep - Dylan Reijonen #1774 - Sponsor: Animal Doctor, Dr. Dan Herrin Superintendent’s Choice Sheep - Julianna Trepanier #1581 - Sponsor: Kalispel Tribe Livestock - Swine - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Swine - 50 extra premium points awarded - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: $8.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best of Show Non-Market Hog - Jessica Hankey #1964 Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Reserve Best of Show Non-Market Hog - Brooks Proctor #3382 - Sponsor: Lisa Linnemeyer Superintendent’s Choice for Barn Herdsman Helper - Lilly Newman #2123 Sponsor: Bill Betz Runner Up Superintendent’s Choice for Barn Herdsman Helper - Jacob Busby #2807 - Sponsor: Bill Betz Top Hog in the Barn - Swine - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: Becky & Ray Walrath Top Market Hog on the Hoof - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: Terry & Janice Linnemeyer Champion Hog Not for Sale - Jessica Hankey #1964 - Sponsor: Lisa Linnemeyer Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Brody Driver #2356 Sponsor: John & Lindsey Newman Junior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Koyes Reedy #2676 - Sponsor: Loretta & Jimmy Reed Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Dylan Reijonen #1774 - Sponsor: MacArthur Land & Timber Intermediate Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Cassidy Whittekiend #2480 - Sponsor: Loretta & Jimmy Reed Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Amy Reijonen #1376 Sponsor: The Kalispel Tribe Senior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Jessica Hankey #1964 - Sponsor: Loretta & Jimmy Reed Overall Fitting and Showing Champion Swine - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: Sandy & Billy Haney Over-All Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Swine - Jessica Hankey #1964 - Sponsor: Toni Williams Best of Show Gilt - Swine - Raegan Reedy #3177 - Sponsor: Pam & Mark Scherf Reserve Best of Show Gilt - Swine - Cassidy Hansen #1550 - Sponsor: Employees of Safeway Champion Barrow - Swine - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Toni Williams Reserve Champion Barrow - Swine - Jacob Gaffaney #3060 - Sponsor: Toni Williams Club Herdsmanship Swine - Qlispe - Sponsor: RTI Pend Oreille Telephone Individual Herdsmanship - Swine - Peyton Basnaw #3051 - Sponsor:

Bill & Kathy Zenkert Superintendent’s Choice - Swine - Brooke Basnaw #3052 - Sponsor: Tammy Newman Daily Rate of Gain Swine - Paige Hamilton #2281 - Sponsor: John & Lindsey Newman Grand Champion Market Swine Belt Buckle - Amy Reijonen #1376 - Sponsor: Jimmy & Loretta Reed Reserve Champion Market Swine - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Toni Williams Livestock - Beef - - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Beef Youth - 50 extra premium points awarded - Olivia Hanson #1149 - Sponsor: $12.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Beef Calf - Under One Year - Kutter Driver #2532 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank 4-H or FFA Champion Beef Cow-Calf Pair - In Memory of Charlie Hoisington - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Hoisington’s Golden Hereford Ranch Beef Champion Heifer - From the 4-H, FFA and open class (Rope Halter or ?) - Olivia Hanson #1149 Sponsor: Garth & Danette Hanson Beef Champion Steer From the 4-H, FFA and open class (Rope Halter or ?) - Samantha Tellessen #2415 - Sponsor: Garth & Danette Hanson Beef Champion Bull From the 4-H, FFA and open class (Rope Halter or ?) - Danner Shannon #3289 - Sponsor: Garth & Danette Hanson Beef Champion Cow From the 4-H, FFA and open class (Rope Halter or ?) - Brody Driver #2356 Sponsor: Garth & Danette Hanson PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Kutter Driver #2532 Sponsor: Davaz Logging PeeWee Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Cade Koesel #3031 Sponsor: Randi Taylor Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Karl & Yvonne McKenzie Junior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Beef - Blake Koesel #2398 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Alianna Koesel #2219 Sponsor: Julie Anderson Intermediate Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Gavin Hanson #1770 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Olivia Hanson #1149 - Sponsor: Steve & Trudi Fountain Senior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - Garrett Hanson #1093 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Overall Fitting and Showing Champion - Beef - In Memory of Buster Mykines - Alianna Koesel #2219 - Sponsor: John & Nancy Taylor & Family Overall Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Beef - Olivia Hanson #1149 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Beef Cattle Youth Individual Herdsmanship Award In Memory of Roy Rednour & Bob Rednour - Danner Shannon #3289 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County CClautbtle (m4-eHn o’sr AFsFsAo)c Hateiordnsmanship - Beef - In Memory of Dave Maghan - Lucky 4-H - Sponsor: Sue Larson Overall Non-Market Champion Beef - Youth

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- Olivia Hanson #1149 Sponsor: Davaz Logging Overall Reserve NonMarket Champion Beef - Youth - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Davaz Logging Superintendent’s Choice - Beef Cattle - Lainey Schweiger #2884 - Sponsor: Davaz Logging Daily Rate of Gain - Beef - Garrett Hanson #1093 - Sponsor: Keith & Ann Hasting Grand Champion Market Steer Belt Buckle - Blake Koesel #2398 - Sponsor: Garth & Danette Hanson Reserve Champion Market Steer - Alianna Koesel #2219 - Sponsor: Davaz Logging Overall Herd Improvement - Beef - Brody Driver #2356 - Sponsor: Davaz Logging Livestock - Goats - Sponsor: Grand Champion EXCLUDING Department C Market Animals Goat 50 extra premium points awarded - Ashley Percival #1080 - Sponsor: $5.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Kid Under 1 Year - Youth Award - Goats - Alyssa Percival #1215 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Overall Champion Goat - Ashley Percival #1080 - Sponsor: Joe & Kathy Olmstead Reserve Overall Champion Goat - Tia Phillipy #2658 - Sponsor: Kim & Garry Taylor Top Fitting and Showing Champion - Goat - Ashley Percival #1080 - Sponsor: Allen & Gayle Six Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Goat - Julie Sprague #1216 - Sponsor: Duane Hamberg Junior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Goat - Gracie Willis #3409 - Sponsor: Kristin Taylor & Ricky Delp Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Goat - Nicole Priest #3057 Sponsor: Duane Hamberg Intermediate Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Goat - Faith Longest #3383 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Goat - Ashley Percival #1080 Sponsor: Duane Hamberg Senior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Goat - Mary Huttle #1939 - Sponsor: Randi Taylor Best Dairy Goat - Ty Phillipy #1658 - Sponsor: Inland Feed and Farm Supply Best Pygmy Goat - Piper Nenema-Ward #2862 - Sponsor: Joe & Kathy Olmstead Individual Herdsmanship - Goat - Ashley Percival #1080 - Sponsor: Black Hat Saddlery Club Herdsmanship Goat - Selkirk Valley 4-H Sponsor: Aslin Finch Feed Top Get of Sire - Goat - Tia Phillipy #2658 - Sponsor: Joe & Kathy Olmstead Top Best Wether - Goat - Charlee Miller #3197 - Sponsor: Joe & Kathy Olmstead Top Wether For Sale - Goat - Alyssa Percival #1215 - Sponsor: Joe & Kathy Olmstead $15.00 Best 3 Female Goats - Youth Award - Ashley Percival #1080 Sponsor: T & D Dairy Herd Improvement - Goat - Ashley Percival #1080 Sponsor: Riverside Service Reserve Herd Improvement - Goat - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Dogs - - Sponsor: PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Aubrey McElfish #1539 - Sponsor: Tony & Kim Wilson PeeWee Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Jayden Thibodeau #3379 - Sponsor: Chris

Sullivan Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Mayah McElfish #2558 Sponsor: Brad & Sue Collier Junior Reserve Fitting and Showing Champion Dog - Logan Simon #2232 - Sponsor: Chris Sullivan Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Aaron Simon #2042 Sponsor: Dan & Vicky Lee Intermediate Reserve Fitting and ShowingChampion - Dog - Lindsey McElfish #2231 - Sponsor: Chris Sullivan Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Dan & Vicky Lee Overall Fitting and Showing Champion - Dog - Lindsey McElfish #2231 Sponsor: Felicia Storer Top Obedience - Dog Kelsie Gay #1326 - Sponsor: Ann Elliott Top Agility Course - Dog - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Sam & John Storer Best Costume - Dog Aubrey McElfish #1539 Sponsor: Dan & Vicky Lee Best Dog Trick - Mayah McElfish #2558 - Sponsor: Felicia Storer Superintendent’s Choice - Dog - Elizabeth Lukas #1049 - Sponsor: Best of Show Kitten Lindsey McElfish #2231 - Sponsor: Jeff Simon Cats - - Sponsor: Grand Champion Cat 50 extra premium points awarded - Mallory Gay #1327 - Sponsor: PeeWee Fitting and Showing Champion - Cat - Aubrey McElfish #1539 Sponsor: Knight Construction Junior Fitting and Showing Champion - Cat - Mallory Gay #1327 - Sponsor: Kent & Dorothy King Junior Reserve Fitting & Showing Champion - Cat - Brodie Moody #1833 Sponsor: Jeff Simon Intermediate Fitting and Showing Champion - Cat Gavin Gay #1302 - Sponsor: Knight Construction Intermediate Reserve Fitting & Showing Champion - Cat - Aaron Simon #2042 - Sponsor: Jeff Simon Senior Fitting and Showing Champion - Cat - Kiara Curran #1826 - Sponsor: Knight Construction Overall Fitting and Showing Champion - Cat Gavin Gay #1302 - Sponsor: Steve & Sally Simon Overall Reserve Fitting & Showing Champion - Cat Mallory Gay #1327 - Sponsor: Jeff Simon Best of Show - Cat - Mallory Gay #1327 - Sponsor: Lola Rickey Top Herdsmanship - Cat - Kiara Curran #1826 Sponsor: Jeff Simon Top Decorated Cage - Cat - Kiara Curran #1826 Sponsor: Knight Construction Top Costume - Cat - Lindsey McElfish #2231 - Sponsor: Knight Construction Top Personality - Cat - Kiara Curran #1826 - Sponsor: Jeff Simon Top Personality - Kitten - Brodie Moody #1833 Sponsor: Jeff Simon Superintendent’s Choice Cats - Aaron Simon #2042 - Sponsor: Horses - - Sponsor: Grand Champion Open Fair Horse - Koyes Reedy #2676 - Sponsor: Doug & Judy Malby Overall 4-H Champion Horse - 50 extra premium points awarded - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Vaagen’s Reserve 4-H Champion Horse - Amber Busby #1060 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Best Club Decorations Sundance Kid 4-H - Sponsor: Knight Construction Club Sportsmanship - Lucky 4-H - Sponsor:

Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders Top Pony - Koyes Reedy 2676 - Sponsor: In Memory of Gail Martin Reserve Top Pony Emma Thomas #3062 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Top Registered Horse - Amber Busby #1060 Sponsor: Jim & Theresa O’Donnell Reserve Registered Horse - Makena Fleck #2727 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Top Grade Horse - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Marianne Koontz Reserve Grade Horse - Faith Longest #3383 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors $12.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Best Horse or Foal Award - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank Junior Horse Fitting & Showing Award - Will McDaniel #3056 - Sponsor: In Memory of Teddy Boggs Intermediate Horse Fitting & Showing Award Hedy Seeber #2277 - Sponsor: In Memory of Randy Rickey Senior Horse Fitting & Showing Award - Ambeer Busby #1060 - Sponsor: In Memory of Randy Rickey Top Overall Fitting and Showing - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Most Versatile Horse - Junior - Colton Seeber #2814 - Sponsor: Larry & Barbara Cordes Most Versatile Horse Intermediate - Bailey Corkrum #1707 - Sponsor: In Memory of Randy Rickey Allan Emrick Memorial Individual Sportsmanship Jacket - Ally & Faith Jones #2490 & 2489 - Sponsor: Selkirk Valley 4-H Club English Equitation Junior - Will McDaniel #3056 Sponsor: Bare Mt. Bandits 4-H Club English Equitation Reserve Junior Award - Colton Seeber #2814 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors English Equitation Intermediate - Madalyn Nichols #2438 - Sponsor: Kent & Dorothy King English Equitation Reserve Intermediate - Bailey Corkrum #1707 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors English Equitation Senior - Emily Sprague #1692 Sponsor: Dennis & Melanie Sullivan English Equitation Reserve Senior - Ashley Alegreto #2295 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Stockseat Equitation Junior - Lynn Newman #3348 - Sponsor: Earl Insurance Stockseat Equitation Reserve Junior - Ashlynn Geaudreau #3181 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Stockseat Equitation Intermediate - Madeline Waterman #2438 - Sponsor: Jim and Julie Anderson Stockseat Equitation Reserve Intermediate - Makena Fleck #2727 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Stockseat Equitation Senior - Jessie Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Trophies Unlimited Stockseat Equitation Reserve Senior - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Bareback Equitation Junior - Koyes Reedy #2676 - Sponsor: In Memory of Steven McKenzie Bareback Equitation Reserve Junior - Will McDaniel #3056 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors

