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Puppy causes diesel tank crash 12,000 gallons of fuel spilled on Highway 211 By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

USK – The driver of a double diesel fuel tanker was distracted by his 6-week-old puppy on Monday, when he crashed on Highway 211, spilling nearly 12,000 gallons of fuel on the ground. Chad B. Beardsley, 43, of Colville was heading north to Ione to deliver diesel fuel when he lost control of the 1992 Kennewick tractor and tank trailer near the intersection of Highway 211 and Deer Valley Road, about nine miles south of Usk. The tractor left the road to the right, and Beardsley overcorrected and lost control. The tractor and trailer rolled, with the tractor and first tank landing on the west side of the road, and the second tank landing on the east side of the road. See Tanker, 9A

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Investigators look over the tractor and tank trailer that rolled on Highway 211 Monday afternoon. Nearly 12,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked onto the ground. A second tanker landed cross the highway to the right.

County receives $250,000 grant for HiTest site

Newport student poised to perform at Carnegie Hall By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

OLYMPA – Pend Oreille County is receiving another $250,000 grant for advanced planning of the proposed HiTest Sand site south of Usk. The grant comes from the Washington State Department of Commerce, following a previous $300,000 grant for the same project, awarded this past summer. “We’re elated to get this money,” said Mike Manus, Pend Oreille County commission chairman. “It’s going to allow us to do it, and do it right.” HiTest Sand, of Canada, is proposing to build a $3 million silicon smelter facility near Usk, next door to Ponderay Newsprint Co., on land currently owned by PNC. In addition to county planning, HiTest needs to negotiate the land purchase with PNC, and a power contract with Pend Oreille Public Utility District. The smelter, which according to HiTest Sand, would not use chemicals in the smelting process, would employ more than 150 people. The grant is for public outreach, environmental permit coordination, wetlands and transportation studies, cultural resources and timber lands assessments, engineering, planning, environmental See grant, 2A

NEWPORT – Plenty of famous names have taken the stage at New York City’s renowned Carnegie Hall since its opening in 1891, from classic composer and pianist George Gershwin, to folk singer Arlo Guthrie, and more contemporary artists like singersongwriter Beth Orton. Newport High School senior Jamison Strang plans to follow suit. The 17-year-old has been selected for the 2017 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in February. Participation in one of the five Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated high school performers from across the world. “It took me a while to process what this meant,” says Strang, of finding out he had been selected. “If I went back to who I was seven years ago and told myself that this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have believed me.”

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Strang has studied music for more than seven years and is a member of Newport High School Choir, plays tuba in the band and sings with Mountain Harmony Choir. He auditioned for the Honors Performance Series in May and was accepted by the Honors Selection Board. He will join other performers from across the United States, Guam, Canada, and other

countries. “It’s a direct result from his talent, and more importantly, his dedication,” says Strang’s mother, Cheryl, who moved with her son from Montana to Newport in June. The family moved from Thompson Falls, Mont. Strang is the youngest of six children and says his love of music comes from his father. While he’s been involved in Missoula Children’s Theatre and school music programs since he was 10, he has never had a professional voice lesson. According to the Honors Concert Program, more than 18,000 nominations were processed this year, with only 750 students being accepted. Strang earned top scores at the State Musical Festival in Helena, where he filmed his audition video for the Honors Concert Choir Repetoire, singing John Dyer’s “Down Among the Dead Men.” The finalists will come together See Strang, 2A

B r i e f ly Red Cross looking for heroes OLYMPIA – Every year, the American Red Cross honors heroes throughout the state of Washington – ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. In addition to searching the news, the Red Cross reaches out to various community organizations and partners to help find local heroic stories, as they do not want to overlook those that haven’t garnered media attention. They are currently searching for heroes in the Greater Inland Northwest area.

Nominations can be for an individual of any age, a group of people, or even a service animal. Examples of potential hero stories include, but are not limited to: A dedicated volunteer going above and beyond in their community A successful CPR/AED save, first aid use, drowning or fire rescue A blood drive coordinator or long-term blood donor If you hear of any potential stories, or know of someone who you think deserves recognition for their community involvement, consider filling out a nomination form at www.redcross.org/NWheroes.

You can also send any news articles directly to Jilleen.Ward@redcross.org. Submit all hero nominations by Dec. 16. The next Annual Hometown Heroes Luncheon will be held in Spokane April 26, 2017.

Miner closed for Thanksgiving NEWPORT – The Miner Newspapers office closed Thursday, Nov. 24, for Thanksgiving. All deadlines remain the same. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 25.

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Bag a wild turkey for the holidays By Mike Demick Conservation Information Supervisor, IFG

While hunting wild turkeys in the fall often takes a back seat to big game, waterfowl and upland bird hunting, pursuing the elusive birds in the fall has its advantages. “Hunting turkeys in the fall can be just as exciting as in the spring,” said Jeff Knetter, Idaho Fish and Game upland game and migratory game bird program manager. “Plus in some places, you will likely have the woods all to yourself.” For hunters looking to put a wild bird on their Thanksgiving or Christmas table, Idaho’s Panhandle and Clearwater regions both offer general fall hunting seasons and hold the majority of the state’s birds. The general season in the Panhandle runs through Dec. 31 in management units 1, 2 (except Farragut State Park and Farragut WMA) 3, 4, 4A, 5 and 6. In the Clearwater, the season runs Nov. 21 through Dec. 31 on private lands only in

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and private lands, and finding a place to hunt can be as easy as looking at a map or asking a landowner for permission. “Many landowners will welcome hunters because they want turkey flocks reduced on their lands,” Knetter said. “But it’s critical hunters always ask for permission first, and if allowed to hunt, always follow the landowner’s wishes.” Because it is not uncommon for several hundred turkeys to congregate on or near private property where livestock is fed or crops being stored, the damage and nuisance they can cause can quickly become a problem. Providing additional harvest opportunity, particularly in the fall and winter when the birds are concentrated, is the best way to address landowner concerns. Hunters will need to adjust their hunting tactics during the fall, as there is little or no gobbling activity, and gobblers are in small flocks. Hens and young of the year are together in

However, between now and then, Strang must raise around $3,600 for airfare, lodging and food during his stay. While the selection comes with the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall, it doesn’t come with all expenses paid.

in New York for five days in February to learn from conductors, rehearse with one another and experience New York City. The Honors Choral Performance will take place Sunday, Feb. 5.

larger flocks that may contain dozens of birds. The basic hunting strategy is to find and break up a flock, scattering them in all directions. Hunters then wait as near as possible to the spot where the flock was first encountered. Younger birds will usually return within an hour while an old gobbler may take three to four hours. “The sounds and sight of dozens of turkeys returning to you from all directions can be as exciting as calling in a spring gobbler,” said Knetter. Fall turkey hunting presents some unique safety concerns, as turkey hunters dress in complete camouflage, make the sound of a turkey, and often conceal themselves in dense vegetation. They also share the woods with camouflaged big game hunters in some areas, and because either sex is legal game in the fall, some hunters may put less emphasis on identifying their target. “All hunters must be especially diligent about safety,” said Knetter. “Hunters must always

be certain of their target and what is beyond before pulling the trigger.” Fish and Game encourages hunters to follow the basic rules of safe turkey hunting: • Be sure to look beyond an approaching bird to see whether other hunters are in the line of fire before firing. • Never wave, whistle, or make turkey calls to alert an approaching hunter to your presence. Always shout to reveal your presence to an approaching hunter. • Pattern your shotgun, learn its effective range, and learn to accurately judge distances. Always shoot at the head and neck to ensure a clean kill. • Never wear red, white, blue, or black in the turkey woods. • Always clearly identify your target before firing. • Never assume you are the only hunter in the area. Assume every sound or movement is another hunter until you can safely identify it as otherwise. • Once you have a turkey in hand, tag it and cover with a hunter orange ribbon to carry it out of the woods.

“I would appreciate any support people are willing to give me,” Strang says. “This is very important to me and a once in a lifetime experience.” People can donate to individual students in the Honors Performance Series by going to

www.honorsperformance.org and click on the link that says Finalists—Make a Payment. Enter Strang’s finalist ID number 103219690. For more information, contact Cheryl Strang at strang_cheryl@yahoo.com.

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baseline studies and project management. “These funds are critical to support our commitment to timely and meaningful public involvement in this opportunity to secure important new investment and jobs for our community,” Manus said. “In particular, we look forward to reaching out to the Kalispel Tribe to develop an action plan that will ensure all of our questions about potential impacts on the environment are answered.” HiTest has completed wetland studies already, and is checking for archiological and cultural significance on the site. The proposed site is just east of the PNC mill. According to Gregg Dohrn, who the county hired on a contract to head the planning process, even if HiTest doesn’t come to flurition here, this grant money will complete all the planning phasing required to make the area south of the town of Cusick shovel ready for any industry that wants to come here. “This should be a win-win. Even if we don’t get HiTest, it’s still a win,” Manus said. The funding will lay the groundwork for sub area planning from the Pend Oreille River to Highway 20, PNC property north to Cusick town

limits. “One way or the other, we really want to maximize the return on the investment.” Dorhn said. Vaagen Bros. Lumber, who owns a mill in Usk, are also in on discussions, as well as the Kalispel Tribe. Manus noted that wasn’t just because of the tribe’s property ownership and close proximity to the project, but because of the tribe’s strong commitment to environmental stewardship. PNC, the PUD and the Port of Pend Oreille are also involved, as well as the town of Cusick. Mayor Chris Evers asked former mayor Bob Spencer to be liason for the project because of his extensive experience. While HiTest says the process to make the silicon that will eventually be used to make computer chips and solar panels is environmentally sound, several steps of oversight by the Department of Ecology will ensure what they say is true, according to Dorhn. A review by independent scientists will be conducted, and the tribe is developing an expertise on the topic since HiTest first approached Pend Oreille County. “The more we can do up front the better off we all are,” Dorhn said. A committee has been formed

to move the process along, including Dorhn, Manus, acting Community Development Director for Pend Oreille County Andy Huddleston, Economic Development Council Director Jamie Wyrobeck, PUD General Manager Colin Willenbrock and PUD Commissioner Rick Larson, Port of Pend Oreille Manager Kelly Driver, Spencer, and former publisher and owner of The Miner Newspapers Fred Willenbrock. Dorhn was hired by the county because he is an expert, Manus said. Dorhn, a professor at Eastern Washington University, is very familiar with Pend Oreille County, as well as the town of Cusick and city of Newport. Having him on board streamlined the process, Manus said. There will be an opportunity for the public to get involved when the steering committee is formed. Commerce $235,000 in other funding for other projects in Eastern Washington. The city of Spokane Valley received $114,200; Walla Walla County received $100,000 and Spokane County received $20,800. “Washington state is blessed with a diverse economy and resources to attract and sustain businesses and good jobs,” Commerce Director Brian Bonlender said. “These stra-

tegic investments strengthen communities in eastern Washington. Strong public-private collaboration is streamlining regulatory processes and providing businesses and local governments with the tools they need to make decisions and move forward.” A competitive selection process yielded the four grant recipients from a pool of nine applications asking for a total of almost $1 million. The 2016 Legislature gave Commerce’s Growth Management Services program authority to award up to $500,000 to assist cities and counties east of the Cascade Mountains to advance environmental analysis and permitting activities in and around current and large future manufacturing sites and other key economic growth centers. Criteria used in evaluating applications included size, readiness to proceed, local funds leverage, jobs retained or created, projects of statewide significance, use of vacant or underutilized industrial sites, support from local economic development organizations and consistency with regional economic development strategies. Proposals that did not win funding are in the cities of Spokane, Othello, Grandview and Union Gap.

