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‘We’re not a growing county’ Anticipated budget reflects road levy shift

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

Miner photo|Sophia Aldous

Topping it off holiday style Husband and wife team Harry and Sandy Loskill put the top on the Newport/Priest River Rotary Club’s Christmas tree at The Festival of Trees. Businesses and organizations came to decorate their respective trees Friday, Dec. 2 at Sadie Halstead Middle School in preparation for the festival the following day. For more photos, see page 9A.

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NEWPORT – Newport water and sewer customers will see a $2 a month increase – $1 for sewer and a $1 for water – starting Jan. 15, 2017. The city council, on the recommendation of city clerk Nickole North, approved the increases to the basic water and sewer rates at its Nov. 22 meeting following a public hearing. Nobody testified at the hearing. The council also established a third tier of water overage charges for high use water users and a second tier for high use sewer users.

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Newport schools will run levy

Newport sewer, water rates going up By Don Gronning

NEWPORT – As Pend Oreille County Commissioners and department heads continue to pound out the budget for 2017, commissioner Mike Manus says that numbers are coming together, but a final definitive figure has yet to be decided upon. Commissioners are still negotiating with several unions representing county employees and it looks like there will be no building and maintenance projects or more hiring in 2017. “We’ve cut out major projects for building and maintenance next year and are currently focused on completing the projects that have already started and are funded, like the jail and residing the county shop

According to city administrator Ray King, the increases are needed to provide revenue for the new wells that are being drilled and for upgrades to the pumps at the wastewater treatment plant. He said he anticipates many expenses associated with the water system next year as well as in the future. The last increase in water and sewer rates was last year, when the council upped the rates by $1. North said the increases to the base water and sewer rates are expected to generate $30,000. The third tier for high water users – those who use

Voters will decide Feb. 14

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Love and a levy will be in the air

when voters in the Newport School District decide whether or not to approve a three year supplemental levy on Valentine’s Day,

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. The only question is will voters love the idea of a See school levy, 2A

See City COuncil, 2A

Levy to benefit both libraries By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – Library patrons in both Priest River and Blanchard will see the benefits of the West Bonner Library District levy voters approved in November. The $800,000 levy needed 55 percent to pass, and did by six votes. “I don’t like new taxes

either,” District Board Chairman Carl Wright said, but he sees the need for the levy funds. Currently, the Priest River Library uses a 1960’s 12 by 50 foot trailer behind the library for storage and book sales. The levy will be used to build a 3,600-foot addition to the library on Main Street, which will be energy efficient and handicap accessible.

It will provide more room for seating and programs and services, as the trail cannot be used for public services because of its lack of ADA features. At the Blanchard site, the district spends $900 a month to rent a 1992 modular building from out-of-state landlords. The land where the modular building is

Miner photo|Rosemary Daniel

Santa arrives with snow Santa Claus arrived in a snowstorm Friday evening, Dec. 2, to kick off the Deck the Falls celebration in Metaline Falls. Children of all ages were excited to see him.

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B r i e f ly Vehicle rollover results in death NEWPORT – A vehicle rollover that occurred Thursday, Dec. 1, 14-miles north of Newport resulted in the death of Mark J. Bednar, 60. According to the Washington State Patrol, Bednar was traveling northbound on Highway 211 just south of Jared Road. Around 1:36 p.m. his white 2004 Ford pickup crossed the center lane and went into the southbound ditch, down an embankment and into a field, rolled, and came to rest on its wheels. Bednar was transported to Newport Hospital where he was announced deceased. There were no passengers in the vehicle. The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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Santa is coming to Cusick CUSICK – Santa Claus will be visiting the Cusick American Legion Sunday, Dec. 11 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Cookies and punch will be served.

Hometown Christmas in Newport this weekend NEWPORT – It’s a Hometown Christmas in downtown Newport Saturday, Dec. 10. Events begin at 2 p.m., organized by the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce. 9B-10B

Make a gingerbread house at the Hospitality House from 2-4 p.m. Hang an ornament on the town’s Christmas Tree from 2-5 p.m. at Centennial Plaza on the south end of Washington Avenue. Get a picture taken with Santa Claus from 2-5 p.m. in the gazebo. The Newport High School Choir will sing Christmas carols from 3:30-4:30 p.m. along Washington Avenue, and the town’s Christmas tree will be lit at 4:45 p.m., with a Christmas Carol sing-a-long. Hot cocoa and hot dogs will be served. The cocoa is courtesy of Newport Soroptimists and Newport High School ASB. The hot dogs are provided by the city of Newport.

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Budget: In the past, as much as $400,000 used from roads From Page 1A

building,” says Manus, adding that about $5,000 to $6,000 has already been budgeted to complete those projects. “There just isn’t the funding,” Manus says. “The county’s costs for doing business are going up about 3 percent per year and we’re just not keeping up with inflation. We’re not a growing county.” Unofficial numbers have the county’s 2017 revenue at $9,885,382 and expenditures at $10,785,000. Using a $200,000 transfer in taxing authority from the road fund, the county has a beginning ending fund balance of $850,000, leaving a gap of $49,617. The road department has its own taxing authority and, when needed, some of that taxing authority is shifted to the current expense fund. In the past, as much as $400,000 in taxing authority has been shifted. For the last two years no road levy shift was

needed. New hires are expected to cease for the county in 2017, after the county has steadily added employees in various departments over the last three years. In 2015 the total number of county employees was 160.25, in 2016 there are 162.55, including the road department. According to Pend Oreille County Data Processing Coordinator Jill Shacklett, the number of full-time county employees has gone down a little, from the equivalent of 93.4 full time current expense employees in 2015 to 91.2 FTEs in 2016, although the county is budgeting for 93.4 FTE employees. Some positions haven’t been filled yet, like in the county’s IT department, which Manus says continues to grow as technology expands. There are currently 2.5 IT employees budgeted. “The already available positions are the only ones budgeted for 2017,” Shacklett says.

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Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Deputy Jordan Bowman files a report before going out on call. The Sheriff’s department is one of several county departments that is expected to see a hiring freeze in 2017.

“There’s no new positions, the county is just getting back to where it was before the economy collapsed.” Manus added that the $250,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce for sub-area

planning south of Usk could also potentially open up the market for more businesses to move to Pend Oreille County, “Whether that is HiTest Sand or not.” “We’re still looking at different avenues to

generate money,” says Manus. “We’re close, but we’re not yet where we need to be. We’re not like the federal government that can just spend whatever it wants; we have to balance our budget while still providing services.”

CITY COUNCIL: Approved 1 percent property tax increase From Page 1A

more than 80,000 gallons a month – is expected to generate $38,000 and the second tier sewer charges will generate $28,500. At the Nov. 22 meeting, the city council also passed a number of measures. They amended the 2016 budget to increase the water/sewer budget by $77,000 in order to be in compliance with the state auditor. An update to the water sewer tax required that it be deposited in the water/ sewer fund and then moved to the general fund. Formerly it was deposited directly to the general fund. In addition to the increase in water/sewer rates, the council approved a 1 percent increase in property tax. The council renewed city attorney Tom Metzger’s contract. Metzger will receive $2,250 monthly, a $50 a month increase. The council also approved agreements to allow the state Department of Corrections to use office space at the building located at 309 W. Second Ave. The DOC will pay $200 a month for the DOC office space. The council also approved an agreement for jail and dispatch

services with the county. The council approved agreements with Pend Oreille County for jail space and dispatch service. The city approved last year’s amount for dispatch and an increased amount similar to the previous agreement for jail space. The county has yet to accept the agreement. The council held a public hearing on the 2017 budget at its regular meeting Monday night, Dec. 6. No members of the public testified. North provided a rundown on the 2017 budget. For all funds, revenues for 2017 are projected at $6.473 million. That’s up from $5.827 million budgeted for 2016, a $646,000 increase. Of that, more than $400,000 was used as a beginning fund balance for next year. The city increased its beginning cash balance by $431,000, to $2.957 million. The city was able to increase beginning cash in most funds. North says estate excise tax revenue was up $50,000 to $162,500 in 2016. There were also increases in water/sewer utility tax revenue, sales taxes and building permits. The city plans some capital ex-

penditures next year, including $60,000 for new wells, $40,000 for sewer system maintenance, $9,500 for a camera and reel to inspect sewer and water lines and $6,000 for a lift station spare pump. The city also budgeted $10,000 next year for audio video upgrades for council chambers. That will allow the meetings to be broadcast better. City council member Mark Zorica balked at the amount, but city administrator Ray King assured him that was a reasonable cost. As per the city’s practice, the dozen city employees won’t get a cost of living adjustment in 2017. Instead, they will receive seven paid days off, mostly Fridays and Mondays around holidays. The seven days are in addition to the city’s paid holidays. The city council also heard a proposal to cap the city’s contribution to employee health insurance premiums at $1,525 a month for a worker and spouse. Insurance premiums increased 4.5 percent. That will cost the city an additional $8,000 annually, North said. The city pays the entire premium currently for an employee and spouse.

The city council is expected to pass the budget at the Dec. 21 meeting. In other council business: • The council heard a presentation on the Southeast Newport Improvement project from Bowie McCanna of Belsby Engineering. The plan is to put new roads and curbing in a section of southeast Newport, an $800,000 project. The city will provide about $38,000 of that. A call for bids will go out in January or February and McCanna expects construction to start in April or May and last 45-60 days. There will be considerable traffic disruption during the construction. King thought the project could take as long as seven months to complete. • The council heard from North, who was looking for a better return on the $2.5 million the city has invested with an investment pool that receives less than .5 percent on the money. North wanted to invest $500,000 in CDs that would earn more interest but for a variety of reasons couldn’t find a suitable place to invest. She decided to wait until after the first of the year when an interest rate increase is anticipated.

School Levy: Board approved levy resolution Nov. 14 From Page 1A

levy? Newport School Board approved a levy resolution at the Nov. 14 board with the following requests per year: $1,734,445, $1,760,445 and $1,786,945. The anticipated levy rate is $2.09 per $1,000 of assessed value each year, according to Newport School District Business Manager Debra Buttrey. She says supplemental levy dollars help to pay for programs like student

athletics and other activities or enhance current district operations and support expenditures like the school resource officer, school nurse and facility projects. “Due to state funding being what it is, a levy allows us to maintain current staff and programs,” says Newport Superintendent Dave Smith. “Without a levy our district would lose about $440,145 in state revenues.” The current supplemental levy will expire

at the end of this school year. Smith says the district must have a supplemental levy in place to receive matching Local Education Agency (LEA) funds. This levy would replace an expiring three-year levy and continue to pay for school nurses, counselors, instructional aides, custodial staff, transportation, district technology, extra-curricular programs, buildings and ground maintenance, and security, to

give a few examples. The estimated levy rate for the 2017-2020 supplemental levy is $2.09 per thousand. “We want to make it clear that this levy will not increase your current tax rate,” says Smith. “It will replace the current levy already in place.” If the levy is approved by voters, the estimated per month cost to a homeowner whose home is valued at $100,000 is $17.45. A $200,000 valued home would cost $34.90 per month

and a home valued at $300,000 would cost $52.35. Senior and disabled citizens may be eligible for a homeowner’s exemption. Exemptions are based upon income and must be applied for. For more information on the exemptions, contact the Pend Oreille County Assessor at (509) 447-4312. Buttrey says public meetings to discuss the levy will happen in the near future, though nothing has been scheduled yet.

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Consultant Gregg Dohrn talks with interim Community Development Director Andy Huddleston and Pend Oreille County Commissioners about some changes to the county’s development regulations that are needed.

County eyes changes to development regulations Use hearing examiner for decisions, consultant says

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Some changes are needed to Pend Oreille County’s development regulations, planning consultant Gregg Dohrn told county commissioners. He and interim community development director Andy Huddleston met with commissioners Monday, Dec. 5. Dohrn’s main recommendation is that the county use a hearings examiner more in land use disputes. A hearings examiner is often an attorney and is trained and experienced in land use disputes. “The trend is towards (using) a hearings examiner,” said Dohrn. Spokane and Stevens counties both use hearings examiners, as do many other counties, he said. One of the main advantages of having a hearings examiner decide disputes instead of county commissioners or the planning commission is that there is a formal findings of fact established. That means if the dispute does go to court, the hearings examiner will have made written and presumably legally defensible findings of fact. County commissioners expressed concern over the cost of a hearings examiner. “How often do things go to a hearing examiner?” county commission chairman Mike Manus asked. Huddleston said the county used a hearings examiner 13 times last year, mainly over shoreline substantial development permits, the permits needed to do work on a river or lake. Huddleston said the county was on track for 20 this year. Manus said it would be costly to use

a hearings examiner more. He said he couldn’t remember for sure but he thought a 2013 dispute over Inn at the Lake cost $10,000. Dohrn said he would find out what other counties were paying. After the meeting, he said it would be a very unusual case that would require $10,000 to be spent on a hearings examiner. Most cases are far less expensive. Dohrn said Stevens County uses a local attorney as a hearings examiner, but that may be changing as the attorney is retiring. Stevens County had five cases go to the hearing examiner, but they don’t handle shoreline substantial development permits. Huddleston said excluding shoreline cases, there are three to five other disputes a hearings examiner hears in Pend Oreille County. Commissioner Karen Skoog said she wanted to end up with a process that was easier and less expensive. County Prosecutor Dolly Hunt, who is the county’s chief civil attorney, attended the county commission meeting. She said having a good record is important in conflicts and that expertise is valuable. Dohrn, who left his Eastern Washington University teaching position to concentrate on consulting, has an agreement with county commissioners to do up to $100,000 work. He was originally hired to help the county prepare for a potential HiTest Sand silicone smelter, but his duties have expanded. The county is in the process of recruiting a community development director to replace Mike Lithgow, who took a position with the Kalispel Tribe. Dohrn is helping with that, as well as working on helping prepare for the potential silicone smelter.

