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TONASKET - If this is what retirement looks like, it’s hard to imagine what Tonasket EMS Director Michael Greene’s full-time career must have looked like.

Greene, who moved to Tonasket with his wife Barbara to retire after health issues ended his 37-year full-time fire and EMS career, found himself taking the EMS director job last spring after former Tonasket Elementary School principal (and EMS direc-tor) Jeff Cravy moved to Whidbey Island.

Greene had been happy work-ing as an EMT, but quickly started putting his experience to work.

Over the past 14 months, Greene has managed double the size of the Tonasket EMT pool from nine to 18 through his training efforts, spurred greater coordination with other first-responder agencies, upgraded the EMS district’s vehicle fleet, pro-vided support for Republic as its EMS district has gone through transition; and somewhere in there managed to effect improve-ments to the EMS building.

“It’s been a really busy 14 months,” Greene said.

While Greene has provided direction, he says that credit for all that has happened through all of the changes goes to the nine experienced EMTs that bought in to his efforts. Wendy and Rob Burks, Glenna Brown, Kim Humphries, Leilani Kilpatrick, Julia Verbeck, Shannon Garoutte,

Yvonne Kennedy and Karen Kenyon, he said, were the main-stays that have made the transi-tion successful.

“I can’t emphasize enough what a great group off people we have here, from the EMTs to the advi-sory board,” Greene said. They’re just great, dedicated people. At the start, we got their input on their top priorities, their con-cerns, their solutions. The people on the front lines bring the best perspective.”

The biggest immediate chal-lenge, Greene said, was expand-ing the number of EMTs. With only nine available, and the need for three on call at a time, that meant 56 hours a week of volun-teer duty, per person.

“We were asking them to com-mit to 2,920 hours of volunteerin a year, “ Greene said. “If you volunteer at the Kiwanis you get to decide when you volunteer, you bring your own skills, and

it doesn’t cost anything. If you volunteer with the ambulance, you have to start with 180 hours of training, the cost of which you pay for yourself, about $1000. Then, you don’t get to decide when you volunteer. You’re on call. That’s nights, weekends and holidays.

“Our biggest realization was needed to get people. The biggest obstacle was the time commit-ment and the cost of training. So we recruited within the com-munity.”

Greene renewed his license to teach EMT classes, while Kilpatrick and Kennedy went through the steps to become state instructors. That meant staffing enough for three classes a week in Tonasket as well as three more in Republic, which had been in dire straits because of an even worse shortage of EMTs.

“I was so impressed with how committed our people were to

helping,” Greene said. “It would have been impossible to do that class without all of the current EMTs participating. Many of them sat through the entire class. So they’re there helping during the practicals, they were there on weekends, they came up to Republic to help. I was over-whelmed with the kind of com-mitment that they had to being able to do it.”

Greene, who noted that in many arenas the more experi-enced employees are threatened by the presence of newer work-ers, said his volunteers showed no such fears. He said he asked Wendy Burks why that wasn’t the case.

“She told me, ‘This is our com-munity. We want to train these people to help them take care of our friends and neighbors. Of course we want to help.’

“So that was pretty cool. They did all that, in addition to their

volunteer hours, and they just gave a million percent.”

In all, 11 new EMTs finished out the course and nine of those have stuck with it since.

“Instead of calling people up and pleading with them to cover shifts, we have more people than shifts, which is great,” Greene said.

Probably the other area where Greene’s handiwork has been most evident has been in his efforts to train with other agen-cies in a coordinated fashion so as to be prepared in the event of a major incident.

A real-life incident last year where a number of orchard work-ers were exposed to insecticide highlighted that need.

“A critique at the hospital after-ward showed there was not a level of coordination between all the agencies,” Greene said. “So

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The Tonasket FFA Alumni hosted its fourth annual barbecue and dessert auction fundraiser for the Tonasket FFA on Friday, Aug. 15. The dessert auction was a fundraiser to support the state champion Rituals team, which is slated to go to the FFA National Convention this fall in Louisville, Kentucky. Team members Jenna Valentine, Rade Pilkinton, Jordan Hughes, Madison Bayless, Janelle Catone, Rachel Silverthorn and Sammie Earley were all on hand to visit with the large group of community members that showed up to support them. FFA Alumni president Desirae Coe and auctioneer Jerry Asmussen coordinated the festivities while ag instructor Matt Deebach, who received a gift from his team, managed the barbeque. Deebach reported that about $3,200 was raised that will be applied toward the team’s trip to Louisville.Top, Jenna Valentine does her best to help out Jerry Asmussen’s auctioneering during Friday’s dessert auction with a demonstration of pie tastiness. Above, Tonasket FFA ag instructor Matt Deebach and Rade Pilkinton work the barbecue at Friday’s fundraiser.