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management units 8, 8A, 10A, 11, 11A, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18. For the purpose of this hunt, “private lands” do not include corporate timberlands. The daily bag limit is one turkey (either sex) per day in the fall, except in Units, 1, 2, 3 and 5 where five turkeys (either sex) may be taken in a day during fall seasons. Hunters must have a valid Idaho hunting license and a General, Extra, or Special Unit tag. Special unit tags are valid only for the fall season in Units 1, 2, 3 or 5. A general fall season also occurs in southeast Idaho, but that season ended Oct. 31. For more information, review pages 16-25 of the 2016 & 2017 Upland Game, Furbearer and Turkey Seasons and Rules booklet available at all Fish and Game license vendors and online at www.idfg.idaho. gov/hunt/rules/uplandfurbearer-turkey. Fall turkey hunts in Idaho have expanded over the years as turkey populations have increased. Quality hunting can be found on both public

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b r i e f ly Tri County Health meets in Colville COLVILLE – The Board of Health of the Northeast Tri County Health District meets Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m. at the Tri County Economic Development District, 986 S. Main St., Colville. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Public input is welcome. This meeting site is barrier free. People needing special accommodations should contact Kelly LeCaire at Northeast Tri County Health District at 509-684-1301 by Nov. 23.

Fire district bond officially passes PRIEST RIVER – The West Pend Oreille Fire District bond measure passed with 69.1 percent approval. Election results were finalized last week. The bond needed 66.7 percent approval to pass. “First and foremost, we would like to sincerely thank the voters in our district for their support. We would also like to thank all the local media outlets, businesses and individuals who were instrumental in helping us get the word out,” district officials said. Now that the bond has been approved, the district is taking the first steps toward putting this project in motion. The board of commissioners is in the process of scheduling meetings with the architect and structural engineers to finalize the plans for both Station 3 and Station 4. They are also scheduling meetings with the funding agency, as well as the bond attorney. “There are a number of steps that must be completed before construction begins, but our hope is that we can break ground in the spring, and have construction on both buildings completed by this time next year,” officials said.

Free handbell choir concert Dec. 4 NEWPORT – A free handbell concert, featuring the DeColores Handbell Choir, is Sunday, Dec. 4, 3:30 p.m., at American Lutheran Church. Hailing from Spokane, DeColores is a professional performing handbell choir from Spokane featuring 13 ringers and more than 100 bells. They will play a variety of religious and secular music as well as Christmas carols. The public is invited to attend this event. The American Lutheran Church is located at 332 2801 Highway 2, Newport.

Idaho Nonresident tags on sale Dec. 1 BOISE – The 2017 nonresident licenses, tags and permits go on sale at 12:01 a.m. MST, Thursday, Dec. 1, except for nonresident Sawtooth A and B zone elk tags. The sale of these popular Sawtooth elk tags is being delayed because of concerns raised by high demand. The Idaho Fish and Game commission will determine how to allocate these tags after the big game season setting process is finalized in March. Nonresident hunters can buy their licenses and tags at Fish and Game offices, any license vendor, or by credit card by calling 1-800-554-8685.

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Newport High School Principal Troy Whittle shows where the plaques will be placed honoring Alumni Hall of Fame recipients. Whittle hopes to make the award an annual recognition.

Looking for Newport alumni nominees

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Group wants to recognize exceptional graduates By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Newport High School principal Troy Whittle is on a mission. To be more specific, the Newport High School Alumni, which Whittle chairs, is looking for nominations for the Newport High School Alumni Hall of Fame. The organization is looking to recognize the achievements and accomplishments of Newport High School graduates, from any point in time since the school’s establishment. The project is meant to inspire current and future students of NHS. However, the association needs nominations first. And so far, there have been none. “We really want to get the word out and let people know that we want to hear from them if they can think of someone that should be nominated,” Whittle says. Nominations are due Jan. 25, 2017, and forms can be downloaded from the NHS website at www.newport.wednet. edu or hard copies can be picked up at the NHS front office. Completed forms can be returned to Whittle at the high school, or at the district office. The Hall of Fame selection committee will review the nominations in early February and select the recipients based on the nomination selection criteria. “While we are proud of the

accomplishments of our students, or students in the past, it can’t be something they did while in high school,” Whittle clarifies. Criteria for eligibility is that nominees graduated from NHS at least 10 years prior (there is an exception for nominees that left for military service during World War II). A person may be nominated more than once and nominations are considered for three years. The nominee must possess outstanding moral character and a maximum of three candidates will be inducted each year. People may be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame posthumously, and nominees must have distinguished themselves in one of the following areas after high school: the arts, accomplishments in academic fields, humanitarian endeavors, professional career accomplishments, community service, athletics in college or on a professional level, exceptional contributions to the Newport School District, and/or distinguished military service. After recipients are named, a plaque will be placed on the wall in the entryway of Newport High School. “When you walk in, you’ll be able to see them,” Whittle says. “We want people, especially our kids, to have a realization that there is something beyond high school, a world with a lot of opportunities for them. We want this project to represent that.”

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lot of people are angry. Some of that is caused by fear of the unknown and of what will become of our families and friends as we head into a new political era. It’s natural to fear what we don’t know and to be angry at what we cannot understand. And we’re sorry to say that we in the media shoulder much of the blame. If you peruse the national headlines you’re not likely to find much of anything along the lines of news. Most of what our national media covers these days is nothing more than speculation. Those things once relegated to a few pages marked “opinion” have found their way onto the front pages of our newspapers and to the tops of our mobile news feeds. These shadowy forecasts shape our thoughts and ideas but it is wrong to put too much faith in them. We in the media strive to get our readers’ attention and that is most effectively done by pointing to the conflict of a story. So the anger is based upon what might happen but has not yet happened. That becomes problematic when we turn that anger toward people who do not think or dress like us, or believe in the same ideas as us. We should keep a wary eye toward actions that might cause injury to ourselves but no matter how thrilling they are to read, these doomsday forecasts are not real. It has been eight years the Democrats took control of the Executive Branch of our federal government. That change caused widespread fear among those people who thought their civil liberties would be taken from them. But here we are, almost a decade later and the most notable change is that which jingles in the pockets of those who have profited by stoking those fears. As we head into this new era of Republican control of the White House we would all do well to remember that most of us have been on the losing side of an election. And that is just one of many things that we all have in common. And that it is the struggle of ideas that makes our country strong.

A commitment to prevention By Susan Johnson Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region 10

One of the greatest, under-appreciated, benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which remains the law of the land until amended, repealed, or replaced, is access to preventive care services. According to the CDC, potentially preventable chronic diseases (e.g., heart disease, cancer, diabetes) are responsible for millions of premature deaths each year among Americans. Because health problems impact productivity, they are a major drain on the economy, resulting in 69 million workers reporting missed days due to illness each year. This loss of productivity reduces economic output by $260 billion annually. Preventive care doesn’t just include lab tests for adult diseases. Routine vaccinations can benefit all of us, regardless of age. Children need screenings and assessments throughout childhood to be sure their development is on schedule. Women need prenatal care and screening for breast cancer. Many of us, including teens, need obesity screening and counseling, alcohol use screening, or depression screening. Unfortunately, many of us only go to the doctor when we’re sick, or don’t go at all. We don’t find out we have diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure until it has progressed. We don’t get our flu vaccine and end up missing work or school and even land in the hospital. Preventive care is essential to good health throughout our lives. Getting appropriate screenings, following our providers’ guidance, taking any prescribed medications, and making healthy choices can help us all live more productively – and save us money. It can also help us live independently as we age. See Johnson, 6A

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yo u r o p i n i o n Hillary lost. Get over it. To the editor: I know that I am not alone when I say I am sick of Pete Scobby’s leftist/Commie diatribes. I usually ignore them as most county residents do, but I felt I had to answer him this week. Your party lost. Get over it. You need to admit that Hillary had way too much baggage to be allowed anywhere near the White House. You, as other Democrats, cry that she had more popular votes. Let’s see what the count would be without the illegal alien

vote or dead grandmother votes or multiple votes. The founding fathers inserted the Electoral College into the Constitution so that populated areas could not detract from the influence of less populated states. We are not a democracy that would allow mob rule, we are a representative republic. Otherwise, New York and California would choose our president every time. The protests across the country just reinforce the citizens’ resolve that we made the right choice in Donald Trump. The Democrat protests are only showing America

the truth of what the Democrats are all about. The news media doesn’t say a thing about it, but Hillary was endorsed by the Community Party USA. I suggest Pete Scobby move to the coast of Washington state. Maybe that’s where he came from because it seems there are a lot of them that move here to get away from the cesspool they created there. Barring that, I am willing to send him Play Doh, or a teddy bear or color crayons. -Rod Boggs Ione