Bareback Equitation Intermediate - Bailey Corkrum #1707 - Sponsor: Bill & Penny Pickerel Bareback Equitation Reserve Intermediate - Madeline Waterman #2438 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Bareback Equitation Senior - Jesse Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Dan & Cindy Reijonen Bareback Equitation Reserve Senior - Grace Newman #2723 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Stock Horse 4-H - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Jane Emrick Stock Horse 4-H Reserve - Jessie Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Costume Class Junior - Will McDaniel #3056 - Sponsor: Paul & Diane Wilson Costume Class Intermediate - Madeline Waterman #2438 - Sponsor: In Memory of Norman Hall Costume Class Senior Jessie Dillon & Ellen Huttle #2541 & 1937 - Sponsor: Precast by Design, Jeff & Becky Sprague English Pleasure Junior - Lynn Newman #3348 Sponsor: William & Wendy Alegreto English Pleasure Reserve Junior - Colton Seeber #2418 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors English Pleasure Intermediate - Kwynn Smith #3391 - Sponsor: Jared & Alexa Campbell English Pleasure Reserve Intermediate - Madalyn Nichols #2438 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors English Pleasure Senior - Emily Sprague #1692 Sponsor: Kevin & LinSu Bush English Pleasure Reserve Senior - Ashley Alegreto #2295 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Western Pleasure Junior - Ashlynn Geaudreau #3181 - Sponsor: Dan Dawson Construction Western Pleasure Reserve Junior - Will McDaniel #3056 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Western Pleasure Intermediate - Makena Fleck #2727 - Sponsor: Western Pleasure Reserve Intermediate - Madalyn Nichols #2613 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Western Pleasure Senior - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Maupin Construction Western Pleasure Reserve Senior - Jessie Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Trail Class Junior - Will McDaniel #3056 - Sponsor: Mt. View 4-H Club Trail Class Reserve Junior - Ashlynn Geaudreau #3181 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Trail Class Intermediate - Hedy Seeber #2277 - Sponsor: Mitch & Jamie McLain Trail Class Reserve Intermediate - Medeline Waterman #2438 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Trail Class Senior - Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Marianne Koontz Trail Class Reserve Senior - Kaycee Wilson #1116 - Sponsor: Pend Oreille County Horse Leaders & Sponsors Western Games High Point Junior - Colton Seeber #2814 - Sponsor: Selkirk Valley 4-H Club Western Games High Point Intermediate - Kaitlyn Chantry #2869 - Spon-

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sor: Seeber’s Pharmacy Western Games High Point Senior - Kaycee Wilson #1116 & Emily Sprague #1692 - Sponsor: Nancy Ladwig Top 4-H Judging - Stevie Lindemann #2924 - Sponsor: Vaagen’s Superintendent’s Choice - Horses - Katie McAdoo #3068 - Sponsor: Floriculture - - Sponsor: Special Award for “Best of Show” Glad - Chris Tellessen #1291 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Potted Planter - Rowland Busskohl Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Dahlia - Sherrie Stigall #1292 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Rose - Victoria Lee #1117 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Marigolds - Chris Tellessen #1291 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Lily - Clay Kersting #1446 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Petunia - Sherrie Stigall #1292 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Special Award for “Best of Show” Other - Linda Neville #1229 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 $15.00 People Choice Award - Floriculture - Susanne Culp #2902 Sponsor: Leonard & Gladys Davaz $5.00 Best Arrangement by Youth - Billy Webber Sponsor: Sherrie Stigall & Chris Tellessen $5.00 Best of Show Sunflower by Youth - Keslee Tellessen #2893 - Sponsor: Sherrie Stigall & Chris Tellessen $5.00 Best of Show Lily by Youth - Keslee Tellessen #2893 - Sponsor: Sherrie Stigall & Chris Tellessen $5.00 Best of Hydrangea by Youth - Shelby Meier #3352 - Sponsor: Sherrie Stigall & Chris Tellessen $10.00 Best Hanging Basket - Anne Stusser Sponsor: Larry & Barb Cordes $5.00 Best Window Box - Youth - Travis Dillon #1734 - Sponsor: Larry & Barb Cordes $5.00 Best Hanging Plant - Youth - Stevie Lindermann #2924 - Sponsor: Larry & Barb Cordes $5.00 Best Potted Plant Youth - Austyn Ives - Sponsor: Larry & Barb Cordes $10.00 Best Patio Planter - Christy Huling #2726 - Sponsor: Barb & Larry Cordes $20.00 Best Fair Theme Arrangement - Adult - Sue Davis #1203 - Sponsor: Pat & Ellie Chitwood $5.00 Best of Dahlia Youth - Delaney Newman #3351 - Sponsor: Patti Newman $5.00 Best of Marigolds - Youth - Travis Dillon #1734 - Sponsor: Patti Newman $5.00 Best of PetuniaYouth - Jessie Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Patti Newman $5.00 Best of Rose Youth - Shelby Meier #3352 - Sponsor: Patti Newman $25.00 Golden Floret Award - Adult - Sherrie Stigall #1292 - Sponsor: Debbie & Allen Hilzer $25.00 Golden Floret Award - Youth - Jessie Dillon #2541 - Sponsor: Janet McGuire Friday Night Special Marigolds - Amy Dillon #1748 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit

217 Friday Night Special - Petunias, Single - Amy Dillon #1748 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Friday Night Special Bouquet - Suzanne Culp #2902 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Friday Night Special Basket - David Culp #3083 - Sponsor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 217 Superintendent’s Choice - Floriculture - Sherrie Stigall #1292 - Sponsor: Clothing - - Sponsor: $6.00 Mountain West Bank Youth Award for Best Garment Made by Open Class Youth - Natalie Story #1264 - Sponsor: Mountain West Bank $25.00 Gift Certificate Best Knit Entry - Nancy Svoboda #1426 - Sponsor: Ben Franklin $25.00 Gift Certificate Best Crochet Entry - Cindy Story #1262 - Sponsor: Ben Franklin $25.00 Gift Certificate for Best Overall Sewn Garment by Youth - Natalie Story #1264 - Sponsor: Sweet Creek Creations $20.00 Best Sewn Entry - Jessica Finley #2934 Sponsor: Anon E Mouse 3 $50.00 Best of Show Clothing - Adult - Tamara Newman #2907 - Sponsor: Cal & Mary Myers $30.00 Best of Show Clothing - Youth - Emily Mayfield #2871 - Sponsor: Cal & Mary Myers $20.00 Best Ensemble - Katie Kersting #1447 Sponsor: Frank & Alice Warner $20.00 Best Repurposed Entry - Lois Cummins #1259 - Sponsor: Bob & Vi Shanklin $25.00 Superintendent’s Choice - Clothing - Angelika Kraus #2099 - Sponsor: Owen’s Grocery & Deli $20.00 Judge Award - Clothing - Cindy Story #1262 - Sponsor: Anon E. Mouse 2 $10 Team Choice - Clothing - Penny Nelson #1225 - Sponsor: Frank & Alice Warner $20.00 Most Creative Clothing - Jessica Finley #2934 - Sponsor: Anon E Mouse 3 $20.00 People’s Choice Clothing - Emily Mayfield #2871 - Sponsor: Anon E Mouse 3 $35.00 Beth O’Neill Murphy Award - Overall Knitting in Clothing and Needle Arts - Shaun Mideke #3203 - Sponsor: Micki Weisbarth Clothing Award - Youth Garment - Cindy Story #1262 - Sponsor: Pat Voss Clothing Award - Child Garment - Sue Davis #1203 - Sponsor: Pat Voss Clothing Award - Infant Garment - Katie Kersting #1447 - Sponsor: Pat Voss Clothing Award - Hand Knit Entry - Shaun Mideke #3203 - Sponsor: Pat Voss Clothing Award - Crocheted Entry - Devona Mckelvey #2847 - Sponsor: Pat Voss $40.00 Homemaker’s Award - Overall in Needle Arts, Clothing, Baking, Food Preservation - Tamara Newman #2907 Sponsor: Forgotten Corner Quilt $25.00 Youth Homemaker Award – Overall in Needle Arts, Clothing, Baking, Food Preservation – Jessie Dillon – Sponsor: Jeff and Sheila Scott Forgotten Corners Quilt Guild Youth Award (Tote of sewing supplies) - Mika Corneil #3431 - Sponsor: Forgotten Corners Quilt Guild

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b r i e f ly Free wellness fair Aug. 31 NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Health Coalition is hosting a back-to-school wellness fair for Newport students Aug. 31 from 3-7 p.m. at Stratton Elementary. The fair will include an immunization clinic, parent back-to-school resource tables, health information, snacks, games, prizes and free Molina Healthcare backpacks. The fair and immunization clinic are free and open to families with children in grades K-12. This event is being held in conjunction with Newport School District open houses. Stratton Elementary open house is from 4-6 p.m.; Sadie Halstead Middle School open house is from 5-7 p.m.; Newport High School open house is from 6-8 p.m. Immunizations provided will include MMR, DTP, Polio, and Varicella. All children who check in with the school nurse will be entered into a drawing for a prize For information regarding the free immunization clinic, call the Northeast Tri County Health District at 509-447-3131. This event is sponsored in part by the Pend Oreille Health Coalition, Newport School District, Newport Hospital and Health Services, Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation, Northeast Tri County Health, Amerigroup, and Molina Healthcare.

Well child checkup Sept. 6 OLDTOWN – A well child developmental checkup will be held on Sept. 6, from 8 a.m. -2 p.m. at Idaho Hill Elementary. An additional screening will be held Sept. 7 and 8, from 8 a.m. -2 p.m. at the Priest River Elementary Preschool. The screenings are free and check children birth through 5 years for vision, hearing, speech, language, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, readiness, and other developmental areas. The screenings are sponsored by West Bonner County School District #83 and the Idaho Infant Toddler Program. Parents should schedule an appointment by calling (208) 448-1181, and bring to the appointment with them their child’s baby book or any other information that might be helpful about the child’s development. Idaho Hill Elementary is located at 402 E. 3rd Street, South, in Oldtown, and the Priest River Elementary Preschool is located at the Priest River Elementary School at 231 Harriet Street. For more information about other services provided, call (208) 448-1181, or ask at the screening.

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A day in the park Sharla Hooley of Pine Grove Mennonite Church takes in the scene at the Newport City Park while waiting for her teammates to sort out the details for the next game Friday, Aug. 26. Hooley was part of a youth group outing, which included spending the day in the city park then camping at Pioneer Park. The church is based in Chewelah.

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Calling all photographers NEWPORT – Shutterbugs will have two chances to win prizes for their photography, with the Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council’s Pretty in Pend Oreille Photo Contest and the Spokane AG Expo 2017 Photography contest. There is plenty of time to enter both contests. Deadline for the AG Expo contest is Nov. 21 and the deadline for the Pretty in Pend Oreille Photo Contest is Oct. 25. In the Pretty in Pend Oreille Photo Contest, photographers can win a ski weekend getaway with ski tickets for a family of four to 49° North and lodging at Penny’s Place on the River. In the Spokane AG Expo contest, adult photographers can win $150, $100 and $50. Youth photographers can win $75, $50 and $25. All winners will also get ribbons. Everyone that enters will also receive two free tickets to Spokane Ag Expo that are good for all three days of the show. In the EDC contest, photographers can enter multiple photos through the EDC website at www. pocedc.org. That’s where they will also find rules. There are two categories for the EDC contest. The Lifestyle and Family category is for photos that

include people enjoying northeastern Washington lifestyle. The Scenic category is for beautiful scenes here, and may or may not include people. The top 10 vote getting photos from each category will be judged for Best of Show. People can vote once a day for their favorite photo on the EDC website. In the Spokane AG Expo contest, photographers are asked to submit photos depicting “Agriculture in the Inland Northwest” to the Spokane Ag Expo office at 801 W. Riverside, Ste. 100, Spokane, WA 99201. Contestants should submit either color or black and white prints (minimum size of 8 x 10 inches and maximum size of 11 x 14 inches). Photos must to be mounted on cardboard or matted (not framed) with their entry form attached to the back. Photos also must be submitted in “high quality” on a disc clearly marked with the photographer’s name and contact information. A contestant can enter no more than four photos. Winners in each category will be judged by area photographers, based on theme, composition and creativity. Contest rules and entry forms can be found at www.agshow. org.

we e k ah ead Wednesday, Aug. 31 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 Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. - Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Thursday, Sept. 1 Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m. - Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

Open Mic Night this Friday

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

NEWPORT – Open Mic Night will be held at the Pend Oreille Playhouse Friday, Sept. 2, from 7-9 p.m. People are invited to come entertain or watch. A donation of $2 is requested. The Pend Oreille Playhouse, the old Newport Eagles, is located at 236 South Union Ave., in Newport.

