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Wear floats county administrator idea County leaders expect deficit this year BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Department heads had a mixed reaction to county commissioner Diane Wear’s idea that the county create a new half time position of county administrator and pay for it by county commissioners taking a cut in pay.

The county is facing a $500,000 reduction in state revenue, according to the budget passed out of the House. Just what the final budget looks like is yet to be seen, but it is doubtful the county will receive more money from the state. County Commissioners met with some employees and department heads Tuesday SEE WEAR, 2A to discuss the budget, inMINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING

Right: Public Works Director Sam Castro gives a presentation on how his department dealt with lack of money during a presentation to county commissioners and county employees Monday, Feb. 28.

PUD revolving fund closes BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The PUD’s Economic Development Revolving fund held its last meeting Feb. 21 ending one of the last local grant funds for community projects. Over the years it created seed money for many projects throughout the county including the renovation of Newport

School District’s Don Ellersick field. The fund was started in 2002. It has awarded $453,900 in that time. “We voted at the last meeting to dissolve the fund,” April Owen, interim executive director of the PUD said. “We worked ourselves out of a job,” joked Leroy Leland, the chair-

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Road union approves contract MINER PHOTO|ROSEMARY DANIEL

A snowy hand of poker

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

Snowmobilers start out in the Selkirk Trailblazers Club Poker Run, sponsored by the club Saturday, Feb. 18. Attended by more than 100 riders, snowmobilers traveled from Ione to Tiger Meadows, then on to Beaver Lodge and Beastrom Meadow before returning back to Ione, picking up a card at each stop. The best hand earned a grand prize of $1,000, which was won by John Sattler of Colville. Two loser hands were drawn and Jory Maupin of Ione and Andy Hydorn of Colville each won $25.

Pend Oreille Mine to hire more employees Exploration continues; production still at a halt BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

METALINE FALLS – While the Pend Oreille Mine remains on temporary shutdown waiting for the economy to turn around, it will be hiring 15 new employees for a total of 77, to continue exploration of minerals in the ground. The mine shut down about three years ago and has been operated on a care and maintenance status, waiting for the auto industry to recover and the need for zinc to increase.

While mining is not taking place, exploration of minerals continues. Former manager Mark Brown is no longer at the helm of the mine, which is owned by Teck American Incorporated. Dave Godlewski, vice president of environment and public affairs for Teck, said Brown has moved on to a coal mine at Cardinal River in Canada. Dave Riggelman is the interim mine manager, but Godlewski declined to say when or if a permanent manger would be hired. While the mine is currently on a temporary shutdown sta-

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Charges brought in pedestrian death BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A Spokane man is facing multiple charges in connection with the death of a pedestrian that occurred about a year ago on Highway 2 at Diamond Lake near the fire station. Kevin Patrick Shaw, 29, of Spokane, pled not guilty to attempted hit and run that resulted in a fatality, tampering with a witness, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of oxycodone, driving under the influence and obstructing a police officer, when he appeared before Supe-

|| Newport chamber meets March 6 NEWPORT – The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is having its next general members meeting Tuesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in the PUD’s Box Canyon Room, located at 130 N. Washington, in Newport. Shirley Wagoner, an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with the Camas Center Clinic and Donna Molvik from the Kalispel Tribe will be presenting on the wide variety of health care services that the Camas Center Clinic offers to the entire Pend Oreille Valley community. The Camas Center Clinic offers medical, chiropractic, dental and mental health services, along with physical and aquatic therapy. The clinic is contracted as a preferred provider with insurance carriers in the service area and can bill Medicare, Medicaid and other health

Other county unions looking at contracts

rior Court Judge Allen Nielson Thursday, Feb. 23. The first four charges are felonies. Shaw is charged with driving the car that struck and killed Timothy James Davis about 3 a.m. March 26, 2011. Shaw is free on his own recognizance. The Washington State Patrol conducted the investigation into Davis’ death. Shaw was arrested at the scene the night Davis was killed, initially for vehicular homicide. He also had two warrants for driving with a suspended license. He was taken to Spokane County Jail. SEE CHARGES, 2A

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insurance companies. In addition the chamber will also have a brief presentation on Healthy Newport, how the chamber is supporting this community coalition and the opportunities it will provide for members to both participate and promote their businesses.

Deadlines announced for election season NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office released the deadlines for this voting season. Any resolutions must be turned into the office by March 2, with any special elections held April 17. May 11 is the deadline to turn in resolutions for the primary election set for Aug. 7, and Aug. 7, is the deadline for the general election held Nov. 6. Filing week is the third week in May, May 14-18. Declarations of candidacy can be accepted via mail on

NEWPORT – Members of Pend Oreille County’s road union voted 17-2 to approve a new labor contract. The vote came in Feb. 14. Other unions still undecided. The previous contract expired at the end of 2010 and they went

through 2011 with a one-year extension of the old contract. The contract includes no pay raises, but it does include a “me too” clause. If another group of county employees receives a pay raise, the road workers will get one too. The union also has the ability to open the contract every other year to discuss wages, but the contract is in place for six years, as proposed by the county.

SEE UNION, 2A

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Pickup collides with bus A 1980 Chevrolet pickup truck ran into a West Bonner County School District bus carrying 35 students the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 21. Five students were transported to the Newport Hospital, along with the 17-year-old driver of the pickup truck. SEE CRASH, 2A

April 30. The full election calendar is located on the Secretary of State’s website, www.secstate.wa.gov/ elections. For all election information for Pend Oreille County, visit www.pendoreilleco.org/county/elections.asp. Questions can be directed to Liz Krizenesky at 509447-6472 or lkrizenesky@pendoreille.org.

Property taxes in the mail

NEWPORT – Resident of Pend Oreille County are receiving their property tax statements in the mail based on assessed values established by the county last summer. While every property in the county gets a statistical analysis every year to determine assessment values, a quarter of the county gets an actual physical inspec-

tion. That happens in the summer and at that time, assessments go out in the mail. Newport and the south county will get physical inspections this year which will be used for assessed values going out to property owners this summer. That is when residents can appeal to the board of equalization if they believe the assessor’s office made a mistake on the new assessment, assessor Jim McCroskey said. The board of equalization is appointed by the county commissioners. A property owner must have proof that the assessor’s office made a mistake in the property’s valuation. Taxes this year have increased in Pend Oreille County because McCroskey is trying to get assessments as close to 100 percent of market value as possible, as required by state law, after years of evaluations being much lower than 100 percent.

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School district grapples with levy amount tion from .5 full-time equivalent to .6 • Increase counselors by 1.5 FTE BY MICHELLE NEDVED • Football helmets for the high OF THE MINER school • Storage facility for the high PRIEST RIVER – School board school athletic equipment officials are trying to keep the • Concussion impact testing next maintenance and operaand/or trainer tions levy for the West Bonner • High school summer weight County School District as close room program to last year’s amount as possible. • Phone systems for Priest River The official amount has not yet Elementary, Idaho Hill Elemenbeen set, but the board discussed tary and Priest River Junior High the 2012-13 levy amount at its New facility requests total regular meeting Wednesday $250,900, and include two carpet night. extractors, patch and seal coat on The proposed levy presented the parking lots, bleachers for the Wednesday high school and Priest night includes W H AT ’S N E X T: River Elementary, a all requests bathroom remodel on THE SCHOOL BOARD will made by the the junior high, high meet Wednesday, Feb. 29, administration. at 5:30 p.m. in the district school door hardware It is $435,784 and a pressure regulaoffice to officially set the more than the levy amount for the 2012-13 tor for the high school. $2,326,812 All prior levy items, election. 2011-12 levy. totaling $2,326,812, The board will meet Wednesday, are proposed to be carried over Feb. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the district for next year, including fundoffice to set the final levy proposal. ing state reductions, a school “The goal is to have the same resource officer, activities and levy amount as the current school sports, technology supplies, the year, or as close to that amount as gifted and talented program, possible,” board clerk Debra Butschool and library funds, field trey said. trips, copy paper, curriculum New requests, not including and continuing education and facilities, total $208,072. Those longevity stipends for teachers. include the following: Trustee Eric Eldenburg said • A 3.6-percent step increase for he would support an increase of Classified Staff $100,000 beyond the 2011-12 levy • Required special education amount to help offset the scheduled paraprofessionals state reductions dictated by Idaho • Increase in the library tech Code. This was not an action item time at the high school to include and the board did not vote. They lunch room supervision all indicated that they agreed with • Increase the school nurse posi- Eldenburg’s sentiment.

Goal is to keep amount similar to this year

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Pend Oreille County deputy prosecutor Tony Koures said he charged what the facts supported, which didn’t include vehicular homicide. According to a woman who was walking with Davis at the time of the collision, Davis had thrown a water bottle into the road. He immediately walked out into the road to get it and was struck by the car. Prosecutors believe Shaw was the driver. His blood was drawn and tested and showed he had a blood ethyl level of .08. He also tested positive for marijuana, according to the investigation report. Shaw initially told investigators that he had been in the back seat sleeping and that he thought Carly Bender was driving, according to the investigation report. Bender told a Pend Oreille County Sheriff deputy that she was driving but when confronted, said Shaw was driving. Shaw and Bender were taking Bradley Dean Thew back to Newport. Thew and Shaw had been out celebrating Thew’s 21st birthday. The pedestrian, Davis, had been to the home of a Diamond Lake couple just minutes before his death. According to the WSP investigation report, the woman had helped him earlier in the day with a hitchhiking sign. The couple chased Davis away and, according to the woman, Davis said he would return and kill the man and rape the woman, according to the report. When the couple heard the sound of a collision a few minutes later, the woman went outside. The woman reported seeing a man get out of the driver’s

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side from a white 2010 Subaru Impreza. The man said he had to “get the hell out of here,” she told investigators. The woman said she put herself in front of the car to keep the car from driving away. The man, who she identified as Shaw, took a black duffle bag out of the car and walked in a circle, saying, “I can’t believe this, I can’t believe this.” Then the man and a female ran into the woods behind the Diamond Lake Lumber Yard. When they returned they didn’t have the duffle bag, the woman said. She said she put herself in front of the car again to keep them from driving off. By this time law enforcement had started to arrive. Bender eventually told them Shaw was the driver. Investigators found the duffle bag leaning against a tree behind the lumber yard. They eventually got a search warrant to search it and found a little over an ounce of marijuana and some scales and a prescription bottle with five oxycodone pills. Bender will be charged in District Court, Koures said, with either obstructing justice or making a false report. Davis, the pedestrian, was 29 years old when he died. He was born and raised in Newport and lived with his parents, Jim and Sharon Davis, at Diamond Lake. He had been a pro motorcycle racer when he was younger, according to his obituary. On the night he was killed, he was wearing a black trench coat covering six sets of coats and shirts. He had alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine and the pain killer tramadol in his system, the report said, citing an autopsy.

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Students injured in bus crash High school wrestler misses out on state tournament BY DON GRONNING AND MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – A pickup truck slid into a West Bonner County school bus Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, at about 7:25 a.m., sending five students to the hospital, as well as the pickup truck driver. School district superintendent Mike McGuire said there was fresh snow on the ground

and the school bus was moving slowly on Riverview Road, turning onto Riverside Road, located south of the Pend Oreille River near the town of Priest River. One of the injured students, sophomore Diamond Robinson, was supposed to compete at the 3A Idaho State Wrestling tournament this past weekend in Pocatello. His coach, Jake Stark, said he was not able to participate because of a concussion he sustained in the bus accident. According to the Idaho State Police collision report, the road

MINE | EDC received $200,000 grant FROM PAGE 1

tus with plans to open, eventually it will be shut down permanately, which is the nature “boom-bust” natural resource based industries, Godlewski said. A citizens’ committee, the Selkirk Community Planners, has been formed to decide what to do with the property once the mine is shut down, and the Pend Oreille Economic Development Council received an Integrated Planning grant in the amount of $200,000 to put together a plan for the reuse of the mine site once operations permanently end. About $18,000 of that will

go to the EDC for administrative costs. Two firms have bid on the job: James A. Sewell and Associates, LLC, in Newport, and Maul Foster Alongi. EDC executive director Jamie Wyrobeck said the selection committee, made up of members of the Selkirk Community Planners, is in the process of grading and ranking the two bids and a decision will soon be made. Godlewski said Teck is not a member of the committee, but participates in the discussion, acting as a type of ex officio member. The Selkirk Community Planners is comprised of repre-

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The county is also in the process of settling a contract with the Teamsters, which includes contracts for five different groups of employees: Courthouse/Hall of Justice, prosecutors, deputies, corrections officers and dispatchers. Stafford said the county submitted a concept offer to the unions, which voted and rejected it. The county is now waiting for a counter-offer. “I’m really expecting it anytime,” Stafford said. The road union contract also increases staff medical benefits to match that of courthouse employees. Road employees were at $518.49 a month, which was increased to $560 a month. Human resources coordinator Shelly Stafford said there is a myriad of plans employees can choose from, and the number of dependants changes the cost of each plan. However, if a single employee chooses the least

expensive plan, their insurance costs will be 100 percent covered by the county. The layoff language increased the payout for personal leave by an additional 100 hours if the employee has the leave on the books. The county will also supply two pairs of leather gloves and safety glasses annually. Sam Castro, public works director, said the union took the county’s budget situation into consideration. In the last year, five road union employees were laid off during the summer months to save money and roads made a number of other cuts to come out of debt. “The union sent us a very clear message, 17 to 2 that they understand the county’s position and our direction,” Castro said. “What we have in place is really a working contract that we can sustain for a few years.” The county is still working out the wording for the “me too” clause and defining

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which groups are included in that clause. The clause will not include sheriff’s deputies because that group is entitled to binding arbitration. The board of commissioners will need to give their final approval to the contract, which will occur once the county and the union agree the wording is accurate. Castro said this could take a couple of weeks. The union voted in early December and came out with a tie. About 24 road employees are part of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees Local 1135. Professional Dean Vercruysse negotiated on behalf of the union. Castro has been negotiating for the county since he was hired in September 2010. He said it was a collaborative bargaining approach – rather than a positionbased approach – where each side brought options to the table and talked about what they can reasonably do. “It was very helpful on both sides,” he said.

WEAR | Some employees like the idea FROM PAGE 1

cluding Wear’s proposal, which she sent by email to county employees Monday, Feb. 27, announcing her plan and seeking feedback. She got some. “I cannot believe that in this economy, and the crisis of our budget that you would even be thinking of creating yet another position,” wrote Lisa Vallieres of the Treasurer’s Office. “We have had to lay off employees and may lose more, employees are the back bone of this county.” Others were more supportive. Tammy Scribner of the Public Works Department wrote that she favored Wear’s idea. “It is obvious that our county is in serious trouble and the future looks even worse,” she wrote. “I believe it is about time, like it or not, to make some drastic chang-

es which will hopefully save our county and its employees.” Wear pointed to the Public Works Department, headed by Sam Castro in her email Monday. “The current director, staff, and the department have become a model of efficiency,” Wear wrote. For many reasons, the county as a whole have not been able to accomplish what Castro has accomplished with his department, she said. A county administrator could change that, she said. Jill Shacklett of the auditor’s office pointed out that having a county administrator isn’t an automatic solution to the county’s budget problems. Wear said Castro would be willing to serve as a half time county administrator – in addition to running the Public

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sentatives from the Pend Oreille County EDC, town of Metaline Falls, Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille PUD, Kalispel Tribe of Indians, U.S. Forest Service, city of Newport, Selkirk School District, Port of Pend Oreille, Pend Oreille County Planning Department, Pend Oreille County Commissioners, Washington State University Extension, small business owners, North Pend Oreille Chamber of Commerce and concerned citizens. Teck is currently doing remedial work under a Consent Decree with the state of Washington on two historic tailings disposal facilities used by prior operators of the mine.

UNION | Took county’s budget into account

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was icy. Tanner Linton, 16, was driving the 1980 black Chevrolet pickup, which was totaled. He was transported by Bonner County EMS to Newport Hospital. The school bus, owned by the school district, was moderately damaged, and driven by Arthur Anderson, 59, of Oldtown. According to the ISP, students transported by Bonner County EMS to Newport Hospital were Ryan Hays, Dawsen Obrien, Colton Harnack and Jesse Harnack, along with Robinson.

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Works Department – without an increase in pay the first year. Castro earns $80,000 a year currently. Wear is suggesting the county commissioners approach the salary commission to reduce the commissioners’ salary. The salary commission only considers such requests every four years and the deadline to get the matter before them is March 20, although it is unclear whether they can reduce salaries. Wear outlined several scenarios in her email. Only two of the three salaries could be reduced before 2016, as Laura Merrill was just elected to another term and her salary couldn’t be reduced before the term is up. If two commissioner salaries were cut in half, it would save the SEE WEAR, 7A

L A ST Y E A R This week last year was very similar to what happened last week. The area received 1 inch of snow and highs were in the 30s and 40s with lows ranging from 14 to 32.

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BR I E FLY Tri-County ICC meets In Colville COLVILLE – The next TriCounty Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) meeting will be Tuesday, March 6 at the Tri County Economic Development District Office, located at 986 South Main St., Suite A, in Colville. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. and runs until 3 p.m. The council is committed to provide early intervention services for children with disabilities up to age three, and their families who live in Pend Oreille, Stevens or Ferry County. The ICC coordinates the delivery of services to these families by all agencies that serve the TriCounty area. Meetings are open to the public. Parents with concerns about their infants and toddlers are welcome to come to the ICC meeting. Childcare and/or mileage reimbursement may be available for parents who are able to attend. For additional information, contact Joanie Christian at 509-684-5048. Northeast Tri County Health District administers the Tri-County ICC.

PUD to hold hearing on commissioner boundaries NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County is redrawing its commissioner boundaries based on the 2010 census. The public utility district plans to adopt the plan soon, but first the commissioners will hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday, March 6 at 1 p.m. at the PUD offices in Newport. County commissioners have already adopted the plan Jan. 9. Port commissioners will do so as well. The plan calls for the northern most commissioner District 3 to now include part of the Furport precinct west of Indian Creek Road. Deer Valley South will become part of District 2. Commissioners for District 3 are John Hankey for the county board, Rick Larson for the PUD and Steve Kiss for the port. District 2 commissioners are Laura Merrill, Curt Knapp and Bob Shanklin, and District 1 commissioners are Diane Wear, Dan Peterson and John Harkness.

New voter ID cards go out in mail NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office is sending out new voter identification cards to the 650 registered voters whose districts have changed due to the 2010 U.S. Census. Voters in Deer Valley South (precinct 25), Furport (6), and Newport Northeast (12), will receive new cards. The census caused a redistricting to keep the populations in each district even. The new cards will show which county district the voter is in. Those voters don’t need to do anything further.

Newport chamber office gets help NEWPORT – The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce is getting a new employee at no cost, through Career Path Services. Jolene Foster will be working about 20 hour a week at the chamber office for three months. Her salary is paid through Career Path Services. Barry Seward, the chamber’s new executive director said she will become involved in helping the chamber with various office tasks. The chamber is also now sharing its office with the Pend Oreille Tourism Alliance (PORTA). Executive director Susan Harris shares the office with Seward. The chamber had organized a schedule of many volunteers to greet and assist visitors during the summer. The chamber and PORTA have been exploring ways to collaborate on visitor center services, and while there hasn’t been any formal arrangements, Seward said PORTA is willing to help, with a goal to expand that role this summer. The chamber receives $200 in county Hotel/ Motel tax money, which will remain with the chamber to stock and distribute county brochures and guides for tourists.