Despite our turmoil, Americans are blessed For some, Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and friends and give thanks for the blessings we enjoy. For others, it’s a time to volunteer at soup kitchens to help the less fortunate. For still others, it’s simply a chance to eat a huge meal and g u e st watch football. This year is opinion different. Americans are healing DON C. after a historic, BRUNELL tumultuous Association presidential elecof tion. Therefore, Washington it is easy to get Business sidetracked on President what is wrong with our country. In reality, most Americans have no idea how fortunate we are. With the exception of military families, too few of us have fought to protect the freedoms we have. Few people alive today experienced the depravation of the Great Depression. More than one-third of our population was born after the Vietnam War. Because of that, we don’t realize what we have. America is a stable and open society. People can’t be jailed for

criticizing the government. Even the poorest among us has access to food and housing. Women are not imprisoned for driving a car and you can’t be executed for practicing your religion. The United State has never been invaded by another country and we have never known the stifling repression of a totalitarian government. We have enjoyed these freedoms for so long, we take them for granted and assume they will always be here. But as President Reagan warned, “Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.” Ironically, the greatest risk we face is not external, it’s internal. If we lose our freedoms, it will likely be a defeat of our own making, as succeeding generations of Americans decide it’s easier to leave all the important decisions and responsibilities to the government. How would that work out? Ask the people of Poland. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Communist dictators tightly controlled everything in Poland. The government made all the decisions about manufacturing, housing and agricultural production. “Not to worry,” the politicians said, “the government will ensure that everyone has

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

This weekend marks not only Thanksgiving, but the start of the holiday shopping season. While Black Friday has been around for decades there are two newcomers. Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday are now part of the shopping extravaganza. What shopping day do you plan to utilize? Black Friday – I like the deals

what they need.” The Soviet-style system of centralized planning and government control failed miserably. The evidence is on display in the Solidarity Museum in Gdansk, Poland. The museum features a mockup of a Soviet-era grocery store with only lard and vinegar on the shelves. Walking out of the store is a mannequin of a shabbily-clad Polish woman carrying only toilet paper, because there was no food for sale. In the end, people took to the streets because they had nothing to lose. Lech Walesa, an electrician at the mammoth Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, led the Solidarity movement. They struck for better wages, working conditions and to end the austerity. They were promptly jailed by the government. Poland union leaders had support from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, who funneled money to the protestors and kept pressure on American presidents to back the movement. While Kirkland believed that the common people, not top leaders, would free Poland and bring down the Iron Curtain, it was the work of the Polish Pope John Paul II and President Reagan that brought the world’s attention to the plight of the Poles. See Brunell, 5A

r e a d e r ’ s p o l l r e s u lts What are you mostly looking forward to Trump doing as president? Building the Wall

5% 28%

42% Nothing. I’m still in shock that he won.

Small Business Saturday – I like to support our local stores Cyber Monday – I like shopping online None. I’m just looking forward to Thanksgiving. I’m not looking forward to any of the festivities. I still have election hangover.

I’m just excited to see what he does.

14% Total Votes: 43

Repealing and replacing ObamaCare

12% Fixing the economy

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31st Annual ‘Tis The Season

Arts and Specialty Gifts Show Friday

November 25 10:00 - 5:00

Saturday

November 26 10:00 - 4:00

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Simulator allows for safe training

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Sergeant Glenn Blakeslee explains the potential scenarios involved in a live action simulator Wednesday, Nov. 16. The simulator allows law enforcement to safely train in potentially life-threatening situations when police are called. The exercise is provided through Clear Risk Solutions, the insurance pool that serves the City of Newport. The simulator, which was available to local law enforcement for three days, allows for 580 various scenarios that law enforcement may come across in the line of duty.

Final pieces of Highway 41 work underway COEUR d’ALENE – Crews wrapped up the right-hand turn lane at milepost 14.2 on Highway 41 north of Rathdrum at Season’s Road Friday, Nov. 18, the last of three intersections being addressed

improve safety for drivers. The three intersections being improved each have high crash ratings and significant volumes of turning traffic. The work is part of a larger, ongoing $4.5 million

Brunell From Page 3A

The rest is history, and today Poland and the other central European nations prosper from the free market system. No matter where you go in Warsaw or Prague, you see shopping malls and fully-stocked grocery stores. This Thanksgiving, we should remember that America is still the place people around the world emulate. But nothing is permanent, and we should remember that freedom is a fragile thing. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

mo st and want e d lfunded i st by surplus to reduce crash risks project 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.

Hansen

Kelly E. Hansen, 36, is wanted on two Pend Oreille County warrants for failure to appear on original charges of domestic violence assault 4th degree and criminal trespass 1st degree. Subject is 5 feet 4 inches, 175 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Subject’s last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

Hester

Joshua H. Hester, 40, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of domestic violence assault 4th degree. Subject is 5 feet 11 inches, 210 pounds, with blue eyes and red hair. Subject’s last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

McNitt

Charles PJ McNitt, 29, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of reckless endangerment. Subject is 6 feet 2 inches tall, 200 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Subject’s last known address was in the Riverside, Wash., area. Extradition is statewide.

Cate

Courtney M. Cate, 25, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear and pay fines on original charges of residential burglary and theft of motor vehicle. Subject is 5 feet 2 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Subject’s last known address was in the Loon Lake, Wash., area. Extradition is Washington and Idaho.

in the general fund, that brought heavy construction to portions of Idaho 41 starting last summer. The overall project to improve corridor safety, and restore and extend pavement life, is expected to finish by the end of the month. The earlier work involved roadway-safety improvements, including sign and lighting improvements, chip sealing and the previous intersection work, encompassing 32 miles of roadway in the area. Commercial access and mobility were served through the project. Crews will also start rebuilding a crushed storm drain at the railroad crossing at milepost 14.5 later this week. Traffic will be reduced to one lane with flaggers during

this work, with the speed limit reduced to 45 mph in the work zone. Poe Asphalt Inc., of Clarkston, Washington, is the prime contractor. Check the Idaho Traveler Services site at 511. idaho.gov, or call 5-1-1 for the latest updates and road conditions in the area. The Idaho Transportation Board selected road and bridge projects across Idaho in December 2015 for maintenance and repair work. The projects are all funded by the $54.1 million in general fund surplus provided by the Idaho Legislature last year. Selections came from a pool of projects based on analysis of each project’s return on investment in the areas of safety, mobility, economic opportunity, bridge condition, and right-of-way purchases.

C o r r e ct i o ns

STEVE KISS Pend Oreille County Commissioner Position 3 - Republican

Looking forward to serving you for the next 4 years! Paid for by Steve Kiss

HOLIDAY CLOSURES Pend Oreille County Transfer Stations will be closed on the following November Holidays:

Deer Valley, Usk & Ione Friday November 11th - Veterans Day Thursday November 24th - Thanksgiving Friday November 25th - Thanksgiving

In last week’s story about the newly formed drag racing team, an incorrect name was mistakenly given. The team’s name is Selkirk Racing Team and Randy Bird purchased the car the team will drive. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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A story in the Nov. 9 issue of The Miner incorrectly stated that Basic Life Support ambulance service cannot administer oxygen. They indeed can. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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Top Frog gets cozy with tasting room Owner/brewer Casey Brooks of Top Frog Brewery pulls a pint in the business’s tasting room, which was completed and open to the public in time for the Newport brewery’s third anniversary party this past July. The 1,000-square-foot taproom addition doubled the size of the brewery, and according to Brooks, was the first new commercial building in unincorporated Pend Oreille County in nine years.

Share the Dharma Dec. 4 NEWPORT – Sravasti Abbey opens its doors Sunday, Dec. 4 for Sharing the Dharma Day, a monthly presentation and sharing of ideas that anyone can use to bring greater peace and happiness to their lives. The day-long event includes guided Buddhist meditation, a talk on the topic of the day, a vegetarian potluck lunch, and afterlunch discussion. The programs begins at 9:45 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Sravasti Abbey is located at 692 Country Lane near Newport. Sravasti Abbey is the only Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the U.S. where Western monks and nuns train and live

full-time. Founded by well-known Buddhist author, teacher, and nun, Venerable Thubten Chodron, the Abbey offers programs, teachings, and meditation retreats for Buddhists as well as for people simply curious about meditation or Buddhist thought. In addition, the Abbey offers weekly meditation classes on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Spokane. Topics for Sharing the Dharma Day come from the book, Don’t Believe Everything You Think, by Venerable Chodron. The December talk focuses on “Six Perfections” – generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyous, compas-

sion and wisdom – as foundational practices for developing far-reaching compassion. People of all faiths and backgrounds can use Buddhist ideas to enrich their experiences. Friendly curiosity and openness to learn are the only pre-requisites. Guests are invited to bring a vegetarian lunch item, refraining from garlic, onions, leeks, and radishes. There is no charge for events at the Abbey, and offerings of food for the community and/or financial gifts are always welcomed. For more information and directions call 509-447-5549 or email office.sravasti@ gmail.com.

JOHNSON: From Page 4A

Preventive care services are among the many Essential Health Benefits offered in Qualified Health Plans which include prescription drugs, emergency services, hospitalization, laboratory services, and mental health and substance use disorder services. Tax credits can make health insurance much more affordable. Nearly 70 percent of Washington Healthplanfinder customers who qualified received a total of more than $28 million in tax credits that lowered the premium costs in 2016. Even better, you don’t have to meet a deductible to

get preventive care services. Open Enrollment for 2017 health insurance coverage continues to run Nov. 1, 2016, through Jan. 31, 2017 – you must enroll by Dec. 23 for coverage effective Jan. 1. In Washington, visit Washington Healthplanfinder or call 1-855-923-4633 to enroll. You can also find local assistance by visiting Washington Healthplanfinder. Language assistance and disability accommodations are provided at no cost. Once you’ve enrolled, schedule an appointment for your preventive care services and make a commitment to your health.

Thanksgiving dinner open to all CUMMINGS GRAVEL PRODUCTS Sized Gravel $200/ 12 cu. yd. (16 tons)

Pit Run $160/ 12 cu. yd. (16 tons) Call 509-447-0515 Cell 509-671-3652 Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

West Pend Oreille Fire District Bond Measure

Thank you voters!