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Licensing system could make lines slower, so get those tabs now By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT - The Pend Oreille County Department of Licensing will experience a minor hitch in operations Monday, Dec. 12 as it accommodates a new computer system for all vehicle, boat title, and registration transactions, according to Pend Oreille county Auditor Marianne Nichols. The new computer system is being implemented statewide and is paid for by the Washington State Department of Licensing. The system replaces a 30-year-old, text-based system with a modern system used successfully in several other states across the country. “It’s probably going to make lines a little bit slower, since it’s going to take time for staff to completely learn the software,” says Nichols. The new system, called DRIVES, is being implemented in two phases between Dec. 2016 and June 2018. The first phase replaces DOL’s outdated

vehicle and boat titling and registration computer systems. The second phase, scheduled for June 2018, will replace DOL’s obsolete driver licensing systems. Nichols adds that customers can expect to see a few impacts as the new system is launched before and after it is implemented Dec. 12. Vehicle licensing customers can avoid longer wait times by taking care of annual tab renewals in vehicle licensing offices prior to Friday, Dec. 9. “There are six employees that have been trained on the new system and we ask that people please be patient as we call get used to it,” says Nichols. The current vehicle title and registration system was introduced in the 1980s and is written in Cobol, a computer language that is difficult to support because of the limited pool of programmers who still know how to work with it. Online vehicle tab renewal will be offline from midnight on Dec. 6

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man in his 20s was seen walking down the street recently in Newport, with no socks, no coat and a knapsack. It’s cold outside and he got the attention of a Miner staff member who has been wondering aloud, “Where does he sleep? Where does he go when it’s this cold outside?” There is so much need here and everywhere. There are groups tirelessly working to fill those needs, but it seems there is no end to it. The Tree of Angels, Toys for Tots, Youth Emergency Services, the food banks, Family Crisis Services, the school districts and local churches all do their share for the needy, the cold and hungry. This is the time of year when people give to these organizations and this has always been a giving community, but we need to remember those in need all year round. We need to remember that it’s not just kids who need a warm coat. It’s not just single mothers who need food. It’s not just the elderly who need health care. Let’s look for the not-so-obvious people who need our help. Let’s look out for the 20-something-year-old man who has no socks and no coat. -MCN

Giving thanks for easy lessons “This will make a good column.” Said observation was made hours later, post car wreck, after my boyfriend’s Explorer had been winched out of the deep ditch, which we unceremoniously landed in, top first, attempting to navigate snowy roads to our Thanksgiving destination. “Oh, the lengths I’ll go to not to have to hang out with your family,” he cracked as we huddled together waiting for the tow truck to arrive. It’s okay, you can laugh. That part was funny. We were on our way to spend the holiday with my brother and sisterS o p h i E ’ s in-law, who live in my family home along Lake Roosevelt. Coming CHOICE down the Addy-Gifford Road we Sophia took a spill when we struck some aldous inclement weather and discovered that Ford Explorers only fly so far before gravity takes over. Our impact was lessened by the thick, soft dirt in the ditch, so much that the airbags didn’t even go off and the radio continued to serenade us as we hung upside down, getting free of our seatbelts. A Good Samaritan had already stopped to check on us as we snaked our way out the back of the car. This continued even after the Stevens County deputies arrived on the scene, with people stopping to ask us if we were all right or if we needed a ride anywhere. As we were whiling away the time until our tow came, my brother and sister-in-law made the pilgrimage up the road to check on us, even after I called to assure them that we were safe. They came baring gifts of homemade mashed potatoes and apple pie, my sister-in-law making an appropriately comforting fuss over us, while my brother dutifully sampled what remained of the oyster stuffing I had made. “Pretty good, sis, despite the bits of glass,” was the final verdict. On our way back to Newport with our white knight, David, of Davis Towing, his own steed had a bit of a hitch in its giddy-up traversing Flowery Trail, with a broken thermostat causing us to turn around and baby the big rig back to Colville, stopping for some antifreeze and gas station hot coffee, which had never tasted so delicious and soothing. Once there, David, swiftly and without complaint, transferred my boyfriend’s crunched vehicle to another truck in the cold and rain while we took shelter under the shop’s awning. Whilst on the road to Newport in the snowy twilight, which gave way to fat, plopping raindrops once we entered the Pend Oreille Valley, we talked about his family, the best way to cook beef tongue so your kids are tricked into thinking it’s a juicy roast, and listening to classic rock and bemoaning the lack of variety on local radio stations, with the exception of a few independents. He delivered us home safely, where we enjoyed the repast brought to us by my sister-in-law, and the turkey that my boyfriend’s mother had prepared earlier in the day. Some families talk tersely about politics over celebratory dinners whilst overindulging in the spiked eggnog, hoping to evade nosy questioning about singlehood and/or lack of children. We demolish cars. Beat that, passive aggressiveness. It certainly wasn’t the way we planned for Thanksgiving to go, but it was an excellent reminder of what the holidays really mean, and that even in our misfortune, we had so much more to be grateful for. That, and always wear your long underwear whilst traveling snowy roads in the winter. Always.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Thanks for the Thanksgiving dinner coverage To the editor, As a longtime reader of your paper, I commend you and your staff for your commitment to keeping the community informed of our many local charitable events. The coverage you gave our group for the recent Thanksgiving Dinner enabled us to significantly increase participation and outreach within our community. You have also covered numerous Knights of Columbus events, allowing us to increase the funding we give to the local food banks and charities. In these days of electronic media and digital coverage, it is comforting to find an organization that cares about our community and gives a voice to the many non-profit organizations, which benefit our neighborhoods. Your paper is deserving of the many awards it has received, and your staff is very community

orientated. Thanks for a job well done. Keep up the good work. -Jim Hines Newport

Shop locally To the editor, I know new businesses give us more choices and options and it’s nice to see Shopko in the area, but as a long-time small town girl, I just wanted to remind consumers that the small businesses of the Newport-OldtownPriest River area are the same ones who have donated and promoted every school and church bazaar, senior citizen bingo game, all those collection sites for accident and illness drives. They are the community. If it wasn’t for these establishments, we couldn’t have a newspaper as The Miner relies on ads to fund its operation. So go ahead and take advantage of a sale, but please don’t forget to places you’ve run to for every emergency last minute gift or hardware

item or whatever you needed. Shop locally whenever you can (including Shopko) but keep our small businesses solvent. Thank you. -Patty Bozarth Newport

Eliminate winner take all system To the editor, The debate has started again as to whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended in order to change the presidential election process. Some promote eliminating the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote for president while others believe the Electoral College should remain unchanged. Just as compromise solved the initial problems of the framers so it is that compromise can solve this problem. The solution is to change the electoral votes to electoral points and reward each candidate a percentage of points based on the percentage of popular votes received in each state.

This would eliminate the “winner take all” system thus allowing for all the votes to count. A voter is more apt to believe their vote counted when a percentage of popular votes are taken into account rather than the “all or nothing” system currently in existence. Further, this new system would integrate the desire for a popular vote for president with the need for the individual states to determine who actually gets elected. As for political primaries the number of delegates awarded in each state should be determined by the percentage of votes won by each candidate. For 2016 multiplying the percentage of votes each candidate received (in each state) times the number of electoral votes (in each state) results in the following: Clinton 256.985 and Trump 253.482. -Joe Bialek Cleveland, Ohio See Letters, 5A

Removing Snake River dams is unwise There are dams that should come down and those that shouldn’t. Hopefully, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts its review of the g u e st 14 federal dams opinion on the Columbia and Snake rivers, DON C. that will become abundantly clear. BRUNELL Here is the difAssociation ference. of Demolishing Washington the two dams Business on the Elwha President River west of Port Angeles was a good thing. The dams were built in

the early 1900s to bring electricity to the Olympic Peninsula at a time when salmon and steelhead were plentiful in other Pacific Northwest rivers. Neither dam had fish ladders. On the Elwha, the issue was clear: removing the dams allowed salmon and steelhead to move upstream to spawn. But breaching the four Lower Snake River dams is entirely different. For one thing, the billions of dollars paid by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) ratepayers to improve fish passage and spawning habitat throughout the Columbia/Snake river system is now paying off. Salmon are returning from the ocean in record numbers.

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

President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday, Nov. 29 a penalty – including possible jail time or loss of citizenship – for burning the American flag. Do you think there should be legal consequences for burning the American flag in protest?

It wasn’t always that way. In 1992, a single male sockeye salmon, dubbed Lonesome Larry, managed to swim 900 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River to Redfish Lake in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. By 2011, the Idaho Fish and Game Department reported that 1,070 sockeye returned to Redfish to spawn. Since 2014, more than 2.5 million salmon and steelhead passed Bonneville Dam, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers wrote. That is the highest return since 1938 when we started counting. Of the 13 salmon and steelhead stocks in the Columbia Basin listed under the Endangered Species Act, only four migrate through the See Brunell, 5A

r e a d e r ’ s p o l l r e s u lt s What do you think of the presidential election results?

37% There is no fraud or miscounting. Election results should be left alone.

21%

The election was so close it justifies a recount.

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I agree with Trump that millions of fraudulent votes were cast.

Yes No Unsure

Total Votes: 19

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online transactions or lookups, will be offline from the evening of Friday, Dec. 9 until the new system is turned on Dec. 12. According to Nichols, DOL needs to shut down the current system and transfer all of the records it contains to the new computer system before using it to serve customers. “The state is turning off online services on Dec. 6 to ensure all of these credit card based transactions to be fully processed before turning off the old system,” says Nichols. All vehicle licensing offices throughout the state will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 10, to allow time to transfer all vehicle and vessel records into the new system. In 2015 Pend Oreille County processed 3,400 title transactions. So far for 2016, the Pend Oreille County licensing has processed 4,100 renewals and other transactions.

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lower Snake River dams. The bigger problem has been young fish swimming downstream to the ocean, but the cooperative work of federal, state, tribal and private groups and lots of money resulted in significant enhancements to migrating runs. Northwest River Partners reports survival through the Snake River dams for young salmon averages 97 percent. It is even better for juvenile steelhead at 99.5. While the Elwha dams produced very little electricity, the four Snake River dams can provide enough electricity for 1.87 million homes when generating at full capacity. On average, they contribute five percent of the Northwest’s electricity supply. Replacing their power output would take two nuclear plants, three coalfired generators or six-gas fired electric facilities and it would be hugely expensive. In 2015, BPA estimated it would add 12 to 15 percent to household and business electric bills. According to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, removing the Snake River dams would add between 3 and 4.5 million metric tons of CO2 to Northwest skies each year. That’s because the carbon-free power these dams provide would have to be replaced, in large

part, by carbon-emitting, gas-fired facilities. The network of dams is the marine highway created on the Columbia and Snake rivers. It is the most environmentally friendly way to move cargo from Lewiston to Astoria. A tug pushing a barge can haul a ton of wheat 576 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Ten percent of all Northwest exports pass through the four lower Snake River dams. They generate $20 billion in trade, commerce and recreation income. Water from their reservoirs nourishes thousands of farms, orchards and vineyards. In specific, those barges allow 3,700 regional farmers to ship grain to the lower Columbia for export, Walla Walla’s Union-Bulletin reports. “In the end, when the latest study and public hearings are done, the conclusion should be the same as the previous efforts: The Lower Snake River dams must remain,” Walla Walla’s Union Bulletin concluded in a recent editorial. Our efforts should be directed on how to improve, not remove, those dams. Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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Dam removal shouldn’t be controversial To the editor, Our dam supporting congresswoman’s article in last week’s Miner was mostly propaganda. It seems that you are either for a dam or don’t give a dam. The removal of obsolete Snake River dams shouldn’t be a political football to fumble. Conduct studies to determine if the dams cost more than the benefit they provide. Then subtract the removal cost and either keep or remove the dams. The lower Snake River Dams were built before the invention of the modern air slide railroad covered hopper car. I am sure that you have seen the long grain trains transiting through Spokane every day. You simply put the air slide hopper car against the dams, locks, dredging, fish recovery and barges on the river. If the railroads can transport the grain to Portland or Seattle cheaper than barges, then remove the dams. I don’t understand why everything must now be so (dam) political. What’s political about the three million cubic yards of sediment deposited annually behind the dams? Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers supported a bill that would require our public utility to put the cost of fish recovery on our electric bills as a means to discourage fish recovery efforts needed because dams interfere with fish migration and survival. Dams also help to control floods, but I don’t see a bill requiring the cost of flood control to be put on our utility bills. Gee, why should we support people who want to live in a flood zone? The congresswoman claimed that predators like seals eat more fish than the dams kill. Why don’t we have open season on seal shooting and see if the fish can jump over the dams? Based on her love of dams why don’t we rename the Box Canyon Dam for our congresswoman? -Pete Scobby Newport

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Down and dirty work City of Newport crews worked at the site of the former Chevron gas station Wednesday, Nov. 30, to finish cleaning up the property after removing the fuel tanks in May of this year. The city purchased the property for $13,612 and is looking at the possibility of selling it.

