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PENNY SMITH Penny Smith, age 72 of Tonasket,m died on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee surrounded by family and friends. She was born November 19, 1942 in Pasadena, Calif. and raised by her adoptive parents Rev. Gilbert and Ellen Prince. She met Robert Smith and on April 2, 1966 they were married. They had two children, Stewart and Tina. They lived in Arcadia, Calif. until 1978 when they moved to Tonasket, Wash. Penny enjoyed watching her grandkids play any sports. She wouldn’t miss a game is she didn’t have to. She also enjoyed playing Bingo, Poker, and Pinochle with her friends. After having to retire due to health issues she continued to volunteer at the Omak Visitor Center for many years. Penny was a member of the Tonasket Eagles Auxiliary. She is survived by her children Christine “Tina” Smith, Stewart (Angela) Smith and Bonnie (Rusty) McMartin; three brothers and three sisters; grandchildren Beau, April, Sara, Cierra, Dustin, Dylan, Austin and Makenna and great grandrandchildren: Kannyan, Saige and Fay. Penny was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Robert A. Smith Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 11:00 a.m. at the Tonasket Eagles. Memorials may be made to the Tonasket Eagles Scholarship Fund Bergh Funeral Service & Crematory in care of arrangements
Gene Eldon DeLys Sr.
GENE ELDON DELYS SR. On October 22, 2014, Daddy, Gene Eldon DeLys Sr., headed to the “Klondike Nugget Mine” of his dreams. He passionately loved being on the Similkameen River and gold dredging. Camping, sitting around fires and B-essing as his forte! He could keep the conversation going for hours. He had a brilliant mind and you had to have your “Jeopardy hat” on to keep up. He was always challenging you. In the 1970’s he worked at Lincoln Auto Wrecking in Seattle. Then he started his own wrecking yard at our home in Edmonds, Wash. and called it “The Old Volks Home.” He had a natural ability at mechanics. He specialized in Volkswagens. He always told us to go check the water. We learned to drive in one. We grew up as poor junkyard dogs, but we always had at least a bologna sandwich for school lunch. He always had numerous projects in the works. At one time he had a dune buggy and a J-5 Piper Cub airplane. His yard always exhibited his works in progress. A good auction or yard sale would reel him right in. His mind was always full of new inventions. If it was a good bargain, even if he didn’t need it now, for sure in the future. He liked to dabble and experiment with gardening. He was a very private man and disliked gossip. He showed his emotional and sensitive side quite often and it would make you realize that venerable part of him existed. Compliments had to be extracted out of him like pulling a tooth, but when he did give you one, it was memorable. He also
K-12 expense focus of 2015 legislative debates BY COOPER INVEEN WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU
OLYMPIA--Washington’s lawmakers have opened this year’s legislative session amid predictions of a long and contentious debate focused on budget and tax votes for the K-12 education system. Lawmakers are confronted with a mountain of expensive problems to solve, ranging from transportation to mental health. But education funding is pivotal. The Washington Supreme Court held the Legislature in contempt last year for engaging in “an ongoing violation of its constitutional duty to K-12 children,” by not adequately funding public education. Combined with the responsibility to fund a classsize initiative passed in the recent election, education will likely take a large chunk out of the budget, creating a deficit that may not be filled without spending cuts and tax increases. Meeting the requirements of the Supreme Court’s decision is
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estimated to cost around $2 billion, with the class-size initiative expected to tack on another $2 billion. Gov. Jay Inslee is pushing a budget proposal that relies on establishing a 7 percent capitalgains tax, a carbon-emissions tax, an excise tax on vaporizers, a 50-cent-per-pack increase on cigarettes, and various tax break repeals. But the governor’s proposals are under fire as Republican lawmakers question whether tax increases are necessary to fill the spending gap. At an Associated Press pre-session leadership forum Jan. 8, Inslee rejected a charge from Senate budget Chairman Andy Hill, R-Redmond, that the increases were included in his proposed budget as a first rather than last resort. Hill has also denied that the state faces a true budget deficit. “When you do the math, you have to generate additional revenue,” Inslee said, claiming the new taxes will help progressivize Washington’s tax system
more than traditional “fallback” increases on sales and B&O taxes. “If we can tax pollution, which we don’t like, instead of business growth, which we do, that’s a good decision,” he said. “If we can tax higher income folks through a capital-gains tax instead of lower income folks when they buy a pair of shoes, that’s a good decision.” Hill disagrees, however, claiming that talk of a regressive tax system is code for thinking an income tax is needed. “When we raise taxes, we’re taking money out of your pockets, and when we do that, we better be sure that we have exhausted all other ways of spending the existing money we’ve taken out of your pocket,” Hill said. The 2015 legislative session began Monday, Jan. 12. Among the major issues facing the 105-day session are efforts to increase the minimum wage, fix the state’s mental-health system, reduce the rate of poverty-related crimes, and increase cleanup funding for oil train spills.
