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School levies fair well with voters Oroville and Tonasket M&O Levies pass easily over margains needed

BY GARY A DEVON MANAGING EDITOR

OKANOGAN - Voters sent local school districts a Valentine’s present Tuesday, Feb. 14 approving Maintenance and Operations Levies by well over the

margins needed to pass.

In order to approve the levies they must receive at least 50 percent of the votes in favor. In Oroville’s case, the voters gave a resounding “yes” with a supermajority of 63.55 percent with 727 votes in favor and in Tonasket it was 59.38 percent with 1,133 for the issue, according to the unofficial election day tally. Nespelem voters knocked it out of the park with 68.80 percent; Okanogan, 65.12 percent; Brewster, 65.29 percent; Pateros, 58.23 percent and Omak, 55.67 percent.

The total number of ballots counted for

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all the elections in the county was 7,915, or nearly 50 percent voter turnout. The election certification date is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, according to the Okanogan County Auditor’s office.

The money for the Tonasket and Oroville School levies will be collected from property taxpayers in calendar years 2013 and 2014. The Oroville School District asked for $1,497,371 which will be collected at a rate of $2.46 per $1000 in assessed property valuation. The levy money is equal to about 23 percent of the district’s budget. Tonasket asked for a

$1,150,000 replacement levy at a collection rate of $2.57 per $1000 in assessed property value, slightly up from the $2.22 per $1000 collected last time. The district also stands to receive over $600,000 in additional levy equalization funds from the state depending upon what the state does to address the current budget crisis.

Oroville lost levy equalization monies after the property valuation in the district went up considerably following a new construction and building boom a few years back. However, since the economic downturn in the country, total

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Sawyer approaches Tonasket Council about using airport runway

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TONASKET - Could Sunday drag racing be coming to Tonasket?

That’s a question the Tonasket City Council was asked to examine as Roger Sawyer of the Tonasket Comancheros broached the subject at the Tuesday, Feb. 14 council meeting.

He said the Comancheros had been approached by a Canadian drag racing organization that wanted to use the Tonasket airport for part of its drag racing series.

“This would be a Sunday event,” he said. “I came to see if the council would entertain the idea, or if they don’t want to do it at all I can tell these folks.

“I’ve done some research; we’re looking at a lot of Washington State cars and Canadian cars that would be coming in

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Who Forgot to Tell the Fish? 78 anglers participated in last weekend’s 8th annual NW Ice Fishing Festival on Sidley and Molson lakes. The well-prepared anglers (above) brought coffee to fight off the chill and games and other distractions while waiting for the non-responsive fish to bite. It seemed as if someone forgot to tell the fish it was a contest and their cooperation would be appreciated. No Fish to Fry: When there’s no fish why not try cooking up the bait? That’s what James and Josh Gasho (left) did on Sidley Lake.

The two seven-year-olds roasted (or is that smoked) some minimarshmellows on the campfire while waiting for a winning fish to come along.

“The cars aren’t nearly as heavy as airplanes and their tires are wider, so the pounds per square inch are less.”

Roger Sawyer, Tonasket Comancheros

for the weekend.”

He said that the Osoyoos and Oliver air strips were being used for similar events.

He added that the Comancheros would be willing to cover insurance costs.

“Our goal would be to turn the event over to the Airport Improvement Club, to run gates and concessions and use it as a fundraiser,” Sawyer said. “It could be another big shot in the arm for Tonasket.

“They’re wanting to get something going on down here, because the border is so hard to cross. A lot of racers down here can’t cross the border.”

Council members said that questions regarding the condition of the landing strip needed to be answered before there could be any kind of go-ahead.

Councilmember Jill Vugteveen asked if the racing would cause additional wear and tear to the runway.

“The cars aren’t nearly as heavy as airplanes,” Sawyer said. “And their tires are wider, so the pounds per square inch are less.”

Sawyer said that the racing organization hadn’t inspected the Tonasket airport runway to see if the surface, as it is now, would be suitable for racing.

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property values within the school district have decreased somewhat, yet not enough for the district to again qualify for levy equalization monies.

Levy moneys go to support both academic and extra-curricular programs, curriculum adoption, personnel, supplies and many other things that the state does not fund or only partially funds.

By law, if approved, the districts can only collect the amount approved by the voters - if the property valuations increase or decrease that amount stays the same.

TONASKET - The Tonasket Chamber of Commerce reviewed work on the pending upgrade of its website and discussed some options pertaining to the long-term viability to the RV Park at its Tuesday, Feb. 14 meeting.

Board member Terri Orford presented the first draft of the new web site’s look and feel for review.

“When we’re ready to launch, we’re hoping we can get locals to submit their photos to be the banner on the website,” she said. “We want to get different perspectives on the Okanogan Valley and Tonasket areas so it’s not just our perspective.”

The new site will include an integrated calendar of community events and could include such features as Google place location links, Facebook log-ins, featured business areas on the site, and the possibility of advertising and Chamber membership self-serve dues paying capability.

With the immediate problem of longterm tenancy resolved with the departure of couple of guests who had overstayed, board member Rob Nau said as the hamber holds discussions with the city regarding park policy that long-term tenancy needed to be on the table.

“Pursuing tenancy of 30 days or longer would require changes with our agreement with the city,” said chamber president Dale Crandall. “It also requires compliance issues that are different in

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Anglers get skunked, but Ice Fishing Fest awards over $2,000 in prizes

BY GARY A. DEVON MANAGING EDITOR

MOLSON - The 8th Annual Northwest Ice Fishing Derby finished on Saturday, Feb. 18 with the awarding of over $2,000 worth of prize money and raffle winnings.

Unfortunately no fish were caught for the second year in a row, but participants said they were having fun anyway as they tried to coax a trout onto their line. Fishing this year took place on both Molson and Sidley Lakes for the festival, which is sponsored each year by

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the Oroville Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Molson Grange.

“The weather held and we had a reasonably nice day with ice reported between 16” and 18” thick,” said Robin Stice, organizer of the annual event which takes place in and around Molson.

“This year there were 78 adult and 13 youth registrations. Several youth registered as adults, which paid off for a couple of them as they won adult prizes.

Other than oldest and youngest fisherman, all other prizes are awarded based upon the weight of the fish. However, for the second year in a row, no fish were caught! Some participants had fish find-

ers and could see a few non-responding fish.”

The prizes were handed out based upon a random drawing of the names of the participants. Kenneth Cyr, of Omak, walked away with the $500 grand prize, which was sponsored by Kinross Gold of Republic. Silver sponsors included Beyers Market Place in Tonasket and Prince’s Foods in Oroville. First Place Adult was $100, sponsored by Beyers Center Market Place and went to Garret Fletcher, Moses Lake. Second Place Adult, an ice fishing auger donated by Prince’s Department Store was won by Wyatt Thomas. Third Place Adult was

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$50, also from Silver Sponsor, Beyers Center Market Place and went home with Ron Moser, Moses Lake.

The Mystery Weight prize was an ice fishing combo rod and reel donated

by Prince’s Department Store won by Cameron Thomas. Bryan Sawyer of Oroville snagged the Adult Smallest Fish award valued at over a hundred dollars, which was a nice rod/reel/line set donated by Midway/Oroville Building Supply.

Leo Wahl of Spokane, was determined to be the Eldest Fisherman at 79-and-a-

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Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune | February 23, 2012

OHS presents: Secrect CCC to screen ‘Farmagdeeon’ life of bats in Okanogan

By M. Clare Paris

Submitted by Julie Ashmore OHA Conservation Coordinator

TONASKET - Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA) presents a fascinating window into the secret life of bats in the Okanogan Highlands and beyond.

On Friday, March 2nd, Roger Christophersen, Wildlife Biologist for the North Cascades National Park Service, will share stories and information about the amazing adaptations and natural history of our local bat species. From the thick crevices in tree bark and abundant insect supply at Lost Lake, to the forest and wetland habitats of Beaver Canyon, the Okanogan Highlands is a great place for bats to thrive.

“We’ll try to unravel some of the misconceptions about these furry critters,” Christophersen said, “and explore their importance and benefits to both society and local ecosystems.”

The presentation will also cover bat ecology, echolocation calls, habitat requirements, and bat species identification.

Christophersen plans to touch on study techniques, with a brief look at the results of bat research he has been involved with, as well as current research topics and public health information.

He will also share ideas on how individuals can assist with bat conservation.

Christophersen enjoys spending time at his cabin in Chesaw, observing the biodiversity of the highlands. He has over 18 years of experience inventorying and monitoring a diversity of wildlife species in the North Cascades mountain range. His primary emphasis has been on endangered, threatened, rare, sensitive, and keystone mammal and bird species. He has developed a long-standing passion for the conservation and management of bats, as well as alpine species such as pikas and hoary marmots. He currently serves on several Wildlife Working Group committees and Citizen Science Advisory Councils. His skill as an accomplished mountain climber and instructor dovetails the rigors of field research in rugged mountainous terrain.

The exciting Highland Wonders lineup in the months to come includes Bighorn Sheep and Butterflies. The Highland Wonders educational series features the natural history of the Okanogan Highlands and surrounding areas. OHA’s Education Program is designed to build the capacity of the community to steward natural habitats and resources, by helping to develop an informed and empowered population.

The educational series is offered by Okanogan Highlands Alliance, free of charge, as part of the Community Cultural Center

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Little brown bat (Myotis lucifigus) as photographed by Roger Christophersen, who will be talking about bats at the Highlands Wonders presentation at the Tonasket Community Cultural Center this Friday.

(CCC) of Tonasket Friday coffeehouse. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. with desserts, tea and coffee; the dinner benefiting the CCC begins at 5:00 pm.

The indoor events are held at the CCC, at 411 S Western Avenue, Tonasket, and details are provided on OHA’s website: www.okanoganhighlands.org/education.

OHA is a non-profit that works

to educate the public on watershed issues. For more information, email julie@okanoganhighlands.org or call 509-433-7893.

OHA is currently planning the outdoor summer interpretive series, and the public can provide input on the topics addressed by filling out the following survey: http://www.surveymonkey. com/s/PB6N3GF.

Chamber has 23 new membership applications returned | FROM A1 terms of infrastructure and tenant/landlord responsibilities.”

“It’s been an excellent source of income for the chamber,” Nau said.

“But it does have costs. The costs have run between 40-60 percent of gross income. I’m concerned if we don’t have some longer-term capability we could have a hard time breaking even. There are some things we could do to make it more suitable.”

Dave Kester added that the Chamber might want to look into buying the property, which currently is owned by the Burlington Northern railroad but leased from the city.

“We’re in the process of buy-

ing some of the railroad property behind the (Lee Frank) warehouse,” Kester said. “When we approached them they were very cooperative...they want to get rid of those properties. It could help with costs, so we should ask the city if it is interested, and approach the railroad. That way you would own the property instead of leasing from the city.”

“We have to address all this with the city no matter what,” Crandall said. “There’s no harm in exploring it.”

Lee Orr of the Okanogan-Ferry County chapter of the Washington T:4.875 in the chamPilots Association asked ber to sponsor 10 boxes of Smith

& Nelson red and gala apples at the association’s booth at the Northwest Aviation Trade Show in Puyallup, Feb. 25-26.

“Every year we find out how many people don’t know where Okanogan County is,” Orr said.

“We fill tables with information and people find out a lot about the area when they come by -- like the fact we have mountains and lakes.

“We have a reputation there as the booth that gives away apples.

It’s some great exposure for the county as there’s 10,000-12,000 people there.”

Orford also offered him the use of information North Valley Hospital uses to recruit new

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Slow Food Okanogan is part of a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members in over 150 countries, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. Slow Food Okanogan, and the world-wide organization, believes everyone has the right to good, clean, and fair food.

With over 250,000 supporters, 25,000 members and 225 chapters nationwide, Slow Food USA advocates for food and farming policy that is good for the public, good for the planet, and good for farmers and workers.

The CCC presentation will feature an all-local soup and bread supper from 5:30-6:45 p.m., followed by the film at 7 p.m.

Admission to the film is by donation; the soup-and-bread plate will be available for a suggested donation of $5 a piece.

Proceeds from the meal will go to the CCC; donations for the film will help defray the cost of the screening.

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employees, while Tonasket School District superintendent Paul Turner, who was also on hand, asked if he could use that information for the district’s recruiting as well.

Chamber vice president Julie Alley reported 23 new membership applications had been returned, while treasurer Bill Nelson said he had found a laptop to be used by the treasurer for about $100 that needed only a battery to be fully functional.

The Chamber next meets Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Whistler’s in Tonasket.

TONASKET - The Community Cultural Center of Tonasket will be featuring an exclusive screening of “Farmageddon” at its Friday Night Coffee House on Friday, Feb. 24.

The film, sponsored

by Slow Food Okanogan, looks at the threat to our right to raise and buy food from each other.

The survival of rural communities depends on the health of the community’s economy, which is tied up in the success of local farmers. Agribusiness and regulatory agencies have made it harder and harder for small, family farms, especially those who begin adding value to their crop, to stay afloat. In turn, our right to choose to buy food produced by our neighbors is threatened, thereby creating more hardship for the family farms and their communities. Slow Food Okanogan presents the film “Farmageddon,” which explores why this is happening, who benefits and what we can do about it.

Filmmaker Kristin Canty’s quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small, family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities.

Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems -- most often the industrial food chain -- policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target, and often drive out of business, small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food. These farmers often buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.