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COLVILLE – You already know that social media can be a powerful tool to help grow your business in the digital age. You’ve been to the workshops, read about the exponential growth in mobile device users, and you are sure that having a robust online presence is where it’s at. Now it is time to get in there and get it done. But, where to begin? Tri County Economic Development District (TEDD) and Washington State University Extension have partnered to bring a series of handson classes that will help attendees take control of social media for their business. Attendees can use either their own laptop or one of the provided computers. Class size is limited to

10 businesses per session. Cost per class is $15, or take all of them for $50. Register online at www. putnewaonthemap.com or call Debra Hansen, Stevens County Extension, at 509-684-2588 or Shelly Stevens at TEDD, 509-684-4571. Payment must be received by Tuesday, Jan. 3 to hold a place. Make checks payable to WSU Extension, and drop off or mail payment to: WSU Stevens County Extension, 986 S Main, Suite D, Colville, WA 99114. All classes will be held in the Tri County Economic Development District Small Business Development Center at 986 S Main, in Colville, next door to the Colville Chamber of Commerce. Classes include: MANAGING IMAGES

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1-4 p.m. The online world is dominated by images, and it is important to understand the best formats for online use. Learn how to edit, manage and use your images to make the most impact across all devices and media platforms. FACEBOOK SKILLS THAT MATTER FOR BUSINESS: BASICS, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1-4 p.m. Facebook continues to dominate social media, and it has proven to be an indispensable part of any businesses marketing efforts. This class is for those that are just venturing into using Facebook for their business. Time will be spent acquainting attendees with the Facebook Business page interface.

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SANDPOINT – A Native Heritage Film Series film that is a story of hope and promise will be shown Saturday, Dec. 10, when “What Was Ours,” a documentary from Alpheus Media is shown for free at the Sandpoint branch of the East Bonner County Library. This award-winning new film — unavailable for public broadcast release until January 2017— was voted Best Documentary Feature at this year’s American Indian Film Festival. It also was selected out of 1,400 entries to screen in the 2016 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Mont., and nominated for both the “Big Sky Award” and “Artistic Vision” award. Two screenings will take place on Dec. 10 at 12:30 and 3 p.m. in the Rude Girls Room of the Library’s Sandpoint Branch, 1407 Cedar Street in Sandpoint. The event also coincides with Human Rights Day, and is also endorsed by the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force, one of the primary funders of the film series. Following each screening, Jane Fritz of The Idaho Mythweaver will lead the audience in a discussion of the film. Light refreshments will be served. The film series is sponsored by the Idaho Mythweaver and the East Bonner County

Library District. The 80-minute documentary film tells the story of an Eastern Shoshone tribal elder and Vietnam veteran, who hasn’t left Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation in over 40 years, and two young Arapaho — a powwow dancer and a journalist — who travel together to visit the underground archives of Chicago’s Field Museum to seek lost, sacred ancestral objects collected from their ancestors long ago, and boxed away and forgotten. They try to learn how these artifacts vanished from their tribe in the first place, and what it might mean for their tribes to repatriate some of their material culture. The Idaho Mythweaver is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission since 1989 has been to help support the authentic presentation and preservation of cultural traditions of tribal peoples within the context of their relationship to Mother Earth. Its cross-cultural work has promoted Native arts and humanities through educational programs for youth and adults, media productions and social events that best serve the interest of the general public. Contact them at mythweaver.org and on Facebook at facebook.com/idahomythweaver.

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Celebrating up a judicial career Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson shares a laugh with courthouse staff during his retirement party Friday, Dec. 2. Nielson, who serves as Superior Court Judge for Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, is retiring after 13 years on the bench. Prior to that he worked as Ferry County prosecutor. Pictured are deputy prosecutor Gregory Hicks, in his judge’s garb, Captain Geoff Rusho, who runs the jail and Rachel Johnson from District Court.

Festival of Trees raises more than $16,000 NEWPORT – The annual Festival of Trees raised more than $16,000 for the Newport Hospital Foundation, benefitting area youth. The event was held Saturday, Dec. 3, at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport. “Year after year, it seems like Newport is becoming more of a popular holiday destination on the first Saturday in December. We had record attendance again this year at the Festival of Trees, and many people were visiting from outside the county,” said Jenny Smith, Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation Director. Festival of Trees attendees were invited to decorate cookies, have their pictures taken with Santa, make holiday crafts and all took part of the tree viewing and raffle. The Dalkena Church Cantata and Newport High School Choir provided entertainment during the daytime event that showcased 16 raffle trees boasting a collective $13,000 in prizes and gift certificates. Record raffle tree ticket sales support the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation programs: the Healthy Kids Snack Bag program and Reach Out and Read. The 2016 raffle tree winners were: Teresa Owens (“Willy Wonka” – Sponsored by Exbabylon and Newport Alarm); Robin McCroskey (“All Around Town Tree” – Sponsored by Newport, Priest River and Oldtown area businesses); Katherine Schutte (“Winter Wonderland of Books” – Sponsored by West Bonner County Education Association); Ashley Vasquez (“The Toy Tree” – Sponsored by Concept Cable TV and Wayne and Lila Antcliff); Terri Ivie (“Four Legged Friends” – Sponsored by Newport/Priest River Interact Youth Group); Leah Bean (“We Are 12” – Sponsored by Country

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Free winter driving class Dec. 10 COEUR d’ALENE – The Idaho State Police will be holding a Road Safe Class for the winter driving season Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. The free class will be held at the Idaho State Police District 1 Office located at 615 West Wilbur Ave., in Coeur d’Alene, Meeting Room A & B. This is the 14th year this award-winning program has been offered to the public. This is presented in a classroom setting designed to educate drivers of all ages on the typical problems associated with winter road conditions in

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West Bonner wants musical instruments for kids PRIEST RIVER – The West Bonner County School District is in search of gently used band instruments for local band students. “We would love any donations, or use of any instruments that you are willing to lend to our program,” Priest River Junior High Principal Leoni Johnson said. Contact Jordan Ballenger for more information at jordanballenger@sd83.org, or 208-448-1211.

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b r i e f ly Smith, Sauer concert at Create Dec. 11 NEWPORT – The Stan Smith and Larry Sauer Concert has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Create Art Center in Newport. These local musicians have delighted audiences for many years. Their return to the stage will be a wonderful way to celebrate the Holiday Season, organizers said. Advanced tickets are $8. Create is located at 900 W. Fourth St. Call 509-447-9277 or visit the website www.Createarts. org.

Free dinner concert Dec. 18 PRIEST RIVER – There will be a free dinner concert held Sunday, Dec. 18, starting at 5 p.m. at the Priest River Events Center. Hosted by People Who Care, the event will feature a mixture of vocal and instrumental music, as well as the meal. Call 509-671-6121 for more information.

Community Festival of the Nativity Dec. 17-18 OLDTOWN – The Community Festival of the Nativity will be Friday and Saturday, Dec. 17 and 18, from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 13261 Hwy. 2, Oldtown. This event is free to the public and features nativities from around the community, Life of Christ art displays, and a children’s craft activity. There will also be live music. Guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item, toys, or blankets to be donated to people in need.

Christmas party at Newport Library NEWPORT – There will be a community Christmas Party at the Newport Library Saturday, Dec. 10, 12:30-2:30 p.m. The public is invited to help decorate the library, and enjoy cookies, hot chocolate and crafting. There will also be a Christmas card workshop from 11 a.m. to noon. Those interested in the workshop should call the library at 800-3663654 or stop in at 116 S. Washington Ave., to preregister.

Evergreen Art holiday meeting Dec. 12 NEWPORT - Monday, Dec. 12, Evergreen Art Association will host their Annual holiday meeting at 10 a.m. in conjunction with the River Arts Alliance members. The meeting will be held at Create Art Center, 900 W. 4th St. in Newport. Members and guests will be entertained by local performers sharing songs, poetry and readings, and refreshments will be served. In lieu of the gift exchange, attendees will have the opportunity to create their own holiday swags, with all materials provided by Evergreen Art. RSVP to 509-447-2750 or gcorybetz@gmail.com so organizers can get a headcount for food and supplies.

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Newport joins Idaho for Gathering of the Bands Last month, 24 students from Sadie Halstead Middle School participated in the 2016 Gathering of the Bands at North Idaho College. They performed together with more than 200 students from other area middle schools to a packed house, according to bandleader Greg Schuh.

Christmas bird count Dec. 18 NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Christmas Bird Count will be held Sunday, Dec. 18, according to John Stuart, one of the event organizers. “We will gather at Audrey’s Restaurant at 6:30 a.m. for coffee, etc. and then get in the cars a little after 7,” he said in an email. “As usual, the mobile people will carpool and bring their own lunches, drinks,

warm clothes, etc. Anyone who is at home and wants to participate can count birds at their feeders or walk around their neighborhood.” Stuart says when counting at a feeder, there is no set time. “Just do whatever you can,” he says. “If someone in a car can only do a half-day, we can easily work around that.” The 15-mile count circle is from the Pend Oreille River on

the north to the Little Spokane River on the south and from Highway 211 on the west to about Newport on the east. “If you are new to the count or need to know if you are inside or outside the circle, give me a call and I can give you a few more details on feeder-watching, etc. and answer any questions,” Stuart says. He can be reached by phone at 509-447-2644.

NEWPORT – Youth Emergency Services (YES) is asking community members to “adopt” a homeless teen (or one of their siblings) for the holidays. Individuals can contact the YES office and get a “tag” with a number that identifies their teen. The tag includes the youth’s age, gender, and some gift ideas – some things they need and some things they would like. The tag holder chooses what to offer and how much they want to give. They purchase gifts, wrap them, clearly label them with teen’s number, and bring them to the YES office or to Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 W. 1st Ave., Newport. YES assists homeless, challenged, and at risk teens in Pend Oreille County year-round, providing basic necessities, tutoring, and support to keep these youth in school and give them hope for their future. For more information, call 509-447-1125.

we e k ah ead Wednesday, Dec. 7 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-4470775. Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport

Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Friday, Dec. 9 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library

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

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

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

Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-9466131

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Friday Night Live: 7 p.m. Hospitality House, Newport Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

Saturday, Dec. 10 Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library

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

Kids Movie Club: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - Newport Library

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

Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

BASIC Meeting: 6 p.m. Blanchard Community Center

AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

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

Sunday, Dec. 11

Thursday, Dec. 8

Newport Youth: 4 p.m. Sadie Halstead Middle School

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

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

BASIC Meeting: 10 a.m. Blanchard Community Center Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Home and Community Educators Dalkena Club: Noon - Call Bonnie Witt 509-447-3647 or Billie Goodno at 509-447-3781 Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Family Movie Night: 5:308 p.m. - Newport Library Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

Monday, Dec. 12 Evergreen Art Association: 10 a.m. - Create Arts Center Hospitality House Senior Potluck: Noon Newport Blanchard Grange Meeting: 5:30 p.m. Blanchard Grange Habitat for Humanity: 6 p.m. - Sandifur Room, Newport Hospital Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, Dec. 13 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Group: 10 a.m. Blanchard Inn River Arts Alliance: 10 a.m - Various Locations

Writers Group: 2 p.m. Create Arts Center Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. - Spirit Lake

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous:

8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance. Contact Barb at 509-4470775. Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Lioness:

11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Home and Community Educators Diamond Lake Club Weavers’ Group: Noon to 3:30 p.m. Create Arts Center Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-665-5921 for locations

Where to Worship

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

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

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

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

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH of Diamond Lake Corner of North Shore Road and Jorgens Road Informal Family-style Worship Sundays 10:00 a.m. 509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m. Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.churchoffaitholdtown.org

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley Road Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. -- Sunday School (509) 447-5534

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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Yuletide trees raise money for good cause

he annual Festival of Trees filled up the Sadie Halstead Middle School gymnasium to raise funds for the Newport Hospital Foundation. Area businesses and organizations put together over a dozen trees with a variety of decorations and presents then raffled the trees off to raise money (see the list of winners in this week’s newspaper).

All Photos by Sophia Aldous

Nicole Cardin strings Christmas lights around Exbabylon’s tree, which had a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory theme.

Elin Weaver shows some levity while decorating the Who Let the Girls Out? Christmas tree.

Teresa Zamora of John L. Scott Real Estate makes decorations for the company’s tree, which featured numerous gift baskets of gourmet food and snacks and gift certificates to area restaurants.

The Miner Newspapers Publisher Michelle Nedved decorates The Miner’s tree, which sported gifts of coffee, hot chocolate and classic literature for adults and kids. The theme was “What’s Black and White and ‘Read’ All Over?”

Melanie Endicott decorates the Newport Hospital Foundation’s tree.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Quilting at Priest River Senior Center • 10-11 Priest River Senior Center a.m.: Line Dancing at PR • 3-6 p.m.: Food Bank Open at • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality Priest River Senior Center House Open for Activities

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

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise class at • 9 a.m. to noon: Food Bank Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hospitality open at Priest River Senior Center • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Lions meet House Open for Activities at Priest River Senior Center • 11 a.m.: Community Lunch at • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo Priest River Senior Center • 1-5 p.m.: Mexican Train at PR Center

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HH • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise class at Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 11 a.m.: Community Lunch at Priest River Senior Center • Noon: Potluck at Hospitality House • 1-5 p.m.: Mexican Train at PR Center

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

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 9 a.m. to noon: Food Bank open at Priest River Senior Center • 6 p.m.: Happy Agers Bingo

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at Priest River Senior Center • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Hospitality House Open for Activities • 1:30-5 p.m.: Cards at Priest River Senior Center

• 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at • 8 a.m.: Coffee Hour at Hospitality House Hospitality House • 9-9:45 a.m.: Exercise Class at • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Quilting at Priest River Senior Center • 10-11 Priest River Senior Center a.m.: Line Dancing at PR • 3-6 p.m.: Food Bank Open at • Noon to 4 p.m.: Hospitality Priest River Senior Center House Open for Activities

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

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WB Library: Past bonds failed From Page 1A

located was donated to the district a number of years ago. “The goal is to provide a building that the taxpayers will own and free up rent dollars for programs and services,” according to district officials. Wright said the levy dollars would be used to build a foundation and roof for the Blanchard Library, and a pitched roof. The district will replace the rented modular with a triple-wide building. It will then become a true building. “I think things are going really well,” Wright said. The district has asked voters to approve bonds

in the past, which failed. Wright said the board has curtailed plans to present a dollar amount more

‘The goal is to provide a building that the taxpayers will own and free up rent dollars for programs and services.’ Library Officials

West Bonner Library District

in line with what voters want. Original plans for the Priest River Library included a second story.

