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Ponderay closes recycle plant Newsprint mill output still slowed by economy

BY FRED WILLENBROCK OF THE MINER

USK – Twenty years ago, the Ponderay Newsprint Company hit a major milestone after operating for five years; the owners made the biggest investment in the plant since building it on a green field in Usk. They constructed a newsprint recycling facility to supply more fiber to the mill and become a “greener” operation. Another milestone will be set on Oct. 1 when the recycling plant shuts down permanently.

The continuing battle to cut costs to stay profitable that has raged at the mill

the past decade played a part in the decision. Mill Manager Myron Johnson said it is less expensive now to use wood chips than to process old newsprint. One factor in the cost difference is attributed to the rising prices of old newsprint.

Johnson said they actually shut down the recycle plant this past spring. They stopped buying from their commercial supplier then, and recently told nonprofit groups like churches and schools that they had continued to buy from this summer that they would not buy after Oct. 1. They have SEE PLANT, 2A

Metaline Falls water system customers split on sale

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – Mixed survey results trickled in to the Town of Meta-

line Falls from less than half of the more than 200 customers on the Metaline Falls water system, regarding a possible town acquisition of the system.

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The Pend Oreille Mine, a few miles north of Metaline Falls, has begun preparations for reopening. Teck American Incorporated announced the reopening in April, adding about 160 new jobs to the county and hoping for five years or more of operations.

Teck mine preps for opening Former GM Brown returns

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – Former General Manager Mark Brown returned to the Pend Oreille Mine in his former position and started work Wednesday, Sept. 17. The grounds of the mine were bustling as truckloads of materials arrived and employees moved about in anticipation of a full producing mine on Wednesday.

Other changes are occurring in the wake of Teck American Incorporated announcing the reopening of the Pend Oreille Mine in April because of rising zinc prices.

Vice President of Teck American Dave Godlewski has retired, Senior Environmental Coordinator Kris Mc-

Caig said. She said she will take over some of Godlewski’s duties. She confirmed that Mark Brown is now general manager.

Teck plans to hire about 160 new employees to operate the mine. Teck maintained about 80 employees after the mine was placed on care and maintenance mode in 2009 because of declining global economic conditions. This will make a workforce of more than 240 employees operating the mine by the first of the year.

Company officials said they officially received nearly 3,000 applications for various positions with many of them from this region.

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Dalkena has new little free library

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

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Rod Flores and his grandchildren, Zack, 9, and Rachael, 11, check out the little free library they helped build and paint. The little free library at Dalkena is a project of the Dalkena chapter of the Washington State Home and Community Educators and the brainchild of Bonnie Witt.

DALKENA – Bonnie Witt first heard about the ‘little free library’ movement a couple years ago. Little free libraries are pretty much what they sound like – places people can take and leave books, without obligation.

“About two years ago I heard about the little free library and thought it was a cool idea,” Witt said. She put it on the back burner until she read a news article about a woman starting such a library in Spokane.

“There are several in Spokane County, but I had not heard of one in Pend Oreille County,” she said. So she set about changing that.

First she looked for a cabinet with a glass door.

“I couldn’t fine one,” she said. She started looking for a small window, figuring she could have a cabinet built. “That didn’t work either.”

She had been telling her friend, Kathy Flores, about her mission. Flores got interested and offered to ask her husband, Rod, if he would build a cabinet.

The two women started looking for books to put in the library. They bought a few at

yard sales and asked friends and family for books they might want to donate.

“We wanted a nice smattering of books,” she said.

Rod Flores, working with his grandson Zachary, nearly 10, built the cabinet.

Granddaughter Rachael Flores, 11, painted

‘We were tickled to death to get it. We weren’t sure anybody knew it was here.’

Bonnie Witt

About the first note left at the Little Free Library in Dalkena

it brown with a pink trim. The cabinet was topped with license plates, since Rod also restores old cars.

“We were thrilled and stocked it immediately,” Witt said. Witt favors mysteries.

Rod Flores likes westerns, although there weren’t many in stock yet.

There are some mysteries, including a James Patterson mystery, a couple cookbooks, some children’s books and some SEE LIBRARY, 2A

B R I E F LY Courthouse, Hall of Justice workers settle contract

NEWPORT – Workers at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse and the Hall of Justice will see a 2 percent increase in pay immediately, with another 1.5 percent increase in 2015 and 1.5 percent in 2016, following mediation to resolve the contract between Teamsters Local 690 and the county.

Workers also will receive a signing bonus. Employees who were employed with the county Jan. 1 will get a $500 one time stipend. Newer employees will get a $250 stipend.

According to Shelly Stafford, the county’s human resources coordinator, there are 28 workers in the union.

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Twenty-five will get $500 and three will get $250.

In 2015, the county will spilt health insurance premium increases 50-50 with workers.

The county’s cost share will be limited to a maximum $25 monthly increase in monthly contributions, regardless of the premium amount.

The county now has contracts with all its union workers.

The sheriff deputies’ contract will end in 2014 and negotiations will begin again.

The union contract for road department employees will be opened for salaries and benefits negotiations.

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WDFW tries to prevent the spread of mudsnails

OLYMPIA – State fisheries managers are working to limit the spread of invasive New Zealand mudsnails recently found at the Ringold Hatchery, north of Richland.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed the presence of mudsnails at the hatchery in late August.

New Zealand mudsnails also were detected along the banks of the Columbia River, which flows past the hatchery, and in SEE BRIEFLY, 8A

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WATER: System is $180,000 in debt FROM PAGE 1

The Metaline Falls Town Council and the Pend Oreille Public Utility District mailed a survey in August to customers asking if they wanted the town to take it over.

The non-binding survey followed the town sponsored phase two study of the water acquisition, conducted by Stantec, a consulting firm.

The PUD Board of Commissioners will discuss the results of the survey during a public hearing at the regular board meeting at Box Canyon Dam, Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m.

The board of commissioners will meet in the maintenance shop upstairs.

The commissioners have the ultimate authority to transfer ownership.

The water system is about $180,000 in debt to the PUD, which owns and operates the system now.

The PUD’s recent water rate increase to balance the budget started the town leaders’ discussion of a possible acquisition.

The town has been studying the water system in three phases, determining the costs to operate the system and where the system is at currently with maintenance and regular operations.

In the Phase II study, the PUD estimated operating expenses at $156,546 for 2014. Stantec consultant Alan Gay was hired by the town council to complete the study and said the PUD supplied him this number.

The study shows annual operating expenses for the town would be less, at $86,152, plus about $50,000 for capital projects annually, totaling $136,152. But there are different factors in both numbers that must be considered, both PUD and Stantec officials said.

“The only savings we believe they may realize is the reduction of labor costs as they may be able to pay less per hour and

benefits than we can,” said Mark Cauchy, the PUD’s director of regulatory and environmental affairs. “The cost for chemicals, materials, preventive maintenance and

‘[The town is] responsible for all costs.’

Alan Gay

Stantec Consultant

etc., would be the same regardless who operates the system.”

Gay said the main difference in costs is the PUD including capital projects in its budget, where the study could not determine an exact amount for these projects.

Capital projects are estimated in the study at about $50,000 per year.

“It’s not making any headway on the things that need upgraded,” Gay said.

Cauchy said capital expenses are covered by grants.

Gay said the reason the town could operate the system, on paper at least, cheaper than the PUD, is there would be no travel expenses for the water system operator and the rate of labor is less than the union employees’ at the PUD. Gay said the town does not offer as many “fringe” benefits that the PUD offers.

Gay said the labor hours put into the water system would remain at 30 per week, with the town labor rate at about $25 plus benefits. The PUD rate is more than $30 per hour plus benefits.

“In terms of effort, it’s pretty much the same as the PUD operates now,” Gay said.

Town Councilman Van Whysong said there is no certified water technician employed by the town currently.

“That is someone we would have to hire and re-

cruit,” Whysong said. He added that a current employee could go through the water certification process.

Cauchy said the PUD has already reduced labor hours on the water system in response to the town’s concerns of the increase in rates.

“However, we have had several outages this year that dug into those savings,” Cauchy said. “I assume their numbers do not account for system breakdowns that can occur.”

The PUD has one appeal going for it, Gay said.

They are able to offer the water system a “safety net” for maintenance and catastrophes. “[The town is] responsible for all costs,” Gay said, should the town complete the acquisition process.

Gay said two parts of the system need work or improvements. There is one or two of the Pressure Reducing Valve vaults that need work.

“One in particular needs to be upgraded,” Gay said.

He said there is also a pipe on the distribution system that needs replaced. The length of the pipe is unknown at this time, Gay said.

“The quality of maintenance and operation, however, comes with a price,” the study states.

“While it may be possible to reduce the cost for a system operator under new ownership, the Town must also understand the additional costs and risks it would incur by being responsible for routine operations and maintenance, as well as capital improvements.”

Gay said overall the PUD has maintained the system well.

“Consistent systems upgrades, such as the addition of a backup generator at the treatment plant and water main replacement throughout the system, help to ensure system reliability,” according to the report.

PLANT: Newsprint sales up FROM PAGE 1

been warehousing the newsprint and will sell it.

Because of the design of their plant, they had never been able to produce newsprint with more than about 20 percent recycled content. The rush to add recycling plants came when some states like California created laws setting the minimum amount of recycle paper that must be used. California one of the biggest users of newsprint set the minimum of 40 percent recycled newsprint.

Recycle plants also were built when newsprint was a cheap source of wood fiber to add to the scarcer woods chips.

Johnson said the closure won’t impact the total employment at Ponderay.

The plant had originally employed four people. They haven’t filled some positions open by retirements.

They continue to operate at reduced production, Johnson said last week.

They plan for reduced production for a few more months. Orders for newsprint are better but not enough to support full production yet.

In the second quarter ending June 30, managing partner Resolute reported newsprint sales from all its mills were up about 3 percent from the same period last year, with prices about the same but profits up due to cost savings.

Some mills have closed or converted to other types of paper. Ponderay currently employs about 154 people. At one time, they employed more than 200.

Part of cost controls over the past few years have been a reduction of labor; contracting some work and changing how they do things is attributed to some of that.

Before the recycling plant came on line in 1995, the mill produced 620 tons of newsprint each day.

At full production it can produce about 700 tons per day.

Company employees built the newsprint recycling or “de-inking” plant.

Most people didn’t even know it was there.

The 20-to-30 foot tall building is east of the main newsprint making building, which is 60 to 80 feet tall.

The recycling plant turned old newspapers and magazines back into pulp and then cleaned and deinked this pulp so it could be fed back into the paper machine.

At 110 feet by 200 feet in size, the warehouse is somewhat smaller than a football field. It held about two weeks’ supply of newspapers and magazines – nearly 2,000 tons.

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – Priest River’s annual Oktoberfest is this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 27. The event is held in conjunction with the Head of the Pend Oreille Regatta, which begins with a rowers’ barbecue Friday evening.

Oktoberfest, organized by the Priest River Chamber of Commerce, features the Priest Communities Fun Run, a sidewalk chalk art contest, pumpkin painting and scarecrow building, as well beer and wine, food and entertainment.

Oktoberfest begins at 11 a.m. and goes until dark, centered at the corner of Main and High streets in downtown Priest River.

Visitors can try out a climbing wall, listen to live music, and shop at local vendors’ booths.

Buy a mug and get your first beer for free.

The annual 5K Head of the Pend Oreille Regatta starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Thama Shores and ends at Bonner Park West, where spectators get a good view of the race.

After a two-year absence, Palouse River Rowing

will compete in the HOP. They were present for the inaugural Head of the Pend Oreille in 2011, and will enter a Masters mixed eight in the Sept. 27 Regatta. The return of the Palouse River Rowing and the inaugural presence of Washington State University Men’s crew bring a strong showing from the Pullman-Moscow area, organizers said. These two groups will join the WSU women’s crew, who has been to all four HOP regattas.

Additionally, there will be more crews participating in the Row-by Friday evening starting at 5:15 p.m. At the Row-by, unique to the HOP, individual crews perform an exhibition row before the spectators at the rowers’ barbecue. This is an event that is appreciated and enjoyed by both the spectators and the rowers.

The rowers’ barbecue will be held at Bonner Park West and the Priest River Yacht Club Friday, Sept. 26 from 5-8 p.m.

