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SmileMobile in Newport Oct. 5-6

NEWPORT – The SmileMobile, a brightly painted 38-foot dental clinic on wheels, will be at Sadie Halstead Middle School Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5-6.

Exams will be provided for youngsters, from babies through 18 years old. Medicaid and sliding scale fee is accepted as reimbursement for services.

Sponsored by the Washington Dental Service and in partnership with Seattle Children’s Hospital, the SmileMobile provides dental care to children from low-income families.

The SmileMobile is staffed by a clinic manager, den-tist and dental assistant, and teams of local volunteer dental professionals in each community it visits.

After the initial exam, follow-up treatment appoint-ments will be scheduled on a space available basis for the duration of the SmileMobile stay.

Appointments for children birth through high school with limited access to care can be scheduled by calling the SmileMobile at 1-888-286-9105.

The SmileMobile, which travels the state year-round providing services ranging from exams and preventive care to fillings and minor oral surgery, has examined

and treated more than 30,000 youngsters in commu-nities throughout Washington state.

Sadie Halstead hosts STEM night Oct. 1

NEWPORT – Discover Newport’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) resources at the first ever STEM night Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Sadie Halstead Middle School. For more information contact Donna Molvik, program director, at 509-447-2481, ext. 6500 or by email at [email protected].

Blanchard child dies in excavator accident

BY DON GRONNINGOFTHEMINER

BLANCHARD – A 1 ½ year old boy was killed in an excavator accident

Saturday morning, Sept. 25.

According to a spokes-person from the Spokane Medical Examiner office, Wyatt Michael Corning

died of crush injuries to his head, chest and abdo-men caused by being run over by the rubber track of an excavator.

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Oktoberfest in Priest RiverThese girls compete in the Priest River Oktoberfest scarecrow building contest Saturday in down-town Priest River. Although windy, the day was clear and warm for attendees of the annual event put on by the Priest River Chamber of Commerce. See more pictures on page 7B.

PUD commissioners looking inside,

outside company for new GM


NEWPORT – The PUD commissioners decided they will look both inside and outside the PUD for a replacement for John Jordan, who retired abruptly Sept. 9.

The commissioners held a special meeting Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss the process and

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Strong winds stall Head of the Pend Oreille

The Inland Northwest rowing community grows and strengthens

PRIEST RIVER – High winds and choppy water canceled the fifth annual Head of the Pend Oreille Regatta Saturday in Priest River.

The event started Friday midday

with spectacular water and weath-er, according to event chairwoman Patricia Suddick. The nationally ranked Washington State University

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More problem bear calls latelyCOURTESY PHOTO|WDFW

This bear reaches up to raid a bird feeder off Deer Valley Road a couple years ago. The number of bear incidents has increased this fall, with about two or three calls a day for problem bears.


NEWPORT – Wildlife officers are hearing more problem bear reports in the last month or so, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife of-ficer Severin Erickson said.

“We probably get a half dozen

calls a month in the tri county area,” he said. Stevens and Ferry counties join Pend Oreille in mak-ing up the tri county area.

Erickson says there are two and sometimes three calls a day from Pend Oreille County residents.

The drought year has caused ber-ries to dry up earlier at higher el-

evations, sending bears to the lower areas to look for food. Erickson says bears are opportunistic and feed on what they find. People can reduce their chances of encountering a bear around their place by securing and eliminating things bears like to eat. Garbage and pet food are two

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Public: Don’t make health

care decisions without us

District under fire for hospital MD contractBY MICHELLE NEDVEDOFTHEMINER

NEWPORT – The overwhelming senti-ment from the packed house at last week’s Newport Hospital and Health Services board meeting was that there was a lack of public input on the district’s

choice to contract with health care providers in the hospital and do away with the use of physicians assistants.

Attendees were concerned about what kind of health care they would receive from a contracted doctor. Gayle Cain told the board she

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BOISE – Recogniz-ing the delicate balance between treating pain and the problem of prescrip-tion drug abuse, Idaho’s professional healthcare boards have signed a joint policy statement regard-ing the safe prescribing and dispensing of pain medications.

The Idaho Boards of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, Podia-try, and Optometry – with support from the Legis-lature and the Office of Drug Policy – drafted and signed the statement of understanding. Members said they hope to promote their shared expectations of responsible prescribing and dispensing in the pro-fessions they regulate.

“We expect professions to be self-governing here in Idaho, and this com-mitment on their part to this goal of improving the prescribing of con-trolled substances for our citizens is laudable,” said state Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, who is also a physician. The

boards recognize the need for appropriate treatment of acute and chronic pain, while also understanding the potential for diversion, abuse, misuse and injury or death from narcotic medications. The gen-eral principles agreed to include:

1. A thorough evalua-tion of the patient’s condi-tion, needs and history as well as their risks for addiction or diversion and establishment of a thera-peutic relationship with ongoing reconciliation and alignment of goals

2. Regular access to the Idaho Prescription Moni-toring Program

3. Collaboration with others on the healthcare team

4. Educating patients on the appropriate use, stor-age and disposal of nar-cotic medication as well as their potential for abuse, diversion and misuse

In addition to this

agreement, Idaho’s Pre-scription Drug Workgroup – with broad representa-tion from the community – has worked to promote recent changes in Idaho law. Those changes in-clude the requirement for those professionals prescribing controlled substances to register for the state’s prescription monitoring database and allowances to make opiate overdose reversal drugs more readily available to those who may benefit from them.

More than one in five Idaho high school seniors has taken a prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription, according to the 2013 Idaho Youth Risk Behavior Survey. In addition, according to the National Bureau of Vital Statistics, in 2013 Idaho ranked 21st in the United States for the rate of age-adjusted drug-induced deaths.

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The accident happened in a corner of Spokane County near Blanchard, which is why the Spokane Medical Examiner handled the call.

Details on the incident are sparse. A Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy declined to provide much more detail than to say that it was an accident and hap-pened Saturday morning. He said since it was clearly an accident, the Sheriff’s Office doesn’t want to trau-matize the family again by detailing the incident for the press.

The small community of Blanchard took the boy’s death hard, said Christine Bishop.

“The entire town has red-rimmed, puffy eyes,” she said.

Wyatt is the son of Kelly and Alan Corning and the grandson of Bill and Gretta Friesz and Ken and Arlene Corning.

Ken Corning served for years on the West Bonner County School Board.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Pine Ridge Community Church with a Celebration of Life/Recep-tion to follow at the family home located at 34818 N. Blanchard Creek Road in Newport.

Absolutely everyone is welcome to come and celebrate and remember Wyatt, the family said.

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CHILD: Memorial service will be held Oct. 3

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In MemoryA handful of friends gathered at Memorial Park in Priest River Wednesday morning to watch the planting of a tree in memory of Karla Hatfield, a dedicated volunteer in the Priest River community, and wife of Bob Hatfield, who was also in attendance. Memorial Park sits on the corner of High and Treat streets in downtown Priest River. Hatfield’s tree joins numerous other trees dedicated to community members who have passed away. Hatfield died in 2014 of breast cancer.

vote on Jordan’s separa-tion package.

The meeting started in open session, with commissioners Curt

Knapp and Dan Peter-son participating by phone. Board president Rick Larson was there in person, as was acting General Manager April Owen and Human Re-sources Manager Paul Boxleitner.

Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the settlement agree-ment with Jordan. They approved a $60,000 payout for Jordan, which represents about what he would have earned through the end of the year.

They released this statement about the settlement:

“As part of the recruit-ment and retention process in hiring a new general manager for Pend Oreille PUD, the Board enters into an employment agreement with the new hire. The agreement generally provides for some level of compensation in the event the selection does not work out for the term of the contract. Former general man-ager Jay Picket was paid

his regular salary and benefits for the remain-ing seven months of his contract – $94,000. Mr. Jordan will be paid a sum roughly equivalent to his salary through the originally targeted retirement date of December 31, 2015 – $60,000.

“Before selecting the next GM, the Board will begin a thoughtful and deliberative process to evaluate the leadership skills necessary to meet the current challenges and opportunities facing the PUD. Once that is accomplished, a formal recruitment and selec-tion process will begin. In the meantime, the PUD will continue to deliver reliable power at an affordable price to our customers.”

Colin Willenbrock, general counsel for the PUD, said he had a perceived conflict of interest in discussions over Jordan. An outside

attorney, Jake Brennan, was hired. He reviewed the settlement and ap-proved it.

After approving the settlement, the board discussed selecting the next GM.

Peterson said he

thought the board should concentrate on rebuilding employee moral. He said he fa-vored recruiting an experienced leader for the short term. He said PUD employees need to be able to concentrate on their own duties.

“I don’t see anyone most qualified to meet the needs,” Peterson said.

Knapp disagreed. “I think there is an

internal candidate that is possible,” he said. “We just need to do our due diligence.”

The board then went into a lengthy execu-tive session to discuss the process further.

They emerged a couple hours later. Larson said they had decided to conduct em-ployee interviews with prospective candidates and simultaneously look outside the PUD, although they stopped short of hiring a search firm. They haven’t fully identified internal can-didates yet, he said.

Larson said the PUD couldn’t have started looking for a replace-ment sooner than now, as Jordan’s retirement wasn’t formalized until Sept. 15. Boxleitner said negotiations or re-cruiting for a new gen-eral manager would have to be repeated if Jordan hadn’t retired in September.

The PUD commis-sioners were expected to make a decision of whether to have audi-tor April Owen con-tinue to serve as acting general manager or not at the North County meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29.

‘I think there is an internal candidate that is possible. We just need to do our due diligence.’

Curt KnappPUDCommissioner

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‘I don’t see anyone most qualified to meet the needs (internally).’

Dan PetersonPUDCommissioner

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PUD: Won’t be hiring search firmof those things that can be put away, but bears are also attracted to fruit trees, Erickson said.

“If people can pick their fruit trees and the fallen fruit, that helps eliminate an attraction,” Erickson says.

Trash, bird feed and pet food are the top three bear attractants, accord-ing to the WDFW website.

WDFW looks into every call, but trapping and re-moving a problem bear is one of the last things they want to do, Erickson says, as many bears don’t sur-vive being relocated. If the WDFW moves them, they have to be moved at least 50 miles away, which puts the bear in unfamil-iar territory that may be occupied by another bear, he said.

If you do come into close contact with a bear, WDFW advises you stay calm and avoid direct eye contact, which could elicit a charge. Try to stay upwind and identify yourself as a human by standing up, talking and waving your hands above your head.

People shouldn’t ap-proach the bear, particu-larly if cubs are present. If you cannot safely move away from the bear, and the animal does not flee, try to scare it away by clapping your hands or yelling.

If the bear attacks, fight back aggressively. As a last resort, should the attack continue, protect yourself by curling into a ball or lying on the ground on your stomach and playing dead.

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BEARS: Bird and pet foods attract bears

Idaho healthcare providers join together against prescription drug abuse

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Newport – Colville Na-tional Forest Trails No. 313, No. 314, No. 315 (Middle Fork Calispell ORV Trail System) will be temporar-ily closed at the junction of County Road 2022 (Middle Fork Calispell Road) to replace a culvert at the beginning of Trail #314 that is currently blocking fish passage. The closure is expected to last from Sept. 28 through Oct. 9.

For more information about this temporary road closure, call the Newport Ranger Station at (509) 447-7300.

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NEWPORT - A free food distribution will take place Thursday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the park-ing lot of the American Lutheran Church, 332801 Highway 2 in Newport.

The American Lutheran Church and Pend Oreille County Thrivent mem-bers will host the event. There will be distribution of free produce, perishable products and all grocer-ies for families in need. No appointments or documen-tation needed. Attendees should bring a box for their food. The event will be held rain or shine.For more information, contact Nicole Smoot at 509-671-1432 or the 24-hour Mobile Food Bank Information Line at 509-252-6270.

earlystarttimeforOct.5Newportcouncil

NEWPORT – The New-port City Council’s regular meeting will start at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5. That’s earlier than usual.

Gregg Dohrn of Easter Washington University is bringing a planning class to the meeting. The class will assist the council on updating the city’s compre-hensive plan.

Parenting techniques offeredPRIEST RIVER -

Free classes on how to encourage parent/child behaviors that avoid anger, frustration and hurt feelings will be held Mondays, Oct. 5 – Nov. 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Priest River Lamanna High School (PRLHS). Parents will learn how to handle and avoid un-pleasant situations with their kids including sass and back talk, and how to make their kids want to do chores and contrib-ute to the family without fights. A small fee of $9 will be charged for the workbook. The classes are free.

Since 1977, the Love and Logic Institute has been dedicated to mak-ing parenting and teach-ing fun and rewarding, instead of stressful and chaotic.

They provide practi-cal tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful healthy relationships with their children and help them prepare their kids for the real world. All of the Love and Logic Insti-tute’s work is based on a psychologically sound parenting and teaching philosophy called Love and Logic.

To learn more about

the Love and Logic approach, call 800-338-4065 or visit www.loveandlogic.com. These classes are limited to parents and guardians of students of the West Bonner School District. Please go online to lam.sd83.org, go to coun-selor’s tab, drop to 21st CCLC and pre-register if interested or call 208-448-1211 x 6 for more information. There is a 20 seat maximum. The classes will be offered again in April and May 2016.

There will be no class on Nov. 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day.

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Cross training for safetyA LifeFlight helicopter was on hand Wednesday, Sept. 24, near Newport City Park for a cross training exercise with firefighters from Fire Districts 4 and 6, along with the South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue and Newport firefighters. The training concerned helicopter safety, as well as information on how to turn the helicopter off and shut off fuel in the event of a helicopter accident.

New state office for homeless youth

Pedestrian dies in vehicle collision

DOVER - A man was struck and killed by a car in while taking pictures of a brush fire from the roadway, according to a press release from the Idaho State Police.

A 1984 Dodge pickup driven by Brenda J. Schrader, 47, of New-port, hit Dave P. Clark, 46, of Sandpoint. The in-cident occurred around 2:43 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 on Highway 2 at milepost 20.9 about four miles west of Dover.

According to the ISP, Clark was photograph-ing a brush fire from the side of the road when he backed into the west-bound lane of travel, where he was struck by Schrader’s vehicle.

Clark succumbed to his injuries at the scene and was transported to Lakeview Funeral home.

Schrader received no injuries.

The investigation by the Idaho State Police continues.

OLYMPIA – Kim Justice has been named director of the newly estab-lished Office of Homeless Youth Preven-tion and Protection Programs at the Department of Commerce in Washing-ton. Justice’s first day with the Depart-ment will be Nov. 1.

“The Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Programs will bring a new strategic focus to our state’s efforts to end homelessness for youth and young adults,” Gov. Jay

Inslee said. “Kim will lead our efforts to make sure we’re providing our home-less youth the support they need to be safe and healthy and to also open up opportunities for them to forge a successful path for themselves through work and education.”

Since 2012, Justice has served on the Executive Team of the board of The Mockingbird Society, a nationally

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homecoming week starts at newport oct. 5NEWPORT - Home-

coming Week at New-port High School starts Monday, Oct. 5. Sports schedule is as follows: Monday, Oct. 5 is JV Football versus Deer Park at 5 p.m. followed by Manly Man volleyball at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 is girls’ soccer versus Riverside at 4 p.m., fol-lowed by junior varsity

volleyball at 5 p.m. and varsity volleyball at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 is Powder-puff Football at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 is girls’ soccer ver-sus Freeman at 4 p.m., junior varsity volleyball at 5 p.m., and varsity volleyball at 6:30 p.m. A community pep rally will follow. On Friday, Oct. 9, there is a Home-

coming Parade at 1 p.m. for all Newport School District students, kinder-garten thru 12th grade. Varsity football will start at 7 p.m. with the New-port Grizzlies vs. Medical Lake Cardinals.

The Newport com-munity is encouraged to celebrate homecoming all week long starting Oct. 5.

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In the early 1970s, a small group of Washing-ton business leaders led by Yelm grocer, Hal Wolf, decided it was time to integrate business owners

with high school stu-dents. They realized that our free en-terprise market-based eco-nomic system would not survive unless

it was reinvigorated with a consistent injection of young entrepreneurs.

At the time, our nation had been deeply divided by the Vietnam War and an anti-establishment, anti-business fervor. Wolf, a state legislator, saw trouble ahead for our way of life.

Central Washington University President Jim Brooks shared that fear, and together they launched Washington Business Week in 1975. The Association of Wash-ington Business, our state’s chamber of com-merce and manufactur-ing association, became the sponsor.

In selling the idea to AWB’s Board, Wolf and Brooks had to answer the question: What does business have to do with education?

Their answer was, “Everything.”

The success of any business depends in large part on having skilled, knowledgeable and mo-tivated employees. And motivated employees can use their knowledge, skills and work experience to climb the economic ladder and build a secure future for themselves and their families.

To Wolf and Brooks, putting business owners with high school students was a learning opportu-nity for both and it helped ensure that our way of life would be handed down from generation to generation.

Students learned hands-on about running a business. In the process, they met other students from around the state and let their creativity flow. For business leaders, it was a chance to get to know the next genera-tion of entrepreneurs and inspire them to take a risk and go into business.