Fit Together! corporate challenge kicks off

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Chocolate wonders The Cooking Network’s Extreme Chef, Icehouse Edition, LJ Klink poses with the winners of the Cutter Theatre’s Chocolate Dessert Challenge. Pictured with LJ are Dave Egerton, left in back row, the third place winner for a turtle cheesecake entry, Ryan Zimmerman, first place winner with a chocolate Bundt cake, and Tyler Pollock with his brothers, Ian and Cody Pollock, in front, won second place for their Nutty for Nutella cupcakes and cookies. LJ and his wife, Shellie, judged the entries on taste, texture and presentation. Approximately 100 people attended the program demonstration and dessert buffet. Cutter Theatre volunteers were honored for their efforts during the past year, and received free admission to the event as a thank you.

Clean audit for South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue OLYMPIA – The Washington State Auditor’s office conducted an audit of the South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue district from Jan. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31. 2010. According to the audit, the district was in compliance with state laws and regulations and its own policies. The auditor looked at contracts/agreements, debt/covenants, open public meetings/

records laws, disbursements/ expenditures, payroll/personnel and procurement, including bidding and prevailing wage. The district had a budget of about $250,000 in 2008, $550,000 in 2009 and $280,000 in 2010, according to the report. The audit found that the district had corrected items found in prior audits. The district now complies with public records and

open meetings laws, something a 2009 audit faulted it for not doing. The district now documents compliance with purchasing requirements, something the 2009 audit faulted them for not doing. The district now submits financial reports to the Auditor’s Office within 150 days of the yearend, something that wasn’t done in 2006 or 2007.

Man sentenced for protection order violation BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A 37-year-old man who has been locked up in Pend Oreille County Jail for almost 11 months pled guilty to a felony count of violating a protection order and was sentenced to 24 months in prison when he appeared before Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson Thursday, Feb. 23. That was less than the standard range of 51-60 months. Jason Lee White, 37, has been held on $50,000 bail since he was arrested April 2, 2011. White was pulled over for failing to signal and having a cracked windshield. White was riding with his wife, who is the subject of the no contact order. White had been convicted of assaulting the woman in 2008 in Thurston County, which resulted in the no contact order. After the no contact order was filed, White and the woman got married. The order is in effect until 2013. White has six felony convictions, including previous violations of the protection order. He initially wanted to plead not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent

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to Eastern State Hospital, where he was evaluated and found to be competent to stand trial. His wife has been trying to get the no contact order lifted but because of the charge in Pend Oreille County, she couldn’t. Defense attorney Barrett Scudder said that she had been in contact with him and that she wanted to be with White. Deputy prosecutor Dolly Hunt told the judge that sentencing White to less than the standard sentence was appropriate, since the woman was initiating the contact. Hunt said the woman had attempted to visit White twice while he was at Eastern, once under an assumed name. Defense attorney Barrett Scudder told Nielson that White has mental health issues. White has been at Western State Hospital twice and at Eastern State Hospital once. He said White had an eighth grade education and was on Social

Security. He asked that Nielson waive what financial obligations he could. White told Nielson that he and his wife were deeply in love and want to be together. He apologized for the problems the case has caused. Neilson said that he had noticed a marked improvement in White’s demeanor in the months he has been here. But White will have to wait until the protection order expires before he has contact with the woman. “The only way to have a loving relationship is to have the order lifted,” he said. He reminded White that no matter who initiates the contact, it was White who would go to jail if it is violated. Neilson also placed White on 12 months probation. He agreed with Scudder that the financial obligations should be minimal. He assessed $600 in court costs and waived other fees and fines.

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NEWPORT – Embracing National Nutrition Month, Healthy Newport is promoting a variety of nutrition-related events and classes this coming month. A free nutrition essentials class is set for March 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Club Energy, taught by Lori Montaigue, MA, RD. Free adult nutrition/food preparation classes will be taught by WSU Extension Food $ense Staff at the Kalispel Tribe Community Building March 15 and 29. A nutritious recipe contest will be held at the Camas Center Deli, weekly nutrition classes are at Club Energy and gluten free cooking, kids cook and heart healthy soups cooking classes will be at The Kitchen Shoppe. Classes tend to fill up quickly so spots must be reserved in advance. Visit www.healthynewport.com for more information. Registration is also now open for the free Fit Together! eightweek corporate/group challenge, which begins March 5. Teams of eight will compete weekly for points, prizes and local bragging rights in three categories: Activity, Nutrition and “Mystery” and can sign up either at Club Energy or the Camas Center. March marks the 40th anniversary of the Older Americans Act Senior Nutrition Programs. To celebrate this anniversary, there are a number of events to benefit

the local Meals on Wheels program, coordinated through Rural Resources, scheduled throughout the month, such as a penny drive at Stratton Elementary School March 12-16, a basket silent auction at the Newport Hospital Cafeteria March 12-16 and Newport mayor Shirley Sands participating in Mayors for Meals March 13. Healthy Newport is a grassroots community coalition of various “Partners in Health” including Newport Hospital and Health Services & Foundation, Newport School District, Club Energy Fitness Club, The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce, Rural Resources, WSU Extension – Pend Oreille County, The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Camas Center for Community Wellness, Pend Oreille County, the city of Newport, Pend Oreille Crime Victim Services, Pend Oreille Microenterprise Development Organization, Northeast Tri County Health District, Pend Oreille County Counseling Services, Newport Head Start, EWU Early Head Start, Camp Fire USA and more. Despite its name, Healthy Newport is not limited to just Newport – neighbors throughout Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties are encouraged to join. For more information, visit www.healthynewport.com, Like Us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/healthynewport or email healthynewport@gmail. com.

Newport chamber gala tickets sold out NEWPORT – Tickets for the First Annual Spring Gala: Dinner, Dance and Auction, are sold out. The event is put on by the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce to announce the winners of various 2011 Chamber Distinction Awards. In addition to food, music and dancing, the following awards will be presented to one of the nominees: Business of the Year: Ben Franklin, The Kitchen Shoppe, Shanty and Sharon’s Country Store Citizen of the Year: Gayle Cagianut, Cindy Campbell, Robert Karr and Nancy Thompson Event of the Year: Festival of Trees, Lavender Festival, Newport Rodeo Weekend and Who Let the Girls Out?! Community Partner of the Year:

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Newport Hospital & Health Services & Foundation, Newport School District Best New Member: American Eagle HVAC, Anastasias Spa & Salon and Bear Naked Adventures Best Storefront: Just Because, My Sisters Cottage and Shanty Best Customer Service: Michaels, Seeber’s Pharmacy, Selkirk Ace Hardware, STCU Newport Branch There is still time to vote for the nominees listed above until Feb. 29 at 5 p.m. Voting is now open to everyone. To vote visit http://NewportAreaChamber.com. The chamber is still looking for items to be auctioned off, so if you would like to share something for the auction please call, email or stop at the chamber office.

Bonner planning commission holds workshop SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission is holding a workshop Thursday, March 1, from 5-7 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the county’s

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Save Pend Oreille fair Funding for Pend Oreille Fair is once again in jeopardy. The Governor’s proposed budget eliminates funding to most fairs throughout the state. In Pend Oreille County the funding has amounted to about $34,000 annually, which is about 40 percent of our total budget. This compares to large fairs such as Spokane where their state allotment GUEST amounts to about 2 percent OPINION of their budget. The fairgrounds JIM MATHIS PRESIDENT, PEND at Cusick is OREILLE COUNTY FAIR county owned property but is entirely supported by fair funds. The county, while supplying much appreciated background support, does not support the fair monetarily in any way! As of Feb. 2t the house Democrats proposed a budget which eliminates all fair funding. They seem to feel it’s used primarily for prizes and premiums. While as described below we do pay premiums, in ours and other small counties that money is used for far more. The Pend Oreille County Fair, each year, redistributes to our approximately 500 exhibitors over 50 percent of the state support. Those exhibitors receive checks based on their entries and awards that vary from $2 to nearly $400 each year. In 2011, the fair wrote checks totaling $19,600. Around 60 percent of those checks are written to youth, which includes 4-H, FFA and Open Youth entries. A young person entering an animal may receive between $30 and $80 with some additional monies coming from “carcass of merit” competition. This also does not take into account the support given by the community to these livestock exhibitors from the livestock sale which overall puts $60,000 back in the hands

of these youth exhibitors. The economic impact on the county does not end there, with many clubs, organizations and school classes earning income from booths and concessions open during the fair. The fair has a very strong educational component. The fairgoer is educated by young exhibitors, volunteers, concessionaires and others from the time they enter the grounds until they depart. 4-H and youth will explain features of their animals both by self-made posters and by answering questions. Horse entrants are both teaching and learning throughout the fair. Volunteers in still life exhibits educate on all phases of baking, canning, sewing, gardening, arts and crafts and photography, just to name a few. Volunteers educate the public old and young on past and current farming equipment and techniques. Our antique equipment display is one of the largest of surrounding fairs. Car show participants love to explain how they have so lovingly restored their vehicles, which include many years and models of cars, trucks and tractors. The historic Lindsey House furnished and staffed by the Pend Oreille County Historical Society is open throughout the fair to display and educate about home life in the early 1900s. Will 4-H and other youth programs survive if participants cannot display and perform the skills they’ve learned? Nearly 4,000 fairgoers pay for entry to the Pend Oreille County Fair and attend either one day or all four days. The $6 adult button is a season pass for all four days. We are one of the largest attended events in the county each year and is solely operated and staffed by hundreds of volunteer who not only donate their time, but pay for admittance as well. Nearly 1,400 attended the rodeo during the fair in 2011. Fairs are good for kids! We invite all kids, 4-H, FFA, Open Youth and others to enter the

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Leadership means being bold, prioritizing state spending With just three weeks left in the 2012 legislative session, the majority party has yet to release its budget plan to solve the roughly $1.1 billion spending gap. We’ve known about this problem since last summer and, I would argue, my colleagues and I warned the majority party back in 2007 when its budget writers began their spending spree. Nonetheless, here we are – two regular sessions and four special sessions in the last two years and the one-party leadership has refused to be bold and prioritize spending. House Republicans have taken the opportunity to go through our budget line by line to ensure every dollar from taxpayers is put toward the priorities of government – education, public safety and services for our most vulnerable – within current tax collections. We unveiled our Fund Education First proposal in January and followed up with our educationonly budget on Feb. 2, which would put $580 million more toward basic education than the governor’s proposal. Included in our education budget is full funding for levy equalization, the 180day school year and school reform and accountability measures. On Feb. 17, we took the leadership role of budget writing and showed our priorities through presenting the remainder of our budget. The result of which is strong support for public safety. Our budget funds $40 million more for public safety than the governor’s proposal, including funding for new radios and safety initiatives for prison employees, no early release or less commu-

nity supervision for criminals and funding for gang violence prevention. We also protect the truly vulnerable among us, which we believe are those with developmental disabilities, the elderly (long-term care), those with mental illnesses, and children. We allocated $89 million more than the governor proposed to these GUEST populations and OPINION services to assist REP. JOEL KRETZ them. I know the R-WAUCONDA question will be what did we cut to fund these at higher levels? To start with, we reduced the Department of Ecology by 14 percent and eliminated state funding for the Puget Sound Partnership, which has been ineffective and has spent taxpayer money on everything but cleaning up Puget Sound. We also found $29 million in administrative efficiencies in information technology, goods and services, personal service contracts, travel, equipment and cell phones. And, we took a look at general government agencies’ budgets and found ways to reduce them by 5 to 10 percent. Are these decisions easy? No. But, we must focus tax dollars where they do the most good and on core services of government. Funding for our education system, public safety protections and the safety nets for those most in need are House Republican priorities.

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Businesses don’t

We can’t take four

Tribe’s efforts

deserve bailouts

more years of “change”

are encouraging

To the editor: The letter to editor of Feb. 15 by Pete Scobby had me chuckling. He sounded like he was reading from a “democrat manifesto” complete with the usual list of evil corporations and evil Republicans, all of whom naturally want to destroy the unions, deprive retirees of their hard-earned pensions, kill us off with dangerous food and drugs, ad infinitum ad nauseam. Perhaps folks are simply unaware that Democrats (yes, those filthy rich Democrats, those silver-spoons, living for generations off daddy’s previous fortunes), yes those Democrats have had control of the House and Senate for a majority of our American history. Hmmm, don’t suppose they had anything to do with all these evil plans and laws, though. Didn’t see your idol Obama pull our men and women out of any war zone (oh, until now, slowly, because it’s an election year). As an independent conservative, I see little difference in either party. I wholly support the natural demise of any business – large or small – that can’t hold its own! Why in blazes do I have to support a failure with my own hard-earned dollars? Are you going to come bail me and my business out, Mr. Scobby, when I hit hard times? My 100-plus employees and I will gladly accept your money! Write your checks to me now, don’t wait for Obama to “legally” take it from me and give to you because you don’t have the courage to mug me yourself. But that’s the Marxist/socialist way, that’s American Democracy in action. -Jo Cardone Cusick

To the editor: Nine months from now the people who vote will mark their ballots and I hope will say to themselves, “I got it wrong last time.” This may be the last chance to save our country from the king’s castle in Washington D.C. The current “change” administration has spent or obligated away the next 20 to 30 years of the fairly good life that our children should have been able to look forward to. Now they look forward to repaying loans from China and a dozen other sources. In less than four years, Obama and his liberal minions have spent more than all the other administrations combined, including the costs of all the wars. If Obama is reelected, he most certainly will be able to rebalance the Supreme Court to the liberal swing of the pendulum, and that is guaranteed to put the second amendment and nearly all the conservative ideals into jeopardy! I really fear for our country’s youngest and our country’s well being if we allow four more years of “change” to take place, the “let’s blame Bush for our problems. He was to blame for part of it, but Congress had to approve every major step he took and Congress was Democratically controlled at that time! You will find the word “politician” in the dictionary between “pole-cat” and “pompous,” and “change” can be found between “chance” (unpredictable) and “chaos” (complete disorder). -Larry Connelly Cusick

To the editor: Having been an original member of the Pend Oreille River Shoreline Management Planning Committee for Pend Oreille County, I am encouraged by the Kalispel Tribe’s tremendous effort to protect and enhance the resources of the Pend Oreille River ecosystem. Please take the time to thoughtfully read the tribe’s informational notice concerning the restoration project on page A8 of the Feb. 22 issue of The Miner. I hope everyone will applaud and support the tribe’s efforts in riparian and stream habitat restoration. We can show support by backing the efforts of the State Department of Ecology, Pend Oreille County and the U.S. Forest Service to achieve the same goals. Compare the Kalispel Tribe’s notice to the two critical letters to the editor in the same issue. In these alarmist criticisms of the State Department of Ecology and Pend Oreille County’s new Shoreline Management Plan, the writers attempt to turn a laudable water conservation effort into a property right threat. It appears they feel land use practices that degrade public water quality must be subordinated to their right to do whatever they want on private property. As we contemplate the debate, we should consider these questions: 1) Do we as private citizens have any obligations to promote the common good? 2) Will the improvement of the Pend Oreille River watershed not benefit all the people of the county and country? 3) Do we not owe future generations

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We’ve experienced some fickle weather in the past few weeks, with some days feeling like spring, and others putting us knee-deep in snow.

R E A D E R S’ P O LL R E SU LT S

The U.S. government should start to pay more attention to what is happening within its own borders and take care of its own citizens first.

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It’s been pretty normal for late winter in the Inland Northwest. I haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary.

This crazy weather is a sign of global warming and the world should do something about it. This is a normal weather cycle; I don’t believe in global warming.

Is it time the U.S. intervenes in Iran to prevent its nuclear weapons program from progressing?

How do you feel about the recent weather?

I’m so tired of the cold and snow. Let the sun come out and stay!

To the editor: As our state’s unemployment rate hovers near the national unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, now more than ever Washington state needs to keep and grow the number of good-paying jobs that manufacturing provides. Unfortunately, Washington DC’s tendency for regulatory overreach is making it increasingly difficult for us to do so in this state and across the country. Last March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was rushed to issue rules setting emission GUEST limits for boilers used in manufacOPINION turing facilities, DERRICK municipal power LINDGREN plants, hospitals, GENERAL MANAGER universities, and PONDERAY NEWSPRINT other facilities that COMPANY operate a boiler. Because it was hurried by the court-imposed deadline, EPA admitted that the resulting rules were inadequate and delayed implementation while the agency reconsidered them. The rules were re-proposed in November, but the court intervened again to require EPA to move to finalize the Rules without sufficient time to gather needed information. The methodology EPA is using to set emission limits is extremely stringent, with some limits approaching levels that can barely be detected and are unachievable. And the costs to achieve these limits are estimated at $6 to $7 billion for the forest products industry alone. These are multi-billion-dollar decisions that cannot be made overnight. Businesses need to know when investments are made that their facilities will meet compliance standards. The back-and-forth of EPA proposing and the courts intervening in regulations has left us in a regulatory limbo. Enactment of legislation pending before Congress, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011, is the best way to provide the time needed for the development of achievable Rules governing boiler emissions. This is solid, bi-partisan legislation that would provide the certainty businesses need to plan investments for compliance, as well as for future growth and for modernizations needed to remain competitive in an increasingly-global marketplace. To be clear, I support clean air and realistic air quality standards. The legislation does not exempt boiler owners from regulation; it simply provides for more affordable, achievable regulations and reasonable compliance timelines. EPA has a choice – they can regulate in a way that protects both jobs and the environment or they can regulate in a way that sacrifices jobs. I encourage Congress to pass the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 to protect U.S. jobs and allow for environmental progress at the same time.

Maybe in time. U.S. officials should keep a close on eye on Iran but not making any drastic movements.

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No. The U.S. needs to learn to stay out of other country’s business. That’s how we got involved in the needless Iraq War.

Yes. It is time the U.S. stands up to Iran.