TONASKET FFA GETS BIG BOOST


TONASKET - Taking advantage of his first extended break since last fall’s elec-tion, U.S. Rep. Richard “Doc” Hastings (R-Pasco) recently stopped in Tonasket as part of his tour of Washington’s 4th District, which covers the central part of the state from the Oregon to Canada borders.

“It takes time to get through the whole thing,” Hastings said over fruit, coffee cake and water at an outdoor table at Shannon’s Cafe and Deli last week. “This is my opportunity to touch base with people, which is what I’ve done in the past.”

This is Hastings’ first term “back” to representing Okanogan County, though he has held his seat since 1995. Re-districting in 2003 shifted the county out of the 4th District, but in 2010 another shuffle returned the county to Hastings’ district.

A lot of the issues, he said, were simi-lar to the ones he heard about during his previous run as Okanogan County’s congressional representative.

Of a number of topics that were dis-cussed, the issues involving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements that have been a problem for North Valley Hospital (and other hospitals nationwide) in par-ticular raised Hastings’ ire.

“There’s always been a conflict on the reimbursement,” Hastings said.

Washington, he said, in effect gets penal-ized because it has historically been effi-cient in its use of federal dollars.

“Other areas of the country are not as efficient with federal dollars,” he said. “Yet the costs are the same. One could make the observation that the state of Washington is being penalized for being more efficient with federal dollars (in regards to reimbursement).

“It’s not brand new; it just seems to pop up now and again... The federal government should be like everyone else; they need to pay their bills on time.”

Hastings said he fears that with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) such delays will only get worse.

“We never really get a good answer (about the remimbursement delays),” he said. “All I can say, and I don’t mean to be negative, but it’s going to get worse with Obamacare... I don’t like that and I don’t like saying that.

“Government will be even more in control - not that they aren’t already - it just adds that much more govern-ment control with the implementation of Obamacare. It’s going to slow things down; it’s not going to speed up.”

He did say that the Ways and Means Committee had been discussing chang-ing reimbursement rates but that it was only in the very early stages.

Hastings drops by

Tonasket considering sidewalks ordinance

Tonasket EMS expands EMT pool, training

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TONASKET - The Tonasket City Council is considering an ordinance to regulate the use of sidewalks in the downtown commercial and industrial districts. The council was presented with a draft of the ordinance at its Tuesday, Aug. 13, meeting where the council dis-cussed its merits but decided that involv-ing local businesses in the discussion before moving on it would be wise.

The ordinance is designed to prioritize the usage of the downtown sidewalks, keeping a minimum of five feet in width for the passage of pedestrians, includ-ing those with handicaps, and so as not to obstruct line of sight at corners for vehicles trying to make turns.

The original discussion had been prompted by complaints that some busi-nesses’ outdoor displays were imped-ing pedestrians, particularly those with handicaps that required more space to navigate the sidewalks. The other issue involved the leaving of business wares out on sidewalks overnight.

“I really like the verbiage pertain-ing to (leaving things out on the side-walk) at night,” said council member Jean Ramsey. “It has to be ‘outsideable’ material.”

“It’s much more restrictive than the what we have right now - no restric-tions - but it does allow the use of the sidewalks during the day for retail busi-nesses,” said Mayor Patrick Plumb. “

The council discussed informing area

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Adding volunteers, coordinating with other agencies were new director Greene’s big first year push

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OROVILLE - Got a problem with a tree that is, or may be, in City Right-of-Way? Who you gonna call? Well don’t call tree service or your friend with the chainsaw until you call Chris Branch at the Community Development Office, says the Oroville Tree Board.

Branch works with this city appointed board to make recom-mendations to the Public Works Department and the city council on the maintenance, care, plant-ing and removal of trees on city property.

The Oroville Tree Board mem-bership, appointed by the mayor and council, is the result of a recent “merger” of prior mem-bers and the Oroville Streetscape Committee. People may have noticed representatives of the group out a couple of weeks ago checking the health and needs of the downtown trees. The board has already designated their “official pruning crew” who

will do the light pruning work on downtown trees in the fall and spring. The “high” work will be dealt with by the Oroville City Crew and Okanogan County PUD where applicable.