The barbecue features tritip, chicken breast, pasta, broccoli and Caesar salads, fresh fruit and homemade cookies. Tickets are $10 per person with children 12 and under $7.

TECK: Mine is set to operate for about five years FROM PAGE 1

Some former employees are returning from when the Pend Oreille Mine ceased operations in 2009.

About $60,000 is the average annual salary for jobs at the mine. Subcontractors have been doing work on the processing plant and mine. Furniture and other supplies were being moved from Spokane to the mine this week.

Teck officials are hoping to produce about 80,000 tons of concentrates per

year from the zinc and lead mine. About 10-12 trucks of concentrate will be driven across the Canadian border to the smelter in Trail, B.C., about 50 miles from the mine on a daily basis.

The mine is set to operate for about five years, based on the amount of reserves still in the mine and recently established on its holdings. Officials said in April they would evaluate the reserves after five years and see if they will continue.

LIBRARY: Located on Highway 20 FROM PAGE 1

books for young adults, as well as some Hardy Boys mysteries.

Witt told her colleagues at the Dalkena branch of the Washington State Home and Community Educators and they adopted it as one of their projects.

Dalkena’s Little Free Library sits on the river-side of Highway 20, about 11 miles north of Newport. So far it has had about three people stop by. A neighbor donated a journal book for comments and one person left a note.

“They wrote, ‘Great idea, thanks for sharing,’” Witt said. She said she was happy to get the note.

“We were tickled to death

to get it. We weren’t sure anybody knew it was here,” Witt said.

There are more than 2,500 little free libraries registered with The Little Free Library website (littlefreelibrary.org).

Witt says she may have started something here in Pend Oreille County.

One man stopped the other day to check out the Dalkena little free library, she said.

He said he had just heard about it and wanted to put one at his place across the river.

“I never have been a trend setter, but maybe there will be more springing up in Pend Oreille County,” Witt said.

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Sept. High Low Precip 16 83 40 17 80 43 18 81 49 19 76 55 20 77 49 21 82 47 22 86 47 -

Source: Albeni Falls Dam

The weather this time last year was cooler than previous weeks. We had a few cloudy days early in the week, then the weather got a little warmer and gave us full sun to carry out our fall week. The high for the week at 74, the nights held the week’s low at frosty 32.

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Man gets probation for marijuana grow

B R I E F LY Hospital board meets one week late NEWPORT – The Newport Hospital and Health Services board of directors is meeting a week late, and at a different time, because of scheduling conflicts. The meeting is Thursday, Oct. 2, at 12:30 p.m., in the Sandifur Room in the basement of Newport Hospital.

The board oversees Newport Hospital, both of its clinic, River Mountain Village assisted living and Newport Long Term Care.

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

Student enrollment rises for north county schools IONE – Student enrollment is up for the Cusick and Selkirk school districts.

Cusick budgeted for 237 students, a decrease from last year’s 262 students. Currently there are 248 students in the district.

Superintendent Don Hawpe said the changes came from students moving out of the district and more students enrolling in Running Start through Spokane Falls Community College to earn their associates degree.

Hawpe said they budget for enrollment by trying to determine the number of kindergarteners in the area and subtract out graduating seniors and the families who indicated they may be moving out of the district.

“Enrollment is never an exact science,” Hawpe said.

“Each new student is a benefit to the overall enrollment.”

Selkirk Superintendent Nancy Lotze said the enrollment at Selkirk is also up slightly.

They have 242 students, two more than they ended the last school year with. She said the expected enrollment was 228.

“Because of the mine’s (reopening) announcement, we budgeted on 235 in anticipation of a slightly higher enrollment and came in at 242,” Lotze said.

Family awarded for rangeland stewardship COLVILLE – The U.S. Forest Service awarded a Colville family for their stewardship of public rangeland recently.

John and Melva Dawson and their son Jeff, received the award earlier this month at a meeting in Ignacio, Colo.

The award cited the family’s progressive approach to facing challenges associated with livestock grazing on federal lands.

After wolves returned to Northeast Washington, the Dawsons hired a range rider to deter wolves from attacking cattle. The project was the first of its kind in the state.

The cows’ summer range overlaps with territory used by the Smackout Pack’s seven wolves. During the three years the family has used a range rider, no cattle have been lost to the pack, according to the SpokesmanReview.

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Firewood cut for the needy Mountain West Bank hosted a firewood drive, to help those in need stay warm this winter. The firewood was cut Thursday, Sept. 18, by Matthew Webster, a volunteer from Life Designs Ranch. Webster said he volunteered because there are a lot of people in the area who need the wood.

Retired couple says burglary changed way they live

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A retired couple whose home was burglarized by Darin Bigness and Courtney Cate told Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Pat Monasmith that the couple had stolen more than physical items when they burglarized their LeClerc Road South home.

“They broke in and damaged our home, they slept in our bed, they stole our car and totaled it,” said the visibly upset woman in court at Cate’s sentencing Aug. 28. She said the burglary changed the way they lived.

“We wanted to move. It wasn’t our house anymore.”

She asked that Cate, 23, and Bigness, 48, be given a maximum sentence.

Her husband also spoke.

“On Valentine’s Day, I learned our house had been broken into and car stolen,” he said at Cate’s sentencing.

The couple was back Thursday, Sept. 18 for Bigness’ sentencing.

“Bigness was the instigator,” the man said. “His record speaks for itself.”

Cate pleaded guilty to residential burglary and

theft of a vehicle. At Cate’s sentencing, deputy prosecutor Jeremy Schmidt told Monasmith that Cate was involved with an older male criminal. He recommended she be sentenced to 90 days in jail as a first time offender.

By doing so, she would be on community custody – probation – after she was released.

Cate’s defense attorney Barrett Scudder, said Bigness told her that it was a friend’s house. He said Cate and Bigness were doing drugs.

Bigness pleaded guilty to five counts of theft of a firearm, residential burglary

and theft of a motor vehicle.

At Bigness’ sentencing Sept.

18, defense attorney Robin McCroskey said that Bigness was contrite. He was addicted to meth, she said and wanted treatment. She asked that he be sentenced to a prison based Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative.

Schmidt also recommended the prison DOSA. He said Bigness would be sentenced to 33 months in prison and 33 months probation. Part of the prison time would be spent in drug treatment.

NEWPORT – A 63-yearold man who pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture or deliver was sentenced to 12 months probation when he appeared in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, Sept. 18.

Waylin M. Colebank was found with more than 300 marijuana plants of various ages growing on property he was renting off Highway 20.

Deputy prosecutor Jeremy Schmidt said that the issue of marijuana enforcement was “an evolving issue,” with different standards for medical marijuana co-ops on the West side of the state.

There, larger coops were allowed, he said, but on the east side the 45-plant limit was enforced. He pointed out that until recently, growing more than 100 plants brought federal charges and a mandatory minimum sentence.

Defense attorney Adreinne Thommes said that Colebank taught people

how to grow marijuana.

She said he wasn’t aware of every plant that was on the property and would be more careful in the future.

Colebank said that he was teaching and that people at the property were greedy, growing more marijuana than was allowed.

“I did learn a lesson,” he said. The grow was discovered when law enforcement responded to a report of domestic violence in progress in late September 2013. According to a sworn statement of probable cause, Colebank had called to report that a woman had punched him in the arm when they were trimming marijuana.

Colebank cooperated with the sheriff deputy when he asked to see the grow. The deputy counted 324 plants on the property. He called Schmidt, who advised him to get a search warrant, which he did. When they returned to serve the search warrant the same day as the domestic violence call, they SEE MARIJUANA, 4A

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Newport sports complex plan should continue

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everal years ago the Newport School District, city, rodeo association, sports groups and community leaders had a plan for developing a sports complex for all ages and interests. Part of it was implemented when the new track and sports field was renovated at the high school. The baseball field was also rebuilt. Other pieces were built by the city and volunteers like the splash park and softball fields.

But slowly the wheels came off the cohesive plan wagon and everyone started running again on their own. We believe it’s better to do this together, so it’s time to revisit the plan.

The Newport Sports Complex doesn’t officially exist.

Although with a little imagination a person will see the potential that got those working on the plan years ago. They actually had an engineering firm make a drawing. It includes the sports fields around the Newport schools as well as the gyms and playgrounds. The City Park, playground, skate park, splash park and camping area are also important pieces. The softball fields and rodeo grounds should definitely be part of the plan. All of these properties are connected; they are used by people of all ages.

By getting all the property owners and users together to agree on a comprehensive plan, they can share resources. They can also avoid duplicating expensive capital improvements.

For example, when the last group stopped meeting they were discussing a restroom and shower facility near the campground. It could be used by campers attending the rodeo but if positioned correctly, it could also be used by softball and baseball field athletes and fans. This addition would also improve camping during summer sports tournaments and increased use of the rodeo grounds.

A discussion by all the groups can also get a better positioning of all the sports fields controlled by the school. The resources and funds will be better used.

Improvements to the rodeo grounds so more events can be held there will only happen with broad community support. This can start with the group planning the entire sports complex, which happens to include the rodeo grounds.

Another project that was high on the sports complex group list was rebuilding the tennis courts at the high school for the students and public. They had even received a $100,000 commitment from the National Tennis Association before the energy died.

There are many possibilities for this unique situation. All of them will add recreation opportunities for everyone and draw more people to the community. It’s time to start planning again.

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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted last week on a felony charge of child abuse for allegedly spanking his 4-year-old son and causing significant injuries. The incident ignited a national debate on whether spanking a child is proper parenting or child abuse.

Do you think it is OK to spank a child?

Yes. Kids don’t listen to reason, but spanking drives the point home.

Yes, but only if you follow certain “rules:” only once on the bottom with your hand, over clothing.

Sometimes. It depends on the severity of what they’ve done.

Absolutely not. It is never OK to assault anyone, especially a child.

I’ve never spanked my children, but I don’t have a problem with other people spanking their own. It’s a personal choice.

R E A D E R ’ S P O L L R E S U LT S Do you think the United States needs to step up its military presence in the Middle East, or continue on Obama’s initial plan to remove our military efforts in the region?

In light of the I’m not sure either direct attack on way, but I trust Americans, we our president to do need to do evwhat’s right. erything we can to seek out and We need to get destroy ISIS. out of the Middle East. Only after the U.S. military leaves those people alone will they stop targetI never thought we should have left Iraq ing Americans. in the first place. The region is notoriously dangerous for Americans.

4%

36% 36% 24%

Total Votes: 25

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YO U R O P I N I O N Keough most liberal Idaho senator To the editor: This November when you go to vote, ask yourself: “Is 18 years long enough?”

Because that is how long Sen. Shawn Keough has been in office. Through these years, Keough, R-Sandpoint, has built a strong liberal record. In fact, she is the most liberal Senator in Idaho. So, if you are pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-higher spending, and pro-Obamacare, then Keough has served you well.

But, if you are like me, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, pro-small government, and against Obamacare, then Keough has not represented you. That’s why, this Nov. 4, I’m voting for Christian Fioravanti for State Senate.

Christian holds strong moral values, and will adhere to the Constitution with his votes. Christian will represent us well in Boise, and that is why I will be voting for Christian Fioravanti for State Senate.

-Asa Gray Priest River

Proxy votes a logical practice To the editor: In keeping with the recent US Supreme Court decisions, (Citizens United, Hutchinson) it would be completely logical to institute the practice of proxy voting. Under such a scheme corporations would pay voters for their votes, which would be cast in the form of proxies in much the same way that corporations now elect their boards of directors. The corporate executive or board representative could then use those proxies to cast his or her (or their) votes for the candidate of their choice in a national or a local election.

The system has all sorts of implications: viz. as an antipoverty measure it would assure the poor of a regular private stipend. It would enable the moneyed plutocrats a sure and efficient way of influencing election outcomes without risking the legal consequences of direct campaign contributions to venal and sometimes unreliable politicians, thus introducing a much needed element of corporate

efficiency into the electoral system.

Furthermore, the practice of proxy voting would eliminate the need for such questionable and malodorous attempts at eliminating voter fraud or disfranchising as voter identification foisted by many states. If you can produce a valid voter registration card, you have a salable commodity available to the highest bidder. The welfare programs conducted by federal, state, and some local authorities could then be curtailed without eliminating the safety net enjoyed by a significant number of our citizens, while taxes could almost certainly be reduced.