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 2 Oil Painting Class: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Davis Lake Grange:

Noon - Davis Lake Grange

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Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library

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

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

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

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

Pend Oreille County Search and Rescue: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement

Open Mic: 7-9:30 p.m. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave., Newport (former Eagles building)

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208946-6131

Saturday, Sept. 3 Priest River American Legion Breakfast: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library Angel Paws: Noon – The Ranch Club, Contact Debbie 509-445-1005 Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown Oath Keepers Constitutional Study Group: 6:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Sunday, Sept. 4 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, Sept. 5 Labor day

Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 101 S. Scott • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m. (509) 939-0676 CalvaryNewport@aol.com / 97.3 FM “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m. Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 p.m. Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS S.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m. Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m. (Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Steve Powers - 509-447-3687

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH

Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Mothers of Preschoolers Gathering: 10 a.m. - Priest River Assembly of God Church Soroptimist International of Newport BusinessMeeting: 12-1 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting – Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Kaniksu Lodge 97: 6 p.m. - VFW Hall in Priest

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

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

Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River

Computer Basics for Adults: 10 a.m. to Noon Newport Library

BASIC Meeting: 6 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. - American Legion in Cusick

Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club: 6 p.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

Where to Worship

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

Tuesday, Sept. 6

Community Church, 1428 W. First St.,

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) 447-5534

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

CATHOLIC MASSES www.pocoparishes.org Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231 612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m. Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. 4 p.m. Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m. Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St., Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“Backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul.” Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Worship Service 10 a.m. (509) 447-4338

HOUSE OF THE LORD

754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. “Jesus Youth Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.houseofthelordchurch.com

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

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Courtesy photo|Scotia Road

At the Cutter Sept. 3

news release, it appears that the warmer weather has prompted the spread of the virus into Northeastern Washington. This follows detection within the area mosquito population in late July. Within the state there have been two confirmed human cases from the Tri-Cities area. West Nile Virus is spread from the bite of an infected mosquito. According to Dr. Sam Artzis, Health Officer, “most people who are infected with the virus don’t become ill. However, 20 percent of people, many of who have underlying medical conditions, will develop mild flu-like

symptoms. Some of those individuals, less than one percent, develop serious symptoms that include encephalitis, meningitis, or other complications. People over age 50 have the highest risk for a serious illness.” The virus can also cause serious illnesses in horses, mules, and donkeys. Horses that are infected can die. Straightforward precautions can help reduce chances of getting mosquito bites, including: Use a mosquito repellent when spending time outdoors, and consider wearing long sleeves and pants when mosquitoes are most active.

Stay indoors around dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active. Be sure that door and window screens are in good condition so that mosquitoes cannot get indoors. Reduce mosquito habitat around the home by dumping standing or stagnant water in old buckets, cans, flowerpots, or old tires, and frequently change water in birdbaths, pet dishes, and water troughs. While there is no human vaccine for the virus, there is a vaccine for horses. To protect horses, owners are advised to ask their veterinarian about the West Nile Virus vaccine.

Scotia Road, a band made up of Pend Oreille County residents, will perform Friday, Sept. 2, at the Cutter Theater in Metaline Falls. The band plays original music, with Steve Bennett on mandolin and vocals, Randi Lithgow on rhythm guitar and vocals, Mike Lithgow on bass and Tina Marie Shaw on lead guitar and harmony vocals. The concert will get underway at 7 p.m. The Cutter Theatre is located at 301 Park St. in Metaline Falls.

Idaho officials warn of job creation fraud BOISE – Idaho officials are warning residents of fraud under the guise of a federal jobs creation

program. Gavin Gee, Director of the Idaho Department of Finance, this week joined

down rive r eve nts Wednesday, Aug. 31 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church

Thursday, Sept. 1 Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board Meeting: 10 a.m. - Metaline City Hall Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library North Pend Oreille Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

Friday, Sept. 2 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board: 11 a.m. - Metaline Town Hall Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Monday, Sept. 5

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Emergency Food Bank Board: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Tuesday, Sept. 6 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Forgotten Corner Quilt Guild: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Senior Center Metaline Falls Gun Club Meeting: 7 p.m. - 72 Pend Oreille Mine Road, Metaline Falls

Wednesday, Sept. 7 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

W h o to c o n ta c t WASHINGTON

Federal

President Barack Obama (D) The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20500 Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 www.WhiteHouse.gov/Contact Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) 511 Hart Senate Bldg. Washington DC 20510 202-224-3441 Website: www.cantwell.senate.gov Local: U.S. Courthouse 920 W. Riverside, Suite 697 Spokane WA 99201 509-353-2507 Sen. Patty Murray (D) 154 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington DC 20510 202-224-2621 Website: www.murray.senate.gov Local: 10 N. Post St. Suite 600 Spokane WA 99201 509-624-9515 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) Fifth Congressional District 203 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515 202-225-2006 Website: www.mcmorrisrodgers.house.gov Local: 10 N. Post St. Suite 625 Spokane WA 99201 509-353-2374

State

Governor Jay Inslee (D) Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 360-902-4111 Relay operators for the deaf or hard of hearing, dial 7-1-1 www.governor.wa.gov Legislative District 7 Sen. Brian Dansel (R) 115B Irv Newhouse Building PO Box 40407 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 360-786-7612 E-mail: Brian.Dansel@leg.wa.gov District Office: 319 W. Hastings Suite B205 Spokane, WA 99218 509-340-9107 Rep. Joel Kretz (R) 335A Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia WA 98504-0600 360-786-7988 E-mail: kretz.joel@leg.wa.gov Home Office: 20 N. Main St. PO Box 1 Omak, WA 98841 509-826-7203 Rep. Shelly Short (R) 427A Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia WA 98504-0600 360-786-7908 E-mail: short.shelly@leg.wa.gov Home office: 147 North Clark Ave. Suite 5 Republic WA 99166 509-775-8047

Washington Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000 During session, weekdays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Legislative homepage: www.leg.wa.gov

with other regulators to promote increased awareness of the risk of fraudulent promoters using the cover of a federal jobs creation program to steal from unwary investors. “While the EB-5 Programs are legitimate, we find unscrupulous promoters high jacking the concept to engage in fraud,” Gee said. Not only do the fraudsters prey on foreigners seeking to invest in America, American investors have also been the target of these operators. What is the EB-5 Program? In an effort to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors, the U.S. Congress in the early 1990s authorized the creation of a new type of immigrant visa known as the Employment-Based, Fifth Preference (EB-5) visa. Under the EB-5 program, foreign investors who meet certain eligibility requirements can apply for conditional resident alien status (i.e., a conditional “green card”) in the United States by investing in the American economy. To be eligible for an EB-5 visa, a foreign citizen must invest at least $1 million (or $500,000 for certain targeted high unemployment or rural areas) in a commercial enterprise that within two years creates at least 10 new full-time jobs or preserves at least 10 jobs in a pre-existing, troubled business. After two years, assuming the investment has resulted in the creation or preservation of at least 10 jobs, the immigrant investor may apply to become a lawful permanent resident – and, eventually, may apply for potential U.S. citizenship. (For specific details about the EB-5 program and eligibility requirements, visit uscis.gov/eb-5.) An immigrant investor could invest the funds directly into a new or troubled business, or indirectly through a “regional center” approved for this purpose by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Most EB-5 visa applicants have chosen to invest through these regional centers. But while the USCIS approves each reSee IDAHO, 12A

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gional center, the specific investments offered by regional centers generally do not undergo review or approval by any federal or state regulatory agency. The EB-5 program has resulted in many new business enterprises and the renewal and preservation of previously troubled businesses. Unfortunately, fraudsters have also preyed upon unsuspecting EB-5 investors through the use of illegitimate businesses or sham regional centers. EB-5 misuse The EB-5 program has increased in popularity in recent years and with it has come increased allegations of fraud. Below are two recent examples of alleged fraudulent behavior in the EB-5 industry: In April 2016, state officials in Vermont and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed similar civil actions alleging

investor fraud dating back to 2008 at EB-5 development projects run by two men. The complaints allege that the men misused more than $200 million of investor funds intended for EB-5 development projects in Vermont, including a ski resort and a biomedical research facility. The cases also allege that one of the men misappropriated $50 million of investor funds for his own personal use, including the purchase of a luxurious Manhattan apartment and the payment of personal income taxes. In June 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a husband and wife accused of misusing money they raised from investors to build and operate a cancer treatment center to help oncology patients in Southern Califor-

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nia. The SEC said the pair raised $27 million for the cancer treatment center from 50 investors in China through the EB-5 immigrant investor program. The SEC said there has been no construction at the proposed site after more than 18 months of collecting investments. Of the money raised, $11 million was transferred to three firms in

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

CUSICK – The subject of a future sand smelter on 73-acres in Usk was discussed by the Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council (EDC), who agreed to spend $50,000 researching the project and possibilities for others like it in Pend Oreille County. At the EDC’s meeting in Cusick Wednesday, Aug. 24, the group looked at the HiTest Sand smelter proposal in Usk, with members pointing out the possible opportunity for job growth. According to EDC Economic Development Director Jamie Wyrobeck, Washington State has recognized the business as a venture of statewide significance and has awarded $300,000 for engineering, planning and permitting. Kelly Driver spoke about the impact it would have on the Port of Pend Oreille and how they are anticipating running 20 to 25 cars at a time, which could potentially mean added employees for the port. The process HiTest uses does not burn the coal, uses little water, and larger wood chips, said Wyrobeck. The finished product goes to Moses

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How investors seeking EB-5 Visas can protect themselves Foreign investors interested in participating in EB-5 investments should thoroughly research any potential EB-5 investment, particularly one in

which the individual is not personally involved. If an investor is considering investing through a regional center, the investor should conduct due diligence on the claimed investment opportunity as well as the regional center itself. For example, fraudsters may represent that they are working through USCIS-approved regional

centers when, in reality, they have neither applied for USCIS approval or approval is merely pending. Furthermore, investors should monitor the uses of any funds to ensure funds are not directed towards expenses that do not meet EB-5 requirements, such as promoters fees, administrative fees, or (of course) a con artist’s own pocket.

Economic Development Council budgets $50,000 for smelter project

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Lake by truck, but the sand would be transported from a mine in Canada by train. The company is looking at 73 acres south of the newsprint mill. Pend Oreille County Community Development Director and Newport Chamber of Commerce member Mike Lithgow spoke about zoning involving the smelter. He said in 2005 the first zoning was created and is inadequate at this time. He added there have been conversations with growth management about making this area an industrial site and gives further opportunity for appropriate growth. EDC member Jenny Smith suggested putting together a FAQ to distribute and put on the EDC’s website. EDC Chair Lonnie Johnson spoke about the demands of the grant from Washington State, the time needed for this project, and putting on additional help for Wyrobeck. The group spoke about what will be needed and some travel necessary to explore similar plants. Johnson entertained a motion to approve $50,000 for the smelter project. It was moved by EDC member Bob Spencer and seconded by Smith. EDC members Ray Pierre and Rick Larson abstained from the motion. The motion carried.

It looks like Pend Oreille County will find itself on television, after the EDC agreed to spend $1,500 on a promotion through KXLY in Spokane that will tout the county’s recreational opportunities. Lithgow and Smith, representing the Newport Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the opportunity to work with KXLY to produce five episodes throughout the county for their feature “Jewels of the NW.” This includes five separate story lines would be aired three times a day along with a 30 second commercial that the EDC would have ownership of. The cost is $4,500 of which Newport Chamber has contributed $1,500 and according to Lithgow, is looking for financial contributions. “We’re looking at the slot during the week of Sept. 12, if all goes well,” said Lithgow. Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance’s Sonya Scauflaire said that PORTA has done this project in the past and spoke positively about the experience. If funding were approved, KXLY would come to Pend Oreille County for a week starting Aug. 29. Bob Spencer moved and Karen Snyder seconded a motion to set aside $1,500 and for Jenny Smith to facilitate on behalf of the EDC. The motion passed

unanimously. Commercial drone businessman Jeff Pitman of Newport was also present at the meeting to give a presentation on equity crowdfunding and how it can be used to promote and finance business. According to Pitman, the Jobs Act originally created crowdfunding in 2012 to allow raising capital from numerous activities. Crowdfunding can be in the form of equity, debt, convertible note as well as other possibilities. Title IV Crowdfunding was passed in 2015 where both accredited and nonaccredited investors can invest in a business. Often this is called a mini IPO. In May of 2016, Title 3 was approved in which an individual may raise up to $1 million in a rolling 12-month period. Examples include portals WeFunder and StartEngine. Breweries, liquor and small farms have benefited from this. Pitman spoke about his personal experience with crowdfunding after he invested in a brewery in Austin, Texas to test the platform. It then also becomes a branding and marketing opportunity for the company. Washington State also has a platform to go through crowdfunding if people are interested in pursuing it.

