THE MINER
INSIDE: SPORTS, LIFE, RECORD AND CLASSIFIEDS
JULY 18, 2012 |
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Watershed restoration funding available District also has some funding available for riparian plantings along the Pend Oreille River. The Pend Oreille Public Utility District has granted up to $5,000 this year for tree and shrub plantings. The limit for each project is $500. Holloway would like to do 10 projects
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Theatre camps underway NEWPORT – The first of three scheduled summer theatre camps at the Pend Oreille Playhouse Community Theatre got underway this week with 14 children, ages 6-8. Under the guidance of instructors Gail Cory-Betz and Nina Pletsch, students will learn the fundamentals of theatre performance, including acting, singing and stage movement.
The students come from Newport, Cusick, Elk, Blanchard and surrounding areas. At the end of camp, they will be performing a skit based on “Teddy Bears’ Picnic,” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” The performance is set for Thursday, July 19 at 1 p.m. Friends and family, as well as the public, are invited to attend. Other programs will take
place July 30 through Aug. 3 for grades 4-6, and Aug. 13-24 for grades 7-12. The second session is full, but there are still a few spots left in the senior session. For more information on these programs, contact the playhouse at 509-671-3389 or Gail at 509-447-2750, or stop by the playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave., for registration forms for senior camp.
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Wolves, cougar attack rancher’s livestock prompt COLVILLE – Wolves and a cougar attacked livestock in Stevens County last week, prompting an investigation by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office. The owner of the Diamond M Ranch contacted the sheriff’s office July 11 after discovering an injured calf and cow on his ranch in Laurier, just east of the Kettle River near the Canadian border. The following day, he found two more calves that had been dead for several days. After receiving the rancher’s initial report, Stevens County Sheriff Kendle Allen and Chief Deputy Colin Webb contacted WDFW enforcement officers, who joined
them on the ranch to investigate the cause of the livestock injuries. WDFW officers and wildlife biologists, in collaboration with the Stevens County Sheriff, confirmed that injuries to the first two animals were caused by a wolf. After the second report, investigators returned to the ranch and confirmed – based on distinctive marks left on the carcasses – that one calf was killed by a cougar and the other was killed by a wolf. Another calf remains missing from the rancher’s herd. WDFW Director Phil Anderson has issued a permit to the rancher authorizing him to shoot a wolf if it is caught attacking his livestock again. The department is also working to determine the amount
of compensation the rancher is eligible to recover for his losses. “The permit is critical for the rancher to protect his livestock from further attack,” said Steve Pozzanghera, director of WDFW’s eastern region office in Spokane. “We’ve also offered to help him protect his animals using other measures.” Pozzanghera explained that WDFW staff are monitoring the area and are prepared to use rubber bullets, floodlights and other strategies to keep wolves away from the rancher’s livestock. A department biologist is also setting up traps to capture and radiocollar a wolf. Radio collars can be used not only to track an animal’s movements, but also trigger
Free Popcorn Washington Drug Free Youth Program (WDFY) Card-Carrying WDFY members receive one small popcorn when they go to a movie at the Roxy
The Pend Oreille Youth Task Force
Would like to thank... Kevin Wright and the Roxy Theater for supporting the WDFY & our local youth
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alarms near livestock. The Diamond M Ranch was also the scene a wolf-livestock depredation in 2007 – the first documented in Washington state in recent times. A wolf pack has long been suspected to range through
Master Gardener Foundation WA/P.O. Chapter For questions call: (509) 447-2401 or visit the website: http://pendoreille.wsu.edu Dinner catered by Janet of Cusick Tavern Dinner requires advance reservations/payment by July 27th. Local Craft Vendors at Dinner Site. Tour along Pend Oreille River.
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For more information about WDFY or The Youth Task Force contact Martina at mcoordes@pendoreille.org or 447-5651
ELECT ANTHONY NEWCOMB
PEND OREILLE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 • INDEPENDENT •
INDEPENDENT CHOICE
1. We must Return to Part-time Commissioners. 2. We must Stop Spending Money on outside consultants. 3. We must Stop Transferring Money from Roads. 4. We must Promote Pend Oreille County’s Current Businesses and actively Promote Future Business Growth!
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Paid for by: Elect Anthony Newcomb: Angela Newcomb, Treasurer.
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Kids ages 6-8 learn the fundamentals of theatre at a summer camp at the Pend Oreille Playhouse. Their week will culminate with a performance Thursday. The public is invited.
OLYMPIA – The Pend Oreille Conservation District got word Friday, July 13 that it has received funding for riparian restoration projects. The Washington Department of Ecology awarded a $213,747 Centennial Grant to the Little Spokane River watershed project in south Pend Oreille County, but the conservation district has asked that 25 percent of that funding – more than $50,000 – be available to other restoration projects throughout the county. Terry Holloway, who has served as the POCD administrator since October, said the money will be used for things such as fencing out livestock and providing offsite watering facilities, and restoring the creek banks by planting trees and shrubs. The goal is to address water quality concerns regarding areas of high fecal coliform bacteria, temperature, pH, and sediment identified in Ecology’s TMDL study for the river. Holloway said there are six landowners currently lined up to use the funding for work on their land. Some preparation work may be done this season. In all, the state awarded $82 million for 57 clean water projects. The Centennial Clean Water Program is funded through state bonds. The Pend Oreille Conservation
this year with the hopes to receive a larger chunk of funding next year. Interested landowners can contact Holloway at the POCD office in the post office building in Newport at 509-447-5370 or pocd@conservewa.net.
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