The implied benefits of corporate proxy voting outweigh any detriment to putting the practice into effect as soon as possible. All that would be necessary is legislation from an obliging parliamentary body and support from the judiciary. I urge you, my fellow Americans, to weigh the idea and give it your support.

-Arthur V. Greenfield Newport

An election year bill To the editor: In its most recent quarter, the US Postal Service lost a massive $1.9 billion. That’s far worse than the $699 million loss they racked up over the same quarter last year.

It has maxed out its $15 billion credit line. They have almost no liquidity left to continue financing operations, they’re not profitable, and they have no capacity left to borrow more money in order to plug the shortfall.

Perhaps most alarming is that, according to the US Postal Service’s own financial statements, its net worth is negative $44 billion.

This doesn’t happen by accident. It takes decades of mismanagement and structural issues to reach this point.

Lets compare the 2-day shipping rates among major carriers in the US for a simple envelope package.

FedEx: $25.12 UPS: $24.16 US Postal Service: $5.05 (if done online) No finance degree needed to see the problem here!

FedEx and UPS are profitable, earning billions in

pretax income. They each pay an effective tax rate of more than 35 percent.

Now we see a new bill introduced in the house.

H.R. 5445, the “Postal Jobs Protection Act of 2014”.

It states: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no mail processing facility operating as of September 1, 2014, may be closed or consolidated prior to December 31, 2015.”

Congress wants to pass a law to ensure that no US postal center can be shut down through the end of next year.

In all fairness, the Postal Service knows what to do.

They’re at the end of their rope. And if they’re going to survive, they need to raise revenue and cut costs dramatically.

This includes the uncomfortable prospect of laying off employees and closing down unprofitable processing centers, especially in an election year.

But Congress doesn’t want that, it’s an election year after all.

-Judson Lightsey Newport

Poor still poorer To the editor: Washington was one of a few states last year to get poorer overall, while the prosperous west side billionaires got richer.

Our state’s poor increased by roughly 70,000 residents in 2013 from 2012.

Makes a simple path clear on the east side, go, out and up.

I am still studying climate change on the poor.

More non-scientific data is coming in, from the Union Theological Seminary weekend conference of clergy from around the world, addressing the moral issues raised by human-induced global warming.

Some of our science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) sponsored community are marching to a powerful, passionate, paradigm-shattering call to action novel, authored

by Naomi Klein, titled “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate.”

Add to this the devastating environmental and economical costs of warfare and bombing across the world, and I have a lot of studying to do.

Climate change seems to make us all poorer.

I believe, for a very brief moment in time, the nature of that change is still up to us.

-Duane Schofield Cusick

SRO expensive and unnecessary To the editor: I am sure that Officer Dobson is a fine person and deputy, and not a cold blooded killer as Greg Hicks defended him last week in his letter. Hicks talks of the armed deputy as if he was a certified school counselor who happens to carry a gun. Being a nice guy doesn’t make him a counselor and child psychologist.

The deputy should go to college and get his master’s degree in school counseling if he is going to provide advice and counsel students.

The purpose of schools is to educate kids and the School Resource Officer isn’t necessary in achieving that goal.

The SRO makes as much sense as having an armed security guard at the hospital who also advises patients on their health issues. Normally, in this community we would hear people complain about big government and the schools replacing or taking the roles of parents. The SRO is just an expensive and unnecessary add-on.

Since the deputy remains on the force, who replaces him in the field? Is the sheriff going to hire a replacement and add to the county budget shortfall?

Kids are going to make mistakes and be caught by the SRO. Please don’t say that Officer Friendly is supposed to look the other way when crimes are committed like underage smoking. The result will be arrests and more kids entered into the juvenile court system.

So ask yourself if the Newport schools are such a hot bed of crime that they need to have a deputy at the school doing law enforcement. What’s going to happen is students will learn how to avoid being caught by the SRO and not much will change at the schools.

What problem was the school board trying to solve by bringing in the SRO? -Pete Scobby Newport

MARIJUANA: It is illegal to grow medical marijuana FROM PAGE 3A

found another man in a tent with a rifle Colebank had given him. Colebank has a 1976 conviction for burglary, so was prohibited from owning firearms.

The other man, John W. Wolfe, 51, has a felony conviction and also was prohibited from possessing firearms.

They were both arrested.

Schmidt agreed to dismiss the

firearm charge against Colebank in exchange of the plea.

Wolfe has agreed to plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture and deliver. In exchange for that plea, the firearm charge against him will be dismissed. He is to make his plea Oct. 2.

Monasmith noted that Colebank had been cooperative with law enforcement but that he had more marijuana than was permitted. It is illegal to grow

medical marijuana, he said.

He sentenced Colebank to 12 months probation and ordered he pay $2,100 in court costs, which Colebank said he would pay that day.

Schmidt asked that the marijuana and marijuana products be forfeited, as well as $586 in cash. Thommes said Colebank wanted the money back. Monasmith ordered a hearing Oct. 10 to decide if he would get the money back.

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Tan Linez offers spray, UV tanning

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Laurie Sirevog and Teresa Zamora opened Tan Linez Tanning Salon Sept. 6 in downtown Newport, offering both traditional UV tans and spray tans.

“We wanted to have something for the kids for homecoming,” Sirevog said of the spray tans. The automated spray tan booth is pretty high tech. You stand in it and get sprayed with a vertically moving sprayer.

After it makes a pass, the machine audibly directs you to take a step to turn to get fully covered. “It talks to you,” Sirevog laughs. “You turn all the way around.”

Spray tans last about two to three weeks if they’re taken care of, Sirevog said.

There are also two 12-minute UV tanning beds and a 10-minute stand up UV booth, in addition to the

spray tan booth.

This is the first business enterprise for the women, who met when they were living in Alaska. Living there gave them an appreciation for light.

“We met in Ketchikan, Sirevog where it is rainy and dark,” Zamora said.

Both women have had careers before opening the salon.

Sirevog worked in human Zamora resources for the federal Department of Homeland Security.

“I had five states,” she said.

“I was always gone.” She recently retired and opening the tanning salon gave her a chance to do something fun, she said.

Zamora works as a realtor

in addition to working at the salon. She moved here in 2007. Sirevog moved here in 2006.

“I’ve been in customer service all my life,” Zamora said.

In Alaska, she worked for a utility company.

She has also worked as a program manger for a young mother program, as well as running a home day care.

Both women’s husbands work in law enforcement.

Grant Sirevog is undersheriff for Pend Oreille County and retired police chief of Ketchikan. Bill Zamora is a Pend Oreille County Sheriff deputy and a retired Alaska state trooper. The women pride themselves on running a clean, friendly salon.

Tan Linez is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is located at 127 S. Washington Ave., in Newport and can be reached at 509-209-3274.

Gift, ice cream shop opens in Metaline Falls

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – Lynn and Bear Holter grew up in the north part of Pend Oreille County and both wanted to open up a gift shop and ice cream parlor for area residents to enjoy. In June, the Gift-N-Gab opened its doors in the Historic Washington Hotel.

“I always thought a gift shop would be awesome,” Lynn Holter said. “It’s just a really cool location.”

She said they wanted to cater to the needs of the town and ice cream was a need.

They offer eight flavors of Cascade Glacier ice cream on a freshly made waffle cone.

“We’re the only place

around here that sells it,” Holter said.

Holter has been making hand-made soaps and body creams for about five years, running her own company online and through craft shows and local sales. She said with internet sales being “iffy” and real estate options minimal for a good store location, she could not pass up the option of opening Gift-N-Gab in the Washington Hotel, built in 1906. The store is located at 225 E. Fifth Ave. She said the atmosphere fits because it is one of the oldest buildings in town and has a rustic appeal with oldfashioned rooms and light fixtures. The store offers Holter’s hand-made soaps and body creams, as well as other local

crafters pieces on consignment. Holter said the items range from framed artwork to metal sculpting to knitting.

The store is open during the summer months Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Holter said those hours may vary during the upcoming winter months.

“We will probably cut them a little bit,” she said.

Holter, 54, had moved to Spokane after being raised in Ione and spent 16 years in the city. She was a first manager at a Pier 1 store and dreamed of opening her own shop.

After starting to date her now husband Bear more than 13 years ago, she returned to her childhood area. For more information about Gift-NGab, call 509-446-1880.

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Marthaller helps to ‘See Less Weeds’

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Private property owners in the Box Canyon reservoir have a new avenue for weed removal in See Less Weeds, a privately owned aquatic weed removal company that is permitted to help landowners remove aquatic weeds such as milfoil.

Debra Marthaller finished the permitting process for a fiveMarthaller year project plan Monday, Sept.

15, allowing her to harvest aquatic weeds through mechanical and nonmechanical means. She said she will work anywhere in the Box Canyon reservoir of the Pend Oreille River.

“I jumped over every hurdle they threw at me,” Marthaller said. “And when I leave, they see less weeds.” See Less Weeds does not “clear cut or eradicate” the vegetation. They obtain all necessary permits before cutting the weeds either with hand tools along shorelines or the harvest boat in deeper waters. She will load the weeds up on a trailer and move them away from shorelines.

Marthaller will work seven days a week if the harvesting conditions apply. If special events are coming, she asks for extra time to schedule appropriately.

“When it’s time to cut weeds, it’s time to cut weeds,” Marthaller said.

The cost varies depending on the job. If a large group of property owners works together, she will work with the group on costs.

“The most important part, which is critical to the whole plan, is the (weeds) get removed away from the water as to not reenter because if they do…no matter how dry they are, they will grow again,” Marthaller said.

Under Level 1 mechanical harvesting, Marthaller cuts, collects and removes the weeds. This is in a deeper water setting, not along shorelines and is done with a harvesting boat.

For Level 2 shoreline work, she will use hand tools around docks and shorelines, and collect and remove the weeds. Marthaller said this method allows her to utilize the natural nutrients in the aquatic vegetation to increase and enrich soil. It can be used for soil enrichment,” Marthaller said. “It’s high in Nitrogen, high in all these other nutrients because it is basically decomposed weeds.”

Marthaller has 12 years experience in aquatic weed removal, becoming the sole proprietor to See Less Weeds in 2008. She also uses some of the soil she harvests and operates a greenhouse in the Usk area. She sells flowers and other plants at a roadside stand. “The amount of weeds I can take out in a short amount of time is phenomenal,” she said. “It’s my customers that make me keep doing it.”

To schedule an appointment, call 509-6716751 or email MilfoilRemoval@yahoo.com.

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Open houses offer chance to meet new library director NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Library District invites the public to welcome its new director of library services, Lori Slover, at a series of open houses in October.

Slover Slover has a Master of Arts in Communi-

cations and Training Technology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Media and an American Library Association K-12 School Library Media Endorsement.

She has more than 15 years experience, in both public and school libraries.

“The best libraries reflect the community and provide a place for interaction, literacy

and exploration,” according to the district board of trustees. The district circulated a survey to its patrons, asking what they wanted out of their library.

“We listened to your survey responses, and are ready to explore the areas you indicated are most important,” the board said in a press release.

The open house series

begins at the Newport Library Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5-7 p.m. A second open house will be held at that library, 116 S. Washington, Saturday, Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Ione and Metalines open house is Friday, Oct. 10 from 3-5 p.m. at Selkirk High School, 10372 Highway 31.

The Calispel branch’s open house is Saturday, Oct. 11,

Bigness said drug treatment would give him a chance for a new life. Monasmith asked him if he had any response to the victim.

Bigness said no.

Monasmith said that wasn’t surprising. “You’re a user,” he said, “of people and drugs.” Monasmith said his actions showed a “lack of humanity.”

Monasmith said that it came down to how to best protect the community. He sentenced Cate to 90 days in jail and 12 months community custody. He ordered she

pay court costs of $1,100.

In Bigness’ case, Monasmith said he had to weigh whether the community would be safer if Bigness went to prison for about six years and received no drug treatment or if he served 33 months in prison and received treatment.

“I think it is a close call,” Monasmith said. He said he would not have approved a DOSA that did not include a prison sentence. He sentenced Bigness to 33 months in prison followed by 33 months community custody, with much of the time spent in drug treatment. He also

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ordered Bigness pay $1,100 in court costs. There will be a restitution hearing later to see what Cate and Bigness owe the victims for the crime.

