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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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Volume 109, Number 7 | 2 Sections, 18 Pages

PUD discusses fiber rates

Decision tabled until April 10 meeting

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Just how much customers will pay for the PUD’s fiber Internet service remains to be seen, but the rate structure is becoming clearer as the district nails down its policy.

The Pend Oreille Public Utility District commissioners held a hearing on rates Tuesday, March 20. They discussed it further in the afternoon following the hearing, taking public input into consideration, but they decided to table a decision on the rate policy until their

April 10 meeting in Newport. There was some question on the sign-up expiration date that the board will discuss further.

Rates for residential service to homes and small businesses are proposed at $50 per month with a $35 introductory rate for those who sign up by Dec. 31, 2013.

That’s the fee the PUD will charge the retail service provider (RSP), the company that actually sells Internet service to the end user. That company will likely add a mark up, deciding how much customers will actually pay.

“We determined that $50 is probably the right model to make it work,” said Joe Onley, manager of

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First day of spring Sadie Halstead Middle School fifth grader Brittany Noble makes her way to school on the first day of Spring Tuesday, March 21. An early morning snowstorm blanketed the area with a couple inches of snow. “I don’t like it,” Noble said.

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A 2008 petroleum leak from the Airport Kwik Stop in Ione contaminated groundwater. It was recently discovered that contaminated water may be moving toward domestic wells. The state Department of Ecology is in the process of contacting about a dozen property owners to test those wells.

Contaminated groundwater in Ione shifts flow direction Ecology attempting to contact seasonal residents to test wells SPOKANE – The flow of contaminated groundwater at the Airport Kwik Stop in Ione has changed direction and now may

be moving toward domestic wells east and southeast of the Airport Kwik Stop. The affected area includes about 12-14 homes east of Highway 31 and south of Greenhouse (Dewitt) Road along the Pend Oreille River.

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State money saves road positions

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Additional revenue from the state saved the Pend Oreille County road department from needing to layoff workers this year.

“It doesn’t sound like we have to sacrifice any positions this year,” public works director Sam Castro told commissioners Monday. He had announced to employees the week prior that layoffs would be

“unavoidable.”

The road department received an additional $75,000 from the county arterial preservation program. Before that, plans were to cut a maintenance technician position to save $60,000 in the goal of boosting the end of the year carryover.

“I’m glad we did not make a decision earlier or otherwise we would have lost a position,” Castro said.

Commissioners approved an

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Problem cougar killed Large cat killed five sheep

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

ELK – Two local hound hunters treed and killed a problem cougar that had killed five sheep at a residence in the Fan Lake area, near the Pend Oreille/Spokane county line. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officer Severin Erickson said the male cougar was between 1 and 2 years old and weighed about 100 pounds.

Erickson said the landowner discovered the morning of Tuesday, March 13, that five of his eight sheep were laying dead inside their pen.

Erickson and Spokane WDFW officer Dave Spurbeck responded and determined it was a cougar that killed the sheep. They called in Ted Kardos, a local hound hunter, who along with David Jones responded to the location. Within about 15 minutes, the hounds picked

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|| More roads on State 3 restriction NEWPORT – With evening temperatures at the thaw point and warmer weather approaching, weight restrictions have been placed on selected Pend Oreille County roads. As of Tuesday morning, the following roads are under Stage 3 restrictions: Lehigh Hill and the Sunvale Area, Road District 1 and 2, LeClerc Road North from milepost 16-32, Sullivan Lake Road from Highway 31 to the transfer station, Greenhouse Road and Grahams Road.

Under Stage 3, there are load restrictions based on tire width, the speed limit is 30 mph, and hauling is allowed only from midnight to 9 a.m.

Stage 2 restrictions are on all roads in District 3 by the river. Stage 2 limits speed to 30 mph, hauling is allowed between midnight and 9 a.m. and the load

Hundreds attend Spring Powwow USK – The Kalispel Spring Powwow held Saturday, March 17 at the Camas Center, drew about 350 people and was considered a success.

“The dancers and drums all had a good time,” Silvia Meshell said. There were 20 drums registered.

The people were fed a meal of homemade stew compliments of the deli at the Wellness Center and frybread made by volunteers, along with juice, cookies and cake. Vendors had a variety of items for sale, including beaded items, blankets, coats and wooden boxes etched with various images such as, wolves, feathers and flowers.

“The crowd was pleased with a special ‘Dances with Wolves’ dance contest,” Meshell said.

This was open to the dancers as well as the audience.

A blanket was placed in the middle of the floor bunched up.

“The contestants danced around it like Kevin Costner did in the movie,” Meshell

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cannot exceed 70 percent of the vehicle’s gross weight.

Restrictions affect vehicles in Classes 2, 3 and 4, not ordinary passenger cars and trucks. They affect school busses, garbage trucks, utility vehicles and other heavy haulers.

Check for further updates at the county’s website or call the road information hotline at 509-447-6464.

County timber harvests will decline NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County is not expected to see the revenues from timber harvests on county lands that it has in the past. Three timber sales are planned for this year, expecting to bring in nearly $266,000.

But since much of the county land has been logged recently, timber sales in the coming years are expected to bring in only about $50,000 a year.

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Kalispel tribal member Raymond Finley Sr. carries the Kalispel flag during grand entry for the Powwow held Saturday, March 17, at the Camas Center in Usk. About 350 people attended the event, including dancers and royalty from neighboring tribes.

said. Each individual danced to a song picked by a different drum.

“We had lots of good dancers and good laughs. All in fun,” she said.

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“We have pretty much gone through most of what we have. There are pockets we could consider harvesting, but not as large as the harvests in the past,” explained Sam Castro, the county’s public works director.

He has been working with the contract forester to develop a harvesting plan for 2013 and 2014. Revenue may be as much as $100,000, Castro said, but those areas have not been cruised yet.

Harvests planned for this year include the Trimble Creek 10, Loop Creek 5 and Skookum 21. County staff is in the process of talking to adjacent property owners.

Next will be the bidding process.

The county forester is suggesting some additional clean up work where logging was done in Section 16 of Pend Oreille County Park. He may submit a proposal to the park board.

Of the other harvests last year, a sale of 340 thousand board feet at Little Blue Grouse brought in about $173,000, and a sale on the 321-acre Newport North parcels brought in more than $280,000 for the county’s general fund.

Clark County official to speak at county meeting NEWPORT – Glenn Olson, the interim director of information services for Clark County, will speak at the meeting of Pend Oreille County department heads and elected officials when they meet Tuesday, March 27, at 8 a.m. at the Counseling Services conference room at 105 South Garden Ave. in Newport. Olson will be talking about Clark county revenue history, the budget process, policy and discipline.

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Caribou comment period extended

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Public has additional 60 days to comment on proposed habitat plan SANDPOINT – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that the public will have an additional 60 days to submit comments regarding the agency’s proposed critical habitat designation for the southern Selkirk Mountains woodland caribou, an endangered mammal known to occur in Idaho, Washington and

British Columbia, Canada.

Bonner County commissioners are circulating a petition to have the caribou delisted as an endangered animal.

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, and Boundary County asked for an extension to the comment period and additional opportunities for citizens to participate in public processes regarding the proposal.

“We recognize the public’s interest in this issue and will work

together to help citizens fully understand our proposal to designate critical habitat for caribou,” said Brian Kelly, the USFW’s State Supervisor for Idaho. “We also seek to gain as much information as possible from all interested parties which we will use to inform our final decision.”

USFW is re-opening the public comment period on the caribou proposal for 60 days, until May 21.

Interested citizens are invited to

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attend a USFW-hosted information meeting in Bonners Ferry Saturday, April 28, from 9:3011:30 a.m. Citizens will have an opportunity to learn more about the proposal by talking with biologists and managers at this information meeting.

The same day, a public hearing will be held from 2-5 p.m. so that citizens will be able to provide formal oral comments for USFW to review and consider for its final

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WATER | Clean up in 2013 tion of the petroleum contaminaIt is unknown whether gasotion and about determining the line-contaminated groundwater best way to clean it up. has reached these wells until they Ecology has been working since are tested. Thursday, March 15, 2008 to determine the extent of representatives of the Departthe contamination that stemmed ment of Ecology went door to door from a pipe leak at the Airport in the neighborhood to notify Kwik Stop. Since then, Ecology residents whose wells might be has continued to see the groundaffected. Orange flyers were put water contamination increase, on many doors in the area where Ladwig said. most people are seasonal resiData received last week shows dents. the change in the flow direction “That is probably the good of the petroleum contaminated news,” said Doug Ladwig, Ecolgroundwater, but the cause of this ogy’s site manager. “They aren’t shift has not been determined at using (the wells.)” this time.

Ecology is asking If you have If you have questions for access to these questions about your well, contact about your properties to sample the domestic wells as Ecology’s site manager well, contact a result of this new Ecology’s site with well sampling information. Ecology manager Doug questions: will pay for collectLadwig at 509ing and analyzing the 329-3440 or Doug Ladwig 509-329-3440 samples.

Doug.ladwig@ It is unknown if it is or email Doug.ladwig@ecy. ecy.wa.gov. safe to drink the water wa.gov.

Health related until the wells have questions may been sampled. Due to be directed to limited funding, Ecology will not Northeast Tri-County Health Disbe able to provide bottled water at trict, Matt Schanz in Colville 509this time.

684-2262 or Jim Sayer in Newport The Washington Department 509-447-3131. of Ecology is preparing to clean “We know there are people in the up the site under the state’s Model area who are anxious about this Toxics Control Act (MTCA). Curnews and concerned about protectrently the public is reviewing and ing their source of clean water,” commenting on the work plan. said Michael Hibbler, who manages The plan contains details about Ecology’s toxics cleanup program investigating the extent and locain Eastern Washington. “We share

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their concern. We will get accurate and timely information to those homeowners who might be directly affected. Ecology and health experts are available to discuss this situation with anyone.”

The petroleum contamination was found in soil and groundwater at the Kwik Stop, the nearby Cabin Grill and two adjacent private properties. In 2008, a pipe connection leaked and gasoline was sprayed inside the premium gas dispenser and from there appears to have migrated away from the store.

In 2010 and 2011, soil and groundwater samples showed that some contaminants were above the limit where cleanup is required. The owners of the Cabin Grill installed

filters on their tap water system to be safe.

The remedial investigation and feasibility study is being conducted and will recommend a cleanup solution. Ecology anticipates interim actions this spring and summer and more cleanup work in 2013.

To see the work plan for conducting the formal investigation and determining cleanup options, contact Kari Johnson, at Ecology, kjoh461@ecy.wa.gov, or the Ione Public Library at the Ione Community Center, 509-442-3030.

It also is available at Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup website, https:// fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gsp/Sitepage. aspx?csid=4203. Comments must be received by March 28.

ROAD | Plowing on budget burner for the road shop instead of two, the remaining money was amendment to the road budget used for the surveying purchase.

Monday that gives the road deThey had also planned to replace partment a $600,000 carryover a copier this year, but the maat the end of this year. Castro set chine broke last December, so the that figure as the goal based on $20,000 purchase went under the fact that monthly expenses are that year’s expenses. about $280,000. A carryover will The road department worked give the department operating out of a $700,000 debt to the funds at the start of the new year equipment rental and revolving until revenue starts coming in. fund earlier than expected. They The department will still be had budgeted to pay off $180,000 down one position after an toward the debt this year, but the employee resigned in bills were settled up December. That posi- “I’m glad we did in December. tion will not be filled, not make a decision Other cuts came saving $60,000 a to contracted work. earlier or otherwise Doing without road year. Along with that, the dump truck we would have lost striping will save assigned to that posi- a position.” $40,000, weed tion will be used only spraying $37,000 as a backup, saving and mowing ditches Sam Castro another $35,000. $11,000. Castro Castro said they will Public Works Director explained that they wait a year to see are purchasing a where the budget is cutter so crews will at until they decide whether to be able to do mowing work insurplus the truck or replace it. house.

In all, commissioners approved Castro said they should be on $483,000 in recommended cuts. track with the snow plowing With the $131,700 carryover budget this year. The budget althat was already expected, that lots $700,000 for plowing. The boosts the projected balance for county spent about $80,000 in 2012 to $614,700.

January, and estimates another A few of the cuts were merely $40,000 was spent in February. budget adjustments. Some items Crews were out Tuesday budgeted for 2012 were taken responding to the couple inches care of before the end of 2011. the area got in the morning The county had planned to spend hours. $25,000 on surveying equipment “I don’t believe that we’ll see this year, but when the departmuch more of this white stuff,” ment decided to buy just one oil Castro said.

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This map shows the location of the airport. The Airport Kwik Stop, where the petroleum leak originated, is just north of there. The contamination moved east toward the river, and homes with wells east of Highway 31 could be affected.

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David Jones, left, and Ted Kardos used their hounds to track a cougar that had killed five sheep near the Spokane/Pend Oreille county line. Once the cougar was treed, Jones took the shot. The 100-pound, male cougar is on the truck tailgate, with the five sheep behind it.

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up the scent of the cougar and had the animal treed five minutes later.

“This cougar was located still in close proximity to the sheep pen and the landowner’s residence,” Erickson said.

The cougar was euthanized for safety concerns, Erickson said.

A high percentage of cougars that attack domestic animals or people are between the ages of 1 and 2 years old. These cats can

be dangerous because they have become independent of their mothers and are searching for territory of their own. However, they are not skilled hunters and tend to depend on easy prey, such as the sheep in this case.

“This abnormal behavior can continue and even get worse if nothing is done to remove that problem cougar,” Erickson said.

“This type of incident is rare, but can occasionally occur in those locations where cougar and people inhabit the same area.”

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L A ST W E E K March High

Wednesday Thursday

Chance of showers 60%

Saturday

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A slight chance of showers

Partly sunny, chance of rain

Monday

Partly sunny, chance of rain

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Tuesday

Considerable cloudiness

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the PUD’s community network system.

About 15 to 20 people showed up to learn about the rates. One resident said some people see the $50 wholesale rate as a burden, especially if they have access to DSL high speed Internet for a lower cost.

“We think we’re providing a tremendous value to the community,” Onley said.

Some seemed concerned that the RSPs wouldn’t necessarily have to pass lower rates the PUD sets on to them. PUDs in Washington are restricted by state law to selling only wholesale Internet access rather than selling directly to the end user.

RSPs were largely absent from the hearing. Seven RSPs have been working with the PUD, and their input was considered for the rate policy. Those with agreements with the PUD currently are Concept Cable, Internet Express, the Kalispel Tribe, OrbitCom, Pend Oreille Valley Network, Sisna and Zayo Group.

Many people in attendance were curious about when to expect the service in their area and the different classes of service that will be available.

Onley said they expect to start hooking up homes this fall.

They’ll likely wait for an entire service area to be ready to hook up all at once. There are 37 service areas throughout south Pend Oreille County, all of which will be hooked up by March 31, 2013, the deadline laid out in the federal grant.

It hasn’t been determined which area will be first to be hooked up. Onley said they will look for areas where there are several people interested in connecting to the fiber.

“The message I’d like to send out is: Tell your neighbor,” he said.

People signing up before Dec. 31, 2013, will not have to pay for a line extension, if needed. Those who don’t signup within the grant period will get a $1,500 credit toward the cost of extending the line to their house.

Phil Gordon, who operates a business from his home, asked why there was only one class of service for residential customers.

The $50 per month rate would get a connection at 100 megabits per second. Gordon said 25 to 50 megabits would be sufficient for most people, and it would be good to give customers the choice if they want more. He believes it would increase the take rate.

Onley said the RSPs could decide to charge different rates, but it was the PUD’s decision not to have different steps for residential service at this time.

