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Fiber project creates jobs $24 million spent on project so far to bring fiber to every home and business BY FRED WILLENBROCK OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – When the Obama administration launched a grant program a few years ago, it was called an economic stimulus grant. With the economy slumping, the cash was to create jobs and improve high-speed communications in rural areas. The Pend Oreille Public Utility District was

MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING

These Sadie Halstead Middle School students took part in the regional Math is Cool Competition, held in Spokane Nov. 2 Pictured are: Timmi Schonewald, Kari Goodrich, Maddie Green, Stephanie Huang, Parker Martin, Alex Poisel, Brock Rosen, Travis Dillon, Rylan Hastings, Chris Ownbey, Tyler Hill, Josh Cunningham, Justin Gill, Kody Campbell, Jace Hoadley and Mikhail Hammer. Schonewald, Martin, Cunningham, Dillon and Green traveled to Moses Lake for the state Math is Cool competition. Four students and an alternate qualified for the state competition, held Dec. 1 in Moses Lake.

Math is cool for these students

Middle schoolers compete in regional, state competitions BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Anita Urman is impressed with her middle school math students. “They’re smart, they’re funny and they are

just fun to be around,” Urman said. She has been taking students to Math is Cool competitions for about three years. This year, she took 18 Sadie Halstead Middle School seventh and eighth graders to the regional competition in Spokane. Because of a computer glitch, Newport competed against larger schools.

Drivers licensing office no longer offering tests Driver testing to be conducted outside DOL across the state BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – As of Dec. 1, the Department of Licensing office in Newport is no longer offering driver knowledge and skills tests. The tests are required for new drivers or those without a valid license from out of state. The office on Washington Avenue in Newport, which is open one day a week, used to offer the tests. The office would close for an hour after lunch to take new drivers out on the road for their drivers test. Now those needing to take the test will have to visit the Department of Licensing offices

in Colville or Spokane Valley. Two private driving school companies are approved with the state to conduct the tests. In the past Spokane’s B&B Driving School has conducted classes at Newport High School. B&B is not on the state’s list of certified testing programs. At this time, B&B does not have classes scheduled in Newport. Driver tests that have previously been scheduled with the licensing office in Newport will be honored. The drivers licensing office at 320 S. Washington Ave. in Newport will still be open Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed noon to 1 p.m. for lunch). While they won’t offer the tests, you can still apply

SEE LICENSING, 2A

NEWPORT – Two ballot measures approved in this fall’s election take effect Thursday, Dec. 6 in Washington. The recreational use of marijuana will be legal, and same-sex couples can get a marriage license. It will take much of next year before the state sets up rules for marijuana sales and licenses retail stores, but starting Thursday, adults 21 and over can partake in the privacy of their own homes. People can have up to an ounce of marijuana, but driving under the influence is illegal. Marriage licenses for same sex couples can be issued starting Thursday. While King County offices are planning to open at midnight Dec. 6 to begin issuing licenses, Pend Oreille County auditor Mari-

SEE FIBER, 2A

Sen. Bob Morton announces retirement PCOs to select candidates to fill seat as of Jan. 1 BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

When they arrived, they found they weren’t in any category, Urman said. The correct classification was filled, so Newport competed with the larger schools. The students held their own, however, with the eighth grade team of Travis Dillon, Josh Cunningham, Chris Ownbey and Maddie

KETTLE FALLS – After 22 years representing Northeast Washington in Olympia, Sen. Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, will retire Jan. 1. “Sen. Morton is a big, big loss (for the district). He was well respected in all of state government,” Morton SEE MORTON, 12A

SEE MATH, 2A

Changes continue at River Mountain Village District hires new manager, investigation complete BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – An independent investigation at River Mountain Village Assisted Living in Newport is mostly complete, after a string of complaints from residents, their families and employees. Tom Wilbur, CEO of the Newport Hospital and Health Services that operates RMV, said the investigation found nothing that wasn’t already included in a report conducted by the Department of Social and Health Services in September. Some of those issues were yet to be “cleaned up,” Wilbur said. Assessment paperwork needed to be done. The investigation was conducted

|| Marijuana, same sex marriage legal Thursday

one of the few lucky ones to get a grant. The verdict is still out on how well stimulus programs have improved the overall economy in the country but in Pend Oreille County, 115 people have been working and a high speed fiber network to every home and business in the south end of the county is only months from completion – a system that would never have been built without the $27.3 million federal stimulus grant. Other benefits from the

by Alice Femingson who owns an assisted living facility in Ritzville and has been in the business for more than 25 years. She stayed on at RMV to help with a few things because of the resignation of RN Debra Chitwood, the manager of the facility. She quit Tuesday, Nov. 20, after a tumultuous hospital board meeting Thursday, Nov. 15. The district has hired a new manager, Michele Page of Usk, who begins the position Dec. 12, Wilbur said. Page has 15 to 20 years of experience in assisted living. In the meantime, RN Sue Kowalczyk is filling in as manager. She has worked for the district at both Long Term Care and as backup at RMV. Many complaints were noted in a report from the Department SEE RMV, 2A

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anne Nichols is not expecting a rush. The state changed its marriage certificate, giving couples the option of gender-neutral or genderspecific terms. The certificates now have the term “spouse” along with the existing language that includes “bride” and “groom.” Couples can check a box to choose the term they prefer. Though the state passed them, local voters were mostly against the two measures.

Case of voter fraud under investigation NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Sheriff is investigating a case of possible voter fraud, according to county prosecutor Tom Metzger, who recommended the case be investigated. Elections officials became aware of the situation

MINER PHOTO|ROSEMARY DANIEL

Falls decked for Christmas Alexis Hopkins poses with Santa at Metaline Falls Busta Park. Lots of kids and parents were on hand Friday evening, Nov. 30 for the annual tree lighting ceremony. Santa arrived by fire truck and greeted the children and posed for photos and helped Metaline Falls Mayor Tara Leininger turn on the lights on the town Christmas tree. On Saturday, the Cutter Theatre was filled with vendors and shoppers during the annual Deck the Falls Arts and Crafts.

when a man came to get a ballot on Election Day, claiming he hadn’t received one. Elections officials checked and found that the man had apparently voted, although he said he hadn’t. They let him cast a provisional ballot, but that ballot was thrown out after the canvassing board found a ballot had been cast Oct. 23 in the man’s name. The signature on the Oct. 23 ballot appeared to be close enough to the signature on file that it didn’t make officials suspicious when they first checked the signature, so they counted the ballot. Once counted, it is impossible to withdraw the vote, since elections officials don’t know how the ballot was marked, according to elections supervisor Liz Krizenesky. It is thought that someone in the man’s house

voted for him, without his knowledge.

Election results made official NEWPORT – The results of the general election in Pend Oreille County were canvassed Nov. 27, making them official. The official voter turnout was 82.6 percent with 6,832 ballots returned. Statewide, voter turnout was 81.25 percent. The final numbers for the commissioner races were Karen Skoog (3,826) over Diane Wear (2,513) in District 1 and in District 3 it was Steve Kiss (3,430) over Tim Ibbetson (2,091). On the local measures, the maintenance and operations levy for the Sacheen Lake Sewer and Water District was approved 169 to 87 votes. Fire District 5’s levy lid lift was approved 52 to 38 votes.

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FIBER | Project is on budget, time up all 4,000 of those customers with the backbone, their goal that have signed the consent is hooking up all 5,000 poproject have been thousands forms to date, Onley said. tential businesses and homes. of dollars in windfall sales At recent peak construction, They are in discussions with tax flowing to the county for there were about 115 people dithe federal government officials materials. The PUD has also about extending the work period rectly working in the county on been able to speed up and pay the system. Onley said this numthrough next summer to reach for improvements to the entire the goal. Winter will slow down ber includes about seven PUD electric system because the fiber the remaining underground employees but it doesn’t include uses the same poles. This has a lot more workers that touch line extension work and they included trimthe project but aren’t dedicated could need next ming trees full time to it. The PUD will probably summer to build and replacing be in a position April 1 Onley said the NoaNet project drops to every poles. – being done by another organipotential user. Some of the to have all the backbone zation the PUD belongs to, using The PUD will workers dig- completed and more than another stimulus grant – is probably be in a ging ditches, providing a second link to the position April 1 900 hookups. stringing worldwide system for the PUD. to have all the fiber, trimIt potentially will give more backbone comJohn Jordan ming trees access for north county custompleted and more and installing PUD General Manager ers. It is underway and he said than 900 hookelectronics are all the fiber has arrived and the ups meeting the from this comdistrict is storing it for NoaNet. grant obligation munity. Others will move on He said the make-ready work but will still have enough funds with the half dozen companies is complete on the west side of left from the grant to complete they work for after the project the Pend Oreille River and the all the hookups, Jordan said. If is completed this spring or next poles have been set on the east the PUD gets an extension, it fall, if an extension is granted. side of the river to tie the project could complete the work by fall. Their services and the equiptogether. Onley said at the Nov. 20 ment have cost to date about Since the PUD isn’t allowed board meeting that he will be $22 million. The PUD has spent to provide retail service, how asking the National Telecom$3.3 million as part of its grant the actual service to the homes munications and Information match and it has been reimand businesses will work is still Administration for a fiber bursed by the federal governunclear. project time extension and will ment for about $18.6 million. The retail service providers convey to the program officer Another $2 million was credare apparently that the backbone ited to the PUD by the federal waiting to see and hub cabinet Since the PUD isn’t government for in-kind work the system electronics are in allowed to provide primarily from having some completed and should be operaretail service, how the and who will of the backbone in place. The tional soon. PUD’s total match is $7 milbe using it to He said the overactual service to the lion, and the district has put the head backbone is set prices and remaining cash in a fund to use products. done and that work homes and businesses as needed. has started on the will work is still unclear. Whether or Community Connectivity not the PUD service drops. Last manager Joe Onley said last will be able to week they had completed 380 miles of overhead week that the PUD will spend break even on maintenance and to complete that phase of the another $10 million and comoperations of the system once it project. They had buried 140 plete the $34.2 million project is operational is also tied to the miles underground with about on budget and schedule by number of customers the ISPs 90 miles to go to complete the March 31, 2013. hookup. underground backbone. PUD General Manager John How other services that They estimate there are about are now available to provide Jordan said they are on budget 2,000 overhead service drops and that although they will high-speed Internet access and all about 100 feet long. There go beyond meeting the basic cable television will impact the are another 2,000 underground market when the PUD enters it obligations of the grant, which drops. This would be hooking was about 900 hookups along is another question. FROM PAGE 1

MATH | Geometry stumps kids at state FROM PAGE 1

Green finishing eighth in the large schools division. Parker Martin placed seventh in the individual category against the larger schools, winning a trophy. Had the team been entered in the right category, Travis Dillon would have finished third in the individual competition and Josh Cunningham would have finished seventh. Urman felt bad about the mix up, since the students would have received trophies had they been in the right category. Nevertheless, a team of four and an alternate qualified to compete at the state Masters Math is Cool competition held Saturday, Dec. 1 in Moses Lake. Martin, the only seventh grader from Newport to compete, also picked up a trophy at the state meet, where he finished sixth in the individual competition. Math is Cool is a competition where students compete in a variety of math challenges. They answer questions individually through the first several rounds. Then they compete as a team for the last three rounds. As you might expect for a state math competition, some of the questions were difficult. “Geometry was really hard,” Cunningham said. One question involved students figuring out how many rectangles were possible connecting dots on a 4 by 5 inch piece of paper. “We couldn’t figure it out,” he said. Still, the team made up of

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Martin, Cunningham, Timmie Schonewald, Travis Dillon and Maddie Green, finished a respectable sixth overall. Urman used the individual test scores to decide who would compete at the state meet. All the students who take part in the Math is Cool competition have one obvious thing in common – they like math. “I’ve always liked math,” Kari Goodrich said. She was one of the seventh graders who competed at the regional competition. In an essay, Dillon explained why he likes math. “The first, most engaging class I have is math,” he wrote. “I don’t know why, when almost every student hates math vehemently, I like it.” He especially enjoys geometry. “This year, in geometry, my favorite part of math is proofs,” he wrote. “Again, in this class, almost no one likes doing proofs, but Josh (Cunningham) and I love them. The part about them that I like the most is having to think logically through them to get an answer.” Urman says she believes all learning is interrelated, with knowledge gained in one subject helping with another. Math helps in a variety of areas, from music to logic. The students who competed at the state meet have wide ranging interests. Music, reading and athletics are among the interest shared by some of the math students. Martin runs and plays saxophone. Cunningham plays

guitar and competes in several sports. Most of the students excel in academics. Urman remembers an incident a couple years ago that illustrates Martin’s quick wit and familiarity with a variety of subjects. He was in an advanced fifth grade reading class and one of his classmates said he didn’t really like the Harry Potter books. “What, not like Harry Potter? That’s literary heresy,” Martin joked. Riding three hours in a car with students like these is a quick trip, Urman says. “It was the quickest trip to Moses Lake I’ve ever had, with the smart kids and their interesting conversation,” she said. It was the farthest Cunningham has traveled for a school event. He enjoyed the whole experience, but he especially liked the trip back. “The most fun I had was on the way back when we were talking about scores,” he said. Urman was excited about how well the team did, he said. The top team at the competition got a score of 98. Newport earned a 70, a respectable score, Cunningham said. Urman says the math competition serves students in several ways. “They clearly are all gifted in math,” Urman says. The Math is Cool competition gives them an opportunity to compete with other gifted math students. “It provided peer challenges,” Urman says. “They don’t get that a lot.”

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Selkirk Mountains snowmobile guide out COEUR D’ALENE – As snowmobiling season arrives on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, snowmobilers are strongly encouraged to obtain a copy of the 2012-2013 Snowmobile Guide for the Priest Lake, Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint Ranger Districts. The guide provides the locations and seasonal use for all legal snowmobile routes on national forest system lands in the Selkirk Mountains, including both trails and open areas. Copies of the free guide can be downloaded from the IPNF website or picked up from Ranger District offices in Priest Lake, Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint. The annual snowmobile guide is developed based on legal rulings of Nov. 7, 2006, and Feb. 27, 2007, relating to recovery of woodland caribou and the potential impacts of snowmobile use within the recovery area. The court‘s ruling and associated Forest Closure Order will continue to restrict motorized winter travel within the designated recovery area until the IPNF completes a winter travel management plan for the north zone of the forest including science based analysis of the impacts of

RMV | Thirteen violations were addressed at facility FROM PAGE 1

of Social and Health Services, the result of a regular, unannounced inspection that occurred in September. Shirlee Steiner, district administrator for District 1 of DSHS, said nothing caused the inspection. It was a regularly scheduled event that occurs at all assisted living facilities in the state. Thirteen total violations were addressed. RMV had 10 calendar days to respond and 45 days to correct those violations. A

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for a new license or renew your license, get an ID card, change the name or address on your license, request a copy of your driving record or replace a lost or stolen license. The office can be reached at 509-447-5532 “We think this is going to speed things up for other customers who must come into an office,” DOL director Alan Haight said in a news release Nov. 27. If taking a test with a private company rather than the DOL office, drivers can expect to pay fees in addition to application and licensing fees with the state. The two driving schools in Spokane charge $15 to $20 for the knowledge test and $35 for the driving skills test. Fees vary depending on if the applicant takes drivers training with the company and if the applicant supplies their own vehicle for the driving test. After passing the tests, customers will go to a licensing office to obtain their license. The applicant will still have to pay the $35 license application fee for the state. If taken at a state office, the fee for the knowledge test is included in the fee. Area driver testing centers approved by the state include:

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follow-up inspection by DSHS has yet to occur. Thirteen employees have left RMV since January, including Chitwood. One of them was terminated, the rest resigned or quit without notice. One resident alleged this has caused employees to work 12-hour shifts. Wilbur said the change to 12-hour shifts was a means for nursing units to maintain their hours, not because of lack of personnel. The policy has since been abandoned, as of December.

LICENSING | Testing in Colville, Spokane available

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motorized winter travel on caribou recovery. Until recently, work on the North Zone Winter Travel Plan had been on hold pending a decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for designation of critical habitat for woodland caribou. The final decision for Critical Habitat designation was released in November and does not change any current activity on the forest, including winter motorized travel restrictions. Since the Fish and Wildlife Service decision, the Idaho Panhandle National Forest anticipates resuming work on the winter travel plan in early spring 2013. Until the final plan is completed, winter motorized travel in the Selkirk Mountains will remain governed by the 2007 court order and the associated Forest Closure Order. For more information on the Selkirk Mountains Snowmobile Guide or the IPNF Winter Travel Plan visit the Idaho Panhandle National Forests website, www.fs.usda.gov/ ipnf or contact your local Forest Service office. The Priest Lake Ranger District can be reached at 208-443-2512.