Sheriff deputies were able to solve the burglary

will also be an opportunity to talk with the library trustees, signup for a library card and check out your local library’s offerings.

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BURGLARY: Cate sentenced to 90 days in jail FROM PAGE 3A

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s located at 107 First Ave., Cusick.

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through police work and DNA evidence. Bigness and Cate were initially charged with possession of stolen property but were charged with burglary as a result of the DNA evidence collected by law enforcement.

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Crack in runway at Ione Airport

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER

IONE – The Ione Town Council discussed a small crack in the airport runway that should be fixed next summer during their regular town meeting, Sept. 3, Mayor Donnie Fowell said.

“It’s not a six foot wide crack,” Fowell said. “We are just trying to take care of it before it gets destroyed

too bad.”

Fowell said they would try to fix the crack at the same time as they fix the driveway next summer, which is part of a grant.

The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Club received an emergency services grant to cover the end of the driveway entering the airport with gravel because it gets filled with water during spring runoff.

“It’s trying to cover a

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Town of Ione passes audit IONE – The town of Ione passed its 2013 independent accountability audit by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, for the Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2103 fiscal year.

There were no deficiencies found in any areas, including financial reporting and federal awards. The only federal program during the audit period was a Community Development Block Grant the state administered.

“In the areas we audited, Town operations complied with applicable requirements and provided adequate safeguarding of public resources,” the audit states.

“The Town also complied with state laws and regulations and its own policies and procedures in the areas we examined.”

The previous audit in 2011 had one finding because the town hired a new Clerk/Treasurer and they were not trained with the Budgeting, Accounting, and Reporting Standards (BARS) manual. The town corrected the errors and the treasurer has been trained.

“We noted no significant errors in the 2013 financial statements,” the audit states. “This finding is fully resolved.”

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the airport. Fowell said they are getting a quote on the price of removal. “It’s to get them down before they get bigger,” Fowell said.

Also discussed at the meeting were plans for future road construction.

The town is applying for grants to redo the section of Main Street that runs from the NPOV railroad depot to the top of the City Park Drive.

“It will probably be next

year before we know about the grant,” Fowell said.

The Selkirk Trailblazers are looking into how to acquire county land for a disc golf course. The land is

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mudhole,” Fowell said.

Fowell said the roadway surrounding the runway was moved several years ago because the old road ran too close to the runway. In the new location, the driveway fills with spring runoff.

The road and driveway are used by ambulance and other emergency personnel when needed.

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BRIEFLY: FROM PAGE 1

the spring that supplies water to Ringold.

New Zealand mudsnails initially were detected in Washington in 1996 in the Columbia River.

Once established in a river or lake, mudsnails are difficult and costly to remove without damaging the aquatic habitat.

The section of the Columbia River that flows past the hatchery is a popular steelhead and chinook salmon fishery.

The department has posted signs in the area to inform anglers of the steps to take to minimize the spread of these mudsnails.

WDFW also is setting up stations for anglers fishing along the banks to clean their boots and gear to help prevent the spread of New Zealand mudsnails.

Roof bid rejected for Garden building NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County commissioners rejected the sole bid that came in to reroof the Garden Avenue building.

Spokane Roofing Co. LLC bid $123,700.

Commissioners had budgeted about $50,000 for the job.

County commissioner Steve Kiss said the plan is to repair the roof in house to get through the winter, then put the roofing job back out to bid next year.

Firefighters working small fire northeast of Sandpoint SANDPOINT – Firefighters from the Idaho Panhandle National Forest are working to confine a small fire on the national forest located approximately 1 mile south of Wylie Peak in Bonner County, as of Tuesday, Sept.

23. The fire was estimated to be 25 acres and poses no threat to structures, private property or natural resources. The fire was sparked in the past several weeks by a lightning strike and has only recently begun to spread.

Smoke from the fire is readily visible in the Sandpoint area and has drifted north to within several miles of Bonners Ferry.

Firefighters are working to confine the fire using natural barriers, roads and a small amount of fireline construction but smoke and hot spots are expected to remain until rain or snow fully extinguishes the fire this fall.

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Sports

B R I E F LY Priest River gets week off PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River football team will return to play Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. against the Clarkston Bantams at home. This is a nonleague game.

The Spartans are 2-1 overall with no league games played. Their last game was against Newport, Friday, Sept.

12, where they beat the Grizzlies 19-7.

Newport, Priest River runs at Plantes Ferry

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

SPOKANE – Both the Newport and Priest River cross country teams competed at the Eric Anderson Invitation at Plantes Ferry in Spokane Saturday, Sept.

20.

For the boys, Priest River’s Josh Marks was the only Spartan to run in the varsity race. He took 32nd in 18 minutes, 18 seconds.

“I was really proud of all our runners,” Priest River coach Lance Clark said. “The course was grassy which makes it harder to run faster times, but most of them ran better than previous easier coursON DECK: PRIEST RIVER AT es.”

NewLEWISTON INVITE: port Saturday, Sept. had five 27, 10 a.m. runners NEWPORT AT compete FREEMAN INVITE: Wednesday, in the Oct. 1, 4:45 p.m. junior varsity race. Senior Brent Willis took 30th in 20:05.

Noah Kress, a junior, took 90th in 22:34.

Seniors Jordan McGhee was 106th in 23:26, and Ben Jakeman was 112th in 23:44, and Ben Simila was 118th in 23:50.

Priest River junior Mike Taylor finished 73rd in 22:03. Sophomores Corbin Maltba, Clay Pelton and Gabe MacAlevy finished 76th, 78th and 82nd, in 22:12, 22:13 and 22:18, respectively.

Senior Starling Infante finished 100th in 23:03, sophomore Cody Pelton was 102nd in 23:18, and senior Josh Mullan was 110th in 23:41. Senior Levi Maltba took 120th in 23:52 and junior Kenny Chesnut finished 129th in 23:21.

For the girls, Priest River junior Elisabeth Young took eighth in 24:22 in the junior varsity race. Harley Nordby, a freshman, tied for 49th with Sandpoint’s Emerson Kanning, also a freshman, in 30:52.93.

Molly Johnson, a junior, took 56th in 31:22. Sarah Marks, a sophomore, took 63rd in 34:53.

Newport’s Erica Simila took 13th in 31:29 in the freshman race.

In the boys freshmen race, Newport boys came in 11th and Priest SEE RUNS, 3B

Priest River bests Newport in exciting match

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 |

Rangers victorious over Wampus Cats Selkirk, putting up the first 16 points of the game during

BY DON GRONNING

BY DESIREÉ HOOD

OF THE MINER

OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Priest River Spartan volleyball team won the battle of the border Wednesday, Sept.

17, when they beat Newport 3-1.

“It was at tough match,” Priest River coach Angie Goins said. “They were well matched teams. Both had good hitters and both passed well.”

Priest River won the first two sets 25-18, 25-21 before Newport rallied to decisively win the fourth set 25-14. But the Spartans came back to take the fourth and final set 25-16.

“We tend to relax if we do well early,” Goins said. The fourth set was a wake up call. “I think we decided we didn’t want to lose.”

Newport coach Lori Stratton agreed it was a good match between evenly matched teams.

It was Newport’s second match of the season, so they have room to improve, she said.

“We are still working on finding six to gel on the court and really focusing on making less errors and better passing,” she said.

The match was characterized by long volleys.

Newport’s Hadley Stratton led all players with 13 kills.

“We had a hard time blocking Hadley Strat-

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers beat the Clark Fork Wampus Cats 44-8, Friday, Sept. 19, in the non-league matchup.

Head Coach Kelly Cain said he was happy with how the team ON DECK: played, deVS. WALLACE JV: spite some Saturday, Sept. injuries.

27, 6 p.m.

“We were missing a couple of two-way starters to injury and I was happy with how we were able to juggle guys around and fill in,” Cain said. “We were also able to get everyone in during the course of the game for the first time this season which was nice.”

Coach Cain said junior Stephen Avey had a big game. Avey ran in two 15-yard touchdowns for MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING

Newport’s Jensen Kirkwood goes up against Priest River’s Kaylee Fink and Katlyn Summers in a match Wednesday, Sept. 17. Priest River won the hard fought match between two evenly matched teams.

ton,” Goins said.

Katlyn Summers led the Spartans with a dozen kills. She also had seven blocks. Lily Luckey had a dozen assists for Priest River, Megan Whitman had three aces and Mollie French led all players with 19 digs.

In addition to 13 kills, Stratton had three assists, 11 digs and four blocks for

Newport. Lauren Vaughn had a game high 17 assists and also served three aces for the Grizzlies.

Goins said seniors Kaylee Fink and Kerry Remsburg had good matches against Newport.

“Kaylee is one who doesn’t get a ton of kills, but she had a good match against Newport,” Goins said.

Priest River boys split the week PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River boys soccer team is 2-2 in Intermountain League play, and 2-5 overall after shutting out Orofino Friday, but losing to Valley Christian the day before.

The boys traveled to Valley Christian Thursday, and lost 4-0.

Valley Christian’s Brandon Ojogho scored first on a loose ball in front of the goal at about 18 minutes into the first half. James Segalla scored a hatrick with one goal in the first half at 26 minutes and two in the second half, at 50 and 53 minutes.

Priest River had several opportunities to put goals in the net, however the Panthers were able to hold off the Spartans.

“It was a pretty even match up between the two teams,” Spartan coach Rob Lawler said.

The Spartans had five shots on goal and VC keeper Aguilar recorded two saves. The Panthers had 19 shots on goal with Priest River keeper Drayven Ayers recording six saves.

“We have some adjustments to make as we head into a four league games most of which are on the road over the next two weeks,” Lawler said.

The Spartans hosted Orofino the following day, Friday, in a match that Lawler expected to provide a good opportunity to test some of those adjustments. It worked out well.

The boys beat Orofino 6-0 in the league game.

Priest River’s Tyler Jones began his hat trick with two goals in the first half. The first goal was at 26 minutes, assisted by Corbin Maltba and the second goal at 28 minutes was assisted by Joe Irvine.

In the second half, Gabe MacAlevy began the scoring at the 46 minutes followed by Maltba at 51 minutes. Jones finished his hat trick at 62 minutes ON DECK: off a solo shot from a corner kick that deAT BONNERS FERRY: Saturday, Sept. 27, 1 p.m. flected off an Orofino defender and keeper AT STILLWATER CHRISTIAN: into the goal. Clay Tuesday, Sept. 30, 3 p.m. Pelton assisted by Joe Irvine at 70 minutes completed the six-nil shut out of the Maniacs.

Priest River recorded 32 shots on goal and three saves completing the shared shutout by keepers Marcus Weiler in the first half and Drayven Ayers in the second half.

The Maniacs recorded three shots on goal and 12 saves.

“The boys played well tonight passing the ball well and playing a strong defense throughout the game,” coach Lawler said.

“Going into our final four games at 2-2 in league puts us in the driver’s seat to determine how we place for the district tournament. The team is looking forward to the challenge. As coach, I am expecting the team to compete well in these next four league games and excited about our opportunity to move into new territory with this team.”

The Spartans traveled to Timberlake Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They were to host St. George’s Tuesday, Sept. 16, but the game was canceled and rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. They travel to Bonners Ferry Saturday, Sept. 27 to play at 1 p.m. and then travel to Stillwater Christian to play Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.

Lady Griz take down Freeman

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport girls soccer team trounced Northeast A League foe Freeman 7-1 Tuesday, ON DECK: Sept. 16.

AT MEDICAL LAKE: Newport had 20 shots Thursday, Sept. 25, on goal while Freeman 4 p.m. had eight.

VS. COLVILLE: “The Freeman game Tuesday, Sept. 30, was not what I expected 4 p.m. as they usually play us quite close,” Newport coach Jeremy Lewis said.

Ashley Behrens when on a scoring rampage in the first half, scoring four goals – two with assists by Emily Lewis

– at 3 minutes, 6 six minutes, 8 minutes and 10 minutes.

Coach Lewis said Freeman played better after the first 10 minutes and Newport had to work for their goals there after.

“We moved the ball pretty well but have to do everything a little better and faster to be competing with the better teams of the league,” Lewis said.

Rhianna Knorr, assisted by Behrens, scored Newport’s fifth goal at 28 minutes before Freeman got on the scoreboard at 31 minutes.