There are different steps for commercial users such as school districts, libraries, hospitals and government entities. They range from 10 megabits to 100.

The public asked if they’d be notified of future changes in rates. The PUD will likely go through a public hearing process for rate changes. A decrease in the PUD’s rate would take effect immediately. If there is an increase, the PUD would work with the RSPs regarding customers who are under a contract with locked-in rates.

Once the rate policy is passed, it is not set in stone, said John Jordan, PUD director of finance and administrative services.

“Your feedback is important,” he said.

The district received a $27 million federal stimulus grant to do the work and had to put up $4 million of its own.

One resident asked if the intent of the grant was so the district wouldn’t have to subsidize the

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L A ST Y E A R In the first week of spring last year, highs reached 55 on March 24. Lows were between 38 and 29. It was a rather rainy week with four wet days netting .47 of an inch.

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More tickets available for Newport chamber gala

BR I E FLY Relay for Life meeting set for March 28 NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Valley Relay for Life meeting is set for March 28 at 7 p.m. at the Newport Hospital cafeteria. Anyone interested in helping with the Aug. 10 event or in forming a team is encouraged to attend.

There will be a door prize and refreshments.

The theme for 2012 is “carnival for a cure.”

For more information contact Shirley Sands at 509671-1703 or ssands77@gmail. com.

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PRIDE efforts continue in Priest River PRIEST RIVER – The PRIDE effort continues to move forward in Priest River. At the March 14 steering committee meeting the new PRIDE logo was unveiled. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the state of Idaho, and progress has been made toward acquiring nonprofit status, which is often a requirement when seeking funding.

The ACE (Activities and Community Events) group is busy raising funds for a lastday-of-school block party. Join the group for Lucky Bingo Friday, April 13, 6 p.m., at the Priest River Senior Center.

Plans are in the works for a series of workshops on project planning and grant writing that will empower organizations to successfully develop and fund projects. Check in at www.priestriverhub.com for updates.

PRIDE always welcomes new ideas and input on ways to take pride in the community. The next meeting is Wednesday, March 28, at 5 p.m., at the Priest River Library. For more information email pride@priestriverhub. com or contact Garry at 208627-2565.

Donate $5, get a Safe Families wristband PRIEST RIVER – Priest River Ministries Advocates for Women is asking supporters to donate $5 to receive a “Safe Families” wristband. Donations can be made via the widget on PRMAW’s website, www.prmafw.org, or on their Facebook page.

Donate and send your address via phone at 208-4482800 or email prm.afw@ gmail.com and they’ll send you a wristband.

PRM Advocates for Women is a faith-based non-profit organization whose assistance is available to families who are in need. They primarily provide ongoing support for women and children who are victims of family violence by offering guidance, personal accountability, support groups, advocacy, education, and emergency shelter.

PRM-AFW serves families regardless of age, religion or ethnicity. All services at PRMAFW are free of charge and rely on volunteer support.

Priest River Rehabilitation moves to Beardmore Building PRIEST RIVER – Bonner General Hospital’s Priest River Rehabilitation is moving from its old location by Kaniksu Health on Highway 2 to the Beardmore Building, 119 Main St., Suite 205, in downtown Priest River.

The move is effective April 1. To make an appointment or for more information, call 208-448-4151.

|| C O R R E C T I O N || A letter to the editor in last week’s issue of The Miner incorrectly stated that the new owner of the Cusick store was applying for a new private liquor sales permit. The owner said he has no plans to do so, but has applied for a beer and wine license. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

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Swing into spring Grace Weaver, 13, plays with neighbor Stephenie Walker, 4, on a sunny but chilly afternoon Monday, March 19. Monday was the last day of winter, but the first day of spring brought a couple inches of snow to the Newport/Priest River area.

Idaho Senate approves mandate for ultrasounds before having an abortion BOISE – After nearly two hours of debate and strong emotions, the Idaho Senate voted Monday 23-12 in favor of Senate Bill 1387, which would require women to have an ultrasound before terminating a pregnancy.

The legislation now moves to the House for consideration.

Much of the debate focused on victims of rape and incest. Opponents felt the bill would “punish” victims for a second time by requiring an ultrasound, according to IdahoReporter.com.

“The absence of an exclusion for victims of rape, incest or medical emergency disturbs me,” said Sen. Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum.

“A mandated medical procedure would be a second assault on these victims.”

Stennett also said the mandate would put doctors in a bad position. “You also force physicians to choose between saving a life and violating state law, according to the attorney general.”

For a Legislature that continually harps on government intrusion and not believing in mandates, this bill seems to go against that rhetoric, according to Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene.

Hammond was very outspoken against the bill, saying that this mandate would drive up the costs of insurance. He also said the decision for a procedure shouldn’t be mandated. “I have a concern that here we’re intruding in an area that belongs between the physi-

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Hammond then seemed to call out his fellow Republican senators, saying “… no one should be required to have a medical procedure they don’t wish to receive,” and that “I hope this bill isn’t just another litmus test to prove that you’re truly a conservative.”

But proponents of the bill said it was good legislation and turned the debate into an issue of the right to life.

Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, who sponsored the bill, noted in his closing remarks that soldiers who have fought for this country have had their lives cut short. “Each person has a life story. Those were cut short. Let’s not choose to cut others short.” Winder also said that it is in the interest of the state to get involved with this issue, saying, “I believe the state does have an interest in the life of the unborn. That’s what the debate’s about. Does it add cost? Yes, it does. I would just ask you to consider the pricelessness of the unborn.”

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Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, also supported the legislation, but said in her explanation of her “yes” vote that she encouraged legislators to get involved with their communities and to “encourage young girls to set goals and desires for a journey through life, filled with joy, not regrets, for unwise decisions that negatively affect their lives.”

Lodge concluded by saying, “Because I support the unborn, I will be voting aye.”

NEWPORT – More tickets are available for the inaugural Spring Gala, held Saturday, March 24, in Newport. Organizers of the Greater Newport Area Chamber of Commerce were able to squeeze a few more tables into the Pend Oreille Playhouse.

Tickets can be purchased at the chamber. The cost is $45 per person, or $315 for a table of eight.

The event begins at 6 p.m. with a cocktail/reception hour, followed by an evening of dining, drinks, an auction, dancing and the chamber awards of distinction.

A selection of live and silent auction items include: • A one-day chartered deep sea fishing trip for up to six people; • Private poker party/lesson for up to eight people from professional poker player Phil Gordon; • A full day of kayak rentals for up to 14 people from Bear Naked Adventures; • A high-end shotgun from the Kalispel Career Training Center; • One night for two at Inn at the Lake at Diamond Lake; • New one-year membership to Club Energy; • One night for two at the Dav-

enport Hotel; • 12 months’ worth of a dessert delivered to your doorstep; • Coach purses, local gift certificates, instructional DVDs and more.

More items are still being accepted (and encouraged) and donors will be recognized prominently at the gala and in the chamber’s monthly newsletter. Contact executive director Barry Seward at barry@newportareachamber.com.

The Spring Gala is a formal event where suits and nice dresses will abound, however, guests are also encouraged to come dressed as their favorite “Clue” character such as Miss.

Scarlett or Col. Mustard.

“A prize will be given for the best costume,” Valorie Hein, gala decorating committee chairwoman said. “I’m excited about the chamber’s first gala.

The ‘Clue’ theme has been fun to work with and Pend Oreille Playhouse has been fantastic helping us come up with props and ideas. Attendees are going to have a blast.”

The gala will offer guests their choice of prime rib, chicken or vegetarian dinner catered by Owen’s, a no host bar from Michael’s and music from DJ David Bradbury.

State agencies give up cell phones OLYMPIA – State workers are doing without their cell phones as part of a plan to save money.

A directive from the Governor has led to a reduction of 6,416 cellular devices, saving nearly $1.7 million.

“These are the kinds of savings

we have pursued across government that have significant results,” said Gov. Chris Gregoire. “The people of Washington expect us to deliver quality services with as few resources as possible.”

SEE STATE, 8A

RTI PEND OREILLE TELECOM is a quality telecommunications service provider who provides basic and enhanced services at reasonable rates within its service territory. Basis services are offered at the following rates:

Monthly Service Charge Single Party Residence Service $12.25 Single Party Business Service $25.03 Federal Subscriber Line Charge/Residence/Business $ 6.50 Federal Subscriber Line Charge/Multi Line $ 9.20 Touch Tone Service is provided as a part of local service.

Toll Blocking is available at no charge for low-income customer that qualifies.

Emergency 911 Service-The State-.20/County-.50 mandated surcharges for exchanges: 442,445, and 446.

Toll Restriction Services- Currently there is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for toll blocking services to low-income customers participating in Lifeline program. Please contact your local Health & Welfare office for more information on Lifeline and Link-Up programs.

Access to long distance carriers- There is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to place and receive calls through long distance carriers that offer service through our network. However, the call may involve a charge from the long distance carrier depending on the type of call.

Access to directory assistance- There is no charge from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to call Directory Assistance. The amount charged depends on the area called and the rates of the company whose operator provided information.

Access to operator service- There is no service from RTI Pend Oreille Telecom for the ability to call the operator. However, the call may involve a charge depending on the service requested and the rates of the company whose operator handled the call.

These services are available to all consumers of RTI Pend Oreille Telecom.

The cost associated with each are reflected each month on the regular telephone billing along with charges for services provided by RTI Pend Oreille Telecom. The services listed above are the basic serves offered by our company. Other services are available by contacting RTI Pend Oreille Telecom business office at 1-888-636-2840.

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Federal payments for federal land should be automatic like taxes

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veryone should thank our state, federal and local leaders for the countless hours they spent recently begging the federal government for payments instead of taxes for federal land. But we believe it’s time to change the annual begging system and make the federal government automatically pay their share of maintaining the roads, schools and other local government services they use, just like the rest of us.

Also stop putting all the political requirements on the use of the funds; let it go into the general funds for local leaders to decide how to use it.

Under federal law, national forest land cannot be taxed by counties or other state and local jurisdictions. The Senate recently passed an amendment to extend for one year the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act (SRS) and the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. The House is expected to follow and the President most likely will sign. But the fight will start again in a year.

The rest of the people pay property taxes and businesses pay sales and equipment taxes regardless of whether they are making money. The federal government has vast tracks of rich land they harvest minerals and timber from but pay no taxes, license or other fees like the rest of us. For the past 30 years, the western states have had to fight for the federal money to cover the vast tracks of land the federal government owns. If the land was privately owned it would generate local tax revenue; regardless of what they call it they should pay revenue to the local governments under the same formula as a private business pays taxes or other fees. This is what our leaders should be fighting for in Congress; forget letting the bureaucrats in Washington D.C. control the use and labels for this money. It is simply what the federal government owes the local government.

Once this issue is debated in the open with the real facts on the table a lasting and fair solution will be reached.

To put this in perspective for Congress, which is dominated by representatives from large eastern urban areas, we think the western county leaders should do what they would do to their constituents if they didn’t pay taxes. Foreclose; take the land from the federal government. Or refuse to allow vehicles to use the roads or the federal workers’ students to attend public schools. Or a more realistic solution would be to fix the payments to the same formula used to collect local property and other taxes.

It’s time to stop begging and demand what is owed.

--FJW

Inslee’s serious about governor bid Well, this time I guess he really means it.

When Democrat Congressman Jay Inslee announced last year that he was going to run for governor again this year (he ran in 1996 and lost in the primary and was hinting at another try in 2004 but got cold feet) my response was I’ll believe it when I see it. But resigning his 1st district seat effective March 20 to devote fulltime to his guber campaign (I really hate the word gubernatorial) proves this is where he hopes to go.

Personally, I don’t think he can beat Republican Rob McKenna who is giving up a sure shot at reelection as attorney general and has been way ahead of Inslee in polls so far. Governor is the best job in politics other than president because you’re the boss. Even U.S. senators, the first tier of political royalty, have to start out in the back row, while the newest governor moves into a mansion. We taxpayers even foot the bill for the servants.

Inslee is an exceedingly ambitious man of 60 years who ran for governor after the voters in the district in Eastern Washington threw him out after one term. That was the year Gov. Mike Lowry abandoned a second term try after being accused of sexual harassment by a female employee. Why lawyer Inslee, who had no executive experience whatsoever, thought he could make it against the likes of King County Executive Gary Locke and former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice is beyond me.

He came in third in the primary, after Locke and Rice

and ahead of two nobodies.

He still needed a job so moved to Bainbridge Island in 1998 where Congressman Rick White was widely rumored to be in big trouble, even among his fellow Republicans for the insensitive way he handled the divorce he sought from GUEST the mother of OPINION his four kids.

Inslee ADELE turned out to FERGUSON CORRESPONDENT be a Clinton loyalist who was one of a handful of members voting against impeachment. He blew hot and cold on the war, sometimes voting with his 6” district cohort, Norm Dicks and other times with Jim McDermott, who, despite having his higher education paid for by the Navy, evolved into a peacenik.

He voted against making partial birth abortion a federal crime for doctors but for making an exception if the mother’s life was in danger. He voted against Bush’s $550 billion tax cut. He was for lowering the majority requirement for school levies from 60 percent to 50 percent. He opposed a constitutional amendment giving Congress the power to outlaw desecration of the flag.

He opposed giving military training operations an acrossthe-board exemption from the Endangered Species Act and SEE FERGUSON, 6A

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Letter writers perpetuate lies To the editor: You can tell that the political silly season has started when two different writers are willing to pass along the same gross distortion of the facts on the same editorial page.

The outrageous claim that the purpose of Sandra Klute’s visit before a Congressional committee was to convince them that “taxpayers should pay for a college student’s sex life” is an outright lie (and not merely “spin”) on multiple levels.

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A debate over PUD fiber system PUD is not following

PUD expanding fiber

citizens’ wishes

for the people

To the editor: Today I would like to discuss an article in the Power & People newsletter, published by the Pend Oreille Public Utility District. Our interim general manager, April Owens, said that she and her staff were excited about moving forward with the Communications Network System at cost of $27 million. The money for this is from a grant of $24 million, which has conditions from the government. The remaining $3 million to come from us, the ratepayers (owners of the PUD).

This, plus the money spent on this project in the previous years, comes to us with a price tag of approximately $15 million, not including the $24 million, most of which is from our money paid by the power bills.

Here’s where the problem lies. On two different surveys the people in this county told the PUD management that, yes we would like the system, but do not use our money that you receive from the power side of the business.

Twice we told them this and yet each year for more than 12 years that is exactly where they are getting part the money.

Without this spending, our power rates (which have more than doubled in the last 15 years) would be substantially less today.

I see but one solution. Vote out the commissioners who continue to do what they want and not what we, the owners, want. It’s that simple. This year we have the opportunity to remove our current commissioner (for the past two terms in District No. 1) Dan Peterson.

R E A D E R S’

SEE FIBER, BEVANS, 6A

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To the editor: There are some misconceptions in our community regarding the PUD’s broadband project.

I’d like to address some of them here, but will also remind our community members that we are a public agency, and are always willing to answer questions either at our office or in our public board meetings.

The PUD performed its last local broadband survey in 2004.

At that time, only 9 percent of respondents felt the PUD should stay out of the broadband business. Regarding using electric customer money to support broadband service, 53 percent of respondents felt it acceptable to use some level of electric rate monies while 47 percent wanted the broadband endeavor to be entirely self-supporting.

The PUD is a larger enterprise than many people realize. The 2012 Electric System budget is $47 million. Of this amount, less than 1 percent is related to funding Community Network System (broadband) activities. This 1 percent is treated as a payment for services, meaning the electric system receives broadband services in return for this support.

Revenues from General Service (electric rate-paying customers) are projected at just over $13 million for 2012. Rates for these customers could be approximately 3 percent lower if the electric system’s 2012 broadband related spending did not occur.