We’re very excited and extremely grateful to all of you who voted to approve this bond. These funds will allow us to provide even better service to our community. We would also like to thank the following for helping us get the word out: River Valley Beacon Priest River Times Gem State Miner Priest River Chamber Newport/Priest River Rotary Blue Sky Broadcasting Priest River Glass

VFW Post 2909 Les Jeffers City Service Valcon Priest River Napa Albeni Falls Building Supply Blue Lake Community Hall Petroglyph Printing & Signs

NEWPORT – Community members are invited to the second annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 24, from 3-5 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic

Church, 601 First Ave., Newport. The dinner is free to the public and the purpose of the event is to come together in the spirit of friendship and enjoy the

Thanksgiving meal. To allow volunteers to serve everyone adequately, admission is by numbered ticket. To obtain a ticket, call Jim Hines at 509-447-5494.

Contest: Collaborative venture From Page 3A

featured in SOS publications and appear alongside the “Who are we?” exhibit. For more information about the contest, contact Legacy Washington’s Laura Mott at laura.mott@sos.wa.gov or 360-902-4171. Legacy Washington documents

extraordinary stories in our state’s history. This collaborative venture, spearheaded by Secretary of State Kim Wyman, relies on original sources at the Washington State Library, Washington State Library and heritage organizations across the state. Legacy Washington’s work can be found in libraries across the U.S. and in heritage organizations and schools statewide.

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November 23, 2016 |

Robbins turns 100

b r i e f ly Support student music at annual Priest River fundraiser PRIEST RIVER – The annual Christmas fundraiser concert, dinner and silent auction for the combined high school and junior high school band and high school choir for Priest River Lamanna High School is Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Priest River Event Center. All funds raised go toward the schools’ music department. Presale tickets are $10 each or $20 for a family, or $12 each and $25 for a family at the door.

‘Annie’ premieres at Priest River Dec. 2 PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lamanna High School Drama Club will perform the musical “Annie” Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Priest River Junior High School auditorium. Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, and chronicles the adventures of the titular Annie, a young orphan girl looking for a family that will take her in. Tickets are $4 for students and senior citizens and $6 for adults.

Retreat for women with incarcerated loved ones NEWPORT – Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. is a Christian faith based ministry which addresses the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women, youth, and their families. There will be a weekend retreat in April for women impacted by the incarceration of a loved one or themselves. The retreat will be in Clarkston, Wash., in 2017. The retreat is free. Volunteers are also requested to join the ministry (people do not need to be Christian to participate). There are 36 hours of training from January to April before the retreat. For more information, call Bobbie Van de Veer at 509-447-5534. For more information about Kairos, go to www. mykairos.org.

West Bonner elementary schools hold Christmas programs PRIEST RIVER – These are the upcoming dates for the West Bonner County School District’s Christmas programs. All events start at 6 p.m. On Dec. 7 grades two and four, and the fifth and sixth grade band students from Priest River Elementary will perform at the Priest River Junior High School auditorium. The Priest Lake Elementary Christmas program is Dec. 8. Priest River Elementary students, grades kindergarten through first, will perform their Christmas program Dec. 13, and Idaho Hill Elementary will hold their Christmas event Dec. 14. The public is invited to attend any and all of these programs.

Courtesy photo|Laura Zapfe

Priest river Lamanna High School seniors Mathew Coates and Harold Waddington next to the recycling bins they have established at the school.

Priest River Lamanna High School is now a recycling drop off PRIEST RIVER – Priest River Lamanna High School seniors, Mathew Coates and Harold Waddington, are turning their school green as part of their senior project. They started a recycling program at the school and had Bonner County Waste Management place two large recycling bins for aluminum, office paper, and newspaper/magazines in the left parking east by the portables. They started this project because they

felt the need to better their school and the community. They also wanted to provide a way for the public to recycle. They felt that since the bins were moved from the U.S. Bank to Bonner County Transfer site on Highway 41, that no one from Priest River was recycling because the drive was too far and not worth it to recycle. Coates and Waddington both say they encourage the community to take advantage of this project.

Artists shop at Create for the holidays NEWPORT – The Create Arts Center is bringing back the annual Artists Holiday Shop, featuring handmade, handcrafted holiday gift items and a

variety of Create’s own artists. This year it is open four days, Thursday, Dec. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

each day. Create is located at 900 W. Fourth, Newport. Call 509-447-9277 or visit www.CreateArts. org.

NEWPORT – Vera Eugenia Robbins turned 100 years old Saturday, Nov. 19. She was born in 1916, in Woodland, Wash., and the second of five children. They were not a wealthy family, but got by, her family said. She went to school in Woodland and graduated from Woodland High School in 1934. Robbins After that the family moved to Cougar, Wash., which was just south of Mount St. Helens. Her father supported the family doing logging and in later years her mother was the postmistress in Cougar until her death. Robbins held several jobs after graduation, including picking hops, working in a cannery and packing fruit. She later went to Spokane with some cousins and stayed there. She worked in the kitchen of the local hospital and in a boarding house. She then met Henry Spilker and they were married on May 12, 1939. They had a son, Michael in 1940, and a daughter, Marylin in 1943. They had another son, James in 1951, and another daughter, Mary, in 1954. Ten days after the birth of Mary, Henry died of a heart attack. At the time Robbins was living in Moses Lake, Wash., and was a widow with four small children. Life was not easy for her, but she moved back to Spokane and eventually went to business college and went to work. She married and divorced twice during the time her kids were growing up and then in the early 1970s, she married Keith Slayter. Shortly after her marriage to Keith, she accidentally cut off the ends of two of her fingers in a lawnmower. She tried to continue working, but was unable to type, so she retired early. They sold their home in Spokane and moved to the Priest River area in Idaho. They were married until his death in 1992. She is still living in the same home. Besides raising four kids and working full time, she could sew like a professional seamstress and her yard looked like a park, her family said. In later years, she took up oil painting and then watercolor painting. She also was an excellent cook and was known for her great pies. She loved to read and be active. She volunteered at a local thrift store for a few years and also played darts at a local bar.

we e k ah ead Wednesday, Nov. 23 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-4470775. Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-623-5626 for locations

Thursday, Nov. 24

Friday, Nov. 25 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-9466131

Saturday, Nov. 26 Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown Live Music: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Sunday, Nov. 27 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, Nov. 28

Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m. - Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown

Hospitality House Potluck: Noon - Hospitality House in Newport

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library

Blanchard Grange Potluck: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange

Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

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

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 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 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St.,

Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Create Arts Center, Newport

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

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. -

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

Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Where to Worship

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

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

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

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

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) 447-5534

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

Sports

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Nonresident tags on sale Dec. 1 BOISE – The 2017 nonresident licenses, tags and permits go on sale at 12:01 a.m. MST, Thursday, Dec. 1, except for nonresident Sawtooth A and B zone elk tags. The sale of these popular Sawtooth elk tags is being delayed because of concerns raised by high demand. The Idaho Fish and Game commission will determine how to allocate these tags after the big game season setting process is finalized in March. Nonresident hunters can buy their licenses and tags at Fish and Game offices, any license vendor, or by credit card by calling 1-800-5548685. Residents can also buy 2017 hunting licenses and tags starting December 1, but they will be issued receipts for deer and elk tags which can be redeemed after the deer, elk, and pronghorn controlled hunt drawing is completed in July.

Bowli ng Wednesday, Nov. 16 Lucky Ladies Team Won Lost Morning Glories 27 6 Golden Girls 21 12 Country Lane Sparklers 19 14 Country Lane 15 18 State Line Girls 13 20 BYE 1 32 High scratch game: Patricia Shields 189. High scratch series: Laura O’Brien 524. High handicap game: Marcia York 235. High handicap series: Marcia York 629. Converted splits: Marcia York 4-5-7, Frances Deis 2-7, Kelly Jo Hilliard 2-7-10, Claudia McKinney 3-10, Pat Shields 5-7.

Fish and Game Agencies encourage reporting of feral swine commission approves OLYMPIA – As hunters head into the woods this fall, four agencies are asking them to watch for signs of feral swine and to report them immediately if found. The Washington Invasive Species Council, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services are reminding landowners, hikers, hunters and other recreationists that timely reporting of feral swine allows managers to take quick action to eradicate the animals. “Rapid response is the most effective and costefficient way to prevent the spread of invasive species such as feral swine,” said Laurence Schafer, wildlife biologist for the federal Wildlife Services. “While reports of feral swine in Washington are rare, isolated populations have been found and response has been swift,” said Justin Bush, executive coordinator of the Washington Invasive Species Council. “If you come across one, it is important to know that the swine pose a great risk to Washington’s wildlife and agriculture. The Washington Invasive Species Council should be contacted immedi-

ately.” Some of what makes feral swine so dangerous is that they damage shorelines and wetlands and degrade water

“The threat of wild pigs to agriculture and the livestock industry should not be underestimated,” said Scott Haskell, the state Department of Ag-

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Feral swine are considered an invasive species in Washington State and can cause damage to ecosystems and agriculture.

quality, harming other wildlife and the state’s investment in salmon habitat restoration, said Bill Tweit, special assistant with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Feral swine also prey on ground-nesting birds. Their digging and rooting erodes stream banks, impacts tree regeneration and removes vegetation.” Feral swine’s digging and rooting also threaten crops such as potatoes, grapes, pears, apples, cherries, hay, wheat, grain and hops. The value of potentially affected crops and livestock in Washington State is $8.5 billion.

riculture’s assistant state veterinarian. “In addition to the damage they can cause to food crops, feral swine can carry more than 30 diseases and parasites, posing a risk to livestock, pets, wildlife and even people. Feral swine can contaminate livestock feed and, in some cases, even prey upon small livestock animals, like goats and newborn cattle.” Anyone who observes or suspects the presence of feral swine should immediately call the Squeal on Pigs Hotline, 888268-9219, or visit www. invasivespecies.wa.gov to submit an online report.