Washington Business Week started as a one-week summer camp on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg. High school juniors formed 10-per-son companies with a business leader assigned to each group. In simu-lations, they developed innovative products or services and marketed them using business principles.

After a few days, the students – most of whom had never been on a col-lege campus – became inspired and excited by their own accomplish-

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Volunteersdon’tneedacompetition

To the editor, I recently attended the

volunteer recognition ceremony held in the Newport Park. It was a generous attempt at celebrating the volun-teers who help make this community work. I was extremely saddened by the fact that this celebra-tion was turned into a competition. After hon-oring the nominated vol-unteers, it was deemed necessary to award first place honors. How do you decide one person or organization is more im-portant than the others? I feel that this devastated the whole process.

I was surprised that no one was nominated from the Pend Oreille County Fair, or 4-H. These are

large volunteer entities and I’m sure someone within those organi-zations is worthy of nominations. I hope in the future the volunteers of this county will con-tinue to be honored and appreciated. Volunteers do not need the competi-tion.

-Phoenix LubySpokane

electpakootas,oustMcMorrisrodgers

To the editor,Any pretense for pass-

ing proposed Spokane City Initiative 2015-1, allowing city police to stop and interrogate anyone strictly to ascer-tain immigration status, would already have been eliminated if US House Republican leadership, including Cathy McMor-

ris Rodgers, had done their job. They never allowed a full House vote on the bipartisan immigration bill passed June, 2013, by the US Senate, even though the bill had enough House votes to pass. And President Obama would have signed it. The bill resulted from biparti-san cooperation among lawmakers, business groups, labor unions, agricultural interests, and immigration advo-cates, and would have rendered Initiative 2015-1 obsolete.

The nonpartisan Con-gressional Budget Office projects the bipartisan Senate immigration bill would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the next de-cade. It is supported by such pro-business and

pro-agriculture groups as the US Chamber of Commerce and the local Washington Growers League, an in-fluential Eastern Wash-ington agribusiness association working on immigration in un-usual alliance with the Washington Federation of State Employees.

Let’s elect Joe Pak-ootas and oust Cathy McMorris Rodgers in 2016 to promote House passage of the Sen-ate immigration bill and to better serve the interests of our high-poverty, low-income district.

-Norm LutherSpokane

ididn’tsaythat

To the editor,Mr. Scobby, I have

read your opinions for several years now and I have many times seen you stretch the truth and mischaracterize things. You have mis-quoted me on several occasions but now you went too far. Now you are quoting things, in this forum, which I never said. You stated in your last opinion that I said (quote) Rich-ard Miller implied that Democrats are atheists, and therefore, a deeply religious person has to be Republican.

That is a complete fabrication on your part and totally untrue. I never even mentioned Democrats or Republicans in my letter. I never alluded to anything in my letter about anyone being an atheist, I just gave my opinion on them. As to Democrats, most of my family including my mother and father were very religious

and Democrats. If you quote me in the future, please have the common decency to quote me truthfully.

-Richard Miller Newport

GOpcandidatesentertaining

To the editor,The Republican presi-

dential candidates are providing a lot of politi-cal entertainment.

Ben Carson thinks the Constitution prohibits Muslims from being president and Carly Fiorina’s Planned Par-enthood video tirade described a live birth as an abortion.

The facts don’t mat-ter. A non-profit can’t make a profit selling body parts for $100. It doesn’t matter that 42 states ban late term abortions and we have a national ban on partial birth abortions. Women are not walking into an abortion clinic on the last week of their pregnancy and having an abortion for birth control. In fact only 1.4 percent of abortions occur after 22 weeks and they are only legal if the mother’s health is endangered.

I can’t think of any-thing more gross or cruel than making a mother carry a severely defective fetus to term and watching it take minutes or hours to die after a live birth. How about a graphic video of that scene? Several of the Republican candi-dates want a total ban on abortions. The result would be poor people doing self-abortions while the rich go to another country for abortions.

I have three beauti-ful grandchildren and deplore the idea of them not existing from an abortion. On the other hand, the decision to carry a fetus to term is up to the woman car-rying it and it’s not a political decision. We live in a society where 18-year-old kids can die as our soldiers on a battlefield and not be allowed to legally drink beer or own a gun. Why don’t we start there and leave the fetuses to their mothers? If the Republi-cans get their total abor-tion ban, will they want to post videos of women dying on the table from government forced childbirth? Do you really want to charge women who have an abortion with murder?

-Pete ScobbyNewport

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Congressional Republicans are looking for a way to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the United States, amid allegations the agency sold fetal tissue for profit. Planned Parent-hood denies the allegations. President Obama has vowed to veto any legislation to defund the agency. Planned Parenthood provides other reproductive health care.

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PuD commission hopefully gets this GM search right

Washington state statute clearly states that PUD commissioners have exactly two jobs: set utility policy and oversee the work of the

general manager. Our PUD commissioners don’t have the best track record on the latter.

Since Bob Geddes resigned in December 2011 to take the post in Lewis County, there’s been a virtual revolving door to the GM’s office at the Pend Oreille PUD. Auditor April Owen has served as interim or acting GM three times since then, her latest stint because of the abrupt retirement of John Jordan, who was appointed GM in October 2012. Jordan took the place of Jay Pickett, who was appointed in May 2012 – and lasted just five months at the helm.

While commissioners Rick Larson, Curt Knapp and Dan Peterson say they were sur-prised at Jordan’s retirement this month, they’ve known for some time he would likely only last through the end of the year, cutting his five-year contract short by nearly two years. They just decided last week to search both inside and outside the PUD for a new GM, and haven’t yet chosen a firm to assist in the search.

The PUD is the largest public entity in the county, with a $74 million annual budget. Hav-ing someone capable to lead it in the long-run seems like a no-brainer. All three commission-ers have been on the job for years, and should be well educated in what it takes to run the utility.

Let’s hope this search is the last one for a long while.

-MCN

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ments and the realization that they had the power to change their lives for the better.

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Over the last 40 years, Washington Business Week has spread to Gon-zaga, Western Washington and Pacific Lutheran as well as 22 other states, Australia and Poland.

Business Week started during the Cold War, five years before Lech Walesa climbed atop the gate at Gdansk’s Shipyard in Po-land and sparked a work-ers’ revolution. Walesa and his fellow shipyard workers captured worldwide atten-tion and shook the very foundation of the Com-munist regimes behind the Iron Curtain.

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Department of Lands auctions eight Priest Lake lots for $4.2 million

COEUR D’ALENE – The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) auctioned eight lake-front lots at Priest Lake for deeded ownership at a pub-lic auction in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Six of the lots auctioned had cabins on them, but no current cabin owners bid on the lots because the les-sees (cabin owners) of those lots discontinued their land leases with the State of Idaho and agreed to sell their cabins to the auction winner. The auction was for land only, but winning bidders will pay the former lessee for the appraised or lesser agreed to value of the cabin. Two of the lots auctioned were vacant with no cabins on them.

Nine lots were put up for auction, but one lot received no bids and did not sell.

Two of the eight lots sold received competitive bids. Competitive bidding drove up the bids $289,000 more than the appraised value of those lots. Approximately 110 people attended the auction, which lasted about 40 minutes, but 17 people were registered to bid.The State can accept no less than the appraised value of the endowment lands that are auctioned.

To date, including last Saturday’s auction, Idaho has sold 169 lots, more than a third of its cottage site lots at Priest Lake and Payette Lake. The cottage site sales have generated more than $71 million for the endow-ment funds that support Idaho’s public schools, State Hospital South in Blackfoot, and teacher education programs at Idaho State

University and Lewis-Clark State College.

In December 2014 the Land Board approved the auction of a total of 180 leased lots at Priest Lake and Payette Lake by the end of 2017. Additionally, IDL will be auctioning unleased lots at both lakes over the next few years.

In 2010 the Land Board approved a plan to divest the State’s ownership of most of the cottage sites at both lakes over time, in or-der to reinvest the proceeds into assets that generate higher returns than the rent from the lots.

The funds from the land sales will be deposited in the “Land Bank” and used to purchase other lands in Idaho, such as timber-lands, or they may go into a Permanent Fund. The

Idaho Constitution requires a public auction for the dis-posal of State endowment trust lands.

The IDL, under the direc-tion of the Land Board, manages 2.4 million acres of State endowment trust land under a constitutional mandate to maximize long term financial returns.

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New Forest Supervisor named for the Colville National Forest

PORTLAND, Ore. - Rodney Smoldon has been chosen as the new Forest Supervisor on the Colville National Forest on Tues-day, Sept. 22.

“Rodney has experience work-ing with diverse resource profes-sionals and stakeholders, and is able to build strong internal and external relationships,” said the Pacific Northwest Region’s top For-ester, Jim Pena, who announced the selection of Smolden. “We are happy to welcome Rodney to the Region Six Regional Leadership Team.”

Smoldon is currently the District Ranger on the Three Rivers Rang-er District of the Colville. He has served in different leadership roles such as a District Ranger on the Okanogan- Wenatchee, Plumas and El Dorado National Forests, and Deputy Forest Supervisor in Region 6.

An eastern Washington native, Smoldon graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1985 with a degree in recreation and leisure services. Smoldon began his career on the Colville Forest in 1985, working as a forestry

technician on the Kettle Falls Dis-trict. Prior to leading the Colville National Forest, Smoldon was a recreation program manager on the Klamath National Forest in California and a District Ranger on the Okanogan-Wenatchee Na-tional Forest in Cle Elum, Wash-

ington. “I am excited to be the Forest

Supervisor of the Colville Na-tional Forest, and I look forward to continuing and expanding on the

good work we are doing with our partners, neighbors and local com-munities,” said Smoldon. “This is where I’m from and where I began my career, so it is a great pleasure to lead the Colville and all of its amazing and talented employees.”

Headquartered in Colville, the Colville National Forest is located in northeastern Washington and covers 1.1 million acres.

It includes the Kettle River, Sel-kirk mountain ranges, and the up-per reaches of the Columbia River.

Residents and visitors enjoy the Colville National Forest’s wild huckleberries, camping, 486 of hiking trails, OHV trails, mountain biking, horse trails, lakes, riv-ers, and streams. The forest also boasts exciting wildlife such as the grizzly and black bears, cougars, bald eagles and the last remain-ing herd of caribou in the U.S. The Pacific Northwest Region consists of 16 National Forests, 59 District Offices, a National Scenic Area, and a National Grassland. These management units comprise 24.7 million acres in Oregon and Wash-ington and employ approximately 3,550 employees.

‘rodneyhasexperienceworkingwithdiverseresourceprofessionalsandstakeholders,andisabletobuildstronginternalandexternalrelationships,’

Jim PenaPacific Northwest Region’s top Forester,

youthgroupplanshauntedhouseOLDTOWN – The

Newport/Priest River Interact Youth group will be having a special meeting Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6:30 p.m. at Old-town Rotary Park.

Anyone interested in helping with this year’s haunted house should attend. Refreshments will be served.

For more info call Terri at 208-448-2431.

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Beautiful day for Oktoberfest

The weather was clear and sunny – albeit

a bit windy – Saturday for Priest River’s

Okotberfest. The day included lots of food,

beer and wine, contests for the kids, a rock

climbing wall, and live music. The event is put on by

the Priest River Chamber of Commerce.

AllphotosbyMichelleNedved Kerri Martin, who owns beardmore bistro and Wine bar with her husband Jim, serves up brats and sauerkraut at Oktoberfest Saturday. Kerri is the chamber’s president and Jim is the mayor of Priest River.

AbOVE: The u.S. Army Reserves were on hand with their portable rock climbing wall for kids. The feature was popular all day.

The purchase of this commemorative mug also got you a beer at Priest River’s Oktoberest.

RIGhT: Rod Stafford of Newport, right, orders Thai food from Seth Callos, whose wife, May, owns May’s Catering.

Makaley works on her sidewalk chalk drawing Saturday morning. The Priest River Ministries Advocates for Women put on the contest. Priest River Police Chief Drew McLain and his family work on their scarecrow for the Oktoberfest Scarecrow

building contest.

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Wednesday, sept. 30RotaRy Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

oveReateRs anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Commu-nity Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance

neWpoRt tops: 8:30 a.m. - Hospitality House

FibeR aRts Knitting and spinning gRoup: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

stoRy time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library

al-anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

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

Jessa’s CReative danCe Class: 4 p.m. - Create Arts Center

alCoholiCs anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

thuRsday, oCt. 1 pRiest RiveR Food banK open: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

stoRy time - Calispel valley libRaRy, CusiCK: 10:30 a.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

stoRy time: 10:30 a.m. - Priest River Library

open painting WoRK-shop: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Cre-ate Arts Center, Newport

dupliCate bRidge: 12:30 p.m. - Hospitality House in Newport

loosely Knit: 1-3 p.m. - Calispel Valley Library, Cusick

CelebRate ReCoveRy: 5:30 p.m. - House of the Lord, 754 Silverbirch Lane, Oldtown

bingo: 6 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

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

pinoChle: 6 p.m. - Hospital-ity House in Newport

alCoholiCs anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Commu-nity Church

neWpoRt masoniC lodge: 7:30 p.m.

FRiday, oCt. 2 oil painting Class: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Create Arts Center

stoRy time: 11 a.m. - New-port Library

davis laKe gRange: Noon - Davis Lake Grange

danCe Classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

alCoholiCs anonymous open meeting: 7 p.m. - St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

open miC: 7-9:30 p.m. - Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave., Newport (Former Eagles Building)

al-anon: 7-8 p.m. - Priest River, 119 Main St., Suite 204, Room 16, Call Jan 208-946-

6131

satuRday, oCt. 3 pRiest RiveR ameRiCan legion bReaKFast: 8-10:30 a.m. - VFW on Larch Street

angel paWs: Noon - The Cork and Barrel, Contact Deb-bie 509-445-1005

happy ageRs CaRd paRty: 1 p.m. - Priest River Senior Center

aa meeting: 5 p.m. - Cor-nerstone Building, Selkirk Way, Oldtown

oath KeepeRs Consti-tutional study gRoup: 5:30 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

set FRee noRthWest meal and WoRship: 6:30 p.m. - Cornerstone Build-ing Behind Ace Hardware, Oldtown

sunday, oCt. 4 alCoholiCs anonymous: 7 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

monday, oCt. 5 bonneR County home-sChool gRoup: 2:30 p.m. - Priest River City Park

pRiest RiveR ChambeR boaRd: 4 p.m. - Chamber Office

youth advisoRy Coun-Cil: 4 p.m. - Blanchard Library

neWpoRt maWs and paWs boosteR Club: 6 p.m. - Newport High School Library

neWpoRt lions Club: 6:30 p.m. - Kelly’s Restaurant, Call Ota Harris at 509-447-4157

blanChaRd lions: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Inn

alCoholiCs anonymous: 7 p.m. - Pend Oreille Bible Church in Cusick

alCoholiCs anonymous: 7 p.m. - Blanchard Commu-nity Church

tuesday, oCt. 6 motheRs oF pResChool-eRs gatheRing: 10 a.m. - Priest River Assembly of God Church

soRoptimist inteRna-tional oF neWpoRt business meeting: 12-1 p.m. - Pineridge Community Church


Weight WatCheRs: 5:30-6 p.m. Weigh in and 6 p.m. meeting - Pineridge Commu-nity Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport

KaniKsu lodge 97: 6 p.m. - VFW Hall in Priest River

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

pend oReille County seaRCh and ResCue: 7 p.m. - Newport Health Center Basement

alCoholiCs anonymous: 7 p.m. - St. Anthony’s Church

Wednesday, oCt. 7 RotaRy Club: 7:15 a.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

oveReateRs anonymous: 8 a.m. - Pineridge Commu-nity Church, 1428 W. First St., Newport, use back entrance

neWpoRt tops: 8:30 a.m. - Hospitality House

FibeR aRts Knitting and spinning gRoup: 9 a.m. - Create Arts Center, Newport

ComputeR basiCs FoR adults: 10 a.m. to Noon - Newport Library

stoRy time: 10:30 a.m. - Blanchard Library

al-anon: Noon - American Lutheran Church

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


alCoholiCs anonymous: 5:45 p.m. - Hospitality House, Newport

pend oReille RoCK and gem Club: 6 p.m. - Oldtown Rotary Park

basiC meeting: 6 p.m. - Blanchard Community Center

Calispel post 217: 6 p.m. - American Legion in Cusick

pRiest RiveR animal ResCue: 6 p.m. - 1710 9th St., Priest River

live and learn with kombucha teaPRIEST RIVER - The

Live and Learn series at the Priest River Library continues on Saturday, Oct. 3. Learn about kombucha tea, an ancient fermented drink. Kom-bucha is brewed using a SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast) and is purported to have many health benefits.

Join Holistic Practitio-ner Meagan Mize-Booth at 10:30 a.m. and learn how to ferment your own kombucha and how to make a secondary fla-vored ferment. Free kom-bucha “starter kits” will be available. The Priest River Library is located at 118 Main St. For more information call 208-448-2207. Follow library programs and events at http://westbonner.lili.org.

Open Mic friday

NEWPORT – There will be an Open Mic Night at the Pend Oreille Players playhouse Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 per person and entertainers of all ages are welcome.

