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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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Kalispels ‘deeply disappointed’ in casino decision Gov. Inslee green lights Spokane Tribe venture

BY MICHELLE NEDVED AND SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued a blow to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians last week, putting his stamp of approval on the Spokane Tribe Economic Project that will build a casino virtually next door to the Kalispels’ Northern Quest Casino and Resort in Airway Heights.

Inslee announced June 8 his agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior’s decision to grant the Spokane Tribe of Indians the authority to build and operate a gaming facility, known as STEP. The Kalispel Tribe said in a press release that they are “deeply disappointed” in the decision that will allow the Spokanes to build an off-reservation casino in the West SEE CASINO, 11A

Planning well underway for Rodeo Weekend

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

and students who specialize in Family Medicine. The organization works to influence the development of healthcare policy that will provide optimal healthcare for all citizens of Washington State.

“Practicing rural family medicine is tough work,” states a press release from Newport Hospital and Health Services. “It requires a broad range of skills including strong intellect, compassion and an unparalleled commitment to serve. Geoff Jones

NEWPORT – Local groups are collaborating throughout the Newport, Oldtown and Priest River area, planning what is shaping up to be an entertaining Newport Rodeo Weekend June 24-26.

New this year is Festivities in the Park, organized by the Newport/Priest River Rotary Club, and stick horses races, organized by the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce. The Newport Rodeo Association is organizing activities and vendors in the rodeo grounds.

Events get underway Friday night, June 24, starting at 4 p.m., with commercial and craft vendors, family fun and a beer garden in the rodeo grounds.

The beer garden is inside the rodeo arena, and will offer beer and spirits.

The Friday night rodeo performance is underway at 7:30 p.m. It’s military and first responders night.

Tickets are $10 at the gate for military, firefighters, law enforcement and EMTs. Saturday kicks off with a Cowboy Breakfast at 8 a.m. at the rodeo grounds.

The annual Rodeo Parade winds through town, starting at the Newport Schools at 11 a.m. As the parade ends at Newport City Park around noon, activities there will be well underway.

The Newport/Priest River Rotary Club is offering a beer and wine garden in the park, with beer provided by local Top Frog Brewery and wine by Fleur de Lis.

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MINER PHOTO|SOPHIA ALDOUS

Quick response cuts fire short Volunteers from Newport Fire Department, Pend Oreille Fire District No. 4 and South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue responded to a fire on property adjacent to the Newport Cemetery Thursday, June 9 around 12:30 p.m. Firefighters stopped the fire before extensive damage was done. Pictured above: Newport Chief Rob Owen helps volunteers put away hose on a fire truck.

According to Owen, as of last Thursday the Newport Fire Department has responded to five calls so far for the month of June.

Jones named Physician of the Year SPOKANE – Dr. Geoff Jones received the 2016 Family Physician of the Year award at the Washington Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting May 13, 2016, at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane.

The award is given annually by WAFP to a family physician who exemplifies a compassionate commitment to improving the health and well-being of people and communities throughout Washington. With more than 3,400 members the WAFP is the largest medical specialty professional organization in Washington. It is comprised of physicians, residents

B R I E F LY Man enters Alford plea in motel attack SANDPOINT – Mokthar Joseph Emilien entered an Alford plea in 1st District Court last week in response to charges stemming from an attack on a couple at motel near Priest River that took place in March. Emilien, a 23-year-old from Palmdale, Calif., entered the plea in response to charges of attempted burglary and aggravated battery. An Alford plea is a plea where the defendant admits no wrongdoing, but concedes he could be convicted if the case goes to jury trial.

A couple that lives at the motel informed investigators that on March 3, Emilien forced his way into their room

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and began to act violently, wrecking items and brandishing kitchen knives while threatening to kill the couple and everyone else at the motel.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Emilien was apparently suffering from a drug-induced psychotic breakdown during the attacks. A sentencing date is pending.

Blood drive Wednesday in Priest River PRIEST RIVER – The Inland Northwest Blood Center is in desperate need of blood donations, especially those with type O blood. There is less than one day supply of 9B-10B

that blood type. O-negative can be given to patients of any blood type in emergency situations and O-positive can be given to 85 percent of hospital patients. A blood drive is scheduled for Priest River Junior High, 5709 Highway 2, Wednesday, June 15, from noon to 5:30 p.m. To make an appointment, visit inbcsaves.org or call 800-423-0151.

An increase in blood transfusions, coupled with declining blood donations, after the Memorial Day holiday is impacting the blood supply.

“As we enter the summer months, which is historically a high-need time, blood donation is more vital than ever,” INBC officials said.

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NEWPORT – Those visiting the Newport Cemetery in the future will notice some changes. Wood’s Crushing and Hauling of Sandpoint broke ground on the Newport Cemetery road-paving project on Monday, June 13.

The project is scheduled for about 10 days and will consist of paving 88,000 square feet of cemetery roads, as well as creating better parking. Three dry wells are also being added to allow for better drainage of water runoff due to spring thaw and heavy rainfall. The 115-yearold cemetery, located at 161 Cemetery Lane, covers 80 acres.

The cemetery district is funding the project, which is currently budgeted at $150,000.

During the project, access to the cemetery will be limited and on heavy construction days the gate may be closed for some periods of time.

Some days the gate will be closed at 4:30 p.m. to prevent disturbing any areas that shouldn’t be driven on, according to Cemetery Superintendent Chris Demlow.

“It’s going to be a dynamic couple of weeks and the cemetery begs the indulgence of the public in facilitating the project, as it will be an enormous upgrade to our facility,” says Demlow. “After the project completion, we’ll be back to business as usual.”

The Odd Fellows, an international fraternal order dedicated to charity, officially established the cemetery in 1902.

The cemetery district acquired operations and maintenance of the

COURTESY PHOTO|CHRIS DEMLOW

A crew from Wood’s Crushing and Hauling of Sandpoint broke ground on the Newport Cemetery road-paving project Monday, June 13.

land in 1956. Constant wear and tear from vehicles over the years has caused ruts to form in the lanes that mark

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COURTESY PHOTO|WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Dr. Geoff Jones, right, received the 2016 Family Physician of the Year award at the Washington Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting May 13. Jones practices at Newport Hospital and Health Services, along with his wife, left, Dr. Shannon Radke.

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embodies what it takes to be an excellent rural

clinician.”

He practices full spectrum family medicine, including opera-

tive obstetrics, staffs the Emergency Department, provides endoscopic service and manages a

patient panel demanding active acute and chronic care.

Jones graduated from Pacific Lutheran University and then attended the University of Washington School of Medicine, graduating with honors in 1996.

He did his residency training with Family Medicine Spokane, and upon graduation he left Washington for Bethel, Alaska, for several years, returning to Newport with his wife, Dr. Shannon Radke, who is also a family physician, where he has practiced since 2002.

He has served as treasurer and chairman of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity since 2005. He was integral in keeping the local chapter alive, through his dedication to purchasing land and building homes for people in need.

He is a champion for

Hepatitis C care, working with the University of Washington through the Project Echo program. He facilitates a Teddy Bear Clinic every year for all kindergarten children to become more comfortable if needing a hospital experience.

He attends numerous community, sporting and church events. He and his wife make their children a priority, spending time off volunteering in their classes, according to hospital officials.

Jones has undertaken a rural clerkship and is a college mentor. He joined the University of Washington School of Medicine admissions committee and is now on its executive committee.

In Newport, he is the lead preceptor for both the Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) and TRUST/ WRITE programs.

Jones was nominated by Dr. Clay Kersting.

RODEO: Tickets are available at many local businesses FROM PAGE 1

Live music kicks off at noon and goes until 6 p.m., including local favorites Larry Sauer, Mila, and Skookum Creek Music Company, finishing off with headliner The Plastic Saints, who have invited the local talents to jam with them on stage.

Widow’s Creek Band will be playing near the rodeo stands from 2-6 p.m., where the beer garden in the rodeo stands will be open at 2 p.m.

Also in the Newport City Park are lots of vendors, non-profit organization booths, silly string tag, Sumo wrestling, jousting, and chicken poop bingo.

The water park will be open.

At the rodeo grounds will be kids games, slides, mechanical bull rides, a bouncy house, petting zoo and pony rides. Commercial, craft and food vendors will also be open.

Saturday’s rodeo performance starts

at 7:30 p.m.

On Sunday, vendors in the rodeo grounds will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Washington Barrel Racing Association (WBRA), IBERA, and Pro West barrel racing starts in the rodeo arena at 11 a.m.

Admission is free.

Rodeo tickets are available in advance at Earl Insurance Newport, Seeber’s, Safeway, Family Foods, Mountain West Bank, Owen’s, Selkirk Ace, Idaho Rigging, Oldtown Hardware, Priest River Ace, and North 40 Outfitters in Mead, Sandpoint, East Trent in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene.

Tickets in advance are $10 for adults for Friday, and $12 at the gate (except for military and first responders), $12 in advance for Saturday and $15 at the gate. Children ages 5-11 get in for $5 and children 4 and under get in for free.

Dry camping is available by request; call Ray at 360-770-1180.

Wanted: Stick horse racers for Rodeo Weekend NEWPORT – The stick horses are coming out of retirement after several years and making a comeback during the 2016 Newport Rodeo. The horses are available for $1 at Cork and Barrel, Petroglyph, The Miner Newspapers, Albeni Falls Building Supply and Ben Franklin.

The stick horses were put together by the Leadership Program students at Newport High School, and feature a cardstock horse head on a wooden stick.

Children ages 3-12 are to decorate their horses, and can race Saturday during the day at Newport City Park.

Prizes will be awarded for the fastest and the best decorated in three age groups: 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12.

Winners in each “heat” will compete during the Saturday night rodeo performance.

The Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce is organizing the stick horse races and will provide one adult ticket to the rodeo performance to accompany the winners.

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Wednesday Thursday Partly Sunny w/ a Shower

Mostly Cloudy w/ a Shower

62/40

63/40

Friday

Saturday

Thundershower

A Couple of Thunderstorms

64/41

68/41

Sunday

Partly Sunny w/ a Shower

73/45

L A ST W E E K

Monday

A PM Thunderstom Possible

76/46

Tuesday

Mostly sunny

79/49

Source: National Weather Service and Accuweather.com, Newport, WA

June High Low Prec.

8 90 56 9 77 49 0.01 10 72 48 0.01 11 61 48 0.20 12 62 42 13 69 45 14 70 46 Source: Albeni Falls Dam

Last Year: The weather this week last year was much more dry. There was very little rain. The temperatures satyed between the mid 70’s and the mid 80’s.

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b r i e f ly Pend Oreille County burning controls in effect NEWPORT – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced that the Fire Danger Rating in Pend Oreille County has been raised from Low to Moderate and that all outdoor burning is banned, including Permit and Rule Burns.

Campfires are allowed in approved designated campgrounds only.

Recreational fires on improved property if they meet all of the following conditions: The fire must be attended at all times; is no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet and no taller than 2 feet; a charged hose or 5 gallons of water is present along with a shovel, and there is a fire break/non-combustible surface of at least 3 feet around the fire.

In the event that a fire escapes, the property owner is responsible for any and all fire suppression costs.

Effective June 8, the following burning controls are in effect in Pend Oreille County: all outdoor burning is banned; recreational fires in approved fire pits are allowed provided that all of the above conditions are met, and the use of gas and propane self-contained stoves and barbeques are allowed.

Daily updates on burn restrictions are available at 1-800-323-BURN.

Libertarians want on the ballot MEAD – The Libertarian Party of Washington will convene the morning of Saturday, June 25, at the Newport City Park, to nominate candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, and to select presidential electors. They will be in the park at 10 a.m.

Missing and Exploited Children Task Force rolls out new donation page OLYMPIA – Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force has just rolled out a new donation page that allows the public to give monetary gifts online. All proceeds will go directly to the identification and safe recovery of exploited children, the investigation of those that sexually exploit children, and successful apprehension and prosecution thereof.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, there are about 200,000 cases of child exploitation a year in the U.S. In this year alone, MECTF has arrested 41 people with crimes relating to the sexual exploitation of children. The Missing and Exploited Children Taskforce is a state law enforcement agency governed by RCW 13.60.110, and not designated at a 501 (c) (3) charity. Consult with a tax professional or the Internal Revenue Service to determine if a donation is tax exempt.

To donate, visit www. wsp.wa.gov/mectf/donate.php.

For more information, email the Missing & Exploited Children Task Force at MECTF@wsp. wa.gov.

Discussing the arts The River Arts Alliance met in the Elk Community Park Thursday morning, for a potluck and to discuss what each of the member groups have planned for the coming weeks. They also listened to Christine Johansen, membership manager for Washington Nonprofits, who talked about ways her organization could help get the word out about arts in Pend Oreille and north Spokane county areas.

Miner photo|Michelle Nedved

Career Day inspires students

By Donna Sellers Communications Coordinator, Kalispel Tribe

CUSICK – The 2016 Kalispel Career Training Center (KCTC) Career Day was held Friday, May 20 at the Camas Center for Wellness on the Kalispel Indian Reservation. Almost 250 students from four area high schools attended the event. Ten different interactive career exhibits were staged in the parking areas and in the conference rooms of the Camas Center.

Students enjoyed a variety of experiences including “shocking fish” in the KNRD fisheries booth, patting horses in the equestrian unit of the United States Border Patrol, and riding up the scissors lift from Garco Construction.

Kalispel Fire and Public Safety, the U.S. Forest Service and other area fire departments were on hand as well, with hook and ladder fire engines and backpacks full of heavy field gear for students to try on. La Rive Spa demonstrated cosmetology career activities including facials, waxing and chair massage. Even some young men wanted to see what it felt like to have their eyebrows waxed.