In the second half, Behrens scored a goal at 69 minutes, assisted by Aryonna Willoughby. The final goal of the game SEE GRIZ, 3B

1B

‘They did a nice job running the ball at times, but we were able to stop them when needed.’

Kelly Cain Head Coach

the first quarter. Quarterback Dominic Cain ran in the two-point conversion on the first TD and connected a pass to Justin Chantry on the second score.

Cain had the final score of the first with a 94-yard interception and return for SEE RANGERS, 3B

Newport gets set win against Lakeside

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NINE MILE FALLS – The Newport Grizzly volleyball team lost the Northeast A

‘Melyssa Carlson had great passes for us and McKinsey Madison was working hard in the back row.’

Lori Stratton Newport Coach

League match to Lakeside Thursday, Sept. 25, but they did something they

haven’t done in some time – they won a set against the Eagles.

Lakeside is a perennial Northeast A League volleyball ON DECK: conAT MEDICAL LAKE: tender.

Thursday, Sept. 25, They 6:30 p.m. finished VS. COLVILLE: fourth Tuesday, Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. at the state tournament last year.

Newport lost 3-1 Thursday, losing the first two sets 25-15, 25-17 before winning the third set 25-22.

Lakeside decisively won the fourth set 25-14.

“Lakeside is a powerhouse,” Newport coach Lori Stratton said. “They SEE VOLLEYBALL, 3B

S P O RT S C A L E N D A R THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 NEWPORT GIRLS SOCCER VS. MEDICAL LAKE: 4 p.m. - Medical Lake High School PRIEST RIVER GIRLS SOCCER VS. RIVERSIDE: 6 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School PRIEST RIVER VOLLEYBALL VS. TIMBERLAKE: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School NEWPORT VOLLEYBALL VS. MEDICAL LAKE: 6:30 p.m. Medical Lake High School

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 PRIEST RIVER FOOTBALL VS. CLARKSTON: 7 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School NEWPORT FOOTBALL VS. LAKESIDE: 7 p.m. - Newport High School CUSICK FOOTBALL VS. ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE: 7 p.m.

- Cusick High School

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 PRIEST RIVER CROSS COUNTRY AT LEWISTON INVITE: TBA Lewiston Senior High School OPEN GYM, ADULT BASKETBALL: 7 a.m. - Newport High School PRIEST RIVER GIRLS SOCCER VS. BONNERS FERRY: 11 a.m. Bonners Ferry High School PRIEST RIVER BOYS SOCCER VS. BONNERS FERRY: 1 p.m. Bonners Ferry High School SELKIRK VOLLEYBALL VS. WELLPINIT: 1 p.m. - Wellpinit High School

CUSICK VOLLEYBALL VS. ALMIA/COULEE-HARTLINE: 3 p.m. - Cusick High School SELKIRK FOOTBALL VS. WALLACE JV: 6 p.m. - Selkirk High School

MONDAY, SEPT. 29 PRIEST RIVER GIRLS SOCCER VS. ST. GEORGE’S: 6 p.m.

- Priest River Lamanna High School PRIEST RIVER VOLLEYBALL VS. ST. GEORGE’S: 6:15 p.m. St. George’s High School

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 PRIEST RIVER GIRLS SOCCER VS. STILLWATER CHRISTIAN: 3 p.m. - Stillwater Christian School, Kalispell, Mont.

PRIEST RIVER BOYS SOCCER VS. STILLWATER CHRISTIAN: 3 p.m. - Stillwater Christian School, Kalispell, Mont.

NEWPORT GIRLS SOCCER VS. COLVILLE: 4 p.m. - Newport High School SELKIRK VOLLEYBALL VS. VALLEY CHRISTIAN: 5 p.m. Valley Christian School CUSICK VOLLEYBALL VS. WELLPINIT: 5 p.m. - Wellpinit High School NEWPORT VOLLEYBALL VS. COLVILLE: 6:30 p.m. - Newport High School

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1 NEWPORT CROSS COUNTRY VS. RIVERSIDE, FREEMAN: 4:45 p.m. - Freeman Middle School

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Cusick beats Northport, falls to Curlew, Republic

BY DON GRONNING

Spartans second at Bonners Ferry tourney

OF THE MINER

BY DON GRONNING

CUSICK – The Cusick Panthers volleyball team played three Northeast 1B North teams last week.

They beat Northport Tuesday, Sept. 16, then lost to Republic and Curlew Saturday, Sept. 20.

Cusick started slow in the NorthON DECK: port VS. ALMIRA-COULEE- match, HARTLINE: Saturday, losing Sept. 27, 3 p.m. the AT WELLPINIT: first set Tuesday, Sept. 30, 25-20.

5 p.m.

They came back to win the next three sets 25-23, 25-14, 25-18.

Saturday, the Panthers played both Republic and Curlew. The Panthers took on Republic first. Republic won the first two sets 2521, 25-23. The Panthers

OF THE MINER

BONNERS FERRY – The Priest River Spartans finished second at the Bonners Ferry Volleyball Tournament Saturday, Sept. 20, capping a long day of play.

“We had a great tournament,” Spartan coach Angie Goins. Priest River started the round robin tournaON DECK: ment with VS. TIMBERLAKE: Thursday, Sept. 25, single 6:30 p.m. set AT ST. GEORGE’S: matchMonday, Sept. 29, 6:15 es at p.m. about 8 a.m. with a match against Whitefish, Mont. The Spartans won that one 25-

BY DESIREÉ HOOD OF THE MINER COURTESY PHOTO|KELLY DRIVER

About the home match with Republic

won the third set 25-22.

Republic took the fourth set 25-11.

“Both teams fought very hard,” Cusick coach Ashley Keogh said. “It was an

Cusick sophomore Alana Keogh gets a kill in the third game at Northport, Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Cusick won in three sets.

exciting, suspenseful game to watch.”

Brianna Balcom led Cusick’s scoring effort with four kills. Alyssa Walrath had a half dozen blocks and Alana Keogh served an ace.

A couple hours later, Cusick lost in four sets

to Curlew. The Panthers started strong, winning the first set 25-19, before losing the next three sets 25-21, 25-20, 25-19.

Cusick is 2-2 against Northeast 1B North opponents.

Cusick played Inchelium

after deadline Tuesday.

They will host Almira-Coulee-Hartline Saturday, Sept.

27. That match will start at 3 p.m.

The Panthers will go to Wellpinit for a match Tuesday, Sept. 30. That match will start at 5 p.m.

Lady Spartans beat Kellogg 4-0

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls soccer team defeated Kellogg 4-0 Saturday at home in an Intermountain League game. The Spartans are now 3-2 in league play and 4-3 overall, in third place behind Coeur d’Alene Charter and Timberlake.

Scoring didn’t start until late in the game. Priest River’s Angel Clark scored at 36 minutes with an assist

by Autumn Lawler. Avery Summers scored at the beginning of the second half at 44 minutes. Clark scored again at 50 minutes, assisted by Brianna Novak.

The final goal of the game came from Clark at 79 minutes.

Priest River had 17 shots on goal and Kellogg at none. Keeper Melissa Krampert had ON DECK: two saves for Priest River.

VS. RIVERSIDE: Thursday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. Kellogg’s keeper had 10.

AT BONNERS FERRY: Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m.

“The girls are playing VS. ST. GEORGE’S: Monday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. great right AT STILLWATER now, they CHRISTIAN: Tuesday, have reSept. 30, 3 p.m. ally pulled together and are playing as a team,” coach Melissa Dallenbach said. “I am impressed by

them every game.

“We have a couple challenging games coming up in our schedule that will show us how we are really doing and what we need to work on for the district tournament,” she said.

Priest River traveled to Timberlake Tuesday, after The Miner went to press.

The Spartans were to host St. George’s Tuesday, Sept. 16. That game was postponed to Monday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. Priest River hosts Riverside Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., travels to Bonners Ferry Saturday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m., and travels to Stillwater Christian Tuesday, Sept.

30 at 3 p.m.

Cusick takes two victories in equal weeks

BY DESIREÉ HOOD

NEWPORT – The Newport Grizzlies fell to the state champion Freeman Scotties 55-0 during the first Northeast A League matchup for both teams Friday, Sept. 19.

The ON DECK: GrizVS. LAKESIDE: Friday, zlies are Sept. 26, 7 p.m.

1-2 on the season with one league loss. Freeman is 3-0 with one league win.

The tempo was set in the first quarter when Freeman scored four touchdowns.

“Freeman is a very tough and experienced opponent, possibly the best in the state,” Newport Head Coach Zac Farnam said. “They were tremendously physical and had above average size and speed.”

Farnam said juniors David Quandt and Otis Smith and senior Cody Phillips stood out for their effort during the entire game.

“They competed every play and were great role models for our team,” Farnam said.

Three of Freeman’s four touchdowns were scored by Markus Goldbach. He ran in a 32-yard TD, an 18-yard TD and a four-yard TD. Freeman kicker Isaiah Walker made all three of those point-after kicks.

Grizzly senior Dennis

Fisher punted to the Scotties and Jack Paukert returned the punt 40 yards for the Freeman touchdown. Colin Cogley made the extra point kick. The Scotties were up 28-0 after the first quarter.

Goldbach ran in another touchdown for 35 yards for Freeman and Cogley made the kick. Christian Goldbach made a one-yard run for the touchdown, putting the Grizzlies down 42-0 at the half.

The second half had less scoring with the Scotties hit-

‘I felt our kids dug deep and found a way to compete for an entire football game as well as remain positive with each other.’

Zac Farnam Head Coach

ting the scoreboard once in each quarter. Ben Darcy ran in a 26-yard touchdown and Christian Goldbach ran in a 5-yard score. Walker made the kick on the first one, SEE NEWPORT, 3B

Selkirk struggles with Curlew, Republic

OF THE MINER

CUSICK – Cusick stopped Odessa-Harrington 28-6 in a non-league matchup Friday, Sept. 19. Head Coach Sonny Finley said the game was a playoff style battle and came down to defense.

“It was a defensive battle,” Finley said. “They gave us fits all night.”

Cusick hit the scoreboard first in the second quarter with senior Eli Peterson running in a 15-yard play for the touchdown. Junior Tyson Shanholtzer ran in the two-point conversion.

The ON DECK: score at VS. ALMIRAhalf was COULEE8-0.

HARTLINE: Friday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

Odessa-Harrington answered in the third quarter on a 56-yard pass from quarterback Carsen Weber who found Sam Schafer. These were the only points scored for the Titans.

The fourth quarter belonged to the Panthers with three more trips to the end zone. Freshman Canon Keogh ran in a 10-yard score and senior Alec Bluff carried a three-yard run in for the score. Kicker Mathias

SEE SPARTANS, 3B

Freeman dominates Newport in shutout

‘Both teams fought very hard. It was an exciting, suspenseful game to watch.’

Cusick coach Ashley Keogh

13. Katlynn Summers and Megan Whitman each had three kills and Caitlyn Cole had three blocks.

Next, the Spartans played Flathead Valley, also of Montana. They won that match 25-1, behind the serving of Lily Luckey, who had nine aces. “It was a serving game,” Goins said.

Priest River suffered their first loss at the hands of Stillwater Christian, who won 25-18. Summers had a sore knee, so she sat out that game.

Cole had three kills and three blocks in that game.

“She definitely stepped it up,” Goins said.

The Spartans lost to the Sandpoint junior varsity in

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers volleyball team played Curlew and Republic Saturday, Sept. 20, losing to both in three sets.

Selkirk may have suffered from lack of play. They had more than a week off between their match with Inchelium Sept. 11.

The Rangers played Curlew first.

COURTESY PHOTO|PATTI CUTSHALL

The Cusick Panthers stopped the Odessa-Harrington Titans, Friday, Sept. 19, remaining undefeated and giving the Titans their first loss. Chad Browneagle, No. 8, and Marcus Sheridan, No. 24, sacked the Titan as he attempts a run. The Panthers won the game 28-6.

Loft made the extra-point kicks on both plays.

The final score of the game was Bluff running in a 10-yard rush. They went for a two-point conversion but failed. The final score was 28-6.

Finley said the team played well with 37 rushing attempts for 295 yards and three touchdowns.

Peterson had 16 attempts

for 155 yards and a touchdown. Bluff had five carries for 64 yards. Senior Chad Browneagle had three carries for 38 yards.

