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Secret camera discovered in boys’ locker room

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Staff conducted a complete inspection of all Newport School District bathrooms and locker rooms after students discovered a secret camera in the boys’ locker room at Newport High School Thursday, Feb. 11.

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Internet disconnection disrupts north county

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – An internet disruption in the north part of Pend Oreille County left Pend Oreille Valley Network customers without service for a time last week.

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First annual wake for Howard Wildin Family, friends, and acquaintances alike turned out for what was playfully dubbed “The First Annual Wake Celebration for Howard Wildin,” a long-time Newport resident recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. What might have otherwise been a somber occasion was one of remembering and rejoicing as Wildin’s friends sang, danced, and even recited poetry in his honor at the Cork and Barrel Saturday, Feb. 20. Pictured above: Wildin and friend Millie Brumbaugh share a laugh after a rousing round of The Hokey Pokey.

The problem happened because of “cross communication,” between POVN and the Pend Oreille PUD, POVN operations manager Melannie Jones said. Jones says POVN didn’t shut anybody off.

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Man who wanted jail suspected of attacking car, city administrator

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A 25-year-old homeless man who unsuccessfully

tried to be put in jail, allegedly went downtown and attacked Newport city administrator Ray King while King was sitting in his old police car in front of city hall Friday, Feb.

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Bonner Democrats caucus March 22

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS

NEWPORT – Ruth Calkins has a travel itinerary, and it doesn’t include a day trip to the nearest casino (not any time soon, anyway). The 89-year-old Newport resident is bound for The Republic of Malawi in South Africa starting May 27 and ending when she returns in September. Her only traveling companion will be her 11-year-old dachshund, Max. She originally had a friend who was going to accompany her, but the friend cannot travel due to health reasons.

“If I have to go by myself, I go by myself,” Calkins says nonchalantly. “If you think about it, I’m only going to be traveling alone on the plane for about 20 hours. When I get to where I am going, I’ll hardly be alone.”

Her goal is to lend economic aid to locals by volunteering through World Medical Fund USA (WMF), a non-profit that focuses on providing medical care to vulnerable children in the world’s poorest nations,

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Brandon S. Fisher was successful in getting arrested this time.

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Ruth Calkins, 89, a Newport resident since 2002, will be traveling to Malawi, Africa in May to volunteer with the World Medical Fund.

SANDPOINT – The Bonner County Democratic Party will be holding presidential caucuses Tuesday, March 22.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for Idahoans to have a real say in selecting our candidate for next president,” said Ken Meyers, Bonner County Democratic Party chairman. “We’re expecting a great turnout, so we encourage people to preregister at idahodems.org.”

The caucus will be held at the Bonner County Fair Grounds, 4203 North Boyer Road. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the caucus begins promptly at 6 p.m. People must be present before 6 p.m. to participate in the presidential preference caucus.

To streamline the Fairground signing-in process, people are encouraged to go to idahodems.org and pre-register for the caucus.

To participate in the caucus, people must complete a pledge form that declares they are Democrats and will be a registered voter of Bonner County on Nov. 8. This is also the time to put SEE DEMOCRATS, 2A

B R I E F LY Get free income tax help in Newport, Priest River NEWPORT – People can get free help with their income taxes at two locations.

Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., people can go to the Hospitality House at 216 S. Washington in Newport, where trained volunteer tax preparers help with tax returns. Low income people and seniors can also get tax help at the West Bonner Library at 209 Main St. in Priest River Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

When visiting a site, taxpayers should bring their photo ID, Social Security card, any W-2s and 1099s, a copy of last year’s state and federal returns, and other important

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Upcoming events with Pend Oreille Players NEWPORT – There are a variety of upcoming events at the Pend Oreille Playhouse, located at 236 S. Union Ave., Newport. Open Mic is the first Friday of each month. All are welcome to share their talents or just listen. Admission is $2 per person. The next Open Mic Nights are March 4, and April 1.

Auditions for “Clue, the Musical” are March 28 and 29 at 6:30 p.m. Auditions are open to ages 16 to adults.

Performances are June 10-19.

Performances of “Little Red Riding Hood (and the Power Mutants)” by Ed Monk are March 18-20. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7 p.m. Sunday shows begin at 3 p.m.

Priest River Lionesses donate $1,500 to fire district PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lioness presented a $1,500 check to West Pend Oreille Fire District Chief Les Kokanos at their Feb. 10 meeting. Kokanos was the SEE BRIEFLYS, 2A

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CAMERA: Safety of all important den in what appeared to be a towel hook mounted on the wall adjacent to the boys’ showers, according to Newport High School principal Troy Whittle. It was discovered sometime after lunch period.

“The student who found it noticed that there was something unusual about it and upon closer inspection, found that it was a hidden camera with an SD card inside,” Whittle said.

Another male student, whose name and grade level were not divulged, reportedly admitted to school administration to placing the camera in the locker room after other students came forward and said they saw him behaving suspiciously.

The student, who was unidentified for safety reasons, confessed Tuesday, Feb. 16 and was expelled the same day, Whittle said.

Newport School Resource Officer Jerry Dobson is heading the investigation.

Whittle said he did not know where the student obtained the camera, but described it as having an AC adapter for charging the battery and a USB data/charging cable and appeared to be motion activated. Such cameras can be purchased online and vary in price from $11 to $150 or more.

“After a sweep of all the school sites was done by staff and personnel, and the student confessed, we think that this is an isolated inci-

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run around without supervision and they were perfectly safe. It was a good time, for the most part.”

In 2002, Calkins and her second husband, Don (married for 35 years before he passed away), moved to Newport to be closer to Don’s daughter and their son-in-law, plus Calkins wanted to escape the sweltering heat of Sierra Vista, Ariz.

“I was getting tired of all the nice, sunny days,” Calkins quips. “I was ready to have some variety in my weather.” Through her website, www.AfricanAidsOrphans.org, she became acquainted with World Medical Fund CEO and Founder Michael Burt. She offered to help if Burt ever wanted to expand his operation to the United States. So, in late 2006, World Medical Fund USA was initiated. So far, Calkins has helped send more than $40,000 to help with work in Malawi.

“Once you’ve been there, it pulls you back,” Calkins says of Africa. “It’s a beautiful place. The sky above you just makes you feel so small, in such a wonderful way.”

Three of her five children and one grandson will join her in Malawi during the summer for a safari vacation.

Calkins says her family is supportive of her decision to travel to Malawi for the summer.

She’s hoping the sciatica in her legs clears up before she leaves, but other than that, she’s not overly concerned about any medical mishaps that could occur abroad. She says that when people find out what she’s doing, they either call her crazy or encourage her.

“I have a feeling that this is my last hurrah, and if it is, it might as well be doing something that brings me joy that I believe strongly in,” Calkins states.

For more information about WFM, go to www.worldmedicalfund-usa. org. An account has been set up at Mountain West Bank in Newport for those who would like to donate to Calkins’ goal. To be on the mailing list to receive the WMF newsletter, contact Calkins at malawiladiesaidsociety@gmail.com and request to be put on the mailing list.

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working predominately in Africa as an international NGO (Non Governmental Organization).

Calkins will be staying at the WMF compound in the District of Nkhotakota in central Malawi, one of the least developed regions in the nation.

There, she will help local women and girls learn how to create and market indigenous crafts like wall hangings, dolls and jewelry in order for them to make a profit and benefit WMF operations in their communities.

“It’s (Malawi) called ‘The warm heart of Africa,’” Calkins says. “The people there are really some of the friendliest, peaceful people I’ve ever met. Muslims and Christians live side by side and there’s no problem.”

There is little in the way of infrastructure or construction in Nkhotakota. The area covered is just in excess of 4,000 square kilometers and the population estimate is 331,000, according to the WMF website. There is no industry in the region and few job opportunities so most people work as subsistence farmers or fishermen.

Calkins is hoping to raise $3,000 to be spent on craft supplies and treadle sewing machines (electricity in Malawi is often unreliable), for the women to start their business.

“I think they will appreciate having a way to make money for themselves and to help an organization that has done so much for them,” Calkins says, noting several of the women she will be working with are AIDS patients treated by WMF. This isn’t Calkins’ first trip to Africa. She lived in Nigeria during the 1960s and early ‘70s when her first husband worked for the United States Agency for International Development (he passed away after 25 years of marriage). She and her family also lived in Sri Lanka for a short period of time.

“When people hear about Africa in the news, particularly Nigeria nowadays, there’s a lot of sadness and violence connected to it,” Calkins says. “It wasn’t that way when we lived there. We let our five children

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NEWPORT – A 37-year-old man who was the subject of a tense search and standoff last December received a prison based Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative prison term when he was sentenced by Pend Oreille County Superior Court Judge Pat Monasmith Thursday, Feb. 18.

William M. Sorenson was sentenced to 31 months in prison, followed by 31 months of community custody.

While in prison he will take part in drug treatment as part of the sentence. Sorenson pleaded guilty to five charges the week before – second degree unlawful possession of a firearm, theft of a firearm, unlawful imprisonment domestic violence, fourth degree assault domestic violence and second degree theft.

Prosecuting attorney Dolly Hunt said Sorenson’s mother was the victim and she wanted him to get treatment for meth addiction. Hunt said his mother thought it better he get treatment in prison than remaining in the area around friends with bad habits.

Defense attorney Robin McCroskey said Sorenson is wonderful when he’s not on meth. She says the only way he will stop is if he takes treatment seriously.

Sorenson’s mother spoke.

“I know the difference when he is not using,” she said. She said something triggers in his head when he’s using. “He changes overnight,” she said. He needs treatment, she said.

Monasmith asked if Sorenson had been through SEE SORENSON, 7A

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The $1,500 will go towards buying a second thermal imaging machine, which is anticipated to cost several thousand

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He pleaded not guilty to second degree malicious mischief, a felony, and fourth degree assault, a misdemeanor, when he appeared in Pend Oreille County Superior Court Thursday, Feb. 18.

Prosecuting attorney Dolly Hunt said Fisher tried to turn himself in at the jail. When he was turned away, he committed crimes in order to get arrested. He wants services, she said. “It’s bizarre, to say the least,” Hunt said. She asked for a $15,000 bail.

Defense attorney Brett Billingsley reserved argument on bail. He said Fisher had wanted to live with his grandfather, but that fell through. He said Fisher’s father lives in Sandpoint.

Superior Court Judge Pat Monasmith said Fisher would need secure housing before any release. He set bond at $10,000.

“He has no significant felony history but he is a risk to the community because of what seems to be an untreated mental illness,” Monasmith said.

According to the sworn statement of probable cause, dispatchers got a

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call from city employees about 2:50 p.m., who reported a male was assaulting King. When the deputy arrived a few minutes later, he encountered King and Fisher standing next to King.

Fisher was agitated, according to the statement, and insisted on going to jail. He told the deputy that he tried to turn himself in at the jail, but they wouldn’t arrest him, so he had to commit a crime.

King told the deputy he was sitting in his black 2002 Dodge Intrepid, a former police car, on Second Street, at the intersection of Washington, when an agitated Fisher approached him. According to the deputy’s statement, King said Fisher ran across the street and jumped on the hood of the car. He started kicking the windshield, shattering it.

Then he jumped up and down on the roof, caving it in several inches. As King tried to get out of the car, Fisher jumped down and attempted to punch him, but King pushed him away with his legs, according to the statement.

King told the deputy Fisher then settled down and leaned up against the vehicle as if nothing had happened.

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The district covers much of western Bonner County, including the city of Priest River.

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dent done by an individual,” Newport School District Superintendent Dave Smith said. “We want parents to know that the safety and wellbeing of our students is our highest priority.”

The camera and SD card were placed in an envelope on Feb. 11 and turned over to local law enforcement, Whittle said.

“No district personnel viewed what was on the card,” Whittle said.

“Law enforcement has opened an investigation and the camera and its card are police evidence.”

As of Friday, Feb. 19, Pend Oreille County Undersheriff Grant Sirevog said that a deputy was “speaking to the suspect,” but an arrest hadn’t been made as of yet.

“This is something that we are taking very seriously and we are collecting information to see what our next step will be,” Sirevog said.

Whittle and Smith praised the student who discovered the camera for immediately bringing it to the attention of teachers and administrators.

“It’s good that students feel that they can trust school personnel enough to bring this to us,” Whittle said. “It’s a terrible thing for the young man who has done this and the consequences he is most likely facing. It’s a sad thing.”

“We appreciate the kids coming forward,” Smith said. “They saw this (camera) as an affront to their privacy and handled it very maturely.

It enabled the school district to act swiftly.”

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b r i e f ly Learn to landscape ala Pend Oreille County NEWPORT – Learn tips on how to make your yard the envy of the neighborhood by attending this presentation titled, “Landscaping ala Pend Oreille County,” Thursday, March 10. The presentation will be held at the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension Office at 227 S. Garden Ave., Newport from 6-8:30 p.m.

Class participants will understand how to make smart decisions about landscape planning, design, and supportive elements; learn the No. 1 mistake that most people make when designing landscapes; and receive hands-on experience in creating a landscape plan.

“Landscaping in Pend Oreille County can be a real challenge and this class will address those specific problems,” said Dixie Chichester, WSU/ Pend Oreille Master Gardener Coordinator and class presenter.