The Teen Center housed STEM robotics displays. Students had an exciting time playing

Students graduate from Montana Western DILLON, Mont.

– The University of Montana Western awarded 481 degrees to 395 students at commencement May 7, setting a record for most degrees awarded.

This comes on the heels of the university admitting its largest class of first-year students this past fall.

Four local students gradated: Jaimi Jae Adams from Cusick, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History.

Ann Marie Couch from Ione, graduated with an Associate of See grads, 5A

robot pool using iPads and robotic scoops to win the game. Newport Hospital stopped people in their tracks with the “accident dummy,” a mannequin with a spike through its head, intestines exploding from the stomach cavity and a bloody toe hanging by a thread.

Spokane Community College presented the growing career field of pneumatics and hydraulics. Students were invited to assemble a small movable pneumatic system. The TECK Mining Company also created a demonstration on mining techniques. Fitness careers attracted a lot of attention, as students had an opportunity to learn about the various fitness equipment and the careers available in that growing field.

During the lunch break, students were entertained and inspired

by Shanner Escalanti, owner of Tangled Roots, a contemporary dance studio. Escalanti demonstrated complex DJ sound systems and equipment, and galvanized the audience with his Hip-Hop and Break Dance moves. Soon students joined him out on the floor and the entire gym was clapping and cheering the dancers.

He concluded his dance demonstration with a Native American hoop dance.

NEWPORT

Rodeo 67th Annual Rodeo June 24 and 25 Fri & Sat - 7:30 pm

WBRA Barrel Race June 26th • 11am •Covered Bleachers •Free F P Parking ki •Beer Garden In Rodeo Arena •Food & Vendors

Military Night - Friday Tickets $10 at gate for Military and First Responders Saturday S t d •Parade 11am •Music and Entertainment •McMillan Kids Trick Riding PRO WEST RODEO ASSOCIATION LAYTON MCMILLIAN RODEO STOCK

Tickets: Friday Advanced Adults $10, At Gate $12 Saturday Advanced Adults $12, At Gate $15 Children 5-11 $5 Children 4 & Under FREE

ROUGH STOCK OPEN • JULY 15 BULL-A-RAMA • JULY 16

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL Ray 360-770-1180 OR Otto 509-447-3214

Paid for by Newport Hotel & Motel Tax

TICKETS ON SALE AT:

Earl Insurance Newport Idaho Rigging Seeber’s Oldtown Hardware Safeway Priest River Ace Family Foods North 40 (Mead) Mountain West Bank North 40 (Sandpoint) Owen’s North 40 (E. Trent) Selkirk Ace North 40 (CDA) Stateline Tavern

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Government leaders renege on deal with Kalispels

By Fred Willenbrock

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t only took federal, state and local government leaders 20 years to renege on a deal with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. And these leaders should be ashamed of themselves.

Voters should make them pay in November.

The short-sited action last week by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee approving the Spokane Tribe’s $400 million gambling and retail center west of Spokane was only the latest failure of government leaders to address this issue in a just way. The federal government also unjustly approved the Spokane project. And Pend Oreille County and state elected representatives of the region sat back and watched without a fight for the Kalispels, even though they fueled one of the greatest economic booms to their community in decades.

On July 23, 2007, at the ground breaking of the casino resort, with Kalispel Tribal elders and children in the background, tribal leaders told the world that they had found the way to complete their vision for a safe and healthy community. Today that isn’t so clear.

There are many reasons another mega-gambling center shouldn’t be allowed near Spokane.

Spokane business and political leaders have opposed it because they fear its interference with Fairchild Air Force Base. They also believe there will be negative impacts on downtown Spokane businesses, pointing out that this hasn’t been studied. Government officials in favor of this decision have met behind closed doors. Their motives were never discussed by them in public.

But the biggest reason the approval of the Spokane Tribe’s plan shouldn’t have been done is that the government made a deal with the Kalispels.

A deal that said they would have exclusive rights to casino style gambling in that area; they then made their business plan and invested heavily in the future of their people. Then the rug was pulled out by government leaders last week.

Some argue – including the Spokane Tribe – that there is enough gambling revenue for everybody. They say that the Kalispels should compete.

Kalispel studies show this isn’t true and the impact of a second casino complex will be devastating to their tribe. They tried to negotiate with the Spokanes, who they have a close relationship with, to find alternatives that benefit both.

But with government officials giving hope to the Spokanes for a bigger prize, they apparently weren’t interested in negotiating for less.

The Northern Quest Casino and Resort are located on 40 acres the tribe acquired in 1996. In a relatively rare move, Congress, driven by then Speaker Tom Foley and the President, proceeded to convert the land to Kalispel Reservation Trust land. This paved the way for a casino near a major city, airport and highway – a unique move they said was designed only to assist this particular struggling tribe with only remote reservation land.

The Kalispel leaders developed a formal mission statement. Along with promoting respect for traditions, it promoted a healthy, safe and prosperous community for tribal members.

The opening of the Northern Quest Casino in 2002, and several expansions and changes after, have been the economic motor driving this mission statement and the economic benefits to all of the people in the region, especially in Pend Oreille County.

At the 2007 ground breaking one of the best-known Kalispel elders, Francis Cullooyah, offered his thoughts.

He opened the ceremony by saying the tribe for a long time did not know where it was going.

He noted a 1950 attempt to end the tribe when many members lived at a subsistence level.

“Today is another day,” Cullooyah said.

But he reminded everyone to remember the Kalispel’s past. I’m sure they are remembering the decades of government deceit today.

Tribal members have noted that they have come a long way in a short time. There is a long list of projects completed or underway on the reservation in Usk and elsewhere for the improvement of the tribe and community. They have donated millions to the local communities.

“It’s a good day to be a Kalispel,” said Glen Nenema, chairman of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, at the 2007 ground breaking of the expansion from a small casino to a world class resort.

These are much sadder days for the Kalispels.

And government officials should be made to explain why.

Fred Willenbrock is the former owner and publisher of The Newport and Gem State Miner Newspapers, and former chairman of the Pend Oreille County Economic Development Council.

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yo u r op i n i o n Trump: Make America hate again Donald Trump is America’s great hate enabler. Hatred, bigotry and racism will become politically correct in America if Donald Trump is elected president.

-Norm Luther Spokane

McMorris Rodgers is indifferent To the editor: When a representative constantly blames “the government” for problems, it’s time for her to go. Rep. Cathy “ignores us” Morris Rodgers, R-Wash., has aligned herself with a right-wing agenda organization that invents scandals around the Veterans Administration in order to advance their agenda of privatizing the veterans’ health care system.

She did send a representative to the ribbon cutting of Walla Walla’s Veterans Hospital on May 31. Aides from the offices of Sens.

Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, D-Wash., there at the same time seemed considerably more enthusiastic. McMorris Rodgers has voted against programs that would benefit veterans, notably the Caregivers and

Veterans Omnibus Health Services Bill which provides help to those who provide care to disabled, sick or injured veterans and improves health services to women veterans.

Joe Pakootas opposes the privatization of veterans’ healthcare. He believes the VA’s model of primary care with integrated mental health care provides better outcomes for millions of veterans rather than forcing them to split their care in a private sector that lacks the experience in caring for the specialized medical needs of our wounded warriors.

He favors true transparency and accountability systems, such as independent audits, that are critical to ensure our tax dollars are wisely spent to care for veterans.

Let’s vote for Joe in order to experience true representation.

-Casey Morgan Walla Walla

Unrealistic expectations To the editor: The president of the USA is just a person who flies around in a big airplane and gives speeches that are immediately forgotten after they are given. The president hugs victims of floods and storms. Once a year he

pardons a turkey.

We have a misguided faith in the American presidency. We think that the president controls the unemployment rate and the price of gasoline. Our history is full of incompetent generals and the presidents that listened to them, so the Commander and Chief duty is often a rubber stamp to what is already in place.

The qualifications for president are just 35 years of age and birth within the USA. The president doesn’t even need to have a high school education. This election cycle has shown a number of candidates who make false statements that border on insanity. Several candidates could be legally committed for their inability to make rational statements.

When the telephone rings a 3 a.m., I want the president to tell the people waking him up to get more facts and information and go back to sleep. Since 2000, the president has become a bomber in chief and often sends drones to kill people all over the world based on faulty intelligence. We like a president who bombs other people into submission and rebuke presidents who negotiate as weak.

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NEPA requires coordination

By Karen Skoog, Mike Manus, Steve Kiss Pend Oreille County Commission

When people think of planning, they typically think of the Comprehensive Plan used to determine zoning uses, transportation, capital facilities, recreation and housing.

Many rural counties, especially those with a large percentage of public lands, have also officially adopted a Natural Resource policy that apply to the surrounding pubic land – both state and federal, the management of which impacts the county’s abil-

ity to function and serve local citizens.

County jurisdiction over federally managed public lands is limited, and local Natural Resource plans cannot mandate federal land managers to take specific actions.

For example, a county cannot dictate in its plan that a certain amount of logging or grazing be done on a specific area.

These decisions are with the authority of the federal agency. However, under NEPA law, the U.S. Forest Service must consider the objectives of local Natural Resource plans and how they should deal with the

general requirements a county has of the surrounding public lands in order to meet the responsibilities counties have for the socioeconomic wellbeing, safety, and culture of its citizens.

There are many state and federal agencies that are specifically tasked with protecting the environment. Additionally, there are congressional acts and state statutes that have outlined specific goals and have regulatory controls. The human environment is not ignored by these agencies and acts.

They are also required to consider how actions

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will affect humans.

Coordinating with local government using a local natural resource plan is how the agency will get the specific information it needs to take the human environment into consideration. Washington State requires by statute that counties protect the environment as well as natural resource industry, recreation, and open space. Coordination is also required.

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r e ad e r ’ s po l l r e s u lts Do you think photographers covering news events should be allowed to use software to edit pictures?

Yes

Fifty people died and more than 50 others were injured when an individual pledging allegiance to ISIS shot up a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 12. The tragedy brings into focus the ongoing debates in the United States about how to deal with gun violence and terrorism. Politicians on the left have argued for gun control for years, while Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is calling for a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S. What do you think would be most effective in preventing future mass shootings?

18% 82%

Limiting who can come into the U.S. Restrictions on who can purchase weapons in the U.S. Neither

No

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Summer Luncheon Join us for a delicious summer luncheon served in our Village Dining Room. This is a great time of the year to plan ahead and get to know our community.

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Cause of small fire unknown A firefighter helps subdue a small wildfire that burned about 20 yards of land adjacent to the cemetery and behind the Newport School District bus garage Thursday, June 9 (see front page photo). The cause of the fire is unknown, but Newport Fire Chief Rob Owen advised that people should use caution when handling any potential fire starter, whether it was chainsaws or cigarettes. “I think people get lulled into a false sense of security, because we’ve had more rain this year and a higher snow pack, but it’s often dryer than you think,” Owen said. “All it takes is one careless mistake and there’s a wildfire.”

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Applied Science in Natural Horsemanship and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Secondary Education.

John Darius Catchall

II from Usk, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

James Berlyn Prouty from Ford, Wash., graduated with an Associate of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

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no more harm just like we need a doctor who doesn’t make us more ill with treatments that don’t work.

We need a president who won’t use the government and military against us and doesn’t send our kids off to wars of presidential choice. We need a president who does the least harm.

Mostly, we need to lower our unrealistic expectations of the American presidency.

-Pete Scobby Newport

‘Coordination’ a money pit To the editor: “Coordination,” proposed by our county commissioners, is a mythical technique used to allow county officials to takeover and control federal land.

As an aside, the most common method to force the failure and then privatization of a government agency is to starve the funding. When agencies are driven to incompetence, politicians belittle that agency and then award its assets to their campaign donors. Billions

are to be made. Examples would be the Postal Service, National Park Service, The Veterans Administration, and the U.S. Forest Service.

“Coordination,” in reference to our local county vs. the Forest Service, does not mean avoiding bumping your head or tripping over a pebble. “Coordination,” when applied by our Pend Oreille County Commissioners, would try to legally force the USFS to do their bidding. Following the American Stewards of Liberty model, the Stewards would get a big payday.

“Coordination” in other counties has required an “experienced coordinator,” lawyers, and expert witnesses, supplied by the Stewards.

Example expenses: Custer County, Idaho, paid $23,000; Garfield County, Color., paid $26,000; an “expert witness” was $35,000. We would see lawsuits and court cases, which have been losers so far, all the way to the Supreme Court! Paid for by our taxpayer dollars. What a monumental waste of money!

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between communities and jurisdictions to reconcile conflicts.” Overarching is the county duty to protect health safety and welfare.

Several states with large amounts of public lands have passed bills that grant state funds to counties for assistance with this coordination and natural resource policy effort. States realize that low population counties do not have the tax base to adequately fund the work needed to interact properly with the Federal agency in their counties. Wyoming bill 9-4-218 states in part: “Funds also may be expended for preparing and participating in environmental impact statements and environmental assessments, including analysis of economic or social and natural or physical environmental effects on the human environment. Funds also may be expended for coordinating and participating in rangeland health assessments.”

Natural Resource Plans typically include information about an area’s history, economic base, local customs and culture, and historic uses on public lands, as well as local government’s duties and responsibilities. A positive statement relating to the support by the community of a clean and healthy environment is important as well. A local Natural Resource Plan is an official county document lying out, in general terms, what management strategies are needed in order to fulfill its statutory responsibilities.

We will continue to work with the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies to “create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans” (NEPA sec 4331).

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Cusick council looks at water issues, noise ordinance

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

CUSICK – There were several issues brought up at a recent Town of Cusick Council meeting, including dealing with illegal garbage dumping and getting residents to recognize noise ordinances.