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• Colville: Department of Licensing, 172 S. Wynne St., 509-6847410 • Spokane: 911 Driving School of Spokane, 6314 N. Ash St. Suite 2, 509-324-0911 Spokane: All Season’s Driving School, 11524 E. Sprague Ave., 509-928-3011 • Spokane Valley: Department of Licensing, 12801 E. Sprague Ave., 509-921-2358 To conduct driver tests, driver training schools must be licensed with the state or be part of a state-certified public school driver training program. They have to apply for the authority to administer driver testing, and are subject to audits and record checks. The state also did away with driver testing at its offices in north Spokane, Davenport, Wenatchee, Ellensburg, Chelan, Kennewick, north and east Vancouver, Bellingham, Friday Harbor, Everett, Greenwood, Smokey Point, Renton, Federal Way, Lacey, Parkland and Centralia. The change is the final phase of implementing House Bill 1635, which gives the Department of Licensing authority to contract with private driver training schools, school districts and motorcycle training schools to conduct some knowledge and skills tests.

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The weather turned cooler this week last year. Highs were mostly in the 30s and lows were between 22 and 17 degrees. No precipitation was recorded.

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BR I E FLY Ponderay Newsprint worker killed in car wreck RITZVILLE – Justin R. Kelly, 24, of Newman Lake and Matthew D. Wade, 27, of Stanfield, Wash., were killed Friday, Nov. 30, about 10 p.m., when their vehicles collided on Highway 395, 24 miles south of Ritzville. Kelly was a Ponderay Newsprint Mill worker. Kelly was driving a 2009 GMC Sierra pickup south in the northbound lane when he hit the 2008 Chevrolet Impala driven by Wade, about according to a press release from the Washington State Patrol, which listed “wrong way vehicle” as the cause of the wreck. The case is under investigation and it is unknown if alcohol or drugs were involved, according to the press statement.

Funds available for food, shelter programs CUSICK – Pend Oreille County has been awarded a $6,344 grant to support local emergency food and shelter programs. The federal funds come from the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. The deadline to apply is Dec. 12. To receive funds under the grant, local agencies must be private, voluntary non-profit organizations or units of government; be eligible to receive federal funds; have an accounting system; practice non-discrimination; have demonstrated the capacity to deliver emergency services; and if they are a private organization, they must have a voluntary board. Public or private agencies interested in applying for these funds can contact Jo Benham at P.O. Box 102, Cusick, WA 99119 or call 509-445-1289 for an application. A local board made up of a county commissioner and representatives from area organizations will determine how the funds will be distributed. In past years, the county has distributed funds with at least four agencies participating.

Sheriff: Lock your vehicles NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Sheriff Alan Botzheim is warning people to lock their vehicles if they leave them running to warm up in cold weather. Last month, a vehicle was stolen in Newport, he reported to the Newport City Council Monday, Dec. 3. There were three burglaries reported in Newport last month. He said people are being good about watching out for their neighbors and calling 911 if something is suspicious. In one case a neighbor noticed a window had been pried open, and in another the burglar forced entry and stole guns and jewelry while the residents were on vacation. The third case involved a burglary at 17 units at the Newport Mini Storage. One suspect is in jail, thanks to a citizen who reported a suspicious vehicle, and the sheriff’s office has one other suspect. Some instances of malicious mischief were reported including graffiti at the skate park, an apartment window broken, tires on two vehicles slashed, and a shed where the door hinges were removed.

Hearing on Calispell Lake weed treatment postponed NEWPORT – The matter of applying herbicide to bulrush at Calispell Lake is still undecided. A hearing before the state Pollution Control Hearings Board scheduled for Nov. 28 in Olympia was postponed until Dec. 12. The Calispell Lake Duck Club applied to perform the treatment under the Pend Oreille County Weed Board’s permit, hoping to improve waterfowl habitat at the lake. The Kalispel Tribe appealed, stating bulrush is not a noxious weed and they prefer that if it is removed it be done without chemicals. County attorney Tom Metzger is discussing the matter with the tribe’s attorneys.

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A world of learning Colville Forest provides a learning ground for French environmental science major

teachers educate kids on protecting the environment. The teachers relate how the island rose from a “green island” to a “red island” because of deforestation, forest fires, and lack of respect BY JANELLE ATYEO for the environment, Gaëtan OF THE MINER said. Madagascar is a part of the worldwide biodiverNEWPORT – It’s not every sity “hot spots.” day that the forests of northeast “This and the love Washington provide job experifor agriculture that ence for a French citizen. my father gave me Over the last six months, the are the reasons that Newport Ranger District has encouraged me to been host to a work exchange choose my way and employee. Louis Gaëtan, 24, my studies in (the) Gaetan came to the Colville National environmental and Forest from Paris where he agricultural field,” Gaëtan said. earned his master’s degree in Gaëtan lived in Madagascar biological engineering for the until he graduated from high environment. He wanted to school. He earned his bachelor’s participate in the exchange degree in biology and informaCOURTESY PHOTO|U.S. FOREST SERVICE program for two key reasons: to tion technology at the University Above: Louis Gaëtan, left, walks with a gain work exof Reunion Island. fire fighting crew in Hells Canyon, Ore. “All of what I’ve done is In 2009, he moved In his time with the Forest Service, he perience and to improve his amazing.” to Paris and two got experience in many different areas, English. He years later earned including trail maintenance, timber and says he’s still his master’s in biowildlife management. Louis Gaëtan not fluent, logical engineering but he’s rarely Forest Service Work Exchange for the environat a loss for ment at the Uniwork in several areas of the words. versity of Paris-Est Colville Forest. He began the District ranger Gayne Sears Créteil. summer working with the trail says Gaëtan was great to work His coursework taught him maintenance crew. He also did with. She was impressed with different patterns of environsome work improving habitat his ability to increase his ment protection, good agriculfor the protected goshawk, and language skills and with his tural practices, biology, ecology, worked with the timber crews willingness to work. soil sciences, hydrology and laying out and mapping units “Louis was a superb addition sustainable development. for timber sales. In mid-August to our district staff this year,” Gaëtan would like to be able to he traveled with the fire fighting she said. use what he learned to improve crew to Hell’s Canyon, Ore., to things in his native Madagascar, fight the wildfires there. if he could find work there. They “All of what I’ve done is amazAn early influence need volunteers there in his ing,” he said, adding that it was field, he said, but a paying job a very enriching experience. on career choice is hard to come by. He said you “He was really energetic. He It was Gaëtan’s early educaneed experience and you need to wanted to help out as much as tion and influence from his know people. His time with the he could,” said Dave Drum, who father that led him to pursue a Forest Service will help him with worked with Gaëtan on the trail degree in the environmental and the experience. crew. agricultural field. Most of the work was new for Gaëtan was born in a town Gaëtan. His degree is in environcalled Morondava in the western From building trails mental protection, so the wildcoast of Madagascar Island. His life protection work was familiar to fighting fires mother comes from Reunion to him, but the rest was new. Island, a French island located Gaëtan came to the area in in the Indian Ocean close to late May and got a chance to SEE FOREST, 7A Madagascar. She is French and his father was a native from Madagascar Island. He passed away two years ago. “My father was an agronomist engineer and when I was N. 165 Hwy 95, Plummer, ID a child I loved to follow him in 208-686-0217 the field,” he said. “He taught me everything I know now about agriculture. He initiated me on (a) rice plantation, because rice is the food base in Madagascar.” There’s a particular part of the Introducing school system in Madagascar A New Bran d Of that Gaëtan likes. From the time W O students are in primary school, N Sale

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Work exchange employee Louis Gaëtan, second from left, poses with the Colville National Forest trail maintenance crew in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness this past summer.

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NEWPORT – The Newport city council gave the final approval to the 2013 budget after a hearing Monday night, Dec. 3. The budget totals $5.43 million with a current expense fund of $1.83 million. The budget increased by nearly $900,000 due to the project on Spruce Street. The street widening and water and sewer pipe replacement should take place in the next construction season. The city will also put in $60,000 toward the addition to the city shop, building a break room and offices to the south of the current building near the wastewater treatment plant. Employees will not be getting a cost of living increase, according to the results of the salary survey of other eastern Washington cities. They will get more money toward medical benefits. In lieu of a raise, the council approved six additional personal holidays. Also at Monday’s meeting, the council approved an update to the city’s capital facility plan, which is updated annually to be prepared for grant opportunities. Updates included plans to drill new wells, a railroad crossing project on the south side of town and the new Veterans Memorial Park.

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To the editor: One only needs to look at local small businesses to determine if the Republican cries that “We can’t raise taxes on small business job creators” is valid. Please find me a local small business with an owner/operator making more than $250,000 after expenses. Do you really see a local storeowner laying-off minimum wage employees because he made more than $250,000 and had to pay more income tax? Next time you shop at a local store, ask the owner/ operator how they would feel about paying more income tax on profits more than $250,000. Perhaps you might want to open your own store and also make millions. I am sure that the only thing stopping you is the fear that Democrats will raise your taxes after you clear $250,000. Now we need some reality. Employees are hired based on demand from customers who want to be helped. It’s the volume of sales and not the taxes paid on income that determines job creation. What sane owner would hire employees they don’t need just because they pay less income taxes? Most of our local small businesses don’t even gross $250,000 per year. As one of those owners, I would gladly pay any additional income taxes and smile if we cleared

As Congress faces tough questions about our fiscal future, we also have a unique opportunity to advance bipartisan energy policy that will create jobs. Putting Americans to work by expanding the nation’s GUEST access to clean, OPINION affordable REP. CATHY MCMORRIS hydropower RODGERS is a solution R-WASH. on which the House of Representatives already found consensus. Indeed, when we passed the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act earlier this year, we acted GUEST unanimously OPINION — the only exREP. DIANA DEGETTE ample of unaD-COLO. nimity on an energy issue in this Congress. That is why we urge the Senate to take up and pass this hydropower legislation before the end of the year. Hydropower has provided the U.S. with affordable, reliable, sustainable energy for more than 130 years. Today, hydropower makes up two-thirds of the nation’s renewable-electricity supply, and regions that get a majority of their electricity from hydropower have on average the lowest electricity bills in the nation. Hydropower’s flexibility contributes to a more stable electric grid and enables integration of additional variable renewable resources. The Department of Energy reports that more than 12 gigawatts of capacity could be installed at our nation’s existing non-powered dams. That’s the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants. In fact, only 3 percent of the country’s 80,000 dams currently have generation facilities. Many developers are also exploring smaller applications, including construction in engineered irrigation conduits. The potential of hydropower to create jobs is also enormous. A 2010 study conducted by the National Hydropower Association revealed that by utilizing currently untapped resources, the U.S. could add approxi-

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SEE HYDROPOWER, 5A

hen Washington State Sen. Bob Morton announced last week that he had enough politicking and was resigning, I immediately thought of what he said many times to fellow legislators and me. He said Eastern Washington weekly newspapers are valuable sources of information for him and his constituents. He wasn’t trying to suck up to The Miner or other newspapers in his vast 7th District but simply stating what he thought was a fact. And it showed more about this simple but effective leader than it really said about the weekly newspapers. During his 22 years in office, Bob believed in knowing whom he represented and what they wanted or didn’t want from state government. That’s why he read community newspapers like The Miner and visited with constituents. Bob was an oldschool-rural-representative. He found out where the potholes in the road were and then got the money to fix them. He read and listened to the people in his rural district and not those in the glitzy wine and cheese parties in Olympia. Bob not only read the community newspapers but defended the right for them to have access to public records. He again didn’t do it for the newspapers but did it for the readers of those newspapers – his constituents. When the Washington Association of Counties and other groups made their regular assault on the open public records act, a phone call to Bob gained newspapers a hard-nosed champion. We appreciated that and we know the people did as well. We’re glad Bob is going to have some time to enjoy life with his family and his district friends. We’ll miss him but we can still picture him reading The Miner and keeping up with all the people he represented so well for so many years. -Fred J. Willenbrock Publisher

Winter turmoil of the past It was with an enormous sigh of relief that I and mine all got through Thanksgiving without any kind of disaster or turmoil. People complain about January as their low point of the year but I don’t know how many times through the years that if some problem arises, it is on or about Thanksgiving. Two Thanksgivings I spent in the emergency ward waiting for the doctors to get around to patching up my husband who on one occasion fell on the deck and cut his head and on another had an asthma attack that required hospitalization. It has not been unusual for the weather to be so bad, wind mostly, that we had to skip a family Thanksgiving get together of my husband and myself with our two daughters at one house or other. Each of us lives about an hour away from each of the other two. Once, all three of our homes were powerless at the same time. I don’t complain much about the weather. If it weren’t for the weather I wouldn’t be living in this beautiful place where I can see Jefferson, Island and Snohomish counties from my deck. Mount Baker is dead ahead. And there’s a whole string of mountains east from there on around the corner in Snohomish County. We bought this place from a couple who didn’t tolerate power outages well and they had them all the time, what with our road densely forested. The living room has a big fireplace with glass doors but that doesn’t generate enough heat for the whole house. After the wife crouched in front of the fireplace for two weeks once to keep warm one winter they threw in the towel and put the place on the market. We bought it and they moved to downtown Bainbridge Island where power outages are few and far between. We lived here a few years, enduring a half dozen power outages or more every year, the longest lasting five days, before

we decided to do something about it. We bought a generator but more important, we bought a Fisher Goldilocks Stove, a little stove with a cooking surface on top that fit in the kitchen nicely and heats the whole house when lit off. We GUEST only use it when OPINION the power goes out. ADELE We are also FERGUSON fortunate in CORRESPONDENT that we have gravity flow water so we don’t have to haul that during outages. I keep on hand the kind of food you can heat up on the woodstove like chili and canned spaghetti and meatballs etc. Chef Boyardee is delicious. My husband used to put plasterboard around the refrigerator in the kitchen to deflect the heat of the woodstove but mostly on such occasions I take the vegetables out of the frig and put them on the back porch which, while enclosed, stays cold with the inner door shut. The house can smell of cabbage after awhile but we learned to live with it. I have a selection of lanterns, both kerosene and battery, plus some of those glass enclosed candle burners. I soon learned to buy only old fashioned wick candles that don’t smoke because the smoke dirtied up the drapes in no time at all. I never use an open candle. I’ve written too many stories for the newspaper about families where someone left a candle burning by itself without a cover and somebody died in the fire it ignited. I also do not remove the ashes from my wood stove until they are cold, SEE FERGUSON, 5A

|| Get our priorities back in order To the editor: A levy is a voter approved taxation meant for a specific purpose. Many years ago, we the voters approved a road levy for the construction and maintenance of our roads here in Pend Oreille County. Later the legislature made rules to allow the various levies to be transferred elsewhere in case of emergency need. Today tapping the road levy is being constantly transferred to other functions within the county. Luckily in the next term we will have all new commissioners who hopefully will discontinue this transfer of funds. We need our road maintenance and construction along with public safety as primary considerations. Let’s get our priorities back in order as the voters originally intended. -Jerry Larson Newport

Thanks Pete To the editor: A recent letter to the editor writer commented that nothing seems to have changed in our local politics. Yes. We are going to again have all Republican, fulltime commissioners that set their Monday morning public hearing agenda on the website late Friday afternoon, with a weekly local newspaper trying its best to give us

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the advance news on open government involvement, that reaches us in Northern District 3 each Thursday. Look at the recent budget balancing creation: the road levy (taxing authority) shift. The all Republican, part-time commissioners first came up with it in 2005, gave every county employee and retiree a budgeted raise in pay or medical coverage, then suggested going full-time with their salaries raised 73 percent, invited public comments, held a public hearing, tabled it until no one was present at year-end, and then passed it, without dissent. Reverse this, in that order and future part-time pay extinguishes the levy shift. Previously, our road levy shift was backfilled, or paid back, as the current operating expenses funds came in. Then, only portions were backfilled. Now, of the $600,000 in road taxing authority shifted last year to “balance” budgets, only $100,000 of the $200,000 to be backfilled has been paid back. Yet, a $400,000 road levy shift (the balance of the road district’s funds for future matching grants) is the automatic government decision to come up with pay and raises for 2013. See change? The road levy shift device for giving full-time commissioners and county employees and retirees pay has been reduced by one-third. Good job. No new commissioner wants road levy shifts, so go a step further. That $100,000 backfill can be repaid with a $100,000 savings in part-time commissioners’ pay. Another $100,000 savings, in the three years thereafter, and “poof,” no more road levy shift. -Duane Schofield Cusick

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Small business owners are not making $250,000

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Automatic tax increases and spending cuts are looming if Legislators can’t compromise on the budget by the end of the year. President Obama proposes ending Bush-era tax breaks while increasing taxes with the most for those making over $250,000 a year. He is also proposing some program cuts. He believes his plan would cut the deficit by about 25 percent over the next 10 years. Republicans argue that some of the tax increases would stop investment in the struggling economy and that there needs to be more cuts in government spending than the President is proposing.

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Do you think the public is paying too much attention to Petraeus’ affair with Broadwell?

So many other highly powerful people have engaged in affairs. We shouldn’t care so much about this one.

It’s like a real life soap opera. How can we not pay so much attention?