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b r i e f ly Lady Panthers start season next week CUSICK – The Cusick varsity volleyball team starts its season Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Northport. The time will be announced next week.

Newport volleyball starts season Tuesday NEWPORT – The Newport varsity volleyball team starts their season Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Chewelah. The game begins at 6:30 p.m.

Priest River Cross Country meets in Post Falls, Timberlake PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lamanna High School cross country team will head to the Post Falls River Run for a meet Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m., followed by the Timberlake Farragut Invitational Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. Both meets are away.

Selkirk football opens at Pateros IONE – The Selkirk Ranger football team will open their 2016 season against Pateros Friday, Sept. 2. The game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Cusick opens football season away CUSICK – The Cusick Panthers football team will play their first game of the season Friday, Sept. 2 against TekoaRosalia at Rosalia. The game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Spartans, Griz square off in Newport NEWPORT – The Priest River, Newport football game will kick off the season for both teams when they play Friday, Sept. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Newport.

Lady Spartans lose at jamboree, beat Potlatch PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River volleyball team started its season last week, Thursday, Aug. 25, at a tri-match in Rathdrum, where they lost to Post Falls and Lakeland. Priest River lost to Post Falls in three sets, 25-15, 25-9, 25-5. Emilee Clark led the Spartans with three kills, three digs and two blocks. Heidi Janhsen had one ace. Priest River lost to Lakeland in four sets 2519, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20. The Spartans turned things around Saturday, Aug. 27, when they hosted and beat Potlatch in three sets, winning 25-11, 25-20, 25-19. Clark had nine kills and a dig. Catherine Gamma had 15 aces and Olivia Witter finished with two blocks and 10 assists. The Spartans hosted Kootenai High School Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They host St. Maries Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m., and then travel to Potlatch Friday, Sept. 2, with time to be announced.

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Priest River’s Hannah Brengle drives against Stillwater Christian School last Saturday afternoon. Priest River won 2-1.

Priest River girls’ soccer owns season with three wins, one loss By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lamanna High School Lady Spartans have got off to a rip-roaring start for the 2016 soccer season, finishing their fourth game last night in a 6-2 win against the Kellogg wildcats at home Monday, Aug. 29. “The girls had another great win,” says coach Shannon Fraser. “Kellogg showed they were a good team and put us on our toes, but our girls were able to find each other and connect. “Our offensive play today was indicative of the girls’ true character in sharing the ball and the spotlight, yet driven and determined to take it on themselves and score.” Senior and team captain AveryLynn Summers performed a hat trick, scoring three goals in a single match. Junior Hannah Brengle scored again, while senior Rachel Akre and freshman Karah Fink each scored a goal. Senior Melissa Krampert, Brengle, freshman Keona Brown, and senior Jesi Huntley assisted. In total Priest River had 20 shots on goal and 15 from Kellogg with their two goals scored in the first. “Lillian Nolan and our defensive line held the team together,” Fraser says. “Beverly Landeros came in as a substitute at the start of the second half and showed the team control when the girls had lost it.” The teams also won games against rival St. Maries and visiting Stillwater Christian School of Kalispell, Mont. The Spartans won 4-2 against St Maries at a home game Tuesday, Aug. 23. The Lady Spartans had 24 shots on goal, of which Summers scored three and Akre one, with assists from Brengle, Brown, and senior Madison Hemphill. Goalkeeper Lillith Hernandez, a junior, had four saves in goal. Priest River scored the first goal three minutes into the

game, coming back to score again six minutes into the game and picked up her third goal in the 27th minute. The team scored again at the 38-minute mark. “We played an offensive game and really came on strong and ready to play right away,” says Fraser. “I am so proud of their first game. A great kick off to a great season.” Priest River lost their second game of the On Deck:

team finishing,” Fraser praises, adding that freshman Chelsea Brown motivates the defense. “The whole team is playing well together and our defense is staying fierce and communicating as they get used to playing

new positions and with one another. Each game, another player raises expectations of their team members.” Priest River will play Timberlake Thursday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m. at home.

BOISE – Idaho Fish and Game learned Friday, Aug. 25, that personal information for license buyers who began purchasing hunting and fishing licenses and tags prior to 2008 was potentially accessed by a breach of the online computer license sales system owned and operated by Active Network, a Texasbased company. During a Friday afternoon conference call, Active Network executives told Fish and Game that it cannot confirm whether any personal information was actually taken, but that it is possible. The data breach apparently occurred sometime over the summer. Personal information potentially includes name, age, address, and Social Security Number. Idaho Fish and Game is required by state law to obtain this information to issue a license. Credit card information is not kept in the Active Network licensing system and Fish and Game is confident it was not accessed. “This is a serious matter and we encourage all license holders who may potentially be affected to take proactive steps to protect themselves,” Fish and Game Deputy Director Ed Schriever said. “We apologize to our license buyers and will continue to work with Active Network to get to the bottom of this.”

Vs. Timberlake: Thursday, Sept. 1, 2 p.m.

season against Coeur d’Alene Charter Thursday, Aug. 25, 3-1. “The Charter game went well, but it was a hard loss for us,” says Fraser. The girls came out ready and were up 1-0 until a penalty kick in the 37th minute of the first half. Charter gained the advantage in the second half, despite senior Melissa Krampert’s 19 total saves as goalkeeper. “Charter is a great team,” says Fraser. “All the girls played till the end and it was a closer game despite the score. We’re just getting used to each other as a team and we’re eager already for the chance to play them again.”Fraser also praised defender Jesi Huntley, a senior, who “played an incredible game along with the rest of the defense,” assisting Summers in the 14th minute to score Priest River’s only goal.\ Priest River came back from that loss with a 2-1 victory over Stillwater Christian School Saturday, Aug. 27 in an “intense and aggressive game,” says Fraser. The Lady Spartans started down in the first half of the game with a score of 1-0 in the 23rd minute by a goal from Stillwater. “We came back and played an aggressive game,” Fraser says. For both goals, Brengle came in the clutch to assist Summers. “As in her lead captain role, AveryLynn is off to a great season leading the

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Priest River’s Corbin Maltba in action agains Stillwater Christian School of Kalispell, Mont., Saturday, Aug. 27, at Priest River. The Spartans lost their first game of the year to Stillwater 3-0.

Boys’ soccer takes a win, tie, and loss to launch season

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lamanna High School boys’ soccer has already experienced the whole gamut at the start of the season, with one win, a tie and a loss. The Spartans trounced the Orofino Maniacs 6-0 at a home game On Deck: Vs. Timberlake: Thursday, Sept. 1, 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 20. Senior Corbin Malta nailed a hat trick, scoring at 20 minutes into the first half of the game followed by two more goals at the 49- and 63-minute mark in the second half. In the first half sophomore Matthew Brengle scored 10 minutes into the game with an assist from Malta and junior Braden Burns kicked in a goal at the 29-minute mark, also assisted

by Malta. Senior Gabe MacAlevy advanced his team with a goal at 51 minutes with the help

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s p o r ts c a l e n d a r Thursday, Sept. 1 Priest River Girls Soccer vs. Timberlake: 2 p.m. – Priest River Priest River Cross Country at Post Falls River Run: 4 p.m. – Post Falls Priest River Boys Soccer vs. Timberlake: 4 p.m. – Priest River Priest River Volleyball vs. St. Maries: 7 p.m. – Priest River

Friday, Sept. 2 Priest River Volleyball vs. Potlatch: TBA – Potlatch Cusick Football vs.

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Wednesday, Sept. 7 Cusick Volleyball vs. Northport: TBA – Northport

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assisted Malta in his game-winning goal. Priest River had 35 shots on goal, while Orofino brought in three shots. Priest River faced off against St. Maries Tuesday, Aug. 23, tying 1-1. The score was 1-0 at halftime with St. Maries’ scoring off a corner kick at the 24th minute. Early in the second half, Pelton, with an assist from Brengle, equalized the score in the 43rd minute. “The match was hard fought between two evenly matched teams with

‘I’m looking forward to seeing the team continue to grow throughout the season…’ Robert Lawler

PRLHS boys’ soccer coach

both having opportunities to gain the go ahead goal,” says PRLHS coach Robert Lawler.

“It was a tense match from beginning to end.” Priest River missed a couple open goal shots lofting the ball over the goal. St. Maries missed the goal on a penalty shot late in the game. Priest River took 15 shots on goal while St. Maries took 12 shots. Priest River’s goalkeeper Adam Irvine had eight saves. St. Maries’ keeper had nine saves. “We are looking forward to meeting up with St. Maries again later this season and hopefully in the district tournament,” Lawler says. The Spartans suffered their first loss against Stillwater Christian School Saturday, Aug. 27 losing 3-0 to the team from Kalispell, Mont. Stillwater had 17 shots on goal while Priest River had nine. Priest River’s goalkeeper Adam Irvine had 12 saves and Stillwater’s goalkeeper had four. “I’m very proud of my team’s accomplishments this early in the season and I’m looking forward to seeing the team continue to grow throughout the season,” says Lawler. The Spartans will play Timberlake Tigers at home Thursday, Sept. 1, 4 p.m.

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Kayakers paddle away during the first leg of this year’s Newport Biyakathon, held Saturday, Aug. 27. The Biyakathon consists of a two-mile kayak race followed by a six-mile bicycle race.

Masters division tough at Biyakathon NEWPORT – The fifth annual Newport Biyakathon was held Saturday, Aug. 27, with 30 competitors, down a little from last year. “The Priest Lake triathlon was going on at the same time and that draws from some of the same athletes,” Biyakathon founder Rory Axel said. The race consists of a two-mile kayak race followed by a six-mile bicycle race. It is sponsored by the Pend Oreille Youth

Task Force to help raise awareness of substance abuse. Axel, who competes in the Men’s Master division, says that was especially competitive this year. “The Master’s division was crazy,” Axel says. “I should have entered the open.” Axel finished sixth in the Men’s Master division, with a time of 37:11:00, 20 seconds faster than the winning time in the open division.

Don Hicks won the Men’s Masters with the fastest time of the race 28:48. The Men’s Open class was won by Kert Whitaker with a time of 37:33:00. Women’s Open was won by Jenna McGerty with a time of 43:09:00, with Wendy Hughes winning the Women’s Masters division with a time of 52:02:00. The top three finishers in each division received Olympic-style medals.

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The Metaline heading south, upstream, on the west side of the rock island to get through through Box Canyon. The location may be difficult to recognize because the Metaline sits lower in relation to the rock island than we would see it now, after the dam was built. This location is now under water.

Metaline Steamship first to cross Box Canyon By Shade Rahoun

The Metaline Steamship was one of the many steamships of its time. The ship was first known as the Pend Oreille Steamer, a side-wheeler, of about 135 feet in length. The ship was later called the Metaline because the steamer traveled around the Metaline and Metaline Falls area, and it was being remodeled. A side-wheeler is a ship that has the paddles on both sides of the steamer. Around the time the Pend Oreille Steamer changed to the name of the Metaline, the steamship style was revised from the side wheeler to a sternwheeler, which is a steamer that is propelled by a paddle wheel positioned at the stern. Charles Miller and his father hoped to accomplish a regular passage past the rough and swift water of Box Canyon. The once named Pend Oreille, Metaline Steamship, was operated, or piloted by Charles Miller and his father, also a steamship pilot. The Metaline was the first large steamer to cross Box Canyon and ending up taking two days to get down Box Canyon to the calmer waters of Metaline and Metaline Falls. It took a whole lot longer to travel back up the canyon. The Metaline Steamship ended up taking two weeks to haul itself back up stream by using rope drilled and fastened into the boulders on the sides of the huge rock island in the center of Box Canyon.

