Juries still necessary BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER NEWPORT – Every other month 125 people in Pend Oreille County get a notice in the mail that they have been selected for jury duty. They are randomly selected from drivers license records, voter rolls and lists of people who own property. But getting a notice doesn’t mean you’ll have to serve on a jury, according to District Court Judge Phillip Van de Veer. He says there just are not that many jury trials in Pend Oreille County – maybe one a year for Superior Court and three or four for District Court. “So far this year there haven’t been any,” he said. Less than half the people called to jury duty return the form, as is required. “The form requires a response,“ Van de Veer said. But there isn’t usually action taken if a person doesn’t return it, he said. He said he did call a woman juror who just didn’t show up after being chosen for the jury and threat- ened to send a deputy to get her. Van de Veer said that people could face civil contempt if they don’t fill out the form, but that usually doesn’t happen. Of the 40-60 people who do return the form, about 20 are randomly selected. If it looks like there is a jury trial coming – ei- ther civil or criminal – they are contacted by phone. After they receive the phone call, they are required to call every week to see if they need to come to the Hall of Justice in Newport. They stay on the list of potential jurors for two months. Twelve jurors plus an alternate are needed for a Superior Court trial, six and an alternate for Dis- trict Court. But during the actual T HE N EWPORT M INER T HE N EWPORT M INER www.pendoreillerivervalley.com Wednesday, September 15, 2010Volume 107, Number 32 | 2 Sections, 22 Pages 75¢ THE VOICE OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY SINCE 1901 PendOreilleGardensHorizonInside || BRIEFLY || CLASSIFIEDS 9B-12B • FOR THE RECORD 8B • LIFESTYLE 8A • OBITUARIES 8B • OPINION 4A • POLICE REPORTS 8B • SPORTS 1B - 2B • FALL SPORTS PREVIEW 3B - 7 B FallHigh School SportsPreview.B3-7 Commissioners add line to vacation rental chapter NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Commissioners held a vacation rental workshop Tuesday morning, Sept. 14. County Commissioner Laura Merrill was absent but commission chairwoman Diane Wear and commissioner John Hankey were present, as was Mike Lithgow, community development director. They agreed to make reference to the International Building Code in the applicability section of the chap- ter. The IBC allows vacation rentals with 10 or fewer occupants to be treated as a single family residence. Had the county decided to use the International Residential Code instead, substantial infrastructure upgrades would be required for vacation rentals such as sprinkler systems and other commercial safety features. Lithgow told commissioners he would need to send the updated vacation rental chapter to the state De- partment of Commerce to make sure it can be added to the county’s development regulations that com- missioners passed last week. Commissioners intend to adopt the chapter as soon as possible. The moratorium on vacation rental applications is still in effect. Newport School District enrollment above projections NEWPORT – The Newport School Board heard at their Sept. 13 board meeting that enrollment this year is about 45 students over projections. The board built the budget on a projected enrollment 1,075 full time equivalent students. Having more students means the district will receive more money from the state than was budgeted. The state measures enrollment each month. The count on Sept. 8 was 1,120, including 374 at Stratton Elementary, 300 at Sadie Halstead Middle School, 362.8 at Newport High School, 61.36 at the Learning Enrichment Center and 21.98 at Newport Home Link. Rainbows departing, clean up complete CUSICK – The last of the Rainbow Family members are breaking camp and moving on from the Power Lake area of the Colville National Forest where the Northwest Regional gathering of the Rainbow Tribe was held. From Aug. 25 through Sept. 7, about 300 hippie-esque people gathered, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s estimates. The estimate came from counting the people gathered around the various kitchens. One kitchen stayed open last week and a small group remained to help rehabilitate the forest site. Forest Service crews (range and soil experts, hydrolo- gists, botanists and archeologists) inspected the site Tuesday, and the cleanup work was completed to their satisfaction. The same site at Bartlette Meadows had been used for a barter fair in the past and wasn’t exactly pristine, according to Forest Service spokesman Franklin Pemberton. The same group of Forest Service employees had inspected the site before the Rainbows arrived. COURTESY PHOTO|PETER CLARKE, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Metaline Falls make an appearance The town of Metaline Falls overlooks its namesake on the Pend Oreille River. The waterfalls are usually not visible because Boundary Dam keeps the water levels high. The river was drawn down to 1,950 feet above sea level last week to remove a maintenance gate for refurbishing. Levels were lower than they had been in nearly 30 years. They were brought back to normal (1,990 feet) this week, but by Thursday they’ll drop another 20 feet as the gate is hauled out of the reservoir. The reservoir remains open for public use, but the Boundary recreation area and campground will be closed until Nov. 1. The last time Metaline Falls could be seen was three years ago when the water level was dropped to 1,970 feet for erosion studies. MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson said he thinks people serve on juries because they think it is exciting and they like to be able to do justice. Commissioner salaries reviewed again County commissioners ask to cut out their automatic increases, reduce pay BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER NEWPORT – Staring down an $800,000 shortfall in 2011, Pend Oreille County com- missioners are considering chopping their own wages. But that’s not quite allowed under state law. Commissioners John Han- key and Laura Merrill said in a recent meeting that they are in favor of reducing the commissioner’s pay by 10 percent – taking it from about $53,000 to just under $48,000 per year. The issue came up at the meeting of the salary commission Thursday, Sept. 9. The board of appointed citizens sets the commissioners’ salary each year. If the commission reduced the pay, however, it wouldn’t do much for next year’s budget. By state law, salary decreases take effect only after a new term of office begins. It could apply to the District 2 commissioner currently held by Merrill, who will be elected this fall, but terms for seats held by Hankey and Diane Wear run through 2012. At Thursday’s meeting, Wear said some counties are defying state law for the sake of the budget’s bottom line. Wear said she opposes the plan to cut the salary by 10 percent because she would like a more permanent solution. She would like to do away with the resolution that grants the board members an automatic 3 percent cost of living increase each year. She feels that over the years there’s become a “COLA culture.” “People expect a cost of living increase every year,” she said. “A COLA is not reasonable when you look at today’s economy.” Diane Wear Pend Oreille County Commissioner SEE SALARY, 2A Not many jury trials in county SEE JURY, 2A County looking short on funds Staff reductions expected with $800,000 shortfall BY JANELLE ATYEO OF THE MINER NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County departments have been asked to cut their budgets by 15 percent. Hopes are those cuts will take care of the $800,000 shortfall the 2011 preliminary budget currently shows. The county auditor released the draft budget last week. Expenditures total $9.36 million, a bit less than the current year. Still, much more trimming is needed. Departments have been asked to cut their travel accounts significantly. The commission- ers have cut theirs by more than half. Still, that’s a savings of only $10,000. The significant cuts will probably be much harder to take. Commission chairwoman Diane Wear said there will prob- ably be some staff reductions, but it’s too early to tell if they will come in outright layoffs or reduc- tions in hours. This year, county employees took eight days without pay, causing most county offices to be closed for a long weekend at various times throughout the year. Wear said they’re attempt- ing to balance the 2011 budget without resorting to furlough days. Implementing them would require approval from each of the SEE FUNDS, 2A Kalispel Tribe acquiring land for habitat restoration BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER COOLIN - The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is looking to acquire 156 acres of land as part of the Bonneville Power Administra- tion’s Albeni Falls Dam mitiga- tion. The land is located in the Goose Creek drainage, near Coolin, said Ray Entz, Direc- tor of Wildlife and Terrestrial Resources for the tribe. The BPA will buy the land for the Kalispel tribe. The tribe will then own and manage the land for mitigation while the BPA receives credit for mitigat- ing habitat losses due to the construction of Albeni Falls Dam. The dam is located near Oldtown and was built in the 1950s. The dam caused the Pend Oreille River to rise and eliminated wildlife habitat. The tribe wants the land so it can better manage wildlife habi- tat, Entz said. The tribe can then create wetlands or plant native plants in stream corridors that will contribute to wildlife habi- tat. He said the last bit of land they are trying to buy for this project is located between two other parcels the tribe already owns. The other two parcels SEE TRIBE, 10A
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Juries still necessaryBY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – Every other month 125 people in Pend Oreille County get a notice in the mail that they have been selected for jury duty. They are randomly selected from drivers license records, voter rolls and lists of people who own property.
But getting a notice doesn’t mean you’ll have to serve on a jury, according to District Court Judge Phillip Van de Veer. He says there just are not that many jury trials in Pend Oreille County – maybe one a year for Superior Court and three or four for District Court.
“So far this year there haven’t been any,” he said.
Less than half the people called to jury duty return the form, as is required.
“The form requires a response,“ Van de Veer said. But there isn’t usually action taken if a person doesn’t return it, he said. He said he did call a woman juror who just didn’t show up after being chosen for the jury and threat-ened to send a deputy to get her.
Van de Veer said that people could face civil contempt if they don’t fill out the form, but that usually doesn’t happen.
Of the 40-60 people who do return the form, about 20 are randomly selected. If it looks like there is a jury trial coming – ei-ther civil or criminal – they are contacted by phone. After they receive the phone call, they are required to call every week to see if they need to come to the Hall of
Justice in Newport. They stay on the list of potential jurors for two months.
Twelve jurors plus an alternate are needed for a Superior Court trial, six and an alternate for Dis-trict Court. But during the actual
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Commissioners add line to vacation rental chapter
NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Commissioners held a vacation rental workshop Tuesday morning, Sept. 14. County Commissioner Laura Merrill was absent but commission chairwoman Diane Wear and commissioner John Hankey were present, as was Mike Lithgow, community development director.
They agreed to make reference to the International Building Code in the applicability section of the chap-ter. The IBC allows vacation rentals with 10 or fewer occupants to be treated as a single family residence. Had the county decided to use the International Residential Code instead, substantial infrastructure upgrades would be required for vacation rentals such as sprinkler systems and other commercial safety
features.Lithgow told commissioners he would need to send
the updated vacation rental chapter to the state De-partment of Commerce to make sure it can be added to the county’s development regulations that com-missioners passed last week. Commissioners intend to adopt the chapter as soon as possible.
The moratorium on vacation rental applications is still in effect.
Newport School District enrollment above projections
NEWPORT – The Newport School Board heard at their Sept. 13 board meeting that enrollment this year is about 45 students over projections. The board built the budget on a projected enrollment 1,075
full time equivalent students. Having more students means the district will receive more money from the state than was budgeted.
The state measures enrollment each month. The count on Sept. 8 was 1,120, including 374 at
Stratton Elementary, 300 at Sadie Halstead Middle School, 362.8 at Newport High School, 61.36 at the Learning Enrichment Center and 21.98 at Newport Home Link.
Rainbows departing, clean up completeCUSICK – The last of the Rainbow Family members
are breaking camp and moving on from the Power Lake area of the Colville National Forest where the Northwest Regional gathering of the Rainbow Tribe was held. From Aug. 25 through Sept. 7, about 300
hippie-esque people gathered, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s estimates. The estimate came from counting the people gathered around the various kitchens.
One kitchen stayed open last week and a small group remained to help rehabilitate the forest site. Forest Service crews (range and soil experts, hydrolo-gists, botanists and archeologists) inspected the site Tuesday, and the cleanup work was completed to their satisfaction.
The same site at Bartlette Meadows had been used for a barter fair in the past and wasn’t exactly pristine, according to Forest Service spokesman Franklin Pemberton. The same group of Forest Service employees had inspected the site before the Rainbows arrived.
COURTESY PHOTO|PETER CLARKE, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
Metaline Falls make an appearanceThe town of Metaline Falls overlooks its namesake on the Pend Oreille River. The waterfalls are usually not visible because Boundary Dam keeps the water levels high. The river was drawn down to 1,950 feet above sea level last week to remove a maintenance gate for refurbishing. Levels were lower than they had been in nearly 30 years. They were brought back to normal (1,990 feet) this week, but by Thursday they’ll drop another 20 feet as the gate is hauled out of the reservoir. The reservoir remains open for public use, but the Boundary recreation area and campground will be closed until Nov. 1. The last time Metaline Falls could be seen was three years ago when the water level was dropped to 1,970 feet for erosion studies.
MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING
Superior Court Judge Allen Nielson said he thinks people serve on juries because they think it is exciting and they like to be able to do justice.
Commissioner salaries
reviewed againCounty commissioners ask to cut out their automatic increases, reduce pay BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – Staring down an $800,000 shortfall in 2011, Pend Oreille County com-missioners are considering chopping their own wages. But that’s not quite allowed under state law.
Commissioners John Han-key and Laura Merrill said in a recent meeting that they are in favor of reducing the commissioner’s pay by 10 percent – taking it from about $53,000 to just under $48,000 per year. The issue came up at the meeting of the salary commission Thursday, Sept. 9. The board of appointed citizens sets the commissioners’ salary each year.
If the commission reduced the pay, however, it wouldn’t do much for next year’s budget. By state law, salary decreases take effect only after a new term of office begins. It could apply to
the District 2 commissioner currently held by Merrill, who will be elected this fall, but terms for seats held by Hankey and Diane Wear run through 2012.
At Thursday’s meeting, Wear said some counties are defying
state law for the sake of the budget’s bottom line.
Wear said she opposes the plan to cut the salary by 10 percent because she would like a more
permanent solution. She would like to do away with the resolution that grants the board members an automatic 3 percent cost of living increase each year. She feels that over the years there’s become a “COLA culture.”
“People expect a cost of living increase every year,” she said.
“A COLA is not reasonable when you look at today’s economy.”
Diane WearPend Oreille County Commissioner
SEE SALARY, 2A
Not many jury trials in county
SEE JURY, 2A
County looking short on fundsStaff reductions expected with $800,000 shortfall
BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County departments have been asked to cut their budgets by 15 percent. Hopes are those cuts will take care of the $800,000 shortfall the 2011 preliminary budget currently shows.
The county auditor released the draft budget last week.
Expenditures total $9.36 million, a bit less than the current year. Still, much more trimming is needed.
Departments have been asked to cut their travel accounts significantly. The commission-ers have cut theirs by more than half. Still, that’s a savings of only $10,000. The significant cuts will probably be much harder to take.
Commission chairwoman Diane Wear said there will prob-ably be some staff reductions,
but it’s too early to tell if they will come in outright layoffs or reduc-tions in hours.
This year, county employees took eight days without pay, causing most county offices to be closed for a long weekend at various times throughout the year. Wear said they’re attempt-ing to balance the 2011 budget without resorting to furlough days. Implementing them would require approval from each of the
SEE FUNDS, 2A
Kalispel Tribe acquiring land for habitat restoration
BY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
COOLIN - The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is looking to acquire 156 acres of land as part of the Bonneville Power Administra-tion’s Albeni Falls Dam mitiga-tion.
The land is located in the Goose Creek drainage, near Coolin, said Ray Entz, Direc-tor of Wildlife and Terrestrial
Resources for the tribe. The BPA will buy the land
for the Kalispel tribe. The tribe will then own and manage the land for mitigation while the BPA receives credit for mitigat-ing habitat losses due to the construction of Albeni Falls Dam. The dam is located near Oldtown and was built in the 1950s. The dam caused the Pend Oreille River to rise and eliminated wildlife habitat.
The tribe wants the land so it can better manage wildlife habi-tat, Entz said. The tribe can then create wetlands or plant native plants in stream corridors that will contribute to wildlife habi-tat. He said the last bit of land they are trying to buy for this project is located between two other parcels the tribe already owns. The other two parcels
SEE TRIBE, 10A
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“It’s just not sustainable any-more.”
A previous board of commis-sioners passed a resolution that granted a 3 percent pay increase each year for board members. It was put in place after the board hiked its pay by 73 percent in one year to catch up to similar sized counties after years of not taking the legal increase. The annual increases were meant to keep the salaries up to date, eliminating the need for another major catch up raise.
Wear thinks the commissioners should set an example for other county employees by being the first ones to do without a cost of living raise. The county is strug-gling with a deficit and most likely will begin asking for cuts from all employees next year. So even if their salary cut doesn’t add up to much, it will apparently set the stage for others.
“A COLA is not reasonable when you look at today’s economy,” she said.
Wear has suggested setting a biannual budget for the county in future years. She’d also like to
see the salary commission set the commissioners’ pay biannually to avoid changing the salary in an election year.
Salary commission members shared Wear’s feelings about the COLA. “With this economy, no one’s getting them,” said Carol Johnson. Wear will work with salary commission president Tom Garret, who is the human resources manager at the Pon-deray Newsprint Co., and county attorney Tom Metzger to come up with a proposal for the salary commission for their next meeting Oct. 28.
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SALARY | Some say COLA not sustainable
selection of the jury, each side’s attorneys are allowed to eliminate three jurors for any or no reason and as many as they need to for cause. The judge decides if the cause is reasonable.
Van de Veer said that there are few automatic exclusions from jury duty. Felons who haven’t had their rights restored are prohib-ited by state law from serving, he said, although people with non-felony convictions are allowed to be on a jury.
“I once had someone with a DUI conviction serve on the jury of a DUI trial,“ Van de Veer said.
People can be excused from jury duty for religious reasons. Members of some religions, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, are auto-matically excused, if they want, Van de Veer said.
Van de Veer said that he will automatically excuse anyone over retirement age, if they want.
“I don’t excuse anyone unless they ask,” he said. There are a
variety of other reasons people might be excused from jury duty, many of them economic.
“Jury duty is not something I’m inclined to force people to do,” said Superior Court Judge Allen Niel-son. “I don’t let everyone off, but I try to accommodate people.”
He said not everyone gets reim-bursed by their employer if they have to miss work to serve on a jury.
People who are chosen to serve on a jury are paid $20 a day and 50 cents a mile for travel.
Van de Veer said the county spends about $600 to $800 just for jurors when there is a jury trial.
So, do people get tried by a jury of their peers?
“Yes,” said Van de Veer, who was a fourth grade teacher in Newport before he became a judge. “(The jury system) is cumbersome and deficient, but it works.”
Van de Veer said that racially, juries reflect the county, which is
primarily Caucasian. Nielsen, who served as the Ferry
County prosecutor for 18 years before he became a Superior Court judge, said that he thinks people are tried by their peers.
“I strongly believe in the jury system,” Nielson said, adding that he is impressed with the range of life experiences people bring to jury duty.
“I’m intrigued by the depth of their analysis,” he said.
He said that when it comes to juries, it is hard to generalize.
“Liberal, conservative, law and order, it’s hard to make book on it,” he said. For instance, it isn’t uncommon to have a bohemian type who believes in individual accountability, he said.
Nielsen said he thinks serving on a jury is important.
“I think it’s meaningful,” he said.
He said he thinks that’s why many people serve on a jury.
“They see it as exciting and they want to do justice,” Nielson said.
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JURY | Jury members are paid $20 a day
labor unions. Another road levy shift is in
the cards. Wear said the county will definitely do a levy shift, but they’re unsure of the amount. For the past six years, the county has shifted some of the levy power that the road fund collects into the current expense pot. Last year it was worth $750,000.
The commissioners have until the end of the year to pass a bal-anced budget. They’ve already started meeting with two or three county department heads to go over their individual budgets.
These so-called tabletop meetings are held during the commission-er’s regular Monday or Tuesday meetings, and they are listed on the agenda as such. The audi-tor staff is involved as much as possible.
The public hearing process will be a bit different this year. Usually the department head meetings are held in early October and serve as public hearings. This year, a hearing is planned for Dec. 6, and it will encompass the entire county budgets with all departments included.
The final budget will be adopted a week or two after that.