Town Clerk Charlotte Yergens handed out the March report from the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office. According to the report, there were

22 incidents in Cusick for the month of March.

Yergens requested of Sheriff Alan Botzheim to put the highlights in an email and she would report it to the council.

Mayor Chris Evers said as far as she knew Port of Pend Oreille Manager Kelly Driver did get a letter out about the illegal garbage dumped on railroad property. Councilman Monte Williams said he made a call to Tri-County Health and Evers said she would

follow up in a week.

Williams moved to pay for meter box replacements three per month for six months and notify customers. Bernice Smith seconded. The pump at Affluent Pond was repaired again and there was a request for pump protection for the current pump for power outage issues, clogs, etc.

Pend Oreille PUD has been assisting in fixes at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. A Department of Ecology (DOE) wastewater

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engineer came and looked at the permit area and agreed that the town does not need to chlorinate the hayfields anymore, but would like to see some trees planted as a barrier.

Evers said she is moving forward on listing Cusick’s hay land for sale since the Kalispel Tribe replied back that they couldn’t take on another project at this time. Williams moved to approve the hay land lease with Larry Cordes for another year for $3,250. Ken Murray seconded and the motion carried.

Evers reported she, Water/Wastewater Operator Dusty Ridgley, and Yergens met with representatives from the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) to discuss the right-of-way. Evers said the franchise has expired and there will be engineering fees to reinstate it and the DOT would work with the town. Williams moved to apply for a Pend Oreille County road permit to install a barrier on Second Street in Usk to protect the town’s sewer manhole.

Daniel Troupe seconded and the motion carried.

Smith moved for Evers to draft a letter to homeowners on Second Street in Cusick that they are breaking the development code and noise ordinance by repairing cars and revving engines late into the evening. Linda Monfront seconded the motion.

Evers gave an update on the town flag. PUD will install them on power poles and the tribe will build brackets. Smith moved to obtain and install 30 flags for $1,400.

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OLYMPIA – Washington state fuel tax and several licensing related fee increases will go into effect July 1. The increases were approved by the Legislature in 2015 as part of Connecting Washington, a transportation package to fund transportation projects around our state.

These projects include highway and local road construction and maintenance, bike path and walkway projects, rail and transit projects, ferry system improvements and fish barrier removal.

The state fuel tax for both gas and diesel will increase by 4.9 cents to 49.4 cents. State fuel taxes provide funding for state, county and city transportation projects and maintenance, ferry construction and operations and other transportation-related needs.

The Enhanced Driver License fee will increase to $9 per year. This means the cost to upgrade a standard, six-year driver license or ID card to an Enhanced Driver License or Enhanced ID Card will increase from $18 to $54. Enhanced Driver Licenses and Enhanced ID Cards are available to U.S. citizens as federally approved identification that can be used in place of a U.S. Passport at U.S. land and sea border crossing stations.

Several commercial driver license (CDL) fees are increasing. The fee for obtaining a CDL instruction permit will increase from $10 to $40. CDL knowledge (written) tests will increase from $10 to $35, CDL skills (driving) tests will increase from $100 to $250 except for the school bus driver test, which will remain $100. The new CDL skills test fee will allow a driver to take one no-charge retest if the test isn’t passed on the first attempt.

The electric vehicle renewal fee increases $50, from $100 to $150. This fee is collected to mitigate the impact of electric vehicles, which pay little or no fuel taxes, on our state’s roads and highways.

Annual motor vehicle weight fees for passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and other types of vehicles up to 14,000 pounds that pay the state’s $30 basic registration fee will increase by $15 to $35, depending on the weight of the vehicle.

Gross weight license fees for trucks, commercial vehicles, and other types of vehicles up to 10,000 pounds that are not subject to the state’s $30 basic registration fee also will increase by $15 to $35. A new freight project fee will be collected on vehicles subject to the gross weight license fee with a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds. This fee will be 15 percent of the gross weight license fee due at the time of annual registration.

More information is available at dol.wa.gov.

D I S T RI C T C O URT The following people had their cases resolved in Pend Oreille County District Court.

Feb. 24 Gerald Cope, 25, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (338 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for fourth degree assault; $293 total fees and fine.

Daniel Goodman, 42, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (89 suspended), 112 months probation and fined $1,000 ($800 suspended) for third degree driving with a suspended license; $443 total fees and fine.

Norma Lopez-Galindo, 26, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended), 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($750 suspended) for third degree driving with a suspended license; $443 total fees and fine.

Joanna McGoveny, 58, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (361 suspended) 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,000 suspended) for driving under the influence; $2,368 total fees and fine.

Aaron Randall, 20, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended) 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($650 suspended) for negligent driving; $981 total fees and fines.

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Christopher Dodds, 31, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,500 suspended) for reckless driving; $837 total fees and fine.

Christopher Gabel, 54, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,500 suspended) for reckless driving; $1,700 total fees and fine.

Pandora Gruver, 63, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended), 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,000 suspended) for driving under the influence: $2,121 total fees and fine.

Boone Hogan, 31, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (363 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($3,804 suspended) for reckless driving: $1,576 total fees and fine.

Russell McArthur, 48, was fined $550 for negligent driving” $587 total fees and fine.

Johna Pack, 22, was sentenced to 11 days in jail for a probation violation; $200 total fees.

Brandon L. Williams, 23, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,000 suspended) for reckless driving: $1,680 total fees and fine.

March 9 Charlianne Meeker, 27, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (334 suspended) electronic home monitoring authorized, 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($3,000 suspended) for driving under the influence; $3,200 total fee and fine.

March 30 Rose Gagnon, 72, was sentenced to 364 days in

jail (364 suspended), 12 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended) for harassment; $43 total fee and fine.

Jordin Opp, 23, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (89 suspended) for negligent driving and was sentenced to 364 days in jail (334 suspended), 60 months probation and fined $5,000 ($3,000 suspended) for driving under the influence; $3,297 total fees and fines.

Charles David Rogers, 62, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (90 suspended), 12 months probation and fined $1,000 ($1,000 suspended) for negligent driving; $520 total fees and fines.

April 6 Mark Dyer, 41, was sentenced to 90 days in jail (86 suspended) and fined $1,000 ($800 suspended); $793 total fee and fine.

William Falk, 55, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (334 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,750 suspended) for reckless endangerment; $543 total fees and fine.

Donna Hudson, 25, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (364 suspended), 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($5,000 suspended); $293 total fees and fine.

April 20 Michael Brandstetter, 60, was sentenced to 364 days in jail (362 suspended) 24 months probation and fined $5,000 ($4,750 suspended) for fourth degree assault;; $1,493 total fees and fine.

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Be a superhero of summer safety

Summer is a time for playground fun, camping, boating, swimming, biking and other fun outdoor activities.

Playground falls, lawnmower accidents, campfire and fire pit burns are some common and potentially life-altering childhood injuries that happen during summer months.

Darren Rottmann knows first-hand how easily accidents can happen, particularly in the summer months when outdoor activities increase. He lost his leg in a lawn mower accident when he was 3 1/2 years old. He was treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children – St. Louis, where he was fitted for different prosthetic legs as he grew. Despite his injury, Rottmann was able to walk then run, and eventually, play baseball, basketball and football.

Now 37 years old, Rottmann is a certified prosthetist at the same hospital where he was treated. He was inspired to help children the same way he was helped as a boy.

“I started out as a technician building the prosthetic legs, but have worked my way into patient care,” he said. “I think it puts the kids’ minds and their parents’ minds at ease to see that somebody else has been through it.”

Today, Rottmann is helping Shriners Hospitals for Children encourage kids to become “Superheroes of Summer Safety” by learning and following a few simple rules of safe summer play.

“We’re here to help kids who need us, but we’d prefer that a child isn’t injured in the first place,” Rottmann said. “These tips, like keeping children inside while mowing the lawn, are good reminders for all of us.”

There are 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children in the United States, Canada and Mexico, including Spokane, that provide specialized care to children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. The Spokane Shriners Hospital regularly holds clinics at Newport Hospital and Health Services.

“Sustaining a serious injury can be a life-altering event for a child,” said Jerry Gantt, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Shriners Hospitals for Children. “We see patients every day with injuries caused by accidents and we are committed to raising awareness about how to stay safe.”

Here are some tips from Rottmann and Shriners Hospitals for Children to help your family enjoy a fun, injury-free summer.

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The physical and mental health benefits of outdoor play are great for children. It provides opportunities for exercise, creative expression, stress reduction and access to a free and natural source of vitamin D – sunlight. Before sending kids out to play, make sure they always wear shoes to protect feet from cuts, scrapes and splinters, and wear sunscreen to protect from sunburns and harmful ultra-violet rays.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that emergency departments treat more than 200,000 children ages 14 and younger every year for playground-related injuries. Before your kids head to the playground, keep these precautions in mind: Choose parks and playgrounds that are appropriate for their age and offer shock-absorbing surfaces.

Teach children that pushing and shoving on the playground can result in accidents and injuries.

Remind kids to go down the slide one at a time and to wait until the slide is completely clear before taking their turn. Teach them to always sit facing forward with their legs straight in front of them and to never slide down headfirst.

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Make a safe splash While playing poolside may be a blast, Safe Kids Worldwide reports that drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death for children ages 1 to 4 and it is the third-leading cause of injury-related death among those under 19. Additionally, the University of Michigan Health Systems estimate that

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On Summer about 6,000 people under age 14 are hospitalized because of a diving injury each year, with one in five sustaining a spinal cord injury.

Prevent accidents and injuries with these tips to ensure your family’s safety around water: Instruct children to never swim alone or go near water without an adult present.

Give children your undivided attention when they are swimming or are near any body of water.

Always jump in feet first to check the depth before diving into any body of water.

Never dive in the shallow end of the pool or into above-ground pools.

Fun on the water Boating, tubing and other water sports can be great fun but can also be dangerous. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, nearly 71 percent of all boating fatalities are drownings, 85 percent of which are a result of not wearing a life jacket. Here is what you can do to enjoy the water safely: Always have children wear a Coast Guard-approved, properly fitted life jacket while on a boat, around an open body of water or when participating in water sports.

Educate yourself. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 86 percent of boating accident deaths involve boaters who have not completed a safety course.

Always check water conditions and forecasts before going out on the water.

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 126,035 children ages 19 and under were seen in emergency rooms for fire and burn injuries in 2013.

Use these tips to keep children safe around fires, fireworks, grills and other heat sources: Teach kids to never play with matches, gasoline, lighter fluid or lighters. Make a habit of placing these items out of the reach of young children.

Do not leave children unattended near grills, campfires, fire pits or bonfires. Always have a bucket of water or fire extinguisher nearby whenever there is an open flame.

Take your child to a doctor or hospital immediately if he or she is injured in a fire or by fireworks.

Leave fireworks to the professionals.

To see more tips, find activity pages and learn how to become a “Superhero of Summer Safety,” visit shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/safesummer.

Mowing Matters Like Rottmann, thousands of children are injured in lawn mower accidents each year, some severely.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an average of 4,000 children under the age of 14 were treated in emergency rooms for lawn mower-related injuries annually from 2010-2014.

Lawn mower injuries account for a large percentage of accidental, partial or complete amputations, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. To avoid accidents involving lawn mowers, keep these tips in mind: Teach children to never play on or around a lawn mower, even when it is not in use. They should never be permitted to walk beside, in front of or behind a moving mower.

Children under 6 years of age should be kept inside the home while mowing.

Children should be at least 12 years of age before operating a push lawn mower and at least 16 years of age before operating a riding lawn mower.

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Seventh Grade Press

Volume 1, Number 5

Bighorn sheep of Sullivan Lake

T

he Seventh Grade Press is a series of sto­ ries written by seventh graders in Ms. Irene Ewing’s class at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport. Each student chose a topic of local historical importance, conduct­ ed research and interviews and went through a lengthy editing process.

More than 80 students participated and each one will get a ‘by line’ in The Miner Newspa­ pers. This is the fifth week of the project. Check back for the next several weeks for more on local history. See more on page 10A. If you find that you have something to add, interview candidates the class should talk to, or documents and artifacts you want registered in the local museum, contact the Seventh Grade Class at Sadie Halstead Middle School, in New­ port. They have agreed to collect and catalog everything that comes in, and deliver to the museum for archiving.

Newport once had its own airfield

By Jacob Coelho

In this little town, Newport, Wash., there was once an airfield. In 1929, the town of Newport purchased 53 acres from Mrs. J.C Scott and 2.68 acre from Jaynes Addition.

The idea was in fact to have an airport there and a park. After everything was established and some final improvements were made by the National Recov­ ery Act and WPA (Works Progress Administration) of 1933, the idea was to help reverse the economic collapse of the Great Depression. The Recovery Act See airstrip, 10A

population still clambers about the steep slopes of Hall Mountain. I recom­ mend seeing them when

you have time. I found my information on: Friends of the Columbia highlands.

www.columbiahigh­ lands.org/2012/02/26/ wildlife­v iewing­bighorn­ sheep/.

The Flood of 1948: Disaster and damage

By Chloe Jones

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By Madilyn Curtis

I’ve always liked ani­ mals when I was grow­ ing up, so when I had the opportunity to write an article about the bighorn sheep of Sullivan Lake, I took it.

There is a big herd of beautiful bighorn sheep at Sullivan Lake, but they weren’t originally there. The sheep were brought to Hall Moun­ tain on the east side of Sullivan Lake by the Fish and Game Department.

In 1972, some of the herd was captured in Canada in a national park and the rest of the bighorns came from the Thompson Falls area of Montana.