How the Metaline was destroyed and found This trip down and back up was sponsored by the Department of the Interior to make sure if Box Can-

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yon was navigable by a large boat, a.k.a. the Metaline steamship. It wasn’t the first time somebody tried it, but not one of the ships made it back up past the Box Canyon. The Metaline was a strong, sturdy, and large boat, and competition spirit being strong, the Metaline Steamship was the first large steamer to cross over and back up Box Canyon, but the Department of the Interior pronounced the feat too dangerous. The Captains Millers decided to return the Metaline to Flathead Lake about 1897. On the trip back upriver, after the Captains successfully maneuvered Albeni Falls, which were low falls or large rapids, they decided to park temporarily on the upstream bank to the southeast of the falls. They failed to properly fasten the stern of the ship. With the front tied and the back loose, it got halfway over the falls, the swift waters dashed it against the rocky shores and wrecked the hull. The boat was cut loose and after floating a few hundred yards she sank in 120 feet of water and its old hull still remains there. It was discovered in 1937 by a diver from Seattle. Modern Box Canyon Dam, built on the mostly submerged rock island. The Albeni Falls were not much of a vertical drop as waterfalls go, but the falls were powerful, swift, consisting of jagged rock. Sources. 1. Original documents From Newport’s Courthouse on the Metaline steamer and rivers…. 2. Dictionary.com

he Seventh Grade Press is a series of stories written by seventh graders in Ms. Irene Ewing’s class at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport. Each student chose a topic of local historical importance, conducted research and interviews and went through a lengthy editing process. More than 80 students participated and each one will get a ‘by line’ in The Miner Newspapers. This is the 13th week of the project. Check back for the next few weeks for more on local history. See more on page 7B. If you find that you have something to add, interview candidates the class should talk to, or documents and artifacts you want registered in the local museum, contact the Seventh Grade Class at Sadie Halstead Middle School, in Newport. They have agreed to collect and catalog everything that comes in, and deliver to the museum for archiving.

Thompson an early white explorer of the Pend Oreille By Saxon Comer

David Thompson, a northwest explorer, was born in England in 1770 into a family of little means. His father died when he was two. Somebody noticed he was very smart, so at age seven he was enrolled in the historic “Grey Coat” charity school near Westminster Abbey. He received an excellent education. He was a good student in mathematics and so he trained as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. The Northwest Journal website showed he studied algebra, trigonometry, geography, and navigation using “practical astronomy.” Over the years, the Hudson’s Bay Company requested to have certain students from the Grey Coat school to be an apprenticed to the North American fur trade. This helped pay for their charity education. When they started to work, the students received training from Philip Turnor, the Hudson Bay Company’s first chief surveyor. As Thompson neared the end of his education, the Hudson Bay Company asked for him to be an apprentice. Only two were eligible at that time, and one of them was 14-year-old David Thompson. In May 1784, he set sail for Hudson’s Bay, the largest body of water in northeast Canada. He never saw his mother or England again. Some of the stories tell about Thompson’s failure to beat the Americans in a “race” to reach the mouth of the Columbia and establish a British claim to all of the northern territory by establishing a post See thompson, 7B

Miss Halstead shares some anecdotes about teaching By Kimberly L. Hicklin

Miss Sadie Halstead said, “The teachers in the olden days had to be resourceful, like being a janitor, a nurse, and a doctor.” Miss Sadie Halstead was that kind of resourceful teacher. She told some of her favorite stories in The Big Smoke 1978, in the article “Miss Sadie Halstead Dealt with Teaching in Those Olden Days.” She said, “One day in rural school, a little boy told me he had lost a silver dollar that his mother gave to him to buy something that she needed. The boy couldn’t find it and was sure someone had stolen it.” Sadie Halstead said, “I guess we’ll

just have to search everyone here. Out in the cloak room I began on the little boy who had lost the dollar. There it was, in the heel of his sock. It was a bitter cold day. He had so many clothes on he couldn’t feel the dollar.” She said she also had a more serious story that occurred in a grade school between two eighth grade boys. She described one boy as more of a troublemaker and the other one as, “A more serious kind of boy who did not take any nonsense.” The desk of the serious one was in front of the other boy. She said, “When the mischievous one went too far the other boy jabbed a jackknife in the playful boy.”

Jackknife is the other name for a pocket knife. The knife hit the boy’s artery and must have been bleeding a lot. Miss Sadie Halstead couldn’t leave a room full of kids, so she sent the injured boy with a trustworthy boy to walk him to the doctor about a mile away. In about five minutes the doctor had him patched up and he went back to the classroom. I can’t believe he went back to school after that. I would’ve gone home. Our schools now have more rules and you can’t bring a knife to school. If a student had stabbed another student today, they would be suspended for life.

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If you lived in Pend Oreille County in the olden days, you would probably find yourself stuck outside sometimes. When you are stuck out in the forest and you have nothing, you would probably want to hurry and set up a shelter before dark, and the second thing would

be to find food. The three basic needs of survival are shelter, food and water. If you needed a shelter to protect you from cold, getting wet, and from danger, then you should get busy and collect sticks, brush, and rocks. You are going to use the big sticks to form up a little house shape and tie the sticks

together at the top. If you don’t have rope to tie the sticks you can look for vines or flimsy branches like willows. Then you would put brush on top of the sticks. If it’s raining don’t build your shelter in a place where the water is going to puddle. Stay out of low places.

Now you have a your shelter, you need water. Where can you find water and how can you carry it? Pend Oreille County has water just about everywhere. That would probably be the least of your worries. Staying warm and dry would probably See SURVIVAL, 7B

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Fire of 1910 changed the lives of many By Lexi Nelson

The fire of 1910 changed the lives of many people in the Inland Northwest including those in Pend Oreille County and the town of Newport. It had been a dry summer and many small fires were burning in the mountains of Northeastern Washington. Around noon on Aug. 20,1910, a strong wind came up from the Southwest estimated at more than 80 mph and whipped up all the small fires into one huge uncontrollable firestorm. The sky became dark and the sound of falling trees and the roar of the fires could be heard in the town of Newport. A fire at Diamond Lake joined another fire on Little Blue Grouse Mountain and quickly moved eastward. That fire was said to be 10 miles wide. Large black clouds of smoke moved closer to town. At 5 p.m. heavy smoke and flames could be seen a couple miles from town, and the residents of Newport kept an eye on the oncoming firestorm, as reported in The Newport Miner. A 1910 Big Smoke article explained that fires roared up the sides of Saddle and Cooks Mountains. It was in that area that tragedy hit the Ernest Diarent and George Zigler families. Walter Deinhardt, an 11 year old, reported his experiences of the 1910 fire in a story in The Newport Miner. As the fire approached the family buildings, in desperation everyone grabbed buckets of water and ran in various directions in an effort to put out spot fires. Walter’s mother grabbed him and ran for the cellar under the house. He begged his mother to leave the cellar, but she refused since she felt like it was the safest place. He dashed up the stairs, and ran out into dark, smoke-filled air, running between spot fires and flaming branches. A huge tamarack tree crashed beside him. He jumped into the big root hole and buried his head in the dirt. Although badly burned, he survived, but his mother died from suffocation in the burned out cellar.

Later, his father helped save the Bobier house and buildings and those of other neighbors. Newport’s beloved Dr. Phillips and Charles P. Moeser Sr. were heroes of the day with their early day automobiles. Fire Warden Charlie Heppe said, ‘’We never could have saved Newport had it not been for these men and their cars.” “The Spokesman Review 1910 timeline” reported that the gales hit 60 mph on ridges in the Clearwater, Bitterroot, St. Joe and Coeur d’Alene drainages. Hundreds of smoldering fires were whipped into flames. Firefighters reported “huge, black storm clouds” heading their way. These are in fact clouds of smoke and ash. Trains packed with evacuees raced to safety, some took shelter in tunnels on the Milwaukee Road. Wallace was in the grip of panic. Hundreds of townspeople began to flee by train. An ember landed on a bucket of solvent in Wallace, igniting a fire that consumed one-third of the town. Fire surrounded the Montana towns of Taft, Haugan and DeBorgia and the Idaho town of Grand Forks. They burned to the ground. Before 3 p.m. on Aug. 20, it became so dark from smoke in Mullan, Idaho, residents were obliged to turn on the lights. The air became hot and oppressive. The wind came up with a fury. It seemed to blow in whirls carrying sparks in every direction, but the general trend was northeast. As if by magic, new fires would spring up, there and everywhere and in every direction, a mountain of flame. The wind blew like a hurricane and showers of large flaming branches were falling everywhere. The hissing, roaring flames, the terrific crashing and rending of failing timber was deafening, terrifying. Men rushed back and forth trying to help. Others were crazed with fear, some broke and ran, some crying, hysterical. The fire had closed in, the heat became intolerable. On Big Creek, 30 men lost their lives while others lay prone for hours in the

chilling waters of a tiny stream, trees falling around and across them. Three men were crushed. One of these unfortunates was caught only by the foot. Men a few feet away heard his cries and prayers, but were powerless to assist. He dug and fought to tear away, until coma and finally death relieved his sufferings. On Seltzer Creek the human toll was 29. An entire crew was killed. The men fell as they ran before the fire. Trees were crashing down all around, and the sight and sound of the fire was something terrible. The smoke lifted a little on the west side of the creek, and there, halfway up the mountain, was a whirlwind of fire just like a waterspout only it was all fire and burning gas and a thousand feet high. It moved back and forth and up and down the slope, and the roar of it was like a million blow torches. Survivors had to make their way over burning logs and through smoking debris. When walking failed, they crawled on their hands and knees. They were in a terrible condition, hurt or burned. Their shoes were burned off their feet and their clothes were burnt rags. One man’s outer garments had been burned from his body. His heavy woodman’s boots had been burned through and only a remnant of a hat hung from his scorched head. His arms and legs were a mass of burns, the scars of which he carried to his grave. “A crew of 19 spilled off the ridge overlooking Big Creek, in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest, and sought refuge in the Dittman cabin,” recounts Stephen Pyne, the event’s preeminent historian and author of Year of the Fires. “When the roof caught fire, they ran out. The first 18 died where they fell, in a heap along with five horses and two bears, the 19th twisted his ankle in crossing the threshold and collapsed to the ground, where he found fresh air. Two days later, Peter Kinsley crawled, alive, out of a creek. A 50-person crew near the Middle Fork of Big Creek,

From Newport, Wash., to Newport, Idaho By Rebecca Jenne’

When both Idaho and Washington were moving from Territory into Statehood a small town began to form on the Pend Oreille River. It had a restaurant, a general store, a small hotel, a saloon and a U.S. Post Office. Timber was a big resource and exported out of Newport, much as today.

The Pend Oreille River also offered a wonderful mode of transportation for lumber and course that people could travel because roads were not developed in Pend Oreille County for a long time. But, what some people don’t realize is that Newport, Wash., actually started its life as Newport, Idaho.

Albeni Poirier established a trading post and port, which means it had a harbor where ships load or unload. Being a new port city, the city name, “New Port” came to be. Supplies were shipped from Newport by steamship to Rathdrum and Sandpoint, Idaho. Mr. Albeni Poirier discovered the falls on the Pend Oreille

River, and he became one of the area’s leading citizens. He developed several businesses. He widened trail into roads for wagons and began a ferry business to get local people around the falls in 1891. He also opened a saloon and a butcher shop near the falls. Then came the railroad and people moved farther into Washington.

‘Good Old Days’ By Madeline Waterman

When I drive past old logging sites I don’t think, “Oh this is wonderful,” or, “This is when so and so logged,” like my grandparents might think. Most of us are too young to remember back when Pend Oreille County was settled. We may not even notice the old logging sites as the area has recovered and trees and vegetation have returned. This is why I have chosen to tell people what the early loggers of Pend Oreille County did for us, and to show those who never knew about the “good old days” just how much the settlers shaped our community. According to the website earlylog-

gers.com, in the beginning of Pend Oreille County most of it was a logging site. Some of the trees logged were Western White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Fir, and Douglas Fir, which is not a true fir. The Panhandle Mill and the Panhandle Lumber Company in Ione was of particular importance to logging in the area. Some of the loggers who contributed a lot to logging were Edwin Hamp Winchester and Frederick A. Blackwell. The Panhandle Mill also contributed to the county’s development too, because it was the first all electric sawmill in the Inland Northwest. It also supplied poles for burgeoning electric, telephone, and telegraph systems throughout the

led by ranger John Bell, dove face down into a stream as the flames leapt across the tree crowns, burning the skin on the backs of their necks.” A falling tree crushed three of them, according to Stan Cohen and Don Miller in The Big Burn, by Jeanette Ingold, seven others were roasted to death after fleeing into a hole dug out by a homesteader. Ranger Ed Pulaski led a crew of 45 into an odd mine shaft outside of Wallace. Eight firefighters died after taking refuge in the Bullion Mine. Pulaski and 40 survivors stumbled into Wallace. Avery, Idaho, ordered evacuation on Aug. 21. Troops and residents were trapped in Avery, but a backfire saved the town on Aug. 22. Soot and smoke from the fires darkened the sky over the Great Lakes, New England, and finally, over Greenland on Aug. 25. Rain finally fell on the Northern Rockies on Sept. 4, 1910. According to “Idaho Forest Fire Stories” there were 1,736 fires burning in northern Idaho and western Montana on Aug. 19. The 1910 fire burned three million acres and killed enough timber to fill a freight train 2,400 miles long. Eighty-six people perished, most burned beyond recognition. No official cause was ever listed for the 1910 fire. But 1910 was also the driest year in anyone’s memory. Snows melted early and the spring rains never came. By August, normally swift running rivers had slowed to a crawl and many streams had simply disappeared into bedrock. It is estimated that more than 100 fires were started by coal powered locomotives that frequently spewed red-hot cinders into tinderdry forests. The forest fire season of 1910 started on April 29 with a small blaze in the Blackfoot National Forest in the northwest corner of Montana. Nobody could have dreamed that it marked the beginning of the worst fire season in Idaho history, and one of the worst in the nation’s history.