This is true for prior years as well; approximately 2-3 percent of each year’s General Service customer revenues have been directed to broadband efforts.

As commissioner Dan Peterson’s last guest editorial mentioned, the PUD’s broadband

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Three youngsters were accidently shot on the West side of Washington in separate incidents. In one, a 3-year-old shot himself in the head with a gun he found under the car seat. In another, a 7-year-old was killed by a sibling with a gun found in a car. In late February, an 8-year-old girl was critically injured by an accidental shot from a gun a 9-year-old boy brought to school in a backpack.

Washington does not have a law specifically addressing a child’s access to guns, although 27 other states do have such laws, some with criminal penalties for adults who let children get guns. Is it time for such a law?

No, we already have manslaughter laws that cover reckless behavior, like leaving an unsupervised child in a car with a gun.

Yes, clearly people should keep their guns away from children.

No, putting more people in jail won’t help. It is tragic, but criminalizing the behavior isn’t the answer.

Yes, if you have a right to a gun you have an obligation to make sure it is safely cared for.

When you talk about state health insurance exchanges, people’s eyes glaze over. (See, it’s happening right now.) The subject seems far too complicated and confusing.

But we need to talk about them because, as you read this, state bureaucrats in GUEST Olympia are OPINION making decisions that will DON C. affect the cost BRUNELL and availability ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON of your health BUSINESS PRESIDENT care benefits.

Your insurance company isn’t taking part in the state exchange? It doesn’t matter.

The rules will still affect your choices and your costs.

State exchanges are a creature of the federal health care law.

They were created to distribute federal subsidies for qualified enrollees and establish how insurers would do business under the new health care law.

State exchanges fall into two types: open market and active purchaser.

Open market exchanges emphasize competition and consumer choice. For example, in Utah’s exchange, insurers compete side-by-side on an interactive state-run website, allowing people to select from a broad variety of plans, coverage levels and prices. The consumer simply answers online questions about their income and the size and makeup of their family, and the website presents the viewer with a variety of plans that meet those needs. The consumer makes the final decision.

An active purchaser exchange requires the state to contract with health insurers to provide coverage. The Massachusetts model is an example of an active purchaser exchange.

Washington is adopting a model closer to the active purchaser model, one that emphasizes state control. The federal health care law contains a host of measures to protect consumers, guarantee access to health care and spread financial risk. But Washington’s exchange goes far beyond the federal law.

For example, participation in state exchanges was supposed to be voluntary, ensuring that consumers could choose among insurers operating inside and outside the exchange. Not so in Washington.

Consider this: Some insurers focus on serving niche markets, such as providing lower-cost catastrophic policies that cover only major health care expenditures. But state bureaucrats SEE INSURANCE, 6A

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What’s your take on the Irish favorite, corned beef and cabbage?

I’ve never tried it, and never will.

I’ve never tried it, but want to.

25% 4% 12%

Gross! I will never try it again.

Total Votes: 24

Love it! I wait all year for this.

58%

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COURTESY PHOTOS|DAVID BLUFF

LETTERS | FROM PAGE 4A

The primary purpose of Miss Klute’s testimony was to point out that contraceptive drugs are often used to treat serious medical ailments other than just contraception and therefore their coverage should be allowed in most insurance plans.

I should add that I don’t really think that anyone willfully told any lies. They were just gullible enough to pass along what they heard on Fox or on one of those clearly deceptive radio channels.

However during the next six months, thanks to the ruling of an activist right wing Supreme Court, we will be bombarded with $1 or $2 billion worth of falsified ads from all sides.

Whether you like Romney or not you should agree that his Super PAC’s have proved that if falsehoods are told often enough they will be believed even in the U.S.A. I think most of us also will agree that the next election will be the most important election in our lifetime so it is crucial that, as Carl Sagan would say, we all get our B.S. Detectors on and adjust them accordingly.

-William Betz Newport

18-year-old foster kids need network To the editor: I’ve been thinking lately about children who leave the foster care system when they reach the age of 18. Most of them lose their “families” at that point. Is there any group who helps them in their transition?

Perhaps a group could be formed – not to formally adopt them, but simply to adopt them informally. I’ve been thinking of a group perhaps like foster grandparents who would welcome them for an occasional meal or just a telephone call; perhaps have them visit for holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas.

I’ve read that many of these young adults wind up homeless or in prison, and I think a continuation of human contact would help. Is anyone out there interested in helping with a project like this?

-Ruth Calkins Newport

Why does Russia support Syria?

To the editor: War and peace in the Middle East may hang in the balance.

Historically, Tartus, Syria, is an important trade and transportation center and has one of the two main ports of the country on the Mediterranean.

The city port is experiencing major expansion as a lot of Iraqi imports come through the port of Tartus to aid reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance base, under a 1971 agreement with Syria, to support the Soviet Navy fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and its Mediterranean fleet, the 5th Mediterranean Squadron, which was composed of ships from the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, ceased its existence.

Russia forgave Syria of three quarters, or $9.6 billion, of its $13.4 billion Soviet-era debt and became

Swans visit Pend Oreille its main arms supplier in 2006.

Amid Russia’s deteriorating relations with the West, because of the 2008 South Ossetia Warý and plans to deploy a US missile defense shield in Poland, President Assad agreed to the port’s conversion into a permanent Middle East base for Russia’s nuclear-armed warships.

On Sept. 8, 2008, 10 Russian warships docked in Tartus. According to Lebanese-Syrian commentator Joseph Farah, the flotilla which moved to Tartus consisted of the Moskva cruiser and four nuclear missile submarines.

This year’s completion of development and modernization could serve as a base for Russian guided-missile cruisers and aircraft carriers.

Russia and China may be preventing any repeat in Iran and Syria of non-nuclear protected (Iraq and Libya) “shock and awe” régime change.

This may just put the ultimate necessary pressure on the Israel and Palestine situation, to reach a two-state recognition and Middle East peace accord.

-Duane Schofield Cusick

A birder peers out toward Calispell Lake Saturday, to watch the swans that stop there to rest and feed during their migration to their breeding grounds. A total 95 people turned out for the annual Tundra Swan Festival, smaller than past years due to predictions for snowy weather. The day included talks at the Camas Center from local biologist Bart George, “Swan Lady” Martha Jordan and a talk from the county’s director of community development Mike Lithgow about birds along the Pend Oreille River Water Trail.

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BINGO

A young male Red Heeler mix. Ready for adoption on the 14th of March after he is neutered Needs some TLC.

FLUFFY/BUFFY

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We’re all in the same lifeboat To the editor: I support abortion about as much as I support the government regulating my bowel movements. I am sure that Republicans don’t want to pay for my poop medication. Republicans created the contraception issue by linking birth control with abortions.

I am enjoying my baby grandson and am thankful that the chief abortionist (God or nature) didn’t abort him with a miscarriage. Yes, God or nature is a baby killer. America is 37th in the world in infant mortality. Are you going to say that it serves us right because we are such a Godless and sinful country? Perhaps we are just too greedy and self-righteous to help others who make mistakes.

While I understand the opposition to abortion, it would be more productive if you went down to the local grocery stores and protested obese people who buy jelly donuts. Why should we have to pay for their diabetes medications through higher group insurance premiums or government provided healthcare? We are a society of people who are in the same lifeboat. Some of us bail water and some poke holes in the bottom of the boat. That’s what Republicans are doing when they demand that all babies be born and then pull the rug out for under them with their anti-social and false morality agenda. I suppose that a special needs baby is viewed as a lack of “personal responsibility” by the conceiving parents. Instead of the government the parents are supposed to turn to a church or charity to pay for millions of dollars in medical care.

It’s amazing that some letter writers see abortion as a Republican or Democrat issue. Outlaw abortion, and rich Republicans will simply fly their pregnant daughters to another country for abortions and poor Democrats will just use a coat hanger.

-Pete Scobby Newport

SNOOKY

A young male Lab/American Staffordshire, picked up by city impound. Lovable and friendly.

Come see, and fall in love.

WINTER

A young female Domestic short hair. She is very curious cat with a sweet mild personality.

PRINCE

A male 2 year old orange Tabby. Very mild tempered guy, waiting for someone to take him home.

SASSY 2

A young female Domestic short hair. She was raised with dogs, other cats and children. A wonderful addition to the family.

BEAMER

How can you not love this face. Beamer is an adult male domestic long hair. He is a kitty with personality.

TINA

A young female Domestic short hair. She is dainty looking and loves to be the center of attention. This is her ‘Bat Man’ look

MISSY

A young female Siamese Tabby mix. Good with other cats, dogs and children. A wonderful addition to any family.

TRACY

Tracy is Tina’s sister. She is also Domestic short hair. The resemblance is remarkable. Come see if you can tell us apart.

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New DUI law stiffens penalties, opens records

BY RAECHEL DAWSON WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU

OLYMPIA – There will be more stringent penalties for people convicted of drunken driving in Washington, including increased fees and facial recognition systems on ignition-interlock devices.

Various reforms to the drivingunder-the-influence law unanimously passed the Legislature and become effective upon the governor’s signature.

Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, sponsored House Bill 2443, which, he said, will enforce one of the most “comprehensive ignition interlock programs in the country” by strengthening the state employee workforce to properly administer it. The Department of Licensing takes the reigns of the program from city and county courts.

Capt. Jason Berry, legislative liaison for the Washington State Patrol, has been an advocate for the bill and agrees that the current program needs better enforcement.

“As we look to technology to assist us in changing offender behavior, maintaining quality assurance and ensuring these drivers remain sober, we need appropriate oversight in place,” Berry said in a press release. “This bill will provide that, at no cost to the taxpayer.”

But it will cost convicted drunk drivers.

The bill would impose fees to fund ignition interlock devices for DUI-convicted drivers who can’t afford the device. For those who are required to have the breathalyzer – which activates the device upon exceeding the alcohol limit – and can afford it, an extra $20 per month is tacked on to the original monthly interlock device fee. Fees are deposited into a revolving ac-

count, which then helps pay the to go around and make sure that cost for indigent drivers. the drivers who are supposed to Stricter rules on who is required have the devices in their cars, actuto have an ignition interlock device ally do,” Goodman said. and who may apply for one opens Fifteen states – Alaska, Arizona, up the number of devices to those Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, who have had their original DUI Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, charge reduced to reckless driving. Nebraska, New York, New Mexico, This, in turn, increases the numOregon, Utah, Virginia – now addber of devices needed and genering Washington, require sentenced ates more dollars. drunk drivers to undergo an igni“We’ve had about 25,000 [detion breathalyzer. vices installed] over the course of In addition to these fees, people the last couple of years. This might convicted of driving while drunk double those numbers,” Goodman must now pay $2,500 (originally said. “The $1,000) research is re- “As we look to technology to assist toward ally clear that us in changing offender behavior, emergency if the device is response in the car, you maintaining quality assurance costs if apdon’t drive and ensuring these drivers remain plicable. drunk.”

Washsober, we need appropriate In case havington’s ing a device oversight in place,” number installed isn’t of deaths enough of an Capt. Jason Berry from incentive to Legislative liaison for the Washington State Patrol alcoholdrive sober, related car the bill also accidents urges ignition interlock devices has decreased since 2009, accordcome with a facial recognition ing to the National Highway Trafsystem when possible. This is to fic and Safety Administration. The prevent sober friends or family national average of general traffic from taking the breath test in lieu related deaths has decreased as of the intoxicated vehicle-owner, well. The latest data shows Washaccording to Goodman. ington’s DUI deaths make up about Ignition interlock device manu37 percent of traffic fatalities. facturers, vendors, technicians and Among other technicalities, providers have agreed to pay other Goodman’s bill expands the definifees that are estimated to rise up to tion for a DUI to include huffing $877,750 in fiscal year 2013. The chemical substances among the money would be deposited into a list of drugs considered under a highway safety account controlled DUI offense. by the Washington State Patrol Under terms of the new law, Impaired Driving Section Projects. felony DUI cases are kept as public According to Rep. Goodman, a records. Formerly, people who had stronger statewide compliance pro- completed the terms of their felony gram is expected to emerge under DUI conviction could have their reterms of the new rules. cords sealed. The DUI reform takes “State patrol will hire new staff effect Aug. 1.

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Marine Protection Act. He voted for Growth Management. He voted against authorizing President Bush to use force to disarm Iraq with or without the cooperation of the United Nations.

In 2005, he went to Iraq to help him decide whether to pull U.S. troops out and on return said a reasonable timetable would be

INSURANCE | FROM PAGE 4A

have decided that insurers who sell those plans to young adults in Washington will be able to do so only through the exchange — they are banned from selling those plans on the open market.

Why would bureaucrats force these insurers into the exchange?

Money.

State exchanges will be costly to operate, especially if billions in promised federal subsidies don’t materialize. Because catastrophic policies are most often purchased by healthy young adults, state bureaucrats want to force those low risk consumers into the exchange so their premiums can subsidize the other higher risk participants.

Another rule in Washington’s exchange could further limit choice for consumers in our state.

Even though the exchange doesn’t apply to them, insurers that specialize in health plans for large employers and associations must change their business model and start offering three tiers of plans to either small groups or individuals — markets for which they have no desire, no experience, no expertise and no products.

Not surprisingly, these extreme intrusions into the marketplace will convince some of the few remaining insurers in Washington that it’s time to leave the state, further reducing choice and competition.

Of course, all this will change if Gov. Gregoire heeds calls to veto the two offending sections of the exchange legislation. Without that veto, Washington’s health insurance exchange will mean loss of coverage, fewer choices, less competition and higher prices.

after Iraqi elections in December.

He said Iraq never had weapons of mass destruction.

Inslee was hooked on global warming and coauthored the New Apollo Energy Act designed to decrease dependence on oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He voted for bills promoting wind, solar or biomass power plants. He was for cap and trade, an idea so unpopular with both parties it has disappeared from the table of options.

He denounced a bill that passed speeding up salvage logging and reforestation after fires, hurricanes or other disasters. He supported giving

Man sentenced for displaying medical marijuana

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 86 suspended, and 12 months probation for displaying medical marijuana plants in public.

Superior Court judge Pat Monasmith handed down the sentence Thursday, March 8.

The sentence included $1,000 in legal financial obligations, including $500 for the public defender.

Leroy Braebec Jr., 36, pled

guilty to the charge, which sheriff detective, a U.S. Forest stemmed from an incident in Service officer and two state Fish which Braebec and three othand Wildlife officers contacted ers were Braebec camping in Braebec had put two marijuana after getting a trailer on plants in pots outside with a complaint federal land that they some house plants while the near Bead were disLake Mine turbing an group was away from camp.

Road last archaeologiMay. cal site near Braebec had put two marithe mine. juana plants in pots outside When a Pend Oreille County with some house plants while Sheriff deputy arrived, he could the group was away from camp. see the marijuana plants outside According to the investigation narrative, a Pend Oreille County SEE MARIJUANA, 7A

Power Lake project up for review COLVILLE – The Colville National Forest is planning a project at Power Lake to restore fish habitat and improve forest health.

Work involves removing 10 culverts, decommissioning about four miles of road and thinning up to 8,000 acres of forest.

Forest officials announced Friday that the Environmental Assessment for the proposed project is available for public review and comment.

Temporary roads and new roads will be constructed, and about two miles of Middle Fork Calispell Creek Road will be

relocated onto Bartlett Road and Forest Road 3500050 to improve fish habitat and water quality.

Approximately 21 miles of currently closed roads in the project area are proposed to be decommissioned to protect resources.

The project area is located about 15 miles northwest of Newport in the Calispell Creek drainage.

