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Cusick going to four day school week

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By Don Gronning Of The Miner

CUSICK – Cusick students will likely attend school four days a week next year. Board members voted at their June 5 board meeting to ask the state for a waiver to make the change. In February, the Selkirk School District went to a four day school week as well.

Cusick has been considering it since then, Cusick School District Superintendent Don Hawpe said. He had attended a community meeting Selkirk held before they decided and had spoken with Selkirk Superintendent Nancy Lotze.

“I was very intrigued by what I learned and discussed,” Hawpe said. He said Cusick faced some of the same challenges Selkirk had, namely a problem attracting new teachers.

“A four-day school week may be an incentive to draw quality applicants for our open positions,” Hawpe said. “We also believe it could have a positive impact on retaining staff.”

Hawpe says nearly half the teaching staff will either be brand new to the district or teaching different classes next year. Going to a four day week will allow the district to build in some additional professional development days. They will have 15 professional development days next year, compared to five this year.

School board member Mike Keogh says the board wanted the additional professional development time.

“We are hiring four new teachers for this next school year,” Keogh said. “This is pretty significant for a school our size.”

Keogh says the community and employee support has been “generally positive.”

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Congratulations, graduates Graduating Newport High School senior Violet Gay hugs her mom, Lynn Gay, at the graduation ceremony Saturday, June 10. To see more photos of graduation, including Priest River’s, see this week’s Booster page on 7B.

HOSA students head out for International Conference Ten students are traveling with instructor Saraya Pierce. Twelve students were originally slated to go, but two are participating in summer football activities. HOSA stands for Health Occupation Students of America.

“We’re pretty excited and this is

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport High School HOSA team is at it again, preparing for their trip to Orlando, Fla., June 21-24, for the annual International HOSA Leadership Conference.

pretty cool,” said outgoing HOSA president Sonja Moore.

Seniors Travis Dillon and Moore both received $1,000 scholarships for their involvement in HOSA, with Dillon earning his from the AmeriSee HOSA, 2A

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Hiebert goes through wheelchairs Newport man puts hundreds of miles on chairs picking up cans Editor’s note: This is the third in a continuing series of stories about people who live in the Pend Oreille River Valley.

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

NEWPORT – Jon Hiebert was a senior at Priest River Lamanna High School in 1982 when he got the bad news.

“I was 18 when they found the damn tumor,” Hiebert said. Doctors discovered a tumor the size of a cottage cheese container in his head, requiring an immediate operation.

After the operation, things changed dramati-

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Jon Hiebert at his house in Newport.

cally for Hiebert, now 53.

“I had to learn to walk, to feed myself, to do everything,” Hiebert said.

But he did learn. He was able to walk with a cane for a time, then things took a turn for the worse.

Hiebert was living near Club Rio with his mother, Joan Hiebert. He would go to the tavern occasionally.

One day when he was 31, he remembers heading home after closing time. The next thing he remembers, it’s 5:30 a.m. and someone is trying to get him up.

“A guy waiting for a ride to work at J.D.’s Lumber saw me lying by the dumpster,”

Hiebert says. “I’d been laying there all night.”

When the man’s ride showed up, they loaded Hiebert in the back of the truck because he couldn’t move his arms and legs and drove him home. Hiebert says he stayed in bed for a couple days before he told his mother, “Let’s try to get me to the hospital.”

Hiebert had suffered a stroke. That led to another round of rehab.

Fast forward to today.

Hiebert’s mother passed away a few years ago. His father, Mennow Jacob See character, 2A

B r i e f ly HiTest president in town NEWPORT – Jayson Tympko, president of HiTest Sands, Inc., the Edmonton firm that wants to build a silicone smelter near Newport, was in Newport Monday, June 12. He and Pend Oreille County commissioner Mike Manus and consultant Gregg Dohrn stopped

by The Miner to meet with publisher Michelle Nedved, along with Sen. Shelly Short, R-Addy.

Tympko has been in Newport at least one other time in recent weeks. HiTest Sands intends to process high

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quality sand from a mine in Golden B.C. at a smelter in northeast Washington. The silicone will be used by solar cell manufacturers, computer chip makers and aluminum product manufacturers.

Oldtown retailers set to open this summer OLDTOWN – O’Reilly Auto Parts and Dollar Tree are both set to open this summer in Oldtown, although specific dates are not known.

Bryan Quayle, planner for the city of Oldtown, told

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the council Monday night that O’Reilly Auto Parts will open in July, and Dollar Tree will open this summer.

Display racks are being installed in O’Reilly, which have to be complete before inventory is installed.

There were some permitting issues with Dollar Tree, permits required by the corporation and the building’s owner, which will result in more revenue for the city, Quayle said.

There has been a lot of inquiries for the property east of Shopko, but none for the half acre west of O’Reilly’s, or for the empty Oldtown Hardware building.

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and staff about possibly changing and the board took it up at their March and May school board meetings.

“During our May board meeting, the Cusick Board of Directors gave me direction to explore the support for this change in our community,” Hawpe said. He held a community forum May 24 and about 40 people from the community attended. Hawpe says he was contacted by another 15 parents who said they supported the four-day week but couldn’t attend the community meeting.

“The input received that night was overwhelmingly supportive of pursuing the four-day school week,” Hawpe said. The district had the proposed calendar and a school year comparison linked to the district website since May 25, as well as an online survey that was open until June 5.

Hawpe sees a number of advantages of going to a four day week.

“We feel that it will improve overall attendance,” he says. “It will allow us to try and recoup lost instructional time due to away extra-curricular events.”

Fridays could be used to provide other students opportunities, such as credit retrieval and field trips.

Hawpe said the district wants to ensure none of the current staff is negatively impacted financially by the proposed change.

“Hourly employees will make it up through increased time in a day or through educational offerings that may be offered on one or two Fridays per month,” he said.

Hawpe said staff support has been good, with the three unions in support of the four-day week.

At the May 25 community meeting, two of the 40 people spoke against the four-day week, expressing a desire to continue with a five-day week.

Survey results were also supportive, with 110 people who completed the survey in favor, nine opposed and three uncertain.

Hawpe said he brought the proposal the Kalispel Tribe.

“They provided great input and wrote a letter of support to be included in our application packet,” he said.

When contacted by The Miner in February for a story on the Selkirk change to a four-day school week, Eastern Washington University Education Department Chairwoman Tara Haskins, PhD, said there are pros and cons to the four-day school week, and

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it all depends on how structured and organized those days are, as well as if there were any forms of alternative child care in the community for families where both parents are working.

“Teachers, administrators, parents all have to be on the same page in terms of classroom time and how that is structured,” Haskins said.

Children’s span of attention is limited, she said, so presenting material to them in a way that is impactful and resonates when they’re in the classroom longer will have to be thought through.

Haskins said the classroom approach would have to be more hands on and experiential for students in order to keep their attention and allow them to retain the lessons they have learned throughout the day. She also points that, depending on how the days are set up, the school district might want to provide a supplemental meal or snack option for students with longer days. The issue of homework would also need to be addressed.

“If kids have longer classroom periods, is it realistic to also send them home with a bunch of homework, or would that work be finished inside the class?” Haskins questions. “Since I am not familiar with the district in question, I can’t answer either way, but it’s something to consider.”

Cusick, which has an enrollment of about 220 students, qualifies to ask for a waiver from the 180-day school year from the State Board of Education. The state board will meet in Spokane July 13.

“Our leadership team will go to the meeting to present and answer any questions that may arise,” Hawpe says. “It is my understanding that it will be approved or denied after the board concludes their meeting in midJuly.”

If the four day week is approved, elementary school students would be in school 45 minutes longer each day and middle school and high school students will have 50 minutes extra.

For elementary school students, the school day would start at 8:15 a.m. and last until 3:35 p.m. Middle and high school students would start at 8 a.m. and be out at 3:40 p.m.

In a five day school week, elementary school students started at 8:20 a.m. and middle and high school students started at 8:10 a.m. School was out at 3 p.m. for all.

Under the four-day proposal, the school year would start Sept. 5. The last day of school would be June 14.

OLDTOWN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started taking Albeni Falls Dam off free flow Monday, June 12, meaning some of the gates will be lowered and water backed up into Lake Pend Oreille.

The dam had been on free flow since April because of the snowmelt in northeast Montana. Lake Pend Oreille couldn’t hold the all the water, so the dam let it run.

That caused high water downstream and low water upstream.

Taking the dam off free flow means they are slowly filling the lake because flood risk has lessened, according to Molly McCahon of the Lakes Commission. Flood risk is not yet gone, however. There are areas on the Pend Oreille River both upstream and downstream of the dam that are experiencing high water.

The boat launch at Bonner Park West was closed because the high flows made it unsafe to launch, as is the boat launch at Oldtown/Rotary Park.

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can Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and Moore getting hers from National Consortium of Health Science Education (NCHSE).

“I read a lot of books on health and medical science, some of which were fascinating and some of which were not,” said Dillon, to the amusement of the Newport School Board at their meeting Monday, June 5.

‘The amount of reading and studying you have to do is intense, but it’s totally worth it.’

Travis Dillon Newport Senior

“The amount of reading and studying you have to do is intense, but it’s totally worth it.”

HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of Association for Career and Technical Education. HOSA promotes career opportunities in the health care industry and medical sciences.

The HOSA International Leadership Conference includes general sessions where students mingle with other teens from around the world to discuss effective leadership and issues pertaining to healthcare and medicine. There’s also HOSA University for members, state officers and advisors to learn more about their role in the HOSA organization, exhibits presented by health organizations and associations, and competitive events centered on technical and career skills.

Annual delegate voting is also conducted pertaining to leadership within HOSA and students attend workshops conducted by professionals in their fields of interest.

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Hiebert, died when he was little.

Hiebert lives in Newport in the same place he’s been for more than 15 years. He has a caretaker, Scott Zachery, who is there part of most days.

He also has a parakeet, Sky. Hiebert can be seen around town in his electric wheelchair. He makes the rounds picking up cans.

“There ain’t a whole lot to do,” says Hiebert. “So I go around picking up cans. It helps clean up the town and I make a few nickels, if the chair holds out and the weather is good.”

Hiebert goes through a fair amount of chairs.

The $25,000 electric wheelchairs he uses are supposed to last 10 years.

“I’m lucky if it lasts six months before someone

has to come repair it,” he says. “They’re built for being indoors.” He currently is using a loaner.

The odometer says he’s put 162 miles on it.

What Hiebert would really like is a tracked chair so he could go through the snow. But those cost $30,000, so he thinks it’s unlikely he’ll get a tracked wheelchair, unless someone were to donate one.

“I offered to test one, but they wouldn’t go for it,” he says.

Newport people are probably used to seeing Hiebert as he makes the rounds picking up cans.

Hiebert heads out in search of cans.

He long ago gave up on using Newport sidewalks.

“I don’t go out on the sidewalks,” he says. He “People don’t get out of one outing, both skinned uses the road instead. “I the way,” he says. up from a fall. stay close to the sideHiebert isn’t afraid “I went down to the walks unless I know I’m to take his wheel chair river and went out on safe.” wherever he thinks it the dock,” he said, speakHe has had a few will go. This week, his ing haltingly as he does close calls with drivers. knees show the result of because of the stroke.

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Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth at Calispel Library

b r i e f ly Fan Lake boat launch closed ELK – A public boat ramp owned by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on Fan Lake in southwestern Pend Oreille County will be closed June 19-23 for minor renovations.

During the weeklong closure, a WDFW crew will remove and replace broken ramp planks and armor the edges of the new planks to prevent future problems.

Other areas of Fan Lake will still be accessible for shore fishing while the boat access site is closed.

The 73-acre lake, about 10 miles northeast of Deer Park, is stocked with rainbow trout, but also has crappie, bass, and perch.