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be your biggest worry. Also, you probably need to make a comfy bed. You probably need to go find food. Pend Oreille has a lot of big animals, but it’s easier to catch small ones like birds and fish, so if you can try to make a bow or spear, and if you know how to use a slingshot then you can try to shoot them. You can catch fish too, if you make a fishing pole. Also if you get wounded, you would want to cover up the wound. A good example for this would be grass. I think it’s important to know what you’re doing in the woods. It’s important so you don’t die and you can take care of yourself until somebody finds you.

country. Edwin Winchester was a logger of the area and built the first sawmill in Pend Oreille County. His mill supplied timber to the settlers in the Kalispell Valley. According to settlersinWA.com, Frederick A. Blackwell on the other hand owned 65,000 acres by 1909. Similar to Winchester, he built a sawmill, but not just one sawmill, he built some in Spirit Lake, Idaho, and Ione, Wash. He also owned the Panhandle Lumber Company and owned a railroad. Now when you drive past old logging sites just imagine what it was like or what those people did for us, and think of the “good old days.”

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there before the Americans did. It is now known that Thompson was not under orders to ‘race to the Pacific’, and in fact, the is a probability that the North West Company and the Pacific Fur Company were planning on working together. Thompson believed that Native Americans told Lewis and Clark that the Pend Oreille River was navigable except for canoes because of many waterfalls and the narrow, rocky canyons, like Box Canyon. David Thompson and his explorers decided to find out in 1810. They traveled down the Pend Oreille, which seemed backward because the river was flowing north. They traveled in the Pend Oreille River through Pend Oreille County,

into Canada, back into the U.S., and about 30 miles from the mouth of the Columbia they gave up just as it was about to get easy. They decided it was truly not navigable. Historian Bernard DeVoto says this discovery would have been immensely important to the company, but it did not happen. Spokane Indians had been traveling more than 100 miles to trade at Kullyspel House. Thompson wanted to extend the company’s business to the southwest, so that same year, 1810, Thompson sent two of his employees, Jaco Raphael, along with Finley and Finen McDonald, to build a trading post among the Spokanes. The new post, called Spokane House, was located on the Spokane River about a half mile upstream from the confluence of

the Little Spokane. Also, Thompson became the first white man to establish trading posts along the Clark’s Fork River, Kullyspel House near the town of Hope, Idaho, and Saleesh House near Thompson Falls, Mont. His final departure from the west was in 1812, due to poor health. In Pend Oreille County, on Highway 20, near the old town of Ruby, on the west side of the river, there is a historical marker for the explorer who spent a lot of time exploring Pend Oreille County. Resources: The Life of David Thompson, The Northwest Journal, www.northwestjournal.ca/ V1.htm; David Thompson Among the Kalispels, diggings.com, spring 2011; Book, Sometimes Only Horses to Eat, by Carl W. Haywood.

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Lew Waggoner, 83 years young, left this world Aug. 23, 2016, to begin his final quest. He is Waggoner survived by Barbara, his wife of 54 years, his daughters, Frederica, Rona and Jill, as well as many beloved grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. He will be deeply missed by his family and treasured friends. Time waits for no one. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book at shermanknapp.com.

Jo’nelle (Fea) Sigler Athena, Ore.

Jo’nelle (Fea) Sigler, 95, died in the care of those who loved her at her home in Athena, Ore., June Sigler 13, 2016. She was born April 20, 1921, in Spokane, Wash., to Thomas Wallace and Mae Fern (Shultz) Fea. She graduated from Cusick High School in Cusick, Wash., in 1939, where she was known as “Little Nelle.” After graduation she attended Kelsey-Baird Business College in Spokane for 18 months, where she mastered shorthand before moving to Hawaii. She married Richard Merriam of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in Hawaii in 1940. In Hawaii, she was variously credit manager for one of the oldest department stores in the islands, secretary to a medical clinic and assistant personnel director for Hawaiian Airlines. During the war years, as a volunteer worker at U.S.O., she helped organize a group, which met to study the arts. Since many celebrities were stationed in the islands, the group heard lectures by such personalities as Maurice Evans on drama and Eddie Duchin on jazz. While in Hawaii, she took extension courses in personnel, industrial relations and humanities at the University of Hawaii. In 1944 they divorced and Jo’nelle returned to the states. Jo’nelle was a career woman in an era when most women stayed home. After returning to the states and living in Spokane, Jo’nelle worked for Standard Oil Co., of California. The story goes that Jo’nelle was standing on a street corner in Spokane when a brass young man she had known in her high school days asked her if she needed a ride. In June 1948, she married that brash young man, Robert “Bob” Sigler. In 1954, Bob, who also worked for Standard

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Oil Co. of California in Spokane, was transferred to Walla Walla, Wash. Jo’nelle found a job working for Sherwood & Roberts in December 1954. She was employed by S&R and transferred within the company to Portland, Ore., in 1968. She retired from S&R as a Vice President in 1982 and went to work for Lincoln Savings and Loan Association as a Commercial Closing Officer, VP, in October of 1982. Lincoln was bought out by Rainer Bank in 1986, and then was bought out by Oregon Bank in September of 1987, then Oregon Bank, then Security Pacific in quick succession. Jo’nelle decided she had enough of changing titles and banks and retired in December of 1987, culminating a 47year career as a businesswoman. While living in Portland, Jo’nelle and husband Bob also ran a successful business, “Robco Engineering” for 10 years. Jo’nelle was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi while living in Walla Walla. She was talented in many areas, a great cook, and an excellent embroiderer, adept at sewing and entertaining. She became an intense Blazer fan and knew all the names of the players and their histories and stats. Not one to be a shrinking violet, she was a force to be reckoned with when it cam to discussing politics and the government. After 61 years of marriage, Bob Sigler died in 2009. After living by herself for five years she decided to move in 2014 to Athena, Ore., to be closer to her only daughter, Dyann. Also preceding her in death was her brother, John L. Fea and a sister, Ret. Col. Jennie Wren Fea. Survived by her daughter, Dyann Jo (and Charles) Swanson of Athena, Ore.; two grandchildren, Susan K. (Craig) Tanski of Aloha, Ore.; Eric L. Swanson and partner Mitch Evans of Yakima, Wash.; great-grandchildren, Megan (Joe) Kelly of Vancouver, Wash., and Courtney (Nathan) Hunt of Lynnwood, Ore.; greatgreat-grandchildren Betsy, Rory and Abby Kelly and Mason Hunt; nieces Kathy (Elliott) Grey of Junction City, Ore., Lori (William) Gilmore of Hillsboro, Ore., and nephew Thomas (Linda) Fea of Sacramento, Calif.; great-nieces Courtney Fea, Marin Grey, Leslie (Stacy) Gilmore-Stumps, Stephanie (Jerrod) Gilmore-Thompson and great-nephew Christopher (Ruby) Fea. A memorial and graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 10, 2016, in Newport at the Newport Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Athena Public Library PO Box 450, Athena, OR 97813 or to the Usk Community Center Scholarship Fund, PO Box 343, Usk WA 99180 c/o Barb McGill. See OBITUARIES, 12B

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, Aug. 22 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Metaline Falls, report of access panel removed and someone had been inside of building. AUTOMOBILE THEFT: Knott Rd., Newport, report of red 2003 Chevy Ventura van stolen sometime last night. FRAUD: S. Grandview Ave., complainant reports selling a truck, trailer and gold dredging equipment to another party and the check that was sent to him was not good. ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Steven J. Jolly, 28, Newport, turned himself in on a local warrant. ANIMAL PROBLEM: E. 8th St., Usk, report of ongoing problem with neighbor’s dogs running loose through neighborhood. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Spruce & Union, Newport, report of found shoebox near corner with a bunch of pills spread around it. VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 2, Newport, report of vehicle on fire, flames coming out of hood. THREATENING: Hwy. 211, report of male subject that called last night and made threats to complainant. BURGLARY: Granite Loop, Newport, report of cabin broke into sometime over the last two weeks. THEFT: Elmer’s Loop Rd., Newport, complainant reports tenants took a submergible pump for the well and other things that go with it. ANIMAL BITE: Scotia Rd., Newport, report of subject bitten by own dog. POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2, report of red 1990’s dodge truck swerving.

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ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of dog running at large, dog has previously bit complainant.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Spring Valley Rd., report of two brown and white horses wearing halters running loose in the road.

ILLEGAL BURNING: Northshore Diamond Lake, report of fire in front yard.

FIRE ALARM: S. Washington Ave., Newport LITTERING: Black Rd., report that citizen informed the complainant of some illegal dumping in the area. ILLEGAL BURNING: Hwy. 211, report of woman in yard burning debris. ABADONED VEHICLE: W. 2nd St., complainant would like to speak to a deputy about a 5th wheel that has been left on his property by old renters. DISTURBANCE: S. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of female screaming at someone. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Newport Ave. ARREST: Spruce St., Thomas Earl Shelgren, 22, of Newport was arrested for driving while license suspended/revoked. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211, report of white Chevy pickup swerving all over roadway. ABADONED VEHICLE: LeClerc Rd. N. THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights HARASSMENT: E. 5th Ave., report that caller believes known subjects are trying to damage his truck and have been hazing him. ACCIDENT: W. Sunset Hwy. 20, report that female crashed her vehicle into business. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Stateline Rd. N., caller reports they can hear possible gunshots or explosions on timber company property concerned for fire starting. ILLEGAL BURNING: Summer Place, report of open fire in back yard ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of silver Jeep called in as erratic in Riverside then hit guardrail and continued towards Pend Oreille County. SWUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: LeClerc Rd. N., report of vehicle thatr drove up and dropped a male off who is now yelling and screaming. ARREST: Honeysuckle Drive, Kimberly Ann Campbell, 31, Cusick, was arrested on out of county warrant. PROWLER: Hwy. 2, caller reports dog is going crazy and believes someone is on her property.

Wednesday, Aug. 24

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Thomas Lane, Newport, report of subject riding little blue and white motorbike around with no helmet.

ACCIDENT: W. 7th St., complainant’s maroon 2001 Oldsmobile Alero was hit sometime last night or early this morning while it was parked in the parking lot.

MISSING PERSON: Frater Lake, Ione, report of three subjects missing after they left on a hike.

ANIMAL NOISE: Houghton St., report of beagle that keeps barking nonstop for the last several days

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 5th St., Newport, report of suspicious male walking in the area with a dog.

BURGLARY: Sunrise Hill Lane, complainant reports son came to house last night and noticed the door was open so he left and didn’t go into residence.

AUTOMOBILE THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights WELFARE CHECK: E. 5th St., report of young girl sitting on the ground in front of the store wearing a white and black sweatshirt and shorts. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Union Ave., Newport, report of truck with several people in it sitting in the alley. DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

Tuesday, Aug. 23 DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of disorderly subject behind hotel. TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 20, report of deer in south bound lane needs dispatched and moved from road. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Woodard Rd., complainant

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Union Drive, report of four or five kids walking behind credit union past treatment plant. DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ILLEGAL BURNING: Panhead Hill Rd., report of campfire in yard FRAUD: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ARREST: Hwy. 20, Kristoffer E. Mayes, 41, Butte, was arrested for driving under the influence. BRUSH FIRE: Northshore Diamond Lake, report of transformer that blew, fire spreading fast, houses in area. FIREWORKS: Westside Calispel, report of fireworks being shot off just north of location. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: 6th Ave. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of group of five to six kids wearing black sweaters pulling up street signs.