The environmental assessment is available on the Colville National Forest website at www. fs.usda.gov/projects/colville/landmanagement/projects. Copies are also available on compact disc or

paper format at the Newport and Sullivan Lake Ranger District offices.

Comments may be submitted by fax, hand-delivered or via email for 30 days starting March 21.

If you have any questions regarding this project or how to comment on the project, contact Power Lake project team leader Amy Dillon or district ranger Gayne Sears at the Newport–Sullivan Lake Ranger District, 315 N. Warren Ave., Newport, WA 99156, call 509-447-7300 or fax 509-447-7301.

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Let us hope that his replacement will have an ear for the owners’ wants and not what serves the needs of private interests.

-Richard Bevans Usk

endeavor is not without risk. The risk is to the PUD and, by extension, to its electric customers who backstop PUD decisions.

PUD leadership is taking on this endeavor for the people of the county, not for ourselves. As a public entity, the PUD does not seek a profit, but rather to recover

costs, and in moving forward the PUD acknowledges it is our challenge and responsibility to develop a broadband system capable of maintaining itself through its own service revenues.

-April Owen PUD Interim General Manager

native Hawaiians the same status as Indian tribes with finding, entitlements and ability to have gambling casinos.

In short, Jay Inslee is one of the most liberal members of Congress and greenest of the greenies who would be in way over his head as governor. God help us if he makes it.

(Adele Ferguson can be reached at P.O. Box 69, Hansville, WA 98340.)

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House, Senate pass transportation budget in final hour County could get $45,000 for road preservation

BY SCOTT PANITZ WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU

OLYMPIA – As the 2012 supplemental operating budget negotiations froze nearing adjournment of the 2012 session, March 8, the Washington State legislature did reach agreement on a different major spending plan: the transportation budget.

A bipartisan transportation supplemental budget that overwhelmingly passed in both chambers raises $57 million in new revenue over the remainder of the 2011-2013 biennium with various fee increases. The new money would primarily go toward debt service on a second 144-vehicle ferry, transit operation grants and provide seed money for future projects statewide.

Seventh District Reps. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, and Shelly Short, R-Addy, were two of six legislators voting against the bill. Sen. Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, voted yes.

Pend Oreille County road officials said the budget increases funding for county roads by $45,000. That will go toward preservation work on major roads.

Washington State Patrol and Washington State Ferries operations accounts, which are both projected to go into the red in 2013, would receive $16 million combined from the new revenues.

The additive revenues are projected to raise a further $183.5 million for the same projects and accounts during the 2013-2015 biennium.

While the budget adopted Thursday is a short-term solution to the Connecting Washington Task Force’s call for a $21 billion investment in transportation infrastructure over the next 10 years, transportation leaders were able to cross party lines and put together a budget which both parties agreed they could support.

“I feel really positive about it,” said Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island,

chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Committee. “It’s an extraordinarily good budget, I think, considering the limited amount of money that we had.”

Haugen said that the budget would create or sustain 43,000 jobs for the rest of the biennium.

“We’ve done some major things this year with the Alaskan Way Viaduct and I-405 and the Columbia River Crossing and SR 520,” said Haugen. “We’re keeping all those projects moving. It’s truly a jobs bill.”

Washington and Oregon have equal funding responsibilities on shared components of the Columbia River toll bridge project, according to budget language.

Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, one of six senators to vote against the transportation plan, HB 2190, said that though he agrees the budget does a lot of good, he couldn’t support it on the basis of the further $92 million appropriation for the Columbia River Crossing.

He cited a report that surfaced March 2 in an article in The Columbian in which Coast Guard officials said in a letter dated Dec. 7, 2011, that the planned bridge height for the $3.5 billion project is too low to receive an essential permit to allow for its construction and would need to be corrected. Total expenditures on the project through January are $144 million.

Despite the date-stamp on the letter from the Coast Guard, The Columbian maintained that the CRC’s director said the height concerns came as a surprise, a statement Benton characterized as untrue.

Benton conceded that “there’s a lot of good stuff in that budget, but I just think it sends the wrong signal to the DOT that it’s okay to lie to the Legislature,” he said of allocating more monies to the project. “I don’t think it’s okay to lie to the Legislature.

“That’s horrible and you should not reward that kind of behavior by passing a budget and giving them more money,” he said.

Benton recalled a conversation with Haugen regarding the issue, in which he claimed the chairwoman sided with the DOT,

saying that they didn’t know about the issues with the bridge height.

“Like all budgets, there’s a lot of good in there, so maybe those guys just decided, ‘well there’s more good than bad,’” said Benton.

Yakima Sen. Curtis King echoed Benton’s statements to a degree, but said overall he was pleased with the budget. He described the major highlights as the building of the new ferry boat and the additional funds that take “some of the pressure off of the shortfalls that were being projected in the ferry system and the state patrol accounts.”

“I think those are probably the two biggest factors in how we keep the transportation flowing,” said King, the ranking minority member of the Senate Transportation Committee.

House Transportation Chairwoman, Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, said the budget “helps us get through the next biennium fairly well. Ferries and State Patrol, those are the ones in our budget that hit red in 2013, so we’ll have that helped and then local governments and the transits get some money.

There’s nothing to not like [in the budget], there’s just not very much [money].”

She said, however, that in order to maintain the transportation infrastructure and secure projects going forward, a substantial revenue package is needed.

She said voters should expect to see some kind of proposal on the ballots in 2014, a timeline Haugen agreed with.

Though King isn’t sure that a massive revenue package is the only option, he acknowledged its possibility.

“We have lots of projects that require lots of money, so it’s going to come down to how pertinent are those projects and how important are they to our transportation system as a whole and can we raise money, can we find additional monies and how do we accomplish that,” he said.

“How much can the people of the state of Washington afford?” he posed.

MARIJUANA | FROM PAGE 6A

and another six plants in the trailer that were visible from a window.

They originally charged Braebec with manufacturing marijuana, a felony. Washington’s medical marijuana statute is not recognized on federal land.

When contacted by law enforcement, Braebec presented an expired medical marijuana card.

According to his attorney, Barrett Scudder, the doctor made the medical marijuana authorization a month and a half before

Braebec was found with the marijuana plants. The doctor was holding off giving the actual card until Braebec had paid.

Deputy prosecutor Jeremy Schmidt said that the medical marijuana law was confusing.

“This is fundamentally flawed legislation,” Schmidt said. He said there were no consequences for doctors. “If the doctor had been acting ethically, he would have given him the card,” Schmidt said, regardless of what was owed.

Braebec told the judge that he made a mistake.

“I shouldn’t have put the plants out in public,” he said.

Scudder asked that the judge waive public defender fees, as the court had found that Braebec was indigent.

Monasmith denied that request.

“I know it’s a lot of money but it is a fraction of what you would have paid if you went out and hired an attorney,” he said.

Scudder also asked that the pipes and other paraphernalia found in the trailer be returned.

Schmidt opposed that. The judge didn’t make a decision on returning the paraphernalia.

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Signs of spring Birds are migrating through the area, as seen here near Sacheen Lake at the seasonal pond at the Moonlight RV Park last week. Photographer Donna Lands said she’s seen tundra swans, Canada geese, mallard ducks and sometimes blue heron.

She guesses there are well over 200 birds at the pond, and after the birds move on, frogs start singing every night.

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Flu season arrives late It’s not too late to vaccinate OLYMPIA – Flu season has been slow to arrive in the area, but influenza is now increasing in most Washington communities. While flu most commonly peaks in February, peak flu activity has yet to peak this season in Washington.

“Flu is a serious disease that puts many people in the hospital and claims a lot of lives each year in our country,” Secretary of Health Mary Selecky said. “Fortunately, we have a vaccine that offers the best protection against flu. We can all do our part to protect our communities.”

Everyone 6 months and older should get a flu shot each year. Some children under age 9 may need two doses about four weeks apart to be fully protected.

The flu is different from a cold. It often causes fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, headaches, and fatigue. Most healthy adults can spread the flu before they know they’re sick and for up to seven days after. Children

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can spread it for even longer.

To avoid spreading the flu, people should wash their hands, cover their cough, and stay home if they’re sick.

If you’re sick with flu, antiviral medications can lessen symptoms and help prevent serious complications. They work best when started quickly.

Flu season is gaining momentum at a time when whooping cough is already very active in many communities. Anyone can get whooping cough but it is most serious for infants. All teens and adults should get a whooping cough booster, called Tdap vaccine, to help stop the spread of this disease and protect babies.

To find an immunization clinic, call your healthcare provider, visit a local pharmacy, use the Department of Health Flu News website, www.doh.wa.gov/flunews, or call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Brandon L. Reeve, son of Victoria I. and Bruce W. Reeve of Metaline, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Reeve is a 2011 graduate of Selkirk High School.

During the eight-week program, he completed a variety of training that included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. Battle Stations is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly Navy flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.

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Fit Together challenge off and running NEWPORT – A total 25 teams, 200 people, are participating in the Healthy Newport Fit Together corporate challenge. The challenge has people working toward 10,000 steps per day on their pedometers and earning points for healthy eating and other good habits.

Fit Together’s corporate challenged kicked off March 5 and goes for eight weeks. After the first week, the top 10 teams are: 1. PT Ninjas (Newport Hospital and Health Services physical therapy) 2. Crackalakin (Chiropractic Plus) 3. Java Junkies (Nomad and Java Junction coffee) 4. The McDouble Steps (McDonald’s) 5. Hustle “ER’s” (Newport Hos-

pital and Health Services) 6. Healthy Britches (Club Energy) 7. The Walking Dead (Kalispel Tribe of Indians) 8. Paper Weights (The Miner Newspaper) 9. AccountAbility (Newport Hospital and Health Services) 10. Mista & the Sassy Sistas (Newport School District) The first week’s mystery challenge was to perform five random acts of kindness. Week two’s mystery challenge was to tell a joke a day – healthy habits and behaviors that anyone can incorporate into their lives and that make our community a healthier place to be, organizers said.

Other events planned for the month include: • A healthy recipe contest at

the Camas Center Deli, which closes Thursday, March 22 • A free nutrition seminar and Q&A with healthy snacks at Owen’s Grocery Tuesday, March 27 at 6 p.m. featuring local dietician Annie Frederick, RD, CD, CDSD Healthy Newport is a grassroots community coalition of various partners in health, made up of several community groups and organizations.

Branching from Newport, all neighbors throughout Pend Oreille and West Bonner Counties are encouraged to join the campaign.

For more information, visit www.healthynewport.com, find Healthy Newport on Facebook or contact healthynewport@ gmail.com.

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Cleaning the drain Newport City work crews were out Friday, March 16 cleaning drains and collector boxes after Thursday’s rain. Pictured are Doug Carey and Dave North cleaning a collector box at Warren Avenue and Highway 2.

Bill would expand options for wetland mitigation

BY RAECHEL DAWSON WNPA OLYMPIA NEWS BUREAU

OLYMPIA – A bill was passed by the Washington House and Senate that would allow project planners an option to fund environmental programs if they cannot comply with wetland mitigation requirements. Currently, one of these programs has about $10 million in dues to small-forest landowners, according to officials in forestry.

Gov. Chris Gregoire was scheduled to take action on Monday, but so far had not signed off on the bill as of Tuesday.

Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, sponsored House Bill 2238, which would allow public or private entities the option of providing monetary funds toward state environmental agencies in lieu of required on-site wetland mitigation.

The subsidy option would be available when the Department of Ecology and Fish and Wildlife deems there would be no other way for the project plan to comply, for instance if a construction project could not avoid disrupting a wetland.

These projects usually entail the construction of highways, railline, airports, marine terminals, utility corridors, harbor arenas or hydroelectric facilities. But noninfrastructure related projects

such as a strip mall, housing community or hotels are included in the bill as well.

When entities are required to undertake compensatory wetland mitigation they must create a plan that will enhance, preserve, create or restore other wetlands. But Wilcox’s bill would amend the aquatic resources mitigation law to allow project participants to provide cash for conservation programs such as the Forestry Riparian Easement Program and Riparian Open Space, both administered by the Department of Natural Resources, and the Family Forest Fish Passage Program, which is managed by the Recreation and Conservation Office.

Fiscal analysts aren’t sure how much money could be generated from this mitigation option but it may be a small step in the right direction for severely underfunded small-forest landowners, according to Wilcox.

To help small forest landowners, the Forest Riparian Easement Program was developed as a result of the Forest and Fish law. It was supposed to provide easement for 50 years to compensate smallforest landowners for land they could not harvest under the Forest and Fish Law. “This bill has the opportunity to help fund what the state has failed to be able to fund so far,” said Rick

Dunning, executive director of the Washington Farm Forestry Association.

Despite the $20 million the program did receive in the state budget, Dunning said the state has $10 million in dues to pay.

“The Forest and Fish Rules of Washington has promised the small business of tree farming nearly a billion dollars worth of payment for the timber that we’re required to leave [on river banks],” Dunning said.

“Many tree farmers cannot harvest the ground because of [the Forest and Fish Law], because if they do harvest they lose out on the ability to claim [the money], but because the Forest Riparian Easement Program is not being paid, it puts them in a very difficult position,” he explained.

Dunning said, although the Washington Farm Forestry Association supports Wilcox’s bill, what it really does is shift current taxation, and it is unlikely these programs will see the money for a couple of years due to the work that needs to be done to make the funds available for the Forest Riparian Easement Program.

Dunning and others at the Washington Farm Forestry Association think expanding the 20-acre parcel exemption rule to include all small forest landowners for utilization would help.

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The state will continue to monitor the use of cellular devices to assure that plans are being maximized. The recently created Office of the Chief Information Officer was instrumental in identifying these savings and will continue to seek technological efficiencies in other areas.

State agencies eliminated 3,450 unused and unnecessary cellular devices, and asked employees to return devices that had little use. Further, agencies optimized nearly 3,000 cellular devices by moving them to more efficient plans or by pooling minutes. Prior to the governor’s November 2011 directive, many state agencies had already begun eliminating unused cellular devices and consolidating plans to achieve greater cost savings.

The office of the chief information officer reviewed 65 agencies and found reductions across nearly all categories. Some of the biggest savings were found in the following: Department of Corrections, which eliminated 568 cellular devices and optimized 746 for a combined savings of $376,802; Department of Social and Health Services, which eliminated 1,314 cellular devices for a savings of $350,471; Washington State Department of Transportation, which eliminated 396 cellular devices and optimized 721 for a combined savings of $329,911; and Department of Licensing which eliminated 152 cellular devices for a savings of $62,689.

“The Department of Licensing was able to reduce 20 percent of our overall cell phones,” said Alan Haight, director of the department of licensing.

Senate passes bill with Secure Rural Schools funding WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed the surface transportation bill Wednesday, March 14, that includes a one-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools program that brings in nearly $1 million for schools, roads and other projects in Pend Oreille and Bonner counties.

The House of Representatives has yet to act on a similar surface transportation reauthorization.

The House also has its own form of a Secure Rural Schools renewal that involves creating trust land projects to help fund the program.

The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act (SRS) is meant to make up for revenue lost from declining U.S. Forest Service timber harvests on federal lands. The bill would

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Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) make up for their inability to collect taxes on large swaths of public lands. The last PILT payments will go out this month.

During fiscal year 2011, 27 counties in Washington received about $24 million from the SRS program. From PILT, 38 counties in Washington received roughly $13.8 million.

The Secure Rural Schools program expired Sept. 30, 2011. Another bill, the bipartisan County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 1692), would extend SRS for five years as well as fully fund PILT for five additional years.

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BR I E FLY Selkirk students inducted into honor society

METALINE FALLS – Six Selkirk juniors were inducted in to the National Honor Society March 11 at the Cutter Theatre in Metaline Falls.