“Farmageddon” highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals’ rights to access the food of their choice and farmers’ rights to produce these foods

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PRIZES: Grand Prize $500, Kinross Gold

ADULT: 1st Place, $100.00 - by Beyers Center Market Place

 2nd Place, Ice Fishing Auger, Prince’s Dept. Store  3rd Place, $50 Beyers Center Market Place  Mystery Wt., Ice Pole Combo, Prince’s Dept. Store  Smallest Fish, Rod/Reel/Line,

Grand Prize – Oroville Getaway: 2 nights @ Camaray Midway/Oroville Building Supply $105 value Motel, Massage & Parafin Dip @ Leah Katherine Day Spa,  Eldest Fisherman, Steak Dinner, FB Family Grill Meal Certificates @ Linda’s Bakery & Hometown Pizza YOUTH: 1st Place $75 Prince’s Foods  2 Gift Baskets – Borderland Historical Society, Oroville  2nd Place, $50 Prince’s Foods  Certificate for Oil Change – Community Auto, Oroville  3rd Place, $25 Nulton’s Irrigation  5# Buffalo Meat, Heated Socks –  Mystery Wt.: Ice Pole Combo, Eden Valley Guest Ranch Davmichaeljin Ranch, Havillah  Smallest Fish, $20.00 Reman & Reload, Oroville  Steak Dinner – FB’s Family Grill, Oroville  Youngest Fisherman, Sterling Bank Fun Basket  Trail Ride for 2, Eden Valley Guest Ranch  Block House painting – Tedi Fletcher, Oroville  Fishing Mug, Plaques – Dick Garner, Oroville  Molson Grange, For Hosting the Event  Figurine – Garrett Interiors, Oroville  Molson Grange for the Breakfast  Wine Gift Basket – Okanogan Estate & Vineyards  Sitzmark Ski Area for the Dinner & Gift Shop, Oroville  Mike Tibbs & Tibbs Plumbing, Sanicans  Walt Hart & The Oroville Boy Scouts, Lake Office Tent  Embroidered Towels -- Dot Kuhlman, Havillah  The Okanogan County Search & Rescue  Hats, fishing equipment – Dave Graybill,  Table top BBQ, Lantern hanger – Lee Franks, Tonasket  Oroville EMTS, Bill & Paul  Fishing Gear – Midway Building Supply – Tonasket & Oroville  Nancy Nessly, Judge & Lake Registration from Ok. Co. Search & Rescue  Ray Ellington, Cincinnati Chili & More at Sidely Lake  Gloves, Model Car – Napa Auto, Oroville  Jeanette Lamont, Arts & Crafts Fair Coordinator  Variety of fishing novelties – Oroville Pharmacy  Sandy Andrews, Donations Coordinator  One Year Subscription, Omak Chronicle  Tim Roberts & Linda McDanial, Grange Fire & Heat  $5 off coupon – Shannon’s Cafe, Tonasket  Everett Turner & Maurice Reichel, Sidewalks & Building Issues  Gift Basket, Sterling Savings, Oroville  Pat Stice, Tim Mason & Myrick Family, Sidley Lake Areator  5 - $5 coupons – Subway, Oroville  Oroville Sportsman Club and Cox Family, Molson Lake Aerator  $50 off Tires – Thompson Bees, Oroville  Clyde & Sandy Andrews, Camaray Motel, Registration & Awards  Carpet Cleaner – Tonasket Interiors  Vicki Hart, Hart Automotive, Registration and Awards  Gift Basket, Wells Fargo, Oroville  North Ok. Co. Public Works Road Crew. Great Job on the Roads.  Mary Louise Loe & Warren Zesiger, Clean Up Coordination  Souvenir Rock – World of Gaia, Oroville Thank you Betta’s for Office Supplies & Postage

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The Chamber of Commerce of Oroville, WA wishes to thank our three large sponsors because their support helped make a really great tournament. So thank you!

Proceeds go towards promoting tourism and businesses in the North Okanogan County

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OVER 75 TRY THEIR LUCK IN MOLSON | FROM A1 half-years-old and was awarded a steak dinner by FB’s Family Grill in Oroville.

Silver Sponsor, Prince’s Foods covered both First Place Youth for $75 to Hunter DeVon, Oroville and Second Place Youth, $50 which went to Victoria Sidorszuk.

Nulton’s Irrigation sponsored Third Place Youth with $25 going to Drake Duncan also of Oroville.

Eden Valley Guest Ranch purchased a brightly colored ice pole combo for Youth Mystery Weight , won by Bill Kriner.

Reman and Reload sponsored Youth Smallest Fish at $20 that went to Nathan Rice, Oroville.

The Sterling Bank Fun Basket went to Gus Ugaldea, as he was determined to be the Youngest Fisherman at age six-and-a-half.

Over 30 businesses and individuals donated prize money or raffle items to the event.

The grand prize won by Maria

Miller for the raffle was a Getaway at the Camaray Motel (two nights lodging, meals at Linda’s Bakery and Hometown Pizza plus a massage session at Leah Cathryn’s Day Spa. The Oroville EMT’s were on hand as this is the first time the tournament has been held on both Molson and Sidley Lake at once.

The Okanogan County Search and Rescue were also on site with a huge bus restaurant and extra gear. Nancy Nessly of the Okanogan County Search and Rescue team presided as Judge and Lake registrar all day.

“Although Nancy was unable to weigh any fish, she provided many answers to questions all day,” said Stice. “This was the first year we were honored to have Dave Graybill, the Fishin’ Magician, Central Washington’s fishing ‘Outdoor Insider.’”

At Graybill’s request, Denny Hughes and Bill Avery and the team of the Okanogan County Search and Rescue demonstrated inflation and use of a rescue boat and discussed water rescue issues with those around.

Chef, Ray Ellington featured Cincinnati chili along with other selections from his Chef Shack on the edge of Sidley Lake.

The Arts and Crafts Fair, coordinated by Jeanette Lamont was the biggest and best ever with a myriad of items in the Molson Grange Hall from 7 a.m. to closing.

This was the eighth year Robin Stice, owner/manager of the nearby Eden Valley Guest Ranch, has spearheaded the event. She and an army of volunteers put on the event which is much larger than the number of official registrants.

Over 200 enjoyed a hearty

water and sewer projects get funding FROM A1 The race would be a one-eighth mile course that would keep the speeds down and not necessitate the use of parachutes. Racers would drive street cars, not funny cars or dragsters.

“I don’t need to have it sold to me; I like the idea,” said Councilmember Jean Ramsey.

“But we need to make sure of the impact on real estate in the area.”

City superintendent Bill Pilkinton said he wanted to be sure the runway, which is slated to be re-sealed, wouldn’t be subject to further damage.

“We don’t have a lot of money,” he said. “In the hot months to be out on that strip, that’s what I talk to (police chief) Rob Burks about when he does his program up there. ... We don’t have a base under there. Another thing we should look at is whether it would affect funding that we could get at the airport.”

“That’s why I’m looking to see what else has been done in Washington State, said mayor Patrick Plumb. “Though if the cops had been able to go up and use it, that should be the same kind of thing.”

Councilmember Scott Olson wanted to know if the drag racing could spill over to misuse of the airport.

“Does this have any carryover into kids going up to practice, or encourage misuse of an airport that’s not well-guarded?” he asked.

“I plan on getting hold of the county sheriff ’s office and see what they would think,” Sawyer said. “We need to know if they would be for it or against it. If

kids can’t go up there and practice they may try to practice elsewhere. We can’t have it happen in the streets, either.”

Plumb said he would attempt to set up a meeting in early March with the council’s airport committee, the Airport Improvement Club and the Comancheros to discuss the possibilities and ramifications of the proposal.

Improvement projects progress With confirmation that the water and sewer projects will receive their full funding, the projects are “100 percent going forward,” Plumb said. “We did get the letter from Rural Development we are getting that loan for sure...

“It’s great for the city all the way around, and for the residents that need those services that will soon be ‘in town.’”

The pedestrian project, which will result in an improved crossing from the North Valley Hospital to its parking lot, also will be getting underway. There will be a plan review on Feb. 28 that will take place at the council meeting that evening. Fitting the project into the city improvement plan will be a consideration.

Parking and ordinances The South Tonasket Ave. parking situation has still not been fully resolved, although a meeting between resident Lisa Andrews, Pilkinton and Chief Burks was to take place Feb. 15 in an attempt to help Andrews deliver a written proposal for the council’s consideration. A combination of lack of adequate residential parking and a city ordinance that prohibits parking on city streets from

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING There will be a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the PUD auditorium located at 1331 2nd Avenue North in Okanogan. This meeting is being held as a Board Workshop for the purpose of reviewing irrigation rate schedule options.

2 a.m. to 6 a.m. has been the source of plenty of discussion since December.

Enforcement of that an other ordinances has been a sore point with city residents, Plumb said.

In response to word that some residents wanted to be specifically informed that certain ordinances would henceforth be enforced, Plumb said, “We’ve taken an oath to enforce the law. State, federal, constitution, local. It seems pretty clear.”

“We’ve asked for this, the mayor has asked for this,” Vugteveen said. “We’re going to hear a lot of grumblings for a while until they get used to the fact that we’re not going to go away. This is an expectation, we want to enforce the ordinances or get rid of them.

Getting people used to the fact that we’re changing the way we’re doing business, there’s going to be growing pains.”

“That’s just part of being a cop and law enforcement,” Burks said.

“Nobody’s ever going to be happy with what you do, but we still do it because we love it. It’s just the circle of life.”

Plumb added that he’d been getting positive feedback from residents who had been asking local police for rides home rather than driving after feeling they’ve had too much to drink.

Olson’s to-do list Councilmember Olson reviewed a laundry list of issues that he had previously brought to

breakfast put on by the Molson Grange, and over 80 stayed for the Italian Dinner sponsored by the Sitzmark Ski Area Volunteers.

The proceeds from the main event (from sponsorship, registrations fees and raffle tickets) go to the Oroville Visitor Information Center as well as the Sidley Lake Aerator Project.

There are costs to putting on a festival with a fishing tournament that include advertising, paper, printing, and postage which our sponsorships also pay.

Without our sponsors there would be no festival. The City of Oroville will also be assisting with advertising costs. This dynamic event draws people of all ages from all over Washington with some coming from British Columbia and sometimes a few from Idaho.

For more information about the event, email Stice at info@ edenvalleyranch.net or Oroville Chamber of Commerce at orovillewashington@gmail.com. the board. Those included: - the status of inoperative streetlights on Highway 20 near Tonasket School District (waiting on PUD and weather, as the lights require ballast repair, according to Pilkinton); - a policy for the use of video surveillance by the police (Burks said one doesn’t exist yet; Olson asked to get something in writing by the next council meeting so as to ensure citizens’ privacy is protected); - capability for the police to haul dogs (Pilkinton said that he could provide a pick-up that had been put up for surplus, including a canopy); - status of the railroad crossing south of town (Plumb said that it is progressing); - status of construction on the three-bay shed (Pilkinton said that it is ready to go out for bid); - status of new basketball hoops at the park (Pilkinton said they had been purchased and installed); - and other repairs to the Little Learners Park (Vugteveen said that the parks committee would discuss repairs with volunteers from the Tonasket Kiwanis). council approved a budget amendment adding $2,532,520 to the city budget to account for the swimming pool fund and loan and grant money from CDBG funds, ECY funds and Rural Development funds for various improvement projects.

The Tonasket City Council next meets Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the council chambers.

Peerless join Rancho Chico family The owners of Rancho Chico Mexican Restaurants were the high bidder for the historic Peerless Restaurant and Lounge in Oroville which went on the auction block at the Okanogan County Courthouse last Friday at 2 p.m.. New owners Oralia Rodriguez and Juan Calderon (second and third from left) had the highest bid at $140,000. They were joined in support by Juan’s brother Miguel and Sandy and Ron Peterson.

“We were just there for support, we had represented the new owners when they made an offer to the previous owner,” said Sandy Peterson, owner of Windermere Real Estate.

Peterson added that the new owners planned to take about three months to remodel the restaurant before opening for business. It will join their other Rancho Chico Restaurants which are in Tonasket and Omak. There was only one other bid, which was made by Ryan Milligan representing the holder of the loan on the Peerless. This opening bid in the auction held by Tonasket attorney Dale Crandell was for $137,000.

Making History Pat Garrett and Kenny Becker install a new sign relating the history of the Peerless Block. The sign was placed on the side of the Peerless Restaurant which was originally a three-story hotel called the DeGrubb. A fire in the early 1970s gutted the building.

It was then remodeled into the Old Peerless Restaurant gaining its distinctive sloping roof. The history of the building changed again with the purchase last Friday by the owners of Rancho Chico (see related photo).

This sign and the signs on the McDonald Cabin (first Custom House), Dick’s Pharmacy and Hometown Pizza all relate the history of the older buildings. They are being installed by the Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society and were purchased in part by a grant. More are planned in the future “The Borderlands Historical Society would like to continue this project, the smaller signs cost approximately $300 and donations for this specific project would be appreciated,” said Kay Sibley, director of the society. Contact Sibley at ksibley@nvinet.com.

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OKANOGAN VALLEY GAZETTE-TRIBUNE | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

THE TOWN CRIER Voters made the right choice Voters all over the region made the right choice when they voted yes to approve the two-year Maintenance and Operations Levies in our school districts.

Oroville and Tonasket voters came through with supermajority support, even though the issues only required 50 percent approval.

This is a wise investment in the future of our school-aged children and of our communities.

These kids will one day be able to make a valuable contribution to our communities and wherever they decide to live.

We should be proud of ourselves for pulling together and offering this kind of support, especially in these less than stellar economic Out of My Mind times.

The levies help to pay for all the programs Gary A. DeVon and activities the state doesn’t – like extracurriculars such as sports, Knowledge Bowl and Future Business Leaders of America.

It helps to bring programs and technology to rural schools like ours in Tonasket and Oroville so that they can keep up with schools in more urban areas.

The levies do so much to fill in where the state has shirked its constitutionally-mandate duty to provide even the most basic of education.

Without the levy, students in poorer, more rural environments might lag behind and our kids would not be able to compete in an ever-tightening job market.

What the state has done by cutting back on funds has robbed our children of the educational opportunities they deserve.

No one can force our kids to take full advantage of our schools, but we owe them the chance for all the opportunities we can reasonably provide and if the state won’t do it, the levy helps to fill in those gaps.

The state Supreme Court ruled the state must fulfill its mandate to provide basic education.

Only time will tell whether the legislature takes this ruling seriously and begins fully meeting the basic requirements.

Local support of the levies was fantastic, we would, however, like to address something heard each levy election time.

And that’s the theory that only property owners bear the burden of educating our children.

This really is far from the truth. While property owners directly pay taxes – everyone that rents a home or apartment, buys groceries, a meal or any other goods within the boundaries of a school district supports the district through indirect means.

When property taxes go up most business people pass those increases on to the people they rent to or sell to.

No one really escapes paying their share.

That’s why it is so important that our school boards do their best to keep the amount we pay per thousand as low as possible – to not ask for any more than needed and keep taxes from going up – whether we own property or not.

So far the school boards in Oroville and Tonasket have been able to keep their promises by asking passage of levies that are the same or only slightly higher than those they replace.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A vote of confidence Dear Editor, Knowing that our county is suffering under a depressed economy, I checked the school levy election results on Tuesday night with a bit of apprehension. I was elated to see levies in all school districts were passing!

I had to stop and drink in the reality of this news. The levy system is blatantly unfair as it asks only those who own property to help pay for the education of children in our districts.

However, we were given a vote of confidence by you, the tax payer, as you said, ‘the education of our children is of great value to me.”

I am an educator at the Tonasket elementary school and I do not take this vote of confidence lightly. I understand that we must be creative, persistent and responsible in our role of teaching the next generation.

While fulfilling our role as educators, we must be good stewards of the money you have entrusted to us. I personally feel education is a high calling and one that cannot be taken lightly.