The Pend Oreille Play-house is located at the old Eagles building at 236 S. Union, Newport.

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Perfect day for a barbecueMichele Page of Newport Hospital and Health Services serves up some barbecue at the hospi-tal district’s barbecue Saturday in Newport. Another barbecue was held in Cusick on Sunday. Both were to help educate the public on the bond the district is putting on November’s ballot for new construction of an assisted living facility.

Local Master Gardeners use award for new

gardenNEWPORT – The

WSU/Pend Oreille County Master Garden-ers will use the $1,500 Ellen A’Key Grant award to help renovate the greenhouse and garden located on Pend Oreille County prop-erty in Newport off of Circle Drive just west of the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension offices. The emphasis of this newly planned Demonstration Garden will be on growing food but the garden will also display educational plots pertaining to na-tive plants, water-wise gardening, fire-wise landscaping and other topics pertinent to our local area, says Dixie Chichester, WSU/Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Program Coordinator and Project Leader.

Associated garden-ing classes, beginning as soon as March, will involve class partici-pants with hands-on experience in all phases of gardening and landscaping: planning, construction, plant-ing, maintenance and harvesting processes. The Master Gardeners also plan to partner with the Extension Food $ense Program to offer garden-to-table cooking classes. Any produce not used for cooking classes will be donated to local food banks.

Renovation will begin in 2016 and will include repairing and/or replac-ing fencing; installing

a proper gate; build-ing additional garden beds, compost bins and vertical gardening structures; amend-ing soil and installing educational signs and displays.

“The Pend Oreille County Master Garden-ers are very thankful to have this support from the King County Master Gardener Foundation but we will also need a lot of support from our own community,” Chichester said. The current development plan calls for renovating the garden over a three-year period with the estimated costs for the first year being $2,727. The second year will require an estimated $1920 and the final and third phase will cost around $1220. Any community member or business wishing to donate materials, ad-ditional funding or vol-unteer time to the new demonstration garden should contact Chich-ester at 509-447-6453 or email [email protected].

The Ellen A’Key grant is provided every year by the King County Master Gardener Foun-dation and is offered with particular consid-eration given to smaller counties where support dollars might be sparse. As this year’s winners, Pend Oreille Master Gardeners will not be eligible to re-apply for the same funding for another three years.

Milt Priggee coming to

Newport library

NEWPORT - Milt Prig-gee, a national syndicated political cartoonist, will speak at the Newport Pub-lic Library Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. in Newport. The free event is sponsored by the Pend Oreille County Library District and Hu-manities Washington.

In a presentation that is designed to invite debate, Priggee challenges audi-ence members’ personal beliefs on local issues by sharing a collection of images specifically to explore what is considered acceptable commentary in the 21st century. He also shares some of his favorite published local cartoons, as well as some that were rejected for publication. He explains how the elements of political commentary are changing as the medium moves from print to digital media platforms, and highlights how and why critical thinking remains an essential ele-ment of an ever-changing democracy.

Priggee has been draw-ing political cartoons for local newspapers since 1976 and has worked in twelve different states. He was born in Alaska, grew up in Chicago, graduated from college in Colorado, and was a journalism fellow at the University of Michigan.

His nationally syndicat-ed cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and illustra-tions have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, on websites, album covers and even wine bottles. A past president of the Association of Ameri-can Editorial Cartoonists, Priggee’s cartoon com-mentary has generated hate mail, awards, death threats, and libel lawsuits, as well as many heated discussions.

A previous resident of Spokane, Priggee current-ly lives in Oak Harbor. The library is located at 116 S. Washington Ave.

Alvarez’ celebrate 60 yearsNEWPORT – Art and

Judiann Alrvarez of Newport will celebrate their 60th wedding an-niversary.

The couple married Oct. 1, 1955, in Reno, Nev. They have six chil-dren, 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchil-dren.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST3rd and Spokane St., Newport, WA

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Nursery Care AvailableRev. Russell Clark

[email protected]

www.newportucc.org

CATHOLIC MASSESwww.pocoparishes.org

Newport: St. Anthony’s, 447-4231612 W. First St., Sun. - 11 a.m.

Usk: St. Jude’sRiver Rd., Sat. - 5:00 p.m.

Ione: St. Bernard’s, 802 8th St., Sun. - 2nd & 4th - 8:00 a.m.Metaline Falls: St. Joseph’s, 446-2651 -- 406 Park St.,

Sun., 1st, 3rd & 5th - 8:00 a.m.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Newport Church - Corner of Lilac Lane & Hwy. 20 North

Head Elder Gilbert Navarro(509) 447-4755

Sat. Morning ServicesSabbath School 9:30 • Worship 11:00

NACS THRIFT SHOP (509) 447-3488

PO Valley Church School (208) 437-2638

AMERICAN LUTHERANCHURCH E.L.C.A.

332801 Hwy. 2, P.O. Box 653, NewportPastors Matt & Janine Goodrich

Worship Service 10 a.m.(509) 447-4338

PEND OREILLE GRACEFELLOWSHIP BIBLE STUDY

2 tim 2:15God’s word rightly divided

208-610-3193 • 509-671-1716 509-671-1436

NEWPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Sharing Christ As He Is, With People As They Are”

2nd & Spokane Sts447-3846

9 a.m. Sunday School10:15 a.m. Worship Service11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time

September - MayAWANA - Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

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

Pastor Rob Malcolm

HOUSE OF THE LORD754 Silver Birch Ln. • Oldtown, ID 83822

‘’Contemporary Worship’’Sun. ~ 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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

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

CALVARY CHAPEL NEWPORT

“Where The Sheep Go To Be Fed”101 S. Scott • Newport

Sunday Morning 10 a.m.(509) 939-0676

[email protected] / 97.3 FM“I am the bread of life. He who comes to

me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 6:35

PINE RIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH

1428 1st Street WestSunday School ~ 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 10:30 a.m. Wednesday: Youth ~7:00 p.m.Pastor Mitch McGhee 447-3265

DALKENA COMMUNITY CHURCH • VILLAGE

MISSIONSS.S. ~ 9:15 • Worship ~ 10:45 a.m.Family Night, Wednesday ~ 7 p.m.

(Bible and Youth Clubs)Pastor Dale Wise - 509-447-3687

GRACE BIBLE CHURCHof Diamond Lake

Corner of North Shore Roadand Jorgens Road

Informal Family-style WorshipSundays 10:00 a.m.

509-671-3436

CHURCH OF FAITH 36245 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID

Sunday School 9 a.m.Sunday Services - 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wed. - Bible Study 6 p.m.Pastor Jack Jones

Church Offi ce 208-437-0150www.churchoffaitholdtown.org

SPRING VALLEYMENNONITE CHURCH

4912 Spring Valley RoadSunday: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service

11 a.m. -- Sunday School(509) 447-3588

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The importance of recess

These Stratton Elementary School students probably agree that

recess is one of the most important parts of the school day. It

turns out a high-quality recess program can help students feel

more engaged, safer and positive about the school day, according to research

at Stanford University.

Newport elementary school students have a 15-minute recess in the morn-

ing and a 20-minute lunchtime recess.

Fourth graders Dylan Arener and Briley Michaelis make their way back to class following recess at Stratton Elementary School Friday, Sept. 25.

allPhotosbyDonGronning

ABOVE: These three students make use of the climbing rock for more than climbing.

Norah Christie gives Grace Cooper a push in the tire swing while Ashlynne Robinson looks on.

Kickball is a popular recess activity. Here Jeffrey Pierson gives a kick while Paul Waterman looks on.

ABOVE: Four square is still played at recess.

RIGHT: The students get a lot of use out of this slide. This is a new old-fashioned teeter-totter. The school used several years of carnival proceeds to buy

some new playground equipment.

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Editor’s notE: The police reports, taken from dispatch logs provided to The Miner by law enforcement agencies, are not intended to be an exact report but rather a compre-hensive list of police calls in Pend Oreille and West Bonner counties. Dispatch also fields calls for the Kalispel Tribe property in Airway Heights. Certain police calls are gener-ally omitted because of space constraints. These include but aren’t limited to ambulance calls for illness, unfounded alarms, traffic stops, dogs at large, abandoned vehicles, 911 hang–ups and civil stand-bys. All dispositions for the police reports are assumed to be active, assist or transfer at press time. The police reports are updated each weekday on The Miner Online.

PEnd orEillE County

Monday, sEPt. 21FirE: Hwy. 20, report of fire at chip pile.

tHEFt: Hwy. 20, report of several things missing from outside.

aCCidEnt: Hwy. 2, report of two vehicle accident.

trEsPassinG: S. Newport Ave., report of male at busi-ness that was trespassed.

aniMal noisE: W. Spruce St., report of ongoing problem w/neighbor dog barking all the time.

littErinG: Deeter Rd., re-spondent believes neighbor is illegally dumping garbage.

rEsistinG arrEst: N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, resisting arrest reported.

aniMal ProBlEM: North-shore Diamond Lake, report that neighbor’s dog charged at complainant when she walked past.

assault: W 6th, report of assault.

MaliCious MisCHiEF: W. 6th

susPiCious VEHiClE: W. 4th St., report of vehicle parked for 30 minutes.

HarassMEnt: Giddings Rd., respondent believes female is having people harass her online.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: W. 7th St.

ErratiC driVEr: Hwy. 2, report of older red pickup weaving.

BurGlary: Spruce, report of female standing on corner, possibly a look out for a burglary.

tuEsday, sEPt. 22FirE: Hwy. 2, report of vehicle fire.

doMEstiC ViolEnCE: Hwy. 2, report of male and female yelling.

tHrEatEninG: Fertile Valley Rd., report of threatening.

susPiCious VEHiClE: Sta-dium Drive, Newport, report of silver vehicle with two people inside.

susPiCious PErson: Scotia Rd., report of male on bicycle sitting on neighbor’s front porch.

alCoHol oFFEsnE: S. Cal-ispel Ave., report of minor in possession of alcohol.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: Hwy. 2, respondent be-lieves known male continues to follow her.

tHEFt: S. Calispel Ave., theft of bike reported.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: S. 8th Ave.

aniMal ProBlEM: S. Main Ave., report that tan and white pitbull came out of bushes and went after complainant’s son.

trEsPassinG: Bluebird Ave., report that lock on gate was cut.

trEsPassinG: Black Rd., report of two cars parked in back.

FirE: Hanlon Cutoff Rd., complainant said her friend’s campsite is burning.

Found ProPErty: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of handgun left in men’s bathroom.

Found ProPErty: N. Spokane Ave., report of pipe found in alley.

WEdnEsday, sEPt. 23transPort: S. Garden Ave., Newport, transporting inmate to dental appointment.

Found ProPErty: Reflec-tion Drive S.

arrEst: Bluebird Ave., Timo-thy J. Clark, 58, of Clayton was arrested for first degree criminal trespass.

Found ProPErty: Leclerc Rd. N., county road depart-ment found property.

BooK and rElEasE: S. Garden Ave., Newport, Angela Jane Robles, 41, of Spokane was booked and released for reckless driving.

doMEstiC ViolEnCE VEr-Bal: Hwy. 2, report of male and female yelling outside by a grayish van.

druGs: S. Calispel Ave., report of pipe found in a classroom.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: E. Circle Drive, report of female possibly in residence of caller’s elderly client that now lives in nursing home.

Grass FirE: Monumental Way, Cusick

tHEFt: E. 5th Ave., report that cell phone was stolen.

disturBanCE: N. Spokane Ave., report of male yelling, sounds like he may be hurt.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: Joyner Drive E., complain-ant requests to speak to a deputy about dogs being trained for blood sport.

Violation oF ordEr: W. 6th, report of domestic vio-lence violation.

tHursday, sEPt. 24susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: Blackwell St., report of odd things happening around property, complainant be-lieves male in protection order is involved.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: Westside Calispel, report someone attempted to make entry into cabin.

arrEst: N. Hayford Rd., Air-way Heights, Ronnie D. Lacy, 35, was arrested on a warrant.

illEGal BurninG: Hwy. 211, report of slash pile burning.

driVinG WitH a sus-PEndEd liCinsE: Blackwell, suspended driver cited and released.

arrEst: W. Walnut St., New-port, Crystal A. Mitcham, 42, was arrested for theft.

BurGlary: Audrey Lane, report of burglary sometime between this morning and now.

BurGlary: Power House Rd., report that someone tried to drill lock out two weeks ago; went back up this week-end and found trash all over.

Grass FirE: Robin Rd., report of grass fire about 15 by 20 feet.

BurGlary: Valley View Drive, report of burglary that occurred about four days ago.

tHrEatEninG: Driskill Rd., complainant received threat that she was going to be “burnt out.”

Friday, sEPt. 25ErratiC driVEr: Hwy. 20, report of black Toyota 4 Run-ner with stickers all over back window traveling 85 mph swerving all over roadway.

MaliCious MisCHiEF: S. Washington Ave., Newport, report of front window shot with bb gun sometime last night or early this morning.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: W. 5th St., report of small explosives sound heard.

aniMal ProBlEM: W. Walnut St., Newport, report of a poodle locked in a car.

arrEst: Fertile Valley Rd., Nicholas A. Troyer, 24, was arrested on a warrant.

traFFiC HaZard: Hwy. 20, report of male standing on highway with sprinkler impeding traffic and watering roadway.

arrEst: S. Calispel Ave., Newport, William P. Allen, 22, of Newport was arrested for driving under the influence.

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

arrEst: W. Walnut St., Newport, Ted R. Eastman, 46, of Loon Lake was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, failure to appear, use of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest.

PossiBlE dui: Hwy. 2, report of older green Toyota pickup with canopy swerving.

susPiCious VEHiClE: S. Scott Ave., report of black 4 door car parked at the back door of business car is backed up to the back door.

illEGal BurninG: Flowery Trail Rd., report of large bon fire at the above location.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: Joyner Drive E., complain-ant saw something running by complainant’s car, said there was a dark red light and heard what sounded like a bell.

aniMal noisE: 1st St., Newport, report of white motorhome with dog inside howling; ongoing problem.

saturday, sEPt. 26MaliCious MisCHiEF: W. 2nd Ave., report that subject slashed complainant’s tire sometime yesterday.

tHEFt: W. 2nd Ave.

ErratiC driVEr: Hwy. 20, report of light blue older Honda tailgating and passing at high speed.

PossiBlE dui: Hwy. 2, report of red Pontiac all over the road.

druGs: W. Walnut St., New-port, report of drugs.

staBBinG: W. Pine St., New-port, report of stabbing.

susPiCious CirCuMstanC-Es: W. 1st St., deputy out with a vehicle.

doMEstiC ViolEnCE

PHysiCal: S. Scott Ave.

sunday, sEPt. 27attEMPt to loCatE: Dia-mond Lake, attempt to locate two reportedly intoxicated females driving a white Jeep; alleged to be involved in an assault in Bonner County earlier.

arrEst: Hwy. 2, Laura D. Goodell, 27, was arrested on a warrant.

tHrEatEninG: Hwy. 2, report that male threatened caller with a knife.

illEGal BurninG: Black-berry Lane, report of slash pile burning.

littErinG: Old Leclerc Rd., report of bags of garbage dumped on property.

aCCidEnt: Hwy. 2, vehicle-deer collision.

MaliCious MisCHiEF: S. Calispel Ave., report that someone smashed base of street light.

BurGlary: Hwy. 2, cold burglary reported.

tHrEatEninG: W. 2nd St., respondent states someone is texting and calling, making threats to beat up respondent.

aCCidEnt: Baker Lake Rd., re-port of maroon small pickup, possibly one person inside, up a hillside.

ErratiC driVEr: Hwy. 2, report of white Ford Excursion lane travel erratic speeds.

traFFiC oFFEnsE: S. Union Ave., Newport

WEst BonnEr County

Monday, sEPt. 21rECoVErEd stolEn ProP-Erty: W. Jackson Ave., Priest River, deputies recovered stolen firearms from the Priest River area.

arrEst: Hwy. 2, Priest River, Denise Marie Crawford, 39, was arrested for two outstanding misdemeanor warrants.

rECKlEss driVinG: Dufort Rd., Priest River, William Harrison of Priest River, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

tuEsday, sEPt. 22no rEPortaBlE inCi-dEnts.

WEdnEsday, sEPt. 23aniMal ProBlEM: Hwy. 2, Oldtown

tHursday, sEPt. 24aniMal ProBlEM: USFS 334, Priest River

HuntinG and FisHinG Violations: Dickensheet Rd., Coolin

Friday, sEPt. 25arrEst: Spirit Lake Cutoff, Spirit Lake, Ryan L. Elkins, 34, of Spirit Lake was arrested for one count of excessive driving under the influence.

saturday, sEPt. 26trEsPassinG: My Rd., Oldtown

JuVEnilE ProBlEM: 10th St., Priest River

sunday, sEPt. 27no rEPortaBlE inCi-dEnts.

Editor’s notE: The following are descriptions of people current-ly wanted by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies. Any information about these suspects should be directed to the sheriff’s office by calling 509-447-3151. This is a regular section of The Miner. All information is provided by the sheriff’s office.