Daniel Dziekan, WDFW eastern region access site manager, said the single lane ramp and small parking area make closing the site during construction necessary to ensure public safety. He also notes that Fan Lake is under a nointernal-combustion-engines rule. Only boats with electric trolling motors or no motors can be used.

Firefighter camp June 17-25 in Deer Park DEER PARK – More than 400 firefighters will train in basic and advanced wildland firefighting skills at the Eastern Washington Interagency Wildfire Training Academy (EWIFTA), including firefighters from Pend Oreille County.

This academy, which will take place June 17-25, is part of a larger coordinated effort that will allow agencies to train together before fighting fire together.

Patterned after last year’s academy, a fully operational fire camp will be set up at Deer Park High School to help prepare firefighters for living conditions they can expect during an actual wildland fire operation.

The training will be a onestop shop for beginners, intermediate and advanced firefighters. EWIFTA is an interagency operation of federal, state, tribal, and local agencies.

Courses focus on how to use firefighting equipment working in the wildland urban interface and field training exercises.

Breakfast at Usk Community Club July 4, 24 USK – The Usk Community Club will be hosting the Pend Oreille Historical Society, before the Homestead Tour July 24. It will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. There will be a light breakfast and coffee served to those who drop by before they head up Tacoma Creek for the tour.

Plans are underway for the Fourth of July Annual Pancake Breakfast at the Usk Community Hall at 2442 Black Road in Usk. It will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. The cost is $5 for adults and children over the age of 5. It’s all you can eat pancakes, sausage, and eggs. Coffee, orange juice and tea will also be served.

The money raised from this event helps to maintain the building. The community Fourth of July parade also begins at the community hall. The parade starts at noon.

The community hall is also available for family gatherings and other events. The rental cost is $25.

For more information, call Brenda Miller 503 8010613 or Barb McGill 509 445-1433.

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CUSICK – The Calispel Valley Library and Humanities Washington invite the community to a conversation with David George Gordon, a member of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. The presentation, Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth will be held on Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m. at the library.

Throughout the Northwest, people have been reporting encounters with the Sasquatch – a hairy, eight- to 10-foot-tall hominid – for hundreds of years. Yet aside from a collection of large footprint casts and a sizable assemblage of eyewitness accounts, some attributable to the earliest humans in the Northwest, no scientificalSee sasquatch, 5A

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Students get the low down on Safety Day Sergeant Chris Davis and his partner Bella of the Priest River Police Department visit with students at Idaho Hill Elementary School during Safety Day Thursday, June 8. The event included local firefighters, line crewmen, park rangers and emergency medical responders talking to students about what to do in emergency situations.

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Whitaker gets four years for robbery

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enhancement hadn’t been charged. That would have added two years to the sentence, he said.

In addition to the prison sentence, Whitaker was ordered to pay $800 in legal financial obligations. Restitution was also ordered.

According to a statement of probable cause, Sunday, June 26, dispatch received a 911 call at about 8:38 p.m. reporting a carjacking near Third Street and Warren Avenue in Newport.

The victim, a 22-year-

old female, said that Whitaker had flagged her down and when she stopped to see what was wrong, Whitaker opened the passenger side door and got in uninvited, carrying a soft gun case with a rifle.

She asked for a ride, lifting her top to show the gun case. When she was told no, Whitaker said, “Then I’m taking the car. Get out!”

The victim jumped out of the vehicle and the suspect climbed over the middle console

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There’s no making over insipid Let’s just get this out the way right now---there’s a difference between discomfort and shame, between solemnity and taking oneself too seriously. Point in case, Covergirl’s latest campaign, Public Displays of Application, or PDA (see what they did there?). A notice on the New York City MTA advising those in transit to leave personal grooming such as fingernail clipping and primping for the restroom and not for the subway ride is receiving pushback from the makeup magnate. Covergirl claims, in an obvious marketing ploy, that this shames those who choose to wear makeup.

Now to be clear, my own opinion S o p h i E ’ s is that there is a certain stigma surrounding makeup and how it’s C HOI C E applied to girls and women in our society (how society treats men who Sophia decide to don makeup is another aldous slippery ball of whacked out wax).

It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t type of approach. If you wear too much, that’s somehow a buzz kill. If you don’t wear any, you don’t take enough personal pride in your appearance. It’s yet another slippery Catch-22 that we have made for ourselves.

However, I can’t help but get the impression that Covergirl is of the mark with this one. If championing your right to apply lipstick and blush on the subway is your idea of rebelling against oppressive social norms, then go home, feminism, you’re drunk.

I like makeup, I wear it almost every day except for weekends when I’m working around my place or recreating in the great outdoors. But as someone who used to use public transit to get around Spokane, I’ve been privy to the rider who suddenly decides she needs to apply hairspray to maintain those “natural” just-comefrom-the-beach tresses, or the guy who slurps and slops his way through an extra large burrito right next to you because he hasn’t gotten a chance to eat lunch yet.

Personally, I would feel uncomfortable applying my makeup on the bus or the subway for the same reason I would feel uncomfortable plucking my eyebrows in public. Not because I’m “ashamed” of it, or anyone goes out of their way to embarrass me about my grooming habits (or honestly on some days, lack thereof), but because I can do all of those things in more private areas without accidentally blowing a flurry of face powder at my fellow riders or slashing a red lipstick mark across their arm when we go over a bump.

Covergirl is usually quite clever in their marketing, and I suppose it says something that they were able to get enough women to turnout, makeup in hand, as if they were suffragettes picketing Woodrow Wilson, to act like the MTA asking them to apply eye shadow some where else is an affront to female’s rights. This time around though, it feels tired and disappointing, especially when there are so many other tangible concerns facing women.

Senators oppose Administration’s proposal to auction off DOE assets WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a June 7 letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Sen. Patty Murray, DWash., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and a bipartisan group of Western senators voiced their strong opposition to a provision in the President’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request to auction off the transmission assets of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and other Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) through the Department of Energy. “[Bonneville Power Administration and other PMAs] have provided reliable and affordable electric service and are crucially important to rural communities in our states. Sale of the PMAs transmission facilities would not advance the President’s infrastructure objectives. In fact, privatization of existing assets could affect opportunities for new infrastructure investments. Moreover, any private entity buying PMA assets will want to recover their investment. The resulting rate increases would take money out of the pockets of consumers and businesses in our states,” the senators said in their letter to Secretary Perry.

BPA markets and transmits power generated at 31 federal hydropower projects, the Columbia Generating Station, and several other non-federal power plants, primarily to rural electric cooperatives and public power utilities serving consumers throughout the Pacific Northwest. BPA also operates and maintains nearly three-fourths of the high-voltage transmission throughout Washington, Idaho and Oregon, as well as parts of California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana.

In addition to Cantwell and Murray, the letter was also signed by Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with 16 other senators.

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yo u r o p i n i o n Graduation was great To the editor, We attended a great graduation ceremony for Newport High School on Saturday, June 10.

We want to thank the whole Newport School District, K-12, current and retired, for the excellent job they have done encouraging and inspiring their students.

Job well done. You’re the best.

-Chuck & Amy Dillon Newport

Drags and Drinks were fun To the editor, I attended the Drags and Drinks at Top Frog Brewery last Saturday.

It was an unabashed blast. My hat is off to the Rotary Club and the youthful people that made this fundraiser happen. I also want to say ‘thank you’ to the guys (dolls!) that put themselves out there to do the catwalk. You guys were really fun, funny, and fabulous looking.

This was a fundraiser to provide fun in the park on Saturday of Rodeo Weekend. All of the donations of time, work, and money are a real gift to our community to provide a celebratory event that furthers to make our community a good place to live.

I hope this becomes an annual event and, if it happens again next year, I encourage everyone to attend. You will be glad you did.

-Judy Campbell Fredrickson Newport

Bedbug infestations should be tenants’ responsibility To the editor: Over the last few years bedbugs have become an epidemic. They are taking over houses in my town and making people feel like they can’t move anywhere, due to fear of bedbugs. What can we do as a society to stop the spreading of them? I think we need to start at the source.

I think a law should be introduced that people in the town who have them need to be the ones who get rid of them.

The bedbugs in our town of Ione have gotten really bad. I spoke to a person in my town named David. He recently tried to move into a house down the street from mine. He said “we slept there overnight and

during the night my kids said they were itching everywhere. That is when I turned on the lights and saw there were thousands of bedbugs all over the walls and bed.” This is outrageous that you can’t even move to a house without getting bit by bed bugs. Now the landlord, due to Washington state law, has to pay hundreds of dollars to have the place fumigated. In Iowa a bill is considered being passed by the state that would make tenants responsible for them. I think it should be the former people who lived there that have to take responsibility for it. Not the landlord.

If the state of Washington had a law that would require tenants to sign an agreement that they don’t have bed bugs then I think we could stop playing the blame game. I am sick of people moving from house to house and spreading bed bugs. I think if you have bedbugs you need to worry about getting rid of them before just trying to move somewhere else, because they are going to most likely come with you. You need to take the blame and say I have bed bugs, then get rid of them.

-Matthew Hastings Ione

We support ambulance district To the editor: Pend Oreille EMS would like to thank Duane Schofield for his recent letter in the paper supporting Pend Oreille EMS (‘Good luck to new ambulance,’ The Miner May 24). We look forward to working with the constituents of Pend Oreille County, our local fire departments, as well as Newport Hospital.

We’d also like to thank county commissioner Mike Manus for his support in opening our local business and his willingness to help.

Mike has a huge interest in keeping jobs local and supporting local entrepreneurs and local business, which has been evident in his support of Pend Oreille EMS. It’s our understanding the contract between AMR and Newport Hospital was set four years ago and is for establishing payment criteria for roundtrip transports to Spokane for patients who need additional treatment. Newport Hospital has utilized this contract one time in four years. A huge thank you also goes to Newport Hospital CFO Kim

r e ad e r ’ s p o l l Visit The Miner Online to answer our readers’ poll question through Monday afternoon. Find it on the right-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.

President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to communicate with his followers and the public is well known.

Trump blocked people that replied to his tweets with commentary that criticized, mocked or disagreed with his actions. Twitter users are unable to see or respond to tweets from accounts that block them.

Proposed BPA, earthquake system cuts devastating To the editor: President Trump’s proposed federal budget cuts major federal programs for the Pacific Northwest such as selling off Bonneville Power assets and cuts West Coast quake warning system funding.

The BPA is a multi-state and international distribution of electricity produced by the multiple dams on the Columbia River system.

This includes dams located on the Columbia River, the Spokane River, the Snake River, Pend Oreille River and several other river systems. This electricity is distributed to British Columbia, Canada, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana and other states.

This electricity has greatly contributed to the high standard of living that we have today. Central heating, air conditioning, lighting, clothes and dish washing machines, clothes drying machines, 75-inch TVs, computer and satellite systems for our homes. Electricity to power our factories, farms, wholesale and retail stores. Many states in our nation pay up to four and five times what we pay for electricity.

The West Coast quake system gives us several hours advanced notice of tidal waves caused by earthquakes, which could save the lives of tens of thousands of people.

To allow the dismantlement of the above two programs would be devastating to our region.

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Manus for her ongoing support and good thoughts.

We also like to make it known that we are in support of a local EMS levy. This would be a great benefit to the constituents of Pend Oreille County and would provide better services through having highly trained Advanced Life Support Paramedics and better equipment for EMS First Responders to save lives.

We want to thank all the people who are in support of our new local business, and look forward to a long and bright future in our community.

-John Jackson & Nicole Dice Owners, Pend Oreille EMS

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Standardized tests are destroying society To the editor: How well do standardized school tests really measure the ability of our students? Michael Gonchar, an author for the New York Times Learning Network, states, “over the past 10 years students have been faced with increasing numbers of tests, in all levels of education from elementary to high school.”