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the opportunity to use a clean and productive riverine environment? 4) Are not clean air and water the two most crucial resources for the support of life? 5) What is more pro-life than the conservation of these essential resources? -Ted Kardos, Sr. Newport

Democrats are determined to destroy America To the editor: I am flabbergasted at Pete Scooby’s letter about what the “Demons,” I mean, “Democrats” think religious freedom is about. Let me stress from a woman’s point of view who has practiced birth control and who had five children but wanted more. If a woman’s wants to prevent getting pregnant, she can. She is not going to go down some back alley. Give me a break. Do the Demons really think we are that stupid! It’s about the government pushing their point of view against the church’s conscious, not birth control. They do not believe in sterilization or murder of the unborn. If this was being pushed on the Muslims, OMG. There would be uproar. It’s against the Jewish and Christian faiths, which President Obama and the Demons want to take out! Wear down and destroy the tree is their motto! Once again they twist the truth to fit their almighty agenda. Just like the almighty high gas prices. They have found a way to blame the Republicans for that. From a historical perspective, it’s always the Democrats in control when gas prices go sky high because they want to collect the gas taxes to pay for their entitlement programs and huge governmental agencies. They are bound and determined to destroy the very tree of freedom, liberty and life of America. God forbid if we reelect this destroyer of the life, liberty and freedom tree which is the foundation of America. Our roots of this tree are being sucked dry, our leaves are too heavy and weighted down, and our branches are being deteriorated because all the bugs and worms want to eat up our roots and leaves. If you care about our tree, then we must elect only those that want to repair and fix our tree. -Donna Lands Newport

Governments have always controlled morality To the editor: In a Feb. 22 letter to the editor, the writer states that, “government enforcement of morality isn’t possible.” His comment was in regards to an apparent movement to circulate petitions for an initiative to overturn the Washington state law legalizing gay marriage. He hoped that the names of petition signers would be made public. I will certainly sign the petition and I don’t care who knows it. Of course, politically I stand somewhere to the right of Atilla the Hun. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman, although not necessarily performed in a church. I disagree with the letter’s contention that government can’t enforce morality. Or can’t the writer see that the new law is imposed on “we the people” by a Democratically controlled legislature and signed by a Democratic governor? Or doesn’t

secular morality count? The totality of every law in this great Republic constitutes the nation’s morality. In the beginning our laws were modeled after those given by the Creator to the nation Israel in the Jewish Bible. I know this grieves the left painfully to hear, but it is fact. This is the same Creator who gave us our inalienable rights. The fact is government has long imposed its morality on society but the left only consider laws they disagree with as being an imposition. Why cannot the right protest this latest left-wing outrage imposed upon us without our vote in the matter? Tyranny results from good people standing by and doing nothing, in which case we deserve what we get. -Larry Montgomery Newport

Get to your caucus and vote The absolute apathy I have encountered has shown me the futility in trying to motivate this electorate through editorial opinions, either they are, on a whole, too illiterate to understand the concepts contained in these editorial opinions, or they’re too apathetic to care. I believe the ratio is close to 40 percent illiterate to 50 percent apathetic. That leaves 10 percent of us who can read, and who do care, and that is the death of America as we knew it! Another four years of Obama, with simply nail the coffin lid down forever! This is from a Czech newspaper. Explains where we are as a nation. Too Bad! “The danger to America isn’t Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be afar easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgement to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more series than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president.” Latest polls attest that no Republican candidate wins over “Obummer.” The only candidate, who is even remotely honest and stands for his beliefs, is dangerously out of touch on Islam. Where do you go with that? This election determines live or death for America. Find your caucus, March 3, and vote. You never know; I might be wrong! -Richard P. Roy Newport

Leave fear mongering alone, take care of home To the editor: Global imbalance between wealth and industrial production was a primary cause of two great wars. In the August 1941, Atlantic Charter, it was agreed that Britain’s power was spread too thin under the old world order. We got possessions and Britain gave up possessions. Numerous nations gained post-war independence, to the economic benefit of that new world order. Today’s new world order could likewise be defined by adjustments to global imbalances of wealth and production. The last decade’s warfare on

everything from drugs to energy resources has been such a drain on our treasury and energies that our military is arguably economically irrelevant. We have been lied to on everything from WMDs to Gen. Petraeus’ “Iraqi and Afghan surge successes” (as recently documented by 20 year veteran whistleblower Lt. Col. Davis’ report to Congress). This present day head of our CIA, reminds me of our top Vietnam intelligence officers, déjà vu. It took President Clinton’s world, 30 months of silence, before abating the Serbian gunfire. How and how long will it take to silence the Syrian 18 percent Alawite oppressors’ genocide of the 70 percent Sunni oppressed majority? Iran has produced medical research isotopes from 20 percent enriched uranium, debunking our claims that 20 percent enrichment was purely for weapons grade production. We have publically gone without Iran’s offer of assistance in solving the problems in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and created a Koran book-burning nightmare for transitional withdrawal. Many of us are looking for Vietnam-type peace accords to just get out. Say no, to recent war party propaganda against Iran. They have our apologies. Contain Israel. Lift all sanctions in exchange for full disclosures and inspection. This should reduce fuel prices so we can focus on a sustainable transportation and energy plan at home. -Duane Schofield Cusick

McMorris Rodgers needs to explain herself To the editor: Our congresswoman sold us out on national radio in her response to the President’s weekly radio message. She points to all of Obama’s failures and proposes to cut federal spending for programs in our community. She claims that cutting this spending will create jobs. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is either being deceitful of is just plain incompetent as our congressional representative. I would like her to explain how laying off teachers, public hospital staff, Forest Service, Border Patrol, road construction and repair workers, post office workers, etc., will transfer wealth to the private sector in our district. If the congresswoman’s plans were passed into law, our congressional district would have hundreds of laid off public sector workers. Is there any local business that would hire these workers? If not, then they would leave the community to find work and cause further decline in our local economy. What’s really disturbing is that the loss of federal funds will result in local government taxing districts like the schools asking for levy increases. So federal spending will be cut and replaced by more local government spending. She is transferring taxes and not creating any wealth or savings. How can the congresswoman say she supports programs and then vote to cut federal spending that funds them? The congresswoman savings can only happen if we don’t replace federal cuts at the local level. That means closing public schools and hospitals, and stopping road construction and repairs. The congresswoman offers no replacement for the spending she says must be cut. Her votes and support line up for the rich who fund her campaign. All I Copper • Brass • Aluminum Stainless • Aluminum Cans Batteries • Radiators

want her to do is explain her actions and prove that her rhetoric will produce jobs and a better economy. Her political sandwich has no slices of bread to hold the meat and cheese. -Pete Scobby Newport

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Assessor hires for help with appraisals NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille County assessor had to cut a full time trainee position to deal with budget cuts at the beginning of the year, but the office has hired a part time temporary appraiser to help with this year’s assessments. Asses-

sor Jim McCroskey said they were falling behind on work. He said the new hire falls within the budget constraints. The position will pay $18.60 per hour with the employee working 10 to 20 hours per week for up to six months.

in Obama’s crimes To the editor: To stand by and witness a crime being committed makes the witness complicit in the crime. I submit that our elected Senators and Representatives are complicit in the crimes that Obama is perpetrating on America. Obama’s ideology is quite obviously Marxist and more in line with the Muslim Brotherhood than traditional American ideals and values. The administration is in the process of destroying America, our great Republic by making our citizens dependant on the government and undermining self reliance and individual responsibility. The Declaration of Independence states that “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” Articles of impeachment are overdue. -Gary Tucker Oldtown

Article on budget was misleading To the editor: I see the article in the Feb. 22 issue regarding the county budget, that no reporter’s name was attached. It was reported that after conversation with me, that the new budget committee is planning for the new round of anticipated state cuts. Their function as a committee is not yet clearly defined. The article also stated that the board of county commissioners may ask voters for a levy lid lift and a communications committee was assembled to help the public understand the measure. Wrong! First, the board has not discussed a levy lid lift. Secondly, the communications team will be responsible for press releases and in-house communication. One meeting has been held and that prompted an informational newsletter which will appear monthly, on the home page of the county website beginning in March. It will also be posted on the home page of county website. It will not be used as a tool for advocating a position. The Miner got one thing right. They placed quotation marks around my statement; “It’s not a pretty picture.” If you reread the article, you will notice there are no quotation marks around other things I reportedly stated, suggested, suspected, etc. Does this mean the editor rewrote it to suit his own purposes? -Diane Wear Pend Oreille County Commissioner District 1

New organization helps dog owners NEWPORT – Angel Paws is a new non-profit organization in Pend Oreille County, dedicated to providing assistance to dog owners. Angel Paws can provide a one-time grant to help dog owners whose dogs are in need of necessary veterinary procedures in Pend Oreille County. Angel Paws will hold its first general meeting at Lucky Us

Ranch, at noon Saturday, March 3. Fundraisers are planned for spring and summer. Donations may be made to Angel Paws at Mountain West Bank. If you would like information on Angel Paws and how you can help dogs in Pend Oreille County call Debbie Johnson at 509-445-1005, Cindy Doty at 509-999-6965 or Janet Reed at 509-447-3541.

Newport student selected for conference NEWPORT – Newport High School student Samantha Buyer has been selected to represent Washington as a National Youth Delegate at the 2012 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University, which will be held June 24-29. Buyer will join a select group of 250 students from across the country to participate in an intensive, weeklong study of leadership in environmental science and conservation. Buyer was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in leadership in the sciences and conservation studies.

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A story in last week’s issue of The Miner incorrectly stated that none of the 532 Pend Oreille County voters in the Riverside and Deer Park school district returned their maintenance and operations levy ballots. In fact, 238 of those voters did return their ballots – 200 from Riverside and 38 from Deer Park. The Miner regrets any confusion this may have caused. The Roxy Theatre in Priest River did not burn down as was mistakenly reported in a story about the Roxy in last week’s Miner. The Priest River Roxy was damaged in a fire but did not burn down. The Miner regrets any confusion this caused. Grace Hurst’s last name was misspelled in a photo caption for her 107th birthday in last week’s issue of The Miner. The Miner regrets any confusion this caused.

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fair. I spent more than 30 years in public schools and I think I know that most student activities, regardless of whether they are in public school, private school, or home schooled are good, but some are not so good. Young people involved in fairs are not in trouble. The Saturday night Family Dance is an example of good activity for all ages. You will see small children, teenagers, Moms and Dads, and Grandmas and Grandpas all having fun. The entertainment at the fair is all family oriented.

It’s still a place where kids can be kids, where we can still let our kids have fun. We must keep fairs alive by funding and volunteering. The Pend Oreille County Fair has a history of more than 90 years. Contact your legislators now! Time is running short. Our representatives are on our side but the more voters they hear from the more persuasive they can be to their colleagues. Sen. Bob Morton, Reps. Shelly Short and Joel Kretz contact information is elsewhere in The Miner or you can find them at htts://dir.leg. wa.gov/member/default.aspx.

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Hunters have until March 31 to apply â&#x20AC;¨for multiple-season permits OLYMPIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Washington deer and elk hunters have until March 31 to enter their name in a drawing for a 2012 multiple-season permit, which can greatly increase their opportunities for success in the field. In mid-April, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will randomly draw names for 8,500 multiple-season deer permits and 1,000 multipleseason elk permits. Winners of the drawing will be eligible to purchase a special tag allowing them to participate in archery, muzzleloader and modernfirearm general hunting seasons for deer or elk in 2012. Winners

who purchase the multiple-season elk tag by Aug. 31 can participate in general elk-hunting season in both eastern and western Washington. Winners also may apply for any weapon type deer or elk special permit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great opportunity for hunters to extend their hunting season this fall,â&#x20AC;? said Dave Ware, game manager for WDFW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than having to choose one hunting method over another, hunters drawn for a multiple-season permit who purchase the tag can participate in multiple seasons.â&#x20AC;? Ware noted that the tags can only be used during general

seasons and in game management units that are open during a modern firearm, muzzleloader, or archery general season. For example, winners may not hunt during the muzzleloader general season in an area that is not open for the muzzleloader general season. Also, hunters can apply only once for each species and are limited to harvesting one deer or elk. Hunters may purchase a multiple-season permit application at an authorized license dealer, listed at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/ vendors/ or by calling 866-2469453. The permit application is $6 for residents and $100 for nonresidents.

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A 2012 hunting license is not required to submit an application, but winners of the drawing must purchase one before they can purchase a multiple-season tag. Hunting licenses and multi-season tags can be purchased from local license dealers, on the Internet (http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/) or by calling 866-246-9453. Including transaction fees, multiple-season deer or elk tags cost $180.50 for residents and $1,800.50 for nonresidents. These figures do not include the cost of an annual hunting license. For more information, visit WDFWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at http:// wdfw.wa.gov/ or call the licensing department at 360-902-2464.

BLANCHARD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The former Blanchard Tavern is open under new ownership with a remodeled interior and a smoke-free building. Now known as Mageeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BT Grill, on Highway 41, the restaurant is owned by brothers Rocky and Aaron Mcgee. Aaron, who has lived in the Blanchard area for about 15 years, used to own a bar but has worked construction most recently. When the Blanchard Tavern came up for sale from longtime owners Ken and Sue Blenz, Aaron decided it was a good opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to do this,â&#x20AC;? he said. He used his construction skills

Theaters seek license option to serve patrons beer, wine BY MAIDA SULJEVIC WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU

OLYMPIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic movie houses are cozying up to the idea of serving patrons beer and wine to go with their pizza and popcorn. Movie patrons who frequent historic theaters may soon be able to enjoy a glass of wine or sipping the cider of the hops while watching favorite actors flit across the silver screen. On Feb. 16, the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce and Consumer Protection held a public hearing on Engrossed House Bill 2558. The measure, if the Senate body concurs, would establish a license that allows the sale and consumption of beer or wine in single-room theaters. A theater is defined as a place where motion pictures or live musical, dance, artistic, dramatic, literary, or educational performances are shown. The cost of the license to sell beer or wine would be an annual fee of $200, or $400 to sell both. According to the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsor, Rep. Jim Moeller, D-49th District, Vancouver, historic theater operators have the option of applying for a tavern license or a restaurant license if they want to serve alcoholic beverages. If a theater has a tavern license,

persons under 21 are not permitted on the premises, and most historic theaters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the capacity to meet the requirements of a restaurant license, Moeller said. According to Moeller, historic theaters in downtown areas are â&#x20AC;&#x153;struggling to stay aliveâ&#x20AC;? while competing with multiplex cinemas. The owner of the Kiggins Theater in Moellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district approached the representative with the idea for the legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully this will allow the Kiggins Theater to stay open,â&#x20AC;? Moeller said. Owners of historic theaters across the state testified in support of the bill. One is Rand Thornsley, managing director and partner of Liberty Theater in Camas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These theaters have been struggling for a long time,â&#x20AC;? Thornsley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finding a business plan to keep them financially viable to keep them operating is very tough.â&#x20AC;? Thornsley believes he has total community support for the legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a niche that will make us more of an event destination â&#x20AC;Ś you can go to the movies, you can have dinner, have some drinks, enjoy some time with your family,â&#x20AC;? Thornsley said. Rocky Friedman, owner of the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend, said he would not serve alcohol in

his theater because the venue isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t built with cup holders to accommodate drinkers. However, Friedman believes that small theaters should have the option to apply for liquor licenses. According to Friedman, small theaters already have to go through a major and costly transition from film to digital projection. If historic theaters can generate revenue from alcohol sales, Friedman believes they should have the right to do so. There is opposition to the legislation. Seth Dawson, board member of the Washington Association for Substance Abuse Prevention, testified against the bill. During his testimony, Dawson addressed concerns about expanding the availability of alcohol in atypical situations. Dawson also argued that the legislation contradicts the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message that there are fun activities minors can participate in without alcohol, such as going to the movies. The measure also stipulates that theater-license applicants must also submit a minor-control plan to the Liquor Control Board. The plan must map out where and when minors would be permitted on the theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premises. Applicants would also have to explain what prevention measures they

Regional economic development focus of seven month training COLVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A series of free trainings dealing with regional economic development will get underway Thursday, March 15, when the Stronger Economies Together program begins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The primary outcome will be a comprehensive economic development strategy for the region,â&#x20AC;? said Rob Willford, TriCounty Economic Development District executive director. The five year strategy will be updated annually. The regional economy will be analyzed and goals and objectives established. The strategy is required by the federal Eco-

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nomic Development Administration and is used to get state and federal funding. The first seminar will be held Thursday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Stevens County Sheriffs and Ambulance building at 425 North Highway. It is called Introduction to Stronger Economies Together and Regional Economics 101. RSVP at 509-690-8400. The seminars will be conducted by TEDD, USDA Rural Development and the Washington State University Extension office, including the local offices in Pend Oreille, Ferry and

Stevens counties. There will be a training each month, including: Exploring Regional Assets and Barriers: April 19 in Valley Examining Current Demographic Features: May 31 in Republic Your Regional Vision and Goals: June 14 in Cusick Exploring the Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Economic Foundation and Development Opportunities: July 19 in Chewelah Planning for Success: Aug. 16 in Colville Measuring Success: Sept. 20 in Colville

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SCL human resources staff Jen Swidler and Meghann Steinolfson will review the online application, screening process, interviewing and other requirements for job applicants. You will learn how to assess your skills, what skills and attributes City Light looks for in job applicants, how City Light screens applicants for minimum qualifications, common factors that disqualify applicants, how to research and prepare for an interview, how to organize your answers to demonstrate how your skills and abilities relate to the job, and how to apply online.

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CUSICK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Pend Oreille Democrats will meet at the Cusick Community Center Saturday, March 10 at 10 a.m. A potluck follows the meeting. Call 509-447-0846 with questions. The caucus will be held at Newport High School, Saturday, April 14, at 10 a.m.

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would use in order to prohibit minors from obtaining alcohol. Many worry about kids getting liquor or people getting drunk, Thornsley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People like to enjoy a glass of wine without getting drunk. People like to have a glass of beer. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of their social way of entertaining, watching a movie, getting something to eat and doing it all at once.â&#x20AC;? The legislation passed the House with a vote of 87-10. Both 7th District Reps., Shelly Short, R-Kettle Falls, and Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, voted in favor. It is now making its rounds through the Senate. Members of the Liquor Control Board â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the entity required to issue the licenses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; remain neutral in the debate. According to board communications director Brian Smith, in 2010 the board adopted rules denying liquor licenses to single-room theaters where there are minors present. Liquor-enforcement officers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aptly perform a premise check for minors in dark theaters and it becomes problematic to check identification if an individual buys two drinks and gives one drink to someone else, Smith said. If the measure becomes law, the Liquor Control Board would have to create a theater license as well as devise rules for the minor-control plans.

Youth Baseball / Softball Sign Ups Ione, Metaline, Metaline Falls Date: March 8 Place: Selkirk High School Cafeteria Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm

to do the remodeling himself, and Mcgeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opened after Thanksgiving. He and his wife Heather are currently the only two employees, but once business picks up in the summer they will likely hire help. Mcgeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu has changed slightly, adding more appetizers, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still the favorite burgers, broasted chicken and pizza. Aaron said the smoke free restaurant has been a big attractant for customers; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a family environment. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a new dartboard and pinball machine. McGeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is at 26204 Highway 41, open noon to 9 p.m. seven days a week. 208-437-4018.

the new, new town of Metaline Falls (also established in 1911). Over the last 25 years, the Pend Fred Wolf Oreille valley had been homesteaded, and numerous little communities sprang up all along the river. Places like Blueslide and Jared that are all but wiped from the map today looked just as bustling as the established towns of Newport and Ione. Stevens County was all well and good with the division, so long as those Pend Oreille folks didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t inch the boundary line any further west than was proposed. Stevens County had once encapsulated much of eastern Washington. For the last 40 years leading up to Pend Oreilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s split, 10 or so counties had been formed from its reach. Pend Oreille was the last to leave the nest. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the states youngest county.