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FUNDS | County has until end of the year to balance
County ponders waterfront land swap
Library planning continues in BlanchardPRIEST RIVER – Planning
for the future of the West Bonner Libraries continues Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The planning commit-
tee will meet at the Blanchard Library, 412 Railroad Ave. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Alice at 208-448-1087.
PRIEST LAKE – Discussion of a controversial land trade between Bonner County and Bishop’s Marina at Coolin continues Wednesday, Sept. 15, at a county commissioner public hearing at 1 p.m. in the county’s administrative build-ing in Sandpoint.
Operators of Bishop’s Marina have petitioned the county to vacate a portion of Slee Street so the marina can improve access and parking. In turn, the marina would dedicate a portion of land equal in size connected to the county’s boat launch.
This would make it easier for
vehicles to maneuver at the site.
Some people are protesting the proposal because the piece of land the county would be giving up is waterfront.
Some signs have already materialized restricting access to the parcel, even though the county has yet to approve the deal.
The commissioners contin-ued the discussion last month to give marina operators a chance to have two-thirds of the residents of the first addi-tion to the town of Coolin sign a petition in favor of the land swap.
Wolf pup found locally indicates third pack
COLVILLE – A gray wolf pup re-cently trapped and radio-collared near the Canadian border in Pend Oreille County indicates the state may be home to a third breeding wolf pack.
A wolf specialist hired by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) caught the 50-pound young wolf earlier this month in northern Pend Oreille County, just south of the Cana-dian border. Attempts are under way to locate and radio-collar adult wolves in the area.
The presence of the pup and photos of other wolves captured on a remote camera in the area indicate there is a pack in the area, said Harriet Allen, who heads WDFW’s endangered-spe-cies section.
“We don’t know at this point whether the den where the pup was born was in Washington or British Columbia,” Allen said. “We plan to monitor the pack next spring to determine the den location. If the den is in Washing-ton, the pack can be considered a Washington pack; if the den is in British Columbia, it is a Canadian pack. Our Canadian colleagues are aware of wolf activity in that area, and will assist with monitor-ing on their side of the border.”
A successful breeding wolf pack is documented by locating a breeding pair of adults with two or more pups that survive until Dec. 31, Allen said.
Washington’s first documented wolf pack was found in July 2008 in western Okanogan County. By
December 2009 that pack, named the “Lookout Pack,” included seven animals – two adults, a 2-year-old wolf and four pups born in 2009.
“The status of the Lookout Pack is uncertain at this time,” Allen said, adding that WDFW has been unable to locate the female wolf since mid-May. The male is still being monitored and no new pups have been found.
Washington’s second docu-mented wolf pack was found in July 2009 farther south in Pend Oreille County. Two adult wolves in that pack produced six pups in 2009 and six this year. At least four of the pups born in 2009 survived until the end of the year.
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BLANCHARD – The Blanchard Grange Fair and Harvest Dinner are Oct. 2 and 3 at the grange.
Fair entries are needed. Entries can be taken to the grange between noon and 3 p.m. Oct. 1 or the morning of Oct. 2.
Categories include canned goods, sewing, quilts, knitting and crocheting, needlework, garden produce, sunflowers, woodwork, crafts and hobbies, photography and eggs.
Ribbons will be awarded. There will be a tractor four-
wheeler obstacle course race at noon Oct. 3.
The harvest dinner is from 3-6 p.m. Oct. 3 at the grange. The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for kids under 12 and a family of four or more for $25. Dinner will include ham, roast beef, turkey, creamed peas and potatoes, roasted veggies, rolls, salad, pie and drinks.
For more information call Debbie at 208-437-3420 or Robin at 208-437-0348.
Tea Partiers celebrate the Constitution
PRIEST RIVER – The Selkirk Tea Party Patriots will sponsor Constitution Day in the Priest River City Park Friday, Sept. 17 from 6:30-9 p.m.
A patriotic concert and read-ings from the U.S. founders will be followed by a flashlight vigil in support of the Constitution. The Declaration of Indepen-dence will be read, free pocket constitutions will be handed out, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, Star Spangled Ban-ner and a closing prayer will culminate the activity.
Spray park funding looks promising
NEWPORT – Summer is drawing to a close, but visions of water park fun are coming closer to a reality. The city of Newport learned last week that its spray park project is ranked sixth out of 63 projects that were up for funding from the Washington Recreation Conservation Office.
“A ranking of sixth place is a very high placement and has an excellent chance of receiv-ing funding from the Governor for RCO grants in 2011,” mayor Shirley Sands said in a letter of thanks to those who supported the project.
Awards won’t be announced until next spring. Even if the program suffers budget cuts, the high ranking should still ensure some funding for New-port.
City employees are hoping the state grant will pay half of the $200,000 cost. Local groups and businesses have already pledged some in-kind support.
The 3,500-square-foot splash pad would be located in New-port City Park near the kid’s play area off Calispel Avenue.
Priest River mans sentence for child abuse stands
SANDPOINT – A 20-year sentence for a first time convic-tion was not unreasonable, a judge ruled after a reconsidera-tion hearing for the sentence given to Dayle Scott Westra.
Westra, of Priest River, was convicted of lewd and lascivi-ous conduct with a minor. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and would have to serve at least two and a half years be-fore he was eligible for parole.
According to news reports, Westra argued that was too severe a sentence for a first time offender. The judge, Steve Verby, ruled that wasn’t too much time, given that the abuse started when the girl was three and continued for about five years.
Extension offers training for board members
NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Extension Office, in partnership with the Cutter Theatre and the Pend Oreille River Arts Alliance, is offering training for boards of directors.
The training will be held Thursday, Sept. 23, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Call 509-447-2401 to register.
Newport’s 50th reunion this weekend
NEWPORT – Newport High School’s class of 1960 will cel-ebrate its 50th reunion Sept. 17-19. For additional information on locations, contact Charlene Woods at 509-447-5770 or Judy Deerwester at 509-447-3507.
Pay less than other nursing, thoughBY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – It’s a Friday morn-ing at Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport. Denise Anderson, the district’s school nurse, is called out to administer an ice pack.
“He squished his finger in the locker,” Anderson said when she returns. Not a big deal, but one of the many little things a school nurse does in the course of a day.
Not all the things school nurses do fall into the little category. There already has been a broken leg this year at Newport and a couple years ago a student ate something he was allergic to, which could have been life threatening.
“He showed up at the office, with difficulty breathing and his face swollen,” said Anderson, who like all the school nurses The Miner spoke with for this story, is a regis-tered nurse.
The student started to go into anaphylaxis shock and she had to administer Benadryl. That eased the symptoms until the student’s parents were able to come take the student home.
Anderson, who has worked at Newport for seven years, said that at the first of the year, a school nurse’s time is taken up with paperwork.
“It’s very hectic,” Anderson said. School nurses are processing pa-
perwork to make sure that students are current with their immuniza-tions, as well as writing health plans for students with health conditions.
There are a number of students in the Newport School District with health conditions that require a health plan, she said, including students with seizure disorders, diabetes and severe allergies.
There are also 60 students with asthma for which they use an inhaler. She says there are another 40 students with asthma who don’t use an inhaler.
“We have high amounts of asthma here,” Anderson said. She says most asthma attacks are brought on by physical activity. She said the amount of wood stoves and youngsters living with parents who smoke, as well as the thin cold air could be reasons for the high amount of asthma.
Nancy Kiss is the school nurse for the Selkirk School District. She said she also has noticed more young-sters with asthma.
“I’ve heard others say the same thing,” said Kiss, who has been working as a school nurse at Selkirk for 11 years.
In addition to making sure students are current with their im-munizations, Kiss said that she also checks vision.
It was a vision check that brought home to her how important it is to fully explain things to children.
“One little guy says ‘You’re going to take my eyes?’” she laughs. “That taught me that you have to fully explain things to kids.”
She said that she also provides some services for school staff.
“I have a lot of people who want me to take their blood pressure,” she said.
Bri Schlaich is in her second year as a school nurse in the Cusick School District, although she only works there one day a week.
“I heavily rely on the office staff,” Schlaich said. She is studying to be a nurse practitioner while working as a school nurse and also works as a nurse at Newport Hospital and Health Services.
She said that she enjoys school nursing. In addition to seeing that students are current with their immunizations and health plans, she also does things like teach the importance of hand washing.
She views school nursing as a part of public health nursing and that hand washing is one of the first lines of defense against disease.
She teaches children to sing a song when they wash their hands so they know they washed them long enough.
“The highlight of my day was when I went by the bathroom and heard someone singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” she said.
She views a big part of her job as educating people.
“As a school nurse you do a lot of educating,” she said. Getting people to immunize their youngsters is something that takes a little educa-tion, she said. “A lot of people fear immunizations,” she said.
Schlaich has an Ask a Nurse box at Cusick.
“That lets high school students ask confidential questions,” she said.
Pepi Storro worked as a school nurse for the West Bonner School District for 15 years, until the district made the job a half time po-sition last year because of a shortage of money.
The West Bonner County School District has 1,340 students. With that many students, Storro thinks a
school nurse should be required. “I would advocate that every
district have a full time nurse on board,” she said. “You can’t contract everything.”
She said she resigned after last year and has been filling in for this year until the district could hire a nurse.
“You just can’t walk away,” Storro said.
The West Bonner County School District just hired a half time nurse, Ami Wandler. She will start next Monday, district superintendent Mike McGuire said. He said Storro has done a good job for the district.
“She’s provided an excellent service to the community,” he said. “We’ll miss her.”
It was hard to attract a half time replacement, he said. The district only received a couple of applica-tions for the job.
He said the job pays the same as a first year teacher, a little more than $30,000 annually, but since it is half time the person only gets half that.
School nurses make less than they could in other nursing positions, Storro said, who now works as a full time dialysis nurse.
“There’s at least a 30 percent dif-ference in pay,” she said.
Kiss, who worked at Mt. Linton Hospital in North Pend Oreille County before it closed, agrees that school nurses are paid less.
“But it’s not as stressful,” she said. Anderson, whose full time posi-
tion at Newport is funded with the maintenance and operations levy money, said that working as a school nurse doesn’t pay as well, but there are other benefits.
“Having weekends and summer off is also nice,” she said.
All the nurses seemed to like be-ing a school nurse.
“Every day is a new day and there is nothing that can be more enjoy-able than working with kids,” Storro said. “It keeps you youthful.”
One of the reasons is how unpre-dictable kids can be, she said.
“Kids will tell you anything,” Storro said. “Any parent who thinks their lives at home is a secret has another thing coming.”
Anderson said that she enjoys the work.
“I laugh daily,” she said. “It’s a fun job but you have to have a good sense of humor.”
School nursing rewarding work
MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING
Denise Anderson has been a school nurse for the Newport School District for seven years. She said that on a typical day she sees five to 15 students for anything from counseling a teen who thinks she’s pregnant to providing first aid for a child who fell on the playground.
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jority, our man could be the 51st Republican vote in the Senate. And now that he is leading in some polls, Strassel said, “the left is un-leashing the dirty tricks.”
Well, the left knows how to do it. Rossi went down in his-tory as having been elected governor here twice, on elec-tion night and
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Well, look who got a write-up in the Wall Street Journal.
Our own Dino Rossi, in a tantalizing top of the page editorial titled “A Washing-ton State Smear Campaign.”
“Desperate political en-vironments tend to inspire desperate political tactics,” writes Kimberley A. Strassel. “In Washington State, liberal activists are desperate.” Rossi attracted the Journal’s atten-tion in his race to unseat U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., because if this turns out to be a “wave election” on Nov. 2, meaning a loss of more than 20 seats by the Democrat ma-
Senate election making national headlines
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ADELEFERGUSONCORRESPONDENT
What are local government officials doing when they are having a tabletop session?; or workshop?; or a first, second or even third touch? We aren’t sure and the public is probably just as confused. But
that’s just a piece of the new meeting language being used by officials. It goes along with their new broader interpretation of running a public meeting and making decisions about how to spend public funds.
The Pend Oreille County commissioners, for example, will hold table top sessions this year with department heads like the sheriff to discuss his budget. In the past, they held meetings with the sheriff to discuss how much he would cut from his budget and let him defend why he can’t. So why is it a tabletop discussion now? Will they be sitting around a table instead of grilling him from their bench while he sits defenseless from his open chair? There is no table in the public commissioner room so are they going to another room?
All the boards governing everything from the utility district to the school district have added this one to their meeting lan-guage: Workshop. What is the difference between a workshop and a regular meeting to discuss public business? Do these board members only work in the workshops they hold and don’t really work during the regular meetings? So, are the real decisions made in workshops and the public should just attend those? And why do the elected officials need to go to “retreat workshops”? These are ones where they go someplace like Priest Lake to hold their “workshop.”
The Pend Oreille County commissioners have added the first, second and third touch to their meeting language. We don’t understand what it means. Why can’t they just say it like they did in the past and everyone else does: We don’t understand the issue and aren’t ready to make a decision yet? Instead they stall by saying this is just the first touch like the pour citizen at the meeting should have known that. “Hey dummy we always touch everything three times, don’t ask us to decide today.” This touch process isn’t in the state law like public hearings, it’s something they invented.
Then there is the new and probably illegal tendency of many local governments to leave items off their regular meeting agendas. “Oh, we didn’t know when we would adopt that resolution to change how we spend our money, it just came up and we voted after lunch.” Or some variation of that we hear all the time. We also hear the public tell us they think they are being kept from the process on purpose. We also find it unusual that in some cases documents that are important to a decision process like a contract aren’t available to the public until the last minute before a vote. There are many more examples.
But the point is that the public likes the meeting language and process simple and consistent. Like the newspaper report-er, they can’t be at every minute of every meeting. They rely on the language and agenda driven process to stay informed. Public officials should be happy that the public wants to be this involved with the decision process.
They should keep the language consistent without making up new terms with many meanings, give all the documents they have to the public when they get them and put everything on the agenda. If this isn’t possible sometimes, don’t make a deci-sion until the next meeting. Keep it simple and open.
--FJW
Local officials using new
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We can do better at recyclingTo the editor: I wish to address my concern
with our solid waste disposal site in north Pend Oreille County. Over the last four months, I have gone to the transfer station on Sullivan Lake Road to dispose of recyclable materials, mostly scrap metal. This is metal that I have found in the ground on my property, left from many years ago. On at least three occasions, I have been turned away as the metal dumpster was too full to accept more material.
The last time I went, I wanted to dispose of several gallons of waste oil, along with some metal. I was told that I had to leave my 5 gallon bucket as it was no longer permissible for the oil to be poured into the 55-gal-lon drum at the site.
I am not a builder, contractor or mechanic. I am a homeowner trying to clean up my property and take care of the environ-ment.
My point is this: recycling takes some effort on the part of all involved. If our county offi-cials cannot make recycling easy by keeping dumpsters available for the public, providing bulk oil containers at the transfer station, and doing whatever
else they can to facilitate recy-cling, then many people will not recycle.
The result is that scrap steel ends up dumped in the forest, waste oil goes into the ground, and other recyclable materials are lost into our landfills.
We can do better. -Bryan Ford
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Motorcycle memorial
quite a sight
To the editor: I was in the Safeway parking
lot this morning, Sept. 11, when a lot of motorcycles started pull-ing in. They were part of a group of 500 who were on their way to Post Falls. They were a group of military veterans and other motorcycle groups who were making this trip in remembrance of the Americans lost Sept. 11, 2001, and the brave men and women of the Armed Forces.
It was a wonderful example of American spirit and patriotism. As a retired veteran, I was proud to speak to them and thank them for what they were doing. We video taped them from the intersection of Highway 41 and Old Priest River Road. It was quite a sight to see motorcycles
from the intersection, all the way to the top of the hill and beyond. God bless these sort of people and the American service men and women.
-Ron FromanNewport
Regulations mean more government
To the editor: The Miner’s story last week
on the community’s response to vacation rentals and property development regulations doesn’t match the current cry for less government and government spending. In fact, it sounds like most of the people at the hearing were devout socialists want-ing the county government to control the use of other people’s property. Local people appar-ently want more government regulations and spending when it comes to telling their neigh-bors want they can or can’t do with their property.
I hear that they don’t want the government taking over their health care, but are fine with the government controlling how we live in on our private prop-erty. Asking the government for “conditional” use of our prop-erty is simply surrendering our
freedom. Well, you don’t get government
inspectors and regulators riding around in county cars for free. People at the hearing actually scoffed at the lack of enforce-ment. I wonder if they are will-ing to pay for it. One reason for living in a rural community is the lack of government revenue agents patrolling the roads look-ing for violations of codes and ordinances. Many people have moved here from the big city and expect big city government with rural property taxes. That’s one reason why the county has to borrow to make its payroll. We clearly have more government than we can afford or need. Fifty years ago people used their property without government interference. What happened?
Talk about gun control or sav-ing the trees in this community and people get instantly upset. The same people will show up at a hearing and demand the gov-ernment interfere with someone trying to rent their property to people on vacation. We have a lot of people in this community who call themselves conservative, but they are just closet socialists demanding more government control.
-Pete ScobbyNewport
The U.S. has officially ended combat operations in Iraq. The last of-ficial American combat brigade withdrew from Iraq in August, leaving behind 50,000 troops attached to what are called “advise and assist brigades.” Nearly 4,300 American troops have died in the war and 30,182 were wounded.
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A. No. We had no business in Iraq. The country had nothing to do with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and no weapons of mass destruction were found.
B. What’s done is done. Iraq needed interven-tion and there’s no better country than the U.S. to offer the help.
C. Yes. Iraq posed a global threat and the U.S. had every right to invade and defend human rights.
D. It was definitely worth it and I would want troops to go back there if it doesn’t prove stable.
Visit The Miner Online to answer our readers’ poll ques-tion through Tuesday morning. Find it on the left-hand side of the page at www.PendOreilleRiverValley.com. The results will be printed next week on this page. You need not be a subscriber to participate. If you have ideas for fu-ture readers’ poll topics, submit them to [email protected].
The Miner’s Fall Sports Preview section is in this week’s issue. Learn about each varsity team that plays for New-port, Priest River, Cusick and Selkirk. Schedules, team previews and coach profiles are all part of the coverage along with pictures of each player.
What high school fall sport is your favorite?
A. FootballB. VolleyballC. Cross CountryD. Soccer
in a machine recount, but never count King County out when it seeks power. They managed to come up with some boxes of uncounted ballots after the polls had closed to give Democrat Chris Gregoire 129 more votes than him.
Strassel doesn’t rehash the 2004 race but the rematch in 2008 when activist trial lawyer Knoll Lowney filed a lawsuit against the Building Industry Association of Washington claiming it was using workers comp money to fund politi-cal campaigns. BIAW is a big backer of Rossi.
Lowney demanded that a judge immediately bar the BIAW from accessing any money it might use for Rossi. The judge said no so Lowney filed another lawsuit claiming BIAW and Rossi improperly colluded on campaign activities.
Lowney got a judge to allow him to depose Rossi eight days before the election, an action that put enough doubt in voters’ minds to cost him the elec-tion, according to Strassel. The lawsuit was dropped. It wasn’t needed any more.
But, by golly, here it comes again. Rossi had no sooner declared for the Senate than Lowney sent a process server with a subpoena to Rossi’s home demanding more documents from the years of both elections, 2004 and 2008.
This despite the fact the Public Disclosure Commission con-
ducted its own investigation into the affair and gave him a clean bill of health way last March.
The trial for the new lawsuit originally was set for Nov. 1, the day before the election but it was moved until after the election by the judge in the case, Mike Heavey, of the well known Heavey fam-ily, which is well established in the Democratic Party. There is no telling what Lowney will ask for in the meantime, reporter Strassel says, (obviously to force the matter back in the public eye in the hope of rekindling doubt as to Rossi’s integrity), “but no one should be surprised when he asks for it. We’re now about to discover whether Washington’s judicial system will again be abused for politics.