The city’s sidewalk ordinance is currently the place to look to understand the responsibilities of landowners in regard to sidewalks bordering their property, accord-ing to Branch, Oroville’s direc-tor of Community Development. The ordinance includes require-ments for the maintenance and care of trees and shrubs.

Chapter 12.08.010 sets forth, in part, that “All trees and shrubs planted in any planting strip or in planters in or on the side-walk shall thereupon become the absolute property of the city but the care thereof shall remain the responsibility of the owner of the abutting property, except…” and the ordinance lists streets where the city is responsible for care and maintenance, most of which are in the downtown area where curbs, gutters and sidewalks

currently exist. The ordinance states that “pruning of such trees by anyone other than the city’s employees, agents or contractors, is prohibited. No person shall paint, injure or damage any tree belonging to the city and all care shall be according to generally accepted horticultural practices. The town reserves the right to designate what species of trees or shrubs may be planted and where such plantings may be made.

The entire municipal code is available online at the city’s web-site address, www.oroville-wa.com; however, those with spe-cific questions, concerns or com-plaints should Branch at (509) 560-3535. He will answer ques-tions, present tree issues to the Tree Board, and reports to the city council on recommendations of the Tree Board.

The Tree Board plans to meet the first Monday of each month at Oroville City Hall, 1308 Ironwood, except on holidays when the meeting will be the fol-lowing Monday.

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OROVILLE - Okanogan Conservation District is holding its next Firewise workshop in Oroville on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

The workshop will be at the Oroville Fire Station, 1300 Ironwood Street. The fire-wise workshop is provided in partnership with Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Okanogan County and Okanogan Fire District 1.

From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., local fire managers will discuss ways to prepare one’s home and prop-erty for wildfire, and how to react when a wildfire is in the area. From 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., there will be an optional field trip to see firewise techniques being implemented on private property in the Wannacut Lake area. Light refreshments will be provided.

Those that plan to stay for the whole workshop should bring a brown bag lunch.

The national Firewise Communities program is an interagency program designed to encourage local solutions for wildfire safety. The program offers simple ways community members can work together to prevent their properties from

becoming fuel for a wildfire. Residents can reduce the risk of their home’s ignition by sim-ply modifying their homes and immediate surroundings. With adequate planning and coopera-tion among homeowners, public agencies, and community lead-ers, wildfires can occur without disastrous loss of life, property, and resources.

In Okanogan County, the Firewise program is coordinated by the Okanogan Conservation District in cooperation with the DNR.

For more information, visit www.okanogancd.org/firewise

The mission of the Okanogan Conservation District is to help cooperators achieve their conser-vation goals. The district provides voluntary, non-regulatory ser-vices to landowners and lessees in Okanogan County to address natural resource concerns.

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Workshop:this Saturday, aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Oroville Fire Station, 1300 ironwood Street.Optional Field trip from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Wannacut lake area.

Above, the beer business is good; good enough that Bart Traubeck, owner of Alpine Brewery in Oroville, found he needed to expand his beer-making capacity. Traubeck ordered four custom made 2000-gallon stainless steel barrels. The new barrels, when taken in conjunction with a couple of his old bar-rels, means the brewery, located at 821 Fourth St., has the capacity of making over 8000 gallons of beer every four weeks. Alpine is avail-able on tap, in half-gallon growlers and in kegs, both locally and at establishments on both sides of the Cascade Range. Helping to move the last of the four barrels are (left to right) Wade Wills, Jerry King, Traubeck, Tim Vallo and John Smith.Left, Jerry King, who was in charge of navigating the big barrels, unbuckles the chain hoist that was used to lift the barrel upright after having been carefully moved into its new home with pallet jacks on each end, just barely squeezing through two of the three doors. The barrel was then placed on one pallet and moved into position next to the three other new barrels.

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ROLL IN The BARReLS

“Nothing has passed out of committee,” Hastings said.

When asked about school funding, Hastings said he under-stood the frustration of local school boards, particularly when it came to a lack of flexibility in using the money they receive.

“They have to have dollars for specific things and yet they have needs in other areas and can’t trans-fer the dollars,” he said. “I’m sympa-thetic to that. I’m a great proponent of local control of schools and dol-lars. When you have those sort of things you’ll have these deficien-cies. I don’t know what the state’s answer was to all of that. (Some) areas probably aren’t as well-funded as they could be because they don’t have the flexibility to transfer those dollars.”

HYDRO, FORESTS, MINESHastings chairs the House

Committee on Natural Resources, and many of the issues he deals with first hand directl effect North Central Washington.