Shanholtzer was nine of 15 passing for 89 yards and one touchdown.

Finley said the Panther defense held the Titans to 95 yards rushing.

Defensive Coordinator Troy Hendershott said the

defense stepped up and only allowed six points on a tough defensive team. Bluff led the defense with eight tackles. Browneagle had five tackles and one sack, and Keogh had five and a half tackles.

“They played an amazing game,” Hendershott said.

“They really stepped it up.”

SEE CUSICK, 3B

‘We struggled a bit with our serves against Curlew.’

Pam Zimmerman Selkirk coach

“We struggled a bit with our serves against Curlew,” Selkirk coach Pam Zimmerman said. Curlew won 25-16, 28-26, 25-13. The Rangers played a tough sec-

ond set, Zimmerman said.

“We don’t give up.”

Lexy Ellsworth had 11 digs and two kills against Curlew.

The Rangers played Republic ON DECK: later AT WELLPINIT: that day, Saturday, Sept. 27, losing 1 p.m.

25-11, AT VALLEY CHRISTIAN: Tuesday, 25-23.

“We Sept. 30, 5 p.m. did better in the Republic game with serves and I felt like we played pretty well,” Zimmerman said. “We have players in new positions this year and they are getting better and better at adjusting to those positions.”

Selkirk has a 1-3 Northeast 1B North League record.

Selkirk played Northport at home after deadline Tuesday.

They will play Wellpinit at Wellpinit Saturday, Sept.

27. That match will start at 1 p.m. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Rangers will be at Valley Christian for a match that starts at 5 p.m.

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NEWPORT: Grizzlies dug deep FROM PAGE 2B

however, Cogley had the point-after kick blocked on the final score of the game.

Newport had 82 yards on offense compared to Freeman’s 362. Newport had 66 yards passing and 16 yards rushing.

Newport had seven completions and four first downs.

Smith completed six of 17 passing attempts for 55 yards. Fisher rushed for 13 yards on 10 attempts. Quandt had one reception for 35 yards.

The Panthers played at Columbia, Friday, Sept. 12, beating the Lions 61-28.

Finley said the team played well and executed the game plan.

“We had a 48-0 lead at halftime,” Finley said. “They made good plays when they needed to.”

The Panthers ran the ball 44 times earning 292 yards. Shanholtzer completed six of 10 throws for 133 yards and three touchdowns. Finley said the first seven touchdowns went unanswered for Cusick.

Shanholtzer completed a 29-yard pass to Bluff for a touchdown and kicker Mathias Loft missed the extra point. Senior Eli Peterson ran in a 14-yard rush for the touchdown.

Loft completed the extra kick.

Josh Keogh caught a 10-yard pass from Shanholtzer for the touchdown and Loft made the extra kick. Shanholtzer ran in a 14-yard touchdown and Loft again made the extra kick. This put the Panthers up by 27 points.

On defense, junior Spirit White recovered a fumble and returned it 33 yards for the touchdown. With the extra kick by Loft good, the score kept increasing.

Shanholtzer completed a 19-yard pass to Peterson for the score and Loft made the extra kick. The last unanswered touchdown was by Shanholtzer, who ran in a 20-yard touchdown. With a good kick by Loft, the Panthers were at 48 points.

Columbia answered when they ran in a 47-yard touchdown and they continued the momentum with a 55-yard touchdown, put-

On defense, Fisher had eight tackles and Quandt and Koa Pancho had five and a half each. Phillips had three tackles.

“I felt our kids dug deep and found a way to compete for an entire football game as well as remain positive with each other,” Farnam said. “I am proud of them for that. We always talk about not giving up.”

The Grizzlies take on the Lakeside, Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in a NEA league matchup at home.

ting them on the scoreboard with 14 points.

Marcus Sheridan, a senior, answered for the Panthers when he ran in a five-yard rush for six more points. Loft missed the extrapoint.

‘It was a defensive battle.

They gave us fits all night.’

Sonny Finley Head Coach

Columbia hit again with a 10-yard rushing play and converted the two points.

The Panthers scored almost immediately when Peterson returned the kickoff ball 52 yards for the touchdown. Loft made the kick, putting the score at 61-21.

Columbia tried one more attempt and scored the final touchdown in the game on a 21-yard run.

Finley said the defense played a tough game. He said Columbia never punted the ball to the Panthers on fourth down, choosing to attempt the play instead of give up the ball.

Keogh led the defense with 12 tackles and Bluff was close on his defensive heels during the Columbia game with 10 tackles. Peterson had one fumble recovery for a touchdown and one sack.

“Our defense gave up five first downs the whole game,” Finley said. “They wouldn’t punt so that helped our field position.”

The Panthers will take on the AlmiraCoulee-Hartline Warriors Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at home.

RANGERS: Missing a couple starters FROM PAGE 1B

a touchdown. Sophomore Jacob Couch caught the two-point pass from Cain.

The tables turned and Cain was on the receiving end of an 18-yard pass from Couch, with the two connecting for the only score of the second quarter.

Avey ran in the two-point conversion. The Rangers led the Wampus Cats 32-0 at half.

The second half involved less scoring, with the Rangers putting up the only six points in the third when Avey caught a 43-yard pass from Cain.

The two-point conversion failed.

Clark Fork hit the scoreboard during the fourth quarter when Wyatt

Stevens, with one of his six sacks on the night, hit Cain in the end zone causing a safety.

Selkirk responded to the hit on the scoreboard with the final Ranger touchdown of the night.

Brayden Taylor ran in a 45-yard rush for the touchdown, with the twopoint conversion no good.

The Wampus Cats’ Stevens connected to a receiver on an 80-yard pass during the final play of the game, putting up the final six points on the night.

The Rangers beat Clark Fork 44-8.

“Offensively we were able to move the ball effectively,” Coach Cain said.

Avey finished the game with five carries for 41

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CUSICK: 48-0 lead at halftime FROM PAGE 2B

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yards and one touchdown, and seven receptions for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Taylor had five carries for 57 yards and a touchdown. Cain threw for 239 yards with two touchdowns on 12 for 20 passing attempts.

“On defense, we were able to control the game,” Coach Cain said. “They did a nice job running the ball at times, but we were able to stop them when needed.” Coach Cain said the team was “opportunistic” versus Clark Fork’s passing as both Couch and Cain had interceptions.

“Justin Chantry also stood out on the defensive end with some great open field tackles,” Coach Cain said.

The Rangers take on the Wallace Miners junior varsity team, Saturday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. at home.

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are tough all around; great passing, digging and several hitters that put the ball away.”

Stratton said several Newport players did well.

“Melyssa Carlson had great passes for us and McKinsey Madison was working hard in the back row,” Stratton said.

Marissa Hofstee and Hadley Stratton led Newport hitters, with a half dozen kills each. Stratton also served five aces, had five digs and one block. Lauren Vaughn had 14 assists for Newport.

Stratton said the team knows what to work on.

“We will be working harder on our net play; blocking and hitting,” she said.

Coach Stratton said she would have her work cut out keeping the players focused during homecoming week.

Newport has a 0-2 league record and is 0-3 overall.

They played Deer Park after deadline Tuesday. They will go to Medical Lake for a match Thursday, Sept. 25 and will be back home Tuesday, Sept. 30 for a match with Colville. Both matches start at 6:30 p.m.

RUNS: Priest River invite Oct. 2 FROM PAGE 1B

River came in 13th as a team. Brad McMeen took 12th for Newport in 21:18 and Christian Lutzenhizer was 15th in 21:43.

Priest River’s Konner Durham took 24th in 24:09 and Rayven Ahers took 31st in 26:59.

Priest River travels to Lewiston, Idaho,

Saturday, Sept. 27 to run in the Lewiston Invite at 10 a.m.

Newport runs at Freeman Middle School against Freeman and Riverside Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 4:45 p.m. This is a Northeast A League meet. They then travel to the Ivan Benson Memorial Invite at Priest River Lamanna High School Thursday, Oct. 2, at 4:30 p.m.

SPARTANS: Summers out whole game FROM PAGE 2B

the next game, 25-17. Summers sat out the whole game. Whitman had four kills for the Spartans.

Single elimination bracket play started after that.

Priest River played the Coeur d’Alene JV in their first contest of bracket play, winning the first set 25-22, losing the next set 25-23 and winning the final set 15-11.

“They were a very good team,” Goins said. Summers came back in to play for the bracket competition. She had eight kills and five blocks. Whitman also had eight kills and Luckey had 16 assists.

That put the Spartans against Stillwater Christian.

This time, with Summers back, they won. They had to come back after losing the first set 25-22. They won the next two sets 25-20, 15-11.

Summers had eight kills, Whitman had seven, as did Kaylee Fink. Heidi Jahnsen, a sophomore, served five aces. “She came in and played a great game,” Goins said.

“She’ll be serving a lot more.”

That put a tired Priest River team into the championship game with Libby, Mont.

They lost in two 25-22, 25-23.

Earlier in the week, Priest River lost to Bonners Ferry in five sets Tuesday, Sept.

16.

Priest River started strong, winning the first two sets 26-24, 26-24. Bonners came back to win the next three sets 25-22, 2521, 15-12.

“It was intense,” Goins said.

The match had long rallies, with the ball going back and forth 10-12 times on many plays.

Fink, a senior, played a solid game, with seven kills and nine digs. French had 16 digs. Summers and Whitman each had a dozen kills and Luckey had 29 assists.

Priest River will wind up the first half of Intermountain League play Thursday, Sept. 25, with a home match against Timberlake.

That match will start at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 29, the Spartans will go to St. George’s in Spokane for a match that starts at 6:15 p.m. The Spartans have 0-2 league record.

GRIZ: StrangeOwl had seven saves FROM PAGE 1B

at 75 minutes. Stephanie Huang scored her first high school goal, on an assist by Lewis.

Newport’s keeper Iris StrangeOwl had seven saves. Freeman had 12.

Newport lost 8-0 against Lakeside Thursday, Sept.

18.

“Despite the score we actually played well in the first half,” Lewis said. “We had excellent intensity and we did a lot of good things.”

Lakeside played their defense very high and played an offside trap, which Newport will have to do better against in the next game.

In the second half,

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Lakeside wore the Grizzlies down and scored some easy goals.

“Iris StrangeOwl continues to do well in goal and had to fight off a lot of shots in that second half,” Lewis said.

She had 21 saves while Lakeside had three.

“We are going to get bet-

ter and hope to play them much tighter in the next game.”

The Grizzlies hosted Deer Park Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Medical Lake Thursday, Sept. 25 and host Colville Tuesday, Sept.

30. Both games begin at 4 p.m.

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Lifestyle

| SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

THE MINER

Veteran’s benefits explained in Priest River

B R I E F LY Live music at Hospitality House NEWPORT – Live music will be performed at the Hospitality House in Newport Friday, Sept. 26, from 7-9 p.m.

Vocalist Linda Rose, accompanied by Steve Bennett, will perform. The Hospitality House is located at 216 S. Washington, Newport. Donations accepted at the door.

Stricklers celebrate 60 years SPOKANE – Don and Corrine Strickler, longtime Newport residents who now live in Spokane, are celebrating 60 years of marriage Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. at the Hillyard Baptist Church on Chrestline in Hillyard.

The Stricklers were married Sept. 26, 1954, in Springdale, Wash.

Rummage sale planned for Hospitality House NEWPORT – A “Stash and Dash” rummage sale is planned at the Hospitality House in Newport Saturday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rent a 6-foot table for $20, or a card table for $10.

“If you have ‘stashes’ of things, finished, unfinished, or just need room for more – come and rent a table so you have room for new things,” organizers said.

The Hospitality House is located at 216 S. Washington and can be reached at 509-447-3812.

Hunt ducks for community projects OLDTOWN – The Newport/Priest River Interact Club is holding the third annual prize (rubber) duck hunt Thursday, Oct. 16, at Oldtown Rotary Park.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and the hunt starts promptly at 5:30 p.m. The cost is one duck per $5 hunting license. There’s no license limit and it’s open to all ages.

Come have fun and win some great prizes, organizers said. The grand prize is a family basket of a weekend stay at Stoneridge Resort. Many other prizes will be won.

The event is sponsored by the Newport/Priest River Interact Club. Proceeds will go to community projects.