Up on the rocky slopes of Hall Mountain, wildlife watchers can watch the bighorn sheep grazing. There is a lot of nutrition in the danger­ ous cliffs and steep rocky drops.

The beautiful bighorn sheep were almost wiped out from their western range in the early 20th century. Since then, bighorn sheep have made a huge comeback.

Now several herds can be found in northeastern Washington, but the Hall Mountain herd is the most well known.

Although the Wash­ ington Department of Fish and Wildlife no longer maintains a feeding station for the bighorn sheep because of the possibility of entic­ ing mountain lions into the area, a big, healthy

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Imagine you live in Cusick. It is June 3, 1948, and you are trying to get to your house. During any nor­ mal summer, this would be an easy task, but the early June of 1948 was not a normal summer.

You are sitting on a small row­ boat and paddling through town in 2 to 6 feet of water. The reason for this is that on June 2, 1948, the town of Cusick flooded, damaging at least 50 houses.

This flood also hit most of the Co­ lumbia River Basin, including Pend Oreille County. Some things that made the flood of 1948 worse, were an abnormally large snowfall and sudden increase in temperatures.

The total cost of repairing flood damage throughout the basin was estimated to exceed $100 million.

In his report of the flood, Floods of May-June 1948 in Columbia River Basin, C. G. Paulsen stated “... the flood of 1948 was the greatest since 1894 on the large rivers of the basin...”

It was recognized that basin was in danger of flooding as early as March 1, 1948, and by May 1, it was almost certain that there would be dangerous amounts of runoff that year. On May 15, water levels in streams started to rise, and on May 23, a dike failed along Kootenai River. This was the first of many.

For a while, people tried to save the dikes, or build makeshift ones, but, according to the “Big Flood was Nearly 50 Years Ago” a 1998 Hori­ zon article, they eventually gave up.

The river was just too big to be con­ tained. The flood hit 12,000 acres around Cusick and Usk on May 31,

which forced 600 people to evacu­ ate the area when the dikes were dynamited to disperse the water out of town.

In Pend Oreille County, the flood hit a peak of 28.9 feet above aver­ age, making it the flood with the

For a while, people tried to save the dikes, or build makeshift ones, but, ... they eventually gave up. highest peak since 1894 (the 1894 flood peaked at 33.9 feet above aver­ age).

Newport also flooded. The first sign of relief for Newport came on June 9, when the flow of the river dropped from 163,000 cubic feet per second to 149,000 cubic feet per second. By the end of the flood, the river had flooded about 27,400 acres of land around Pend Oreille County and killed 51 people.

There are several things that, if they hadn’t happened, the flood probably wouldn’t have been as disastrous. One of those things was diking. In the 25 or so years before the flood, the flood plains for many parts of the river had been diked off for agricultural purposes. This diking constricted the river and blocked off its natural floodplain.

During the flood of 1948, many of these dikes had to be dynamited to make more room for the river to flow.

Another thing that contributed

to making the flood worse, was the above average snowpack in 1948.

In addition, temperatures that rose and stayed high resulted in a sudden thaw and large amounts of runoff, which contributed to the flood. Also contributing to the high water levels of the Pend Oreille River was the abnormally large amount rainfall in the April of 1948.

Along with all of this, there were very few flood warnings in newspa­ pers, with the only two being in The Newport Miner. All these things contributed to the damage caused by the flood of 1948.

On June 13, 1948, an article in The Newport Miner stated that although “… the flood of 1894 was four feet higher than the 1948 flood the damage in 1948 … was far greater.” The flood damaged or destroyed many things, includ­ ing bridges, roads, schools, dams, homes/farms, businesses, and private property. About 250,000 thousand acres of farmland were destroyed and at least 20,000 acres of land were damaged by erosion.

On top of all this, dikes that were dynamited had to be repaired.

Repairing all of that cost a lot of money. It cost so much, that in their June 3, 1948, issue, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that, “The … State military funds have about been depleted because of the flood.”

In fact, the total cost of repair was estimated to be $100 million for the whole Columbia River basin, of which, Pend Oreille County had to pay $2,330,950, which would amount to about $23.5 million See flood, 10A

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BY Hailey Bays

Bricks make buildings that wolves can’t blow down; that’s one reason a community needs a brick factory.

Another reason is to make buildings that are tough, fire proof, and that will last a long time. Hand made bricks will last longer than machine made bricks.

Brick is made of clay and shale that is ground up.

They mix the ground dirt, water, and sand. After the mud is mixed the mud throwers roll the mud with sand

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Don Jackson, owner of Jackson Motors since 1955, has turned over the Ford dealership to two of his sons, Bill, (left) and Doug (right). Don was the special guest at a surprise retirement party last Wednesday, but he said he really isn’t retiring. He thanked the people of the community, without all of the good customers, “we wouldn’t be here today,” Jackson said.

Jackson Motors began as a tire shop ther, Claude Jackson in 1935. In 1946, when my grandpa, Donald Jack­ son joined the tire shop, Jackson Tire Company

By Morgan Jackson

Jackson Motors started out as a tire shop in New­ port, Wash., that began with my great-grandfa­

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actually became Jackson Motors.

Jackson Motors was a Ford dealership located on Washington Avenue.

My grandpa took over the business around 1960 and he had the business for about 30-40 years.

My Grandpa Don started something called “Punt, Pass, and Kick, ” up at the Newport High School, for all ages. The project was to inform kids, teenagers, and high schoolers about how to play football. The NFL was supported by Ford in the 1960s, and since Ford supported them, the NFL gave them footballs for

the Punt, Pass, and Kick project.

Jackson Motors also donated cars to the high school driver’s ED class.

Jackson Motors had a used car lot just across the street from the shop, next door to the theater.

My grandad retired before the shop closed and he had given it to my dad’s older brothers, Uncle Bill and Uncle Doug in 1991.

Jackson Motors closed in 2001 due to the failing economy and people buy­ ing cars from Spokane, and Coeur d’Alene, be­ cause of people traveling way more than they did years ago.

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In 1908­09 Blackwell’s Railroad came to Pend Oreille Valley and to the town of Cusick. The arrival marked the end of boats being used as the only transportation.

However, boats were still used to move log rafts.

The Cusick community was made up of a lot of foreigners. That would in­ clude Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Irish, Slavic, Finnish, Austrians, Swiss, English, Scotch, Czech, and Yugoslavian people.

Native Americans were not foreigners and also lived in the community.

The Community Congre­ gational Church was built around 1910 by Mr. John Bond. The Calispel Grange was organized in 1911 near Cusick, and then moved to Cusick in 1942.

It still has a large mem­ bership. William Can­ non was the first Grange Master.

The Cusick’s women club was organized in 1916 by Mrs. Mildred Wike. This club was the first civic organization in Cusick.

The first high school and grade school was built in 1926 and opened the spring of 1927.

The present grade school was opened in 1951. The John Adam Wike gym was built in 1956.

In 1936 or 1938, elec­ tricity came to the com­ munity through Resources Events Agents (REA) and Public Utility District (PUD). The telephones came in 1951, the same year as the grade school

was opened.

In 1948 the flood hap­ pened. Everyone in Cusick had to evacuate. Lawrence Schultz said, “To paint a picture of Pend Oreille County it would have to be done with water colors be­ cause of the 15 mile wide flood.” That’s just how much water there was.

The mill went out in the fall of 1958 and the spring of 1999. No one could believe they were going to tear it down. A lot of people were leaving the community when this was happening.

Some went to work at the Diamond Mill in Newport.

People who didn’t want to leave the community drove back and forth to Spokane or Newport. The population dropped, but others have come in since then.

Cusick was named for Joe Cusick who home­ steaded the lands on which the town is now located. It became an incorporated town in the middle 1880’s.

I chose to do my report on Cusick because my fam­ ily used to live there and I wanted to learn more about it.

My resources were, The Big Smoke: 1973, Pend Oreille County ­www. historylink.org), and guest speakers Mrs. McClenny, a historian from the Pend Oreille County Historical Museum; Tony Bamonte, Pend Oreille County historical author; and Kris Cornelis, History Depart­ ment, Spokane Commu­ nity College.

This makes the kind of brick that has a proven track record of long-term durability and olden day charm to keep the mud from sticking to the brick forms, just like you would dust a loaf pan with flour to keep bread from sticking.

Then they throw the mud into the brick shaped mold, really hard, to break any air bubbles. The bricks need to be dried slowly before they are fired in a kiln up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes the kind of brick that has a proven track record of long-term durability and olden day charm.

Mrs. McClenny explained to our class that the clay was dug from a hillside between Newport and Priest River with horses pulling big scoops called fresnos.

Bill Piper wrote an article about Pend Oreille County brick making in the 1999 issue of The Big Smoke. He said it was hard to find information about the brick plants, especially about the brick plants near Metaline Falls.

Newport’s brick company was located across from Seebers Pharmacy and Owens Grocery and Deli, next to where the Newport Museum is now.

An article in the Spokesman Review newspaper said the brick factory here was making up to 6,000,000 bricks a year. That is probably why Newport and other local places in Pend Oreille County have so many brick buildings. I think you can tell the old brick buildings from the new ones. When you drive down main street in Newport, you should look up at the design and beautiful color or the old hand made brick buildings, … and maybe you’ll see a naughty, bad, mean wolf trying to get down a chimney.

airstrip: Hangar built in 1932 From Page 9A

was supposed to build industry, getting the economy going and to develop employment with a public works program.

Pilot, R.R Shackleton founded Newport airways.

He also taught students how to fly planes. His school lasted until the beginning of World War II. In 1932, the Newport Airport had a hangar built so planes weren’t out in the open.

Sadly, in the winter of 1968­69, the snow built up a lot on the hangar roof and collapsed the hangar, resulting in three private planes being destroyed and one dam­ aged. The hangar lasted about 40 years until it was destroyed.

There were also two other airports in the county, one in Cusick and one in Ione. The Newport and Cusick airports were not very busy in the late 60’s and they closed down due to Ione getting most of the flights. The Ione Airport is still in use today.

After that, it wasn’t long before the airport was dis­ banded and sold. The land was used for school build­ ings. The old runway is now known as Grizzly Stretch; the road from the Newport High School passing Strat­ ton Elementary.

flood: 95 houses damaged in Cusick From Page 9A

dollars today, which is around 2.5 times Pend Oreille County’s current budget.

To help pay this amount, the “Pend Oreille Flood, 1948” report said that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation gave Cusick, Usk, and Calispell Valley low interest loans. They were not the only organiza­ tion to help Pend Oreille County out, Red Cross gave $35,000 to the county as well.

In my mind, the flood of 1948 was disastrous in many ways: it damaged many houses (95 in Cusick alone) and businesses, spread over a wide area of land, had a long peak, point when the water is at its highest, and, as stated by the Spokesman Review on April 15, 1997, was very sudden.

There were also many things that made it worse, (manmade and natural) such as diking and lots of precipitation. When water levels receded to normal, all was not well, for people still had to repair every­ thing that was damaged. But, Pend Oreille County rebuilt and overcame all the challenges of the flood of 1948.

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Utility district looking to Ione for wireless tower spot

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

IONE – The Pend Oreille County Public Utility District (PUD) recently met with Ione Town Council to discuss the possibility of installing a wireless tower that would improve internet access and speed to customers in the area.

Robert Fritz, Community Network System Supervisor for the PUD, discussed the site visit with Ione Mayor Charles Spears.

Fritz says PUD’s goal is to install an antenna, possibly by the water reservoir, for better wireless service to the surrounding area.

“We’re looking at several different areas that provide good coverage and is viable for all parties involved,” says Fritz. PUD will have a survey of the area complet-

ed to have control points marked and identify placement of the antenna. All reasonable concerns of the town will be addressed and incorporated in any agreement. Pend Oreille Valley Networks, Inc. (POVN), a Newport business, no longer provides wireless service equipment to the already existing towers in Ione and Metaline, though the business will continue to compete as retail service provider in the area, along with iFiber, which has an office in Newport. POVN removed its wireless equipment from the towers in mid-May. According to Fritz, PUD would like to complete the project by August. Spears says any agreement must cover the town for potential damage to the city’s reservoir during the towers construc-

tion, if it’s decided that is the best place to build the tower. He adds the town of Ione can also not be blamed for interruption during any construction.

“Improved communication is a good thing, but not if it conflicts with the reservoir,” Spears says.

“The integrity of the town’s water/sewer system was a focus of mine as a council member and it continues to be so. There’s a lot of pipes and electrical fixtures that are in that area, so we want to be protective of that.” Ione’s water reservoir holds 500,000 gallons and serves about 500 customers.

Fritz says the design of the tower is still in the development phase and could either be a wooden pole or a three-sided metal structure, 40 to 50 feet tall.

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A graphic shows the extension of wireless internet coverage that could be extended via a new tower in the Ione area.

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to our members. While we support the Spokane Tribe’s goal to create more economic opportunity for its members, we cannot support a strategy that comes at such a high cost

to our own people and so clearly does not meet the narrow criteria required by federal game law,” the tribe stated in the release.

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The Kalispel Tribe disagrees.

“During the evaluation process, the Kalispel Tribe and other local jurisdictions present clear and compelling evidence that the Spokane Tribe’s proposed off-reservation casino would indeed be detrimental. However, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and now Gov. Inslee, chose to ignore this evidence.”

According to Inslee, he based his determination on a year of extensive legal review and discussions with multiple tribal governments, state and local authorities, federal officials, U.S. Air Force leaders and business and community groups.

In a press release, Inslee said deliberations supporting the STEP project were grounded in four principles: respecting the sovereignty and economic development of tribal governments, protecting the vitality of the state’s military installations, supporting the priorities of local governments and communities, and guarding against the unnecessary expansion of all forms

of gaming across Washington State.