Thursday, Aug. 25 VEHICLE PROWL: W. 6th Ave. ACCIDENT: Pine St., report of two vehicle non-injury accident. TRESPASSING: Cemetery Lane ERRATIC DRIVER: Flowery Trail, report of a vehicle running others off the road. FIRE: Hwy. 2, report of smoke seen in the area. THEFT: W. Kelly Drive ARREST: Cusick boat launch, Desmond Eric Miller, 18, of Newport was arrested on a DOC warrant. ANIMAL NOISE: Driskill Rd., report of dogs barking.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights VEHICLE PROWL: Community Hall Rd., report of caller just got home, could hear noise of someone possibly going through fence then turning over of engine at location. DISTURBANCE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights RECOVERED VEHICLE: W. 6th St., report of recovered stolen vehicle.

Saturday, Aug. 27 JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. 6th St. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Hayford, Airway Heights ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 211, report of adult moose hit, is on the side of the road needing dispatched. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ANIMAL NOISE: Driskill Rd., report of two or more dogs barking constantly for at least for the last two weeks. BURGLARY: E. 5th St., report of window broken and words written on reader board and building with a marker. SUSPICIOUS CICUMSTANCES: Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, tribal gaming (TGA) reported seeing a female hide something in a trash can. VEHICLE PROWL: W. 6th Ave. SUSPICIOUS CICUMSTANCES: W. Walnut St., report of doors open on construction building, no cars around.

AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 2, report of assist AHPD with a major crash on Hwy 2.

ARREST: Tommy Joe Hallam, 24, of Ione was arrested for second-degree rape of a child.

Friday, Aug. 26 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights THEFT: River Rd., report of cold burglary of four-wheeler sometime last night. THREATENING: W. Pine St., report of subject threatening staff at hospital. BURGLARY: Community Hall Rd., report of someone that rammed fence. ILLEGAL BURNING: Hwy. 31, report of group of people with fire in barrel. BURGLARY: Buck Creek Rd., report of money stolen from residence last night.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Walnut St., report of dog in truck window barely cracked, has been in there ten minutes.

THEFT: Hwy. 31, report of item stolen from store.

EXTRA PATROL: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., complainant suspects drugs are being sold out of parked vehicle.

POSSIBLE DUI: W. Larch St., report of white Astro van, swerving, just turned on Larch.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of vehicle that fled area, throwing out a firework.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Dustin A. Pelican, 37, of Spokane was arrested on warrants.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of motorcycle driving erratically speeding up then slowing down drastically.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Eugene Paul Witherell, 44,Cheney, turned self in on a local warrant misdemeanor.

ANIMAL NOISE: N. Fea Ave., report of dogs barking in the area a few houses down from caller.

ILLEGAL BURNING: Hwy. 20, report of subject in white mobile is burning illegally, ongoing issue.

AGENCY ASSIST: W. 2nd St., report of elderly female being financially exploited.

ACCIDENT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of two-vehicle accident, no injures.

RECOVERED VEHICLE: Black Rd.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 20, report of a suspicious vehicle in a field.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Northshore Diamond Lake, report that neighbor is flying drone over complainant’s back yard complainant has previously asked him not to do this.

TRESPASSING: Hwy. 31, report of subjects camping where complainant doesn’t think they should be.

ILLEGAL BURNING: Viewpoint Rd., report of campfire across the lake from complainant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Scotia Rd., report of people walking in area thought they were going to look at fire. DRUGS: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of drug paraphernalia. WANTED PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 20, reporting party can see vehicle with a lot of smoke coming from it.

THEFT: W. 7th St., complainant reports someone stole her hydros, possibly about 40 missing. DISABLED VEHICLE: LeClerc Rd. N., report of vehicle partially blocking roadway. FIRE: Arizona Lane, report of small fire at end on road, complainant put dirt on it, but says it should have water. THREATENING: Hwy. 20, caller threatened by unknown person on their property. BURGLARY: Cedar Drive, caller advised nephew had broken into cabin and broke items and took things. ARREST: Hwy. 2, Christopher Hugh Kelly, 31, of Spokane was arrested for driving with license suspended/revoked and lacking a required interlock device on his vehicle. ERRATIC DRIVER: Village St., caller reports male almost ran her over after running over neighbor’s dog. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of maroon Dodge truck Montana plate passing in no passing zone at high speeds. RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Houghton St., caller reporting missing teen. BURGLARY: S. Garden Ave., Newport, caller believes apartment was broken into yesterday, items taken. ARREST: W. Walnut St. Michael David Blessinger, 49, of Williston, N.D. , was arrested for driving under the influence. WEAPON OFFENSE: Allen Rd., report of blue Jeep CJ with no roof, male shooting from vehicle. ANIMAL NOISE: S. Spokane

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pu blic m e eti ngs Thursday, September 1 Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing: 5 p.m. Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint

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Tuesday, September 6

Bonner County Soil and Water Conservation District: 1:30 p.m. - USDA Office, 1224 Washington Ave., Ste. 101

Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building

West Pend Oreille Fire District: 6:30 p.m. - Fire Hall on Highway 57

Pondoray Shores Water and Sewer District: 9 a.m. - Water District Pump House, 202 Winnie Lane, Pondoray Shores Subdivision

Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse

Pend Oreille Fire District No. 5: 7 p.m. - Fire Station 51, 406722 Highway 20, Cusick

Lenora Water and Sewer District: 10 a.m. Skookum Rendezvous Lodge

Pend Oreille County Fair Board: 7 p.m. - Fairgrounds at Cusick

Monday, September 5

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

Saturday, September 3

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Wednesday, September 7

Diamond Lake Water and Sewer: 10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road Sacheen Lake Sewer and Water District Board: 3 p.m. - Sacheen Fire Station, Highway 211 Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. Dalkena Fire Station No. 41 Diamond Lake Improvement Association: 6:30 p.m. - Diamond Lake Fire Station, Highway 2 Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

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2016283 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY No. 16-4-00043-0 Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Jane Helen Clark, Deceased. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Suzanne M. Hale, Personal Representative Julie Wood, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PPLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner August 17, 24 and 31, 2016. (29-3) _____________________________ 2016284 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY No. 16-4-00039-1 Probate Notice to Creditors (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Steven T. Kintner, Deceased.

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Continued from 9B PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Dena Marie Brown, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PPLC

PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner August 17, 24 and 31, 2016. (29-3) _____________________________ 2016287 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 16-4-00040-5 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of BELVA L. VANDERHOLM, Deceased. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address

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below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets. Date of First Publication of this Notice: August 24, 2016 James M. Sheldon, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242

NO. 16-2-00109-9 SUMMONS (60 DAY) ESTATE OF DUAINE COURCHAINE and ESTATE OF DONNA G. COURCHAINE, Plaintiffs, v. JACK E. MILLS and REMEDIOS MILLS, husband and wife, Defendants. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO: JACK E. MILLS and REMEDIOS MILLS: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 24th day of August, 2016, and defend the complaint of the plaintiff, Estate of Duaine Courchaine and the Estate of Donna G. Courchaine, and serve a copy of your answer upon the unPublished in The Newport Miner dersigned attorneys for plaintiff Estate August 24, 31 and September 7, of Duaine Courchaine and the Estate 2016. (30-3) of Donna G. Courchaine, at the ad_____________________________ dress below stated; and in case of your failure to so do, judgment will be rendered against you according to 2016288 the demand of the complaint, which PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF has been filed with the clerk of said WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Continued on 11B

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Continued from 10B court. This is an action to quiet title in real property located in Pend Oreille County, State of Washington. DATED this 28TH day of July, 2016. TRUNKENBOLZ | ROHR PLLC /S/Pamela H. Rohr PAMELA H. ROHR, WSBA #19584 PO Box 14033 Spokane Valley, WA 99214 (509) 928-4100 Published in The Newport Miner August 24, 31, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2016. (30-6) _____________________________

2016289 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned trustee will on 09/30/16 10:00 at the following place: at main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W 4th St, Newport, WA, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the trustee to protect lender and borrower) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: PTN W1/2 NW 1/4 26-33-45 less Tax 8,9 & 11 – See Page 3; Tax Parcel ID No.: 45312622-0002; commonly known as: 271 Chrisann Ln, Newport, WA 99156, which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust recorded on 12/09/2005, under Auditor’s File No. 2005 0284785, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Helen M. Hammons, as Grantor, to Glogowski Law Firm, PLLC, as successor Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of U.S. Bank National Association ND, as Beneficiary. The current holder of the Note is U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger of U.S. Bank National Association ND. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default in the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to Make Payments as Follows: 37 Delinquent Payments from 03/25/13 thru 05/06/16 $13057.60 Recoverable Corp. Advances $746.00 TOTAL $13803.60 Other potential defaults do not involve payment to the Beneficiary. If applicable, each of these defaults must also be cured. Listed below are categories of common defaults which do not involve payment of money to the Beneficiary. Opposite of each such listed default is a brief description of the action/ documentation necessary to cure the default. The list does not exhaust all possible other defaults; any defaults identified by Beneficiary or Trustee that are not listed below must also be cured. IV. The sum owing on the

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obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: $13057.60, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from 05/13/13, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The abovedescribed real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on 09/30/16. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 09/19/16 to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s business on 09/19/16 the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 09/19/16, and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principle and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: NAME AND ADDRESS Helen M. Hammons and John Doe Hammons, Occupants, 271 Chrisann Ln, Newport, WA 99156, Helen M. Hammons and John Doe Hammons , 4266 Peterson Rd, Priest River, ID 83856, Helen M. Hammons and John Doe Hammons , PO Box 758, Priest River, ID 83856, by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested, on 10/27/15, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 11/02/15 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice or default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed or trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust including occupants and tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings-under the unlawful detainer act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. DATED: 5/11/16 By Glogowski Law Firm, PLLC Published in The Newport Miner on August 31 and September 21, 2016. (31, 34) ____________________________

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2016291 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on August 3, 2016, received a complete Shoreline Variance Application and associated documents from James Cappello and did on August 18, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for a deck on Sacheen Lake. (FILE NO. SV-16-007), Location: 213 Earnest Lane, Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 25, Town. 31, Range 43. 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 Depart-

ment. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than September 8th, 2016. Required Permits: Shoreline Variance (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County) Dated: August 22, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on August 24 and 31, 2016. (30-2) ____________________________ 2016293 PUBLIC NOTICE: The Town of Metaline Falls Council will hold a budget work session on Wednesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. The purpose of the work session to prepare a preliminary budget for 2017. The Public is welcome to attend. For more information, contact the Town Hall of Metaline Falls at 509446-2211. Published in The Newport Miner on August 31 and September 7, 2016. (31-2) ____________________________ 2016295 PUBLIC NOTICE S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N D E PA R T M E N T O F E C O L O G Y NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: The Robert Cronoble of Ione, WA on Aug. 11, 2016 under Application No. S3-30770, filed for permit to appropriate public waters, subject to existing rights, from an unnamed spring in the amount of .044 of a cubic foot per second each year, for continuous domestic and stock water supply. The source of the proposed appropriation is to be located within the NE¼SW¼ of Section 4, Township 36 N., Range 43 E.W.M., in Pend Oreille County. Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty-($50.00) dollar recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from September 7, 2016. STATE OF WASHIGNTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM – ERO PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611 Published in The Newport Miner on August 31 and September 7, 2016. (31-2) ____________________________ 2016296 PUBLIC NOTICE The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) intends to chemically rehabilitate Smalle Creek in Pend Oreille County beginning September 14th, 2016. Typically, lake/stream rehabilitations only take one to three days to complete. However, treatments may take more time depending upon weather, equipment breakdowns, logistical constraints, and/or water quality conditions. The pesticide to be used is an organic and naturally occurring compound called rotenone. Rotenone is non-persistent in the environment and non-toxic to humans, livestock, and other warm-blooded animals at levels used to eradicate fish. The pesticide and active ingredients to be used are powdered rotenone at 6.0-8.0% active ingredient and liquid rotenone at 5.0% active ingredient. The targeted total concentration of rotenone product in the water is less than or equal to 4.0 parts per million. Lake/stream rehabilitation involves the treatment of water with rotenone to eradicate undesirable fish species. The undesirable fish species targeted in the Smalle Creek project is non-native Eastern Brook Trout. The objective of this project is removal of non-native fish and restoration of native Westslope Cutthroat Trout. During treatment, notices will be posted along the shorelines and other areas of normal access to the lake/stream. Please obey the following water use restrictions within the marked treatment areas: 1.) No fish can be taken or