Washingtonians should watch this one.”
We’re not the only ones watch-ing. The Rossi-Murray contest has crept up into the top events of the election. Just this morning, I heard Chuck Todd, NBC’s political analyst, say that President Obama has some busy times ahead. “He’s going to spend a lot of time trying to save Barbara Boxer in California and Patty Murray in Washington State.”
Personally, I am so sick of her ads on TV that run all day long wherein she claims credit for ev-erything but the capping of the oil well. She’s being sold as the most powerful woman in Congress. Then why are the D’s worried?
(Adele Ferguson can be reached at P.O. Box 69, Hansville WA 98340)26 Total Votes
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BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – The Newport Music Festival drew hundreds to Newport City Park Sept. 10-12 for three days of bluegrass music.
The weather was cool, but the music was good, , PORTA vice president Loyce Akres said.
Organizers said 640 tick-ets were sold throughout the weekend. Donations were also collected for the Newport Food Bank.
New to the fourth annual festival was the Acoustic Heri-tage Band Competition for kids, which drew entries from 100 miles away. All band mem-
bers had to be 18 our younger. Huckelberry Jam, a trio from Curlew took the top prize of $300 donated by Micheal’s Cafe of Newport.
Second prize went to Prai-rie Dust of Rathdrum ($200 donated by Seeber’s Pharmacy, Bliss Chiropractic, and Earl Insurance), and Cornerstone, from Northport took the $100 third place prize (donated by Pend Oreille Valley Network). The band Native Spirits from the Spokane area took fourth place. The contest was directed by Richard Eich of Republic, and coordinated by festival director Jim Crowley.
Crowley said outstanding per-formances by The Grass Tones, Wild Honey, Heartbreak Pass, Stony River, Kettle Creek, Wide River, and Molly & Tenbrooks
made for a memorable weekend of music and entertainment. Dave McRae emceed the event, and Mark Harding provided pro-fessional sound reinforcement and stage lights.
Volunteers from PORTA (Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance) and the Pend Oreille River Arts Alliance (PORAA) organized a receipt-saving program for out-of town visitors to the festival, and showed that the visitors spent approximately $10,000 on food, gas, restaurants, motels, and shopping during their stay in Newport.
The Newport Music Festi-val is scheduled again, for the fifth year at Newport City Park Sept. 9-11, 2011. The Acoustic Heritage Band Competition for young musicians will again be the focus of the festival.
Bluegrass in Newport
COURTESY PHOTO|JIM CROWLEY
Winning youth band Huckleberry Jam from Curlew plays the Newport Music Festival this past weekend in Newport City Park.
BY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – A Newport man who allegedly threatened to rape, kill and eat the wife and children of the arresting officer pleaded not guilty to fourth degree assault, third degree assault and intimidat-ing a public servant charges when he was arraigned Thursday, Sept. 9.
Theodore L. Tjomsland, 38, of Newport is free on $25,000 bond. An omnibus hearing was set for Sept. 16, with a trial date of Nov. 15 set.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in Superior
Court, on Sept. 1 deputies went to a Devils Lane home in Cusick to investigate a reported assault.
According to the report, Tjoms-land allegedly hit Larry Kitchen, Jr. Kitchen’s brother, Danny Foster, told deputies that he saw Tjoms-land punch Kitchen and continue to punch him when he fell to the ground.
Foster told deputies that he poured a five gallon jug of water on Tjomsland and when that didn’t stop him, struck Tjomsland with an ax handle. He then used the ax to pull Tjomsland off his brother, according to the affidavit.
When sheriff deputies arrived, Tjomsland had returned to his
Cusick residence, where they arrested him for assault. A naked Tjomsland denied the assault, according to the affidavit. He was handcuffed and deputies dressed him in pajamas.
During the ride to Newport, Tjomsland allegedly slipped his handcuffs under his feet and be-gan beating on the car divider. He allegedly threatened the deputy’s family. Deputies stopped the car and rehandcuffed Tjomsland with a belly chain, but he allegedly con-tinued to threaten the deputy.
He was taken to Newport Com-munity Hospital, where he was put in soft restraints because he al-legedly was physically combative
with hospital staff. That resulted in the third degree assault charge.
When Tjomsland appeared in court on Sept. 2 court, he was dressed in a jail uniform with a visibly swollen left eye.
He told The Miner at the Sept. 9 court appearance that he was the one who was assaulted.
Fourth degree assault is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine, third degree assault is class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine and intimidating a public servant is a class B felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Man freed on $25,000 bond faces assault, intimidating a public servant charges
HAYDEN – Fall marks the start of flu season and the Panhandle Health District is prepared with influenza vaccine that includes protection against the H1N1 flu virus.
Flu clinics for the public will start Thursday, Sept. 16, for adults only in the PHD office in Sandpoint and Friday, Sept. 17, for all ages above 6 months at Super 1 Foods in Hayden.
Flu shots for adults cost $29 and for children cost $10. A high-dose flu shot for a more robust immune response is avail-able this year for people older than 64. PHD accepts Medicare, Medicaid and cash. It doesn’t bill medical insurance.
The Sept. 16 flu shot clinic in Sandpoint will run 1-4:30 p.m. It’s for adults only. No appoint-ments are necessary. Plenty of vaccine is available that day and will be provided on a first come, first served basis at the PHD of-fice at 1020 Michigan.
Appointments are necessary in Sandpoint for children’s flu vac-cine. Call 208-263-5159.
The Sept. 17 flu shot clinic at Super 1 in Hayden will run from 9 a.m. to noon for anyone older than 6 months old. Flu mist will be available for healthy children age 2 through 18. High-dose vaccine will be available for people older than 64. No ap-pointments are necessary.
National health experts recommend the flu vaccine for everyone older than 6 months old. The flu virus is contagious and spreads quickly, particularly in group settings such as school and workplaces.
The H1N1 flu virus was new last year and a special vaccine was developed to fight it. This year, the H1N1 flu virus is one of three flu viruses targeted in the annual seasonal flu vac-cine. People vaccinated last year against seasonal and/or H1N1 flu will need a new vaccination for this influenza season.
Flu viruses can infect anyone, but they typically cause more complications for seniors, young children, pregnant women and people with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease.
First flu vaccination clinics are this weekThey’re also unpredictable. The
United States averages 36,000 deaths per year from the season-al flu, but flu deaths have ranged from 3,000 one year to 49,000 another. The number of flu cases any year is hard to know because flu isn’t a reportable disease.
Panhandle Health District talks to schools, doctors and clinics throughout the season to get a sense of how widespread flu may be in the five northern counties. Flu symptoms vary in intensity, though, and many
people never seek medical treat-ment.
Flu is a respiratory illness. Symptoms include fever, dry cough, sore throat, body aches, malaise and chills. People with symptoms should stay home to recover and to prevent spreading the virus to others.
The flu is contagious before symptoms start, so practicing good hygiene at all times can help prevent its spread. PHD recommends people:
• Get a flu vaccination
• Wash hands often and particularly after sneezing and coughing
• Avoid touching their eyes, nose and mouth
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NEWPORT – A lot of work has gone into a remodel of the Create Arts Center this sum-mer. Phase 1 is complete, and to show it off, a celebration is planned with fiddlers and bluegrass, complimentary wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and art gallery. The community is invited to the free event Saturday, Sept. 25, from 6-8 p.m. at Create, 900 W. Fourth St. in Newport.
A new sign went up a Create a few weeks ago. Other upgrades include interior painting, new windows, landscaping and a bathroom remodel. Future work will include exterior painting and revamping the basement, but there are no definite plans for those projects according to
members.At the celebration, all of the
fish from the Fish Frenzy will be displayed, and the winners of the community vote will be announced.
The night will feature perfor-mances by Marianne Nichols and her fiddlers and the Create Crazygrass Trio, a bluegrass trio featuring Linda Doble.
The Kitchen Shop has planned a feast of tasty treats including wine tasting and Italian sodas.
A silent auction includes the opportunity to bid on a night’s stay at the Inn at the Lake bed and breakfast at Diamond Lake, artwork, and a scholarship to Create classes. Hear all about the coming events, classes and studios at the open house.
Create celebrates remodel
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NEWPORT – Kids and adults can step into historic Newport at the 10th annual Heritage Days, Sept. 16, 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Centennial Plaza in Newport.
Local historians have put together a number of exhibits at the Pend Oreille County Mu-seum. Former Pend Oreille Mine worker Dean Youngue will be giving mining demonstrations. He’ll also be leading a crystal dig for kids. Fran Adams of Deer Park will help out with rock exhibits and a gold display.
For train lovers, there will be a toy train display, laid out like Newport was in the 1940s. On Saturday, tour a present-day POVA diesel engine.
The U.S. Forest Service will have an exhibit on the 1910 fire, and Smokey Bear will be visiting. Talks will be led by
Explore local history at 10th annual Heritage Days
Reese Bennett, a 1999 Newport High School graduate who was recently transferred to the local ranger district. There will also be a 1937 Newport fire truck on site.
Historic tools will be part of another exhibit. Sam Brooks will be demonstrating water-colors, and information will be available on herb gardens.
A teacher will be in the one-room schoolhouse on the mu-seum grounds. Faith McClenny will lead the exhibit there.
Students from second, third and fourth grade at Stratton Elementary will be touring the displays Friday. The event is free and open to the public. Call the museum at 509-447-5388 for more information.
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Touch Tone Service is provided as a part of local service.Toll Blocking is available at no charge for low income customer that qualify.
Emergency 911 Services- The State-.20/County-.50 mandated surcharges for exchanges: 442,445, and 446.
Toll Restriction Services- Currently there is no charge from Pend Oreille Telephone Company for toll blocking services to low-income customers participating in Lifeline program. Please contact your local Health & Welfare offi ce for more information on Lifeline and Link-Up programs.
Access to long distance carriers- There is no charge from Pend Oreille Telephone Company 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 Pend Oreille Telephone Company 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 services- There is no charge from Pend Oreille Telephone Company 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 Pend Oreille Telephone Company. The cost associated with each are refl ected each month on the regular telephone bill along with charges for services provided by Pend Oreille Telephone Company. The services listed above are the basic serves offered by our company.
Other services are available by contactingPend Oreille Telephone Company’s business offi ce at 1-888-636-2840.
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Janice M. Brillon, 72, of Rose-burg, Ore., formerly of Priest River, passed away Sept. 13. A funeral service will be held Friday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River with interment to follow at Evergreen Cemetery. A full obitu-ary will appear in next week’s paper.
Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River is in charge of ar-rangements.
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Local woman enters state quilt showSPOKANE VALLEY – Kathryn A. Hartley of Newport entered her
hand quilted and appliquéd quilt called “Ladybug’s Puddle Ducks,” into the Washington State Quilters – Spokane 32nd Annual Quilt Show.
The work of Hartley and other quilters can be seen Oct. 15-17, Fri-day and Saturday at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is $7 for all three days with children 11 and under free. The event will be held at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana, Spokane Valley. For more information www.wsqspo-kane.org.
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Car show funds patient careBob’s Car Show brought some classics to downtown Newport and the Newport City Park Labor Day weekend. Six replicas of cars from the film “American Graffiti” visited Newport along with the original car featured in the movie. More than $2,500 was raised for Cancer Patient Care. More than 120 cars participated in the show, held in memory of Newport councilman Bob Gray.
CUSICK – Pend Oreille County 4-H Animal Day, a workshop for adults and young people who are wondering about enrolling in a 4-H animal project, is set for Saturday, Oct. 2. The workshop is sponsored by the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension Office. Workshop location is southern Pend Oreille County.
4-H Animal Day is open to any-one interested in learning more about beef animals, sheep, goats, swine, horses, dogs and cats.
“How many parents have heard, ‘Dad! Can we get a dog?’” exten-sion agent Janet Lambarth said. “This workshop helps parents and young people make decisions about what animal to get and then how to care for it, whether they join 4-H or whether they just want an animal as part of their family.”
Presenters include award-winning 4-H families as well as specialists from the WSU Animal Sciences Department. All will dis-cuss the biology, psychology, care, and health of their animal species of expertise.
“Their basic approach,” Lam-barth said, “is to talk over how not to make major mistakes in selecting a particular family pet or
Learn how to care for your animal during 4-H Animal Daya market animal.”
Presenters will work with live animals. Selection of beef animals will be discussed by ranchers Garth and Danette Hanson. Alyx Hanson, Peaceful Valley 4-H club member, will discuss buying and caring for lambs and sheep. Other presenters include area veteri-narian Dr. Michelle Ward, WSU Animal Scientist Holly Neibergs and members of the WSU Swine Club. Their topics are dog and cat house pets, horses, and pigs, respectively.
A special presentation on “how to photograph your animal friends” will be given by profes-sional photographer Autumn Os-carson, whose gallery in located in Priest Lake. Participants will practice photographing the ani-mals at the workshop. Oscarson
was the 2010 Pend Oreille Valley Lavender Festival artist.
Lincoln County Extension Agent Tom Platt will discuss Quality Assurance in maintain-ing animal health for community sale and consumption. His presen-tation will also include references to global animal health issues, a topic of concern worldwide.
Pre-registration is requested by Sept. 27. The workshop is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Some time will be spent outside. Participants are asked to bring sack lunches or the makings of a cool fall picnic to share with their group. Call the Pend Oreille County Extension Office to reg-ister and for information about location and presentation time of speakers. Call 509-447-2401 or e-mail [email protected].
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The U.S. Forest Service will have an exhibit on the 1910 fire, and Smokey Bear will be visiting. Talks will be led by Reese Bennett, a 1999 New-port High School graduate who was recently transferred to the local ranger district. There will also be a 1937 Newport fire truck on site.
Historic tools will be part of another exhibit. Sam Brooks will be demonstrating water-colors, and information will be available on herb gardens.
A teacher will be in the one-room schoolhouse on the museum grounds. Faith McClenny will lead the exhibit there.
Students from second, third and fourth grade at Stratton Elementary will be touring the displays Friday. The event is free and open to the public. Call the museum at 509-447-5388 for more information.
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Heritage days volunteer Faith McClenny shows Newport students the tip of a tree, showing one of the historic industries of Pend Oreille County during the 2009 Heritage Days at the Pend Oreille County Museum.
See more Heritage Days on Page 8A
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NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Public Utility District is working out a deal to sell some of the water rights from Sullivan Lake for $14 million.
The water would be used for drought relief in central Wash-ington along the Columbia River. Twelve major dams dot the river between Grand Coulee and Bonn-eville. Along with power produc-tion, water is allocated for sup-porting fish habitat and industrial, farming and municipal uses.
PUD commissioners plan to meet Wednesday, Sept. 15 to review an agreement with the Office of the Columbia River (a newly organized part of the state’s Department of Ecology in charge of develop-
ing water supplies for the major waterway).
Water from Sullivan Lake would become available in 2012 to 2014. The PUD wouldn’t be giving up all of its water rights to the Colum-bia. It has 30,000 acre feet total in Sullivan Lake, and the agree-ment would be for 14,000 feet.
The Office of the Columbia River would pay $14 million for those perpetual water rights.
In the past, downstream hydro projects have paid the PUD for releasing water from Sullivan when it’s beneficial for generating power. That’s brought in about $60,000 per year. With the new agreement for the Columbia River, there would still be some
downstream benefits, just not as much water would be available.
Under the settlement agreement for future operations of the Sul-livan Creek Hydroelectric Project,
more water would come out of the lake in the summer, and a little less will be drawn out in the fall. The agreement also allows for the PUD to sell water rights.
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FederalPresident Barack Obama (D)The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500Comments: 202-456-1111Switchboard: 202-456-1414 E-mail: [email protected]
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D)511 Dirksen Senate Bldg.Washington DC 200510202-224-3441E-mail: [email protected]: U.S. Courthouse920 W. Riverside, Suite 697Spokane WA 99201509-353-2507
Sen. Patty Murray (D)173 Russell Senate Office Bldg.Washington DC 20510202-224-2621http://murray.senate.gov/Local: 601 W. 1st, Suite 506Spokane WA 99204509-624-9515Seattle: 206-553-5545
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)Fifth Congressional District1323 Longworth House Office Bldg.Washington DC 20515202-225-2006Web: www.mcmorrisrodgers.house.govLocal: Spokane 509-353-2374Colville: 509-684-3481
StateGovernor Chris GregoireOffice of the GovernorPO Box 40002Olympia, WA 98504-0002
360-902-4111Relay operators for the deaf or hard of hearing, dial 7-1-1http://www.wa.gov/governorSpokane: 509-329-2882
Legislative District 7Sen. Bob Morton (R)115D Irv Newhouse BuildingP.O. Box 40407 Olympia WA 98504-0407360-786-7612E-mail: [email protected]: 3278 Pierre Lake RdKettle Falls, WA 99141509-684-5132509-684-5132
Rep. Joel Kretz (R)335A Legislative BuildingP.O. Box 40600Olympia WA 98504-0600360-786-7988E-mail: [email protected]: 1014 Toroda Creek Rd.Wauconda WA 98859509-779-4105
Rep. Shelly Short (R)422 John L. O’Brien BuildingP.O. Box 40600Olympia WA 98504-0600360-786-7908E-mail: [email protected]: P.O. Box 37Addy, WA 99101509-935-4085
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PRIEST LAKE – The Bonner County Waterways Advisory Committee is meeting Thurs-day, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. to discuss the possibility of a no-wake zone in all of Upper Priest Lake. The meeting will be held at the firehouse-snowmobile groomers building on Dickensheet Road, just south of Coolin.
Any decisions made by the committee are only recommen-dations and have to be approved by the Bonner County commis-sioners.
Some area residents are sug-gesting the no wake zone that is currently in effect in the Priest Lake Thorofare be expanded to all of Upper Priest Lake. There is already a “no water skiing” rule, but that excludes wakeboarding and jet skis. The U.S. Forest Service already has designated the area as “sce-nic,” protecting the area from logging and other development that would change the views and nature of the area, but the water is out of the Forest
Service’s jurisdiction. The proposed no-wake zone
would not prohibit motorized boats from entering Upper Priest Lake. It would just reduce the allowed speed limit.
The thorofare is a 3-mile stretch of water that connects Priest Lake to Upper Priest Lake.
Erosion has threatened the sides of the water passage and
study of the area has been com-pleted over the last several years to see how to preserve its condi-tion. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the area, so access is limited to foot, bike or boat.
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BELLY DANCERSPerforming at Pend Oreille Play-house, 240 North Union, Newport. Saturday, September 18, 7:00 p.m. More than just a dance, a full show of Traditional, Modern and Tribal Infusion!(32)
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GRASS HAYin the stack; $100/ ton. (509) 447-5595.(32p)
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LIVE MUSIC Burro Inn. Highway 2/ Green Road, Diamond Lake. Saturday, September 25th “Crystal Mules”, 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Fridays, 8 p.m. Breakfast Tuesday- Thursday 9:00- 11:00, Friday- Sunday 8 a.m.- noon. Poker Tuesdays and Fridays, open pool tournament Wednesdays, all 6:30 p.m. Crib-bage tournament Sundays 2:00- 5:00. (509) 447-9279.(31)
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TRIBE |
Businesses network at summit
PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Networking Team invites local business people to attend a Business Growth Summit Tues-day, Sept. 21, in the Beardmore Building in downtown Priest River.