Mark A. Stone, 34, is wanted on two Pend Oreille County warrants for failure to appear on original charges of controlled substance possession, burglary 2nd, theft 1st and possession of stolen property 1st. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is Washington and Idaho.

Jason S. Centorbi, 46, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driving under the influence. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. His last known ad-dress was in the Newport area. Extradi-tion is statewide.

Joseph L. Ford, 33, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of criminal solicitation. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Cusick area. Extradition is surrounding Washington counties only.

Randy E. Kinney, 35, is wanted on one Pend Oreille County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driv-ing under the influence. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known address was in the Newport area. Extradition is statewide.

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tHursday, oCt. 1BonnEr County PlanninG and ZoninG CoMMission HEarinG: 5 p.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building, Sandpoint

saturday, oCt. 3 Pondoray sHorEs WatEr and sEWEr distriCt: 9 a.m. - Water District Pump House, 202 Winnie Lane, Pondoray Shores Subdivision

Monday, oCt. 5 PEnd orEillE County CoM-MissionErs: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

nEWPort City CounCil: 6 p.m. - Newport City Hall

BonnEr County Fair Board: 6 p.m. - Fairgrounds Office in Sandpoint

PriEst riVEr City CounCil: 6 p.m. - Priest River City Hall

ProPErty riGHts CounCil: 6:30 p.m. - Bonner County Administration Building, Sandpoint

BlanCHard tEa Party: 6:30 p.m. - Blanchard Com-munity Center Notes: For more information, call Jim at 208-437-2191.

tuEsday, oCt. 6 BonnEr County CoMMission-Ers: 8:45 a.m. - Bonner County Administrative Building

PEnd orEillE County CoM-MissionErs: 9 a.m. - Pend Oreille County Courthouse

lEnora WatEr and sEWEr distriCt: 10 a.m. - Skookum Rendezvous Lodge

PEnd orEillE Pud CoMMis-sionErs: 10 a.m. - Newport PUD Offices

BonnEr County soil and Wa-tEr ConsErVation distriCt: 1:30 p.m. - USDA Office, 1224 Washington Ave., Ste. 101

WEst PEnd orEillE FirE distriCt: 6:30 p.m. - Fire Hall on Highway 57

PEnd orEillE FirE distriCt no. 5: 7 p.m. - Fire Station 51, 406722 Highway 20, Cusick

PEnd orEillE County Fair Board: 7 p.m. - Fairgrounds at Cusick

WEdnEsday, oCt. 7 diaMond laKE WatEr and sEWEr: 10 a.m. - District Office, 172 South Shore Road

saCHEEn laKE sEWEr and WatEr distriCt Board: 3 p.m. - Sacheen Fire Station, Highway 211

oldtoWn urBan rEnEWal distriCt Board: 5:30 p.m. - Oldtown City Hall

FirE distriCt no. 4 CoMMis-sionErs: 6 p.m. - Dalkena Fire Station No. 41

diaMond laKE iMProVE-MEnt assoCiation: 6:30 p.m. - Diamond Lake Fire Station, Highway 2

ionE toWn CounCil: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

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wyatt michael corningNewport

Wyatt Michael Corning passed away in a tragic

accident on Sept. 26.

Wyatt was the first baby of the year born Feb. 2, 2014, Superbowl Sunday and Groundhog

Day, at Newport Hospital and joined proud, loving parents Alan and Kelly, and big brother Ryder.

Wyatt was taken too soon.

He was the most beautiful, spirited, happy little boy. Wyatt loved life.

He spent his days just being so busy. He loved digging in the dirt, climbing hills, throwing rocks, coloring on his whiteboard, pushing his shopping cart, playing and learning from his big brother Ryder, going on outdoor adventures with daddy and learn-ing how to be a man, and most of all being mommy’s little shadow. He followed mommy everywhere and always wanted to be in her pres-ence.

Wyatt was born a little piggy, and that never changed.

He loved to eat. He wasn’t the least bit picky and would eat just about anything you’d put in front of him, just like his mommy.

Wyatt loved to dance to his “mugic” music.

No matter where he was or what he was do-ing he would stop and bust a move.

He would hear music in the grocery store and start bobbing and sway-ing in the cart.

Wyatt was a very smart little boy. At 18 months he was fully potty trained, and with his brother’s teach-ing knew how to count to 10. He was already speaking full sentences, “Daddy hunting elk.”

Wyatt came into this world a loud, screaming, colicky baby.

Though the colic went

away, his loud “man voice” (as friends would say) never did. Wyatt was like his Grandpa Ken and Oma Gretta … his presence and feelings were always known.

Wyatt was a bold, strong, confident little boy.

Although he was the little brother, he already was taking on the role of the protective, brave big brother.

When Ryder was too scared to go into his room alone to get his blankeys, or too afraid of the monsters in the bathroom, Wyatt would go with him to keep him safe.

Wyatt will be in our hearts forever, until the day Jesus comes again and we can hold him. He had a strong, lov-ing, tight-knit family that will miss him, but will continue his legacy. Grandpa Ken, Grandma Arlene, Opa Bill, Oma Gretta, Aunty Sarah, Un-cle David, Aunt Amanda, Uncle Andrew, Aun-ties Nicky and Melanie, Uncle Caycay “Casey” and family, great Grandpa and Grandma Friesz, great Grandpa and Grandma Herman, great Grandma Corn-ing, cousins Tanner and Taylor, Jason, Ellie, and Jamisen, and so many other important great aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Pine Ridge Community Church with a Celebra-tion of Life/Reception to follow at the family home located at 34818 N. Blanchard Creek Road in Newport.

Absolutely everyone is welcome to come and celebrate and remember Wyatt.

Rest in peace, sweet baby.

Until the day we will see you again.

Sherman-Knapp Fu-neral Home in Newport is in charge of arrange-ments.

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

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FederalPresident Barack Obama (D)The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20500Comments: 202-456-1111Switchboard: 202-456-1414 www.WhiteHouse.gov/Contact

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D)511 Hart Senate Bldg.Washington DC 20510202-224-3441Website: www.cantwell.senate.govLocal: U.S. Courthouse920 W. Riverside, Suite 697Spokane WA 99201509-353-2507

Sen. Patty Murray (D)154 Russell Senate Office Bldg.Washington DC 20510202-224-2621Website: www.murray.senate.govLocal: 10 N. Post St. Suite 600Spokane WA 99201509-624-9515

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)Fifth Congressional District203 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington DC 20515202-225-2006Website: www.mcmorrisrodgers.house.govLocal: 10 N. Post St. Suite 625Spokane WA 99201509-353-2374

StateGovernor Jay Inslee (D)Office of the GovernorPO Box 40002Olympia, WA 98504-0002360-902-4111Relay operators for the deaf or hard of hearing, dial 7-1-1www.governor.wa.gov

Legislative District 7Sen. Brian Dansel (R)115B Irv Newhouse BuildingPO Box 40407Olympia, WA 98504-0600360-786-7612 E-mail: [email protected] Office: 319 W. Hastings Suite B205Spokane, WA 99218509-340-9107

Rep. Joel Kretz (R)335A Legislative BuildingPO Box 40600Olympia WA 98504-0600360-786-7988E-mail: [email protected] Office: 20 N. Main St.PO Box 1Omak, WA 98841509-826-7203

Rep. Shelly Short (R)427A Legislative BuildingPO Box 40600Olympia WA 98504-0600360-786-7908E-mail: [email protected] office: 147 North Clark Ave. Suite 5Republic WA 99166509-775-8047

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Wednesday 10/7 : 7:00pm Powderpuff FootballThursday 10/8 : 4:00pm Soccer vs. Freeman 5:00pm JV Volleyball 6:30pm Varsity VolleyballCommunity Pep Rally to Follow

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BASIC COMPUTER CLASS: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Li-brary, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations

WEIGHT WATCHERS: 6 p.m. Weigh in 6:30-7 p.m. meet-ing - Ione Catholic Church

THURSDAY, OCT. 1 METALINE CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 2 BOARD MEETING: 10 a.m. - Meta-line City Hall

STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

NORTH PEND OREILLE LI-ONS: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Train Depot

FRIDAY, OCT. 2 STORY TIME AND CRAFTS: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

METALINE CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 2 BOARD: 11 a.m. - Metaline Town Hall

ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

MONDAY, OCT. 5 STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

EMERGENCY FOOD BANK BOARD: 7 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

TUESDAY, OCT. 6 STORY TIME: 11 a.m. - Ione Library

FORGOTTEN CORNER QUILT GUILD: 6:30 p.m. - Ione Senior Center

METALINE FALLS GUN CLUB MEETING: 7 p.m. - 72 Pend Oreille Mine Road, Metaline Falls

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. - Metalines Library

BASIC COMPUTER CLASS: 11 a.m. to Noon - Ione Library, Call 509-442-3030 For Reservations

COMMISSIONER KISS OFFICE HOURS: 3-6:45 p.m. - Ione Library

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

IONE TOWN COUNCIL: 7 p.m. - Clerk’s Office

Murderous fun at the Cutter Theatre

METALINE FALLS – The annual murder mystery dinner theatre at The Cutter Theatre this year is “A Medieval Murder Mystery At Kirt-land Castle,” featuring the Cutter Players.

Several performances have already sold out, but tickets are still available for Saturday, Oct. 3, and Friday, Oct. 9. Tickets are $25 and reservations are required. The perfor-mance starts at 6:30 p.m.

The menu for the eve-ning features food that can be eaten without utensils (although forks and knives will be avail-able), including a hearty soup, roasted game hen, vegetables, and puff pas-tries for dessert. Napkins and hand wipes will be on the table. Wine and beer will be available for purchase. Guests are encouraged to dress to a medieval theme, and prizes will be awarded for the best detectives and costumes.

The royal court of Kirtland Castle has gath-ered for a banquet, but

someone has met with an untimely fate. Is the mur-derer the befuddled King Lanceless, the wicked Queen DeBorgia, the lovely Princess Dapho-dill, the bemused Lady Grizelda, the ambitious Sir Armor All, or the sly Court Jester? There is a sword fight, a jousting tournament, and an ar-chery contest, along with the chance that someone has a love potion in their cup.

“A Medieval Murder Mystery At Kirtland Castle” was written by Lynn Barnes and Tara Leininger for the dinner theatre in 1997, and the cast features two return-ing members of that per-formance, Tom and Lynn Barnes, although they are in new roles. The rest of the cast includes Steve Warner, Alex Yarnell, Donivan Johnson and Leininger.

For reservations or more information, call The Cutter at 509-446-4108. The Cutter Theatre is located at 302 Park St., in Metaline Falls.

Medicare Part D enrollment starts Oct. 15IONE – Enrollment in

Medicare’s prescription drug program (Part D) starts Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. People who are Medicare-eligible and want to enroll in Part D or change your their plan, can beat the last minute rush by enrolling early.

The Washington State Office of Insurance Com-missioner’s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) can answer questions about Medicare Part D and pro-vide help on other parts of Medicare. There will be advisors at the Ione Senior Center Thursday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SHIBA suggests people

consider the following: Do you have a current

Medicare Part D, Ad-vantage, or Supplement plan? Do you know if your plan still meets your needs? Plans can change their coverage for drugs, services, and providers. Your own needs can also change, like the medi-cations you need, your finances, your marital status.

It is important to check your plan for any cover-age change. Check with your medical providers, too, to make sure they accept Medicare assign-

ment. If you receive help paying for Medicare through the Medicare sav-ings Plan (MSP), you must reapply annually. You will receive a notice about this and must respond.

For more information, call 1-509-685-6077. You may also ask to be put in touch with a SHIBA volunteer in North Pend Oreille County to schedule an appointment.

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was a patient in a Oregon hospital and received poor care from a contracted doctor who yelled at her and caused emotional strife. She said she spoke with administrators there who said it would be dif-ficult to do anything about the physician because he was contracted.

District CEO Tom Wilbur said that wouldn’t be the case with EmCare, the group Newport Hospital is looking at contracting with. He said the doctors here who work in the district’s two clinics would have direct say over what doctors practice in the hos-pital. If a problem arises, EmCare administrators say they would replace that doctor until a correct fit was found.

Chris McGlothlen, PA-C, and Emergency Depart-ment Manager, spoke to the crowd and offered two alternatives to the board. McGlothen has worked for the district for more than 18 years and said he helped build the current system. He said other fa-cilities are being proactive in moving toward more care from PAs, rather than physicians.

One alternative, accord-ing to McGlothlen is to

develop the district’s PAs into advanced care nurses, where they wouldn’t re-quire oversight by an MD. Another alternative would be to have clinic PAs work in the hospital as well.

McGlothlen said he discussed the alternatives with the district’s physi-cians, and they were about 50/50 in favor.

Wilbur balked at that statement and said none of the doctors wanted to go that route.

Currently, there are six physicians working at Newport Hospital and Health Services. They work their regular shifts at the district’s two clinics, and then rotate being on call to back up the PAs working in the emergency department and hospital.

Dr. Sara Ragsdale is leaving the district, how-ever, in October, leaving the number of doctors at five. Wilbur told the crowd the district has been searching for two years to hire another doctor, but they cannot recruit to the current model of care, where doctors work in the clinic and then are on call.

“I’ve had recruiters look at me over the table and kind of chuckle and say ‘Good luck with that,’” he said. He explained that a lot of positions are

filled through word of mouth and the district’s doctors have the connec-tions in place to find a new physician if one was interested. For example, Dr. Geoff Jones teaches in the WWAMI program through the University of Washington School of Medicine. Contracting with EmCare will end the need for the doctors to be on call, and make it easier for the district to recruit more physicians, accord-ing to Wilbur.

The board said they mostly agreed with Wil-bur’s plan, but commis-sioner John Jordan admit-ted they should have been more open with the public about the decision. No contract has been signed with EmCare as of yet.

“I personally agree with Tom (Wilbur),” commis-sioner Tom Garrett said. “But not without (restless) nights.” Other board mem-bers agreed that some-thing needs to be done, and this model seems to be working in other districts throughout the northwest.

Bob Eugene of Diamond Lake attended the meeting and said he thinks the dis-trict is failing in its prom-ise of trust, as outlined in its mission statement. He said board agendas aren’t posted in a timely manner,

as the 24 hours required by state law doesn’t give the public enough time to arrange attendance. The agendas are also vague he said. Sue Johnson, an RN in the district, said the board moving meetings from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. makes it nearly im-possible to attend because of work. Chairwoman Lois Robertson said the meetings were moved at her request and they will revisit the decision.

Buzz Price, who works in the district’s purchasing department, said while members of the public who were at the meeting may be upset about the move to contracted physicians, there is another segment of the population that wants to see an MD when they visit the hospital, rather than a PA. He said many patients have writ-ten that on surveys they take after being treated.

“The fact of the matter is there’s another opinion out there,” he said.

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The evening barbecue and row-by again had incredible weather with a 6 p.m. temperature of 73 degrees. The WSU Women’s led with pairs, singles and fours paus-ing before the Yacht Club crowd to perform the WSU fight song. The Pend Oreille Rowing and Paddling Club (PORPA) followed, making their second appearance at the Row-by and first ap-pearance in the Regatta.

“The Row-by was extended over the early part of the evening, as more and more rowers could not resist the wa-ter,” Suddick said.

The second group of rowers that appeared shortly after 6 p.m. represented Palouse Rowing, Coeur d’Alene Rowing and Cranbrook Rowing.

Palouse Juniors and Rockies Rowing Club of Cranbrook, B.C., were making their inaugural appearance at the Re-gatta. All crews made it to the Yacht Club in time to witness the retiring of the colors by the Priest River Veterans Honor Guard and Boy Scout Troupes 604 and 696.

Saturday, the flat water and sunshine disappeared. The wind conditions reached a critical level and the race

was canceled after the first flight, with only five entries completing the course. Many of the rowers who were on the course were diverted to the Mudhole.

“It was a good call,” said Martin Stacy, coach for the Coeur d’Alene Junior programs, “keep-ing the rowers safe is a priority.”

“Needless, to say with 43 entries, the largest number in the race’s his-tory, the crews were very disappointed they didn’t have an opportunity to row,” Suddick said.

Joining, WSU, PORPA, Palouse, Coeur d’Alene, and Cranbrook were Gonzaga University Women’s Crew, coached by Glenn Putyrae, WSU’s Men’s Crew, coached by Arthur Ericsson, Spo-kane River Rowing, Nate Collar and Dave Jones.

“It was a disappointing day for the rowers, but all was not lost,” Suddick said.

The weather condi-tions did not prevent the rowers from joining

together to enjoy music and the spirit of the Ok-toberfest in downtown Priest River.

The common theme heard throughout the af-ternoon was “next year.”

The Inland rowing community is growing, according to Suddick. This is marked by the increasing number of junior and high school participants.

Coeur d’Alene Rowing Juniors brought a crew of 23 and all the other clubs had juniors in their ranks.

The fifth annual Head of the Pend Oreille Regatta celebration was dedicated to the memory of Andy Andis, an ardent supporter of the Regatta over the years.

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spartans host ivan benson invite

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River cross country team took the week off, but will host the Ivan Benson Invite Thursday, Oct. 1, at 4:15 p.m.