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The Fiscal Cliff is nearing if Legislators can’t compromise. Should they let it happen? No, it will cause us to plummet into deep recession and a stock market crash.

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Yes, the biggest tax increase would be on the 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans. They can afford it. Not if it happens on the backs of the poor and the elderly. They need to leave Medicare and Medicaid alone. Yes, we need to do whatever we can to decrease the deficit, and this will cut it in half. We need time to make a more overarching tax reform to raise revenue.

Yes. I don’t care what he does in his spare time if he does his job right.

It depends on if he shared classified information with Broadwell.

Total Votes: 24

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Head Start council includes three from Newport VALLEY, Wash. – Newly program. elected members of the NorthFor some parents this is their east Washington Early Childfirst experience serving on an hood Program’s policy advisory council had their ini- At their next meeting, board, and tial orientation and officers will be elected they gain training Oct. 26 in Valand committees will be valuable ley, Wash. The policy skills in team council is a group of formed. decisiondedicated parents of making, comECEAP and Head Start program munication and leadership. At preschool children and commutheir next meeting, officers will nity representatives who provide be elected and committees will governance and advice to the be formed.

New members include Polly Jeffery, Shari Nick and Jared Horton of Newport; Marissa Harrell, Tia Amich, Crystal Sanders, Tara Jo Level and Dave Windom of Colville; Sarah Haden and TJ Milligan of Chewelah; and Alysha Rose, Nichole Fandrey and Terri Herrera of Kettle Falls. Northeast Washington Early Childhood Program is a program of Rural Resources Community Action.

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cold, cold. And I put them in a paper sack or cardboard box and place it far away from the house. Too many stories about families that put their ashes container just out the

back door taught me that. I’ll never forget the young service family in downtown Bremerton who put a sack of ashes on the porch and died in the fire it ignited, along with their baby. Take heed. Two things will kill

you if you don’t respect and use them properly. Fire and water. Happy holidays. (Adele Ferguson can be reached at P.O. Box 69, Hansville, WA 98340.)

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mately 60,000 megawatts of new hydropower by 2025, creating up to 700,000 jobs in the process. It is estimated that for every megawatt of new small hydropower installed at existing dams without hydropower, 5.3 jobs are created (including direct, indirect and induced jobs). With jobs still scarce for too many Americans, we should be looking at every opportunity to put Americans back to work. All of these factors make clear that Congress should be working to increase Americans’ access to hydropower. That is why we came together to collaborate on the HREA. It facilitates the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and studies the

feasibility of a streamlined twoyear permitting process for other low-impact development. With minimal authorizations that are completely offset, the bill adds no costs to taxpayers. The unanimous passage of our bill in the House was a bright spot of bipartisan cooperation this year. Ten members of Congress from both parties joined us as sponsors of the bill. Both the National Hydropower Association, the trade association that promotes the development of our hydropower resources, and American Rivers, the largest advocacy group dedicated to protecting the health of our nation’s waterways, testified in support of the legislation. But since passage, the HREA

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Selkirk recognized for academic achievement Each of the seven schools recognized will receive $10,000 OLYMPIA – Selkirk Elementary is one of seven schools in Washington to be recognized as Title I, Part A Academic Achievement Schools. The awards are given to schools that have successfully met math or reading Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) in all student subgroups for the 2011–2012 school year and Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) in all student subgroups in school years ending in 2010 and 2011. Selkirk Elementary Met AMO/ AYP for three or more years in mathematics. The elementary will receive $10,000 from the state, to be used for teachers’ professional development, teacher planning for school reform strategies, developing

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research-based instruction, or developing additional strategies, curriculum and training models. The award honors those schools and improvement teams that have significantly raised student achievement in mathematics and/or reading through an identifiable strategy. These successful strategies can serve as models to assist other schools. “Achieving these kinds of results isn’t easy,” said Randy Dorn, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. “I’m proud of the hard work these schools are doing to make sure that every kid is successful.” Other achievement schools were Blakely Elementary in the Bainbridge Island School District, Columbia Crest School in the Eatonville School District, East Olympia Elementary in the Tumwater School District, Oakesdale Elementary, Pe Ell

School, and Skykomish School. The award-winning schools were determined using the following criteria: • School improvement facilitated by collaborative instructional team. • School has defined process/ strategies that were used to achieve improvement. • School improvement can be supported with test data. • School strategies/processes address the Nine Characteristics of High Performing Schools. • School strategies have the potential for adoption by other schools. AMO and AYP are measurements defined by the United States Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests.

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has stalled in the Senate. Without immediate Senate action, the 113th Congress will have to spend additional time and resources to reintroduce and advance policy we’ve already reached agreement on — time that would be better spent focusing on other important energy-related issues. The time is now for the Senate to approve these hydropower regulatory improvements. We must not pass up this opportunity for bipartisan energy legislation when the finish line is in sight. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a Republican from Washington and chairman of the House Republican Conference. Rep. Diana DeGette is a Democrat from Colorado and chief deputy whip.

$250,000 in profit. We would need a larger store and more employees to support the million dollars in sales needed to generate a profit of more than $250,000. My guess is that Republicans like our congresswoman are thinking of the small businesses like Wall Street hedge fund managers who get millions in bonuses after losing billions of our retirement funds and needing government bailouts to carry on their legal theft of our money. Now compare that to the local small businesses that don’t even clear more than $830 per day in profit to achieve a $250,000 income. -Pete Scobby Newport

Hospital district receives clean financial audit

NEWPORT – The Washington State Auditor’s Office released the results of its audit of Pend Oreille Hospital District No. 1, which operates Newport Hospital and Health Services. No findings were discovered. “In the areas we examined, the District’s internal controls were adequate to safeguard public assets. The District also complied with state laws and regulations and its own policies and procedures in the areas we examined,” the audit states. The report also addresses a

past deficiency found in the district regarding the use of competitive negotiation processes for capital projects. The report states that the district did the perform any public works projects after the issuance of that finding. “The District is making efforts to correct the issues and ensure compliance with state bid laws by attending trainings and increasing its understanding of state bid laws and regulations related to public works projects for hospital districts,” the report states.

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Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers moves up in party leadership WASHINGTON D.C. – Eastern Washington’s Representative will now be Congress’s fourth ranking member among the Republican majority. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was elected in a secret ballot vote of her House Republican colleagues Nov. 14 to serve as conference chairwoman for the 113th Congress. McMorris Rodgers will be presiding over weekly meetings of all House Republican members where they discuss matters of concern. In effect, she’ll have a greater influence on the matters the Republican majority sets as their priorities. The meetings of the party caucus are the main forum for communicating the party’s message to its members. It produces a publican of political analysis under the Legislative Digest. As conference chairwoman, McMorris Rogers will be the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress in Congressional history. “I want to thank my colleagues for showing their trust and confidence in me and what we can do together as a conference to advance positive, constructive solutions for the American people,” she said in a news release. “We are united by our conservative principles, a spirit of reform to return America to prosperity, and a recognition that we must do better as a Conference to deliver our message to every corner of America to build a long-term Republican majority in Congress. I look forward to working with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy, and the rest of the new leadership team to get results for the American people and to keep the American dream alive for generations to come.” Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., was also in the running for the conference chairman position. He got the backing of vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. The vote tally of the party was not disclosed. McMorris Rodgers replaces

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conference chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, who will serve as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. “The next Congress will play a critical role in reviving our stifled economy, creating jobs, ending the tax and regulatory war on American job creators, and solving our nation’s spending-driven debt crisis which menaces our children and grandchildren. I have no doubt Cathy will be an asset to Speaker Boehner and the rest of the House GOP leadership team through the debates to come,” Hensarling said. House GOP leadership includes the speaker, majority leader, whips and the party caucus or conference. The speaker acts as leader of the House and is second in line to succeed the president after the vice-president. McMorris Rodgers was first elected to Congress in 2004 and served as vice chairwoman for the

House Republican Leadership Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va. Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Conference Chairwoman Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. Conference Vice-Chairwoman Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan. past four years. She was Gov. Mitt Romney’s House liaison during the presidential campaign and served as the official host of the 2012 Republican National Convention. She won reelection this month with a 62 percent majority over Democratic challenger Rich Cowan.

Fire science students help light up Christmas Newport fire science students and their teacher Randy Wyrobek tested and replaced broken lights for the Centennial Plaza Christmas tree. Over 1,000 feet of lights and the lighted star for the top were installed by the Pend Oreille PUD crew before Thanksgiving weekend, and the tree was lit the day after Thanksgiving. Miner publisher Fred Willenbrock coordinates the tree decorating as a member of the Centennial Plaza Improvement Association. He said the blue spruce that has served as the community Christmas tree for several decades was moved from Malm’s tree farm in Idaho as one of the centerpieces of the original plaza construction. He said he and others on the plaza construction committee intended for the tree to be a holiday inspiration and memory for many generations. “The tree keeps growing and demanding more lights and we keep buying them,” Willenbrock said.

Sullivan Lake Bridge replacement awarded funds METALINE FALLS – Pend Oreille County was awarded funds to replace the Sullivan Lake Inlet Bridge near Noisy Creek campground. The bridge on Sullivan Lake Road crosses

Harvey Creek around the 9.18 mile marker. The project was one of 70 statewide to receive federal funds. The county was awarded $684,800, about $180,000

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Whooping cough epidemic slows, but the disease will stick around OLYMPIA – The number of whooping cough cases reported in Washington is easing, with some areas of the state returning to levels more typical before the epidemic. Yet state health officials caution that whooping cough is still active. Those who are at highest risk of serious illness – especially babies – remain vulnerable. Vaccination is the best way to protect them, state health officials say. “We’re watching whooping cough activity closely,” said Secretary of Health Mary Selecky. “We’re encouraged to see the pace of new cases in our state slowing, but we are not completely out of the woods. Whooping cough is still active and babies are still at risk.”

With more than 4,500 reported whooping cough cases so far this year, 2012 already has the highest number of cases in more than 70 years. The number of new cases varies from community to community. Four cases have been reported in Pend Oreille County, 41 in Stevens County and seven in Ferry. The epidemic has increased people’s awareness of how serious whooping cough is, health officials said, and it has driven more than twice as many adults in Washington to get their Tdap booster this year than last year. Still, with the disease continuing to circulate, the state health officials are urging more adults to get vaccinated, especially those who will be around

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Rural life People ask Gaëtan why he chose Newport. He was placed with the local ranger district by Experience International, a Washington-based organization that coordinates exchange programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resource

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Lady Griz go on winning streak ney Wiese scored eight. All three are returning varsity players. Arianna Newcomb NEWPORT scored eight as well. Brea – With only O N D EC K: Rohrer scored four. Emthree returning VS. BONNERS FERRY, ily Lewis, Ashley Behvarsity playSaturday, Dec. 8, 4:15 p.m. rens and Lauren Vaughn ers, it could each scored two. have been a AT PRIEST RIVER Tuesday, Newport traveled to St. rocky start for Dec. 11, 5:30 p.m. George’s Friday and won the Newport 45-20. The Grizzlies led girls’ basketball team, but they 22-12 at the half and scored 10 in won their two season openers this the third, holding St. George’s to week, quite handily. six. They added 11 points to their Coach Mike Frederick said their lead in the fourth for the win. games against Deer Park WednesWiese had a big game with 23 day, Nov. 28 and St. George’s Fripoints. Frederick and Malsbury day, Nov. 30 were a good chance each scored six. Newcomb, Behfor the girls to get their feet wet. rens, Rohrer, Vaughn and Sydney Everyone got game time. Siemsen each scored two. Newport beat Deer Park 48-16, They Grizzlies host Bonners jumping out to an 18-6 lead by Ferry Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4:15 p.m. the end of the first quarter. Newand they travel to Priest River for port led 33-8 at the half. the border rivalry Tuesday, Dec. Holly Malsbury scored 12 and 11 at 5:30 p.m. Both are nonJolie Frederick scored 10. Courtleague games. BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

Newport boys open with a win

MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING

Spartan junior Thomas White pulls down a rebound in traffic against Clark Fork Thursday, Nov. 29 at Priest River. The Spartans won the opener 62-28.

Priest River comes out running, wins two BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River boys basketball team opened their season at home last week, winning two games. The Spartans beat Clark Fork 62-28 Thursday, Nov. 29. “It was a good start for us,” Spartan coach Ryan Bodecker said. “Dalton Sommer started us off early scoring 13 of his 20 points in the first quarter. RC Akre also added 15 points. Cole Stelow and Cam Riley anchored the defense and help us control the defensive rebounds.” The Spartans jumped out to a 20-10 first quarter lead and never looked back. By the end

of the third period, they were entertained Lakeside. ahead 59-21. The Spartans jumped out to an The Spartans’ strategy of pres- early lead, up by six at the end suring the ball of the first period. with a press early Lakeside trimmed on and speedO N D EC K: that to three points ing up the game VS. RIVERSIDE, Wednesday, by the half. The seemed to pay off. Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. Spartans were up by The Spartans eight at the end of are a young team AT DEER PARK, Saturday, the third period, beand many players Dec. 8, 7:15 p.m. fore Lakeside started don’t have much their fourth quarter varsity experiAT NEWPORT, Tuesday, run, knotting the ence. Dec. 11, 7 p.m. game at 41 all. “Some of our “RC Akre hit a young guys got three at the buzzer their first varsity experience,” for the 44-41 win,” Bodecker Bodecker said. “They all worked said. “He led us with 15 points.” hard and tried to do everything Riley and Sommer added nine that I asked of them.” points apiece and Stelow had a Saturday, Dec. 1, the Spartans team high 13 rebounds. Jimmy

Koch had 10 boards. Bodecker says he was happy with how the game turned out. “I was happy with the game,” Bodecker said. “We did some really good things. Just like every year, early in the season we have things to work on. But I am happy with where we are as a team.” Priest River traveled to Sandpoint for a game after deadline Tuesday, Dec. 4. Friday, Dec. 7 they will host Riverside for a game that starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, they head to Deer Park for a game that gets underway at 5:15 p.m. They’ll be in Newport Tuesday, Dec. 11, for a game with the Grizzlies. That game will start at 7 p.m.

Wrestlers warm up with pre-season match IONE – The Selkirk wrestlers said. “It was a good gauge for hosted a pre-season jamboree improvement and I think it Friday, Nov. 30. Newport and provided some motivation for the Kettle Falls joined Selkirk in guys to work hard and improve breaking in the team’s new on some things.” mats. Being the first competition of The Rangers did well for this the season, coach George said it first get together of the season, showed them what they need to coaches said, with 10 wins work on as far as technique and and four loses for the conditioning. night. The team took Wrestling for seven pins and three O N D EC K : Selkirk, eighth wins by points – two AT LIBERTY TOURNAMENT grader Tristan of which were techni- Saturday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m. Chantry won cal falls, winning by his match by a 15 or more points. technical fall Newport coach Bart George 19-4. said his team wrestled a little Freshman Justin Chantry won flat. Selkirk has a tough team, his match with a third round he said, with four very tough fall. Senior Emery Maupin had seniors. two matches, winning both by “I threw some of our less pins. He got the first pin in the experienced wresters on the mat second round, and the second with some of the best kids in pin in the first round in 1 minthe region. They wrested tough, ute, 21 seconds. Senior Mikey but lost those matches,” George Weiss also had two matches. He

won his first with a pin in the second round, and his second match he won by a technical fall 19-1. Selkirk freshman Cody Hoffman won his only match by a pin in the second round. Senior Michael Haskins had two matches, winning the first with a pin in the second round and the second by points 11-4. Garet Sax, also a senior, had one match, which he won by a pin in the third round. Meric Merkley, Chance Chantry, Alena Heath and Joey Dickinson each lost their matches, but they all did really well against their opponents, coaches said. Freshman Chance Chantry had never wrestled before, but “he has so much potential” says Coach Keith Saxe: “Chance has only had 13 practices and he has come so far already, it is really neat how much he has already

Cusick nabs MVP, coach of year for volleyball CUSICK – The Cusick Panthers girls volleyball team had three players chosen for the Northeast 1B North League’s All Opponent team, including senior Haley Adams, who was named Most Valuable Player. Caytlin Nenema, a junior, and Chelsea Samuels, a senior, were also named to the All Opponent team from Cusick.Cusick coach Kim Bluff shared Coach of the Year honors with Curlew’s Bonnie Grumbach. Selkirk senior Kirbi Anderson was named to the all opponent team with junior Katie Couch

receiving an honorable mention for her season’s play. Others on the league-wide team included Northport’s Marissa Gilmore and Teri Cox, Curlew’s Lindsay Gibson and Republic’s Brianna Brown.