I thank you for entrusting your children to us, expecting excellence and providing the dollars to enhance the enrichment of their lives through the education they receive.

For those of you without children who continue to support the schools, you also know that we are in this together and a strong education will grow a strong community. I thank you for your vote of confidence.

Sincerely, Kathy Duchow Tonasket

Wise use makes more sense Dear Editor, As we have been discussing the past four to five weeks, the P.U.D. plan for a hydroelectric plant at Enloe Dam, Similkameen River, raises a lot of economic questions. It is a costly, $40 million

plan and doesn’t seem to generate enough power, two to three percent of demand, to justify all the negative impacts it creates.

I was trying to understand why the P.U.D. needs to do this project and went back to the P.U.D. Website, “okanoganpud.org” and clicked on “power resources.”

There I found some graphs which show megawatts consumed and megawatt resources available each month of the year. B.P.A. provides abundant energy, when the Similkameen would be generating the most power, precisely when we don’t need it, and at a lower cost, just $.03/KW/hr.

This was one reason previous licenses were not issued. Later in summer, July, August and September, cooling is a big user, just when our resources decline steeply.

The months we need energy resources, the flows in the Similkameen just aren’t available.

Instead of taking Enloe Dam and Similkameen Falls from our scenic trail and harming our tourism and fisheries, why not put more resources into insulation, weatherization and energy efficiency?

Help all the ratepayers, reduce their current electric usage with energy audits and help with the improvements they identify. With wise use and conservation we can gain back the cushion between load and supply and create good jobs for local contractors, which will circulate in the local economy, and we won’t need to sacrifice our scenic beauty and tourism dollars.

Thanks for the forum, Joseph Enzensperger Oroville

The voice of the animals In the month of February the serious problem of unwanted cats and dogs in the U.S. is recognized through “Prevent-a-Litter” Month, “Responsible Pet Owners” Month, and “Spay Day USA.” Sadly, the story that follows is the antithesis of responsible pet ownership and population control.

A woman was standing at a window in her home that looks out to an orchard when she saw a man drive to the edge of the orchard and remove two boxes from the back of his pickup. To her horror he dumped out the cats contained in the boxes, got back in his truck and drove away.

Acts of abandonment, neglect and abuse like this occur on a daily basis in Okanogan County.

If this story angers and chills you, you can do something to help the unwanted animals whose short lives often end in tragedy.

City and County officials are unwilling to fund humane animal care and control so you are their only voice. You can speak for the animals by supporting Animal Foster Care cat shelter and their partner, Okanogan Regional Spay & Neuter Project (OK-SNIP) in significantly reducing the overpopulation of the thousands of unwanted cats and dogs in your area through an aggressive, affordable spay and neuter program that targets the cats and dogs of low income families and feral cats. To help fund our programs please attend the March

3rd “Spay-ghetti” Dinner/Live & Silent Auctions/Dance event at the Cariboo in Okanogan and/or send donations to P.O. Box 3385, Omak, WA 98841.

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Boundaries Dear Editor, The wise man/woman will not allow an act of physical violence to occur in his/her presence, regardless of the personal risk at stake. Increased vigor will be used to stop the violence when it involves children, the elderly, the disabled and others who are physically limited in their ability to protect themselves.

It is a long-held myth, but a myth nonetheless, that a man/ woman of wisdom will always remain aloof from their surroundings, only to speak when called upon for sagacity advice.

Furthermore, most wisdom seekers believe that perhaps the most important ingredient that will allow individuals, nations and humanity to evolve in a positive direction is by having hope for the future reintroduced into the social fabric of every nation or culture.

This task is daunting because restoring hope for the future to any society cannot be accomplished by writing or talking about it. Only with each individual choosing to set a positive and inspirational example for others will allow the process of social, economic and political evolution to begin.

Ray Gattavara Auburn, Washington

Thanks for your support over the years

BY JUDGE JACK BURCHARD OKANOGAN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

It has been a great honor to serve as Superior Court Judge for the last nineteen years and as Prosecuting Attorney for six years before that.

I now have just 11 months remaining in my fifth term on the Bench. I have decided not to seek re-election for a sixth term.

I have many thoughts and words to share with all of you.

But one word covers most of what is worth saying. That word is: “Thanks.” You have treated me with respect and kindness beyond what I have earned. You have been patient with my shortcomings.

Among Washington’s 39 Counties, Okanogan shines bright. We are the smallest county in Washington with a Drug Court.

We are the only County I have heard of that started a Drug Court without the benefit of a Federal Implementation Grant.

Our Drug Court holds offenders accountable and provides treatment and supervision resources to break the cycle of drug abuse and crime that poison so many lives.

This program is supported by local sales tax and other taxpayer dollars.

Thank you for making Drug Court possible in the Okanogan.

Thanks to the Drug Court Team, especially Frank Rogers, Steve Brown, Karl Sloan, Felicia Chandler, Mike Lynch, Dan Boyle, Nancy Barnes and Roger Bauer.

Through generous and talented volunteers we provide education to divorcing parents so they learn to keep their children out of the middle of their disputes.

The Dispute Resolution Center also provides mediation services that allow parties to sit down with

each other and resolve their disputes informally, without going to Court. Thank you to those volunteers, especially Katy Davis, Cheryl Hill, Candis Cochran and Rene Ewalt.

In cases of suspected child abuse and neglect we have the benefit of many volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). Thank you for your generous dedication to the welfare of children. Thank you to Peggy Sullivan, Bobbi Gottfriedson and Tim Hargraves for organizing the effort. First time minor offenders appear before Community Accountability Boards to resolve their cases. These volunteers help steer young people away from court and jail. Thanks to all of you.

We enjoy one of the top Juvenile Court Departments in the State.

Our great staff has developed many innovative programs to provide accountability and change for young offenders.

Thank you to our administrative team, transportation officers, corrections officers, probation officers and chemical dependency counselors. Special thanks go to Mark Atkinson for bringing the Aggression Replacement Training program (ART) to Okanogan County. This intensive 10 week course gives young offenders tools to address anger, aggression and other self-defeating behaviors.

We are now the first county to extend ART to include drug and alcohol abuse treatment and prevention. Many of the kids who need these services live far away. Our transportation program allows young offenders from Coulee Dam to Oroville and Winthrop to receive supervision and services.

Thanks to Dennis Rabidou and the whole staff for solving the transportation challenge.

Just a few years ago some

proposed closing our Juvenile Detention Center and sending our kids to a regional Detention Center near Medical Lake. The public, news media and officials rallied to our support. Thank you.

In family law cases (divorce, separation, custody and child support) most of you come to court without lawyers.

Our Family Law Facilitator helps guide you through the complicated legal process so that issues are promptly and fairly resolved. Our Facilitator helps parents and the Court find custody and child support arrangements that serve the best interests of the children.

Thank you for paying the bill for this program through your taxes and user fees. Thanks to Susan Speiker and all the facilitators who preceded her.

Effective December 1, 2011, the Governor appointed a second Superior Court Judge. Now, after all these years, there are two of us.

A two Judge Superior Court will better serve the people’s needs. Thanks to Administrative Director Nan Kallunki and Commissioners Jim DeTro, Bud Hover and Andy Lampe for making this happen.

Thanks to the Law Enforcement Officers who have consistently brought me plenty of work, insuring that my days were not filled with boredom.

Thanks to all who helped with my campaigns. Thanks to Mike Marshall, Louis Millard, Fred Horner and John Dick.

Our old courthouse does not provide direct access to the jail.

Prisoners were hauled to court through the public hallway in long chains.

The County Administration, Sheriff, Jail Administrator Noah Stewart, the Courts and Renee Townsley solved this big problem.

We built a courtroom in the jail.

Thanks.

I have enjoyed the privilege of working with some of the finest and most capable people on the planet. Heartfelt thanks to my Court Administrator Al Rendon and my Assistant and Bailiff Mary Horner. There are no two finer public servants in the world.

Thanks to the Judicial Officers who have served with me and provided guidance and support for many years: Judge Dave Edwards, Judge Chris Culp, Commissioner Rick Weber and Commissioner Gretchen Wallace.

Thanks to the Judges from Chelan and Douglas County who have assisted us with Okanogan County Cases: John Bridges, Lesley Allan, Chip Small and John Hotchkiss.

Most importantly, thank you to my wonderful wife Peg and our children Chris, Jay, Anna, Tim and Mary.

The pursuit of my dream has been hard on all of you. Our lives will soon be less public. Hurrah!

I am very grateful but humbled to realize my retirement benefits will exceed those available to most of the people paying for them. Thank you.

Of course there are many deserving thanks that I have left off this list. Thanks to all of you too. You know who you are.

From this partial inventory you can see that I have been blessed beyond anything I could have imagined or earned. In the near future I hope to spend time with many of the people, organizations and groups across the County.

Perhaps we can discuss what we’ve learned from each other over the years. Let me know if you want to organize a gettogether. Right now the court bell is ringing, reminding me to get back to work.

I haven’t retired yet.

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Okanogan Valley Life Red Cross Blood Drive March 7 at OHS It’s Feb. 23 and this year we have an and now her son will take over for a couple extra day added to current month. of weeks. Howard Cumbo had surgery last How about the new look of the week in Wenatchee, where repairs were G-T? Color on every page! It is a made to his intestinal tract. Family tells me very exciting look. Bold print, for us that he has been moved to Tonasket hospioldies to read. I have had many comtal , which will make it easier to visit him. pliments on the appearance, already.

The community has been saddened by And several have said how glad they the death of Irene Kelemen, following a are to have the “News of the Past” series of strokes. Irene had been a resident back. of our town for a lot of years. She had many It seems I have more and more friends and knew a lot of folks as she was news concerning the different ill- THIS & THAT employed at the local post office for many nesses of, but most of it is good. Edith years. A friendly personality and always Holmes is home, where she is most Joyce Emry immaculately groomed, she will be missed happy and has good friends looking by many, especially her family. after her. Beverly Lee is home after Did you ever think how the brownie her hip replacement, and stay at the rehab center (cookie kind) came into being? Of course you didn’t,

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The front door has been replaced and a new easy wheelchair access entry installed.

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On Feb. 13 there were 28 Pinochle players over at the Molson Grange Hall. The low scores went to Al O’ Brien and Rae Morris. The High scorers were Darrell Bunch and Mary Lou Barnett. Lani Thompson was the Traveling winner.

Last Saturday was the Big Day for the 8th Annual Northwest Ice Fishing Fest.

This event is sponsored by Oroville Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Molson Grange.

This 2012 contest included both Molson and Sidley lakes, with a two fish limit.

The day started off with the Molson Grange folks fixin one of their great Pancake Breakfasts.

The word was that they served about 200. With a full belly it was time for fishing.

As the anglers headed for the

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Do you have a will? A community property agreement? A revocable living trust? Do you need these things? And, just what are they, specifically? How much does a lawyer charge to help you? Can you do it your-

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Last weekend the Tonasket FFA had their annual Dinner/Auction here and the turnout was great!

After the dinner, the band North Half provided live music, and they were very good.

Also, the District meeting was held at Grand Coulee and several of our members traveled there.

Our guest speaker was Mary Anne Ruddis, the Executive Director of the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest (A.C.C.O.I.N.).

It was a very informative and moving presentation. They are a free service and support group for families of children who are diagnosed with cancer in the Inland Northwest and are based at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.

This organization is our District Charity for this fraternal year. The District is donating to this worthy cause and urges all the Aeries within the district to contribute.

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HILLTOP COMMENTS lake the venders displayed their wares. There were lots of tables with a good variety of goods to choose from.

You could purchase lots of tickets for the different raffles, or baked goods and have coffee or hot chocolate with a friend and visit. There was a lot of activity in the hall.

Meanwhile, down at the lake the anglers were trying different bait and other fishing techniques to catch the “big one”. The news coming back from the lake was not good.

As the hours past no one had had even a bite. A decision was made, by those in charge, that if at the end of the derby there were no fish caught, there would be a drawing from all those that registered and paid their entry fee for all of the prizes. The big

The Learning Tree selves? The questions are endless and our expert instructor, Roger Castelda, will have the answers.

If you already have a will, does it need updating? Are you subject to probate? Exactly what is probate? This is an information only class – crucial information that will show you how to protect your family, your assets, and once it’s done - your peace of mind.

Watch for the yellow March Classes fliers around town within the next few days. There are

Howard Cumbo should be back home after under going major surgery in Wenatchee last week.

Deloris Baker is under the weather I hear. Hope all is well with her.

Friends tell me they have missed seeing the Pinochle prizes came from Kinross, Beyers Market, Princes Foods, Nultons, Betta’s Services and Reman and Reload, and others. I apologize if I missed anyone. As it turned out there were no fish caught.

Many, many items were in the raffle this year, with the Grand Prize being a two night stay at the Camaray Motel, Spa Treatment at Katherine Day Spa, Meal Certificates at Linda’s Bakery and Hometown Pizza. The winner was Maria Miller. There are so many other winners I will run out of space, so I just want to say thank you to the donors and congratulations to the winners. A big thank you goes to all of the volunteers that made it all possible.

And to the Sitzmark volunteers for the Spaghetti/Lasagna dinner. Better Luck next year all you fisher - persons.

The Molson Cemetery Association meeting will be at Mary Louise Loe’s, Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. 485-3292.

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scores the last two weeks, so here they are: Feb. 4: Door Prize was won by Danny Wietrick; Most Pinochles by Ken Ripley; and High Scores to Nellie Paulsen and Leonard Paulsen.

Feb. 11: Door Prize was won

by Danny Wietrick, again; Most Pinochles won by Beverly Storm;

twenty terrific classes from which to choose. To register call Ellen at 476-2011, drop in to the office at the south end of Oroville High School or go online to www. northvalleycommunityschools. com.

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He will give us an update on Carbon Cycle Crush and maybe some other information on the 100th Anniversary of the Border Crossing.

He is always welcome and an interesting speaker.

More next time.

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and High Scores went to Danny Wietrick and Sally Eder.

Feb. 17: Door Prize was won by Nellie Paulsen; Most Pinochles were won by Judy Ripley; and High Scores went to Mary Lou Barnett and Ken Ripley.

Arnie Marchand will be the speaker on Feb. 28.

Take care of yourself. You’re worth it!

APPLEWAY —VIDEO —

to State.

Watching college basketball games take up a lot of my time, especially Gonzaga, and the two Washington’s and Oregon.

Last Friday night we had a great Chinese dinner in Penticton and saw a live Neil Simon production at a small theater, with friends. What a delightful way to spend an evening...even if it did snow on us, before we got home.