When asked what his response was to Kalispel Tribe members who opposed the approval of the STEP project, Inslee said the Spokane Tribe is within its rights.

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situation with an easy, clear-cut answer,” Inslee said. “I wanted to be sure to fully understand all perspectives on this issue before making a decision.

All sides have very compelling arguments in favor of and against this proposal.

After much consideration, I decided that allowing the Spokane Tribe to develop on its federally recognized land was both fair and appropriate under the federal legal requirements.”

The Spokane casino proposal is an off-reservation casino, but is federally designated trust land within the aboriginal area of the Spokane Tribe. The last time an off-reservation casino was approved was when Gov. Gary Locke approved the Kalispel Tribe’s Northern Quest casino in 1998. Pend Oreille County Commissioners weighed in on the decision, citing concerns for the Kalispel Tribe and the effect a new casino would have on the economy. The board never officially went on the record in writing opposition to STEP. “I think that it’s (STEP approval) a dismal mistake by the governor,” said Mike Manus, District 2 Chairman. “I support the (Kalispel) tribe 100 percent; they have been great partners to the county and community. My concern is for the tribe and the survival of Fairchild Air Force Base.

The loss would be devastating for Spokane County and Pend Oreille County.”

Manus added that the STEP project would also interfere with the Kalispels’ efforts to maintain a destination resort in Pend Oreille County, slowing those efforts down or extinguishing them completely.

Karen Skoog, District 1 Vice-Chairwoman, said that the issue would require more research on her part, and that “I wouldn’t want to see any economic impact on the Kalispels.”

District 3 Commissioner Steve Kiss echoed these reactions, citing Northern Quest Casino as bringing in revenue to the community.

“My interest is what is best for Pend Oreille County and the Kalispel Tribe,” Kiss said. “The Camas Center for Community Wellness and the casino are both benefits to our county, and I’m disappointed in the governor’s decision.” Because of Northern Quest’s success and other Kalispel business enterprises, the tribe provides 2,000 jobs and has donated more than $15 million to regional non-profit organizations.

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worked hard to grow and diversify our business enterprises, and we will continue this work. While we have made progress, it will require many years of success to overcome the generational problems caused by decades of struggle.”

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., has long been concerned about STEP’s potential impact on Fairchild Air Force Base, also located near Airway Heights.

“While I support the Spokane Tribe’s desire for economic development, I’ve always believed that the potential impact of the project’s location on Fairchild Air Force Base should be the primary factor in determining whether to allow it to move forward,” she said in a statement. “The governor’s announcement doesn’t change my views – we need to make sure we’re protecting Fairchild’s future, and I will continue to carefully monitor the impact this project will have on future operations and missions to ensure Fairchild continues to play a vital role in our nation’s strategic defense interests and in Eastern Washington’s economy.”

In his letter to the Interior, Inslee noted that the circumstances of the STEP proposal were distinctive enough that the project does not pose risks to future unnecessary gaming expansion, and that the Air Force is on record saying the gaming facility would not create a hazard or impede operations at Fairchild Air Force Base. Inslee also noted that substantial evidence demonstrates the STEP project will generate significant economic benefit in the region, create thousands of jobs during construction and operation, and generate millions of dollars in wages and state and local taxes.

The governor’s consensus means the Spokane Tribe can begin developing the STEP facility. The tribe already has a gaming compact with the state that governs the size and scope of operations at the facility.

“We are thankful for Governor Inslee’s support to help our Tribe with selfsufficiency while providing a major economic impact to the entire Spokane region,” said Carol Evans, chairwoman of the Spokane Tribal Council.

The Department of the Interior did not return inquiries for comment on the STEP Project before deadline. Reps. Shelly Short, R-Addy, and Joel Kretz, R-Wacounda, were not available for comment.

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Upcoming events at Priest River Library

b r i e f ly Join Usk for 4th of July breakfast and parade USK – The annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast will be held at the Usk Community Hall, 2442 Black Road, from 8-11 a.m.

The menu is pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee. The price is $5 for all you can eat, and children under six years old get in free.

The community parade will also form at the community hall and begin at noon.

There will also be a raffle for various gift baskets. The baskets to be raffled are: a movie basket, a kitchen basket, a baking basket, a gardening basket, a laundry basket, a bath basket, and a sewing basket. The proceeds from the raffle will be used to help maintain and keep the community hall open. The price of a raffle ticket will be $1 or six for $5.

For more information, call Laurie at 509-6752398 or Brenda at 503801-0613.

‘American Bandstand’ tribute at Circle Moon Theater NEWPORT – Tickets are now on sale for “7th Annual Northwoods Unleashed – A Tribute to American Bandstand.”

A pioneering television phenomenon, “Bandstand” brought popular music into U.S. living rooms for more than 30 years.

Headliners will perform music from the “Bandstand” years – a summer musical celebration of familiar tunes.

Ticket prices are $12 for the show only, $25 for dinner and the show, and $10 for seniors and students.

Performance dates are July 15-16 and July 22-23. For tickets, call 208-448-1294 or visit the online box office at northwoodsperformingarts.com for show times and dinner menus.

Circle Moon Theater is located on Highway 211, 3-1/2 miles north of Highway 2.

Check out these book clubs BLANCHARD – Both the Blanchard and Priest River Libraries have monthly Book Talks that members of the public are encouraged to participate in.

Blanchard Book Talk meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Blanchard Library, located at 412 Railroad Ave., Blanchard. “Storm Clouds Rolling In” by Ginny Dye is the choice for June. “The Bones Will Speak” by Carrie Stuart Parks is July’s selection.

Priest River Book Talk meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at Priest River Library, located at 118 Main St., Priest River. June’s choice is “Shipping News” by Annie Proulx. “Beach Music” by Pat Conroy will be discussed in July.

To get a copy of the next Book Talk selection, contact the libraries mentioned. Go to www. westbonner.lili.org for more information.

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Trying safety on for size Mason Rekkedal and Zane Schwartzenberger, sixth graders at Idaho Hill Elementary, try on a firefighter’s coat during Safety Day Thursday, June 9. Representatives from Life Flight, Priest River Police Department, West Pend Oreille Fire, Newport EMS, Idaho Parks and Recreation, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Ranger Rick, and Idaho Fish and Game were on hand to present their respective fields and discuss safety practices with students. “The day brings our community services into the school and gives our kids an opportunity to visit with each one,” Principal Susie Luckey said. “We can’t thank them enough for giving their time and resources to our kids.”

Hang out with Cusick Class of 1966 USK – The Cusick Class of 1966 will hold its 50th class reunion Saturday, July 16 at the Usk Community Hall, 2442 Black Road at 10 a.m. Coffee and snacks will be served. Dinner is served at 3 p.m.

Anyone from other graduating classes is welcome to stop by and visit.

For more information, call Larry at 509-9396838.

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Community college graduation Wednesday NEWPORT – The graduation ceremony for the Spokane Community College (SCC) Newport Center is Wednesday, June 15, 6:30 p.m. at Stratton Elementary School.

The center is awarding 28 associates of arts (AA) transfer degrees, five associate in applied science (AAS) degrees and three professional certificates.

Eight students earned GEDs and one earned High School Completion.

PRIEST RIVER – The Friends of the Library and the Idaho Humanities Council present “The Civilian Conservation Corps,” Thursday, June 30, at 5:30 pm, at the Priest River Library.

This presentation revisits the CCC in fresh perspective and places the CCC in Idaho forests at the very heart of contemporary issues such as conservation, fire ecology and outdoor recreation.

The presentation brings the period alive through a digital portal based on the digitizing of thousands of photographs and documents by the University of Idaho Library.

This presentation is free to the public.

Summer Story Time begins in Priest River starting June 23. Until then, Story Time will continue to offer the youngest readers weekly programs on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at the Priest River Library. Learn about all the fun things to do on vacations, celebrate pirates and camping in the woods, and much more during Summer Story Time.

we e k ah ead Wednesday, June 15 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Blanchard Library Master Chef Cooking Series: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Newport Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m. - Newport

Friday, June 17 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

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

Al-Anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208946-6131

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

VFW Breakfast: 8-11 a.m.

- 112 Larch St., Priest River

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

Books out Back: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Priest River Library

North Idaho Pattern Racers 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Building, Oldtown

Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

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

AA Meeting: 5 p.m. Cornerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

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

Thursday, June 16

Oath Keepers Constitutional Study Group: 5:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

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

- Rotary Club, Old Diamond Mill Rd., Oldtown

Newport Youth: 4 p.m.

- Sadie Halstead Middle School

Story Time - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Priest River Library Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport 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 Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 301 E. Third St. N., Oldtown

Saturday, June 18

Sunday, June 19

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

Monday, June 20 Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Community Church Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

Tuesday, June 21 Blanchard Spinners: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Kinship Caregivers Foster Parent Support Group: 9-11 a.m. - Sandifur Room, Newport Hospital

Pend Oreille Kids Club: 6 p.m. - Pend Oreille Mennonite Church

Blanchard Stitchers Quilting Session: 9 a.m. to noon - Blanchard Community Center

Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

Priest River Food Bank Open: 9-11:45 a.m. - Priest

River Senior Center Families For Kids and DCFS: 9-11 a.m. - 1600 W. First St., Newport 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 Weight Watchers: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m.

meeting - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport Priest River Chamber of Commerce Dinner Meeting: 5:30 p.m. - Rotating Restaurants

Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Community Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance Newport TOPS: 8:30 a.m. Hospitality House

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

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

Wednesday, June 22

Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. - Priest River Senior Center

Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. Oldtown Rotary Park

Where to Worship

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

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

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

John 6:35

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 p.m.

Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

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

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

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

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

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH

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

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

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.

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

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

REAL LIFE NEWPORT

“Where Jesus and Real Life Meet.”

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A.

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

(509) 447-4338

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

“Jesus Youth Church” Youth Group Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

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

BAHÁ’Í FAITH OF NEWPORT

“Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face and hear the Voice of the Promised One.” The Divine Springtime has come.

Rejoice!

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

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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40th Annual Elk Pioneer Days 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

ARRIVE

DEPART

2:00 PM

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

4:15 PM

Newport: Safeway

5:45 PM

Spokane: Bank of America

P.M.

Friday, June 17 Noon – Vendors set up in the park 2 p.m. – Vendors open to the public 7 p.m. – All Ages Family Dance at Elk Park Dance to live music by D.R. Sly and the Culprits VFW Beverage Garden Open 3-8 p.m.

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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.

Coeur d’Alene 208-765-3311 Sandpoint 208-263-1016

40 years of Elk Pioneer Days

Saturday, June 18 7-10 a.m. – Firefighters Breakfast at Elk Fire Station 9 a.m. – Parade Sign-In at Boondocks Store Road closes at 9:15 a.m.

10 a.m. – Parade Starts P.A. Parade Announcements, in front of the ‘Welcome to Elk’ sign, by Larry Walker.

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.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Vendors open in the park

Camping Supplies Sporting Goods Fishing Gear Cards & Clothes

Don’t Forget Dad Sun., June 19th

BEN FRANKLIN (208) 437-4822 • Open 7 days • Oldtown

facebook.com/bfoldtown www.BenFranklinVariety.com

PROPANE SALES Serving Pend Oreille & Bonner Counties Since 1996 CENEX HARVEST STATES (509) 534-0470 • www.cnxhs.com

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

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

(509) 292-2543

• MEDICAL EQUIPMENT • MEDICAL SUPPLIES Proudly serving you • PRESCRIPTIONS locally since 1906 • SENIOR SERVICES

509-447-2484 • 336 S. Washington Ave., Newport,WA

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Children’s activities Licensed • Bonded • New Construction • Remodels/Repairs

by Peaceful Valley No bragging, no boasting. . . Just Good Service. .

Church Consistently providing the best in Service • Quality • Price

Food Vendors: Serving the area for over 22 years!

Betty Jeans (BBQ), Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning.

2nd and 3rd generation experience on hand. ETZ and Treats Lunch also available at the Offices in Oldtown & Deer Park VFW Oldtown Deer Park (877) 437-1085 Elk Homemakers Cake (208) 437-1085 (509) 276-2721 Walk (Shuttle service available) ID Lic: 11072 • WA Lic: NORTHSP02551

H & D DIESEL, INC.

Over 27 Years Roadside Service CAT Dealer Experience Licensed • Insured 877-447-4699 ROD HILDEN

9381 Coyote Trail Phone (509) 447-4699 Newport, WA

Noon – Parade announcements at Elk Park VFW Beverage Garden Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Deer Park Auto Licensing For over 30 years!

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

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.

Closed all legal Holidays

www.deerparklicensing.com

Precious Metal Auto Body Works

Enjoy the 40th Annual Elk Pioneer Days

111 West 1st • Deer Park (509) 276-9505 • Open 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

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40th Annual Elk Pioneer Days Pend Oreille County

Public Utility District

“Quality Service at Low Cost” www.popud.org 509-447-3137 509-242-3137

ELK-CHATTAROY SEPTIC “SERVICE” Professional-Pumping, Trucks, Service, Employees

HONESTY & INTEGRITY

(509)

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Thunder Valley Car Show at Elk Park 8 p.m. – Elk Days Dance at the VFW with Texas Twister

(509)

Elk Community Park, 40044 N. Elk-Camden Road Means Clean Tanks Elk VFW Post, 39716 N. Camden Ext. Road A Size To Fit Every Need Elk Fire Station, Elk-Camden Road Licensed • Insured Clean Trucks, Clean Employees:

Lighted / Fenced

C M S

R E M M SU E L A S L TOO

Your Favorite Brands, Under One Roof

TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU

SPOKANE POWER TOOLS 801 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.