Hastings said he was pleased that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grant-ed the PUD a 50-year license to generate hydroelectric power at Enloe Dam, which hasn’t hap-pened since the 1950s.

“(That) was good.,” Hastings said. “Going through that process there was some question whether they were going to get 50, 40 or 30 (years). We helped in that regard to the extent we could weigh in.

“Now it’s the other permitting and the other things associated with the process. .. they still have some state issues with the BLM (Bureau of Land Management). They know and anticipated there will be appeals and legal issues as they go forward.”

He also said he discussed the future of Kinross’s presence in the area with representatives from the company.

“They told me they were com-mitted to expanding,” Hastings said. “The life of (Buckhorn) mine I think was seven years and that runs out soon. It’s there, but they are committed to going forward.

“A group that supports gold mining is having a meeting in Curlew next week. I just wanted to be brought up to date since I won’t be in Curlew for that, though one of my staff will. Everything I heard when I rep-resented this area in the 90s is about the same except they are now in active production, look-ing to expand. There are still the normal frustrations that go with the permitting.”

He also talked about the Healthy Forest Reform Act (H.R. 1526), which recently passed out of committee by voice vote.

“Our bill essentially says that national forests, which were

designed to be for multiple pur-poses... the Forest Service shall set goals for timber harvest in national forests. There are excep-tions but the general idea is that we should be harvesting timber.

The reason why, the last 30 years, nationwide, timber harvests on federal lands have declined by 80 percent. What happens in line with that is the incidence of wildfires. There is a direct correla-tion between timber harvest going down, and wildfires going up.

“What we say in our bill, and it passed out of committee, bi-partisan, is that we call for more timber harvest and more control by local governments. It’s a pretty significant piece of legislation. We hope to have it on the floor in September... I think it will pass the House; it has to go to the Senate and we’ll see where it goes from there.”

Two juvenile osprey were hanging in bailing twine from their nest (left) up on a platform placed by the PUD near the end of Spectacle Lake, along the Loomis-Oroville Highway. After several people made phone calls in an attempt to mount a rescue, Jeff Rhoades arrived with a PUD boom truck around 12:45 p.m. However, the truck’s bucket arm was not quite long enough. A curved knife was affixed to a long pole and that proved to be enough extra reach to cut the birds free.“One of the adult raptors was not really happy about this and it was shrieking and swooping towards the PUD guy. But he kept his cool and cut the birds down,” said Bonita Wright, who took these photos of the rescue.Officer Dan Christiansen, with the state Department of Fish & Wildlife had arrived during this time to aid in the rescue of the two birds. He and Kathy Tomlinson, who lives nearby, were on the ground waiting as the birds dropped, according to Wright.Below, the two young osprey after they were finally freed from the bailing twine, which adult osprey often find and use to line their nests.

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we started teaching Incident Management classes so that everyone had a common ter-minology, common tools. We trained together so when the real event comes we’re prepared. In my experience, when you train together you function so much better at an incident.”

Greene said after working with the hospital on the Incident Command System, he moved on to the school, which also has embraced a new way of doing its drills by expanding beyond the old traditional fire drill.

“We taught staff and teach-ers Incident Command,” he said. “Instead of a monthly boring fire drill, they have a monthly exercise involving, say a parent whose gassing meth, a bomb, a fire, an off-site bus incident in snowy weather, all the things that they internally need to be able to handle.

“I’m really impressed with the way they embraced and partici-pated in that training. I’m really looking forward to working with them this school year.”

As for the EMS’s own infra-structure, the building has been re-painted, has gotten electri-cal upgrades, a new seal to the roof, and even had black mold removed from the interior.

“Here we are concerned about health, and we have black mold in our building,” Greene said. “

Between repairs, trade-ins and purchases, the department now has a pair of 4-wheel drive ambu-

lances capable of traversing the difficult Okanogan terrain in any weather.

“We don’t get the luxury of deciding there is too much snow out there,” Greene said. “We’ve got to get there year ‘round in all terrain. So now we have two 4-wheel drives and sold two other ambulances to be able to afford to buy and repair these.”

Greene said he’s hoping to establish a scholarship fund to help prospective EMTs cover their training fees, which often is an obstacle for those wanting to start out. And he has plans to expand the training for his cur-rent volunteers.

The current EMTs all have completed 180 hours of training to do basic life support, provide defibrillation, as well as epineph-rine to treat allergy responses and other first life saving steps.

Intermediate training requires another 100-plus hours and allows EMTs to provide an expanded number of medica-tions, start IVs and to some air-way procedures.