From the class of 2013, new NHS members are Kirbi Anderson, Michael Haskins, Kendra McGeorge, Jessika Reiber, Max Rumelhart and Eric Wittenmyer.

Selkirk High School principal Larry Reed was the guest speaker. A dessert reception followed for the inductees and their families.

Fire district to discuss personnel issue IONE – Pend Oreille County Fire District No. 2 commissioners will hold a special meeting Friday, March 23 at 10 a.m. They will discuss the performance of a current employee in a closed executive session. Personnel matters are confidential, so no details were available before the meeting.

The meeting will be held at the administrative office in Station 23, 390442 Highway 20 near Ione.

The commissioners, chairman Rick Stone, Dick Norton and Sandie Durand have regular meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 10 a.m. Fire chief is Scott Doughty, and the administrative assistant is John Rumelhart.

Selkirk actors are ‘Fantastick’ METALINE FALLS – The Selkirk High School Theatre Arts actors will present “The Fantasticks,” Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cutter Theatre in Metaline Falls. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students, available at the door.

Taking the stage in this musical are Erin Rumelhart as the narrator, Eric Wittenmyer as Matt, Menessa Merkley as Luisa, Kurstin Kellogg as Bellomy, Kaci Nearing as Hucklebee, Kendra McGeorge as the old actor, Alex Yarnell as Mortimer, Lauren McGeorge as Walter, and Mykenzie Maupin as the mute. The play is directed by Tara Leininger, and Donivan Johnson is the music director and pianist.

Written by Tom Jones and the music composed by Harvey Schmidt, “The Fantasticks” is the longest running musical in Broadway history, playing at the Sullivan Theatre in New York City for 42 years and 17,162 performances. It has been on the Cutter stage twice before, once produced by the Cutter Theatre and nine years ago by the Selkirk High School actors. The story is based on a variety of sources, including

City holds water improvement discussion PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River City Council is holding a special meeting Monday, March 26, to discuss the water system improvement process, at 6 p.m. in city hall.

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FIBER | Rates to pay debt FROM PAGE 2A

fiber system from its electric rates.

Jordan explained that about 2 to 3 percent of rates will continue to go toward fiber, but the electric system receives some benefit from the fiber as well. He said it would be up to the commissioners if they eventually want the fiber system to repay the electric system.

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IONE – There will be more time for public comment on the proposed sand pit near Ione.

Pend Oreille County road staff held a pubic workshop March 7 to explain the need for a new pit in Road District 3.

The county is proposing developing a sand pit at Greenhouse Road and Picket Road south of Ione on the west side of the river where the county owns 15.5 acres.

Public works director Sam Castro said the response at last week’s workshop was mostly positive. Some of the abutting neighbors had concerns about mining operations taking place throughout most of the year.

He said they typically mine four to six months out of the year, and usually in the spring to cut down on dust. He said neighbors also asked for a 100 foot buffer between the mine and their property instead of the 50 foot that is proposed.

Castro said the 50-foot right

of way is pretty standard. He said they would likely be able to keep a 100-foot right away until years in the future when they need to expand their mining.

Castro said the proposed pit would have a 60-year supply of sand according to their surveys. The current pit off of Sullivan Lake Road is becoming increasingly difficult to work with.

There are oversized rocks, and crews must do extra screening work. Also, the sand is mixed with clay, which makes for a sticky mess when cleaning the roads of sand in the spring.

Castro said the extra work makes mining sand there expensive for the county. While at the District 1 shop, it costs about $22,000 per year to mine sand, the extra work at Ione makes the cost go up to $63,000 there.

Before approving the new pit at Ione, the county must submit various reports and hold public hearings.

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years. With shrinking enrollment, the school has seen the theatre arts program shrink in numbers as well.

Musicals are mostly large productions, and require at least a few male singers. But the Selkirk thespians kept after their director to try a musical, and the time was right.

The cast is a diverse one, with a few of the older actors having some serious stage time in other productions, while there are three new actors in the company, including a sixth grader.

“These young actors have worked diligently, keeping their grades up and participating in their athletic events. But what they bring to ‘The Fantasticks’ is pure magic,” Leininger said.

“The Fantasticks” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) of New York. For more information, contact Selkirk High School at 509446-3505.

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The Selkirk actors have not had a musical on stage for nine

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What direction should fish management go?

BY MICHELLE NEDVED OF THE MINER

PRIEST RIVER – What direction should fishing at Priest Lake go in the next six years is a question on many anglers’ minds, as well as the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. That question is nowhere near answered after a series of public meetings held last week.

The meeting at the Priest River Senior Center Thursday night was full. Many anglers at the meeting want IDFG to leave the lake trout alone and see what will happen to the kokanee population this summer. Last year that population exploded, an anomaly in the lake where kokanee have been in decline for the last 30 years.

A few, less vocal attendees want efforts to recover kokanee and the threatened bull trout to continue in both the upper and lower lakes.

Fishing for lake trout is a beloved pastime for many at Priest Lake. “My grandson, my kids, myself.

We love catching lake trout,� one angler said at the meeting.

Regional fishery manager Jim Fredericks explained that IDFG is in the process of setting its six-year management plan that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. The agency is revisiting the Priest Lake/Upper Priest Lake system, as the two lakes have been managed separately.

Currently, a lake trout suppression effort at Upper Priest Lake is in place to encourage the recovery

of native bull trout – a threatened species – and kokanee. Priest Lake has been managed as a lake trout fishery.

Fredericks explained that the two lakes have become one system and plans to keep the two lakes separate haven’t worked. The IDFG looked into using both floating and electric weirs and strobe lights to keep fish in lower Priest Lake from migrating to Upper Priest Lake.

Lake trout are not native to Priest Lake, and were introduced in the lower portion in 1925, as they were in many western lakes. Lake trout were non-existent in Upper Priest Lake in 1956, and occasionally caught there by 1985. By 1993, lake trout were commonly caught there and a population assessment was conducted in 1997.

The first experimental removal efforts began in 1998.

Annual removal efforts began in 2006 and continue at Upper Priest Lake, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. “Every June we go back up there and it’s like starting over,� Fredericks said. “What we’re doing is kind of a finger in the dyke scenario.�

IDFG introduced mysis shrimp into Priest Lake in 1965, in an effort to feed the kokanee population. This backfired and instead, juvenile lake trout began feeding on the shrimp. “That was a big mistake,� Fredericks said. By 1983, bull trout and kokanee were virtually gone.

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decision. Speaker registration will begin at 1 p.m.

The information meeting and hearing will be at Bonners Ferry High School, 6485 Tamarack Lane.

Persons with disabilities needing reasonable accommodations to participate in the public meeting or hearing are invited to contact Cathy Rogers at 208378-5387, cathy_rogers@fws. gov, or 503-231-6263 (TTY).

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said they will continue to work closely with Idaho’s Boundary and Bonner counties, and Washington’s Pend Oreille County, to coordinate information-sharing with citizens on this proposal, including why critical habitat is being designated for the species and what this means for landuse activities in the area.

Similarly, the public will be able to provide USFW with data, as well as share their concerns on the proposal, which will be used in forming the final decision.

THE NEWPORT MINER

Ecology gives some feedback on Shoreline Master Program

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – Officials of the state Department of Ecology appeared before the Pend Oreille County commissioners Tuesday, March 21, to outline some of their concerns and go over the next steps for the Shoreline Master Program.

The county commissioners just closed one part of the public comment period and are going over the hundreds of comments that were received. They plan to open the public comments up for another 60-day period after they make changes to the draft document. “Going for more comments is understandable but unusual,�

Jaime Short said. Short is a shoreline planner with Ecology who has been working with the county for some time on the Shoreline Master Program.

Commissioners plan to hold tabletop workshops on the SMP April 3, 17 and May 1. They will incorporate any changes they want to make to the draft and send it out for another 60 days for comment. Then there will be a public hearing in July. The commissioners will consider those comments and send the draft document to Ecology to review.

That starts a statewide comment period, where people from around the state can comment, as well as state agencies.

Then Ecology will either approve or conditionally approve the SMP. If they conditionally approve it, it will go back to the county to make the changes. If the county cannot make the changes in a way that satisfies Ecology, ultimately, Ecology could write the rules, which will become Pend Oreille County’s Shoreline Master Program.

Short said she appreciated the commissioners communicating with Ecology. She didn’t want the Pend Oreille County process to get bogged down the way the Spokane County process has. “The communication just stopped,� she said, referring to the Spokane SMP. Short presented the commissioners a letter outlining some of her concerns about the current draft of the Pend Oreille County SMP. In the letter, she repeated her concerns about the county planning commission reducing the setbacks from 100 feet to 50 feet for

properties zoned rural residential.

She is also concerned that the grandfathering provision that allows the setback for both rural and urban conservancy properties to be reduced from 150 feet and 100 feet respectively to 50 feet for the construction of a single family house. The grandfathering she is referring to essentially allows any lot that is already there to be grandfathered in. “I appreciate the difficult task the Planning Commission faced,�

Short wrote. “They did not, however, provide the County Commissioners with a scientifically based rationale to justify the draft buffer provisions in question.�

Short also wrote that many of the those making comments were concerned the setbacks will prevent landowners from building a home on their property and that the county will have to compensate them for “taking� their land. “I am concerned the relief provisions already contained within the draft document are going unnoticed,� she wrote.

Property owners could “buffer average,� she said. When a property owner cannot build on their property because of the setback, they may be allowed to increase the setback elsewhere on the property to compensate for where they need to build closer to the water.

Property owners could also use a “common line setback to accommodate infill.� In populated areas, such as Diamond Lake, if there is a home built to the 25 foot setback on one side and another home built to the 25 foot setback on the other, a property owner may ask to build a new home to the 25 foot setback.

Property owners could also ask for a variance to address irregular lot dimensions.

Short said the standards to grant such a variance were very high.

Jeremy Sikes, a wetland specialist with the DOE’s Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, asked if the commissioners planned on diving into the draft document soon.

County commission chairwoman Laura Merrill said yes, that commissioners were planning the three workshops.

Short said DOE officials were scheduled to meet with members of the Pend Oreille Chapter of the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights

Wednesday, March 28, at 10 a.m. in the commissioners room at the courthouse.

Lithgow has already spoken at a meeting of CAPR. He said that it was important to engage a group like CAPR, which has a way to disseminate information.

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Little Guy wrestlers place at Davenport DAVENPORT – The Newport Little Guy wrestling team brought about 34 kids to wrestle in Davenport March 10.

In first place from Newport’s team were: David Skaugstad, Isaiah Thompson, Brandon Moeckel, Kaiden Shaw and Ky Haney. In second were William Shaw, Jeremiah Kirkwood, Mathieu Kirkwood, Jacob Kirkwood, Jed Cupp, Nathan Allen, Sam Tinsley and Riley DeMent.

Third place wrestlers were Bobby Nokes, Noah Jamison, Chris Noble and Blake Haney.

Koehn named state’s top hunter educator

Area golfers watch weather for start of season NEWPORT – Local high school golf teams are scheduled to begin play, but the soggy weather is making that difficult.

Cusick was supposed to golf at Harrington Monday, March 19, but the match was canceled. They are to golf at Colfax Monday, March 26.

Newport’s golf team is scheduled to play Colville at the Dominion Meadows Golf Course Monday, March 26, at 2 p.m., weather permitting.

Priest River golfers don’t start until April.

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with his young sons years before and was impressed.

“I had taken a class in Illinois and we didn’t even get to touch a gun,” he said. The Washington classes were quite a bit different.

The five-night class consists of two hours of class time and an hour of firearm handling, with dummy ammunition. The course covers firearm safety, first aid and hunting.

There are nine firearm instructors in Pend Oreille County, Koehn said, and most nights the classes have several teachers.

Koehn said there is a wide range

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Statistics: Akre, and Barber; Yotinni, Clayton (3), and Shannon, and Clayton. W-Yotinni. L-Akre. Sv-None.

HITS: Priest River-Brooks. Northwest ChristianGray 2, Shannon 4, Clayton 3, Morris, Dorosh, Hartis.

SOCCER MARCH 13 At North Central High School, Spokane North Central 7, Newport 1 Newport (0-1) 1 North Central (1-0) 7 First half scoring: 1, New, Behrend (Fernandes) 5:00. 2, NC, Samcoff 8:00. 3, NC, Williams (Pelton) 23:00. Second half: 4, NC, Williams (PK) 44:00. 5, NC, Williams (Pelton) 49:00. 6, NC, Samcoff 54:00. 7, NC, Pelton (PK), 74:00. 8, NC, Samcoff (Williams) 76:00.

Shots: Newport 7, North Central 16. Saves: Newport, Young 7. North Central, Martinez 6.

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Local free throw champ moves on to state SPOKANE VALLEY – Selkirk student Ryan Zimmerman, 10, has qualified to participate at the state level of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship.

To qualify, Zimmerman won the 10-year-old boys council level championship held Jan. 14 at Selkirk High School. From there, he went on to claim the District 33 championship Feb. 5 in Valley, Wash., and on March 10 he took the regional championship at Spokane Valley.

Zimmerman will participate in the state championship held in Yakima Saturday, March 24. He will compete in the 10-year-old boys class against other regional champions from throughout the state for the title of Knights of Columbus 10-year-old State Free Throw Champion.

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Ten-year-old Ryan Zimmerman stands with his trophy for winning the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. He will move on to the state competition in Yakima this weekend.

of ages in the hunter education classes.

“I’ve had a 78-year old grandmother and an 83-year-old grandfather,” he said. “I’ve taught 7-year-old boys and girls.”

Anyone born after 1972 has to take the class to get a hunting license. But not everybody is going to go hunting, he said.

“I get people who have inherited a bunch of firearms and don’t know what to do with them,” he said. “So they take the class and learn something. They may never

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Ranger track team off and running

CUSICK – If the weather warms up and the fields dry out, Cusick and Selkirk softball teams are scheduled to play each other Tuesday, March 27, at 2 p.m. in Cusick.

Cusick coach Dan Savage isn’t optimistic the game will happen on time.

Selkirk is scheduled to play against St. Michael’s in Spokane Saturday, March 24, weather permitting, at noon.

Cusick’s next game would be Saturday, March 31, at noon, in Spokane, also versus St. Michael’s.

OF THE MINER

Greg Koehn was honored for his work as a hunter education instructor at a ceremony in Yakima over the weekend. Koehn was selected from among 980 instructors statewide. He is shown here with a Remington 30.06 rifle that he bought with the $450 cash award that came with the honor.

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BONNERS FERRY – The Newport and Priest River track and field teams will open their season at the Bonners Ferry Invite Saturday, March 24 at 10 a.m., weather permitting.

Newport will take on Northeast A League Riverside Wednesday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the Rams’ home track.

Priest River isn’t scheduled to compete again until the Kootenai Invite April 7.

Cusick, Softball could meet on softball diamond

BY DON GRONNING

OF THE MINER

Grizzlies, Spartan track at Bonners meet

COLVILLE – The Selkirk High School track and field team will have its season opener at Colville Thursday, March 22. Events start at 3 p.m., weather permitting.

The following meet for the Rangers is planned for March 30, the Birdsell Invite at Deer Park.

Second time outside, Spartans lose to NW Christian

BY DON GRONNING

YAKIMA – Newport resident Greg Koehn has been awarded the 2011 Terry Hoffer Memorial Firearm Safety Award. The prestigious award goes to one instructor annually who displays “meritorious and exemplary Hunter Education service in the previous 12-month period,” according to a press announcement of the award.

Some of the comments by those who nominated him illustrate why he received the award.

“He’s always willing to stay and spend extra time working with people who may be struggling,” one comment read. “He cares about every student,” read another. “He goes above and beyond to represent fellow instructors,” said another.