Talk of taking Pend Oreille on its own had been going RQ IRU Ă&#x20AC;YH RU VR \HDUV 7KH major players from King and Spokane counties didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take so warmly to the idea. Their major quarrel was with representation in the Legislature. At the time, each county had one rep. Giving lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ole Pend Oreille its own man would mean populous King County would have that much less of a say over things. King Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delegate pointed out that representation would be 6,500 to 1 (Pend Oreilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population) versus 15,000:1. We all know how much of a pull our rural counties have in Olympia today. I think King is GRLQJ MXVW Ă&#x20AC;QH The divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major movers were Fred and Fred. Trumbull and Wolf, that is. Trumbull was an attorney from Ione who planned the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incorporation the year before, and Wolf was publisher of The Newport Miner. He was an all-around citizen activist VLQFH Ă&#x20AC;UVW FRPLQJ WR 1HZSRUW to take the helm of the paper in 1907. The county division ZDV KLV Ă&#x20AC;UVW PDMRU ORFDO FDXVH He also served three terms in the state House of Representatives, starting in 1919. He pushed for an improved highway through Newport, and all the way Fred into the 1950s, he Trumbull helped bring about the construction of Albeni Falls Dam. The two local men sent petitions around and lobbied for the division in Olympia. The reasons for splitting off from Stevens County had to do with transportation and population growth, but mostly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as in

most movements in history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it was money. Taxes from Pend Oreille citizens contributed $32,000 per year to the Stevens County general fund. They guessed they could run their own county government for $27,000 per year, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be better off for it. The people felt under represented. The Pend Oreille side held only 17 of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 77 voting precincts. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like all the new bridges and infrastructure they saw going up on the other side of the The first mountains. county officers, And there being appointed by no roads Gov. Hay, were across those sworn in at 2:10 Selkirks, the trip to p.m. on Colville was June 12, 1911. exhausting. For a local person wanting to conduct business with Stevens County, it was a three-day journey from Newport. The way the train schedules worked, a Pend Oreille resident would have to overnight in Spokane and in Colville, and again in Spokane on the homeward journey. Choosing a county seat was a hot issue. Newport was named as the temporary seat by the legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill. It would stand until the next general election in 1912, so that meant a lot of talk in each communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newspapers about why they were the best. Cusick and Usk proclaimed their central locations as their claim for the title. Ione edged Newport on population (both were about 1,600) and infrastructure, but Newport had the link to the outside world with the railroad there connecting so readily to Spokane and Idaho. Ione

The New County FROM CHINOOKERS IN THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (PRINTED IN THE NEWPORT M INER FEB. 23, 1911)

The people up to Metaline Exult in natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bounty, And know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve land enough in sign To continue a county; But how they groan and grouch and yell When people call it Penn Dorell. Ione, we know, has got the worth, Surrounding towns to dazzle; Her boosters say she has the earth All pounded to a frazzle; What boots it if competitors Are ground into a jelly, When rank outsiders call the place A name like Pan Dorelly?

COURTESY PHOTO|PEND OREILLE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM

Two loggers work in nearly perfect winter logging conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; cold with moderate snow. They started a cut with a saw and axes on the left side and are about halfway through the trunk on the right.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newport, future county seat, A lively town, believe me; But what a wrench They give their French â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Or do my ears deceive me? For even boosters proud as they Pronounce it blandly Ponderay. Small wonder that the senator Whose soul is steeped in history Should find the new-found title An Orthographic Mystery. But vain regrets would bow his head And salt tears drip a gallon Should he successfully impose The sainted name of Allen.

COURTESY PHOTO|PEND OREILLE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Haying operations are in progress at George Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sky Ranch,â&#x20AC;? located southwest of Newport in Spring Valley.

Accept we then this county new, And place the name on file Where every prospect please And only man is vile. But wish yourself in for Hawaii Before you call it Pon-Do-rye-ee!

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Traveling on Cusick streets was rough in 1910. The Wike familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store was one of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first businesses.

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The Miner Celebrating 100 years of Pend Oreille County

Rough and tumble Pend Oreille behavior. Joe Cusick, who founded the mid-county town, shot and killed a former employee of his who did him wrong. It took two trials to convict him, but he went to prison, serving four years before the governor gave him a pardon. Still, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return Pend Oreille County, to Cusick. He lived out his itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a stretch to days in California. 7KH FRXQW\ÂˇV Ă&#x20AC;UVW KRPLFLGH imagine settlers toiling away occurred when a man at Lost to raise a crop and feed their Creek came home drunk and families, or loggers with crude took to beating his wife and kids. As they ran away, he equipment bucking away in followed them, but not before the dense woods. getting in a tussle with the The 1910s werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy. neighbor and threatening him %XW NQLIH Ă&#x20AC;JKWV" 3RLVRQLQJ" with a knife. The neighbor 3XEOLF RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV GXFNLQJ IRU Ă&#x20AC;UHG IRXU VKRWV OHDYLQJ WKH FRYHU IURP D KDLO RI JXQĂ&#x20AC;UH DW notoriously bad man dead on D ORFDO WUDLQ VWDWLRQ" KLV FDELQ Ă RRU 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW 3HQG 2UHLOOH Alcohol was often the residents went through some incendiary factor when trying times. confrontations between People from all over the neighbors and partners turned U.S. and other countries violent. Prohibition didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take were settling in northeast effect in Washington until Washington in the early 1900s. 1916 (lasting what must have When neighbors bickered, been an agonizing 17 years), they preferred to take but controlling alcohol sales matters into their own hands. was one of the lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major Several murders resulted tasks. Women and â&#x20AC;&#x153;lewd in the early days. A mining personsâ&#x20AC;? were prohibited from man in Metaline Falls was loitering at the saloons. poisoned with strychnine in One Chinese immigrant, his coffee after an altercation Sam Lee, was suspected with a nearby homesteader. of selling liquor without a Neighbors at license, an article Blueslide and As the newly established in The Miner said. Ruby were Pend Oreille County The law set up a quarreling sting, sending in began to grow and in what was a couple of hoboes expand, it was called the to order a round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kentucky constantly defending That was at the Feud,â&#x20AC;? named itself and its worth to City Cafe, not to after the the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larger cities. be confused with state many the City Bar, which of them had advertised on the moved from. An ambush at same page of The Miner that the Blueslide train station LW KDG D VHOHFWLRQ RI Ă&#x20AC;QH EHHUV happened in 1915. Shots Gilt Top (brewed in Spokane), were meant for the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Schlitz, Budweiser, Olympia, prosecuting attorney, and the and Pabst Blue Ribbon in suspect wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t captured for pints and quarts. nearly two years. Along with that Even the founding fathers â&#x20AC;&#x153;unneighborlyâ&#x20AC;? conduct, the werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always on their best people of early Pend Oreille

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Businesses, particularly hardware stores, were victim to burglars, and bandits still held up the trains now and then. SEE 1910-1919, 30

COURTESY PHOTO|PEND OREILLE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM

Fidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar was a popular watering hole in early day Newport. It operated on Union Avenue in a building that is no longer standing. Fidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Opera House, built in 1911, brought live shows and movies to Newport. It survives today as the apartments behind Owenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grocery.

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A Kalispel Indian mother poses with her baby at Cusick in 1911. In those days, the tribe numbered fewer than 100 members and suffered from foreign disease brought by white settlers.

Smokes all around in Locke. This photo from the Ralph R. Isaacs album is one of several showing the pipe-smoking dog. Pictured here is possibly Isaacs and his son-in-law on the porch of the Isaacs cabin at Locke.

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IONE DEPOT IN 1910 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; COURTESY PHOTO|PEND OREILLE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

July 24

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THE 1910S AT A GLANCE

Nov. 27

1916

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1913

1911

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1910

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1911 AT A GLANCE

Sept. 17

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June 22

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1914

1912

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1917

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1918

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1919

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THE NEWPORT MINER

FEBRUARY 29, 2012 |

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday at Priest Lake

COURTESY PHOTO|JILL WILSON

Dogs race at Priest Lake Bob Wilson makes his run in the advanced skijor class at the U.S. Pacific Coast championship sled dog races held at Priest Lake Feb. 5. A total of 30 teams participated at the Priest Lake airstrip Feb. 5. The race was part of the Pacific Northwest championship series.

PRIEST LAKE – Children of all ages are invited to the Priest Lake Friday, March 2, to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ 50th birthday. Cupcakes, activities, and free handouts will mark the occasion. Come anytime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. This event is part of the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day to support literacy in the community. Library staff would also like to invite parents and other caregivers with babies up to 24 months old, to join a weekly half-hour reading and play session, “Bounce N Books,” every Thursday at 10:15 a.m. at the library. This new lap-sit program is structured to share reading and activities that parents may use to promote their children’s learning and development. Call 208-443-2454 for more information.

WEAR | Smaller counties don’t have adminstrator FROM PAGE 2A

county $53,148 the first year and $106,296 in the first two years. “This in itself is more than enough to fund the additional half salary position from the commissioners salary line,” Wear wrote. If it were cut 15 percent, it would still save almost $16,000 the first year, Wear wrote. At a meeting Tuesday morning, Wear told the 22 county employees that attended that no decision had been made, that the county commissioners hadn’t discussed it yet. She assured people the county administrator wouldn’t cost the county more money. County auditor Marianne Nichols pointed out that no counties with populations of less than 20,000 have a county administrator. Wear said that shouldn’t keep Pend Oreille County from trying it. Merrill questioned if the admin-

istrator job can be done as a half time position. She also pointed out that if the salary commission went along with the idea, it would leave two commissioners paid half the wage of the third commissioner, at least for at time, since the wages of a sitting official can’t be changed. County prosecutor Tom Metzger pointed out that the county had logged all the timberland it can cut. Last year the county used $425,000 from timber sales to help balance the budget. He said there were really only two variables to consider – how bad the state will cut funding to the county and whether the county will do another road levy shift. District Court Judge Phil Van de Veer said that the administrator could control access to the commissioners. Wear said that commissioners would still retain their authority. Nobody discussed putting a

levy lift before voters. If voters approved, the county could collect more in property taxes. A proposal Merrill had made last year but was turned by the other commissioners. Someone pointed out that they wished the idea of an administrator had been put forth without a person in mind for the job. Castro left the room shortly after. When he returned some time later, he said he wasn’t offended by the comment. He left so people could talk freely, he said. Other presentations were given during the morning meeting. Community Development Director Mike Lithgow gave a presentation on selling off county land. He said there were larger parcel such as a 370 acre parcel in mid county that could be sold, as well as smaller lots in Newport. The amount of money those sales could bring in would be up to the market to decide, said

Metzger. Castro said he really didn’t see any other way for the county to bring in a large amount of revenue. Castro pointed out that there are risks involved in the county owning land. He said he got a call about a fire on county land last year. If the county had not been able to put out the fire and the state Department of Natural Resources had to fight it, the county would have received a bill for about $100,000, he said. Castro also gave a presentation of how he was able to get the road budget under control, which involved making cuts, including staff cuts. It will be at least two weeks before commissioners can act on Wear’s idea, as Merrill will be traveling to Olympia and Washington D.C. for state and national Association of Counties meetings.

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man of the revolving fund board. “We spent it all and held a vote to disband.” But they were still able to award three grants Feb. 21 because the Port of Pend Oreille turned back $19,599 that they didn’t need to complete their cleanup of the Pend Oreille Industrial Park.

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The revolving fund awarded $15,000 to the Cusick School District to retrofit some aging and inefficient heating ventilation and air conditioning equipment at Cusick High School. They awarded $5,000 to the Selkirk School District to upgrade to energy efficient heating at the Selkirk Middle/School complex. They used the last of the fund to

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give $4,760 to the Cutter Theater to buy canning equipment and a freezer. The fund was started because the state gave the PUD a $25,000 tax credit to offset part of the $50,000 the PUD put in the fund annually. The state discontinued the tax credit. Owen said there is no plan to put money in the fund without the tax

credit. Leland said the fund made grants mostly to community non profits, including the Lavander Festival, KUBS Radio and The Create Arts Center. “I think everything we did was pretty good,” Leland said. There was a bit of a learning curve, however. “We got smarter as we went along.”

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PRIEST LAKE – An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of King Arthur’s Quest Monday, March 12, at Priest Lake Elementary from 3:45-5:45 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:45 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. Among the roles to be cast are King Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Raven, Taleisin, Lancelot, the Knights, the Squires, the Camelotians, the Lady of the Lake, Mordred, Morgan Le Fey, Uther Pendragon, the Damsels and the Minis. All area children, including homeschoolers kindergarten through 12th grade, are welcomed and encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant directors will

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BR I E FLY Priest River boys finish season with loss RATHDRUM – The Priest River boys basketball team wrapped up their season with a 58-44 loss to Bonners Ferry in a loser out game at the district tournament at Lakeside Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Spartans got off to a slow start, trailing 13-8 at the end of the first quarter. Priest River slowly worked its way back, closing to within three points by the end of the third quarter. But Bonners Ferry came alive in the fourth quarter, scoring 23 points to Priest River’s 10 to take the win. Priest River’s junior forward Cole Stelow led Spartan scoring with 12 points. He was the only Spartan to score in double figures. Dylan Kurylo, a senior, scored nine for Priest River. Priest River finished the year with a 6-15 overall record. They were 1-7 in the Intermountain League.

Metaline Falls Gun Club announces results METALINE FALLS – The Metaline Falls Gun Club had 25 shooters participate Sunday, Feb. 26. Following are the results: 16-yard: Easton Anderson 25, Ken Starkey 24, Bill Wade 24, Johan Mayrhofer 24, John Ross 24, Warren Dunbar 24 Ladies 16-yard: Kathy Wade 20, Lisa Enyeart 19, Diane Luhr 14 Youth 16-yard: Brayden Taylor 15, Logan Miller 17, Ty Taylor 15 Handicap: Arlie Ward 24, Jeff Miller 23, Logan Miller 23, Lisa Enyeart 22, Easton Anderson 22, Larry Jungblom 21 27-yard: Arlie Ward 17, Keith Enyeart 16 Doubles: Bill Wade 39, Arlie Ward 36, Johan Mayrhofer 32

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BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

SPOKANE – The Cusick girls basketball team is heading to the 1B State Tournament at the Spokane Arena this week, after handily beating Lummi Nation Saturday, Feb. 25, at University High School. The Panthers led the entire game Saturday, during the 1B Regional Tournament. They won 60-48. The Panthers had a giant first quarter, scoring 24 points to Lummi’s four. “The girls came out and played really well,” Cusick coach Rob Seymour said. “We jumped out on them really fast.” Lummi rallied a bit in the second quarter, managing 15 points while holding Cusick to 10, but the Panthers still led 3419 at the half. Cusick scored 14 in the third and 12 in the fourth. Lummi scored 25 in the second half, but couldn’t catch up. Seymour was able to find film of Lummi online, which helped the team find weaknesses in their defense, he said.

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POCATELLO, Idaho – Three Priest River wrestlers placed at the 3A State Championship in Pocatello this past weekend. The Spartans finished in 19th place with 49 points, with wrestlers placing in third, fourth and fifth place. Tyler Popkin took third place in his 126-pound bracket. He started by beating Tyler Adler of Weiser, by technical fall. The then took on Holt Bright of Kimberly and won by technical fall. Popkin lost to Jaden Loveland in the third round, and moved to the losers bracket where he beat Bo Hofenfield of American Falls by technical fall. Popkin then defeated Drew Hill of Timberlake by technical fall for third place. Loveland, the only wrestler to

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Cusick senior Brittany Adamson gets the fast break and puts in a lay in for two points when the Lady Panthers beat Lummi Nation Saturday. The Lady Panthers led the whole game, getting the win against the Blackhawks and birth to the final 8 1B teams that will be playing in the Spokane Arena. Cusick plays Thursday night at 9 p.m. against Sunnyside Christian.

VS. SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN Thursday, March 1, 9 p.m. SPOKANE ARENA

Andrea Heinen had a gamehigh 17 points and seven rebounds for Cusick. Caytlin Nenema scored 13, Brittany Adamson scored 12, and Chelsea Samuels and Courtney Montgomery each added six. Corina Dick-Nomee scored four and Nalene Andrews threw in two. Samuels also received the sportsmanship award. Seymour said

beat Popkin, took second place behind Jade Green of Sugar-Salem. Priest River’s Dallas Hopkins took fourth place in the 138-pound bracket. They started off strong, beating Teton’s Nick Wells by a technical fall, but lost to Oscar Gallegos of Payette in the second round. This send Hopkins to the losers’ bracket where he took on Preston Rhoades of Timberlake and won. He then beat Sawyer Miller of South Fremont, and beat Tristan Clements of Buhl. This win pitted Hopkins against Gallegos again, who again came out on top. Brian Fink, Priest River’s 170-pounder, took fifth in his weight class. He began by beating Brayden Hunt of Buhl and then beat Matt Loughran of Weiser. Hayden Fitte of Salmon defeated

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she stated the game because two players weren’t able to attend because of a funeral. He said Samuels played really well as a starter. Cusick out rebounded Lummi 44-26, Seymour said. Cusick takes on Sunnyside Christian Thursday, March 1 at 9 p.m. in the Spokane Arena. The winner of that game plays

the winner of Columbia (Hunters) and Northwest Yeshiva Friday at 9 p.m. The losers move to the loser-bracket. Also from the Panorama League, Almira-Coulee/Hartline continues playing, taking on Lopez Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The winner of that game plays the winner of Colton versus Neah Bay.

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Grants given to teachers at Selkirk, Cusick, Newport

BR I E FLY Buy books at Priest River Library PRIEST RIVER – The Friends of the West Bonner Library District are holding a used book sale Saturday, March 3, at the Priest River Library, 118 Main St. The sale is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Enjoy wine, microbrew and help the library PRIEST RIVER – The annual Friends of the West Bonner Library Wine and Microbrew tasting is set for Sunday, March 4, from 4-7 p.m. The event, set at the Beardmore Building on the corner of Main and High streets, features wine and beer from local wineries and breweries. Tickets are $15 and proceeds benefit the West Bonner Library District.

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NEWPORT – The Washington State School Retirees Association presented $500 in grants to five educators from the Cusick, Selkirk and Newport school districts. “It’s a great program,” said Clare Clark, an art teacher at Sadie Halstead Middle School. She will use her $100 grant for Tshirts for an afterschool program for art clubs that benefits about 80 students.

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Add some flavor to your life with herbs NEWPORT – Learn to grow herbs successfully from seed or cuttings with Vicky Cahill, WSU Extension/Pend Oreille County Master Gardener. Cahill will explain which herbs grow best in window-sill pots, how to tell the differences between herbs and spices, learn which varieties to use as mixes in foods, herb butters, oils and vinegars, and much more. The class will be held at The Create Arts Center, on the corner of Fourth and Fea in Newport, Saturday, March 10 from 1-4 p.m. The fee for the class is $5 for community members and $3 for Master Gardeners. Pre-register for the class and provide contact information should the class schedule change. Call Carla at 509-4472401 or email Carla.pogson@ wsu.edu to register.

Priest River gets ‘Seussical’ with high school musical

PRIEST RIVER – Off the Wall Theatre brings Broadway to Priest River with this year’s production of Seussical the Musical, and opening night is right around the corner. The Priest River Lamanna High School drama students will present the performance in the Priest River Junior High auditorium, March 2, 3 and 9 at 7 p.m. with a matinee at 1 p.m. on March 3. Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza. Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of the favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think” captures the show’s spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. The story, narrated by Cat in the Hat (Kourtney Aldridge), centers on Horton the Elephant (Cody Magee), who finds himself faced with a double challenge – not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (Amber Feidler) and all the invisible Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird (Camille Ramos). Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz (Sammy Salazar) never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes “his kind and his powerful heart.” Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant in a story that makes you laugh and cry.