Refreshments will be offered. The cost for the class is $5 for community members and $3 for Master Gardeners.

Pre-register by calling the extension office at 509-447-2401 to provide contact information should the class schedule change and ensure adequate materials for all participants will be available.

Kretz bill to expand park police powers advances OLYMPIA – In an 89-8 vote, the state House approved Rep. Joel Kretz’s bill to extend the limited law enforcement authority of park rangers.

Under House Bill 2765, park rangers’ limited law enforcement authority would be extended to state roads within park boundaries and also within a one-mile radius outside a park’s jurisdictional boundaries.

“This is a good public safety bill that would close some of the gaps in our current system,” said Kretz, R-Wauconda.

“During an emergency, we need all the help we can get. This bill ensures we are utilizing all available personnel resources.”

Kretz’s bill goes as far as extending limited law enforcement authority if and when an incident occurs, such as an altercation outside a park gate.

This bill would allow for an incident to be addressed in a timely fashion while other law enforcement agencies outside of a park’s jurisdictional boundaries respond.

Priest River man sentenced for lewd conduct COEUR d’ALENE – Reginald Ivie, 37, was sentenced to up to life in prison for lewd conduct with a minor under 16, according to a report in the Coeur d’Alene Press.

A Coeur d’Alene police investigation revealed Ivie had sex twice over a weekend with a 13-yearold child.

Ivie, who pleaded guilty Dec. 17, was sentenced to up to life in prison, with at least seven years to be served before becoming eligible for release.

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Moving moose This moose family was photographed moving across the field just off Gray Road, south of Newport Monday morning, Feb. 22. The cow and calf are pictured and the bull was just out of the frame.

Comment on draft forest plan COLVILLE – The Draft Revised Forest Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Colville National Forest was released last week. The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment.

The development of the draft plan spanned more than 10 years and was shaped by the best available science, current laws and public input gathered at over 60 public meetings and more than 15 public community-based work groups, according to a news release from the Forest Service. These meetings identified the core values of local communities and highlighted the many points of agreement that exist among diverse partici-

pants.

“This draft plan is a huge step forward for the management of the Colville National Forest,” said Rodney Smoldon, Colville National Forest Supervisor.

“Many years of hard work and collaboration have resulted in a draft plan that we believe provides an effective balance for the multiple demands on the forest’s natural resources and public services.”

The Colville National Forest (CNF), working in partnership the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. Institute, www.ecr.gov), will offer a variety of opportunities for public participation throughout the remainder of the CNF’s forest plan revision

process.

Between Feb. 19 and May 19, the Forest Service will be talking about the draft plan and analysis reports in a variety of settings. Members of the public will have online opportunities to learn about the proposal via interactive webinars, on-line open houses and the Forest website, all of which are designed to help people understand the proposal and how to submit comments on the draft plan. In addition, listening sessions where members of the public will be able to provide verbal comment, are planned for later in the comment period.

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House passes Rep. Short’s bill to help rural development OLYMPIA – In a late-night floor session Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Washington state House of Representatives passed legislation designed to help rural development and give counties more options when approving water systems.

Rep. Shelly Short, R-Addy, and sponsor of House Bill 2061, said it was another tool in the toolbox for local jurisdictions to approve Group B water systems and help spur rural development.

“There are many barriers to rural development,” Short said. “I’m always looking for effective ways to loosen the bureaucratic red tape to help make housing more affordable and some level of development more attractive and attainable for our local builders.”

Short’s bill provides an important option for local governments, according to her press release, to approve Group B water systems with nine or fewer connections as long as the water provided by the system meets the local potable water quality standards at the point of delivery. This authority applies only to the four northeast counties in the 7th Legislative district, including Pend Oreille, and has an initial sunset clause, expiring in 2021.

“There are still stringent water quality standards and accountability built into the process,” Short said. “But this will make it easier for smaller

developments to be approved by the county legislative authorities.”

HB 2061 passed the House 70-27 and now

moves to the Senate for further consideration.

The 2016 legislative session is scheduled to end March 10.

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OLYMPIA – In a unanimous vote, the state House approved Rep. Joel Kretz’s bill to issue burning permits for forest resiliency burning.

Under House Bill 2928, the Department of Natural Resources would inspect areas fit for prescribed burns and issue burning permits for forest resiliency burning. These permits would be issued only when it was deemed unlikely the burn would significantly contribute to a violation of air quality standards.

Forest resiliency burning mimics the natural cycle of a wildfire and helps reduce the threat and fuels of a catastrophic fire.

“This is a bill to take initial steps to avoid catastrophic wildfires,” said Kretz, R-Wauconda. “After the worst fire season on record in Okanogan County, it is time to make changes so we don’t have to once again experience the extreme fires that burned thousands of acres.

Change is often difficult, but we can’t afford to do nothing. This bill would mark progress in our efforts to protect our forests and the environment, while avoiding devastating wildfires in the future.”

House Bill 2928 now moves to the Senate for further consideration.

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learned a lesson a couple weeks ago about the power of possibilities – believing that something will happen can, indeed, make it happen. I also learned that the Hot Box classified section of The Miner is, indeed, read by many.

My husband and I had a carport that was in extreme disrepair. The heavy snow this winter and wind storms made what was already a rickety structure downright dangerous. We decided it was time to take it down, even though that’s where we spend a majority of our time outdoors in the summer months. We first thought my husband would have to take it down himself, and then we considered hiring an excavating company to do it. Both alternatives seemed too time and money consuming.

Then my husband had the idea to put a free sign on the carport – free to anyone who wanted to take the time and energy to dismantle it and haul it away.

Being very skeptical, I laughed off his idea for several days. Who would want our falling down carport? But eventually I decided there was no harm in trying. So the day Chris hung the free sign up, I placed an ad in our Hot Box, offering the structure to anyone who would haul it away.

The response was incredible. A passerby stopped within an hour of the sign being posted and I got phone calls for weeks – 13 different individuals in all, interested in taking our carport.

In the end, two men showed up early one morning and within two and a half hours, we were without a carport. Amazing. I’m still stunned and grateful.

It goes to show – if you think it’s possible (and you add the word ‘free’ to it) it will happen.

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If you care, don’t over share Once upon a time, I was a stalker and didn’t know it. Upon entrance into Spokane Community College, and one too many bacchanals with a local group of thespians (another column, another time), I had convinced myself I had fallen truly, madly, deeply in love with the first guy who made the butterflies in my stomach flap their wings like California Condors in a high wind.

However, what I thought was love must have actually been acid reflux disease, because suffice to say he did not return my affections. Even Sop h i E ’ s though in hindsight the message CHOICE was obvious, I heard it as loud and clear as the Japanese trying to deSophia code Navajo. So, I started showing aldous up at places that I thought he might be, just casually dressed to the nines, because what 19-year-old girl doesn’t dress for Latin American History like she’s going to have to show her ID at the door? Right.

Eventually, when my fantasy could no longer outrun reality, I realized my dignity could use the repose and I stopped trying to catch a glimpse of my beloved as he probably sprinted from Business Math 101 to dive for hidden safety behind the cafeteria gyro display.

Why in the world am I telling you all this? Because mine was the last generation to do self-masochism the “old-fashioned” way. Facebook wasn’t a thing yet. Myspace was barely a glimmer on the horizon.

Instagram? If you had said that to me then, I would have thought you were revealing a quicker way to make S’mores.

However, that has all changed. With the advent of Facebook, Snapchat, etc. it’s easier than ever to “keep tabs” on people, especially those who we should probably just let disappear into the background of that online void.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Facebook. I enjoy sharing photos on Instagram. It can be a slippery slope, though. Social media should be treated like a cocktail party. You show up, looking your best, exchange pleasantries, schmooze, then get the Hell out of there.

Stay too long, and you run the risk of being company to the person who has had one too many figurative gin and tonics, and is now on a tedium barrage showing people countless photos of their cat, what they had for breakfast that morning, or they are waving their political affiliations in others faces like a drunken sorority girl with her top off. Even worse, you could be that drunken online sorority girl, or the person continually posting the mundane (yeah, we get it, you like tea and your dog). Don’t do that to yourself, or the other people who accepted your invitation to the Facebook party, under the impression that you might be a nice person to get to know.

The point is, we’re all “stalkers” now, and we have all readily put our personal information online for all to see in the most juxtaposing of ways, inviting people to judge us via their computer or phone screens, then becoming indignant when they actually do.

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yo u r op i n i o n Next Supreme Court judge won’t act alone To the editor, That was a great political cartoon in last week’s Miner. Republicans reacted within two hours to the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by denouncing any nomination of a replacement by President Obama.

The Republican presidential candidates gave the same opinion that night during a debate.

The Republican majority leader of the U.S. Senate said for Obama to not bother nominating a replacement justice. I just wonder what Republicans would have said and done if a liberal leaning Supreme Court Justice died during the last year of President George W. Bush’s second term. Would Bush have jumped at the chance to tip the court for conservatives? That’s the trouble with playing politics with our nation’s government instead of governing.

I was amazed to see presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a former Supreme Court clerk, say that

you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye if an Obama nominee was confirmed. What Cruz implied was that a new justice would take a seat on the court and order the Second Amendment removed from the Constitution. This new justice would somehow be able to void all previous Supreme Court decisions and change the Constitution.

Well, most of us know that the new justice can’t to any such thing. Suddenly all 5-4 Supreme Court decisions would become 6-3 and all cases decided not by the law, but on the political identity of each justice. It simply doesn’t work that way.

The court’s function is to rule on cases appealed to it. That process takes years of litigation in lower courts and is based on laws that were passed by a majority of the congress and signed into law by the president.

I enjoyed seeing the Republican elephant in the cartoon standing in hell with his snowball.

-Pete Scobby Newport

Area needs new long term care facility To the editor, We are passionate about keeping our loved ones local. Did you know that 48 percent of the population in Pend Oreille County is over 50 years old? That is almost half of the entire population of this county. As time progresses, that figure could even reach to higher proportions.

We are two of those citizens in this designated population and we have both lived in this county for 20-30 years.

There is a very high chance that this county will be our home until we take our last breath.

With that being said, we have a major concern as to what will happen when that time arrives and where will we end up as we age.

Who will be our caretakers? Newport Hospital and Health Services also recognizes this need in our population and they have made strides to address this issue.

They have worked very hard to maintain their

Assisted Living and Long Term Care Facilities. Our current Long Term Care Facility is almost 50 years old and is not up to the standards of codes.

It is much too costly to remodel such an old building so the Hospital District will be proposing building a new facility and is planning on having this issue on this April’s ballot. The need and demand for such a facility is great. This new facility will provide a more dignified living environment as each room will have its own private bathroom. As it is now, the bathrooms are in the hallway with only a curtain to provide privacy. With the new facility, the cost will be lower than they are now, approximately $3,000 to $4,000 a month less.

Let’s plan for our loved one’s future as well as our own. As the saying goes, “We aren’t getting any younger.”

Lois Robertson Lynette Elswick Newport Hospital and Health Services Commissioners

Cop recruitment top priority Public safety agencies across America face the same problems as other employers – finding enough qualified workers. The difference is our safety is increasingly at risk.

Law enforcement leaders are working harder at recruitment, yet they are drawing fewer applicants. Big city departments

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are not alone. It is the same story in smaller communities such as Leesburg, Va., where the number of applicants dropped 90 percent over the past five years.

A decade ago, the Seattle Police Department had 3,000 applicants for 10 openings. Now, there are 1,000 applicants for 70 positions.

Being a cop is not for everyone.

It is dangerous and stressful work.

Men and women must be in good physical condition, cope with continual stress, have no criminal records, display good judgment, and be willing to put their lives on the line.

Tragically, officers are killed leaving family and friends behind.

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

The FBI is asking Apple to create an operating system to break into the cell phone used by the San Bernardino attackers who killed 14 people in a mass shooting Dec. 2, 2015. Apple officials believe it would create a slippery slope that could put at risk data security for the pubic at large.

Should Apple unlock the iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooters?

Yes. No.

For example, in Seaside, Ore., Jason Goodding, one of only three patrol sergeants, was gunned down by a wanted felon on Feb. 5.

Sgt. Goodding was the 10th officer in the nation killed in 2016. Last year, there were 282 deaths line of duty deaths.

Police recruiters say they are stymied by the job’s low pay, tarnished image, increasingly tougher standards for new recruits, and limited job flexibility.

Small departments generally pay less than big city forces. According to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the median See brunell, 5A

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No, he should wait for the next president to make the appointment, since he is leaving office.

Yes, he should nominate a replacement.

He has a constitutional obligation to put forth a nominee.

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Wine and Microbrew pairing showdown benefits rural children PRIEST RIVER – The third annual Iron Sommelier and Brewmaster event, held Saturday, Feb. 20, raised more than $13,400 for the Healthy Kids Snack Bags and Reach Out and Read programs for local children.

The event is put on by the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation, held at the Priest River Event Center.

Guests voted on wine or

microbrew flights paired with six gourmet “small bite” courses prepared by event caterers Jim and Kerri Martin of the Beardmore Bistro and Wine Bar. Matty Smith, coowner of Waddell’s Brew Pub and Grille in Spokane, emerged the victorious “2016 Brewmaster” with his expert pairings of Waddell’s microbrews and the six courses served.

