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PUD budget down $20 million $56.5 million includes $10.9 million in Box Canyon fish habitat restoration

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille PUD No. 1 is expected to adopt a $56.5 million budget, Tuesday, Dec. 15, down $17.5 million from 2015 because of less spending on capital projects at Box Canyon Dam and less power purchases from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). A public hearing was held Tuesday, Nov. 17.

An automatic 1 percent rate increase is built into the budget, says the PUD’s Director of Finance April Owen, but no commissioner action is necessary.

No other rate increase is built into the budget. Any future rate increase will be discussed in the spring, she said.

There is $10.9 million budgeted for downstream fish passage work at Box Canyon Dam. That work is already financed through bond sales and about $10 million in carryover from the multi-year $108 million turbine improvement project concluded last year, Owen said. No additional bonds will be sold until 2017, she said.

The fish passage project will cost the PUD about $25 million over the course of two years, and is expected to be completed in 2017. It will involve the building of a fish ladder, which will enable bull trout

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Working on the bank Construction workers have been laboring to finish the remodel on the Washington Federal bank in Newport.

In the bottom photo taken Tuesday morning, a worker moves bricks into position.

The building is covered with plastic, which allowed workers to get out of the cold.

Joe Tannen of Newport lays bricks inside the plastic. Tannen says he doesn’t usually get to work so close to home.

Crews expect to work another couple weeks on the project.

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Domestic Violence: Anonymous Me An avenue for the abused to tell their story

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Christmas events are in full swing in Newport, starting this weekend.

The Stratton Craft Fair is Saturday, Dec. 5, at the elementary school, and the Newport Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees is taking place at Sadie Halstead Middle School the same day.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., kids can create crafts, listen to music and visit with Santa, and get their photo taken with him. The hospital is also holding an immunization clinic for kids ages 5-18. Questions can be directed to the Tri-County Health District at 509-447-3131.

The evening benefit social is from 5-7 p.m.,

NEWPORT – Rahnda Williamson knows what it is to be on the receiving and giving end of domestic violence. She grew up in it, watching her father beat her mother when he drank too much, torn between her love for him and the tension and fear leading up to his violent behavior.

“I love my dad; I’m a total daddy’s girl,” Williamson said. “But when he drank, he got mean.”

At 20 years old she decided she had seen enough. She remembers a family gathering when her father’s temper erupted and he was on top of his wife, raining down blows.

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“No one was doing anything,” Williamson recalled. “Me and my siblings were just stand-

ing there.”

But something snapped inside of Williamson, and eight months pregnant

with her first child, she went after her father, punching, kicking, and screaming at him to stop.

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Rahnda Williamson holds the binder from the Anonymous Me group in her home in Newport.

B r i e f ly Digital holiday lights workshops NEWPORT – If you’ve ever wanted to brighten up your neighborhood with an over-the-top holiday lights display, now’s your chance to learn the basics.

Exbabylon IT Solutions is sponsoring two Digital Holiday Lights workshops as a fundraiser for The Curiosity Factory, Newport’s own rural makerspace. The workshops will be held at the Cork and Barrel Public House in Newport on Saturday, Dec. 5 and 12, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

All supplies will be provided for your use during the class with options to purchase and take home. All you

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need to bring is a thumb drive and your registration fee of $20. Laptops will be provided. Online registration is available on the Chamber’s website at: http:// goo.gl/nPp3zP. Space is limited, so sign up early and attend one or both workshops. For more information about the workshop contact Patrick Molvik at (509)671-7718 or send an email to Pat@MolvikEngineering.com.

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and Black Night at the Priest River boys and girls basketball game, which will get underway at 6 p.m.

“Our girls varsity team will be playing against each other the first half and our boys will be playing against each other the second half,” Spartan athletic director Kevin Dinning said. “This is to get everyone excited for our basketball season and give our teams some time on the court.”

Donations will be accepted at the gate, and there will be a concession stand open.

“This is a great opportunity to come out and support our basketball programs,” Dinning said.

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and westslope cutthroat trout to move downstream from Box Canyon Dam. The work is part of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirement.

Some fish passage work will begin after the first of the year and most will be done in the spring.

That makes up most of the $14.8 million the PUD plans to spend on capital expenditures in 2016. The PUD will spend $2.9 million on the electric system, including things like wire and poles, which is down a little from previous years, Owen said.

The PUD plans on spending $500,000 in capital expenditures on the district’s fiber optic system Community Network System (CNS). That will go to things like line extensions. The PUD budgeted $100,000 on the water systems and $300,000 on Box Canyon Dam. The base source of the PUD’s revenue is electric sales. The PUD generates electricity at Box Canyon Dam and receives 48 megawatts of power from Boundary Dam, operated

by Seattle City Light (SCL), which is the lowest cost power the PUD uses for the residents of the county.

Under an agreement made many years ago, the PUD purchases the power at cost.

The PUD has four systems – Box Canyon power production, CNS fiber, electric distribution and water – all with budget expenses that make up the $56.5 million budget.

Box Canyon power is largely sold to Ponderay Newsprint (PNC), which makes up about 60 percent of the PUD revenue.

PNC uses energy from Box

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Canyon, Boundary and the BPA. “The biggest change with the Ponderay Newsprint is it reduced the amount of BPA power it buys,” Owen said. The amount was significantly reduced, from an average of 26 megawatts per hour to 5.

Ponderay Newsprint is by far the largest of the five PUD industrial customers, including the Pend Oreille Mine in the north part of the county, which came onto full production in 2014.

Because PNC is not using as much power as in past years, the amount that the PUD generally gets from BPA to supply PNC was reduced in October 2015, Owen said. This reduction in cost passes through to PNC. Because of uncertainty in the newsprint industry, Moody’s Investor Service lowered its outlook on future PUD bonds from stable to negative, but didn’t reduce its A3 rating. The changed outlook means the PUD will likely have to pay more in interest to entice investors to buy the bonds.

The PUD forecasts $17.179 million in operating revenue for 2016, with $10.9 million of debt.

The PUD has $152 million in long-term debt ending in 2015. About $60 million will be paid in 2016 for interest and about $5.7 million for principle from funds earned through revenue, according to Owen.

“It’s a lot of debt,” Owen says, “but we borrowed at a good time.”

In addition to low interest rates, the PUD was able to take advantage of government programs that subsidize some of the

interest, she said.

In reserves, the PUD has about $12 million unrestricted cash from the end of 2014 for the electric system.

The electric distribution system makes up most of the PUD budget. More than $41.45 million is budgeted for the electric system, down from a little more than $49 million in 2015. The PUD will generate $41.5 million in revenue to balance the budget.

The distribution system has $2.9 million budgeted for capital spending. Some $2 million is for engineering, including $540,000 for new line extensions, which are reimbursed by the customer.

Capital spending includes $775,000 for two projects.

One of the capital projects is to meet the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) updated requirements, allowing the PUD to put equipment in state highway right-of-ways.

This is the third year of a four-year project. The budget shows $275,000 for the project. The PUD will work on Highway 2, Highway 20 and Highway 31 in 2016 and 2017.

The PUD has been doing a “Test and Treat” program for the 20,000 poles covering its system. This is the fifth year of seven that poles are tested and either treated to increase lifespan or replaced if unsafe. About $500,000 is budgeted for the program.

The district has seen a few more residential electric customers, 8,076, up from 7,967.

There are 842 commercial customers, compared to 843 last year.

CNS has 1,430 fiber customers, including 350 new customers. Revenue is projected at $2 million, with expenses coming in at $1.82 million.

“There is no deficit this year,” Owen said, unlike last year.

There will be $540,000 in capital projects for CNS in 2016.

PUD union workers will get a 2 percent cost of living adjustment in 2016. The PUD budgeted for 98 full time employees and three commissioners, a decrease of four full-time employees from 2015. About half the staff is union.

The budget is about $13 million for wages and benefits. Cost of living increases for non union employees, including management, won’t be decided until July.

About $1.2 million is for employees working

on capital projects and the remaining $11.8 million is expensed to the different systems, Owen said.

The PUD operates nine water systems, budgeted for about $508,979. With funding at about $409,532, the water systems budget is unbalanced. Most of the nine systems have cash reserves. Owen says the deficit is made up by either the cash reserves or grant funding. The PUD hasn’t budgeted any grant funding for 2016.

The water system budgeted $85,000 for capital projects. About $40,000 is to replace undersized pipes at the Sunvale Acres subdivision. This will take three years with a total cost of about $90,000.

The other $45,000 will be used for a pump for the Sandy Shores water system for emergency situations. Both were budgeted last year but the work didn’t get done.

December 1985 cold, snowy

This station wagon owned by Simchuck Sporting Goods in Spokane was stuck in the snow off Highway 2, near the intersection of Highway 211. That was a particularly slick part of the road where dozens of cars slid off the road the two weeks leading up to the first week of December 1985. A new Thanksgiving Day record cold temperature was set that year – 13 degrees below zero.

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She said she ended up almost blinding him in one eye, but as far as she knows, he never hit her mother again.

However, Williamson’s struggles with violence in the home continued throughout her adult life. For the last few decades, her ex-husband used physical and mental abuse against her, and it’s a continual effort to come back from that.

“People want to look at it as a case of black and white, like the abused are stupid to allow it to continue happening, or that the abuser is an absolute evil monster,” Williamson said. “The reality isn’t as easy as all of that.

Yes, some abusers are monsters that like hurting other people.

Some of them are addicts who are under the influence or they don’t know a better way because they were raised with that (abuse) too. Sometimes, as the abused, you’re afraid for your life, for your children, for your finances if you try to leave.

It’s a lot more complicated than people like to believe.”

After separating from her husband in May 2015, Williamson founded the Facebook page, Anonymous Me, a private group

that allows victims of domestic violence to post anonymously, without outing themselves or their abuser. Her friend, Heather O’Neal, serves as the group’s co-administrator.

“It’s a small town, and not everyone is comfortable sharing their story out in the open,” Williamson said. “This provides an avenue for the abused and survivors of abuse to be heard without fear of being judged or someone trying to get back at them for what they said.”

Williamson has also collected hand-written stories in a black binder from some of the group’s members, none of which are signed. The stories were read aloud during a candle light vigil in Newport for domestic violence in October.

“These people are people you know,” Williamson said of the stories’ authors. “They are business people, men, women, young, old, middle-aged – there’s no one type.”

Sarah Kramer, Victim Advocate for Pend Oreille Country Crime Victim Services, echoed that statement.

According to Kramer, Crime Victim Services has had 76 domestic violence cases go through the organization’s

system from August 2014 to August 2015. Of those 76, three were men (calls to the victim services help hotline aren’t included).

“Domestic violence is a crime that involves people, and there’s not always a pattern or a rhyme or reason in terms of a stereotypical abuser or victim when it comes to background and economic class,” Kramer said.

“You can’t put them in a box.

Domestic violence happens across the board. We’ve worked with people from the age 15 to 85, some with good family homes or horrible childhoods.

It’s your average, everyday working citizen, not just addicts or the poor.”

The range of intricate emotions that accompany abusive relationships is a web that is difficult to untangle, as Williamson knows. She evoked a particular incident when her former husband accused her of having an affair, three weeks after Williamson had given birth to their fourth child.

“He had me bent over backwards, choking me out over the crib, and in my head all I could think was that the crib was going to break with my baby inside of it, and I would acciden-

tally land on him and kill him,” Williamson said. “I panicked and reached out and slapped him (her husband) right across the face. I had never struck back before and it totally caught him by surprise. He actually started crying and saying, ‘I can’t believe you hit me.’ I spent the rest of the night consoling him.”

Williamson hopes, that by sharing some of her story, it will let others who have been, or are going through domestic violence, know that they are not alone. Also, it might give people who have never been in an abusive relationship a better understanding of what victims go through.

“For some people, it happens over a long time,” Williamson said of the cycle of abuse. “For some people, they just get hit once, or called ‘stupid’ one too many times, and they are done.

It’s all wrong. One form of abuse isn’t ‘better’ than another.”

If you are seeking help for yourself or someone you care about, call the 24 Hour Help Line at 509-447-5483 or 1-800548-3133. If you live outside Pend Oreille County and are in crisis, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800799-SAFE (7233).

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b r i e f ly Bonner County looks to change land use appeals SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Commissioners are considering changes to land use appeals and will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Bonner County Administration Building at 1500 Highway 2 in Sandpoint.

The county wants to change the procedures for consideration of land use appeals. The commissioners would eliminate the current two step process for considering final decisions by the Planning and Zoning Commission or hearing examiner.

The change would allow appeals to go directly to public hearings before the county commissioners. The current process requires the county commissioners to determine the planning commission or hearing examiner erred in their decision.

The change would allow appeals to go directly to a public hearing before county commissioners and would also clarify the rights of appeal.

Pend Oreille County Democrats meet Dec. 13 CUSICK – The Pend Oreille County Democrat Party will hold their annual potluck holiday party Saturday, Dec. 13, from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Cusick Community Center, at 107 First Ave., in Cusick. People are invited to bring a favorite potluck dish. Prime rib, beverages, rolls and dinnerware are provided.

Call 509-710-6493 for more information.

New emails for Newport School District NEWPORT - The email domain for Newport School District staff has changed. All staff emails now use @newportgriz. com. Those who contact the school district frequently via email should make changes to their address book and list serves. For more information, contact shumskis@newportgriz.com or shumskis@newport. wednet.edu.

Stratton Elementary to host Santa Claus NEWPORT – Stratton Elementary School will hold its annual Arts and Craft Sale Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Santa Claus will be there for a visit and pictures and gifts are available for purchase.

co r r e c t i on The Pend Oreille County solid waste fee will be $107 per ton starting in March of 2016. The amount was overstated by a dollar per ton in last week’s story. We regret any confusion this caused.

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Trena Gagliardo with some of her work at The Artisan Gallery in Priest River.

Our Artists: Trena Gagliardo

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner Editor’s note: This is the second of an occasional series highlighting local artists.

METALINE – Trena Gagliardo is a Pend Oreille County contemporary realist artist who specializes in a vast variety of mediums including oil painting and highly detailed pencil and graphite works. Her artistic process began as a child during frequent camping and hiking trips in the mountains of Idaho and Washington.

Now, her primary source of inspiration for her richly diverse subject matter comes from living in the beautiful mountains surrounding her home in Metaline. Vibrant colors, contrasting shapes, and bold compositions characterize her art.