Greene would also like to con-tract with a paramedic service to bring even more expertise into the community, as well as the opportunity for the Tonasket EMTs to enter into that program, which requires another 2,000 hours.

Paramedics can give 38 types of medications, do more advanced airway procedures, monitor EKG and more, Greene said.

“You have to pre-qualify by being an EMT for several years,” Greene said. “Many of our EMTs are convinced they’re going on to become paramedics and I’m convinced they’ll be successful in doing so.

I think that in the meantime, doing a partnership with a para-medic service could enable us o contract with some coverage and allow us to expand our service.”

Greene added that they are hoping to expand some of their community outreach, especially in terms of educating citizens on such simple things as sign place-ment (to aid ambulance crews in finding their homes), “Vial of Life” programs that assist in informing EMTs of what medi-cations patients may be taking, and fall prevention programs for seniors.

When asked about the EMS levy, which expires next year, and whether or not he was concerned it would pass, he said part of that rested on the EMS district’s ability to communicate what it does.

“I think some people think of us like the plumber, and how much it costs,” he said. “So they don’t want to think about us sometimes. I believe when people understand what they’re paying for, then it’s well-supported, and part of our job is to help people understand that.

“I’m inspired by these volun-teers and what they commit to their community. That’s been the reward; I’ve been happy to do it.”

EMS | FROM A1

HASTINGS | FROM A1

OSPREY RESCUE

Bonita Wright/submitted photos

Right, WDF&W Officer Dan Christiansen holds one of the juvenile ospreys while Kathy

Thomlinson cuts them free using a curved-bladed knife.

“Officer Christensen had indi-cated that he had done this

before and proceeded to hold one of the ospreys around the back and chest then pulled up

behind the legs. He said that this position disengages the

birds ability to use their talons... much safer,” said Wright who

witnessed the rescue of the young birds.

The twine bit into the flesh of one of the ospreys, but the

other bird not seem to have any wounds. The birds were both

stunned and could not fly when first released from their bindings.

Lisa Lindsey of Okanogan Wildlife League (OWL), who

does many animal rescues, was contacted but was out of town,

according to Wright. She told the rescuers they should just

leave the birds where they were for now and that their parents

would probably take care of them. Wright said that she

checked back later and the birds were no longer where they had

been left. She praised the group effort, saying, “I felt very privi-

leged to be part of a commu-nity that works together to help wildlife such as these beautiful

seahawks.”

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The Knights of Veritas, a group from Ellensburg, Wash. that teaches about knights, chivalry and the Middle Ages, were at the Oroville Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 8. The knights specialize in interactive educational demon-strations of medieval arms, armor, combat and knighthood. Their presentations offer “entertainment, excitement and enlightenment, providing a fun way to learn about history and generate interest in learning.” Dressing as knights and demonstrating the differences between stage battle and real battle were Director Eric Slyter (left) and Assistant Curtis Bender. The Stage Manager is Rebekka Van Der Does. The presentation was held in Madeline Wells Park behind the library and was part of the library’s Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the North Central Regional Library.

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businesses of the potential chang-es through notices in the water bill, but would discuss holding a meeting prior to passing the ordinance.

“We should construct a work-shop with the commercial and industrial property owners on the need for such regulation,” Plumb said. “Then, the content can be vetted with them.”

The council determined that it would set a date and time for such a meeting their next regular council meeting.

CODE REVIEW/NOISE ORDINANCEThe council also discussed get-

ting its code review and revision efforts back on track, with Plumb citing the noise control ordinance as an Exhibit A of vague and somewhat abused code.

“Right now,” Plumb said, “the code as it is written, one person can use it to harass another per-son.”

When asked by council mem-ber Jill Vugteveen what he meant, Plumb said, “One person can make a complaint against anoth-er, to the point where the officer has no choice under the code as it is constructed right now to give them a ticket after they went through the warning process. It used to be three (complaints by different people) and that was too much... one is not enough. Maybe two would be the way to go.”

Plumb cited a situation in his own neighborhood that seemed to have become personal, and wasn’t sure if proposed changes to the ordinance would change that ability to abuse it.

“I don’t know if that will rectify the situation where the neighbor can call about a dog barking at three in the afternoon, and music at two in the afternoon,” he said. “Anything can be used to harass.”

He asked the police committee (council members Scott Olson and Claire Jeffko) to review and discuss the matter with Police Chief Rob Burks before taking further action on the ordinance.

The council also will discuss when to hold a special meeting to continue the code review process.