“The voters said ‘no, you’re spending too much,’” Wright said. The levy is a plant facilities levy. The 55 percent approval requirement was based on the dollar amount of the levy. The $800,000 levy is for three years, $267,000 per year. The cost to a taxpayer who owns a home valued at $100,000 after exemptions will be approximately $44 per year, or $3.74 per month. Aside from facility improvements, the district is trying to save money in others way too. Wright said the buildings are being switched to LED lights, and the addition will be energy efficient as well. “Away we go,” he said of the progress.

Cutter Theatre presents winners of holiday contests METALINE FALLS - The Cutter Theatre announced the winners of the annual “Deck The Falls” cookie and poster contests. In the Cookie Contest, ages 4 -10, winners were Abby Gould in first place

and Jack Nichols in second, ages 11-16 winners were Phaedra Parker in first and Cody Buffan in second, and in the 17-adult ages Kelly Schott won first place and Nancy Kiss won second. The presentation winner was

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

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

Friday, Dec. 9 Story Time and Crafts: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

Monday, Dec. 12 Fire District No. 2 Com-

missioners: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library

Tuesday, Dec. 13 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, Dec. 14 Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Metalines Library Basic Computer Class: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Town Hall

W h o to c o n ta c t WASHINGTON

Federal

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

State

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

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Cody Buffan. The winners receive a cash award of $20 and $10 for first and second place, while the presentation winner receives $25. Attendees at the Community Concert and Sing-Along enjoyed the cookies on Dec. 3. The Poster Contest winners are Lea Eubank and Sabrina Zollinger in the 3-4-5 age group, Paxon Larson and Rowan Hampton in the 6-7-8 age group, Dakota Ford and Sophia Huffman in the 9-10-11 age group. In the 12-13 age group the winners were RaeLynn and Kyle (no last name given on their entries). The “Father Christmas’ Favorite” was Kory Enyeart. The winners will be displayed at the Metaline Falls post office, while the rest of the posters will be found throughout the businesses in the town.

Selkirk Elementary invites public to Christmas program METALINE FALLS The Selkirk Elementary School (grades K – 5) will present “Boogie Woogie Holiday” Monday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Sam Nicholas Gym. All students will participate, along with fourth and fifth grade recorder ensemble. Songs include: Deck the Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Good King Wenceslaus, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. Jennifer Goodnight, recipient of the 2016 Director’s Award for Outstanding Music Student, will accompany all of the concert selections on the piano.

Cutter closed for holidays METALINE FALLS - The Cutter Theatre office will be closed Dec. 19 through Jan. 3 for a holiday break. During this time the Metalines Community Library and other businesses in the Cutter building will have their regular hours unless posted. The Cutter phone machine will be checked on a regular basis, but the staff will not have regular hours. Regular business hours will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 4.

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Audit finds 99 percent of teacher evaluations were inaccurate or incomplete By Clark Corbin Idaho Education News

BOISE – An independent education research group found that 99 percent of Idaho teacher evaluations reviewed in an audit were completed incorrectly – and sometimes illegally.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra’s State Department of Education asked the Denverbased consulting group McREL International to screen a random sample of evaluations for accuracy and fidelity to Idaho’s evaluations system.

The reviewers concluded that school administrators ignored laws and rules for evaluations or did not understand the evaluations system. As a result, the reviewers recommended new training for “all teachers, teacher supervisors and central office leaders.”

Seven reviewers audited 225 evaluations, and found only three that were completed correctly and followed procedures and the SDE’s guidelines. Auditors randomly pulled 2014-15 evaluations from 53 Idaho districts and charters.

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“Inconsistent implementation (of teacher evaluations) suggests that some districts either selected not to follow the prescribed process or lacked sufficient understanding of the system,” McREL’s authors wrote in their “State of Idaho Department of Education: Teacher Evaluation Desk Review Report.” The audit confirms teacher evaluations are inconsistent and unreliable, and unveils hundreds of errors: • Most evaluations did not include two classroom observations, as Idaho law requires. • Most did not include goals of any kind. • More than one third were turned in late. “I say it is something that is a good thing,” SDE spokesman Jeff Church said. “It gives us more information and helps us understand where we are with the (evaluation tool) and the challenges we face. I look at the report we have from McREL more as knowledge to have to move forward and support (local districts and administrators).” The SDE has had the report since July. Idaho Education News obtained the report in December as a result of a public records request. Rob Winslow, the executive director of the Idaho Association of School Administrators, said on Monday he has never seen the report and has never discussed the finding with the SDE. Idaho law requires teachers to receive at least one written evaluation every year. The state and most school districts use the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching model to measure teacher performance, and as a basis for evaluations. Principals typically conduct the evaluations, and superintendents include them in reports to the SDE. Superintendents sign an assurance form that they are reporting complete and accurate data to the SDE. Teacher evaluations are increasingly important in Idaho because the Legislature partially tied the reports to a teacher’s ability to earn a raise. Ybarra is expected to ask the 2017 Legislature to spend $57.8 million of taxpayer money to increase teacher pay. Two years of teacher evaluation errors Idaho Education News first reported widespread errors and deliberate falsification of teacher evaluation reports across multiple districts in 2015. Districts and charters continued to report false teacher evaluation information the following year. This has prompted three punitive actions: The 2016 Legislature removed oversight of teacher evaluation data away from Ybarra’s office and gave it to the State Board of Education. Lawmakers granted the State Board $600,000 in new funding to audit 2015-16 evaluations. The State Board in September endorsed a proposal to levy $10,000 to $50,000 fines against

administrators who intentionally submit false evaluation data. (The proposal requires legislative approval.) Ybarra has consistently downplayed the scope of errors and insisted the state did not have a problem with data accuracy. She did call for more accurate teacher evaluations in July 2015. What the report reveals The 30-page audit outlined these specified errors in the evaluations: • Only 39 percent of evaluations included two classroom observations, as Idaho law requires. • Just 64 percent of evaluations included one classroom observation. • Most evaluations (55 percent) did not include an individualized professional learning plan or goals of any kind. • More than one third (34 percent) of evaluations did not include a summative rating, as required. • Just 19 percent of the evaluations that were based on the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching included all 22 Danielson components, as required. McREL reviewers noted wide variations in how the districts that relied on Danielson’s framework used it. Just 19 percent used the four-point scale of “unsatisfactory,” “basic,” “proficient” and “advanced.” Some districts ignored the lowest rating, while others ignored the highest rating. Still others used scales that did not align at all with the SDE’s adopted scale. Of the 225 teacher evaluations audited, McREL’s team found that not one single teacher received a rating of “unsatisfactory” in any of Danielson’s four domains. More than one third of the evaluations audited (37.6 percent) were not turned in to the state by May 1, as required at the time. “It is clear from the findings that the Idaho teacher evaluation system was implemented inconsistently,” McREL’s authors wrote. “Inconsistent application can lead to several obstacles that hinder teacher development and improved educational quality.” The audit and report also issued several recommendations: • Align the process of teacher evaluations to state and school district polices. • Ensure that all teachers, teacher supervisors and central office leaders receive training on the process. • Annually communicate to all teachers, teacher supervisors and central office leaders the teacher evaluation process, using specific details about the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder. • Monitor and track adherence to the process to ensure consistent application. Idaho Education News data analyst Randy Schrader contributed research to this report.

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The Gift Of The Magi By O. Henry

Week Three of Five

he found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It was like him. Quietness and value--the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain. When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends--a mammoth task. Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically. “If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do-oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty- seven cents?” At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops. Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

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Sea Salt Caramel Bacon Cook time: 40 minutes Serves: 12 2 packages (12 ounces each) Smithfield Thick Cut Bacon 4 tablespoons caramel topping 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt Heat oven to 375 F. Line two baking pans with nonstick foil. Remove bacon from package and space evenly on pans without overlapping slices. Place pans in oven and bake 10 minutes. Rotate pans and continue baking until crisp, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Using tongs, place bacon slices on clean parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Let cool slightly. Heat caramel in microwave 10 seconds. Drizzle bacon with caramel. Sprinkle with sea salt. Return to oven and bake 2 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes. Using tongs, remove to cooling rack. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

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he holidays are the ultimate time for connecting with friends and family, so treat them to something special this year with your own mouthwater ing take on a holiday feast. Add a new and delicious twist to entertaining this season with a festive bacon bar. Mix things up with simple decorating tips and these easy-tomake – and even easier to eat – bacon recipes from Smithfield that can help create the perfect setting for your next holiday gathering. Whether drizzled with caramel and sea salt, twisted with puff pastry or baked with bourbon and maple syrup, your guests can enjoy bacon in a variety of ways. The classic cut and versatility of Smithfield Hometown Original Bacon is ideal for dishes you can include in your bacon bar like bacon cheddar biscuits, savory bacon jam and flavorful bacon salt. You can also incorporate different bacon flavors; with more than 10 different Smithfield varieties to choose from, there truly is some thing for everyone. Complete your holiday spread with printed labels that festively identify the variety of bacon flavors, unique recipes and side dishes on display. Simply print templates onto thick card stock and cut to your desired shape. Use twine or holiday ribbon to tie the labels onto mason jars, bowls or baskets, or use a small clothespin to clip the labels onto your bacon creations. Garnish your display with garland, red berries and pine cones for added holiday cheer. Visit Smithfield.com/BaconBar for printable labels, more decor ideas and recipe inspiration to give your own bacon bar a personal touch.

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Crispy Bacon Twists with Gouda and Apricot Preserves Cook time: 45 minutes Serves: 15 Nonstick spray flour, for dusting 1 package (2 sheets) frozen puff pastry dough, thawed 1 egg, beaten 1 cup (12 ounces) apricot preserves 2 cups (about 7 ounces) Gouda cheese, shredded 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves 2 pounds (about 25-30 slices) Smithfield Hometown Original Bacon Heat oven to 375 F. Line two rimmed baking pans with foil, set baking racks in pans and lightly spray racks with nonstick spray. On lightly floured surface, roll out one puff pastry sheet to roughly 8-by-12 inches. Brush top with egg and thinly spread 1/2 cup preserves over dough. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup shredded cheese and 1 tablespoon rosemary, lightly pressing cheese mixture into dough. Fold short end of dough over to enclose cheese mixture and lightly roll to seal. Cut into 15 1/2-inch strips. Repeat with remaining puff pastry and ingredients. Lay one slice bacon diagonally. Grab one strip of prepared dough by ends and place one end of dough strip horizontally at top end of bacon and roll bacon with dough downward, stretching dough strip while rolling. Place spiral-wrapped bacon twist on prepared rack and repeat. Bake twists 35-45 minutes, or until pastry is browned and bacon crisp, rotating pans as needed for even cooking. Let cool 5 minutes and gently use spatula to remove twists from racks. Serve warm or at room temperature. Tip: For a different flavor, try smoked or aged Gouda or fresh thyme instead of rosemary.

Caramelized Bourbon Bacon Cook time: 30 minutes Serves: 12 2 packages (16 ounces each) Smithfield Thick Cut Bacon 4 tablespoons honey 1/2 cup bourbon 4 tablespoons maple syrup Heat oven to 375 F. Line two baking pans with parchment paper. Remove bacon from package and space evenly on pans without overlapping slices. Place pans in oven and bake 15 minutes. Rotate pans halfway through baking time. Meanwhile, combine honey, bourbon and syrup. Remove bacon from oven. Carefully drain grease from pans. Brush bacon with bourbon mixture. Return to oven and bake 3-5 minutes. Let cool slightly and serve.

Heat oven to 450 F. In small bowl, toss together cheese, green onions Cook time: 30 minutes and bacon with 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside. In Serves: 12 separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese and salt. Use pastry cutter or two forks to cut in 1/4 cup chopped green onions butter. 1/2 cup cooked Smithfield Hometown Add milk and stir just enough to bring ingredients Original Bacon, diced together. Gently fold in cheese mixture. 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon Turn dough onto floured surface and knead and extra for rolling, divided about 1 minute. Pat or roll out dough to 1/2- or 1 tablespoon baking powder 3/4-inch thickness. Cut into rounds with 2 1/2-inch 1/2 teaspoon salt round biscuit cutter. 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 3/4 cup milk 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown on top.

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Cheese Fondue Serves: 4 16 ounces Jarlsberg cheese 1 garlic clove 2 cups white wine 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon kirsch (optional) 1/4 teaspoon white pepper salt, to taste nutmeg, to taste Grate cheese, or cut into small cubes. Rub inside of saucepan with garlic. Heat white wine and lemon juice on medium-low heat, but do not boil. Meanwhile, mix flour and cheese in bowl. Slowly add cheese while stirring in remaining ingredients. If fondue is too thin, add more cheese. If fondue is too hard, add more wine. Serve with crusty cubes of French or Italian bread, broccoli, cauliflowers, pepper strips, mushrooms, potatoes, asparagus spears or Granny Smith apple slices for dipping. Variations: Substitute white wine with champagne, or add roasted garlic, fine herbs or bacon.

Jerusalem Artichokes Au Gratin Servings: 4 2 cups Jerusalem artichokes 4 shallots 2 garlic cloves 1 1/3 cups creme fraiche salt, to taste pepper, to taste lemon juice, to taste 1 1/3 cups grated Jarlsberg cheese fresh herbs fresh ground black pepper Heat oven to 400 F. Peel artichokes and cut into approximately 1/4-inch slices. Cut shallots into wedges and finely chop garlic. In bowl, combine artichokes, shallots and garlic with creme fraiche, and add salt, pepper and lemon juice, to taste. Spoon mixture into ovenproof dish and sprinkle grated cheese on top. Bake on center rack 30-40 minutes. Serve with fresh herbs and fresh ground black pepper.