“It is humbling,” Koehn said after returning from Yakima, where the award was presented during the spring in service training.

“When he received the award he was speechless for a couple moments,” said Sgt. Carl Klein, the statewide coordinator of hunter education for the state.

Koehn was selected from among 980 hunter education instructors throughout the state. He was nominated by a committee that included instructors, Hunter Education Enforcement Organization (HERO) members, and a past Terry Hoffer Memorial Award winner.

The award is named for a Washington wildlife enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty in 1984.

Koehn got his certification to teach hunter education in 2003. He had attended a Washington class

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COLBERT – When the Priest River baseball team took the field to play against Northwest Christian Wednesday, March 14, it was only the second time they had been on a field this year. They lost the non-league contest 10-0. The game was halted after five innings when the Crusaders scored their 10th run, under the mercy rule.

“For being the second time on a field this spring, the team performed well,” Spartan coach Mark Schultz said. The defense played pretty well, he said, although there were some mental errors.

“Those can be fixed with more repetitions and just getting outside,” he said.

The offense will also benefit from playing outside, he said.

“Our offense will get better; we need to see more live arms,” he said. “Being inside of the gym we haven’t had the opportunity to get

a lot of looks at live arms.”

Spartan batters were only able to get one hit when Ashton Brooks hit a single.

Schultz said that, all things considered, Spartan pitchers threw well.

“It’s early, so we have them all on a pitch count,” he said, meaning pitchers throw a certain number of pitches and are relieved.

RC Akre threw the first three innings. Brooks, Jake Perkins and Nick Farnham also pitched for the Spartans.

Schultz says one thing will improve his team’s play.

“Being a young team, we need to get outside and play to get more experience,” he said.

Thursday’s game with Sandpoint has been canceled but the Spartans are scheduled to travel to Riverside for a game Friday, starting at 3:30 p.m.

The first home game is set for Thursday, April 5, against Bonners Ferry.

Score 10 team qualifies for state MISSOULA – Score 10 gymnasts faced stiff competition at the Mismo Meet March 9-11 in Missoula. Their hard work has paid off, coaches said.

The Level 4 boys Judea Stigall and Emerson Fleck tied for first place with Stigall taking first overall, placing the highest score on an individual event. The two boys walked away with seven medals each dangling on their necks.

Level 6 Tristan Wandler placed first on floor and parallel bars.

Wandler tied for the sixth place in the all around. Ethan Fleck, Level 6, took fourth on pommel horse and second place on bars. Joshua Carlson placed fourth on vault.

The Level 4 girls also placed well. Sadi Librande was seventh on beam. Violett Green placed fourth on beam, fifth on floor and sixth all around. Sydney Nelson placed seventh on beam. Michelle Contreras placed fourth on vault.

Paige Dice had an all around score

of 30.875.

Level 6 girls Erika Moore, Corinna Cauchy and Sonja Moore worked hard together as a team.

This was a special meet for Moore.

She worked hard to qualify for state after an injury to her ankle.

She succeeded with a score of 32.5.

Of the Level 7 girls, Cora Pelleberg had an all around score of 32.675, qualifying her for state.

Kesslyn Fleck had an all around of 30.3.

Level 8 Taylor Wandler did her absolute best taking a second place on floor, fifth on bars, sixth on vault, and sixth all around with a score of 34.925.

The whole Score 10 team from the gym in Oldtown has qualified to go to state this season. State competition takes place March 23-25 in Boise. Taylor and Tristan Wandler are eligible to qualify at state to move on to regional competition in April.

Priest River softball postponed Won 67.5 61 60 58.5 53.5 52 48 47.5

Lost 44.5 51 52 53.5 58.5 60 64 64.5

High scratch game team: Timber Room 729.

High handicap game team: Weber Enterprises 874.

High scratch series team: Timber Room 2,150. High handicap series team: Party of Four 2,527. High scratch game: Jeff Huling 248, Laura O’Brien 212, Sharon Reed 212. High handicap game: Phil Benzo 289, Sharon Reed 261. High scratch series: Jeff Huling 627, Laura O’Brien 580. High handicap series: Jim Goss 675, Laura O’Brien 667. Splits: Phil Benzo 5-7.

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River softball team was scheduled to travel to Riverside Saturday, but the game was canceled due to weather.

They are planning on travel-

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Newport Baseball Liberty: 3 p.m. - Liberty Newport Softball vs. Liberty: 3 p.m. - Liberty THURSDAY, MARCH 22 Selkirk Track at Colville Invite: 3 p.m. – Colville Priest River Baseball vs. Sandpoint: 3 p.m. – Sandpoint Priest River Softball vs. Sandpoint: 3:30 p.m. – Sandpoint Newport Soccer vs. Mt. Spokane: 4 p.m. - Mt. Spokane FRIDAY, MARCH 23 Priest River Softball at Pre-Season Tournament: TBA - Priest River Priest River Baseball at Riverside: 3:30 p.m. - Riverside SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Priest River Softball at Pre-Season Tournament: TBA - Priest River Newport and Priest River Track

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Lifestyle

BR I E FLY Ring in spring with Blanchard bazaar BLANCHARD – The Spring Things Sale and Bazaar will take place Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Blanchard Community Center, 685 Rusho Lane.

New and gently used items will be for sale along with spring and Easter items, arts, crafts and homemade goods by local vendors. Do your Easter shopping with lots of quality baskets, bunnies, kids items and more.

Food concessions of hot dogs, chips and drinks will be for sale.

There is no admission fee.

For more information call 208-437-1037. Check the Blanchard website at www. blanchardidaho.net for more upcoming community activities.

All you can eat pizza, no foolin’ PRIEST RIVER – The fourth annual Priest River Chamber of Commerce No Foolin’ pizza feed and auction is set for Monday, April 2 at the Ranch Club on Highway 2, west of Priest River.

Dinner starts at 5 p.m. and the auction starts at 6 p.m. All you can eat pizza, salad and desserts will be provided for $10, or two for $15. Kids under 12 eat for $5.

Tickets are available at the Ranch Club and Priest River Times. Proceeds benefit the chamber’s general fund, which helps to fund events such as Christmas on Main Street, Timber Days, Oktoberfest, Winterfest, the scholarship program and more.

Stratton Carnival set for Thursday NEWPORT – Stratton Elementary in Newport will fill with games and fun activities for the annual carnival Thursday, March 22 from 5-7:30 p.m.

Punch tickets for activities are $5 in advance or $6 at the door.

There will be a prize raffle with tickets selling for $1 each.

Spring is here at the West Bonner libraries PRIEST RIVER – Spring has sprung and March 20 started a new season in Priest River.

Spring break for the West Bonner County School District is March 24 through April 1 and during that week the Priest River Library will offer Movies!@ Your Priest River Library.

“The Lorax” and other fun movies for the family will be shown Monday through Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with snacks.

Check the library’s website for listings or call the library at 208448-2207.

Story Time at 10:30 a.m. will continue Wednesday, March 28 in Blanchard and Thursday, March 29 in Priest River. The theme will be Hat Day and kids will create sun visors for those warm and sunny days in future.

April will bring such themes as Easter Bunnies, You Belong @ Your Library during National Library Week April 8-14, Celebrate Earth and Preschoolers are People Too during Week of the Young Child April 23-27.

Check the library website at http://.westbonner.lili.org, follow it on www.facebook.com/WestBonnerLibraries or call 208448-2207 in Priest River, 118 Main St., and 208-437-0801 in Blanchard, 412 Railroad Ave., for more information.

Donations of Easter eggs needed PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Lions Club is getting ready for the annual Easter egg hunt at the Mud Hole April 7 at 10 a.m.

Those willing to donate Easter eggs can be dropped them off to be boiled and colored at Priest River Lamanna High School the morning of April 4 after 8 a.m.

Already boiled and dyed eggs can be dropped off at the Priest River Senior Center April 5 or 6 or on the day of the hunt at the Mud Hole by 9:30 a.m.

To have eggs picked up call Jeannie Smith at 208-610-3603.

THE MINER

More than meals Companionship and nutrition part of Meals on Wheels program

She said many seniors don’t realize they have the option of getting liquid meals or frozen

BY JANELLE ATYEO meals or shelf stable OF THE MINER meals, like Matzinger prefers.

NEWPORT – With the Meals “It helps with the on Wheels program, seniors get grocery bills, it helps more than a nutritious meal in the ease of cooking three times a week. Close relathe meal, it helps the tionships form between volunwhole picture,” Visger teers and the seniors they serve. said, adding that it’s Newport mayor Shirley Sands also that face-to-face has fostered many friendships. contact the seniors Though her schedule is too get when they get a busy to volunteer to drive meals visit from a volunteers around town to the homes of that’s valuable. seniors in need, she took a break “I appreciate the from her day to visit with Meals dedication of the on Wheels recipient Anna Matz- volunteers who veninger, 92. ture out in all kinds Tuesday, March 13 was the of weather to deliver annual Mayors For Meals Day, this food. It also helps part of the nationwide March for me with my shopMeals emphasis to raise awareping expenses I might ness for the senior nutrition otherwise incur,” said program. Sands is still a backup one Newport Meals on MINER PHOTO|JANELLE ATYEO driver for Meals on Wheels, fillWheels recipient. “I Newport mayor Shirley Sands visits with 92-yearing in when time allows. believe I am receiving old Anna Matzinger at her home Tuesday afternoon, “It’s an awesome program that a more balanced diet, March 13. Matzinger has taken Meals on Wheels helps our seniors that need that as the food quality is since joining the program after the March of Meals healthy meal,” good.” emphasis in 2007.

Sands said.

The “It helps with the grocery “It helps those Tri-County a gift basket last week. All the that sometimes bills, it helps in the ease of Senior Nutrition money raised stays at the local cooking the meal, it helps Program provid- level. don’t have the strength ed 8,725 meals A walk-a-thon is planned in the whole picture.” to cook that to seniors last Colville for Thursday, March 22 meal. I wish year. More than from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. more seniors Darlene Visger 188 are served The loop goes from the Colville could be on it.” Senior Nutrition Program Assistant in Pend Oreille Safeway to Booth and LaDuke Darlene County. Groups Motors.

Visger, senior around the triFor more information or to nutrition program assistant with county area have been holding make a donation contact Rural Rural Resources Community Ac- fundraisers this month.

Resources Senior Nutrition, 956 tion, said the March campaign Newport Hospital and Health S. Main, Colville, WA 99114 or is all about getting the word out. Services held a silent auction for call toll free 1-877-219-5542.

|| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Diabetes Support Group: 10 a.m. Newport Lutheran Church Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library Master Chef Cooking Series: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Blancahrd Community Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Basic Vegetable Gardening Workshop: 6-8 p.m. - Ponderay Event Center, Ponderay Priest River Animal Rescue: 6 p.m.

- 1710 9th St., Priest River Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church North Idaho Pattern Racers 4-H: 6 p.m. - Cornerstone Supply, Oldtown York Rite of Freemasonry: 6:30 p.m. - Spirit Lake Temple Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club: 7 p.m. - 508 Quail Loop, Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport THURSDAY, MARCH 22 Spring Carnival: 10 a.m. - Stratton Elementary, Newport Joy in the Morning: 9-11 a.m.

- Priest River Southern Baptist Church Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Open Painting Workshop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport StoryTime: 1 p.m. - Newport Library Loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM After School Readers Club: 3 p.m. - Priest River Library Stratton Carnival: 5 p.m. - Stratton Elementary, Newport Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Blanchard FRIDAY, MARCH 23 Blanchard TOPS: 8-9:30 a.m. Blanchard Community Church Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m.

- Pineridge Community Church,

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1428 W. First St., Newport AARP Tax Aide: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hospitality House, Newport Stitchery Club: 1-3 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Happy Agers Meeting and Potluck: Noon - Priest River Senior Center Tango Class: 4-6 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. - 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown, House of the Lord Al-Anon Meeting: 7-8 p.m. - 220 Larch St., Priest River. Call Jan 208946-6131 SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Spring Things Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Women’s AA: 9:30 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Happy Agers Card Party: 1 p.m. Priest River Senior Center Newport Chamber Awards Gala: 5 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport Set Free Northwest Meal and Worship: 6:30 p.m. - Cornerstone Building Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown SUNDAY, MARCH 25 Priest River Food Bank Open: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Spring Things Bazaar: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House MONDAY, MARCH 26 Hospitality House Potluck: Noon Hospitality House in Newport Priest River Lions: 6:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center Blanchard Grange Potluck: 6:30 p.m. - Blanchard Grange Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick TUESDAY, MARCH 27 Blanchard Spinners: Blanchard Community Center Priest River Book Talk: 10 a.m. Priest River Library Usk Community Club Meeting: 12:30 p.m. - Usk Community Hall West Bonner Library Story Hour: 2:45 p.m. - West Bonner Library in Priest River Pinochle: 6 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick Bingo: 6:30 p.m. - Newport Eagles Spirit Lake Visions, Inc.: 7 p.m. 5522 New Hampshire St., Spirit Lake Spirit Lake Lodge No. 57: 8 p.m. -

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Usk Community Club hosts April events

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

USK – The Usk Community Club will be the site of two events in April at the Usk Community Center on Black Road.

On Saturday, April 7, the Pend Oreille County Historical Society will meet for its annual meeting and luncheon, with 20-25 people expected to attend.

On April 14, the Spring Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is free for shoppers and the 25 tables have all been rented, Usk Community Club president Barb McGill said.

One of the highlights of the popular event is the lunch, which will feature homemade soup, chili, breads, rolls, homemade pies and chilidogs. There is a nominal charge for the lunch.

“The chilidogs were so popular we ran out last year,” McGill said.

COURTESY PHOTO| BARB MCGILL

Students at the Usk School line up in this undated photo.

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Spirit Lake Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. St. Anthony’s Church WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 Rotary Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park Newport TOPS: 9 a.m. - Newport Eagles Fiber Arts Knitting and Spinning

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed” 409 S. Spokane • 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

REAL LIFE MINISTRIES

“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 or Toll Free (877) 997-1200

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

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m.

Church ~ 447-3265 Pastor Mitch McGhee E-mail pineridgecc@gmail.com

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Group: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport Story Time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library Priest River Lioness: 11:30 a.m. Priest River Senior Center Al-Anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church Pinochle: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

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 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Jack Jones Church Office 208-437-0150 www.newportchurchoffaith.com

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

Church School ~ 10:00 a.m.

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

CHURCH DIRECTORY

4 Miles South of Newport, Hwy. 2 Sun.: 9:30 Sun. School, 10:30, Worship, 6 p.m. Evening Service Sun. & Wed. at Pastor’s house.

Pastor, Walt Campbell: 447-5101

S.S. ~ 9:30 • Worship ~ 11 a.m.

Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs) Pastor Sandy Strait - 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

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Diamond Lake Church 326002 Hwy. 2, West of Newport Pastor Clinton Schultz, (509) 447-4565 Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North Pastor Ron Fleck (509) 447-4755 Sat. Morning Services Sabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00 NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488 PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley Road Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. -- Sunday School (509) 447-3588

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH “Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are” 2nd & Spokane Sts 447-3846

September - May AWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

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

NEWPORT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE MISSIONS

Priest River TOPS: 6 p.m. - Priest River Free Methodist Church Pruning and Care of Tools Workshop: 6-8 p.m. - Ponderay Event Center, Ponderay Spirit Lake Historical Society: 6:30 p.m. - Call 208-623-5626 for locations Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Hospitality House in Newport

9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

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

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Bible Study Weds. 6:30 p.m.

The Usk School Reunion is set for June 30, starting at 9:30 a.m. People who attended Cusick schools are also welcome. There will be a brunch served.

“This is a real community affair,” McGill said.