Gagliardo was recently one of the many artists featured in the Pend Oreille Visitors Guide this spring and has displayed her works in the 1212 Gallery in Richmond, Va. She has also created the logo for Teck Mines Competition Mine Rescue Team. Gagliardo demonstrates a highly developed sense of color and composition and a keen attention to detail. She illuminates qualities that often go unnoticed by the casual observer.

She has exhibited her artwork in the Pend Oreille County Fair for the last three years, in which she won several best of shows, first place and the Superintendent’s Special Award for 2015.

Her artwork is in many private residences throughout the U.S. She studied Art in New York and was mentored by Lee McGowan at the Washington Hotel in Metaline Falls for several years. The Miner recently connected with Gagliardo to ask her what goes into her artistic practice.

Tell us about your latest art installation.

My latest installation was at The Artisan Gallery in Priest River and the vibe felt great. There was so much happening there and I found it really exciting. I love all the different works of art

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by various artists in the surrounding area; it’s like a huge melting pot of art where everyone is close to one another. There’s a real sense of community and I wanted to be a part of it. The show took on a life of its own, and all the artists involved plugged ourselves in and had a wonderful time.

My art is very expressive and is typically a blend of two extremes – very expensive, but my work stays true and takes shape through materials of all forms, from the playful to the application of fine art techniques, each utilized to evoke specific feelings and ideas from the viewer.

My collections vary in design and fabrication, but always with a deeper underlying purpose and

thought-process going on. Much of my work is strung together under a playful guise and I was very specific about what pieces were selected. It was not by subject matter, but by degree of finish or artist satisfaction with the outcome.

Describe your creative process.

As a rule, ideas never come when I’m trying to come up with ideas.

They happen when I’m doing dishes or trying to fall asleep. I have millions of ideas of pieces of art in my head just waiting in the files of my mind to be brought to life. I go to my See artist, 7A

NEWPORT – The Hour of Code is an engaging hands-on computer programming introduction for students and adults by working through tutorials based off popular themes like Star Wars, Frozen, Angry Birds, and Minecraft.

The Grizzly Discovery Center, Newport School District’s afterschool program, will be hosting the Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week on Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Stratton Elementary. The grant community partners, Exbabylon IT Solutions and The Curiosity Factory makerspace, will be volunteering as coding coaches for this free event open to Newport area families.

The Grizzly Discovery Center is funded through a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant to serve academically at risk students in grades k-12th. One of the grant’s objectives is to increase interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and careers.

“The Hour of Code aligns well with this objective as it provides an entertaining and engaging way for students and their parents to learn the basics of coding as a 21st Century skill,” said Donna Molvik, pro-

gram director at Grizzly Discovery Center. In addition to learning the basics of how to code using Google Chromebooks and computers, participants will also learn how to code without computers, an exercise in abstract thinking skills using symbols, learning how to break large tasks into smaller tasks, and finding patterns. Useful stats on the topic of the importance of teaching computer science can be found at the Hour of Code’s website at: https://hourofcode.com.

Event organizers also believe the STEM theme complements Pend Oreille County’s identity as high-tech, high-rec, and envision Newport becoming a rural STEM community. In addition to the Grizzly Discovery Center’s event on Dec. 9, WSU Extension’s Tech Wizards program will host the Hour of Code on Monday, December 7th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Cusick Community Center, and The Curiosity Factory makerspace will host the Hour of Code on Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the WSU Extension building located at 227 S. Garden Avenue in Newport.

For more information about the events contact Molvik at 509 – 447-2481 extension 6500 or by email at MolvikDonna@ NewportGriz.com.

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ahnda Williamson is one brave soul.

In the open telling of her experiences with domestic violence, she removes the stigma society places on victims of this all too common crime. She owns her life story and takes back the power her one-time abusers had over her.

We should all take a good look at what Williamson has to say about victims of domestic violence, and the re-victimization we put them through by labeling them as weak or stupid.

An abuser’s manipulation skills are unsurpassed. It can be quite surprising when you finally realize you are in an abusive relationship, and you don’t have to have grown up in one to become a victim yourself. Abuse doesn’t necessarily mean a slap across the face, or a punch in the stomach either. It can be as subtle as a tone or glance, as quiet as an undetected cancer, until you’re so entwined in the relationship there’s no obvious or seemingly possible way out.

According to our own Crime Victim Services, domestic violence does not discriminate. It is not just for the poor, or minorities, or even women. It happens everywhere, to men and women, adults and children, white, black, brown, upper, middle and lower class. It happens quietly, and loudly. It’s both overt and subtle. It can happen to anyone, no matter how strong or smart they are.

Most importantly, we as a society need to remove the blame from the victim completely.

We need to encourage victims to talk openly about their situation – what got them there and how to get them out. We need to offer tangible financial support and protection from their abuser. Only with open dialogue can we hope to end this everyday crime.

Williamson is a shining example of turning the table on domestic violence. She’s been on both sides of it, and has passed through to offer a very real support system for victims. We thank her for her bravery, and hope the rest of us can follow her down this path to redemption and dialogue.

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Kick open that shrinking window What is it with ageism? Seriously, I’m trying to understand. We start out too young to do something, be it because of our limited physical stature, or inability to comprehend a situation. Then, after high school spits us out into the world, we are in our prime and at the age where we are supposed to be facilitating progress in not only our lives, but as a functioning member of society, but alas “you don’t have the experience, kid.” Then, when we finally get a wealth of experience under our belts, then come the restrictions.

“Act your age.”

Soph i E’s “You’re just a little too old for that, don’t you think?”

CHOICE Yes, I get it, if you are blind you Sophia shouldn’t be out on the road drivaldous ing, or if you’re not of the age to grasp the consequences of overdrinking, you shouldn’t be at a kegger with teddy bear in one hand and sippy cup in the other. There are certain activities that people of certain ages either struggle with due to corporeal capabilities, or aren’t emotionally ready to process.

But those limitations should be obvious enough without civilization pulling the velvet rope over more and more options as we get older. For example, those insipid “Fashion over a certain age” lists that magazines and television shows like What Not to Wear trumpet as the end all be all of appropriate style. Really? You’re going to put that much effort into guilt-tripping women over the age of 30 that leather shorts are now off limits? You know what a woman over thirty shouldn’t wear? An untested parachute. Actually, that’s good advice for any age.

It’s like we have this limited time to be in our prime, then we must go quietly and obediently to the scrap heap. Which sucks, because I’m privileged to know so many older people that do more things in one week than I have in the past month. And on the flip side, there are a lot of young already defying stereotypes about their generation.

Growing elderly is mandatory by the laws of nature. What one should be doing with one’s life at a certain age is a matter of personal opinion.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Overreacting to terrorism self-defeating To the editor, America’s current overreaction to the Paris terrorist attack reminds me of a prehistoric society.

Early hunter/gatherers couldn’t bring down a wooly mammoth, so they would scare the large animals and stampede them over a tall cliff. That’s what terrorists are doing to us. They create fear and we end up harming ourselves by overreacting.

What is the advantage of being American if we abandon all of our values and rights in the face of irrational fear? We are paralyzing ourselves with fear of an attack that may or may not

happen. We can’t stop terrorism, as that’s exactly how it works.

Terrorists can’t defeat us because we greatly outnumber them. By imposing fear on ourselves, we react to the threats that in reality seem minute and implausible.

We have lost our perspective about the danger from terrorism compared to other actual threats such as car crashes and cancer. It’s almost like we have convinced ourselves that we can never go swimming because someone recently drowned.

We can’t go hunting because a hunger was accidently shot. We can’t fly in an airplane because a single plane was brought down.

The terrorist wins against overwhelming odds when we de-

feat ourselves. That’s what happens when we pass new laws that give up our rights for the illusion of safety. We make ourselves prisoners in our own country and you might want to consider that prisoners aren’t safe even in prisons.

We must realize that there is no absolute defense against terrorism. Every terrorist killed is replaced by another terrorist.

There is no end to this method of attack as it works so well by creating irrational fear and overreaction. There is no workable political or military solution to terrorism, so overreacting to it is self-defeating.

-Pete Scobby Newport

When a higher wage isn’t The news is full of organized protests and street demonstrations demanding a $15 minimum wage.

Several cities across the nation have passed or are considering big hikes in their minimum wage.

SeaTac was the first in our state to pass the $15 minimum wage, followed by Seattle and the University of Washington. Washington, D. C. now has the nation’s highest “state” minimum wage at $10.50, followed closely by Washington state at $9.47.

Supporters say a $15 minimum wage will improve the lives of low-wage workers and boost the economy by putting more money in their pockets to spend in the local community.

But workers may not see the promised benefit to their bottom line. Consider the restaurant industry.

Some restaurant owners subject to the higher minimum wage are banning tips on the theory that tips, which formerly supplemented low wages, are no longer necessary or appropriate. That will put a big hole in workers’ pockets.

Atlantic magazine reports that food servers in San Francisco average $13 per hour in tips, in addition to their $12.15 minimum wage. That results in a $25 hourly wage.

A national survey of 15,000 food service workers found that servers in Miami, Boston and San Francisco reported the highest median tips per hour at around $13. The lowest – around $7 – were in Minneapolis, Detroit, g u e st and Seattle. opinion There’s another problem.

DON C. Tips, which BRUNELL can amount to Association up to 70 percent of a server’s of income, often go Washington unreported to the Business IRS. In fact, the President Internal Revenue Service estimates that $11 billion in tip income goes unreported each year.

As higher minimum wage laws shift servers’ income from tips to wages, that income will now be reported by employers and Uncle Sam will get his cut.

There is another underreported aspect of some new minimum wage laws: the union exemption.

Many ordinances passed to date, including SeaTac’s, specifically exempt employers from paying the higher minimum wage if they

reade r’s poll Visit The Miner Online to answer our readers’ poll question through Monday afternoon. Find it on the left-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.

FBI director James Comey is publicly saying now what many law enforcement officials so far have only been willing to say in private: that the so-called “Ferguson effect” is taking a toll, that is that law enforcement officers aren’t engaging with the public as much for fear of doing something wrong and having it appear on video.

Do you think law enforcement officers are holding back for fear of being videotaped?

have a union contract. Many analysts believe that supporters like the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are pushing the higher minimum wage laws specifically to leverage employers into signing union contracts.

But union membership comes with union dues, money the unions spend to increase their political influence and power. Bottom line: those dues come out of the workers’ pockets.

And finally, to benefit from a higher minimum wage, you must first have a job. And for many untrained young people, the $15 hourly wage is an insurmountable barrier.

Look at it from the employer’s perspective.

The only thing that offsets the time and money it takes to train a young worker is they earn less than experienced employees. Once they get training and experience, they can move up the ladder and command a higher salary.

Why would an employer hire an untrained, inexperienced person for $15 an hour when older, more experienced workers are pounding the pavement looking for work?

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r e a d e r ’ s p o l l r e s u lt s Do you think Global Warming is starting to effect weather patterns where you live?

No

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5% 29% 67%

Yes, who wouldn’t? It’s hard enough to do the job without being second guessed by someone with a video camera.

No, not the good ones. Policing is a profession and professional law enforcement officers have nothing to fear from video.

Total Votes: 21

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d o w n m e m o ry l a n e 100 years ago – 1915 Snowfall was so heavy that logging operations were stifled and many were shutting down.

The Dalkena Lumber Co. bought 50 million feet of timber stumpage in the Priest River basin from the Menasha Woodenware Co. from Menasha, Wis. Bonner County Commissioners agreed to contribute $17,000 for construction of a bridge across the Pend Oreille River in Priest River.

90 years ago – 1925 Test of the river bed on the proposed site of the Oldtown interstate bridge showed a suitable bottom for pile driving.

Pend Oreille County received $26,613 in its share of the Kaniksu National Forest Receipts for the previous fiscal year.

80 years ago – 1935 R.E. Carpenter was elected mayor of Newport after he ran unopposed.

Mr. Carpenter received 89 votes.

Spokane contractor N.S. Degerstrom got the job of building the Dalkenato-Cusick revision of the Pend Oreille Highway with a bid of $109,000.

R.B. McClain was elected to serve a second term as president of the Newport Commercial Club.

70 years ago – 1945 Newport publisher Fred L. Wolf announced the sale of the newspaper to Freeman S. Frost, former publisher of the Gooding, Idaho Leader. Mr. Wolf had published The Miner

for 38 years.

More than 400 Newport basketball fans watched the Grizzlies defeat Spokane’s North Central, 25-23, in overtime.

60 years ago – 1955 Pend Oreille County agriculture agent Earle Hupp retired from his position after 38 years of service.

A large retirement celebration was also held for 25 “old timers,” who were leaving the Cusick and Albeni Falls Diamond Match plants.

A visitor from Chicago, Nan Payne, was reported to have taken a swim in Diamond Lake even though it was showing signs of freezing over.

50 years ago – 1965 Employment in the county was high. Construction on Boundary Dam north of Metaline Falls was in full swing and employing several thousand men. The timber industry was also reported strong and healthy.

Residents of Diamond Lake were told they could have the use of a U.S. Air Force fire truck if they could raise the $300 needed to get the truck running.

40 years age – 1975 In the opening game of the basketball season, the Newport Grizzlies won a tough battle with Priest River 50-43.

Citing declining revenue and increased inflation as the reason, the Pend Oreille County Commissioners said no new road construction or reconstruction would be done in 1976.

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more than double that of adults. Mandating higher wages will only make that situation worse.

More than half the counties in our state have unemployment rates above the national average – 184,000 people are jobless. If they can’t find work at $9.47 an hour, how will they find work at $15 an hour?

Finally, we wouldn’t be talking about mandating a higher minimum wage if the economy were in better shape. In a strong, vibrant economy, employers compete for workers

with higher wages and better benefits.

The answer is not to mandate higher wages, but to free private-sector employers from crushing taxes and costly regulations so they can expand and create the good-paying jobs millions of Americans want and need.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver.

He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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30 years ago – 1985 A Spokane man who kicked and pounded a Washington State Patrol car after being stopped on the four lanes was fined $650 when he appeared in Pend Oreille County District Court. The 29-yearold man was convicted of drunken driving and third degree malicious mischief.

The port district’s newest locomotive, Pend Oreille Railroad 1, made its first run, nearly seven days after it arrived. The General Motors Electomotive Division GP9 was originally built for the Great Northern. It was painted grey and red at the suggestion of employees, residents and rail fans.

Temperatures plunged to 13 below zero Thanksgiving Day, breaking the all time record for that day and came within a degree of tying the record low temperature for November in 1955. In rural areas temperatures of 20 below zero were reported, with wind chill driving temperatures to 70 or 75 degrees below zero.

the second time a Selkirk player was named All Opponent team.