(509) 489-4202

COEUR D’ALENE POWER TOOL 451 Cherry Lane (208) 667-1158

PAT’S PUMPS 39706 N. Newport Hwy. • Elk, WA

103 Classic Lane • Elk, WA

(509) 292-2075 • On Site Owner

Call us for all your water needs WA Lic.#PATSPPL92124

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!!

Miller’sYourOne Stop one stop Shop Gas • Diesel • Groceries • Pop • Ice • Lottery

All The Accessories We Now Carry Hardware

39824 Hwy 2, Elk • 509-292-2365

(509) 292-2322

Shaky Grounds Espresso Passin’ by or just around the corner, stop in for the best beverages in and out of town.

34911 N. Newport Hwy 509-292-2930

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BIG “D” SEPTIC W. 507 Crawford • Deer Park, WA

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Serving the Community Since 1984

509-276-6840

Licensed & Insured

• VETERAN DISCOUNT • MULTI TANK DISCOUNT • SENIOR DISCOUNT • CERTIFICATION • WE PUMP BOTH SIDES OF THE TANK I raised four children: Bob Jr., Kathy, Cindy and Craig. I was in the Seabees 85th Construction Naval Battalion. We pump tanks in Spokane west to Suncrest, east to Blanchard Road, and north to Chewelah and Deer Park.

•

“WE ARE THE RED, WHITE & BLUE COMPANY”

Licensed & Insured

“Hi, my name is Robert Novak, I spent three years in the South Pacific in WWII and would appreciate your business.”

Licensed & Insured

Licensed & Insured

40th Annual Elk Pioneer Days

PIZZA • PASTA • SALADS KC’S TAKE N BAKE PIZZA N MORE CALL AHEAD OR JUST SHOW UP...

DEER PARK, WA • (509) 276-2661

Riverside Automotive “YOUR DREAM HOME AWAITS” Service and Repair Foreign & Domestic Repair

Now Showing Properties, Homes & Cabins www.newportoffice.JohnLScott.com

• Tune-ups • Diagnostic Service • Brakes • Clutches • Electrical • Engine •Air Conditioning

34612 N. Newport Hwy 2 Chattaroy, WA • (509) 292-8979

Mary Ann Jones, Des. Broker, ABR GRI SRES maryannjones@johnlscott.com www.maryannjones.johnlscott.com

509-671-0193 301 N. Union Ave Newport, WA Office 509-447-3144 Toll FREE 888-234-7355

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home & Crematory 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

Serving you for over 30 years

Mike’s Auto Exchange Locally Owned & Operated Specializing in trucks and 4x4 vehicles 39705 N. Newport Hwy Elk, WA (509) 292-2448 www.mikesauto-exchange.com

AMERICAN EAGLE HVAC “Your Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration Experts”

24 Hour Service (509) 671-6952

Service, Installation & Sales Certified in Envelope & Duct Testing P.O. Box 550 • Newport, WA • 509-447-4962 aehvac@gmail.com • americaneaglehvac1.com Bonded • WA# AMERIEH902JG • ID# 005173/CONTRACTOR • Insured

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Adults can transfer their controlled hunt tags BOISE – To enhance youth hunting opportunity and experience, holders of a controlled hunt tag for big game or a turkey controlled hunt permit are reminded that they may transfer their tag or permit to their child or grandchild.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission adopted rules in 2012 that allow a person to transfer their controlled hunt tag to their child or grandchild under the age of 18 who is qualified to participate in the hunt. New rules approved in 2016 clarified the once-in-a-lifetime harvest eligibility.

Tag transfer requirements include: • The child or grandchild may be designated only one controlled hunt tag per species per calendar year.

• The transfer must be made before the opening date of the hunt.

• Resident adults can only transfer to their resident child or grandchild; and nonresident adults can only transfer to their nonresident child or grandchild.

• The once-in-a-lifetime eligibility applies to the child or grandchild if they harvest. For example, if an adult designates his or her antlered moose, antlerless moose, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, California bighorn, or Mountain goat tag to their child, and the child harvests using that tag, the child has fulfilled the child’s once-in-a-lifetime eligibility and will no longer be eligible to apply for that species.

• Controlled hunt tags or permits cannot be sold.

Courtesy photo|Ed Broberg

Throwing it home The final pitch of the Little League season was thrown by Colton Seeber. Seeber played for the N2 Minors team who had an undefeated season. Eleven athletes made up the team coached by Jim Fleck and Trevor Shaw. NYAA (Newport Youth Athletic Association) hosted 11 teams this year. Players ranged in age from five and six year olds playing T-Ball to Coach Pitch (7-8 years old), Minors (9-8 years old), Majors (11-12 years old) and Girl’s Softball teams (9-12 years old).

Practice began the first week of April followed by one to two games a week through June 10.

Teams played Newport, Priest River, Spirit Lake and Deer Park Little League teams. Home games were played at the Newport City Grandstand’s ball fields.

Commission approves changes to antlerless deer harvest OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to reduce the number of hunting days for antlerless deer in northeastern Washington at a public meeting June 10-11 in Olympia.

The commission, a citizen panel appointed by the governor to set policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, agreed to reduce the number of antlerless white-tailed deer hunting days for archery to six days and eliminate the muzzleloader season for antlerless white-tailed deer in the region. These changes apply to game management units 101-121.

Commission Chairman Brad Smith said the restrictions reflect concerns about deer herds affected last year by an outbreak of blue tongue disease, a virus caused by biting gnats. In April, the commission reduced the number of hunting days for antlerless deer for youth, seniors and hunters with disabilities to four days this year. WDFW had intended to propose these additional restrictions at the April meeting.

More information about the new restrictions will be available this week on WDFW’s website at www. wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/.

Also at the meeting, the commission voted to keep killer whales and streaked horned larks on Washington’s endangered species list. WDFW recently updated status reviews for both species and recommended that they retain their current protected status.

The draft review for killer whales is available online at www.

wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01773/ while the draft review for streaked horned larks can be found at www.wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01774/.

Washington has three major populations of killer whales, which have been listed as a state endangered species since 2004.

Two populations of whales, transient and offshore whales, roam the entire West Coast. The

The restrictions reflect concerns about deer herds affected last year by an outbreak of blue tongue disease, a virus caused by biting gnats. southern resident whale population, the population of greatest concern, consisted of 81 whales in July 2015, down 17 percent from 1995. Southern resident killer whales face numerous risks, including the reduced availability of chinook salmon, their main source of food. All three whale populations face various environmental threats from chemical pollutants, potential oil spills, and disturbance and noise from vessels.

The streaked horned lark is a rare subspecies of lark found only in western Washington and Oregon. The lark was listed as en-

dangered in Washington in 2006 and as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2013. Although recent surveys indicate the state’s streaked horned lark population may be stabilizing, only 147 pairs were found in Washington in 2015.

Several problems threaten the streaked horned lark, including habitat loss, predation on nests and young larks and disease. Conservation actions – such as restoring habitat and protecting lark nests – have improved the outlook for lark recovery. However, the range-wide population remains low, especially in Washington.

In other business, the commission approved WDFW’s proposal to buy 3,600 acres in Klickitat County. The property, located in the Simcoe Mountains, will be incorporated into the Klickitat Wildlife Area, which is managed by the department.

Commissioners also were given an update by department staff on WDFW’s Wild Future initiative.

The effort reflects the agency’s commitment to work with people throughout the state to address the most important challenges affecting fish and wildlife conservation.

More information on the initiative and an opportunity for the public to comment are available on WDFW’s website at www.wdfw. wa.gov/wildfuture/.

Additionally, WDFW staff gave the commission briefings on toxic chemicals in Puget Sound salmon, the effects of climate change on fish and wildlife, and ocean salmon ranching operations.

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Public input sought on youth hunts, trapper education BOISE – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game wants to hear from the public about proposed changes to eligibility requirements for youth hunts and also proposals for mandatory trapper education.

To review the proposals and submit comments, go online to the public involvement page on Fish and Game’s website at www.fishandgame.idaho.gov/content/public-involvement.

Youth Hunting Fish and Game continues to propose steps to simplify youth licensing and hunting, to make it easier for families and youth to understand youth hunting opportunities and eligibility requirements. Commission-approved seasons include youth general and controlled hunts for pheasants, turkeys, and waterfowl. Currently, age and mentoring eligibility requirements are inconsistent with resident Junior Hunting License and nonresident Junior Mentored Hunting License requirements and are inconsistent across species.

In order to make it easier to understand requirements needed to participate in designated youth hunts, Fish and Game proposes the following four changes: • Modify requirements for youth participating in youth pheasant and turkey hunts to be consistent with their License or Passport requirements. Federal regulations require all youth participating in the Youth Waterfowl Hunt must be accompanied by a licensed adult 18 or older.

• Standardize the age structure for participation in the Youth Pheasant Season to include licensed hunters 10 years of age to 17 years of age, and hunting passport holders 8 years of age to 17 of age.

• Add general hunts to the list of youth-only turkey hunts the Commission may establish. In addition, standardize the age structure for participation in youthonly general and controlled turkey hunts to include licensed hunters 10 years of age to 17 years of age.

Passport holders 10 years of age to 17 years of age can participate in the youth-only general turkey hunts.

• Standardize the age structure for participation in the Youth Waterfowl Hunt to include licensed hunters 10 years of age to 17 years of age, and hunting passport holders 8 years of age to 17 of age.

Mandatory Trapper Education House Bill 378, passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2016 and signed by the Governor, created mandatory trapping education to be administered by the Fish and Game Commission. The commission previously scoped trapping education rules and has requested additional review prior to adoption. The trapping education program will focus on teaching trappers effective techniques to reduce the likelihood of non-target catch of dogs and other animals.

The Fish and Game Commission will be deciding on one of the following two options to adopt for trapper education.

• Require all persons who purchased their first Idaho trapping license on or after July 1, 2011, to take mandatory trapper education. This option is designed to provide training to all the newer trappers that recently took up trapping when the fur prices peaked.

• Require all persons who purchased their first Idaho trapping license on or after July 1, 2017, to take mandatory trapper education. This option is designed to only train first time trappers who have never purchased a trapping license and “grandfather-in” all persons who have previously purchased a license in Idaho or other states.

Comments will be collected through June 27. All comments will be summarized and presented to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for their consideration.

s p o rt s cale n dar Wednesday, June 15 Boys Basketball Camp: 9-11 a.m. - Newport High School Track and Field Summer Camp: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- Newport High School Boys Basketball Camp: noon to 2 p.m. - Newport High School

Track and Field Summer Camp: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- Newport High School Boys Basketball Camp: noon to 2 p.m. - Newport High School

Friday, June 17 Track and Field Summer Camp: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

- Newport High School

Thursday, June 16

Saturday, June 18

Boys Basketball Camp: 9-11 a.m. - Newport High School

Open Gym, Adult Basketball: 7 a.m. - Newport High School

208-448-2311

Albeni Hwy. • Priest River Washington Customers Call Toll Free 1-800-440-8254

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he Priest River Lamanna High School Class of 2016 was a small one, with 53 students graduating, including three exchange students. Being a small class has its perks, however. Many speakers during the graduation ceremony and a video montage spoke about how close this class was.

All Photos By Michelle Nedved

The class of 2016 laughs during the funny Salutatorian address by Johnny Campbell.

Graduates line up before proceeding into the gymnasium at Priest River Lamanna High School Saturday morning.

Graduates were all smiles Saturday at Priest River Lamanna High School Saturday.

Johnny Campbell gave the Salutatorian address, titled “What School Actually Taught Us,” during Priest River’s graduation Saturday morning. Class president Ian Barnes gave a speech titled “To Infinity and Beyond,” and Valedictorian Hannah Keinert gave the Valedictorian address titled, “Define Your Own Success.”

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Proud to Support our Local Youth Colville: 509-684-5071 Usk: 888-445-1732

Support Our Future Loggers

Trevor Favaro 208-290-4547 (Formerly Welco Lumber)

Brandon Keinert, a teacher at Priest River Lamanna High School, hugs his daughter, Hannah, after her graduation Saturday morning. Hannah Keinert was the Valedictorian for the class of 2016.

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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.

Pend Oreille County

Monday, June 6 DRUGS: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights TRESPASSING: W. Walnut St., report of male trespassed.

BURGLARY: N. Calispel Ave., Newport DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights.

MALICIOUS MISCHEIF: W. 6th Ave. THEFT: Westside Calispel Rd., report of theft of wood on Saturday.

BRUSH FIRE: Hwy. 211 FIRE ALARM: N. Newport Ave., general fire smoke detector alarm.

SEX OFFENSE: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of indecent exposure.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle swerving into both lanes.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights THREATENING: W. 5th St., complainant reports receiving a threat.

THREATENING: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of male being verbally abusive to caller.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 4th St. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: West Sunset Hwy. ACCIDENT: Hwy. 211, report of multi-car accident with minor injuries.

WEAPON OFFENSE: W. 1st St. RUNAWAY JUVENILE: Hwy. 2, complainant reports daughter didn’t come home from school.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ANIMAL PROBLEM: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Ione area, checking area for reckless driver.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL: N. 1st Ave. SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Hwy. 2 ARREST: Joshua S. Boles, 39, of Newport arrested on a local warrant.

ARREST: N. Fea Ave., Newport, Nicholas M. Sjostrom, 30, of Oldtown arrested for burglary.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: Hwy. 20 ASSAULT: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report of assault between inmates.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of a man in parking lot looking into cars.

Tuesday, June 7 HAZMAT: Hwy. 20, report of five-gallon bucket of a chemical labeled low grade low velocity Hy-Guard spilled on road by the water.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights RECOVERED VEHICLE: Tacoma Creek Rd., report of white Ford F250 abandoned and missing the front bumper guard vehicle out of Montana.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Monumental Way, report of juvenile problem.