To deodorize smelly hands after a fishing trip, use a tiny bit of Colgate toothpaste. I guess that wouldn’t have been necessary last week at the Fishing Derby in Molson, as no fish were caught. None last year either.

The “long weekend” brought visitors to some of the folks...Janae (Haney) Chryst and David were here and went to Canada and took the Haney boys, Nathan and Caleb to ski for the day and we got in some pinochle playing in the evening.

Be nice to your kids. They pick out your nursing home.

It has been reported that Edith Holmes is seriously ill and visitors are not allowed at this time.

George Washington’s Birthday was yesterday, Feb. 22. Presidents then and now differ, quite a bit.

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Tonasket Eagle News A.C.C.O.I.N., go to their website: www.acco.org/inlandnw.com or you can call Mary Anne at (509) 443-4162.

Coming up on Saturday, March 3 we are having our 10th Annual Crab Feed.

For $20 you get a whole crab with salad and a fresh, homemade roll.

If you don’t want crab, we have ham for $10. This event starts at 5:30 p.m. and goes until 8 p.m. All proceeds benefit our Scholarship fund.

We are saddened to report the passing of Charter Member Homer Carter and long time member Gary Novak. They will both be missed, our condolences go out to their families.

We wish anyone who is ill a speedy recovery to good health.

God bless you all, the Biggest Little Eagles in the state.

so I’ll enlighten you. It was in 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition, in Chicago. One of the famous hotels of that time was The Palmer House, and the wife of the owner of the hotel had asked the chef ’s to create a dessert, that wasn’t messy as cake or pie and would be suitable for a box lunch for the ladies attending the fair, and the brownie is what they came up with. Fondness for the dessert spread and a cookbook by Fannie Farmer was printed with the first ever brownie recipe, in 1896.

The first Ferris wheel, neon lights, shredded wheat and Juicy Fruit gum were also debuted at that exhibition. There’s your history lesson for the week.

Well now, I’ve had a shingles shot. Isn’t that like locking the barn after the horse was stolen? But it is supposed to stop me from ever having the dreadful things again. And I guess my husband is so tired of seeing me scratching, he also got a preventive shot.

March 7, Wednesday, the Red Cross Blood Drive will be held at the Oroville High School, instead of at the United Methodist Church. This will be a senior project for one of the senior students. They will be assisted by workers from the church, and the hours will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 7.

It’s good to hear that the local high school basketball team will be journeying to Spokane for the regional playoffs and if they win there it will be on

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Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Community Bulletin Board OROVILLE – The Oroville food bank operates every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., excluding holidays, in the basement of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For more information, call Jeff Austin at 476-3978 or Sarah Umana at 4762386. It is that time of year again the Oroville Food Bank could use help in food and money donations for the upcoming holiday season and thank you too everyone who helped out through the year.

TONASKET – The Tonasket food bank operates every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sarge’s Burger Bunker, 101 Hwy 97 N. For more information contact Jack Gavin at (509) 486-2480.

OCSRA Meeting OMAK – Okanogan County School Retirees Association meets at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24 for a no-host luncheon meeting at Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala Ave., Omak. The Fifth Grade

Honor Choir from Okanogan’s Virginia Grainger Elementary School will sing a variety of songs.

Remind: Bring homemade cookies for scholarship fund raiser.

Information: (509) 422-3393.

Singer’s One-Day Bootcamp

Romeo & Juliet – The Sequel TONASKET – Romeo & Juliet – The Sequel, will be playing this Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the THS Commons. Come support Miranda Slagle, student director, as she presents her senior project of this “Unofficial Sequel” to Shakespeare’s most famous play... rewritten.

Friday Night Coffee House TONASKET – CCC Friday Night Coffee House will feature exclusive screen of a film that looks at the threat to our right to raise and buy food from each other. Slow Food Okanogan presents the film Farmageddon,

OROVILLE - A Singers’ One Day Bootcamp will be held on Saturday, March 14 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Valley Christian Fellowship. Instructor, Shine Morrison is a roster artist of Incubator Creative Group since 2004, singer/songwriter and a recording artist with Incubator Records, a concert performing artist, a worship leader and a vocal coach at Shine Morrison Ministries.

She has been in music ministry for over 16 years and received professional vocal training by a Julliard School of Music graduate. Register online by visiting www.myministryoffice.com/ Shine-Morrison-Singers-Bootcamp. For more information call Shine at (509) 476-3383 or e-mail shine@shinemorrison.com. on Feb. 24 at the Community Cultural Center, 411 S. Western Ave. An all-local soup and bread supper will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and the film will begin at 7 p.m. Admission to the film is by donation and proceeds from the dinner will go to the CCC.

Women’s Club is holding a benefit Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Attendance is by donation.

The proceeds will benefit families in distress. Bring a game to play and stay longer. For more information call Denise at (509) 486-1253.

Spaghetti Benefit Dinner

First Aid and CPR Class

WAUCONDA – The Wauconda

Okanogan Valley

Church Guide Do you have a Special Event or Special Person

you want to honor at your church?

To reserve this spot call Charlene at 476-3602 for details

OROVILLE – First Aid and CPR Class will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Whitestone Church basement, 557 Loomis-Oroville Road.

Bring a pillow and sack lunch.

For information call Ben Hylton (509) 223-3412, leave message.

Pancake Feed MOLSON – Molson Grange is having a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Prayer and Healing Service OROVILLE – The Rev. Karen Davison and the Intercessory Prayer Group from the United Methodist Church in Oroville will be holding a Prayer and Healing Service on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. and on the Fourth Sunday of each month.

It will be held in the sanctuary of the Oroville United Methodist Church, 908 Fir St., Oroville.

This is open to the community at large.

Word 2007 OROVILLE

Oroville Community Bible Fellowship

Sunday Service, 10:00 a.m.

923 Main St. • ocbf@ymail.com Mark Fast, Pastor

Faith Lutheran Church

11th & Ironwood, Oroville • 476-2426 Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.

“O taste and see that the Lord is good!”

Pastor Dan Kunkel • Deacon Dave Wildermuth

Immaculate Conception Parish

1715 Main Street Oroville 8:30 a.m. English Mass 1st Sunday of the Month Other Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every other Sun. Rev. David Kuttner • 476-2110

PC of G Bible Faith Family Church

476-3063 • 1012 Fir Street, Oroville SUNDAY: 7 a.m. Men’s Meeting 9:45 Sunday School (2-17 yrs) • Life Skills (18+) 10:45 Worship Service • Children’s Church (3-8 yrs) WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Bible Study (13+) Pastor Claude Roberts

Oroville United Methodist

908 Fir, Oroville • 476-2681 Adult Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. • Sun. School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

4th Sundays, 6 p.m. Prayer & Healing Service.

Pastor Karen Davison

Valley Christian Fellowship

CHESAW

Chesaw Community Bible Church

Nondenominational • Everyone Welcome Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. to Noon Pastor Duane Scheidemantle • 485-3826 Youth Pastor Matthew Valdez

MOLSON Community Christian Fellowship

Molson Grange, Molson Sunday 10:30 a.m., Worship & Youth Sun. School Wednesday 6:30pm, Bible Study “For by grace are ye saved through faith...” Eph. 2:8-9 “...lovest thou me...Feed my lambs...John 21:1-17

RIVERSIDE Riverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God

102 Tower Street Sunday Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship 11:00am & 6:30pm Wednesday- family Night 6:30pm Pastor Vern & Anita Weaver Ph. 509-826-4082

TONASKET Holy Rosary Parish

1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket 10:30 a.m. English Mass 1st Sunday of the Month Other Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every other Sun. Rev. David Kuttner • 476-2110

Pastor Randy McAllister 142 East Oroville Rd. • 476-2028 • Sunday School (Adult & Teens) 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship 11 a.m.• Sun. Evening Worship 6 p.m.

Sunday School & Children’s Church K-6 9:45 to 1:00 p.m. Open to Community!

Located at Kid City 142 East Oroville • Wednesday Evening Worship 7 p.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Trinity Episcopal

Tonasket Foursquare Church

602 Central Ave., Oroville Sunday School & Services 10:00 a.m.

Holy Eucharist: 1st, 3rd, & 5th • Morning Prayer: 2nd & 4th The Reverend Marilyn Wilder 476-3629 Warden • 476-2022

Church of Christ

Ironwood & 12th, Oroville • 476-3926 Sunday School 10 a.m. • Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Oroville Free Methodist

1516 Fir Street • Pastor Rod Brown • 476.2311 Sun. School 9:15 am • Worship Service 10:15am Youth Activity Center • 607 Central Ave. Monday 7:00 pm • After School M-W-F 3-5pm office@orovillefmc.org

Planning Commission Meeting OKANOGAN – A meeting of the Okanogan County Planning Commission will be held Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Okanogan County Commissioners Hearing Room, 123 5th Ave. N., Okanogan. The public is welcome to attend.

Tiger Classic Basketball Game TONASKET – There will be a

Missoula Children’s Theater Auditions TONASKET – Missoula Children’s Theater presents, The Pied Piper, at the Tonasket High School. Auditions will be held Monday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. with performances being held Saturday, March 3 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

OK-SNIP Spayghetti Dinner & Auction OKANOGAN – The Spayghetti Dinner, Auction and Dance will be held Saturday, March 3 at the Cariboo Inn in Okanogan.

Proceeds will benefit the Animal Foster Care Cat Shelter and Spay and Neuter Project. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m., followed by a live auction at 6 p.m. and live music at 9 p.m. from Hippies on Vacation.

Call Deb Lantrip at (509) 4292438 for more information or to donate to the auction.

Historical Society Annual Dinner & Auction OROVILLE – The Borderlands Historical Society’s Annual Dinner and Auction will be held Saturday, March 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Oroville American Legion.

This dinner and auction supports north country projects including the new 2012 exhibit “Then and Now”. To donate auctionable items or for more information call (509) 476-2476.

Spanish First Aid/ CPR Class LOOMIS – Spanish First Aid and CPR Class will be held on Saturday, March 3, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Whitestone Church basement, 577 Loomis-Oroville Road.

Bring a pillow and sack lunch.

For information call Ben Hylton at (509) 223-3412 and leave a message.

Variety Show Auditions OROVILLE – The Oroville Dollars for Scholars silent auction/variety show is scheduled for March 15. Application forms are available at both schools, Prince’s Center and Oroville Pharmacy.

Auditions will be held Feb. 28 through March 1 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information contact Eric Stiles at stilese@chopaka. wednet.edu or call the school 476-3612. To donate items please contact Glenna Hauenstein at 476-2416.

OCCAC Board Meeting OKANOGAN – The Okanogan County Community Action Council Board of Directors will

1608 Havillah Rd., Tonasket • 509-485-3342 Sun. Worship 9 a.m. • Bible Study & Sun. School 10:15

“To every generation.” Celebrating 100 years 1905-2005

Crossroads Meeting Place 415-A S. Whitcomb Ave. • Pastor George Conkle Sunday: 10 a.m.

(509) 486-2000 • cell: (509) 429-1663

Tonasket Community UCC

24 E. 4th, Tonasket • 486-2181

“A biblically based, thoughtful group of Christian People”

Sunday Worship at 11 a.m.

Call for program/activity information Leon L. Alden, Pastor

hold their regular board meeting Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 5:15 p.m. at Community Action, 424 S. 2nd., Okanogan.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

Secret Life of Bats TONASKET – Okanogan Highlands Alliance presents, “The Secret Life of Bats in the Okanogan Highlands and Beyond” with Roger Christophersen on Friday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Cultural Center.

Dinner benefiting the CCC will be served at 5 p.m. followed by the presentation with tea, coffee and desserts.

Contact Julie Ashmore at (509) 433-7893 or julie@okanoganhighlands.org for more information.

Annual Auction OROVILLE – The Borderlands Historical Society Annual Auction is on March 3 and is in need of items. Contact Bob at (509) 476-2570.

Habitat For Humanity Meeting TONASKET – The March meeting of Okanogan County Habitat for Humanity will be held on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the home of Mike and Peggy McDaniel, 170 Hubbard Road.

For more information call Ivetta Howell (509) 486-2458.

Junior Baseball TONASKET – Tonasket Junior Baseball is currently accepting registration for children 12 and under. You can register at http:// tonasket.baberuthonline.com.

Please call Dan Vassar with questions and cost at (509) 322-7833.

Deadline to register is March 15.

Learn English for free OROVILLE – Conversational English classes are now available for non-native English speakers.

Classes are being held in Oroville at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

For times, location and more call (509) 550-9184.

Diploma/GED Schooling OKANOGAN – Okanogan School District is offering a free outreach program to those under 21, who are unable to attend daytime classes and are not currently enrolled. Students will be responsible for one hour/week attendance during an evening session.

Teaching sessions will depend on number of responses but will be held Tuesday and/or Wednesday night at Okanogan School District Outreach office, 91 East Pine Street, Okanogan.

Enrollment information is available at (509) 826-7612.

Girls Scout Cookie Time TONASKET – It is Girl Scout Cookie time so find your local Girl Scout and support your community. Don’t know a Girl Scout?

Call Kari at (509) 429-3493 to order.

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OROVILLE - There’s still time!

Is Word 2007 driving you crazy?

This software is capable of so much, but that’s the problem.

Sure, you can figure it out - but why not let someone make it easier for you. This class will help with Word 2010, too. PCs are available but if you use a laptop you may want to bring it. This is a one night class on Monday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. To register call Ellen at 476-2011 or go online to www.northvalleycommunityschools.com.

Tiger Classic Basketball Game at the Tonasket High School gym on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. This event will benefit Little League Baseball. This will be a coed game and consist of varsity basketball players competing against various members of the school district staff and alumni.

Think Green!

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local sports 2012 MAT CLASSIC IN TACOMA

Brent Baker/staff photo

Oroville wrestlers Nick Perez (frames 1-3, above) and Alex Alvarez (frames 4-5) square off against various opponents at the Mat Classic this past weekend in Tacoma, en route to a team ninth-place finish.

ANOTHER SILVER FOR PEREZ Nick Perez, Alex Alvarez lift Oroville to a ninth-place finish at the state wrestling tourney

three runner-ups to the state title. It was an incredible show of talent and heart by an awesome young man.”

Alvarez earns bronze

BY BRENT BAKER bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

TACOMA – In the end, a state championship just wasn’t in the cards for Nick Perez.

The Oroville senior earned his third straight second-place finish at the Class 1B/2B state wrestling finals in the Tacoma Dome on Saturday as he and Alex Alvarez combined to lift the Hornets to a ninthplace finish in the team standings.

Perez (145 pounds) had the misfortune to run into Republic’s Kyle Kirkendall in the state championship match. Kirkendall, who won state titles in 2009 and 2010, had beaten Perez in the Eastern Regional meet last week.