Wednesday Night Loopers Team Won Lost Why Try Harder 153 99 McCroskey Defense 132.5 119.5 Club Rio 131.5 120.5 Woodwise 124 128 Here for the Beer 113 139 OK Lanes 102 150

High scratch game team: Odds and Ends 703. High scratch series team: Enforcers 1,906. High handicap game team: Odds and Ends 875. High handicap series team: Wilkinson Rentals 2,443. High scratch game: Jim Goss 222, Diana Hilden 198. High handicap game: Nathan Dodge 245, Diana Hilden 255. High scratch series: Jim Goss 641, Esther Wilkinson 478. High handicap series: Nathan Dodge 704, Karen Batsch 659. Converted splits: Ralph LeGrand 5-7, 3-10. Arlo Hoisington 6-7-10. Sharon Smith 3-10. Kim Rusho 3-10. Jim Goss 2-7.

Friday, Nov. 18 Friday Night Leftovers Team Won Lost Timber Room 29 15 EZ-Rider 29 15 Pooch Parlor 25 19 OK Lanes 22.5 22.5 Party of Four 18.5 25.5 The No Names 18 18 Cook’ in Turkeys 16 28 East River Plumbing 15 29 High scratch game team: EZ Rider 804. High handicap game team: EZ Rider 957. High scratch series team: Timber Room 2,252. High handicap series team: Cook’in Turkeys 2,650. High scratch game: Brian Hilliard 256, Cathy Wagner 192. High handicap game: Eric Flavel 295, Kelly Jo Hilliard 246. High scratch series: Eric Flavel 653, Cathy Wagner 495. High handicap series: Eric Flavel 803, Kelly Jo Hilliard 664. Converted splits: Pat Shields 2-7, Karen Batsch 4-5-7, Evie Logan 4-5-7, 3-5-7, 3-8, Cathy Wagner 5-7, 5-10.

land deals that could open 11,000 acres

By Roger Phillips Public Information Specialist, IDF

LEWISTON – The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved two land deals that will provide and protect public access to about 11,000 acres on various properties available for hunting, angling and trapping. During their regular meeting in Lewiston on Thursday, Nov. 17, commissioners approved the purchase of 1,012 acres of private land near Black Lake to add to the Coeur d’Alene River Wildlife Management Area. The land includes five miles of Coeur d’Alene River frontage and 3,800 feet of shoreline on Black Lake. The purchase price is $2.6 million, and the property is located 18 miles east of Harrison. Fish and Game will purchase the property with escrow proceeds from a planned sale of 1,400 acres of timber land near St. Maries for $4.6 million to Idaho Department of Lands. Department of Lands has expressed interest in the property, but the deal has not been finalized. After the exchange, that land is expected to remain open to the public under management of the Department of Lands. Any surplus between the selling price of the St. Maries property and the cost of the Black Lake property would remain in Fish and Game’s account for land acquisition or restoration. Commission chairman Brad Corkill of Cataldo described the land purchase and sale of Fish and Game lands to Idaho Department of Lands as “one of the most win/win situations that I’ve ever been involved with.” Commissioners also approved spending for a conservation easement on a 13,169-acre property known as Clagstone Meadows Ranch, which is owned by Stimson Lumber Company, and will remain under its ownership. The parcel is the largest contiguous block of privately-owned land in Bonner County, and the conservation easement includes an additional 1,263 acres in two parcels on the west shore of Lake Pend Oreille at Cape Horn. Just over 10,000 acres of this easement will provide for public access in perpetuity, and the 2016 Legislature already approved spending authority for the purchase. The value of the Clagstone Meadows/Cape Horn easement is $13.1 million, of which F&G will provide $2 million in federal Pittman-Robertson funds. The conservation easement will be jointly held by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission and Department of Lands. Other cash contributions to the project include $5.5 million from the Forest Legacy Program, $2 million from a private donation through the Trust for Public Lands, and Stimson will donate $3.6 million of value to the deal. IDL’s signing of the easement was approved by the Idaho Land Board on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Stimson’s Clagstone property is home to elk, deer, black bear, wild turkey, migratory birds, waterfowl See Idaho, 10A

High Scratch Game: Jim Radan 226. High Handicap Game: Nathan Rodriguez 255. High Scratch Series: Arlo Hoisington 605. High Handicap Series: Arlo Hoisington 704. High Team Scratch Game: Club Rio 749. High Handicap game: Why Try Harder 843. High Team Scratch Series: Club Rio 2,129. High Handicap Series: Why Try Harder 2,493. Converted splits: Shelby Thomas 2-48-10; Rush Balison 4-7-10.

Thursday, Nov. 17 Thursday Niters Team Won Lost Hi Rollers 26 18 Odds and Ends 24 20 Gutter Gang 24 20 Wilkinson Rentals 23 21 Enforcers 21.5 22.5 Plain Nasty’s 17.5 26.5

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YES Director Martina Coordes (far right) stands with Newport High School cheerleaders as they donate more than $1,800 for Youth Emergency Services.

Newport cheerleaders help area youth through YES By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – When the Newport High School Cheerleaders hold their annual Little Grizzlies Cheerleading camp in the fall, the money usually goes to uniforms for the kids involved. However, this year the girls decided to use the money they raised for more philanthropic purposes, donating $1,805 to Youth Emergency Services (YES) in Newport. “I’m just floored by the community’s continuing efforts to support us,” says Martina Coordes, YES Program Director. “This is such a great amount for these girls to raise and I am so proud of them.” YES is 501-c3 non-profit that supports young people between the ages of 12 and 18 in their efforts to remain at home or find alternative homes in which they can grow and feel secure.

YES networks with other resources in the community to provide counseling, drug treatment, food and clothing, health checks and an emergency service hotline, among other services. According to Coordes, YES currently serves 78 kids. Twenty are from North Pend Oreille County while the rest are from the Newport and Cusick communities. The cheerleaders presented the check to Coordes at the last home football game in Newport. Coach Jazmin Brokaw says the idea to redirect the funds raised from the camp came when she found out how many kids YES assist. “I was just stunned,” Brokaw said. “That many kids in our community having to worry about the kinds of things that most of us take for granted just seemed outrageous to me. When I told the girls about it, they felt the same way.”

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Fuel leaked out of both, emptying at least one of the tanks. Beardsley, who drives truck for K and M out of Colville, was transported to Newport Hospital and then taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He suffered nonlife threatening injuries. The puppy was found about an hour after the crash and is doing fine, according to Officer Nicholas Hopper with Washington

State Patrol. All of Highway 211, from Highway 2 to Usk, was closed for most of Monday, except for local traffic. The crash occurred just after noon, and the highway reopened at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Beardsley is being charged with negligent driving, Hopper said. Several agencies responded to the scene, including South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue, Washington State Department

of Transportation, WSP and the Washington State Department of Ecology. Brook Beeler, a public information officer from Ecology, said two responders were at the scene Monday afternoon. She said both red and regular diesel spilled, but there were no initial threats to surface water or drinking water. “Once State Patrol clears the scene a cleanup contractor can come in and remove any polluted soil,” she said.

Don’t forget tickets for ‘Tinsel Town’ SACHEEN LAKE – Plan on a trip to the Circle Moon Theatre as Northwoods Performing Arts jazzes up the holiday season with “Tinsel Town” a Christmas choreography of fun-filled and inspiring chorale, ensemble, and solo performances. “Tinsel Town” performance dates are Dec. 2-3, 6, and 8-10. Tickets are $35 per person for Gala Night Dinner and Show Dec. 2, and $25 per person for all other

dinner shows, or $12 for the show only. Senior and children tickets are $10. Dining service begins at 6:30 p.m. and the curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and reservations call 208448-1294 or visit northwoodsperformingarts.com and Seeber’s Pharmacy, Newport. Circle Moon Theater is located at 3642 N. State Route 211, 3.5 miles north of Highway 2.

Trees to be removed from Highway 41 COEUR D’ALENE – Work began this week and continues through Dec. 2 to improve the safety for drivers and increase visibility and clear line-of-sight by removing trees in a one-mile section of Highway 41 nearest the highway right of way.

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Wednesday, Nov. 30 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 for Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church

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noon, and then participants go to Priest River Lamanna High School. For more information on donations for the live auction or chili cook-off, call 209-290-3783.

Buy cookies, support reading METALINE – North Pend Oreille Friends of First Book is having its annual cookie tray fundraiser. For a $20 donation people can get a tray of five-dozen homemade Christmas cookies, good for parties, gifts, or snacking. Proceeds go towards providing free books to children in the Ione, Metaline and Metaline Falls area given out through local schools, libraries and other programs. Contact Lynn at 509446-3405 and leave a message with name and phone number. Cookies will be ready to be picked up Saturday, Dec. 10.

North county Tree of Sharing accepting applications IONE – The north Pend Oreille County Tree of Sharing serving the Ione, Metaline and Metaline Falls area is starting its 2016 season. Parents needing help providing Christmas for their children are invited to pick up request forms at Mountain West Bank in Ione, Ione College Center, Metaline Mini Mart, Cutter Theatre, and Metaline Falls City Hall. Forms should be returned by Dec. 5. Those requests will be taken by local elves and filled and the parents will be contacted when their gifts are ready to pickup. For more information, contact Lynn Barnes at 509-4463405.

The work is just north of Spirit Lake in Bonner County. The work will primarily occur on the southbound side of the road, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. ITD is partnering with the Department of Lands and Newport Equipment Enterprises on the project.