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Cusick guitar teacher Doug Longly received a $100 grant that he will use for things like guitar strings and picks for his students. He said the district picks up the tab for most of the guitar program, but there are always little things that come

Larry Ashdown hugs his neighbor Jane Clark, of the State School Retirees Association, a group that awards $100 grants to teachers at area schools. Ashdown will use the grant to buy a color printer to make learning periodic tables easier.

up and the grant will help with those things. Larry Ashdown, another middle school teacher in Newport, bought a color printer so his students could color code their periodic tables. Newport’s Greg Vaughn will use the $100 for a program that

|| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Living History Day: 12:30 p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport THURSDAY, MARCH 1 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Joy in the Morning: 9-11 a.m. - Priest River Southern Baptist Church Metaline Cemetery District No. 2 Board Meeting: 10 a.m. - Metaline City Hall Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport StoryTime: 1 p.m. - Newport Library Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick After School Readers Club: 3 p.m. Priest River Library Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Blanchard Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Blanchard TOPS: 8-9:30 a.m. Blanchard Community Church Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport AARP Tax Aide: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hospitality House, Newport RiverWriters Creative Writing Group: 11 a.m. - Priest River Library Lunch and Card Playing: 11:30 a.m. - Old Skookum Grange on LeClerc Road Blanchard Garden Club: 1 p.m. Blanchard Library Tango Class: 4-6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Read Across America: 5 p.m. - Idaho Hill Elementary Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown, House of the Lord

will reward students for things such as good behavior, citizenship and good grades. In the north end of the county, Selkirk special education teacher Cathy McGeorge will use the $100 grant to buy communications software to help her students communicate better.

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Open Mic: 7-9:30 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave., Newport Al-Anon Meeting: 7-8 p.m. - 220 Larch St., Priest River. Call Jan 208946-6131 ‘Seussical The Musical’: 7:30 p.m. Priest River Junior High Auditorium SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Priest River American Legion Breakfast: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street Basket Weaving Class: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Women’s AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Pend Oreille Valley Computer Club: 10 a.m. - Pend Oreille Valley Network in Newport Pend Oreille County Historical Society: 10 a.m. - Bradley Building, Newport Friends of the Library Book Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library Priest River Legion Auxiliary: 11 a.m. - VFW Hall, Larch Street Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Athol American Legion Post 149 Bingo: 1 p.m. - Post 149 Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Conerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown ‘Seussical The Musical’: 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. - Priest River Junior High Auditorium SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Friends of the Library Wine and Microbrew Tasting: Beardmore Building, Priest River Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House MONDAY, MARCH 5 Bonner County Homeschool Group: 2:30 p.m. - Priest River City Park Youth Advisory Council 4 p.m. Blanchard Library Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick Newport Lions Club: 7 p.m. - Various Locations, Call 509-447-4157 Blanchard Lions: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Inn TUESDAY, MARCH 6 Priest River Chamber: 7 a.m. - The Ranch Club Mothers of Preschoolers Gathering: 10 a.m. - Priest River Assembly of God Church Soroptimist International of Newport Business Meeting: 12-1 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Kaniksu Lodge 97: 6 p.m. - Priest River VFW Post Kaniksu Lodge 97: 6 p.m. - VFW Hall in Priest River Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce: 6 p.m. - PUD Office,

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THE MINER

BLANCHARD – The Blanchard Community Center is now collecting new and used items of all kinds for its yard sale, spring sale and for all of its auctions. Donations are tax deductible and are used for the purpose of bettering Blanchard and the center. Items that can be used at the center will be used accordingly. Anything else will be sold and the better clothing will be consigned for the best return to help the community. The center also needs printer and computer cartridges for recycling. This helps with the cost of office supplies at the center. And the center is still collecting aluminum cans to be dropped off at the Horny’s back yard just off Highway 41. If you need items picked up or if you want to make arrangements to deliver items call Barb at 208-437-4480. March events at the Blanchard Community Center include: • Town hall meeting, March 8, at 7 p.m. (with BASIC meeting one

Yoga classes start back up in Blanchard BLANCHARD – Yoga is back in Blanchard. Classes are resuming every Tuesday, from March 6 through April 24, from 4-5 p.m. at the Blanchard Grange. The cost is $50 for eight classes. Advanced sign up is requested to guarantee a spot. Call 208437-3430 or email yougawith-

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Newport Family Bingo Night: 6 p.m. Blanchard Community Center Invitees: The Week Ahead Bingo: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church Pend Oreille County Search and Rescue: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 409 S. Spokane • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m. (509) 939-0676 CalvaryNewport@aol.com / 97.3 FM “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35

REAL LIFE MINISTRIES

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.” Worship Time: Sunday 10:30 a.m. at the Newport High School Real Life Ministries office, 420 4th St. Newport, WA - Office Phone: (509) 447-2164 or Toll Free (877) 997-1200

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m. Church ~ 447-3265 Pastor Mitch McGhee E-mail pineridgecc@gmail.com

Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Diabetes Support Group: 10 a.m. Newport Lutheran Church Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Paws for Literacy: 3:30 p.m. - Newport Public Library Newport Maws and Paws: 6 p.m. - Sadie Halstead Middle School Library CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. - Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.newportchurchoffaith.com

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

CHURCH DIRECTORY

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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Diamond Lake Church 326002 Hwy. 2, West of Newport Pastor Clinton Schultz, (509) 447-4565 Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Pastor Ron Fleck (509) 447-4755 Sat. Morning Services Sabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00 NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488 PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH “Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846

September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m. The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m. 1710 9th St., Priest River Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Calispel Post 217: 6 p.m. - American Legion in Cusick North Idaho Pattern Racers 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Supply, Oldtown Starting Plants with Seeds Workshop: 6-8 p.m. - Ponderay Event Center, Ponderay Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport

9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time

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

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS

marjorie@me.com. Enjoy the benefits for beginner friendly yoga. Experience breath techniques that help you relax and energize and learn safe techniques for yoga stretching. Also, explore chakras and other tools for a healthy body.

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

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

hour prior) The meeting will be an open forum with Bonner County commissioners and representatives from the sheriff’s office, tax assessor and public works. • Country breakfasts begin March 12 from 7-11 a.m. and continue on select Mondays as indicated in BASIC’s last newsletter and on the website. The center will be open until 4 p.m. on all breakfast days. The first menu is “Green Eggs and Ham.” Volunteers are still needed for this program. • Family Bingo Night is Tuesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. for a $2.50 buy-in for 10 games, and 25 cents for each additional game. No cash prizes/new and used merchandise prizes are offered. Concessions will be open for hot dogs, drinks, etc. This is for the entire family, including kids. • Spring Things Sale and Bazaar is Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Community Center. Concessions will be open.

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich 9 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10 a.m. Community Worship (509) 447-4338

BLANCHARD COMMUNITY CHURCH “Building God’s Kingdom One Person at a Time” Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Mid-week Bible Studies Highway 41 Blanchard, ID (208) 437-2970 Pastor Mark Miller

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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FOR THE RECORD ||

O B I T UA R I E S

Col. Carl G. Davaz (USA, Ret.) Bellevue, Wash.

Carl G. Davaz of Bellevue, Wash., passed away Feb. 17 at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Mont., of respiratory and Davaz cancer-related causes associated with exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. He was 81. He was born July 16, 1930, in Newport, Wash., to Carl and Marguerite Davaz. As he grew up in Pend Oreille County, he developed a love of family, an appreciation of the outdoors and a work ethic that stayed with him for his lifetime. He graduated from Newport High School in 1948 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1951, after graduating from Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kan., and advanced to become a colonel in the Ordnance Corps. He married Mildred Marie Zawadsky April 20, 1952, in Abingdon, Md. He was as a platoon leader during the Korean War and served other tours of duty in Austria, Maryland, Japan, Alaska, Colorado, Taiwan, Kansas, Vietnam and Germany. Davaz earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alaska in 1963. In 1967, he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., and later served on its faculty during three subsequent assignments. He served at the Qui Nhon Support Command and as a battalion commander at Pleiku during the period of the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. Graduating at the top of his class, he earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1970 and graduated from the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn., in 1973. In 1974, he became the commander of the U.S. Army Combat Equipment Group Europe headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. He retired from the Army in 1976 after finishing his military career as commander of the Pueblo (Colo.) Army Depot. His military decorations included the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Unit Citation, Bronze Star medal, Joint Service Commendation medal and Army Commendation medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Vietnam Service Medal with four Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for combat service, Vietnam Campaign medal with 60 Device, Meritorious Service medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Occupation medal (Germany), National Defense Service medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, United Nations Service medal, Korean Service medal and the Armed Forces Reserve medal. Included in the legacy of his military career and life are the leadership and comraderie he instilled in others, and his capacity to command respect, trust and admiration in leading by example. After his retirement from the Army, he pursued doctoral studies in business administration at the University of Washington, held a position as Director of Management Development at Boeing Computer Services and took on the challenges of a woodworking business he founded and operated during the 1980s. After he retired in earnest, he cultivated loving and lasting relationships with his close and extended family, built on existing friendships from his military life, and cultivated new ones in his Bellevue neighborhood, his church community at St. Madeleine Sophie, and in his many excursions to coastal Washington and north to Alaska. In all these, he became the trusted confidant, the neighborhood granddad, the inveterate traveling companion and the consummate fishing buddy. Later in life, as he attended to the challenges that assaulted his own health, he came full circle to renew his connection to the military in the warmth of relationships he formed at the Veterans Administration Hospital among

the doctors and staff and most importantly with the other patients with whom he shared a common bond of service and sacrifice. Survivors include his wife; five sons and daughters-in-law, Carl G. Jr. and Kim of Eugene, Ore.; Nicholas and Roxann of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Leslie and Socorro of Charlotte, N.C.; Dennis and Karen of Livingston, Mont.; Douglas and Sandra of Chandler, Ariz.; eight grandchildren, Elsa, Reed, Melissa, Lilly, Stephanie, Vanessa, Natalie, Lukas and Nicholas; three great-grandchildren, Olivia, Eliot and Rylee; a brother, Fred of Newport, Wash.; two sisters, Irene Hotchkiss of Aguanga, Calif.; Kathy Ott of Troy, Idaho. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Issaquah, Wash. Burial will be at 11:15 a.m., Monday, March 5, at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash. Arrangements are by Dahl Funeral Chapel in Bozeman, Mont. The family suggests remembrances to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. See more information at www. davazfamily.com.

Howard T. Ball Newport

Howard T. Ball passed away Feb. 2 in Newport at the age of 91. He was born June 27, 1920, in Toppenish, Wash., to Ball Thomas H. Ball and Sylva (Wilson) Ball. He married Eloise E. Fine in 1941, in Lewiston Idaho. Together they raised four daughters, Bonnie (and Ron) Tomsha, Sylva (and Ken) Leliefeld, Judy (and Del) Dvorak and Virginia (and Dick) Shults. Mr. Ball had 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Mr. Ball worked most of his life in the sawmill/logging trade and had made his home in the Diamond Lake area for the past 48 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Sylva Ball; a sister Verla Edwards; two brothers, Louie and Tommy Ball; his wife Eloise; daughter Judy Dvorak and granddaughter Michelle Dvorak. At Mr. Ball’s request there will be no service. The family plans a private memorial for a later date.

Jackson Troy “TJ” Shrake Fort Worth, Texas

Jackson Troy “TJ” Shrake passed away Feb. 22, while running the track with his sisters at First Baptist Church Lakeside in Fort Worth Shrake Texas. He was 6 years old. Shrake was born Oct. 4, 2005, in Spokane. He is survived by his papa and mama, Edward L. Shrake Jr. and Julie Fountain Shrake; his big sister Emilou Grace Shrake and his twin sister Shyanne Hope Shrake, all formerly of Priest River; grammy Norma Fountain, lots of aunts, uncles and cousins and his family in Christ in the NewportPriest River area. His last words to his family as he ran up the stairs was, “Beatcha.” “He really did beat us to glory,” the family said. Funeral services will be held at Priest River Community Church Saturday, March 3, at 11 a.m. Sherman Knapp Funeral Home of Priest River is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermanknapp.com.

DEATH NOTICE Margaret L. Boles

Editor’s note: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights. Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

PEND OREILLE COUNTY Monday, Feb. 20 THREATENING – Gateway Mountain Rd., report of male leaving threatening voicemails on work and personal phone. FRAUD – Hwy. 2, report of large sum of money missing from bank account. THEFT – Hwy. 2, report that male removed items from her unlocked vehicle. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – Newport, report of upset female in parking lot. ARREST – Hwy. 31, William E, Johnson, 51, was arrested for driving under the influence. RECOVERED VEHICLE – Driskill Rd., report of stolen vehicle possibly at residence. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – S. Shore Diamond Lake, report of door open to basement. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Sprague, Airway Heights, report of suspicious vehicle at Sprague construction. Tuesday, Feb. 21 THREATENING – South Shadows Drive, Cusick, report of male subject making threats. THEFT – Newport Area, Newport, report that ex-girlfriend took money from complainant. FIRE – Bear Paw Drive, report that black smoke can be seen on the hill behind Bear Paw Camp. THEFT – Cusick area, report of possible theft involving individual on reservation. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – S. Cass Ave., report that a female subject confronted complainant in his drive. Wednesday, Feb. 22 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 20, business back door found propped open. FRAUD – Juanita Lane, report of identification theft. THREATENING – Telephone Rd. E., report of threat on Facebook account. TRAFFIC HAZARD – Hwy. 31, re-

MONDAY, MARCH 5 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Priest River City Council: 6 p.m. Priest River City Hall Newport City Council: 6 p.m. Newport City Hall Bonner County Fair Board: 6 p.m.

R E P O R T S

Thursday, Feb. 23 SUSPICIOUS PERSON – S. Union Ave., Newport, report of unknown male looking in complainant’s kitchen window. THREATENING – Monumental Way, Cusick, report that male subject threatened the complainant. ASSAULT – S. Calispell Ave., report of an assault. PHONE OFFENSE – Willms Rd., Elk, complainant reports receiving threatening phone calls. MISSING PERSON – Rocky Gorge Rd., report that daughter did not come home after school today. ACCIDENT – Indian Creek Rd., Newport, report that vehicle hit a deer. TRESPASSING – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights Friday, Feb. 24 ARREST – LeClerc Rd. S., Brenda Gert Peone, 35, of Cusick was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence. JUVENILE PROBLEM – N. Cass Ave., Newport, report of juveniles in the area destroying property. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – N. Shore Diamond Lake, report that subject made threats about shooting people. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, report of a domestic violence physical in progress. THREATENING – South Shadows Drive, Cusick, complainant reports receiving threatening phone calls and messages. AGENCY ASSIST – S. Garden Ave., assist Bonner County with male who had been assaulted. SUSPICIOUS PERSON – Hwy. 2, report of a suspicious person roaming around.

PU B LI C

TUESDAY, MARCH 6 Idaho Republican Caucus Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille PUD Commissioners: 10 a.m. - Newport offices Bonner County Soil and Water Conservation District: 1 p.m. Sandpoint Federal Building

Madalynn A. Roundtree

Emma Brooke Schacht

Madalynn A. Roundtree was born Feb. 8 at 3:03 a.m. to Dawn Walker and Clayton Roundtree of Newport. She weighed 6 pounds, 7.5 ounces and measured 19 ¼ inches long, delivered by Dr. Lewis at Newport Hospital. She joins sister Megan Roundtree.

Emma Brooke Schacht was born Feb. 20 at 7:48 a.m. to Sarah and Joshua Schacht of Newport. She weighed 8 pounds and measured 20 inches in length, delivered by Dr. Kraus at Newport Hospital. She joins sister Allison. Maternal grandparents are Paul and Michelle Wolkersdorfer and paternal grandparents are Ralph Schacht and Laura Thompson.

Nolan Ryan Martin Nolan Ryan Martin was born Feb. 10 at 7:21 p.m. to Tonisha and Jeremy Martin of Newport. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches long, delivered by Dr. Ragsdale at Newport Hospital. Grandparents are Scott Wood and Renee Ayer and Chad and Colleen Martin.

Saturday, Feb. 25 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Sullivan Lake Rd., report that vehicle left the Ione Road shop with door left open. ACCIDENT – Hwy. 211, report of one vehicle rollover, non-injury accident. ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, one vehicle accident west bound lane. ACCIDENT – Beaver Valley Rd., report of vehicle slide off. THEFT – S. Shore Diamond Lake, report that moving company moved her belongings today and now items are missing. INTOXICATION – S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of intoxicated person. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – Chain Lakes Drive, report if female under the influence drugs. VEHICLE FIRE – N. Hayford Rd., report of vehicle fire. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL – N. Hayford Rd. DISTURBANCE – 1st St., Cheney, report of large fight at restaurant in Cheney. Sunday, Feb. 26 ARREST – Lupine Lane, Newport, Travis Michael Hamilton, 21, of Newport was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

Tucker Allen Jones Tucker Allen Jones was born Feb. 22, at 11:30 a.m. to Savanna and Hank Jones of Newport. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 20 inches in length, delivered by Dr. Ragsdale at Newport Hospital. She joins sister Gracee.

FIRE SMOKE ONLY – McAvoy Rd., Newport, report of fire alarm; complainant can smell burning. VEHICLE PROWL – Davis Rd., Usk, report that stereo missing, vehicle ransacked. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE – Gray Eagle Lane, Newport, complainant reportedly found a bong in the baby’s bassinet. THEFT – W. Walnut St., Newport, report of adult female in progress of shoplifting. HARASSMENT – S. Scott Ave., Newport, complainant reports receiving harassing phone calls text messages and in person threats. THREATENING – South Shadows Drive, Cusick, complainant reports receiving a threatening message via phone.

WEST BONNER COUNTY Monday, Feb. 20 No reportable incidents. Tuesday, Feb. 21 ACCIDENT – Riverside Rd., Priest River ARREST – Poverty Valley Rd., Priest River, Rhonda Churchill, 47, of Priest River was arrested for a Bonner County warrant. THEFT – Twin Firs Lane, Priest River Wednesday, Feb. 22 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Gleason-MacAbee Falls Rd., Priest River NON INJURY ACCIDENT – Hwy. 57, Priest River SHOPLIFTING – Hwy. 2, Priest River BURGLARY – Meadows Lane, Priest River Thursday, Feb. 23 SEX OFFENSE – Priest River THEFT – Hwy. 41, Blanchard, theft from a vehicle reported. Friday, Feb. 24 HUNTING FISHING VIOLATIONS – Holly Glenn W., Priest River ARREST – Hwy. 2, Priest River, Nicholas Troyer, 21, of Ponderay was arrested for driving without privileges. ARREST – Hwy. 57, Priest River, Aaron Bujko, 27, was arrested for an outstanding felony warrant. ACCIDENT – Hwy. 41 ALCOHOL OFFENSE – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, minor was cited in the Oldtown area for possessing alcohol under age. ACCIDENT – N. Riley Creek Rd., Priest River, report of a vehicle slide off. Saturday, Feb. 25 ACCIDENT – Hwy. 41, Oldtown Sunday, Feb. 26 THEFT – Hwy. 2, Oldtown BURGLARY – N. Steamboat Bay Rd., Coolin

Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission: 5 p.m. Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint West Pend Oreille Fire District: 6:30 p.m. - Fire Hall on Highway 57 Pend Oreille County Search and Rescue: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement Pend Oreille County Fair Board: 7 p.m. - Fairgrounds at Cusick Fire District No. 3 Commissioners 7 p.m. - Diamond Lake Station WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 Diamond Lake Water and Sewer:

B I R T H S

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2, Newport, report of vehicle all over road crossing both center and fog lines. INTOXICATION – W. Walnut St., Newport, report of intoxicated male yelling at customers. ACCIDENT – W. Walnut St., Newport, report of woman injured in vehicle accident. VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER – Critter Lane, Newport, reported violation of order leaving voicemail messages on cell phone. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – Hwy. 20, Report of a vehicle all over the roadway low speed but crossing center and fog lines. SUSPCIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 20, complainant heard what sounds like a vehicle that may have slid off the road. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 2, report of intoxicated male walking down the road. ARREST – Patrick Wayne Strickland, 36, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence. ARREST – Louis Fred Bevans, 34, of Usk was arrested for local warrants and driving with a suspended license. ARREST – Jordan Mitchell Dalziel, 22, of Newport was arrested for local warrants. ARREST – Deanna Celestine Andrew, 37, of Cusick was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence. ARREST – David Neal Hamann, 51, of Montesano was arrested for driving under the influence.