The PRNT is hosting this event to promote interaction between local businesses. There are four parts to the evening. Appetizers and refreshments begin the eve-ning, followed by speed network-ing, so bring your business cards. Next, Tom Chasse, the CEO of Schweitzer Mountain Resort will present on marketing and new growth ideas to help your business “reach the summit.” Afterwards will be wine tasting and tours of the Beardmore Building.
Wateways committee considersno-wake zone at Upper Priest Lake
The pack moves between Wash-ington and Idaho.
Allen said there also may be a wolf pack in the Wenaha-Tucan-non Wilderness Area of the Uma-tilla National Forest in southeast Washington, although wolves have not yet been confirmed there. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife radio-collared a yearling wolf south of the area in Oregon earlier this year.
“We know from reports that individual wolves have been roaming in and out of the state in various locations for years,” Al-len said, “but documenting and maintaining packs as success-ful breeding pairs is necessary achieve conservation objectives and move toward eventual re-moval of the gray wolf from state and federal endangered-species lists.”
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) was eliminated from Washing-
ton as a reproducing species by the 1930s as a result of trapping, shooting and poisoning, and later was listed for both federal and state protection as an endan-gered species.
Gray wolf populations in nearby Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have rebounded in recent years as a result of federal recovery efforts in the northern Rocky Mountains. In 2009 gray wolves were removed from the federal endangered-species list in those areas and the eastern third of Washington, but earlier this year a court decision returned them to federal endangered status.
Since 2007, WDFW has been drafting a gray wolf conservation and management plan with a 17-member citizen working group composed of ranchers, hunters, conservationists and others. Public review and scientific peer review of the draft environmen-tal impact statement and plan
was conducted last year and earlier this year. WDFW is cur-rently addressing the public and scientific comments on the draft plan, to develop a second draft for review with the working group. A final Environmental Impact Statement and recommended plan is scheduled to be presented to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission for review next year.
More information about wolves and the WDFW plan process is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/.
Reports of possible wolf sight-ing or activity can be made through a toll-free wolf reporting hotline at 1-888-584-9038.
Those with concerns about possible wolf-caused livestock depredation should contact the USDA Wildlife Services office in Olympia at 360-753-9884 or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Wenatchee at 509-665-3508.
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WOLVES | Nearby populations rebounded
total about 620 acres, he said. Altogether, the tribe owns about
1,500 acres of land in Idaho and 2,800 acres in Washington, all acquired through the BPA mitiga-tion program.
Restoring habitat will serve a variety of species directly, such as whitetail deer, Canada goose and mallard ducks.
“It’s a benefit to other species, too,” said Entz, such as elk that use the area for spring and winter habitat.
Entz said that the land they get all comes from willing sellers and that the tribe pays the market price. All purchases are appraised.
The tribe first started acquiring land in 1992 when the program was started. Its first acquisition was the Flying Goose Ranch.
The tribe is interested in any comments the public might have, said Entz. You can call him at 509-445-1147 or e-mail [email protected] with comments.
Close call as Spartans beat GrizzliesBY MICHELLE NEDVEDOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – The game was a lot closer than anyone expected as Newport hosted Priest River in football Friday night. Both teams entered the highly anticipated game with new coaches: New-port’s Adam Daniel coming from Mead High School and Priest River’s John Trana transferring from Sandpoint.
“I’ve never been congratulated so much after a loss,” Daniel said.
Newport led 15-0 at the half after Zak Zamora scored on a 2-yard run in the first quarter and Hayden Rainey caught a 4-yard pass from Spencer Douglas in the second quarter for touch-downs. Newport added the two-point conversion to their first touchdown with a run by Keith Coulson.
“They were ready to go,” coach Daniel said of his team. “They wanted to make this town proud. They came out and they clicked on all cylinders and the guys were fresh.”
Priest River wasn’t ready to give up that easily, though.
“Our defense set the tone in the second half by forcing turnovers and setting up our offense,” Priest River coach Trana said.
They came back after the half and scored on a 1-yard run by
Sean Mortensen. They tied the game up in the fourth quar-ter with a 29-yard pass from Mortensen to Tory Peterson. The Spartans went for the two-point conversion, and Mortensen con-nected with Joe Snider to tie up the game, pushing it into over time.
“To be honest with you, we just kind of wore down a little bit. We had to take some kids off (the field) because of some minor
injuries,” Daniel said. Priest River won the game
when Cody Rabidue scored on an 8-yard run.
“I was very proud how our team responded to being down at half time. They showed great pride and determination,” Priest River coach Trana said. “This was a great test for our team and will help us to get ready for our
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hosts Wellpinit Sept. 18CUSICK – The Cusick Panther
girls volleyball team opened their season Sept. 14 against Chewelah. Results were not available as of press time. They will be at home to take on Well-pinit Saturday, Sept. 18, and at home again the following Tues-day, Sept. 21, when they play Inchelium. Saturday matches begin at 1 p.m. and Tuesday matches start at 5 p.m.
Newport XC warming up for season
MEAD – Newport runners are getting some meets under their belts. The Meadlander In-vite Saturday, Sept. 11 in Mead was the Grizzlies’ third meet this season.
The kids ran a 2 ½-mile race, running in divisions for each high school grade. Newport’s Sarah Morse and Israel Nicker-son competed with the seniors. Morse finished 14th and Nicker-son was 16th.
“I thought they did pretty well in where they were at,” coach Mick Frederick said.
They competed against some big Spokane-area schools, including Mead and Lewis and Clark High School.
Newport’s top boy runner, Jake Zickler, has been out sick and hasn’t competed so far this season.
After a jamboree in Chewelah Sept. 8, the team traveled to Kellogg (see separate story). Next up is a race a Farragut State Park on Saturday.
Competition tough at Coaster Cross
ATHOL – The annual Silver-wood Coaster Cross drew cross country teams from as far as Montana and western Wash-ington, and some pretty large schools turned out as well.
Priest River teams placed low in the team rankings, and coach Lance Clark said the Spartan runners were tired from the meet in Kellogg two days before. (See separate story.)
“We have still a lot of work to do before districts,” he said.
James Hegge was Priest River’s top runner, finishing in the upper half of the pack with a time of 17:51 for the 5-kilo-meter.
“James Hegge still is bringing his times down and showing that he is one to be looked at at the state competition,” Clark said.
David Bell, Justin Ewing, Will Kramer and Tyler Wilson rounded out the varsity team. Kourtney Aldridge, Kinya Mor-rison, Brady Nelson, Chelsea Day, Alicia Hester and Shayan-na Clark competed for the girls.
Newport has best finish at Sun Dome Tournament
YAKIMA – The Newport Grizzly volleyball team finished third in the 32-team Sun Dome Volleyball tournament in Ya-kima Saturday.
“That was our best finish at the tournament,” Newport coach Jamie Pancho said. In pool play, the Newport girls beat Bickleton 25-11, 25-15, Friday Harbor 25-11, 25-12 and Three Rivers Christian 25-9, 25-12.
In the Championship bracket, they defeated Onalaska 25-11, 25-18 and lost to Cascade 25-20, 25-12. Cascade fin-ished third in last year’s state tournament.
Newport’s junior varsity squad also did well at the Sun Dome tournament, which held a junior varsity competition among eight teams. Newport beat Cascade 25-18 and 25-20 to take first in the tournament.
The Grizzlies host Northwest Christian Thursday, Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. They then travel to Colville to play Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16Volleyball - Selkirk vs. Colum-
bia: 5 p.m. - ColumbiaVolleyball - Priest River vs. Bon-
ners Ferry: 7 p.m. - Bonners Ferry
Girls’ Soccer - Priest River vs. Freeman: 4 p.m. - Priest River
Volleyball – Newport vs. Northwest Christian: 6:30 p.m. - Newport
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17Football - Selkirk vs. Republic:
7 p.m. - RepublicFootball - Priest River vs. Deer
Park: 7 p.m. - Deer ParkFootball - Newport vs. Colville:
7 p.m. - ColvilleFootball - Cusick vs. Northport:
7 p.m. - NorthportBoys’ Soccer - Priest River vs.
St. George’s: 4 p.m. - Spokane
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18Newport Autumn Bloom 10K
race: 8 a.m. - Newport City Park
Cross Country - Priest River and Newport at Coeur d’Alene In-vite: 9 a.m. - Farragut State Park
Girls’ Soccer - Priest River vs. Bonners Ferry: 11 a.m. - Priest River
Boys’ Soccer - Priest River vs. Bonners Ferry: 1 p.m. - Priest River
Volleyball - Cusick vs. Wellpinit: 5 p.m. - Cusick
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Adult Co-Ed Volleyball: 6:30
p.m. - Priest River Junior High
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Volleyball - Selkirk vs. North-
port: 5 p.m. – SelkirkVolleyball – Newport vs.
Colville: 6:30 p.m. - ColvilleVolleyball - Priest River vs. Kel-
logg: 7:30 p.m. - Priest RiverBoys’ Soccer - Priest River vs.
Post Falls: 4 p.m. - Priest RiverVolleyball – Cusick vs. Colum-
bia: 5 p.m. - Cusick
Border battle ends in overtime
MINER PHOTO|FRED WILLENBROCK
Newport receiver Jake Wiley, 5, makes a tough catch early in the game with Priest River’s Keefer Peterson,15, defending. This long reception from Newport quarter-back Travis Martin set up the first touchdown early in the first quarter. Newport lead at half using a balanced run and pass offense combined with some fourth down defensive stops. Priest River, playing without their starting quarterback and banged up from their first game last week against Great Northern League Cheney, came back to tie and eventually win in over time 21-15.
Newport picks up two wins on the pitch
BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – The Newport girls’ soccer team started its season winning two games last week. The Grizzlies put down Medical Lake 6-0 in a season opening home game Sept. 7, and the game in Deer Park Thursday, Sept. 9 ended 5-4 in Newport’s favor.
This week starts Northeast A League play.
Newport 6, Medical Lake 0Newport took control of the ball
from early on and kept it for most of the game. Taylor Lewis scored the team’s first two goals before the half. One came at 25 minutes, and one three minutes later. She added one more goal in the second half.
Several others contributed in the second half. McKenzie Krogh scored at 44 minutes, assisted by Lewis. Savana Lindell and Courtney Wiese put in two more. The game gave the team a chance to put players in different spots, coach Jeremy Lewis said.
Newport made 15 shots on goal to just one by Medical Lake.
Newport 5, Deer Park 4The game at Deer Park was
much more competitive and physical. Coach Lewis said the girls need that kind of experience as they play better and better teams this season.
“They stood up well to the test,” he said.
Early in the game, Newport
led 2-0 from goals by Lew-is and Madie Merrill. Deer Park an-swered with two goals to tie it up, but Lewis scored a late goal before the half.
In the second half, Newport put in a couple goals to give the team a nice cushion against Deer Park. Krogh and Amanda Roberts each scored, assisted by Lewis. That was answered by a pair of Deer Park forwards who whittled down the score. They made one goal from a long shot about 25 yards out, and touched the second in from the right side of the goal. In all, Newport had 15 shots on goal to Deer Park’s 7. Newport’s keeper, Adrienne Seger made one save.
Next up, Newport hosts Timber-lake Thursday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. Coach Lewis said Timberlake has a young squad that is fairly com-petitive. A match at Mt. Spokane is tentatively scheduled for Friday, Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. Last year New-port lost to Mt. Spokane, which is a couple of divisions above 1A Newport. Lewis said this will be a good test and he hopes the girls are able to respond.
League play starts with a match at Colville Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. Another pair of home games are coming up Sept. 23 and 24 against Riverside and West Val-ley.
ON DECK:VS. TIMBERLAKE
SEPT. 16 4 p.m.
AT MT. SPOKANE Sept. 17 4 p.m. (tentative)
AT COLVILLE SEPT. 21 4 p.m. league games start
Ranger volleyball team shows improvement
BY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
KETTLE FALLS – The Selkirk girls volleyball team lost their first match of the year, but coach Stephanie Carlson said she was happy with the team’s improvement over last year. The Rangers played Kettle Falls Sept. 8, losing 15-25, 27-25, 19-25, 20-25.
“Even though we lost the match, we were pleased with our aggressiveness and many individual improvements over last season,” said Carlson.
She said the match was char-acterized by numerous rallies and that after losing the first game, the Rangers were com-petitive the rest of the match.
“Our team serving and scrappy defense were the highlight for the evening,”
said Carlson. “Defense and ball control was our goal for this match and the team made some ter-rific saves.”
Courtney Holter led the Rangers in kills with seven, followed by Annemarie Cain with two. Holter also had three blocks. Cain and Holter both served an ace and Annie Couch led all players with 23 assists. Sarah Dunn and Holter led the Rangers in digs, with seven each.
ON DECK: AT COLUMBIA
SEPT. 16 5 p.m.
VS. NORTHPORT SEPT. 21 5 p.m.
Cusick remains dominateBY MICHELLE NEDVEDOF THE MINER
CUSICK – Cusick’s defense has yet to allow a completed pass dur-ing the first three football games of the season. The Panthers defeated Wilbur-Creston 60-14 Friday night, allowing just 151 yards but gaining nearly 500 of their own.
Cusick kicked off the game with three touchdowns in the first quarter. Tyler Edwards carried a 70-yard punt return for the first score, followed by a 20-yard carry
for the second. Donald Driver had a 4-yard carry for the Panthers to lead 22-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Edwards had another 12-yard run for a TD, and completed a pass to Shem Norton for
another score in the second before Wilbur-Creston scored their own touchdown with a 97-yard run. Cusick finished the half with a 51-yard pass from Edwards to Driver
for a score. Norton caught a 25-yard pass
from Edwards for the only touch-down in the third quarter. Wilbur-Creston scored on a 10-yard run in the fourth, followed by a 65-yard kickoff return by Cusick’s Ryan Sample for the final score of the game.
In passing, Edwards completed 11 of 19 of 245 yards and three TDs with no interceptions for Cusick. Norton had four catches for
ON DECK: AT NORTHPORT
SEPT. 17 7 p.m.
SEE CUSICK, 2B
Newport spikes Priest River in three
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BY DON GRONNINGOF THE MINER
NEWPORT – The Newport Griz-zly volleyball team opened their season at home Tuesday, Sept. 7, beating the Priest River Spartans in three games 22-15, 25-22 and 25-16.
“I thought we played solid,” Newport coach Jamie Pancho said. “I loved our energy.”
The Grizzlies played well as a team, he said. “Everybody did something well.”
He said senior Kaileen Kirsting had a good match.
“She passed well and played solid defense,” Pancho said.
He said she did especially well receiving serves.
Pancho said a couple of younger players also played well, including sophomore middle blocker Sydney Siemsen and junior Alex New-comb, who had two blocks.
Newport’s Sophie Bush led all players with 13 digs and 10 kills. Sierra Pancho served three aces, had 21 assists and two blocks for the Grizzlies.
Priest River coach Kati Bodeck-er said she wasn’t discouraged with the loss.
“Overall I was pleased with what we demonstrated,” Bodecker said. “We showed considerable improvement from our last match
and if we continue along that path we are going to keep getting better and stronger.”
She said the team played well in the second game.
“I think that we played ex-tremely well at times,” said Bo-decker. “In game two we fought back from an 8 point deficit to tie it up at 21 but unfortunately made some bad decisions and had too many mental errors.”
Priest River’s Melissa Hopkins lead all players with three blocks. She also had 16 digs and 10 kills. Steffi Pavey led both teams with 22 assists and Taryn Eldore served four aces to lead all serv-ers.
SEE FOOTBALL, 2B
Grizzlies, Spartans runners compete well at Kellogg Invitational
BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
KELLOGG – The Newport girls tasted victory when both the Newport and Priest River runners competed at an invitational cross country meet in Kellogg Thursday, Sept. 9.
Newport seniors Israel Nickerson and Sarah Morse went one, two in the 5-kilometer girls’ race. Nicker-son’s winning time was 21:07 and Morse was 10 seconds behind.
“That was a pretty exciting meet for both of them,” Newport coach Mike Frederick said.
Most of the other Newport run-
ners competed in the junior varsity race.
Spartan coach Lance Clark was pleased with his runners’ efforts as well. Almost the entire team
had their per-sonal best for the course, and the boys’ and girls’ each took second as a team.
“I am so proud of how hard they are working,” Clark said. “They are finally seeing what they can do if they work hard and put their minds to it.”
Priest River runner James Hegge is proving himself early on this sea-
son. At the Kellogg meet Thursday, Sept. 9, he finished second in a time of 17 minutes, 1 second for the 5-kilometer course. Close behind was teammate Justin Ewing in fourth (17:23). David Bell also made the top 10 in 18:09.
Rounding out the Priest River team was Will Kramer in 16th and Tyler Wilson in 24th. Bonners Ferry junior Micah Krmpotich won the boys’ race in 16:24.
On the girls’ side, sophomore Kourtney Aldridge was the top Spartan runner, placing eighth in 22:41. Brady Nelson was 11th,
ON DECK:AT COEUR
D’ALENE Invite Sept. 18 9 a.m.
SEE RUNNERS, 2B
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CROSS COUNTRYSEPT. 9Kellogg InviteBoys’ team standings: Bonners Ferry 22, Priest River 55, Kellogg 68, Potlatch 88.
Priest River boys’ results: 2, James Hegge 17:01. 4, Justin Ewing 17:23. 10, David Bell 18:09. 16, Will Kramer 19:34. 24, Tyler Wilson 20:35.
Girls’ team standings: Bonners Ferry 22, Priest River 34.
Scoring: GP - Hodges 5 run (Run)GP - Lang 10 run (Kick Failed)GP - Hodges 55 run (Pas Failed)GP - Lang 5 run (Pass good)GP - Floyd 35 run (Run good)GP - Lang 4 run (Pass Good)
Priest River 21, Newport 15 (OT)Priest River 0 0 7 8 6 -21Newport 8 7 0 0 0 -15
Scoring: New - Zamora 2 run (Coulson run)New - Rainey 4 pass from Douglas (Douglas
kick)PR - Mortensen 1 run (Rabidue kick)PR - Peterson 28 pass from Mortensen (Snider
pass from Mortensen)PR - Rabidue 8 run
BOYS’ SOCCERSEPT. 7
At Lake CityLake City 8, Priest River 0
Statistics: Shots - Priest River 7, Lake City 30. Saves - Priest River 19, Orofino 2.
SEPT. 9At Bonners FerryBonners Ferry 4, Priest River 1Game summary: First half - 1, BF, Borne (Mendez) 15:00. 2, BF, E.Moe (Mendez) 20:00. 3, BF, Piccolo 23:00. Second half - 4, BF, Mendez 59:00. 5, PR, Otero 66:00.
Statistics: Shots - Priest River 3, Bonners Ferry 24. Saves - Priest River, Easley 15. Bonners Ferry, Evans 2.
SEPT. 11At Priest RiverOrofino 6, Priest River 0
Statistics: Shots - Priest River 11, Orofino 23. Saves - Priest River 16, Orofino 7.
GIRLS’ SOCCERSEPT. 2At KelloggPriest River 2, Kellogg 0Game summary: First half - 1, PR, Hirst 21:00. 2, PR, Hirst 33:00.
Statistics: Shots - Priest River 6, Kellogg 14. Saves - Priest River 13, Kellogg, Ashcraft 4.
SEPT. 7At NewportNewport 6, Medical Lake 0Game summary: First half - 1, New, Lewis, 25:00. 2, New, Lewis, 28:00. Second half - 3, New, Krogh (Lewis), 44:00. 4, New, Lewis, 47:00. 5, New, Lindell, 53:00. 6, New, Wiese, 58:00.