TO SPRAY OR NOT TO SPRAYCity Superintendent Hugh

Jensen and Clerk Alice Attwood attended a meeting with a num-ber of other cities to determine the viability of forming a mosqui-

to control district. Attwood was away at a conference, but Jensen’s report sparked a debate amongst the council members over the wisdom of joining with other cit-ies in that particular venture.

“(The question is), is the city OK with us continuing to be part of the conversation?” Plums said. “If you don’t, then we would stop... Right now what it takes is the commissioners have to set up a junior taxing district, and the only time we can join with-out being abutting properties is now. (For the purpose of the dis-trict) the cities would be like little islands.”

Plumb noted that at a previ-ous meeting he had erred in dis-cussing how the funds would be raised.

“It would be a property tax, not a sales tax,” he said. “I was mistaken about that. It would go on the ballot and the people of Tonasket would have the oppor-tunity to vote to tax themselves for mosquito control.”

“I would like to know what type... of chemicals they would be using?” asked council member Jean Ramsey.

“It’s a very personal issue in the city, of what people think they should or shouldn’t do,” Plumb said. “If they establish a mosquito control district, as a council we can voice what can be used in the city.”

Olson and Ramsey in particu-lar had issues with forming a new taxing district.

“Like any other ballot time, if Omak, Oroville, Okanogan have the numbers voting for, here’s Tonasket voting against, we get swept under because they have the numbers and we don’t,” Ramsey said.

“I’m very much against this,” Olson said at one point. “I just think the decisions are better made close to home.”

While Olson said he preferred finding a way for the city to pay for its own mosquito control efforts, it was he who moved to continue the discussion with the other cities on whether or not forming a mosquito control dis-trict was a viable option.

“I’m not moving to enter the group,” he said. “But to continue listening to what they have to say, knowing we have strong reserva-tions.”

Olson’s motion was approved 4-1, with Ramsey casting the dis-

senting vote.

POLICE CARSPolice Chief Rob Burks report-

ed on his efforts to find viable options for revitalizing his well-worn fleet of police cars, which have had an increasingly difficult time staying on the road between trips to the repair shop.

The mayor had asked Burks to look into the costs involved in purchasing one or two used vehicles, though not as well-used as recent purchases that had cost the city little or nothing up front but led to annual repair costs that nearly matched what it would have cost to buy a less-used vehi-cle.

Burks said that EMS director Michael Greene provided him with some good leads.

“He was finding some pretty decent police cars on a govern-ment auction website,” Burks said. They had about 60-70,000 miles... for about $42-4500. They were really good looking vehicles, better than we have now.

“Right now I’m leaning toward trying to come up with $10,000 for two decent $4000-$4500 cars or one very decent used car.”

“The reason I had you do all this was to present council with some firm numbers,” Plumb said. “It sounds like we would be close... the state is actually pushing people to go and bid on stuff... When we’ve done it at the hospital a check is cut to that entity, with a maximum amount approved for purchase. I hope the council would consider that.”

While there was some discus-sion of potential sources in the city’s budget for funding such a purchase, it was determined that further discussion would need to happen with Attwood in atten-dance.

OTHER BUSINESSOther business included the

appointment of Sue Edick to the Planning Commission (to replace Jeffko when she filled a vacant council seat a couple months ago); the renewal of the city’s agreement with the North Central Washington Nacrotics Task Force at an annual cost of $1,000; and the designation of Saturday, Sept. 14, as the city’s annual fall cleanup day.

The Tonasket City Council next meets on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

COUNCIL | FROM A1

While Congress continues to do little or nothing to improve our lives, locally at least, there’s a feeling of recovery. Maybe it’s the bustling main streets of our north county towns. People seem to be out and about shopping, eating, doing business. Old businesses are improving their shops and others are willing to take a chance and starting up new ones.

A good indicator of progress seems to be how much new con-struction, both residential and commercial takes place in your area.

While it’s not 2007, according to Assessor Scott Furman, Oroville was able to bump the Methow into second place once again when it comes to new construction. Tonasket was a strong third.

In Oroville, Reman and Reload invested $10 million in upgrades to their wood products plant and recently Gold Digger Apple put in a new high-tech cherry line.