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Give Time During the holiday season and all year long, non-profit organizations thrive on the contributions of volunteers. If you have a special skill or service, check to see if the organization you favor could benefit from your expertise. Many other agencies offer ongoing training so you can easily learn what you need to know to contribute. Remember that the holiday season brings a spike in volunteering each year, so making a pledge to continue giving your time after the holidays have passed (and your schedule is less hectic) is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

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Give Items You may not realize it, but there is actually value to the unwanted items you have laying around. Items like automobiles, furniture, household goods and clothing can be donated and converted into cash to benefit charities. Larger items can be picked up at the curb and are often sold at auction with the proceeds going back to the charitable organization. Smaller items may go directly to retail facilities, such as thrift stores, where sales also go to benefit the charity. Some organizations also allow you to provide new toys and gifts for kids in need specifically during the holidays like The Tree of Angels at Mountain West Bank in Newport, and Toys for Tots in Priest River.

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Croquettes Servings: 4 Tomato Sauce: 10 ounces tomatoes 1 clove garlic 1/3 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon curry salt, to taste pepper, to taste Croquettes: 4 ounces Jarlsberg cheese 4 ounces cured ham 1 garlic clove 2 tablespoons shallots 2 tablespoons parsley 10 gelatin leaves 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour, plus extra for dredging 3 cups milk salt, to taste pepper, to taste 4 cups cooking oil 2 eggs 6 tablespoons breadcrumbs To prepare sauce, chop up tomatoes and finely chop garlic. In saucepan, mix tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon, sugar and curry, and allow to simmer about 1 hour. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. To make croquettes, grate cheese, cut ham into small pieces and finely chop garlic, shallots and parsley. Soak gelatin leaves in cold water 5 minutes. In saucepan, combine butter, 3 tablespoons flour and milk and bring to boil to make thick, white sauce. Squeeze water from gelatin and melt into sauce. Stir until smooth then stir in cheese until melted. Add ham, shallots and parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Pour mixture into square tin to depth of about 1 inch. Smooth top and leave to cool. Cut into about 40 1-by-2-inch rectangular slices. Heat oil in shallow skillet. Meanwhile, beat eggs lightly until frothy. Coat croquettes in flour, dip into egg then coat with breadcrumbs. Repeat for double-coating and fry until golden.

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holiday feast is made magical by the array of sides that create a symphony of flavors and textures worth celebrating. Cheese is always a crowdpleaser, and these rich, creamy, cheesy sides can earn you high praise from friends and family. Make your side dishes extra special by putting a twist on traditional mashed potatoes or serving up a fresh take on a decadent fondue. If you’re out to make a big impression, these croquettes feature a crispy outer crust surrounding a melty, cheesy center for a flavor explosion that lights up your taste buds. The secret to each of these recipes is mild, mellow, nutty cheese. Best recognized as a classic wedge available in original and smoked flavors, Jarlsberg Brand Cheese has a mild, mellow, nutty flavor, and offers a naturally lactose and gluten free way to make culinary magic this holiday season. Find more holiday-worthy recipes, and learn more about the rich, 60-year Norwegian heritage of Jarlsberg Cheese, at jarlsberg.com.

Baked Mashed Potatoes Servings: 7 4 large baking potatoes 1 cup shredded Jarlsberg cheese 1 cup milk 1 container sour cream 1 cup butter salt fresh ground black pepper Heat oven to 350 F. Place potatoes in large pot of salted water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until tender. Drain and transfer potatoes to flat bottom bowl and mash. Add cheese, milk, sour cream, butter, salt and pepper. Mash all ingredients with potatoes until smooth. Pour mixture into baking pan and cover with foil. Bake, 30 minutes, covered. Uncover potatoes during last 10 minutes to allow browning.

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b r i e f ly Selkirk boys start season with win SPOKANE VALLEY – The Selkirk boys basketball team opened the year with a 62-27 win over Valley Christian Friday, Dec. 2, at Valley Christian. The Rangers got off to a quick start, up 18-6 at the end of the first quarter and leading 38-13 at the half. Jacob Couch led all scorers with 27 points. Austin Robertson scored 14 for the Rangers. Selkirk will play Inchelium at home Friday, Dec. 9. The game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Rangers wrestle this Saturday at Liberty Lake LIBERTY LAKE – The Selkirk High School wrestling team will have their first match at Liberty Lake High School, Saturday, Dec. 10, with weigh-in starting at 8 a.m. The match begins at 9:30 a.m.

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Selkirk girls beat Valley Christian IONE – The Selkirk girls basketball team beat Valley Christian Friday, Dec. 2, 37-31. They also beat Priest River this week. (See separate story.) Selkirk trailed by one at the end of the first quarter, but rallied in the second, scoring seven while holding VC to just two. Selkirk led 15-11 at the half. The second half was much closer. Both teams scored nine in the third, and Selkirk scored 13 to VC’s 11 in the fourth. Valley Christian forced 24 turnovers, but couldn’t find the basket. Freshman Bree Dawson led Selkirk with 11 points. Jenna Couch scored 10 points, Whitney Dawson scored 9, and Ellen Huttle scored four. Gabi Rick scored two points and Emma Avey added one. Head coach Jack Couch wasn’t available for comment. The Rangers host Inchelium Friday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m., then travel to Republic Saturday, Dec. 10 to play at 4:30 p.m. They host Cusick Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m.

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Selkirk’s Austin Robertson puts one up over Priest River’s Jakobie Haggerty and Thomas Luckey at Selkirk Saturday, Dec. 3. Priest River came away with a 60-41 win.

Spartans beat Selkirk

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IONE – The Priest River Spartans boys basketball team finished their three game winning streak with a 6041 win over Selkirk Saturday, Dec. 3, at Selkirk. “Selkirk has a decent club,” Spartan coach Kevin Wylie said. The Spartans jumped out to a 15-9 first quarter lead. Selkirk won the second quarter 23-12 but was trailing 27-22 at the half. Priest River came out of halftime with a big third quarter, outscoring Selkirk by 10, 19-9. The Spartans increased their lead in the fourth quarter to take the win.

Jakobie Haggerty was high scorer for the game, hitting 20 for Priest River. Hunter Hartwig scored 10 for the Spartans, the only other player to score in double digits. Jacob Couch led Selkirk scoring with 15 points. He also pulled down a dozen rebounds. Austin Robertson scored 14 for Selkirk. The win gave Priest River a 3-0 record. They will play Newport after deadline Tuesday, Dec. 6 and travel to Sandpoint Saturday, Dec. 10, for a game at 6 p.m. Selkirk has a 1-1 record. They will play Inchelium Friday, Dec. 9, at Selkirk. That game will start at 7:30 p.m.

Selkirk beats Priest River By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

IONE – The Selkirk girls basketball team beat Priest River Saturday, Dec. 3, 41-36. “Our Selkirk loss on Saturday was a combination of Selkirk hitting some really big shots throughout the game, and us not having our legs at the end,” Priest River head coach Gary Stewart said. Selkirk coach Jack Couch was not available for comment. Selkirk led early, leading 12-10 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was close, with both teams scoring eight points. Selkirk

pulled further ahead with 10 points in third and 11 in the fourth, while holding Priest River to 18 in the half. Rachel Akre led Priest River with 13 and Avery Summers scored 11. Antonia Martin scored four, Melissa Krampert scored three and Liann Kren and Morgan DeMent each scored two. Genevieve Hurd added one. Gabi Rick led Selkirk with 13 points. Jenna Couch scored seven, Emma Avey scored six, and Ellen Huttle scored four. Kaitlyn Chantry, Whitney Dawson and Allison Petrich each scored three, while Bree Dawson scored two.

mers scored 11 and Elizabeth Downs scored nine. It was just as close when Priest River hosted Riverside Friday, in another non-league game. Riverside led 9-4 at the end of the first quarter, but after a good back and fourth, Priest River pulled ahead with 10 points in the fourth to win 26-25. Summers scored nine, Akre scored six, and Melissa Krampert scored five. Morgan DeMent hit four and Liann Kren scored two. Priest River traveled to Newport Tuesday, after press time. They travel to Sandpoint Saturday, Dec. 10, to play at 4:30 p.m.

Cusick falls to Chewelah in opener CUSICK – The Cusick Panther basketball team got off to a slow start in their first game of the year, losing to Chewelah at home 58-34. Cusick trailed 11-6 after the first quarter and 24-10 at the half. Cusick coach Rob Seymour said the team missed some shots. “We missed a lot of easy shots,” he said. “The score would have been closer if we had made more of those.” He said the team missed about 10 to 12 points in easy shots right at the basket. On Deck: Seymour said he is still tryVs. Curlew: Friday, ing to figure out where to put Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. players. The team lost some At Inchelium: Saturday, key players last season and Dec. 10, 6 p.m. isn’t very deep on the bench. At Selkirk: Tuesday, The first player off the bench is Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. a freshman, he said. Colton Hansen led Panther scoring with 12 points. Dylan Hendershott scored eight, Bryce Nomee scored six, Tanner Shanholtzer scored three, as did Devin Browneagle. Cameron Cotter scored two. Cusick is busy this week. They played Chewelah again Tuesday, Dec. 6, after deadline. They will travel to Inchelium Saturday, Dec. 10 for a 6 p.m. game and to Selkirk Tuesday, Dec. 13, for a 7:30 p.m. game.

Thursday, Dec. 8 Newport Wrestling: 7 p.m. – Newport High School Friday, Dec. 9

Courtesy photo|Julie Fristad

Selkirk’s Emma Avey, No. 2, takes a shot against Priest River Saturday, Dec. 3. Selkirk won 41-36.

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

Miner photo|Sophia Aldous

wrestling roster before the meet. See Grapplers, 7B

Selkirk Wrestling: 9:30 a.m. – Liberty Lake Priest River Wrestling, George Wild Tournament: 9 a.m. – Kellogg High School

Newport Boys Basketball vs. Freeman: 5:45 p.m. – Newport

Selkirk Girls Basketball vs. Republic: 4:30 p.m. – Republic

Selkirk Girls Basketball vs. Inchelium: 6 p.m. – Selkirk

Cusick Girls Basketball vs. Inchelium: 4:30 p.m. – Inchelium

Cusick Girls Basketball vs. Curlew: 6 p.m. – Cusick

Priest River Girls Basketball vs. Sandpoint: 4:30 p.m. – Sandpoint

Cusick Boys Basketball vs. Curlew: 7:30 p.m. – Cusick

Priest River Boys Basketball vs. Sandpoint: 6 p.m. – Sandpoint

Selkirk Boys Basketball vs. Inchelium: 7:30 p.m. – Selkirk

Cusick Boys Basketball vs. Inchelium: 6 p.m. – Inchelium

Saturday, Dec. 10

Priest River’s Arron Reyes and Newport’s lance Knight grapple it out at last Thursday’s Battle of the Borders.

School

Priest River Wrestling, Tournament Duals: 3 p.m. – Kellogg High School

Newport Girls Basketball vs. Freeman: 7:30 p.m. – Newport

their victory, he expressed disappointment that Bojorquez did not provide him and his team with a

At Sandpoint: Saturday, Dec. 10, 4:30 p.m.

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Spartans tangle with Grizzlies and come out on top NEWPORT – Two rivals met last Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Battle of the Border as Newport High School wrestling hosted Priest River Lamanna High School in the first nonleague meet of the season. Despite the best efforts of the Grizzlies, the Spartans carried the evening with an overall score of 58-6, shutting Newport out from winning a single match outright. Newport’s sole win came with a forfeit, with Braedon Corkrum winning by forfeit at 195 pounds. “Last night’s match was rough for us, but the boys and girls wrestled very hard,” said Newport coach Adrian Bojorquez. “Everyone that wrestled for us gave it their all, but we just couldn’t overcome our inexperience and the jitters we had with this being our first match.” Though PRLHS Coach Jess Hellinger praised his wrestlers for

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls basketball team beat Deer Park and Riverside in close games this past week, but lost to Selkirk Saturday, Dec. 3. (See separate story.) “Our close two wins over Deer Park and Riverside were just the thing we needed to start our season after more than a month of practice without a game,” Priest River head coach Gary Stewart said. “I was happy about our man defense.” Priest River beat Deer Park Thursday, Dec. 1, 39-36 in a non league game. It was a close game throughout, with Deer Park leading 11-10 at the end of the first quarter. The game was tied at 20 at the half. It continued to be a close game after the break, with both teams scoring six in the third. Priest River managed to pull ahead with 13 points

in the fourth, while holding Deer Park to 10 for the win. All of Priest River’s points came from three players: Rachel Akre scored 19, Avery SumOn Deck:

Tuesday, Dec. 13 Newport Boys Basketball at Deer Park: 5:45 p.m. – Deer Park

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

Selkirk Girls Basketball vs. Cusick: 6 p.m. – Selkirk

Newport Boys Wrestling: TBA – Mount Spokane High School

Newport Girls Basketball vs. Deer Park: 7:30 p.m. – Deer Park

Newport Girls Wrestling: TBA – Warden High

Selkirk Boys Basketball vs. Cusick: 7:30 p.m. – Selkirk

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Spartans off to 3-0 start By Don Gronning Of The Miner

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Newport’s Audrey Price passes the ball when the Griz hosted Bonners Ferry Tuesday, Nov. 29. Bonners won 45-42.

Lady Griz lose squeaker to Bonners Ferry By Michelle Nedved Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport girls basketball season kicked off their season with losses to Bonners Ferry and St. George’s. The game against Bonners was close Tuesday, Nov. 29, with the Badgers coming out on top 45-42. It was back and forth for four quarters. Newport led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter and 19-17 at the half. Bonners Ferry pulled ahead and led 3129 at the end of the third quarter. The game was tied with two minutes left before Bonners pulled away with a couple late baskets.