Newport High School’s Knowledge Bowl team moved to fourth place in a 15-team league with a strong finish at the tournament in Pullman. The four-member team won five of six matches. The team was made up of Ean Koenig-Price, Jeremy Gee, Ty Miller and Sam Miller.

10 years ago – 2005 Some north county business people planned a protest over the ban on smoking in public buildings.

The owner of a bar planned a smoke out on the day the law was to take effect. The law banned smoking in public buildings or within 25 feet of the entrance.

Pend Oreille County Commissioners approved salary increases for county employees ranging from $9,000 to $27,000 a year. Commissioners gave themselves the biggest raise, from $29,760 annually to $51,600, a 73 percent increase. Commissioners said the increase was to make Pend Oreille County more attractive to workers.

20 years ago – 1995 Cheyenne Jackson and Angie Walden starred in the Northwoods Performing Arts annual Christmas show, “The Christmas Eve Spirit or All in a Night’s Work.” Northwoods performed the show at several locations, including in Spokane and North Idaho.

Selkirk’s J.L. Chantry, in his second year playing football, was named to the Northeast B11 League’s All-Opponent team, just

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Newport planning commission continues comp plan work

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport Planning Commission met for the second time with graduate students from Eastern Washington University’s Urban and Regional Planning program.

The goal of the comprehensive plan is to look 20 years into the future, graduate student Christine Meyer said.

Planning commissioners Richard Miller, Ted Runberg and Wayne Antcliff discussed a variety of ways of gathering public input into the process. Commissioner Randy Parker was absent.

Miller was in favor of including a paper survey with a PUD bill. That way most of the county would be reached, he said. The cost is a consideration, as return postage would need to be paid.

An online option was also considered.

There was some talk of how to reach younger people, since the comp plan is to look so far out in the future. Run-

berg suggested partnering with the Boy Scouts to get some input, possibly with some sort of contest.

Housing and transportation were two subjects that came up for the survey.

Commissioners wondered if Kaltran, the Kalispel Tribe’s transit system was still operating. They suggested surveying people to find out why and how often people come to Newport and if they would use a transit system, Meyer said.

The lack of quality housing was brought up by Antcliff. He said that the hospital expansion will eliminate some housing.

The planning commission and city council will have a joint meeting Monday, Jan. 4, Meyer said. At that time there will be demographic information presented on both the city and the county, as well as an inventory of vacant land in the city.

Meyer said there is some thought there isn’t enough industrial zoned land in the city.

Hunters asked to report hunting results COEUR D’ALENE – Most of the major big game hunting seasons are now over. Successful or not, hunters are already starting to think about next season.

So are officials at Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Idaho Fish and Game encourages hunters who purchased a deer, elk, or pronghorn tag to report the results of their 2015 big game hunts as soon as possible.

Reporting is required either 10 days after a deer, elk or pronghorn is harvested, or 10 days following the end of the season for which a tag is valid. Hunters are required to file a report for each tag they purchased whether they went hunting or not.

Hunters can file their reports online at www.fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/?getPage=106 or call 1-877-268-9365 and speak to a live operator 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To file reports, hunters need to know their tag numbers or hunting license numbers, the number of days they hunted, the game management units they hunted in, the date they harvested, and the number of antler points on the animal they harvested, or the length of the horns for pronghorns in inches.

Promptly received hunting and harvest data provides Fish and Game a more complete picture of game populations to base decisions for next year’s season. Without this timely information, managers are forced to be more conservative when making future hunting opportunities available. In addition, hunters like having harvest estimates well before the application period for fall controlled hunts. If Fish and Game receives hunter reports early, wildlife managers are able to complete the harvest estimates sooner so hunters can plan their hunting trips next fall.

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Newport Planning Commission chairman Wayne Antcliff fills out some survey questions while planning commissioner Ted Runberg makes a point to Christine Meyer, a graduate student from Eastern Washington University that is helping the commission update the city’s comprehensive plan.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

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Here’s why you should keep fishing in winter In fact, late-season fishing has its advantage. Many streams are at the lowest levels of the year, which concentrates fish in smaller areas. Rivers and streams are often empty, or have only a few other anglers, so you have your pick of prime fishing spots.

Two of the most popular late season fisheries are for basically the same fish: rainbow trout and their ocean-going cousins – steelhead.

Steelhead anglers are used to fishing for in cold weather because the fish don’t arrive until late summer and they’re gone by spring, so most of the season involves cool or cold weather. Winter steelhead fish-

By Roger Phillips Idaho Fish and Game public information specialist

People may see hearty anglers wading streams or staked out on banks during winter weather and wonder “what are they doing?”

The short answer is “probably catching fish.”

Late fall and early winter are overlooked times for the simple reason most anglers don’t want to deal with the cold temperatures. Ice anglers love frigid temperatures because that’s what forms ice, but we will save ice fishing for later.

Many fish species remain fairly active in cold temperatures, and there’s no reason not to fish for them.

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The Road Division of Pend Oreille County sands and snowplows about 480 miles of maintained County Roads from three maintenance facilities: Newport(D1), Usk (D2) and Ione(D3). Road maintenance personnel provide snow and ice control services during the winter season. Equipment available includes: snowplows, sander trucks and graders. The road crews will work during normal work hours 6:00 am-2:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Snow and ice control priorities will be collector and school bus routes first, then to other roads as time permits.

We are encouraging everyone to prepare and plan ahead for winter driving conditions.

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Snow plowing of non-maintained County roads, easement/ private roads and driveways will not be performed by County crews.

The County’s primary objective is to keep all roads open for safe travel. Whenever possible the operators try to minimize the size of the snow berm across driveways and private roads. However, the blade can only hold so much snow. The County does not have the resources available to remove snow berms from driveways and private roads.

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The County uses sand mixed with road salt to improve traction on ice and to help the sand adhere to the road surface and prevent storage piles from freezing.

Whenever possible the snow is stored behind the ditch line on the right-of-way. After the initial plow out graders will return and push snow back with a wing blade making room to plow succeeding snowfalls when time permits.

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Please encourage children not to build tunnels, forts or play in snow berms along the roadsides.

• Residents who remove snow from their driveways or sidewalks are reminded that State Law prohibits placing snow or ice on any public road or sidewalk in a manner that impedes vehicle or pedestrian traffic or makes it unsafe.

• If residents have vehicles parked on a roadway and there is a snowfall, please move it immediately. If you don’t it will most likely be bermed in and it will be your responsibility to shovel it out or the vehicle may be towed away if it creates a traffic hazard.

• Any snowplowing obstructions such as rocks, fences, or planters within the roads right of way, should be removed for winter. Not only can they be destroyed by snow removal

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operations, they can do substantial damage to snow plows.

Owners of such obstructions are at risk should the County’s equipment by unnecessarily damaged.

• Please place garbage cans a least ten feet inside driveway from the roadway edge. This will prevent hitting them or operators having to veer around them and not completely plowing the route.

• Snow from resident’s property should not be stacked over the ends of culverts or drainage structures. Rapid warming cycles in winter could result in blocked ditches being unable to drain and local flooding could occur.

• Mail boxes are occasionally damaged during snow removal operations. Damage due to poor construction, such as rotting posts or improper location, will be the responsibility of the property owner/resident.

• Snow removal operations require the use of large, heavy, and noisy equipment used during periods of darkness usually accompanied by limited visibility caused by falling snow. Pend Oreille County operators are carefully trained and safety is stressed at all times. Drivers of automobiles should follow at a safe distance.

For further information, please call the Road Division’s Hot line at (509) 447-6464 or Public Works Main Office (509)447-4513, M-F 8 am to 4:30 pm.

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artist: She likes to have several things going at once if one is not working From Page 3a

image library to get inspirations, putting together memories and dreams that I see on the paper. Once I’ve got one, I start by sketching it out in pencil. Then, I trace over it using a light box. I then build up layers using the light box and separate sheets of paper to add additional pencil layers and watercolors.

I don’t have a special structure to work. I start to draw. I don’t think so much; I like to compose the scenes from some abstract thinking. Sometimes it’s the opposite of rational. I do my basic research, brainstorm, sketches, and final illustration. With more personal pieces, I do less prep work and try to move into my work organically.

The key components are always looking at different images: new art, old art, photos, advertisements, posters, packaging, etc., and generating new ideas.

My best work comes when I’m having fun, and usually, the work will show that.

Where do you find your inspiration?

The trick is to effortlessly make beautiful things.

The truth is that there is no manual or recipe. It isn’t a simple set of steps or a particular sketchpad or a mountaintop vista at sunset that you need. You already have everything you need inside.

Inspiration is something that comes at you from somewhere else. Things that come from elsewhere are out of our control.

They’re elusive. We can’t replicate them and we can’t teach them to ourselves, or others. In fact, making art comes from inside. It’s intentional and we start and stop and start again when we choose to. We can train ourselves to work hard.

The advice I like to give to other artists is not to wait around for inspiration.

Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

Things occur to you.

If you’re sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction.

Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case. The more you work, the more ideas there are to work on.

Sometimes that means the work is crap, but what’s important is that you’re working. Creative work is work like any other. Some days it flows and some days you have to give yourself a mighty kick in the pants.

Nothing happens if you never begin.

How do you get out of creative ruts?

I challenge myself by using unusual materials and self-imposed rules. I have created meticulous art pieces that I destroyed once they were finished.

This has taught me to be less precious about

my work, giving me the freedom to make anything I want, knowing it can be destroyed in the end. I end up having an approach to creativity that expands my artistic horizons.

Often feeling stuck in creative work is simply a matter of being too pretentious about it – being afraid to let it get messy, to crack open whatever you’re working on and just see what happens.

That can mean letting yourself start in an arbitrary place, no matter how silly or random an idea seems, and seeing where it takes you. Not being overly finite about the work can often free you to be more creative. One of the biggest challenges is simply finding the time to be creative. I really do enjoy creating art (most of the time), but there never seems to be quite enough hours in the day. I know that I just need to sit down and do it, but tend to get distracted and before I know it, another day is gone.

I like to have several things going at once. That way, if one’s not coming together, I can work on something else. If none of them have any life to ‘em, the best thing to do is to just take a break. There’s nothing worse than trying to force it.

Was there a point in your life where you realized you were an artist?

This question makes me realize how lucky I am. I look back and see that I always followed my passion – always, always, always.

I was born an artist and knew from the age of five that that was a part of my identity.

In early grade school I realized I was living in and viewing the world with a visual perceptiveness. I was enthralled by oil paints; I yearned to be able to paint far ahead of my years and my art class instructor’s ability to teach. I am driven to discover the visual truth in what I see.

Painting is about showing how you see the world – I am moved every day by the beauty around me and there are many paintings I see, but do not paint, as there are not the hours in the day. I don’t mind working at other things so long as I am able to express my passions.

I’m unequivocally pulled toward passions and I have always been a little childlike. That childlike part of me follows the pretty butterfly off the path, because it inspires me to do so. My heart beckons me to follow it, just like it beckons me to sit down and paint or draw.

It’s my “calling” in the context of making a living or “work,” but I will say I am very lucky to be in the sweet spot of following my passion.

Why is art important?

When I think about this question I think about such existential questions like, “Why is life worth living?”

What is the driving force that moves you to wake up each morning and to rest your eyes the following evening and do it all over again?

Everyone has a different answer to this, and art is a tangible medium by which we human beings explore and search for an answer. The search can be scary, but it can also be fun, exciting, exhilarating, or thought provoking. The search is highly personal to an individual, but it

can also be communal or political. I think that the most important thing is that art cannot easily be defined. This is unlike so many other things in life. Expression in pictorial form is one of the fundamental forms of human self-expression and communication. It doesn’t matter whether a person just looks at the work for its subject matter or whether they view it for its formal properties (composition, form, tone, color, etc.). What’s important is that they are receptive to the possibility of an unexpected and exciting response that could take them in a different direction (or further in the same direction) aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally and/or spiritually.

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For me, art is a testimony of the human condition.

We, as a species, simply cannot conceive our lives out of art. Art will always

be metaphorical, but ultimately, it does not matter.

And that exact fact, for me, is beauty, plain and simple.

If I can share the beauty

that I see with others who do not have the opportunity I do, and they are equally moved, then I have done my day’s work.

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ing has some advantages over warmer months.

Steelhead are migratory, but they tend to hunker down during winter, so you when you find fish in a certain spot, chances are good they will be there again next time you go.

Steelhead don’t feed like other fish because they mostly stop eating after entering freshwater, but they will bite a lure or bait.

As a general guideline, steelhead like stable or warming temperatures, and a rise of a few degrees will often get them active.

Rainbow trout are another favorite winter quarry. Where you find them, you will often find whitefish, which are also fun to catch and many anglers’ favorite fish for the smoker.

There’s no secret to winter stream fishing for trout. Look for them in the same places you find them other times of year. They often favor deeper, slower water, but you can still catch them in riffles during winter. Drifting bait or fly fishing with nymphs are often your best tactics.

The fish are unlikely to chase lures or travel far

looking for food, but they will take food, or a good imitation of it, when it’s placed in front of them.

Whitefish can often be found in riffles, and if you wear polarized glasses and watch closely, you can see a flash of silver underwater when they’re feeding.

Whitefish school during winter, so where you catch one, you’re likely to find more.

Regardless of what you fish for during winter, it’s important to remember the basics of fishing, such as figuring out where fish are and what they’re likely to be feeding on, and adjust your tactics for the conditions.

Here are some tips: • Sleep in. There’s rarely a need to be there at first light. You will usually have better fishing late morning to early afternoon when things warm up a little bit.

• Stick close to home. No need to spend hours driving, except for steelhead.

Winter is a good time to explore your local trout fisheries, or rediscover them.

• Seek out warmer water. Spring-fed rivers and streams often fish well during winter, and same

goes for dam-controlled rivers.

• Plan short trips.

There’s no getting around the effects of cold weather, and eventually it will take its toll. Plan to fish for an hour or two and call it good.

• Bring hand warmers.

Your hands are most likely to get wet, and they can easily get chilled. A hand warmer will quickly rewarm them. An extra pair of gloves is also a good idea because one pair usually gets wet.

• Wading boots with cleats are a good option.

Rocks are slippery when wet, and more slippery when there’s a layer of ice on them.

• Check the regulations.

Some rivers and streams have different rules for winter, such as catch-andrelease fishing only, restrictions on bait, or they may be closed to fishing.

CARD OF THANKS Thank you one and all for your many cards, food and phone calls since the passing of Darlene Carey.