“It was an incredible show of talent and heart by an awesome young man.”

Hornet head coach Chuck Ricevuto, Nick Perez and assistant coach Rick Kelly (above) celebrate after Perez defeated Reardan’s Kaare Anderson in the state semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Cheerleaders and state medalists (at left) line up for opening ceremonies before the championship round at Mat Classic XXIV at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Coach Chuck Ricevuto

Perez stayed in the hard-fought match to the finish, but Kirkendall held on for a 7-4 victory for his third title.

“Nick left it on the mat,” said Oroville coach Chuck Ricevuto. “But he could not overcome the two-time state champ.”

Perez, who took fourth at regionals after taking an injury default, had no easy path to the finals. Because of his seeding he faced the Western Regional champion, Jorey Palmer of Ocosta, and pinned him late in the second round.

Kaare Anderson, a 2010 state champion from Reardan, awaited Perez in the semifinals. The Hornet senior took an early lead and never let up in a 12-4 victory to clinch a spot in the championship.

Perez reached the state finals after missing the first half of the season while

Brent Baker/staff photos

recovering from hamstring injury suffered during football season, but was able to get back into shape and finish with is run to the title match.

“We salute Nick and all of his accomplishments as a Hornet wrestler since he was a kindergartner,” Ricevuto said.

“He had many gold medals in K-6 Killer

Bee wrestling, a junior high culminating championship, four straight district championships.

“He was a four-time state placer with

While Perez was on everyone’s radar as one of the state’s top wrestlers, Alvarez’s rise to the medal stand wasn’t as easily foreseen.

Alvarez (160), a state alternate last year (sixth at regionals), earned his state spot with a second-place finish at districts and third at regionals and wrestled through a difficult bracket to earn a fourth-place state finish.

Alvarez opened with a 16-5 major decision over Darrington’s Forrest Thompson, earning him a shot at defending state champion Gunnar Doggett in the semifinal match. Alvarez stayed with it the full six minutes, but Doggett, who went on to win his second straight title, defeated Alvarez 10-0.

Facing a loser-out match, Alvarez hung on to defeat LaConner’s Daltan Zavala to clinch a spot on the medal stand.

Alvarez rejoined his recent rivalry with Selkirk’s Michael Haskins in the third place match. The two had wrestled three matches this season that went to the final whistle, including at both districts and regionals, and the state match proved again how evenly matched the two are.

Haskins picked up his first victory in four tries against Alvarez, scoring a 6-5 victory in the final seconds to take third.

“We also pay tribute to this wrestling warrior,” Ricevuto said. “He stuck with it and showed incredible improvement with each season. It paid off with huge dividends his senior year.”

The Hornets cracked the top 10 despite having only Perez and Alvarez make it to state. Oroville was holding onto the seventh spot until the final round, when Mary Walker and Selkirk bumped them to ninth. Warden easily won its second straight 1B/2B title over Reardan, with Liberty Bell placing third.

“Placing ninth as a team is a great achievement for our kids who stuck with the program through a very trying season,” Ricevuto said. “I am extremely proud to have had the chance to coach these fine young men.”

Tonasket wrestlers go to the wire in Tacoma Jared Stedtfeld, the team’s lone senior, brings home a medal

BY BRENT BAKER bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

TACOMA DOME - Close matches are the norm at the state wrestling finals, and the four Tonasket wrestlers competing Feb. 17-18 at the Tacoma Dome seemed to wrestle more than their share of battles that went to the wire.

Jared Stedtfeld, the lone senior of the four, was the only one to come home with a state medal. But all earned at least one state tournament victory and coach Dave Mitchell said his team is already looking forward to next year.

“It’s always like that (with close matches) when you get here,” Mitchell said.

“You need to win close matches, and we didn’t quite win enough of them.

“But there’s nothing like expe-

rience, and the guys are hungry and excited about next year.”

Jared Stedtfeld (113 pounds) earned a fourth-place finish, surviving a tough 9-6 decision in his first-round match and pinning Jordan Booth of Castle Rock in his quarterfinal.

His semifinal match was

another matter. Joshua Salcedo of Granger - who dominated the bracket and easily won the state title - pinned Stedtfeld in the second round. He bounced back to beat his regional championship

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opponent, Hoodie Judd, 15-1, then fell 4-2 to another Granger wrestler, Ricky Almaguer, in the third place match.

“I didn’t want to go out with a loss,” Stedtfeld said of his final match. “I’d much rather have gotten third. Salcedo (in the semifinals) was tough, I’ve lost to him before at state.

“But overall, to go from not placing (last year) to getting fourth, I feel pretty dang good.”

Mitchell said that Stedtfeld set the tone for what the team accomplished this year.

“He was the hardest worker on the team this year, without question,” he said. “He was the one coming in before school for extra work just about every day. After awhile it started catching on with the other guys.

The extra work really paid off for him.”

Christian Diaz (106), Collin Aitcheson (120) and Jeffrey Stedtfeld (126) each won a match, though they didn’t reach the medal stand.

Diaz, a freshman, continued his surprising post-season run, from second-string to one match away from being a state medalist. An 11-7 overtime loss was all that separated him from the

Brent Baker/staff photos

Jared Stetdtfeld (above) tries to get behind Granger’s Ricky Almaguer in their third place medal match Saturday, Feb. 18. Stedtfeld bounced back from his first state tournament loss to take a 15-1 victory over Darius “Hoodie” Judd in a consolation semifinal match.

Tonasket freshman Christian Diaz (inset at left) picked up a victory over Kalama’s Brandon Koenig for his first state tournament victory. top eight.

“He battled back (from a 5-2 deficit) to force overtime, but he’s a first-year wrestler,” Mitchell said.

“The other guy is a junior that’s been around, and he got him when he got the chance. But I can’t say enough good things about Christian and how far he’s come.”

Battling back

The sophomore Aitcheson fell behind early in his opener against Zillah’s Juan Diaz and eventually lost 9-2 to the eventual thirdplace medalist.

He came back to pin Montesano’s Ryan Wood, but fell behind again against Tanner Klemann of Nooksack and got pinned while trying to get back in

the match late.

“He fell behind right away against a guy who likes his throws, and it’s hard to make up that much ground,” Mitchell said of that final match. “He was chipping away, and then had to take some chances and got caught in another throw. He needed some points and got caught out of position.”

Jeffrey Stedtfeld, a junior, was pinned in his opening match, came back to beat Tyler Blankenship of Orting 10-3 in an elimination match, and bowed out with a 10-5 loss to Elma’s Tanner Sample that was in doubt until the final seconds.

“That last match was a lot closer than the score,” Mitchell said.

“He got down and took some chances at the end that made the score look worse than it was.”

Mitchell said that watching the growth of his youthful team, which included nine freshmen, six sophomores and several firstyear juniors – as well as just one other experienced senior, Ryker Marchand – made for a rewarding season.

“This year we had so many young guys,” he said. “But the new guys bought into our philosophy of doing things. They worked their butts off and they got to see some results from all that work.

“The guys that were out at regionals, or that didn’t place at state, they worked very hard.

They got that far because of how much extra work they put in.

It was a good lesson for all of them not just in wrestling, but for all things. The extra work will always pay off.”

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local sports

Oroville boys advance toward State The team clinches a spot in the round of 16 with a 60-58 win over Warden

and Luke Vickers hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 to lead the Crusaders (19-5), who earned a trip as the No. 3 seed to Walla Walla.

Michael Garrett and Connor Hughes each scored 11 for the Hornets (14-10).

BY BRENT BAKER

Oroville 60, Warden 58

bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

EAST WENATCHEE - It wasn’t easy, but few things are come playoff season.

The Oroville boys basketball team clinched a spot in the regional round of 16 – formerly known as the first round of the state tournament – with a 60-58 victory over Warden on Friday, Feb. 17.

Not even a 59-38 loss less than 24 hours later to the same Riverside Christian team the Hornets beat earlier in the week could put a damper on Oroville’s accomplishment.

“I’m happier than heck with the way we played all week,” said Oroville coach Allen Allie. “The second half on Saturday wasn’t so great, but I can’t be disappointed with our week at all.

“We met our objective (to get to the regional round). The kids are excited and looking forward to playing Friday.”

The Hornets’ loss to Riverside Christian may have actually worked a bit to their advantage.

For one, it means they will be playing Friday’s 8 p.m. game at Mt. Spokane High School, rather than at Walla Walla, where they would have gone with a victory.

And while they are still playing a number one seed with a trip to the eight-team state tournament on the line, it’s not the top team they thought they’d be playing. Colfax (18-5) upset previously-unbeaten, defending state champion Northwest Christian (Colbert) in District 7 tournament play. And while an Oroville victory would still be quite an upset, at least they are playing a team that has been beaten several times this season.

A victory lands the winner a spot in the state tournament next Thursday at the Spokane Arena, while the loser’s season is over.

The single-elimination regional round is the third different permutation of the round of 16 in three years.

“We’ll play our hearts out, win

The Hornets won a nip-andtuck battle that was close from start to finish on Friday, Feb. 17, eliminating the Cougars from the post-season and keeping their own playoff run alive.

Connor Hughes hit the goahead 3-pointer with just over a minute to play, and Oroville held on as Warden had four seconds for a potential game-tying or game-winning shot that never materialized.

Oroville’s Connor Hughes (at left) looks to score during the Hornets’ 60-58 victory over Warden on Friday, Feb. 17. The Hornets’ Michael Garrett (top) gets upended as he shoots during Oroville’s loss to Riverside Christian on Saturday, while C.J. Mathews (above) tries to beat a Riverside Christian defender to the basket.

Brent Baker/staff photos

or lose,” Allie said. “We work as hard as anyone else; every team that’s still playing works hard.

So it just comes down to whose kids play better that night. If they aren’t at their best and it leaves the door open for us, that would be great.

“We’ve really got nothing to

lose. I just want the kids take the court on Friday as excited as they are right now.”

Riv. Christian 59, Oroville 38

The Hornets, playing their fourth game in six days with a

Oroville girls fall to Raiders in finale The Hornets went down 54-15 in a loser-out bracket in East Wenatchee

BY BRENT BAKER bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

EAST WENATCHEE - The Oroville girls basketball team’s district tournament run came to a swift and decisive halt on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as an angry Lake Roosevelt team dispatched the Hornets 54-15 in a loser-out contest at Eastmont High School.

Lake Roosevelt hadn’t expected to be in this game; the Raiders had been upset on Monday by Mandy Southard’s Entiat team, which Oroville coach Mike Bourn had expected to play.

Instead, the Hornets saw the Raiders, last year’s Cinderella squad that was already facing elimination from its quest to improve on last year’s fourth place state finish.

The Raiders led 32-6 at the half and 47-8 after three quarters before taking the foot off the pedal in the fourth.

The game was out of hand so quickly that Bourn had his JV players in the game in the second quarter to try to find any kind of spark.

“We haven’t been the same since (team captain Kelsey) Hughes got hurt,” he said. “But that’s not an excuse for tonight. We might not be able to beat them without her, but we should be better than what we showed.

“We started off playing OK, but once we started missing shots our heads got down. LR was out to prove a point tonight, and they did. They could have made it

Brent Baker/staff photo

The Hornets’ Sierra Speiker cuts past Lake Roosevelt’s Briana Monaghan on the way to the basket during Wednesday’s season-ending loss to the Raiders. worse if they’d wanted to.”

Briana Moralez led the Hornets (11-11) with five points and Katie Tietje had four.

Naomi Peters and Hughes were the Hornets’ only two seniors.

“Other than Naomi, this was next year’s team the past few

weeks,” Bourn said. “This week the girls got a taste of what it’s like.”

Lake Roosevelt’s (15-8) reprieve lasted only one game; the Raiders fell 65-58 in overtime on Friday in a loser-out contest to Riverside Christian.

six-man rotation, wore down in the second half against a Crusader team with revenge on its mind.

Oroville beat Riverside Christian 66-52 in the tournament’s opening round and had a 24-23 halftime lead. Fatigue and frustration with the officiating took the Hornets out of their

game in the second half.

“We ran out of steam and got frustrated with some of the calls being made and not made,” Allie said. “But that’s just part of the game, and we need to learn to adapt to the way the game is being called. That’s just part of it.”

Tucker Jones scored 2 points

“They had to start fouling, but only had three team fouls (with a minute to play),” Allie said. “It ended up working to our advantage as we were able to work the ball around before they could foul us and ran a lot of time off the clock.”

Hughes finished with 23 points and Garrett had 14, but Dylan Rise hit a pair of huge 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, while Zack Speiker and C.J. Mathews combined for 15 crucial points.

“The kids were pressured to win, and they did,” Allie said. “We didn’t play our best game, but we did what we had to do. I couldn’t really have asked for more.”

Lake Roosevelt 65, Oroville 47

Lake Roosevelt, which went on to rip White Swan in Saturday’s district championship game, pulled away from the Hornets late in the first quarter and never looked back in a 65-47 semifinal victory on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

Ty Egbert’s defensive presence disrupted Oroville’s offense until he came out in the fourth quarter, after which the Hornets made a bit of a run to close what had been a 26-point gap.

Egbert led all scorers with 22 points, with Keith Rosenbaum adding 15.

Garrett finished with 21, Hughes had 10 and Mathews 8 for the Hornets.

Center circle, face to face Wrestlers are unique in their isolation, even when they’re surrounded by a crowd in the Tacoma Dome.

I

t’s taken me years to figure out why I’ve come to love the sport of wrestling.

Not the WWE variety; the “Olympic” style that concluded its high school season at the WIAA’s Mat Classic XXIV in the Tacoma Dome this past weekend.

Wrestling has been an acquired taste for me.

There’s not much pretty about it: it doesn’t feature the ballet-like athleticism of high-level basketball, the explosive playmaking of football, the languid pace punctuated by feats of impossible speed and precision of baseball.

What’s to love about a sport that features equal parts blood, sweat, pain and the constant threat of heartbreak?

HALF-BAKED Wrestling is to high school sports as an BRENT BAKER offensive line is to football or distance running is to track.

Often under-appreciated, it’s a crucible of physical training and mental sharpening that exposes the character of all who undertake it.

But it’s also unique in its isolation, even when surrounded by a crowd. For up to six minutes, life happens in the center of a 28-foot circle under a harsh light in front of friend and foe alike. Oneon-one, no time outs unless blood flows, nowhere to hide.

No teammates to help, or to blame later. The opponent, whether at your level something more resembling a force of nature, has to be dealt with one way or another.

Start with brute force, throw in a mix of tactics and add a unique mix of attitude and humility, and you end up with what chess would look like had it been invented by Navy Seals.