Jocelin Nenema had seven rebounds and eight points for Newport. Cyndi Lewis had 10 points, Stephanie Huang had four points, including a three-pointer, and Julie Schoener, Sammy Siemsen and Audrey Price each had six points. It wasn’t nearly as close when Newport traveled to St. George’s Friday, losing 58-28. The Dragons led 13-7 at the end of the first quarter, and 31-16 at the half, after two quick three pointers at the end of the second quarter. The Grizzlies scored six points in both the third and fourth quarters, while St. George’s scored

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans boys basketball team is off to a fast start, winning three games in three days. They beat Deer Park 55-41, Riverside 57-48 and Selkirk 60-41. “Last year was a build up year,” says Spartan coach Kevin Wylie. This year, with six returnOn Deck: ing varsity At Sandpoint: Saturday, seniors and the Dec. 10, 6 p.m. play of another senior, the Spartans look strong and balanced, Wylie said. “Eight of nine players scored all three nights,” he said. When the Spartans played Deer Park this time last year, they lost by five. This year, they started slow, trailing 13-11 at the end of the first quarter, but turned on the gas in the second quarter. They outscored Deer Park 21-12 and took a 32-25 lead into halftime. Things cooled off in the second half, with the Spartans outscoring the Stags 9-8 in the third quarter. They turned it up in the fourth, outscoring Deer Park 14-8. Hunter Hartwig and Jakobie Haggerty led Priest River scoring, with 13 each. The next night Priest River hosted Riverside, a surprisingly tough team,

Wylie said. “They kind of sneak up on you,” he said. This time Priest River started hard, getting a 16-7 first quarter lead before giving some of it back in the second quarter, when they were outscored 2014. Priest River led 30-27 at the half. “We kind of let them get back in it,” Wylie said. Riverside tied the game midway through the third quarter, before falling back. They outscored the

‘Eight of nine players scored all three nights.’ Kevin Wylie

Priest River Coach

Spartans 10-9 in the third quarter, before the Spartans got going again, outscoring the Stags 18-11 in the final quarter to get the 57-48 win. Hartwig had a game high 19 points. Anthony Storro scored 13 and Haggerty got 11. The Spartans rounded out the week with a game at Selkirk (see separate story). Priest River played Newport after deadline Tuesday. They will travel to Sandpoint Saturday, Dec. 10 for a game that starts at 6 p.m.

27 in the half. Lewis and Nenema both scored seven to lead the Grizzlies. Tiara Hamberg and Price each scored On Deck: Vs. Freeman: Friday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. At Deer Park: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.

four, Siemsen scored three and Huang scored two. Madi Hofstee scored a free throw. The Griz hosted Priest River Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They host Freeman Friday, Dec. 9, and travel to Deer Park Tuesday, Dec. 13. Both games are at 7:30 p.m.

grapplers: Crowd was boisterous From Page 6B

According to Hellinger, a request was made by Newport for the line-up on Monday, Nov. 28, which Hellinger immediately sent to Bojorquez and requested one in return. Hellinger says he didn’t get one until after practice Thursday night. “So we juggled our line-up to maximize our points and moved a couple of our guys up a weight and all won,” Hellinger said. The crowd watching the event wasn’t large, but it was boisterous, cheering so loudly at times that the wrestlers in a match couldn’t hear their coaches advising from the sidelines. Priest River’s wrestlers included Brandon Downs at 113 pounds, Eneia Seilia at 120, Nathan Nelson at 126, Manuel Naccarato at 132, Riley DeMent at 138, Spencer McDonald at 145, Larry Naccarato at 152, Noah Jamison at 160, Raini Proctor at 170, Trevor Rusho at 182, and Arron Reyes at 220. Newport’s Braedon Corkrum won by a forfeit at 195 pounds. At 126, Grizzly freshman, Gage Seger put up a fight against an opponent with a couple of years of high wrestling under his belt. Seger went the distance, not getting pinned, but losing 16-3. At 152 pounds senior Jesse Young stepped to the mat. “He has only been wrestling for two weeks and put up a great fight against a wrestler who has been wrestling for many years and has several years of high school experience,” said Bojorquez. Young fought his way through the majority of the second round, but eventually got pinned. Newport’s Colton

Malsbury wrestled at 138-pounds, losing 9-0. The complete results of the meet are as follows according to weigh class: 152 pounds - Larry Naccarato (PR) pinned Jesse Young (NP) in 4:42 minutes. 160 pounds- double forfeit 170 pounds - Reiner Proctor (PR) won by forfeit 182 pounds - Trevor Rusho (PR) pinned Sierra Mason (NP) 16 seconds. 195 pounds - Braedon Corkrum (NP) won by forfeit 220 pounds - Aaron Reyes (PR) pinned Lane Knight (NP) at 3:03. 285 pounds - double forfeit 106 pounds - double forfeit 113 pounds - Brandon Downs (PR) wins by forfeit 120 pounds - Enera Seiver (PR) wins by forfeit 126 pounds - Nathan Nelson (PR) major decision over Gage Seger (NP) 16-3. 132 pounds - Manuel Naccorato (PR) pinned Christian Loutzenhizer (NP) in 58 seconds. 138 pounds - Riley Dement (PR) major decision over Colton Malsbury (NP) 9-0. 145 pounds - Spencer McDonald (PR) pinned Tyler Ward (NP) in 25 seconds. “We have a lot of work to do before the post-season, but I believe we will continue to grow and improve as the year goes on,” Bojorquez said. “There is a ton of heart and fight in these kids and I am very proud of their progress this year.” Priest River Varsity wrestlers are headed to Kellogg High School Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10 for tournaments that start at 3 p.m. and 9 a.m., respectively. Newport is scheduled to host Freeman Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.

Miner photo|Don Gronning

Danny Bradbury goes up for a shot against Bonners Ferry Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Newport. Bonners won 56-44. Bradbury scored 14 and pulled down 10 rebounds against Bonners.

Rough first game, second better for Newport cagers By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport boys basketball team got off to a slow start against Bonners Ferry Tuesday night, Nov. 29, in the team’s non-league opener, losing 56-44. “They outplayed us on both ends of the court,” On Deck: Vs. Freeman: Friday, Dec. 9, 5:45 p.m. At Deer Park: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 5:45 p.m.

Newport coach Jamie Pancho said. “It was a rough first game.” He said the Grizzlies did some things right but could never get the game turned around. Koa Pancho and Danny Bradbury each picked up 10 rebounds. Bradbury was the team’s high

bowli ng Wednesday, Nov. 30 Lucky Ladies Team Won Lost Morning Glories 31 8 Country Lane Sparklers 23 16 Country Lane 19 20 Golden Girls 22 17 State Line Girls 16 23 BYE 3 36 High Scratch Game: Claudia McKinney 194. High Scratch Series: Kim Rusho 524. High Handicap Game: Barb Mix 238. High Handicap Series: Claudia McKinney 651.

Converted Splits: Barb Mix 2-7. Vicki Nolting 3-10. Jan Edgar 8-10. Laura O’Brien 3-10. Esther Wilkinson 3-10. Kelly Jo Hilliard 5-7.

Wednesday Night Loopers Team Won Lost Why Try Harder 176 118 McCroskey Defense 159.5 134.5 Club Rio 147.5 146.5 Woodwise 137 157 OK Lanes 132 162 Here for the Beer 113 149 High scratch game: Gordon Batsch 223. High Handicap Game: Gordon

Batsch 258. High Scratch Series: Robert Campbell 599. High Handicap Series: Bruce Mortenson 661. High Team Scratch Game: Club Rio 760. High Handicap Game: Woodwise 878. High Team Scratch Series: OK Lanes 2,066. High Handicap Series: OK Lanes 2,411.

Friday, Dec. 2 Friday Night Leftovers Team Won Lost Timber Room 36 16 EZ-Rider 32 20 Pooch Parlor 26 26 OK Lanes 25.5 26.5

Party of Four The No Names East River Plumbing Cook’in Turkeys

23.5 23 22 17

28.5 21 30 35

High Scratch Game Team: Timber Room 822. High Handicap Game Team: Timber Room 894. High Scratch Series Team: Timber Room 2,405. High Handicap Series Team: Timber Room 2,621. High Scratch Games: Jim Hudson 236, Sharon Reed 204. High Handicap Games: Gordy Cook Jr. 256, Sharon Reed 249. High Scratch Series: Jim Hudson 674, Jen Hudson 547. High Handicap Series: Jim Hudson 695, Sharon Reed 678. Converted Splits: Evie Logan 5-6, Sherry Loveridge 3-10, Gordon Batsch 5-10.

scorer with 14 points. Robbie Owen scored 10 for the Grizzlies and Pancho had nine. Newport had a slow first quarter, getting outscored 13-2. Thing went a little better in the second quarter but the Grizzlies went into the half down 24-16. It didn’t get better in the second half and Bonners won 56-44. A couple nights later the Grizzlies played and beat one of the toughest 2B schools in the state, St. George’s, winning 4340 at St. George’s. “They’re a good team,” Pancho said. “They were ranked No. 8 in the state among 2B schools.” Newport trailed 13-8 at the end of the first quarter, but came alive in the second, outscoring St. George’s 12-5 and leading 20-18 at the half.

The teams played an even third quarter and a close fourth quarter, with Newport getting a one-point edge in the fourth to win 43-40. Pancho said he was happy with the team’s defense. “We were more disciplined,” he said. “Offense and defense, it was an overall great team effort.” Koa Pancho led all scorers with 23 points, including a pair of key free throws in the fourth quarter. He also grabbed a half dozen rebounds. Newport played at Priest River after deadline Tuesday. They will host Freeman Friday, Dec. 9, a game that starts at 5:45 p.m. They travel to Deer Park Tuesday, Dec. 13 for a game that starts at 5:45 p.m.

Lady Panthers take on Curlew, Inchelium CUSICK – The Cusick girls basketball team hosted Chewelah Friday, Dec. 2, but results were not available at press time. They traveled to Chewelah Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. The Panthers host Curlew Friday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m., and then travel to Inchelium Saturday, Dec. 10 play at 4 p.m., and to Selkirk Tuesday, Dec. 13 to play at 6 p.m.

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obituari es Geraldine “Jeri” Kerr Newport

Geraldine “Jeri” Jayne Kerr of Newport, died at home surrounded by her family Nov. 28, 2016. She was 100 years old. Jeri was born April 16, 1916 to Towner Jayne and Hettie Emerson Jayne, and grew up in Ione. She enjoyed playing piano, liked all kinds of music, and played accompaniment for everything Kerr from high school operettas to church services. She attended Washington State College from 1933 to 1937 receiving a B.S. in Pharmacy. On June 4, 1939, Jeri married Eldred Evans “Doc” Kerr who became Newport’s first veterinarian in 1952. She was a devoted homemaker and mother as well as helping in her husband’s veterinary practice. Jeri loved any opportunity to be out in nature among the trees, birds, and wildflowers. Always an avid reader she enjoyed every sort of book from poetry to fiction to spirituality to quantum physics and continued to read talking books after losing her eyesight. She found great spiritual growth through Unity School of Christianity. Jeri was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Emerson “Pete” Jayne, her husband of 60 years, and her daughter-in-law Judith Kerr. She is survived by her children Sarah Mohn, Don Kerr, and Carol McDonald, grandchildren Donna Polnow, Jen Speed, Lynn Lovato, and Debbie Rinella as well as seven great grandchildren and one greatgreat grandchild. A memorial service will be held at United Church of Christ in Newport, Monday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Spokane: 121 S. Arthur Spokane, WA 99210 or Washington Talking Book and Braille Library: 2021 9th Ave Seattle, WA 98121 www.wtbbl.org/donate Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guest book at shermanknapp.com.

Pete Aneff Metaline Falls

Pete Aneff of Ione was born June 21, 1945. He died at Spokane Hospice Nov. 18, 2016. He was 71 years old. He was a lifetime resident of Metaline Falls. Pete was preceded in death by his parents, Petar Aneff-Lazaroff, and Eva Minnie Becker. Petar, who was born in Burgaria, came over to America from Aneff Hamburg, Germany, on the ocean liner Lusitania Jan. 8, 1912. He is survived by his son, Teddy Lee Aneff (Angela) and two grandchildren of Graham, Wash.; two aunts, Eunice Falwey of Kettle Falls and Dorothy Becker of Leoma, Tenn.; cousins Irene Clise, Duane Becker, Ronnie Becker, Charlene Turner, Karen Morey-Akkerman, Jerry Falwey, Larry Falwey, Vernie Hodgson, and Nora Fuller. At this time, no services are planned.

Kenneth Dale Gee Spokane

Kenneth Dale Gee passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at his daughter Shannon’s home in Spokane. He was 63. Born to William “Bill” and Lois Gee on Dec. 17, 1952, in Whitefish, Mont., Ken became little brother to Bill who was 2 at the time. The happy famGee ily created many memories living in Summit, Mont., and in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, as Dad worked on the Great Northern Railroad and Mom worked hard in the home. The family moved to Sandpoint in 1960 where Dad continued his railroad career and another brother, Russ, was born in 1962. Ken enjoyed growing up in Sandpoint as well as camping and fishing See Obituaries, 12B

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p o l i c e r e p o rt s 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.

possible intoxicated driver. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 211, report of injury accident, driver unconscious. ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, John J Vandaele, 37, of Cusick was arrested for probation violation. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of vehicle versus deer collision. ABANDONED VEHICLE: Anne Way and LeClerc Rd., report of vehicle parked in area for a few days. ASSAULT: Conklin Meadows Rd., report that complainant’s son was assaulted on school bus. ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Jennifer F. Maners, 25, of Colville was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer.