Organizers are still looking for old photos of the Usk area, things such as farming and logging, as well as other activities. Copies are desired, rather that the original pictures. For the last eight to 10 years, the club has put on the Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast.

Last year’s event was successful.

“We estimated we served close to 400 people,” McGill said. She and other cooks looked out from the kitchen and were surprised to see the line of people waiting. “To be honest, we were all in a bit of shock.”

The breakfast costs $4.50 per person and goes to the club’s treasure.

CATHOLIC MASSES

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

Usk: St. Jude’s River Rd., Sat. - 5p.m.

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 9 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10 a.m. Community Worship (509) 447-4338

BLANCHARD COMMUNITY CHURCH “Building God’s Kingdom One Person at a Time” Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 11 a.m.

Mid-week Bible Studies Highway 41 Blanchard, ID (208) 437-2970 Pastor Mark Miller

HOUSE OF THE LORD

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

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

Jeff & Robie Ecklund, Pastors • 437-2032

THE MINER

FOR THE RECORD ||

Gaynor Guell Newport

Gaynor Guell passed away peacefully in his sleep early March 11 at the age of 78. He was at his winter home in Heritage Ranch, Calif. He was goodnatured, easy going Guell and loved by all, family said.

Mr. Guell grew up on the south side of Spokane and attended Lewis and Clark High School.

After high school, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and spent his tour of duty on the Eastern border of Italy. Upon returning from his tour, he attended Eastern Washington University and then went on to graduate from the Barber and Beauty college of Spokane. Shortly after that, he met Lorena Pfennig, his wife of 56 years. They were married June 29, 1956, at Manito Presbyterian Church in Spokane.

Mr. Guell was a lifetime Lions Club member and a past president. He was a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts and took part in many fundraising events for the community.

He was a member of the Davenport Presbyterian Church for 44 years and also served as a trustee and elder. For the last 12 years, he was an active member of the American Lutheran church of Newport.

Mr. Guell was a hair stylist and owned a salon in Davenport, Wash., for 44 years. He was also a real estate agent. Upon retirement, he moved to his property on the Pend Oreille River close to Newport. He enjoyed remodeling and doing carpentry on his homes. He water-skied, swam and enjoyed boating on the river.

He loved the beauty of the water and mountains in the area. He often talked of visiting the river as a young boy.

Upon retirement, he spent the winter months at Heritage Ranch in San Jacinto, Calif. He always looked forward to the social activities and was especially fond of playing pool with his friends at Heritage Ranch.

Mr. Guell was very musical. Everyone that knew him can probably remember him humming or singing a song. He was a soloist and sang in choir at church.

Besides singing in church, he belonged to many other singing groups throughout his life. He also took pleasure in playing his guitar in jam sessions.

He was very close to his family and always looked forward to their numerous phone conversations and visits.

Mr. Guell loved being a grandpa and took pleasure in playing dominos, lawn darts and fishing with his granddaughter, Tori.

Mr. Guell is survived by his wife Lorena, his son Terris of San Francisco, Calif., daughter Rhonda of Beaverton, Ore., her husband Mike Niska and granddaughter Tori. He is also survived by his brother, Marlen Guell, and sisters, Danice Tucker, Kay Renfro and Karen Heaps, who all reside in the Spokane area.

A Celebration of Life service was held March 16 at Heritage Ranch officiated by Pastor Gene Van zee of Faith Community Church.

Memorial services will also be held at the Newport at the American Lutheran Church. The date is to be announced.

Shirley Ann Hutchins Priest River

Shirley Ann (Fowler) Hutchins passed away Friday, March 16 with her beloved family and friends at her side.

She was 66.

Mrs. Hutchins Hutchins was born Jan. 18, 1946, to Howard Winner Fowler and Pauline Beatrice (Leonard) Fowler in Orange, Calif.

She married her dearly loved husband and one and only soul mate, Sterling, March 22, 1964, in Orange, Calif., and then sealed their marriage for eternity on March 20, 2004, in the Spokane Temple. They had three children: Rhonda Rae, Sterling Rodney Jr. “Bounce”, and Robin

O B I T UA R I E S Colleen.

Mrs. Hutchins was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in numerous positions as a primary teacher in the children’s Sunday school, the Young Members Society and with the Relief Society in the Priest River Ward. Along with her faith in God, family and friends were always at the center of her life.

She had a unique way of making every person in her life feel as though they were the most important. She lived to celebrate her faith, life, family and friends.

Mrs. Hutchins was a devoted, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Her life was one of patience, compassion and love, family said. She faced challenges with hope and optimism, derived from her faith in her Heavenly Father. They said she will live in their memories and hearts forever.

She is survived by her daughters Rhonda Rae Hutchins (and Max) and Robin Colleen Hutchins (and Ben); grandchildren Miranda and Taylor; great-granddaughter Madisyn; sister Jean Colleen Heath (and Larry); brother Howard Ross Fowler; sister-in-law Beverly Hutchins; brother-in-law John Hutchins; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard and Pauline Fowler; husband Sterling Rodney Sr.; son Sterling Rodney Jr. and brother-in-law Clinton Hutchins.

Funeral services were held Monday, March 19 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints Priest River Ward with the burial taking place at the Evergreen Cemetery in Priest River.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.shermanknapp.com.

Cory Craig NeVille Usk

After a short battle with cancer, Cory Craig NeVille passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, March 15 in Usk. He was 61.

NeVille Mr. NeVille was born July 25, 1950, in Powell, Wyo., to DeForest “J” NeVille and Audrey Andrews. He attended Powell High School and earned a track scholarship to Brigham Young University. He married Carna Patch and started his family and teaching career in Provo, Utah, before moving to Spokane.

Mr. NeVille served in many capacities during his lifetime, both in his church and community, which gave him great joy.

Later in life he married Linda Campbell who shared his love of travel, adventure and teaching.

He is survived by his wife, Linda NeVille of Usk and stepson Jared Campbell of Ione as well as six children: Martonne NeVille of Seattle, Marcy (and Dusty) Gallinger of Deer Park, Ryan (and Darby) NeVille of Bountiful, Utah, Haley (and James) Murray of Bountiful, Cody NeVille of Seattle, and Katie (and Joe) Arbizo of Gilbert, Ariz.

He was a doting grandfather of eight grandchildren. A brother, Dan NeVille of Kaysville, Utah, and his sister Laura NeVille of Provo, Utah, survive him as well. His brother Kevin predeceases him, along with his father Dick NeVille.

In lieu of flowers, send a donation to the Riverside Middle School Track Program, C/O Randy Miller, Riverside Middle School, 3814 E. Deer Park-Milan Road, Chattaroy, WA 990039733 or Hospice of Spokane, P.O. Box 808, Chewelah, WA 99109.

The Celebration of Life Ceremony will be held Saturday, March 24 at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 34221 N. Newport Highway, Chattaroy.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge

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

Frank Romero Newport

Frank Romero of Newport passed away March 13, at Newport Hospital Long Term Care. He was 88.

A lifelong Newport resident, he was born to Domingo Romero and Jesusa Romero July 15, 1923. He spent two years in the Civilian Conservation Corps before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in December 1942. During World War II he served in Northern France and England with the 750th Squadron of the 457th Bomb Group, 94th Combat Wing, 1st Air Division of the 8th Air Force. Following the war, he joined brothers Manny and Al in establishing Romero Brothers Sand Gravel & Concrete. He spent more than 25 years selling dirt, rocks and mud. He finished his work career as a project inspector for Don Ellersick Engineering.

On Dec. 31, 1953, he married Vera Popit. Together, they had fun, adventure and five children, who survive him: Bonnie (and Randy) Wyrobek of Newport, Bob (and Denise) Romero of Yakima, Nancy Romero of Benton City, Debbie (and Jay) Humphrey of Spokane and Sandy (and Darren) Jordan of Phoenix. Frank lost Vera to cancer Dec. 26, 1989. On May 31, 1991, he married Donna Little, expanding his family with the addition of her three children: Betty Ann (and Kirk) Thomas of Kennewick, Gary (and Daryl) Little of Missoula and Kris (and Jim) McColgin of Kennewick.

Mr. Romero was an avid card player, who no doubt finished his pinochle and cribbage days with a winning record. He also enjoyed golf, gardening, sports and travel. His most memorable trip was to his father’s hometown in Vigo, Spain, where he met unknown relatives. He spent 27 winters as a Yuma, Ariz., snowbird, and most of his life on Cooks Mountain. Mr. Romero was a committed family man and a loyal friend to many.

He will be remembered for his quick wit and spontaneous humor.

Mr. Romero is survived by his brother Joe, his wife Donna, their combined eight children, nine grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren and three step great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents Domingo and Jesusa, his wife Vera, sisters Mary and Anna, and brothers Manny and Al. A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 22 at 11 a.m. at the United Church of Christ in Newport. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Newport American Legion Post No. 217, PO Box 272, Cusick, WA 99119-0272.

Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.sherman-knapp. com.

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, March 12 THEFT – W. Walnut St., Newport, report that male shoplifted a bottle of vitamins.

TRESPASSING – W. 7th St., report that subject evicted from apartments continues to come back.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 211, report of one vehicle rollover accident.

ACCIDENT – Cusick Creek Rd., vehicle slide off, non-injury.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 211, report of vehicle rollover, elderly female cut on hand.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 20, report of vehicle slide off.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, report of vehicle slide off.

WEAPON OFFENCE – S. Alaska Lane, report that house had window shot out sometime this morning.

Tuesday, March 13 ACCIDENT – Hwy. 211, Newport, report that slush on the road caused the car to veer off the road and roll.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED – Hwy. 2 BURGLARY – Hwy. 31, Ione, items reported missing from complainant’s shop, no forced entry.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VERBAL – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ARREST – Hwy. 2, William C. Elston, 25, of Oldtown was arrested on local warrants.

Wednesday, March 14 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Stadium Drive, Newport, gunshots reported.

ARREST – Spokane County Jail, Chad Nathan Dunn, 36, of Spokane and Richard Jeffery Lee, 52, of Spokane were arrested on warrants.

BURGLARY – Western Larch Rd., Newport, door reported open and appliances in yard.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – W. 1st St., Newport, report of a male walking in long black coat and black ski mask.

ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 20, Cusick, report that orange pickup passed and almost ran complainant off road.

ACCIDENT – LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, report of hit and run accident.

THEFT – N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights ACCIDENT – Camden Rd., report of one car roll over non-injury.

FOUND PROPERTY – LeClerc Rd. N., report of found property; possibly drugs.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 2, Newport, report of business doors found propped open.

ARREST – Daniel Richard Kokot,

|| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Pend Oreille Economic Development Council: 8:30 a.m. - Various Locations Diamond Lake Water and Sewer District Board: 10 a.m. - District Office Pend Oreille County Park Board: 2 p.m. - Cusick Community Center West Bonner County School Board: 6 p.m. - Various schools Northern Panhandle Green Party: 6 p.m. - Friends Meeting House in Sandpoint Fire District No. 4 Commissioners: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station Ione Town Council: 7 p.m. Clerk’s Office THURSDAY, MARCH 22 Public Hospital District No. 1 Board: 4 p.m. - Sandifur Meeting

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49, of Newport was arrested for criminal trespass.

Thursday, March 15 RUNAWAY JUVENILE – City View Lane, Newport, report that 16-year-old left foster home last night.

DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED – W. 4th St., Newport, report of observed suspended male driving.

ACCIDENT – E. 5th Ave., Metaline Falls, report of two-vehicle accident no injuries.

JUVENILE PROBLEM – W. 7th St., report of male juveniles smoking on property.

ANIMAL PROBLEM – Gray Rd., Newport, report of complainant believing a neighbor shot his dog.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Main St., Ione, complainant believes her ex-fiancé is going to harm her.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – N. Warren Ave., Newport, report 26-year-old male, highly intoxicated.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, report that blue four-door car went into the ditch.

THREATENING – Classic Lane, Elk, complainant reports getting threatening text messages.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Sandy Shores Rd., Newport, report of plane circling complainant’s area for the last hour.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 2, report that multiple people were at this location and heard a few screams.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. Joyner Drive, Ione, complainant reports hearing what sounds like an alarm going off in the area.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 2, complainant believes people are camping out in the area.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, complainant reports hearing a thumping noise.

ARREST – Jesse Clay Wilkerson, 42, of Deer Park was arrested for driving while license suspended and on a warrant.

Friday, March 16 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – W. 3rd St., Newport, complainant reports finding gas can and rubber tube sitting by their pickup.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON – S. Cass Ave., report of 17-year-old male no shoes.

THEFT – Hwy. 2, Newport, report of utility trailer stolen.

BURGLARY – Hwy. 31, Metaline, report that someone tried to break into the business sometime after closing.

THREATENING – Main St., Ione, complainant reports receiving threats from known subject.

MISSING PERSON – Driskill Rd., Newport, report that complainant’s companion left Monday and he has not come back.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Newport, Debbie Lynn Plunkett, 45, of Newport was arrested on a warrant.

ERRATIC DRIVER – S. Shore Diamond Lake, report of large blue 4x4 truck speeding up and down the road.

Saturday, March 17 ACCIDENT – Nicholson Rd., rollover accident, no injuries.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 20, report of one vehicle accident, off roadway, unknown injuries.

M E E T I N G S

Room, Newport Hospital Pend Oreille County Library District Board: 5 p.m. - PUD Conference Room, Newport Citizens Alliance for Property Rights: 6:30 p.m. - American Legion Hall, Cusick MONDAY, MARCH 26 Pend Oreille County Commissioners: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse Pend Oreille Fire District No. 2 Board: 10 a.m. - Fire Station 23, 390442 Highway 20, Ione Newport Planning Commission: 5 p.m. - Newport City Hall Notes: Meets as needed Newport School Board: 6:30 p.m.

- District Office TUESDAY, MARCH 27 Bonner County Commission-

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SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Ashenfelter Bay, Newport, report that male camping on the Forest Service trails approached female.

THEFT – Sitton Rd., report of church bell stolen.

PHONE OFFENSE – W. 7th St., report that subject continues to call and text after asked to stop.

FIRE – Garrett Rd., Newport, report of fire in pipe and chimney.

INTOXICTION – LeClerc Rd. S., complainant reports vehicle heading north in southbound lane.

Sunday, March 18 FRAUD – N. Hayford Rd., reported identity theft.

ARREST – Roberts Rd., Newport, Todd Lynn Glockner, 47, of Newport was arrested on a local warrant.

ARREST – Hwy. 2, Shawn E. Bryant, 28, of Newport was arrested for fourth degree assault domestic violence.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 31, report of car partially in the ditch air bags deployed.

WEST BONNER COUNTY Monday, March 12 BURGLARY – N. Steamboat Bay Rd., Coolin SHOTS FIRED – Gleason-McAbee Falls Rd., Priest River Tuesday, March 13 BURGLARY – Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake FIRE – Hwy. 2, Priest River, report of a structure fire.

RUNAWAY JUVENILE – Eagle Drive, Spirit Lake ARREST – Hwy. 2, Priest River, Ramona L. Bergsma, 41, of Priest River was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Wednesday, March 14 NON INJURY ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, Priest River Thursday, March 15 INFORMATION – Hwy. 41, Oldtown, report of Ryan Apling of Newport contacted in the Oldtown area and fled on foot.

Apling has active warrants out of Bonner and Pend Oreille counties. Apling is still at large.

ARREST – E. 3rd St. S., Oldtown, Dillen Endres, 20, of Priest River was arrested on a Bonner County warrant.

Friday, March 16 ARREST – 3rd St., Priest River, Dallas Fawcett, 21, of Priest River was arrested for an outstanding Bonner County misdemeanor warrant.