When I was in seventh grade we had one test that was statewide and throughout high school that number has substantially increased, but why? Can these tests really measure an individual’s abilities?

In my eyes, I don’t see the viability of these tests because everyone is different, they learn in different ways, and they convey information differently. This means that while one student might be great at taking a test, another might know the information but not do well on the same test. In addition, Donald Heller, director of Penn State’s Center for the Study of Higher Education, said, “there is even the possibility that students could study too much and reach a point of diminishing returns where they’re not gaining anything from over-preparing.”

No matter how many tests are given to students the only thing that changes is the enjoyment of school itself. No student wants to go to school and take tests all day long. Dawn LaBorde, a parent interviewed by Gonchar, highlighted that. “My third grader loves school, but I can’t get her out of the car this year.” One father broke down as he said he planned to pull his second grader from school. “Teaching to a test is destroying our society,” says Gonchar.

-Cory Wylie Newport

Guns should be legal on college campuses To the editor: The second amendment gives us the right to bear arms. The debate on whether or not to legalize concealed carry of a firearm on college

campuses has ignited a flame within people on both sides. While there are cons, there are also many pros to the legalization of firearm carry on campus. This decision should be less about the ‘what ifs,’ and more about promoting the choice of selfdefense and exercising our right of the second amendment.

Bans on college campuses leave students defenseless as they leave campus. It makes them more vulnerable to being targeted by criminals. Most crime occurs off campus, and our “gun-free” zones do not stop those who plan to do harm. Instead it encourages them by ensuring that their victims will not be able to defend themselves.

While guns can be dangerous, they can also potentially save a life.

Allowing guns on campus may also lower the number of violent confrontations, or even save a defenseless female from being attacked. As student Patrick Richardson said, “You cannot disarm the bad guys, might as well arm the good guys.”

It would be better to have a gun and not need it, than need one and not have it.

Allowing concealed carry on campus must have strictly enforced rules and regulations; mandatory training courses, registered guns, and the person must have a valid concealed carry permit. With the proper rules and regulations in place for allowing guns on campus, it can help make our learning environment safer from those who want to do harm.

Being able to choose how to protect ourselves should ultimately be left up to us. As actor Vince Vaughn states, “Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.” We have the right to exercise our second amendment, and we should be legally able to do so.

-Danielle Jeffery Newport

Trump will cause long term damage to presidency To the editor, After listening to former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, I

am reminded of being in a company where something very wrong occurs and the focus is on preventing employees from leaking or exposing the wrongdoing. A recent example is the VW diesel car scandal where the company programmed their diesel car engines to give false readings during emissions testing. At some point the scandal was exposed by employees leaking details about top-level managers directing and approving of the scamming of car buyers.

Many of President Trump’s associates had contact with Russian agents during and after the campaign and then lied about or attempted to conceal those contacts.

After General Michael Flynn was fired, the president asked the FBI director to stop further investigation of the case. Lying and attempting to stop an investigation are criminal acts that should be subject to our justice system.

During my career in government contracting, corporations took extensive actions to prevent abuse of power and unethical behavior by employees and managers. We had hot lines set up to report unsafe conditions and behaviors that were contrary to company adopted procedures. Most companies learned the hard way that allowing such behaviors to go unchecked resulted in more harm to the company than short term gains from wrongful practices.

Such hard learned lessons can and should be applied to the Trump Administration. The president entered office not understanding the constraints and legal requirements of his office. His constant tweeting incriminates him and the wrongful acts committed by his associates. Throughout the campaign his wrongful behavior was rewarded with approval from his supporters and then by winning the presidential election. The office and how it is conducted is subject to longstanding norms of behavior and policies.

Trump’s short-term rewards for bad behavior will cause long term harm to the office.

-Pete Scobby Newport Courtesy photo|Christ Evers

Trees for good deeds Cusick students planted trees at Cusick Riverfront Park Sunday, June 11. Five fruit trees were planted near the education area and three shade trees were planted near the skate park. The trees were donated by the community for the bucket fillers program, which promotes things like community service, deeds of kindness and leadership.

ly accepted evidence has been offered to establish this being’s existence.

Author David George Gordon evaluates the data gathered about the legendary Northwest icon, discusses the rules of critical thinking and the workings of the scientific method, and explains how one can become an effec-

tive “citizen scientist” by gathering credible evidence that can be used to substantiate the Sasquatch’s status as either Man-Ape or Myth. Attendees are encouraged to tell their tales and share their experiences with this mysterious creature.

For more information, call the library at 800-366-3654 or email pamt@pocld.org.

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and sped away.

About five minutes earlier, a man reported a female suspect had broken into his parked car and stolen an AR 15 assault rifle he had in a soft case, before running towards Third and Warren.

Whitaker was arrested drinking in a bar in Spokane, where she had tried to sell the stolen Jeep and give away the rifle.

A week before the carjacking, Whitaker is thought to have crashed a Newport/Priest River Rotary Club meeting at Kelly’s Restaurant and Lounge, when she casually sat-in, ordered a meal, and proceeded to volunteer to help with rodeo festivities at the Newport City Park scheduled for Saturday. She signed in as Katie Whitaker. According to Rotarians in attendance, the woman left without paying for her lunch, but had signed up to volunteer.

A Rotarian who thought Whitaker had just forgotten to pay picked up her tab.

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NEWPORT – When Chuck Waterman applied for the graphic designer position with The Newport and Gem State Miner in March, he had only had three prior jobs. He’d been a kids camp counselor, worked as a library assistant and been a logger. Oh yeah, he’d also been an Army officer who served a nine-month tour at a forward operating base in Afghanistan.

Waterman, 30, rose to the rank of captain during his seven-year hitch in the Army. He was stationed in Kalipsa Province, where among other things, he helped train Afghan soldiers.

Waterman remembers the first time he was awakened by gunfire.

“The first time I woke up in a firefight was intense,” he said. He awoke to the sound of gunfire, grabbed a weapon and threw on his body armor before heading outside, where he and other officers startled a group of enlisted men who were fighting the enemy from a wall surrounding the camp.

“They said, ‘gentleman, with all due respect, would you please go back inside,’” Waterman said.

The enlisted men were used to the combat and knew each other’s locations and where to shoot.

“They were afraid one of us would shoot them by mistake,” Waterman said.

Eventually Waterman said he got to where he

Community Conversation Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW) is holding a Community Conversation to discuss significant issues, needs, gaps or obstacles that impact older persons or individuals needing long-term care services in Pend Oreille County. Topics will include discussion on the programs and services ALTCEW provides and information on new opportunities to support families providing care and support to someone they love.

The Community Conversation will be held on June 22, 2017 10:30 a.m. – Noon Hospitality House 216 S Washington Ave Newport WA 99156 ALTCEW is committed to providing equal access to its facilities, programs and services for persons with disabilities. Individuals requesting reasonable accommodations or further information may call Yolanda Lovato at (509) 458-2509, write to her at 1222 N. Post Street, Spokane, WA 99201, or email her at action@altcew.org. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may contact the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1. Please contact us at least five days (5) before the meeting date.

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Chuck Waterman at his desk at The Miner. Waterman is The Miner’s graphic designer. In addition to building ads and laying out pages, Waterman has started drawing editorial cartoons.

could sleep through air raid sirens.

When he got out of the Army in May of 2016, he made his way back to Newport, where his parents lived and he had spent most of his childhood. He took a couple months off, and then went back to logging. He also taught a comic book class at Create.

Art is what Waterman really likes. His workday at The Miner involves designing ads, but he has recently branched into editorial cartooning, with his first cartoon published last week.

He worked from an idea by Miner reporter Sophia Aldous and produced a cartoon with a mother bear and her cub passed out from eating too much garbage, with

COLVILLE – Campground fees in the Colville National Forest will rise for the 2017 season.

Two significant reasons for the increase are to help improve the campground facilities and to help cover increased costs due to the rise in the minimum wage.

Scenic Canyons proposed this increase to the Forest Service, as part of their contract to oversee the management of government owned facilities in the Colville National Forest, and it was accepted.

In their original bid in 2012, Scenic Canyons had proposed to increase fees in 2015 but didn’t feel it was justified until this year. “We believe in creating a win-win solution for the campers, the Forest Service, and ourselves, and we believe that holding off a fee increase until this year was a win-win,” said Bryce Petersen, president of Scenic

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school, the Principia Upper School in Town and Country, Mo. He went on to graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design, home of the fighting Bumblebees. During college, he was in ROTC and attended airborne school, where he learned to jump out of airplanes.

He received a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2009, the same year he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army.

These days Waterman spends his days logging in the morning and working at The Miner during the day, drawing when he can. It’s a far cry from being a soldier stationed in Afghanistan. Advertisers can be pretty picky, but at least they don’t shoot at you.

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The police report was full of reports of bear human interactions that week.

Waterman intends to continue the editorial cartooning. It fits into his career plans, which is to write and draw graphic novels.

He is currently working on three graphic novels.

When Waterman was 8, he came to Newport from Laclede with his parents, Brad and Peg Waterman, and his younger brother, Peter.

He attended Newport schools from second grade until he was a sophomore in high school. Then he transferred to a boarding

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The campground fees are set to rise to $18 for single sites in East Sullivan, West Sullivan, Millpond, Noisy Creek, Edgewater, Gillette, Lake Gillette, Lake Leo, Lake Thomas, South Skookum, Pioneer and Panhandle from their previous $16. Browns Lake will also increase from $14 to $16, for single sites, this year.

All double and triple sites are twice and three times the amount of their respective single sites. Group sites also increased.

For various pricing of group sites, visit www.sceniccanyons.com. Day use pricing will remain the same as last year, $5 per day and $40 for a season pass.

The increased fees have taken effect on the National Recreation Reservation System website, www.recreation.gov and will also be in effect for the 2017 season.

Free, weekly self management workshops starting NEWPORT – A series of free weekly self-management workshops will be held, starting Wednesday, July 12, dealing with chronic pain to help people maintain their independence and manage their conditions.

Workshops are once a week for six weeks and run until Wednesday, Aug. 16. They are free and open to the public.

The Chronic Pain Workshop will be from 1-3:30 p.m.

Individuals are encouraged to sign up for classes, as space is limited. Classes will be held at the Pine Ridge Community Church at 1428 W. First St., in Newport.

To sign up for the workshop call JoDee Savage at 509447-9997 ext. 702 or Art Mathew at 800-873-5889.

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Stanford University has worked on developing the program for more than three decades. They are designed to help people gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms, better manage their health problems and lead fuller lives.

According to Stanford’s evidence based review of findings on chronic disease self-management program outcomes they state, “The program consistently results in greater energy/ reduced fatigue, more exercise, fewer social role limitations, better psychologi-

cal well-being, enhanced partnerships with physicians, improved health status, and greater efficacy.”

People suffering from chronic conditions are often high utilizers of the health care system. Chronic conditions such as chronic pain results in high cost to not only the individual, but also the health care system. In Washington, five percent of the Medicaid chronic-care population accounts for 50 percent of the Medicaid health care expenses.

Rural Resources Community Action with the help of The Roe Foundation has expanded the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) to many high-risk communities. Doing so has strengthened and sustained CDSMP in Washington State.

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Managing concerns about falls NEWPORT – Have you turned down a chance to go out with family or friends because you were concerned about falling? Have you cut down on a favorite activity because you might fall? If so, A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls is a program for you.

Fear of falling can be just as dangerous as falling itself. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in severe physical weakness, making the risk of falling even greater. Many older adults also experience increased isolation and depression when they limit their interactions with family and friends.

A Matter of Balance can help people improve their quality of life and remain independent.

A Matter of Balance is designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults.

Participants learn to set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors, and learn simple

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Probably the biggest event in the area each year is the Newport Rodeo weekend, well, Friday and Saturday really. The rodeo action is only part of the festivities. There is also a parade, games for kids, vendors, live music, and a beer garden.