TRAFFIC OFENSE: Hwy. 31, report of vehicle that drove by bus with the paddle out.

THEFT: Harworth Rd., report of three road signs stolen.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: LeClerc Rd. N., report of cold domestic violence call.

TRESPASSING: S. Garden Ave., Newport, complainant states subject is not allowed at apartments.

ACIDENT: Spruce, report of gold Grand Prix and small blue Saturn non-blocking.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ARREST: W. Walnut St., Newport, Nicholas Michael Sjostrom, 30, of Oldtown arrested for criminal trespass in the 2nd.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: Hwy. 2, cite and release WEAPON OFFENSE: Veit Rd., report that neighbor is shooting.

ARREST: Hwy. 2 Steven W. Imrie, 50, of Metaline arrested for driving under the influence.

FOUND PROPERTY: Stanley Rd., report of found cell phone.

NOISE COMPLAINT: W. 6th FIRE: Krough Lane, report of a large slash pile with hot embers.

MISSING PERSON: W. 6th, caller reports mother went on blind date and has not been able to contact her and she has not come home.

Wednesday, June 8 TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Fea Ave., Newport, complainant wants to talk to a deputy about possible squatters in a house that they purchased.

AUTOMOBILE THEFT: W. 6th Ave. AUTOMOBILE THEFT: N. Warren Ave., Newport, report that sometime between late last night to about 5:30 a.m. someone stole complainant’s truck.

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 Park Board: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center

TRESPASSING: W. Hwy. 2, report of three subjects who won’t leave.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: N. Union Ave., Newport, report of

Priest River City Council: 6 p.m. - Priest River City Hall Selkirk School Board: 6 p.m. - Selkirk Middle/High School Music Room Pend Oreille Fire District No. 8 Board: 7 p.m. - Fire Station at Spring Valley and Tweedie Roads

Tuesday, June 21

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

South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue: 7 p.m. - Station 31, 325272 Highway 2, Diamond Lake

Monday, June 20 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. Pend Oreille County Courthouse Newport City Council: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Lynn M. Kolar, 43, Spokane arrested for probation violation.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 7th St. complainant states neighbor’s dog is trying to attack her.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: 6th Ave. ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Stephanie L. Gray, 27, of Oldtown arrested on local warrant.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED: River Rd., driver cited and released for DWLS. ALARM LAW: N. Washington Ave., report of front door burglary alarm.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. Washington Ave., Newport, complainant received information that two males are at her house and dogs are going crazy; one male got into a Toyota four runner type SUV and parked at vacant house.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: S. 8th Ave., report of a group of four juveniles wearing black and grey.

TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

Thursday, June 9 TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights AGENCY ASSIST: Elk-Chattaroy Rd., report that Spokane Fire requests one tender for grass fire.

BRUSH FIRE: Stadium Drive THEFT: W. 5th St. JUNK VEHICLE: S. Grandview Ave., report of junk vehicle for inspection ARREST: N. State Ave., Nicole J. Love, 39, of Oldtown arrested on local warrant.

ARREST: S. Garden Ave., Justin D. Dobson, 30, of Newport arrested on local warrant.

WANTED SUBJECT: W. Kelly Drive, report of subject with possible warrant at residence.

WANTED PERSON: 5th Ave. TRAFFIC OFFENSE: Gray, report of suspended driver.

ACCIDENT: Pine St., report of vehicle injury accident.

FRAUD: S. Garden Ave., Newport, report that subject wants to talk to deputy about friend using his identity.

THEFT: McAvoy Ave., report of theft of jewelry within last week.

ARREST: Hwy. 2, William John Melville, 34, of Newport arrested for driving while license suspended.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: 5th, report of black bull terrier loose in the alley and is aggressive towards people.

West Bonner County School Board: 6 p.m. - District Office, Priest River

Thursday, June 16

THEFT: Lehigh Ave., report of items missing from garage, unknown time frame.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: LeClerc Rd. S., report of dump trucks speeding thru the area.

Bonner County Commissioners: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building

Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission Workshop: 5 p.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 4th St.

POSSIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2

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

Ione Town Council: 7 p.m.

- Clerk’s Office

MISSING PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

STRUCTURE FIRE: Coyote Trail, report of mobile home filled with smoke, at this time no flames visible.

pu blic m e eti ngs Wednesday, June 15

possible suspended driver with false plate.

Pend Oreille PUD Commissioners: 10 a.m. - Newport PUD Offices Cusick School Board: 3:30 p.m. - Cusick High School Library West Pend Oreille Fire District Board: 6:30 p.m. Fire Station on Highway 57 Property Rights Council: 6:30 p.m. - Bonner County Administration Building, Sandpoint

Wednesday, June 22 Tri-County Economic Development District: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

AGENCY ASSIST: Hwy. 41, report of agency assist with reckless driver.

TRESPASSING: Deer Valley Lane SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: McKay St., report of

fireworks.

neighbor’s.

out of county warrant.

POSSAIBLE DUI: Hwy. 2

ANIMAL PROBLEM: LeClerc Rd. N., report of herd of cows in roadway.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: Scotia Rd., report of screaming coming from property.

LAW ALARM: N. Union Ave., Newport, report of back motion alarm at Newport Pawn.

Friday, June 10

TRAFFIC HAZARD: Veit Rd., report that trailer broke in half and is blocking roadway.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Sacheen Terrace, report of vehicle that parks in cul-de-sac late at night and is gone by 9 or 10 next morning.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Hwy. 2, report of male approximately 12-13 years old with green back pack, grey hoodie, red shorts, dropped off and walking south.

JUNK VEHICLE: Riverbend Loop, report of one junk vehicle, no form filled out yet.

TRESPASSING: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED: 3rd Ave. ASSAULT: Coyote Trail, report of 14-year-old female bitten by sister.

ASSAULT: N. Warren Ave., Spokane, report that male shoved complainant’s wife.

JUVENILE PROBLEM: Houghton St., report of kids playing inside old elementary school.

DISTURBANCE: Raylen Lane, report of 90-year-old female with laceration to the head.

AGENCY ASIST: E. 4th, report of foot pursuit.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: W. 4th St., report that someone came and rang doorbell a bunch of times.

VEHICLE PROWL: Camden Rd., complainant reports they heard a gunshot and then noticed male rummaging through neighbor’s cars, suspect headed down Camden towards Allen.

MISSING PERSON: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of missing person located.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PHYSICAL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ASSAULT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights LAW ALARM: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of audible burglary alarm zone 19 front motion.

ARREST: Tavis Ray Davis, 32, of Colville arrested on a local warrant.

Saturday, June 11 FRAUD: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, report of illegal use of credit card.

TRAFFIC OFFENSE: W. 6th Ave., report of dispatch advised that a white Ford truck was parked in the handicap parking.

DECEASED PERSON: Gray Rd., report of female unresponsive, not breathing.

FISH AND GAME: Kalispel slough VEHICLE PROWL: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights FISH AND GAME: LeClerc Rd. N., out with fisherman on a boat ANIMAL PROBLEM: Hwy. 2, report that neighbor’s dog came onto complainant’s property again; it is black and it is very aggressive, this is an ongoing problem.

ANIMAL PROBLEM: W. 7th St., report of neighbor’s dog loose again and on the property, is aggressive and is a Red Heeler.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: S. Cass Ave., complainant reports that neighbor is out of town and there is a black pickup with one woman and two men loading things at

ACCIDENT: Houghton St., report of a hit and run.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Winchester St., report of domestic violence in white Tahoe or Suburban.

West Bonner County

Monday, June 6 ACCIDENT, UNKNOWN INJURY: Eastshore Rd., Coolin, report of accident in the Priest Lake area.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 2, Oldtown, a Spirit Lake resident was cited and released for possession of paraphernalia.

MISSING PERSON: Albeni Cove Rd., Oldtown, report of missing teen located.

WEAPON OFFENSE: Fertile Valley Rd., report of shots heard from south of complainant’s residence, complaint is afraid they may be on her property.

ARREST: Gray Eagle Lane, Matthew Duane Pesikan, 50, of Newport arrested for domestic violence assault in the 4th.

THEFT: W. 5th St., report of rings and drums stolen from home.

ACCIDENT, UNKNOWN INJURY: Hoo Doo Loop and Hwy. 41, Oldtown

Tuesday, June 7 FOUND PROPERTY: Moose Creek Rd., Priest River MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY: Hwy. 57, Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Estates Loop, Priest River

POSSIBLE DUI: Veit Rd., report of black dump truck traveling with blue truck headed down Deer Valley Rd. towards Idaho.

ARREST: Reeder Bay Rd., Nordman, Jerry Lee Barnes of Nordman was arrested on two Bonner County warrants.

FIRE SMOKE ONLY: Spring Valley Rd., report of heavy layer of smoke, believes there is a fire somewhere close by, can’t see flames.

NON-INJURY ACCIDENT: Elkins Rd., Nordman

WEAPON OFFENSE: Coyote Trail, complainant reports hearing gunshot and people screaming and yelling, could hear vehicle peeling out in gravel.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Hwy. 2, Priest River

Wednesday, June 8 ARREST: Hwy. 2, Priest River, Justin Dwight Dobson, 30, of Priest River arrested on out of state felony warrant.

MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY: E. 3rd St. S., Oldtown

Sunday, June 12 INTOXICATION: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

Thursday, June 9

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

RECKLESS DRIVING: Spirit Lake Cutoff and Hwy. 41, Spirit Lake

ACCIDENT: Hwy. 20, report of one vehicle non-injury accident.

RECKLESS DRIVING: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

ABANDONED VEHICLE: Camden Rd., report of abandoned vehicle on the side of the road.

ACCIDENT, UNKNOWN INJURY: Hwy. 41, Blanchard

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: Horseshoe Lake Rd.

Friday, June 10

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: Driskill Rd. MISSING PERSON: Independence Rd., complainant believes her daughter is being held against her will.

ACCIDENT, INJURY UNKNOWN: Riverside Rd., Priest River STALKING: Hwy. 57, Priest River TRAFFIC VIOLATION: E. 4th St. S., Oldtown

HARASSMENT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights WEAPON OFFENSE: Conklin Meadows Rd., complainant reports hearing several rounds fired off.

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle swerving at a high rate of speed.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: Hwy. 41, Oldtown, a 29-yearold resident from Coeur d’Alene was cited and released for possession of paraphernalia and an open container of alcohol.

Saturday, June 11

NOISE COMPLIANT: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights

No reportable incidents

ERRATIC DRIVER: Hwy. 2

Sunday, June 12

ILLEGAL BURNING: Sullivan Lake Rd. TRAFFIC HAZARD: Hwy. 2, report of deceased deer partially blocking part of lane.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES: W. Kelly Drive, complainant reports hearing noise behind bushes.

ARREST: Washington Ave., Newport, Sean D. Bellah, 23, of Spokane Valley arrested on an

ARREST: E. Jackson Ave., Priest River ANIMAL PROBLEM: Holly Glenn W., Priest River ARREST: Dickensheet Rd., Lewis Gameson was arrested for possession of paraphernalia and a warrant. Chance Stokes was arrested for frequenting.

d e at h n ot i c e Terry Bee Rathdrum

A memorial for Terry Bee, who passed away April 6, will be held at the Rathdrum City Park, from 1-5 p.m., Saturday, June 18.

Bring an instrument and join his friends and family in singing and playing together in Terry’s memory. The memorial includes a potluck.

Visit www.forevermissed.com to see Terry’s memorial.

correction An obituary in last week’s issue of The Miner incorrectly stated the name Belva Lea Vanderholm, who passed away May 24. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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Continued from 9B 2016180 PUBLIC NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE JUVENILE COURT No: 16-7-00009-1 Notice and Summons by Publication (Termination) (SMPB) (Optional Use) In re the Welfare of: ROBERT BELL (DOB: 01/22/2009) To: PHILLIP BELL, Father A Petition to Terminate Parental Rights was filed on February 2, 2016; a fact-finding hearing will be held on this matter on July 21, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S. Garden Ave., Newport, Washington 99156. You should be present at this hearing.

The hearing will determine if your parental rights to your child are terminated. If you do not appear at the hearing, the court may enter and order in your absence terminating your parental rights.

To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Termination Petition, call DSHS at (509) 447-6216. To view information about your rights,

including right to a lawyer, go to www.atg.wa.gov/TRM.aspx.

Dated: 5-25-16 By direction of: Patrick A. Monasmith JUDGE Tammie A. Ownbey Clerk By: /s/Kathy Hill Deputy Clerk Published in The Newport Miner on June 1, 8, and 15, 2016. (18-3) ____________________________ 2016179 PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received through Monday, June 27, 2016, 11:00 a.m., bids will be opened by the Selkirk School Board of Directors for Milk products at the June Regular Board of Directors Meeting on June 27, 2016. Approximately 21,000 halfpints 1% Grade A homogenized milk, approximately 20,000 halfpints nonfat chocolate milk, and approximately 5,000 half-pints lowfat strawberry milk. All milk must meet U.S.D.A. standards. For bid information and bid forms please contact the Selkirk School District at (509) 446-2951, or P.O. Box 129, Metaline Falls, WA 99153.

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Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________ 2016188 PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Cusick School District Board of Directors announce the following 2016-2017 Fiscal Budget. Let it be publicly known to all persons that Cusick School District No 59, Pend Oreille County, State of Washington, has completed preparation of the 2016-2017 Fiscal Budget. Also let it be publicly known to all persons that the Board of Directors will meet in a public meeting at 3:30 p.m. on June 21, 2016 in the library for the purpose of fixing and adopting the 2016-2017 Fiscal Budget. All inquiries regarding this notice should be directed to Don Hawpe, Superintendent, at (509) 445-1125.