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learned.” Another freshman, Merkley had only wrestled last year with the Selkirk Little Guy program. He is also eager to learn and has come a long way. “Once Meric grows and gets some strength he will be another really good wrestler,” Saxe said. Dickinson, also a freshman, is very fast and very strong, Saxe said, adding that he sees a lot of potential in him. “He is built like a wrestler, he just needs to learn more moves, and build up his stamina,” Saxe said. He think he will go far in the sport. This season the team is welcoming a girl to the team. Heath is in eighth grade and has wrestled for the Selkirk Little Guy Program for about six years. “Alena is a really smart wrestler and she knows her moves,” the coach said. Friday, she was matched up with another girl wrestler, a senior from Kettle Falls, and they were pretty evenly matched. Once she has a little more experience with the high school program, coach Saxe feels she will get stronger and be able to match any other wrestler she comes up against. Both Selkirk and Newport will travel to a tournament at Liberty High School in Spangle Saturday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. Newport was scheduled to host the Battle of the Border with Priest River Monday, Dec. 10, but Priest River had to cancel because they had too many meets on their schedule.

third quarter. Alex Young put his body on the line, taking charges. NEWPORT – The Newport Konkright led all players boys basketball team opened with 27 points, the only player their season under new coach to score in double figures. Steven Bryant with a 46-34 Things didn’t go as smoothly win at Deer Park Friday, Nov. the next night when the Griz30. zlies traveled to “I was pleased O N D EC K: St. George’s for a with our defensive VS. BONNERS FERRY game. They lost effort,” Bryant said. Saturday, Dec. 8, 6 p.m. 66-34. “We played with a “St. George’s sense of urgency, AT PRIEST RIVER did well taking and the boys beTuesday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. us out of our oflieved they could fensive rhythm,” win.” Bryant said. The Newport’s defense Dragons has all held Deer Park to just 13 firstthe pieces to win a state chamhalf points, although it came at pionship, he said. “St. George’s a cost. has a well-balanced team and “We were in foul trouble the kept us on our heels for most majority of the third quarter,” the game,” he said. he said, with Jaron Konkright The Dragons jumped out to a and Ryan Rapp sitting out 19-2 first quarter lead. Newmuch of the period. port free throw shooting could Jared Schultz played out of have been better, Bryant said. position at point guard and “We struggled at the free took care of the ball, Bryant throw line,” Bryant said. said. Newport went into the halfDean Ownbey and Jordan Hoadley played well during the SEE NEWPORT, 9B BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Priest River Wrestling vs. Lake City, Lakeside and Coeur d’Alene: 4 p.m. - Coeur d’Alene THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 Newport Wrestling vs. Springdale and Northwest Christian: 5:30 p.m. - Newport FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Cusick Boys Basketball at Inchelium: 6:30 p.m. - Inchelium Priest River Wrestling at St. Maries Tournament: 3 p.m. - St. Maries Selkirk Girls Basketball vs. Northport: 5:45 p.m. - Northport Priest River Girls Basketball vs. Riverside: 6 p.m. - Priest River Selkirk Boys Basketball vs. Northport: 7:15 p.m. - Northport Priest River Boys Basketball vs. Riverside: 7:30 p.m. - Priest River SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 Cusick Boys Basketball vs. Columbia: 6 p.m. - Cusick Priest River Wrestling at St. Maries Tournament: 9 a.m. - St. Maries

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Cusick boys open season at Inchelium CUSICK – The Cusick boys basketball team opened their season Tuesday, Dec. 2, with a home game with Clark Fork. Many of the players were on Cusick’s football team, which just finished its season. Friday, Dec. 7, the Panthers have a game at Inchelium. Following Inchelium, Cusick will return home for a game with Columbia Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. The following Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Panthers will travel to Selkirk for a game that starts at 7:15 p.m.

Cusick girls begin basketball season CUSICK – The Cusick girls basketball team has its first game of the season Tuesday, Dec. 11 against county rivals Selkirk. Selkirk hosts and tipoff is at 6 p.m.

Lady Rangers beat Valley Christian IONE – The Selkirk girls basketball team defeated Valley Christian 43-22 in the Rangers’ first game of the season Saturday, Dec.1. Selkirk dominated most of the game, leading 11-2 at the end of the first quarter. They added two points to their lead, scoring nine in the second. Valley Christian scored four points in the third while holding Selkirk to five, but 18 points for the Ranger in the fourth solidified the win. Katie Couch scored 22 for Selkirk and Jessika Reiber scored eight. Georgie Shafer scored three and Anna Kotzian and Mackenzie McAnerin each scored two. The Rangers hosted St. Michael’s Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Northport Friday, Dec. 7 to play at 5:45 p.m. and then host Inchelium Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. and Cusick Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.

St. Maries wrestling tournament coming up PRIEST RIVER – The Spartan wrestlers got their first taste of competition at the Lake City Timberwolves Preseason Takedown Tournament in Coeur d’Alene Thursday, Nov. 29. Results were not available. The boys will travel back to Coeur d’Alene for a match with Lake City, Lakeside and Coeur d’Alene Wednesday, Dec. 5 at Coeur d’Alene High School. Junior varsity matches start at 4 p.m. with varsity to follow. The Spartans will be at the St. Maries Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8. Matches start at 3 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. The annual Battle of the Border with Newport was scheduled for Monday, Dec. 10, but it had to be canceled along with the Jan. 10 Post Falls meet because Priest River had too many meets on their schedule.

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time break down 35-15. St. George’s continued the pressure, outscoring Newport in the third quarter 19-8. Newport continued to play hard, Bryant said, and did not give up. Rapp had a teamhigh 14 points, the only Grizzly to score in double figures. Newport will be at home Saturday, Dec. 8 for a game with Bonners Ferry. That game will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Grizzlies will travel to Priest River for a game that starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Lady Spartans hit losing streak BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls basketball team had a rough week, losing to Sandpoint, Northwest Christian and Washington’s Lakeside. The Spartans are now 2-3 overall. Priest River hosted Sandpoint Tuesday, Nov. 27, and lost 42-39. Priest River led 13-5 at the end of the first quarter, and maintained the lead into the half but Sandpoint gained on them to trail by only one point. Sandpoint scored 15 in the third, holding Priest River to two points, putting an end to Priest River’s domination. Priest River scored 15 in the fourth to pull within four, but couldn’t grab the win.Steffie Pavey led the Spartans with 16 points, including two three-pointers. Kelsie Fink scored 15, Jill Weimer six and Karly Douglas scored two. Northwest Christian domi- O N D EC K: nated the entire VS. RIVERSIDE, FRIDAY, game when they Dec. 7, 6 p.m. beat Priest River 50-31 Thursday, AT DEER PARK, SaturNov. 29. NWC day, Dec. 8, 5:30 p.m. scored 14 points in the first and led 34-15 at the half. They scored an additional nine points in the third. Priest River outscored NWC in the fourth, but couldn’t recover. Pavey scored 10 for Priest River, including a three-pointer. Weimer scored seven, Katlyn Summers scored five and Douglas scored four. Anna Pavey scored three and Allysa Deal scored two. Priest River played Lakeside from Washington Saturday, Dec. 1, and lost 53-33. Lakeside led 27-17 at the half and scored 16 to Priest River’s 10 in the third. They added four points to their lead in the fourth for the win. Steffie Pavey scored 10, Melissa Trost scored nine and Weimer scored six. Summers scored five, Amber Trantum scored two and Douglas added one. The Spartans host Riverside Friday, Dec. 7 at COURTESY PHOTO|JASON DUCHOW / JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRPAHY 6 p.m. and then travel to Deer Park Saturday, Priest River’s Kelsey Fink takes a shot against Sandpoint Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Priest River. The Spartans lost Dec. 8 to play at 5:30 p.m. 43-39.

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Konkright honored as St. Maries coach ST. MARIES – A former Cusick area resident, who has many family members still in the area, was honored this month for his coaching career at St. Maries High School in Idaho. Steve Konkright was Kronkright inducted into the Lumberjack Boosters Hall of Fame at a banquet Nov. 9. He started coaching JV volleyball in 1978, and when he quit they had a league record of 160-0, he says. The St. Maries volleyball program took off under varsity coach Mitch Santos, and the school won 11 state championships. Konkright also coached softball

in the early 90s, winning five state championships. He was named Idaho Assistant Volleyball Coach of the year, was four-time Idaho Softball Coach of the Year and fourtime North Idaho Softball Coach of the Year. Konkright spent his early years in Pend Oreille County, but as the Diamond Match Mill closed in the early 1960s, his family moved to Superior, Mont. He graduated with the SHS class of 1966, having played football, track and basketball. He studied elementary education at Eastern Montana College in Billings, where he also played baseball. He first taught in Polson, Mont., before going to St. Maries to teach sixth grade.

|| BOYS BASKETBALL THURSDAY, NOV. 29 At Priest River Priest River d. Clark Fork 62-28 Clark Fork 10 7 4 7 -28 Priest River 20 20 19 3 -62 Scoring: Clark Fork: Bowen 0, Nesbitt 0, Klein 5, Anderon 6, Hazingsky 7, Buodousquie 0, Bristol 9, Das 1. Priest River: Akre 15, Riley 9, Linton 0, Sommer 20, Reynolds 2, Stelow 4, Nunley 2, Koch 5, Low 0, White 4, Duley 1, Roland 0.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 At Deer Park Newport d. Deer Park 46-34 Newport 10 11 12 13 -46 Deer Park 5 8 11 10 -34 Newport: Konkright 27, Rapp 5, Schultz 1, Burges 9, Young 4. Deer Park: Ferguson 9, De Hart 4, Neilson 6, Cloud 5, C. Guske 2, N. Guske 2, Irish 6.

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 At St. George’s St. George’s d. Newport 66-34 Newport 2 13 8 11 -34 St. George’s 19 16 19 10 -66 Newport: Konkright 7, Ownbey 0, Hoadley 2, Worley 0, Rapp 14, Schultz 8, Hunt 0, Allen 0, Burgess 2, Young 1. St. George’s: Kenney 6, Peplinski 9, Worrall 4, Muelheims 6, Spalding 8, Furbeyre 2, Tender 10, Liam Sienko 0, Dexter Sienko 21.

At Priest River Priest River d. Lakeside 44-41 Lakeside 9 10 8 14 -41 Priest River 15 6 13 10 -44 Lakeside (WA): Moffatt C. 7, J. Moffatt 6, Watkins

BOISE – There’s still time lands only. Remember to ask to bag a wild turkey for permission to hunt on private Christmas dinner. Though land. many fall wild turkey hunts Turkey hunters need a valid have closed, others are open Idaho hunting license and through the middle or end turkey tag. of December in A general fall This hunt is open on turkey tag costs Idaho. A fall general private lands only. $19.75. season is open A special unit through Dec. 15 Remember to ask tag, valid in the in Game Manfall in units 1, permission to hunt agement Units 2, 3 and 5, costs 1, 2 (except Far- on private land. $5. ragut State Park Wild turkeys and Farragut WMA) 3, 4, 4A, are not native to Idaho but 5 and 6. The fall general seawere transplanted here beson also is open through Dec. ginning in 1961. Since then, 31 in units 8, 8A, 10A, 11, more than 150 translocations 11A, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18. have been conducted stateThis hunt is open on private wide.

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0, Reynolds 3, Watson 0, Christianson 2, Perkins 4, Jones 2, Collins 8, Campasino 1, Dunkin 0, Quigley 8 Priest River: Akre 12, Riley 9, Linton 0, Sommer 9, Reynolds 2, Stelow 7, Nunley 0, Koch 3, Low 0, White 0, Duley 0, Roland 2.

At Selkirk Valley Christian d. Selkirk 59-46 Valley Christian 5 20 13 21 -59 Selkirk 5 13 16 10 -46 Valley Christian: Gage 6, Dickinson 4, N. Cox 26, Marchant 11, Hirschel 4, B. Cox 4, Piersol 4. Selkirk: Volquardsen 0, Avey 2, Cain 13, Mailly 0, A. Miller 16, Dawson 13, L. Miller 2, Batiste 0.

GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY, NOV. 27 Sandpoint (3-3, 0-0) 5 16 15 7 -43 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 13 9 2 15 -39 Scoring: Sandpoint: Corless 1 0-2 2, Williams 0 0-2 0, Schoening 4 4-7 12, Liband 1 0-0 2, Olin 4 2-2 10, Young 4 0-0 8, Speelmon 1 0-0 2, Delgado 1 0-0 2, Alamillo 1 2-5 4, Martin 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 9-20 43. Priest River: Douglas 1 0-0 2, Trantum 0 0-0 0, Luckey 0 0-0 0, Weimer 3 0-0 6, Trost 0 0-0 0, S. Pavey 7 0-2 16, A. Pavey 0 0-0 0, Deal 0 0-0 0, Bradbury 0 0-0 0, Summers 0 0-0 0, Urmann 0 0-0 0, Fink 6 3-3 15. Totals 17 3-5 39.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 Newport (2-0, 0-0) 18 15 9 6 -48 Deer Park (0-2, 0-0) 6 2 4 4 -16

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Northwest Christian (1-0, 0-0) 14 20 9 7 -50 Scoring: Priest River: Douglas 1 2-6 4, Trantum 0 0-2 0, Luckey 0 0-0 0, Weimer 2 3-5 7, Trost 0 0-0 0, S. Pavey 4 1-1 10, A. Pavey 1 1-2 3, Deal 1 0-0 2, Bradbury 0 0-0 0, Summers 2 1-3 5, Urmann 0 0-0 0, Fink 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 8-19 31. Northwest Christian: Me. Guske 0 0-0 0, Dietzen 3 3-4 9, McFaul 1 0-0 2, Ma. Guske 2 0-0 4, Grey 1 3-4 5, Shellerud 1 0-0 2, Farmer 5 1-1 13, Knight 4 2-2 11, Bozlee 1 0-0 3, Gray 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 10-13 50.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 Newport (2-0, 0-0) 17 5 10 13 -45 St. George’s (0-2, 0-0) 3 9 6 2 -20 Scoring: Newport: Newcomb 2, Frederick 6, Wiese 23, Behrens 2, Rohrer 2, Malsbury 6, Lewis 0, Vaughn 2, Cunningham 0, Stratton 0, Siemsen 2. St. George’s: Stamper 1, Hayes 2, Farias 7, Johnson 0, Rankin 0, Karel 0, Kwasman 0, Wert 3, Moye 3, Russell 4.

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 Lakeside (WA) (1-0, 0-0) 16 11 16 10 -53 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 11 6 10 6 -33 Scoring: Lakeside (WA): Swannack 4, A. CookCox 19, Kyllo 2, Jones 2, St. Marikis 2, Jacobson 0, Brittos 0, Widman 8, So. Marikis 0, Mahowalby 2, J. Cook-Cox 14, Clark 0. Priest River: Douglas 1, Trantum 2, Luckey 0, Weimer 6, Troust 9, S. Pavey 10, A. Pavey 0, Deal 0, Bradbury 0, Summers 5, Urmann 0.

Valley Christian (0-2, 0-0) 2 7 4 9 -22 Selkirk (1-0, 0-0) 11 9 5 18 -43

Scoring: Newport: Newcomb 8, Frederick 10, Wiese 8, Behrens 2, Rohrer 4, Malsbury 12, Lewis 2, Vaughn 2, Cunningham 0, Stratton 0, Siemsen 0. Deer Park: Barcellos 4, May 4, Rodrigues 4, C. Sitton 2, S. Sitton 2, Adams 0, Rose 0, Hatfield 0, Irish 0.

Scoring: Valley Christian: Riggan 14, Pope 4, Fields 2, Walzer 2, Hayek 0, Purvis 0, Weik 0, Graf 0, Valenti 0, Petrinovich 0. Selkirk: Couch 22, Rick 5, Kotzian 2, McAnerin 2, Reiber 8, Shafer 3, Curran 0, Jensen 0, Graff 0.