The rodeo starts Friday night, with all the regular rodeo events. Ranch bronc riding was added several years ago and is a popular event. It’s a special contest in which working cowboys try to ride a bucking horse with a regular saddle. Just about anything goes and contestants can ride with one hand, two hands or no hands. The wildest ride wins.

Saturday gets underway with a Cowboy Breakfast at the Rodeo Grounds. The parade happens at 11 a.m. and winds though downtown Newport.

This year there will be a slack performance on Sunday as well.

Festivities in the Park: June 24

Held in conjunction with the Newport Rodeo, Festivities in the Park brings live music, a beer and wine garden, hometown style games, including silly string tag and chicken poop bingo, to Newport City Park.

Festivities kick off about 11 a.m., just as the Newport Rodeo Parade ends. Lots of vendors and stick horse races for the kids. New this year is the First Annual Motorcycle Poker Run for Angel Paws, a fundraiser for the non-profit that helps out pet owners in need.

Call 509-710-9379 for information on Festivities, and 509-671-3457 for Poker Run details and to register.

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There is always fun to be had while paddling down the scenic Pend Oreille River, and fun is sure to be had at the Tri-Town Float Down in north Pend Oreille County.

Boaters launch at the Ruby Crossing boat launch near mile-marker 404 on Highway 20.

The early morning start gives paddlers a gorgeous view as they head north to Ione Park. There are three stops on the first day for cards, one at the launch and take-out, and one about halfway on the paddle.

The second day, floaters put in at Box Canyon Dam, using tubes and floating devices or a small boat. They end the Float Down at Metaline Park, where the last card is given.

This year, the Float Down is partnering with the North Pend Oreille Chamber of Commerce to give away $1,000 in the Ducky Derby Sunday, July 23.

Down River Days: July 28-30

People come from all over the area to participate in the annual Down River Days celebration in Ione Park.

The Watercross brings a new level to snowmobiling in the summer. There will also be Extreme Barbie Jeep races and a tug-of-war, featuring four person teams in canoes.

Head north on Highway 20 about 46 miles after leaving Newport, and continue on to Highway 31 for about 4 miles. Turn right onto Main Street and the park entrance is a couple blocks up the road.

Saturday events include shopping at vendors for clothes, jewelry, blown glass and other household items. Food can be purchased from local groups raising money for their sport or organization, and can be eaten along the scenic river at the waterfront part of the park.

The Watercross takes center stage on Sunday, with snowmobiles lining up at the boat launch. Throughout the day, participants race their machines across the river, landing on a strip on the east side of the Pend Oreille.

The park is still full of activities for the young and old while the Watercross takes place. Watch the races from a boat in the water or from the park, and attendees will quickly learn that a snowmobile does not float.

Timber Days: July 28-29

In celebration of the heritage that built Priest River, Timber Days highlights activities around the logging industry.

Drive through Priest River, heading east, and the park is on the right side of the Highway, just past the only streetlight in town.

The event begins Friday evening with the Asphalt Angels’ Hot Neon Lights Car Show through downtown Priest River. Saturday kicks off with the Run for the Berries Fun Run. A parade of floats, most in a logging theme, comes through Priest River City Park at 11 a.m. Children are thrown candy from parade participants for their enjoyment throughout the day.

The classic car show at the junior high is enjoyable for people of all ages.

Kids games and logging competitions occur in the park, and lawnmower races will start their engines in downtown Priest River at 4 p.m.

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Kalispel Tribe’s Powwow: Aug. 4-6

The Kalispel Tribe’s 42nd annual Powwow will take place at the powwow grounds at Usk, located about 20 miles north of Newport at 1981 Leclerc Road. The event is open to the public and admission is free. One of the highlights of the year, the powwow attracts tribes from the Northwest and Canada. Contestants compete in a variety of dancing and drumming events for tens of thousands of dollars in prize money.

In addition to dance and drum contests, there will be a buffalo barbecue, an all-Indian softball tournament, a Buffalo Fun Run and stick game tournaments, as well as a variety of food and other vendors. “Our annual Kalispel powwow is a time for us to share our hospitality with our community,� said April Pierre, communications director for the tribe. “It’s a time for celebration, reflection and socializing with old friends and meeting new ones. Our visitors come from Canada, across the United States and even a few international visitors.�

Poker Paddle: Aug. 5

Boaters launch at Oldtown Rotary Park for the 36th annual Pend Oreille Poker Paddle and head north along the river.

Taking in the views from a water perspective, paddlers travel toward the Canadian border to the finish line at the Usk boat launch at the Usk Bridge.

There will be about seven marked stops along the way for poker card opportunities. Participants throw a dart to get the cards.

Festivities are set up at the finish line in Usk for participants to enjoy, and the paddler with the best poker hand will win a prize.

Bonner County Fair and Rodeo: Aug. 8-12

COLLEGE FOR KIDS! Summer Youth Camps Start July 10, 2017

Call 509-533-8483 today for more information. Registration opens May 1st!

Classes are held at Spokane Community College and Spokane Falls Community College for kids ages 8-13.

Classes vary in length, running from July 10-August 11, 2017 from 8:00am-5:00pm.

Cost ranges from $45-189 per class. For more information and for class schedule, visit ccs.spokane.edu/workforce.

Classes include: App Adventures: The Next Level LEGOÂŽ Comics: Design Your Own Adventure LEGOÂŽ Video Games Make Your First 3D Video Game Maker Lab: Make your First 3D Creation

MinecraftÂŽ Animations MinecraftÂŽ Designers MinecraftÂŽ Modders Star WarsÂŽ Stop Animations Take the Cake Taco Showdown!

Artisan Pizzas Astronomy for Fun Acrylic Painting for Comic Book Landscapes The Light Side & the Dark Side: Black & White Charcoal Pencils

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The goal of the Bonner County Fair is to provide a free educational opportunity for residents of Bonner County to display their ideas and projects from their areas of expertise and interest, as well as allowing local organizations and businesses to present their products to the public.

Events and contests are held throughout the week, such as a spud decorating contest, a pig scramble and coloring contests. A 4-H Market Animal Sale is held on Saturday, and a parade of champions is that afternoon. The fairgrounds are located in Sandpoint, on Boyer Avenue. Visit www.bonnercountyfair.com.

BOUNDARY DAM IS OPEN FOR TOURS! BOUNDARY DAM IS OPEN FOR TOURS! Memorial Day–Labor DayDay Memorial Day–Labor

Please be advised that the Boundary Dam campground campground and boatand launchboat will be launch closed Please be advised that the Boundary Dam will be closed for improvements beginning July 10, 2017. It will reopen in 2018 better than ever! for improvements beginning July 10, 2017. It will reopen in 2018 better than ever!

Pend Oreille County Fair and Rodeo: Aug. 17-20

The annual fair and rodeo at Cusick are a much-anticipated time of the year, both for participants and visitors.

For participants, it is a time to show off your animals, vegetables or hobbies and see where they stand in relation to other entries.

For the visitors, the Pend Oreille County Fair is a great example of what a rural fair can be. There are a variety of animals to see, from chickens to llamas. There are displays of the best fruits and vegetables, canned goods, photography and spinning demonstrations.

One of the highlights for many is the ProWest Rodeo held Aug. 19-20. The Saturday show is a night performance starting at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday show starts at 1:30 p.m. You can find more information online at www. povn.com/pocofair.

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Rural Communities Partnership Initiative announced OLYMPIA – The Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz announced the launch of the Rural Communities Partnership Initiative June 6, an ongoing program that will partner Department of Natural Resources assets and expertise with communities around the state to create new economic opportunities, especially in areas of the state that have traditionally depended on the natural resources industry.

“The land feeds us in so many ways and we need to nurture it so that it will continue to provide for us far into the future,” Franz said.

“We will bring innovation and partnership to get the most value out of those public lands for our communities’ quality of life, even as we sustain these landscapes.

This approach replaces the outmoded paradigm of ‘economy or environment’ with ‘economy and environment.’”

The commissioner took a twoday tour to visit five communities

around the state that are engaging in new and innovative development projects with the support

The tour highlighted projects currently in development, such as Vaagen Brothers plan to produce cross laminated timber in Colville. of the DNR, community groups and local businesses. The commissioner was joined by Josh Wilund, DNR Community Development Director, who will oversee the initiative, as well as DNR region staff, community groups, local legislators and local businesses.

The group visited Port Angeles, Colville, Prosser, Darrington and Willipa.

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30, from 9-11 a.m. at Pine Ridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport.

The program is free and is being funded by The Roe Foundation. A workbook is provided

and refreshments are served.

Call JoDee Savage at 509-447-9997 ext.

702 to register or for more information, class size is limited.

The tour highlighted projects currently in development, such as Vaagen Brothers plan to produce cross laminated timber in Colville.

The structural panels are made from compressed wood where the grain is layered at 90-degree angles.

The panels are strong enough to replace concrete and steel in multistory buildings.

The initiative focuses on stimulating local economies in sustainable, clean ways. From innovative farming methods to forest restoration to recreation to clean energy, no prospective project is too small for consideration. Suggestions and inquiries for those interested in the program can be made at dnr. wa.gov/rcpi.

“The Department of Natural Resources plays a significant role in economies and communities around the state, yet we have the capacity to do considerably more.

We bring a significant amount of knowledge, expertise, assets and the ability to convene many groups – local, state, federal, tribal and private. This initiative will push for innovation and opportunity. We think it’s time to explore what’s possible in Washington State and we aren’t afraid to try and on occasion, fail. The will to try new things and our commitment to the communities we live in is what sets our work apart,” says Franz.

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Summer heats up at the library NEWPORT - This summer, the Pend Oreille County Libraries will showcase one of the busiest summer schedules in memory.

The Summer Reading Program has been expanded this year with separate programs for children, teens, and adults. Children will be eligible to win prizes ranging from Lego style building

As always, there is no cost to attend events at the library. kits to larger prizes purchased by the Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library District.

Teens will be entered to win a tablet upon completion of their program and adults will turn in weekly slips in the hopes to win a different book and DVD set each week. Summer reading sign-up begins in branches and online on June 19.

In addition to the reading program, each branch also boasts a wide variety of events that community members can participate in, including magic shows, a hula-hoop performer, craft sessions, and many more. As always, there is no cost to attend events at the library. Numerous events are funded by contributions from community sponsors.

Additionally, in partnership with the Newport School District, the Newport Library will be a site for summer lunch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Children and teens up to age 18 are eligible for lunch at the library at no cost.

“We are busy all the time,” said Library Director Mandy Walters, “but summer is really when libraries shine. Our goal is to enrich the community and that means something different for everyone. For some people, that enrichment comes through a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program, sometimes it is entertainment, sometimes it is simply a safe space to be. We really have something for everyone, you just have to figure out what is.”

A full schedule of events and information on the reading program can be found online at www. pocld.org or by calling local branches at 800 3663654.

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Building permits on hold in Ione

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

IONE - Building permits in Ione are on hold until a water system analysis from the Department of

Health gives the city the green light. In a public hearing May 17, Steve March of TD&H Engineering discussed the Community Development Block Grant application

for $750,000 to fund water system improvements for the town of Ione. The Department of Health’s limitation on new water connections has resulted in a moratorium on new building permits.

TD& H is submitting updated water system analysis to DOH, which if approved, will remove the moratorium. Improvements to consider for Ione are to loop Millyard Road and connect to Eighth Avenue, adding a booster pump on 10th, and to increase reservoir capacity.

TD&H will continue to work with the Department of Health to determine the scope of the project.

Other topics at the regular council meeting included Ione Mayor Charles Spears informing the council that the town contacted its insurance company about possible insurance rate increases. Fred Lee of Hub International stated each insurance

company is different, but rates could increase 5 to 15 percent. Lee said the town’s insurance through CIAW would not increase.