ACCIDENT – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, a non-injury traffic accident was reported.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT – Main St., Priest River ARREST – W. Jackson Ave., Priest River, Anthony Grotjohn, 20, of Priest River was arrested for domestic battery.

Saturday, March 17 VEHICLE THEFT – Glidden Ave., Priest River ALCOHOL OFFENSE – Main St., Priest River Sunday, March 18 DUI – Springdale Gardens, Priest River, report of a driver under the influence.

RECKLESS DRIVING – Hwy. 2, Priest River, report of a reckless driver.

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p.m. - Cusick Community Center Pend Oreille County Republican Party: 7-8:30 p.m. - American Legion, Cusick WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 Tri-County Economic Development District: 11 a.m. - TEDD Conference Room, 986 S. Main, Suite A, Colville

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201268 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In and for the County of Pend Oreille Cause No.: 10-2-000794 Order of Sale Issued: 02/16/12 Sheriff’s Public Notice on Sale of Real Property Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, Vs. The Unknown heirs and devisees of Thomas Grass, deceased; Rodger Grass; Tamara McKay; Sharon Ogden; Lynn Grant; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint; Defendant(s).

To: Unknown heirs and devisees of Thomas Grass, deceased; Rodger Grass; Tamara McKay; Sharon Ogden; Lynn Grant; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint; The Superior Court of Pend Oreille County has directed the undersigned Sheriff of Pend Oreille County to sell the property described below to satisfy a judgment in the above-entitled action. The property to be sold is described as: CONTINUED ON 7B

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Newport soccer drops first game to North Central Newport nine travel to

BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER

NEWPORT – The Newport boys soccer team managed to find the back of the net first in the season opening game against North Central High School in Spokane Tuesday, March 13, but some defensive errors gave up seven goals, making North Central the victor 7-1.

Newport’s goal by Philip Behrend came five minutes into the game from a Victor Fernandes assist.

Newport had two mistakes on deswered goals in the second half – fense, and North Central answered two of which came from a penalty three minutes later and scored kick. again before The the half.

O N D EC K: Newport In the second VS. MT. SPOKANE Thursday, March 22, 4 p.m. team half, Newport is still changed keep- VS. DEER PARK Monday, March 26, 4 p.m. warmers, switching ing up, from starting having keeper Mathew Solace to back up only practiced outside a few times Alex Young, who is new to the posi- before the first game. tion, but managed seven saves.

North Central went on to beat North Central added five unanRogers High School 4-2 Wednesday.

They were scheduled to travel to Newport Monday, March 19, but bus troubles kept them from making the trip. The game has yet to be rescheduled.

Newport’s next match is set for Thursday, March 22 at Mt. Spokane High School’s home pitch. Monday, March 26, the boys will travel to Deer Park, and their scheduled to host their first Northeast A League game when Lakeside visits March 29. All games start at 4 p.m.

KOEHN | Students take 75-question written test FROM PAGE 1B

go hunting.”

But most people are taking the course to get a hunting license.

Koehn, like all the instructors, stresses safe, ethical hunting in the classes.

At the end of the courses, students take a 75-question written test and go on a simulated hunt, crossing streams, going uphill, deciding whether or not to take a shot. Students don’t work with live ammunition during the week of training, including during the simulated hunt.

But on Saturday, they get to do

some live firing.

“It’s a high point in the class,” he said.

Koehn taught 13 hunter education classes in 2011. He traveled hundreds of miles to teach classes in Ione, Metaline and Spokane, as well as Newport.

Koehn estimates 75-150 students a year take the hunter education course in Pend Oreille County.

Counting the students in Spokane County, there are probably about 450 students who take the course from Pend Oreille County instructors, he said.

It costs $15 to reserve a spot in the class. At the end of the course, he asks the students if they want the money back or to donate the money to the program. He said about three fourths of the students donate to the class.

Koehn, 63, is a retired Ponderay Newsprint worker. He enjoys teaching the class.

“I enjoy working with young and old and I’ve got the time,” he said.

“To me, it’s just giving back what my heroes - my grandfather and my dad - gave to me.”

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|| CONTINUED FROM 6B Legal Description: Lot 23 in Block 11 of the Town of Metaline Falls, Washington, and commonly known as: 415 Pend Oreille Blvd., Metaline Falls, WA 99153.

The sale of the abovedescribed property is to take place: Time: 10:00 a.m.

Date: Friday, April 6, 2012 Place: Pend Oreille County Hall of Justice; Front Door, East Entrance 229 S. Garden Avenue Newport, WA 99156 The judgment debtor can avoid the sale by paying the judgment amount of $96,423.40, together with interest, costs, and fees, before the sale date. For the exact amount, contact the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office.

Dated this 21st day of February 2012.

Alan A. Botzheim, Sheriff Pend Oreille County, Washington By: /s/ E. Webb Elaine Webb, Civil Deputy Published in The Newport Miner February 29, March 7, 14 and 21, 2012.

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________________ 201269 SPECIAL MEETING PORT OF PEND OREILLE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The Port of Pend Oreille Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting in the Port office located at 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

The purpose of this meeting is to review bids and tentatively accept a bid on a paint booth facility. /s/ Kelly J. Driver, Manager Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

_________________ 201287 PUBLIC NOTICE The annual meeting of the Metaline Falls Community Hospital Association will be held at the Selkirk High School Music Room on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Kelly Curtiss, President Metaline Falls Community Hospital Association Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

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201291 PUBLIC NOTICE Ordinance No. 547 An ordinance amending Ordinance 523 in pertinent part to adopt and approve the language of the interlocal agreement for water services between the Town of Ione and Chippewa Water & Sewer District (“CWSD”); providing that such action is in the public interest; and providing for the effective date hereof, effective as of the date of passage Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

________________ 201292 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY Probate Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.020, .030 Estate of Frances A. Payne, Deceased.

Robert D. Gay has been appointed as personal representative (“personal representative”) of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) 30 days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: 3/14, 2012 /s/ Gay Robert D. Gay, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC P.O. Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner March 14, 21 and 28, 2012. (6-3)

_________________ 201293 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR PEND OREILLE COUNTY Probate Notice to Creditors RCW 11.40.020, .030 Estate of Alice Vivian Geary, Deceased.

Judy L. Scott has been appointed as personal representative (“personal representative”) of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) 30 days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication: 3/14, 2012 /s/ Judy L. Scott Judy L. Scott, Personal Representative Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC P.O. Box 301 Newport, WA 99156 Published in The Newport Miner March 14, 21 and 28, 2012. (6-3)

_________________ 2012100 INVITATION FOR BIDS CITY OF NEWPORT PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT ONLY - DOES NOT INCLUDE INSTALLATION Sealed bids will be received for the City of Newport Spray Park Equipment Purchase by the City of Newport at the Newport City Hall, 200 South Washington, Newport, WA 99156, until 1 :00 p.m. local time, Friday, April 20, 2012. Bids will be opened at said time and place and read aloud publicly. All

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interested individuals are welcome to attend. Proposals received after the time set for receiving bids will not be considered.

The work for the project includes the purchase of the following pieces of spray park equipment: 1. Two (2) each Water Tunnel Features 2. Eight (8) each Angle Water Jet Features 3. Two (2) each Vertical Water Jet Features 4. One (1) Spray Park Activator 5. Eight (8) each Fan Jet Features 6. Two (2) each Tall Spray Stick Features 7. Two (2) each Short Spray Stick Features 8. Three (3) each Misting Jet Features 9. One (1) Spray Park Controller 10. Two (2) each Deck Drains 11. One (1) Valve Manifold The project is funded through the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program – Recreation and Conservation Office and the City of Newport.

Bid forms, bidder’s instructions, specifications, and contract forms are available at no cost to interested Bidders at James A. Sewell and Associates, LLC, 600 4th Street West, Newport, WA 99156. Contact: Travis Parry, P.E. at 509-447-3626. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS can also be examined at the following locations: City of Newport City Hall, Monday through Friday, 200 South Washington, Newport, WA James A. Sewell & Associates, LLC, 600 4th Street West, Newport, WA 99156 ABC, 12310 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Suite 100., Spokane Valley, WA 99216 AGC, Inland Northwest Chapter, E. 4935 Trent Ave, Spokane, WA 99212 AGC of Washington, 1200 Westlake Ave., N., Suite 301 , Seattle, WA 98109 AGC, 3895 N. Schrieber Way, Ste. 100, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815 Idaho Associated General Contractors, 1649 W. Shoreline Dr., Ste 100, Boise, ID 83702 Sandpoint Plan Center, 1319 N Division, Suite 102, Sandpoint, ID 83864 Spokane Regional Plan Center, 209 N. Havana, Spokane, WA 99202 Tri-City Construction Council, 20 E. Kennewick Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336 Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle CDCC, 105 - 14th Avenue, 1st Floor, Seattle, WA 98122 All bids shall contain one of the following forms

arm Safety Award came with some mementoes. In addition to a glass traveling trophy that he will keep for a year, HERO presented him with an embroidered shirt, and the Washington Hunter Education Instructors Association donates $450 for the award winner to spend.

Koehn added some money of his own and bought a Remington 700 30.06 when he was in Yakima.

“I’ve always wanted one,” he said.

Koehn sees the class as more than a firearm safety class.

“We’re carrying on our hunter heritage,” he said.

N OT I C E S

Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

________________ 2012103 PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, March 23, 2012, at the PUD’s Newport Administration Building, in the Box Canyon Conference Room, 130 N. Washington Avenue, Newport, Washington.

The purpose of the Special Meeting is to discuss and award the Underground Fiber Bid for the Fiber Broadband Project.

The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Karen Willner Clerk of the Board Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

201290 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

NEWPORT – The Newport baseball team will see action Wednesday, March 21, when they travel to Freeman for their first game of the season, weather permitting.

So far the team has been prac-

ticing inside, said coach Shawn Henry. Tuesday’s game with St. George’s was canceled, as were games last week. Saturday the team is slated to play Freeman, but that is weather dependant, Henry said.

Newport girls travel to Sandpoint NEWPORT – The Newport softball team was scheduled to travel to Sandpoint Tuesday, March 20 for a 4 p.m. game, weather permitting, but the game was canceled due to weather.

They were also set to play Deer Park Thursday, March 15, but

that game was also canceled due to weather.

Newport is also scheduled to play Liberty, on the road, Wednesday, March 21, at 3 p.m. and will host Colville Tuesday, March 27 at 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.

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of Bidder’s security in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid amount of the Base Bid Items made payable to City of Newport - a) Bidder’s Bond executed by a surety company qualified to conduct business in the State of Washington b) Certified Check c) Cashier’s Check d) Cash. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond and payment bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to the City of Newport. The City shall have the right to reject any or all bids not accompanied by bid security or data required by the bidding documents or a bid in any way incomplete or irregular.

Bidders are required to meet all requirements that are a stipulation of the project’s funding sources. Small, Minority- and Women-owned firms are encouraged to submit bids.

The City of Newport is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Any questions should be directed to James A. Sewell and Associates, LLC, Attn: Travis Parry, P.E. at (509) 447-3626. /s/Ray King Ray King, City Administrator

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Notice is hereby given that consultant qualifications will be received by the Kalispel Tribe’s Natural Resources Department (“KNRD”) for: RFQ # KNRD 2012-001 Geomorphologist for Archaeological Testing Issue date: 02/29/2012 One (1) complete copy of each response must be received by the following closing date and time: Closing date: 03/29/2012 Closing time: 4:00 pm Mail only: KNRD Attn: Dr. John Dorwin P.O. Box 39 Usk, WA 99180 Courier/Hand Delivery: KNRD Attn: Dr. John Dorwin 1981 N LeClerc Rd Usk, WA 99180 Electronic Delivery:* Dr. John Dorwin, Project Archaeologist Cultural Resource Management Fax (509) 445-5302 E-mail: jdorwin@kalispeltribe. com *Only one complete electronic response is required Qualifications submitted after the due date will not be considered. Consultants accept all risks of late delivery of mailed submittals regardless of fault.

KNRD reserves the right to reject any and all submittals and to waive irregularities and informalities in the submittal and evaluation process. This RFQ does not obligate KNRD to pay any costs incurred by respondents in the preparation and submission of their statement of qualifications. This RFQ does not obligate KNRD to accept or contract for any expressed or implied services. For full prospectus of RFQ please contact Dr. Dorwin.

Published in The Newport Miner March 14 and 21, 2012. (6-2)

________________ 201286 PUBLIC NOTICE The Town of Cusick has declared the following vehicle to be surplus and is accepting sealed bids.

1942 International Fire Truck; includes a ladder, hose and small water tank.

The vehicle is intact and runs. Call (509)991-9263 to view by appointment at 111 First Street, Cusick.

Minimum bids of $1,000.00 or higher can be mailed to Town of Cusick, PO Box 263 Cusick WA 99119.

Sealed bids will be opened on April 3rd and accepted

by Council at the April 9th Council Meeting.

Published in The Newport Miner March 7 and 21, 2012. (5-7)

________________ 201294 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL UTILITY VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN Pend Oreille Public Utility District The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County (the District), is requesting proposals for a consultant to prepare and deliver a detailed plan for building and supporting a long-term, utility specific approach to transmission and distribution utility vegetation management. The plan must use statistical sampling to document vegetation workload, show a return on investment, focus on system reliability and operational efficiency, opportunities for program improvement, short and long term expenditures, and contracting methods while keeping in mind any budget justification, rate based arguments, and best practices for field applications.

Interested parties may obtain a complete Request for Proposal packet by contacting the District’s Contracts Administrator at (509) 447-9345. RFP package submittals must be received no later than end of business, April 18, 2012.

Proposals may be sent to: Pend Oreille PUD Contracts Administrator PO Box 190 N. 130 Washington Newport, WA 99156 edugger@popud.org The District reserves the right to request additional information and clarifications as necessary to allow for corrections of errors and omissions. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals without prejudice. The District assumes no obligation to reimburse individuals for any expenses incurred in responding to this request for proposals.

Women’s, minority, and small business enterprises are encouraged to apply.

The District is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Published in The Newport Miner March 21, 2012.

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_________________ 201295 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT Cascade Prescribed Burn Colville National Forest The Cascade Pre scribed Burn analysis is

now available for public review. The project is located on the Newport-Sullivan Lake RD. The proposal and maps are available from Mike Borysewicz at 12641 Sullivan Lake Road, Metaline Falls, WA 99153, 509-446-7532.

This project would use prescribed fire to rejuvenate up to 200 acres of upland shrubs / parklands in order to keep these sites in an open, productive condition for big game.

This is an opportunity to review and comment on this project. Under current appeal regulations, comments must be received by the Responsible Official (District Ranger Gayne Sears) by the end of the comment period in order to be considered. The comment period ends 30 days from the date this notice appears in the Newport Miner.

Please submit specific written comments related to the Cascade Prescribed Burn to project team leader Mike Borysewicz or District Ranger Gayne Sears at the Sullivan Lake Ranger District, 12641 Sullivan Lake Road, Metaline Falls, WA 99153, fax (509) 4477580,. The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments are: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, or email at fs-commentspacificnorthwest-colvillenewport@fs.fed.us.

It is the responsibility of persons providing comments to submit them by the close of the comment period. It is the responsibility of the sender to verify that electronically submitted comments have been received. If an autoreply from the electronic mail system is not received, one should assume the comment has not been received.

The comments provided will become a matter of public record and should include: the name and address of the provider as well as the title of the project (Cascade Prescribed Burn). Also, comments should include specific items, along with supporting facts, you believe the Responsible Official should consider in reaching a decision.

Copies of the Decision Memo will be mailed to those who file comments or have previously expressed an interest in the proposed action.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Published in The Newport Miner March 21, 2012.

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