M E E T I N G S

- Fairgrounds Office in Sandpoint Blanchard Tea Party: 6:30 p.m. Blanchard Community Center

Cusick

Margaret L. Boles of Cusick passed away Monday, Feb. 20, at Newport Hospital. She was 77 years old. A memorial graveside service will be held Friday, March 2, at 11 a.m. at the Newport Cemetery. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.

P O LI C E

port of mud and boulders sliding down hill onto highway. ERRATIC DRIVER – W. 5th St., report that vehicle continues to run stop signs. FIRE – LeClerc Rd. N., report of flames on power pole. HARASSMENT – Stanley Drive, complainant believes neighbor is stalking him. FIRE – LeClerc Rd. S., report of tree on power line on fire. TRAFFIC HAZARD – Hwy. 31, report of ice and rocks in southbound lane partially blocking. VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER – W. Kelly Drive, report of third party contact with protected person. DRUGS – N. Hayford Rd., report of drug activity. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – S. Scott Ave., report of car window broken out in carport. HARASSMENT – S. Washington Ave., Newport, complainant reports receiving harassing phone calls for a month. ARREST – Joshua A. Shingleton, 24, of Spokane was arrested on a Department of Correction detainer.

|| SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Pend Oreille County Republican Caucus Pondoray Shores Water and Sewer District: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille Public Utility District Office, Newport

FEBRUARY 29, 2012 |

10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road Oldtown Urban Renewal District Board: 5:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station No. 41 Northern Panhandle Green Party: 6 p.m. - Friends Meeting House in Sandpoint Sacheen Lake Sewer and Water District Board: 7 p.m. - Sacheen Fire Station, Highway 211 Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office

Maternal grandparents are Mike and Tammy Walker and paternal grandparents are Steven and Janine Jones.

Corbin Andrew Dahl Corbin Andrew Dahl was born Feb. 22 at 6:11 p.m. to Sarah and

Andy Dahl of Newport. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20.25 inches in length, delivered by Dr. Ragsdale at Newport Hospital. He joins sisters Ashlyn and Marisa. Maternal grandparents are Dennis and Denise Masters and paternal grandparents are Rich and Ronda Dahl.

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| FEBRUARY 29, 2012

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Personals Help Wanted Business Services Work Wanted Lost and Found Child Care & Preschool Business Oportunities Misc. For Sale Washington Statewide Advertising 10 Rentals Wanted 11 Housing For Rent 12 Storage For Rent 13 Real Estate For Sale

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DRIVERS WANTED Drive a School bus! New starting wage $10.25/ hour. No experience necessary, paid training provided. Call (509) 447-4218 or stop by Western States Bus, 1624 West 7th, Newport. (35alt-TF)

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LOCAL PRIVATE INVESTOR loans money on real estate equity. I loan on houses, raw land, commercial property and property development. Call Eric at (800) 563-3005. www.fossmortgage.com FOR SALE SAWMILLS from only $3997 -- Make and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-5781363 Ext. 300N HELP WANTED

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ADOPTION -- Adoring, financially secure loving family longs to provide everything for your baby. Full-time mom, outdoor adventures, happy home. Expenses paid. Trish 1-888219-8605

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LEGAL SERVICES

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DIVORCE $135. $165 with children. No court appearances. Complete preparation. Includes, custody, support, property division and bills. BBB member. (503) 772-5295. www. paralegalalternatives.com divorce@usa.com

EDUCATION

REAL ESTATE

ALLIED HEALTH career training -- Attend college 100% online. Job placement assistance. Computer Available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 800-481-9409. www. CenturaOnline.com

COMMERCIAL building and shop with live in apartment, Kimberly, Idaho. 4,000s.f., Walk to bank, postal, grocery and restaurants. Very Secure compound, $265,000 owner financing (208) 420-4129

WASHINGTON STATEWIDE ADS

EVENTS-FESTIVALS ADOPTION

ANNOUNCE your festival for only pennies. Four weeks to 2.7 million readers statewide for about $1,200. Call this newspaper or 1 (206) 634-3838 for more details.

HOUSING FOR RENT

1 BEDROOM MOBILE home. No pets. Pines Trailer Park. Highway 2, Oldtown. (208) 437-4502. (50-tf)

HOUSING FOR RENT

TENANTS...

Need a home? Rental Homes Available Northern Pines Real Estate Services 509-447-5922

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Kaniksu Village Apartments 1 Bedroom Apartments Income Limits Apply EQUAL HOUSING

NEWPORT TOWNHOUSE 819 West 3rd Street, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, attached garage, washer/dr yer hookup. No smoking. No pets. $775 per month plus security deposit. Call Ed (714) 377-1029. (2-3p) DIAMOND LAKE AREA 323654 Highway 2 North. 3 bedroom 1bath mobile, 940 square foot with huge deck/ carport on 1/2 acre. $675/ month plus $675 deposit. (206) 601-7044 or awastar@aol.com. (3-3p) DIAMOND LAKE 323654 Highway 2 Newport. Live/ work 900 square foot cabin plus 2800 square foot pole building $1250 per month plus $1250 deposit. (206) 601-7044 or awastar@aol.com.(3-3p) 2 BEDROOM Apartment, 110 East 5th Street North, Oldtown. Walk to services. $400/ month plus deposit. (509) 2205670. (3-3p) PRIEST RIVER Two bedroom, wood and electric heat. No pets. Close to schools. Washer and dryer. $550/ month $350 deposit. (208) 2902079. (3-3p) DIAMOND LAKE 1800 square foot house, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, large kitchen, dining, living room. Lake view, dock and beach privileges, stove, refrigerator. 1800 square foot shop. $1100/ month plus deposit. (509) 447-4045.(4-3p) ONE BEDROOM In Idaho east of Newport on Highway 2. $450/month plus deposit. Available March 1st, 2012. (208) 290-3867. (4TF)

$569 MONTH In Newport. 2 bedroom newly remodeled manufactured home. Water, sewer, garbage included. Small pets allowed. (509) 9934705. (4-3p) 3 BEDROOM 2 BATH Newer Newport townhouse style duplex. Covered front porch. Small pets allowed. $775/ month, water and sewer included. (509) 9934705. (4-3p)

Every day is Sale Day in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds.

(208) 290-4547

HOUSING FOR RENT

STORAGE FOR RENT

NEWPORT MINI-STORAGE (509) 447-0119 Enter at Hwy 41 and 1st Street

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LOGGING TIMBER

109 E. 5th Ave.

(509) 446-4100 TDD

1-425-562-4002 2 BEDROOM TRAILER No pets. Lazy Acres Trailer Park. Newport. (208) 4374502. (50-tf) 1 BEDROOM MOBILE HOME Davis Lake area $300/ month, deposit and references. Electric heat, wood stove. (509) 671-2064. (49TF) PRIVATE, QUIET, Clean. Country living. 2 bedroom, 50x16 mobile home, under cover, carport, garden. River Road, Usk. $495/ month. (509) 9903398. (52tf) METALINE FALLS WASHINGTON Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment. Water, sewer, garbage plus wi-fi included. Post office building. $390 plus deposit. (208) 6109220. (1-4) METALINE DUPLEX 1 bedroom $450; 2 bedroom $490 or rent both sides!!! Water, sewer, garbage, electricity and wi-fi are included. (208) 6109220. (1-4) Get fast relief for an upset budget with The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Classifieds. They work for others; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work for you! Call (509) 447-2433.

LOGGING TIMBER

Kettle Falls We Buy Cedar Logs We gladly provide consultation & assistance for managing your forest land and marketing your logs. For information, please contact

Steve West Resource Manager,

Lifetime Resident with over 40 years experience in timber management, harvesting & log marketing.

Phone: (509) 738-4711 Cell: (509) 675-3472

Buying Cedar Logs Delivered into Naples, Idaho & Swan Lake Landing St. Maries, Idaho Welco Lumber Company U.S.A.

Trevor Favaro

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORY

You too can Advertise Weekly for only $7.75 Call 447-2433 ATTORNEYS Paine Hamblen, LLP

Full Service Law Firm and Alternative Dispute Resolution Center. Serving Idaho and Washington 119 Main St., Suite 201, Priest River -- (208) 448-1300

Law Office of Denise Stewart

Wills, Trusts, Probate, Medicaid, Business 301 S. Washington Ave., Suite A, Newport, WA (509) 447-3242

OPPORTUNITY

Metaline Falls, WA

CHIROPRACTIC Bliss Chiropractic Health Center

Bonnie D. Bliss, D.C. Christopher A. Thomas, D.C. Amber Salesky LMP Karen Cooper, LMT 601 State Rt. 20, Newport, WA -- (509) 447-2413

Camas Center Medical & Dental Services Ryan Leisy, DC - (509) 447-7111 1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119

COUNSELING Molly Phillips, LICSW, CMHS, GMHS

Licensed Counselor, Many Insurances Accepted 415 W. Walnut, Newport, WA -- (509) 671-0226

DENTIST Newport Dental Center

James G. Cool, D.M.D. Family Dentistry -- Evening Hours 610 W. 2nd -- (509) 447-3105 â&#x20AC;˘ 800-221-9929

Wayne Lemley, D.D.S.

Complete Family Dentistry & Orthodontics 424 N. Warren Ave., Newport -- 447-5960 Toll Free 877-447-5960

Camas Center Medical & Dental Services 1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119 (509) 447-7111 - (509) 445-1152 fax

HEALTH CLINICS Kaniksu Health Services Priest River Medical Clinic

HEALTH CLINICS, cont. N.E. Tri County Health District 447-3131 -- 1-800-873-6162 605 Highway 20, Newport

MASSAGE THERAPY Harmony Healing Arts Center Gloria Campbell -- 448-2623 47 10th -- Priest River

Cedar Mountain Massage Therapy

Lois A. Ernst, Licensed Massage Therapist 322 S. Washington -- Newport -- 447-3898

The Willows - Massage & Bodywork Studio Judy C. Fredrickson, RN, LMP Newport -- (509) 671-7035

NURSING Chuck Morel, RN

Guidance with In-Home Care & Caregiving 509-589-0566, Cash or Barter HomeNursingConsultation.com

OPTOMETRIST Newport Vision Source

Drs. Michael & Cheryl Fenno 205 S. Washington -- 447-2945

PHYSICAL THERAPY Priest River Rehab Services

A Service of Bonner General Hospital Tim Gray, P.T. -- 448-4151 Mon.-Wed.-Fri. - 9-5 â&#x20AC;˘ Tues. & Thurs. 9-4

PODIATRIST -- FOOT SPECIALIST Douglas K. Monson, D.P.M.

Patients seen at Newport Hospital twice a month 509-926-2848 -- Call for appointments

PRINTING

Family Practice, Minor Emergencies Behavioral Health Mon. & Wed., 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tue. & Thu., 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Fri. 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (208) 448-2321

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Camas Center Medical & Dental Services

Richard Bockemuehl

1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119 (509) 447-7111 - (509) 445-1152 fax

We Have a Million Ideas for Our Customers! 421 S. Spokane, Newport -- 447-2433

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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Accounting/Tax Service

Office Services

Odynski’s Accounting & Tax Service

• Affordable Tax Service • Any Size Business • Bookkeeping • Payroll, Taxes

Animal Boarding

Art Gallery

Attorney

Dustin Deissner OPEN YEAR ROUND

John S. Odynski, EA, ATA Vern W. Rozelle, EA, ATP ________________________ ACCOUNTING • INCOME TAX BOOKKEEPING SERVICE • PAYROLL STATE & FEDERAL AUDIT SERVICE _______________________________

Professional Dog & Cat Grooming Dog & Cat Boarding and Daycare “Your Pets Home Away From Home”

218 High St. Priest River, ID 208-448-2941

Ph#: (509) 276-6888 Fax#: (509) 276-6849 E-Mail: jovo921@qwestoffice.net or vrozelle@gmail.com 17 S. Main Street • Deer Park

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Automotive

Carpet

1335 HWY. 2 EAST, OLDTOWN, ID

Wed. - Sun. 10-5pm Gifts • Photos Frames • Furniture Find us on Facebook! Free WiFi ... Espresso Coming! priestlakeimages.com autumnsloft.com Past mile 27 on Hwy 57, Priest Lake, Idaho

10 Minute Oil Change

No Appointment Necessary Free Vacuum & Window Wash

(509) 447-0120

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509-462-0827

OFF Wills

Chimney Sweep

Computers

Cliff McDermeit

509-935-8021

Specializing in Social Security & Personal Injury FREE Initial Consultation

1707 W. Broadway, Spokane, WA www.deissnerlaw.com

Operating Since 1980 Professional, Experienced, Friendly Service Clean, Inspect, Masonry Repair Licensed and Bonded

FREE Estimates: Carpet, Vinyl, Tiles, Window Covering

Attorney at Law

Licensed in Washington and Idaho

208-443-0216

Jake’s Chimney Sweep

23810 E. Blanchard Rd., Newport

Computers

509.447.3514

Concrete

Construction

Digital Photos

Spokane Rock Products

American West Roofing, Construction and Chimney Sweep

CLARK CONSTRUCTION

On Budget On Time EVERYTIME!

Do-It-Yourself Digital Photo Center 4x6 30¢ 5x7 79¢ 8x10 $249 CD $149

39102 N. Newport Hwy.

Elk, Washington

We do all types of roofing, construction, snow removal, chimney sweeping. Call for free estimate!

(509) 292-2200

509-447-4946 or 509-671-3480

Dog Boarding

Drywall

CHANDREA FARMS

Dog Boarding & Training Family Atmosphere

Hurst Contracting • Dry Wall Hanging and Finishing Specialist ~ Also ~ • Full Remodeling Over 10-Years Experience

Free Estimates HURSTC 021R8

(208) 448-2242

Cell 509-710-8939 Newport

www.chandreafarms.com

Florist Florist

Fuel

Floral

Traditions

208-448-2611 866-973-7673 Priest River

Flowers Plants Chocolates Balloons Tuxedos Gifts

Health Foods

Delivering Propane & Fuel to All of Pend Oreille & Bonner Counties! Call us today!

Mon. - Fri. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

208-448-2095 100 McKinley • Priest River

Plumbing

KARDOS

Lic#KARDOP*051K6 KARDOTS055NB

Journeyman Plumber Senior &Vet Discounts

Stoves

• Gas • Pellet • Wood 20 years experience

•Specializing in Quadra-Fire

Ph: (509) 684-6123 Cell: (509) 675-0974 Serving Tri-County Area Lic# STOVESD897B1

Inc.

41 Homes built in the city since 1974

509-447-5209 or (509) 671-6161 Fax (509) 447-3906 Lic. # CLARKC*110CG

Custom Homes Log Homes/Sales Siding Finish Work Excavation

Foundations Framing Roofing Septics

Jim • 208.660.9131

Owners Bob & Jane Clark

www.dependable-contracting.com

Model Home By Appointment

ID# RCE-1494

Electrical Services

River City Electrical

RCE

New in the Newport area Quality Electrical Services at affordable prices

WA# DEPENCI913N4

Equipment

BONNER SAW & POWER EQUIPMENT

Open: Tuesday - Friday 8:30-5:30 Saturday 8:30-2:00 Closed Sunday & Monday

Glass

PRIEST RIVER FAMILY OIL

Mountain West

Priest River Glass

24 hr. Commercial/Public Card Lock Fuels INCLUDE: • Highway Diesel • Off-Road Diesel • Unleaded Gasoline HOME DELIVERIES INCLUDE: • Stove Oil • Furnace Oil • Highway Diesel • Off-Road Diesel • Unleaded Gasoline Propane, Lubricants, Filters and Fuel Additives Available On-Site

Garage Doors Etc. Sales • Service Install • Openers

Complete Heating, Cooling & Duct Systems

• Furnaces • Radiant Heat

509-447-4962

FARM AND RANCH

CATTLE PASTURE WANTED Mist be fenced and have water source. 10-70 Pairs. (509) 939-8831/ (509) 9545668. (3-3p)

Miner THE

Online

208-255-9580

Garage Doors

YOUR HEATING COOLING & REFRIGERATION EXPERTS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Carrier

Installations • Service Free Quotes

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

Fuel

Lic# RIVERCE886B7

Home Loans

Bonded • Insured • WA #AMERIEH901G

Flood Services

Idaho RCE-12308 Washington-FLOORML97407

(509) 671-2276

Heating/AC

Wood Stoves - Gas Stoves - Pellet Stoves & Oil Furnaces Available • We Service All Major Brands • Air Leakage Testing Available

Oldtown, ID • (208) 437-4822

Husqvarna • Jonsered and Echo Chain Saws 682 High St., Priest River (208) 448-1522

Heating/AC

• Heat Pumps • Geothermal

“Our Variety Shows”

WRT ASD Floors & More

FREE Estimates Matt

Ben Franklin

Hwy. 41, Blanchard, Idaho 208•437•4411 or 509•238•6540

Kevin Johnson

218 Cedar St. Priest River, ID 208-448-1812

208-448-1914

Commercial • Residential

No matter where you are on the globe, your community goes with you.

Priest River

Miner subscribers have free access all the time. (509) 447-2433

1-800-858-5013

www.pendoreillerivervalley.com

WINDSHIELDS WHILE-U-WAIT Mon-Fri. 7-5 Sat 8-12

208-448-2511 Internet

WA. Contr. No. PRIESRG132NZ

WiFi - $36.95/Month Dial UP - Web Services DSL - Internet Telephone No contract required

Gas Fireplaces & Inserts

(208) 448-1439

(509) 447-3067 or 1-888-800-POVN (7686)

EQUAL HOUSING

OPPORTUNITY

Cell: (509) 951-1561 Fax: (208) 448-4233 email: jhuntley@afg-co.com

N AT I O N A L M O R T G A G E B A N K I N G A Division of Goldwater Bank, N.A.

Roofing

Shuttle

Signs

Snow Removal

Wendy’s Roofing, Inc.