THURSDAY, NOV. 29 Priest River (2-3, 0-0) 5 10 5 11 -31

TUESDAY, NOV. 28

BOWLING

Rangers drop opener BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers boys basketball team lost their first game, although it was to a school that finished second in the state last year. Valley Christian beat the Rangers 59-46 Saturday, Dec. 1. O N D EC K: “I was AT NORTHPORT really happy with how we FRIDAY, Dec. 7, 7:15 p.m. did in our first game,” VS. INCHELIUM Selkirk SATURDAY, Dec. coach Kelly Cain said. 8, 5:30 p.m. “I mean, we VS. CUSICK TUES- have some DAY, Dec. 11, things to 7:30 p.m. work on. We turned the ball over too much. But everyone played hard.” Selkirk, playing at home, played to a 5-5 tie at the end of the first quarter before the Valley Christian Panthers got untracked. The Rangers went into the break down 25-18. Selkirk came out after the half and outscored Valley Christian 16-13 in the third period but the Rangers got in foul trouble, with three players fouling out before the end of the game. The Panthers took “I was really advantage, happy with outscorhow we did ing Selkirk 21-10 in the in our first fourth quargame.” ter to finish the game. Kelly Cain Avery Miller led Selkirk Coach Ranger scoring with 16 points. He also grabbed six rebounds, as did Dominic Cain who also scored 13 points. Freshman Cole Dawson went 9-14 at the free throw line. He also scored 13 in the game. Selkirk will play St. Michaels after deadline Tuesday, Dec. 11. Friday, they start league play in Northport with a game that starts at 7:15 p.m. Saturday they’re back at home for a game with Inchelium. That game will start at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Rangers will host cross county rival Cusick in a game that starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Team Won Lost OH $#!+ 33 15 Wilkinson Rental 29 19 Plain Nasty’s 26 22 OK Lanes 25 23 Club Rio Pooch Parlor 23 25 Country Lane 21 27 4 Amigos 18 30 Wanna Bees 17 31 High score game: Team - Country Lane 669, Men - John Bushby 209, Women - Karen Batsch 194. High handicap game: Team - Wanna Bees 884, Men - Ralph Le Grand 234, Women - Karen Batsch 264. High score series: Team - Country Lane 1,909, Men - John Bushby 559, Women - Liz Pope 528. High handicap series: Team - Wanna Bees 2,543, Men - Pinky Ownbey 630, Women - Karen Batsch 687.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 Friday Night Leftovers Team Won Lost Newport Equipment 35.5 8.5 The Lakers 34 18 Party of Four 32.5 19.5 Cusick Tavern 29 23 Timber Room 28.5 23.5 San Souci Sandbaggers 26 26 Gutter Gang 23 29 O.K. Lanes 23 29 Screamin 4 Ice Cream 22.5 29.5 Weber Enterprises 21 31 EZ-Rider 20 32 Team Twelve 9 35 High scratch game team: Timber Room 753. High scratch game: Jeff Huling 226, Laura O’Brien 222 High handicap game team: Timber Room 902. High handicap game: Mike Radan 263, Pat Shields 252. High scratch series team: Timber Room 2,111. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 593, Laura O’Brien 596. High handicap series team: The Lakers 2,569. High handicap series: Don Plattenberger 687, Inge Simeral 691. Converted splits: Pat Shields 2-7-8.

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Idaho weighing options of state, federal health plan BOISE – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter said last week that he will consult with legislative leaders and be ready by the new Dec. 14 deadline for submitting a decision on whether Idaho will build its own health insurance exchange or opt into the federal system being developed under Obamacare. Otter said he was grateful for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius setting back the deadline, which had been Friday, Nov. 16. Sebelius set the new deadline late Thursday, Nov. 16 after the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and others called on the White House for a delay. Dec. 14 also is the deadline for states that opt to build their own exchange to submit plans for meeting federal mandates on its design and operation. “I have my working group’s recommendation, and I have been listening carefully to stakeholders and citizens about this important choice. This extension gives us more time to get answers from HHS about what the federal requirements will be,” said Otter, who consulted with a number of his colleagues from other states at the RGA conference in Las Vegas this week. “I don’t want us buying a pig in a poke, so with this extension I’m hoping we’ll get answers to the questions and concerns we’re hearing from legislators and the public.” Under Obamacare – or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – every state must offer citizens an online portal for comparing and purchasing health insurance policies that meet federal requirements. States have balked at moving forward with plans, first until after the U.S. Supreme Court weighed the law’s constitutionality and then until after the Nov. 6 election determined the likelihood of Obamacare remaining on the books.

Lower Priest thinning project up for comment PRIEST LAKE – U.S. Forest Service officials at the Priest Lake Ranger District are seeking public input on the Lower Priest Environmental Assessment (EA). The proposed project is designed to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve forest health and resilience to disturbances such as insects, disease and drought. Hopes are also to improve the local economy through using forest products. To do this, the Forest Service is proposing a combination of prescribed fires and vegetation treatments on about 1,200 acres of national forest lands in the area, roughly 18 miles north of Priest River in parts of the Cottonwood Creek, Dubius Creek and Murry Creek drainages. Comments on the EA will be accepted through Dec. 20. Comments will be analyzed and included in the project record before a final decision is reached sometime in early 2013. Written comments may be handdelivered to either the Priest Lake or Sandpoint Ranger District offices between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Electronic comments may be submitted by email to: comments-northernidpanhandle-sandpoint@fs.fed. us. Mail the Priest River Ranger District at 32203 Highway 57, Priest River, ID 83856-9612 or fax 208-443-6845. For more information about this project, visit the Lower Priest EA page on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests website, http://1. usa.gov/URztPO.

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Johnson featured composer on forum IONE – Selkirk music director Donivan Johnson was selected as a featured member on the new website for the Washington Composers Forum. This organization is dedicated to the performance of new music by Washington composers. Johnson was recently commissioned by Mary Moldenhauer to compose a new work for his multi-media presentation next April at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. “The Rite of Spring at 100” will celebrate the most important and influential musical work of the 20th

century. This ballet by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) caused one of the most famous and notorious public scandals in music history. Johnson’s audience will be guided through this monumental work and the cultural era Johnson into which it was born with numerous musical examples, slide presentations, video clips and live performance. Johnson’s new work “Après-

Danse Sacrale” (After the Sacrificial Dance) is a musical portrait of “The Chosen One” following the very moment she has danced herself to death (where the ballet ends) and her spirit is welcomed by Earth as the honored sacrifice for spring. Performing will be the husband and wife duo Paradox with Lynne-Feller Marshal on bassoon and John Marshal on cello. Both are principal players of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. For further information visit www.washingtoncomposersforum.org.

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Superstars draw lucky winner The Selkirk Superstars Special Olympics team held a drawing for their pig raffle Nov. 3. Ione mayor Jessica Davis and her daughter Kiana did the drawing, and the lucky ticket winners were Larry Jungblom of Metaline Falls and Ester Lindborg of Ione. They each received half a pig, cut and wrapped, donated by Teck America. Pictured are coach Trent Hanson, left, Kiana and Jessica Davis, and athletes Steven McKenzie and Troy Enyeart. The Superstars gave their thanks to Teck for donating the pig from the Pend Oreille County Fair and to all who bought tickets for the fundraiser for sports activities.

|| N O R T H P E N D O R E I L L E CO U N T Y E V E N T S WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Assembly of God Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board Meeting: 10 a.m. - Metaline City Hall Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library North Pend Oreille Lions: 7 p.m. Ione Train Depot FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Ione Senior Center SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 Kindred Kitchen Meal: 5-8 p.m. Metaline Falls Assembly of God

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Metaline Town Hall Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library Book Discussion Group: 4-5 p.m. - Ione Library Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting - Ione Assembly of God Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. Metaline Town Hall

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IONE – After getting some complaints about noise disturbance, the Ione town council adopted a noise ordinance Nov. 21. The town’s ordinance mirrors the Pend Oreille County noise ordinance passed in 2005. Public disturbance of the

peace includes the sound of a loud radio, televisions, musical instrument or any other device that produces sound, emanating frequently in a way that shocks or startles people or livestock. Time of day is taken into consideration in determining if the noise is reasonable.

Metaline Falls hires new clerk-treasurer METALINE FALLS – The town of Metaline Falls has hired Debbie Johnson of Metaline Falls as its new clerktreasurer. Johnson was chosen from a field of eight applicants. Mayor Tara Leininger and town council members Sue Huntley and Van Whysong comprised the interview team.

Johnson trained with former clerk-treasurer Tessin Parker, and began her tenure Dec. 3. In December, the town will institute new office hours, with the office open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Town council meetings remain the second Tuesday of the month.

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2013 county budget includes cost of living increase Money for some, not all included in budget BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County commissioners passed the 2013 budget, although only one of the county’s seven union bargaining units have a signed contract for 2013. The budget includes 1 percent cost of living increases and a $25 monthly increase to the county contribution to employee health insurance premiums for nonunion employees. That includes department heads, upon completion of a satisfactory evaluation. Elected officials will not get the increases. Money for the cost of living increase is budgeted for some departments and not for others. Local 1135P of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, the union represent-

ing the road department, has a signed contract for 2013. The union and county officials are scheduled to meet Wednesday, Dec. 12, to talk about a 1 percent pay increase for union workers, along with an additional $25 monthly contribution to employees’ health insurance. County commission chair Diane Wear initially wanted to wait until after the Dec. 12 meeting to adopt the budget but commissioner John Hankey wanted to approve it Monday. Ultimately, Wear seconded his motion to approve the budget and it was passed. About $22,000 is built into the road department budget to account for the wage and benefit increases, for the 23 road workers, says Teressa Brooks, administrative assistant to the director of public works. Three of the bargaining units of Teamsters Union Local 690 representing sheriff office employ-

ees appear headed to mediation, Stafford said. Those bargaining units – corrections officers, sheriff deputies and dispatchers – do not have a contract, according to Shelly Stafford, human resource coordinator for the county. The 1 percent increase is not built into the sheriff’s budget for 2013. If the increases are approved, the county budget will have to be amended. That money would come from the $61,270 ending fund balance in the general fund, said county auditor Marriane Nichols. There are 37 employees represented by the three bargaining units, Sheriff Allan Botzheim said. Two other Teamster bargaining units have agreed to the terms but haven’t formally signed contracts, said Stafford. Those wage and benefit increases are included in the 2013 budget. The courthouse and Hall of Justice employees and deputy pros-

ecuting attorneys have agreed but not ratified a contract. The Teamster contract for the county information technology services department expires at the end of the year. Money for wage and salary increases was not included in the 2013 budget. Pend Oreille County Counseling Services is unionizing. That would make the eighth bargaining unit among county employees. They don’t have a contract yet and money for their COLA is not included in the 2013 budget. The county currently has 83.15 full time equivalent employees paid in the current expense fund. That’s down from 85 people at the first of the year and down considerably from 2008, when there were the equivalent of 109 full time employees. As recently as 2011, there were the equivalent of 90 full time employees, data processing coordinator Jill Shacklett said.

MORTON | PCOs to choose three candidates for seat calls a bill that he found the most interesting and most exciting. said Norris Boyd, chairman of the It was regarding a decision over Pend Oreille County Republicans. whether to add a third runway to “He worked tirelessly for our com- the Sea-Tac Airport or to build in munity out here in the Northeast another site, possibly locating the corner of the state.” airport outside of King County. Now 78, Morton, will be step“The committee came to me – ping down in the middle of his little old farm boy from Northeast term. He was re-elected in a land- Washington and said ‘We have a slide in 2010, and the seat would plan that’s contested from many be up again in 2014. corners. And we want you to It was after this fall’s General prime sponsor it,’” he remembers. Election that Mor-“The Lord is opening the way “I gulped and ton says he really said ‘Are you began consider- for us to seek other interests sure?’” ing retirement. for the seventh legislative Once he read He recalls sitting it through, he district, to get another leader saw that it was down with the election returns with expertise that could needed, and it printed in The retain our lifestyle here in the was financialNewport Miner. ly sound, and “I laid the paper Pacific Northwest.” being a pilot in my lap and himself he was said, ‘Wow, I’m Sen. Bob Morton comfortable not sure Bob you R-Kettle Falls enough with know half of the the airport people on there.’ language. He And that should not be,” he said. decided to take on the legislation “With that many new faces, that would affect the whole state. there’s going to be a lot of changes “I sat down with mayors of big and there’s going to be a lot of cities the who’s-its of the state and people coming forth in the next got it through,” he said. The head decade,” he said. He knew he lobbyist sent him a complement wasn’t planning to be in Olympia saying, “Bob, we couldn’t have 10 years from now, so he began to done it without you.” give retirement serious thought, It was also the transportation he said. issues in his own district that “The Lord is opening the way Morton counts among his bigfor us to seek other interests for gest accomplishments: bridges the seventh legislative district, to and transportation on the Kettle get another leader with expertise River, as well as forestry work and that could retain our lifestyle work on other natural resources here in the Pacific Northwest,” he issues, particularly agriculture. added. “He has been such a treIn a letter dated Nov. 28, Mormendous asset for the seventh ton announced his retirement district,” said Rep. Shelly Sort, Rsaying “This is the time for me to Addy. “His work his bi-partisan in retire … thereby opening the door nature. He has had good relations for new leadership in the Senate on both sides of the aisle.” to take on the responsibility to “I think he’s a really good exlearn the legislative process and ample of someone being in public get to know the ‘movers and shak- service for the right reason,” said ers’ of the state.” Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda. He added that Morton has been a Transportation issues among good friend and mentor for him. He’s also been a mentor that accomplishments helped sparked the political career Morton was first elected to the of the highest ranked Republican House of Representatives in 1990. woman in Congressional history. He was appointed to the Senate When Morton first ran for office when Sen. Scott Barr retired, tak- in the early 1990s, he picked a ing over Jan. 10, 1994. young pre-law graduate to help Asked his biggest accomplishrun his campaign. That was ment in his 22 years, Morton reCathy McMorris Rodgers. When FROM PAGE 1

he won, she served as his legislative assistant, then she filled his seat in the House when he was appointed to the Senate. “Bob Morton is a close friend, a mentor, an outstanding leader, and the reason I went into public service in the first place,” she told The Miner in a statement. “As an elected official, I’ve worked with him on countless issues, and his advice and friendship have been invaluable. He has done an outstanding job in the Legislature for the last 22 years, and there is no question he will be missed. I wish Bob and Linda all the best in their next adventures,” she said. Morton counts his wife, Linda, among his biggest supporters. “I thank the people of the 7th Legislative District for the opportunity to represent them. I appreciate their support and insight into how we could make our district and state a better place for future generations,” he said in a statement. He also recognized the dedicated support of my legislative assistant, Kim Cusick. “Without her help it wouldn’t have been possible to serve the people of my district in such a way,” he said.

candidates for the seat. PCOs from all over the seventh district – all of Pend Oreille, Stevens and Ferry counties and part of Spokane and Okanogan counties – will meet Dec. 15 at Colville High School. They’ll select three candidates, who will be put before the State Republican Committee. So far Inchellium-resident Hunter M. Abell has expressed interest in the position. He is a graduate of Gonzaga Law School and a veteran of the U.S. Navy JAG Corps who served in Iraq. He currently works at the Seattle law firm of Williams, Kastner and Gibbs, but has retained residency in the seventh district. The appointed person will have to run for election in the fall of 2013, and the seat will be up again for its normal term in the fall of 2014. As far of Morton’s plans, he said retirement will take some adjustment. He and his wife Linda, who retired from her nursing job in Colville in 2010, plan to vacation in Mexico to enjoy the warm weather, but he doesn’t have much else in the way of travel plans. Undoubtedly, he’ll be spending time with his family, which includes five grandchildren who live throughout Washington. What’s next for the district? He says he has some health Both Kretz and Short have problems, “but at my age, who been asked if they would like to doesn’t now. The Lord has blessed be considered for filling Morton’s me.” seat in the Senate Until next year. Both have “He has done an outstanding his official decided that with job in the Legislature for the retiretheir ranking in the last 22 years, and there is no ment Jan. House they would be 1, Morton more valuable to the question he will be missed. I will be district there. wish Bob and Linda all the best working Kretz has the No. to pass in their next adventures.” 2 position as the off a few House deputy leader. of the Short was recently Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers bills he appointed House Re- R-Wash. had been publican vice caucus workchairwoman. ing on to Short feels it’s important with a some of his colleagues. new governor coming in to keep He’s not aware of any send-off the continuity on some of her or retirement party in the plans committees, especially for enviby his comrades in Olympia. ronmental issues, she says. “They just need to keep their Similar to the way Pend Oreille nose to the grindstone and make County appointed a replacement sure they improve things for our to the county commission with children,” he said. “The present Laura Merrill resigned this sumlegislators have a lot of hard work mer, it will be the precinct comahead of them.” mittee officers who come up with

Short selected for House Republican leadership position OLYMPIA – House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, announced Friday appointments to the remaining House Republican Caucus leadership positions for the upcoming two years. Rep. Shelly Short, R-Addy, was appointed House Republican vice caucus chairwoman. She will assist the caucus chairman, Rep. Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish, in setting legislative priorities for the caucus as well as presiding over caucus meetings for the chairman when bills, amendments,

voting and other legislative matters are discussed. The caucus also appointed three new members to serve as House Republican assistant caucus whips. The caucus whip, Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, and his assistant whips help ensure caucus work is carried out in an orderly fashion while maintaining decorum during caucus meetings. The new House Republican assistant caucus whips are:

Rep.-elect Elizabeth Scott, R-Monroe, serving the 39th Legislative District; Rep.-elect Drew MacEwen, R-Union, serving the 35th Legislative District; and, Rep.-elect Jeff Holy, R-Spokane, serving the 6th Legislative District. The four new appointees join the elected members of the House Republican leadership team and will play key roles in developing and implementing plans and policies supported by the House Republican Caucus.

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Commissioners pass smaller budget than last year NEWPORT – County commissioners voted unanimously Monday, Dec. 3, to approve the $8.55 million general fund budget and the county controlled funds budget of $15.65 million. That compares to the 2012 current expense budget of $8.96 million and controlled funds budget of $17.49 million. Most county operations are paid for through the current expense fund, also called the general fund. The controlled funds are largely grant funded and have specific purposes. The road fund is the largest of the controlled funds. County commissioners shifted $400,000 in taxing authority from the road levy to the general levy. They intend to repay $100,000 of that. The road levy shift is smaller than last year’s amount of $600,000. Last year, the county also repaid $100,000. Commissioners also approved a 1 percent increase to property taxes. That’s a $17,558 increase for the current expense fund and a $17,756 increase for the county road fund. In 2013, the county plans to collect $1,773,406 in property taxes for the general fund and $1,793,433 for the road fund.