Statistics: Shots - Newport 15, Medical Lake 1. Saves - Medical Lake, Pendell 9. Newport, Seger 0.
SEPT. 8
At Priest RiverColville 5, Priest River 2
Priest River goals: 1, Jessica Tryban (Hirst). 2, Kathryn Rainey.
SEPT. 9At Bonners FerryBonners Ferry 2, Priest River 1Priest River goals: Rainey
At Deer ParkNewport 5, Deer Park 4Game summary: First half - 1, New, Lewis 4:00. 2, New, Merrill 13:00. 3, DP, Ball (Ruygrok) 15:00. 4, DP, Hoog (Ball) 26:00. 5,New, Lewis 39:00. Second half - 6, New, Krogh (Lewis) 47:00. 7, New, Roberts (Lewis) 52:00. 8, DP Ball (Ruygrok) 60:00. 9, DP, Ball, Ruygrok 70:00.
VOLLEYBALLSEPT. 8Newport d. Priest River 25-15, 25-22, 25-16
Kettle Falls d. Selkirk 15-25, 27-25, 19-25, 20-25.
SEPT. 11
At YakimaNewport d. Bickleton 25-11, 25-15 Newport d. Friday Harbor 25-11 25-12 Newport d. Three Rivers Christian 25-9, 25-12Newport d. Onalaska 25-11, 25-18Cascade d. Newport 25-20, 25-12
29 yards and two TDs, Driver had one catch for 523 yards and a TD and Louie Bluff had three catches for 47 yards. Sample caught two for 49 yards and Johnny An-drews caught a 17-yard pass.
Rushing, Edwards had five carries for 103 yards and a TD and punt return for 70 yards. Driver had seven carries for 58 yards and one TD. Sample had two kick-off returns for 77 yards and a TD.
The varsity defense held Wilbur-Creston to negative 21 yards. Junior varsity players were subbed in for Cusick later in the game, allowing 151 yards.
On defense, Aaron Sears had 11 tackles, Derrick Bluff had one interception, Norton had nine tackles, Edwards had an intercep-tion, Gavin Peterson had seven tackles, Nolan Finley had six tackles and one sack and Louie Bluff had a sack.
The Panthers take on North-port on the road Friday at 7 p.m.
CUSICK | FROM PAGE 1B
league opponents.” Daniel said Newport quar-
terback Travis Martin had a great game playing both QB and linebacker. Douglas came off the bench and threw his touchdown pass and Jared Barranco ran really hard and played good defense, as did Zamora, Daniel said.
Six-foot, 5-inch Jake Wiley also stood out for Newport. He began practice recently after
breaking his leg at the end of basketball season last year and wasn’t expected to be able to play football. He had many catches, two of which set up touchdowns.
For Priest River, Mortensen led in rushing with 16 car-ries for 124 yards and one TD. Rabidue had 10 carries for 4 yards and one TD. On Newport’s side, Zamora led with 19 carries for 100 yards and one TD and Barranco had 13 carries for 48 yards.
Passing, Mortensen completed five of 17 for 92 yards. New-port’s Martin completed nine of 16 for 88 yards and Douglas went one for one.
In pass receiving, Peterson led for Priest River with two catches for 60 yards. Newport’s Wiley had six catches for 66 yards and Rainey had three catches for 23 yards.
This Friday, Priest River travels to Deer Park for a 7 p.m. game and Newport travels to Colville for a 7 p.m. game.
FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 1B
Kinya Morrison 12, Chelsea Day 14th, Alicia Hester 17th, and Shay-anna Clark 19th.
The girls scored 34 points, and Bonners Ferry was first with 22. Bonners also won the boys’ meet with 22 points. Priest River was second with 55 points, beating out Kellogg and Potlach. The Newport and Priest River teams will meet again at the Coeur d’Alene Invite, held at Farragut State Park Satur-day, Sept. 18. Races start at 9 a.m.
RUNNERS | FROM PAGE 1B
Selkirk struggles in second gridiron game
BY MICHELLE NEDVEDOF THE MINER
METALINE FALLS – The Selkirk football team lost to Garfield-Palouse Friday night, 42-0 in a game Ranger coach Kelly Cain said was similar to their loss against Cusick the week prior.
“Garfield-Palouse is a very good team. We were in a situation like with Cusick. We played them tough for about a half,” he said. The first half ended 20-0 after GP scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and one in the second. They managed the two-point con-version on the first TD, but missed the extra-point kick on the second touchdown and the pass failed on
the third. Cain said Selkirk had a chance
to score at the end of the half but they weren’t able to capitalize.
“We were right there for the first half. The second half took it away from us,” Cain said.
GP scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and another in the fourth.
Cain said his team has a lot of returners but they are filling in a lot spots with athletes new to the position.
“We’re still trying to find out who we are,” he said.
The Rangers travel to Republic Friday to play at 7 p.m.
ON DECK: AT REPUBLIC
SEPT. 17 7 p.m.
Lady Spartans drop three matchesBY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls’ soccer team had a rough first week of school, losing
three games, but they’re looking forward to improve-ments as they get into the swing of things with
three home games coming up. In all of last week’s games, the
Spartans played a really good, defensive first half, coach Kate Keinert said.
“My plan for this week is to capitalize on the team’s good
spirit,” she said. “We need to fine-tune our passing and communi-cation, and we need to increase our attempts on goal.”
So far this season, the girls have a 2-5-1 record, having won games against St. Maries and Kellogg and tied Timberlake.
Colville 5, Priest River 2The Spartans lost to Colville
5-2 in a home game Wednesday, Sept. 8.
“Our nerves got the best of us against Colville,” coach Keinert said. “We are working on keep-ing our cool against non-league teams.”
Priest River’s goals came from Jessica Tryban, off of a corner kick by Holly Hirst, and by Kath-
ryn Rainey.
Bonners Ferry 2, Priest River 1The Thursday, Sept. 2 game at
Bonners Ferry was much closer, but the Badgers took the win 2-1.
“We had a lot of energy and should have beat Bonners Ferry, but they came out playing well and were able to get two goals to our one,” Keinert said.
Rainey scored the shot for Priest River.
Orofino 5, Priest River 0Hosting Orofino Saturday, Sept.
11, the Priest River girls were much improved over the first time they faced the team. Orofino won 10-0 earlier this season.
The Spartans came out positive and aggressive and held them to one goal the first half.
“Orofino is a confident, well-oiled machine, so I was really happy with the first half,” Keinert said.
In the second half, Orofino was able to break through the Spartan defense several times, which accounts for the high tally of goals scored.
“We kept up our attack on offense, but we were unsuccess-ful at getting a goal,” the coach added. The girls hosted Kellogg Tuesday, but results were not available by press time. Two more home games are coming up: Freeman on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. and Bonners Ferry Saturday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m.
ON DECK:VS. FREEMAN
SEPT. 16 4 p.m.
VS. BONNERS FERRY Sept. 18 11 a.m.
Priest River boys make a goalBY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River boys’ soccer team made its first goal of the season where it counted. It came in a league match against Bonners Ferry Thursday.
The boys have yet to pick up a win. Their record stands at 0-7.
Lake City 8, Priest River 0It was another shutout when
Priest River traveled to Lake City Sept. 7 to face the Timberwolves for the second time this season. The first time was a 4-0 loss for the Spartans, and this time, Lake City put up a score of 8 to Priest River’s 0.
The Timberwolves had 30 shots on goal to the Spartans’ 7, but Priest River’s goalie, Allen Easley made 19 saves.
Bonners Ferry 4, Priest River 1Priest River made its first goal
of the season when they traveled to Bonners Ferry Thursday, Sept.
9. “The showing against Bonners
was a huge improvement over the disappointing loss to Lake City,” coach Jeff Svoboda said.
Playing 10 on 11, the boys held Bonners scoreless for the first 23
minutes and frustrated their attack. They stayed organized and played smart until a defensive mistake led to the first goal.
In the second half, Priest River
changed tactics and played a higher pressure game, catching Bonners numerous times with the offside trap.
Cody Otero scored the first ever league goal 66 minutes into the game.
“It boosted the moral of the team and they finished the game strong,” Svoboda said. “It was one of the best games the boys have played this year.”
Easley had another great game stopping 21 shots to limit the Badger scoring.
Orofino 6, Priest River 0In a home game against Oro-
fino Saturday, Sept. 11, Priest River lost 6-0.
“The final score does not do justice to the way the game was played,” coach Svoboda said. He blames poor refereeing for two of the Orofino scores.
Orofino had 23 shots on goal to Priest River’s 11, and Easley made 16 saves.
“The boys never quit play-ing even with everything going against them,” Svoboda said. “They showed real character.”
The boys traveled to Sandpoint Tuesday for their second game against the Bulldogs. Results were not available by press time.
They travel to Spokane for a game against St. George’s Friday, Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. They host Bon-ners Ferry Saturday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. and Post Falls Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.
ON DECK:AT ST. GEORGE’S
Sept. 17 4 p.m.
VS. BONNERS FERRY Sept. 18 1 p.m.
VS. POST FALLS Sept. 21 4 p.m.
MINER PHOTO|FRED WILLENBROCK
Newport hosted Priest River in a football game Friday night. Priest RIver won in overtime.
Members sought for hunter advisory group
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is accepting letters of interest through Oct. 15 for membership on the department’s Master Hunter Advisory Group (MHAG).
The group, which represents master hunters statewide, advises WDFW on issues and opportunities affecting master hunters and the Master Hunter program. Five volunteer posi-tions are currently open on the 15-member group.
MHAG members, who serve three-year terms, must be certi-fied master hunters. At least two members are selected from each of WDFW’s six administrative regions, which are described on the department’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/re-gions/. Letters of interest will be accepted from applicants resid-ing in:
• Region One (Pend Oreille, Spokane, Lincoln, Stevens, Whit-man, Ferry, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla and Asotin coun-ties)
• Region Two (Okanogan,
Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Adams counties)
• Region Five (Lewis, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, and Wahkiakum counties)
• Region Six (Clallam, Jef-ferson, Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, Pierce, Pacific, and Kitsap counties)
• At large (any county in the state)
The director of WDFW will make formal appointments by March 2011.
Master hunters interested in filling a position should send a letter of interest to [email protected] or to Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Enforcement Program, Attn: Eric Anderson Hunter Education Division; 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091.
The advisory group meets at least four times a year. Members serve as volunteers and do not receive direct compensation for their work, but travel reimburse-ment is available.
For more information, call Eric Anderson at 360-902-2426.
THE MINER SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 | 3BFall SportS previewNEWPORT GRIZZLIES
FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL
GIRL’S SOCCER
CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday, September 16 Home Timberlake 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Away Colville 4:00 p.m.Thursday, September 23 Home Riverside 4:00 p.m.Friday, September 24 Home East Valley 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Away Freeman 4:00 p.m.Thursday, September 30 Home Bonners Ferry 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 5 Away Lakeside 4:00 p.m.Thursday, October 7 Home Colville 4:00 p.m.Friday, October 8 Away Clarkston 4:00 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Pullman 10:00 a.m.Tuesday, October 12 Away Riverside 4:00 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Home Freeman 4:00 p.m.Thursday, October 21 Home Lakeside 4:00 p.m.
W E S A L U T E O U R G R I Z Z L I E S
Friday, September 17 Away Colville 7:00 p.m.Friday, September 24 Away Chewelah 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 1 Home Riverside 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 8 Home Freeman 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 15 Home Liberty 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 22, Away Lakeside 7:00 p.m.Thursday, October 28 Home Springdale 7:00 p.m.Friday, November 5 Crossover with CTL District #6Saturday, November 6 Crossover with CTL District #6
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JaredBarrancoSenior #36
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TOP RETURNEES: seniors Jared Barranco, Haden Rainey, Zach Zamora and Chaize Exkano; juniors Aaron Castle, Don Burns Jr., Jake Wiley, Keith Coulson, Michael Rapp, Travis Martin, Spencer Douglas, Brandon Lam-bert and Jordan Duke.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: “We have a chance to win every game we play,” coach Adam Daniel said. “We will be competitive and hopefully be in a positions to win the fourth quarter.” Newport has played one game so far this season, losing to Priest River in over time 21-15.
WEAKNESSES: The team lacks overall depth. Every high school football player suits up for games, but the freshmen do not play in varsity games.
HEAD COACH: Adam Daniel
AGE: 36
COACHING EXPERIENCE: 13 years as offensive line coach at Mead High School
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 11 years teaching marketing/DECA and business education at Mead. He now teaches at Newport High School.
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MorganLavilleJunior
RyanTafoyaJunior
JakeZicklerJunior
ScottMcMeenSophomore
ChrisNicholsSophomore
ZackWilliamsSophomore
AustinHartmanFreshman
AllanThompsonFreshman
HannahKepnerSenior
SarahMorseSenior
IsraelNickersonSenior
JordanPhillipsSenior
JanaeCrowderFreshman
MikeFredrickHead Coach
NOTPICTURED: Kenny Moreale Senior
TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Sarah Morse and Israel Nickerson, who were both state participants last year, are returning to the team. The top boys’ runner, junior Jake Zickler, is also back. Other return-ees include juniors Ryan Tafoya, Morgan Laville and Hannah Kepner. Of the newcomers, fresh-man Alan Thompson is expected to do well.
KEY LOSSES: The team lost two runners to graduation: Emily Reedy and Tyler Alkire. A few other boys did not return to the team or are playing football instead.
CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: The Northeast A League was reorga-nized to include Riverside and Colville this year, but Kettle Falls is no longer an A school. Coach Mike Frederick said Riverside and Colville are two of the peren-nial powerhouse teams and will make the league much tougher.
SEE NEWPORT CROSS COUNTRY, 7B
EmilyBloreSenior
SophieBushSenior
HannahCarewSenior
KaileenKerstingSenior
HayleyOdellSenior
TOP RETURNING STARTERS: Seniors Kaileen Kersting, Sophie Bush, Hannah Carew, Hayley Odell, Sierra Pancho, Emily Blore and Kathryn Onley are all returning for Newport, as are juniors Miranda Frederick and Alex Newcomb and sophomores Sydney Siemsen, Jenna Kersting and Brittany Hopkins.
KEY LOSSES: Spencer Schultz, Molly Betz and Alicia Zieske.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: “The girls are ready and have been working hard to de-fend last year’s league title,” said Newport coach Jamie Pancho. “So far, we have competed well. The team is getting better with each practice and match.”
STRENGTHS: Experience and team morale are Newport’s strong suit, said Pancho.
WEAKNESSES: “We are trying to fill some holes in certain positions right now and those players are improving each day,” Pancho said.
KathrynOnley
SierraPanchoSenior
MirandaFrederickJunior
AlexandraNewcombJunior
Brittany HopkinsSophomore
As of press time, Newport’s record was 1-0, with a third place finish at the 32-team Sundome Torunament in Yakima.
HEAD COACH: Jamie Pancho
AGE: 36
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Fifth year as head coach for Newport: 17 years overall coaching experi-ence.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Pancho has spent seven years teaching. He currently is in his second year teaching fourth grade at Strat-ton Elementary School. He spent
Fall SportS previewFall SportS previewPRIEST RIVER SPARTANS
W E S A L U T E O U R S P A R T A N S
FOOTBALL
4B | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 THE MINER
Friday, September 17 Away Deer Park High School 7:00 p.m.Friday, September 24 Home Moscow High School 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 1 Away Timberlake High School 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 8 Away Chewelah High School 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 15 Home Kellogg-Homecoming 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 22 Home St. Maries High School 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 29 Away Bonners Ferry High School 7:00 p.m.
BOYS’ SOCCER
Friday, September 17 Away St. George’s 4:00 p.m.Saturday, September 18 Home Bonners Ferry High School 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Home Post Falls High School 4:00 p.m.Thursday, September 23 Away Libby High School(time is MST) 6:30 p.m.Thursday, September 30 Home St. George’s 4:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Home St. Maries High School 1:00 p.m.Thursday, October 7 Home Lakeland High School 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 13 Away District TBAThursday, October 14 Away District TBASaturday, October 16 Away State Play-in TBA
VOLLEYBALLThursday, September 16 Away Bonners Ferry High School 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Home Kellogg High School 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Away Timberlake High School 6:00 p.m.Thursday, September 30 Home Bonners Ferry High School 7:15 p.m.Monday, October 4 Home Newport High School 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 5 Home St. George’s 7:00 p.m.Thursday, Octoer 7 Home Timberlake High School 6:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 12 Away Kellogg High School 7:30 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Away St. Maries High School 7:30 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Crossover Classic Tournament TBATuesday, October 12 Away Kellogg High School 7:30 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Away St. Maries High School 7:30 p.m.Saturday, October 30 Away State Finals TBA
Coaches Not Pictured: Dan Buttrey Assistant CoachJake Stark Assistant Coach
TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Tyler Douglas, Sean Mortenson, Dylan Reinbold, Tori Peterson, Cody Rabidue, Keefer Peterson, Eric Holbrook; junior Andrew Hud-dleston; and sophomore Jacob Munar
TOP PROSPECTS: Jeramiah Spaude, Manuel Perez, Daniel Desjarlais, Tyler Baber, Cameron Riley and RC Akre
KEY LOSSES: Mike Riley, Chad Yount
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: The team’s goal is to be Intermountain League champi-ons this year. They have played two games so far, losing the first
to Cheney and winning their second game against Newport in overtime.
STRENGTHS: Trana said they have great senior leadership, athletic receivers and good speed at all positions.
WEAKNESSES: Size on the offen-sive/defensive line
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: “We have a good senior class leading a talented junior and sophomore class,” Trana said.
HEAD COACH: John Trana
AGE: 39
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Trana has 10 years of coaching experi-
ence, including the 2001 Colora-do 4A State Champions, 2009 4A Idaho State Runner Up, 2002 and 2003 4A Colorado State Semi Finals, 2005 4A Idaho State Semi Finals. He has coached in 17 playoff games, teams that were three-time Mountain Plains Con-ference Champions in Colorado, four-time Inland Empire League Champions in Idaho, and has been part of a four-time Coach of the Year Staff.
OCCUPATION: Football coach
ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike McMahon, Jacob Palinuk, Shane Douglas, Brad Martin, Mark Schultz, Dan Buttry, Jake Stark
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TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Melissa Hopkins and Morgan Stewart join sophomore Melissa Trost as the returning veterans.
KEY LOSSES: The Spar-tans lost Taylor Stewart, Chelsea Linton and Whitney Hill.
STRENGTHS: Height and blocking ability are two strengths of the Priest river team.
WEAKNESSES: The team’s relative inexperi-ence is its biggest weak-ness.
RECORD: As of press time, the girls record is 1-2.
HEAD COACH: Kati Bo-decker
AGE: 26
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Bodecker has been at Priest River Lamanna High School since 2007. She has also coached the Moscow Volleyball
Club, was an assistant coach at Whitworth University, coached the Spokane Storm Club Volleyball team and coached the VIP under 16 volleyball team.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Bodecker has been an English teacher at Priest River Lamanna High School since 2007.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Bodecker won a schol-arship to play varsity volleyball at the Univer-sity of Idaho, where she started all four years as an outside hitter. She was also a three sport athlete at Lakeside High School in Nine Mile Falls, where she played on three state champion-ship volleyball teams and a championship basket-ball team.
ASSISTANT COACHES: Brandi Johnson and Katie Whitaker
JeffSvobodaHead Coach
RETURNING STARTERS: Seniors Allen Easley as goalkeeper, Cody Otero, Eric Whitman and Kyle Wall. Most of the team is seniors. Three younger players are also return-ing. The team hopes to recruit enough players to sustain a team next year.