It can’t take a person without character and miraculously create an upstanding, fully-functional member of society.

But if you don’t know what raw material you’re working with, throw a kid into the ring a few times. You’ll find out.

Wrestling seems to take that raw material, reshape it and harden it into something that can withstand all sorts of more imposing opponents than just another guy in a singlet.

Maybe that’s why the tears flow more freely in

wrestling than other sports.

Not only does it force you to take on an opponent, but to take on yourself, which usually is more difficult.

There’s probably not a guy (or girl) out there that hasn’t had to push down the fear that screams at them to walk away, rather than take on the seemingly overwhelming foe in front of them.

Taking down that opponent through strength, guile, or force of will, that is something to be proud of.

And when it goes the other way, when the opponent is stronger or smarter and you’re the one on your back or twisted into shapes that shouldn’t be possible, it’s OK to cry, as long as you’re ready to face the next opponent to stare across at you from center circle. Even if it’s the same one that just beat you.

I didn’t see all of this just by showing up at a wrestling meet, of course. It took time to see it, and to see how kids’ on-mat demeanor translates into life later on.

Patterns develop. Life happens. People respond to life.

The dedicated wrestlers seem to have their own way of doing that.

There was a wrestling coach whose teams I covered through several insanely successful years – multiple team state titles, individual champions and medalists, you name it – but ran up against an unbeatable foe: pancreatic cancer. A death sentence.

Whatever “expiration date” was decreed by his doctors, he far surpassed it. Not only did he fight to beat it, Craig Funsch kept on coaching, taking time off only when treatments made it physically impossible for him to make it to practice, sometimes finding his way to matches through crippling pain.

People don’t live for nearly three years with pancreatic cancer, as Craig did until just over a year ago.

They certainly don’t coach with it. But he did it anyway, teaching high school kids how to face death even as its angel waited impatiently by the gym door, even as he was being set up for one last pin.

Funsch, the consummate wrestler, was broken in body, but never beaten in spirit.

When my time comes to handle that kind of adversity, I can only hope to face it like a wrestler.

Brent Baker is sports writer for the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

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local sports

Oroville boys advance toward State The team clinches a spot in the round of 16 with a 60-58 win over Warden

and Luke Vickers hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 to lead the Crusaders (19-5), who earned a trip as the No. 3 seed to Walla Walla.

Michael Garrett and Connor Hughes each scored 11 for the Hornets (14-10).

BY BRENT BAKER

Oroville 60, Warden 58

bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

EAST WENATCHEE - It wasn’t easy, but few things are come playoff season.

The Oroville boys basketball team clinched a spot in the regional round of 16 – formerly known as the first round of the state tournament – with a 60-58 victory over Warden on Friday, Feb. 17.

Not even a 59-38 loss less than 24 hours later to the same Riverside Christian team the Hornets beat earlier in the week could put a damper on Oroville’s accomplishment.

“I’m happier than heck with the way we played all week,” said Oroville coach Allen Allie. “The second half on Saturday wasn’t so great, but I can’t be disappointed with our week at all.

“We met our objective (to get to the regional round). The kids are excited and looking forward to playing Friday.”

The Hornets’ loss to Riverside Christian may have actually worked a bit to their advantage.

For one, it means they will be playing Friday’s 8 p.m. game at Mt. Spokane High School, rather than at Walla Walla, where they would have gone with a victory.

And while they are still playing a number one seed with a trip to the eight-team state tournament on the line, it’s not the top team they thought they’d be playing. Colfax (18-5) upset previously-unbeaten, defending state champion Northwest Christian (Colbert) in District 7 tournament play. And while an Oroville victory would still be quite an upset, at least they are playing a team that has been beaten several times this season.

A victory lands the winner a spot in the state tournament next Thursday at the Spokane Arena, while the loser’s season is over.

The single-elimination regional round is the third different permutation of the round of 16 in three years.

“We’ll play our hearts out, win

The Hornets won a nip-andtuck battle that was close from start to finish on Friday, Feb. 17, eliminating the Cougars from the post-season and keeping their own playoff run alive.

Connor Hughes hit the goahead 3-pointer with just over a minute to play, and Oroville held on as Warden had four seconds for a potential game-tying or game-winning shot that never materialized.

Oroville’s Connor Hughes (at left) looks to score during the Hornets’ 60-58 victory over Warden on Friday, Feb. 17. The Hornets’ Michael Garrett (top) gets upended as he shoots during Oroville’s loss to Riverside Christian on Saturday, while C.J. Mathews (above) tries to beat a Riverside Christian defender to the basket.

Brent Baker/staff photos

or lose,” Allie said. “We work as hard as anyone else; every team that’s still playing works hard.

So it just comes down to whose kids play better that night. If they aren’t at their best and it leaves the door open for us, that would be great.

“We’ve really got nothing to

lose. I just want the kids take the court on Friday as excited as they are right now.”

Riv. Christian 59, Oroville 38

The Hornets, playing their fourth game in six days with a

Oroville girls fall to Raiders in finale The Hornets went down 54-15 in a loser-out bracket in East Wenatchee

BY BRENT BAKER bbaker@gazette-tribune.com

EAST WENATCHEE - The Oroville girls basketball team’s district tournament run came to a swift and decisive halt on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as an angry Lake Roosevelt team dispatched the Hornets 54-15 in a loser-out contest at Eastmont High School.

Lake Roosevelt hadn’t expected to be in this game; the Raiders had been upset on Monday by Mandy Southard’s Entiat team, which Oroville coach Mike Bourn had expected to play.

Instead, the Hornets saw the Raiders, last year’s Cinderella squad that was already facing elimination from its quest to improve on last year’s fourth place state finish.

The Raiders led 32-6 at the half and 47-8 after three quarters before taking the foot off the pedal in the fourth.

The game was out of hand so quickly that Bourn had his JV players in the game in the second quarter to try to find any kind of spark.

“We haven’t been the same since (team captain Kelsey) Hughes got hurt,” he said. “But that’s not an excuse for tonight. We might not be able to beat them without her, but we should be better than what we showed.

“We started off playing OK, but once we started missing shots our heads got down. LR was out to prove a point tonight, and they did. They could have made it

Brent Baker/staff photo

The Hornets’ Sierra Speiker cuts past Lake Roosevelt’s Briana Monaghan on the way to the basket during Wednesday’s season-ending loss to the Raiders. worse if they’d wanted to.”

Briana Moralez led the Hornets (11-11) with five points and Katie Tietje had four.

Naomi Peters and Hughes were the Hornets’ only two seniors.

“Other than Naomi, this was next year’s team the past few

weeks,” Bourn said. “This week the girls got a taste of what it’s like.”

Lake Roosevelt’s (15-8) reprieve lasted only one game; the Raiders fell 65-58 in overtime on Friday in a loser-out contest to Riverside Christian.

six-man rotation, wore down in the second half against a Crusader team with revenge on its mind.

Oroville beat Riverside Christian 66-52 in the tournament’s opening round and had a 24-23 halftime lead. Fatigue and frustration with the officiating took the Hornets out of their

game in the second half.

“We ran out of steam and got frustrated with some of the calls being made and not made,” Allie said. “But that’s just part of the game, and we need to learn to adapt to the way the game is being called. That’s just part of it.”

Tucker Jones scored 2 points

“They had to start fouling, but only had three team fouls (with a minute to play),” Allie said. “It ended up working to our advantage as we were able to work the ball around before they could foul us and ran a lot of time off the clock.”

Hughes finished with 23 points and Garrett had 14, but Dylan Rise hit a pair of huge 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, while Zack Speiker and C.J. Mathews combined for 15 crucial points.

“The kids were pressured to win, and they did,” Allie said. “We didn’t play our best game, but we did what we had to do. I couldn’t really have asked for more.”

Lake Roosevelt 65, Oroville 47

Lake Roosevelt, which went on to rip White Swan in Saturday’s district championship game, pulled away from the Hornets late in the first quarter and never looked back in a 65-47 semifinal victory on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

Ty Egbert’s defensive presence disrupted Oroville’s offense until he came out in the fourth quarter, after which the Hornets made a bit of a run to close what had been a 26-point gap.

Egbert led all scorers with 22 points, with Keith Rosenbaum adding 15.

Garrett finished with 21, Hughes had 10 and Mathews 8 for the Hornets.

Center circle, face to face Wrestlers are unique in their isolation, even when they’re surrounded by a crowd in the Tacoma Dome.

I

t’s taken me years to figure out why I’ve come to love the sport of wrestling.

Not the WWE variety; the “Olympic” style that concluded its high school season at the WIAA’s Mat Classic XXIV in the Tacoma Dome this past weekend.

Wrestling has been an acquired taste for me.

There’s not much pretty about it: it doesn’t feature the ballet-like athleticism of high-level basketball, the explosive playmaking of football, the languid pace punctuated by feats of impossible speed and precision of baseball.

What’s to love about a sport that features equal parts blood, sweat, pain and the constant threat of heartbreak?

HALF-BAKED Wrestling is to high school sports as an BRENT BAKER offensive line is to football or distance running is to track.

Often under-appreciated, it’s a crucible of physical training and mental sharpening that exposes the character of all who undertake it.

But it’s also unique in its isolation, even when surrounded by a crowd. For up to six minutes, life happens in the center of a 28-foot circle under a harsh light in front of friend and foe alike. Oneon-one, no time outs unless blood flows, nowhere to hide.

No teammates to help, or to blame later. The opponent, whether at your level something more resembling a force of nature, has to be dealt with one way or another.

Start with brute force, throw in a mix of tactics and add a unique mix of attitude and humility, and you end up with what chess would look like had it been invented by Navy Seals.

It can’t take a person without character and miraculously create an upstanding, fully-functional member of society.

But if you don’t know what raw material you’re working with, throw a kid into the ring a few times. You’ll find out.

Wrestling seems to take that raw material, reshape it and harden it into something that can withstand all sorts of more imposing opponents than just another guy in a singlet.

Maybe that’s why the tears flow more freely in

wrestling than other sports.

Not only does it force you to take on an opponent, but to take on yourself, which usually is more difficult.

There’s probably not a guy (or girl) out there that hasn’t had to push down the fear that screams at them to walk away, rather than take on the seemingly overwhelming foe in front of them.

Taking down that opponent through strength, guile, or force of will, that is something to be proud of.

And when it goes the other way, when the opponent is stronger or smarter and you’re the one on your back or twisted into shapes that shouldn’t be possible, it’s OK to cry, as long as you’re ready to face the next opponent to stare across at you from center circle. Even if it’s the same one that just beat you.

I didn’t see all of this just by showing up at a wrestling meet, of course. It took time to see it, and to see how kids’ on-mat demeanor translates into life later on.

Patterns develop. Life happens. People respond to life.

The dedicated wrestlers seem to have their own way of doing that.

There was a wrestling coach whose teams I covered through several insanely successful years – multiple team state titles, individual champions and medalists, you name it – but ran up against an unbeatable foe: pancreatic cancer. A death sentence.

Whatever “expiration date” was decreed by his doctors, he far surpassed it. Not only did he fight to beat it, Craig Funsch kept on coaching, taking time off only when treatments made it physically impossible for him to make it to practice, sometimes finding his way to matches through crippling pain.

People don’t live for nearly three years with pancreatic cancer, as Craig did until just over a year ago.

They certainly don’t coach with it. But he did it anyway, teaching high school kids how to face death even as its angel waited impatiently by the gym door, even as he was being set up for one last pin.

Funsch, the consummate wrestler, was broken in body, but never beaten in spirit.

When my time comes to handle that kind of adversity, I can only hope to face it like a wrestler.

Brent Baker is sports writer for the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

February 23, 2012 | Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

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School News Trap FFA takes 4th at trap shoot

By Pete Valentine Tonasket FFA

COLVILLE - The Tonasket FFA trap team earned a fourth place finish at the Colville FFA trap shoot on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Pete Valentine’s score of 47, James Olson’s score of 41 and Tim Jackson’s score of 38, earned Tonasket’s team the fourth place trophy.

Scores are calculated by shooting 25 targets from the 16-yard line; five targets each of the five posts.

Shooters then drop back to the 22-yard line and shoot another 25, five targets from each of the five posts. The total target broken out of 50 targets calculates the score. Valentine’s score was good for third place overall In the games, James Olson placed first in Miss and Out. In Miss and Out the first shooter picks where everyone shoots from; if the target is missed the shooter is out. Then the next shooter picks were everyone is to shoot from until there is one person left.

Tim Jackson placed second in Annie Oakley. In the Annie Oakley everyone lines up at the 27-yard line. The first three people shoot and, if the first person misses, the second person tries to break the target. If the second person misses, the third person tries to break the target.

Tonasket PTO gears up for Winter Carnival TONASKET – The second annual Tonasket PTO Mid-Winter Carnival is slated for Friday, Feb. 24, at Tonasket Elementary School from 5:30-8 p.m.

In 2011, the Tonasket Elementary Parent Teacher Organization hosted over 1000 students and family members for a night of games, food and fun.

“We’ve added games and features to make this year’s carnival more enjoyable and ‘wins’ more accessible to all players of all ages,” says Carnival chair Martha Wood. “We’re looking forward to another great night with our students and the community.”

The PTO, in its third year of existence, has a goal of raising $5,000 to purchase elementary playground equipment.

“The PTO sponsors the carnival as both a fundraiser and a venue for families to get out together,” said Kari Alexander, PTO president. “We’re very much in a building stage. It takes a while to gather momentum and prove this organization’s worth to families. We fundraise, host meetings and sponsor family activity nights, but our underlying goal is to get the word out about how beneficial it can be for parents to spend time with students in their school environment.”

The Tonasket PTO is taking the cue from national PTO organizations and educational researchers such as Anne Henderson and Nancy Berla.

The authors have summarized over 30 years of studies relating the effects of parent involvement in their children’s academic success: “When parents are involved in their children’s education at home, they do better in school.

And when parents are involved in school, children go farther in

By Cara Valdez

I

Submitted photo

The Tonasket FFA trap shoot team that competed at Colville on Feb. 11 included (in no particular order) Devyn Catone, Elizabeth Jackson, Tim Jackson, Morgan O’Brien, James Olson, Derek Rimestad, Pete Valentine, Pete Zemtseff and advisor Matt Deebach.

Once the target is broken, the previous shooters are out of the game. Then they move to the next three people. Shooting keeps going until there is one person left.

Pete Valentine placed third in the Buddy Shoot.

The way this Buddy Shoot was played, the trap was set up to

SCHOOLS ROUNDUP school and the schools they go to are better. Their success shows in their grades, tests, attendance, and behavior.”