This is the Spartans’ sole home cross country team of the season. The event is named after the late Ivan Benson, who was the team’s assistant coach.

lady Griz soccer falls to deer park

NEWPORT – The Newport girls soccer team lost to 6-0 to Deer Park Tuesday, Sept. 22, in a Northeast A League game played at Newort.

Deer Park’s first goal came at seven minutes, followed by goals at 18 and 19 minutes in the first half. They scored again at 42 minutes, 58 minutes and 66 minutes for the win.

Newport had seven shots on goal while Deer Park had 13. Newport keeper Gracie StrangeOwl had seven saves, as did Deer Park’s goalie.

The Grizzlies played Medical Lake Thursday, Sept. 24, but results weren’t available at press time.

The Grizzlies traveled to Colville Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Priest River Saturday, Oct. 3, to play at 1 p.m., and then host Northeast A League foe Riverside Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m.

newport hosts cross country meet

NEWPORT – The Newport cross country team had the week off, but competed at their first Northeast A League meet Wednesday, Sept. 30, vs. Freeman and Lakeside at Newport. The boys varsity runs at 4:45 p.m. and the girls run at 4 p.m.

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Kylyah Mercurius spikes the ball Thursday against Medical Lake. Newport won both matches this week, beating Medical Lake and Deer Park.

Busy week for Spartan soccer

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River boys soc-cer team had a busy week with two matches against Timberlake, a trip to Orofino to make-up an earlier game, and a game against Bonners Ferry.

The Spartans lost both games against Timber-lake, and their game against Bonners, but beat Orofino.

Priest River hosted Timberlake Tuesday, Sept. 22, and lost 5-1.

The Spartans strug-gled in the first half to corral the speed of the Timberlake offense allowing one-on-one opportunities, which Timberlake offense capi-talized on.

“Take out this factor and both teams played a very even match with both teams taking 12 shots on goal,” Spartan coach Rob Lawler said.

Going into the second half down 4-0, Priest

River made some adjust-ments and played Tim-berlake to a 1-1 tie in the last 40 minutes.

“We saw a lot of good sequences offensively throughout the game, but struggled to get the shots on frame.

“Although final score found Timberlake on top 5-1, I am very proud of the Priest River Spar-tans boys varsity soccer team and the game they played tonight. Throughout the second half I saw them make a lot of adjustments and we are looking forward to the rematch tomor-row night at Timberlake High School,” Lawler said.

But, Timberlake won the next game 6-1 the following day.

Take out the two goals scored by header off of corner kicks, and Priest River played a 1-1

SEE Soccer, 3B

Wednesday, sept. 30neWport Cross Country vs. Freeman, Lakeside: 4 pm. - Newport

thursday, oCt. 1 priest river GirLs soCCer vs. st. maries: 4 p.m. - St. Maries High School

priest river Cross Country at ivan Benson invite: 4:15 p.m. - Priest River

neWport Cross Country at ivan Benson invite: 4:15 p.m. - Priest River

priest river voLLeyBaLL vs. keLLoGG: 6:30 p.m. - Kel-logg High School

neWport voLLeyBaLL vs. CheWeLah: 6:30 p.m. - Chewelah High School

Friday, oCt. 2 CusiCk FootBaLL vs. Co-LumBia: 7 p.m. - Cusick High School

neWport FootBaLL vs. deer park: 7 p.m. - Deer Park High School

seLkirk FootBaLL vs. northport: 7 p.m. - Selkirk High School

saturday, oCt. 3 neWport Cross Country at Can am invite: TBA - Kettle Falls

open Gym, aduLt Basket-BaLL: 7 a.m. - Newport High School

CusiCk voLLeyBaLL vs. aCh: Noon - Almira-Coulee/Hartline

seLkirk voLLeyBaLL vs. WeLLpinit: Noon - Selkirk High School

neWport GirLs soCCer vs. priest river: 1 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School

priest river GirLs soC-Cer vs. neWport: 1 p.m. - Priest River Lamanna High School

priest river Boys soC-Cer vs. st. GeorGe’s: 2 p.m. - St. George’s High School

monday, oCt. 5 priest river Boys soCCer vs. st. maries: 4 p.m. - St. Maries High School

tuesday, oCt. 6 neWport GirLs soCCer vs. riverside: 4 p.m. - Newport High School

seLkirk voLLeyBaLL vs. kettLe FaLLs: 5 p.m. - Selkirk High School

CusiCk voLLeyBaLL vs. CoLumBia: 5:30 p.m. - Cusick High School

priest river Boys soC-Cer vs. Bonners Ferry: 6 p.m. - Priest River La-manna High School

neWport voLLeyBaLL vs. riverside: 6:30 p.m. - Newport High School

Wednesday, oCt. 7 neWport Cross Coun-try vs. CheWeLah and deer park: 4 p.m. - Deer Park

priest river GirLs soC-Cer vs. st. GeorGe’s: 4 p.m. - St. George’s High School

Comments sought on

mule deer planOLYMPIA – The Wash-

ington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public comments through Oct. 31 on a draft plan to guide management of the state’s mule deer populations.

This plan will serve as the foundation for sustain-ably managing mule deer throughout their range in Washington, said Jerry Nelson, deer and elk sec-tion manager for WDFW. “We encourage people to give us feedback on the management approaches we’ve identified.”

Key objectives in the plan include maintaining stable mule-deer opportu-nities for both hunters and wildlife-watchers. It also covers strategies for reduc-ing damage caused by deer to crops and personal property.

The plan is available online for review at www.wdfw.wa.gov/conserva-tion/mule_deer/. An online form for the public to sub-mit comments is available on the webpage.

WDFW is hosting three open house meetings next month to discuss the draft plan with the public. The public meetings are sched-uled from 7-9 p.m. The closest one to Pend Oreille County is in Spokane Val-

SEE Deer, 3B

Newport volleyball sweep the week

by Michelle nedvedOf The Miner

NEWPORT – The Newport volleyball team swept the week, when they played Deer Park and Medical Lake at home. Newport beat Deer Park 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 22, at home, and beat Medical Lake 3-0 Thursday, also at home.

Newport and Deer Park played four matches, with Newport coming out on top 25-17, 25-13, 14-25, 25-16.

“We played great as a team,” coach Lori Stratton said. Chiara Polenesi sprained her ankle in the second set, so Stratton moved some players around.

“I appreciate that a ton from my team, they are able and willing to move to dif-ferent positions and do a great job. Our serving was strong, passing was good and hitters were doing a great job putting the ball down.”

Lauren Vaughn had a standout per-formance for Newport, with 28 assists. Faith Hood had three aces and seven digs, while Hadley Stratton threw in 12 kills and four blocks. Emily Hunt had three aces for Newport.

Newport continued to dominate Thursday, when they hosted Medical Lake. Newport won 25-20, 25-12, 25-10.

“We took the court fired up and played tough,” Stratton said. “Our home crowd was amazing, loud and supportive; that

is so fun.” Stratton said her team’s pass-ing was much stronger, and when they pass well everything else falls into place and they take care of the ball.

“We are coming together as a team, our defense is getting better each game, the girls are having fun on the court and it shows,” the coach said.

Hadley Stratton had 17 kills, 22 assists, four digs and an ace. Vaughn had four digs and three blocks, Hood had four digs and three blocks, and Kylyah Mercurius had one ace. The Grizzlies traveled to Colville Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They then travel to Chewelah Thursday, Oct. 1, and host Riverside Tuesday, Oct. 6. Both varsity matches start at 6:30 p.m.

Injuries hurt Spartansby don GronninGOf The Miner

ST. MARIES – The Priest River Spartan football team, slowed by injuries to two of its running backs, lost to St. Maries 54-12 Friday, Sept. 25, in St Maries.

“It was one of those games when if it could go wrong it did,” Spartan coach Shane Douglas

said. He said the team had trouble with St. Maries from the start, with St. Maries block-ing a punt and picking off a pass to return for a score in the first quarter. The quad strain injury to Tommy Anselmo and the knee injury to Tallin Haynes only added to the Spartans’ problems.

“We struggled in the game mostly because St.

Maries was just more ag-gressive at making plays than we were,” Douglas said. “One of the disad-vantages of our roster this year so far is hav-ing a lot of young guys that just don’t have the experience to understand you must have a sense of urgency when it comes to the first quarter of the

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cusick senior Kaleigh Driver goes up for a kill against odessa Harrington Thursday, Sept. 24 at Harrington. Also pictured are Alyssa Walrath and Brianna Balcom. o-H swept cusick in three sets.

Cusick loses to Odessa-Harringtonby don GronninGOf The Miner

HARRINGTON – The Cusick Panthers volley-ball team lost in three sets to Odessa-Harrington

Thursday, Sept. 24. Cusick coach Gary Reese said this was the best

team the Panthers have faced so far this season. OH won the first set 25-13, the second 25-18 and the third 25-20.

“They played at (a) very high pace,” Reese said. “The encouraging thing about that three game loss was that we started playing at that speed as the match went on.”

Amber Walrath led the team in kills with six, and blocks, with four.

Kaleigh Driver had a game high 14 assists for Cusick, Reigan Allen had a team high 12 digs and Rylee Brown served four aces.

The Panthers will go on the road for a match with Almira/Coulee-Hartline Saturday, Oct. 3, at noon.

They will host Columbia Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m.

on deCk:at aLmira/CouLee-hartLine: Saturday, Oct. 3, noon

vs. CoLumBia: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 5:30 p.m.

SEE FooTBALL, 3B

Selkirk comes from behind

by don GronninGOf The Miner

WALLACE – In a hard fought game that saw the Selkirk Rangers fall behind on four separate occasions, Selkirk came out on top over the Wallace Miners 50-30 Friday, Sept. 25 at Wal-lace.

“I was very happy with the resiliency that we showed,” Selkirk coach Kelly Cain said. “We never put our head down. We just kept the

train rolling and stayed

after it. It was a hard fought, hard hitting game. Exactly the type of game we needed.”

Wallace took the lead 30-28 with seven minutes left in the third quarter. It would be their last lead of the night.

on deCk: at CheWeLah: Thursday, Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m.

vs. riverside: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m.

SEE SeLKirK, 3B

on deCk:at northport: Friday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.

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cusick quarterback Joey cutshall prepares to hand off in the game at Almira/coulee-Hartline Friday, Sept. 25. AcH won. Also pic-tured are cusick’s Josh Keogh, roddy Pierre, and Hunter Becks.

Cusick football has tough timeby don GronninGOf The Miner

COULEE CITY – The Cusick Pan-thers lost their second game in as many weeks, sort of an anomaly for Cusick football. The Panthers were beaten 66-22 Friday, Sept. 25, by Almira/Coulee-Hartline.

“We played a good first half,” Cu-sick coach Sonny Finley said. “But the third quarter hurt us.”

ACH scored first on a 17 yard run, putting them up 7-0. Cusick answered with a 39 yard run by Tyson Shanholtzer and went to the lead with a successful two point conversion, with Dylan Hender-

shott connecting with Shanholtzer. “Hendershott had a good game,”

Finley said, both on offense and defense. Tyson Shanholtzer also played well.

ACH answered Cusick’s score with their own 26-yard scoring pass play.

Joey Cutshall made a four-yard touchdown run. Neither team made their extra point, so Cusick held the lead.

ACH started getting untracked in the second quarter, scoring two unanswered touchdowns before halftime.

They really got going in the third quarter, outscoring Cusick 30-8.

The Panthers scored on a 10-yard Cutshall to Hendershott pass play. They combined for the two-point

conversion, but that turned out to be the last Cusick score, while ACH continued to score, finishing 66-22.

The Panthers have a 2-2 record. Finley says some players out with injury will return next week.

The Panthers will open their Northeast 1B North League season Friday, Oct. 2, when they host Co-lumbia. The game starts at 7 p.m.

on deCk:vs. CoLumBia: Friday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.

Lady Spartans lose two

by Michelle nedvedOf The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River volleyball team lost two Intermoun-tain League games this past week. They Spar-tans hosted St. Maries Tuesday, Sept. 22, and lost 3-0, then traveled to Timberlake Thursday, Sept. 24, and lost 3-0.

St. Maries won 25-18, 25-16, 25-20.

“St. Maries is a tough, well rounded team, which makes it difficult to stay ahead of them for very long,” Spartan coach Angie Goins said.

“Olivia Whitter, our setter, had a great game hustle after a lot of shanked balls that (any-one) else, might not have gotten to.”

Whitter had 16 assists, while Libero Catherine Gamma marked 26 digs, Heidi Janhsen had eight kills, Emilee Clark had four blocks and Makia Brennan had two assists.

The results were similar Thursday, when Tim-berlake beat Priest River 25-11, 25-6, 25-22.

“Timberlake (is) sitting undefeated in league,” Goins said. “It’s going to

take a lot to beat them this year. They have a freshman outside hitter that is an animal.”

Libero Gamma again dominated with 27 digs and a lot of back row at-tacks. Clark had five blocks, Witter had two assists, Genevieve Hurd had two aces, and Jahnsen had one kill. “We have to be a bigger threat on offence if we are going to beat them,” Goins said. The Spartans hosted St. George’s Tues-day, after The Miner went to press. They travel to Kellogg Thursday, Oct. 1, at 6:30 p.m.

on deCk: at keLLoGG: Thursday, Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m.

‘olivia Whitter, our setter, had a great game hustle after a lot of shanked balls that (anyone) else, might not have gotten to.’

Angie GoinsSpartan head Coach

Lady Spartans split the weekby Michelle nedvedOf The Miner

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls soccer team lost to Timberlake Tuesday, Sept. 22, but beat Kettle Falls Thursday, Sept. 24.

Priest River lost to Timberlake 4-0. Timberlake scored at 11 minutes, 53

seconds, 17:30, 26:02 and 29:20. Priest River had three shots on

goal, while Timberlake had nine. Spartan keeper Lilly Hernandez

had three saves, while Timberlake’s goalkeeper had one.

Priest River turned things around when they traveled to Kettle Falls Thursday, Sept. 24, and won 9-2.

Priest River’s Rachel Akre scored their first goal at 10 minutes, fol-lowed by a goal by Tabitha Wilson at

13 minutes. Alyssa Carey scored at 21:45, and Madison Hemphill scored

at 32 minutes for Priest River’s lead 4-0 lead. Kettle Falls scored their first goal at 36 minutes.

In the second half, Akre scored again at 45 minutes, with an assist by Jesi Huntley. Hannah Brengle scored at 46 minutes, and Elizabeth Downs scored at 53 minutes. Hunt-ley scored at 55 minutes.

Priest River had 15 shots on goal while Kettle Falls had five. Priest River’s keeper Tabitha Wilson had two saves and Melissa Krampert had three saves. Kettle Falls had a total of seven saves.

The Spartans traveled to Bonners Ferry, but results were not available at press time.

The Spartans hosted St. George’s Tuesday, after The Miner went to press. They travel to St. Maries Thursday, Oct. 1, to play at 4 p.m. and then host Newport Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m.

on deCk: at st. maries: Thursday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m.

vs. neWport: Saturday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m.

newport falls to lakesideby don GronninGOf The Miner

NINE MILE FALLS – The Newport Grizzly football team lost to Lakeside 54-7 Friday, Sept. 25.

“They’re a good team,” Newport coach Zac Farnam said. He said he thought Newport played better than

they did the week before against an-other Northeast A League powerhouse, Freeman. But turnovers hurt the Griz-zlies against Lakeside.

“We turned the ball over five times,” Farnam said. “You’re not going to win too many games when you turn the ball over that often.”

Farnam said Johnny Quandt had a good game, as did Kaben Hastings. Hastings averaged a little over 18 yards on three kickoff returns and played well on defense. He also scored Newport’s only touchdown when he caught a three yard pass from Otis Smith.

Quandt averaged 43 yards a punt on the two times he punted for Newport.

Farnam said Kai Thomas kicked well for Newport, scoring the PAT on New-port’s sole touchdown.

Lakeside had considerably more of-fense than Newport, with 373 yards to Newport’s 162.

Newport had an even 100 yards rushing, compared to 216 for Lakeside. Newport struggled with the passing game, with Smith picked off four times.

Both teams completed nine passes, but Lakeside had 157 passing yards to Newport’s 62.

Both teams had a dozen third down conversion attempts, but Lakeside made a first down eight times, while Newport made two first downs when faced with a third down.

Smith was the top rusher for New-port, with 39 yards on nine carries. Jesse Reyes also had nine carries, but Lakeside kept him down to 19 yards.

On defense, Danny Bradbury led Newport tacklers with six. Reyes and Quandt each had five tackles and Rob Owen had four tackles, as did Andrew Russell and Smith.

Newport has a 2-2 overall record and is 0-2 in Northeast A League play. In fact, four league teams have a 2-0 league record – Lakeside, Freeman, Colville and Deer Park and four teams have a 0-2 league record – Newport, Riverside, Medical Lake and Chewelah.

Newport will travel to Deer Park for their next game Friday, Oct. 2. The game will start at 7 p.m.

‘you’re not going to win too many games when you turn the ball over that often.’

Zac Farnamnewport Coach about his team’s five turnovers

on deCk:at deer park: Friday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.