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and forest grouse. The property has historically been managed for timber production and some agricultural use. The conservation easement would protect both the continued management of timber and the property’s fish and wildlife resources, as well as public access to most of it. The Clagstone Meadows property is largely forested, containing identified priority wetlands, and portions are within identified focal areas of the State’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Fish and Game commissioners also approved a land swap of 40 acres of privately owned land inside the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area for 40 acres on the perimeter to remove the inholding. Both parcels were appraised at $19,000 each. Also at the Nov. 17 meeting: • Commissioners decided against moving forward with a proposal to extend the waiting period to two years for hunters who draw an antlered deer or antlered elk controlled hunt. The commission in July voted to include that provision in the upcoming rules. They reversed that decision out of concerns the twoyear wait would not do enough to improve odds of drawing an antlered

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deer or elk tag, and could shift more hunters into drawings for sheep, mountain goat and moose tags, which already have very low odds. • Commission approved continuing the discount of nonresident tags for black bear, mountain lion in some units and discounted nonresident wolf tags statewide. Discounts are from the regular nonresident tag price of $186 to $41.75 for bear and mountain lion, and $31.75 for wolves. Discounted bear/mountain tags are for backcountry units, including Units 4, 4A, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16A, 17, 19, 20, 20A, 26, 27 and portions of Units 21 and 28 within designated wilderness. The commission has discounted some non resident tags since early 2000s. • Commissioners also approved a resolution supporting passage of the federal Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2016 (HR5650) that would dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually to state fish and wildlife agencies. A “blue-ribbon panel” of 26 business and conservation leaders came up with the bill’s recommendations for new funding for wildlife management, and priority for funding would be to species of “greatest conservation need,” including game and nongame species. The intent of the bill is to modernize fish and wildlife conservation funding by using existing royalties

from the development of energy and mineral resources on federal lands to expand the funding base and ensure the full array of fish and wildlife can be sustainably managed. The current method of financing state wildlife agencies often puts a large funding burden through license fees and federal excise taxes on hunters, recreational shooters, anglers and boaters, and is often insufficient to meet the needs of thousands of game and nongame species and their associated habitat. • Commission will look at different options for allocating Sawtooth Zone elk tags, so these tags not go on sale to nonresidents on Dec. 1 as in previous years to allow time for considering options. Sawtooth Zone tags have been capped since 2009 and have become extremely popular. Resident tags sold out in 54 minutes in 2016. Some options could include limiting sales to vendors and F&G offices, or distribute the tags through all methods, i.e. vendors, internet, telephone, based on historic portions of sales. Fish and Game will continue to discuss potential season structure and tag sale structure over the next few months. Fish and Game will seek formal public input on big game seasons in February 2017, and big game season changes for 2017-2018 will be adopted in March 2017.

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deadline. The ESSA plan is required to take effect during the 2017-18 school year. Originally, Ybarra’s timeline called for submitting a draft of the ESSA compliance plan to the State Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 15. However, on Monday, Ybarra’s Chief Policy Officer Duncan Robb wrote a letter saying Ybarra would not submit the draft on Tuesday as planned. That means the State Board will not debate the plan and vote on it at its December meeting. The SDE must submit its plan to the State Board before submitting it to the feds. During a telephone interview Wednesday, Church said Ybarra and her team want to be deliberative about crafting the plan, and decided to slow down in order to better incorporate public feedback. “This is the state’s effort to be collaborative and involve the stakeholders in developing a plan that is truly Idaho’s plan,” Church said. Since the 102-page draft was unveiled Nov. 1, educators, parents, taxpayers, paraprofes-

sionals and some of Idaho’s most prominent education groups have said their voices were not sought out or built into the draft. Church said the decision to slow down the SDE’s timeline is a response to that feedback. It also gives the SDE time to finish the plan. As of late last week, details of the plan surrounding teacher quality, student achievement and school accountability remained unfinished. In the days and weeks ahead, Church said SDE leaders will draft a new plan that incorporates feedback collected during a series of five public hearings earlier this month. SDE leaders will also work to update and post a new ESSA timeline. Then, Ybarra and the SDE will submit their new compliance plan to State Board in early 2017, although an exact date has yet to be determined. Ybarra will also make sure Gov. Butch Otter and the Legislature have a chance to review the plan and offer suggestions. State Board member Debbie Critchfield applauded the SDE’s decision to pump the brakes.

“At the most basic level, I wanted to see something that was complete before I voted on it,” Critchfield said. “I actually think that it is a good move on the part of the department if they are falling back and allowing themselves the opportunity to fill in the gaps and make accommodations for public feedback.” At this time, Church said SDE leaders have not scheduled any additional forums or public hearings devoted to the ESSA plan. However, he said feedback will continue to be solicited and encouraged through the SDE’s website. ESSA touches on a wide range of education issues, from school accountability and assessment testing to teaching English language learners, complying with federal programs and offering professional development training to teachers. ESSA is notable, in part, because it pushes oversight and control of public schools away from the federal government toward the state. Idaho has not had any kind of formal school accountability program in place since Ybarra took office in January 2015.

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The Gift Of The Magi By O. Henry

ne dollar and eightyseven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One

Week One of Five dollar and eightyseven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the

mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name “Mr. James Dillingham Young.” The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as

Della. Which is all very good. Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

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rom running his workshop to delivering toys around the world, the holiday season is a busy time for Santa. To keep himself going, Saint Nick relies on some essential gadgets to stay connected, organized and entertained throughout the holidays. This year, make your own holidays a little less hectic or someone else’s holiday a little more merry. With the help of U.S. Cellular, you can give some of Santa’s favorite gadgets. Drones: To keep an eye on who’s been naughty or nice, Santa depends on his Parrot Mini-Drone Rolling Spider. The Spider flies smoothly in all directions with its sophisticated stabilizing autopilot system, and a free app with touch controls makes it easy to pilot. Thanks to the “swipe” control feature, you can execute rapid, agile aerobatics, including 90 degree and 180 degree turns, as well as forward, backward and sideways flips. An embedded vertical mini-camera lets you take snapshots from the unique vantage point.

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Alarm systems: While Santa is away delivering presents around the world, the Nest Cam provides home security. A crisp, clear, highquality glass lens, image sensor and 8x digital clear zoom let you see every detail in full 1080p HD right on your phone, where you can also receive alerts so you know if creatures start stirring – perhaps a jolly old elf? The camera allows you to both talk and listen, and with eight infrared LED, you can see the whole room, even when the night is dark. Music: What’s a sleigh ride without Christmas music? Santa jingles all the way with the UE Roll 2 Bluetooth Speaker. The speaker pumps out crisp sound with deep bass in every direction to spread holiday cheer all around. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery allows for up to nine hours of playtime, so you can keep the festivities going strong late into the night. Using the UE Roll app, you can take advantage of additional features to tune it, alarm it, personalize it and double up the sound by pairing with another UE speaker.

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Three ways to get resourceful with gift wrapping (Family Features) After spending hours searching for the perfect gift, it’s only fitting that the wrapping is just as special as the gift itself. Luckily, elaborate wrapping doesn’t have to be pricey – you can easily find ways to perfect and personalize your gift with what you have left over from last year and everyday items around the house. Use what’s around you. You don’t have to buy fancy, expensive wrapping paper to make a gift special. Use household items like newspapers, paper bags and even magazines for unconventionally wrapped gifts that still give off a wowfactor. If you have extra bakers twine, use it to create a shabby-chic bow and adorn the present with a small sprig from your Christmas tree. These household items can give gifts a handmade and homey touch that friends and family will love.

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Accessorize and personalize. Embellish your present with personal touches and accessories to make it stand out. There’s no need to go out and buy fancy bows and ribbons when you can turn everyday items into personalized decorations directly related to the gift itself – like decorating with crayons if you’re giving a coloring book. For quick, DIY monogramming you can do at home, simply use stencils to cut out the letters of your recipient’s name and tape them directly onto the box. If you’re worried about choosing the perfect card, save your money and easily create your own out of cardstock or construction paper for a special touch and personalized message. Whichever way you choose, the time and care you put into personalizing your gift will not go unnoticed.

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o b i t u ar i e s Fred R. Brooks Laclede

Longtime Bonner County resident, Fred R. Brooks, passed away at his home in Laclede, Idaho, Oct. Brooks 20, 2016, at the age of 87. Fred was born in Rawlins, Wyo., to William and Camilla Brooks Jan. 13, 1929, the same year of the Great Depression. He lived life as a “True Cowboy” on the Elk Mountain Prairie. Riding his horse to school, herding cattle and horses, and of course doing his chores. Fred had many stories telling about his childhood. Fred moved to Montana in 1949 to drill water wells for his two brother-in-laws. In March 1951, he was drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in the Korean War. After boot camp he was chosen to attend CBR School in Japan and was taught to operate the spotlight on the front line. Fred was assigned to the 61st Engineer Search Light Division and served as the spotlight operator for one year. He was honorably discharged in December 1952. In 1953 Fred met and married Florence Gurney in Sandpoint, Idaho. For the next 22 years they raised their family in the Sandpoint area. Fred and Florence divorced in 1975. In 1976, Fred married Carol Palmer of Priest River and made their home in Laclede. Over the 63 years Fred lived in this area, he worked primarily as a logger and sawyer in the local mills. He was the first person to retire from Riley Creek Lumber Company in 1991. Fred was a member of Eagles Lodge for many years. In 1963, when Schweitzer Ski Resort opened, he and his fam-

ily were some of the first to enjoy skiing on the mountain. Fred was also one of the first members of the Bonner County Search and Rescue with his English Bloodhounds. They were successful on many occasions, locating both lost hunters and fishermen. He participated in Lake Pend Oreille’s K&K Week for years. Fred enjoyed all kinds of fishing, hunting, skiing, camping, bowling, picnicking, pitching horseshoes, playing cards, dancing and being an All Around Cowboy. But, most of all, he enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He will be missed for his laughter, reminiscing, wisdom, conversation and jokes. Fred is survived by three daughters and one son, Laura (Bruce) Lines of Bellevue, Wash., Cathy (Dick) Paine of Dundee, Ore., Christi Strenke of Laclede and Michael Brooks Sr. of Laclede; 10 grandchildren as well as 20 great-grandchildren, two great-greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by wife, Carol, his parents William and Camilla Brooks, sisters Edna Boles and Margaret Coffey, brother, David Brooks Sr. and son-in-law, Gary Strenke. A memorial service will be held at the Laclede Community Center on Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. in celebration of his wonderful life. All are welcome to attend that knew and loved Fred. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com.

d e at h n ot i c e Ruby Lucille (Sherman) Hueppchen Newport

Ruby Lucille (Sherman) Hueppchen of Newport passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, at Long Term Care in Newport. She was 90 years old. Services will be held at Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport on Monday, Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

Anne Kingsley Geaudreau Priest River

Anne Kingsley Geaudreau passed away Saturday, Nov. 12 in Sandpoint. She was 88. A celebration of life will

be held in the spring. Anne was born May 24, 1928, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Roderick and Mary