Pend Oreille County

Monday, Nov. 28

Thursday, Dec. 1

ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Tina M. Stolz, 36, of Newport, was arrested on probation violation.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: LeClerc Rd S., report of trailer blocking southbound lane with cones out.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 31, Ione

THEFT: Berry Rd., report that subject trespassed and stole wood off complainant’s property

MALICIOUS MISCHEIF: W 2nd St., Newport, report that someone broke one of the security cameras. ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Schurger, 36, of Loon Lake, was arrested for probation violation.

Fish and Game: Sullivan Lake Rd., report of white truck stopped in front of residence and tried to shoot at a deer, believe they missed, but the truck is still there.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20, report of deceased dog partially in southbound lane.

MISSING PERSON: River Rd., complainant wants to report subject missing since the 14th.

Tuesday, Nov. 29

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Scotia Rd., Newport, attempt to locate wanted subject.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Tacoma Creek, Cusick, officer out with vehicle back in the woods on tribal property. TRAFFIC HAZARD: Deer Valley Rd., report of flatbed trailer parked in the lane of travel with no one around. ARREST: Houghton St., Ione, Jeremy A. Fraley, 36, of Ione, was arrested on a local warrant misdemeanor. THEFT: Fertile Valley Rd., Newport, report that gas was siphoned in the night. FOUND PROPERTY: S. Garfield Rd., Airway Heights VEHICLE PROWL: Fertile Valley Rd., Newport, report of gas siphoned from vehicle and vehicle gone through, nothing missing. THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of shoplifter. ANIMAL BITE: Rocker Box Lane, Metaline Falls, complainant reports that while on a medical earlier in the day patient was bit by the injured party’s dog. ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Serena R. Kuhns, 23, of Airway Heights was arrested on a Department of Corrections warrant. THREATENING: Veit Rd, Newport, report that subject threatened to run complainant over earlier. VEHICLE PROWL: Fertile Valley Rd., Newport, report that gas was siphoned last night, ongoing problem. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: E. Circle Drive, Newport, report that lights are on in residence next door and they shouldn’t be.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 THEFT: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., report of firearm taken from vehicle in the last few days. DISORDERLY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of male refusing to leave. DECEASED PERSON: Dury Lane POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 211 and Deer Valley, report of

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: W. Kelly Drive, attempt to locate wanted subject DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. 6th Ave. ANIMAL NOISE: Hwy. 20, report of complainant reporting neighbor’s dogs barking nonstop. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle versus deer noninjury collision, non-blocking debris in roadway. DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, law enforcement out with disabled vehicle. DISTURBANCE: Copper Landing, report of verbal disturbance.

Saturday, Dec. 3 VEHICLE PROWL: W. 4th St., report of items taken from comp’s vehicle overnight. DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: W. 1st & Cass, report of cite and release for suspended driver. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Bergen Rd., report of complainant receiving a suspicious package. VEHICLE PROWL: W. 7th St., report of someone got into complainant’s vehicle, tried to take radio. WEAPON OFFENSE: Ashenfelter Bay Rd., report of a weapon offense. POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 20, report of dark four-door vehicle all over roadway, male driver.

ARREST: Hwy. 2 and Sitton Rd., Jason M. Robertson, 36,of Oldtown, arrested for disorderly conduct. THEFT: S. Main Ave., report of subjects cutting lumber company wood from across the street. BURGLARY: McCloud Creek Rd., report of trailer broken into sometime this morning. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of white truck with no headlights and fourways on, slow speeds. ARREST: Hwy. 2, Robert L. Vogtman, 43, of Newport was arrested on local warrant.

DISTURBANCE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of disturbance between two subjects. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: LeClerc Rd. S., complainant reports hearing sounds from the basement.

Sunday, Dec. 4

FOLLOW-UP WELFARE CHECK: Vista Drive, Newport, follow-up well check on stabbing victim.

HARASSMENT: Hwy. 211, report of workers being harassed by property owner. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, report that grey truck hit a deer, car off the roadway, deer needs to be euthanized. PURSUIT: Hwy. 211, report a wanted subject ran. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Birch Terrace Drive, report of possibly located stolen bicycles. CHILD ABUSE: Stohr Rd., report of possible child abuse. SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 1st St., report of female walking down middle of road with blanket wrapped around her. NOISE COMPLAINT: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of loud music being played.

Monday, Nov. 28 ARREST: E. Lincoln Ave., Priest River, Rachel Carson, 47, of Priest River was arrested on a warrant. THREATENING: Fiedler Lane, Oldtown

Tuesday, Nov. 29 BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL ALARM: Larch St., Priest River BURGLARY: Hwy. 2, Priest River VEHICLE THEFT: W. Diamond Heights Rd., Oldtown, Nancy C. Allen, 60 of Newport, arrested for possession of a controlled substance, while another Newport resident was cited and released for possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia. NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Priest River MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION: Fir St., Priest River, report that resident has not complied with cleaning up the junk on her property. TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2 and Bodie Canyon Rd., Priest River ARREST: E. 5TH St. S. and Hwy. 41, Oldtown, Nicholas Sjostrom, 30, of Oldtown was arrested on an outstanding warrant CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 41, Blanchard

Friday, Dec. 2 ACCIDENT, UNKNOWN INJURY: Hwy. 57, Priest River

MISSING PERSON: Horseshoe Lake Rd., report that 13-year-old female was on horseback with a friend and got separated from her after one of the horses got loose and she can’t find her now. ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Donald M. Schultz, 51, of Priest River was arrested on a local warrant. RAPE: S. 2nd Ave., Ione, report of female stating she was raped. ABANDONED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, Elk, report of vehicle tagged for 24-hour removal. ARREST: W. Sacheen Ave., Cusick, Tilda A. Walsey, 35, of Cusick was arrested on an out of county warrant. ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, Timothy J. Lubben, 28, of Spokane was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer. DISABLED VEHICLE: Hwy. 2, report of semi-truck with smoke or steam coming from hood. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: S. Cass Ave., report of large old RV parked in alley with multiple people running in and out.

West Bonner County

Thursday, Dec. 1

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Newport Ave., report of male causing a disturbance standing in drive through.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Southshore Diamond, report of wife having problems with daughter.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: LeClerc Rd. N., report of school bus stop sign violation.

ASSAULT: N. 4th Ave., Ione, report of male subject assaulted.

THREATENING: Forest Ridge Rd., Blanchard

ARREST: W. Walnut St., Newport, Michael H. Johnson, 18, of Spokane was arrested for theft.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Copper Landing

Friday, Dec. 2

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 4th St, Newport, report of female running down the street about 10 minutes ago and screaming at people.

Wednesday. Nov. 30

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of DV assault.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Northshore Diamond Lake, report of vacant trailer with car running outside of it caller has not seen the vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Veit Rd., report of suspended driver driving and acting suspiciously.

CHILD NEGLECT: Fiedler Lane, Oldtown

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Smackout Pass Rd., report of vehicle backed into woods.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Silver Birch Lane, Oldtown

Saturday, Dec. 3 ARREST: Hwy. 2, Priest River, Mercy-Dez Nathan Pagaling, 22, of Newport was arrested on outstanding Washington warrants and felony possession of a controlled substance. ARREST: St. Joe Drive, Spirit Lake, Kelly Anderson, 47, of Spirit Lake was arrested for aggravated assault and battery.

Sunday, Dec. 4 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 57 and E. Jefferson Ave., Priest River CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 2, Priest River, three subjects cited and released for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. ARREST: Kelso Lake Rd., Spirit Lake, a Spirit Lake man was cited and released for failure to have a current and valid drivers license. BURGLARY: Memory Lane, Oldtown

pu blic m e eti ngs Wednesday, Dec. 7 Diamond Lake Water and Sewer: 10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road

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

Port of Pend Oreille Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Usk, 1981 Black Road

Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione

Friends of the Library: Noon Priest River Library

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

Newport School Board: 5 p.m. District Offices Pend Oreille County Planning

Commission Hearings: 6 p.m. - Cusick Community Center West Bonner Library Board: 7 p.m. - Priest River Library Metaline Falls Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Falls Town Hall Laclede Water District: 7:30 p.m. Laclede Community Hall

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Pend Oreille Cemetery No. 1: 8:15 a.m. - E. 100 Circle Drive, Newport Pend Oreille Conservation District Board: 9:30 a.m. - Newport Post Office Building Pend Oreille County Noxious Weed Control Board: 2 p.m. - Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Newport Bonner County Democrats: 6:308 p.m. - Panhandle Health, 322 Marion St., Sandpoint West Bonner Water and Sewer District: 6:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. Metaline Town Hall

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PARENT CHILD EDUCATOR EWU Early Head Start Child and Family Outreach Programs

Eastern seeks to build a candidate pool to fill future full-time, part-time and temporary Parent Child Educator positions located in Pend Oreille, Stevens and Ferry counties. EWU Early Head Start Parent-Child Educators (PCEs) are early childhood home visitors who help parents prepare their child for Success in School and in life by engaging and equipping parents in their roles as primary nurturer, most influential teacher and child advocate. Parent Child Educators work in partnership with parents to provide comprehensive Early Head Start services in a home-based program option for pregnant women, infants and toddlers. Ninety-minute home visits are scheduled on a weekly basis, year round with two socialization events per month. Caseloads per PCE include 10 to 12 infants, toddlers and pregnant women. While PCEs are the primary service provider for the home-based EHS program option, they work collaboratively with parents, other EHS staff, volunteers, community partners and other providers plan and implement the full range of EHS services. Candidates for the Parent Child Educator positions must have knowledge and experience in: • Child development and early childhood education; • Principles of child health, safety, and nutrition; • Adult learning principles; and • Family dynamics. Additionally, they must be skilled in communicating and motivating people, and must have knowledge of community resources and the skills to link families with appropriate agencies and services. Don’t Delay! Screening begins December 28th. For complete information and to apply, go online to: https://jobs.hr.ewu.edu and follow the application instructions. Position is listed under Exempt jobs. EWU expands opportunities for personal transformation through excellence in learning. Eastern Washington University is committed to increasing and retaining the diversity of its faculty, staff, students and academic programs. We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

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a.m. Public comment and input is welcome at that time. Upon adoption, copies will be availEVENTSable for public inspection. F E S T I VA L S P R O M O T E /s/ Kelly J. Driver, YOUR REGION- Manager AL EVENT for o n l y p e n n i e s . Published in The Newport Miner NoReach 2.7 million vember 30 and December 7, 2016. readers in news- (44-2) papers statewide _________________________ for $275 classified 2016427 or $1,350 display PUBLIC NOTICE ad. Call this newsNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING paper or (360) 2017-2022 Six Year Transportation 515-0974 for deImprovement Program tails. H E L P WA N T E D 2017 Construction Program Notice is hereby given that the Pend RN’s up to $45/ Oreille County Board of Commissionhr; LPN’s up to ers will be holding a public hearing to $37.50/hr; CNA’s receive comments on the 2017-2022 up to $22.50/hr; Six Year Transportation Improvement Free gas/weekly Program and the 2017 Construction pay; $2000 BoProgram. nus; AACO NursThis hearing will take place on 13th ing Agency 1-800of December, 2016 at 10:30am in the 656-4414 Ext. 2 Commissioners Chambers, County Courthouse, 625 W. 4th Street, Get fast relief for Newport, Washington. For more inan upset budget formation on this please contact Don with The Newport Ramsey at 509-447-4513. Miner and Gem Clerk of the Board State Miner Classifieds. They work Published in The Newport Miner for others; they’ll on November 30 and December 7, work for you! Call 2016. (44-2) (509) 447-2433. ________________________

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2016419 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE FINAL BUDGET HEARING The final budget for the Port District for fiscal year 2017 will be discussed at the Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in the Port office, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. The meeting will begin at 9:00

2016428 PUBLIC NOTICE TO: Anyone Claiming a Paternal Interest Regarding Kenzie Ellen SavageLumpkin, except Remington Lumpkin You are hereby notified that there has been filed in the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, Cause No. 16-700059-7, a Petition for Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship between Kenzie Ellen Savage-Lumpkin born on March 30, 2014, in Newport, Washington, and Anyone Claiming a Paternal Interest. A court hearing on the matter will be on January 19, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. in the Pend Oreille County Juvenile Court, 229 Garden Avenue, Newport, WA 99156. You have the right to be represented Continued on 10B

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Continued from 9B by an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, an attorney will be appointed for you. Your failure to appear at this hearing or respond to this notice or file a claim of paternity under RCW 26.26 may result in a default order permanently terminating all of your rights to the abovenamed child. Published in The Newport Miner on November 30, Decemeber 7 and 14. (44-3) __________________________ 2016430 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING D AT E / T I M E C H A N G E Cusick School District No. 59 Pend Oreille County, Washington The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cusick School District No. 59 (the “District”) hereby provides this notice that they will meet for their December Board Meeting on: Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016 Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: High School Library Cusick School District 305 Monumental Way Cusick, WA

The purpose of this meeting is for the regularly scheduled December Board Meeting. CUSICK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 59 PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON By: /s/Don Hawpe Don Hawpe; Secretary, Board of Directors Published in The Newport Miner on November 30 and December 7, 2016. (44-2) __________________________ 2016433 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille County, Washington Proposed Development Regulation Amendments Notice of Application and Action and Public Hearing Announcement Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County has prepared draft amendments to the County’s Development Regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Growth Management Act. An Environmental Checklist for this nonproject action has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Environmental Policy Act. Copies of the proposed