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went from the French pronunciation and spelling to English. Dad had a long, thick pony tail and beard, which was beautiful. He was very prideful of it, but never said it. Both sides of his parents (DeLys and Pickens) still live just two miles apart in Goodman and Anderson, Mo. He was born on a rural farm during the depression and times were tough. He left home at a young age. His mother used pickle juice to wash up everyone because clean water was scarce. He was the oldest of his siblings. Dad was a good cook. He would bake a pan of beans from scratch, with ham or make it chili. He made a lot of homemade bread. He liked hot peppers and salsa. Coffee wasn’t anything unless you could sift it through your teeth. Daddy fought a strong and defiant war against lung cancer down to the end. He had smoked for 65 years, but quit several months before the diagnosis He said that the worst part about quitting was what to do with your hands, since he always rolled his own. A very, very special thanks to each and every medical personnel he encountered. Especially hospice for their personal care and compassionate support they gave our family. If you want to make a donation please send to the OK-snip Veterinarian Clinic in Okanogan, Wash. They have helped control our pet population through donations.
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plate negatives and many were not printed. “Many of the slides show that WVC COMMUNITY RELATIONS Matsura was among the first OKANOGAN COUNTY - As to take ‘selfies’... portraits of part of the Wenatchee Valley himself, many of them humorCollege 75th anniversary, the ous,” said Kay Sibley, with the Borderlands WVC at Omak Historical Foundation Society, which “Many of the slides presents two with Magic Lantern show that Matsura was isthehelping Oroville events in among the first to take showing. Okanogan Magic lan‘selfies’....portraits of County on Feb. terns were 6 and 7 that will himself.” introduced in feature early Kay Sibley, Okanogan the 1600s and Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society were the earliCounty photos est form of slide from the colprojectors. They lection of phowere first illuminated by candles tographer Frank Matsura. The first Magic Lantern event and later by kerosene, limelight, is at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, carbon arc and electric light. The at the Omak Performing Arts first slides were hand-painted on Center. The second event is glass and projected onto walls Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at and screens. Scenes often porVicki’s Backdoor on main street trayed cultures, places and stoin Oroville. The suggested dona- ries. Magic lanterns were used in tion for each event is $15 per theaters, churches, schools and fraternal lodges. person. These events are sponsored by Both events include the rare opportunity to see photos of Frank the WVC at Omak Foundation, Matsura, a famous early pho- Borderlands Historical Society tographer of Okanogan County. and Okanogan County Historical Most of his photos were on glass Society. SUBMITTED BY THERESA TAYLOR
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was very versed in Geology. Some special memories of him are: 1) He always insisted on eating dinner at the kitchen table. More times than not it was a fiasco. Kim, mashed potatoes and fork – oh wow! 2) When he hunted he would sometimes cut up and wrap his catch on the kitchen table with his co-hunt Ray. We ate a lot of venison burgers, gravy and mashed potatoes. 3) Christmas was always done up very colorful and there was presents galore. Daddy would play Santa and hand out presents with his unique tongue-incheek tease. 4) Mom and him had card games parties usually pinochle. Us kids would usually spy on them and pester them. We had a pool table in the rec. room and he had a gift for it. He said, “If you can play you could even play with a broom handle.” We played a lot of pea pool. 5) Camping was educational, ‘survivalistic’ and mostly fun. But Kathy almost drowning, dad smashing the pack rat, him scuba diving too long and came up to a bunch of hysterically crying children, the copper wire trip, Bonnie doing laundry using a rock on a rock making holes, Dan getting lost, me shooing a deer away on a hunting trip, the horse and donkey trailer trips and digging in old garbage dumps for bottles and treasures come to mind. LOL 6) Bedtime was always a “Good night Daddy kiss” and he would suck the notorious toothpick into his mouth for the kiss. Family members that got to the gold claim first and are panning are Art Ray, Jim Kim and Wayne. We love you all. He leaves his ex-wife Caroline. They married in 1954. They lived on the same property since 1999. They were still very close in their own ways. His children with her are Kathy, Kim (passed), Karen (Dan), Kelli and Gene Jr. (Lyn). He had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They called him Papa. He is heart-achingly missed by his best friend and mining partner, Nick Spaulding, special nephew, Ancil Humphrey, his river rat buddies (who say, why go to the river anymore without him), and Mamma Cat, whom he loved. Dad’s family crest is the Fleurde-lis emblem. When his grandfather Peter (Dutch) DeLis came to America in 1902 our name
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