Meanwhile, council member John Redinger stated ground squirrel eradication continues at the airport without much improvement.

He priced bicycles at Walmart for only $119 with 220-pound weight capacity, and is still working on maps with area interests for incoming pilots.

In park news, Dylan Powers stated ball field supplies were scheduled to arrive May 18 and that fencing construction is close to being complete.

At the Ione Community College, which is a branch of Spokane Community Colleges, council member Jessica Pearson approved the security camera installation by the college. The Pend Oreille County election office is cooperating with the state to add a candiSee ione, 12A

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“Kudos to You” by Dakota Shafer

Shafer a finalist in Congressional Art Competition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – High school senior Dakota Shafer continues to spearhead her way into the art world after winning several regional and local contests for her work.

Shafer, a senior at Selkirk, was one of the three finalists in the annual Congressional Art Competition for high school students living in Eastern Washington for her mixed media piece “Kudos to You.” Dakota is the daughter of Craig and Stephanie Shafer. Her art teacher at Selkirk Junior and Senior High School is Clarinda Vandyke.

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Senator Patty Murray (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-0238 Spokane office: 10 North Post Street Spokane WA 00201 Phone: (509) 624-9561

Legislative District 7 - Position 1 Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber (R) 411 John L. O’Brian building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Phone: (360) 786-7908 Email: Jacquelin.Maycumber@leg. wa.gov No home office yet

Senator Maria Cantwell (D) 111 Senate Russell Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-0238 Spokane office: W. 910 Riverside, No. 697 Spokane WA 99201 Phone: (509) 353-2547

Legislative District 7 - Position 2 Rep. Joel Kretz (R) 335A Legislative Building PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Phone: (360) 786-7988 Email: kretz.joel@leg.wa.gov Local Address (March-December) 20 North Main St. PO Box 1 Omak, WA 98441 Phone: (509) 826-7203

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Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

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Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Town Hall

Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meeting Ione Catholic Church

Thursday, June 15 Story Time: 11 a.m. - Ione Library North Pend Oreille Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

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National study shows Idaho pre-K programs are lacking, losing ground

By Kevin Richert Idaho Education News

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Congratulations, Graduates Priest River Lamanna High School’s class of 2017 graduated Saturday, June 10. A total of 63 students graduated. Class president Rachel Akre, Salutatorian Thomas Anselmo and Valedictorian Giovanni Flavel all addressed the crowd, as did teacher Joel Holmes. The ceremony also included a video presentation and the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Kassey McKee. See all graduates’ names on page 12B, and more photos, including Newport’s graduation, on our Booster page, 7B.

No clean up day for Oldtown OLDTOWN – The city of Oldtown decided to forgo the annual clean up, because of lack of interest from residents, mayor Lonnie Orr said at the council’s Monday night meeting.

He said the city looks like it’s in pretty good shape, and if someone does need help with cleaning up their property, or carrying away debris, they can call city hall, 208-437-3833.

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date statement and photo to the ballot. All candidates up for election have declined.

The council also

unanimously approved an ordinance and a resolution.

Ordinance 591 increased appropriations to the Airport Reserve and Park Reserve funds.

Resolution 2017-2 established a Cost Allocation Plan for Ione.

BOISE – A new national report gives Idaho’s school system some lackluster grades –especially for access to pre-kindergarten.

In 2015, only 31 percent of Idaho’s 3- and 4-year olds had access to pre-K, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count data book released Tuesday, June 13. By contrast, 47 percent of the nation’s 3- and 4-year-olds had access to pre-K. Not only is Idaho lagging behind the rest of the nation, but the gap is widening. Between 2009 and 2011, Idaho’s pre-K access rate was 36 percent.

“While many other states are making prudent investments in early learning, in Idaho we’re missing an opportunity to ensure our kids have a strong foundation for future success,” said Lauren Noceochea, director of Idaho Voices for Children, which is affiliated with Idaho Kids Count. “Investments in early learning save taxpayer dollars down the road through reductions in crime and increased productivity.”

The Kids Count data report is just the latest passage in the ongoing story of pre-K in Idaho. The emotional issue that has pitted pre-K supporters

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against legislators who believe young children are best taught at home, and balk at funding an expansion in the public education system.

Idaho is one of only a handful of states that does not fund pre-K programs.

(Two recent studies define state-funded pre-K differently, so they peg the number of states without pre-K at six and seven.)

A broad-based group of child advocates, education and business leaders have pushed the issue, but voluntary or pilot pre-K proposals have made little headway at the Idaho Statehouse.

In 2017, pre-K advocates didn’t even get a hearing on a bill. They instead made informal presentations to the House and Senate education committees.

Because of the paucity of pre-K offerings, Idaho ranks No. 43 on Kids Count’s education rankings. Here’s how Idaho measures up on the report’s other education yardsticks for 2015: Fourth-grade students who are not proficient in reading: Idaho, 64 percent; nation, 65 percent.

Eighth-grade students who are not proficient in math: Idaho, 66 percent; nation, 68 percent.

High school students who do not graduate on time: Idaho, 21 percent; nation, 17 percent.

On Tuesday, the Casey Foundation hailed the nation’s record graduation numbers, but said the nation’s other education metrics were a mixed bag. Reading proficiency improved, but math proficiency decreased slightly. Access to pre-K also dropped slightly, but not as sharply as Idaho’s decrease.

The annual data book also rates the states on three other metrics related to child welfare.

Here, Idaho fared much better, contributing to the state’s overall No. 20 ranking.

On family and community metrics, such as the percentage of children living with a single parent, Idaho ranked No. 11.

On economic well-being issues, such as poverty rates, Idaho ranked No. 14. Idaho ranked No. 24 on child health issues.

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b r i e f ly Veltri, Duvall graduate from Gonzaga University SPOKANE – Tiana Duvall of Newport, and Hannah Veltri of Priest River participated in Gonzaga University’s graduation exercises during a Commencement Ceremony held May 7 in Spokane Veteran’s Memorial Arena. Duvall earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a minor in public relations. Veltri earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, with a minor in promotion.

Gonzaga University is a private Catholic, Jesuit, and humanistic university providing education to more than 7,800 students.

‘Build a Better World’ at Priest River Library PRIEST RIVER – It’s time to “Build a Better World” at Summer Reading 2017. Kids going into grades K-6 can join the fun at the Priest River Library beginning on Wednesday, June 21 at 10:30 a.m.

The program will run each Wednesday through July 26.

There will be lots of games, crafts and prizes while keeping those reading skills sharp.

Explore the Valencia Wetlands, visit with our local volunteers and learn creative ways to make our world a better place.

The grand finale will be a Design and Build Party Day. Registration is open now. Sign up and check out the full schedule online at www.westbonner. lili.org/summer-reading.

Registration forms are also available at the Priest River Branch, 118 Main St. or at the Blanchard Library’s temporary location at the Blanchard Community Center.

For more information call 208 448-2207 x103 or email library@westbonnerlibrary.org.

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Actresses don hats and mustaches to sing a tall tale during Legends and Lore at Circle Moon Theatre.

Last run of Legends and Lore this weekend

Miner photo|Sophia Aldous

Elle Woods (Paulina Staab) gets some support from her “Greek Chorus,” fellow sorority sisters from Delta Nu (Joellie Heneise, Melissa McNair-Davis, Gillian Monte, and Taylia Culver) in the comedy Legally Blonde, The Musical.

Legally Blonde opens this Friday

NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Playhouse is going blonde with Legally Blonde, The Musical playing Friday – Sunday, June 16 -18 and June 23 – 25.

Directed by Charlie Monte with music directed by Millie Brumbaugh, Legally Blonde, The Musical is written by Heather Hach and based on the blockbuster 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon.

The plot revolves around Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner after he dumps her for not being “serious” enough.

What starts as a naïve attempt to get-the-guy manifests into a journey of

Wednesday, June 14 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Notes: Every Wednesday 9-12pm (noon) ongoing Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Home and Community Educators Diamond Lake Club: Noon - Call Billie Goodno at 509-447-3781 or Chris King at 208-437-0971 Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

OLDTOWN – Traci Burns of Oldtown and Michael Olson of Spokane will be married June 24 in Oldtown.

Burns is the daughter of Anna Mae Burns and the late Thomas Burns of Oldtown. Olson is the son of Gary and Andrea Olson of Curlew. Oldtown Mayor Lonnie Orr will officiate the ceremony. The bride and groom will make their home in Spokane where they both work.

Friday, June 16 Books Out Back: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Davis Lake Grange: Noon - Davis Lake Grange Story Time: 3 p.m. - Newport Library Dance Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, Call Jan 208-946-6131 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

Saturday, June 17 VFW Breakfast: 8-11 a.m. 112 Larch St., Priest River Free Breakfast: 8-10 a.m.

- Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington, Newport Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Priest River Library Christian Prayer Hour: 10:30-11:30 a.m. - Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington, Newport Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center AA Meeting: 5 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-665-5921 for s

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

Alcoholic’s Anonymous Women’s meeting: 10 a.m.

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown

Burns, Olson to wed

7:30 p.m. - Newport

Oath Keepers Constitutional Study Group: 6:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Thursday, June 15

Olson and Burns

Exchange host families needed NEWPORT - ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries. The exchange students have pocket money for personal expenses and full health, accident and liability insurance. To become an ASSE Host Family or to find out how to become involved with ASSE, call the ASSE Western Regional Office at 1-800-7332773 or go to www.host.asse.com for information.

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Weavers’ Group: Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center

Courtesy photo|Traci Burns

self-discovery and proving to herself and those around her that she is more than just a pretty face. With a colorful cast of supporting characters and catchy songs, Legally Blonde is a funny, uplifting show that reminds the viewer to not let other’s perceptions keep them from being true to themselves.

Tickets are $6 for students and $12 for adults. Performance times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

To purchase tickets, go to www. pendoreilleplayers.org or call (509) 4479900, or visit the Playhouse at 236 S. Union in Newport, Thursday and Friday from 1– 6 p.m.

SACHEEN LAKE - Rainbows, unicorns, folklore, and much more are celebrated in “Legends and Lore,” the spring production of Northwoods Performing Arts that is continuing Friday, June 16, and Saturday, June 17 at Circle Moon Theatre. People can purchase tickets for the dinner and show or just the show. Dining begins at 6:30 p.m. and the curtain opens at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets and reservations call 208-448-1294 or go to www.northwoodsperformingarts.com. Tickets can also be purchased at Seeber’s Pharmacy in Newport.

Circle Moon Theatre is located on Highway 211, three and a half miles north of Highway 2.

UCC Non-Denominational Bible Study Group: 10 a.m. - United Church of Christ, 430 W. Third St., Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Priest River Food Bank Open: 3-5:45 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Blanchard Book Talk: 5:30 p.m. - Blanchard Library Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge:

Sunday, June 18 Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Monday, June 19 Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church

Tuesday, June 20 Families For Kids and DCFS: 9-11 a.m. - 1600 W. First St., Newport Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center Kinship Caregivers Foster Parent Support Group: 9-11 a.m. - Sandifur Room, Newport Hospital Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Session: 9 a.m. to noon - Blanchard Community Center Mothers of Preschoolers Gathering: 10 a.m.

- Priest River Assembly of God Church Soroptimist International of Newport Social Meeting: 12-1 p.m. Pineridge Community Church Priest River Chamber of

Commerce Dinner Meeting: 5:30 p.m. - Rotating Restaurants Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting – Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

Wednesday, June 21 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use front entrance.

Contact Barb at 509-4470775.

Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House

Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport

Alcoholics Anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

Chef Cooking Series: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Blanchard Community Center

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

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

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post/Auxiliary: 6 p.m. - Priest River VFW

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 11 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

York Rite of Freemasonry: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple

Where to Worship

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~6:30 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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

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

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

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

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

“Jesus Youth Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6:30 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

BLESSED HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

301 W. Spruce St, Newport Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday 10:30AM Wednesday 7:00PM Nursery Care Available Pastor R. Shannon Chasteen Pastor Becky Anderson (864) 378-7056 447-4121 Bible preaching, God newportucc@conceptcable.com honoring music www.newportucc.org

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

“Backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul.”