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COULEE CITY – The Selkirk Rangers volley-ball team had as much trouble with Almira/Coulee-Hartline as ev-eryone else has. Selkirk was defeated in three sets by the undefeated ACH.

Selkirk coach Pam

Zimmerman acknowl-edges the Northeast 1B South League school is talented.

“We still had a great time playing them,” she said. “It’s fun to play teams that challenge us to be better than we thought we could be. It increases our confi-dence.”

Despite the three set sweep, 25-16, 25-14, 25-11, Zimmerman said her team was competi-tive.

“We had lots of great volleys, amazing digs and a couple blocks,” she said.

Lexy Ellsworth led the Rangers with two kills. Sierra Chantry had two assists, Whitney Daw-

son served an ace and Lauren McGeorge had a half dozen digs.

A scheduled game with Inchelium Tuesday, Sept. 22, was canceled because Inchelium didn’t have enough eligible players.

The Rangers are in third place in the North-east 1B North League, with a 3-2 record, behind Cusick (4-2), and Re-public (5-1) and ahead of Inchelium (1-2) and Curlew (0-6).

The Rangers played Valley Christian after deadline Tuesday. The Miner will have the results of that match in the next paper. The Rangers will be at home Saturday, Oct. 3, for a match against Well-pinit. That will start at noon. They will also be home for a match with Kettle Falls Tuesday, Oct. 6. That match will start at 5 p.m.

‘it’s fun to play teams that challenge us to be better than we thought we could be. it increases our confidence.’

Pam Zimmermanranger head Coach

on deCk:vs. WeLLpinit: Saturday, Oct. 3, noon

vs. kettLe FaLLs: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 5 p.m.

priest river turned things around when they traveled to Kettle falls thursday, sept. 24, and won 9-2.

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half against Timberlake in their second match up of the season. Second half was all Timberlake scoring three more goals to finish the night with a 6-1 win over Priest River.

“With both games on back to back nights, PR just had no opportunity to make adjustments and practice new strategies,” Lawler said. “Overall these were very evenly matched teams with similar number of shots and saves by both teams. Timberlake is good at get-ting their shots on goal. The boys played well and I expect them to continue to improve over the rest of the season. Dis-tricts will give us a new opportunity to make some adjustments for a rematch.”

The first match up of the season between Priest River and Orofino soc-cer favored the Spartans. Priest River scored early in the first half and contin-ued to dominate the game. Not until the second half did Priest River net a second goal and gain a comfortable lead.

The defense played a solid game only allowing three shots on goal and as-sisting Adam Irvine in recording his second shutout of the season.

“We had great offense as well with 56 shots on goal being taken from a vari-ety of players, including our seasoned upperclassmen as well as our newcom-

ers,” Lawler said. “The team is show-ing a great deal of improvement this season.”

Priest River and Bonners Ferry played a tough match with each other with similar statistics in the shots on goal and saves made by the keepers. Bonners came out on top scoring five goals of which the last three came in the last 12

minutes of the match. Defenders Gabe MacAlevy, Cody Pel-

ton, Clay Pelton and Drayven Ayers all kept Bonners at bay through out most of the match.

“This game was a very physical matchup today,” Lawler said. “After two tough matchups earlier this week with Timberlake and a long road trip to Oro-fino yesterday, Priest River had a tough week culminating in a road trip to Bon-ners Ferry today. We look forward to a rematch on our home turf after getting a week of rest.”

The Spartans travel to St. George’s Saturday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m., and then travel to St. Maries Monday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. They host Bonners Ferry Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.

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soccer: Defenders kept Bonner at bay

on deCk: at st. GeorGe’s: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2 p.m.

at st. maries: Monday, Oct. 5, 4 p.m.

vs. Bonners Ferry: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6 p.m.

Mule deer: Seven managment zones

ley, set for Oct. 15, Center Place Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place.

There will be a meeting in Ellensburg, Oct. 13 and in Olympia, Oct. 29.

The department sepa-

rates the state’s mule deer population into seven geographic management zones, including the north Rocky Mountains, Okano-gan highlands, Columbia Plateau, Blue Mountains, east slope Cascades, Naches and east Columbia Gorge.

“Having sufficient habi-

tat for mule deer is always a concern, particularly after two tough fire seasons,” Nelson said. “Overall, though, our mule deer populations are generally in good shape.”

The plan will go to WDFW’s director for final approval later this year.

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football: Storro leading rushergame and starting off fast with discipline in their assignments.”

Douglas says coaches emphasize that games are often won and lost based on momentum established in the first quarter.

There were some high-lights in the game for the Spartans. Caleb Blancher scored on blocked punt return and Anthony Storro made a 20-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Storro struggled at passing, with three inter-ceptions. He completed one of 15 for 10 yards.

While he didn’t have a good game passing, with Anselmo out with an

injury, Storro was the team’s leading rusher, with 74 yards on 11 attempts, including a 20-yard run.

Douglas says the team is working to improve

and he feels they are on the edge of a breakout.

“I keep feeling like we are going to have a game that turns the lights on for the boys that allows them to see they are plenty talented to win against a tough opponent they just have to believe in their abili-ties,” he said. “We will continue to work on being more disciplined in our responsibilities and continue to grow as a team to get better at we do.”

The Spartans have a record of 1-3. They have a week off, then travel to Spirit Lake to play Tim-berlake Friday, Oct. 9.

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‘it was one of those games when if it could go wrong it did.’

Shane DouglasSpartan head Coach

selKirK: Rushed for 350 yardsOn their ensuing drive

the Rangers answered on the first play from scrimmage, a 55 yard run by fullback Joey Dickinson. After Calvin Petrich hit Cole Daw-son with a two point conversion pass, the Rangers led by six, a lead that they would not relinquish.

Selkirk rushed for 350 yards on 37 carries with six touchdowns.

They also scored on a 32-yard pass, this time Petrich to Justin

Chantry. Dickinson led the

rushing attack with 139 yards and four touchdowns.

“Our backs ran very hard and our line did an excellent job con-trolling the play,” Cain

said. Defensively the Rangers recorded four takeaways.

“Other than allowing two big plays, I thought we played very well defensively.

We were very aggres-sive, flew to the ball, and hit hard,” Cain said.

The Rangers have a 4-0 record.

The Rangers play next at Northport this Friday, which is a change from their schedule.

That game will start at 7 p.m.

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‘We were very aggressive, flew to the ball, and hit hard.’

Kelly cainranger head Coach

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High game scratch: Jan Edgar 206; High game handicap: Jan Edgar 274; High series scratch: Laura O’Brien 518; High series handicap: Jan Edgar 636; High team game scratch: Country Lane Sparkles 600; High team game handicap: Golden Girls 824; High team series scratch: My Favorite Things 1,791; High team series handicap: Golden Girls 2,320. Converted splits: Shirley Ownbey 4-5-7; Judy Gregonis 3-10; Laura O’Brien 5-10; Jan Edgar 9-10.

thursday, sept. 24thursday nitersteam Won lostnewby’s 14 3team 8 9 7diesel dawgs 8.5 7.5plain nasty’s 8 8Gutter Gang8 8enforcers 6 10Wilkeinson rentals 5.5 10.5northwest renovations 5 11

High scratch game team: Diesel Dawgs 728. High scratch series team: Diesel Dawgs 2098. High handicap game team: Newby’s 895. High handicap series team: Newby’s 2613. High scratch game men: Don Mendel 244. High scratch series men: Don Mendel 637. High handicap game men: Don Mendel 280. High handicap series men: Don Mendel 745. High scratch game women: Sara Goss 196. High Scratch Series women: Sara Goss 520. High handicap game women: Jan Edgar 244. High handicap series women Diana Hilden 649.

Converted splits: Randy Edgar 3-6-7-10, Shirley Ownbey 3-6-7-10 and 3-9-10, and Vickie Nalting 4-5 and 5-10.

Friday, sept. 25friday night leftoversteam Won losttimber room 10 2party of four 9 3Knights realty 8 4King pin 6 6o.K. lanes 5 7pooch parlor 5 7Gutter Gang 5 7eZ-rider 4 8vacant 4 4nifty fifty 0 8

High Scratch Game Team: Timber Room 743. High Handicap Game Team: Knights Realty 899. High Scratch Series Team: Timber Room 2,185. High Handicap Series Team: Party of Four 2522. High Scratch Games: Brian Hilliard 225, Sharon Reed 203. High Handicap Games: Mel Logan 250, Sara Goss 253. High Scratch Series: Brian Hilliard 621, Sara Goss 532. High Handicap Series: Jonny Mason 666, Sherry Loveridge 674. Converted splits: Evie Logan 5-8-10, 5-6-10, 5-10, Terry Hastings 2-7, Sharon Smith 3-10, Sherry Loveridge 5-7, Pat Shields 4-7.

voLLeyBaLLtuesday, sept. 22newport 4, deer park 0newport (3-3, 2-2) 25 25 25 25 -4deer park (2-2, 2-2) 17 13 14 16 -0

ScoringKills-Stratton (New) 12. Nelson (DP) 8. Assists-Vaughn (New) 28. Carlson

(DP) 21. Aces-Hunt, Hood (New) 3. Carlson

(DP) 4.

st. Maries 3, priest river 0

st. Maries (1-0, 0-0) 25 25 25 -3priest river (1-6, 0-3) 18 16 20 -0

Scoring: Kills-Janhsen (PR) 8. Assists-Witter (PR) 16. Aces-Brennan (PR) 2. Digs-Gamma (PR) 26. Blocks-Clark (PR) 4.

thursday, sept. 24newport 3, Medical lake 0Medical lake (0-4, 0-4) 20 12 10 -0newport (3-3, 2-2) 25 25 25 -3

ScoringKills- Stratton (NP) 17, Fritz (ML) 6. Assists- Vaughn (NP) 22, Kepner

(ML) 6. Aces- Stratton, Mercurius (NP) 1. Digs- Stratton, Vaughn, Hood (NP) 4,

Dormaire (ML) 16. Blocks- Vaughn, Hood (NP) 3, Fritz

(ML) 2.Digs-Hood (New) 7. Mataya (DP) 12. Blocks-Stratton (New) 4. Tarble (DP) 4.

timberlake 3, priest river 0priest river (1-6, 0-3) 11 6 22 -0timberlake (6-3, 3-0) 25 25 25 -3

Scoring: Kills-Jahnsen (PR) 1, Malley (Tim) 9. Assists-Whittier (PR) 2. Aces-Hester (Tim) 3, Hurd (PR) 2. Digs-Gamma (PR) 27. Blocks-Clark (PR) 5.

FootBaLLFriday, sept. 25amira/coulee-hartline 30, cusick 22cusick (2-2, 0-0) 8 6 8 0

-22almira/coulee-hartline (3-1, 0-0) 14 14 30 8 -66

ACH- D. Isaak 17 run (Isaak run) Cus- Shanholtzer 39 run (Hendershott pass from Shanholtzer) ACH- Hunt 26 pass from D. Isaak (run failed) Cus- Cutshall 4 run (run failed) ACH- D. Isaak 52 run (Zappone pass from D. Isaak ACH- D. Isaak 81 run (run failed) ACH- D. Isaak 89 run (Nielsen pass from D. Isaak) Cus- Hendershot 10 pass from Cutshall (Hendershot pass from Cutshall) ACH- D. Isaak 74 run (Dye pass from D. Isaak) ACH- Hunt 70 run (pass failed) ACH- Hunt 52 run (run) ACH- M. Isaak 5 run (Burchill run)

lakeside 54, newport 7newport (2-2, 0-2) 0 7 0 0 -7lakeside (Wa) (3-1, 2-0) 16 17 21 0 -54

LS-Annanie 45 pass from Gay (Kick failed) LS-Kuhnert 5 run (Dennis kick) LS-Dennis 27 FG LS-Christeson 11 pass from Gay (Dennis kick) LS-Dennis 32 FG New-Hastings 3 pass from Smith (Thomas kick) LS-Brown 22 fumble return (Dennis kick) LS-Kuhnert 3 run (Dennis kick) LS-Clark 67 pass from Gay (Dennis kick) LS-Chittem 68 yard interception return (Dennis kick).

selkirk 50, Wallace 30selkirk 6 22 15 8 -50Wallace 14 8 8 0 -30

st. Maries 54, priest river 12priest river 0 6 0 6 -12st. Maries 35 6 7 6 -54

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tuesday, sept. 22newport (2-3, 1-2) -0deer park (5-0, 4-0) -6

Statistics: Shots --Newport 7, Deer Park 13. Saves --Newport, Strange Owl 7. Deer Park, Nelson 7. Scoring: First half --1, DP, Martinson (Moore), 7:00. 2, DP, Martinson (Thomas), 18:00. 3, DP, Thomas (Sellars), 19:00. Second half --4, DP, Martinson, 42:00. 5, DP, Martinson (Halfhide), 58:00. 6, DP, Martinson (Moore), 66:00.

priest river -0timberlake -4

Statistics: Shots: Priest River 3, Timberlake 9. Saves – Priest River, Hernandez 3. Timberlake, Lawler 1.

Scoring: 1, Tim, Vanderhoof 11:53. 2, Tim, Trumble 17:30. 3, Tim, Neuberger 26:02. 4, Tim, Kirby 29:20

thursday, sept. 24at Kettle fallspriest river (3-5, 2-4) -8Kettle falls (0-1, 0-0) -2

Statistics: Shots -- Priest River 15, Kettle Falls 5. Saves -- Priest River, Carey 0, Wilson 2, Brengle 0, Krampert 3. Kettle Falls, No. 1 7.

Scoring: First half -- 1, PR, Akre, 10:00. 2, PR, Wilson, 13:00. 3, Carey, 21:45. 4, Hemphill, 32:00. 5, KF, unknown, 36:00. Second half -- 6, PR, Akre (Huntley) 45:00. 7, PR, Brengle, 46:00. 8, PR, Downs (Travis) 53:00. 9, PR, Huntley, 55:00. 10, KF, unknown, 56:30.

Boys soCCertuesday, sept. 22timberlake (4-1, 2-0) -5priest river (4-5, 1-2) -1

Statistics: Shots -- Timberlake 12, Priest River 12. Saves -- Timberlake 2. Priest

River, Irvine 2.Scoring: First half --1, Tim, Bentley, 5:00.

2, Tim, own goal, 7:00. 3, Tim, own goal, 25:00. 4, Tim, Bentley, 30:00. Second half -- 5, PR, Jones (MacAlevy) 62:00. 6, Tim, Hauck, 78:00.

Wednesday, sept. 23priest river (4-5, 1-2) -1timberlake (4-1, 2-0) -6

Statistics: Shots -- Priest River 15, Timberlake 18. Saves -- Priest River, Irvine 7. Timberlake, Gervais 6.

Scoring: First half -- 1, Tim, Hauck, 3:00. 2, Tim, Bentley, 7:00. 3, PR, Amour (Jones) 8:00. 4, Tim, Hauck, 17:00. Second half -- 5, Tim, Bentley, 44:00. 6, Tim (own goal) 55:00. 6, Tim, Bentley, 64:00.

Friday, sept. 25priest river (4-5, 1-2) -4orofino (0-2, 0-1) -0

Statistics: Shots --Priest River 56, Orofino 13. Saves --Priest River, A. Irvine 3. Orofino, Robertson 24.

Scoring: First half --1, PR, Maltba (Jones), 2:00.

Second half --2, PR, Jones (J. Irvine), 50:00. 3, PR, Maltba (J. Irvine), 58:00. 4, PR, Brengle, 78:00.

saturday, sept. 26priest river (4-5, 1-2) -0bonners ferry (1-3, 1-1) -5

Statistics: Shots -- Priest River 14. Bonners Ferry 16. Saves -- Priest River, Irvine 13, Bonners Ferry, Blackmore 11.

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First, look deeper into the organization you’re sup-porting through annual memberships. The Nation-al Wild Turkey Federation realizes the importance of youth involvement, educa-tion and recruitment, and has created several pro-grams to propagate youth and family participation in outdoor activities.

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ment of Fish and Wildlife’s District 1, is comprised of seven game management units (GMUs) in north-eastern Washington: 101 (Sherman), 105 (Kelly Hill), 108 (Douglas), 111 (Alad-din), 113 (Selkirk), 117 (49 Degrees North), and 121 (Huckleberry). The area is prime for hunting elk, deer and bear. Here’s what to expect this year.

elk

WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE 2015 SEASON

Elk populations typically do not fluctuate dramati-cally from year to year, but periodic severe winters can trigger substantial die - offs. The 2014-15 winter was mild and consequently, populations available for harvest are expected to be similar in size compared to the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

That said, the total hunt-er harvest of elk in District 1 is low compared to other WDFW districts, hovering around 200-300 animals per year since 2009.

The 2015 wildfires that were still burning in late August may affect hunter access to some hunting areas. Hunters should check the status of wildfires and access restrictions at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/49#.

HOW TO FIND ELKWhen hunting elk in Dis-

trict 1, hunters need to do their homework and spend plenty of time scouting before the season opener because it is often difficult to predict where the elk are going to be, especially after hunting pressure increases.