Jim Dannen with Vehrs,

Inc. won the “2016 Iron Sommelier” title. Competing brewery and sommelier were Terry Hackler with 12 String Brewing Co. and Jason Clarke with Click Distributing.

Clarke was the 2015 Iron Sommelier.

Unique, hand-crafted metal plaques created by Newport High School’s metal shop were awarded to the evening’s champions, and local band Scotia

Road provided event entertainment. Newport High School HOSA students and Priest River Lamanna High School leadership students served each of the six food courses and accepted the audience’s tips of $900 towards their clubs’ fundraising efforts. More information on this and other foundation events is available at www.NewportHospitalAndHealth.org.

Flu season arrives in North Idaho HAYDEN – Panhandle Health District is reminding people in North Idaho that it’s not too late to get an annual flu shot.

Epidemiologists are seeing an increase in specimens testing positive for influenza in local hospitals and clinics.

“We’re finally seeing an uptick in flu cases,” said Jeff Lee, Staff Epidemiologist at Panhandle Health District. “Similar to the rest of the country, our communities are experiencing a late start to flu season.”

There has been one flu-related death reported in North Idaho during the 2015-16 flu season. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that influenza causes an average of 200,000 hospitalizations and thousands of deaths each year in the United States.

Historically, flu season starts as early as October and is typically over by late February, but the timing and severity of flu season is unpredictable.

Lee continues, “If you haven’t gotten your flu shot, it’s not too late. We expect to see more reports of patients sick with the flu over the next several weeks, and the flu vaccine is the best way to cut your risk of illness.”

The CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for everyone over six months old. Those most at risk for serious flu-related illness, hospitalization and death are pregnant women, young children, people age 65 and older and anyone with chronic medical

conditions. Since the flu virus can spread to family members through coughing or sneezing, it is especially important that people who regularly come in contact with young children or high-risk individuals get a flu shot.

Vaccine supply is adequate this year and is offered at Panhandle Health District and also in doctors’ offices, clinics, and pharmacies. Along with getting vaccinated, there are simple every day actions to take to help keep illness from spreading: · Cover mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when sneezing or coughing. · Wash hands often and well with soap and water.

Use a hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. · Keep hands away from eyes, nose, and mouth. · Stay home from work, school or public places when sick.

Symptoms of influenza are similar to those of the common cold, but generally come on more swiftly and are more pronounced. Symptoms typically include fever, headache, tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and body aches. Antiviral medications can lessen the symptoms and shorten the duration of the flu. If experiencing these symptoms, contact a healthcare provider.

For more information about flu vaccination, prevention, and treatment visit Panhandle Health District’s website at www.panhandlehealthdistrict.org.

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starting salary for a new officer is $39,000, but in smaller departments it is less than $32,000 a year.

Washington State has better pay and benefits. In Vancouver, a new officer on patrol makes $45,600 and when benefits are added, a rookie in Seattle earns total compensation of $70,000.

Portland has a police force of 950, but retirements and resignations have cut the number of officers faster than the bureau can recruit, hire and train new ones, Chief Larry O’Dea reports. The bureau had 41 officer vacancies last December with 90 officers eligible to retire by April.

Portland’s shortage is having an impact on the community. It led to across-the-board denial of requests for law enforcement to support new events in the city this year. The first was a half marathon this spring, which required up to 80 officers.

Those events require police to work overtime which is costly. Portland’s overtime budget last year was $6.9 million.

“Quite honestly it’s not an overtime or money issue ... it’s merely we don’t have the people,” Sgt. Pete Simpson told The Oregonian. “(Officers) are fatigued, they’re burned

out.”

More critically, understaffing has an impact on law enforcement’s ability to deal with massive rioting, vandalism and looting when it occurs.

In Ferguson, Mo., the shooting of Michael Brown sparked two weeks of civil unrest in 2014.

The damage to merchants alone amounted to $4.6 million.

Then months later in Baltimore, Freddie Gray’s death led to another two weeks of protests and rioting. It finally ended with 20 police officers injured, at least 250 people arrested, 350 businesses damaged, 27 drugstores looted, and 150 vehicle set on fire.

There are more than 900,000 law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, which is the highest figure ever. But as our population grows and

the terrorist risks elevate, the number of cops we need to keep us safe is not keeping pace.

Police are under intense scrutiny today and criticism is more prevalent.

Even the addition of patrol car and body cameras don’t always accurately show what happens during an arrest. Any apprehension resulting in the loss of life is tragic.

It is important to remember that officers are required to make instantaneous life and death decisions. They deserve the benefit of doubt.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver.

He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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The documents released are available for download and review online at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ colville/plan-revision.

These documents are also available for viewing at Colville National Forest offices in Republic, Kettle Falls, Colville, Newport and Metaline Falls, in addition to the Forest Service Information Desk at the Spokane District BLM in Spokane. Community libraries will also have copies for viewing.

The 90-day comment period starts Feb. 19, with publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The comment period will close on May 19. Electronic comments on the draft plan and DEIS should be submitted to: www.cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ CommentInput?project=45826.

A limited number of compact discs or paper copies of these documents may be requested by phone 509-664-9247 or email: colvilleplanrevision@ fs.fed.us.

To assist in the tracking and analyzing comments the Forest Service is asking people to submit electronic comments to the web database system noted above. However, written comments will be allowed if you are unable to submit electronically: Colville National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, 765 South Main St., Colville, WA 99114.

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The non-profit 501c3 organization, located at 5538 Hwy. 2 in Priest River, currently has around 23 cats and several dogs available for adoption. Volunteers are needed to help exercise, socialize and assist in the day-to-day operations with the animals. PRAR depends on grants, fundraisers, and income from the adoption center, the adjacent thrift store, and donations for funding. To inquire about adopting a pet, or to volunteer, call 208-448-0699.

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Eight-month-old Zeus, a black Labrador retriever mix, is a playful, loving sort, looking for a forever home.

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The council met Tuesday because of the President’s Day holiday.

The council also agreed to clarify the terms of its franchise agreement with Concept Cable. Concept’s attorney had contacted the city to get some clarification. He

wanted it clear that Concept would pay 5 percent of its cable television services, not on any of the other things they are involved in. Some things, like internet service, are not regulated by the city franchise agreement, and Concept’s attorney wanted that clear. He also wanted it clear that Concept couldn’t transfer or share any rights by merger.

City attorney Tom Metzger, who hasn’t attended a city council meeting this year, agreed with the request in a letter to council members.

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Washington DC 20510 202-224-3441 Website: www.cantwell.senate.gov Local: U.S. Courthouse 920 W. Riverside, Suite 697 Spokane WA 99201 509-353-2507 Sen. Patty Murray (D) 154 Russell Senate Office Bldg.

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Sorenson said he had been through outpatient treatment three times. Monasmith said it was clear Sorenson needed treatment and has needed it for a long time. Monasmith said he was concerned about Sorenson assaulting his elderly mother, but he was even more concerned about Sorenson taking a gun and threatening to kill any law enforcement officers who tried to arrest him.

“It’s a dangerous person who would make a threat like that,” he said. “Guns, drugs and mental health problems don’t mix.”

Monasmith said if there weren’t a DOSA involved, he would have sentenced Sorenson to the maximum on each charge. Under sentencing guidelines, the maximum sentence for the most serious of Sorenson’s crimes – theft of a firearm – was 48 months.

In addition to the prison based DOSA, and

community custody, Sorenson was ordered to pay $800 in legal obligations.

Sorenson was arrested Dec. 2 after prosecutors say he pushed his mother down several times and left in her car the day before. Prosecutors say he took a .45 caliber lever action rifle, saying he would shoot any law enforcement officers that came after him.

Law enforcement, including the U.S. Marshall’s Violent Offender Task Force and the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the search. Sorenson was found near where he lived and arrested without incident.

Sorenson has felony convictions for eluding and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He was found guilty of the firearms charges in a jury trial in 2013 and sentenced to 10 months in the county jail. The eluding conviction was years before that and was the basis for Sorenson not being allowed to posses firearms.

Retail marijuana subject of public hearing in Ione IONE - The sale of marijuana is a continuing topic at Ione City Council. Councilman Ken Timmreck discussed his view in favor of the retail sales of cannabis products in Ione. Councilman Charles Spears had questions concerning passing an ordinance compatible with state laws. Councilman Dylan Powers expressed his view in favor of retail cannabis in Ione, subject to appropriate regulations. Councilman and Ione Airport Manager John Redinger said he opposed the sale of cannabis in Ione. Council member Kathleen Turpin reminded council that under state law the town may modify the distance restriction for specified uses i.e., school, library, park, churches, etc.

To give the community an opportunity to comment, a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.

For more information, call 509-442-3611.

The annual Water Use Efficient Report is being worked on and a 4200-psi power washer was purchased for the sewer department; Big Sky Industries was called to clean out the sewer on Feb. 8. Council member Kathleen Turpin asked about the water quality and council member Charles Spears stated the water is tested weekly with all reports returning good. Mayor Don Fowell stated that Ione water is better than bottled water.

Turpin stated the parking issue on Main Street in front of Cedar Creek Salon is resolved by asking the tenants of the Coyner Apartment to save a space for the seniors that use this business. The need for parking occurs Tuesday-Friday.

Ione clerk Sandy Hutchinson discussed the abandoned cat issue and the need for a place for the Colville Animal Sanctuary to conduct spay and neuter clinics. Timmreck said the fire bay could be used.

Because these cats will be released in Ione if homes are not found, Timmreck suggested upcoming spay and neuter clinics should be advertised.

The salary survey has been added to Evergreen Rural Water’s calendar with an estimated start time of March 2016. The Selkirk School District would like to use the Ione Community Center at no cost for iPad training for area seniors. A motion was made

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Jones said her company has been losing money on the 14 wireless customers they have in the north county, especially since some aren’t charged because the service isn’t reliable. She hadn’t heard how far along the PUD was in installing wireless and didn’t want to continue losing money, so she sent a notice to the PUD Feb. 14, on Valentines Day, that POVN intended to disconnect service.

That caused the PUD to scramble, including north county PUD commissioner Rick Larson, who made personal visits to several customers. The PUD, reacting to POVN’s notice turned the internet service off about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16.

In the end the PUD and POVN came to an agreement for continued service and POVN withdrew their notice to disconnect. The PUD agreed to leave the “backhaul” rate POVN pays for wireless service at about $400, PUD General Manager Colin Willenbrock said. The rate was

in the process of being increased, he said.

Internet service was restored by 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Willenbrock said it would be another month or six weeks before the PUD has its wireless system up in Ione. Jones agreed to keep POVN wireless customers connected until the new equipment is in place.

When you depend on the internet to make a living, like Gloria and Craig Jenkins do, having a dependable high speed connection is a must. When the connection goes down, it’s a problem, Craig Jenkins told The Miner.

Gloria Jenkins draws animated story boards for entertainment clients. Uploading one of her big files is like uploading a feature movie, Craig Jenkins said.

When it comes time to send a file, if the internet at their house doesn’t work he has to drive into Ione to use the wireless connection at the library.

Jenkins says the internet was out Saturday morning.

It was still out when Gloria needed to check email to get instructions from a

director Tuesday, so they took a laptop and drove the three and half miles to the Ione library, where they used the library’s connection.

Willenbrock said the wireless connection up north has been a challenge. Since the PUD is prohibited from selling retail internet service, it has to sell wholesale service to internet providers like POVN. Since there are so few customers, it has been a challenge for POVN. They system that Jenkins is on is a relay system, relying on repeaters placed on homes. Service has been intermittent before because if one of the repeaters doesn’t work, the system goes down, he says.

Jenkins says he spent $4,000 in 2011 to buy a used pole and other equipment to get his antenna higher in the air. It didn’t work.

Jenkins says he doesn’t have many options. There is a waiting list for satellite service, dialup is not workable for large files and DSL also is not viable.

After the service went out before President’s Day,

he contacted an attorney.

The attorney told him nobody had successfully sued an ISP. The attorney recommended complaining to the government.

So Jenkins contacted the state Utilities and Transportation Commission and the state Attorney General’s office.

The Attorney General’s office was interested and advised he file a claim for the cost of installing the pole and lost service. He filed a claim against POVN for $7,000, Jenkins said.

Jones said she had not heard about the claim yet.

The Town of Ione turned down the PUD’s request to install a pole and wireless

equipment on land near the town’s water tank, so the PUD is working to

install another pole near Ione that would reach Jenkins.

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your name forward to be a delegate to the Idaho Democratic presidential convention in Boise in June. Space will be available for those who do not wish to participate but to observe a caucus in action.

The Idaho Democrats

have submitted a formal request to the Idaho Secretary of State to change three taxpayer-funded billboards that say Idaho’s presidential caucuses are March 8. The Democrats say the billboards are misleading. The Idaho Republican and Constitutional parties hold their caucuses then, but not the

Democrats.

To learn more about the Bonner County Caucus, contact the party at bcdgoudems@gmail. com. or 208-265-7251.

To learn more about the caucus process, contact the Idaho Democratic Party and 208-336-1815 or visit the idahodems. org website.

D E AT H Janice L. Hargrave IONE

Janice L. Hargrave of Ione passed away Feb. 18, at the home she shares with her husband, Robert. She was 77.

A funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. at the Ione Seventh-day Adventist Church, 707 W. Houghton St. in Ione with interment following at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Caldwell, Idaho, Thursday, Feb. 25, at 11 a.m.

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B R I E F LY Newport Gun Club announces winter shoot results NEWPORT – The Newport Gun Club held their weekly winter shoot Sunday, Feb. 21. Following are the results: 16-yard: John Hankey 24, Dan Reijonen 23, Dan Willner 23, Rob Linton 22, Dale Maki 22, Steve Patton 22, Harry Williamson 21, Duane Randolph 21, Bill Pickerel 20 Youth: Amy Reijonen 20, Jessica Hankey 14 Handicap: Harry Williamson 24, Dan Reijonen 22, Rob Linton 21, Dale Maki 21 Doubles: Rob Linton 43, Dan Reijonen 43, Arlyn Duncan 41, Phil Flack 40 Continental: Dan Reijonen 23, Bud Leu 22, Rob Linton 22, Dale Maki 21

Results from Metaline Falls Gun Club METALINE FALLS – The Metaline Falls Gun Club held their weekly winter shoot Sunday, Feb. 21. Following are the results: 16-yard: Bill Wade 25, Andrew Marshall 24, Sam McGeorge 23, Skip Luhr 23, Tony Zaren 23 Ladies 16-yard: Lisa Enyeart 22, Alicia Haney 13 Youth 16-yard: Brayden Taylor 22, Parker Jenkins 21, Ty Taylor 20, Kory Enyeart 18 Handicap: Mike Barton 21, Bill Wade 21 27-yard: Lisa Enyeart 19, Tony Zaren 15 Doubles: Bruce Gagliardo 38, Lisa Enyeart 38, Johann Mayrhofer 37, John Ross 36

Selkirk boys beat Curlew, lose to Cusick

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

DEER PARK – The Selkirk boys basketball team finished their season with a 66-47 loss to Cusick Friday, Feb. 19.

The loss put a disappointing finish on an otherwise good year for the Rangers, who finished the year with a 17-7 overall record. They were 11-4 in the Northeast 1B North League.

A cold second quarter pretty much did in Selkirk when they played Cusick Friday, Feb. 19.

After taking a 16-14 first quarter lead, Selkirk was shut down in the second quarter, only scoring four to Cusick’s 21.

“Cusick shot well,” Selkirk coach Kelly Cain said, especially at the foul line, where they hit seven of 12 in the first half while keeping Selkirk off the free throw line.

“We only got to the free throw line once,” Cain said. That’s the first time he can remember only one foul by an opponent.

The third quarter went a little better for Selkirk, as they scored 15, but Cusick continued on with another 21 points. Selkirk outscored the Panthers 12-10 in the last quarter but it wasn’t enough.

Jacob Couch led Selkirk scoring with 17 points.

Logan Miller had 13, the only other Ranger to SEE SELKIRK, 2B

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Lady Rangers headed to regionals

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

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Sophomore Ryan Issakides, 106 pounds, celebrates his gold medal win at the Tacoma Dome.

Issakides brings home the gold

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

TACOMA – Selkirk High School brought home a gold medal from the State Wrestling Championships with sophomore Ryan Issakides winning a championship at 106 pounds.

Issakides drew a bye first round.

He pinned Kaleb Horn of Lake Roosevelt in the second round of his next match.

He then wrestled Dawson Brets from Tonasket, beating him 8-2, and went to the finals and beat Anthony Martinez 4-2.

“His hard work and dedication paid off,” said Coach Keith Saxe.

Senior Justin Chantry got a second place medal at 120 pounds.

Chantry got a bye in the first round, then beat Warden Ozuna 9-1 before advancing to the finals where he lost 3-1 to Jose Gracia of Brewster. Chantry earned second place.

The Rangers placed sixth as a team overall at the state tournament Feb. 19-20 in Tacoma.

Junior Tristan Chantry, 138 pounds, got a

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Sophomore Hunter Carmen, 152 pounds, takes on Jalen Moses of Okanagan. Carmen won fourth at the state tournament.

bye in his first round, then wrestled Myron Super from Okanogan, winning 6- 4.

“He wrestled hard, but his knee injury prevented him from moving on,” Saxe said.

“He injury defaulted his next two matches to take sixth place.”

Sophomore Hunter Carmen, 152 pounds, wrestled five times, pinning Merick Hyde from Kititas in the first round, followed by pinning Jack Kaina from Ilwaco in the second round.

His third match he lost to senior Jorge Jaurez of Tonasket by a pin. Saxe said Carmen

came back strong his fourth match and won 19-16 against Jalen Moses from Okanogan, putting him in the finals for third or fourth place.

He lost to Raul Martinez from Warden 4-2, taking fourth place.

Selkirk’s Tommy Linninger, 113 pounds, Zayren Bubb, 138 pounds, Wyatt Stoddard 195 pounds, and Cody Hoffman, 285 pounds, traveled to the dome, but did not place.

“We very thankful to all the parents, coaching staff, and community that came to watch us at state,” said Saxe. “We had quite the cheering section.”

Priest River conquers at districts, moves on to State

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

RATHDRUM – The Priest River Lamanna High School wrestling team meant business at the Intermountain League District tournament Saturday, Feb. 20, sending 12 of the team’s 14 wrestlers on to State Championships scheduled Feb. 26-27. Six ON DECK: Spartans enAT IDAHO STATE tered the finals WRESTLING TOURNAMENT: Feb. and won five 26-27, Idaho State championships, University, Pocatello including Brandon Downs, John Allen-Noble, Riley DeMent, Noah Jamison and Gregory Fitzmorris.

Spencer MacDonald won second.

The team also positioned themselves with six of their students wrestling for the coveted third place state qualifier spot, and all six won, according to Priest River coach Jesse Hillinger, including Nathan Nelson, Colby Poe, Trevor Rusho, Josh Coombers, Aaron Reyes and Samuel Hernandez.

“It’s a testament to the absolute brutal commitment our team and staff have put in these last two weeks to get over the hump and achieve success,” says Hellinger.

In the championship matches,

Down, 98 pounds, won by a pin, followed by Allen-Noble, 120 pounds, winning by a major decision. Dement, 145 pounds, won by a pin and Jamison, 145 pounds, won by decision. McDonald, 152 pounds, lost by judges’ decision, and Fitzmorris, 182 pounds, won by a pin. Nelson,

‘We could not have written a better script for how the tournament turned out.’

Jess Hellinger

Priest River coach

113 pounds, Poe, 132 pounds, and Rusho, 160 pounds, all won by pins.

Coombes, 195 pounds, won by default, and Reyes, 220, won by a pin.

Hernandez, a heavyweight, won by a pin.

“We could not have written a better script for how the tournament turned out,” Hellinger says.

“We’re young and the team gave all they had; I’m a very, very proud coach.”

The team will travel to Holt Arena at Idaho State University in Pocatello for the Idaho State Wrestling Tournament Feb. 26-27.

DEER PARK – The Selkirk girls basketball team continues on to the regional tournament after beating Cusick and Odessa-Harrington last week in the Northeast 1B District Tournament.

The Lady Rangers travel to Mt. Tahoma High School Saturday, Feb. 27, to play Evergreen Lutheran at 2 p.m. in a winner-to-state game. Evergreen Lutheran was a final eight team at last year’s 1B State Tournament.

“We are preparing for the game this week,” Selkirk coach Jack Couch said. “We have a collegiate type scouting report on them and we will be prepared to play.”

Couch said Evergreen Lutheran’s leader is a 6-foot point guard who may present some troubles for the Rangers. “(She) can play inside and out and can handle the ball. She leads the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals … Her sister, No. 23, is 6-1 and makes a living stealing on the block. And No. 33, a 5-8 wing that can shoot, handles the ball and pressure up and down the floor.”

Couch has confidence in his team, though.

“The good thing is that we play great team defense with a purpose, handle pressure with poise, we are passionate about winning. And we have a plan. Do what we do, and do it well.”

Selkirk beat Cusick in a loser out game Wednesday, Feb. 17, 64-41. Selkirk dominated from the get-go, with 16 points in the first quarter and 18 in the second, to lead 34-16 at the half. Cusick fared better in the second half, outscoring the Rangers 1210 in the third, but a big 20-point quarter for Selkirk solidified their win.

Hannah Rick scored 17 for Selkirk, with Jenna Couch close behind with 16. Hannah Jensen scored 12 with four three-point baskets, Emma Avey scored seven and Whitney Dawson added six. Jennifer Goodnight, Ellen Huttle and Gabi Rick each added two.

Racheal Wynne led the Panthers with 15 points.

Jocelin Nenema scored 10, Gracie Strangeowl added six and Brianna Balcom scored four. Renee Wynne scored three, Cassidy Hansen scored two and Kaleigh Driver added a free throw.

Selkirk went on to play Odessa-Harrington Saturday, Feb. 20, for the third seed to regionals. They came out on top 44-39.

Couch suffered a chipped tooth and broken nose in the second quarter after an Odessa-Harrington player fell on top of her. While her coach – who is also her father – urged her to go to urgent care, she stayed and returned to play in the fourth.

Selkirk led 9-5 at the end of the first quarter, but O-H closed the gap to just two before the half with 12 points in second. Selkirk rebounded, scoring 11 in the third and 14 in the fourth, while keeping O-H to 22 in the half.

Hannah Rick led the Rangers with 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Gabi Rick had nine points and 11 rebounds. Couch scored seven. Avey scored five, Jensen scored three and Whitney Dawson and Huttle each added one.

Priest River boys beat, lose to Bonners Ferry

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

BONNERS FERRY – The Priest River boys basketball team both beat and lost to Bonners Ferry in two key games this past week. The Spartans got a solid 58-51 Intermountain

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Two points keep Newport from regionals

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

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Cusick’s Quincy Williams goes for two against Wellpinit Saturday, Feb. 20, at Deer Park. Wellpinit won 59-40, knocking Cusick out of the playoffs.

Cusick wins two of three playoff games

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

DEER PARK – It was quite a playoff ride for the Cusick Panthers boys basketball team, who beat Republic 42-38 in overtime and beat cross county rival Selkirk 66-47 before the gas ran out and Cusick fell 59-40 to Wellpinit, ending the Panthers’ playoff run.

Cusick started the week Tuesday, Feb. 16, with a satisfying win over Republic, the regular season Northeast 1B North League’s champion. Republic beat Cusick twice in the regular season.

“It was a very defensive game,” Cusick coach Rob Seymour said. The teams battled to a 20-20 tie at the half.

The defensive struggle continued after the half, with Cusick held to five points in the third quarter, while limiting Republic to eight. The scoring was turned around in the fourth quarter, with Republic held to five and Cusick scoring eight, including two from freshman Cameron Cotter.

“He tied it with two free throws,” Seymour said, part of five points Cotter scored. “Pretty good, for him just being a frosh.”

Joe Cutshall lead Cusick scoring with 13 points. Tyson Shanholtzer scored 10.

Cusick next played Selkirk Friday, Feb. 19. Again, the game started evenly, with Cusick trailing 16-14 at the end of the first quarter. Cusick clamped down, holding Selkirk to just four points in the second quarter, while scoring 21

themselves.

“We had awesome shooting,” Seymour said. Cusick hit 10 of 20 3-pointers and made 16 of 23 free throws. “Selkirk only got to the free throw line twice,” Seymour said.

He said Cusick blocked out well and just worked hard.

Cusick scored 21 in the third quarter to Selkirk’s 15. The fourth quarter went to Selkirk 12-10, but it was too late to get the win. Spirit White was high scorer for Cusick, with 18 points and nine rebounds. Cutshall had 13 points.

Shanholtzer scored 10 points and had nine rebounds. Dylan Hendershott also scored 10 points.

“Dylan came in in the second half and hit three threes,” Seymour said.

That put Cusick in a game with Wellpinit Saturday, Feb. 20. Cusick played Wellpinit twice during the season, losing both times.

Following the battles with Selkirk and Republic, a tired Cusick was facing a good Wellpinit team.

Wellpinit jumped out to a 16-10 lead in the first quarter.

Cusick battled back to close within three at the half. Cusick came out cold in the third quarter, though, scoring only five to Wellpinit’s 15. That continued into the fourth quarter and Cusick lost 59-40.

Seymour said his team lost to good teams.

“The only teams that beat us went on to regionals,” he said.

Newport strives to State, loses out

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

TACOMA – It was a tough two-days for Newport High School wrestlers at the State Championship Tournament in Tacoma Feb. 19-20. Senior Alex Solis, 285 pounds, had to bow out after the third round when he inured one of his knees “We had a tough weekend with the best kids in 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, girls, and 1B/2B all there competing for a championship,” said Newport Coach Steffen Ellison.

The Grizzlies that wrestled at the Tacoma Dome included Solis, senior Jensen Kirkwood, 190 pounds, and sophomore Tessa Pillers, 140 pounds, who went to the tournament as an alternate.

“Alex had some very tough kids in his weight bracket,” said Ellison.

Solis lost his first match to Castle Rock’s

Jon Eslick by two points. Kirkwood lost her first match by pin in the first round.

“She wrestled a hard match, but couldn’t get that edge over her opponent,” said Ellison.