NEWPORT/PRIEST RIVER & SPOKANE Monday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday Fares: $300 one way Newport -Spokane • 50¢ one way Priest River-Newport

Jim Crowley’s

Snow Plowing

“Where our High Standards Meet Yours” Corner of Hwy 2 & Spokane Ave. (509) 447-2433

• Sheet Metal • Flat Rooﬁng • Repairs

1-888-505-1250 Located in Newport Lic.# WENDYRI949J5

Toilets - Portable

Portable Service Portable Chemical Toilets 2654 E. Hwy 2 • Oldtown, ID

Tree Service Frontier

TREE SERVICE Licensed, Bonded, Insured

Schedule rides 24 hrs. in advance during office hours: 6am-5pm

SPECIAL MOBILITY SERVICES 1-877-264-RIDE (7433)

(208) 448-2290

Chattaroy, WA

Cont. # FRONTI101KM

509-276-5930 • 509-487-TREE

20 Years Experience

509-671-6684

jimcsigns@gmail.co. Diamond Lake, WA

Veterinarian

PEND OREILLE VETERINARY CLINIC

THE ANIMAL DOCTOR Quality veterinary care for your pets and barnyard friends.

Dan Herrin D.V.M.

FREE ESTIMATES John Schneider, Owner Certified Arborist

Professional Hand-Painted or Vinyl Signs, Banners and Vehicle Lettering

Veterinary

• Removal • Firewood • Trimming • Bobcat • 65’ Bucket • Stump Grinding • Certified Arborist/ISA

Rent by the day, week, biweekly, month

Custom Signs & Lettering

(208) 437-2800

(208) 437-2145 Small & Large Animal Medicine & Surgery Brian Dockins DVM

217 N State Ave. Oldtown, ID

________________ 201266 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that pursuant to RCW 29A.76.010, a public hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m., March 6, 2012 at the Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Newport, Washington, to adopt a redistricting plan and establish the boundaries for the three Commissioner Districts comprising Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington. The Board will review the plan adopted by the Commissioners of Pend Oreille County and will consider adopting the same. CONTINUED ON 6B

LIBERTY PAINTING

FREE Loan Comparison

Printing

Commercial & Residential

Published in The Newport Miner February 22, 29 and March 7, 2010. (3-3)

Johnetta Huntley • Loan Officer

24 Hour Service: 509-671-6952

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201232 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE In re the Dependency of Shanen Preston D.O.B 08/12/08 Case No.: 11-700064-2 Micah Preston D.O.B. 09/23/10 Case No. 11-700065-1 Minor Children. Notice and Summons by Publication (Dependency) To: Christopher McKee, Christopher Alcanter, and Anyone Claiming a Paternal Interest A Dependency Petition was filed on 12/12/11; A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on: March 22, 2012 at 11:00 a.m., at Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S Garden Ave., Newport WA 99156. You should be present at this hearing. The hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.050(5). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. If you do not appear at the hearing the court may enter a dependency order in your absence. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at 509-447-6216. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.govdpy. aspx. Dated this 26th day of January, 2012, by Tammie A. Ownbey, Pend Oreille County Clerk.

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Concrete • Sand • Gravel

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Conscientious & Reliable

Interior Exterior Repaints New Construction Licensed in WA & ID

(Formerly Executive Lending)

Nationwide Coverage

Larry Liberty (208) 437-3353

Storage

Reasonable Rates Discounts for continued business

Call Al

509-939-1820 Well Drilling

Well Drilling & Pump Service Since 1964

Bus: 208-437-4168 Cell: 208-946-6944 stevepitts@verizon.net

PRIEST RIVER MINI STORAGE 5 Sizes

Resident Manager Highway 57 ~ 1 1/2 Miles from Hwy. 2 (208) 448-1273

Wrecking Yard

Now Paying Top Dollar for your junkers Cars • Trucks • Machinery

TERI-FIC AUTO SALVAGE Newport (509) 447-2487 Chewelah (509) 935-4095

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Your Right to Know

Your right to know and be informed of the functions of your government are embodied in public notices. In that self-government charges all citizens to be informed, this newspaper urges every citizen to read and study these notices. We strongly advise those citizens seeking further information to exercise their right of access to public records and public meetings. CONTINUED FROM 5B The public is invited to attend and be heard. Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner February 22 and 29, 2012. (3-2)

_________________ 201237 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, etseq. and 62A.9A-604(a) (2) etseq. Trustee’s Sale No: 01-FMB-113517 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, will on March 9, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at THE MAIN STAIRS OF THE OLD CITY PEND OREILLE COUNTY, 625 W. FOURTH STREET, NEWPORT, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Property”), situated in the County of PEND OREILLE, State of Washington: TRACTS B OF PARADISE ROCKS SUBDIVISION, A SHORT PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 2 OF SHORT PLATS, PAGE 285, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, Real property in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, State of Washington, described as follows: Tract B of REVISED PARADISE ROCKS SUBDIVISION, a Short Plat recorded in Book 2 of Short Plats, page 285,

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant womenandpeoplesecuring custody of children under 18. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

Pend Oreille County, Washington, ALSO described as follows: COMMENCING at the Southwesterly corner of said Northeast quarter of Section 34; THENCE N 00 deg 21’ 27” E along the Westerly line of said Northeast quarter a distance of 658.68 feet; THENCE leaving said line S 89 deg 40’ 47” E 795.19 Feet more of less to the Easterly right-of-way line of Harworth Road, a County Road 60 feet in width and the point of BEGINNING; THENCE from said point a beginning continuing S 89 deg 40’ 47” E 523.92 feet more or less to the East line of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter; THENCE S 00 deg 21 ‘ 57” W 418.62 feet more or less to a point on the East line 240.60 feet from the South line of said Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter; THENCE N 84 deg 24’ 16” W a distance of 462.90 feet more or less to the Easterly right-of-way line of Harworth Road; THENCE Northerly along said rightof-way and along a curve, the center of which bears N 76 deg 55’ 15” E 606.67 feet, through a central angle of 11 deg 14’ 08” and ac distance of 118.97 feet; THENCE tangent to the preceding curve and continuing along said rightof-way line N 01 deg 50’ 37” W 106.70 feet; THENCE continuing along a tangent curve to the left having a radius of 848.57 feet, through a central angle of 16 deg 04’ 58” and an arc distance of 238.19 feet to the point of beginning; All in Township 31 North, Range 43 E.W.M., Pend Oreille County, State of Washington. Tax Parcel No: 3748 (433134540002), commonly known as 43313454-0002, NEWPORT, WA. Also appearing of record as 1032 Harworth Road, Newport, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/23/2006, recorded 11/2/2006 , under Auditor’s/Recorder’s No. 2006 0289856, records of PEND OREILLE County, Washington, from MICHAEL EMBLER AND APRIL EMBLER HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor, to UNITED GENERAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which is presently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee of IndyMac Residential Mortgage-Backed Trust, Series 2006-L4, Residential Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-L4. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. Ill The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE WHICH BECAME DUE AT MATURITY, TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED AND ACCRUING INTEREST, CHARGES, FEES AND

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COSTS AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Amount due as of December 9, 2011 Unpaid Principal $ 57,765.77 Interest $ 2,147.00 Accrued Late Charges $ 28.88 Beneficiary Advances: $ 0.00 Suspense Credit: $ 0.00 TOTAL: $ 59,942.65 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal f $ 57,766.77, 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 expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on March 9, 2012. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the sale, the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time before the sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: APRIL EMBLER, PO BOX 982, DEERPARK, WA, 99006 APRIL EMBLER, 9521 CROOKED WOOD DRIVE, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89148 APRIL EMBLER, 1032 HARWORTH ROAD, NEWPORT, WA, 99156 APRIL EMBLER, 433134 54 0002 (APN 3748), NEWPORT, WA, 99156 MICHAEL EMBLER, 433134 54 0002 (APN 3748), NEWPORT, WA, 99156 MICHAEL EMBLER, 1032 HARWORTH ROAD, NEWPORT, WA, 99156 MICHAEL EMBLER, 9521 CROOKED WOOD DRIVE, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89148 MICHAEL EMBLER, PO BOX 982, DEERPARK, WA, 99006 by both first class and certified mail on 11/3/2011, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 11/3/2011, 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 on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. The Trustee’s Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary’s opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all

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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 of their interest in the above-described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants and tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceeding under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. XI Notwithstanding the use of the term “reinstatement”, this obligation is fully mature and the entire principal balance is due and payable, together with interest, costs, fees and advances as set forth above. DATED: December 5, 2011. Effective Date: December 5, 2011 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trustee By: KAREN JAMES, AUTHORIZED AGENT Address: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 4151192 02/08/2012, 02/29/2012 Published in The Newport Miner February 8 and 29, 2012. (1, 4) _______________________ 201241 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE File No.: 7021.29906 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to Countrywide Bank, FSB Grantee: James M. Gemmrig and Tina Gemmrig, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2009 0300257 Tax Parcel ID No.: 443330568004 Abbreviated Legal: LOT 4, OSPREY LANDING Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On March 9, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: Lot 4 in Osprey Landing, Plat Book 4, Page 14, Records of the Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington, as redescribed in Record of Survey No. 579. Commonly known as: 505 River Road Cusick, WA 99119 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/11/08, recorded on 01/16/09, under Auditor’s File No. 2009 0300257, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from James M. Gemmrig and Tina L. Gemmrig, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Recontrust Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Countrywide Bank, FSB, as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action com-

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menced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 12/05/2011 Monthly Payments $16,216.10 Late Charges $618.48 Lender’s Fees & Costs $0.00 Total Arrearage $16,834.58 Trustee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $775.00 Title Report $751.05 Statutory Mailings $9.76 Recording Costs $96.00 Postings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,701.81 Total Amount Due: $18,536.39 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $228,598.81, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 02/01/11, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on March 9, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 02/27/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s business on 02/27/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 02/27/12 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Tina L. Gemmrig 505 River Road Cusick, WA 99119 James M. Gemmrig 505 River Road Cusick, WA 99119 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 07/21/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 07/21/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW

61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www. USA-Foreclosure.com. EFFECTIVE: 12/05/2011 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Vonnie McElligott (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7021.29906) 1002.200369FEI Published in The Newport Miner February 8 and 29, 2012. (1-2) _______________________ 201261 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON I N AND FO R THE COUNTY OF SPOKANE No. 12-4-00172-5 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN B. SMEAD, Deceased. The co-personal representatives named below have been appointed as co-personal representatives of the estate of John B. Smead, Deceased. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the co-personal representatives’ attorney at the addresses below stated a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the co-personal representatives served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication: February 15, 2012 J . PA U L S M E A D 7222 Alderney Drive Houston, TX 77055 KATHLEEN BUCKLEY 11421 SE 30th Avenue Milwaukie, OR 97222 WITHERSPOON, KELLEY, DAVENPORT & TOOLE, P.S. By ROBERT H. LAMP, WSBA #1197 Attorneys for the Estate West 422 Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100 Spokane, WA 992010300 Published in The Newport Miner February 15, 22 and 29, 2012. (2-3)

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201262 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY No. 12-4-00010-1 Probate Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.020, .030 Estate of Johnnie C. Edmiston, Deceased Harold Edmiston has been appointed as personal representative (“personal representative”) of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) 30 days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of First Publication 2/15/12. /s/ Harold Edmiston Harold Edmiston, Personal Representative. Attorneys for Personal Representative: Denise Stewart, WSBA #29726 Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner February 15, 22 and 29, 2012. (2-3)

_________________ 201268 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In and for the County of Pend Oreille Cause No.: 10-2-000794 Order of Sale Issued: 02/16/12 Sheriff’s Public Notice on Sale of Real Property Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, Vs. The Unknown heirs and devisees of Thomas Grass, deceased; Rodger Grass; Tamara McKay; Sharon Ogden; Lynn Grant; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint; Defendant(s). To: Unknown heirs and devisees of Thomas Grass, deceased; Rodger Grass; Tamara McKay; Sharon Ogden; Lynn Grant; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint; The Superior Court of Pend Oreille County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Pend Oreille County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the above-entitled action. The property to be sold is described as: Legal Description: Lot 23 in Block 11 of the Town of Metaline Falls, Washington, and commonly known as: 415 Pend Oreille Blvd., Metaline Falls, WA 99153. The sale of the abovedescribed property is to

take place: Time: 10:00 a.m. Date: Friday, April 6, 2012 Place: Pend Oreille County Hall of Justice; Front Door, East Entrance 229 S. Garden Avenue Newport, WA 99156 The judgment debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $96,423.40, together with interest, costs, and fees, before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office. Dated this 21st day of February 2012. Alan A. Botzheim, Sheriff Pend Oreille County, Washington By: /s/ E. Webb Elaine Webb, Civil Deputy Published in The Newport Miner February 29, March 7, 14 and 21, 2012. (4-4)

________________ 201270 PORT OF PEND OREILLE LEGAL NOTICE Surplus Property The Port of Pend Oreille has determined it is in the best interest of the Port to surplus one (1) GP-9 locomotive. Interested parties have the opportunity to bid on POVA 8325 or POVA 8042; only one locomotive will be sold. A minimum bid level has been set at $95,000. To arrange inspection or obtain more information contact the Port office at 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA or 509-445-1090. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2 p.m. on Friday, March 9th. Bids will be opened at the Port meeting on March 13th and a decision shall be made regarding disbursement. Bids may be hand delivered or mailed to the Port at the above-mentioned address. Bids must be submitted separately in sealed envelopes with the bid classification clearly marked on the outside of the envelope (Example: Sealed BidPOVA Locomotive). The Port reserves the right to reject any or all bids. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in The Newport Miner February 29 and March 7, 2010. (4-2)

_________________ 201271 PUBLIC NOTICE Ordinance No. 217 An ordinance declaring an emergency in the office of the Treasurer of the Town of Metaline, Washington not foreseen at the time of the adoption of the 2011 town budget; setting forth the additional expenditures of $23,174.80 of the water and sewer fund. And setting forth the receipt of same funds from inter-fund transfer from the town Current Fund. And setting forth expenditures of $278,864.64 of the Streets Fund. And setting forth the receipt of same funds from the State of Washington Transportation Improvement Board grant revenues. A full and complete copy of this Ordinance is on file with the City Clerk/Treas. E. Diane Brown City Clerk/Treasurer Town of Metaline Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4)

_________________ 201273 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID FIBER TO THE PREMISE UNDERGROUND OSP CONSTRUCTION, Contract 12-010 Bid Opening Date: March 16, 2012 Sealed bids will be CONTINUED ON 7B

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standing individuals included Bob Hunt and Katie Prichard. For 36 years, Kemp has been married to his wife, Janet, a school administrator and the former gymnastics coach at Ferris High School. Their five children, Annie, Jeff, Beth, Julie and Erik, all ran cross country. A recreational runner, Kemp has completed four marathons – San Diego, Spokane, Pittsburg and Anchorage. Hall of fame honorees must be retired cross country coaches from the state of Washington who have achieved a level of success or contributed significantly to the advancement of the sport. Kemp was one of four inductees honored at a reception Jan. 13 in Everett. Others were Patty Ley of Gig Harbor, Joseph Steart formerly of Kelso, and Ross Thomas who coached at St. George’s school in Spokane. Kemp is the first from Riverside to be inducted.

Sommer makes All Intermountain team PRIEST RIVER – Priest River junior guard Dalton Sommer was named to the All-Intermountain League team, the only Spartan to make the team. Sommer St. Maries had three players on the All League team, including the league’s Most Valuable Player, Satchel Schetzle, a senior. Other St.

Maries players included Warren Joiner and Austin Linnemeyer, both juniors. Kellogg also had three players named all league – seniors Ryan McDonald and Tyler Morgan and junior Garret Wendt. Timberlake had two all league players – senior Brian Cronnelly and junior Trevor Maserson. Andre Zarate, a Bonners Ferry senior, was also named all league. Timberlake coach Tony Hanna was named Coach of the Year.

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Fink, who then went to the losers’ bracket. Fink lost to Ismahel Mendoza of Homedale, but beat Zach Heigel of Bonners Ferry for fifth place. Thor Hoefer, at 132 pounds, won his second round at the tournament. He first lost to Tristen Hansen of Teton, but then beat Logan Lish of Marsh Valley. Hoefer then lost to Coty Thomp-

son of Buhl, ending his trip to state. Weiser won the tournament with 185 points, followed by Sugar-Salem in second and Snake River in third. Intermountain League teams that competed included Timberlake in fifth with 125 points, Kellogg in eighth with 108 points, Bonners Ferry at 10th with 85.5 points, and St. Maries in 18th place with 56 points.

Register now to avoid missing early hunt seasons NEWPORT – First time hunters born after Jan. 1, 1972, must successfully pass a hunter education training course before purchasing a hunting license. The two types of hunter education training in Washington will be offered locally in coming months. Traditional classes, highly suggested for younger students, are scheduled as follows. Orientation nights are required. • March 26-31, 6-9 p.m. at the Newport/Oldtown Rotary Park building. Orientation night is March 19 from 6-7 p.m. • April 23-28, 6-9 p.m. at Metaline Falls Gun Club. Orientation night is April 16 from 6-7 p.m. • June 4-9, 6-9 p.m., Newport/ Oldtown Rotary Park building. Orientation night is May 28, 6-7 p.m. • Aug. 6-11, 6-9 p.m., Newport/ Oldtown Rotary Park building. Orientation night July 30, 6-7 p.m. • Aug 20-25, 6-9 p.m., Metaline Falls Gun Club. Orientation night is Aug. 13, 6-7 p.m.

amount of such bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory performance and payment bonds within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the PUD. Rejection of Bids: The PUD reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waiver informalities in the bidding. The PUD is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Small, minority- and women-owned businesses are encouraged to submit bids. All work performed on the project will be subject to the higher of Washington State prevailing wages, federal Davis-Bacon wage rates; and for line construction and tree trimmers, the current prevailing wage rates, employee benefits, and working conditions expressed through the current agreement between the Northwest Line Constructors Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 77. This project is being primarily funded by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. on March 8, 2012, at the PUD’s Community Networks System facility located at 110 W. Pine St., Newport, WA 99156. (Note: this address does not map correctly on GPS, the building is behind the Safeway store on Idaho State Route 41) For information or questions regarding this project, please contact Joe Onley at: jonley@popud.org. Published in The Newport Miner February 29 and March 7, 2012. (4-2)

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Online classes, highly suggested for older students are as follows: • March 30, noon to 4:30 p.m., Newport/Oldtown Rotary Park Building • April 27, noon to 4:30 p.m., Metaline Falls Gun Club • June 8, noon to 4:30 p.m., Newport/Oldtown Rotary Park Building • Aug. 10, noon to 4:30 p.m., Newport/Oldtown Rotary Park Building • Aug. 24, noon to 4:30 p.m., Metaline Falls Gun Club Traditional courses involve a minimum of 10 hours of classroom teaching by a certified volunteer hunter education instructor and is best suited for younger students. A traditional course of instruction may take place four or five nights, plus a part of Saturday for field activities. The online course has separate components and are best suited for older students. The first component involves a self-study and passing an Internet examination. The second component involves a training and evaluation class which includes a maximum of four hours of classroom and field

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Bonners Ferry: Price 0, Skeen 15, Clausen 5, Fitch 0, Zarate 18, Woods 5, Moe 2, Pluid 0, Amoth 0, Awbrey 13. Priest River: Akre 4, Kurylo 9, Sommer 4, Stelow 12, Glazier 7, Koch 0, Nelson, Barber 0, Riley 3, Huddleston 5.