Elk within District 1 are scattered in small groups and often stay on the move throughout the year.

With a lot of scouting to “pattern” these groups it is possible to increase your chances of harvesting an elk.

Many, if not most, hunt-ers spend great amounts of their time focusing on forest clear - cuts, which makes a lot of sense because elk often forage in clear-cuts and are highly visible when they do.

However, there are many elk (especially bulls) that do not frequent clear-cuts during daylight hours.

Instead, they spend most of their time during the day in closed canopy forests, swamps, or “reprod.”

Moreover, those highly visible elk often attract many hunters and clear-cuts can get crowded in a hurry.

From a landscape perspective, some generali-ties can be made that will help increase the odds of locating elk. When going to a new area, hunters will benefit by covering as much ground as possible and making note of areas where they are seeing sign along roads and log “land-ings.”

Log landings from past timber harvest operations are an especially good place to look for sign because they are often not graveled, which makes it easier to see fresh tracks.

This scouting approach will give hunters a good

idea of what areas hold elk and where to focus their more intensive scout-ing efforts. After those areas with abundant elk sign have been identified, hunters should focus in on higher elevation stands that provide cover and are adjacent to open hillsides and/or clear-cuts.

During early seasons when it is warm, these areas often include creek bottoms, river bottoms, or any place that is near water.

Once the season pro-gresses and temperatures cool, elk are not as at-tracted to water and the challenge of finding them becomes more difficult. Hunting pressure also has an effect and will force elk to use areas that provide thicker cover or are more inaccessible to hunters because of topographical features.

Later in the season, it is a good idea to consult a topographic map and find “benches” that are located in steep terrain and thick cover because elk often use these areas to bed down during the day.

Any snow cover gen-erally enhances the elk hunter’s ability to find elk tracks. Hunting right after a fresh snow usu-ally presents a particularly good advantage in track-ing down an individual or group of elk, hot on the

trail so to speak. Lastly, provided that

non-motorized access is allowed, hunters should not let a locked gate in an otherwise open area keep them from going in on foot, horseback, or bicycle to search for elk.

More often than not, these areas hold elk that have not received as much hunting pressure, which can make them less skittish and easier to hunt.

A popular approach to hunting these areas is to use mountain bikes and trailers, which is not extremely difficult given the density of maintained gravel roads that occur on timber company lands.

Deer

WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE 2015 SEASON

The 2015 wildfires that were still burning in late August may affect hunter access to some hunting areas. Hunters should check the status of wildfires and access

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Idaho big game hunters could have a hunting sea-son to brag about this fall, and deer hunters could see the best hunting in more than 20 years and poten-tially a record harvest for white-tailed deer.

Idaho Fish and Game biologists have lots of rea-sons to be optimistic. Four consecutive mild winters have helped deer and elk herds grow, and resident and nonresident hunters are showing renewed inter-est by buying more licenses and tags.

“Things are going really well in a lot of the state right now,” said Jon Rachael, Fish and Game’s state game manager.

Hunters last year had the largest deer harvest since 1992, and the largest elk harvest since 2005. This fall’s harvests could match or top last year’s, depend-ing on how many hunters go into the field and what kind of weather and hunt-ing conditions they get in the fall.

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Hunters harvested 61,200 deer in 2014, which is 12,100 more than in 2013, and the most since 1992. Harvests of white-tails and mule deer were both up in 2014, and Idaho recorded its third-highest whitetail harvest of all time.

Fish and Game sold 157,400 deer tags last year, which was the most since 1993, and statewide success rate was about 40 percent for those who went deer hunting.

Fish and Game’s annual winter monitoring also showed the highest winter mule deer survival since its intensive monitoring program began 15 years ago. Each winter, Fish and Game staff traps and radio collars adult mule deer and fawns in 14 locations across the state and moni-tors their survival through winter. Fawn survival rate

over winter was nearly 80 percent, topping the previ-ous high in the 2004-05 winter.

By comparison, during the worst winter in the program’s 15-year history, about 25 percent of fawns survived.

“We’ve been lucky,” Ra-chael said. “We’ve had very mild winters.”

Winter is the major regulator of deer popula-tions, and while more deer survive mild winters, mild is not always good. Drought can mean less for-age available for animals, which means they can be less fit to survive the upcoming winter. How-ever, even in years with low snowpack, well-timed rains in the spring and summer can improve forage for big game.

Biologists also said more than 95 percent of mule deer does that were radio collared in the last two years survived each winter, and healthy does typically produce twin fawns that quickly grow herds when conditions are favorable.

Fawn survival is a key indicator of the health of deer herds, and also of fu-ture hunting success. Last year’s male fawns become this year’s young bucks that make up a large por-tion of the annual harvest.

“I think we’re going to have a better year than last year because we are going to have more yearlings available,” Rachael said. “There should be more mule deer than we’ve seen out there in a long time.”

Also, mild winters mean a good carry over of mature bucks. Each year, Fish and Game measures some trophy-sized bucks during the season, and this year will likely produce more than usual thanks to several mild winters.

While mule deer popu-lations are up statewide, Rachael cautioned that doesn’t mean they will be evenly distributed. Dur-ing dry years, deer tend to

congregate around water and at higher elevations. During wet years, deer can be dispersed through a lot of country.

Fall weather is also a big factor for hunter suc-cess. Rainstorms and/or early snow typically mean higher success rates than warm, dry weather, especially during October general seasons.

White-tailed deer, which dominate Northern and Central Idaho, are doing excellent. Hunters took 28,200 whitetails in 2014, which is 5,100 more than in 2013. Whitetail harvests have grown five out the last six years and are currently above long-term averages. If trends continue this year, hunters could top the all-time whitetail harvest of 29,800 set in 1996.

Fish and Game does not monitor whitetails in the same ways it does mule deer. One way Fish and Game monitors whitetail populations is through hunting statistics, such as success rates, percentage of mature bucks, and num-bers of days hunters spend pursuing whitetails.

“There’s no reason to think that whitetails won’t be doing very, very well this year,” Rachael said.

But the dry summer, especially up north, has him concerned about the condition of deer heading into winter, and a harsh winter could mean trouble for whitetails.

There have been scat-tered reports of dead white-tails in Clearwater Basin, which could be caused by epizootic hemorrhagic dis-ease, commonly known as EHD. The disease is spread by biting gnats and poses no threats to humans. There are no confirmed cases yet, but the disease has hit whitetails in the past during late summer.

Overall, Fish and Game has seen growing interest in deer hunting in recent years. Tag sales have increased every year since

2011, and if that continues, and success rate for hunt-ers remains the same or similar to last year, Idaho hunters could see the best deer hunting in decades.

elk

Idaho’s elk population and hunting success is more complex than deer hunting, but elk hunt-ers also did well last year with the largest harvest since 2005 and an overall success rate of about 24 percent.

Hunters bagged 20,700 elk in 2014, which was

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and fawn to doe ratios. Recent moderate winters have likely contributed to increased over-winter sur-vival of deer in District 1.

District 1 runs voluntary check stations on select weekends during the mod-ern firearm season. The number of deer checked was down in 2014, but this is likely due to participation and not harvest success.

A good predictor of future harvest during general seasons is recent trends in harvest and catch per unit effort (CPUE) or its inverse, days per kill.

Keep in mind that as of 2011, a 4-point minimum restriction was imposed for white-tailed deer in GMUs 117 and 121, which led to decreases in harvest, hunter numbers, and hunter success.

Available evidence shows this regulation change brought about these de-creases and not a dramatic decrease in the white-tailed deer population.

HOW TO FIND AND HUNT WHITETAILS

As is the case with most game species, the key to harvesting a white-tailed deer in District 1 is scout-ing. Whitetails occur throughout the district and occur in nearly every habi-tat type that is present.

White-tailed deer densi-ties are highest in the val-leys and foothill benches bordering the valleys, es-pecially in the farm-forest mosaic within GMUs 105, 108, 117, and 121.

GMUs 101, 111, and 113 also have white-tailed deer, but with more localized distributions. The majority of hunting is done in or ad-jacent to agricultural fields or recent forest timber har-vest areas because when deer are present, they are much more visible than in adjacent habitats.

However, deer typically use these more open areas at night, dawn, and dusk, especially once they have been disturbed by human presence.

Therefore, it is advanta-geous for hunters to seek out areas a short to moder-ate distance away from these openings, which pro-vide more cover where deer are spending more time.

If a hunter is seeing large amounts of deer sign in an area, then odds are those deer are not far. The traditional approaches to hunting whitetails gener-ally include the following: still-hunting, where the hunter is moving, but very slowly through a “patch” of habitat, stopping frequently to scan or glass the vegetative cover a head with binoculars.

The hunter looks for parts of a deer, like legs, an antler, or a portion of the body or head, as opposed to the whole deer, which is usually not visible through the vegetation.

Stand hunting is another technique. This method in-volves the hunter patiently waiting in a treestand, on a stump, against a tree trunk, on a ridge rock, etc., in high deer use areas (highly traveled trails, habitat edges, bottlenecks, funnels, etc.) until deer show up.

A third deer hunting approach is conducting drives. This technique involves at least two hunt-ers, but ordinarily larger groups to maximize its effectiveness.

Here the hunters divide into “drivers” and “block-ers.” The blockers position themselves in an organized spacing, often downwind of a patch of deer bed-ding habitat (thick woods, forested swamp, or heavy brush field).

The drivers then slowly hike through the habitat patch, alerting the deer and hopefully “pushing” them to the blockers.

Sometimes it’s a good idea to post one blocker at the front of the habitat patch behind the drivers in the event that any deer double back to evade them.

Although each of these approaches is highly ef-fective, there is another technique that is not as well-known or used as much as it could be.

This includes rattling and grunting to simulate two bucks fighting over a doe.

This technique is more common with Midwestern and eastern white-tailed deer hunters, but can be effective here as well, espe-cially in the days leading up to the rut (deer breeding season) in mid-November.

A quick Google search on this topic will yield plenty of evidence to illustrate the effectiveness of this technique when conditions are right.

HOW TO FIND AND HUNT MULE DEER

Mule deer occur in Dis-trict 1, but in lesser abun-dance than white-tailed deer, especially east of the Columbia River. Although mule deer occur within every District 1 GMU, the highest density is in GMU 101. As is the case with most game species, the key to harvesting a mule deer in District 1 is scouting.

The classical western method of hunting mule deer is sometimes called glass and stalk. Here the hunter uses good optics, binoculars, and spotting scopes to scan from ridge tops and other vantage points to find the mule deer, pick out suitable bucks, and then stalk them to within shooting distance.

Ordinarily the stalk entails a strategic hike and cautious sneak action.

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that limit youth hunting by lobbying state wildlife agencies to allow more youth hunting opportuni-ties through mentoring and reducing age restric-tions. But the NWTF isn’t the only community orga-nization to aid in getting youth involved in hunting and shooting sports. Look to the following as addi-tional resources to help get youth on an outdoor path.

The Montana-based Rocky Mountain Elf Foundation inspires youth in several ways. The RMEF advocates youth interac-tion by providing kids a social site to read about youth outdoor activi-ties and share their own adventures. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and a youth RMEF blog is avail-able for them to connect. This youth membership initiative was created for girls and boys age 17, and under. Youngsters receive six digital issues of Bugle magazine, e-newsletters, a RMEF logo hat, decals, contests and gear dis-counts in addition to the social media interaction.

Another conservation or-ganization that addresses youth involvement is the Mule Deer Foundation. A focused MDF initiate is the M.U.L.E.Y. Program that stands for mindful, under-standing, legal and ethical

youth. Started in 2007, these day camps work as a gateway program to inspire, educate and inform youth on firearm instruc-tion, hunting, conserva-tion, and ethics. Youth are also introduced to the basic biology of the mule and black-tailed deer. By understanding the basic needs of the species youth begin to see why conser-vation and habitat efforts are important in wildlife management.

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The 4-H Shooting Sports program provides firearm safety and instruction in a supervised setting that offers scheduled practice with the chance for com-petitive challenges. Youth 8 to 18 take mandatory firearm safety instruction and then are introduced to shooting disciplines includ-ing air rifle, air pistol, .22 rifle, .22 pistol, muzzle-loader, shotgun sports and archery.

County and state com-petitions allow qualified shooters to advance to national shooting matches. In addition to competition 4-H Shooting Sports mem-bers learn about hunting principles, archery strate-gies and conservation eth-ics. This education creates self-worth and satisfaction by achieving marksman-ship goals.

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Community-based organizations can help you in a pinch for time, but what about those kids that don’t have hunting family member? Then it’s up to you to volunteer your time. You can do it solo and just ask permission to take an interested youth hunting or tag team with an organization that has a program in place.

Be sure to peruse the Idaho Fish and Game and Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife websites for special youth licenses and seasons. And inquire with local and state hunting organizations. You may find a notable youth program. If your search has hit a roadblock you need to reach out to national organizations. The National Rifle Asso-ciation and the National Shooting Sports Founda-tion both provide links to youth shooting programs, information, funding and assistance. They realize that without new hunters the tradition of hunting could become just another memory of days gone by. Make a commitment to mold a kid into a new hunter. With your help you’ll also mold that youth into a responsible adult.

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4,200 more than 2013 and the most since 2005. Elk tag sales and harvests have increased for three straight years.

“We’ve had a few good years and some positive feedback from hunters,” Rachael said.

If the short-term trend continues, there’s a fair-to-good chance more hunters will go into the field in the fall and kill more elk. This year’s harvest could again top 20,000 elk, which has happened only five times in the last 20 years.

Word has gotten out that elk hunting is rebound-ing in the state, and that coupled with an improved economy that allows more nonresidents to travel, means more hunters are taking advantage of it.

Fish and Game sold 93,100 elk tags last year, which is 4,400 more than in 2013 and the most since 2008.

The correlation between elk tag sales, harvest and success rate has been inter-esting in recent years.

Fish and Game sold more than 90,000 elk tags an-nually between 1995 and 2008, then participation in elk hunting gradually declined. In 2009, tag sales dropped below 90,000 for the first time in 13 years and bottomed out at 82,950 in 2012.

Between 2005 and 2011, there was a similar declin-ing harvest trend, except for a one-year bump in 2010. But in recent years, success rates and harvests gradually increased as hunters started seeing more elk. It’s likely a com-bination of mild winters, intensive predator man-agement and improved economy that has led to the resurgence of elk hunting in Idaho.

Even with some difficult years, the average elk har-vest over the last decade was 18,000, which is about 2,000 elk more than the 50-year average.

Managing elk popula-tions is different than deer populations, which tend to be more boom and bust. Elk are fewer in numbers, and populations trends

tend to be more gradual compared with deer.

Prior to the federal reintroduction of wolves in 1995-96, Fish and Game’s focused on bear and mountain lions when it need to manage preda-tors to boost elk herds. As wolf populations grew, but still remained feder-ally protected, Fish and Game’s primary response to declining elk herds in wolf country was limiting hunting opportunity.

Federal protection was removed in 2009, allowing Fish and Game to manage wolves more like bears and mountain lions. Idaho had its first wolf hunting season that year, and Fish and Game has continued wolf hunts every year since, except 2010, when wolves were temporarily placed back under federal protec-tion by court order.

Hunters and trappers have harvested about 1,300 wolves since 2009, resulting in a lower popula-tion, but still well above the minimum wolf population required by the federal government. Hunting and

trapping wolves have benefitted elk herds with higher elk survival rates in several areas of the state.

“Things have definitely changed since 2008-09 when we had the high-est density of predators,” Rachael said.

The Sawtooth elk zone in Central Idaho is a good example of the situation. In 2009, Fish and Game restricted the number of elk tags available to limit to the harvest. Even with limits on the number of tags, some went unsold because hunters weren’t seeing the numbers of elk they were accustom to seeing, but they were seeing lots of wolf sign. Fish and Game liberalized wolf hunting in the area, and hunters responded by taking more wolves. Since then, elk herds in the Sawtooth Zone have started to bounce back, hunter interest has returned, and both resident and nonresident tags sold out very quickly this year.