Solis won his second match by a pin in the second round against Royal’s David Lopez, but unfortunately could not finish out his last match that would have put him into the placing rounds because of his knee injury. Kirkwood, who Ellison said worked hard and improved a lot and for her first year in wrestling, made it to state and accomplished a lot this year, but lost her second match and was put out of the tourney.

“This was a good year and hopefully next year we can get even more girl wrestlers on the team as well as boys and take a few more to state,” said Ellison.

SELKIRK: Seven seniors to graduate FROM PAGE 1B

score in double digits.

Selkirk beat Curlew 3229 Tuesday, Feb. 16, to get to play Cusick.

The Rangers, who like low scoring games, held Curlew to just 11 first half points while scoring 17 themselves.

Curlew did better in the second half, holding Selkirk to single digit scoring

in the third and fourth quarters. But it wasn’t enough for a win.

Stephen Avey led Ranger scoring with 11 points. Austin Robertson scored 10 points for Selkirk. Miller scored five, Cole Dawson scored four and Couch scored two to round out Selkirk scoring.

Cain said Robertson and Avey picked up the slack when Curlew shut down

Selkirk’s top scorers.

Cain says his team had a good season. The team played well together, worked hard and was coachable.

He will lose seven seniors to graduation – Cole Dawson, Logan Miller, Chris Desclouz, Stephen Avey, Jaden Krabbenhoft and Noah Bailey – but has five juniors that will continue on.

NEWPORT – The Newport girls basketball team was so close to heading to regionals, losing two games in the Northeast A District Tournament by just one point.

“I’ve coached for a little while,” said Mike Frederick, in his 25th year as Newport’s head coach, “I’ve never had a week quite like this one. The way the games ended, definitely made it unique.”

The Lady Griz moved to the consolation bracket after losing to Freeman Tuesday, Feb. 16, 38-37, and then lost to Chewelah 35-34 Friday, Feb. 19, in overtime.

Hadley Stratton banked a layup in the final seconds of regulation against Chewelah to send the game into OT Friday. Chewelah’s Jaelynn Skok hit a 15-foot jumper with 17 seconds left to put Chewelah up by one for the win.

“We had chances at the end of regulation and we had chances in overtime,” Frederick said. Newport led 12-4 at the end of the first quarter, but Chewelah closed the gap with 10 in the second to trail by three at the half. They pulled ahead in the third with 13 points to Newport’s seven, but only managed four in the fourth to send the game into overtime.

Stratton, Sammy Siemsen and Faith Rosen each scored seven for Newport. Stephanie

Huang scored six, Cydni Lewis added four, Julie Schoener hit two and Jalin Earl added a free throw.

Newport’s loss to Freeman on Tuesday sent the Scotties on to play Lakeside.

Lakeside came out on top 42-28 with a bid to regionals. With the loss, Freeman had to play Chewelah, who won 45-32, to also advance. It was another heartbreaker with Newport played Freeman Tuesday, Feb. 16. Newport started strong, leading 12-8 at the end of the first quarter, and leading 20-15 at the half. Freeman came within three by the end of the third, and outscored Newport 15-11 in fourth. The win came with a foul called against Newport on a three-point shot, with seconds left. The Scottie at the line made all three free throws for the one-point win.

Siemsen, Rosen and Stratton each scored eight. Lewis scored six, Earl added five and Audrey Price scored two for Newport. Frederick is proud of his team.

“Even losing those two games, I never felt like we panicked.” Frederick said he is impressed with his team’s turnaround this year and he is excited for next season, as they are only graduating two players – Hadley Stratton and Linda Walker.

“I’m proud of what (the team) did this year. We certainly made strides. I know what I’m losing but I’m excited about next year.”

Lack of offense closes out Newport boys

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Newport boys basketball team saw their season come to an end with a 51-45 loss to Medical Lake Friday, Feb. 19, at the District 7 1A playoffs at West Valley High School. The Grizzlies needed to win after losing 57-51 to Freeman Tuesday, Feb. 16. Newport coach Jamie Pancho said he was proud of his team.

“They played hard, won the boards both games, and defended well,” he said. The team accomplished most of what they wanted in both games, except getting the wins.

“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to produce offensively,” Pancho said.

“That being said, we felt like our effort was one hundred percent, and that we were in the right mindset to compete at a high level.”

Newport got off to a quick start against Medical Lake, running up a 12-9 first

quarter lead. The Cardinals fought back the next quarter, outscoring Newport 15-6. Medical Lake went into the half up 24-18.

The teams continued to battle in the second half, with Medical Lake extending their lead with a 16-13 third quarter and Newport trying to come back, outscoring Medical Lake 14-11 in the fourth quarter. But it wasn’t enough for the win.

Ty McDaniel led Newport scorers with 13 points.

Tuesday, against the league leading Freeman Scotties, Newport again played good defense. They trailed by two – 19-17 in a high scoring first quarter.

The teams continued a close contest, scoring 10 each in the second quarter and Freeman adding another point to their lead in the third quarter.

Freeman got untracked in the fourth quarter. They had a nine-point lead with a minute 20 seconds left following a key 3-pointer.

Newport trimmed the lead

to five but didn’t get the win. Owen Leslie scored 13 points to lead Grizzly scoring. Danny Bradbury scored 12 points and Koa Pancho had 10.

Pancho said the team will miss the seniors. Newport will lose five seniors – Cory Wylie, Ty McDaniel, Kyler Zorica, Kaben Hastings and Otis Smith.

“They’ve provided great leadership for our younger guys and made it fun,” Pancho said. “We bring back a lot of experience too next year, which is exciting to think about. I feel like the program has grown this year in a very positive direction.”

Newport finished the season with an 8-6 Northeast A League record and were 14-9 overall.

After beating Newport, Medical Lake went on to knock off Lakeside 66-56 and qualify for regionals.

Freeman also went on to beat Lakeside 52-47 to also qualify for regionals.

PRIEST RIVER: Close first half FROM PAGE 1B

Coeur d’Alene. This time Bonners won 67-53. That put the Spartans in a loser out game with Timberlake Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 4:30 p.m.

In the Feb. 16 game, Priest River jumped out to a 15-12 first quarter lead.

They gave it all back in the second quarter, when they ON DECK: VS. TIMBERLAKE: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene

were outscored 15-9.

The Spartans got it together in the third quarter, outscoring Bonners 19-7 but being outscored 17-15 in the last quarter. Still Priest River got the win.

Mason Clark had a huge 27-point game for Priest River.

“Mason had a very good game,” Priest River coach Kevin Wylie said. He made six of eight 3-pointers on the way to his 27 points and had seven assists.

Andrew Jeter scored 14 points and had three steals

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Priest River’s Hunter Hartwig goes up for a lay-in against Bonners Ferry Monday, Feb. 22, in a playoff game against Bonners Ferry. Bonners Ferry won 67-53. Hartwig was high scorer with 25 points.

and three assists. Hunter Hartwig scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

“Those three accounted for 51 of our 58 points,” Wylie said. Zach Huddleston scored three points, Tommy Anselmo scored three and Anthony Storro hit a free throw for the Spartans’ other points.

Monday it didn’t go as well.

The teams played a close first half, with Bonners Ferry leading by a point. Bonners put the pressure on

in the second half, forcing 13 second-half turnovers.

Bonners Ferry outscored the Spartans 20-10 in the third quarter. Bonner kept the pressure up in the fourth quarter, scoring 22 points to Priest River’s 19 and taking a 67-53 win.

Hartwig had a game high 25 points for Priest River.

Seven other players got on the scoreboard, but Alex Simpkins was the next highest scoring player, with eight points.

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B R I E F LY Items sought for library auction PRIEST RIVER – There is still time to donate items to be auctioned for the Friends of the West Bonner Libraries’ 15th annual Wine & Microbrew Tasting and Auction, set for Sunday. March 6. Auction items will be accepted until March 3 and can be dropped off at either the Priest River or Blanchard library.

The Wine & Microbrew Tasting and Auction is Sunday, March 6, 4 p.m. at the Beardmore Building, 119 Main St. Tickets are $20 each or two for $35 and can be purchased at the Priest River or Blanchard libraries. Try a variety of wine and craft beers, enjoy good food and good company, and support West Bonner Libraries.

For more information, call the Priest River branch at 208-448-2207, or email library@westbonnerlibrary.org. Follow library programs and events at www.westbonner.lili.org or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ WestBonnerLibraries.

Learn how to be a foster parent NEWPORT – Foster parent orientations are held the second Monday of each month at the Department of Children and Family Services, 1600 W. 1st St., in Newport, from 10 a.m.1 p.m. Come learn the process to be foster care licensed.

For more information, call Amber Sherman at 509-359-0874.

Skookum Music Co. at Hospitality House NEWPORT – Friday Nite Live will feature The Skookum Music Company Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington in Newport.

The event is free, although donations are always accepted.

Calling all zombies OLDTOWN – The Newport/Priest River Rotary Club is hosting a zombie murder mystery titled “Chronicles of Zombie Town,” Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Oldtown Rotary Park building. The tagline for the event is “A murder mystery to die for… again.”

For more information on this event, including playing a zombie character, email bmingay@ conceptcable.com.

Visitor Center looking for brochures NEWPORT – As the Greater Newport area Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor Center gears up for the summer, organizers note that the center is low on local business brochures, flyers and pamphlets, as well as menus.

Business owners are invited to drop off a supply of anything that might promote their business. The visitor center is open Wednesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as long as there are volunteers to staff it.

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Richter retires after 38 years Monte Richter reaches for a slice of retirement cake while talking to Public Works Director Sam Castro Friday at the county courthouse during a gathering celebrating Richter’s retirement after 38 years. Richter started Feb. 1, 1978, following in the footsteps of his late father Irv Richter, who also worked for the county. He worked as survey chief in the road and public works departments.

What’s happening at Pend Oreille Playhouse NEWPORT – There are several upcoming events at the Pend Oreille Playhouse.

Auditions for “Clue: The Musical” will be Monday and Tuesday, March 28 and 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pend Oreille Playhouse (POP), 236 S. Union Ave. Auditions are for ages 16 to adults. Performances are June 10-19.

“Little Red Riding Hood (and the Power Mutants)” makes its debut on the POP

stage March 18,19, and 20.

Broken Whistle, a Celtic band of young musicians, will perform Friday, April 15, 7 p.m. Tickets are $12.

“A Fine and Pleasant Misery” by Patrick McManus and starring Tim Behrens, is May 13 and 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 509-4479900, or go to www.pendoreilleplayers. org.

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FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

PRIEST RIVER FOOD BANK OPEN: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Priest River Senior Center

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS GATHERING: 10 a.m.

- Priest River Assembly of God Church

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Calispel Valley Library, Cusick OPEN PAINTING WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF NEWPORT BUSINESS MEETING: 12-1 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

WEIGHT WATCHERS: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting – Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport

LOOSELY KNIT: 1-3 p.m. Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

KANIKSU LODGE 97: 6 p.m. VFW Hall in Priest River

CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 5:30 p.m. - 301 S. Third St., Oldtown

PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

PEND OREILLE KIDS CLUB: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

PEND OREILLE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement

PINOCHLE: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

FRIDAY, FEB. 26 HAPPY AGERS MEETING AND POTLUCK: Noon - Priest River Senior Center STORY TIME: 3 p.m. - Newport Library DANCE CLASSES: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: 6 p.m. Hospitality House, Newport AL-ANON: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204,

AL-ANON: Noon - American Lutheran Church PINOCHLE: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport PEND OREILLE ROCK AND GEM CLUB: 6 p.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park CALISPEL POST 217: 6 p.m. American Legion in Cusick PRIEST RIVER ANIMAL RESCUE: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River BASIC MEETING: 6 p.m. Blanchard Community Center

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How to grow berries class March 8 USK - Berry crops are a natural in the Pend Oreille area. People are invited to find out how to grow them at home through an evening gardening class Tuesday, March 8, in Usk offered through WSU Pend Oreille County Extension.

The class is from 6-8 p.m. at the Camas Center for Community Wellness, 1821 N. LeClerc Road, Usk and is open to the public free through a partnership with the Kalispel Tribal Extension program. The Camas Center deli will be open for participants who wish to purchase snacks or a meal to bring to the class. People should call 509 447-2401 to register for the class and to reserve handouts, or email beverly.sarles@wsu.edu.

Stan Urmann, owner and manager of the eightacre Riley Creek Blueberry Farm in Laclede will be the instructor for the evening.

Urmann planted his first blueberry bushes in 1994. Twenty-two years later, the farm now produces an average 65,000 pounds of blueberries annually.

Urmann will talk about selecting varieties for home growing, soil preparation and fertilizer needs, pest management, and harvesting information for blueberries and other small fruits as well as answering audience questions and describing the challenges and rewards of launching a small farm business.

Evening fruit tree class at Camas Center USK – People are invited to find out how to grow and prune fruit trees through an evening gardening class set for Tuesday, March 1, in Usk. The class is from 6-8 p.m. at the Camas Center for Community Wellness, 1821 N. LeClerc Road, and is free to the public through a partnership with the Kalispel Tribal Extension program.

To register for the class and to reserve handouts, call 509447-2401 or email beverly.sarles@wsu.edu.