St. Anthony’s Oktoberfest features beer, brats NEWPORT – The Knights of Columbus are hosting their seventh annual Oktoberfest fundraiser at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Newport Saturday, Oct. 4, from 4-7 p.m.

The menu consists of schnitzel or brats, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, green beans with bacon, rotkohl, ice cream and cake, German and domestic beer and wine.

The cost is $12 for adults and $6 per child at the door. Throughout the dinner a dollar auction of donated gift items and gift certificates will be held.

An additional raffle of a 2014-2015 Gonzaga Men’s Autographed Basketball will held, for $1 per ticket, with the winner selected at the end of evening.

Pre-event and raffle tickets are available.

Contact Bob Kirby at 509671-0257.

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Elementary students visit museum Fourth grade students from Mr. Meade’s class visited the Pend Oreille Historical Society and Museum’s Heritage Days, Thursday, Sept. 18.

Reed Westfall taught the students about spinning llama and sheep wool and let them feel the softness of the spun material.

WE E K AH EAD WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 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: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library PRIEST RIVER LIONESS: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center SACHEEN LADIES OF THE LAKE: Noon - Various Locations, call President Maria Bullock at 509-998-4221 AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport SPIRIT LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-6235626 for locations

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK

OPEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center

SHOW: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

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

LIVE MUSIC: 7-9 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library

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

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 CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 5:30 p.m. - House of the Lord, 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown PEND OREILLE KIDS CLUB: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Newport Library Notes: Updated Feb. 14, 2013 HAPPY AGERS MEETING AND POTLUCK: Noon - Priest River Senior Center DANCE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m.

- Create Arts Center, Newport LITTLE GRAND OLD OPRY

AL-ANON: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-946-6131

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 PRIEST RIVER OKTOBERFEST: Downtown Priest River HAPPY AGERS CARD PARTY: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA MEETING: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown LIVE MUSIC: 6 p.m. - Hospitalty House, Newport SET FREE NORTHWEST MEAL AND WORSHIP: 6:30 p.m. Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

MONDAY, SEPT. 29 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 NIA DANCE LESSONS: 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center

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. ~ 9:30 • Worship ~ 11 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

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

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

JESSA’S CREATIVE DANCE CLASS: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center WEIGHT WATCHERS: 5:306 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick BINGO: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1 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: 9 a.m. Newport Eagles FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport COMPUTER BASICS FOR ADULTS: 10 a.m. to Noon Newport Library STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center PRM-ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN: 1-3 p.m. - Station 2:41 Coffee Shop, Oldtown

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

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

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

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

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

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

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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

PRIEST RIVER – An Idaho State Veteran’s Service Office representative will answer questions about current veteran’s benefits, assist with ongoing claims and take new claims for benefits for eligible veterans and their dependents, Tuesday, Oct. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post in Priest River.

The VFW is located at 113 Larch St. The State Service Officer will be working in conjunction with the Bonner County Service Officer Chad Osborn. Veterans will be seen by appointment only to ensure enough time is given to answer needs.

Appointments must be scheduled by calling Micaela Sierra at 208-446-1096.

If there are no appointments scheduled for this outreach or winter weather conditions prohibit travel, the outreach will be canceled.

SE RVIC E N OT E Charles R. Smith U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Charles R. Smith graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Smith earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Russell and Hope Smith of Priest Lake, and a 2008 graduate of Priest River Lamanna High School.

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“The aim of this Wronged One in sustaining woes and tribulations, in revealing the Holy Verses and in demonstrating proofs hath been naught but to quench the flame of hate and enmity, that the horizon of the hearts of men may be illumined with the light of concord and attain real peace and tranquility.” Bahá ’u’ lláh Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

THE MINER

FOR THE RECORD

DIAMOND LAKE

James “Jim” Joseph Crowley of Diamond Lake passed away from Leukemia Friday, Sept. 19, at Hospice House Crowley in North Spokane. He was 62 years old.

Mr. Crowley was born Dec. 28, 1951, in Chicago, Ill., to Dorothy and Joseph Crowley. Growing up one of four children, the family moved around the Midwest and lived in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford, Ill., and Indianapolis, Ind. As an adult, Mr. Crowley eventually made his way to Utah, Arizona and finally Washington when he started staying summers with his good friend, Merle Huling.

He eventually settled at Diamond Lake and resided there the last 10 years.

Bluegrass was his passion and together he and Merle started the Cooks Mountain Blue Grass Band, playing at many local events.

After creating a CD, Mr. Crowley joked about being an international musician when one of the band’s CDs was sold to a buyer in Australia. He was extremely musically talented and demonstrated his gift as he played the piano as a child, fiddle, banjo, bass, mandolin, guitar and just about anything with strings on it.

He also built several hammer dulcimers carefully numbering each one that he hand-crafted.

Mr. Crowley organized Newport’s Little Grand Old Opry at the Hospitality

House in Newport, where for seven years bluegrass bands would play every other week. In 2007, he founded the annual Pend Oreille Valley Bluegrass Festival (originally at the Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds in Cusick). Later he moved the festival to the Newport City Park, eventually turning it over to others to manage. It continues today, each September, as the Newport Music Festival.

Mr. Crowley could be seen driving around Newport in his older yellow van that bore “Crowley’s Custom Sign & Lettering” on the sides. Many examples of his sign and mural work are visible around the Newport area. Mr. Crowley was a web designer and served as the webmaster and Bluegrass Gazette Editor for the Washington Bluegrass Association. He also worked as a handyman.

Mr. Crowley is survived by his sister Patricia Young of Columbus, Ind., and a brother, Chuck Crowley of Loveland, Colo., numerous friends in Arizona and Washington and his cherished dog Jace. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.

Memorials can be sent to Priest River Animal Rescue, PO Box 1626, Priest River, ID 83856, the Washington Bluegrass Association PO Box 490, Toledo, WA 98591, or The Hospitality House, 216 S Washington Ave., Newport, WA 99156 in Jim’s honor.

All are welcome to a celebration of his life (and bluegrass jam session) Sunday, Oct. 5, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Hospitality House, S. 216 Washington Ave., Newport.

D E AT H N OT I C E Gertrude Eva Boggs WALLA WALLA

Gertrude Eva Boggs, a former resident of Newport, passed away Sept. 17 at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center in Walla Walla. She was 87.

Arrangements are entrusted to Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362.

Diane M. Mercer A celebration of life for Diane M. Mercer of Priest River will be Sunday, Oct. 12, from 1-4 p.m. at the Beardmore Building, 50 Main St., Priest River. Brian Runberg, owner of the Beardmore Building, will be hosting the event.

Mercer passed away Aug. 17, at the age of 68.

B I RTH S Mason Keith Yarbrough Mason Keith Yarbrough was born Sept. 16, at 8:15 a.m. to Stormy and Justin Yarbrough of Ione. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 inches in length, delivered at Providence Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville. He joins siblings Peyton, 6, Emma, 3, and Aubrey 2. Maternal grandparents are Darla Fosnow of Wenatchee and Stephen Bradford of Carnation, Wash. Paternal grandmother is Kimberlee Yarbrough of Wenatchee.

D I ST R I C T C O U R T

Aug. 6 Andrew Ostberg, 25, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,750 suspended) for reckless driving; $1,973 total fees and fine.

Andrew Perrins, 39, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($750 suspended); $543 total fees and fine.

Sharon Sanders, 57, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($800 suspended) for third degree driving whith a suspended license; $393 total fees and fine.

James Travis, 55, was sentenced to 364 days in

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, SEPT. 15 DRUGS: LeClerc Rd. N. THEFT: W. 5th St., Newport, money reported stolen from purse.

THREATENING: W. 5th St., Newport, report of threatening with a knife.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Coyote Trail, report of vehicle unable to maintain lane travel.

THEFT: W. 5th St. ILLEGAL BURNING: LeClerc Rd. N., report of smoke across the river.

TRESPASSING: S. Newport Ave., Newport, report of subjects trespassing in vacant apartment.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, William C. Elston, 28, of Newport was arrested for a warrant.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: LeClerc Rd. S., report of suspicious circumstance.

jail (360 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,750 suspended) for harassment; $543 total fees and fine.

Daniel Valdez, 27, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $1,000 ($800 suspended) for third degree driving with a suspended license; $393 total fees and fine.

Dewayne Webb, 22, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $1,000 ($500 suspended) for negligent driving; $1,743 total fees and fine.

Aug. 13 Larry Archibeque, 45, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,000 suspended) for reckless driving; $2,457 total fees and fine.

ject laying down on sleeping bag and then getting up and walking around.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report that it appears someone damaged doors and made entry into residence and shop.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Veit Rd., report of male subject shooting a gun and yelling about wanting to fight anyone and everyone.

BOOK AND RELEASE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Donald Roy Applegate, 46, of Cusick was booked and released for misdemeanor criminal solicitation.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Geoffrey Alan Chadwell, 42, of Elk was arrested for a warrant.

THEFT: Hwy. 31, reports of keys stolen from vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. LeClerc Rd., report of male sub-

DOMESTIC VIOLENSE PHYSICAL: W. 6th, report of DV physical.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., report of suspicious motorhome in the area.

ARREST: Hwy. 31, William E. Johnson, 53, of Metaline Falls was arrested for driving under the influence.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report that female slapped complainant and then left the residence.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 2nd St., report of suspicious circumstance.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of suspicious person.

THREATENING: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of threatening.

ARREST: Danny Romero, 29, of Cusick was arrested on a warrant.

VIOLATION OF ORDER: W. 6th, report of violation of DV protection order.

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

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMESTNACE: Main St.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 211, report of dead animal, possibly porcupine in the middle of the roadway.

ACCIDENT: Deer Valley Rd., report of vehicle-buffalo collision.

ACCIDENT: W. 5th St., report of two vehicle accident non-injury accident.

THEFT: Horseshoe Lake Rd., report of 14 radiators missing off property.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Craig Ave., report of suspicious truck driving in area.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Dike Rd., report of loud activity.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 16

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 20, report of suspicious vehicle parked in complainant’s driveway.

NO REPORTABLE INCIDENTS.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: W. Walnut St., Newport, attempt to locate subject from foot pursuit in Bonner County this morning.

TRESPASSING: S. Newport Ave., report of someone in vacant apartment, one person.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle accident.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Shore Diamond Lake Rd., report of vehicle on complainant’s property.

ARREST: Dell Wayne Emery, 57, of Ione was arrested for driving under the influence.

ARREST: Main St., Lisa A. Herron, 21, of Spokane was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

ACCIDENT: South Shore Diamond Lake, report of hit and run.

THREATENING: Rumsey Drive, report of female threatening to shoot complainant’s children.

WEST BONNER COUNTY

THEFT: Kings Lake Rd., respondent believes mail was removed from her mailbox by known female.

TRESPASSING: Hwy. 211, report of vehicle on property.

ASSAULT: Spring Valley Rd., report of assault in progress.

BURGLARY: N. Shore Diamond Lake Rd., report of burglary.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Calicoma Rd., report of suspicious vehicle.

DOMESTIC VIOLENENCE PHYSICAL: W. 7th St., report that male threw female from porch.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 1st St., report of suspicious subjects running around the park.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: W. 5th St., report of traffic offense in parking lot.

FRAUD: W. Walnut St., Newport

THREATENING: W. 5th St., report of threatening text messages.

THREATENING: W. 5th St., Newport

THEFT: LeClerc Rd. N., reported theft of pressure washer.

FRAUD: Four Dog Lane, report of check fraud.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: S. Scott Ave., Newport, complainant states he was assaulted by brothers.

ACCIDENT: Deer Valley Rd., report of vehicle-deer collision.

FRAUD: Terrace Ave., report of several cell phone accounts opened under complainant’s name.

Newport, report of subject trespassing at business.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. Walnut St., report of suspicious circumstance.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, gas drive off reported.

BOOK AND RELEASE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Samantha Mariah Suttles, 18, of Priest River was booked and released for reckless driving and giving a false statement to an officer.

Lake Rd., report that mail box was vandalized.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of Dodge Caravan, varying speeds, lane travel.

TRESPASSING: Main St., report of trespassing.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2

PRIEST RIVER

The following cases were resolved in Pend Oreille County District Court by Judge Philip Van de Veer.

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OBITUARI ES James “Jim” Joseph Crowley

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ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Pine St., Newport, report that aggressive pit bull charged complainant.