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revised Development Regulations and the SEPA Checklist have been attached and/or are available for review at the Community Development Department, 418 S Scott Avenue, Newport, WA 99156. It is anticipated that the County will issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this non-project action. As a result, a single integrated public review and comment period is being provided to receive comments on the draft revised Development Regulations and the likely SEPA Threshold Determination in accordance with the Optional DNS process outlined in WAC 197-11-355. This may be the last opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of these proposed non-project actions. Mitigation measures may be included under applicable codes regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. The proposed amendments include provisions to prohibit the retail sales of marijuana, and to permit the production and processing of marijuana, as well as the establishment of medical marijuana cooperatives in unincorporated Pend Oreille County in accordance with the provisions of the laws of Washington State. The proposed amendments also include new development standards

applicable to permitted marijuana facilities. Written comments on the proposed amendments to the Development Regulations and the likely SEPA Threshold Determination, must be submitted, no later than December 30, to the Pend Oreille County Department of Community Development 418 S Scott Ave., or PO Box 5066, Newport, WA 99156. Written or verbal comments may also be submitted at a public hearing to be conducted by the Pend Oreille Planning Commission on Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 6:00PM at the Cusick Community Center. If you have questions regarding this non-project action, please call Andy Huddleston, Interim Pend Oreille County Director of Community Development at 509-447-6462 or Ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Dated: November 28, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on November 30 and December 7, 2016. (44-2) __________________________ 2016416 PUBLIC NOTICE H earing N otice Continued on 11B

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Continued from 10B The Pend Oreille County Commissioners will hold a hearing at 3:00 p.m., December 20, 2016 in their meeting room, 625 W. 4th, Newport, for the 2016 Budget Supplemental Appropriations and to finalize the 2017 Budget. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting, contact Clerk of the Board, 509-447-4119, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2) ________________________ 2016434 PUBIC NOTICE TS No WA08000264-16-1 APN 453124560088 TO No 160125651-WA-MSO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 6, 2017, 10:00 AM, At the Main Stairs, Old City Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth Street, Newport, WA 99156, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: THE EAST HALF OF LOT 13 AND ALL OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 21 OF SCOTT`S THIRD ADDITION TO NEWPORT, PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 12, RECORDS OF THE AUDITOR OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WA. EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF FEA AVE., WHICH IS 10 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE, SOUTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF FEA AVE. 65.71 FEET; THENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32` WEST 43.82 FEET; THENCE, NORTH 3 DEGREES 51` 07” EAST 2.72 FEET` THENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32` WEST 26.36 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID EAST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF OF LOT 13; THENCE, NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE 62.71 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF AN ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 21; THENCE, NORTH 89 DEGREES 18` EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE 70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. APN: 453124560088 More commonly known as 900 WEST 5TH STREET, NEWPORT, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated as of September 25, 2010, executed by GEORGE F. PITTMAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee

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for BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, recorded November 16, 2010 as Instrument No. 20100306994 and the beneficial interest was assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and recorded June 9, 2014 as Instrument Number 20140318628 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Pend Oreille County, Washington. II. No action commenced by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. Current Beneficiary: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Contact Phone No: 800-669-6607 Address: 7105 Corporate Drive, Building C, Plano, TX 75024 III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY WHEN DUE THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WHICH ARE NOW IN ARREARS: DELINQUENT PAYMENT INFORMATION From July 1, 2015 To August 16, 2016 Number of Payments 1 $910.60 4 $909.61 8 $857.22 1 $1,163.00 Total $12,569.80 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION July 1, 2015 August 16, 2016 $0.00 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: September 25, 2010 Note Amount: $145,126.00 Interest Paid To: June 1, 2015 Next Due Date: July 1, 2015 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $133,127.19, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on January 6, 2017. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by December 26, 2016, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before December 26, 2016 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the December 26, 2016 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS GEORGE F PITTMAN 900 WEST 5TH STREET, NEWPORT, WA 99156 GEORGE F PITTMAN 3300 N TENAYA WAY APT 1028, LAS VEGAS, NV 89129-7412 GEORGE F PITTMAN 420 85TH PL SW APT M101, EVERETT, WA 98204-7654 GEORGE F PITTMAN 901 W 5TH ST, NEWPORT, WA 99156 GEORGE F PITTMAN C/O MICHAEL J. MCLAUGHLIN P.S. REAL ESTATE CLOSING DEPT , 312 S. WASHINGTON AVE, NEWPORT, WA 99156 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GEORGE F PITTMAN 900 WEST 5TH STREET, NEWPORT, WA 99156 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GEORGE F PITTMAN 3300 N TENAYA WAY APT 1028, LAS VEGAS, NV 89129-7412 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GEORGE F PITTMAN 420 85TH PL SW APT M101, EVERETT, WA 98204-7654 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GEORGE F PITTMAN 901 W 5TH ST, NEWPORT, WA 99156 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GEORGE F PITTMAN C/O MICHAEL J. MCLAUGHLIN P.S. REAL ESTATE CLOSING DEPT , 312 S. WASHINGTON AVE, NEWPORT, WA 99156 by both first class and certified mail on June 27, 2016, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place June 29, 2016 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The

Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. If the Borrower received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819 Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud. gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 6064819 Website: www.homeownership.wa.gov NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060; Dated: August 17, 2016 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Authorized Signatory MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 500 Union Street, Suite 620 Seattle, WA 98101 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 833-6388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT w w w. A u c t i o n . c o m I S L N u m b e r 16375 Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 28, 2016. (45, 48) _________________________ 2016435 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received through Friday, December 16, 2016, 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, 2017, to December 31, 2017. For bid information and bid forms please contact the Selkirk School District at (509) 446-2951 or P.O. Box 129 Metaline Falls, WA 99153. Mailed bids must be plainly marked “Fuel Bid” on the outside of the envelope all bids must be received in the Selkirk District Office. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2) ________________________ 2016436 PUBLIC NOTICE N otice of A pplication Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on November 30th, 2016, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjustment submitted by G. Doug

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Cash on behalf of Gary Grant and John & Heather Johnson to modify the boundaries between two contiguous parcels. (Parcel #’s 43360453-0002 & 433604-53-0001); within the recorded plat of Knapp Division, book 2 of Short Plats page 190. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM in the Courthouse Annex, 418 S Scott Ave, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4474821. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Interim Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than Dec. 22nd, 2016 after which a final administrative decision will be made. Dated: Dec. 01, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on December 7, 2016. (45) _________________________ 2016437 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille Conservation District Board on Supervisors will hold a special meeting at 2:00 pm on January 12th, 2017 at 121 N. Washington Ave. Newport, WA 99156 to adopt a resolution setting the date, time, and location of an election to fill a Conservation District Supervisor’s expiring term. Additional election information can also be found on the district’s website: www.pocd.org Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2) _________________________ 2016438 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting at 5:30pm on December 12th, 2016 at 121 N Washington Ave. Newport, WA 99156 to work on the POCD long Range Plan (2017-2022). David Marcell POCD Published in The Newport Miner on December 7, 2016. (45) __________________________ 2016439 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF IONE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Ione Town Council in Council Chambers, 112 Central Avenue, Ione, Washington 99139 at 7:10 p.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The purpose of the hearing is for public comments on the 2017 Budget and approve Ordinance 589. /s/ Sandy Hutchinson, Clerk-Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2) _________________________ 2016440 PUBLIC NOTICE The Sacheen Lake Water & Sewer District’s Board of Commissioners will be holding its 2017 budget and rate hearing during its regular meeting, December 14 at 5:00pm at the Sacheen Lake Fire Station on Highway 211. /s/ Sheila Pearman Sheila Pearman, District Manager Published in The Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2) _________________________ 2016441 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE C all for bids . Project: Port of Pend Oreille, Dba Pend Oreille Valley Railroad, Blast Booth. Sealed bids will be received from qualified contractors for the above project by Kelly Driver, Manager, Port of Pend Oreille, Dba Pend Oreille Valley Railroad 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180. Sealed bids to be delivered on or before 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 with the notation “sealed bid” in the lower left hand corner of the sealed envelope. Late bids will not be accepted. The scope of the project consists of construction of a 45’ x 100’ steelframed building addition to the existing steel framed shop/paint booth building. The bid for the project is being separated into base bid and additive alternate bid items. Bid proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the Bidding Continued on 12B

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and hunting in the Selkirks. He loved outdoor activities. Ken wrestled for the Sandpoint Bulldogs and graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1971. After high school he worked at the Selkirk Cedar Mill in Naples, Idaho, where his right arm was crushed in an accident and eventually had to be amputated. Ken recuperated and resumed hunting soon afterward, using a righthanded bolt action to harvest a deer. Ken could do anything with one arm, including hunt, fish, drive a stick shift, and shark-up at pool without using a bridge. He had a real “cando” spirit and devised his own ways to cope, shunning the use of a prosthetic arm, saying, “The damn thing just gets in my way.” He married Beverly Walkley in 1974, and they had two daughters, Shannon and Breanna. They later divorced, but Ken always supported and stayed close with his daughters and his grandkids. Ken was always a great cook. After his accident he attended Culinary School at Idaho State

University in Pocatello, Idaho, where he graduated in 1975. Ken worked for a short time in the food service industry, but his love of the outdoors eventually led him back to North Idaho where he began a career as a log-scaler. Over the years Ken scaled logs for several mills in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. All who knew Ken have multiple memories and colorful stories of camping, hunting, fishing, and just hanging out with him, maybe even over an adult beverage or three. These memories keep him close to our hearts. He could be stubborn but had a kind heart and was a generous man who thought of the needs of others. Ken was preceded in death by his parents and by Bev, the mother of his children. He is survived by his brothers Bill (Peggy) of Newport, and Russ (Jian) of Lewiston, Idaho; his daughters Shannon Gee and Breanna Ramsey of Spokane; and grandchildren Alyssa Capato, Jaedan Gee, Mikayla Ramsey, Bryson Ramsey and Aubrey Lofton; niece Katie (Derek) Bynagle of Homer,

Continued from 11B Requirements and Contract Documents for the above referenced project as prepared by James A. Sewell and Associates LLC, 400 S. Jefferson, Suited 452, Spokane, WA. 99204 dated November 10, 2016. Bid Proposals shall be on forms furnished by James A. Sewell & Associates LLC. Address Bid Proposals to Kelly Driver, Manager, Port of Pend Oreille, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180. Bids will be opened at approximately 9:15 a.m. on January 10, 2017. Bids will be reviewed and evaluated prior to making a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners to award,

Alaska; their children Johannes, Etta and Mathilde; and nephew Jeramy Gee of Tacoma, Wash. At Ken’s request, there will be no service or memorial. Friends and family are encouraged to gather informally and share a memory or two of Ken. Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Visit Ken’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign his guestbook.

Dustin Noel Hicks Newport

Dustin Noel Hicks passed from Tuesday, Nov. 29, in his home surrounded by the family he loved so much. He was 31. He was born Oct. 1, 1985, in Coeur Hicks d’Alene, Idaho, to his parents Shari and James Nick. Following graduation from Newport High School in 2004, Dustin married his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Alyssa (Shaw),

or not award, the bid. Contract documents will be available for examination on or after December 7, 2016. Examination may be made at the following locations: Port of Pend Oreille, 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180 James A. Sewell & Associates LLC, 600 West Fourth Street, Newport, WA. 99156 James A. Sewell & Associates LLC, 400 South Jefferson, Suite 452, Spokane, WA. 99204 Inland Northwest AGC, 4935 E. Trent Avenue, Spokane, WA. 99212 Assoc. Gen. Contractors of American, Inc., 8884 N. Gov’t Way, Hayden, ID. 83835 Spokane Regional Plan Center, 209

March 25, 2006. Together, they raised their son William and two beautiful baby boys, to whom Dustin was a loving and devoted Dad. He worked in the Newport/ Priest River area but enjoyed his work at Aerocet Inc., for the past several years. Dustin was the center of a huge circle of family and an even larger circle of activity, including dirt biking and camping and fishing with his family. He loved long weekends of Priest Lake adventures and was known as the King of beach volleyball at Diamond Lake. He enjoyed building things and being outdoors and was the master of the Thanksgiving Turkey Shootout. He had a quick wit with a wonderful sense of humor and would bring light to any situation. He always believed that you need to live life and not just watch it go by. He was a big Rocky fan and lived by this creed, “It ain’t about how hard you hit: It’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.

N. Havana, Spokane, WA. 99202 Assoc. Builders & Contractors, 1760 E. Trent Ave., Spokane, WA. 99202 Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of James A. Sewell & Associates LLC located at 600 West Fourth Street, Newport, WA. 99156, upon payment of a non-refundable plan fee of $100.00 per paper copy and/ or $25.00 per electronic CD copy. All bidders will be required to provide a bid bond, cashier’s check or certified check in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Contract with the Port of Pend Oreille and provide Performance and Payment Bonds for 100% of the

It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” Rocky Balboa. Dustin is survived by his wife Alyssa Hicks and son William Shaw; parents Shari and James Nick; in-laws Steve and Holly Shaw and Pat and Shelly Phillips; siblings Jillian Hicks, Alora Nick, Trevor Shaw, Jeff Baker, Kelli Shaw, Joey Phillips, Steven Shaw Jr., Samantha Nick and Matthew Nick; lots of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his brothers JD Baker and Lance Shaw. It is impossible to capture such a robust life in a scant few paragraphs but three thoughts surface around Dustin: too young for death, capable in the extreme, and caring, especially to his family. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.sherman-knapp.com.

bid price, and provide evidence of adequate liability insurance. The Port of Pend Oreille is an equal opportunity employer. The project is being funded by the Port of Pend Oreille. All work on the project is subject to Washington State Prevailing Wage Rates for Pend Oreille County. The right to reject any or all bid proposals, either in whole or in part, or to waive any informalities or irregularities therein is reserved by the Port of Pend Oreille /s/ Kelly J. Driver Manager Published in the Newport Miner on December 7 and 14, 2016. (45-2)

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