Jim McGinty and John Stuart, both long-time home fruit

tree growers, will share their accumulated local expertise, demonstrate how to prune, and answer audience questions.

Topics will include fruit variety selection, planting, watering and fertilizing, protecting trees from insects, disease and vertebrate pests, and harvesting.

They will be teaching a follow-up class March 29 on how to propagate new fruit trees, or add new varieties to established trees, through the technique of grafting, with hands-on opportunities to take home a newly-grafted apple tree.

MONDAY, FEB. 29 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

THURSDAY, FEB. 25

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library

STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library

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ROTARY CLUB: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., NEWPORT, USE BACK ENTRANCE NEWPORT TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House FIBER ARTS KNITTING AND SPINNING GROUP: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport COMPUTER BASICS FOR ADULTS: 10 a.m. to Noon Newport Library

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 101 S. Scott • Newport Sunday Morning 10 a.m.

(509) 939-0676 CalvaryNewport@aol.com / 97.3 FM “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 6:35

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1428 1st Street West Sunday School ~ 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 p.m.

Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS S.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Steve Powers - 509-447-3687

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.churchoffaitholdtown.org

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley Road Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. -- Sunday School (509) 447-2659

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 3rd and Spokane St., Newport, WA Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Nursery Care Available Rev. Russell Clark 447-4121 newportucc@conceptcable.com www.newportucc.org

Community Church Directory CATHOLIC MASSES

www.pocoparishes.org Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231 612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m.

Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. - 4:00 p.m.

Usk: Our Lady of Sorrows LeClerc Creek Rd. Sun. - 1st & 2nd - 5:30pm Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m.

Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St., Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, Newport Pastors Matt & Janine Goodrich Worship Service 10 a.m.

(509) 447-4338

HOUSE OF THE LORD

754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822 ‘’Contemporary Worship’’ Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

“United Generation Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6 p.m.

Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032 www.houseofthelordchurch.com

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

1 mile S. of Newport on Hwy. 2 447-3742 Pastor Rob Greenslade Sun. School 9:45 a.m. • Worship 11:00 a.m.

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

Human happiness consists only in drawing closer to the Threshold of Almighty God, and in securing the peace and well-being of every individual member, high and low alike, of the human race. ‘Abdu’l Bahá Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

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FOR THE RECORD

| FEBRUARY 24, 2016

THE MINER

OBITUARI ES Marion Lois Coy PRIEST RIVER

Marion Lois Coy of Priest River passed away Feb. 13, in Spokane.

She was 82.

Marion was born in Stevens Point, Coy Wis., Dec. 17, 1933, to John Nicholas “Nick” and Charlotte (Lotte) Klein. She had three siblings – Lorraine, Leola, and Pearl – who have preceded her in death. Marion was married to Gerald “Jerry” Elmer Coy on Aug. 6, 1953, in Priest River. They shared more than 62 years of marriage together and were high school sweethearts.

Marion loved being a mom, grandma and greatgrandma, she enjoyed sewing, making stuffed animals, and was the best at making homemade sourdough bread.

Marion is survived by her husband, Jerry Coy, daughters Judy (and Doug) Wagner, Diane (and Larry) Hammack and Michael (and Sarah Spencer) Coy. She had four grandchildren, Christina Duncan, Jennifer (and Ryan Bluhm) Wagner, David (and Kyla) Hammack and Mindy (and Teddy) Jones. She has seven great-grandchildren, Connor Duncan, Gracie Duncan, Brooklyn Duncan, Trinity Sawyer, Sayje Sawyer, Ashlynn Jones and Hayden Jones.

Services will be held Saturday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at the Sherman Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements.

Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com.

Wendall Roy Stratton SPOKANE

Wendall Roy “Windy” Stratton passed away Jan. 24. He was 86.

He was born Oct. 18, 1929, to Hersey and Stratton Myrtle Stratton at home in Oldtown on Idaho Hill. He graduated from Newport High School in 1948 where he was an outstanding athlete who loved playing in the State Basketball Tournaments.

He attended Washington State University and Eastern Washington State College. He joined the U.S. Navy and went to Korea as a radioman on the SS Bayfield. He was honorably discharged at the end of the Korean War. Windy graduated from Kinman Business University. He owned and operated the Red Robin Tavern on North Monroe. He also worked for Sunshine Biscuit and the Bon Marché as credit manager. He retired from the U.S. Post Office after 20 years of service.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Lawrence and sister Dona.

He is survived by his wife, Pegge Stratton; son, Jeff McLean; stepdaughter, Jennifer Bielitzki; brothers, Lloyd and Wayne Stratton; brother-in-law, Gary Fallgren, as well as his step-grandchildren, Danny Black (and Molly), their children Lucy, Hank and Georgia; Jada Shoemaker and her children Sydney and Ryder and numerous nieces and nephews.

Windy’s ashes will be scattered at the Kentucky Derby Finish Line on May 7, 2016. Join the family for Windy›s Kentucky Derby

Party to celebrate his life.

People are invited to help family and friends celebrate Windy’s life at Kelly’s Restaurant and Lounge in Newport Saturday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m.

He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Kathleen Marie Nelson PRIEST RIVER

Kathleen Marie Nelson of Priest River, passed away Feb. 18. She was 67.

Kathleen was born to Albert “Nin” and Thelma Nelson Guhlke on a warm, gentle day, May 26, 1948. A spirited and delightful child, she grew into a lovely young woman, graduating from Priest River High School. Knowing she met her match, in November 1966, she wed the love of her life, her best friend and soul mate, Richard Nelson.

On Nov. 8, 2016, they would have had 50 years of blessed matrimony under their belt. From this union, they were gifted two boisterous boys, first with Mark Douglas Nelson. Then, three and a half years later, came Spencer David Nelson. Embodying the gift of motherhood fully, Kaie dedicated her life to her boys, watching with satisfied eyes as they excelled in sports, climbed every tree and explored every inch of the Nelson settlement, first and foremost, growing up in a home filled with unyielding love and endless laugher and joy.

Family meant everything to her. She was a true matriarch, a champion for her sons, her family and all others who crossed her path. Her sisters acknowledged that she will forever be known as the “glue” that held the family together, in rough and easy times alike, making it her life’s work to keep the most important ties of family strong by orchestrating regular, fun-filled reunions for the Guhlke and Nelson clan. She knew no strangers, accepted everyone for who they were, loved each person as an individual. Being blessed with a wealth of creativity, she literally made this world a more beautiful place. Her tireless, generous nature made her lifelong friends anywhere she went.

Nobody left her table hungry or unloved. She met every sunrise with a radiant smile, gratitude and mischievous laughter.

She and Dick were always on the lookout for new adventures, traveling their robustly beautiful country, and visiting extended family that started out as friends. She had a hunger and appreciation of all genres of music, adoring anything she and her treasured life-dance partner Richard could cut up the floor with. The family recalls many a beautiful summer night up at Bull Lake spent together, the way Kaie wanted it. And few could deny her what she wanted when she asked for it.

Her hobbies included collecting treasures from her amazing travels, camping every year, spending unforgettable moments with her granddaughter, Bailey Lynn, lovingly tending her gardens and providing tables laden with feasts, and welcoming every soul that needed her.

A diminutive force of nature, she shined in her own delicate femininity, while being stronger than a diamond created from centuries of pressure and

time.

She is preceded in life by Ralph, Dee, Clarice and Dora Jean. She is survived by her loving husband, Dick, her sons Mark and Spencer, her granddaughter Bailey Lynn Chase (and Jason), her siblings Jim, Bill, Shirley, Margaret and Dawn, and a wealth of forever friends, her faithful baby dog Bandit, and feline

companion MoMo. A celebration of her life is to be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 27, at The Nelson Settlement, also lovingly remembered at Kaie’s Coffee Corner.

Eddie Allen Perin PRIEST RIVER

Eddie Allen Perin was born in Rosalia, Wash.,

March 25, 1922, to Edwin “Mutt” and Nellie (Clark) Perin. He was the eldest of nine children and is survived by siblings Sonny (Clayton) and Bonnie.

Perin Soon after his birth, the family moved to Priest

River, where he grew up and spent most of his life, with exception to the time he spent overseas during World War II, and in 2014 when he went to the Newport Hospital Long Term Care where he lived until he passed away Feb. 19. He was 93.

Eddie enlisted in the SEE OBITUARIES, 8B

P O L I C E R E P O RT S EDITOR’S NOTE: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report, but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights.

Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

PEND OREILLE COUNTY

MONDAY, FEB. 15 DISORDERLY: N Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. State Ave., report of male acting suspicious in driveway TRAFFIC HAZARD: Sullivan Lake Rd., report of clearing fallen rocks from roadway ANIMAL PROBLEM: Camden Rd., report of pigs and dogs on complainant’s property TRAFFIC HAZARD: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of railroad crossing arm broke ILLEGAL BURNING: W. Railroad Ave. & S. Spokane, report of neighbor burning brush in city limits SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy. 2, report of male walking on wrong side of highway DISTURBANCE: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report of male subject yelling TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Scott & 2nd, Newport, report of subject on bike with no lights INTOXICATION: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of intoxicated subject VEHICLE PURSUIT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: W. Pine St., Newport SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Winchester St., Newport DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: W. Kelly Drive, report of girlfriend drunk and having a verbal argument and throwing things.

TUESDAY, FEB. 16 LITTERING: Middle Fork Rd., report of garbage dumped in the area.

THEFT: S. Washington Ave., report of items taken from complainant’s vehicle.

FRAUD: Hwy. 31, Metaline, report of subject passing nonsufficient checks.

DRUGS: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, report of drugs.

HARASSMENT: Hwy. 20, complaint reports being harassed over the phone.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 5th St., report of an aggressive brown and white pit bull dog.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: S. Union Ave., Newport, report of a vehicle flashing lights at the complainant.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 1st St., Newport, report of a male walking down alley and speaking profanities.

TRESPASSING: Scotia Rd., report of motorcycles riding on complainant’s property.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2 and Camden, S. bound, report of a sports car driving erratically.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DETAINMENT: W. Pine St., Newport, Charles A. Castro, 34, of Newport was held on a DOC detainer.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a domestic dispute.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DETAINMENT: Andrew Ryan Apling, 31, of Newport arrested on a DOC detainer.

ARREST: Wendy Yvette Mertens, 43, of Spokane Valley arrested on charges of drinking in public and fourth degree assault domestic violence.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Newport Ave., Newport, report of a male walking in the parking lots looking into vehicles.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Calispel St., Newport, report of a juvenile who won’t come home.

ARREST: Hwy. 20, James Ray Wilson, 23, of Cusick was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Main St., Ione, report of a strange burning smell coming from a neighbor’s place.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. 1st Ave., Ione, report of a domestic dispute.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. 5th St., Newport, report of juvenile in possession of tobacco.

DRUG INFORMATION: LeClerc Rd. N., report of complainant finding drug paraphernalia.

ACCIDENT: Laurelhurst Drive and W. Larch, Newport, report of a two-vehicle accident.

DRUG INFO: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of drug activity.

ASSAULT: Monumental Way, Cusick, report of a male slapping a female.

ACCIDENT: Lundberg Rd., Ione, report of a female being backed into by a vehicle.

TRESPASSING: Watertower Lane, Newport, report of lamas on complainant’s driveway.

VIOLATION OF ORDER: Quail Loop, Newport, report of a subject violating a court order.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Tacoma Creek and Hwy. 20, report of an injured deer.

TRESPASSING: Watertower Lane, Newport, report of a subject with horses on complainant’s property.

AGENCY ASSIST: Deer Valley Lane, Newport

WATERCRAFT THEFT: Lenora Drive, Usk, report of a boat that has not been returned.

PHONE OFFENSE: Fertile Valley Rd., report of multiple phone calls with no one there.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: N. Fea Ave., Newport, white truck has been parked partially on the street.

ARREST: W. 5th St., Newport, Brandon Michael Roberts, 21, of Newport was arrested for identity theft, second-degree theft and third-degree theft.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, James D. Lebow, 38, of Newport arrested on warrants.

TRESPASSING: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report of subject who has been evicted from residence and has not left.

THEFT: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of a theft.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20, report of a deer needing to be euthanized.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Calispel Trail and Rockie, report of neighbor’s dogs chasing complainant.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of a vehicle collision with a deer.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a suspicious person in the area.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20 and Tacoma Creek, report of a deer in the roadway injured.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a suspicious person in the area.

ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of an assault.

DISTURBANCE: Woodard Rd., Newport, report of a subject driving down the road yelling at people.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 WANTED PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of wanted person in custody on a warrant.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: S. Cass Ave., Newport, report of a male smashing a car.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Panhead Hill Rd., report of finding an item after hearing a suspicious noise the night before.

VIOLATION OF ORDER: Spring Valley Rd., Newport POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 20 ARREST: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, Ray J. Franteich, 54, was arrested on a DOC warrant.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: N. Hayford Rd. ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 20, report of a deer hit, alive in ditch.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Scotia Rd. and Woodman Rd., report of a vehicle stuck in the mud, subject going door to door banging on doors.

ARREST: Winchester St., Teddy Wayne Bennett, 59, of Troy was arrested on an outof-county warrant.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 2nd Ave., report of a male subject squatting at location; his dog killed another small neighborhood dog.