Obviously the new construction of vacation and other residential homes has improved – more people are taking a chance on our little towns. While money is still tight everyone needs a place to live or play and our little bit of heaven is slowly being discovered and not just by Canadians. I was out of town last weekend and attended a couple of functions in the Seattle area. At a birthday party I got into a long conversation

with a young woman who said she had lived in Oroville for a while as a child and that her grandmother still lived here. She said she had good memories of Oroville and always wanted to come back and have an orchard. No sooner had I finished talking with her than I had a tap on my shoulder from another woman who asked, “Did I hear you talking about Tonasket?” I said I ran the Oroville-Tonasket newspaper. She said she and her husband had property above Tonasket and had built a home “off the grid” and that she loved it here. She wondered when they would be able to quit the big city and move here full time.

I told you that as an example of how things have seemed to have changed. It used to be hard to describe where I was from. I had to ask a bunch of questions to try and help whomever I was talking to on the coast zero in on just where Oroville was. After saying Oroville was about four miles from the BC border, I’d ask things like, “Do you know where Osoyoos is?” Well, surprisingly not so long ago most people answered “no.” They didn’t know where Penticton was either. They might know Omak if you said, “oh you know, where the Suicide Race is, where they race the horses down the hill.” I’d get frustrated and finally say, “Do you know where the Grand Coulee Dam is?” and usually I’d get a “sort of” and explain the boundary for the county runs right through the dam. That really didn’t explain where Oroville was, but by then I’d get tired of trying. We might be from the largest (in area anyway) county in the state, but surprisingly a lot of people from the west side didn’t really know much about Okanogan County in the 1980s, at least in my unscientific polling. If they did it was because their parents brought them here to hunt and fish when they were kids.

Guess what most people said when I finally got people to kind of know where I was from. They’d ask if Oroville was anywhere near Twisp or Winthrop. They’d invariably say their family or a friend’s family owned property up there. Perhaps that has something to do with the Methow usually having the most new construction each year. It’s not really a competition, but it’s good to see Oroville back on top and Tonasket right up there. I’m thinking it won’t be so hard to explain where I’m from to those Coasties in the future. If not, I’m going to start carrying a map ... or at least bookmark it on my iPhone.

What’s our future, fish or famine?

Dear Editor,I appreciate Scott Olson taking

the time to respond to my let-ter. He expresses a view shared by some residents and ratepayers around the county. We all want to make the best choices for those now living and the generations to come.

The Enloe Dam power plant, if built, will alter the river at her most impressive natural feature, Similkameen Falls, replacing the nature rock along the north bank with a massive concrete wall down to river’s edge running up river to the dam. Surrounding the power house wall will be fence, cameras and lights. They will blast rock to build a holding pond feeding the turbine gates where we park today. The big salmon holes below Similkameen Falls become the outfall from the turbines. Silt, temperature, dis-solved oxygen and fish kills all potential problems. Tough break for the fish and the local fisher-men.

The Similkameen River flows can only produce a finite amount of power, 45,000 megawatts-hours annually estimated by the PUD. Let’s say it all sold locally for a retail price of $.05/KWh or $50/MWh, (45,000 MWh/year X $50/MWh = $2.25 million annu-ally. According to the PUD 2008 estimate, the annual cost of gen-erating power at Enloe (interest on capital, insurance, operations, maintenance and administration),

will be $2.6 million, a net loss of $350,000 annually. Enloe Power won’t even pay its own operating expenses, and provides nothing to pay off the principle $64 mil-lion dollars we will need to bor-row. In my opinion, this decision will lead to higher electric rates, bankruptcy and privatization of the public utility.

The PUD must stop spend-ing, and start listening to those they serve. Conservation through energy efficiency, insulation and windows, combined with lateral grid-tied green energy produc-tion from the sun and wind, is the employment and the future we need. Make every house a “power” house, and return the Similkameen to a “wild and sce-nic river” again!

Joseph Enzensperger Oroville

Not voting for John Smith

Dear Editor,In the 7th Legislative District

state senate race I will be voting for Brian Dansel. I had no trouble eliminating John Smith from any consideration for my vote. Here’s why:

I, along with a group of area school directors and district superintendents, met with Smith during our associations’ state-wide annual meeting with leg-islators. Virtually all of us were stunned by Smith’s arrogance and dismissive style. To begin with, he rudely monopolized our limited time with stories of

being personally harmed by pub-lic schools and then he strongly implied that his positions on our issues were already established. When we could finally get a word in edgewise, he didn’t even attempt to address the concerns that we travelled all the way to Olympia to discuss. Instead, he simply stood there with an arro-gant smile on his face until our meeting time ran out.