While statewide elk hunting is improving, it’s not happening in all areas that elk inhabit.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

PEND OREILLECase No. 15-4-00035-1PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSIN RE ESTATE OF JACK C. SMILEY, Deceased.The personal representative named below has been appointed as per-sonal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita-tions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal repre-sentative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of : (1) Thirty (30) days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or, (2) Four (4) months after the date of the first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets Date of First Publication: Septem-ber 16, 2015Personal Representative: Ida E. Smiley Attorney for Personal Representa-tive: Jennifer D. Gaffaney

Address for Mailing or Service: 1810 E. Schneidmiller Ave., Ste. 301Post Falls, Idaho 83854Court of probate proceedings: Su-perior Court, State of Washington, County of Pend OreilleCause Number: 15-4-00035-1DATED this 11th day of September, 2015./s/ Jennifer D. GaffaneyAttorneys for Personal Representa-tive WSBA No. 33018

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SALE OF TIMBEROLD CEMETERY ROAD LOGGING UNITKalispel Indian ReservationSealed bids will be received until 1:00 pm local time, October 7, 2015 marked outside “Proposal for Timber, “OLD CEMETERY ROAD LOGGING UNIT” addressed to the Forest Man-ager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA 99180, or hand delivered to the Kalispel Natural Resources office, Camas Center, Usk, WA, for the purchase of merchantable timber designated for removal on the Ka-lispel Indian Reservation described as the “OLD CEMETERY ROAD LOGGING UNIT”. Trees designated for harvest are painted with red and yellow tree marking paint. This sale contains approximately 60 acres to be logged, with an estimated volume of 328,742 board feet of sawlogs of all species consisting of 42,645 board feet of Ponderosa Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; 28,148 board feet of Douglas Fir/Western Larch sawlogs 5.5 inches to 12.5 inches DIB; 21,612 board feet of Douglas Fir/Western Larch sawlogs 12.6 inches and greater DIB; 99,106 board feet of Grand fir sawlogs 5.5 inches to 12.5 inches DIB; 94,841 board feet

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of Grand fir sawlogs 12.6 inches and greater DIB; 42,390 board feet of Lodgepole Pine sawlogs 5.5 inches and greater DIB; scaling diameter on a sixteen-foot log. The sale also includes approximately 150 tons of All Species Pulp and Hewood Products, 2.5 inches and greater DIB, which will be sold by weight. The above stated volumes are estimates and are not guaranteed. Each bidder must state the price per thousand board feet per bid group (Scribner Decimal “C” log scale or per ton) that will be paid for sawlogs cut and scaled, and tonwood, cut and weighed. No bid of less than $0.00 per thousand board feet for Ponderosa Pine sawlogs; $93.93 per thousand board feet for Douglas Fir/WL sawlogs 5.5 inches through 12.5 inches; $93.93 per thousand board feet for Douglas Fir/WL sawlogs 12.6 inches and greater; $79.83 per thousand board feet for Grand fir/OS sawlogs 5.5 inches through 12.5 inches; $79.83 per thousand board feet for GF sawlogs 12.6 inches and greater; $66.04 per thousand board feet for Lodgepole Pine sawlogs; and $1.00 per ton All Species Pulp and Hewood 2.5 inches and greater DIB will be accepted. This sale is a fixed rate, or unadjusted stumpage rate sale.Slashing and planting costs are included in the appraisal. Slashing and planting will be completed by Kalispel Natural Resources. These two costs total $18,738, and because they are included in the appraisal, these costs will be the responsibil-ity of the purchaser. The purchaser will make three payments of $6,246 each, payable to; “KALISPEL TRIBE

OF INDIANS, Slashing & Planting”. The payments will be due the last day of the month after starting the sale.A bid deposit in the form of a certi-fied check, cashier’s check or postal money order made payable to the Kalispel Indian Tribe, or cash in the amount of $2,300 (two thousand three hundred dollars) must accom-pany each sealed bid. The right to waive technical defects and to reject any and all bids is reserved. Indian Preference will be in effect on this sale as per Tribal policy dated Octo-ber 2001. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the tim-ber, road requirements, conditions of sale, use of irrevocable letter of credit, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Manager, Kalispel Tribe, P.O. Box 39, Usk, WA, 99180. Sale informa-tion including prospectus and bid package may be requested at the above address or by calling 509-447-7426.

Published in The Newport Miner on September 23 and 30, 2015 (34-2)___________________________


BUDGET HEARINGPend Oreille County Fire District 5 will be holding a Supplemental Budget Hearing, and it’s annual 2016 Budget Hearing October 6th before the regular Commissioner Meeting. The Supplemental Meeting hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. followed by the 2016 Budget at 6:45 p.m. and the regular Commissioner Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Station 51, 406722 SR 20, Cusick, WA 99119. The public is invited to attend and comment.Jay Foster, Fire Chief

Published in The Newport Miner September 23 and 30, 2015. (34-2)____________________________


The Pend Oreille Conservation shall reschedule its regularly scheduled Board Meeting from Wednesday, October 14th to Thursday, October 8th at 2:00 p.m. The meeting shall be held at the district’s office located at 121 N. Washington Ave., Newport WA 99156.

Published in The Newport Miner on September 30, 2015. (35)___________________________


NOTICE OF NOVEMBER 3, 2015 GENERAL ELECTION

The last date to register online, through the mail, transfer or update an existing registration is Monday, October 5th. First time voters may register in person until 4:30 pm Monday, October 26th at the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office, 625 W 4th Street, Newport.Pend Oreille County is a vote by mail County. A ballot will be mailed to each active registered voter in Pend Oreille County October 14-16, 2014. Please contact the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office at 509-447-6472 if you did not receive a ballot or you need a replacement ballot.Voters requiring assistance: Election ballots, registration forms, voting assistance for elderly and disabled persons, and other election or voter registration information are available at the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s

Office. Call 509-447-6472, or visit http://pendoreilleco.org/your-gov-ernment/auditor/elections/. Persons may also register to vote online at www.vote.wa.govThe November 3, 2015 ballot will include:Initiatives to the PeopleInitiative Measure No. 1366Initiative Measure No. 1366 con-cerns state taxes and fees. This measure would decrease the sales tax rate unless the legislature refers to voters a constitutional amend-ment requiring two-thirds legislative approval or voter approval to raise taxes, and legislative approval for fee increases.Initiative Measure No. 1401 Initiative Measure No. 1401 con-cerns trafficking of animal species threatened with extinction. This measure would make selling, pur-chasing, trading, or distributing cer-tain animal species threatened with extinction, and products containing such species, a gross misdemeanor or class-C felony, with exemptions for certain types of transfers.Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 10 Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1449The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, oil spill re-sponse and administration taxes to apply to crude oil or petroleum products transported by railroad, costing $17,000,000, for govern-ment spending.Advisory Vote No. 11 Second Substitute Senate Bill 5052The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, the marijuana excise tax on medical marijuana sales, costing an amount that cannot

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Fire Protection District 5; Commis-sioner Position 1, Commissioner Po-sition 2 & Commissioner Position 3Fire Protection District 6; Commis-sioner Position 3Fire Protection District 8; Commis-sioner Position 1Lenora Water/Sewer District; Com-missioner Position 1 & Commis-sioner Position 2Sacheen Water/Sewer District; Proposition No. 1Sacheen Lake Water & Sewer District One Year Excess Levy For Maintenance and OperationShall the following taxes, in excess of regular, non voted property tax lev-ies, for operation and maintenance purposes be levied for Sacheen Lake Water and Sewer District’s General Fund upon all taxable property within the District; A tax of approximately $ 0.75 per thousand dollars of as-sessed valuation (based on true and fair value) to provide $55,344.00, said levy to be made in 2015 for collection in 2016.The Canvassing Board of Pend Oreille County will convene as a public meeting in the Pend Oreille County Auditor’s Office at 625 W 4th Street, Newport, as follows:Tuesday, October 13th at 2:00 pm – logic and accuracy testTuesday, November 24th at 9:00am- Canvass Board meeting; the official certification will be signed at this meeting.Dated at Newport, Washington, this 22nd day of September, 2015.Marianne Nichols, County Auditor of Pend Oreille County and Ex-officio Supervisor of Elections.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

PEND OREILLENo. 15-2-00134-1SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION (60 days)CANDEA BALCOM, A SINGLE WOMAN, AKA CANDEA SMART-LOWITPlantiff,v.TAMARA BLAND, a married woman, and J.H. HUSCROFT, Ltd., a Cana-dian Corporation.Defendants.TO: Above-named Defendants;AND TO: Your attorneys of record.A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by the above-named Plaintiffs, by and through their attorney, AARON L. LOWE, of ARRON L. LOWE & AS-SOCIATES, P.S. Plaintiffs’ claim is stated in the written Complaint.In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint, which is incorporated by reference into this summons, by stating your defense in writing, and serve a copy upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiffs within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without further notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiffs are entitled to what is asked for in the Complaint, because you have not responded, and this Court may award damages in the form a judgment against in accordance with plaintiff’s complaint for negligence regarding a vehicle accident between plaintiff and defen-dants that occurred on September 26, 2012. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned attorney, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.Any response or notice of appear-ance which you serve on any party to this lawsuit must also be filed by you with the court within sixty (60) days after the publication of this summons. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. The Court has permitted summons by publication in this matter.This summons is issued pursuant to Civil Rule 4 of the Superior Court Rules of the State of Washington, and pursuant to RCW 4.28.100 and 4.28.110 which are incorporated by reference.Dated this 22nd day of Sept., 2015.AARON L. LOWE, Attorney at law/s/Aaron L. LoweAARON L. LOWE, WSBA #15120Attorney for PlaintiffsW. 1403 BroadwaySpokane, WA 99201Tele: (509) 323-9000

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The next regular NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL meeting has been RE-SCHEDULED to 4 pm from 6 pm as the NEWPORT PLANNING COMMISSION will be attending the Newport City Council meeting on Monday October 5, 2015, at 4:00 pm at Newport City Hall, 200 S. Washington Avenue. The Commis-sion may have a quorum and will be discussing planning issues with the City Council. No action will be taken by the Planning Commission at this meeting. Published in The Newport Miner September 30, 2015 (35)___________________________


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hospital District #2 will hold a Public Hearing October 12th, 3:30pm for the purpose of finalizing the Year 2016 Budget, and to propose a prop-erty tax revenue increase pursuant to RCW 84.55.120. The meeting will take place at the Administrative Office, located in Fire Station 23, 390442 SR 20, Ione, just south of the Historic Tiger Store. /s/ John RumelhartClerk of the Board

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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONNotice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on Sept. 8th, 2015, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjust-ment submitted by Richard & Leslie McCormick & David & Linda Wilbur, to modify the boundary between two contiguous lots (Parcel #’s 443001-63-9001 & 443001-80-0001; Within Sec. 01, T30N, R44E, WM. Any per-son desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Con-tact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than Oct. 14th, 2015 after which a final administra-tive decision will be made. Dated: Sept. 28, 2015

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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONNotice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on Sept. 24th, 2015, receive a complete applica-tion requesting a boundary line adjustment submitted by Edwin & Roberta Willey & Vincent Robinson, to aggregate three contiguous lots into two. (Parcel #’s 443235-54-9004 & 443235-54-9003 & 443235-54-9002; Within Sec. 35, T32N, R44E, WM. Any person desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this applica-tion should contact the Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Contact: Mike Lith-gow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than Oct. 14th, 2015 after which a final administrative decision will be made. Dated: Sept. 28, 2015

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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONNotice is hereby given that Pend Oreille County did on Sept. 24th, 2015, receive a complete application requesting a boundary line adjust-ment submitted by B. James Lee & Lisa C. Lee & Lo Ann Fowler, to modify the boundary between two contiguous lots (Parcel #’s 433134-51-0020 & 433134-51-0019; Within Sec. 34, T31N, R43E, WM. Any per-son desiring to express their views, or to be notified of the action taken on this application should contact the Community Development Dept. A copy of the complete file may be examined by the public between 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM at the Courthouse, Lower Level, 625 West 4th, Newport, WA 99156, (509) 447-4821. Con-tact: Mike Lithgow, Director. Written comments from the public may be submitted no later than Oct. 14th, 2015 after which a final administra-tive decision will be made. Dated: Sept. 28, 2015

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING:PEND OREILLE COUNTY HEAR-ING TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE TIPPING FEES FOR DIS-POSAL OF SOLID WASTE, INTER-NALIZE THE TRANSFER STATION OPERATIONS, AND BONDNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Pend Oreille County, Washington, will conduct a public hearing on October 12, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at the Pend Oreille County Commis-sioner Office, 625 W. 4th Street, Newport, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to take testimony, comments and conduct a discus-sion on a proposal to increase the tipping fee at the Deer Valley, Usk and Ione Transfer Stations, Internal-ize the transfer station operations, and Bond.Dated this 28th day of September 2015.Clerk of the Board, Rhonda Cary

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CITY OF SEATTLEBoundary Transmission Line Timber HarvestBid Opening: October 21, 2015 @ 2:00 PMPW# 2015-098PROJECT LOCATION: Boundary Hydroelectric Project, near Meta-line, WA.PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project will include cutting and haul-ing select marketable timber to a mill; clearing of select trees within various management units, grinding of all slash and unmarketable timber; spreading all ground up material on-site; ez-jecting cottonwoods within select areas; and creating habitat trees on a select number of trees across the site. A/E ESTIMATE: $15,000 PRE-BID SITE INSPECTION/MEETING: There is a mandatory pre-bid site inspection for this project. All those that wish to bid on the project will need to attend the following. The pre-bid site inspection is scheduled for October 8, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., Please meet at the Boundary Fore-bay Campground entrance, which is adjacent to the Boundary Hydroelec-tric Project entrance. Do not pass through the security checkpoint. BID DOCUMENTS: Contract Docu-ments, contacts and Bid Instructions are available at https://www.ebidex-change.com/seattle.

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Brad McMeen is the Eagle Scout candidate that did a booth on Sheltering in Place at the Preparedness Fair. The name of his twin brother was incorrectly listed in last week’s issue of The Miner. We regret any confusion this caused.

Due to misinformation provided to The Miner, there was an error in last week’s story on the Au-tumn Bloom Fun Run. The 5K Female Overall win-ners were: Tiffany Storro (1st), Diana Crabtree (2nd) and Kristi Buescher (3rd). We regret any confusion this may have caused.

North Idaho wildfires remain active this fall, cause additional closures

COEUR D’ALENE – The recent shift back to warmer and dryer con-ditions is causing several area fires to increase in activity, resulting in visible smoke and minor fire spread. On the Grizzly Complex, located in the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River drainage, increased fire spread has resulted in additional emergency trail and road closures in order to provide for public safety. Effective immediately an emergency closure has been issued for Forest Road 804, also known as the Miners Creek Road.

Additionally, Forest Trail 81, near the Little Guard Lookout Tower has been closed due to fire activity.

Local communities and forest visitors throughout north Idaho should expect to see smoke, road closures and burned areas in many

locations as most remaining fires are expected to continue burning until steady rain or snow finally extinguishes them. These ongoing fires require forest visitors to exer-cise caution near burned areas and active fires. Members of the public are strongly urged to take closures seriously due to the high potential for serious injury or death due to falling trees and active fire within the closed areas.

Some of the most active fires re-main in the Grizzly Complex, which has burned approximately 19,000 acres this year resulting in several road and area closures in the area. Although the fire has not destroyed any structures, it did burn into the Settler’s Grove of Ancient Cedars in late August 2015 causing significant damage to many of the trees. The

stand was not completely burned, but many trees remain unstable and are continuing to fall without warning. Due to the unstable nature of this area the Settlers Grove will remain closed until the area is safe for visitors. This closure is expected to last until at least spring 2016.

As fire activity fades, and areas, roads and trails are determined to be safe, the Forest Service will continue lifting emergency closures. At this time only a handful of roads, trails, and areas remain closed to public access due to ongoing safety concerns.

For an up-to-date listing of clo-sures and closure maps, visit the Idaho Panhandle National Forests website at www.fs.usda.gov/ipnf, or contact your local Forest Service office.

Work on Usk Hall finishing

COURTESY PHOTO|BARB MCGILL

Workers were finishing up on the new foundation for the Usk Community Hall.

USK – The foundation work is nearly finished and events are now being scheduled for the Usk Community Hall, according to Barb McGill. The foundation work has been an exciting time for community members.

“There was the old school paddle discovered, a boxing glove and some of the floor wood had O. McLaughlin, Usk, Washington stamped on it,” McGill said. There will be a garage sale at the community hall Oct. 1-3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, will be half-price day on the garage sale items. All proceeds from the garage sale will be put into the building fund, so the other side of the hall can have a foundation put in.

The Fall Bazaar is scheduled for Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

COURTESY PHOTO|BONNIE SHEFFLER

Accomplished drummerBrandon McMeen, a 16-year-old sophomore at Newport High School, competed in the 2015 Guitar Center Drum Off in Spokane on Sept. 22. He qualified to move on to the store Finals, where he will compete against five other people for the opportunity to go on to Seattle for more drumming competition. McMeen started playing drums in the fifth grade. When he was an eighth grader he attended band at the high school and lettered. He has lettered every year since.

Washington will audit employers who misclassify

workers OLYMPIA – The mis-

classification of workers as independent contrac-tors — or failure to classify them at all — is a problem in Washington and across the country. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) awarded federal funds to Wash-ington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) recently to hire two new employees who will audit employers who fail to report wages paid to workers and avoid paying unemployment taxes.

USDOL awarded Washington $415,935 as part of $10 million in state grants that aim to identify instances where employers misclassify employees or fail to report the wages paid to work-ers at all.

ESD’s two new em-ployees are predicted to

detect an estimated 430 misclassified employees and nearly $7 million in unreported wages each year. With the new hires, a total of eight auditors will work in the agency’s Underground Economy Unit. “The Underground Economy Unit levels the playing field to ensure all employers pay their fair share,” said Una Wiley, ESD’s Tax and Wage dep-uty director. “Employers who don’t pay their fair share of unemployment taxes are able to under-cut their competitors who abide by the rules.”“In ad-dition to denying workers access to critical benefits and protections to which they are entitled, worker misclassification gener-ates substantial losses to state unemployment funds,” USDOL stated in a news release.

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