Food bank in need of donations PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Food Bank is in need of a number of food items for the boxes to be handed out to families in need this Christmas. The food bank would like all donations in by Tuesday, Dec. 18, between 9

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A Kidnapped Santa Claus Part three of five ~ Continues next week BY L. FRANK BAUM

Suddenly a strange thing happened: a rope shot through the moonlight and a big noose that was in the end of it settled over the arms and body of Santa

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Claus and drew tight. Before he could resist or even cry out he was jerked from the seat of the sleigh and tumbled head foremost into a snowbank, while the reindeer rushed onward with the load of toys and carried it quickly out of sight and sound. Such a surprising experience confused old Santa for a moment, and when he had collected his senses he found that the wicked Daemons had pulled him from the snowdrift and bound him tightly with many coils of the stout rope. And then they carried the kidnapped Santa Claus away to their mountain, where they thrust the prisoner into a secret cave and chained him to the rocky wall so that he could not escape. “Ha, ha!” laughed the Daemons, rubbing their hands together with cruel glee. “What will the children do now? How they will cry and scold and storm when they find there are no toys in their stockings and no gifts on their Christmas trees! And what a lot of punishment they will receive from their parents, and how they will flock to our Caves of Selfishness, and Envy, and Hatred, and Malice! We have done a mighty clever thing, we Daemons of the Caves!” Now it so chanced that on this Christmas Eve the good Santa Claus had taken with him in his sleigh Nuter the Ryl, Peter the Knook, Kilter the Pixie, and a small fairy named Wisk -- his four favorite assistants. These little people he had often found very useful in helping him to

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distribute his gifts to the children, and when their master was so suddenly dragged from the sleigh they were all snugly tucked underneath the seat, where the sharp wind could not reach them. The tiny immortals knew nothing of the capture of Santa Claus until some time after he had disappeared. But finally they missed his cheery voice, and as their master always sang or whistled on his journeys, the silence warned them that something was wrong. Little Wisk stuck out his head from underneath the seat and found Santa Claus gone and no one to direct the flight of the reindeer. “Whoa!” he called out, and the deer obediently slackened speed and came to a halt. Peter and Nuter and Kilter all jumped upon the seat and looked back over the track made by the sleigh. But Santa Claus had been left miles and miles behind. “What shall we do?” asked Wisk anxiously, all the mirth and mischief banished from his wee face by this great calamity. “We must go back at once and find our master,” said Nuter the

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Ryl, who thought and spoke with much deliberation. “No, no!” exclaimed Peter the Knook, who, cross and crabbed though he was, might always be depended upon in an emergency. “If we delay, or go back, there will not be time to get the toys to the children before morning; and that would grieve Santa Claus more than anything else.” “It is certain that some wicked creatures have captured him,” added Kilter thoughtfully, “and their object must be to make the children unhappy. So our first duty is to get the toys distributed as carefully as if Santa Claus were himself present. Afterward we can search for our master and easily secure his freedom.” This seemed such good and sensible advice that the others at once resolved to adopt it. So Peter the Knook called to the reindeer, and the faithful animals again sprang forward and dashed over hill and valley, through forest and plain, until they came to the houses wherein children lay sleeping and dreaming of the pretty gifts they would find on Christmas morning. The little immortals had set themselves a difficult task; for

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Yesterday’s Children perform in Newport NEWPORT – The Yesterday’s Children Production Company is holding a holiday concert featuring Dorene Greg and firends in Newport Dec. 14-16 at the Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St. “Christmas from the Heart” will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. with dinner served at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and must be purchased in advance. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15 and 16, a matinee at 2 p.m. costs $12 in advance and $15 at the door. No dinner will be served. Call 509-447-9277 or visit www.createarts.org to reserve your seat.

Get creative over winter break NEWPORT – Over winter break, kids ages 8-12 are invited to make winter crafts at Create Arts Center in Newport. There are three sessions, Dec. 28, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $20 per session. Celebrate the season by making an array of fun crafts. The first class will have kids making a polar bear admiring the northern lights, snowflakes, decorative mittens and more. The second class includes creating a dramatic winter scene, a wreath from your own handprints, a cheery penguin and more. The final session is titled Paint with the Masters. Learn about some of the masters of the art world, then make your own pieces of art inspired by their work. Topics will include Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso. For information, contact Create at 509-447-9277. Create is located at 900 W. Fourth St., Newport.

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Justin (played by Ben Kardos) tries to impress his main squeeze, Gina Jo Futrelle (Clerisa Hunter) in a scene from “Christmas Belles.” The play runs for six performances at the Pend Oreille Playhouse in Newport.

GEAR UP plans winter events PRIEST RIVER – Priest River’s college preparation program, GEAR UP, has a number of events planned in coming week. Explore the North Idaho College and Spokane Community College campuses and technical programs Thursday, Dec. 6. Permission slips are available in Betty Gardner’s office at Priest River Lamanna High School. Parents are welcome to chaperone. The ACT test will be administered Saturday, Dec. 8, from 7:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. or at 1 p.m., depending on whether the student s taking the PLUS Writing portion. The ACT or SAT are now gradation requirements for all students in their junior year.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 is GEAR UP Family Night at the junior high library from 6-7:30 p.m. The group will discuss “FAFSA,” the federal application for Free Student Aide: What is it? Who qualifies? How do I get started? Note seniors and parents of seniors should be ready to sign up for FAFSA Jan. 1. Each senior and one parent both need PINS. The group will go online and get these Dec. 12. GEAR UP will have a workshop in January to help students apply if needed. Scholarships – the how, who, what, where and when information on free money for college will also be discussed. Kids in junior high should be getting started on scholarships now.

A Christmas misadventure NEWPORT – Take in a hilarious Christmas fiasco as the Pend Oreille Players present “Christmas Belles,” a story of three sisters in a dysfunctional Texas family who are scrambling to put on the annual Christmas program. “Christmas Belles” will take the stage Saturday, Dec. 8 and run through Dec. 16, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances at 7 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, the setting is Christmas-time in the

small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle sisters – Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye – are not exactly in a festive mood. But in true Futrelle fashion, the feuding sisters find a way to pull together in order to present a Christmas program the citizens of Fayro will never forget. Their hilarious holiday journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world. Gail Cory-Betz directs the case of Laura Stuivenga (as Honey Raye), Erica Smith (Frankie),

Diane Karg (Twink), Michael Thompson (Dub), Ben Kardos (Justin), Clerisa Hunter (Gina Jo), Kari Thompson (Patsy), Terri Ann Chott (Rhonda Lynn), Terri Ann Hedtke (Geneva), Chris Demlow (John Curtis) and Duncan Heaney (Raynerd). Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door or $5 for those 18 and under, available at the playhouse box office, online at www. pendoreilleplayers.org, or by calling 509-671-3389. The playhouse is located at 240 N. Union Ave. in Newport.

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NEWPORT – Kids are counting down to Christmas, and they’re also brushing up on their holiday tunes for the winter music programs at local schools. Following is a list of scheduled concerts:

Newport Schools The Newport High School and middle school students will give a holiday concert Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. Band and choir groups will perform at Sadie Halstead Middle School. Second grade students at Stratton Elementary will give two performances of their holiday program, “Christmas at the O.K. Corral” Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the elementary gym.

Selkirk Schools Kindergarten through fifth grade students at Selkirk will put on “Jingle, Jingle Jazz” Monday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Sam Nicholas Gym at Selkirk High

School. “The Holly and the Ivy” is the 6- to 12-grade concert held at the Cutter Theatre Monday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. For the 15th year, the Selkirk choir will be traveling to Spokane’s NorthTown Mall for a performance in the food court area Tuesday, Dec. 18 at noon.

Cusick Cusick Elementary students will put on a holiday program Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

West Bonner Schools Idaho Hill Elementary students in Oldtown will present “Winter Magic” Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. in the gym. Students will perform a variety of songs and skits. Priest River Elementary students will give their program Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Kids at Priest Lake Elementary will perform Tuesday, Dec. 11 at

6 p.m. The high school band and choir will give a Christmas dinner concert Tuesday, Dec. 18. A spaghetti dinner will be served at 5 p.m., and the concert starts at 5:30 p.m. The menu includes spaghetti with tomato or meat sauce, salad and bread. The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and free for those under 6. Those taking in the concert only pay $3. The junior high band concert is scheduled for Dec. 19.

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“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 409 S. Spokane • 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

“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

1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays: Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Univ. 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Girls Club, ages 9 to 12, 6:30 to 8:00 pm Soul’d Out Youth, ages 13 thru 19, 6:00 pm Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

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

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Reneer retires from school district Frances Reneer was emotional at the Newport school board meeting Monday night, Nov. 26, after the board presented her with this clock for her service with the district. Reneer retired after working 22 years for the district as a paraprofessional, providing help in the classroom, lunchroom and crosswalk.

Ackerman marks 100 Justine Ackerman celebrated her 100th birthday with family Thursday, Nov. 29 at River Mountain Village Assisted Living in Newport. Ackerman was born in Regan, N.D., at home. She lived in Spokane for many years and came to Newport about 18 months ago. Acker-

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

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Dance team holding fundraiser NEWPORT – The Glitz Dance Team will be holding a fundraiser at Create Arts Center Saturday, Dec. 8 during the last day of the Holiday Artists’ Shop. There will be a bake sale and gift baskets to raise money for the team. The team is part of the class taught by Jessa Ritter at Create Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. The class blends hip hop, jazz, lyrical and funk dance for boys and girls ages 10 and up. For those interested in joining, the cost is $8 per week or $30 for the month. Contact Create at 509-4479277. The Holiday Artists Shop is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday.

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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 6:30 p.m. Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.newportchurchoffaith.com

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man said good food and living right – no smoking or drinking – has helped her make it to 100. Pictured with her are her grandson-in-law Bob Sauter, left, granddaughter Jenny Sauter, daughter Ruth Lee and son-in-law Clayton Lee. SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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

Diamond Lake Church 326002 Hwy. 2, West of Newport Pastor Clinton Schultz, (509) 447-4565 Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Pastor Ron Fleck (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

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332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Sunday School 9 am Worship Service 10 am (509) 447-4338

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SPECIAL EVENTS Yesterday’s Children perform in Newport

NEWPORT – The Yesterday’s Children Production Company is holding a holiday concert featuring Dorene Greg and firends in Newport Dec. 14-16 at the Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St. “Christmas from the Heart” will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. with dinner served at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and must be purchased in advance. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15 and 16, a matinee at 2 p.m. costs $12 in advance and $15 at the door. No dinner will be served. Call 509-447-9277 or visit www.createarts.org to reserve your seat.

4-H group holds spaghetti feed benefit

PRIEST RIVER – The Hoodoo Hustlers 4-H group will host a benefit spaghetti feed Sunday, Dec. 9 from 3-6 p.m. at Priest River Lamanna High School. The event will raise money for 32-year-old Stanley Bellah and his family. For more information, call 208290-6002 or 208-6106407.

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O B I T UA R I E S

Peggy J. (Reed) Bauer Ione

Peggy J. (Reed) Bauer of Ione passed away Nov. 25 in Spokane. She was 80. She was born in Mountain Grove, Mo., Oct. 8, 1932, to Thomas Reed and Daisy (Richardson) Reed. She graduated from Mountain Grove High School in the top of her class. She was married to William R. Bauer in 1954. They had three sons: Danny R. Bauer, Robert E. Bauer and James T. Bauer. She moved from the family farm to town and worked in a grocery store to support herself the last two years of high school. She married William and moved to Spokane. They then moved to Metaline Falls and finally to Ione. She and William owned two laundromats that she helped with while working as a baker at Kelly’s Bakery. She then was a short order cook at Porter’s Cafe. She went on to drive a school bus for Selkirk School District for more than 20 years and paved the way for women starting to drive busses in the county. She is survived by sons Robert and wife Mary of Midwest City, Okla., and James and wife Cynthia of Ione, 10 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 35 years, and her eldest son, Danny. Memorial services were held at Spokane Memorial Garden Cemetery in Spokane Friday, Nov. 30.

‘Banjo Bob’ Cassella Newport

Bob Cassella died peacefully at his home Sunday, Nov. 25, after a long battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. He was born July 10, 1952. Above all Cassella he loved his family. He adored his wife, was a great dad and an incredible grandpa, family said. He was best known in Newport as “Banjo Bob.” Picking the banjo was a hobby he taught himself later in life. He enjoyed performing along with his wife, the “Lovely Miss Linda.” He not only had a talent for music, he was an excellent pool player, an avid gardener and a super storyteller. His family composed a poem about his life that ended with “He put the hip in hippie, thought patchouli smelled sweet, Knowing this man made our lives complete.” Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermanknapp.com.

Joyce E. Gillespie Priest River

Joyce E. Gillespie of Priest River passed away Nov. 20. She was 87. Born to Elin Bostrom Simon and Harry F. Simon, Sept. Gillespie 14, 1925, in Gresham, Ore., she was the third of five children. She graduated from Gresham High School in 1942 and attended Reed College. During World War II she worked at Montgomery Ward. In June 1947, she married her best friend Duane Gillespie in Vancouver, Wash. In 1950, while living in Portland, Ore., she began her family by having the first of their three children. They moved to Priest River in 1954 when Duane was transferred to the Albeni Falls Dam. Mrs. Gillespie worked briefly for the Priest River Elementary School as a librarian, but was mostly a housewife and mother, volunteering in 4-H, Job’s Daughters, and Priest River Friends of the Library. Her passion was gardening, raising beautiful flowers in her yard, and passing her knowledge on to her friends and family. With her husband she enjoyed huckleberry picking, hunting for mushrooms, and stream fishing. She was an avid reader and enjoyed

making things for family and friends with her beautiful sewing, knitting, crocheting and quilting abilities. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane, her parents, Harry F. and Elin Simon, and a brother Harry S. Simon. She is survived by her son David (and Barbara), daughters Diane (and Bill), Debra and her three sisters. She was the grandmother of nine grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at the ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Priest River. Donations in her name can be sent to Priest River Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 1626, Priest River, ID 83856 or a charity of your choice. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.sherman-knapp.com.

Gail W. Martin Elk

Gail W. Martin of Elk passed away Nov. 21 in Spokane due to a heart attack and strokes. He was 96 years old. Mr. Martin was born Dec. 26, 1915, Martin in Ekalaka, Mont., to Fred and Delia (Brunner) Martin. He married Hazel Andrus Aug. 6, 1936, in Hillyard. Mr. Martin graduated from West Valley High School. He cut cordwood by hand during the Great Depression and owned a Grade A dairy in Elk until his retirement. He loved to ride and drive ponies and horses. He drove a covered wagon with others to the Omak Stampede, Plains, Mont., and the Kootenai County Fair in Coeur d’Alene. He loved to play cards and write poetry. He entered poems in the Washington State Grange Poetry contest, occasionally winning a high placing. Mr. Martin was a member of the Fertile Valley Grange in Elk, Pend Oreille County Pomona No. 29, Washington State Grange and the National Grange, having taken his seventh (highest) degree in Peoria, Ill., in 1968. He participated in the grange talent contests almost every year, competing at the state level many times. In 1968, he, his daughter Lois and grandchildren Sherry and James won the family talent contest in Washington state and went to the National Grange convention in Peoria, Ill., to perform. He was the Deputy Master of Pend Oreille County for the Washington State Grange from 1970-83. He was a 60-plus year member of the grange. Mr. Martin is survived by his brother Lyal (and Loretta) Martin of Clarkston, Wash., sister Annadene White of Denver, daughter Lois Cummins of Elk, granddaughter Sherry (and Dennis) Cummins of Elk, grandson James (and Sharon) Cummins of Elk, great-grandsons David Rice of Medical Lake, James R. (and Christie) Cummins of Havre, Mont., Jared M. (and Christine) Cummins of Honolulu, Jacob R. Cummins of Elk, great-greatgrandchildren Mason and Madison Rice of Medical Lake, Colton and Cordyn Cummins of Havre, Mont., and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Martin, brothers Harold and Max Martin, sisters Violet Hafer, Ruth Johnson and Ora Boehme, and son-in-law James M. Cummins. A memorial service was held Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Peaceful Valley Church in Elk with burial at the Elk Cemetery No. 1, with Rob Greenslade officiating. Memorials may be made to the Fertile Valley Grange, 781 Regal Road, Elk WA.