Doug Carey and family Rob Stoffer and family

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Grizzly baths for food Sadie Halstead Middle School Principal, Tony Moser, and Lisa Bradbury, sixth grade teacher and Associated Student Body (ASB) advisor, challenged SHMS students to bring 16 full Thanksgiving meals, or 1,600 pounds of food for the Newport Food Bank. Once students reached their goal, Moser and Bradbury agreed to take a “Grizzly bath” meaning buckets of ice water dumped over their heads outside. Needless to say, the students were successful and Moser and Bradbury were doused in 20-degree weather on Wednesday, Nov. 25. “It was the kids’ idea,” Bradbury said. “It wasn’t as bad as I thought, and it was for a good cause.”

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he Create Arts Center, located at Fourth Street and Fea Avenue in Newport, turns into the Holiday Artist Shoppe for

10 days. After a two-year hiatus, the Holiday Artist Shoppe is back, with a variety of fiber art, paintings and other items, all made by local artists.

The Shoppe will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

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Jack Clark of Newport and Sam Taylor of Campbell River B.C. were doing some shopping Friday. Here they check out some lotions and creams.

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Create volunteers Doreen Bakewell and Sunny Belisle go over the register before opening the sale up to the public on Monday, Nov. 30.

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Stan Smith of Diamond Lake is a lifetime member of CREATE. Here he provides some live music for shoppers.

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Marge Van Natter of Priest River stopped in Friday, Nov. 27, to do a little shopping.

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Early detection of ailments, such as cardiovascular disease, can significantly impact an individual’s ability to cope with the disease, allowing you to make adjustments such as changes in diet and lifestyle, or when necessary, drug therapies and other medical

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treatments. Delaying detection of this serious disease until its more advanced stages can have dire consequences.

With these three steps, you can get a better picture of your cardiovascular health and identify silent, hidden risk factors (like plaque in your arteries) that you may not even know are there.

Get your blood pressure checked. Blood pressure measures how much force a person’s blood is putting on the artery walls as the heart pumps. High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when your heart

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has to work extra hard to pump blood throughout the body. High blood pressure often happens when arteries lose their elasticity through hardening caused by cholesterol, plaque or scarring. Many people do not experience symptoms of high blood pressure, so it’s important to have your blood pressure checked periodically. Screening for high blood pressure involves placing a pressure cuff around your upper arm to monitor both diastolic and systolic blood pressure. A normal systolic reading is between 90 and 119, and a normal diastolic reading is 60-79.

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Senior Activities December

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at 1 2 3 4 5 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9 a.m. to noon: Priest River Food Bank • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo, Priest River Senior Center

Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise class at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Quilting Priest River Senior Center at Priest River Senior Center at Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality • 3-6 p.m.: Food Bank open House Open for Activities House Open for Activities at Priest River Senior Center • 1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest River Senior Center • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at HH • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 10 a.m.: BASIC Meeting, Hospitality House Hospitality House Blanchard Community Center • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Quilting at Priest River Senior Center Priest River Senior Center • 11:30 a.m.: Happy Agers • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality Priest River Senior Center • 1-3 p.m.: Hospice at Priest River Senior Potluck and Meeting House Open for Activities Center • 3-6 p.m.: Food Bank • Noon: Meal, Ione Senior Center • 11:15-12:45 p.m.: Lioness Open at Priest River Senior Center • Noon: Happy Agers Potluck Meeting at PR Senior Center • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality • 1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest • 7 p.m.: Asphalt Angels at Priest River Senior Center House Open for Activities River Senior Center • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Quilting at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class Priest River Senior Center Priest River Senior Center at Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality • 3-6 p.m.: Food Bank Open at • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities Priest River Senior Center • 1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest House Open for Activities River Senior Center

• 1-4 p.m.: Cards at Priest River Senior Center • 6:30 p.m.: Bingo at Ione IOOF Hall

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Hospitality House Exercise class at PR Senior Center • • 9 a.m. to noon: Food Bank 11 a.m.: Community Lunch at Priest River Senior Center • Noon: Potluck open at Priest River Senior Center • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Lions meet at Hospitality House • 10 a.m. to 1 at Priest River Senior Center p.m.: Hospitality House Open for • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo Activities • 1-5 p.m.: Mexican Train at PR Center • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise class at Hospitality House Priest River Senior Center • 9 a.m. to noon: Food Bank • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hospitality open at Priest River Senior Center House Open for Activities • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo • 11 a.m.: Community Lunch at Priest River Senior Center • 1-5 p.m.: Mexican Train at PR Center

• 1-4 p.m.: Cards at Priest River Senior Center • 6:30 p.m.: Bingo at Ione IOOF Hall

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at Priest River Senior Center • 9 a.m. to noon: Food Bank Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 11 Open at Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Lions meet a.m.: Community Lunch at Priest • 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.: River Senior Center • Noon: Potluck at Priest River Senior Center Lionesses meet at PR Senior Center at Hospitality House • 1-5 p.m.: • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo •1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest Mexican Train at PR Center River Senior Center • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at Priest River Senior Center Hospitality House Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hospitality • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities at Priest River Senior Center • 11 a.m. to noon: Community House Open for Activities Lunch at PR Senior Center 1-5 p.m.: 1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest River Mexican Train at PR Center Senior Center

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Board of Education waives 2017 SBAC requirement

By Clark Corbin Idaho Education News

BOISE - Members of the State Board of Education unanimously approved a pending rule that will allow the class of 2017

to graduate high school without passing the state’s Common Corealigned tests.

The move means members of next year’s graduating class will not be required to earn

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Governor Jay Inslee (D) Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 360-902-4111 Relay operators for the deaf or hard of hearing, dial 7-1-1 www.governor.wa.gov

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) 511 Hart Senate Bldg.

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

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

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

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scores of “proficient” or “advanced” on the new Idaho Standards Achievement Test by Smarter Balanced, often referred to as the SBAC. Last year, only 30 percent of Idaho’s high school students earned a score of at least “proficient” within the math section of the SBAC tests.

Members of the State Board of Education had already given the rule a preliminary green light in August and then brought the proposal out for public comment before taking it up again on Monday.

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The board’s rule next heads to the Idaho Legislature for final consideration. Lawmakers may accept the rule, reject it outright or reject portions of it. If the rule survives the 2016 legislative session, it will take affect the day the session ends, Chief Planning and Policy Officer Tracie Bent said.

During the 2015 session, lawmakers rejected a similar rule that would have exempted the class of 2017 from having to pass the test after disagreements over when in their academic careers students must pass the test cropped up.

METALINE – Long time Metaline Community Libraries Branch Librarian Lynn Barnes is retiring in December.

Barnes has worked for the library district for almost 30 years.

“Lynn has always been an advocate for children’s learning and literacy at the library and her expertise will be sorely missed,” Library District Director Lori Slover said.

“She is also a familiar face for local theater productions and events, as well as a knowledgeable resource on local history in the North end of Pend Oreille County.

down rive r eve nts Wednesday, Dec. 2 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Commissioner Kiss Office Hours: 3-6:45 p.m.

- Ione Library Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Catholic Church Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

Thursday, Dec. 3 Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board Meeting: 10 a.m. - Metaline City Hall Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Notes: Updated Aug. 10, 2012 Depression Recovery Workshop: 6-8 p.m. - Ione Adventist Church North Pend Oreille Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Monday, Dec. 7 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Selkirk Elementary Christmas Concert: 7 p.m. - Sam Nicholas Gym Emergency Food Bank Board: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Tuesday, Dec. 8 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

Lynn has been a part of many of the changes to the district over the years and has been instrumental in helping the local schools promote reading through the First Books program. She meets regularly with elementary school children each week to foster the love of literacy and increase reading readiness.”

To celebrate her years of service to Pend Oreille County, the district will have an open house at the library on Friday, Dec. 11, from noon until 4 p.m. to wish her well, share stories and socialize. The public is invited.

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Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Town Hall

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Illegal generators, storm rehashed in PUD meeting was down to 43. There were still 21 people without Internet Tues-

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Improperly wired generators present a safety danger to both PUD linemen and the public, Chris Jones, the PUD’s Director of Distribution, Engineering and Operations told PUD commissioners during a meeting Tuesday.

“We found two illegal generators,” he said during a discussion about the recent wind storm that occurred Tuesday, Nov. 17. On one of them, the generator was wired into the house’s electric system using an inexpensive breaker. PUD had been in contact with the homeowner previously and warned him about the generator.

“It is completely illegal,” Jones said. It presents a danger to both the homeowner and neighbors but also to the PUD linemen, he said. When the PUD got a call from the homeowner that the power was out, a lineman was nearby and took pictures of the generator and drove away, Jones said.

Jones says the homeowner won’t get power from the PUD until a state Labor and Industries inspection occurs, at the homeowner’s expense.

The homeowner will also have to reimburse the PUD for a transformer before power is restored.

Jones says that people need to have generators installed by a licensed electrician for everyone’s safety.

Jones said he noticed another potentially dangerous situation in which a live power line was laying on the ground near a trailer where a child lived.

“It was just a little sparkle, but to a little kid, that’

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PUD commissioner Dan Peterson was present at Tuesday’s PUD meeting via videoconference.

Peterson is in Alaska. This is the second meeting he has attended from Alaska. He will attend one more, then return before Christmas.

pretty neat,” he said. The child could have touched the line.

Jones said the PUD has been working to have a ground wire on each pole, but hasn’t completed the process yet.

“It’s going to take awhile to do them all,” Jones said. He advised people to treat all downed lines as though they are live.

The damage from the recent storm was less than during the summer storms of 2014, but was still pretty intense, General Manager Colin Willenbrock told the commissioners. Willenbrock said he noticed from riding along with linemen that there wasn’t a real hierarchy as to the order power outage calls are handled.

“Do we want one?” he asked. “It works pretty well now.”

He said there was a time that it was too dangerous to have linemen out in the weather and they were called in for a couple hours before being sent

back out. He said the PUD launched a Facebook site with updates on the storm that was well received, as were the hot meals delivered to linemen.

Jones said there was one PUD worker injured.

“There weren’t any injuries until the last two hours,” Jones said. In that time a worked slipped and fell on his knee, requiring 14 stitches to his shin.

Jones said that there were 25 poles broken as a result of the storm.

“We had to replace a dozen or so,” he said. “The rest we fixed.”

PUD commissioners said they received far fewer calls than they did during the summer storm.

“I got 15 phone calls during the summer storm,” PUD Commissioner Curt Knapp said. “I didn’t get any this time.”

PUD Commissioner Rick Larson said that he got one call and Dan Peterson, who was attending the meeting via videoconference from Alaska, said he got one call. This is the

second meeting Peterson has attended via teleconference. He will miss one more, then return in late December.

Director of Finance April Owen said the cost of the storm is estimated at about $250,000, down considerably from the $1 million cost of the 2014 storms. The $250,000 included about $45,000 for work on the CNS system. Owen said about 120 hours was spent on CNS work.

All CNS customers lost Internet for about 10 minutes when a line in Spokane County was cut. The PUD rerouted Internet traffic through a redundant system and got most going again.

Most but not all.

There were 91 CNS customers out the first day. By the next day that

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with a live band and socializing. Festive hors d’oeuvres and a dessert bar will be served.

The Festival of Trees is a chance to win one of several decorated themed Christmas trees.

Raffle tickets are $1 each. Event and raffle ticket sales benefit the Foundation’s Healthy Snack bag program.

The following weekend, the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Hometown Christmas, Saturday, Dec. 12, from

day morning, but they should be up by Wednesday.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Santa will arrive via horse drawn carriage and kids can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and get their pictures taken for $5.

Newport City Council members will serve free hotdogs at City Hall, and the Soroptimists will serve free cookies and hot chocolate.

Free horse drawn carriage rides will be sponsored by Washington Federal.

Stores will be open with shop local specials.

The Artists Shoppe is open at Create Art Center, on the corner of

Fourth and Fea, through Dec. 8.

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No smoking! No pets! Or, sell with separate 32x44 heated garage. Fully insulated with finished kitchen, bath, laundry, storage room. $155,000. Shawgo Brothers, LLC. (509) 5509671. (509) 447-2346.

(44-4p) 1 BEDROOM 9 miles from Newport, LeClerc Road. $500/ month. First, last plus deposit, references. (509) 671-0687.(44-4p) MISSING REMINISCING? “Down Memory Lane” may not always make it into the paper, but it is on our Facebook page every week. Like us on Facebook today.(42HB-TF) DID YOU MISS IT? You won’t miss a thing when you subscribe to The Miner. Save $13.50 a year and receive it in your mail every Wednesday. (509) 447-2433.(50HB-altTF) STRATTON ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR Saturday December 5, 9:00 am- 3:00 pm. Stratton Elementary, Newport. 80 plus vendors! Huge selection of items. Food and lattes. Visit Santa! Kid’s craft room. Information: (509) 447-0656.(43HB-2) QUALITY DOG BOARDING AND DOG TRAINING LuckyUs Ranch. (509) 447-3541. luckyusranch. com (22HB-alt) OPEN MIC Join in the fun. Pend Oreille Playhouse 236 South Union, Newport (former Eagles building). First Friday of every month at 7:00 p.m. $2.00 admission. (509) 447-9900.(18, 22, 27, 31, 35, 40, 44) Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

AUCTION One 10x10 whole storage unit will be auctioned off Saturday, December 5, 9:00 a.m. Newport Mini Storage. Entrance 2 blocks south of Safeway on Highway 41 at 1st Street, Newport, Washington. Cash only.(44) INTO THE GARDEN UP TO THE LAKE AND STUDIO 4 UPHOLSTERY Winter hours beginning December 3rd: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:004:00. Holiday open house December 18th and 19th.

(44) HOLIDAY SHOPPING Museum gift shop open Friday and Saturday December 4, 5 and 11,12.

10:00- 4:00. Great gifts, books, hand crafted items.

50% off one Christmas item! 402 South Washington, Newport. (44) HOLIDAY GIFT AND BAKE SALE United Church of Christ, 430 West Third Street, Newport. December 4th, 9:00 - 2:00, December 5th 9:00-1:00. Lunch: Friday only, 11:00 - 1:30, $5 donation. (43HB-2) ABANDONED VEHICLE AUCTION N e w p o r t To w i n g , 1 3 7 South Newport Avenue.

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Viewing starts at 9:00 a.m.(44) OLDTOWN AUTO SALES Let us sell your car, truck or recreational vehicle.

We charge 10 percent or a minimum of $200. We get results! We also buy used cars, trucks and recreational vehicles. (208) 437-4011.(14HB-tf) WASHINGTON LEGAL FORMS Available at The Miner Newspapers, 421 South Spokane, Newport. (509) 447-2433.(36HB-alt-tf) PEND OREILLE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND OTHERS Annual potluck holiday party, December 13, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Cusick Community Center, 107 1st Avenue. Please bring a favorite potluck dish.