KEY LOSSES: Six seniors graduated this past spring.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: Coach Jeff Svoboda said the boys
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TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Andy Fountain and Jaimi Adams both received postseason awards last year. Hanna Keogh should have a good season, coach Drum said. Junior Andrea Heinen and sophomore Haley Adams are also returning.
TOP PROSPECTS: None not mentioned above.
KEY LOSSES: Lydia Treischel was the league’s MVP last year.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: Coach Drum said they should compete for the league championship.
STRENGTHS: Cusick is a senior-laden team with eight girls who have varsity experience.
WEAKNESSES: Their serve-receive and defense need to get better.
HEAD COACH: Harly Drum
AGE: 30
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Third year at Cusick
OCCUPATION: Personal trainer at Camas Well-ness Center for Community Wellness in Usk
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Some college volley-ball
ASSISTANT COACH: Kim Bluff
W E S A L U T E O U R P A N T H E R S
FOOTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Fall SportS previewFall SportS previewCUSICK PANTHERS
THE MINER SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 | 5B
Friday, September 17 Away Northport 7:00 p.m.Friday, September 24 Home Columbia 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 1 Home Curlew 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 8 Away Selkirk 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 15 Home Republic 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 22 Home Valley Christian 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 29 Away Wellpinit 2:00 p.m.Friday, November 5 TBA Crossover TBAFriday-Saturday, November 19-20 Quarter-FinalsFriday-Saturday, November 26-27 Semi-FinalsFriday-Saturday December 3-4 Grid Iron Classic
Saturday, September 18 Home Wellpinit 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Home Inchelium 5:00 p.m.Thursday, September 23 Away Columbia 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Home Northport 5:00 p.m.Wednesday, September 30 Home Selkirk 5:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Home Curlew NoonSaturday, October 2 Home Republic 4:30 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Wellpinit 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 12 Away Inchelium 5:00 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Away Selkirk 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 19 Away Northport 5:00 p.m.Thursday, October 21 Home ColumbiaSaturday, October 23 Away Curlew 12:00 p.m.Saturday, October 23 Away Republic 4:00 p.m.
DerrickBluffSophomore
AaronSearsJunior
RyanSampleSophomore
QuintonMontgomeryFreshman
TylerEdwardsSenior
WarrenPiengkmanFreshman
ZackChantrySophomore
GavinPetersonSophomore
ChrisReynoldsFreshman
DonaldDriverSenior
JohnCutshallSophomore
ShemNortonSenior
NolanFinleyFreshman
NickLovetteSophomore
MilesFinleyFreshman
KevinVillegasSenior
LouieBluffSenior
JesseMarthallerSenior
JohnnyAndrewsJunior
RustyBenhamFreshman
DakotaSchubertFreshman
JamieCutshall#3
AndyFountain#5
CaytlinNenema#7
HaleyAdams#9
HannahKeogh#11
JessicaDriver#18
CourtneyMontgomery#20
AndreaHeinen#21
AshleySmith#22
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TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Tyler Ed-wards, Shem Norton, Louie Bluff, Kevin Villegas, Jesse Marthaller, Donald Driver; junior Johnny An-drews; sophomores Derrick Bluff, Ryan Sample, Aaron Sears
TOP PROSPECTS: Coach Sonny Finley said he has some fresh-men and sophomores who have a ways to go but they’re up and coming, including Quinton Mont-gomery, Warren Piengkham, Zack Chantry and Nolan Finley.
KEY LOSSES: Several starting seniors graduated from Cusick last year, including quarterback Spencer Shanholtzer who com-pleted 10,000 yards during his career, Solomon Monkiewicz, Joe Andrews, Robert Ives and Jake
Prine.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: Coach Finley believes Cusick will finish at the top of their league again this year, “but we have to go out on the field and prove it.” He said their game against Hunters-Inchelium will tell them a lot about their skill and the league. It should be a tough game.
STRENGTHS: Cusick’s defense is proving to be tough. With three games complete they have not allowed a single pass to be com-pleted by the opposing teams. Coach Finley said their offense is tough too. “We’re on a good roll,” he said.
WEAKNESSES: Cusick isn’t as deep as Finley would like them to be.
HEAD COACH: Sonny Finley
AGE: 32
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Two years of junior high football; this is his third year coaching high school football
OCCUPATION: Wildlife technician for the Kalispel Tribe Natural Resources Department
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Football, basketball and baseball
ASSISTANT COACHES: Troy Hendershott, Tell Hamilton, Ty Shanholtzer, Monty Williams and Mike Keogh
SonnyFinleyHead Coach
TroyHendershottAsst. Coach
TellHamiltonAsst. Coach
MontyWilliamsAsst. Coach
Not pictured:Ty ShanholtzerAsst. CoachMike KeoghAsst. Coach
Kim BluffAsst. Coach
HarlyDrumHead Coach
Fall SportS previewFall SportS previewSELKIRK RANGERS
W E S A L U T E O U R R A N G E R S
FOOTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
6B | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 THE MINER
Friday, September 17 Away Republic 7:00 p.m.Friday, September 24 Away Northport 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 1 Home Harrington/Odessa 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 8 Home Cusick 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 15 Home Curlew 7:00 p.m.Friday, October 22 Away Wellpinit 3:00 p.m.Friday, October 29 Away Columbia/Inchelium 1:00 p.m.Friday, November 5 Cross-Over game with the South TBD
Thursday, September 16 Away Columbia 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Home Northport 5:00 p.m.Saturday, September 25 Away Inchelium 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Away Wellpinit 5:00 p.m.Thursday, September 30 Away Cusick 5:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Home Republic 12:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Home Curlew 4:30 p.m.Thursday, October 7 Home Columbia 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 12 Away Northport 5:00 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Home Cusick 5:00 p.m.Saturday, October 16 Home Inchelium 1:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 19 Home Wellpinit 5:00 p.m.Saturday, October 23 Away Republic 12:00 p.m.Saturday, October 23 Away Curlew 4:00 p.m.
SarahDunnSenior #26
CieraBotzheimSenior #12
AnnieCouchSenior #25
AmyJohnsonSenior #1
AnneMarieCainJunior #5
HannahSimpsonJunior #4
CourtneyHolterJunior #2
KirbiAndersonSophomore#15
AbbyCarrascoFreshman #6
JoshBusbySenior
EvanGuthrieSenior
JaredReedSenior
JoeWernerSenior
RickySearsSenior
KelanSaxSenior
MikeDeweySenior
BrandonReeveSenior
MikeyFillerSenior
HunterEnyeartSenior
BobbyWilliamsSenior
BradenMutchJunior
EmeryMaupinSophomore
AustinMillerSophomore
BrandenReiberSophomore
MichaelWeissSophomore
GaretSaxSophomore
MikeHaskinsSophomore
DaltonDeweySophomore
TrevorGrantFreshman
CharlieLavigueurFreshman
AveryMillerFreshman
WyattWalkerFreshman
TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Hunter Enyeart, Kelan Sax, Mike Dewey, Mikey Filler, James Enyeart, Bobby Williams, Brandon Reeve; sophomores Dalton Dewey, Garet Sax and Mikey Weiss
TOP PROSPECTS: Josh Busby, Trevor Grant, Avery Miller
KEY LOSSES: Nick Milliren, Zach Jensen, Jesse Mendenhall, Chris Vermuelen
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: “We should be able to field a competitive team and vie for a playoff spot,” coach Kelly
Cain said. So far, Selkirk has lost the two games they’ve played this year.
STRENGTHS: “Having a year of eight-man football under our belts,” coach Cain said.
WEAKNESSES: Overall team speed could be better.
COMMENTS: “It will be a trying season for our players due to the loss of teammate Dallas New-man. He will be in our thoughts whenever we take the field,” coach Cain said.
HEAD COACH: Kelly Cain
AGE:47
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Second season as head football coach for Selkirk, 12th year of coaching football, 26th year of coaching high school athletics including football, basketball, volleyball and softball
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 23rd year as history teacher
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Varsity football, basketball, baseball at the high school level
ASSISTANT COACHES: Barry Woelfel and Kirk Johnson
KellyCainHead Coach
TOP RETURNEES: Seniors Annemarie Cain, Sarah Dunn, Cierra Botzheim and Amy John-son; juniors Courtney Holtzer, Hannah Simpson and Annie Couch and sophomore Kirbi Anderson.
TOP PROSPECTS: According to Selkirk coach Stephanie Carlson, leading diggers and hitters from last year were Annemarie Cain and Courtney Holter. A new student, Annie Couch, is a setter who shows promise.
KEY LOSSES: Angelina Macarthur and Kayla Grant graduated and their hitting and setting skills will be missed.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN LEAGUE: “We had several close matches last season, so we hope to finish strong in league this year, with more wins under our belt,” Carl-son said.
STRENGTHS: Having more seniors and juniors on the team should be an advantage, Carlson said. She said the team is more ag-gressive and determined and has stepped up its defensive skills. She said the team should be stronger in hitting and serving this year.
WEAKNESSES: “We are not an ex-ceptionally tall team, so we have to play scrappy,” Carlson said.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: “We have a good base program with 21 players out for the season,” Carlson said. Many of the players attended volleyball camps over the summer. Carlson said that the team’s attitude has been positive and the their teamwork good.
The team’s record early in the season is 0-1.
HEAD COACH: Stephanie Carlson
AGE: 57
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Carlson has been coaching for 20 years at Selkirk. She has coached varsity volleyball and junior high track and volleyball. She also has ex-perience coaching volleyball and track in Oregon.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Carlson currently teaches grade four at Selkirk. She has worked in the district for 23 years. She also has taught at Rex Putnam High School in Milwaukie, Ore.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Carlson played volleyball at Portland State University and was on the track team.
ASSISTANT COACH: Pam Zimmer-man has five years experience.
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will be competitive with Orofino and St. Maries, but Bonners Ferry has a well established program with 22 varsity players.
STRENGTHS: “We play defense really well,” coach Svoboda said.
WEAKNESSES: Svoboda said the team has an overall lack of soc-
cer experience. Kids at most other schools play year-round with club teams, but most Spartans get to play only during the high school season.
COMMENTS: This is the team’s third year. Before school started, 11 kids had turned out.
HEAD COACH: Jeff Svoboda
AGE: 43
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Coached girls’ soccer for six years, and coached recreational soccer in Newport for 4-5 years. This is Svoboda’s second year coaching for Priest River.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Played soc-cer in college and recently has been playing in a soccer club in Spokane
OCCUPATION: Manager at Skookum Rendezvous
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PRIEST RIVER CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, September 18 Away CDA-Farragut State Park 9:00 a.m.Saturday, September 25 Away Mt. West-Missoula 10:00 a.m.Friday, October 1 Away CDA Charter-Coeur d’Alene 4:00 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Sandpoint-Riley Creek 9:00 a.m.Saturday, October 30 Away State-Soda Springs TBA
Thursday, September 16 Home Freeman High School 4:00 p.m.Saturday, September 18 Home Bonners Ferry High School 11:00 a.m.Thursday, September 23 Away Libby High School (time is MST) 4:30 p.m.Saturday, September 25 Away Freeman High School 12:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Away Timberlake High School 5:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Home St. Maries High School 11:30 a.m.Thursday, October 7 Away Lakeland High School 4:00 p.m.
JessicaTrybanSophomore
LaceyEndicottFreshman
JamieFloresFreshman
Kathryn RaineyJunior
Renee WomackSenior
Tessa DeMersSenior
Holly HirstSenior
AmberFiedlerFreshman
Brittany KrampertFreshman
Shadra GreenJunior
Caroline BurnettSophomore
MichealaSumnerSophomore
KelleeKnoppSophomore
WendyStokesFreshman
Felisha JohnsonJunior
MelissaAkreSenior
Sarina AguayoJunior
KaylaDavisFreshman
MacenzieKaneSenior
Steffie PaveySophomore
KourtneyAldridgeSophomore
BradyNelsonSophomore
Kinya MorrisonFreshman
AliciaHesterFreshman
TaylorWilsonFreshman
ChelseaDaySenior
ShayannaClarkSophomore
CassieStagnerSophomore
JamesHeggeSenior
DavidBellSenior
JustinEwingSenior
WillKramerJunio
TylerWilsonFreshman
JoeyDaySophomore
LanceClarkHead Coach
TOP RETURNEES: Seniors James Hegge, David Bell and Justin Ew-ing will be strong leaders for the boys’ team. Hegge and Bell ran at state last year. Sophomores Kourtney Aldridge and Brady Nel-son will lead the girls’ team. Other returning runners include sopho-more Will Kramer and junior Tyler Wilson, senior Chelsea Day and sophomore Shayanna Clark.
TOP PROSPECTS: Sophomore Steffie Pavey, a Spartan track star, is joining the team. She’s one of the schools dual-sport athletes, also playing volleyball this season. Coach Lance Clark said freshmen Alicia Hester and Kinya Morrison are really big pick ups for the girls’ team, along with Taylor Wilson, Jake Hemphill and possibly sophomore Joey Day.
KEY LOSSES: The girls’ team lost lead runner Katie Hall to Sand-point. She is a sophomore who was the only girl to run at state for Priest River last season.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: Coach Clark said the girls will be stronger, but they are up against the defending state champions, Timberlake. He said they hope to go with them and trophy at state.
Clark said the boys could win the Intermountain League this year. He thinks they have three of the league’s best runners, and with some good pushers at four and five they would be well sup-ported.
STRENGTHS: Clark listed team unity, leadership and motivation as the teams’ strengths.
WEAKNESSES: The Spartans are a little new on the back end of the boys’ team, and they’re lacking in numbers.
COMMENTS: “I’m looking forward to see how they do this year. This is the best year we’ve ever had – for boys and girls,” Clark said.
HEAD COACH: Lance Clark
AGE: 33
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Sixth year as head coach at Priest River. Coached two years at Lake City
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Tenth year teaching at Priest River, teaching physical education at Priest River Elementary
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Clark ran cross country and track at Priest River and North Idaho College.
ASSISTANT COACH: Chad Nelson
Not pictured: Cameron MurdockFreshmanSara ThompkinsFreshmanBrandon JohnsonJuniorCaden JohnsonSophomoreSpencer JohnsonFreshman
Not Pictured: KateKeinertCoachJenniferTisdellSenior
TOP PROSPECTS: Shadra Green, Jessica Tryban, Amber Fielder, Brittany Krampert
KEY LOSSES: Five players graduated: Jessica Johnson, Tristan Trout, Sammi Stokes, Dani Hawes and Kayla Klundt.
OVERALL PROJECTION OF THE TEAM’S CHANCES IN THE LEAGUE: “We have a chance to do well this year. Our team is competitive,” coach Kate Keinert said.
WEAKNESSES: “We don’t play together year-round. Other teams continue into win-ter, spring and summer,” Keinert said. “Our girls play a lot of other sports.”
STRENGTHS: “We have a lot of talent, and I’ve never seen a team of young women with such great attitudes,” the coach said.
HEAD COACH: Kate Keinert
AGE: 32
COACHING EXPERIENCE: First year coaching soccer. She’s worked with the cross country team and cheerleaders at Priest River La-manna High School.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Keinert is starting her fifth year teaching English, health and film studies at Priest River Lamanna High School.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Keinert has played soccer year-round for most of her life, both recreationally and competitively. “Soccer remains a big sport in my hometown,” she said. “It is well supported.”
JeredSchultzSophomore #36
ColtonWorleySophomore #8
AdamDanielHead Coach
TravisStottAsst. Coach
BarryStartzAsst. Coach
MattNewellAsst. Coach
BrandonRoseAsst. Coach
HughesCrumplerVolunteer Asst.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Daniel played college football at the University of Idaho. He gradu-ated from University High School in 1992.
ASSISTANT COACHES: Matt Newell, D-Line; Brandon Rose, O-Line; Travis Stott, RB’s/LB’s; Barry Sartz, WR’s/DB’s; Hughes Crumpler, volunteer assistant.
NOT PICTURED: Spenser Douglas Junior #12, Sam Rodgers Junior #65, Destin Montgomery Junior #28
NEWPORT FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 1B
much tougher.
STRENGTHS: The team’s top run-ners have good experience.
WEAKNESSES: The team is still young and unfamiliar with the sport, and numbers are low. Frederick is hoping to gain anoth-er three or four kids after school starts to “bolster things up.”
HEAD COACH: Mike Frederick
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Fred-erick has coached cross country at Newport for 23 years, since the program started up again in 1988. He has also been the head girls’ basketball coach at New-port for 19 years. Frederick spent six years as the assistant boys’ basketball coach, and head girls’ and boys’ cross country coach at Willapa Valley High School. For four years he served as assistant
women’s basketball coach and head women’s cross country coach at Central Washington University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Fred-erick is beginning his 24th year teaching social studies at New-
NEWPORT CROSS COUNTRY | FROM PAGE 1B
Saturday, September 18 Away Farragut Invite 7:30 p.m.Saturday, September 25 Away Eric Anderson Invite TBATuesday , September 28 Home Colville/Freeman 4:00 p.m.Saturday, October 2 Away Can-Am Invite TBATuesday, October 5 Away Chewelah 4:00 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Bullpup Invite 10:00 a.m.Tuesday, October 12 Away Riverside 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 19 Home Lakeside 4:00 p.m.Thursday, October 28 TBA Regional TBASaturday, November 6 Pasco State Meet TBA
NEWPORT VOLLEYBALL |
EIGHT YEARS AS A PARAPRO-FESSIONAL BEFORE THAT.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Pan-cho played pro amateur beach
FROM PAGE 1B
Thursday, September 16 Home NWC 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, September 21 Away Colville 6:30 p.m.Thursday, September 23 Away Freeman 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, September 28 Home Chewelah 6:30 p.m.Thursday, September 30 Home Lakeside 6:30 p.m.Monday, October 4 Away Priest River 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 5 Away Riverside 6:30 p.m.Thursday, October 7 Home Colville 6:30 p.m.Saturday, October 9 Away Cross Over Tourney TBATuesday, October 12 Home Freeman 6:30 p.m.Thursday, October 14 Home Colfax 7:00 p.m.Saturday, October 16 Away Chewelah 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, October 19 Away Lakeside 6:30 p.m.Thursday, October 21 Home Riverside 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, October 26 #6VS#3@2 #5VS#4@1Saturday, October 30 Districts MeadSaturday, November 6 Regionals CTL SiteFriday, November 13 State YakimaSaturday, November 14 State Yakima
JennaKerstingSophomore
SydneySiemsenSophomore
volleyball. He also played high school football and basketball for Newport.
ASSISTANT COACH: Linda Hap-tonstall.
port High School.
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Par-ticipated in football, basketball and track at Willapa Valley High School and cross country and track at Central Washington University
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Take in belly dancing or try for yourself
NEWPORT – It’s entertain-ment with a twist in New-port. Belly dancers will take the stage at the Pend Oreille Playhouse Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. You can also learn the moves yourself at two belly dancing workshops Sat-urday at 11 a.m. and noon.
Dancers from Bella Courbe and Lotus Belly Dancing of Spokane will be visiting.
Tickets to the evening performance are $10 for adults in advance or $12 at the door. Youth tickets for ages 5 to 18 are $5. They’re available now at the theatre and online at http://www.pendoreilleplayers.org.
The workshops cost $10 for one session or $15 for both. Call the playhouse at 509-671-3389 to register.
Live music atHospitality House
NEWPORT – Live bluegrass and country music will be at the Hospitality House in Newport Saturday, Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. Bring a snack for the food table. Entry is by donation.