Cusick School District No. 59 Don Hawpe, Supt.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 8th and June 15th, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________

2016194 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on April 6, 2016, receive a complete Vacation Rental Permit Application, from Patricia Milliken, and did on June 6, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for “The Milliken Vacation Rental”. Location: Within Sect. 32, T32N, R45E WM, 612 Yergens Rd., Newport, WA 99156. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Community Development Director.

Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 23rd, 2016. A final decision will be made by the Community Development

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Required Permits: Vacation Rental Permit (Pend Oreille County) Dated: June 06, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________ 2016195 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 1st, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, and associated documents from Pend Oreille County Public Works and did on June 2nd, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for a Boulder Maintenance Project (FILE NO. SSDP-16-006), Location: On Sullivan Lake Road (MP 6.79) Ione WA 99139; Sec. 30, Town. 38, Range 44. 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 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org.

Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Department Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 23rd 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), and if applicable- Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) Dated: June 2, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ____________________________ 2016196 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 2, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA and associated documents from Doug Cole for Travis Thompson and did on June 6, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for a Bank Stabilization Project (FILE NO. SSDP-16-007),

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)

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Location: On the Pend Oreille River @ 522 Yergens Road, Newport, WA 99156; Sec. 32, Town. 32, Range 45.

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 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www.pendoreilleco.org.

Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Department Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 23, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Dated: June 6, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ____________________________ 2016197 PUBLIC NOTICE Combined Notice of Application and Action Pend Oreille County did on June 2, 2016 receive a complete Shoreline Authorization Application, SEPA Environmental Checklist, and associated documents from David Hood for Marsha Dilling and did on June 3, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of bank stabilization project and dock replacement on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SA-16-017), Location: 1901 Riverbend Loop Road; Parcel# 443406500005 An Environmental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on May 23, 2016 and the county expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts for the proposal (WAC 19711-355). The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, 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 23, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Authorization (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW) Army Corp of Engineers (Approval Letter) Dated: June 6, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________ 2016198 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 6, 2016 received a complete Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application, Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application, SEPA and associated documents from William J. Kelly and did on June 6, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for installation of a dock & ramp (FILE NO. SSDP-16-008), Location: On the Pend Oreille River @ 221 Dilling Road, Cusick, WA 99119; Sec. 05, Town. 34, Range 44, Parcel #: 443405510018. 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 South Scott Street, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821 and viewed at www. pendoreilleco.org. Contact: Andy Huddleston, Community Development Department Assistant Planner, (509) 447-6462, ahuddleston@ pendoreille.org. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than

June 23, 2016.

Required Permits: Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Floodplain Development Permit (Pend Oreille County), Hydraulic Project Approval (WDFW), Army Corp Permit (Corps of Engineers) Dated: June 6, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________ 2016200 PUBLIC NOTICE Pend Oreille PUD #1, Scott Jungblom, PO Box 547 Ione, WA 99139, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit.

The proposed project, Box Canyon Dam Upstream Fish Passage, is located at 7492 Highway 31 in Ione in Pend Oreille County. This project involves 3 acres of soil disturbance for other (fish ladder construction) construction activities. The receiving waterbody is Pend Oreille River.

Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washington State Department of Ecology regarding this application, or interested in Ecology’s action on this application, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements under WAC 173-201A-320.

Comments can be submitted to: Department of Ecology Attn: Water Quality Program, Construction Stormwater P.O. Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in The Newport Miner on June 8 and 15, 2016. (19-2) ___________________________ 2016154 PUBLIC NOTICE The Pend Oreille County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board will be meeting from 12:00 -1:30 P.M on June 27th. The meeting will be held at the County Counseling conference room, which is conveniently located at 105 S. Garden Ave in Newport. Light refreshments will be provided. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Jessica Ausborn at 509-447-5651.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) ____________________________ 2016187 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE PEND OREILLE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Pend Oreille County Board of Equalization will convene at 10:00 a.m. on July 15, 2016 in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington, and will continue in session and adjourn from time-to-time during a 28-day period of not less than three (3) meeting days.

Meetings will be held on July 15, July 27, August 3 and August 10, 2016, and, at other times as required, to publicly examine and equalize the assessments extended in the current year on the taxable property of said county, for taxes to be levied in the year 2015, and to correct all errors in valuation, description or qualities of property assessed by the Assessor.

The owner or agent of any taxable property who feels there are inequities in their assessment or exemptions may file a petition and appear before that Board at the time and place appointed. Appeal forms may be acquired from the Clerk of the Board of Equalization, Office of the County Commissioners, 625 West 4th, Newport, Washington. Appeals must be filed by July 1st or within 30 days of the date of postmark on the revaluation card, whichever date is later.

DATED this 31st day of May, 2016. /s/ Rhonda Cary, Clerk Board of Equalization Pend Oreille County, State of Washington Published in The Newport Miner on June 15, 2016. (20) ___________________________

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2016203 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR SMALL WORKS ROSTER PROPOSALS The Pend Oreille County Road Department is accepting proposals for maintenance sand production and stockpiling. The Department is seeking proposals for approximately 7,000 yards truck measure of maintenance sand to be produced at a commercial source of materials within a radius of fifteen (15) miles of the Cusick Maintenance Shop.

Hauling will be the responsibility of Pend Oreille County Road Department. Please submit proposals to the Pend Oreille County Road Department Office at 625 W 4th St, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156.

For further information please call (509) 447-4513.

Proposals are due at the above address no later than June 29, 2016 at 9:00 A.M. Published in the Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) ___________________________ 2016204 PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PEND OREILLE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 2016 ROAD SALT Proposals will be received by the County of Pend Oreille Public Works Office, located in the Pend Oreille County Courthouse at 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, Washington 99156 or P.O. Box 5040, Newport, Washington 99156, for furnishing ROAD SALT to the Pend Oreille County Road Department in the estimated quantity of 270 tons of 3% moisture or less, Type 2, Grade 2 ASTM-D 632-84. Price quoted shall be per ton, delivered using hopper or end dump trucks, as follows: • 90 tons delivered to 9302 Deer Valley Road, Newport, WA 99156 • 90 tons delivered to 13571 Highway 211, Usk, WA 99119 • 90 tons delivered to 161 Sullivan Lake Road, Ione, WA 99139 Salt shall be delivered to these County Maintenance Shops, Monday through Thursday, 6:00am to 4:30pm on or before August 4, 2016.

Proposals will be due no later than 9:00 AM Monday, June 29th, 2016.

Proposals are to be submitted by Email, Fax or envelope as follows: 1. E-MAIL – Don Ramsey, dramsey@ pendoreille.org and Teresa Brooks, tbrooks@pendoreille.org with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” in the subject line 2. Fax - (509) 447-5890 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” in the subject line 3. Mail – Public Works Department, P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” on the envelope 4. Hand delivered - Public Works Department, 625 West Fourth Street, Newport, WA 99156 with “Proposal for ROAD SALT” on the envelope.

Information concerning submission of proposals is available from the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department at 625 W. 4th Street in Newport, Washington, 99156 or by phone at (509) 447-4513.

Bids will be evaluated on total cost of road salt delivered to all three locations.

Pend Oreille County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bids and to accept such bid or bids as may deemed in the best interest of Pend Oreille County.

Published in the Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2) ___________________________ 2016205 PUBLIC NOTICE The Libertarian Party of Washington State hereby calls, pursuant to RCW 29A.56.620, a convention to be held, the 25th,of June, 25/6/2016, at the Newport Rodeo, Newport City Park, 1101 W 1st, Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington, beginning at 10:00 AM, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America, and to select presidential electors. Said convention shall continue to such a time, date, and place as necessary until the convention business is completed.

Sponsored by LPWA c/o James Apker, P.O. Box 1172 Mead, WA 99021 Published in The Newport Miner on June 15, 2016. (20) Continued on 12B

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Due to changes in technology at Priest River Lamanna High School, the West Bonner County School District was not able to supply individual photos of graduates this school year.

Priest River Lamanna High School Class of 2016 Ian Barnes Baylee Barnett Aaron Beck Justin Best Megan Boyd Makia Brennan John Campbell Alyssa Carey Kenneth Chesnut

Mason Clark Jeffrey Darrow Zachery Davis Isaiah Dawson Ross De Ment Christopher Deremer Kelsi Dickson Bret Fink Gregory Fitzmorris

Kasey Fitzmorris Danielle Ford Marvin Freeman James Giggey Lyndon Gordon Scott Hegge Perry Holman Paxton Homan Alexandrea Howell

Trinity Hudson Joseph Irvine Andrew Jeter Ashley Johnston Tyler Jones Tyrell Jones Meghan Kaveshan Hannah Keinert Artur Meneghal

Fireworks prohibited year-round on WDFW lands OLYMPIA – With wildfire season already underway, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reminds outdoor recreationists that fireworks are prohibited yearround on all 33 WDFW wildlife areas and 700-plus water access sites.

WDFW Northcentral Region Director Jim Brown noted an 80-acre fire near Lake Wenatchee last weekend, and wildfires in British Columbia earlier this year, have department staff across eastern Washington alert to violations of that rule to avoid fires on agency-managed lands.

Personal camp stoves and lanterns are allowed.

Small campfires are currently allowed except on the Wenas, Colockum, LT Murray, Oak Creek, Sunnyside-Snake River and Columbia Basin wildlife areas.

The Washington Department of Natural Resources serves as the state’s firefighter on forested lands, and other state agencies that manage public lands follow DNR’s lead on burn bans and other fire restrictions often implemented in June or at the beginning of July.

During last year’s

Continued from 11B ___________________________ 2016206 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application Pursuant to County Development Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on June 10, 2016, receive a complete Vacation Rental Permit Application, from Mary Beth Thompson, and did on June 10, 2016 issue a Determination of Completeness for “The Thompson Vacation Rental”. Location: Within Sect. 02, T30N, R44E WM, 291 Bayview Blvd., Newport, WA 99156. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Development Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Community Development Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than June 30th, 2016. A final decision will be made by the Community Development Director after the comment

drought, fire use restrictions began June 19, a few weeks earlier than usual, to minimize the risk of wildfires.

Outdoor recreationists who use public lands don’t need to wait for such restrictions to help prevent fire. In addition to complying with the year-round fireworks ban, consider these practices now: • Cook camp meals on small camp stoves and light your camp with batteryoperated lanterns.

• If you must have a campfire, keep it small, in the open away from trees, preferably within a metal

period has expired.

Required Permits: Vacation Rental Permit (Pend Oreille County) Dated: June 13, 2016 Published in The Newport Miner on June 15, 2016. (20) ___________________________ 2016201 PUBLIC NOTICE Sale of Timber JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT Kalispel Indian Reservation Sealed bids will be received until 1:00 pm local time, June 29, 2016, with the successful bid awarded the same day, marked outside “Proposal for Timber, “JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT” addressed to the Forest Manager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA 99180, or hand delivered to the Kalispel Natural Resources office, Camas Center, Usk, WA, for the purchase of merchantable timber designated for removal on the Kalispel Indian Reservation described as the “JEFF’S PLACE LOGGING UNIT”. Trees designated for harvest are painted with blue, red and yellow tree marking paint. This sale contains approximately 106 acres to be logged, with an estimated volume of 397,584 board feet of sawlogs of all species consisting of 10,907 board feet of Ponderosa Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 35,663 board feet of Douglas Fir/

or stone ring, and put it out cold with water rather than letting it slowly die out through the night.

• Don’t smoke outside of vehicles; even if you think they’re out, don’t toss cigarettes or other smoking materials outside.

• Keep motor vehicles off vegetation and don’t travel off-road.

• Avoid using chainsaws or other equipment that can emit sparks.

For more information about WDFW wildlife areas and public conduct rules, see www.wdfw. wa.gov/lands/public_conduct_rules/index.html.

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Trevor Favaro 208-290-4547

(Formerly Welco Lumber)

Western Larch sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 287,054 board feet of Grand fir/Western hemlock sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 45,818 board feet of Lodgepole Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 18,142 board feet of Western red cedar sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; scaling diameter on a sixteen-foot log. The sale also includes approximately 150 tons of All Species Pulp and Hewood Products, 2.5 inches and greater DIB, which will be sold by weight. The above stated volumes are estimates and are not guaranteed. Each bidder must state the price per thousand board feet per bid group (Scribner Decimal “C” log scale or per ton) that will be paid for sawlogs cut and scaled, and tonwood, cut and weighed. No bid of less than $61.50 per thousand board feet for Ponderosa Pine sawlog 5.5 inches and greater; $173.86 per thousand board feet for Douglas Fir/WL sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $164.06 per thousand board feet for Lodgepole pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $164.06 per thousand board feet for Grand fir/Hemlock/OS sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; $601.72 per thousand board feet for Red cedar sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater; and $1.00 per ton All Species Pulp and Hewood 2.5 inches and greater DIB will be accepted. This sale is a fixed rate, or unadjusted stumpage

rate sale.

Pile burning costs are included in the appraisal. Pile burning will be completed by Kalispel Natural Resources. This cost totals $2,000, and because this is included in the appraisal, this cost will be the responsibility of the purchaser. The purchaser will make one payment of $2,000, payable to; “KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS, Pile Burning”.

The payment will be due the last day of the month after starting the sale.

A bid deposit in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or postal money order made payable to the Kalispel Indian Tribe, or cash in the amount of $7,200 (seven thousand two hundred dollars) must accompany each sealed bid. The right to waive technical defects and to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, road requirements, conditions of sale, use of irrevocable letter of credit, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Manager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA, 99180. Sale information including prospectus and bid package may be requested at the above address or by calling 509-447-7426.

Published in The Newport Miner on June 15 and 22, 2016. (20-2)