Prime rib, beverages, rolls and dinnerware provided.

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By Charles Dickens Edited for public reading by Theresa Race Hoffman. This version Copyright © 2006 by Theresa Race Hoffman. All Rights Reserved.

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ow, when the Bell struck One, a quarter of an hour went by, yet nothing came. At last, he began to notice a ghostly light coming from the adjoining room. He shuffled in his slippers to the door.

A strange voice called him by his name, and bade him enter. It was his own room. But the walls and ceiling were hung with berries, holly, mistletoe, and ivy, and a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney. Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, sausages, mincepies, plum-puddings, red-hot chestnuts, apples, oranges, pears, cakes, and seething bowls of punch.

Upon this food couch, there sat a jolly Giant, who bore a glowing torch, and held it high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.

“Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”

Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head.

Though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them.

“I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!”

Scrooge reverently did so. It was clothed in a simple green robe, bordered with white fur. Its feet were bare; and on its head it wore a holly wreath, set here and there with shining icicles. Its dark brown curls were long and free as its cheery voice, and its joyful air.

“You have never seen the like of me before!” exclaimed the Spirit.

“Spirit,” said Scrooge, “conduct me where you will. I went forth last night and I learnt a lesson which is working now.

To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.”

“Touch my robe!”

Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast.

Feast, fire, room all vanished instantly and they stood in the city streets on a snowy Christmas morning. The sky was gloomy, and yet was there an air of cheerfulness abroad like a summer day.

Soon the steeples called good people all, to church and chapel, and away they came, flocking through the streets in their best clothes, and with their gayest faces.

They went on, invisible, as they had been before, into the suburbs of the town.

The good Spirit led him straight to Scrooge’s clerk’s, holding to his robe; and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit’s dwelling. Think of that! Bob had but fifteen shillings a-week himself; and yet the Ghost of Christmas Present blessed his fourroomed house!

Then up rose Mrs. Cratchit, dressed poorly in a worn dress. And now two smaller Cratchits danced about the table.

“What has ever got your precious father then?” said Mrs. Cratchit. “And your brother, Tiny Tim.” In came Bob, the father, with his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch!

“And how did little Tim behave?” asked Mrs. Cratchit.

“As good as gold,” said Bob. “He told me, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.”

His active little crutch was heard upon the floor, and back came Tiny Tim. At last the dishes were set on, and grace was said. Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose cooked.

Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family. Mrs.

Cratchit left the room to bring the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, blazing in ignited brandy, and with Christmas holly stuck into the top. A wonderful pudding!

At last the dinner was all done, all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth, and Bob proposed a toast: “A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!”

“God bless us every one!” said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

He sat very close to his father’s side upon his little stool. Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him.

“Spirit,” said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, “tell me if Tiny Tim will live.”

“I see a vacant seat,” replied the Ghost, “in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved.

If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”

“No, no,” said Scrooge.

“Oh, no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared.”

“If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, he will die this year,” repeated the Ghost.

“What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit.

“Man,” said the Ghost, “will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child!”

Scrooge bent before the Ghost’s rebuke, and trembling cast his eyes upon the ground. But he raised them speedily, on hearing his own name.

“Mr. Scrooge!” toasted Bob; “I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of

the Feast!”

“The Founder of the Feast indeed!” cried Mrs. Cratchit, reddening.

“My dear,” said Bob, “the children! Christmas Day.” “It should be Christmas Day, I am sure,” said she, “on which one drinks the health of such a stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. You know he is, Robert! Nobody knows it better than you do!”

“My dear,” was Bob’s mild answer, “Christmas Day.” “I’ll drink his health for your sake and the Day’s,” said Mrs. Cratchit, “not for his. Long life to him!

A merry Christmas and a happy new year!”

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Make your holiday party shine

Get more out of holiday entertaining this season The holiday season is a time of year meant to be celebrated with friends and family. It is also a time for entertaining, whether you are hosting or attending as a cherished guest.

With more than 20 years of experience in the fashion and entertaining space, stylist and host Clinton Kelly is an expert entertainer. To ensure a festive and fun-filled celebration, Clorox 2 partnered with Kelly to help you get more out of the season with some simple tips for the holidays.

Don’t be afraid to go bold.

“Your clothes tell the world who you are, and color is a great way to show off your vibrant personality,” Kelly said.

Rather than the little black dress, try a jewel tone dress for the holidays to make you the life of the party. You can style it differently – by changing jewelry, shoes and bags – to get a new look for each occasion.

Plan ahead. Food has a special place

A table filled with delicious food and dazzling decor surrounded by family and friends is the perfect recipe for a holiday dinner to remember.

Once you’ve figured out your menu, be sure to leave time to plan the table decor.

A festive and memorable gathering can be achieved without the fuss by using things you already have around the house. Use these tips to help make your holiday dinner party a success during this most wonderful time of year: Keep things simple.

White dinnerware makes a great backdrop to showcase your holiday meal.

Add splashes of color

and texture. It’s OK to mix and match patterns, colors and textures on the table. If you have white or solid colored dishes, layer with decorative salad plates or add seasonal glassware or use red napkins, chargers or placemats to create a holiday atmosphere.

Be creative with table decorations. Try using things you have in new ways. Scatter candles, ornaments and greenery down the center of the table. Add some holly leaves and berries to a vase or pitcher to complete the look.

Don’t skip the details.

It’s easy to focus on the bigger elements, but small touches can take

your spread to another level. Coordinate details, such as place cards, napkin rings and placemats, with the theme to make your tablescape memorable.

End the evening with a crowd-pleasing dessert, such as this VanillaOrange Cheesecake with Cranberry Swirl and Gingersnap Crust.

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ily. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party.

By-and-bye they had a song from Tiny Tim, who had a plaintive little voice, and sang it very well indeed.

They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed. But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time. In the bright sprinklings of the Spirit’s torch at parting, Scrooge had his eye upon them, and especially on Tiny Tim, until the last.

By this time it was getting dark, and snowing pretty heavily; and as Scrooge and the Spirit went along the streets.

And now, without a word of warning from the Ghost, they stood upon a bleak and desert moor.

“What place is this?” asked Scrooge.

“A place where Miners live, who labour in the bowels of the earth,” returned the Spirit. “But they know me. See!” Passing through the wall of mud and stone, they found an old, old man and woman, with their children and their children’s children, all decked out gaily in their holiday attire. The old man was singing them a Christmas song and from time to time they all joined in the chorus.

Again the Ghost sped on, above a black and heaving sea—on, on— until, being far away from any shore, they lighted on a ship. They stood beside the helmsman, the lookout, the officers on watch; every man among them hummed a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought. And every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad,

had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year.

It was a great surprise to Scrooge, while listening to the moaning of the wind, to hear a hearty laugh and to recognise it as his own nephew’s. He found himself in a bright, dry, gleaming room, with the Spirit standing smiling by his side.

“Ha, ha!” laughed Scrooge’s nephew. “He said that Christmas was a humbug, as I live! He believed it too!”

“More shame for him, Fred!” said Scrooge’s niece, indignantly.

“He’s a comical old fellow,” said Scrooge’s nephew, “that’s the truth: and not so pleasant as he might be. However, his offences carry their own punishment, and I am sorry for him; I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself, always.”

After tea, they had some music and played at games; for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas.

There might have been twenty people there, young and old, but they all played and sang, and so did Scrooge; forgetting that his voice made no sound in their ears, he sometimes came out with his singing quite loud.

The Ghost was greatly pleased to find him in this mood, and looked upon him with such favour, that he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay until the guests departed. But this the Spirit said could not be done.

Much they saw, and far they went, and everywhere the Spirit went he left his blessing.

It was a long night, and Scrooge noticed that the Ghost grew older, clearly

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“Are spirits’ lives so short?” asked Scrooge.

“My life upon this globe, is very brief,” replied the Ghost. “It ends to-night at midnight. Hark! The time is drawing near.”

The bell struck twelve.

And the Spirit disappeared.

As the last stroke ceased to vibrate, he remembered the prediction of old Jacob Marley, and lifting up his eyes, beheld a solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground, towards him.

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Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 8 minutes Makes: 4 dozen 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened, plus 6 tablespoons 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked) 1 cups raisins

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until light golden brown.

Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; move to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.

Heat oven to 350 F. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Add oats and raisins; mix well.

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1/2 cup orange juice, plus 1 tablespoon 1/2 cup water 24-32 purchased gingersnap cookies (to make 1 cup crumbs) 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs 4 tablespoons butter, melted 3 packages (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature 2 eggs 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 300 F. Simmer cranberries, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup orange juice and water in saucepan over mediumhigh heat until berries burst and begin to break down, about 10 minutes.

Let cool 10 minutes, then in blender or food proces-

sor puree until smooth.

Set sauce aside.

In large mixing bowl, blend cream cheese and remaining sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl, then add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla and 1 tablespoon orange juice, then pour into prepared pan. Drizzle top of cheesecake with 1/4 cup of prepared cran-

berry sauce, then drag skewer, toothpick or knife tip through sauce to create marbled swirl pattern on top. Place cheesecake on baking sheet and bake on center rack until edges are set and puffed but center is slightly jiggly, about 45 minutes. Do not overbake. Turn oven off, crack door open slightly and allow cheesecake to cool inside for 1 hour.

Remove from oven and let cool completely at room temperature, then cover cheesecake with tea towel and refrigerate overnight.

Run knife around sides of cheesecake, then release and remove side of pan. To cut, dip blade of thin, sharp knife into hot water (do not wipe dry) and slice into wedges, cleaning blade between each cut to prevent smearing. Serve with remaining cranberry sauce.

throw at you with a well-stocked laundry closet. Kelly stocks his laundry arsenal with Clorox 2 Stain Fighter & Color Booster to keep his clothes and table linens looking their best. “I love

good food, great cocktails, crafting and DIY, so my clothes can get a little messy,” Kelly said. “I keep Clorox 2 Stain Fighter & Color Booster on hand to fight stains and keep colors from fading.”

Coat 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray.

Process gingersnaps in food processor until fine; add graham cracker crumbs. With machine running, drizzle in melted butter. Press crumb mixture firmly into bottom of prepared springform pan and about 1 inch up sides of pan. Set aside.

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in holiday celebrations, but you don’t want to spend the whole night in the kitchen. To ensure you can spend the most quality time with your guests, prepare items, such as sides or dessert items, ahead of time. Premaking pies is a great step, but you can also think about crowd-pleasing appetizers and other treats as well as simple slow-cooker recipes, such as a warm, spiced cider to fill the room with a favorite scent of the season.

Mingle, don’t mix.

Don’t get stuck behind the bar mixing complicated beverages at your next shindig. Try a punch inspired by a classic holiday cocktail, such as the poinsettia – a delicious mix of sparkling wine, cranberry juice and a splash of orange liqueur, and let guests help themselves.

Holiday decorating doesn’t have to be hard.

Kelly suggests using potted plants and flowers –it’s simple and they last longer than fresh – so you can get more out of your holiday entertaining. For an easy tablescape with color and texture, pick up some luxe fabric, in a bold color or with a bit of shine, from a craft shop to create an easy runner to layer over a tablecloth.

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b r i e f ly Wrestling starts for Newport High School NEWPORT – Newport High School varsity wrestling begins Thursday, Dec. 10 with an away meet at Colville High School at 6 p.m.

Newport basketball at home Friday NEWPORT – The Newport Grizzlies basketball team will host St. George’s Friday, Dec. 4. The varsity game will start at 7:30 p.m.

The Grizzlies will host rival Priest River Monday, Dec. 7. That game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Spartans take on Newport first NEWPORT – The Priest River Spartan boys basketball team will play Newport for their first game of the year Monday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The Spartans have had two games canceled, one at Sandpoint Nov. 1 and one with Genesis Prep of Bonners Ferry Nov. 3.

After Newport, the Spartans will host Selkirk Tuesday, Dec. 8.

That game will start at 7:15 p.m.

Selkirk basketball at home Dec. 4 IONE – The Selkirk Rangers boys basketball team will be in action three times next week, including one home game.

The Rangers played at Kettle Falls after deadline Tuesday, Dec. 1. They are home against Chewelah Thursday, Dec. 3 .The JV home game will start at 5:30 p.m. and the varsity game at 7 p.m. The team will travel to Oaksdale for a game Saturday, Dec. 5. The varsity game will start at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 8, Selkirk will travel to Priest River for a game that starts at 7:15 p.m.

Lady Spartans’ schedule in full swing PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls basketball team plays three games this week. The Spartans travel to Riverside Saturday, Dec. 5, to play at 6:30 p.m., and then travel to Newport High School Monday, Dec. 7 to play at 6 p.m.

The Lady Spartans host Selkirk Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 5:45 p.m.

Lady Rangers hit the hardwood IONE – The Selkirk girls basketball schedule began this week, with the Rangers traveling to Kettle Falls Tuesday, after The Miner went to press.

They travel to Oaksdale Saturday, Dec. 5, to play at 5 p.m. and then travel to Priest River to play the Spartans Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 5:45 p.m.

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Varsity wrestling begins for Priest River Dec. 11 KELLOGG – Priest River Lamanna High School’s first wrestling meet starts with the George Wild Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12 at Kellogg High School. Friday action will start at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m.

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Running lines The Newport Grizzlies were being put through their paces by head coach Jamie Pancho Monday, Nov. 30. The Grizzlies will play their first two games at home. They’ll play St. George’s Friday, Dec. 4 and Monday, Dec. 7 will host rival Priest River. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

Rodeo more international than ever For most of my life I’ve thought of rodeo as a North American sport, with almost all events taking place in the U.S. and Canada.

I have long known that rodeo has Mexican roots.

When I went to college in Morelia, Michoacán, I went to a Mexican bull riding. The event was advertised around town, with the bulls being the stars and the prize money for a rodeo successful ride on scene a particular bull advertised on the don posters. Spectators Gronning bought seats in a stadium, paying more to sit in the shade. When the event started, the big, high-horned, rodeo looking bull was let into a bull fighting arena. Two vaqueros on horseback roped the animal by the head and hind feet, putting it on its side. The bull rider and his friends came out and put the bullrope on the bull. The rider climbed aboard and the bull was let up, with everyone scattering.

The rider rode with two hands and the bull bucked pretty well, considering it wasn’t flanked. My Spanish was less than stellar but I eventually came to understand that the ride was until the bull quit bucking.