Please call 509-550-2035 for the next scheduled devotional. Wonderful resources can be found at www.bahai.us and www.bahai.org

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“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 Real 4 Life - College ages 3rd & 4th Mondays The Immortals (13-High School ) Thur. 7-9 Pastor Rob Malcolm

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 www.americanlutheranchurch.net

SEVENTH�DAY ADVENTIST Saturdays, 10:45a.m.

Diamond Lake 326002 Highway 2 diamondlakeadventist.org Edgemere - 5161 Vay Rd edgemereadventist.org Newport - 771 Lilac Ln newportsda.com

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Public Utility District

Friday, June 16th

“Quality Service 12:00- 6:00 pm Vendors set up in the park at Low Cost” 3:00- 8:00 pm Vendors open to the public www.popud.org 509-447-3137 509-242-3137

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For Assistance in: • Pre-Planning & Pre-Payment Plans • Funerals • Monuments • Cremations (Performed Locally)

Locally Owned & Operated (208) 448-1012 (509) 447-3118 118 Wisconsin Street • Priest River 423 W. 2nd Street • Newport

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

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

Have Fun at Elk Days!!

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41st Annual Elk Pioneer Days Saturday, June 17th 7:00- 10:00 am Firefighters Breakfast @ Elk Fire Station 9:00 am Parade Sign-In (Boondocks Store)

9:15 am Road closes 10:00 am Parade Starts P.A. Parade Announcements (in front of the Welcome to Elk sign). Parade goes through Elk to Elk Community Park then circles back. (Car show entrants and any registered vendors who are also in the parade, drive into the ball field.)

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LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

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OPEN ALL YEAR 11 EAST H STREET DEER PARK, WA 509-276-3848

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Deer Park Auto Licensing For over 30 years!

• Boats • Titles • Tonnages • Vehicle Plates • Registration • Trip Permits

41st Annual Elk Pioneer Days 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Vendors open at the Park * Children’s Activities by Peaceful Valley Church * Food Vendors * Elk Homemakers Cake Walk Lunch also available at the VFW

Come to us for quick & convenient services!

222 W. Crawford • Deer Park, WA (509) 276-2177 • (509) 276-5056 Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Enjoy Elk Pioneer Days! Year ‘Round Selection Visitors Welcome Stan and Patty Clouse

Camden Ranch 1521 Willms Road • Elk Christmas Trees & Event Facility

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12:00 pm Parade Announcements @ Elk Park 10:00 am- 8:00 pm Elk VFW Beverage Garden in the Park open 11:00 am- 2:00 pm Thunder Valley Car Show @ Elk Park 1:00- 8:00 pm Music at the Park 8:00 pm- 12:00 am Elk Days Dance at the VFW with My Own Worst Enemy.

(Open to the public)

Elk Community Park – 40044 N. Elk-Camden Rd. Elk VFW Post – 39716 N. Camden Ext. Rd. Elk Fire Station – Elk-Camden Rd. Contact information: Parkopinion@gmail.com Vendors: 509-768-0418 Parade: 509-993-3681 Car Show: 509-292-8129

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Community Shuttle SPOKANE / NEWPORT

SPECIAL MOBILITY SERVICES Monday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday A.M. ARRIVE 6:30 AM 8:15 AM 10:15 AM

DEPART Spokane: Bank of America Howard & Riverside 6:35 AM Newport: Safeway 8:30 AM Spokane Bank of America Howard & Riverside

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Spokane: Bank of America Howard & Riverside 2:05 PM

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Newport: Safeway

5:45 PM

Spokane: Bank of America

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4:30 PM

In the City of Spokane, we pick up or drop off at the Bank of America on Riverside and Howard. Upon request, we can also pick up at the following locations: Spokane International Airport, any of the major Hospitals including VA hospital, NorthTown Mall, Northpoint Wal-Mart, 29th and Regal, Fancher and Sprague or Trent and Fancher.

If you have a disability that prevents you from reaching one of our stops, please call our office to see if we can arrange a pickup at your home.

One-way fares $5.00 Newport/Spokane Reserve seating has priority. Open seating is available without reservations as capacity allows.

To reserve a seat, please call 24-hours in advance or during office hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm

1-877-264-RIDE (7433) 509-534-7171 • www.sms1.org Service is open to the general public. Service is available to all regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or disability.

This service meets the requirements of the American’s With Disabilities Act. This service is funded through grants from Washington DOT.

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Sports

b r i e f ly Sign up for Great Northwest Fall Bike Tour NEWPORT – The Great Northwest Fall Bike Tour is Sunday, Sept. 3. The ride is open to bicyclists of all ages and features a 15, 30, 50, or 85-mile route.

Families are welcome to sign up.

Registration fees are $75 for a family, $50 per person with a shirt or $35 a person without a shirt.

The tour starts at Newport City Park. The 85-mile ride begins at 8 a.m. and all other rides start at 9 a.m. The ride includes food and water stops along the routes and a meal at the finish, which is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each rider is responsible for the mechanical condition of his or her bicycle. All riders are required to wear an ANSI or SNELL approved bike helmet while riding.

Proceeds from the bike tour will benefit the Newport/Priest River Rotary Club.

For more information, contact Nadine Parker at 208-597-5478.

Run with the Road Rebels NEWPORT – The Road Rebels Newport Running Club welcomes people to join them on weekly runs, every Thursday at 5:45 p.m. Routes are posted at Club Energy a week in advance. After the run, members meet at Kelly’s Bar and Restaurant for social hour. Complete 10 runs to earn a Rebel Runners Club shirt.

There is an annual fee of $30 due on participant’s first run and due annually the first run of May. For more information, go to the club’s Facebook page at www.facebook. com/roadrebelsnewport.

Register for WaCanId Ride NEWPORT – The WaCanId is an annual bicycle tour that takes cyclists on paved roads encircling the Selkirk Mountains of Washington, Canada and Idaho. The six-day event is Sept. 11 – 16 and includes a day off in Nelson, BC. For more information, including registration, go to www.WaCanId.org or call 208-267-0822.

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PORPA’s International Jr. mixed eight rowers formed the day of the 2016 HOP Regatta. This boat includes juniors for Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Association, Rockies Rowing Club, Cranbrook, B.C. and Coeur d’Alene Rowing Association. The man standing by the boat is the boat’s cox, Parry Ragland. The cox, or coxswain, is responsible for steering the boat, and coordinating the power and rhythm of the rowers.

Bringing competitive rowing to the river ‘I daresay we’re a lot of fun’

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – With the abundance of bodies of water in the Pend Oreille Valley, one would think some interested locals might come together to form a competitive rowing team. Enter Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Association (PORPA), a non-profit organization that has done just that in the past couple of years. Made up of members of all ages that all pay dues, PORPA recently got their hands on some competitive rowing shells and plan on putting them to good use.

Association treasurer Patricia Sudick and PORPA member Erwin Mueller spent last Saturday doing maintenance and repairs to several rowing shells donated by the University of Oregon.

One is named Yam-Pah-Pa, which is one of the Native American names of the Snake River, and the other is George Bertram III, named after the man who donated it to the university. The boats measure about 45 to 60 feet in length.

“Look at this beauty,” Sudick said of the shells. “We’re up to five now.”

Washington State University and University of Washington have also donated competitive shells and a Sandpoint resident donated a single rower shell.

She was methodically sanding paint off of oars donated by Sacramento State so they could be repainted with PORPAS colors of blue, green and orange, which signify the water, the forests and the sunsets of Pend Oreille Valley area.

Mueller was tightening bolts and nuts on the fiber glass and plastic shells, changing worn pieces, replacing a broken shell rib with ones donated from Gonzaga and casually chiming in on the conversation when asked a ques-

tion. Mueller, who originally hails from Mexico, was twice selected for the Mexican Olympic rowing team, once in 1980 and again in 1984. He never competed, opting to go to school instead. Sudick didn’t start rowing until she was in her forties, living in Seattle and rowing on Baker Lake.

PORPA’s mission is, “to promote safe and responsible rowing in the Pend Oreille River valley of Idaho and Washington.” Those who join aren’t required to row competitively. In fact, there are many who join just for the social aspect and the chance to get out on a kayak or canoe and enjoy outdoor recreation in a group setting.

However, the competitive rowing fosters the return of a once popular sport, one that used to get as much press coverage nationally in the 1920s and 30s as baseball. PORPA started the rowing team in 2014 at the HOP (Head of the Pend Oreille) Regatta. The next year, they joined forces with a team from the Palouse and won against Spokane in the category of Mixed Masters +8.

“There are a lot of categories in rowing; it can get confusing,” said Sudick.

“Generally, if you are not in college and you’re an adult, you’re considered in the master category.”

As of now, there is no “junior” PORPA rowing team comprised of only teenagers, but there are teens who join PORPA to row with the adults. Ben Jakeman of Newport graduated from high school in 2015, is a former PORPA member, and currently rows with Washington State University rowing team. Quinn Barnwell of Newport is senior next school year and also a member of PORPA. See rowing, 8b

Get outside this summer with hiking options NEWPORT – Summer means warmer weather, and warmer weather means getting outdoors to see the area in its entire splendor. There is a plethora of hiking opportunities in Pend Oreille County, including Bead Lake, Leo Lake, the Upper and lower Wolf Trails, and many more.

The Northeast Washington Trails website has a list of area hikes, how to get there, and other useful information to either the beginning hiker or the experienced outdoor recreationist. The website includes bicycle trails and loops, motorized trails, non-motorized trails, water trails and winter trails.

The website is maintained by the Tri-County Economic Development District. For more information, got to www. newashingtontrails.com.

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Summer track and field opportunities for kids 7 to 18 PRIEST RIVER – Area high school track coaches will be having open track practices Mondays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. at the Priest River Lamanna High School through the month of June. Kids 7 to 18 can show up at that time and be introduced and coached on the various events the sport of track and field provides.

Events include distance running, sprints, hurdles, shot put, discus, long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault (junior high and high school students only for pole vault).

There are opportunities for kids to compete

on their own at summer track meets at Spokane Fall Community College every Tuesday in June starting at 5 p.m. The cost is a $5 entry fee and the kids can compete in as many events as they want. Also, if kids want to compete in the USATF Junior Olympic meets, there will be the local championship meet at Central Valley High School June 17 and 18.

The cost for this will be a $30 online USATF registration and an entry fee of $5-15 at the meet.

For more information, call 208-627-2409 or email jaredhughes@ sd83.org or show up at practice

Cusick, Selkirk players selected to all league CUSICK – An equal number of Selkirk and Cusick baseball players were selected to Northeast 1B All League, with two from each school.

Ranger juniors Peter McAnerin and Calvin Petrich were the selected Selkirk students for All League, with freshman Ryan Zimmerman getting an Honorable Mention.

Cusick junior Colton Hansen and sophomore Ethan Hardie made All League, with juniors Canon Keogh and Tanner Shanholtzer getting honorable mentions.

Dalton Kentner of Almira/CouleeHartline was the league’s Most Valuable Player and ACH coach Mike Correia was Coach of the Year.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline had four players chosen, including Chase Gerard, Tim Hahn, Charlie Hunt and Maguire Isaak, with Hayden Loomis getting an Honorable Mention.

Odessa-Harrington had three players selected; Chance Messer, Camden Weber from Colton Hunt.

Northport’s Aiden Middlesworth and Columbia’s Corbin Nelson were also named All League.

Curlew’s Lucas Makita received an Honorable Mention.