PROWLER: Hwy. 2, reported prowler on neighbor’s property.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: W. Settlement Rd., Priest River RESCUE: Chimney Rock Hiking Trail

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Union Ave., Newport

ARREST: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Sprit Lake, Kent Blankenship of Spirit Lake was arrested for felony eluding, two felony warrants, one misdemeanor warrant, driving without privileges and second offense insurance violation. Blankenship was also charged with fictitious plates and operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

ASSAULT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, assault between inmates reported.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: N. Newport Ave., report that parents assaulted complainant by hitting.

THEFT: Fertile Valley Rd., reported theft of mail.

TOBACCO VIOLATION: James Ave., Priest River

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Spokane Ave., Newport, complainant’s son and friend were playing in woods and brought back a blue container with a white substance in it.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Jorgens Rd., report of white crew cab pickup stopping by mailboxes.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 14

FRIDAY, SEPT. 19

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, wounded dog reported.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Veit Rd., report of subject on 4-wheeler shooting.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Spokane Ave., Newport, report of male screaming very loudly.

UNATTENDED DEATH: Hwy. 41, Oldtown

AGENCY ASSIST: S. Iowa, agency assist with three males fighting.

ACCIDENT: Tacoma Creek Rd., report of single vehicle roll-over.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report that subjects camped out behind business.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 18

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21

ELECTRIICAL FIRE: Hwy. 20, bathroom heater smoking.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: S. Iowa Ave., Oldtown VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 41, Priest River

ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, Anthony L. Haskins, I, 26, was arrested for assault.

VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 2, Priest River TRESPASSING: Hwy. 41, Oldtown, a deputy responded to a report of persons trespassing at the Idaho Hill Dump.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Bayview Blvd.

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 57, Priest River

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: W. 8th St., report of go-cart driving in the area.

ACCIDENT: 4th St., report of two vehicle collision.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: N. Shore Diamond Lake, report of motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Fan

TRESPASSING: W. Walnut St.,

TOBACCO VIOLATION: Hwy. 57, Priest River

FIRE: Reynolds Lane, Priest River, report of a structure fire.

PURSUIT: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle running from trooper.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211, report of two vehicles racing, unsafe passing, possibly road rage.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 ACCIDENT: Dickensheet Rd., Coolin, report of an injury crash.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Priest River

ARREST: Hw. 2, Arielle N. Walker, 25, of Carlado, Idaho, was booked and released for driving with a suspended license.

DISTURBANCE: W. 5th St.

HARASSMENT: W. 6th Ave.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 16 DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Main St., Priest River

BOOK AND RELEASE: Blackwell St., Ronald A. Love, 47, of Ione was booked and released for driving with a suspended license.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., report of green Jeep Cherokee on complaint’s vacant lot.

MONDAY, SEPT. 15

PROWLER: Hoop Loop, Priest River

SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 NON INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Laclede

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 509-447-3151.

This is a regular section of The Miner. All information is provided by the sheriff’s office.

Badger

Rosselder J. Badger, 38, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure

to appear on a driving under the influence charge.

He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. His last known address was in the Elk area.

Extradition is statewide.

Strickland

Sandy Strickland, 35, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on a possession

PU BLIC M E ETI NGS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: 11 a.m.

- TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT DISCUSSION: 6 p.m. - Metaline Falls American Legion

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 BOARD: 4 p.m. - Sandifur Meeting Room, Newport Hospital PEND OREILLE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD: 5 p.m. - PUD Conference Room, Newport

PRIEST RIVER AIRPORT BOARD: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River City Hall

of controlled substance charge. She is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

Her last known address was in the Newport area.

Extradition is Washington and Idaho.

Travis S. Coy, 26, is wanted on three Pend Oreille County warrants for failure to comply with domestic Coy violence assault 4th and violation of no contact order. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 145

pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

His last known address was in the Newport area.

Extradition is statewide.

Dean C. Smith, 46, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on Smith DV assault 4th and criminal trespass 1st charges. He is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds with blue eyes and blond hair. His last known address was in the Cusick area. Extradition is statewide.

MONDAY, SEPT. 29 PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 BONNER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse PEND OREILLE PUD COMMISSIONERS: Noon - Box Canyon Dam Maintenance Shop

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after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 10, 2014 KENNETH J. MIX, Personal Representative c/o McGrane & Schuerman, CHARLES P. S C H U E R M A N WSBA#14636 Attorney at Law 298 South Main #304, Colville, Washington 99114 509 684-8484

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2014304 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE No. 14 4 00034 4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) In the Matter of the Estate of: SANFORD LEE RUSK, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred

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by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’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: (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the Creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months

Published in The Newport Miner September 10, 17 and 24, 2014 (32-3)

2014309 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING METALINE FALLS WAT E R S Y S T E M , CUSTOMER SURVEY RESULTS The Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 will hold a public hearing to discuss the Metaline Falls Water System, Customer Survey results.

The public hearing will take place at 1:00 p.m., September 30, 2014, during the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners located at Box Canyon Dam, Maintenance Shop (upstairs), 7492 Hwy 31, Ione, Washington.

The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board

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Newport Miner September 17 and 24, 2014. (33-2)

______________ 2014310 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY NOTICE OF WATER RATE HEARING The Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 will hold a public hearing to consider rates for the following water system: Greenridge Lazy Acres The public hearing will take place at 12:00 noon, September 30, 2014, during the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners located at Box Canyon Dam, Maintenance Shop (upstairs), 7492 Hwy 31, Ione, Washington.

The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board

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Published in The Newport Miner September 17 and 24, 2014. (33-2)

______________ 2014312 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Library District Board of Trustees will be meeting at the District office at these dates and times: September 25, 2014 at 3p.m.

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CONTINUED FROM 7B FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 14-4-00033-6 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Charlotte M. Raleigh, 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(l)(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 nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: September 17, 2014. /s/ Irvin F. Kenney Irvin F. Kenney, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner September 17, 24 and October 1, 2014. (33-3)

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

2014314 PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Metaline Falls 2015 Budget Workshop September 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

At Town of Metaline Falls City Hall Tina Swink Clerk/Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner September 24, 2014. (34)

______________ 2014319 PUBLIC NOTICE MEETING NOTICE September 16, 2014 The Commission, in accordance with RCW 42.30 has called a regular meeting to occur in the Sandifur Meeting Room of Newport Hospital at 714 West Pine Street, Newport, Washington, Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 12:30 pm.* *Note: The September regular meeting will occur a week later due to scheduling conflicts.

By Order of the Commission Public Hospital District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County Thomas W. Wilbur CEO & Superintendent Published in The Newport Miner September 24, 2014. (34)

______________ 2014315 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq.

T S N o . : WA - 1 3 547750-TC APN No.: 433921510101 Title Order No.: 130069194-WA-GSO Grantor(s): DANYELLE L WARNER, JOSEPH E WARNER Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2007 0293798 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 10/24/2014, at 10:00 AM At the main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth Street in the City of Newport, WA 99156 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of PEND OREILLE, State of Washington, to-wit: ALL OF LOT 22 AND LOT 24, EXCEPT THE EAST 50 FEET THEREOF IN BLOCK 13 OF THE TOWN OF MET ALINE FALLS, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON, ACCORDING TO THE R E C O R D E D P L AT THEREOF; EXCEPT THAT PART USED TO STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSES; TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH

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HALF OF HILL STREET ADJOINING SAID PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH VACATED BY THE TOWN OF METALINE FALLS, WASHINGTON, PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 104, RECORDED FEBRUARY 17, 1955, BOOK 34 OF DEEDS, PAGE 47, AUDITOR’S NO. 85924. More commonly known as: 204 LEHIGH AVE, METALINE FALLS, WA 99153 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 8/8/2007, recorded 8/10/2007, under 2007 0293798 records of PEND O R E I L L E C o u n t y, Washington, from JOSEPH E WARNER, DANYELLE L WARNER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. (or by its successors-ininterest and/or assigns, if any), to Federal National Mortgage Association. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $32,634.59 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $70,732.77, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 11/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 10/24/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 10/13/2014 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 10/13/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank.

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sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/ or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME JOSEPH E WARNER, DANYELLE L WARNER, HUSBAND AND WIFE ADDRESS 204 LEHIGH AVE, METALINE FALLS, WA 99153 by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. These requirements were completed as of 5/6/2013.

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

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED I N WA S H I N G T O N NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home.

See below for safe sources of help. SEEKIN G A SSISTA N C E Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you.

If you would like assistance in determin-

ing your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1877-894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi. wa.gov/consumers/ homeownership/post_ purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm.

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal. hud.gov/hudportal/ HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http:// www.hud.gov/offices/ hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index. cfm?webListAction=s earchandsearchstate =WAandfilterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-6064819 or Web site: http://nwjustice.org/ what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: JUN. 20, 2014 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp.

2141 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1st Ave South, Suite 202 Seattle, WA 98104 (866) 925-0241 Sale Line: 714-7302727 Or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan. com TS No.: WA-135 4 7 7 5 0 - T C A-FN4467038 0 9 / 2 4 / 2 0 1 4 , 10/15/2014 Published in The Newport Miner September 24 and October 15, 2014. (34, 37)

______________ 2014317 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on Septem-

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ber 19, 2014 received a complete Shoreline Variance Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Mark and Laurie Matkin, and did on September 19, 2014 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a recreational dock and ramp (replacement) on Diamond Lake. (FILE NO. SV-14-005), Location: 71 Elu Beach Rd., Newport, WA 99156.

A n E n v i ro n m e n t a l Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on September 15, 2014, and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355).

Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4474821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco. org. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Commu-

nity Dev. Natural Resource Planner, (509) 447-6462, tmclaughlin@pendoreille.org.

Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than October 09, 2014. The Pend Oreille County Planning Commission will be hearing this Substantial Shoreline Development Permit Application on October 14, 2014 at 6:00pm in the Cusick Community Center, 111 S. First Ave., Cusick, WA Required Permits: Shoreline Variance (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: September 19, 2014 Published in The Newport Miner: September 24 and October 1, 2014. (34-2)

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2014318 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County Fire District #5 406722 SR 20, Cusick, WA 99119 509-671-2286 Pend Oreille County Fire District #5 is having supplemental budget request and its annual Budget hearing before its regular meeting on October 7th, 2014. The Supplemental budget hearing will be at 6:30 pm. The regular annual budget hearing will be held at 6:45 pm and our regular meeting will be 7:00 pm. These meetings will be held at Station 51, 406722 SR 20, Cusick, WA 99119.

The public is invited to give public comment.

Any questions please call Chief Jay Foster at 509-671-2286. Submitted by Jay Foster, Fire Chief Published in The Newport Miner September 24 and October 1, 2014. (34-2)

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Toll Restriction Services- Currently there is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for toll blocking services to lowincome customers participating in the Lifeline program. Please contact your local Health & Welfare office for more information on Lifeline and Link-Up programs.

Access to long distance carriers- There is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to place and receive calls through long distance carriers that Offer service through our network. However, the call may involve a charge from the long distance carrier depending on the type of call.

Access to directory assistance- There is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to call Directory Assistance. The amount charged depends on the area called and the rates of the company whose operator provided information.

Access to operator Service: There is no service from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to call the operator; however, the call may involve a charge depending on the service requested and the rates of the Company whose operator handled the call: These services are available to all consumers of RTI Pend Oreille Telecom. The cost associated with each are reflected each month on the regular telephone billing along with charges for services provided by RTI Pend Oreille Telecom. The services listed above are the basic serves offered by our company.

Other services are available by contacting RTI Pend Oreille Telecom office at (888) 636-2840.

Did you know ....Telephone assistance Programs are available to low-income households. To qualify for Lifeline Services, please contact your local Health & Welfare Office. Lifeline Services are programs designed to assist low incomehouseholds to afford local telephone service. Lifeline assists with monthly telephone bills. Enhanced Lifeline benefits are available to low-income residents of Tribal lands. Provides a monthly discount of the cost of telephone service. Tribal Lands Link Up provides qualified subscribers living on tribal land with a one-time discount up to $100 on the initial installation or activation of wire line or wireless telephone for the primary residence. For more information on Tribal Lifeline and Linkup, visit: http://www.fcc.gov/indians/financialassistance.html or contact Washington State Department of Social and Health Services or call our office Toll Free (888) 636-2840.