The animal bucked hard for 10 or 20 seconds, spinning and leaping. The rider hung on and the bull kept going, now bucking in spurts.

After something like two or three minutes, it was through and the horsemen came back in, roped the bull, brought it down and the triumphant rider got off, to claim his prize money. The whole thing was repeated with the next rider. So that was 1978 Mexico. Fast forward to now. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association just inked a deal to co-sanction 15 events and a finals with the Mexican Rodeo Federation.

Rodeo has a strong international audience – in Australia, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. It turns out the biggest rodeo in the world is held in Barretos, Brazil. The 11-day event draws a million spectators to a 35,000-seat arena.

Brazilians have dominated the

elite levels of bull riding for years.

Five of the last 10 Professional Bull Riders world champions have been from Brazil. The National Finals Rodeo, set to start Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, has a number of international competitors, including the first European born rider. Evan Jayne of Marseille, France, is currently ranked fourth in the world in bareback riding. The NFR is sort of the world series of rodeo. The top 15 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association competitors qualify for the event based on money won during the rodeo season. There are two timed event qualifiers from Brazil, including Marcos Costa, who became the first Brazilian tie down roper to qualify for the NFR. Another Brazilian, Junior Nogueira, qualified for the second year in the team roping. There is always a Canadian contingent and this year is no exception, with a half dozen Canadians qualifying, including steer wrestler Tanner Milan, bareback riders Orin Larsen and Clint Laye, saddle bronc riders Zeke Thurston and Tyrel Larsen and barrel racer Deb Guelly. Washington will be represented by team ropers Brady and Riley Minor of Ellensburg and bull rider Shane Proctor, who lists Grand Coulee as his hometown. A former Colbert roper, Tyson Durfey, who now makes his home in Texas, qualified in the tie down roping.

Idaho’s sole qualifier, Matt Shiozawa of Chubbuck, Idaho, qualified in the tie down roping. This year’s NFR will be the richest ever. The PRCA signed a 10-year agreement to keep the NFR in Las Vegas. Total purse money jumped from $6.375 million to $10 million. For the first time competitors will each get $10,000 at the start of the NFR, which will count towards standings. Each of the 10 go-rounds will pay $26,230 to win, up from $19,002. The average will pay $67,269, up from $48,731. It means competitors could earn well over $300,000 at the rodeo, meaning every championship race will be in play.

The NFR has a national television audience. It will be telecast live on CBS Sports, starting Thursday, Dec. 3 and concluding Saturday, Dec. 12.

Don Gronning is a former rodeo cowboy and publisher of Northwest Rodeo Scene.

s p o rt s s c o r e b o a r d BOWLING Tuesday, Nov. 24 Team Won Lost Lucky Ladies Country Lane Sparklers 31.5.5 20.5 My Favorite Things 31 21 Morning Glories 31 21 Country Lane 26 26 Golden Girls 21.5 30.5 Stateline Girls 15 37 High game scratch: Laura O’Brien 225. High game handicap: Judy Gregonis 246. High series scratch: Laura O’Brien 546. High series handicap: Linda Rusho. High team game scratch: My Favorite Things 716. High team game handicap: My Favorite Things 886. High team series scratch: My Favorite Things 1,915. High team series handicap: My Favorite Things 2,425.

Converted splits: Sherry Loveridge 3-10, 3-10, Laura O’Brien 3-7, 4-5, Liz Pope 3-10, Betty Balison 3-10, Barb Mix 3-4, Vicki Nolting.

Wednesday, Nov. 25 Wednesday Night Loopers Team Win Loss Club Rio 215 110 Why Try Harder 179 132 McCroskey Defense 174 151 OK Lanes 173 146 Woodwise 156 164 High Scratch Game: Jim McCroskey 242. High Handicap Game: Gordon Batsch 267. High Scratch Series: Shelby Thomas 625. High Handicap Series: Karen Batsch 685. High Team Scratch Game: Club Rio 989. High Handicap game: Ok Lanes 1,080. High Team scratch Series: Club Rio 2,769. High Handicap Series: Woodwise 3,098.

COEUR d’ALENE – In northern Idaho, the temperatures are falling and the first snow of the year has come. For many, these conditions signal the coming of ice fishing season. Many of the region’s ponds and small lakes freeze over during the winter and provide fishing opportunities that are fun and easy to take advantage of. Throughout Idaho, popular fisheries for yellow perch, rainbow trout, as well as other fishes come alive with the formation of ice.

Ice anglers can look forward to a new opportunity this year. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game stocked rainbow trout in Avondale Lake in September.

Avondale Lake is a popular ice fishery close to the urban centers of Hayden and Coeur d’Alene. This lake gets too warm in summer months to support a trout fishery, but does offer suitable conditions during winter.

With this fish plant, we are trying to enhance the winter fishery in Avondale Lake. Although the lake hosts a variety of warmwater fish like perch and bluegill, fishing success can be hit or miss. We hope that stocking rainbow trout will provide a consistent opportunity to catch fish all winter long. Fish and Game biologists will be evaluating rainbow trout stocking in Avondale Lake through the winter to see how well it worked to make fishing better.

If rainbow trout provide the fishing experience we hope they will, this may be an opportunity we can provide for anglers in future years as well. Because of its size and location, Avondale Lake often freezes adequately to allow a safe ice fishing experience. However, anglers should always use caution when venturing out on the ice to fish.

Also, anglers should note that Avondale Lake is privately owned. Public parking and access is allowed across from the clubhouse at the Avondale Golf Club. Please respect private property owners around the lake while fishing.

On the hunting front, hunters and outdoor writers are starting to inquire about the final results of the hunting season. Those numbers will not be available until the hunter harvest reports are received and entered.

Fish and Game reminds hunters to submit their harvest reports as soon as they harvest an animal, or when they are finished hunting for the season. Most seasons have concluded, but there are muzzleloader and archery opportunities remaining for some species.

Selkirk wrestling starts with Liberty Invitational SPANGLE – Selkirk High School will start the wrestling season with an away meet at Liberty Invitational in Spangle Saturday, Dec. 12 at 9:30 a.m. Weigh-in is at 8 a.m.

So far teams Liberty, the Cheney junior varsity,

Colfax, Clarkston JV, Freeman JV, Hanford JV, Lind/ Ritzville/Sprague, Northwest Christian, Newport and Waitsburg have confirmed they will attend.

The top three wrestlers at each weight will receive medals.

Cusick at Wellpinit tourney WELLPINIT – The Cusick Panthers girls and boys basketball teams will travel to Wellpinit for the Wellpinit Christmas Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5. Yakama Tribal, Wellpinit and Lakeside of Idaho will compete. The Cusick boys will play Wellpinit Friday at 3 p.m. The Cusick girls will play Wellpinit at 5 p.m.

Both the Cusick teams have new coaches this year.

Gary Reese is coaching the girls and Rob Seymour is coaching the boys team.

s p o rt s c a l e n d a r Wednesday, Dec. 2 Selkirk Boys Basketball vs. Chewelah: 7 p.m. - Selkirk High School

Friday, Dec. 4

at Wellpinit Tournament: TBA - Wellpinit High School Selkirk Boys Basketball vs. Oaksdale: 6:30 p.m. Oaksdale High School

Cusick Boys Basketball at Wellpinit Tournament: 3 p.m. - Wellpinit High School

Priest River Girls Basketball vs. Riverside: 6:30 p.m. - Riverside High School

Cusick Girls Basketball at Wellpinit Tournament: 5 p.m. - Wellpinit High School

Newport Girls Basketball vs. Priest River: 6 p.m. - Newport High School

Newport Boys Basketball vs. St. George’s : 7 p.m. - Newport High School

Newport Boys Basketball vs. Priest River: 7:30 p.m. - Newport High School

Monday, Dec. 7

Saturday, Dec. 5

Tuesday, Dec. 8

Open Gym, Adult Basketball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School

Priest River Girls Basketball vs. Selkirk: 5:45 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School

Cusick Boys Basketball at Wellpinit Tournament: TBA - Wellpinit High School Cusick Girls Basketball

Priest River boys Basketball vs. Selkirk: 7:15 p.m.

- Priest River Lamanna High School

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The drive will run from noon to 5:30 p.m.

INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people.

McClenny to speak at UCC Dec. 12 NEWPORT – Historical author Faith McClenny will speak about her book “Images of America: Pend Oreille County,” at the United Church of Christ in Newport Sunday, Dec. 13, at 11:30 a.m.

The 18,000-word, 127-page book has 200 historic photos of Pend Oreille County, many of which have never been published before.

McClenny’s book is available online at Amazon and from the publisher Arcadia Publishing.

It will also be for sale at the Pend Oreille County Historical Museum in Newport.

‘A Christmas Carol’ starts Dec. 11 NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Players Association presents ”A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens starting Dec. 11 and running two weekends.

This classic tale of human error and redemption is brought to life by director, Charlie Monte, and a 22-member cast.

This 19th century ghost story is taken directly from Mr. Dickens’ “Ghostly little book,” enhanced with 21st century technology, and lovingly crafted by the cast and crew, to “raise the Ghost of an idea … and haunt your houses pleasantly,” as Dickens said.

The show opens Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 South Union in Newport. The show will run for two weekends, Dec. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7 p.m., Sunday shows begin at 3 p.m.

Cast members include Pete Balogh, Danny Litowitz, Kristin Cornelis, Charlie Monte, A. J. Weise, Gail Cory-Betz, Noma Hunter, Chris Demlow, Rachelle Busby, Brian Taylor, Bill Betz, Gillian Monte, Cordelia Monte, Ashlyn Dahl, Ashlyn McLeslie, Marisa Dahl, Sierra Hudson, Anna Jones, Grace Weaver, Aamish Hunter and Troy Neufeldt.

Adult ticket prices are $12 and students, 18 and under are $6. Dinner and show package are $25.

Tickets may be purchased by phone at 509-447-9900 or in person at the Playhouse Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon to 6 p.m., or online at www.pendoreilleplayers. org.

If you like it, put mayo on it (Turkey that is)

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT - That headline seems a little incredulous to myself, because I hate mayonnaise.

Seriously, the appeal is lost on me. Used sparingly, it has it’s place, but I am of that same Puritanical mindset towards Mayo that my pilgrim ancestors has toward children: They should be seen and not consumed in mass quantities, or something like that.

So imagine my surprise and sense of foreboding when I saw my sister-in-law basting the Thanksgiving turkey with enough mayonnaise to lay bricks.

However, I do my best to keep an open mind about most things, and I believe in the unspoken, but inherent rule that those who are not doing the cooking should probably shut their trap in respects to how it should be done, unless the cook asks for your counsel.

“That’s a lot of mayo,” the observation came out of my mouth like a horse bolting out the

Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Computer Basics for Adults: 10 a.m. to Noon Newport Library Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Jessa’s Creative Dance Class: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport BASIC Meeting: 6 p.m. Blanchard Community Center Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. American Legion in Cusick Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club: 6 p.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River

Thursday, Dec. 3 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

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Turkey is ready dig into.

barn door before it can close all the way.

I was informed that it seals in the moisture of the bird, creating a more succulent flavor.

I was doubtful, but kept my peace.

Oh, me of little faith. I love I when I’m wrong about these things.

Our holiday fowl was scrumptious; not a hint of mayonnaise in the taste. The white Davis Lake Grange: Noon - Davis Lake Grange Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-9466131 Open Mic: 7-9:30 p.m.

- Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave., Newport (Former Eagles Building) Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

Saturday, Dec. 5 Priest River American Legion Breakfast: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street Angel Paws: Noon - The Cork and Barrel, Contact Debbie 509-445-1005 Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown Oath Keepers Constitutional Study Group: 5:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Cornerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown

Sunday, Dec. 6 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, Dec. 7

Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

Youth Advisory Council 4 p.m. - Blanchard Library

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

Priest River Chamber Board: 4 p.m. - Chamber Office

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

Newport Maws and Paws Booster Club: 6 p.m. - Newport High School Library

Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4 Oil Painting Class: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center

Bubble and Squeak: Invite the Brits in for holiday leftovers Of The Miner

Bonner County Homeschool Group: 2:30 p.m.

- Priest River City Park

Celebrate Recovery: 5:30 p.m. - House of the Lord, 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown

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meat was just as tender and juicy as the dark (arid white meat is a grudge I think we all hold against improperly cooked birds).

Here’s how it’s done: For a 12-pound bird, use two cups mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip).

Add salt, pepper, thyme, sage and oregano (fresh or dried) to taste. Cover entire turkey and cook per instructions.

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Newport Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. - Kelly’s Restaurant, Call Ota Harris at 509-4474157 Selkirk Elementary Christmas Concert: 7 p.m. - Sam Nicholas Gym Blanchard Lions: 7 p.m. Blanchard Inn Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, Dec. 8

Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Group: 10 a.m. Blanchard Inn Writers Group: 2 p.m. Create Arts Center Jessa’s Creative Dance Class: 4 p.m. - Create Arts 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 Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

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

NEWPORT – So, Thanksgiving has come and gone and you have enough leftovers in the refrigerator, back freezer, (and if you’re like my famMiner photo|Sophia Aldous ily, stored in your vehicle Bubble and Squeak patties overnight when you run out of space) to feed the 3rd ready for cooking.

Marine Division. Not that one should ever complain about having an abundance of deliciousness sitting around the house, but once the family and friends leave, it can be rather daunting to decide what to do with the remainder of your holiday meal besides turkey sandwiches and microwave snippets.

There’s a more interesting way to elevate the remainder of Thanksgiving dinner into other tasty creations, as I learned from my Cactus Flower of a sister-in-law, Megan, during our annual feast (she hails from Arizona, hence the nickname). She opened my eyes to my new favorite method of leftover wrangling, Bubble and Squeak. Yes, it sounds like an obscure children’s book, but put this dish on your radar. Originally traditional English fare, Bubble and Squeak takes all the various aspects of your holiday repast and combines them to form delicious goodness, like hash, but better (and hash is one of the best breakfast foods ever slapped on a skillet, so this is saying something in my recipe book).

Megan learned how to make Bubble and Squeak from her stepmother, who hails from Down Under (that would be Australia, not Arkansas, just in case you were wondering). The day after Thanksgiving, she broiled crouton-sized chunks of bread until they were toasty brown, then placed them in a Ziploc bag and instructed me to smash them into crumbs with a rolling pin.

Meanwhile, she proceeded to combine all the victuals we had feasted on the previous night, minus the green salad and oyster stuffing. Sautéed kale and spinach, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, turkey – it all went into a large mixing bowl.

“The mashed potatoes are key,” she instructed. “They are the glue that holds your patties together.”