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High school athletes take note PRIEST RIVER – For all college bound athletes: Students should meet with their high school counselor by their 10th grade year to make sure they are registering for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) approved classes.

Students should continue to work hand-in-hand with counselors throughout high school to ensure they are meeting all the NCAA and NAIA requirements and paperwork.

For students of Priest River Lamanna High School to get more information, go to www.lam-wbcsd-id. schoolloop.com/collegeathletics.

s p o rt s c a l e n d a r Thursday, June 15 Open Track Practice: 5 p.m. – Priest River Lamanna High School

Saturday, June 17 Open Gym, Adult Basket-

ball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School

Monday, June 19 Open Track Practice: 5 p.m. – Priest River Lamanna High School

Courtesy photo|Corban University

Kirkwood’s softball team second in nation Former Newport High School graduate and catcher, Chaleigh Kirkwood (pictured with batting helmet on), and her teammates from Corban University celebrate after winning a playoff game. The Warriors made their first trip to the NAIA collegiate world series, where they lost 4-1 June 1 to Oklahoma City University. Still, it was a great year for the Warriors, who finished with a 46-13 record. Kirkwood was a designated hitter for the team this season.

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Newport, Priest River celebrate graduates

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t was graduation day for Newport and Priest River Lamanna High Schools Saturday, June 10, with family, friends, and community members attending ceremonies staged out through the day (Priest River at 1 0a.m. and Newport at noon).

Photos by Michelle Nedved and Sophia Aldous

Newport’s Grace Arndt-Stigall (left) and Mildred Baxter get back to their seats after their class handed out roses to someone who has inspired them.

Samantha Siemsen (right) and Audrey Price shared some tears and laughs as they make their way back to their seats.

Priest River Lamanna High School’s class of 2017 graduated Saturday, June 10.

Nick Reyes receives his diploma from principal Joseph Kren.

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p o l i c e r e p o rt s Editor’s note: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report, but rather a comprehensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights.

Certain police calls are generally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil standbys.

All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

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Monday, June 5 FISH AND GAME: Hummingbird Lane, report of coyote being aggressive.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Clarks Rd., report of dog killed chickens.

THREATENING: W. 5th St., report of known male threatened complainant.

intoxicated person.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Deer Valley Rd., Newport, report of loud music in the area.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: Hwy. 2, report of a male and female yelling.

Wednesday, June 7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Northshore Diamond Lake Rd. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Xanadu Ranch Rd., Newport, report of items possibly missing.

ERRATIC DRIVER: McCloud Creek and Hwy. 20, report of a vehicle speeding and tail gating.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Remington B. Lumpkin, 31, Oldtown, was arrested on several felony warrants.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Rocker Box Lane, Metaline Falls, report of a dog chasing people.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2 ACCIDENT: W. Walnut St., report of a non-injury hit and run.

Thursday, June 8

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE: Coyote Trail

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 31, report of car passing in no passing zones.

DISTURBANCE: Pine Rd., report of male on property causing a disturbance over civil issue.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: Diamond Lake, report of extreme amount of damage over the night.

DISTURBANCE: Phay Rd., report of juvenile female fighting with staff.

WELFARE CHECK: Scotia Rd., report of male slumped over in vehicle for several hours.

ABANDONED VEHICLE: W. 6th Ave.

EXTRA PATROL: Sullivan Lake Rd., report of speed emphasis patrol.

TRESPASSING: Veit Rd., report of juvenile female walking on property.

AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 41 and Silver Birch, assist Bonner County with armed suicidal subject.

Tuesday, June 6 BURGLARY: S. 8th Ave., Ione, report of a house broken into.

MISSING PERSON: Quail Loop, Newport ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Michelle D. Franck, 37, Newport, was arrested on a probation violation.

THEFT: Hwy. 20, Newport, report of a theft of items.

ARREST: S. Washington Ave., Newport, Martha M. Kitchen, 54, Cusick, was arrested on a probation violation.

BURGLARY: Hwy. 211, report of a house being broken into.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. 1st St., report of a male chasing a female down the street.

INFORMATION: Driskill Rd, Newport, report of possible child abuse.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 211 and Davis Lake Rd., report of a vehicle driving erratically.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. Pine St., Newport INTOXICATION: Fertile Valley Rd., Newport, report of an

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Quail Loop, Newport, report of female pitbull running loose in area.

BOATING OFFENSE: Cusick Boat Launch, report of bass boat speeding on the river.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Pend Oreille Blvd., report of male subject acting strange and asking suspicious questions.

BURGLARY: Blackwell St., report of burglary sometime last month.

ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: Hwy. 20, wanted subjects reported staying at the residence.

THEFT: Blackwell St., Ione, report of theft of tarp today.

LAW ALARM: McGowen Rd., report of commercial burglary alarm.

Michael T. Daggett, 29, Colville, was arrested for criminal trespass in the second degree.

AUTOMOBILE THEFT: Scotia Rd., Newport, report of vehicle stolen sometime in last week.

FRAUD: Open Skies Rd., report of cable company had bill in complainant’s name.

AGENCY ASSIST: E. Jackson Ave., report of assisting Bonner County medical with possibly aggressive male.

ANIMAL BITE: W. 5th St. and S. Calispell, complainant reports son was bitten by neighborhood dog.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: W. Pine St., Newport ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of truck that almost went off roadway.

VEHICLE FIRE: Hwy. 2 ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 20, report of truck that went into ditch and crossed center lane.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Newport Ave., report of possible drug activity in parking lot.

CHID ABUSE: Pend Oreille County HARASSMENT: Power Lake, report of male driving around harassing people.

DISTURBANCE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of disturbance on a stop outside hotel.

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of one vehicle roll over, no injuries.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

Saturday, June 10 VEHICLE PROWL: W. Pine St., Newport, Cynthia S. Cornwell, 66, Newport, was arrested on a local warrant and vehicle prowling.

BOATING OFFENSE: Pend Oreille River, report of bass boat speeding during no wake.

THEFT: N. Washington Ave., Newport, report of wallet stolen at restaurant.

FIRE: W. Pine St., Newport, report of strong smell of smoke inside, no flames anywhere, unknown source.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Sullivan Lake Rd. ERRATIC DRIVER: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of reckless driver.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Viewpoint Rd., Newport, report of ongoing problem with loud music.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. 2nd Ave., report of male holding a baseball bat.

Sunday, June 11 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Roberts Rd., report of unknown van sitting in front of residence.

THEFT: S. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of shoplifting.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: S. Spokane Ave., report of verbal argument with girlfriend.

Friday, June 9 UTILITY PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, report of power transformer that blew.

TRESPASSING: E. 4th Ave.,

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 2nd Ave., report of dog at large that possibly bit a neighbor.

STRUCTURE FIRE: Diamond View Rd., report of smoke billowing out of garage.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: Eagle Way, report of problem with a baby deer.

NOISE COMPLAINT: Anne Way and LeClerc Rd., report of loud music complaint.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: S. Newport Ave., Newport, report of female subject yelling at male.

Pend Oreille Cemetery No. 1: 8:15 a.m. - E. 100 Circle Drive, Newport Pend Oreille Conservation District Board: 9:30 a.m. - Newport Post Office Building Pend Oreille County Noxious Weed Control Board: 2 p.m. - Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Newport

Pend Oreille Fire District No. 8 Board: 7 p.m.

- Fire Station at Spring Valley and Tweedie Roads

Tuesday, June 20 Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m.

- Bonner County Administrative Building Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille PUD Commissioners: 10 a.m. - Newport PUD Offices

ANIMAL NOISE: N. Fea Ave., Newport, report of excessive barking from two dogs in area.

Bonner County Democrats: 6:30-8 p.m. - Panhandle Health, 322 Marion St., Sandpoint

Cusick School Board: 3:30 p.m. - Cusick High School Library

West Bonner County

Metaline Town Council: 7 p.m. - Metaline Town Hall

Monday, June 5 ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: Hwy. 2, Oldtown Tuesday, June 6 No information available

Wednesday, June 7 ANIMAL PROBLEM: Kluth Rd., Priest River VEHICLE THEFT: Wae-yle Way, Spirit Lake PREVIOUS INCIDENT FOLLOW UP: Reeder Bay Rd., Nordman, request to speak with a deputy about an unattended death investigation.

HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATIONS: Sherwood Beach Rd., Coolin NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Hwy. 57, Priest Lake, a Coolin driver was charged with inattentive driving and failure to maintain liability insurance.

Thursday, June 15 Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission Workshop: 5 p.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue: 7 p.m. - Station 31, 325272 Highway 2, Diamond Lake

Monday, June 19

Property Rights Council: 6:30 p.m. - Bonner County Administration Building, Sandpoint West Pend Oreille Fire District Board: 6:30 p.m.

- Fire Station on Highway 57

Wednesday, June 21 Pend Oreille Economic Development Council: 8:30 a.m. - Various Locations Diamond Lake Water and Sewer District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office

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

Pend Oreille County Park Board: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center

Newport City Council: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall

Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. Dalkena Fire Station

Priest River City Council: 6 p.m. - Priest River City Hall Selkirk School Board: 6 p.m. - Selkirk Middle/High School Music Room

West Bonner County School Board: 6 p.m. District Office, Priest River Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

obituari es Matthew “Matt” Wade Shreve

Thursday, June 8

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WEAPON OFFENSE: Old Priest River Rd., Oldtown, Bryan Bethel, Rathdrum, was arrested for felon possession of a firearm.

It is with great sadness that the family of Matthew “Matt” Wade Shreve announces his passing May 30, 2017, at the age of 39 years.

Matt was born on July 31, 1977, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia and grew up in Spokane. Throughout his life, he had much success working as a journeyman drywall taper. He went on to purchase and remodel a house in the Shreve beautiful area of Ione, Wash., where he enjoyed living with his two dogs.

Matt will be lovingly remembered as a compassionate, humble, friendly man who made his mark in the world not with grand gestures or fancy titles, but by the basic goodness and generosity of his character, as well as by the quality of his involvement in his neighborhood, where he routinely checked-in on his elderly neighbors and assisted them in their homes. Matt had a heart of gold. He enjoyed helping others and volunteered much of his time with charitable organizations, including Habitat for Humanity. In all these ways and more, he made our lives richer and fuller.

Survivors include Matt’s father, Ernest Shreve; brother, Gregg Shreve; sister, Brynn (Scott) Clark; niece, Hannah Shreve; an uncle; an aunt; and cousins. He was predeceased by his beloved mother, June Shreve, who passed away Aug. 1, 1996.

A memorial service will be held June 14, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery located at 7200 N. Wall St., in Spokane.

Matt is now at peace. Please hold him close, as we do, in heart, mind and spirit. The gift of Matt’s life is still here with us, as he lives on in our memories and stories. And, in this way, we will keep the gift of Matt’s life alive.

Sherman-Campbell Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermancampbell.com.

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake ANIMAL PROBLEM: 3rd St. S., Oldtown SUSPICIOUS PERSON/ CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

Friday, June 9 MARINE INCIDENT: Railroad Ave., Priest River RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 41, Blanchard RECKLESS DRIVING: Clagstone Rd., Blanchard

Saturday, June 10 ACCIDENT, INJURIES: Hwy. 57, Priest River SEX OFFENSE: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Priest River

Sunday, June 11 MISSING PERSON: Gunsmoke Lane, Priest River, report of missing child.

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She does readily state that the prospect of a rowing team has been on her mind the past several years.

“We’re lucky enough to live in an area that has so many bodies of water,” she said. “A rowing team or several for that matter seems not only enjoyable, but logical.”

What makes rowing so engaging, both Mueller and Sudick said, is the feeling of unity, strength, and quickness that comes from being in sync with your teammates.

“It requires you to work as a team and it’s also individually satisfying,” said Mueller. “When you find that right stroke and you’re all together, it’s one of the most amazing feelings in the world.