“The research shows what teachers already know,” says Alexander. “Students with involved parents perform better at school, but sometimes it’s not that easy. As a parent, it can be hard to find the time for extra activities. But if we can provide access to activities where students have fun with their families while gathering parental support for the PTO, then we open the door to family interaction and potentially improved academic success. But Friday night, we hope families will come out simply to have some fun.”

Submitted by Karen Ketchu Tonasket Elementary PTO

Winterfest at Tonasket High

TONASKET - Tonasket High School’s Winterfest is ongoing this week, with its royalty being announced and scheduled activities taking place throughout this week.

The 2012 royalty includes Freshman Prince Devyn Catone, Sophomore Prince Collin Aitcheson, Junior Prince Kenworth Silverthorn, Senior Prince Dakota Bogart and “Mrs. T” Jessica Maier.

The king will be announced Friday, Feb. 24 at the Winterfest King Assembly beginning at 1:15 p.m. in the high school gym.

Royalty will be crowned at the Tiger Walk of Fame Winterfest Award Show on Saturday, Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m. in the high school commons.

The award show is open to the public at a cost of $3, or free for

throw out two targets. The person on the left shoots the left target; the person on the right shoots the right target. Shooters then switch sides and shoot again. After that, shooters move to the next post and keep going until all participants have shot at all five posts.

Also shooting for Tonasket FFA was Morgan O’Brien with a

UPCOMING Oroville School News Friday, Feb. 24: Boys Regional Basketball Tournament; AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 25: Girls Regional Basketball Tournament; Saturday School 8 a.m.; JH Wrestling Culminating Tournament 10 a.m.; Indoor Soccer Open Gym (HS Student’s Only) 12 p.m.; Adult Indoor Soccer 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 27: Spring Sports Begin 3:30 p.m.; Knowledge Bowl @ Regionals 4 p.m.; AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; School Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.; Community Volleyball 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 28: AAU Basketball 5:30

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Dress up days include Super Hero / Villain Day on Thursday and Blue and Gold / FFA Day on Friday. Tuesday was Movie Star Day and Wednesday was Sports Day. Lunchtime activies include Donut on a Strong on Wednesday and Ice Melting on Thursday.

There will be a Winterfest After Party following the award show, 8-11 p.m., for Tonasket High School ASB only. Cost is free with an ASB card. Freshmen and sophomores will be selling concessions. The night of activities and games will include Xbox, dance board games and hanging out with friends.

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score of 37, Devyn Catone with 37, Dillon Zemtseff with 36, Elizabeth Jackson with 36 and Derek Rimestad with 36.

Matt Deebach, Tonasket’s FFA advisor, placed second in the advisor’s shoot with a score of 41.

This was the first time in about 18 shoots that Deebach did not place first.

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Wednesday, Feb. 29: AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; RCIA Class 6 p.m.; Community Volleyball 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 1: AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; State Basketball Tournament Tonasket School News Friday, Feb. 24: Winter Carnival 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Hat Day Saturday, Feb. 25: MS Wrestling Culminating tourney @ Omak 10 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 27: Missoula Children’s Theatre Auditions Wednesday, Feb. 29: Class Picture Day; MS Dance 3:30 p.m.; THS ASB Student Council Meeting 3rd Block 10 a.m.

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The event will feature students of members of the Okanogan Chapter of the Washington State Music Teachers Association.

Teachers and their students are: Kathleen Christensen, Omak: Seth Law; Roz Nau, Tonasket: Brennan Ramey, Faith Lefthus, Max Turner,Julie Bello, Evie Misiak and Michele Timmerman; Lois Rhoades, Tonasket: Claire Thornton, Carlie Richie, Mandi Wilson and Benny Williams; MariLiz Romano, Tonasket: Hannah Buoy, Maisie Ramon; Elizabeth Grunst, Oroville: Eliza Sylvester, Sean Maher and Adeline Sylvester; Nora Ridenour, Tonasket: Mallory, Rebecca and Madlyn Dykes; Sandy Sheets, Omak: Seth Hoffpauir, Adam Hendrick, Alisha Cutrell, Matthias Robansky, Brenna Hill and Sarah Dixon.

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t has been a month of events, excitement, love and grieving for the students and staff at Oroville High School.

On March 6 Mr. Thornton’s and Mrs. Cleveland’s classes had the opportunity to communicate through a live Web Call to Olympia regarding House Bill 2440 that looks at the Department of Natural Resources.

Our CWP classes have been tracking and aiming to pass this bill since last month, which is apart of TV Washington School’s.

It is a really educational process to see the steps that HB 2440 takes to be passed. I was fortunate enough to be a representative and sit in on the live Web Call for Mr. Thornton’s 5th Period CWP class and talk to the creator of the bill.

Moving right along, Ali Fulmer started her Yoga Classes at the beginning of February.

The classes are held at the high school. Upon donations the classes are open to the community for ages 12 and up. If you have any questions regarding Ali’s project give the school a call.

Cody Swenson and Kylie Richardson held their senior projects on Feb 8. Cody worked really hard to put together the Career Fair in our gym. He worked well over 45 hours on it.

To go along with getting students prepared Kylie had her Get Prepared Fair with two speakers at tables in the Career Fair: WorkSource by Nancy Nash; and The Look by Joyce Forthum.

Both of these ‘fairs’ were informative and showed kids how to present yourself at a job interview, what kinds of jobs there are out there for them and how to put together a resume.

All are needed essentials for people entering the work field.

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Right before Valentines Day and right after it, Feb. 13 and 15, boys and girls basketball went to Wenatchee for Districts. Our Oroville Rooter’s have a love for the exciting sport of basketball.

Each day students went on the rooter’s bus to root on our teams!

The first night both teams did really well with the boys winning against the Riverside Crusaders and the girls doing really well but losing against the White Swan Cougars. Feb. 15, both boys and girls sadly lost, but they played super hard.

Boys will be heading on to State soon.

Speaking of State, our wrestling team traveled to Tacoma on Feb. 16 with high expectations. Our wrestling team has been happy to see a few girls turning out for the team this year and last year. Go wrestlers!

Towards the end of the month, our school as well as our community, has suffered a great loss. Charlie DeMarr, one of the schools guidance counselors for trouble youth passed away.

He was well loved due to his outstanding assistance to the community. He will be greatly missed and was defiantly passionate about his job.

Everywhere Charlie went he held this happy character about him. There has been a poster put up in the high school hallway in memory of him. Many have already signed it with sayings such as, “You will be much missed, and you helped me in my time of need, and thank you for all your lending hands.”

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Help Wanted Certified Medical Assistant (two full-time and one fill-in) North Valley Family Medicine- Tonasket Provides service to patients across the lifespan including newborns, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric age groups including interviewing patients, taking and documenting vital signs, preparing patients for exams, phlebotomy, assisting medical staff with exams and procedures, scheduling studies, reception and ancillary duties, etc. CMA certification required. Please apply online at www.wvclinic.com Oroville School District has the following job openings: - HS Varsity Head Volleyball Coach - HS Head Tennis Coach - HS Assistant Tennis Coach Substitute: - Bus Driver - Custodians - Kitchen Servers Visit the employment section of the District website for a full description and to download an application: www.oroville.wednet.edu or stop by the District Office for an application. Oroville SD is an EOE. Applications can be sent to: Erin McKinney - OSD 816 Juniper Oroville, WA 98844

Public Notices Notice of Final Decision Aeneas Creek Shoreline Exemption SE 2012-2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Christopher Fisher, Colville Confederated Tribes submitted a Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application (JARPA). Okanogan County Planning has determined that this project is exempt from requirements for a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit per Okanogan County Shoreline Master Program 5.22. The Aeneas Creek Shoreline Exemption proposes to remove the accumulation of woody debris at two locations at the confluence of Aeneas Creek. The project is located at the confluence of Aeneas Creek and the Okanogan River on parcel 3727310046 approximately 3 miles northerly of the town of Tonasket WA within Okanogan County, T. 37 N, R, 27 EWM, S. 31.

Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Herald on Feb. 23, 2012.#367080 Okanogan County Notice of Final Decision Project: Administrative Variance 2012-2 Proponent: Norm Robison Decision: Approved Date of Notification: February 23, 2012 Appeal Deadline: March 15, 2012 The Okanogan County Planning & Development Administrator approved the above-noted project. Parties with standing may appeal this decision to Okanogan County Superior Court, pursuant to RCW 36.70 C, within 21 days of the notice of decision publication date.

Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Herald on Feb. 23, 2012.#367028 INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids will be received for the Okanogan County Landfill Water Line Project, either by mail at, or

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hand delivered to, the Office of Okanogan County Board of Commissioners, located on the first floor of the Okanogan County Grainger Administration Building, 123 Fifth Avenue North, Room 150, Okanogan, Washington. If the Proposals are to be mailed they must be received by mail no later than the last working day prior to the bid opening date. If the Proposals are to be hand carried they will be received at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners of Okanogan County at the address stated above until 11:00AM on March 13, 2012. Bids delivered in person will be received only by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners after which time all bids will be opened and publicly read. No facsimiles or electronic proposals will be accepted. All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in cash, certified check, cashier’s check or surety bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal.

Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish a satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited toOkanogan County. Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Okanogan County Dept. of Public Works, 1234-A Second Avenue South, Okanogan, WA 98840, Phone: (509) 422-7300 Fax: (509) 422-7301. The contact person is Wade DeTillian, Contract Administrator (509) 422-7319. There is no charge for the plans and specifications. Informational copies of Plans and Specifications are on file for inspection in some Offices of the AGC and other various Plan Centers. All bidders are strongly encouraged to perform a thorough prebid site inspection. Site inspections will only be allowed during Central Landfill hours of operation. Bidders are required to contact Sue Christopher at 509-422-2602 at the Central Landfill prior to making site inspections for bid preparation purposes. It is anticipated that large boulders will be encountered during trench excavation, therefore the successful bidder will be required to employ at minimum a CAT 320 excavator or equivalent (40,000lbs +). Okanogan County hereby notifies all persons submitting bids, that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this invitation to bid, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. All Bidders are hereby notified that Okanogan County is an Equal Opportunity Employer that it is a contractual obligation that the successful bidder not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, or the presence of any physical, sensory or mental disability. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in the bidding.

The Project for which bids will be received provides for the construction of a waterline to serve the Okanogan County Central Landfill. This is a County funded project that begins at the existing wellhead adjacent to OCR 9213, Spring Coulee Road and extends approx. 4,500 feet to the Central Landfill. The improvements include a 6 inch diameter mainline, 2 inch diameter domestic line, 2 inch diameter conduit for control wires, 3 vacuum release valves per line colocated in vaults along the waterline route, 25 HP variable speed pump and controls, and 8`x14` CMU mechanical room to house the control panels and pressure tank with surrounding chain link security fence.

The bid items include: Extra Trench Exc., Removal and Replacement of Unsuitable material, Bank Run Gravel for Backfill, Comb. Air Release/Vacuum Valve Assy. 2 In, Concrete Vault for Com. Air Release/Vacuum Assy., PVC Pipe for Water Main 2 In, PVC Pipe for Water

Main 6 In, Conduit Pipe 2 In diam., Shoring or Extra Exc. Trench, Gravel Backfill for Pipe Zone Bedding, Water, Chain Link Fence Type 3, Barbed Wire and Arms for Chain Link Type 3, Single 6 Ft. Chain Link Gate. Various Lump Sum Bid Items that include, Mobilization, Stripping and Stockpiling Top Soil, Archaeological and Historical Salvage, Control Wire and Installation, Pump and Control Incl. Install., Project Temporary Traffic Control, Road Crossing, 8`x 14` CMU Pump Control Building, Trimming and Cleanup, Reimbursement for Third Party Damages, Minor Changes, and SPCC Plan, all in accordance with the attached Contract Plans, these contract provisions, and the Standard Specifications.

Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Herald on Feb. 23 and March 1, 2012.#367029 NOTICE OF CALL FOR BID (County Legal Printing) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Okanogan County, Washington, that sealed bids for county legal notices for the period commencing July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, must be hand delivered or mailed to the Okanogan County Commissioners, 123 Fifth Avenue North, Room 150, Okanogan, Washington 98840.

If mailed bid must be postmarked no later than March 12th, 2012. Bids will be opened and read at 11:00 AM, Monday, March 26th, 2012. The county advertising services will be awarded to the “best and lowest responsible bidder� in accordance with RCW 36.72.075. All prospective bidders for the “Official County Newspaper� contract must be qualified as a legal newspaper as defined under RCW 65.16 and provide circulation figures as verified by copies of the most recent Payment Review and Verification of Circulation, Postal Sworn Statement of Ownership or the Audit Bureau of Circulation published circulation figures. Do not include circulation data for publications that contain primarily marketplace, classified, or other advertisements as opposed to news of general interest. These publications will not be considered when evaluating circulation. For any newspaper whose overall circulation is more than 1/3 out of county, these figures should only be for circulation within Okanogan County. All bidders must produce dummy legal advertisements of the sample copies enclosed in the bid specifications using the standard format of the paper. Tax foreclosure bid must be based on a cost per parcel basis.

1. Two (2) parcels in the tax foreclosure process 2. One (1) Public Works Notice of Call for Bids 3. (1) Notice of Public Hearing The bidder must then submit an itemized bid price for the dummy legal ad including a statement that the bidder will use the same format and layout for production of all of the County’s legal advertisement. Bids will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Days(s) the publication is distributed and copy deadline requirements. Convenience of delivering legal advertisement copy and promptness of service. Circulation statistics. Submission of legal requests via email. Ability to publish an online version of the county notices at no additional cost. Price per column inch with consideration given to column width and font size that would provide the lowest cost to the county. The successful bidder will be required to submit an Affidavit of Publication for all legal publications to the Okanogan County Commissioners Office and a photo copy of the affidavit to the county department requesting such publication for payment purposes. In addition, the successful bidder shall post the county legal advertisements to the newspapers website. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Contact Laleùa Johns for a bid specification packet or additional information at (509) 422-7105.

Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Herald on Feb. 23, 2012.#367030 Public Auction Thompson Bees, 1869 Hwy 7, Oroville Wednesday, Feb. 29. View time: 10 a.m. Auction Time 11 a.m.

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Summary of Ordinance #707 An ordinance of the City of Tonasket, Washington, amending the 2012 Budget Ordinance #702. For a complete copy of this ordinance contact city hall, 509-486-2132, Tonasket, WA. 98855.

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Applications and job descriptions are available at PUD offices and at www.okanoganpud.org.

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The object of this action is to quiet title.

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Obituaries

Larry Lee Utzinger Jan. 31, 1942 - Feb. 14, 2012

Larry Lee Utzinger, Tonasket native and former superintendent and coach at the Waterville School District, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at his home in East Wenatchee following a long struggle with cancer. He was 70.