After combining all the ingredients, make patties about an inch thick (too bubbly and they won’t cook all the way through). Place them on wax paper on a baking sheet and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs. Pop them in the freezer for about 30 minutes, but do not freeze. In a large, heavy-bottomed skillet, heat your cooking oil of choice on medium high, until the oil shimmers. Fry the patties about five minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Serve with eggs, poached or fired, or whatever breakfast side you so desire. We dribbled the leftover cranberry sauce on ours (more on that later).

Voila! You have Bubble and Squeak, and a different take on holiday foodstuffs.

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

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

S.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Dale Wise - 509-447-3687

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

Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. - 4:00 p.m.

Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m.

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

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

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

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Worship Service 10 a.m.

(509) 447-4338

PEND OREILLE GRACE FELLOWSHIP BIBLE STUDY 2 tim 2:15 God’s word rightly divided 208-610-3193 • 509-671-1716 509-671-1436

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11:00 a.m.

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT Human happiness consists only in drawing closer to the Threshold of Almighty God, and in securing the peace and well-being of every individual member, high and low alike, of the human race. ‘Abdu’l Bahá Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

REAL LIFE MINISTRIES “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 or Toll Free (877) 997-1200

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obituari es Gladys Dean Priest River

Gladys Harriet Dean was born Jan. 9, 1927, in Priest River.

She was residing at the home of her daughter, Dean Melody Mast, in Spokane.

She passed away Sunday, Nov. 29 at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane at the age of 88. Her husband, Donald L. Dean of 65 years, preceded her in death.

Gladys and Don were married May 6, 1950, in Coeur d’Alene. With Don being in the Air Force, travel was inevitable.

They were blessed with four children: Debra L. Dean of Spokane, David N. Dean of Priest River, Pamela (Dean) Snow of Tri-Cities, and Melody (Dean) Mast of Spokane.

She was the loving grandmother of 12 grandchildren: children of David and Diana Dean Shalise D. (Dean) Cox, Michael A. Dean, Bethann R. (Dean) McCown; children of Pamela and Gary Snow - Jessica (Snow) Miller, McKenzie (Snow) Mauss; children of Melody and John Mast - Maria (Hall) Catala, Crystal (Hall) Shel, Edward Hall, Anthony Hall, Michael Hall, Alexandria Forster, Olivia Forster. She was also a great-grandmother of seven with two more on the way.

Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 5 at St. Catherine’s Church in Priest River at 2 p.m.

The Interment will follow at the Priest River’s Evergreen Cemetery. A reception will follow the Interment at St. Catherine’s Church.

The family wishes to thank all for the love, concern and support that continues to be shown.

Gladys our Mother, Grandmother and GreatGrandmother will be greatly missed. Love is eternal.

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.

Clarice Ann (McFaul) Koch Sutherlin, Ore.

Clarice Ann (McFaul) Koch passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, with her children at her side. She was 89 years Koch old.

She was born June 12, 1926, in Ione, to Gerald and Kathryn (Pilgrim) McFaul. She married Arthur C. Koch Nov. 27, 1948, in Ione.

She moved to Roseburg, Ore., in 1956, and then moved to her “mountain” in Sutherlin in 1972, until her passing.

She was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Ione, until 1956, a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church from 1956 to 1972, and then a member of St. Francis

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Xavier Catholic Church from 1972 until her passing. She was deeply committed to helping others within her church community with active membership in Alter Society, and a founding volunteer for St. Vincent De Paul Society in Sutherlin.

She worked for more than 30 years for the Douglas County Fair in the exhibit hall. She was an avid participant in Sutherlin Knolls Women’s Golf. She loved to play bridge and travel with friends and family.

Her love of her faith, her cherished family, her loving support of those in need, her great joy in sharing time with her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren were what was and shall forever be our “Grammy.”

She was preceded in death by her parents Gerald McFaul and Kathryn McFaul; her husband of 44 years, Arthur Koch in 1993; and her brothers Larry McFaul in 1933, Gerald “Gerry” McFaul in 1997, and Edmond “Ted” McFaul in 2014.

She is survived by her son Mark Koch and wife Patty, her daughter Katie Bebeau and husband Randy; grandchildren Amy Boehm (and Mike), Teresa Bauer (and Courtney), Chelsea Hughes (and Jake), Daniel Bebeau, and Stacie Zenev (and Trevor); great-grandchildren Hailey, Sophia, Markis, Blake, Kinzley, Shealynn, Adisyn and Charlie; her beloved sister-in-law Marjorie McFaul of Spokane and many loving nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Saturday, Dec. 5, at 12:30 p.m., with Fr. Jose Manuel officiating. A luncheon for family and friends will follow Mass.

Sutherlin Chapel of the Roses is honored to serve the family.

In lieu of flowers the family is asking for loving donations to be made to St. Vincent De Paul Society in Sutherlin in her name at 112 E Central, Sutherlin, OR 97479.

John William “Bill” Savage Spokane

John William “Bill” Savage passed away Saturday, Nov. 21, at Riverview Care Center in Spokane.

He was 80 Savage years old.

The fourth child of Oscar and Mary Maher Savage, John was born and raised in Spokane. He joined older siblings James, Patricia and Thomas on Feb. 18, 1935. Younger brother, Terry, was born two years later.

John attended St. Anthony’s Parish School and Havermale Junior High before graduating from North Central High School in 1952.

Always a hard worker, John started at an early age by delivering the See Obituaries, 12B

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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. 23 JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. 5th St., Newport, respondent reports son threatened by another juvenile at the bus stop.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Yocum Lake Rd., report of male in area cutting wood.

PHONE OFFENSE: Best Chance Rd., respondent reports receiving harassing phone calls.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED: Hwy. 2, cite and release of suspended driver.

DRUGS: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, report of drugs.

flashers on.

off into the woods.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: W. 2nd Ave., Newport, report of male not letting female leave residence.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Elmers Loop Rd., report of vehicle sitting outside of caller’s house they were parked there last night and tonight.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Indian Creek Rd., report of disabled vehicle.

AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 20, assisting Bonner County in pursuit of vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Calispel St., Newport, respondent reports a male came to residence, yelled at kids and tried to come in.

WANTED PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of wanted person.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Sarah E. Savage, 19, of Newport, held on transport.

Wednesday, Nov. 25 ERRATIC DRIVER: LeClerc Rd. S., report of grey GMC pickup driving erratically.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: Quail Loop, report of male beating dog.

ANIMAL CRUELTY: Allen Rd., report of two black cows with no food or water, animals are very thin.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of two adult females in office for shoplifting.

ACCIDENT: LeClerc Rd. N., report of one vehicle accident non injury and non-blocking.

ACCIDENT: LeClerc Rd. N.

THEFT: E. Circle Drive, Newport, report of theft of medication.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of female in office for shoplifting beer.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, report of unknown object partially blocking southbound lane.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report that ex-boyfriend took complainant’s cell phone and is making statements.

ERRATIC DRIVING: 4th St., Newport, report of vehicle spinning tires.

THEFT: N. LeClerc Rd., report of theft.

RECOVERED VEHICLE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of stolen vehicle recovered.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: N. Hayford Rd., report of verbal DV, happened at 8 a.m. today.

DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of half naked man running down hall.

TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of trespassing.

ARREST: Hwy. 211, Suzanne Elaine Culp, 68, was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, vehicle vs. deer collision reported.

ACCIDENT: Fertile Valley, report of vehicle roll over with one person inside.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Camden Rd., report of two horses on respondent’s property.

THEFT: Woodman Rd., report of firewood missing from property.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of respondent sliding through stop sign and hitting another vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hazel St., report of subject at residence that is not supposed to be there.

VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report that inmate sent letter to female in domestic violence protection order.

ACCIDENT: Deer Valley Rd., report of one vehicle rollover.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of red vehicle with

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 211, caller would like to speak to a deputy regarding relative shooting her animals.

SUSPCIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. State Ave., report of male walking back and forth in front of caller’s house, 6 feet tall wearing hoody, grey with blue coat and sweat pants.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: S. Scott Ave., reported dispute between male and female.

AGENCY ASSIST: S. Craig Rd., report of male hit by vehicle.

Thursday, Nov. 26 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Camden Rd., report of neighbor’s horses in complainant’s pasture.

AGENCY ASSIST: Southshore Diamond Lake, deputy requesting additional units, one at gunpoint, one subject ran

Saturday, Nov. 28 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: LeClerc Rd. N., report that person looked to be sleeping behind the wheel in lane of traffic.

DECEASED PERSON: Bear Paw Rd., report of deceased person.

Priest River

George J. Lee of Priest River passed away at his home Friday, Nov. 27. He was 96.

A memorial service with family and friends will be held at a later date.

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

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PURSUIT: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle trying to run.

West Bonner County

Monday, Nov. 23 ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Settlement Rd., Priest River UNATTENDED DEATH: Skyhawk Drive, Spirit Lake, report of an unattended death.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Calispel Trail Loop

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Clagstone Rd., Spirit Lake, report of a non-injury accident.

DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE: Hwy. 2, a person was cited and released for driving with a suspended license.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Dufort Rd. & A.F. Johnson Rd., Priest River, report of a non injury crash.

BURGLARY: Driskill Rd., report of welder and helmets stolen.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Quail Loop, report of male subject throwing stuff in the house and yelling.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of white Chevy pickup with no lights driving down the highway.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of two vehicle accident unknown injuries.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Michael Givens, 23, was arrested on warrants.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Spokane Ave., Newport, report that black Hummer with Idaho plates left about 10 minutes ago; caller has fresh foot prints going to back door.

THREATENING: W. Pine St., Newport, report of 21-yearold male threatening self and mother and hearing voices.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: N. Fea Ave., report of male in house fighting with female.

AGENCY ASSIST: W. Pine St., Newport, report that 21-yearold male on mental health hold left against orders.

Sunday, Nov. 29 THEFT: S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 31, white GMC reported driving erratic when complainant passed vehicle, driver had handgun.

THEFT: W. 5th St., Newport, cold theft reported.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of white Subaru swerving into oncoming traffic no headlights.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, vehicle vs. deer collision.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Riverside Ave. ANIMAL PRBLEM: Tweedie Rd., report that fox needs euthanizing.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. 1st St., subject reported out of control breaking things in residence and threatening family.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANC-

BURGLARY: Hwy. 41, Oldtown, report of a burglary.

ACCIDENT: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Priest River, report of a slide off.

ARREST: Condon Ranch Rd., Priest River, Bevin Check, 25, of Priest River was arrested for malicious injury to property.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Old Priest River Rd., Priest, report of a non injury accident.

Wednesday, Nov. 25 AGENCY ASSIST: Chardonnay Drive, Blanchard ACCIDENT: Bear Paw Rd., Priest River ACCIDENT: Old Priest River Rd., Priest River NON INJURY ACCIDENT: Clagstone Rd., Spirit Lake ARREST: Dufort Rd., Priest River, Jeffrey Bennett, 22, of Priest River was arrested for driving under the influence.

Thursday, Nov. 26 UNATTENDED DEATH: Eastriver Rd., Priest River, deputies responded for an unattended death investigation.

Friday, Nov. 27 DISORDERLY CONDCUT: Hwy. 2, Priest River ARREST: Albeni Cove Rd., Oldtown, Nicole Bevins, 29, of Newport was arrested for possession of marijuana.

SEX OFFESNE: Easteriver Spurt Road, Priest River, report of a sex offense.

Saturday, Nov. 28 ARREST: Dickensheet Rd., Coolin, Richard D. McCullough, 57, of Priest Lake was arrested for felony driving under the influence and misdemeanor driving without permission.

UNATTENDED DEATH: Bear Paw Rd., Priest River

Sunday, Nov. 29 ARREST: Kelso Lake Rd., Spirit Lake, Levi Gossett, 21, of Spirit Lake, was arrested for eluding police and three outstanding felony warrants.

CHIMNEY FIRE: N. Treat St., Priest River

pu blic m e eti ngs Wednesday, Dec. 2 Diamond Lake Water and Sewer: 10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road Sacheen Lake Sewer and Water District Board: 3 p.m. - Sacheen Fire Station, Highway 211

Newport City Council: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall Priest River City Council: 6 p.m. - Priest River City Hall Bonner County Fair Board: 6 p.m. - Fairgrounds Office in Sandpoint

Oldtown Urban Renewal District Board: 5:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall

Property Rights Council: 6:30 p.m. - Bonner County Administration Building, Sandpoint

Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. Dalkena Fire Station No. 41

Blanchard Tea Party: 6:30 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

Diamond Lake Improvement Association: 6:30 p.m. - Diamond Lake Fire Station, Highway 2 Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

- Clerk’s Office

Thursday, Dec. 3 Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing: 5 p.m. Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint

Saturday, Dec. 5

Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse Friends of the Library: Noon - Priest River Library Pend Oreille County Planning Commission Hearings: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center West Bonner Water and Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. Oldtown City Hall West Bonner Library Board: 7 p.m. - Priest River Library

Tuesday, Dec. 8 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Port of Pend Oreille Commissioners: 9 a.m. Usk, 1981 Black Road

Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall Laclede Water District: 7:30 p.m. - Laclede Community Hall

Wednesday, Dec. 9

West Bonner Library District Board of Trustees: 9 a.m. - Priest River Library

Pend Oreille Cemetery No. 1: 8:15 a.m. - E. 100 Circle Drive, Newport Pend Oreille Conserva-

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

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ES: S. Cass Ave., deputy contacted male in alley.

Monday, Dec. 7 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse Newport School Board: 5 p.m. - District Offices

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2015331 PUBLIC NOTICE TO: “Teddy” and Anyone Else Claiming a Paternal Interest You are notified that a petition under cause number 15-7-00051-3 was filed with this court alleging that the court should establish a Title 13 RCW guardianship and appoint a guardian for Ethan Lee-McGillis. A petition for Order Appointing Title 13 RCW guardian, if granted, could result in substantial restrictions to the rights of the parent(s), guardian(s) or legal custodian(s).