The Hospitality House is located at 216 S. Washington Ave.
Rock, gem club announce raffle winner
NEWPORT – The Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club held a drawing at the Pend Oreille County Fair for a clothespin made from jade by Cathy Rawlings of Newport.
Club member Fran Adams was the winner.
Health services offered for veterans
COLVILLE – The 13th an-nual Tri-county Veteran’s Stand Down will be held in Colville Saturday and Sun-day, Sept. 18 and 19. The free event is offered to veterans in Pend Oreille, Stevens and Ferry counties.
The stand down will take place at the Northeast Wash-ington Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. An opening ceremony will take place Saturday at 8 a.m.
Clothing, blankets and raingear will be given away, lunch is served daily, and free health services will be offered. A service officer for Veteran’s Affairs Claims will be on site, along with physi-cal, mental and dental health providers and employment counselors.
Veterans should bring their DD-214, discharge, V.A. card or military ID.
For more information, call Veterans Helping Veterans co-chairs Tonya Stinson at 509-684-6311 or Jim Stinson at 509-675-8952, or contact Colville WorkSource Veter-ans Unit at 509-685-6142.
Angus Queen at Women’s Connection
NEWPORT – Fair Time is the theme and Callie Hanson, the Washington State Angus Queen, will be the special feature at the Newport Wom-en’s connection luncheon Thursday, Sept. 23.
Paulette Staley of Boise will be the featured speaker. Her talk is titled “You are a woman of influence.” Staley is a nationally known author, speaker and Bible study teacher. Debbie West will provide music for the event.
The cost of the lunch is $8 and it will be held at the Pin-eridge Community Church, at 1428 E. 1st St. in Newport. The luncheon will take place from noon to 2 p.m. and free on-site childcare is provided. Call 509-447-4876 to make a reservation.
MINER PHOTO|DON GRONNING
Looking for a homeMike and Shandra Palmer have been on the road for a week after leaving their Sagle area home. They couldn’t afford rent and are looking for work, according to Mike. They were passing through Newport Friday, with their horses, Stormy and Rayne, and their dogs, Rebel and Jasmine.
BY JANELLE ATYEOOF THE MINER
IONE – Bicyclists will be camp-ing out in Ione in the coming week. The WaCanId Ride will come through town Sept. 22, 23 and 24.
Every available motel room is booked, according to Carol Gra-ham, executive director of the International Selkirk Loop. Some riders are staying at the Cedar Park campground.
One goal of the ride is to pro-mote local businesses. Another is to benefit projects of local Rotary Clubs using proceeds from the registration fees.
A total 74 riders have signed up for the second annual ride, growing from 16 participants last year. They come from as far away as Connecticut, Virginia
and Alaska. The 344-mile WaCanId Ride
starts Sept. 21 in three locations. Riders can choose from the start-ing line in Sandpoint, Nelson or Creston, B.C., and travel the loop clockwise. The trip ends Sept. 25.
Usk, Rotary Park in Oldtown and Albeni Falls Dam are all on the route map as planned water stops, but they are not overnight destinations. The route also takes riders through Newport and Priest River.
Coming from Canada via Highway 31, riders will make their way to Ione. Crossing the Ione Bridge they’ll be routed on LeClerc Road to Newport. In Idaho, the route follows Highway 2 through Priest River, where it crosses the Pend Oreille River and takes Dufort Road to Sand-point.
Cyclists take on Selkirk Loop
NEWPORT – Already looking forward to spring? Runners doing some early training for Spokane’s annual Bloomsday road race can try for a top spot at the starting line in the crowded race by meeting a qualifying time in Newport’s Autumn Bloom fun run.
The first annual race in Newport takes place Satur-day, Sept. 18 at 8 a.m. at the Newport City Park. The 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) qualifying course passes the schools, winds up Quail Loop, out toward Ashenfel-ter Bay, then through downtown Newport before re-turning to the park. There is also a 5K course option.
Male runners must finish the 10K course in less than 39 minutes (47 for women) to qualify for second
seeding at Bloomsday, which is May 1, 2011. Second seed begins behind the elite runners, but ahead of any color groups. It gives those who want to compete seriously at the popular race a chance to get ahead of the crowd.
The Autumn Bloom run is the only fall qualifying race. It’s put on by the Newport Hospital and Health Services Foundation.
Registration closes Sept. 15. The cost is $23. Con-tact foundation director Catherine Lyons-Holestine at 509-447-7928 or e-mail [email protected].
To volunteer to help at the race, contact Cindy Campbell at 509-447-9294.
Autumn Bloom fun run this weekend
NEWPORT – The Friends of the Pend Oreille Library is holding its annual book sale Wednesday, Oct. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 7 at the Newport Eagles. Hours are Wednesday noon to 7 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
They are offering a large selec-tion of used paperback and hard-cover books, priced at 25 cents for paperbacks and $1 for hardcover books. Children’s books are 25 cents. Bring your own bags or boxes for shopping. Heavy plastic bags will be for sale for 50 cents.
The Friends of the Library is a non-profit 501c3 corporation that is entirely run by volunteers. It has no paid staff, no rented office space and gets no financial sup-port from the county or library district. With county budgets shrinking and timber tax rev-enues declining the library would not be able to support many children and youth programs without the support of Friends of the Library. Book sales support such youth programs.
Memberships for the Friends of Library are $5 per year and are available at the library or at the book sale.
Friends of Library
hold annual book sale
NEWPORT – If you are interested in joining the WSU Master Gardener Program, Pend Oreille County Extension will be offering basic training for new volunteers this fall, starting Oct. 4.
Participants may download an application form from the Master Gardener website at
Master Gardener basic training offered in Pend Oreille County
http://www.pendoreille.wsu.edu or request one by calling 509-447-2401. Completed ap-plications should be returned to WSU Pend Oreille County Ex-tension, PO Box 5045, Newport WA 99156 by Sept. 30.
The total training cost is $100, which includes local face-to-face classes as well as access to the WSU online Master Gar-dener training program. The
12 on-line modules feature presentations by some of the state’s top experts, diagnosis activities and field videos on all aspects of gardening. Participants are all provided with DVDs of the online mod-ules, so broadband Internet access is not required. Face-to-face classes held in Usk will supplement the online materials.
Each class will feature lo-
cal speakers who will address specific techniques for success-fully gardening in Pend Oreille County. Four classes will be held on Monday evenings in October. From November until April the format will switch to monthly classes, with an e-mail discussion alternative offered for snowbirds.
Master Gardeners have worked with WSU Extension in Pend Oreille County as horti-culture educators since 1990. In 2009, 47 active WSU Master Gardener volunteers contrib-uted almost 3,000 hours of service to county communities. For more information about the training program and what WSU Master Gardeners do, see the fall web edition of “Garden-ing in Pend Oreille” Newsletter at http://www.pendoreille.wsu.edu.
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Dorothy H. DavazNewport
Dorothy H. Davaz, 98, passed away Sept 7 in Newport.
Davaz was born Aug. 3, 1912, in Earlville, Ill., the daughter of Alice and George Houghtby. She attended school in North Dakota. In
1932, she married Damon Gibbins and the couple had three children. She and the children later moved to California to be close to family. In 1949, they moved to Newport where she met and married Henry Davaz in 1951. The couple lived in Furport.
After working as a cook at the Newport Hospital for 25 years, Davaz retired to Priest River where she cooked for the senior citizens for eight years. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, The Rebekahs, Skookum Grange and the Newport Eagles. She enjoyed reading, cake decorating and doing all kinds of arts and crafts including sewing, crochet, knitting and leather tooling. She was involved in the Albeni Falls craft club where she remained ac-tive as an avid craftswoman into her later years.
Davaz is described by her fam-ily as a loving, talented, spirited woman with an undying sense of humor.
Davaz was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Henry Davaz; her ex-husband Damon Gibbins; and her sister Madiline Morway; brothers Les, Chauncey and Ames; and a great-grand-daughter Summer Leen.
She is survived by children and stepchildren Alice Spinks of Cot-tonwood, Calif., Orville Gibbins of Sandpoint, Gladys and Leon-ard Davaz of Cusick, Robert and Clara Davaz of Ohsahka, Idaho, and Judy and Duane Randolph of Priest River. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of ar-rangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.sherman-knapp.com.
Davaz
Gerald “Buster” Laverne Dodge
Hauser, IdahoGerald “Buster” Laverne Dodge,
84, of Hauser, Idaho, passed away peacefully in sleep Aug. 2, of natural causes.
Dodge was born Oct. 26, 1925, to Guy Arthur and Nellie Francis Dodge in Newport.
Dodge never completed school, but joined the CCC’s when he was 14 and then on to the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He spent two years in the Navy during World War II, stationed aboard the USS Detroit, and was in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He re-enlisted again during the Korean War, and was stationed at Tongue Point Naval Base in Astoria, Ore. After serving his time in the military, he went on to work in the construction industry as a cat operator building highways, bridges and dams, throughout Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. He was hired in the early 1970s to go work on the Alaska Pipeline and eventually became a project manager for one of the larger construction companies building the concrete islands used to hold the pipeline while crossing the bay waters.
He loved Alaska, but home base was Lewiston, Idaho. He retired at age 62 and started traveling to Mexico for the winters. He loved the Mexican lifestyle, and the warm sunny days he spent there from October through May. He would then return to Idaho, and spend his summers at Freeman State Park at Dworshack Reser-voir, where he enjoyed spending his days on the lake fishing for silvers.
Dodge rekindled his love affair with Jackie (Clark) Harper, long time childhood sweetheart, and life was never better; but Jackie passed away of a sudden illness leaving Dodge alone once again. He then started spending his win-ters in Winterhaven, Calif., and
his summers with his daughter and son-in-law in Hauser, Idaho. Dodge loved to fish and hunt, and was a great outdoorsman.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister, all of who were raised on Idaho Hill.
He is survived by his daugh-ter Rhonda (Dodge) Ellerbroek; son-in-law Chuck Ellerbroek of Hauser; nieces Kim Easton of Seattle, Richae Boyer of Hayden, Rhea Rice of Portland, Ore; and nephew Guy Dodge of Arkansas.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Newport Cemetery.
John Park McGillSunnyside, Wash.
John Park McGill, 65, of Sun-nyside, Wash., passed away Sept. 6 at his home of natural causes. He was born July 18, 1945, in Ione to Earl (Buck) and Louise (Bill) McGill.
He grew up and attended school for 12 years in Cusick. He graduated in 1963 and attended Eastern Washington State College in Cheney. He moved to Grand-view, Wash., and taught math for several years before returning to college at Eastern. After comple-tion of his master’s degree, he returned to Grandview as the vice principal and athletic director of the high school until his retire-ment. He influenced the lives of many individuals that attended Grandview High School.
McGill enjoyed hunting, fish-ing and outdoor recreation. He took many trips to Alaska to fish with family and friends. He was an only child but always looked forward to spending time with his many cousins at the McGill family reunions.
He is survived by his daughter Nykolee (and Mike) of Thompson Falls, Mont., and two grandsons.
He was a quiet and reserved man but had a heart of gold, fam-ily said. He will be missed; how-ever, as he requested no services will be held.
Editor’s note: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Min-er by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report but rather a comprehensive list of police calls. 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, aban-doned 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.
GRASS FIRE – Black Rd., small grass fire near the community hall in Usk.
TRESPASSING – Ball Lane, New-port, complainant reported finding a store bought tree stand in the woods on his property.
TRAFFIC HAZARD – McCloud Creek Rd., report of kids on dirt bikes racing on McCloud Creek, Hershaw and Coyote Trail.
WEAPONS OFFENSE – Hwy. 20, Newport, caller states shots being fired from SR 20 on river by camp-ers been going on for 1.5 hours.
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Green-house Rd., Ione, report of vehicle driving slowly up and down the road for the past couple hours.
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Jared Rd., report of white pickup parked unat-tended.
ARREST – Critter Lane, Newport, James Fox Christian, 28, of New-port, was arrested for 4th degree assault.
TRESPASSING – Gray Rd., report of two or three people on complain-ant’s property.
THEFT – Buck Creek Rd., Newport, report that male subject stole complainant’s wallet with money and ID.
ERRATIC DRIVER – Hwy. 2., report of vehicle driving erratically speed-ing about 70mph in a 35mph.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 7 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Jorgens Rd., Newport, report that subject said she would rather kill herself than have husband taken in.
PHONE OFFENCE – W 4th St., New-port, complainant reports receiving multiple phone calls from male.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Spring Valley Rd., Newport
ASSAULT – Broken J. Lane, Newport, report that woman was assaulted on Sunday.
FIRE – Hwy. 2, report of smoke on west side of Hwy. 2.
TRAFFIC OFFENSE – Hwy. 20, citi-zen report of skateboarders in road.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Hwy. 211., report that front door open and men loading up two trucks.
ARREST – Jesse David Milks, 18, of Newport was arrested for pos-session of less than 40 grams of marijuana.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Cedar Creek Rd., Ione
AGENCY ASSIST – Bartlette Rd., requested an agency assist in at-tempt to locate a missing/runaway juvenile that was last seen with friends at the Rainbow Festival.
THEFT – Bergman Lane, Newport, received account closed checks for sale of puppy.
AGENCY ASSIST – Bud Porter Rd., Ione, requested assistance in recov-ering a Stolen computer.
ACCIDENT – W. Walnut St., two vehicle non injury collision.
DRUGS – Critter Lane, Newport,
report that marijuana was in the garage.
JUVENILE PROBLEM – S. Scott Ave. Newport, deputy out with three juveniles on skateboards, unknown status.
ARREST – Hwy. 2, Newport, Larry Duane Moore, 49, of Newport was arrested for fourth degree assault.
BURGLARY – Hwy. 211, Newport, report that back door was pried open and items moved around; does not appear anything taken.
TRESPASSING – W. Walnut St., report that subjects back in parking lot panhandling again; there are close to the fuel pumps and are in a van.
DRIVING WITH LICENSE SUS-PENDED – LeClerc Rd. N.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – N. Spo-kane Ave., Newport, report that male and female were arguing; male has now left male tried flat-tening her tires.
PROWLER – Campbell Lane, Cusick, women outside residence had bags under her arms unknown where she is at now, complainant yelled at her to leave.
ARREST – James William Zubaugh, 21, of Spokane was arrested on a probation violation.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9MALICIOUS MISCHIEF – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report that license plates have been damaged on two vehicles, did damage to other things.
THEFT – N. Spokane Ave., Newport, report that sometime since 10 p.m. last night car was taken.
BURGLARY – Cemetery Rd., report that back door broken open and multiple items taken.
ACCIDENT – Kings Lake Rd., Usk THEFT – Scotia Rd., Newport, report that Yamaha 4-wheeler 250 cc gray in color possible stolen.
HIT AND RUN – Spring Valley Rd., Newport
ACCIDENT – S. Washington Ave., report that pedestrian was hit by vehicle in crosswalk at 10 today, non injury.
HARASSMENT – W. Walnut St., report that female who complain-ant has children with continually follows complainant and threatens and cusses at complainant and children.
TRESPASSING – W. Blackwell St., report of erratic driver/trespass.
TRAFFIC HAZARD – Veit Rd., report of trailer pulled with tow chain partially blocking.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Davaz Carlton Rd., report that male subject at location is believed to be setting off dynamite has been doing this for several days.
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUS-PENDED – Sitton Rd., Newport
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES – Westside Calispell Rd., report that subject on neighbor’s property is walking around with flashlight although no one is supposed to be home.
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – LeClerc Rd. N., Cusick, dark truck driving from this location turned lights off while driving.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE – Coyote Trail Rd., report of vehicle driving slowly on the road, has seen twice this morning.
ARREST – Garden Ave., Newport, Mark W. Cotes, 50, of Cheney turned self in on local warrant.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – East-side Rd., Priest River, drug related paraphernalia were seized by the deputies in the Priest River area.
MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROP-ERTY – S. Montana Ave., Oldtown, report of damage to a vehicle in the Oldtown area.
VEHICLE THEFT – N. Montana St., Oldtown
VEHICLE FIRE – Hwy. 57, Priest River
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – Hwy. 2, Whitefish, Mont., man was cited and released for possessing drug paraphernalia.
BURGLARY – N. Montana St., Oldtown
Friday, Sept. 10PROPERTY THEFT - Juneberry Lane, Priest River, report of theft of personal property in the Vay area.
CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE – War-ren Ave., Priest River, report of custodial interference in Priest River.
MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROP-ERTY – Hwy. 57, Priest Lake, report of damage to highway equipment reported in the Priest Lake area.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11NON INJURY ACCIDENT – Hwy. 57, Priest Lake, report of a single vehicle crash. A juvenile male was cited and released for driving under the influence.
ASSIST MOTORIST – Hwy. 2, Priest River, report of a stranded motorist on Hwy. 2.
DISTURBING THE PEACE – Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake, report of a noise complaint.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – N. Montana St., Oldtown, a Newport man was cited and released for possession of marijuana.
ARREST – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Ken-neth Namchek, 48, of Newport, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and felony possession of metham-phetamine.
ARREST – Hwy. 2, Oldtown, Joshua Haney, 29, of Newport was arrested in Oldtown for driving under the influence.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 12VEHICLE THEFT – Shelly St., Priest Lake, report of a motorcycle being stolen in the Lamb Creek area.
ARREST – Clagstone Rd., Spirit Lake, David N. Eaton, 32, of Spirit Lake was arrested for domestic battery, battery, and malicious injury to property.
TRAFFIC HAZARD – Hwy. 57, Priest River, report of a tree down at mp 17 57 blocking the entire road.
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Alvin J. Strange, 77, of Blanchard passed away Monday, Sept. 13 in Newport.
Strange was born Sept. 12, 1933, in Newport, the son of Jesse W. and Flavia I. (Stensen) Strange.
He spent most of his life in the Newport area, graduating from Newport High School in 1952. After high school, Strange joined the U.S. Army where he was a decorated soldier serving in Korea. On Sept. 13, 1958, he mar-ried Geri Capellen. Strange went to work for the Newport School District in 1952 where he was a mechanic and a school bus driver, retiring in 1992. One of his most enjoyable activities from the time he was 15 years old was playing Santa Claus for the many children in the Newport and Blanchard areas. He continued to play Santa Claus until 2008 when his health wouldn’t permit it anymore. Santa Claus Lane in Blanchard was named in his honor.
Strange loved to hunt and fish and he belonged to the Blanchard Grange.
Strange is survived by his wife Geri at their home in Blanchard; two sons Ron (and Tracy) Strange of Priest River, and Jay (and Jayne) Strange of Osburn, Idaho; two daughters Kathy Strange (and Bill Jamison) of Oldtown, and Beth (and Pete) Gokey of Blanchard; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, two step-grand-daughters, four step great-grand-children and his sister Eldine (and Chuck) Purcell of Spokane. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. at the Blanchard Cemetery, with a celebration of his life to be held at the Blanchard Community Center immediately following. A visitation will be held Friday, Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport.
Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of ar-rangements. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.sherman-knapp.com.