Geaudreau

Sprague. She grew up and attended school in Mandan, N.D. After high school she received her nursing degree from Washington State University. Anne married G. Wain Geaudreau in 1952 at

the Shadle Presbyterian Church in Spokane. They own and operate the Geaudreau Hereford Ranch on Hoodoo Loop. Anne was a member of the Pend Oreille See Obituaries, 10B

po li c e r e po rts 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, Nov. 14 TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Lehigh Ave., Metaline Falls, report of cars speeding through area ongoing problem starts about five in the morning. ABADONED VEHICLE: Russell Rd., Newport, report of white van parked by complainant’s residence for about a week and no one around it. ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Black Bear Rd., report of attempt to locate male subjects. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Winchester St., Cusick, report of male subject that tried to use counterfeit bills to make purchase. DRUG INFORMATION: Monumental Way, report of drug info call. WANTED PERSON: N. Fea Ave., Spokane, Henry J. Strickland, 31, Oldtown, arrested on an out of county warrant. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Laurelhurst Drive, Newport, caller would like to speak to a deputy in regards to possible fraud. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of RV parked on street for approximately one month with people living in it. TRESPASSING: W. Wisconsin Ave., Ione, report of known person walking into complainant’s carport. THEFT: W. 6th, report of female that had her trailer vandalized and her battery stolen from the trailer. ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of ongoing issue with neighbor’s dogs going onto complainant’s property. WANTED PERSON: W. Hwy. 2, out with wanted subject. NOISE COMPLIANT: S. Cass Ave., Newport, report of loud party ongoing problem.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Sullivan Lake Rd., Ione, report of deer on the side of the road needing dispatched. ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 8th St., Newport, report of ongoing problem with neighbor’s dog coming into yard. BURGLARY: Nicholson Rd., Elk, report of residence broken into sometime in last two days. THEFT OF AUTOMOBILE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report that neighbor is playing drums and sounds like they are yelling at each other. PROWLER: Pines Rd, Newport, report that complainant heard voices around the residence and now can hear a vehicle running and sounds like the vehicle is parked down the road.

Wednesday, Nov. 16 WEAPON OFFENSE: Hwy. 31, report of student that had a

knife on the bus.

that came to pick up things was asked to leave took off with items.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Deer Valley Rd., complainant reports of truck with canopy, went up to the vacant residence behind her.

ILLEGAL BURNING: E. Circle Drive, report that residence behind complainant is burning.

FIRE-ELECTRICAL: Park St., report of furnace smoking, no flames seen.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Houghton St., report of two male subjects going door to door.

FOUND PROPERTY: Boundary Rd., Newport, complainant found a shotgun in the attic of a house he just purchased.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of small white pickup having issues with lane control, WA plates.

ARRESTS: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Adrian E. Simila, 68, Newport, and James R. Wilson, 24, Cusick, was arrested on a local warrant and probation violation.

DOEMSTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: W. 7th St., report of possible domestic fight, can hear yelling.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of Volvo exhibiting severe lane travel, unable to maintain speeds.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 2nd St., report of male with black cap and blue shirt looking in and under truck, took something from the back, and left.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Larsen Blvd., report of traffic hazard in roadway.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, report of deer on highway injured.

STABBING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a stabbing.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle versus deer.

Thursday, Nov. 17 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Sullivan Lake Rd., report of emergency looking vehicle parked at neighbor’s residence. TRAFFIC OFENSE: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of motor home parked down the street for a while and is now parked in front of vacant house. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: W. Walnut St., report of subject without a handicap placard took two spaces in the handicap parking. BURGLARY: W. 6th St., report of male wearing black shirt, black pants, red bandana in pocket and red back pack going in and out of yards. LITTERING: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of bags of trash and satellite dish dumped. ANIMAL CRUELTY: Southshore Diamond Lake Rd., complainant reports they groomed three dogs that were in very bad condition. ARREST: Hwy. 20, Chelsea L. Samuels, 21, Cusick, arrested for driving with a suspended license. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Box Canyon Rd., report of road sign shot up. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Box Canyon Dam, report of male wearing dark clothing walking very close to highway. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 1st St., report that caller saw male with brown curly hair wearing camouflage jacket looking in windows five minutes ago. THEFT: Lady Ct., report of lost or stolen iPhone. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 211, report of vehicle versus moose female with head injury. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 20, complainant hears alarm going off at business. ACCIDENT: Eastshore, report of vehicle in ditch unoccupied. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 7th St., report of male in black clothing and hoody ran through complainant’s back yard. ANIMAL NOISE: McCloud Creek Rd., report of dogs barking for three hours. VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of subject arrested on three warrants.

THEFT: S. Scott Ave., Newport, complainant reporting laptop was stolen one hour ago. ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, complainant reporting vehicle following very closely and passed at a high rate of speed. CIVIL: Hwy. 2 report that complainant is trying to repossess equipment and subject won’t give it back. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Northshore Diamond Lake, caller reporting possible location of missing iPhone. DISTURBANCE: Hwy. 211, report of male refusing to leave and causing disturbance. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: LeClerc Creek Rd., report of vehicle with emergency light trying to stop other vehicle. DISTURBANCE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of disturbance in jail. ALARM LAW: N. Union Drive, report of burglary alarm motion detector.

Saturday, Nov. 19 BRUSH FIRE: Mill Creek Rd., report of fire creeping away from slash pile. WEAPON OFFENSE: Hill Top Rd., report that caller heard two shots about 5 a.m. this morning. FISH AND GAME: Sacheen Southshore Rd., out with two hunters with violations. THEFT: Fertile Valley Rd., complainant reports he had money stolen out of his bedroom. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Chrisann Lane, complainant returned home to find stuff moved around. LAW ALARM: Sacheen Southshore, report of burglar alarm, no details. VEHICLE PROWL: Quail Loop, Newport, complainant thinks someone has been getting into her vehicles and taking change and gas. THREATENING: Houghton St., report that nephew is threatening to burn house down. ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Stateline Rd. N., check for wanted person. WEAPON OFFENSE: Hwy. 2, report that caller heard shot from a rifle in the area. WANTED PERSON: Lehigh Ave., Brenda Kay Wilson, 64, Metaline Falls, arrested on local warrants.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: LeClerc Rd. N., report of a stop sign violation. DISTURBANCE: Jorgens Rd., report of subjects sprayed with bear mace. CIVIL: Bud Porter Rd., report of previous tenant at residence

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., report of black Volkswagen Golf speeding, either backfired or possible shot fired. VEHICLE PROWL: S. State Ave., caller reporting theft of items from vehicle in the last month. ANIMAL CRUELTY: Hwy. 20, report of small horses not being taken care of. BURGLARY: Danforth Rd., caller reporting known subject in his house and is not supposed to be there, subject may be carrying a gun. THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of theft of services subject did not pay $90 cab fair. West Bonner County

Monday, Nov. 14 RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE: Pineview Lane, Spirit Lake RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River

Tuesday, Nov. 15 HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATION: Eastside Rd., Priest River NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Priest River HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATION: Bandy Road, Priest River Wednesday, Nov. 16 ARREST: 850 Reeder Bay Rd., Nordman, Sarah Felder, Nordman, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine.

Thursday, Nov. 17 ARREST: Jachetta Rd., Priest River, Steven D. Anselmo, Priest River, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. ARREST: E. 4th St. SW., Oldtown, Nicholas M. Sjostrom, 30, Priest River was arrested for possession of stolen property. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: Hwy. 57, Priest River THEFT OF PROPERTY: Hwy. 57, Priest River

Friday, Nov. 18 ASSIST OTHER AGENCY: W. Jackson Ave., Priest River, Bonner County deputies assisted Priest River police with a disorderly call. SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CICUMSTANCES: E. 4th St. S., Oldtown, report of a suspicious vehicle. ARREST: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Thomas E. Shelgren, 22, Ponderay, was arrested for DWP and inattentive driving.

Saturday, Nov. 19 RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River

Sunday, Nov. 20 TRESPASSING: Gleason-McAbee Falls Rd., Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Riley Creek Park Drive, Priest River BURGLARY: Ediah Rd., Spirit Lake

THEFT: S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of theft of money.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, report of deputy that has opened a drug investigation in the Oldtown area.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of truck versus deer non-blocking, non-injury.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Jason Schacht, Oldtown, was arrested for domestic battery.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Stateline Rd. S., report of someone on an ATV is cutting wood, unknown if they own the property.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

NOISE COMPLAINT: W. 6th

Friday, Nov. 18

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of white Suburban with Nevada plates having problems with lane control and speeding.

Sunday, Nov. 20

ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Dickensheet Rd., Coolin

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Monday, Nov. 28 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione

Newport Planning Commission: 5 p.m. - Newport City Hall

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will, on the 2nd day of December, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the main entrance to the Pend Oreille County Hall of Justice, 229 S. Gardner, Newport, state of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the county of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to wit: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 1 OF PEND OREILLE VILLAGE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 3, RECORDS OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON which has an address of 132A Village Street, Metaline Falls, WA 99153. Assessor’s Tax Parcel ID 433922 52 8003 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2008, recorded February 21, 2008, under Auditor’s File No. 296428 records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Ronald J. Waller, as Grantor, to Frontier Title and Escrow Company, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Mountain West Bank, a division of Glacier Bank, a Montana banking corporation, as Beneficiary. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The default for which this foreclosure is made is as follows: Failure to pay when due the following

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amounts which are now in arrears: Monthly payments owing as of August 15, 2016: $1,534.00 Interest as of August 15, 2016: $ 859.07 Late Charges as of August 15, 2016: $ 95.90 Escrow Payment Amount: $ 35.87 TOTAL AMOUNT DUE AS OF AUGUST 15, 2016: $2,524.84 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $40,308.75, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured from the 21st day of February, 2008, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and 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. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 2nd day of December, 2016 (90 days after posted). The default referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by the 21st day of November, 2016 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 21st day of November, 2016, (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 21st day of November, 2016 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: Continued on 9B

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Continued from 8B BORROWER/GRANTOR: Ronald J. Waller 2211 HWY 31 Ione, WA 99139 Ronald J. Waller PO Box 841 Ione, WA 99139 Ronald J. Waller 219 Coeur d’Alene Lake Road, Apt. 1 Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814-5357 Ronald J. Waller PO Box 275 Metaline Falls, WA 99153 by both first class and certified mail on the 12th day of July, 2016, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above on the 13th day of July, 2016, and the Trustee has in his possession proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address is set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those

who hold by, through, or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants 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. DATED: 23rd day of August, 2016.