Sgt. Maj. Norman C. “Sandy“ Sanderson, USMC Ret. Spokane

Sgt. Maj. Norman C. “Sandy” Sanderson, USMC Ret., passed away Nov. 26 at his home in Spokane. He was 84. He was born April 17, 1928, in Arnold, Neb., to Valentine

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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. 26 THEFT – W. Circle Drive, Newport, report of tan 1999 Honda Odyssey stolen from driveway. THEFT – S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of lime green/black/ white bicycle stolen from front yard. ARREST – LeClerc Rd. S., Usk, Deanna Celestine Andrew, 38, of Usk was arrested for warrants. THEFT – McCloud Creek Rd., report of 66 Ford F-250 long bed step side, cream in color. stolen sometime within last three days. WEAPON OFFENSE – Hershaw Rd., Newport, confiscated a weapon reported. Tuesday, Nov. 27 BURGLARY – Pondoray Shores Drive, report that cabin was broken into. FRAUD – 4th St., report of possible voter fraud. THEFT – Deeter Rd., report of batteries and fuel missing from backhoe. FRAUD – Sunset Drive S., report of charges on credit card. THEFT – Hwy. 31, reported theft of fuel. CHILD ABUSE – Moonlight Lane, report of possible child abuse. SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Beeman Rd., report of male with long hair walking along road looking at houses. ARREST – S. Garden Ave., Newport, Drew J. Jerald, 21, of Spokane was arrested on a local warrant. TRESPASSING – Jared Rd., report of Toyota Tundra parked on complainant’s property, possibly hunters. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 20, male reporting someone threatened to kill him. THREATENING – S. Garden Ave., Newport, complainant said a female made threats to steal her identity and ruin her life. Wednesday, Nov.28 TRAFFIC OFFENSE – S. Calispell Ave., Newport, report that vehicle passed complainant in the center

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Thursday, Nov. 29 DECEASED PERSON – LeClerc Rd. N., report of deceased person. ARREST – Jamie Scott Chandler, 38, of Butte was arrested on a warrant. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – W. Wisconsin Ave., report of two subjects arguing. CHIMNEY FIRE – Hwy. 41, report of chimney fire, two-story house. CHILD ABUSE – W. Spruce St., third party report of a 9-year-old male dropped by parent. THEFT – Rumsey Drive, reported theft of timber. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 2, report of possible vehicle prowl. DISTURBANCE – Hwy. 2, report of people being loud and disturbing the peace, possible drug use. Friday, Nov. 30 DECEASED PERSON – LeClerc Rd. N., report of 70-year-old female deceased. FISH AND GAME – Kings Lake Rd., report of two trucks with male subjects shot a deer on complainant’s property. VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDER – Harworth Rd., report that subject was contacted in violation of order. CHILD ABUSE – Quail Loop, report of CPS referral. TRAFFIC OFFENSE – Skookum Meadow Drive, report that pickup almost ran complainant off the road.

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Rylee James Kincade was born Nov. 8 at 8:57 a.m. to Alexandria Lewis and Randy Kincade of Newport. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 19 ¾ inches long, delivered at Newport Hospital by Dr. Ragsdale. He joins siblings Brandon and Kaylee. Maternal grandparents are Harry Lewis and Alice Harding, and paternal grandparents are Randy Kirkhart and Hattey Woodard.

Elsie Leona Dawn Anderson

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Jayse Noelle Muzatko Jayse Noelle Muzatko was born Nov. 12 at 1:37 p.m. to Taylor Crawford and Joshua Muzatko of Newport. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 ¾ inches long, delivered at Newport Hospital

W. Walnut St., Newport, report of two men in a blue Chevy Corsica with female or child yelling help in the backseat. THEFT – Fan Lake Rd., Elk, report that blue rope light was stolen from fence last night. ARREST – Fransis Michelle Meckler, 38, of Spokane was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. ARREST – Moses Spya Browneagle, 31, of Cusick was arrested on tribal charges.

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Saturday, Dec. 1 PROWLER – Open Skies Rd., report of two vehicles parked with three people wandering around with flashlights. SUSPICIOUS PERSON – N. Washington Ave., Newport, deputies flagged down by person reporting a male sleeping in the post office. TRESPASSING – Deer Valley Rd., report that motorbike on property went behind complainant’s house and up hill. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – S. Cass Ave., report that vehicle was vandalized. THEFT – Overlook Drive, report of windows missing from construction residence. THEFT – Finnila Drive, theft of medications reported. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. Kelly Drive, report of door open on unoccupied trailer. ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2, report of truck southbound, no lights on, running people off road. POSSIBLE DUI – Allen Rd., report of intoxicated driver. PROWLER – Silver Birch Rd., complainant believes someone is trying to get into her house because neighbors dog is barking. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – Pines Rd., report respondent’s son is causing problems and is yelling at respondent and wife. ARREST – Donald Bert Davis, 62, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence. ARREST – Richard Eugene Yeager, 52, of Elk was arrested for physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. Sunday, Dec. 2 THEFT – S. Cass Ave., Newport, report of a Stihl 032 chainsaw stolen sometime last night. ACCIDENT – Driskill Rd., report of white two-door hatchback Ford Mustang on its top in the ditch. PHONE OFFENSE – Driskill Rd., Newport, report that male subject is sexually harassing complainant’s son via the phone. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES –

Monday, Nov. 26 NON INJURY ACCIDENT – Peninsula Rd., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING – Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake TRESPASSING – N. Bodie Canyon Rd., Priest River Tuesday, Nov. 27 INTOXICATED PERSON – Hwy. 2, Priest River ARREST – Hwy. 41, Spirit Lake, Dennis Powell, 50, of Spirit Lake, was arrested for felony driving under the influence. BURGLARY – Reeder Creek Rd., Nordman Wednesday, Nov. 28 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – E. 5th St. N., Oldtown Thursday Nov. 29 ACCIDENT – Roberts Lane, Blanchard BURGLARY – Paradox Rd., Priest River TRESPASSING – Lower Mud Gulch Rd., Priest River ACCIDENT – 2nd St., Priest River, report of hit and run accident. Friday, Nov. 30 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – Kluth St., Priest River, marijuana and prescription medications recovered. THEFT – N. Idaho Ave., Oldtown, report of auto theft. Saturday, Dec. 1 VEHICLE FIRE – Peninsula Loop, Priest River DISTURBING THE PEACE – Peninsula Rd., Priest, report of a noise complaint. ARREST – Cary Spur Rd., Priest River, Scott A. Moore, 56 , of Priest River was arrested for domestic battery. ARREST – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Kellie R. Stubbs, 39, of Usk was arrested for an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamines. Sunday, Dec. 2 ARREST – E. 5th St. N., Oldtown, Michael Phillip Butler, 48, of Cusick was arrested on an outstanding felony warrant.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Port of Pend Oreille Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Usk West Bonner Library District Board of Trustees: 9 a.m. - Priest River Library 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

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born Nov. 9 at 3:59 to Jessica and Dylan Anderson of Newport. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19 ¾ inches long, delivered at Newport Hospital by Dr. Kersting. Maternal grandparents are John Hastings and Jennifer Merkley, and paternal grandparents are Robert and Dalry Montee.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – Ridge Runner Lane, report complainant can hear screaming and yelling from residence. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – LeClerc Rd. S., report that car has been parked across the street for most of the day with two males sitting inside. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Scotia Rd., report that someone was sleeping in complaint’s van last night. ANIMAL CRUELTY – Green Rd., report of subject not caring for horses. JUVENILE PROBLEM – W. 1st St., report that juvenile jumped out of car and took off running.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Lenora Water and Sewer District: 10 a.m. - Skookum Rendezvous Lodge Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Newport School Board: 5 p.m. District Offices Pend Oreille Fire District No. 6: 6 p.m. - Furport Fire Hall, 7572 LeClerc Road Oldtown City Council: 6:30 p.m. Oldtown City Hall Cusick Town Council: 7 p.m. Cusick Community Center

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turn lane in front of the middle school. ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 20, report of pickup truck swerving in the lane. ACCIDENT – LeClerc Rd. S., report of truck rolled over in the middle of the road no injuries. ARREST – Dwayne Scott Barnard, 44, of Spokane was transported to Pend Oreille County Jail on a warrant. THEFT – Beehive Lane, report that someone has been up on complainant’s property cutting firewood or logging. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – LeClerc Rd. N., report that someone vandalized a worker’s car. ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, report of twovehicle accident, possible broken arm, non-blocking. THREATENING – A. South Ave., report that subject said he was going to be back with people with guns. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL DV – N. 1st Ave., Newport, report of male and female fighting. TRESPASSING – W. Walnut St., Newport, report of male in and out of store multiple times saying strange things. ARREST – S. Spokane Ave., Newport, Delbert James Opp, 70, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence.

|| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Diamond Lake Water and Sewer: 10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road Oldtown Urban Renewal District Board: 5:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station No. 41 Diamond Lake Improvement Association: 6:30 p.m. - Diamond Lake Fire Station, Highway 2 Sacheen Lake Sewer and Water District Board: 7 p.m. - Sacheen Fire Station, Highway 211

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West Bonner Library Board: 7 p.m. - Priest River Library Laclede Water District: 7:30 p.m. - Laclede Community Hall WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Pend Oreille Cemetery No. 1: 8:15 a.m. - County Courthouse in Newport Pend Oreille County Noxious Weed Control Board: 2 p.m. Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Newport Pend Oreille Conservation District Board: 5:30 p.m. - Newport Post Office Building Bonner County Democrats: 6:308 p.m. - Panhandle Health, 322 Marion St., Sandpoint

by Dr. Jones. She joins brother Vincent. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Terri Kjelland, and paternal grandparents are Ed and Darlene Muzatko.

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The Selkirk School District is accepting applications for the following positions: Substitute Bus Driver, Assistant Middle School Boys Basketball Coach, Assistant High School Baseball Coach, Student Services Assistant, and Head High School Track Coach. Information and application materials are available at www.selkirk.k12.wa.us or Selkirk District Office, 219 Park Street, PO Box 129, Metaline Falls, WA 99153 (509) 446-2951. The Selkirk School District is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

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Seattle City Light Hydroelectric Operator 1 $35.32 – 37.26/hour Plus Excellent Benefits Seattle City Light is looking for Hydroelectric Operators for the Boundary Hydroelectric Project, 100 miles north of Spokane near Metaline Falls, Washington and the Skagit Hydroelectric Project, 125 miles north of Seattle near Newhalem, Washington. A mandatory two and a half-year, on-the-job training program is required for these positions. For more information and to apply, visit www.seattle.gov/jobs by 12/11/12. The City of Seattle is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in the workforce.

Director of Finance/Auditor The District is seeking a well-qualified individual to act as the District’s Director of Finance/Auditor. This is a senior level position, encompassing a broad range of activities, including treasury functions, managing debt issuances, budgeting, forecasting, controllership function, customer service, risk management and RCW compliance audit functions. The position serves as Chief Financial Officer and Board-appointed Auditor for the District. A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance is required; a CPA license and/or advanced degree is preferred. A minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible experience, including leadership and management responsibility, is required. Experience with an electric utility or as an auditor with a public accounting firm is strongly preferred. An employment application, as well as a detailed job description, are available at www.popud.org. Please email or fax the application, along with a resume and cover letter, to: careers@popud.org; fax (509) 447-9091 Attn: Human Resources. Salary DOQ, outstanding benefit package. Position is open until filled. The District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Your right to know and be informed of the functions of your government are embodied in public notices. In that self-government charges all citizens to be informed, this newspaper urges every citizen to read and study these notices. We strongly advise those citizens seeking further information to exercise their right of access to public records and public meetings. 2012342 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 11-2-00267-1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THAT CERTAIN POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 1, 1999, RELATED TO METROPOLITAN ASSET FUNDING, INC., II, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1999-A Plaintiff, v. RICKY H. O’HAIR; DEANNA R. O’HAIR; AND UNKNOWN PERSONS IN POSSESSION OR CLAIMING RIGHT TO POSSESSION, Defendant(s). THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, to said defendants, Ricky H. O’Hair; Deanna R. O’Hair; Unknown Persons In Possession or Claiming Right to Possession: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty (60) days after the 31st day of October, 2012, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled Court, and answer the Foreclosure Complaint of plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, pursuant to the terms of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 1999, related to Metropolitan Asset Funding, Inc., II, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-A, plaintiff, at the office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. The object of the said action and the relief sought to be obtained therein is fully set forth in said complaint, and is briefly stated as follows: Foreclosure of a Deed of Trust/Mortgage. Grantors: Ricky H. O’Hair and Deanna R. O’Hair Property address: 324051 North Highway 2 Newport, WA 99156 Publication: The Newport Miner Craig A. Peterson, WSB #15935 Robinson Tait, P.S. Attorneys for Plaintiff Published in The Newport Miner October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, and December 5, 2012. (39-6)

_________________ 2012365 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE File No.: 7314.00706 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. US Bank National Association as Trustee for RASC 2005-KS4 Grantee: The heirs and devisees of Robin H. Willis and Donna R. Willis, deceased Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 20050279495 Tax Parcel ID No.: 443009-510024 Abbreviated Legal: Lt 8, Blk 3, Pg 184, Moon Creek Estates Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On December 14, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main

lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: Lot 8, Block 3 Moon Creek Estates, according to the Plat thereof Recorded in Book 3 of Plats, Page 184, Records of Pend Oreille County, Washington. Commonly known as: 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 02/02/05, recorded on 02/09/05, under Auditor’s File No. 20050279495, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Donna R. Willis and Robin H. Willis, wife and husband, as Grantor, to Frontier Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by US Bank National Association as Trustee to US Bank National Association as Trustee for RASC 2005KS4, under an Assignment/ Successive Assignments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 20120312190. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 9/4/2012 Monthly Payments $21,770.94 Late Charges $868.70 Lender’s Fees & Costs $1,442.17 Total Arrearage $24,081.81 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $675.00 Title Report $518.63 Statutory Mailings $43.92 Recording Costs $49.00 Postings $70.00 Sale Costs $31.50 Total Costs $1,388.05 Total Amount Due: $25,469.86 IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $102,150.73, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 09/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on December 14, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 12/03/12 (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 12/03/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 12/03/12 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS The Estate of Robin H. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 The Estate of Donna R. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 The Estate of Robin H. Willis, deceased c/o Linda Mathis, Atty 301 West Spruce Suite B Newport, WA 99156 The Estate of Robin H. Willis, deceased c/o Linda Mathis, Atty PO Box 1440 Newport, WA 99156 Shawn Joseph Fiedler, Heir and/or Devisee of Robin H. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 Annette Gunter, Personal Rep for Robin H. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 Michelle Bruce, Heir and/ or Devisee of Donna R. Willis, deceased 10811 West Sagewood Road Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026 The Heirs and Devisees of Donna R. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Robin H. Willis, deceased 302 Jorgens Road Newport, WA 99156 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 08/15/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 08/16/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW

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61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www. USA-Foreclosure.com. EFFECTIVE: 9/4/2012 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Nanci Lambert (425) 5861900. (TS# 7314.00706) 1002.201559-File No. Published in The Newport Miner November 14 and December 5, 2012. (41, 44)

_________________ 2012375 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION (Termination) In re the Dependency of TEKOA PRESTON D.O.B. 11/27/02 Case No. 12-7-00042-0 SHANEN PRESTON D.O.B. 08/12/08 Case No. 12-7-00043-8 MICAH PRESTON D.O.B. 09/23/10 Case No. 12-7-00044-6 Minor Children TO: Rebecca Preston, Tom Preston, Christopher McKee, Christopher Alcanter, and Anyone Claiming a Paternal Interest A Termination Petition was filed on 10/18/12; A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on: December 13, 2012 at 11:00 a.m., at Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S Garden Ave., Newport WA 99156. You should be present at this hearing. The hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. If you do not appear at the hearing the court may enter a dependency order in your absence. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at 509-447-6216. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.govDPY. aspx. DATED this 8th day of November, 2012, by TAMMIE A. OWNBEY, Pend Oreille County Clerk Published in The Newport Miner November 21, 28, and December 5, 2012. (42-3)

_________________ 2012364 LEGAL NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE Final Budget Hearing The final budget for the Port District for fiscal year 2013 will be discussed at the Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 2012 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 Kelly J. Driver, Manager Publish in The Newport Miner November 28 and December 5, 2012. (43-2)

_________________ 2012392 NOTICE MEETING DATE CHANGE South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue has changed the date of the regular commissioner meeting for December 2012 only. The Commissioner Meeting will be held December 13th which is the

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2nd Thursday of December 2012 at the regular time of 7:00 pm at Station 31 (325272 Hwy 2) in Diamond Lake. The 2013 Commissioners Meeting’s currently remain unchanged and are scheduled for their regularly scheduled third Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm at Station 31 (325272 Hwy 2) in Diamond Lake. Anyone may attend. If you have any questions regarding the fire district, please visit our website www.spofr.org or give us a call at 447-5305. Published in The Newport Miner November 28 and December 5, 2012. (43-2)