Larry was born on Jan. 31, 1942, in Seattle to John and Gay Utzinger. He moved with his family to Tonasket the following year and he graduated from Tonasket High School in 1960. He married Bethann Hulbert in 1964. Their daughter, Cherri Lynn, was born in 1966. The couple later divorced.

Larry married Gevi (McCone) Miller in 1980, and helped raise her three sons: Clark, Clay and KC Miller. Larry later helped raise his grandson, Brandon Cate.

As a boy, Larry was actively involved in all types of athletics and developed a lifelong interest in hunting, fishing and other outdoor interests. Larry graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1965 with a degree in education. He also played baseball and swam for EWU. In 1986 he earned a Master’s degree from

Washington State University in education administration.

After graduating from EWU, Larry began his teaching and coaching career, first in Waitsburg from 1966-1967 and then Touchet from 1967-1969. He ranched and farmed in the Touchet area from 1969-1975, retuning to teaching in 1975 at Northport. In 1976, Larry coached the Northport High School girls’ basketball team to the Class B State Championship.

In 1978, he became the Grand Coulee School District assistant superintendent, leaving to become the Waterville School District superintendent in 1982. Larry served as the Waterville superintendent until retiring in 1992 and also coached the Waterville High School girls’ basketball team from 1985-1988. After his retirement, Larry continued to live in Waterville for many years and remained active coaching high school sports for the Shockers, including football, boys basketball, and track.

After retiring from education, Larry worked as a federal and private crop insurance adjuster from 1997-2007. From 2007 through 2009, Larry spent summers in Seward, Alaska, where he worked for local resorts and spent most days fishing for salmon and halibut in Resurrection Bay. He returned to Seward in both 2010 and 2011 to fish with friends. He lived in Tonasket during this time when not living in Alaska.

Larry was a member of the North Central Washington Fair board of directors. He was also a member of the Tonasket and the Coulee City gun clubs, and Lions Club, Tonasket Fly Club, Washington School Administrators Association and others.

He was an active outdoorsman throughout his life and lived vigorously even after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2003. He

Seventh District Demos to meet The meeting will be held at the Pizza Factory in Deer Park, Wash.

Submitted by Michael Quick Vice Chairman 7th LD DCC

DEER PARK - Christine Clark, Chairperson of the Seventh Legislative District Democratic Central Committee today announced the quarterly meeting will be held March 3rd at 1 p.m. in Deer Park, Wash.

The meeting will be held at the Pizza Factory in Deer Park at the intersection of Hwy 395 and “H” street.

“The 7th District DCC meeting will feature a one-hour no-host social in which guest speaker Rich Cowan, Democratic candidate for the 5th Congressional District will address attendees” said Clark. “At 2pm the regular business meeting will commence and cover the April 15 Democratic caucuses, redistricting and other 7th district candidates. This is an open meeting and anyone who has interest in these issues may attend.”

The revised 7th Legislative District now includes - Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry and the northern part of Okanagan and Spokane counties.

For more information contact Chris Clark 509-276-2006 or e-mail: Chair@WA7thldDEMS.org.

was an engaging story teller and his stories often involved hunting and fishing adventures that he had shared with a wide circle of friends. In August 2011, after his final trip to Alaska, he moved to East Wenatchee. During his final months, he was visited by numerous friends, including many students he had coached and taught over the years. Larry was surrounded by friends and families during his final months. He died at home with his wife and one of his sons at his bedside.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents, John and Gay Utzinger.

He is survived by his wife, Gevi of East Wenatchee. The couple celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary the week before Larry’s death. He is also survived by his daughter, Cherri Roberts, Warden, and grandson Brandon Cate, Omak; three stepsons: Clark (Carissa) Miller, and granddaughters Sydney and Kendley, Boise, Idaho; Clay (Monica) Miller, Nunum Iqua, Alaska; and KC (Colleen) Miller, grandson Jake and granddaughter Jessica, Chelan; a sister, Donna Bond (Jim Rothrock), Cheney; and a brother, Bruce (Hedy) Neilson, Monmouth, Ore.; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012, at the Waterville Federated Church. Larry will be buried in the Tonasket Cemetery. A graveside service will be scheduled in Tonasket at a later date.

Memorial gifts may be made to the North Central Washington Fair, Waterville, or the Central Washington Hospital Home Care and Hospice, Wenatchee.

Please share your thoughts and memories by signing Larry’s online guestbook at www.berghfuneralservice.com.

Bergh Funeral Service of Oroville/Tonasket is handling

arrangements.

Irene Marie Kelemen March 13, 1925 - Feb. 15, 2012

Irene Marie Kelemen was born Irene Marie Fry to Dick and May Marie Fry on March 13, 1925.

She went to rest on February 15, 2012.

Irene was born and raised in Seattle and worked for the telephone company until she met and married her husband, Richard Solvason on June 17, 1946. Together they had three children - William, Debra and Diane. In the summer of 1950, Irene and her family moved to Okanogan County. After managing an orchard for several years, the family moved to Oroville. In September of 1963, Irene’s husband Richard passed away. She married Julius (Joe) R. Kelemen, her best friend, on March 22, 1964. Together they built their dream home on Lake Osoyoos, where they made many memories.

Irene worked at several places including: The Green Agency,

Oroville Plumbing and Hardware and Dr. Wiley’s, before she went to work for the Oroville Post Office where she retired after 25 years.

She was a member of the Ellivoro Rebekah Lodge. After “retirement,” Irene enjoyed being a part of the HOSTS program and being her grandchildren’s biggest fan. She was never at a loss for a piece of advice or a kind word to say. Irene and Joe enjoyed gardening, traveling and an afternoon on the deck with their favorite people. They never missed a concert, game, or special event of any of their grandchildren. After Joe’s passing in 2003, she enjoyed spending time with friends playing bridge, until her failing eye site made it difficult to play. Almost every Wednesday evening, Irene enjoyed the company of a few of her most favorite girls and her grandsons. Fridays were always Irene’s pampering day, but any day of the week was ideal for someone to stop by for a chat. She loved to sit on the deck and visit while watching everyone enjoying the lake. Irene dearly enjoyed her visits with her family and friends. Irene was her daughter Diane’s champion, her grandchildren’s biggest supporter and leader and everyone’s advice giver. She will be dearly missed by all.

Irene is preceded in death by

her parents; her husbands; her brother; and her infant daughter Debra.

Irene is survived by her daughter Diane and her husband Tom; grandson Brian Acord, his wife Brigette, and their son Tucker; granddaughter Stacey Beardsley, her husband Adam, and their sons Tanner and Colton; grandson Tyler Acord; and son William Solvason and family of Oregon.

She also leaves behind a sister-inlaw Helen Shean and numerous nephews and nieces. Irene had more friends than we are able to name. A special thank you to those of you who were a huge part of Irene’s life! “You are the wind beneath my wings!”

Services will be held Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Bergh Funeral Home with the Rev. Marilyn Wilder officiating.

Graveside services will follow at the Oroville Riverview Cemetery.

There is a luncheon at the Oroville American Legion at 1 p.m., please join us there to share your fondest memories of Irene.

Donations may be made to the charity of your choice in her honor.

Please share your memories of Irene by signing her online guestbook at www.berghfuneralservice.com Bergh Funeral Service of Oroville/Tonasket in care of arrangements.

CCC hosts Biz after hours Pam Leslie, Oroville Facilities Manager for Carbon Cycle Crush answers questions about the canola crushing operation in Oroville during the Oroville Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours last Thursday evening. Carbon Cycle Crush were hosts for the event and provided snacks, as well as a tour of the company’s facilities in Oroville.

Here Leslie describes the long process involved with cleaning one of the two mills being used to turn canola seed to oil and meal.

She said it was best for the mill to be in continuous operation as the oil tends to gum up the works if there is a lot of down time.

The Oroville Chamber sponsors a Business After Hours each third Thursday of the month at various locations with a member business acting as host. These informal gatherings are open to chamber members and nonmembers alike. Any member wanting to sponsor the Thursday, March 15 event should contact

the chamber at orovillewashington@gmail.com or attend the next chamber general mem-

bership meeting on Thursday, March 8 at 1 p.m. (location to be announced).

For more information on Carbon Cycle Crush visit http:// carboncyclecrush.com/.

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OKANOGAN VALLEY GAZETTE-TRIBUNE | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

LOCAL SCHOOLS Oroville High School Honor Roll

Hartvig 3.50 Merit (3.49-3.00) Scotty Frazier 3.33, Emily Tietje 3.30, Celene Cisneros 3.28, Marcus Rounds 3.07, Briana Moralez 3.05 and Tyler Vonderhaar 3.01.

SENIORS Heather Galvan 4.0, Kelsey Hughes 4.0 and Naomi Peters 4.0 SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Liliana Catrejon 3.95, Ali Fulmer 3.90, Raul Rodriguez 3.80, Leonel SerranoDelgado 3.80, Madison Hatch 3.78 and Katriona Lidstrand 3.78.

PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Justyce Olson 3.74, Anamae Rood 3.73, Katy Smith 3.73, Kylie CoffeltRichardson 3.56, Cara Valdez 3.56, Breanna Dodd 3.51 and Krysta VanWoert 3.50.

MERIT (3.49-3.00) Brittney Pellegrini 3.42, Kaylee Harris-Miller 3.40, Daniela Ortega 3.40, Caleb Whiteaker 3.40, Caleb Haney 3.35, Terra Mullikin-Gredvig 3.34, Megan Mieirs 3.28, Micolas Perez III 3.28, Cesar Santana 3.21, Maribel Castillo-Gonzalez 3.11, Ruby Vazquez-Curiel 3.11, Richard Milholland 3.08, Joshua Minarcin 3.06 and Cody Swenson 3.00.

EIGHTH GRADE

Madeline Coffelt-Richardson 4.00, Nathan McAllister 4.00 and Sierra Speiker 4.00 SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Kaitlyn Grunst 3.83, Jacob Scott 3.83, Luke Kindred 3.78 and Meagan Moralez 3.76 PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Angela Nelson 3.68, Gabriela Capote 3.56, Marie (Aya) Cruspero 3.56, Michael Ortiz-Camacho 3.51 and Connelly Quick 3.51.

MERIT (3.49-3.00) Jacob Brown 3.45, Brittany Jewett 3.40, Bridget Clark 3.35, Shelby Scott 3.35, Rosalia Rivera 3.33, Menze Pickering 3.28, Ruben Renfro 3.26, Cruz Ortega 3.23, Emily Viveros 3.10, Cesar Polito 3.00 and Dylan Powell 3.00.

FRESHMEN

Leonardo Curiel 4.00 and Bethany Roley 4.00 SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Kali Peters 3.90, Jessica Galvan 3.78, Kyle Scott 3.78 and Brian Wise 3.78 PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Serina Finley 3.73, Dustin Nigg 3.71, Ricky Mathis 3.68, Jacob Fleming 3.55, Lane Tietje 3.55, Nahum Garfias

Callie Barker 4.00, Breanna Ervin 4.00 and Michael Ripley 4.00 SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Sebastian Lindner 3.88, Michael Garrett 3.80 and Connor Hughes 3.78 PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Ronel Kee 3.66, Nathan Bowlin 3.52, Rebecca Arrigoni 3.51 and Lisa

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3.51 and Lily Hilderbrand 3.51 Merit (3.49-3.00) Trevor Shearer 3.40, Sarai Camacho 3.11, Cesar Lozano 3.11 and Kylee Davis 3.00.

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On March 1, there is the yearly opening of several lakes in the Quincy Wildlife Area and near the town of George. Things really look good for anglers for this opener for a couple of reasons. Fishing should be very good again at Martha Lake.

The number and size of the trout should be excellent. I want to remind anglers that there was a rehab at Caliche Lake last year, and although a plant of larger-than-usual catchables was made, ice on the lake has prevented a test fishery.

I should know more about this prior to the opener. The biggest crowd on the weekend following March 1st will be at Burke Lake.

Not only is the fishing forecast to be good, the 2nd Annual Tagged Trout Derby will be held here.

Anglers will be attempting to catch tagged trout that are worth a total of $2,000. The Quincy Valley Tourism Association conducts this derby, and in addition to the big cash prizes possible for catching the tagged trout, there is a ton of other prizes that anglers can buy a ticket to win.

Be sure to click on the “Something is Fishy in Quincy” tile on the FishingMagician.com Home Page to learn more, and you can even register on-line.

SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Emily Finsen 3.94, Kayla Mathis 3.85, Mikayla Scott 3.85, Samantha Walimaki 3.85 and Faith Martin 3.83 PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Daniel Castrejon 3.58 MERIT (3.49-3.00) Emmanuel Castrejon 3.40, James Harris 3.40, Brandon Watkins 3.32, Jesus Churape 3.27, Kaylha Blanchard 3.10, Izsak Racz 3.10, Blake Rise 3.08, Connor Bocook 3.02, Scott Hartvig 3.00 and Keyla Layata 3.00

SEVENTH GRADE SUPERINTENDENT (3.75-3.99) Courtnee Kallstrom 3.95 and Phoebe Poynter 3.83 PRINCIPAL (3.50-3.74) Sandra Hilstad 3.71, Hunter Martin 3.66, Kendal Miller 3.66, Yessica Nemecio 3.61, Jordyn Smith 3.61, Tristan Thorndike 3.56, Ryan Marcolin 3.51 and Nathan Hugus 3.50 MERIT (3.49-3.00) Jennifer Vazquez 3.48, Amparo Todd 3.46, Jaxon Blackler 3.45, Lena Fuchs 3.45, Brentt Kalstrom 3.45, Nathan Rise 3.43, Taylor Minarcin 3.21, Liliana Nava 3.11, Maria Ochoa 3.02 and Casey Martin 3.0

Lake on Saturday, March 3rd is the first where big cash prize and other items can be won by those who fish in it.

There are really fun, free events for kids in the month of April that I will be telling you about in future reports, and then a brand new derby is going to be held at Bridgeport on Rufus Woods Reservoir.

I just talked to the folks that are organizing this one, and got an update on their plans. There will be an informative meeting on Friday, May 11th, the day before the derby starts, and I also learned where the proceeds of the derby are going for this event.

According to derby organizers, after the costs of conducting the derby have been covered, the money raised by ticket sales will be spent on buying triploids to be planted in Rufus Woods.

This should really help sustain this popular fishery. Keep an eye on my reports and web site for more information on the Rufus Woods derby as I get more information. I the mean time, get your tickets for the Burke Lake Derby.

Family derbies Fishing families can participate in a couple of fishing derbies in our area this spring. The tagged trout derby at Burke

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