BURGLARY: Davis Lake Rd., Newport, report of a stolen snow blower.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: W. 4th St., report of a wanted subject in the area.

ARREST: Hwy. 2 and Coyote Trail, Natasha Jonquille Moorhead, 25, of Chattaroy was arrested for third-degree driving while license is suspended.

DISABLED VEHICLE: Scotia Rd., report of a vehicle blocking the intersection.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report of a male and female yelling at each other.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Northshore Diamond Lake Rd., report of an out-of-control teenager.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. 4th St., Newport, report of a young child running in the street.

WEAPONS OFFENSE: Open Skies Rd., report of a subject on community lot shooting a handgun.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Blackwell St., report of a door open at a residence.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Allen Rd., Elk, report of an injured deer that needs dispatched.

POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2, report of a dark blue sporty type Honda all over the road.

WEAPONS OFFENSE: W. Sacheen St., report of four or five gunshots heard from boat launch.

THEFT: Rod Hill Way, report of a package taken from mailbox.

AGENCY ASSIST: S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, assisting with a wanted person on a traffic stop.

SEARCH WARRANT: S. Garden Ave., Newport

POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2 & Gray Rd., report of a maroon Buick driving erratically.

ARREST: Hwy. 2 and Diamond Drive, Newport, Kelly John Wood, 46, of Newport was arrested for DUI and driving without the required interlock.

FOUND PROPERTY: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a finger found in a bag.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. Pine St., Newport, report of two dogs dropped off at food bank.

WANTED PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

ARREST: 2nd and Scott, Newport, Johna Marie Pack, 22, of Newport was arrested on a DOC detainer and two warrants.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19 THEFT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of a stolen vehicle.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: S. Calispel Ave., Newport ASSAULT: S. Union Ave., Newport

AGENCY ASSIST: Oldtown, report of a fight in progress.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Regal Rd., Elk, report of a very loud party in progress, music and yelling.

SUNDAY, FEB. 21 DECEASED PERSON: Alaska Lane, Cusick, report of a female found deceased.

THEFT: Hwy. 2, report of a stolen security camera.

DECEASED PERSON: Hwy. 2, Newport, report of a female not conscious or breathing.

DISTURBANCE: Skookum Meadow Dr., Newport, report of a subject not being allowed to leave location.

ARREST: W. Railroad Ave., Newport, Jennifer Lynn Wujick, 40, of Newport was arrested on an out of county warrant.

WELFARE CHECK: Telephone Rd., Newport, report of 30plus urgent text messages from 8-year-old son wanting to be picked up.

ACCIDENT: Union and Walnut, Newport, report of a vehicle vs. deer accident.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Xanadu Ranch Rd., Newport, report of an at risk juvenile saying he’s going to this address though he’s not supposed to.

ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., report of an assault.

WEST BONNER COUNTY

MONDAY, FEB. 15 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Gregory St., Priest River

TUESDAY, FEB. 16 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 57, Priest River, report of dog running at large LOST PROPERTY: Cottonwood Lane, Priest River ARREST: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Mitchell Holien, 52, of Newport was arrested on a Bonner County warrant.

THREATENING: Rogstad Powerline Rd., Blanchard

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATIONS: 7591 Hwy. 2, Crystal Lake Boat Launch, Priest River TRAFFIC VIOLATION: High St., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Gregory St., Priest River

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 BURGLARY: McDonald Creek Rd., Blanchard

FRIDAY, FEB. 19 JUVENILE PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, Priest River

SATURDAY, FEB. 20 NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Endicott Loop and Old Priest River Rd., Priest River, report of a rollover accident.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 41, Oldtown BURGLARY: Dufort Rd., Priest River CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Long Mountain Rd., Priest River

SUNDAY, FEB. 21 ARREST: Pineview Lane, Spirit Lake, Joshua Pettit, 27, of Priest River was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia with intent to use, and cited and released for driving without privileges.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 41, Oldtown, report of a two-vehicle injury accident.

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Care Coordinator Rural Resources Community Action is accepting applications for Care Coordinator in Newport to provide information, assistance, and comprehensive care coordination. Will assess needs, develop and monitor implementation of service plans and make necessary referrals. Requires Bachelor’s Degree in social or health sciences and 2 - 3 years related experience plus knowledge of related community resources and the laws/regulations specific to the area of service. 40 hrs/wk, $15.58-$16.85/hr, plus benefits. For application and complete description contact WorkSource, 956 South Main Street, Suite B, Colville, WA 99114 or 509-685-6158. Positions open until filled.

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Full time, exempt, non-union position. Monthly salary: $4129.31 to $4638.16 depending on qualifications and experience. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management or related subject with at least two years’ experience or six years’ of progressively responsible experience in Human Resources required.

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MAINTENANCE WORKER I The City of Priest River currently has one opening for the position of fulltime Maintenance Worker I. Heavy equipment experience preferred. Starting salary is from $23,920.00 to $27,747.20 DOE, plus medical, dental, employee assistance program, and PERSI retirement plan. All persons interested in this position should request an application form and job description from Priest River City Hall at 208-448-2123, on our website at www.priestriver-id.gov, or by email: lknoles@priestriver-id.gov

JOB OPENING

The Selkirk School District is accepting applications for the position of Head High School Football Coach. Information and application materials are available at www.selkirk.k12.wa.us or Selkirk District Office, 219 Park Street, PO Box 129, Metaline Falls, WA 99153 (509) 446-2951. The Selkirk School District is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

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Short of cash; long on “Stuff?” Advertise Visit our website for General Sale Terms, in The Newport Miner and Gem State Miner Bid Form, and Property Information Classifieds. Call (509) www.wsdot.wa.gov/realestate/auction 447-2433 for full deor call (360) 705-7332 tails.

M E TA L I N E FA L L S Current open positions with the Cusick School District: WA S H I N G T O N 1 and 2 bedroom High School Head Football Coach apartments starting at $465/ month Substitute Bus Drivers plus deposit. WaPlease visit our website at www.cusick.wednet.edu ter, sewer, garfor details, or call Jennifer at (509) 445-1125 for b a g e , i n t e r n e t included. Post more information. Equal Opportunity Employer. Office building.

Very nice. (208) PEND OREILLE 610-9220. (3-3) COUNTY D I S PAT C H E R / E - 9 11 O P E R AT O R (Entry and Lateral). $2720.26/ month (entry) to $3059.92/ month (lateral) depending on experience. Full time, union; shift differential; com petitive benefit package: vacation, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance and retirement. Application deadline: March 15, 2016, 4:00 p.m. Examinations: March 17, 2016. Civil Service application required. $15.00 processing fee.

Application and job announcement available: www.pendoreilleco.org or Civil Service, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington, (509) 447-6499.

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Law Office of Wendy J. Earle

Licensed in Washington and Idaho Domestic, Real Property, Education, Commercial, Environmental and Land Use Litigation (509) 280-0741 (208) 597-3400 www.idahowashingtonlawpractice.com

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

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Roof & Floor Trusses Bill • Ed • Marcus • Ted • Jeff

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ROOFERS and laborers needed. Minimum 1 year experience. Driver’s license required.

The City of Priest River is an equal R i v a l R o o f i n g .

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(3-4) DIAMOND LAKE WAT E R F R O N T Renovated, furnished cabin available February 15 - May 31, 2016. Utilities, • No Experience Necessary washer/ dryer, • Equal Opportunity Employer internet, cable included. $750. tracyrob9@gmail. com. (2-3p) 11-1 (509) 447-0505

Please submit a City of Priest River application, resume and any other supporting documents to the City of Priest River by 5:00 pm on Friday, February 26, 2016.

Bus Drivers needed for the current year!

Or Stop By 1624 W. 7th • Newport

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Will buy gas and food. (208) 5071211.(4p)

PUREBRED German Shepherd puppy. Born December 15, 2015. Healthy, lively, intelligent.

Cannot keep her and travel like I must. Have birth information (name of breeder, etc. but she does not have papers).

Priced puppy to cover my costs at $600 only. Newport area. Dogs with this potential typically sell for much more.

Reply carlbjackson2@gmail. com (4p) 2-24

TWO BEDROOM Apartment, Newport. Laminate floors in living room and kitchen. Refrigerator and stove. Utilities paid. $495/ month $400 deposit. (509) 5890750. (2-3p)

COUNSELING Pend Oreille County Counseling Services Substance Abuse Treatment/Prevention/Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Offices in Newport & Metaline Falls (509) 447-5651

DENTIST Newport Dental Center

James G. Cool, D.M.D. Family Dentistry -- Evening Hours 610 W. 2nd -- (509) 447-3105 • 800-221-9929

Wayne Lemley, D.D.S.

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

Camas Center Medical & Dental Services

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

Molly Gunsaulis, D.D.S.

Dentistry for Children 15404 E. Springfield, Ste 102 Spokane Valley - (509) 922-1333

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

HEARING AID CENTERS Professional Hearing Center Jorgen Bang H.I.S. (866) 924-3459, Spokane Valley

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Deer Park, WA (509) 276-8859 Spokane, WA (844) 327-4335

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

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

OPTOMETRIST Newport Vision Source

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

PHYSICAL THERAPY Priest River Rehab Services

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

Core Physical Therapy

at Club Energy • Newport Gary Schneider PT • (509) 671-3122 Monday thru Friday By Appointment

PODIATRIST -- FOOT SPECIALIST Dr. Brent A. Clark

Patients seen at Newport Hospital twice a month 509-924-2600 -- Call for appointments

PRINTING Printing & Design . . . at The Miner

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REAL ESTATE Richard Bockemuehl

Century 21 Beutler - Waterfront Office (509) 321-1121 • Cell (509) 951-4390

VICTIMS ASSISTANCE Pend Oreille Crime Victim Services

Serving victims of all crime and the homeless Office 447-2274, 24 hr Helpline: 447-5483

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Your Right to Know

Your right to know and be informed of the functions of your government are embodied in public notices.

In that self-government charges all citizens to be informed, this newspaper urges every citizen to read and study these notices. We strongly advise those citizens seeking further information to exercise their right of access to public records and public meetings.

201624 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE PORT OF PEND OREILLE C H A N G E I N M E E T I N G D AT E The Port of Pend Oreille Board of Commissioners meeting scheduled for March 8th has been changed to March 15th. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be held at the Port office located at 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in the Newport Miner on February 24 and March 2, 2016. (4-2) ____________________________ 201639 PUBLIC NOTICE S U M M O N S B Y P U B L I C AT I O N TO: Michael Glenn Thorne Jr. You have been sued by Bobby Lee

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Thorne, the plaintiff, in the District Court in and for Boundary County, Idaho, Case No. CV-2016-024.

The Nature of the claim against you is for Petition for Divorce.

Any time after 20 days following the last publication of this summons, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at (208) 267-5504 or P.O. Box 419, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 and served a copy of your response on the other party whose mailing address are: P.O. Box 455 Moyie Springs, ID 83845.

A copy of the summons and Complaint/Motion can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the other party. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this manner.

Date: January 25, 2016 Boundary County District Court Teri Navarro /s/Teri Navarro

201652 PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pend Oreille County did on February 5, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Steve Marcy and did on February 8, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a ramp & dock on Diamond Lake. (FILE NO. SA-16-002), Location: 5832 Northshore Drive; Parcel# 443136519003 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on January 27, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 19711-355). The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, Published in The Newport Miner on 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, February 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016. (1-4) (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www. ____________________________ pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy

Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 4476462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org.

Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 03, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: February 8, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ____________________________ 201654 PUBLIC NOTICE S U P E R I O R C O U R T, S TAT E O F WA S H I N G T O N , C O U N T Y O F SPOKANE No. 16-4-00174-4 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 In the Matter of the Estate of: VICTOR J. RAY, Deceased.

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this Estate. The Personal

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INCLUDE: • Highway Diesel • Off-Road Diesel • Unleaded Gasoline HOME DELIVERIES INCLUDE: • Stove Oil • Furnace Oil • Highway Diesel • Off-Road Diesel • Unleaded Gasoline Propane, Lubricants, Filters and Fuel Additives Available On-Site

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• Furnaces • Radiant Heat

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

Installations • Service Free Quotes

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Repaired & Refinished Cob Blasting, Pressure Wash Cleaning, Oils, Stains, Chinking, Caulking, Complete Drywall & Painting Service

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Roofing

New Construction & Recovery Joe Jones (208) 610-6653 Jeff Nelson (208) 610-6656

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Continued from 6B Representative has appointed the attorneys of record named below agent for service of all claims.

Persons having claims against the deceased must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the attorneys of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this notice with the Clerk of Court, whichever is later, or, except under those provisions included in R.C.W. 11.40.011 or 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and non-probate assets of the decedent.

DATE OF FILING OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: February 9, 2016.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 17, 2016 /s/Jeffrey A. Herbster JEFFREY A. HERBSTER, Attorney for Personal Representative Published in The Newport Miner on February 17, 24 and March 2, 2016. (3-3) ___________________________ 201656 PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF IONE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Ione Town Council in Council Chambers, 112 Central Avenue, Ione, Washington 99139 at 7:10 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

The purpose of the hearing is to provide opportunity for public comment on whether the Town of Ione should prohibit growing, production, or sale of cannabis products in the Town of Ione. /s/ Sandy Hutchinson, Clerk-Treasurer Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ___________________________ 201659 PUBLIC NOTICE N O T I C E O F A P P L I C AT I O N Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on Jan. 12, 2016, receive a complete Vacation Rental Permit Application, from Paul & Connie Moore, and did on Feb. 9, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for “The Moore Vacation Rental”. Location: Within Sect. 02, T30N, R44E WM, 151 Terrace Ave., Newport, WA 99156.

Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Community Development Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 3rd, 2016. A final decision will be made by the Community Development Director after the comment period has expired.

Required Permits: Vacation Rental Permit (Pend Oreille County) Dated: Feb. 11, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ___________________________ 201660 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing in their Meeting Room, 625 W. 4th, Newport, at 3:00 p.m., March 8, 2016, to take public comment on the adopted moratorium regarding the establishment, location, permitting, licensing or operation of marijuana retail sales. The full text of the Ordinance will be mailed upon request or may be viewed on the county website at pendoreilleco. org. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting, contact the Clerk of the Board at 509-447-4119, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Rhonda Cary, Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner on

February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ___________________________ 201661 PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pend Oreille County did on February 9, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Kerry Semro and did on February 12, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a ramp & dock on Sacheen Lake. (FILE NO. SA-16003), Location: 541 Sacheen Terrace Drive; Parcel# 433125689011 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on February 9, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 197-11-355). The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 4474821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 03, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: February 12, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ___________________________ 201662 PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 8, 2016 receive a complete SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Dennis Schult of Pend Oreille County Public Utility District and did on February 12, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for review of restoration work in the Calispell Watershed(FILE NO. SEPA-16-002), Location: Calispell Watershed, Pend Oreille County An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on February 8, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 3, 2016. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org.

Required Permits: Pend Oreille County Authorization/Permits, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Authorization/Permits, United States Army Corp of Engineers Authorization/Permits & Other Applicable Agencies Dated: February 12, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ____________________________ 201663 PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 8, 2016 receive a complete SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Dennis Schult of Pend Oreille County Public Utility District and did on February 12, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for review of restoration work in

the LeClerc Watershed(FILE NO. SEPA-16-003), Location: LeClerc Watershed, Pend Oreille County An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on February 8, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 3, 2016. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org.

Required Permits: Pend Oreille County Authorization/Permits, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Authorization/Permits, United States Army Corp of Engineers Authorization/Permits & Other Applicable Agencies Dated: February 12, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 17 and 24, 2016. (3-2) ___________________________ 201664 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE No. 16-4-00009-0 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW.11.40.030 In the Estate of: SYLVIS LYNN STEMPNIAK Deceased The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time this claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.0.070 by serving or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of the first publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: February 24, 2016 Personal Representative: Douglas Archer Attorney for Personal Representative: Linda Mathis Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1440 Newport, WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner on February 24, March 2, and 9, 2016. (4-3) ___________________________ 201665 PUBLIC NOTICE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT Draft Revised Forest Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement Colville National Forest Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens Counties, Washington The Forest Service, Colville National Forest, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft Revised Forest Plan.

The proposed action is a revision of the land management plan for the Colville National Forest. It includes revised goals, desired conditions, objectives, standards, guidelines, suitable uses and activities, management area designations, and monitoring items. The Draft EIS and Draft Revised Forest Plan is available for review at the forest plan revision Web site: http://www.fs.usda. gov/goto/colville/plan-revision Documents are also available for review at Forest Service offices in Republic, Kettle Falls, Metaline

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Falls, Newport, and Colville, WA, and at most local community libraries. Additional information regarding this action can be obtained from: Amy Dillon, Forest Plan Revision Team Leader, 765 South Main St., Colville, WA, 509-684-7211, or adillon@fs.fed.us.

The purpose of this comment period is to provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on a proposed action prior to a decision being made by the Responsible Official. Pursuant to 36 CFR 218.7, the decision on this project will be subject to pre-decisional objection under 36 CFR 218, subparts A and B. Those who provide substantive comments during the comment period provided at 40 CFR 1503.1 are eligible to object the decision pursuant to 36 CFR part 218 regulations.

How to Comment and Timeframe The Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability (NOA) for the DEIS in the Federal Register on February 19, 2016; the opportunity to provide comments to establish eligibility to object under 36 CFR 218 ends 90 days following that date. The publication date of the NOA in the Federal Register is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period. Those wishing to comment should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source.

Electronic comments on the draft plan and DEIS should be submitted to: https://cara.ecosystemmanagement.org/Public/ CommentInput?project=45826 or colvilleplanrevision@fs.fed.us Electronic comments should be submitted in a format such as an email message, hypertext markup language (.html), portable document format (.pdf), or Word (.doc, .docx). Members of the public who are unable to submit electronic comments may submit written comments to: Colville National Forest Plan Revision Team, 765 South Main St., Colville, WA 99114. The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments are 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. In cases where no identifiable name is attached to a comment, a verification of identity will be required for objection eligibility. Please reference ‘‘Draft Revised Colville National Forest Plan EIS’’ on all correspondence.

The Colville National Forest will announce any future public meetings and any other public involvement activities through public notices, media news releases, or mailings.

It is the responsibility of persons providing comments to submit them by the close of the comment period.

Only those who submit timely and substantive comments will have eligibility to object the subsequent decision under 36 CFR 218. Individuals and organizations wishing to be eligible to object must meet the information requirements of 36 CFR 218.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Published in The Newport Miner on February 24, 2016. (4) ___________________________ 201666 PUBLIC NOTICE TS #60128-26827-NJ-WA APN #453124-55-0015 Reference Number: 20040275313 Abbreviated Legal: LT. 2&3 LESS S 1/2 S 1/2 LT. 3 B7 SCOTT’S 2ND Grantor: Bradley Langley and Peggy Langley, husband and wife Grantee: North Cascade Trustee Services Inc. Original Beneficiary: AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording, date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CON TACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home, See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure Continued on 8B

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United States Army Air Corps Dec. 18, 1941. He was a proud member of the Fightin’ Bitin’ 306th Bombardment Group (H) that was the “First over Germany.” The 306th took part in the Normandy campaign, the Ardennes Air Offensive and Rhineland.

While overseas he met Rachel Noble Darling. The two married in Glascow, Scotland, and welcomed Sandra Irene into the world. The war had ended and times changed, the couple was unable to stay together with the Atlantic Ocean between them and divorced.

After returning from

the war, Eddie married Charlotte Eloise Johnson in Newport. To this union were born four children, Kenneth Perin, Janis (Denny) Martindale, Lisa (Roger) Vallieres, all of Newport, and Shirley Perin of Spokane.

Eddie was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise in 1962.

Eddie was a hard worker all of his life, working as a “Grease Monkey” for the Chevrolet Garage in Priest River and the Olson Lumber Company. Eddie was a “jack of all trades” driving long-haul truck until the early 60s when he joined Diamond International Corporation. Eddie started at Diamond working in

Continued from 7B hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: Toll—free: 1-877894-HOME (1-877-894-4663).

Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/ consumers/homeownership/post_ purchase_counselors_foreclosure. htm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-5694287. Web Site: http://www.hud.gov/ offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?we bListAction=search&searchstate=W A&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: Toll-free: 1-800-606-4819. Web site: http:// nwjustice.org/what-clear. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on March 25, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 AM at Pend Oreille County Superior Courthouse. main entrance, 229 S. Garden Avenue, Newport, WA 99156 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Pend Oreille, State of Washington, to-wit: ALL OF LOT 2 AND LOT 3, EXCEPT THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF THEREOF, BLOCK 7, SCOTT’S SECOND ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF NEWPORT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON APN: 453124-55-0015 More commonly known its: 207 S SCOTT AVE, NEWPORT, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated May 24, 2004, recorded June 2, 2004, under Auditor’s File No. 20040275313, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Bradley Langley and Peggy Langley, husband and wife, as Grantor, to TRANSNATION TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2004-R7 under an Assignment recorded on February 13, 2009 under Auditor’s File 20090300590 in the official records in the Office of the Recorder of Pend Oreille County, Washington. II. No action commenced by the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Payments $2,197.18 Suspense Balance $-0.08 Interest Due $6,228.02 Escrow Payments $1,594.80 Grand Total $10,019.92 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $76,725.86, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute V. The abovedescribed real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on March 25, 2016 The defaults referred to in paragraph III must be cured by March 14, 2016 (11 days before the

the woods, making roads, handling timber sales, working his way up to the Woods Foreman. He was able to enjoy retirement in 1992, tending to his favorite roses and his yard. His grandchildren and greatgrandchildren were always delighted for a hand crafted wooden cradle, train set, cupboard, shelf or piece of furniture. Eddie was an avid hunter and fisherman in his younger years.

He enjoyed traveling to Scotland to visit his family and his 306th Fight’ Bightin’ pals.

Eddie is survived by his two siblings, five children, 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and

sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before March 14, 2016 (11 days before the sale date), the defaults as set forth in paragraph III are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified check from a state or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after March 14, 2016 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances. If any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: Bradley Langley 207 S. SCOTT AVE NEWPORT, WA 99156 Occupant 207 S. SCOTT AVE NEWPORT, WA 99156 Peggy Langley 207 S. SCOTT AVE NEWPORT, WA 99156 by both first-class and certified mail on October 2, 2015, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants.

After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. To access sale information, please go to salestrack.tdsf.com or call the automated sales line at; 888—988-6736.

Dated: November 6, 2015 North Cascade Trustee Services Inc., Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By Tayln Schalow Authorized Signatory 801 Second Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, Washington 98104 Telephone 1-855-676-9686 Tac#989057 Pub dates: 02/24/16, 03/16/16 Published in The Newport Miner on February 24 and March 16, 2016.

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nephews. He will be missed by us all until we meet again, his family said.

A Graveside Memorial Service will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements.

Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. sherman-knapp.com.

Jerry G. Shannon IONE

On Dec. 17, 2015, Jerry G. Shannon passed away at home attended by family members – his daughter Christie Cushen, her

husband Gino, daughter Shalon and nephews Andrew and Kevin. After a short stay at Holy Family Hospital, Shannon Jerry was brought home by his longtime friends from Pend Oreille Fire Dist No. 2, where he served from March 27, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2014 as a volunteer firefighter. Jerry was born Aug. 22, 1946, in Paragould, Ark. He is survived by his mother, Paulene Shannon, sisters Linda Taylor and Paulette Young as well as those listed above. Jerry

SPOKANE No. 16-4-0007-3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 In the Matter of the Estate of JACK CHARLES, MATEER, Deceased.

The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administrator or the Administrator’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of 1) thirty (30) days after the Administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or 2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 24, 2016.

TAMALA H. REED, Administrator Presented by: STAMPER RUBENS, P.S. KYLE W. NOLTE, WSBA #27073 Attorney for the Estate West 720 Boone, Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99201 Published in the Newport Miner on February 24, March 2 and 9, 2016.

(4-3) ____________________________ 201668 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 16-4-00010-3 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of ROBERT A. KONKRIGHT, Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: February 24, 2016 Barbara Konkright, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC PO Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 (509) 447 3242

moved to the Los Angles area where he met his lovely wife Janet. In 1979, Jerry and Janet moved to Spokane. While in Spokane, Jerry worked at Colombia Lighting from 1984 to 2001. In 2006, Jerry and Janet moved to their property on the Pend Oreille River. Janet passed away in Jan 2012.

Jerry was also preceded in death by his son Steven.

Jerry and Janet loved their time in North Pend Oreille County and will be sorely missed by family and many friends at Fire Dist No. 2 and River Retreats Home Owners Association.

There are no services planned at this time.

Published in The Newport Miner on February 24, March 2, and 9, 2016. (4-3) ____________________________ 201669 PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE OF A P P L I C AT I O N A N D A C T I O N Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on February 18, 2016 receive a complete SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by Pend Oreille County Public Works and did on February 22, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for review of the West Branch LeClerc Creek Bridge #2 Replacement Project in the West Branch LeClerc Watershed (FILE NO. SEPA-16-004), Location: West Branch LeClerc Watershed, Sec: 06; Township: 35; Range: 44 Pend Oreille County An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on February 18, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of NonSignificance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than March 10, 2016. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Dev. Assistant Planner, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org.

Required Permits: Pend Oreille County Authorization/Permits, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Authorization/Permits, United States Army Corp of Engineers Authorization/Permits & Other Applicable Agencies Dated: February 22, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on February 24 and March 2, 2016.

(4-2) ____________________________ 201670 PUBLIC NOTICE CUSICK SCHOOL DISTRICT – SMALL WORKS ROSTER NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND C O N S U LTA N T S In accordance with RCW 39.04.155 and as authorized by the School Board of Directors, the Cusick School District is now accepting applications for its 2016 Small Works Roster. The roster will cover projects estimated to cost $300,000 or less. Required application forms can be picked up or mailed/faxed/ downloaded to: Cusick School District 305 Monumental Way Cusick, WA 99119 Phone (509) 445-1125 Fax (509) 445-1598 www.cusick.wednet.edu Please specify if you are a contractor or a consulting (architectural and engineering) firm. Minority and small businesses are particularly encouraged to apply.

Published in the Newport Miner on February 24th, 2016. (4)