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LUKINS & ANNIS, P.S. Trevor R. Pincock, Trustee Address: 1600 Washington Trust Financial Center 717 West Sprague Avenue Spokane, Washington 99201-0466 Telephone: (509) 455-9555 Published in the Newport Miner on November 2 and 23, 2016 (40, 43)

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2016405 PUBLIC NOTICE KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and TO: Joseph Lewis Ford (DOB 01/14/1982) an Ex Parte Temporary Order for Renewal of Order for Protection has been entered in Kalispel Tribal Court. A Hearing on this matter will be held on December 6, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kalispel Tribal Court located at Cusick, WA. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF A PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST YOU WILL BE RENEWED. To request a copy of the Petition or for information about your rights in this proceeding call the Kalispel Legal Department at (509)

789-7613. Published in The Newport Miner on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016. (41-3) ___________________________ 2016422 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR VENDOR AGREEMENT FOR VENDORS O F H O M E H E AT I N G E N E R G Y ( P R O PA N E , O I L , W O O D (PELLETS AND ENERGY LOGS), A N D C O A L ) , S P E C I F I C A L LY INCLUDING SMALL & WOMEN/ MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. Funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program payments are governed by Federal Law 42 U.S.C. 8624: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and subsequent amendments. This act requires that certain assurances be satisfied before energy assistance payments are made, on behalf of eligible individuals, to vendors of home heating energy. Project: LOW-INCOME HOME E N E R G Y A S S I S TA N C E P R O GRAMS Continued on 10B

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County Historical Society, serving as secretary for many years, and until recently was an active volunteer at the Pend Oreille County Historical Museum in Newport. Anne was a passionate collector of beautiful sewing buttons and belonged to several clubs including the National Button Society, the Idaho State Button Society, and was a beloved member of the Historical Button Society, where she served as awards chairwoman for 15 years. In addition she was a charter member of the Western Regional Button Association (WRBA). While her children were growing up, she was a Cub Scout Den Mother and a 4-H leader, teaching many young girls how to knit and coordinating trips to the Bonner County Fair in Sandpoint. Even though her days were filled with the many tasks associated with being a ranch wife, Anne had many interests and hobbies, including raising orchids and succulents, gardening, identifying mushrooms and plants, bird watching, cats, and local his-

bi rt hs Thoren Holmes tory. She was a collector of many things, including antique restaurant creamers, transfer print ironstone dishes, and bisque dolls. After her children were grown she was able to travel a bit and loved visiting England and Scotland. She was especially fond of the story of Gray Friar’s Bobby, and loved exploring the villages in the Cotswolds. She is survived by her husband, Wain Geaudreau; two daughters, Gail Geaudreau of Spokane, and Michelle Iaci of Round Rock, Texas; sister Arda Rutherford of Prescott, Ariz., and honorary daughter Anna Marie Moe of Sandpoint. She was preceded in death by her son Bill Geaudreau in 1976, son-in-law Sam Iaci in 1996, and brother Roderick Sprague in 2012. Memorial donations may be made to the Pend Oreille County Historical Society, 402 S. Washington Ave., Newport, WA 99156. Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling her arrangements. Please visit Anne’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.

Continued from 9B Stevens, Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Lincoln Counties Rural Resources Community Action (RRCA) is a private, non-profit 501(c)3 agency. RRCA is seeking to establish a list of qualified vendors, for our clients’ home heating energy needs, in Stevens, Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Lincoln Counties. The duration of the vendor agreement will be until September 30, 2017. Small businesses as well as women and minority-owned businesses are encouraged to participate. Interested vendors of home heating energy will need to respond, in writing, requesting to be placed on the vendor list for RRCA. Vendors will also need to submit pricing for their products for the duration of the vendor agreement and a copy of their W-9. Vendor agreement requests will open at 9:00 am on November 21, 2016 and will be received until 4:30 pm on December 2, 2016 at the following address: Rural Resources Community Action Attn: Leslie Hines, Energy Program Manager 956 S. Main Street Suite A Colville, WA 99114 Requests can also be e-mailed to lhines@ruralresources.org or faxed to (509) 685-6004. Requests received after the date and hour stated will not be considered. All submitted requests will become the property of RRCA. Contact (509) 685-6131 with questions.

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Thoren Holmes was born Oct. 2, at 7:42 a.m. to Alexandra and Jason Holmes. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 8.5 ounces, and measured 19 inches in length, delivered at Newport Hospital. The baby joins siblings Sebastian, Galaxy and Ruby. Paternal grandparents are George Stanley Holmes and Clarice Chaney. Maternal grandparents are David Blue and Holly Greery.

Anabelle Kate Corning Anabelle Kate Corning was born Oct. 7, at 7:45 a.m. to Kelly and Alan Corning. The baby weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 22 inches in length, delivered at Newport Hospital. The baby joins siblings Ryder and Wyatt. Paternal grandparents are Ken and Arlene Corning. Maternal grandparents are William and Ogretta Friesz.

Published in The Newport Miner on November 23, 2016. (43) ____________________________ 2016414 PUBLIC NOTICE H earing N otice The Pend Oreille County Commissioners will hold a hearing at 3:00 p.m., November 29, for the purpose of setting the 2017 property tax levy for the County General Fund and Road District Fund, in their meeting room, 625 W. 4th, Newport. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting, contact Clerk of the Board, 509-4474119, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Published in The Newport Miner on November 16 and 23, 2016. (42) ___________________________ 2016417 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS P U P I L T R A N S P O R TAT I O N SERVICES The Newport School District No. 26-056, Pend Oreille County, Washington, is seeking sealed proposals from qualified and experienced firms for providing pupil transportation services for 5 years beginning with the 2017-18 school year. In order to be considered a firm must have at least 5 years experience in providing pupil transportation services to a district at least the size and routing complexity of the Newport School District. Interested firms must obtain proposal documents which are available from the district website at www.newport.wednet.edu under ‘Request for Proposals’ or from the district administration office, 1380 W 5th Street, Newport WA 99156 or by calling (509) 447-3167. Each firm submitting a proposal must schedule and attend an individual pre-bid conference with district personnel between December 12 and December 16, 2016. Additionally, each proposal must meet the requirements and contain all information called for in the district proposal documents. Proposals that do not meet these requirements will not be considered. Sealed proposals must be received at the district administration office, P.O. Box 70, 1380 W. 5th Street, Newport, WA 99156 via mail or hand delivery no later than 2:00 P.M., January 31, 2017 in order to be considered. Proposals submitted after this time and date or proposals submitted via fax machine or electronically will not be considered. Proposals will be opened at 2:00 P.M., January 31, 2017 at the above address. Representatives from any company submitting a proposal or the general public may attend the opening. Proposals must be in a sealed envelope or envelopes or completely wrapped and sealed and marked plainly “Pupil Transportation Proposal” on the outside. Any proposal may be withdrawn up to the time and date scheduled for the opening. After the time scheduled for the proposal opening no proposal may be withdrawn for sixty days. The district reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and waive any irregularities in any proposal or in the proposal process. The district

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also reserves the right to select any proposal that the district believes is in the best interest of the district, which may not represent the lowest bid submitted. Questions may be addressed to Debra Buttrey, Business Manager at (509) 447-3167. Published in The Newport Miner on November 16 and 23, 2016. (42-2) ___________________________ 2016423 PUBLIC NOTICE S U P E R I O R C O U R T, S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N , S P O K A N E COUNTY No. 16-4-01630-0 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN L. NAUDITT 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 by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in Revised Code of Washington (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. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty (30) days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); OR (2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and non-probate assets of the Decedent. Date of First Publication: November 16, 2016. PETER H. NAUDITT, Personal Representative c/o BRIAN KNOPF, WSBA No. 27798 Attorney for Personal Representative BRIAN P. KNOPF, P.C. 221 N. Wall St., Suite 224 Spokane, WA 99201-0824 (509) 444-4445 Published in The Newport Miner on November 16, 23, and 30, 2016. (42-3) __________________________ 2016392 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board will be meeting from 12:00 -1:30 P.M on December 5th. The meeting will be held at the County Counseling conference room, which is conveniently located at 105 S. Garden Ave in Newport. Light refreshments will be provided. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Jessica Ausborn at 509-447-6436. Published in The Newport Miner on

November 23 and 30, 2016. (43-2) ___________________________ 2016400 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Newport City Council will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m., December 05, 2016 in Council Chambers located at 200 S. Washington Ave., Newport, Washington for the purpose of reviewing the 2017 Preliminary Budget. Copies of the Preliminary Budget may be obtained by the public on November 23, 2016. Published in the Newport Miner on November 23 and 30, 2016. (43-2) ___________________________ 2016415 PUBLIC NOTICE B udget H earing N otice The Pend Oreille County Commissioners have completed the preliminary budget review and will hold a hearing at 11:00 a.m., December 5, 2016 and at 3:00 p.m., December 20, 2016 in their meeting room, 625 W. 4th, Newport, for the purpose of fixing the 2017 Final Budget. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting, contact Clerk of the Board, 509-4474119, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Published in The Newport Miner on November 23 and 30, 2016. (43-2) ___________________________ 2016418 PUBLIC NOTICE Lenora Water and Sewer District The Lenora Water and Sewer District will be discussing a proposed water and irrigation rate increase at their meeting on December 6, 2016. The meeting will take place at the Skookum Lodge located at 1432 Lenora Drive in Usk at 10:00am. The public is invited to give comment. Any questions call the Lenora office at 445-0888. Published in the Newport Miner on November 23rd and November 30th , 2016. (43-2) ___________________________ 2016424 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO.1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY WAT E R U S E E F F I C I E N C Y PROGRAM GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES A public hearing will be held on December 6, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., to review the goals of the Water Use Efficiency Program and establish future goals for the program. The Water Use Efficiency Program is required by Washington State law, for the purpose of addressing the increasing demand on the state’s water resources. The hearing will be held at the PUD Administrative Building in the Newport Conference Room, 130 N. Washington, Newport, Washington. The public is invited to attend and be heard. Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in the Newport Miner on November 23 and 30, 2016 (43-2)