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Government Lot 8 In Section 7, Township 30 North Range 43 East Of The Willamette Meridian, Pend Oreille County, Washington, Adjoining Said Lot 1 On The South, Described As Follows: Beginning At The Southwest Corner Of Said Lot 1: Thence Southerly On A Line Extending The West Line Of Said Lot 1 A Distance Of 35 Feet To A Point: Thence Northeasterly To The Southeasterly Corner Of Said Lot 1: Thence Westerly Along The South Line Of Said Lot 1 To The Point Of Beginning: Except Minerals. Said Tract In Government Lot 8 Being Carried On The County Assessor’s Tax Rolls As Tax No.7. More commonly known as: 4962 HORSESHOE LAKE RD, DEER PARK, WA 99006 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/7/2008, recorded 5/13/2008, under 2008 0297372 records of PEND OREILLE County, Washington, from CAROLYN RUSSELL, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, as Grantor(s), to PRLAP, INC., as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned

by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (or by

Continued from 9B LYN RUSSELL, Laura C. Russell Irrevocable Trust dated 10/25/2005, Connie M Nelson, Mary K Russell, Constance Marie Nelson PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN RUSSELL Deed of Trust Grantee(s): BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 2008 0297372 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. Of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 12/11/2015, at 10:00 AM at the main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W 4th Street, Newport, WA sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of PEND OREILLE, State of Washington, to-wit: Lot 1, Block 2, Deerhaven Subdivision, In Section 7, Township 30 North, Range 43 East Of The Willamette Meridian, Pend Oreille County, Washington: Also, A Triangular Piece Of Land In

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its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to Nationstar Mortgage LLC . II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $37,231.78 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $100,707.70 , together with interest as provided in the Note from 2/1/2012 on, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute.

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 12/11/2015 . The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 11/30/2015 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of

the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 11/30/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid.

Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank.

The sale may be terminated any time after the 11/30/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): Name Carolyn Russell, An Unmarried Person Address 4962 Horseshoe Lake Rd, Deer Park, Wa 99006 by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said Continued on 11B

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Continued from 10B written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. These requirements were completed as of 6/22/2015 . VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

Notice To Occupants Or Tenants – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20 th 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 20 th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. This Notice Is The Final Step Before The Foreclosure Sale Of Your Home.

You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. Do Not Delay. Contact A Housing Counselor Or An Attorney Licensed In Washington Now to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. Seeking Assistance Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: http:// www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm . The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/ HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http://www.hud. gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index. cfm? webListAction=search&searc

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If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Quality May Be Considered A Debt Collector Attempting To Collect A Debt and Any Information Obtained Will Be Used For That Purpose As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: 8/4/2015 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202 Seattle, WA 98104 (866) 925-0241 Sale Line: 916.939.0772 Or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan.com TS No.: WA - 1 4 - 6 1 6 8 4 0 - T C I D S P u b #0088644 11/11/2015 12/2/2015 Published in The Newport Miner on November 11 and December 2, 2015. (41, 44) ____________________________ 2015350 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE TS No WA07000076-15-1 APN 433706630005 TO No 8523277 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 11, 2015, 10:00 AM, at main stairs of the Old City Courthouse, 625 W 4th St, Newport, WA, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 5 OF PORTER DIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 37, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON. APN: 433706630005 More commonly known as 231 S 8TH STREET, IONE, WA 99139 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of February 9, 2009, executed

by FORREST PETTIS AND ASHLIE PETTIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, CORPORATION, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, recorded February 13, 2009 as Instrument No. 2009-0300580 and the beneficial interest was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association and recorded November 25, 2014 as Instrument Number 20140320068 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Pend Oreille County, Washington. II. No action commenced by U.S. Bank National Association, the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. Current Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association Contact Phone No: 855-698-7627 Address: 4801 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301 III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY WHEN DUE THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WHICH ARE NOW IN ARREARS: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMA-

TION From August 1, 2014 To July 31, 2015 Number of Payments 12 $1,050.38 Total $12,604.56 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: February 9, 2009 Note Amount: $149,826.00 Interest Paid To: July 1, 2014 Next Due Date: August 1, 2014 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $136,911.57, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, 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. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on December 11, 2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured

by November 30, 2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before November 30, 2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the November 30, 2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/ or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, U.S. Bank National Association or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS ASHLIE PETTIS 231 S 8TH STREET, IONE, WA 99139 ASHLIE PETTIS 9485 ZARING AVE, WINNEMUCCA, NV 894458791 FORREST PETTIS 231 S 8TH STREET, IONE, WA 99139 FORREST PETTIS 9485 ZARING AVE, WINNEMUCCA, NV 894458791 by both first class and certified mail on June 5, 2015, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. If the Borrower received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 6064819 Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud.gov The state-

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wide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www.homeownership. wa.gov 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 the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060; Dated: August 4, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Patrick Lynch, Authorized Signatory MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100 Seattle WA 98101 Phone: (800) 409-7530 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.insourcelogic. com. Order No. WA15-000753-2, Pub Dates 11/11/2015, 12/01/2015 Published in The Newport Miner November 11 and December 2, 2015. (41, 44) ___________________________ 2015351 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE FINAL BUDGET HEARING The final budget for the Port District for fiscal year 2016 will be discussed at the Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in the Port office, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. Public comment and input is welcome at that time.

Upon adoption, copies will be available for public inspection. /s/Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in the Newport Miner on November 25 and December 2, 2015. (43-2) ___________________________ 2015363 PUBLIC NOTICE Application for Coverage under the General Permit for Biosolids Management Notice is hereby given that Town of Metaline Falls Waste Water Treatment Plant has submitted an application to the Department of Ecology to obtain coverage under the General Permit for Biosolids Management.

The Town of Metaline Falls has reviewed documentation previously submitted in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and has determined that for the purposes of this proposal, SEPA requirements have been satisfied.

Any person who wants to comment on this proposal or to request a public hearing or meeting must do so, in writing. Comments or requests must be submitted to The Department of Ecology contact Betty Ann Bickner

by December 26, 2015.

If you wish to be included on an Interested Parties List to receive notification of activities relating to this project, please notify, in writing, Town of Metaline Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant will provide written confirmation by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each interested person or organization that their name has been placed on the list. Contact persons to receive questions, comments, or requests: Dept. of Ecology Betty Ann Bickner 4601 N Monroe Spokane, WA 99205 509-329-3505 Town of Metaline Falls Dave Kurlo, Maintenance Director Published in The Newport Miner on November 25 and December 2, 2015. (43-2) ___________________________ 2015365 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF T H E S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE Cause No.: 14-2-00050-9 Continued on 12B

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Spokesman Review. He worked at the Davenport Parking Garage as a teenager during an era when entertainers often stayed at the Davenport while entertaining at the Coliseum. He had some good memories and stories about the people he met during that time.

John was working as a fireman for Great Northern Railroad when he and June Croyle married in 1959. They had four children: Marie, John Jr., Patricia and Paul. John continued working for the railroad until 1969. In the meantime, he was earning a B.A. in Education at what was then Eastern Washington College.

Although he eventually taught only woodshop, he began his teaching career at Mead High School in 1964, also teaching biology, architectural drawing, and mechanical drawing. He earned a

Master’s Degree in counseling and began working at Spokane Falls Community College in 1970, where he was an academic counselor and taught career planning. In 1972, John also began advising personnel at Fairchild Air Force Base, helping many leaving the service plan for a new career.

John was a talented wood worker and often taught adult woodworking classes. He particularly enjoyed teaching the construction of historic muzzle loading guns.

John and June both retired from Spokane Falls Community College in 1995 and moved to the cabin at Diamond Lake that they had enjoyed for 20 years. With the help of their family, they remodeled the cabin, making it into a year-round residence. They spent many hours in John’s shop building cabinets and furniture. John also enjoyed packing up their camper

and dogs and heading out to often unknown destinations. Travelling to the Oregon Coast became his favorite. He could frequently be found taking a leisurely cruise around the lake he loved.

John good-naturedly fought the effects of strokes in 2013 and more recently Goodpasture’s Syndrome.

John’s brothers preceded him in death. His sister Patty Belknap and sisters-in-law, Marybelle and Sally Savage survive him as do his wife June and his children and their spouses: Marie Savage (and Tim) Hopfauf; John (and Kelly) Savage Jr.; Patty (and Chris) Markofski; and Paul (and Kristin) Savage. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Riverview Care Center and Dr. Groza and the staff at Spokane Kidney Center

for their skilled and compassionate care of John and support of June and the family.

John has attended St. Anthony’s Church in Newport since 1972.

Funeral Mass will be there Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. A visitation will be prior to service at the church. Interment will be at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Spokane Monday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m.

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

Jack L. Wuotila Priest River

Jack L. Wuotila of Priest River passed away at his home Nov. 28. He was 77.

He was born Nov. 6, 1938, in Spokane to Emil and Syrie Wuotila. He is survived by his sister Marlene Gilbert, his brother

Michael “Mike” Fuzi Coolin

Michael “Mike” Fuzi (87) of Coolin, passed away Monday, Nov. 30, at his home in Coolin. He was 87.

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

Library late fees won’t be capped NEWPORT – Starting Jan. 1, Pend Oreille County libraries will not cap the overdue fees on materials.

Currently the fees are capped at $3, no matter how long overdue.

The library charges 10 cents per day for books, audio books and CDs and $2 per day for DVDs or videos.

Books and CDs may be checked out for 21 days and DVDs may be checked out for seven days.

Order of Sale Issued : 10/28/2015 SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

JUDI M. LEE; ALSO ALL PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendant(s).

TO: Judi M. Lee; occupants of the premises; and any persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint; The Superior Court of Pend Oreille County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Pend Oreille County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the aboveentitled action. The property to be sold is described as: Lot 9 and the South half of Lot 10 in Block 10 of Scott’s Second Addition to Newport, Plat Book 1, Page 10, Records of the Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Commonly known as: 518 South Cass, Newport, WA 99156 The sale of the above-described property is to take place: Time: 10:00 a.m.

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 Place: Pend Oreille County Hall of Justice; Front Door, East Entrance 229 S. Garden Avenue Newport, WA 99156 The judgment debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $140,808.77, together with interest, costs, and fees, before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office.

DATED this 19th day of November, 2015 ALAN A. BOTZHEIM, SHERIFF PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON by:/s/Ciara Williamson Ciara Williamson, Civil Deputy Published in The Newport Miner on

Lilo Dabelow Priest River

Lilo Dabelow was born Lieselotte Ludewika Maus, but all her friends called her Lilo.

Lilo was born Feb. 21, 1933 and passed from this earth Nov. 22 at the Hospice House in Spokane.

She grew up and attended school in Germany. Continuing her education, she studied to be a tailor’s apprentice.

Lilo married Ernst Dabelow in 1959 and had one son, Wolfgang.

The family lived in Australia for a few years before moving to San Francisco. While there, Lilo worked at Shriner’s Hospital. She also worked

at AID in Priest River and Audrey’s in Newport.

Lilo and Ernie loved their cabin in the woods in Idaho and spent many years enjoying nature.

Her little dog, Nina, played a big part in the last years of her life.

Lilo had a green thumb, especially with Orchids and African Violets.

Lilo was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister.

She is survived by her son, Wolfgang, her sister, Margot, and many friends.

All who knew this very special lady will miss her.

Thanks to Hospice of Spokane for the really good care she received over the last two years.

At Lilo’s request no services will be held.

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

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Wes and two nephews and a niece.

No services will be held at his request. Cremation has already taken place.

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

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.

Alan M. Avery, 53, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear and pay fines on original charges of driving with license suspended. He is Avery 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area.

Extradition is Washington and

November 25, December 2, 9, and 16, 2015 (43-4) ___________________________ 2015370 PUBLIC NOTICE N otice of P ublic H earing Notice is hereby given that the Pend Oreille County Board of County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing to review and take action on the following proposed Development Regulation changes: Processing Procedures, Table of Permitted Uses, Addition of a Hearing Examiner, Addition of an Ione Airport Overlay, Adding a Recreation & Tourism Facilities CUP, and raising the size threshold on an exempt storage building to 600 feet recommended by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission. This hearing will take place on Dec. 22nd @ 3:00 pm in the Commissioners Chambers. Copies of the Planning Commission recommended Draft Development Regulations will be available to the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department, Courthouse Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. For more information on this or related matters please contact Mike Lithgow at 509-447-6457.

Dated: November 25, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner on December 2, 2015. (44) ___________________________ 2015371 PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Commissioners will travel to Colville Friday, December 4 for the Quad County Commissioners’ meeting at 10:00 a.m. to discuss NE Washington fires, Organizational Structure, WDFW Issues and USFS Issues.

The meeting will take place at 230 E. Birch Avenue in the Stevens County Commissioners’ Meeting Room.

Rhonda Cary Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner on December 2, 2015. (44) ___________________________

Idaho.

Roxane M. Perry, 51, is wanted on two Pend Oreille County warrants for failure to comply with court orders and escape from Perry community custody.

She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds, with red hair and blue eyes. Her last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.

Mock

Cody M. Mock, 39, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure

2015369 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on November 25, 2015 receive a complete SEPA Environmental Checklist with supplemental documents prepared

by Pend Oreille County Public Works and did on November 30, 2015 issue a Determination of Completeness for a Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP)(FILE NO. SEPA15-008), Location: Pend Oreille County An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on November 30th 2015, and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than December 17th, 2015. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4474821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org.

Required Permits: Non-Project Action; No Permit Required Dated: November 30, 2015 Published in The Newport Miner on December 2 and 9, 2015. (44-2) __________________________ 2015372 PUBLIC NOTICE South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue will hold a budget hearing to adjust the 2015 budget.

The budget hearing will be held at the regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting on Thursday December 17th at Station 31 (325272 Hwy 2)

to appear on original charges of driving under the influence.

He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His last known address was in the Elk area. Extradition is statewide.

Michael G. Shelly, 34, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of escape from community custody. He is 6 feet Shelly 3 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is Washington and Idaho.

in Diamond Lake @ 7:00 pm.

This meeting will include a public review and approval of adjustments to the 2015 budget for the Fire District.

Anyone wishing to be heard on these budget process and review may attend.

If you have any questions regarding the fire district, please visit our website www.spofr.org or give us a call. @447-5305.

Published in The Newport Miner on December 2 and 9, 2015. (44-2) ___________________________ 2015359 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting at 2:00 p.m. on December 10th, 2015 at 121 N. Washington Ave. Newport, WA 99156 location to adopt a resolution setting the date, time and location of an election to fill a Conservation District Supervisor’s expiring term.

David Marcell District Manager Published in The Newport Miner on December 2 and 9, 2015. (44-2) ___________________________ 2015362 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received through Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 11:00 a.m., by the Selkirk School Board of Directors for: Fuel Product: Approximately 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of No. 2 furnace oil with pumping to be provided by the bidder from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016.

For bid information and bid forms please contact the Selkirk School District at (509) 446-2951 or P.O. Box 129 Metaline Falls, WA 99153. Mailed bids must be plainly marked “Fuel Bid” on the outside of the envelope all bids must be received in the Selkirk District Office. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Published in The Newport Miner on December 2 and 9, 2015. (44-2)