_________________ 2012401 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille Cemetery District #1 The Board of Commissioners will meet December 12, 2012 at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 625 West 4th Street in Newport, WA at 8:15 AM for discussion of the following: 1) 2013 Final Budget Resolution 2012-001 2) Levy Certification Resolution 2012-002 3) Ordinance Resolution 2012-003 The board will adopt the above items at that time, after taking into consideration any objections that may be raised. /s/ Bonnie Carstens Secretary Cemetery District #1 Board of Commissioners Published in The Newport Miner November 28 and December 5, 2012. (43-2)

_________________ 2012402 PUBLIC NOTICE Chippewa Water and Sewer District Commissioners have set a supplemental appropriations public hearing at 6:00 pm, December 6, 2012 at the water office on McInnis Street for the purpose of adjusting the 2012 budget. Published in The Newport Miner November 28 and December 5, 2012. (43-2)

_________________ 2012409 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received through Monday, December 17, 2012, 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, 2013, to December 31, 2013. 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 December 5 and 12, 2012. (44-2)

_________________ 2012410 NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Directors Notice of Meeting Location and Time Change The Board of Directors of Newport Consolidated Joint School District has changed the location and time of their regular meeting of December 10, 2012 to be held in room 14 at Sadie Halstead Middle School located at 331 S. Calispel

Ave., at 3:15 pm. In addition, due to the holidays, the regular meeting for December 24, 2012 is cancelled. Published in The Newport Miner December 5, 2012. (44)

_________________ 2012412 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF STEVENS

Probate No. 2012 4 00129 0 Notice To Creditors In the Matter of the Estate of: WAYNE ARTHUR KING, Deceased. The undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of the estate of the above-named Decedent. Each person having a claim against the decedent must serve the claim on the undersigned Personal Representative or

on the attorney of record and must file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of the Court within four months after the date of first publication of this Notice or within four months after the date of the filing of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is the later, or the claim will be barred, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.010. Date of Filing Copy of Notice to Creditors: NoCONTINUED ON 12B

2012411 NOTICE OF INTENT TO FORFEIT PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.30.070 TO: 1. Teegan Diamond 73 Old Prospect Rd. Wentworth NSW 2145 Australia (Surviving wife of Don Grant) 2. Dennis Treglown (Whereabouts unknown) 3. Robert L. Grant & Gayla J. Grant (Whereabouts unknown) You are hereby notified that the Real Estate Contract described below is in default and you are provided the following information with respect thereto: (a) The name, address and telephone number of the seller and, if any, the seller’s agent or attorney giving the notice: Seller’s Name: Judy S. McBroom, Trustee of the McBroom Family Rev. Living Trust Address: 7807 N. Five Mile Rd., Spokane, WA 99208-8851 Telephone: (509) 466-7692 Agent’s or Attorney’s Name: Douglas D. Lambarth Address: PO Box 366, Newport, WA 99156 Telephone: (509) 447-3036 (b) Description of the Contract: Real Estate Contract dated August 21, 1998, executed by Roy G. McBroom and Judy McBroom, as seller, and Dennis Treglown, as purchaser, which Contract or a memorandum thereof was recorded under Auditor’s No. 244641 on August 21,1998, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington. The Treglown purchaser’s interest was subsequently assigned to Don M. Grant on October 7, 2005, and recorded at No. 283709. The original seller’s interest was assigned to Judy S. McBroom, Trustee, on September 16, 2004, and recorded at No. 277609 on October 21 , 2004. In or about 2011, Don M. Grant, deceased, leaving as his heir at law his wife, Teegan Diamond. (c) Legal description of the property: Lot 5 in Block I of Penrith Acres Subdivision, Plat Book 3, page 158, records of Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington. Assessor’s Tax# 453133 51 0005 (d) Description of each default under the Contract on which the notice is based: (1) Failure to pay the following past due items, the amounts and an itemization for which are given in (g) and (h) below: (a) Real estate taxes for last half of 2010; real estate taxes for 2011, and real estate taxes for 2012. (b) Monthly payments on contract for September through December, 2011. (c) Monthly payments on contract for the year of 2012. (2) Other defaults: None. (e) Failure to cure all of the defaults listed in (g) and (h) on or before April 15, 2013, will result in the forfeiture of the Contract. (f) The forfeiture of the Contract will result in the following: (1) All right, title and interest in the property of the purchaser and of all persons claiming through the purchaser given this notice shall be terminated; (2) The purchaser’s rights under the Contract shall be cancelled; (3) All sums previously paid under the Contract shall belong to and be retained by the seller or other persons to whom paid and entitled thereto; (4) All improvements made to and unharvested crops on the property shall belong to the seller; and (5) The purchaser and all persons claiming through the purchaser given this notice shall be required to surrender possession of the property, improvements and unharvested crops, and timber to the seller on May 15, 2013. (g) The following is a statement of payments of money in default (or, where indicated, an estimate thereof) and for any defaults not involving the failure to pay money the action(s) required to cure the default: (1) Monetary Delinquencies: Item Amount 2010 real estate taxes (2nd half) $ 89.37 2011 real estate taxes $ 178.25 2012 real estate taxes $ 153.12 These taxes have been paid by Judy McBroom, Trustee. These sums draw interest at 12%. Delinquent monthly payments for 2011 $ 532.00 Delinquent monthly payments for 2012 $1,463.00 Total: $2,415.74 and interest (2) Action(s) required to cure any non-monetary default: None (h) The following is a statement of other payments, charges, fees and costs to cure the default: Item Amount (1) Cost of title report $ 247.58 (2) Service/posting/publication of Notice of Intent to Forfeit (estimated) $ 250.00 (3) Copying/postage $ 50.00 (4) Attorneys fees $ 1500.00 (5) Late charges $ 133.00 (6) Recording fees $ 100.00 Total: $2280.58 The total amount necessary to cure the default is the sum of the amounts in (g)(1) and (h), which is $4,696.32, plus the amount of any payments and late charges which fall due after the date of this Notice of Intent to Forfeit and on or prior to the date the default is cured. Monies required to cure the default may be tendered to Douglas D. Lambarth, Attorney at the following address: PO Box 366 S. 102 Union Newport, WA 99156 (i) The purchaser or any person claiming through the purchaser has the right to contest the forfeiture or to seek an extension of time to cure the default, or both, by commencing a court action prior to April 15, 2013. NO EXTENSION IS AVAILABLE FOR DEFAULTS WHICH ARE A FAILURE TO PAY MONEY. (j) Additional Information: EARLIER NOTICE SUPERSEDED: This Notice of Intent to Forfeit supersedes any Notice of Intent to Forfeit which was previously given under this Contract and which deals with the same defaults. DATED this 28 day of November, 2012. Lambarth Law Office /s/ Douglas D. Lambarth Douglas D. Lambarth #1200 Attorney & Agent for Seller Published in The Newport Miner December 5 and 12, 2012. (44-2)

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 7:30 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Computer Basics for Adults: 10 a.m. to Noon - Newport Library Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Weight Watchers: 11 a.m. Weigh in and 11:30 to Noon meeting - Camas Center for Community Wellness, Usk Holiday Artists Shop: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church North Idaho Pattern Racers 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Supply, Oldtown Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. American Legion in Cusick Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River BASIC Meeting: 6 p.m. Blanchard Community Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9

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

Aug. 15 Tony T. Callihan, 38, was sentenced to 365 days in jail (319 suspended) 60 months probation and fined $250 for fourth degree assault domestic violence and interfering with reporting domestic violence; $2,218 total fees and fines. Robert Klein, 32, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for a probation violation; $250 court costs. Matthew Van Winkle, 31, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $250 for third degree driving while license suspended; $593 total fees.

Aug. 22 N. Sjostrom, 26, was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 24 months probation and fined $1,000 ($750 suspended) for driving under the influence; $2,093 total fees and fine. Michael Smith, 39, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (350 suspended), 24 moths probation and $5,000 fine ($5,000 suspended) for harassment; 643, total fees and fine. Tiffany Smith, 34, was sentenced to 365 days in jail (361 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for first degree criminal trespass and third degree theft: $393 total fees and fine. A charge of obstructing a law enforcement officer and making a false statement to a law enforcement officer were dismissed. Patrick W. Strickland, 38, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended) 12 months probation

a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Mammogram Coach: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Blanchard Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Holiday Artists Shop: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Story Time: 1 p.m. - Newport Library After School Readers Club: 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Celebrate Recovery: 5:30 p.m. 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown, House of the Lord Bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Christmas Chorale: 6 p.m. Circle Moon Theater, Highway 211 Alcoholics Anonymous: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Hospital Cafeteria Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Blanchard TOPS: 8:30-10 a.m. Blanchard Community Church Holiday Artists Shop: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport RiverWriters Creative Writing

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and fined $1,000 for reckless endangerment; total fees and fines $2,243. Richard Towle, 52, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (244 suspended), 60 months probation and fined $500 for assault and sentenced to 364 days in jail (214 suspended), and 24 months probation for malicious mischief: $1,743 total fees and fine. Douglas E. Ward, 54, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (320 suspended) and 24 months probation for third degree theft: $293 total fees.

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Group: 11 a.m. - Priest River Library Lunch and Card Playing: 11:30 a.m. - Old Skookum Grange on LeClerc Road Christmas Chorale: 6 p.m. Circle Moon Theater, Highway 211 Open Mic: 7-9:30 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave., Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Priest River. Call Jan 208-946-6131

Sept. 12 Cody Callihan, 22, was sentenced to 50 days in jail for a probation violation.

/c/ Linda Bailey LINDA A. BAILEY Personal Representative ROBERT A. SIMEONE Attorney at Law PO Box 522 Colville, WA 99114 Phone: (509) 684-5847 Published in The Newport Miner December 5, 12, and 19, 2012. (44-3)

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2012414 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Public Utility District No.1 Of Pend Oreille County ELECTRIC UTILITY RESOURCE PLAN - (Chapter 19.280 RCW) A public hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m., December 18, 2012, so that the Board of Commissioners may discuss and encourage participation in the development of new safe, clean and reliable energy resource plans and progress reports to meet demand in Washington for affordable and reliable

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 Christmas Potluck: TBA Blanchard Inn ‘Christmas Belles’: 3 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport Newport Youth: 4 p.m. - Sadie Halstead Middle School Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 Evergreen Art Association: 10 a.m. - Riverbank Restaurant Hospitality House Senior Potluck: Noon - Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Hospital Cafeteria Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Blanchard Community Church

Blanchard Grange Meeting: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Grange Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Group: 10 a.m. - Blanchard Inn Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Overeaters Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church, Newport, use back entrance Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Bingo: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 7:30 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., New-

port, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Weight Watchers: 11 a.m. Weigh in and 11:30 to Noon meeting - Camas Center for Community Wellness, Usk Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. Priest River Senior Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Home and Community Educators Diamond Lake Club: Noon - Call Billie Goodno at 509-4473781 or Chris King at 208-4370971 Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Winter Music Program: 6 p.m. Idaho Hill Elementary Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-665-5921 for locations Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport

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and Clara Sanderson. He was a resident of the Inland Northwest for 46 years, living in Spokane, Priest River, Newport, Diamond Lake and finally back to Spokane. Orphaned at the age of 14, he spent a few years with relatives in California, then, at 17, he Sanderson joined the United States Marine Corps in 1945, serving honorably for 24 years until his retirement in 1969. He saw duty in Japan, China, Korea and Vietnam, as well as many duty stations across the United States. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Korea. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Spokane,

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then, upon moving to Priest River, worked for Coast-to-Coast Hardware for 15 years. Sgt. Maj. Sanderson was preceded in death by his parents, Valentine and Clara Sanderson, his brother Verl Sanderson, his wife of 61 years, Dolores Jeanne Sanderson, his daughter Linda Dolores Gilbert, his son John C. Sanderson, and his stepson, Kenneth Burright. He is survived by his stepdaughters, Shirley L. Shirkey (and Skip) of Seatac, Wash., Dorothy Stevens of Spokane, 17 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-greatgrandchildren. A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 1 at ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Newport. Graveside burial with military honors was at the Newport Cemetery. Sherman-Knapp Funeral

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Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family suggests a donation to Spokane Hospice in his memory.

Irma Louise (Roberg) Lynch Ione

Irma Louise (Roberg) Lynch passed away Nov. 30. She was 70. She was born Jan. 30, 1937. She graduated from Holy Names High School in Spokane in 1955 and lived in California early in her adulthood. She married Frank Lynch in January 1980 in Coeur d’Alene. Mrs. Lynch spent the rest of her life with Frank, living on their property settled amongst the serene beauty of Pend Oreille County. She worked as a home

Paul E. Vaughn

Newport

Paul E. Vaughn of Newport passed away Saturday, Dec. 1 at his home. He was 68. A memorial service will be held Monday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport. A full obituary will appear in next week’s paper.

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weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21.5 inches in length, delivered at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint. Grandparents are Howard and Jeanne Thiemens of the Tri-Cities and Randy and Linda Parker of Newport.

Felix Austin Bradley Lopez

Felix Austin Bradley Lopez was born Nov. 16 at 8:12 a.m. to LaJauna and David Lopez of Newport. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20 ½ inches long, delivered at New-

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Christmas Chorale: 6 p.m. Circle Moon Theater, Highway 211 Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown ‘Christmas Belles’: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 Breakfast with Santa: 8:30-11 a.m. - Blanchard Grange Women’s AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Kids Movie Club: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - Newport Library Holiday Artists Shop: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

Sept. 5 David Bailey, 42, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $250 for negligent driving; $643 total fees and fines. Brandi Jacobe, 24, was sentenced to 26 days in jail for a probation violation; $300 fees. Charles McNitt, 26, was sentenced to 365 days in jail (353 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $1,000 for reckless endangerment, $2,843 total fees and fine. A charge of driving while license suspended was dismissed. Cody Mock, 36, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (313 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,620.50 for driving under the influence; $3,420.50 total fees and fines. Alicia Utter, 33, was sentenced to 364 days in jail, 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for fourth degree assault domestic violence; $493 total fees and fine.

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electricity. The hearing will be held in the Box Canyon Conference Room, Pend Oreille County PUD, 130 N. Washington, Newport, Washington. The public is invited to attend and be heard. Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner December 5 and 12, 2012. (44-2)

_________________ 2012415 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Pursuant to County

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Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on December 03, 2012, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, RGP 7, and a SEPA Environmental Checklist from Frank Watson, and did on December 03, 2012 issue a Determination of Completeness for a shoreline stabilization, retaining wall replacement, dock and pier replacement project on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-13001), Location: Within Sect. 33, T32N, R45E WM, 411 Sandy Shores, Newport, WA 99156. An Environ-

port Hospital by Dr. Ragsdale. Maternal grandparents are Mickey Lumpkin and LaTina Teal, and paternal grandparents are Ruben and Karen Lopez.

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Editor’s Note: The following are descriptions of people currently wanted by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies. Any information about these suspects should be directed to the sheriff’s office by calling 509447-3151. This is a regular section of The Miner. All information is provided by the sheriff’s office.

Laura Marie Ann Wylie Laura Marie Ann Wylie was born Nov. 24 at 7:11 p.m. to Tammy Bell and Colton Wylie of Newport. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20 ½ inches long, delivered at Newport Hospital by Dr. Kraus. Grandparents are Sam and Mindi Wylie, grandmother Michelle Bell and great-grandpa John Johnston.

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health care worker, caring for those in need, and she cleaned homes and businesses in her later years, before retiring. Family said she was cheerful, loving, friendly and caring. She will be missed greatly by family and friends. She is survived by her beloved husband Frank of Ione, her daughters Ann Mostek of French Camp, Calif., and Kathy White of Denver, stepson Charles Vincent Lynch of Spokane, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and her loving dog, Lady. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at the Ione Congregational Church. The family requests no flowers be sent. Memorial gifts can be made in her honor to Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermanknapp.com.

Billy J. Williams, 48, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on a failure to register as a sex offender charge. He is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Jeremy M. Teeples, 29, is wanted on a Pend Oreille County warrant for failure

to pay a fine on original charges of burglary. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Gary R. Counts, 33, is wanted on a Pend Oreille County warrant for domestic violence-assault. He is f feet 6 inches tall and weighs 170 Counts pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Ione area. Eric L. Gragson, 30, is wanted on a Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on a fourth degree assault charge. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weights 240 pounds. His last known adGragson dress was in the Usk area.

mental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on November 02, 2012. Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin,

Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than December 20, 2012. Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Regional General Permit (Army Corps) Dated: December 03, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner December 5 and 12, 2012. (44-2)

2012413 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County Offices located at 625 W. 4th Street, 418 S. Scott, 101, 105 and 229 S. Garden, Newport, Washington will be closed in observance of the following 2013 holidays: New Year’s Day January 1, 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 21, 2013 President’s Day February 18, 2013 Memorial Day May 27, 2013 Independence Day July 4, 2013 Labor Day September 2, 2013 Veterans’ Day November 11, 2013 Thanksgiving November 28 and 29, 2013 Christmas Day December 25, 2013 The Commissioners’ regularly-scheduled meeting will be Tuesday when their office is closed on Monday. Published in The Newport Miner December 5 and 12, 2012. (44-2)