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eaten from the lake/stream during the treatment period. 2.) Do not use water to irrigate crops during the treatment period. 3.) Do not use the lake/stream as a potable water source during treatment period. 4.) Do not swim in the lake/ stream until the product is thoroughly mixed. The above list details the water use restrictions applicable to the aforementioned waters for the duration of rotenone toxicity. Rotenone toxicity normally lasts one to eight weeks, but may persist longer depending upon water quality conditions. Assays will be done to determine lake/stream toxicity, and water use restrictions will be removed when the aforementioned water detoxifies. For more information concerning the treatment, contact the applicator(s), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, District 1 Fish Biologist – Bill Baker at: (509) 684-2362 ext. 23. This pesticide treatment is regulated under permit by the Washington Department of Ecology Water Quality Program, Eastern WA Regional Office (509) 329-3400. These pesticides have been approved for this purpose by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington Department of Agriculture. Published in The Newport Miner on August 31, 2016. (31) ____________________________ 2016298 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE NO. 16-4-00046-4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW.11.40.030 In the Estate of: MARY LOUISE SMITH, Deceased The individual named below has been appointed as executor of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time this claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the executor or the executor’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (4) 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 RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of first publication: August 31, 2016 Personal Representative: Kay Driver Attorney for Personal Representative: Linda Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1440 Newport, WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner on August 31, September 7 and 14, 2016. (31-3) ____________________________ 2016299 PUBLIC NOTICE N otice of A pplication Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on August 26th, 2016, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjustment submitted by Stimson Lumber Company to modify the boundaries between two contiguous parcels. This Boundary Line Adjustment includes a defacto segregation (Parcel #’s 443013-44-0002 & 453018-500002); Within Sec. 33 & 18, T30N, R44 & 45E, 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 Sept. 15th, 2016 after which a final administrative decision will be made. Dated: Aug. 26, 2016

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Noxious weeds come under fire

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Weed Board (POCWB) is attempting to curtail noxious weeds along Box Canyon Reservoir by spraying herbicide. According to a letter dated July 27 and addressed to property owners along Box Canyon Reservoir from POCWB Coordinator Sharon Sorby, noxious weed inspection and control work will be taking place through Oct. 21, with anticipated dates for herbicide spraying scheduled now through Sept. 30. “We have hired a professional diving company, Diversified Diver Specialties, to extract the flowering rush from below the current waterline,” Sorby wrote in the letter. “We respectfully ask that you allow the company to perform this task as inadequate safeguards when pulling can result in exacerbating the spread of this weed.” In partnership with Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Ecology, Pend Oreille PUD, Kalispel Tribe and Seattle City Light, the weed board is attempting to remove flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, and several populations of yellow flag iris, Iris pseudacorus, all noxious weeds, from below and potentially above the ordinary high water mark along the Pend Oreille River. Herbicide application to most of the found infestations of the above weeds will be made by a

m o s t wa n t e d l i st Editor’s Note: The following are descriptions of people currently wanted by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies. Any information about these suspects should be directed to the sheriff’s office by calling 509447-3151. This is a regular section of The Miner. All information is provided by the sheriff’s office.

Davis

AbbottTeeples

Tavis R. Davis, 32, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to comply on original charges of driving under the influence and operating vehicle without ignition interlock. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Colville area. Extradition is statewide. Daniel W. Abbott-Teeples, 31, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driving with license suspended 2nd degree. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 210 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

Wilkerson

Curtis G. Wilkerson, 48, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driving with license suspended 3rd degree. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

McGillis

Marilyn L. McGillis, 52, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of domestic violence assault 4th degree. She is 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Her last known address was in the Cusick area. Extradition is statewide.

Continued from 11B Published in The Newport Miner on August 31, 2016. (31) ____________________________ 2016300 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Pend Oreille County Commissioners will be discussing the Wasatch Future Land Use Map/Rezone proposal and the Comprehensive Plan update on Sept. 20th at 1:30pm. This meeting will be held in the Commissioners Chambers in the Old County Courthouse Building(625 West 4th Street, Newport, WA 99156. The County Commissioners may take action on these items at this open public meeting. 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 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Date of notice: August 29, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on August 31, 2016. (31) ____________________________ 2016301 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SURPLUS REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES FOR SALE

professional aquatic herbicide application company, Aquatechnex, using a power-sprayer mounted on an airboat using herbicides with the active ingredients, glyphosate, imazapyr and/or imazamox. Weed Board personnel using backpack sprayers using an herbicide with the active ingredient, glyphosate, will treat several infestations. Sorby says the project comes at no cost to landowners, but those who do opt out of having their frontage treated for purple loosestrife could face enforcement action by the weed board if they fail to remove the noxious weed themselves. An enclosed form to decline treatment with herbicide was sent to property owners along with the letter, and had to be returned by Aug. 8. “If flowering rush is found, the diver will remove it,” wrote Sorby. “The probability of finding any of these three weeds along your frontage is less than one percent.” Sorby added that there will be signs posted at the public boat launches before the day of treatment and signs along the shore at treatment sites will be posted the day of treatment. Treatment site signs will mark the treatment areas. According to the letter, there are no swimming or recreation restrictions or advisories when using glyphosate, imazapyr or imazamox. There are no fishing, irrigation or stock watering restrictions when using any of these products. No treatments are to be applied within 0.5 mile upstream of a potable water intake unless it is turned off for 48 hours during and post treatment. For more information, notify the Weed Board at 509-447-2402, or email, noxweedinfo@ pendoreille.org.

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Mourning dove, sandhill crane, and early goose seasons open Sept. 1 BOISE – The 2016 mourning dove, sandhill crane, and early Canada goose seasons open Thursday, Sept. 1. The mourning dove season runs through Oct.

Eurasian collareddoves are an introduced species that have expanded their range into Idaho. 30, with a daily bag limit of 15 and a possession limit of 45. Eurasian collared-doves are an introduced species that have expanded their range into Idaho. Eurasian collared-doves harvested while dove hunting, should be left unplucked so they can be distinguished from mourning doves. They will not count as part of the aggregate bag limit of mourning doves as long

as they are identifiable. There is no daily bag or possession limit for Eurasian collared-doves. Sandhill crane season runs through Sept. 15 in all five hunt areas, with seasons extending to Sept. 30 in three hunt areas. The daily limit is two birds for all hunts, and the season limit is two birds for each hunter. The early Canada goose hunt will run through Sept. 15 in Bear Lake and Caribou counties, and that portion of Bingham County within the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage. The daily bag limit is five and the possession limit is 15 during this time period. Hunters can now find seasons and rules for waterfowl, sandhill crane, dove and crow in the 2016-2017 Migratory Game Bird Seasons and Rules brochure, as well as license requirements, shooting hours, and hunt area descriptions. The brochures are available at Fish and Game’s offices, license vendors, and online at www.idfg.idaho.gov/ hunt/rules/migratory.

Police Reports From Page 8B Ave., report of ongoing problem with dogs barking constantly at tan and green manufactured home. ILLEGAL BURNING: Reeds Landing Rd., report that subject lit large bon fire. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 6th DISORDERLY CONDUCT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of disorderly at concert. ANIMAL PROBLEM: Houghton St., report of a large black bear in tree. NOISE COMPLAINT: W. 6th ARREST: N. Newport Ave. Brian S. Norton, 33, of Newport, arrested for driving under the influence.

Sunday, Aug. 28 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of vehicle with no plates. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. 6th Ave. DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights MALICIOUS MISCHEIF: 2nd Ave., caller reports someone shot her windshield. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: W. Sacheen St., ongoing problem

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (District) has declared the following real estate properties as no longer necessary, material to, or useful in the operations of the District and, therefore, surplus to the needs of the District: • Property No. 1 (Newport South): Three tax parcels (Pend Oreille Prop. IDs 17036, 19183, 19193), 172.47 acres located about one-half mile south of the Newport city limits. Brief legal description: E1/2 NE ¼ of Sec. 27, T31N, R45E; Gov’t Lots 2, 3, and 4 of Sec. 30, T31N, R46E, W.M. Fair Market Value: $245,000 • Property No. 2 (Mill Pond Flume): One tax parcel (PID 7915), 52.6 acres located about 2.5 miles southeast of Metaline Falls just south of Mill Pond. Brief legal description: NW1/4 SE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 N1/4E, Portion SE1/4 NW1/4, Sec. 25, T39N, R43E, W.M. Market Value: $33,000. • Property No. 3 (Sullivan Creek Flume): Not a separate tax parcel and contains approximately 100 acres. It is located about one-half mile east of Metaline Falls. Brief legal description: Parcel 1 of RS 2400 in S1/2 SW1/4 of Sec. 22 and NE1/4 NW1/4 of Sec. 27, 39 43, and part of Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 T39N, R43E, W.M. Fair Market Value: $228,000. • Property No. 4 (North Fork Sullivan Creek): One tax parcel (PID 7914),

with silver Lincoln Navigator speeding up and down street with teens hanging out of it.

warrant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy. 20, subject fitting description of person who broke into coffee stand.

WELFARE CHECK: S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of male subject asleep in deli, complainant can’t wake him.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Baker Lake Rd., caller watched two males driving a black Jeep Cherokee stop, get out of vehicle, and shoot a grouse. JUVENILE PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, Newport, caller states her son is a runaway juvenile and is currently running from her behind Subway. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report of truck sitting by Subway for a number of hours, people inside with other trucks coming and going. VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy. 2, report of male wearing dark hoody and jeans walking back and forth by gas station. AGENCY ASSIST: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of agency assist with wanted subject in casino.

VEHICLE RPWOL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

West Boner County Monday, Aug. 22 ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Hoop Loop, Priest River CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 57, Priest Lake ACCIDENT UNKNOWN INJURY: Shoshone Point Drive, Priest Lake Tuesday, Aug. 23 THEFT OF PROPERTY: Eastside Road, Priest River Wednesday, Aug. 24 CHILD NEGLECT: Riversong Lane, Priest River NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Priest River

Thursday, Aug. 25 NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Oldtown Friday, Aug. 26 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Old Priest river Rd., Priest River NON-INJURY ACIDENT: Hwy. 2, Priest River BATTERY: Holly Glenn W., Priest River ACCIDENT HIT AND RUN: Hwy. 2, Priest River MENTAL SUBJECT: E. 4th St. N., Oldtown Saturday, Aug. 27 SEX OFFENSE: Rivenes Ave., Priest River ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Hidden Valley Rd., Spirit Lake DISTUBING THE PEACE: E. Valley St. S., Oldtown, a 28-year-old Oldtown man of was cited/released for disturbing the peace.

VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Oldtown

ARREST: E. 4TH St. S., Nicole Bevins, 29, of Newport, for two outstanding Bonner County Warrants, and battery on a peace officer.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Sarah A. Pierre, 34, Spokane arrested on local

DISORDERLY ROAD: Shamar Drive, Blanchard

MISSING PERSON: Chipakota Lane, Oldtown

SEX OFFENSE: Jachetta Cutoff, Priest River

74 acres located about two miles east of Metaline Falls. Brief legal description: W1/2 SW1/4 of Sec. 24, T39N, R43E, W.M. Fair Market Value: $313,000. • Property No. 5 (Pee Wee Falls): Two tax parcels (PIDs 8292 & 8293) 191.15 acres located 71/2 miles north of Metaline Falls. Brief legal description: Gov’t Lots 2, 5 and shorelands on lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in Sec. 14; Gov’t Lots 1 & 2 including shorelands, SE1/4 NE1/4 of Sec. 15, T40N R43E. W.M. Fair Market Value: $846,000. These real estate properties will be sold as is, without surveys and/or title insurance. Bidders must obtain a Surplus Real Estate Bid Form, which are available on the District’s website at www.popud.org, or by contacting the District’s Contract Administrator at (509)447-9345. The Surplus Real Estate Bid Form must be used when submitting bids. Bid amounts shall be no less than the fair market, as listed above, for each property. Sealed bids will be received at the District’s Newport office, 130 N. Washington, P.O. Box 190, Newport, WA 99156 or at the Box Canyon Dam Visitor Center, 7492 Hwy 31, P.O. Box 547, Ione, WA 99139 until 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 28, 2016. The sealed bid process will be conducted in one or two phases described as follows: The first phase will consist of sealed bids received, as specified above, on or before

Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Each bid MUST be accompanied by an individual surety deposit, for the amount of $500.00, in the form of: Cashier’s Check, Certified Check, or Money Order, payable to Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County. In the event that more than one bid for any of the properties is received, a second phase of the bid process will be conducted for the property(ies). The second phase will consist of advertisement of the bid results of the first phase, with the opportunity for subsequent bids to be submitted in an amount no less than 10 percent more than the highest bid for each property that was submitted in the first phase. If a subsequent offer is received, the first offeror shall be informed by certified mail sent to the address stated in his or her offer. The first offeror shall then have ten days, from the date of mailing the notice of the increased offer, in which to submit a higher bid of no less than 5 percent more than that of the subsequent offeror. After the expiration of the ten-day period, the properties will be sold to the highest bidders. Interested persons may contact Mark Cauchy at (509) 447-9331 for more information. Published in The Newport Miner on August 31 and September 7, 2016. (31-2)