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|| CONTINUED FROM 6B received by Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (PUD), located at 130 N. Washington, Newport, WA 99156, until 2:30 p.m., March 16, 2012, for the Fiber to the Premise OSP Construction in Pend Oreille County, WA. The Scope of Work involves placement of approximately 240 miles of underground fiber optic cable and/or conduits in existing power system right-of-way in a 400 square mile service territory of Pend Oreille County, Washington. Contractor will also bid for placing power conduits simultaneously with communication facilities in certain areas determined by Owner. Contractor may preview construction plan maps at http://www. popud.org/broadband/ contract-12-010-projectmaps. Owner anticipates the successful bidder will be able to provide various boring, trenching, and plowing equipment in sufficient quantities to support 10 to 15 or more placement crews that will be capable of installing 50,000 feet of underground cables and conduits a week for 6 months. Contractors must have completed the PUD’s 2012 Contractor Pre-Qualification Application and been approved as a pre-qualified contractor prior to the bid opening. Availability of Bidding Documents: Bona fide general contractors may obtain the bid/contract documents at the office of the PUD, 130 N. Washington, Newport, WA 99156. Please contact the PUD Contract Administrator at (509) 447-9345. Bid security: All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in certified check, cashier’s check, or surety bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the

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Newport resident chosen to XC hall of fame

EVERETT – Fertile Valley area resident Bill Kemp was inducted into the Washington State CrossCountry Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame last month. Kemp Now retired, Kemp coached cross country and taught at Riverside High School. Kemp, 65, grew up in Spokane, graduating from North Central High School in 1964. He earned degrees from the University of Idaho in 1973 and Eastern Washington University in 1980, plus a Master of Education from Gonzaga University in 1990. Kemp taught chemistry, physics and mathematics at Riverside. He was also head cross country coach for 30 years. He had 21 boys teams and 25 girls teams compete in the state meet. His boys had 16 and his girls had 23 top 10 finishers. Each team claimed two state titles. Out-

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201274 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Library District Board of Trustees has cancelled the 23 February 2012 Board meeting held at the PUD, Box Canyon, Conference Room at 5:00 P.M. due to a lack of a quorum. The next meeting will be held on 8 March 2012 at the PUD, Box Canyon, Conference Room at 5:00 P.M. The Board Meetings will be held on the 4th Thursday of each month at the P.U.D. Box Canyon, Conference Room at 5:00 P.M. for 2012 until further notice. Published in The Newport Miner February 29 and March 7, 2012. (4-2)

________________ 201275 CALL FOR MATERIAL BIDS CONTRACT NO. 12-019 In accordance with RCW Chapter 54.04, the Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington, hereby solicits sealed bids for the fabrication of 400 aluminum fiber optic cable storage racks. The racks will be mounted on power poles to accommodate fiber cable around a 40 inch radius. Interested parties may obtain full specifications by contacting the Contract Administrator of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, P.O. Box 190, Newport, Washington 99156, (509) 447-9345. Sealed bids will be received as outlined in the contract documents until 2:30 p.m., March 13, 2012. The bids will be opened and publicly read at that time. The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bidding, or to exercise any other right or action provided by

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statute. The PUD is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Small, minority- and women-owned businesses are encouraged to submit bids. This project is being primarily funded by federal grant funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4) ____________________ 201276 NOTICE OF ACTION Pursuant to 43.21C RCW, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 01, 2012 receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resource Application (JARPA) and SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by William Salvin to install a vegetated shoreline stabilization project. Pend Oreille County has issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance for this project. This MDNS is issued under WAC 19711-350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from February 27, 2012. Comments must be submitted by March 12, 2012. This application will be heard by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission on March 13, 2012 in Cusick at the Community Center @ 6:00pm. The submitted application and related documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:00 PM at the County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Natural Resource Planner. Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval, Substantial Shoreline Development Permit, & approval from the Corps of Engineers. Date of Permit application: February 01, 2012

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FEB. 22 Lucky Ladies Team Turtles Country Lane River Gals Duck’s Chicks Golden Girls Morning Glories

McCroskey Atty @ Law OK Lanes Won 59 53.5 53.5 48 45 29

Lost 37 42.5 42.5 48 51 67

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Won 404.5 352.5 351 340.5 340

Lost 245.5 297.5 297 306.5 310

332.5 317.5 321 329

High scratch game: Bob Chitwood 257. High handicap game: Bob Chitwood 264. High scratch series: Jim Hudson 647. High handicap series: Pinky Ownbey 678, Esther Wilkinson 678. High team scratch game: McCroskey Atty @ Law 975. High handicap game: McCroskey Defense 1,078. High team scratch series: McCroskey Defense 2,753. High handicap series: McCroskey Defense 3,083. Splits: Pinky Ownbey 4-5, 6-7-10, Rex Yates 5-10.

FEB. 23 Thursday Niters Team Club Rio Pooch Parlor Country Lane OK Lanes Wilkinson Rental Wanna Bees Plain Nasty’s 4 Amigos OH $#!+

Won 58 56.5 52 51 45 42 40 39.5

hunter education manager. “The first occurs just before July, when many classes are offered and enrollment is low. The second occurs after July when fewer and fewer of the classes being offered by certified volunteer hunter education instructors, demand begins to spike and disappointed people are routinely turned away.” Permit deadlines to remember are: • Spring bear permit applications, January through February • Multi-season deer/elk permit applications: December through March • Raffle permits applications: January through July • Deer, elk, goat, sheep and moose permit applications: midApril through mid-May All course registration must be completed on the Internet. If you can not find a class available, you might consider a once-in-alifetime, one license year, hunter education deferral available to hunters 10 years and older. Those who take the deferral to get a license are precluded from applying for special permits.

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High game scratch: Claudia McKinney 189. High series scratch: Laura O’Brien 527, Sherry Loveridge 527. High team score handicap: River Gals 846. High team series handicap: Turtles 2,374. Splits: Joey Caskey 2-7, Sherry Loveridge 3-10, Jan Nelson 5-7, Kim Rusho 5-7, 2-7.

Wednesday Night Loopers Team H & D Diesel Timber Room Club Rio Action Auto McCroskey Defense

activities conducted by a certified volunteer hunter education instructor. Students must register on the Internet for the short training and evaluation classes. Current or past members of the military who take the online hunter education course are exempt from the training and evaluation class portion. Historically, fewer than 10 percent of hunter education classes are conducted after Sept. 30 of each year. Anyone planning on taking a hunter education class in Washington should plan on taking a class as early in the year as possible. This is especially true if you want to participate in the April turkey season or want to apply for any of the available special permits hunts. You can register on line for Hunter Education training at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/ huntered/. Further questions can be directed to either Jerry Spalding at 509-442-4015 or Greg Koehn at 509-671-1458. “Each year we see two distinct patterns for hunter education classes,” said Sgt. Carl Klein,

Lost 38 39.5 44 45 51 54 56 56.5

High score game: Terry Hastings 234, Shirley Ownbey 185. High handicap game: Terry Hastings 247, Shirley Ownbey 241. High score series: Terry Hastings

564, Liz Pope 489. High handicap series: Pinky Ownbey 664, Shirley Ownbey 654. Splits: Shirley Ownbey 3-67-10, 5-7; Liz Pope 2-7-8.

FEB. 24 Friday Night Leftovers Team O.K. Lanes Gutter Gang Weber Enterprises Timber Room EZ-Rider Party of Four Cusick Tavern Screamin for Ice Cream

Won 63.5 56 52 50.5 48 45.5 43.5 41

Lost 36.5 44 48 49.5 52 54.5 56.5 59

High scratch game team: Party of Four 767. High handicap game team: Party of Four 934. High scratch series team: Party of Four 2,135. High handicap series team: Party of Four 2,636. High scratch game: John Jacobson 234, Cathy Wagner 223. High handicap game: Jim Loveridge 264, Cathy Wagner 272. High scratch series: Jim Loveridge 648, Cathy Wagner 545. High handicap series: Jim Loveridge 741, Cathy Wagner 692. Splits: Betty Balison 5-7, Rush Balison 3-10, Vicki Nolting 3-10, Karen Batsch 5-7, Sharon Smith 4-10.

Date of Determination of Completeness: February 01, 2012 Date of Notice of Application: February 01, 2012 Date of Threshold SEPA Determination: February 27, 2012 Publish: February 29, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4)

_________________ 201277 NOTICE OF ACTION Pursuant to 43.21C RCW, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 01, 2012 receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resource Application (JARPA) and SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Guy Nasato to install a vegetated shoreline stabilization project. Pend Oreille County has issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance for this project. This MDNS is issued under WAC 19711-350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from February 27, 2012. Comments must be submitted by March 12, 2012. This application will be heard by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission on March 13, 2012 in Cusick at the Community Center @ 6:00pm. The submitted application and related documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:00 PM at the County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Natural Resource Planner. Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval, Substantial Shoreline Development Permit, & approval from the Corps of Engineers. Date of Permit application: February 01, 2012 Date of Determination

of Completeness: February 01, 2012 Date of Notice of Application: February 01, 2012 Date of Threshold SEPA Determination: February 27, 2012 Publish: February 29, 2012

Published in The Newport Miner February 29,

Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4)

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____________ 201278 NOTICE OF ACTION Pursuant to 43.21C RCW, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 01, 2012 receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resource Application (JARPA) and SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Robin Pekrul to install a vegetated shoreline stabilization project. Pend Oreille County has issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance for this project. This MDNS is issued under WAC 19711-350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from February 27, 2012. Comments must be submitted by March 12, 2012. This application will be heard by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission on March 13, 2012 in Cusick at the Community Center @ 6:00pm. The submitted application and related documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:00 PM at the County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Natural Resource Planner. Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval, Substantial Shoreline Development Permit, & approval from the Corps of Engineers. Date of Permit application: February 01, 2012 Date of Determination

_________________ 201279 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 02, 2012 receive a Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application and a SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance submitted by WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife for the permitting of a boat launch repair and access site renovation project on Diamond Lake. (FILE NO. SSDP-12-004), Location: Within Sec. 01, T30N, R44EWM, South Shore Rd., Newport, WA 99156. Any person desiring to express their views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Natural Resource Planner. This permit application will be heard by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission on March 13, 2012 in Cusick at the Community Center @ 6:00pm. Required permits: Substantial Shoreline Development Permit, all other applicable state and federal permits. Date of Publication: February 29, 2012

Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4)

_________________ 201280 NOTICE OF ACTION Pursuant to 43.21C RCW, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 02, 2012 receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resource Application (JARPA) and SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Nathan Narrance to install a recreational dock at 171 E. Joyner, WA 99119. Pend Oreille County has issued a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from February 27, 2012. Comments must be submitted by March 12, 2012. This application will be heard by the Pend Oreille County Planning Commission on March 13, 2012 in Cusick at the Community Center @ 6:00pm. The submitted application and related documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:00 PM at the County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 W. 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Natural Resource Planner. Required Permits: Hydraulic Project Approval, Substantial Shoreline Development Permit, & approval from the Corps of Engineers. Date of Permit application: February 02, 2012 Date of Determination of Completeness: February 02, 2012 Date of Notice of Application: February 02, 2012 Date of Threshold SEPA Determination: February 27, 2012 Published in The Newport Miner February 29, 2012. (4)

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State limits Medicaid payments for emergency room starting April 1

he Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is in the process of rolling out a significant change to the way it pays for emergency care for Medicaid patients in order to reach their budget goals. HCA plans to stop paying for all Medicaid hospital emergency room visits when it deems those visits “not medically necessary”. This reduction in payment will occur even if no other medical care option is available. HCA is planning for an effective date of April 1, 2012. It projects a total savings (state and federal funds) of $51 million for the current biennium (through June 2013).

The specific criteria HCA will be using for “medically necessary” is not clear at this time. HCA will continue to pay for all visits to the emergency room that it deems medical emergencies. This standard means that in order for the condition to be considered an “emergency,” the ER must be the medically necessary setting for the delivery of care. If the HCA decides the care should have been rendered in a primary care provider’s office – whether or not the

Q: How is the HCA process going to

work? A: HCA plans to stop paying for hospital Emergency Department visits for Medicaid clients when it deems those visits “not medically necessary in the ER setting.” HCA will continue to pay for visits to the Emergency Department when it determines the Emergency Room setting was the medically necessary place of service for the care. If the ER decides that care is not appropriate for the Emergency Room setting and should be triaged to the primary care office through an EMTALA screening, the FICA managed care plans will pay a screening fee. HCA fee-for-service and managed care will only purchase care that is medically necessary, and in this case, medically necessary care includes care provided in the appropriate setting. It has been a struggle to develop an exclusive list or set number of visits to provide access to quality/affordable health care. Instead, the new standard will be based solely on medical necessity of the visit to that place of service. An extensive set of examples has been provided to the associations, and there will be ongoing dialogue regarding appropriate coding for payment of emergency services as we transition care to primary care providers. The HCA will determine when a visit is medically necessary or not. The HCA plans to use diagnosis codes for most clients and will conduct chart reviews for those clients who are chronic users of the Emergency Department. Q: Will there be an expedited prior authorization (EPA) process for this policy? A: No, there will not be an expedited prior authorization process for purposes of reviewing the Medical necessity of Emergency Room visits. Q: Who will decide what is medically necessary? A: The Health Care Authority will use sound evidence and a collaborative process in determining what constitutes medically necessary care in an Emergency Room setting. Q: Given an original estimate of savings from a composite approach, the number was $21 million and is now proposed at $51 million. Where is the extra $30 million in savings going to come from? A: The savings estimate is based upon the elimination of payments for Emergency Department visits that are deemed not medically necessary. Q: Will this change in payment and review for medical necessity delay payment

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patient actually has access to a primary care provider’s office – HCA will not pay for the emergency room visit. Hospitals and physicians will not be reimbursed even if the primary care provider is not available or advises the patient to go to the emergency room. HCA says it plans to deny payment for “non-emergent” visits stating April 1 for all Medicaid beneficiaries – this would include people with disabilities, newborns, foster children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable patients. One of the health care providers’ main concerns with the new policy is the list of conditions considered “nonemergent.” They are concerned that a number of serious conditions might be included on the final list of health care not covered by Medicaid in the emergency room . At one time chest pains had been on the HCA list. Washington state medical care providers have voiced significant concerns about this new approach. They have worked with the state officials to devise a list of questions and answers about the new benefit limit. Here are some of them: to physicians or hospitals? A: The impact will he felt in direct proportion to the number of clients that receive non-medically necessary care in an Emergency Room. Q: How will this change impact payments for children who visit the Emergency Department? A: This policy impacts_all Medicaid clients, regardless of age. Children will be included in the non-payment if Emergency Department visits not medically necessary. Q: What mechanism will there be to bill Medicaid patients for non-covered visits? A: Under Medicaid law, hospitals and physicians may not balance bill the client for covered services. Emergency Rooms and physicians may bill and will he paid for covered services that are medically necessary, Non-medically necessary services that are received in the Emergency Room are covered services but not paid, and as such the client cannot be billed. Patients can only be billed for non-covered services, regardless of setting. Therefore Emergency Rooms and hospitals should make every effort to triage to where they are medically necessary and can be paid. Q: Will hospital and physicians’ payment be impacted if the Medicaid client does not have a primary care physician in a reasonable distance for their transportation needs, if the provider had no open appointments, or if the office is closed on evenings and weekends? A: Yes, payment will be impacted. We need to work with the community to get primary physicians to see these clients. Q: How will HCA determine medical necessity? Will it be chart reviews or based on coding? A: The state will look at diagnosis codes billed on the claim. If the diagnosis code does not require the Emergency Room setting for treatment, the claim will deny. Q: Is there liability protection for Emergency Room physicians and primary care physicians willing to see these patients when care may be delayed? (Example: Patient is diabetic and has a splinter . These patients are more likely to get infected if not treated right away in the Emergency Room and sent to the primary care physician instead.) A: ‘There are provisions in Washington law to use “decision aids” to better inform clients of risk and reduce liability for providers. The state will work with associations to set community care standards, explore the use of “decision. aids” and to communicate with clients/communities on appropriate Emergency Room -use.

Do I Need to Go to the Emergency Room? Hospital emergency rooms (ERs) are set up to focus on medical emergencies. They are not set up to focus on routine health care. If you go to the ER for a problem that is not an emergency: • It will cost a lot more than it would at your doctor’s office or a walk-in clinic. A trip to the ER for an earache, for example, may cost three to four times as much as it would at your doctor’s office. • You will probably spend a lot more time there than you would at a walk-in clinic or doctor’s office. • You will get care from a provider who has probably never seen you before. It’s always best to get as much of your care as you can from a doctor who knows and understands you. You should make an appointment with your doctor’s office for: common illnesses such as colds, the flu, ear aches, sore throats, migraines, fever, rashes, minor injuries such as sprains, back pain, minor cuts and burns, minor broken bones, minor eye injuries, routine physicals, prescription refills, vaccinations and screenings, a health problem where you need advice. Go to the ER if you think you are having a medical emergency. That’s what the ER is for. Otherwise, call your doctor’s office first. It will save money and time. How do I know when it’s an emergency? There are few clear rules about what is an emergency and what isn’t. You should always use a hospital emergency room for very serious or life threatening problems. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, don’t wait! Call 911 or get to your nearest hospital emergency room. Most doctors would agree on a short list of problems that should always be treated as emergencies: Chest Pain • Severe Abdominal pain • Coughing or vomiting blood • Severe burns • Deep cuts or bleeding that won’t stop • Sudden blurred vision • Sudden, severe headache • Difficulty Breathing or shortness

of breath • Numbness in face, arm or leg • Seizures • High Fevers • Sudden dizziness, weakness, or loss of coordination or balance. Any other condition you believe is life threatening Most health problems are not emergencies. You may want to take care of the problem right away because you feel sick or uncomfortable, but nothing bad is going to happen to you if you wait a bit. Then again, you don’t always know that for sure. Some problems that seem minor can become serious if you ignore them. And it may be even harder to know what to do when a child is sick. One good question to ask yourself is, “Am I thinking about going to the ER because it’s convenient or because it’s necessary?” If you are choosing the ER because you can get in without an appointment, keep in mind the high price you will pay for that convenience. You may also have to wait a long time before you are seen by a doctor. And you may have other options. You can always call your doctor’s office or a nurse line for help. What if a problem happens on a weekend or at night? If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911 or Newport Hospital (509) 447-2441 immediately or go to the ER. If you don’t think the problem is an emergency: • One option is to use the “Search” feature to look up your problem on www.webmd.com. and read the information about when to call a doctor. See if there is home treatment you can try. • Call your doctor’s office and see if there is a number to call for after-hours service. • Call a nurse line for advice. The nurse can help you decide whether you need to get help now or whether it is safe to wait. • Go to a walk-in clinic (if one is open). • Go to the ER if you feel the problem cannot wait until your doctor’s office or a walk-in clinic is open. ABOUT NHHS THEN . . . The Newport Community Hospital was founded in 1921 through the efforts of many public-spirited Citizens. The hospital site was donated by the Panhandle Lumber Company. Mrs. Agnes Presnell-Eddy operated the hospital on a lease-rental arrangement until 1947 when the association itself took over.

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