Strange
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1 Personals2 Help Wanted3 Business Services4 Work Wanted5 Lost and Found6 Child Care & Preschool7 Business Oportunities8 Misc. For Sale9 Washington Statewide Advertising10 Rentals Wanted11 Housing For Rent12 Storage For Rent13 Real Estate For Sale
Harmony Healing Arts CenterGloria Campbell -- 448-2623114 10th -- Priest River
Cedar Mountain Massage TherapyLois A. Ernst, Licensed Massage Therapist322 S. Washington -- Newport -- 447-3898
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORYYou too can Advertise Weekly for only $7.50 Call 447-2433
N.E. Tri County Health District447-3131 -- 1-800-873-6162605 Highway 20, Newport
Camas Center Medical & Dental Services1821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119(509) 447-7111 - (509) 445-1152 fax
CHIROPRACTIC
Bliss Chiropractic Health CenterBonnie D. Bliss, D.C.Christopher A. Thomas, D.C.Amber Salesky LMPKaren Cooper, LMT601 State Rt. 20, Newport, WA -- (509) 447-2413
Camas Center Medical & Dental ServicesRyan Leisy, DC - (509) 447-71111821 N. LeClerc Rd., #1, Cusick, WA 99119
Chiropractic PlusDr. Bradley Kiriaka D.C. - (208) 448-4726Mon., Wed., Thurs. 10-5Priest River - Across from Panhandle State Bank (PSB)314 E. Albeni Hwy, Suite 103
PRINTING
Printing & Design . . . at The MinerWe Have a Million Ideas for Our Customers!421 S. Spokane, Newport -- 447-2433
COUNSELING
Molly Phillips, LICSW, CMHS, GMHSLicensed Counselor, Many Insurances Accepted415 W. Walnut, Newport, WA -- (509) 671-0226
2 HELP WANTED
DriversNeeded
Drivers needed for the current
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• No Experience Necessary• Paid Training Program• Equal Opportunity Employer
Engineered Roof & Floor TrussesBill • Ed • Marcus • Ted • Jeff
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3 BUSINESS SERVICES
DRIVERS WANTEDDrive a School bus! New starting wage $9.75/ hour. No experience necessary, paid training provided. Call (509) 447-4218 or stop by Western States Bus, 1624 West 7th, Newport.(23alt-TF)
WORK FROM HOMEMust have computer. Lead-ing provider. Will train. (509) 684-9818.(30-3p)
2 HELP WANTED
NEWPORT PARENT PARTNERSHIP
SCHOOL SECRETARYPART TIME.
APPLICATION CLOSES
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010Newport School District is accepting applications for a part time secretary for the Parent partnership Pro-gram, 3/ hour day, 3 days/ week. Additional informa-tion and applications may be obtained at the Newport School District Office, (509) 447-3167. Equal Opportu-nity Employer.(32)
2 HELP WANTED
A.B. DRYWALLProfessional drywall ser-vices- all phases- licensed and bonded. Specializes in matching any texture or create new. Call Al at (509) 939-1820.(30-3p)
CHILDCARE OFFEREDMother of 1 year old daugh-ter looking for 1 or 2 play-mates to care for full time (Monday- Friday) in my home or yours. Quality early learning experiences and good nutrition are priorities. (509) 342-5169.(30-3p)
6 CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL
8 MISC. FOR SALE
BUSINESS CARDSQuality cards with raised lettering starting at $26.50 for 500. Come browse our Sample Book for lots of ideas and designs! Printing and Design services at The Miner Newspaper. (509) 447-2433. (8-tf)
BAND INSTRUMENTRENTALS
quality instruments. Low rental rates. Accessories, sales and service. House of Music, Colville, (509) 684-6441 or Art Attack Design, Priest River, (208) 448-0918.(30-3)MEDICAL AND DENTALBenefits. Save up to 80%. Includes medical, dental, vision, prescription, chi-ropractic. $39.95/ month. Leading provider. (509) 684-9818.(30-3p)
WORK FROM HOMEand get free groceries, Wal Mart cards, and make money! Listen to Eat Well Video at www.mpbtoday.com/food. (509) 684-9818.(30-3)
2 OR 3 BEDROOM mobile homes for rent in Newport. No pets. (208) 448-2290.(25tf)
FOR RENT OR SALEBy owner. 3 bedroom 2 bath double wide on 10 acres. $825/ month $500 damage deposit. 4 miles south of Oldtown, Idaho. (208) 437-0320, (208) 290-3456.(30-3p)
9 WASHINGTON STATEWIDE ADS
Place your classified or dis-play ad with The Miner and it will appear in both news-papers - The Newport Miner (Pend Oreille County) and The Gem State Miner (West Bonner County). All for one good price. Call (509) 447-2433 for details.
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DRIVERS -- Company Driv-ers Up to 40k First Year. New Team Pay! Up to .48c/mile CDL Training Available. Regional Locations. (877) 369-7105. www.central-drivingjobs.net
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9 WASHINGTON STATEWIDE ADS
11 HOUSING FOR RENT
TWO BEDROOMDoublewide on second-ary lot along the Pend Oreille River at Ponderay Shores Subdivision. Nice view. Includes water and sewer. $600/ month and $600 damage deposit. No smoking and no pets. (509) 447-4629.(30-3p)
1 and 2 bedroom apart-ments, starting at $375/ month, water/ sewer/ gar-bage included. Post Of-fice Building. (208) 610-9220.(31-4)
METALINE FALLSWASHINGTON
RV lot, beautiful large lot with river view, all utilities included. $290/ month. (208) 610-9220.(31-4)
11 HOUSING FOR RENT
HOUSE IN NEWPORT3 bedroom 1 bath, close to schools, new floor cover-ings, washer and dryer, carport, $700 plus deposit. 1 year lease. No cats. (509) 671-0458.(32-3p)
OLDTOWN AREA4- 5 bedroom, 3 bath 2700 square feet, attached 2 car garage, $1100/ month plus utilities. (509) 993-5465. No smoking.(32-3)
NEWER LARGE3 bedroom, 2 bath, garage, wood stove, electric heat, near Diamond Lake, no pets. $750. (208) 610-6870.(32-3p)
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Newport duplex. 2 bed-room, 1 bath, single car garage. No pets or smok-ing. $650/ month plus security deposit. (509) 589-0013.(32-3p)
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10 1/2 FOOT CAMPER $100
Cycle mower $400.00, ro-totiller $100 at Priest River Flea Market Friday, Sat-urday, and Sunday 10- 5. (928) 273-5794.(32p)
GARAGE SALESeptember 18th and 19th, 8:00- ?? 62 Western Larch Road, Newport. Lots of man junk, and lots of women goodies!(32p)
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File No.: 777.12521 Grantors: Northwest Trust-ee Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Financial Washing-ton 1, Inc. Grantee: Thomas Lee Latimer and Barbara Jeanne Latimer, who also appears of record as Bar-bara Jeanne Latimere, hus-band and wife Tax Parcel ID No.: 443133240003 0004 Abbreviated Legal: Ptn SE,SE, NW & SW, SE NE Sec 33 Twn 31 Rng 44 No-tice of Trustee’s Sale Pursu-ant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On September 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. inside the main lobby of the Hall of Justice, 229 South Garden Avenue in the City of Newport, State of Washington, the under-signed Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at pub-lic auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the follow-ing described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Pend Oreille, State of Washington: Parcel 1 The Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 33, Township 31 North, Range 44 East of the Willamette Merid-ian, Pend Oreille County, Washington. Parcel 2 The Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Sec-tion 33, Township 31 North, Range 44 East of the Wil-lamette Meridian, Pend Oreille County, Washington. Commonly known as: 72 SPRING HILL RD NEW-PORT, WA 99156 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/22/06, recorded on 12/28/06, un-der Auditor’s File No. 2006 0290652, records of Pend Oreille County, Washington, from Thomas Lee Latimer and Barbara Jeanne Lat-imer, who also appears of record as Barbara Jeanne Latimere, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Frontier Title and Escrow Company, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Wells Fargo Finan-cial Washington 1, Inc., as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbrevi-ated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or su-persede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action com-menced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfac-tion of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the fol-lowing amounts now in ar-rears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 06/19/2010 Monthly Payments $16,052.80 Late Charges $802.72 Total Ar-rearage $16,855.52 Trust-ee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $607.50 Title Report $710.16 Statutory
Mailings $19.12 Record-ing Costs $15.00 Post-ings $70.00 Total Costs $1,421.78 Total Amount Due: $18,277.30 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Balance of $153,785.11, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 01/28/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to sat-isfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representa-tion or warranty, express or implied regarding title, pos-session, encumbrances or condition of the Property on September 24, 2010. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 09/13/10 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be dis-continued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi-ness on 09/13/10 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 09/13/10 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS BARBARA JEANNE LAT-IMER aka Barbara Jeanne Latimere 72 SPRING HILL RD NEWPORT, WA 99156 BARBARA JEANNE LAT-IMER aka Barbara Jeanne Latimere PO BOX 1883 VERADALE, WA 99037-1883 THOMAS LEE LAT-IMER 72 SPRING HILL RD NEWPORT, WA 99156 THOMAS LEE LATIMER PO BOX 1883 VERADALE, WA 99037-1883 by both first class and either certi-fied mail, return receipt requested on 04/21/10, proof of which is in the pos-session of the Trustee; and on 04/23/10 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the writ-ten notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth
below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds what-soever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN-ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by sum-mary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north-westtrustee.com and are incorporated by this refer-ence. You may also access sale status at www.north-westtrustee.com and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. EFFECTIVE: 06/19/2010 Northwest Trustee Ser-vices, Inc., Trustee Autho-rized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: Heather L. Smith (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7777.12521) 1002.154068-FEI
Published in The New-port Miner August 25 and September 15, 2010. (29, 32)
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2010338SUPERIOR COURT OF
WASHINGTONCOUNTY OF PEND
OREILLECase No.: 10-4-00034-
1PROBATE NOTICE TO
CREDITORS IN RE:THE ESTATE OF EULA
ELVERA JOHNSON,DECEASED.PROBATE NOTICE TO
CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)The personal represen-
tative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal repre-sentative of this estate. Per-sons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita-tion, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever
barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent.
Date of filing copy of August 30, 2010
Date of first publication September 1. 2010
/s/ Paul W. JohnsonPAUL W. JOHNSONc/o Douglas D. Lam-
barthP.O. Box 366Newport, WA 99156
Published in The New-port Miner September 1, 8 and 15, 2010. (30-3)
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2010340NOTICE OF
APPLICATIONPursuant to County De-
velopment Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on September 01, 2010, receive a complete Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application and a SEPA En-vironmental Checklist from Steve and Linda Hermann, and did on September 01, 2010 issue a Determina-tion of Completeness for a boat tram and observation deck that was started and never completed, in which the previous permit had expired, on the Pend Oreille River. (FILE NO. SSDP-10-016), Location: Within Sect. 36, T32N, R44E WM, 111 Greggs Rd. An Environ-mental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on August 30, 2010. Any person desiring to express his /her views or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Community Devel-opment Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Todd McLaughlin, Community Dev. Natural Resource Planner. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than September 23, 2010.
Required Permits: Hy-draulic Project Approval (WDFW), Substantial Shore-line Development Permit (Pend Oreille County),all necessary Federal Per-mits
Dated: September 01, 2010
Published in The New-port Miner September 8 and 15, 2010. (31-2)
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2010342COMBINED NOTICE OF
APPLICATIONPursuant to County De-
velopment Regulations, notice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on August 30, 2010, receive a complete SEPA Environ-mental Checklist, and did on Sept. 1, 2010 issue a Determination of Complete-ness for the Final Draft of the Pend Oreille County Solid Waste Management Plan Update. (FILE NO. SEPA-10-003), submitted by Pend Oreille County. An Environ-mental Checklist under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) was prepared by the applicant on Dec. 31, 2009 and the county
expects to issue a Determi-nation of Non-Significance for this project. The optional DNS process is being used and this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental im-pacts for the proposal. Any person desiring to express his views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Pend Oreille County Public Works Department. The submitted application and related file documents may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Pend Oreille County Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lithgow, Comm. Dev. Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted to Pend Oreille County no later than Sept. 23, 2010.
Dated: Sept. 1, 2010
Published in The New-port Miner September 8 and 15, 2010. (31-2)
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2010343LEGAL NOTICEPORT OF PEND OREILLE/PEND
OREILLE PUD NO. 1/PEND OREILLE COUN-TY COMMISSIONERSSPECIAL MEETING The Boards of Com-
missioners of the Port of Pend Oreille, Public Utility District No. 1 and Pend Oreille County will meet on Wednesday, September 29th at 1:00 p.m. at Bound-ary Dam for a Boat Tour with Seattle City Light.
/s/ Kelly J. DriverManager/s/ Karen WillnerClerk of the Boards/ Chris MylarClerk of the Board
Published in The New-port Miner September 15 and 22, 2010. (32-2)
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2010344LEGAL NOTICEPORT OF PEND
OREILLESMALL WORKS
ROSTERNotice is hereby given
that the Port of Pend Oreille (Port) is updating its Small Works Roster for the re-mainder of 2010. Contrac-tors who wish to be added to this Roster need to com-plete an application form available at the Port office at 1981 Black Road, Usk, WA. 99180, 509-445-1090. Forms are also available on the Port’s website at www.povarr.com.
Applicants, where re-quired by law, must be properly licensed or reg-istered to perform work in the State of Washington. Contractors whose names appear on the Roster may be contacted from time to time to submit job proposals for contracts for $300,000 or less.
Qualified applicants will be placed on the 2010 which will expire on De-cember 31.
Contractors currently on the Port’s Small Works Roster need not reapply; changes in insurance and/or other information should be provided to the Port.
/s/ Kelly J. Driver,Manager
Published in The New-
port Miner September 15 and 22, 2010. (32-2)
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2010345NOTICE OF ADOPTION
OFRESOLUTION OF
INTENTIONTO CREATE AND NO-TICE OF HEARING ON
CREATION OFLOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT NO. 2YOU ARE NOTIFIED
that the Board of Commis-sioners for Sacheen Lake Water and Sewer District, Pend Oreille County, Wash-ington adopted Resolution No. 10-03 on September 1, 2010 declaring its intention to create Local Improve-ment District (“LID”) No. 2 and to order the construc-tion of a sewer system of the District within said LID No. 2. The boundaries of the proposed LID are as set forth in that resolution.
The proposed improve-ments consist of the acqui-sition, design, construction and installation of a system of sewerage complete with all auxiliary valves, fittings, equipment and appurte-nances necessary to the proper operation of said system of sewerage.
The estimated cost of these improvements, and other expenses in connec-tion with the improvements, is $9,445,009, of which 100% of such costs shall be paid by special as-sessments levied against the property within the proposed LID specially benefited by the proposed improvements. The assess-ments levied in LID No. 2 shall be for the sole purpose of payment into such fund as may be specified by the Board for the payment of bonds to be issued to pay the costs of the above improvements. Actual as-sessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the in-creased true and fair value the improvement adds to the property.
You are notified that a meeting of the Board will be held at the Fire Station located at 6601 Highway 211, Sacheen Lake, Wash-ington, on Saturday, Octo-ber 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., which time and place are fixed for hearing of matters relating to such formation and improvements and for determining the method of payment thereof. Persons desiring to object to the improvements and the for-mation of the proposed LID may appear at the hearing to state their views.
1. All persons desiring to object to the formation of the proposed local im-provement district must file their written protests with the Secretary of the Board no later than ten days fol-lowing the public hearing. Protests should be mailed to the official address of the District which is P.O. Box 463, Colbert, WA 99005, or delivered to the Secretary.
2. If the owners of at least 40% of the area of land within the proposed local improvement district file written protests with the Secretary of the Board, the power of the Commission-ers of the Board to proceed with the creation of the pro-posed local improvement district shall be divested.
3. The name of the Sec-retary of the Board is Sheila Pearman. The address of the Secretary of the Board is 8272 Fertile Valley Rd.,
Newport, WA.4. The names of the
property owners within the proposed local im-provement district are kept available for public perusal at the home of Sheila Pean-nan, Managing Secretary of the District at a mutually convenient time to be ar-ranged with her by calling (509) 447-4641 or (509) 939-2399.
/s/Sheila PearmanSecretary of the Board
Published in The New-port Miner September 15 and 22, 2010. (32-2)
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2010346PUBLIC NOTICE
Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan
Residents of Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens Counties: Your Input is Needed! You are invited to attend one of four Transportation Community Meetings to be held in Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille Counties and includes the Colville Confederated Tribes, the Kalispel Tribe, and the Spokane Tribe in northeast Washington. Don’t miss this opportunity to help shape the public trans-portation system. If you have ideas, concerns, or would just like to know more about the Coordinated Public Transit- Human Ser-vices Transportation Plan (CPTHSTP) currently being conducted, please attend. Representation is needed from all groups including the general public, seniors, persons with disabilities, employees, employers, students, educators, and businesses. Monday, September 27, 2010Senior Meal SiteShortcut RoadInchelium – 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2010Camas Center for Com-munity Wellness:1821 North LeClerc Road Usk – 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 28,
2010Springdale Depot107 Shafer AvenueSpringdale – 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, September 29, 2010Spokane Tribe Administra-tion Building6105 Ford-Wellpinit RoadWellpinit - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. For more information con-tact:Tri County Economic De-velopment DistrictKaren Van Soest, NEW RTPO Program [email protected](509) 684-4571 orLSC Transportation Consul-tants, Inc.Tangerine [email protected](800) 677-1671
Published in The Newport Miner September 15, and 22, 2010. (32-2)
_________________2010348
CALL FOR BIDSELECTRICAL WIRE
CONTRACT NO. 10-031Public Utility District No.
1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington, hereby solicits sealed bids for the following electrical wire:
#2, stranded aluminum, 15 kV, CIC jacketed, pri-mary underground with red conduit, 35,000 feet
Interested parties may obtain full specifications by contacting the Contract Ad-ministrator of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, P.O. Box 190, New-port, Washington 99156, (509) 447-9345. Sealed bids will be received as outlined in the contract documents until 2:30 p.m., September 28, 2010.
The Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the bidding, or to exercise any other right or action provided by statute.
Published in The New-port Miner September 15, 2010. (32)
2010347ORDINANCE NO. 292
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2010 BUDGET of the TOWN of CUSICK , AS ADOPTED IN ORDI-NANCE NO. 284WHEREAS, the Town of Cusick adopted the 2010 bud-get in final form by Ordinance No. 284 on the 9th day of November, 2009 and WHEREAS, subsequent thereto it has become neces-sary for the Town to amend said ordinance because of revenues and expenditures of same, which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of adopting said budget; andWHEREAS, said expenditures are not one of the emer-gencies specifically enumerated in RCW 35.33.081; andWHEREAS, the Town is desirous of amending its bud-get pursuant to RCW 35.33.001;NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Cusick, Washington as follows:Section 1. The following accounts contained in the 2010 Budget are hereby amended as set forth below:REVENUES EXPENDITURESCurrent Expense Fund (#001 Water/Sewer (#401) Street Fund (#101) USDA Sewer Redemption (#402)Water/Sewer (#401) DOE Sewer Redemption (#407)DOE Sewer Redemption (#407)USDA Sewer Redemption (#402___________________)INCREASE $173,451.43 $120,133.37Section 2. The budget for the year 2010 is amended to provide for the changes outlined above, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and is hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage by the Council as set forth above, approval by the Mayor and after publication as required by law.PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUSICK this 9TH day of August 2010.By: Robert Spencer, MayorAttest: Charlotte Yergens, Clerk-TreasurerThese Ordinances in their entirety can be obtained from the Clerk’s office at the Town Hall, Cusick.
Published in The Newport Miner September 15, 2010. (32)
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12B | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 THE MINER
2010349PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Lien Sale: 8 a.m. October 1, 2010 at Bill’s Auto & Towing, 942 E Hwy 2, Oldtown, ID. (208) 437-3100. 1974 Chevey Corvette VIN #
1Z37J4S4428335, License # 097PWJ. Amount of Lien: $16,900
Published in The Gem State Miner September 15, and 22, 2010. (47-2)