It’s gliding, like you’re sailing over the top of the water, and even though you’re this boat full of individuals, you’ve managed to become one unit, one living thing.”

Plus, there is no age limit. Sudick recalled the group she used to row with near Seattle. The rower who was the “stroke” the position in the boat that sits closest to the stern and determines the pace

Wednesday, June 14

West Bonner Water and Sewer District: 6:30 p.m.

- Oldtown City Hall

ANIMAL BITE: Sullivan Lake Rd., report of male bit by neighbor’s dog.

rowing: Prospects must pass a swim test There are several competitive races coming up this season, including the HOP in September and regattas in Spokane and on the Snake River in August.

“It would be great if we had more people involved in general, but rowing is a great way for high school athletes to stay in shape over the summer months because it conditions the whole body,” Sudick explains.

To be on the rowing team, prospective rowers must pass a swim test, which consists of being able to tread water for 15 minutes, then put on a life jacket while still in the water.

The group usually has weekly rowing sessions and launches from Riley Creek in Priest River, but so far the current on the Pend Oreille River has been moving too fast to properly take the shells out.

“We’ve been thinking about launching at Priest Lake to start on smoother, calmer waters,” said Sudick.

Sudick certainly doesn’t take credit for PORPA’s offshoot into competitive rowing, and is quick to name others she considers more influential in bringing the sport to the Pend Oreille Valley.

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SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Sicley Rd., report of possible DUI.

PROWLER: Silver Birch Rd., report of motorcycle and car went onto backside of property.

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and rhythm of the boat, was in his mid-eighties. In her forties, Sudick was the youngest member of the team with the average age being in their mid-sixties.

“At first, I didn’t think I could row, because I have back problems,” said Okju Mueller, Erwin’s wife. “I kept thinking, ‘No, I can’t do that, it will hurt my back.’ But then I tried it and it has actually made my back stronger and taken away a lot of the pain. It builds up your core muscles pretty quick if you keep doing it.”

When the weather is not ideal the Muellers and Sudick practice on an indoor rowing machine that is made available to other PORPA members. The group plans to show off their shells in the Newport Rodeo parade June 23 and in the Timber Days parade in Priest River on July 29.

“We’re all about getting people in boats and out on the water,” Sudick said. “I daresay we’re a lot of fun.”

For more information about PORPA, including membership fees and the different kinds of rowing and paddling the group offers, go to www.porpa.organd check out their Facebook page.

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2017159 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING N e w port S chool D istrict The Newport Consolidated Joint School District has completed its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year and placed it on file in the District Office. The Board of Directors will meet for the purpose of adopting this budget on Monday, June 19, 2017 at 12:00 p.m., at the Board of Directors meeting in the District Office, 1380 W. 5th Street, Newport WA 99156.

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Dated this 2nd Day of June, 2017 David E. Smith, Jr., Superintendent Newport Consolidated Joint School District Published in The Newport Miner June 7 and 14, 2017.(19-2) _________________________

2017164 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE P U B L I C W O R K S D E PA R T M E N T N E W P O R T, WA S H I N G T O N Sealed Bids will be received by the County of Pend Oreille at the County Commissioners Office, located in the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, Washington, until 10:00 AM Tuesday, June 27, 2017 and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the construction of the improvement.

All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in accordance with Section 1-02.7 of the 2016 Washington State Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the County of Pend Oreille.

Bid Proposal, Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department, Road Division, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, Washington 99156, upon payment of $30.00, non-refundable, per set. All checks shall be made payable to the Pend Oreille County

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This project provides 30 working days for completion.

Informational copies of maps, plans and specifications are on file for inspection in the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department, Road Division, in Newport, Washington, and the Chapter offices of the Associated General Contractors of America. Plans and specifications may also be viewed at the official Pend Oreille County web site: http://www.pendoreilleco.org A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Monday, June 19, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the Pend Oreille County Court House, Public Works Conference Room, 625 West 4th Street, Newport Washington.

Bids are to be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to: THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COURTHOUSE, NEWPORT, WASHINGTON 99156 with “BID FOR COUNTY ROAD PROJECT NUMBER 837 Sullivan Lake Inlet Bridge written on the outside.

Pend Oreille County in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d--42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21,

Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex inconsideration for an award.

Published in The Newport Miner June 7, 14 and 21, 2017.(19-3) _______________________ 2017166 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 May 30, 2017 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Nick Presho and did on June 2, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a bank stabilization project on the Pend Oreille River.

(FILE NO. SA-17-013), Location: 152 Continued on 11B

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Continued from 10B Otter Lane; Parcel# 443529540002 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 21, 2017 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, Annex Building, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 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 June 22, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) Dated: June 5, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 7 and 14, 2017.(19-2) __________________________ 2017167 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 June 1, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Michael K. Burke, and did on June 2, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for replacement of a recreational dock and ramp on Davis Lake. (FILE NO. SA-17-015), Location: 281 Davis Lake Road, Usk, WA 99180; Parcel#: 443231519104.

An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 25, 2017 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). 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 &

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising or real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275. (31tf)

4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 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 June 22, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Dated: June 5, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 7 and 14, 2017.(19-2) ___________________________ 2017168 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENET TO FILE A P P L I C AT I O N There will be a public hearing on June 19, 2017 at 6:00 PM located at Newport City Hall, 200 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, WA 99156 to discuss the City of Newport’s intent to file an application for federal financial assistance with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service.

The project includes improvements to the water distribution system including a new reservoir, transmission main and water treatment plant.

An outline of this proposed project is available at Newport City Hall, 200 S. Washington Avenue, Newport, WA 99156. Any comments regarding this application should be submitted to the City of Newport, Attn: Ray King at the address above. The Council Chambers is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will be made upon receiving 24-hour advance notice.

Contact City Administrator Ray King at 509-447-5611.

Published in The Newport Miner June 7 and 14, 2017.(19-2) ________________________ 2017162A PUBLIC NOTICE E S TAT E O F D AV I S , R O Y SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00019-5 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of Roy W. Davis 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: June 14, 2017 Connie Davis, Administrator PO Box 541 Newport WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.(20-3) __________________________

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2017169 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00020-9 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of JAMES HUGGINS, 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: June 14, 2017 Christine Huggins, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.(20-3) _________________________ 2017170 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given, the Newport School District No.56-416 is accepting written proposals according to district specification provided in the proposal document. Request for proposal is for providing of Diesel Fuel for Pupil Transportation Operations. Proposal documents are available in electronic form on the district website at www.newport. wednet.edu or may be obtained in printed form from the District Business Manager at 509-447-3167.

Proposals shall be returned to the following address: Newport School District Debra Buttrey, Business Manager 1380 W. 5th Street P.O. Box 70 Newport, WA 99156 Phone: 509-447-3167 Proposal timeline is as follows: Note: Proposals received after scheduled closing cannot be considered.

Proposal advertised: June 14, 2017 and June 21, 2017 Proposal due date: June 29, 2017 by 2:00 p.m.

Proposal award date: July 24, 2017 The District reserves the right to accept any proposal it deems most favorable to the interests of the District. It also reserves the right to waive any informalities and irregularities and reject any and/ or all proposals or any portion submitted which in their opinion is not in the best interest of the district. No contractor may withdraw or alter his proposal after the time set for opening thereof, unless award of contract is delayed for a period of more than forty-five days.

Published in The Newport Miner June 14 and 21, 2017.(20-2) _________________________

2017171 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED C O D E O F WA S H I N G T O N CHAPTER 61.24, ET SEQ. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will, on the 14th day of July, 2017, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the main entrance to the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, 231 S. Garden Ave., Pend Oreille County, 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: LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 3 of ROMERO’S CUSICK TRACTS, an unrecorded Plat on file with the Pend Oreille County Engineer. Also, that portion of Lot 2 of Romero’s Cusick Tracts described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of Lot 2 of Romero’s Cusick Tracts: thence, South 89 degrees 36’ 34” East along the South line of said Lot 2 a distance of 300 feet, thence, North 55 feet, thence, South 89 degrees 36’ 34” West, 300 feet, more or less, to the West line of said Lot 2; thence, South along said West line to the Point of Beginning, being carried on the Pend Oreille County Tax Rolls as Tax 8.

322 Nina Dr. Cusick, WA 99119 A s s e s s o r ’ s Ta x P a r c e l I D 433311510003 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2008,

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recorded March 18, 2008, under Auditor’s File No. 20080296709 records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, and modified by a Modification of Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2011, recorded February 16, 2011, under Auditor’s File No. 20110307824, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Linda St John, as Grantor, to Land Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Mountain West Bank as Beneficiary.

II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. The default for which this foreclosure is made is as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Monthly payments owing from Nov. 2016-March 2017: $2,186.00 Accrued Interest: $1,218.97 Late Charges as of April 10, 2017: $110.99 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: $50,720.23, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured from the 18th day of March, 2008, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by Statute.

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 14th day of July, 2017 (90 days after posted). The default referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by the 3rd day of July, 2017 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 3rd day of July, 2017 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 3rd day of July, 2017 (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 to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address: BORROWER/GRANTOR: Linda St John 322 Nina Dr Cusick, WA 99119 by both first class and certified mail on the 23rd day of February, 2017, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above on the 23rd day of February, 2017, and the Trustee has in his possession proof of such service or posting.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address is set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through, or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.

IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale.

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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 Continued on 12B

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Continued from 11B 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.

DATED: 10th day of April, 2017.

LUKINS & ANNIS, P.S Trevor R. Pincock, Trustee Address: 1600 Washington Trust Financial Center 717 West Sprague Avenue Spokane, Washington 99201-0466 Telephone: (509) 455-9555 Published in The Newport Miner June 14 and July 5, 2017.(20,23) ________________________ 2017172 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 6, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Tim D. Windhorst, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-016), Location: River Edge Estates; Cusick, WA 99119 Parcel#: 433635529003 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 1, 2017 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). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 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 June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army

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Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) _________________________ 2017173 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 5, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from Josh James Whitney, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-017), Location: 202 Westshore Drive, Newport, WA 99156; Parcel#: 443227530006 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May, 25, 2017 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). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 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 June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) __________________________ 2017174 PUBLIC NOTICE C ombined N otice of A pplication and A ction Pursuant to County Development

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Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 5, 2017 received a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from John A. Anderson, and did on June 9, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for placement of a recreational dock and ramp on the PO River. (FILE NO. SA-17-018), Location: 971 E. Joyner, Cusick, WA 99119; Parcel#: 433733529016.

An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on June 5, 2017 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). 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, Annex, 418 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 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 June 29, 2017.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter/ Permit) Dated: June 12, 2017 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, and 21 2017.(20-2) __________________________ 2017175 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 May 16, 2017 receive a complete Conditional Use Permit Application and SEPA checklist from the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, INC and did on June 7th, 2017 issue a Determination of Completeness for the application requesting Community Forrest with various associated low impact recreational/educational uses and features. Located within Sect. 29, T32N, R45E WM, near the intersection of Leclerc Rd S and Indian Creek Rd; associated parcels are

Alison Snow Anthony Storro Savanna Storro Avery Summers Elizabeth Tefft Harold Waddington Arthur Wallace Justin Weber Jack Wuollet

453229500001, 453229509002, 453229210001, 453229220001, and 453229230001. 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 Annex Building, 418 S Scott Ave, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Greg Snow, Community Development Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 29th, 2017.

Dated: 6/12/17 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 2017.(20) _________________________ 2017176 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WA S H I N G T O N FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY NO. 17-4-00022-5 P R O B AT E N O T I C E T O CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) Estate of DEAN A. PERSYN, 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: June 14, 2017 Neil R. Persyn, Personal Representative ELTC Law Group, PLLC Denise M. Stewart, Attorney PO Box 301 Newport WA 99156 (509) 447-3242 Published in The Newport Miner June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.(20-3)