I’ve been meeting with 7th District legislators on public education issues for nearly two decades. We have often dis-agreed, but I have never been summarily dismissed without any explanations until now. It is my belief that legislators who avoid honest, two-way communica-tion with their constituents don’t deserve anyone’s vote, and Smith won’t get mine.

Finally, Mr. Smith avoided

answering questions regarding an article that appeared in the July 14th edition of Spokane’s Spokesman-Review news-paper concerning controver-sial Wikipedia comments that appeared to have been made by him. The comments involved the church in which he was raised, a church that espouses racist beliefs. He stated that he couldn’t remember posting the comments but later that same day some of them were suspiciously removed. Coincidental? Voters need to question whether Smith has ever fully rejected the bigoted beliefs he was raised on. We don’t need that mindset “representing” us in Olympia.

Dansel is a good choice, Smith an unacceptable one.

Andy JamesColville, Washington

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75 YEARS AGO1938: I was unable to find the issues for the

rest of 1938 so this section will not be avail-able for the balance of 2013.

50 YEARS AGO August 15-22 1963: Forty-two teach-

ers and administrators will report on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the first Oroville teacher workshop of the 1963-64 school year. There will be a total of 12 new teachers on the staff when school starts on Monday, Aug. 26. The voters of the Oroville School District #405 will go to the polls on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to vote on a proposal for a special levy of approximately three mills, on a valuation of $14,100,000, for maintenance and opera-tion of the Oroville Schools for 1963-64. The graduating class of 1953 held a reunion on the weekend of Aug. 3 and 4. The festivities began with a social hour and banquet at the Kozy Kitchen Kafe at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Jerry Forney acted as M.C. for the evening and dancing followed. Sunday, Aug. 4 was taken up with a picnic at Lake Osoyoos State Park where games were played as well as vis-iting. Twenty two class members and spouses as well as three former teachers, Mr. & Mrs. Ken Kirkwood, Mrs. Coulton and Mrs. Enouf attended Groceries for this Week: Coffee, 2# tin, $.45; Peanut Butter, 3# jar, $.98; Oysters, three 8 oz. tins, $.89; Watermelons, $.03.5 lb.; U&I Sugar, 25#, $2.59; Large eggs, $.39 doz.;

five 48 oz. cans tomato juice, $1.00. Weather for the past week, by Marge Frazier: Aug. 7, 93 degrees maximum and 60 degrees mini-mum; Aug. 8, 98 and 55; Aug. 9, 94 and 53; Aug. 10, 84 and 66; Aug. 11, 98 and 55; Aug. 12 98 and 65 and Aug. 13, 88 and 62. The Oroville Schools will open Monday, Aug. 26, with an expected enrollment of 890 pupils from Kindergarten through grade 12. Mr. Roland Boarman and his custodial staff have completed all maintenance work which included primary refinishing floors and paint-ing several rooms and hallways. Forty-nine new lockers will be installed in the senior high school. Several small fires were started on Copper Mountain and Pontiac Ridge by the electrical storm that visited this area dur-ing the past week. Fire fighters from Omak and Tonasket soon had it under control.

25 YEARS AGOAugust 18-25, 1988: The l988-89 school

year for students in the Tonasket School District begins on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1988. The District expects an opening enrollment of about 1050 students with about 775 in kindergarten thru grade 8 and the high school, 275. There are 15 new staff members and the district will employ 110 people on a full or part-time basis. The State Department of Transportation-Aeronautics Division, has offered $21,210 in grant money for the air-

strip here, according Tonasket Councilperson Tom Fancher. “For its part, Tonasket must come up with 10 percent, or $2,120 match-ing funds,” Fancher explained. The money will be used to grade and gravel the air-strip, line it with reflectors and to provide tie-downs for the aircraft. Students for the German/American Partnership Program are preparing for their departure. Thirteen Oroville High School students, accompanied by their teachers, Marion and Jan Gadberry, will fly to Frankfort, West Germany, then travel to Uelzen where they will attend school for one month before returning to Oroville. The students taking part are: Kim Lyonais, Shana Allen, Mark Higby, Christine Harvey, Quill Hyde, Stacy Shupe, Jennifer Watson, Melissa Nelson, Heidi Roulet, Stephanie Turner, Scott Zosel, Chad Bailey and Scott Taylor. Several Japanese members of the Summertime Exchange Project and their host families met for a potluck picnic at the Ron Verbeck home last Saturday afternoon The students range in age from 11 to 21 and stay with host families all over Washington State. Before the group of nearly 100 students began their stay with north county host fami-lies, they were introduced to western life with a one week stay at the Bar 41 Guest Ranch in Wilbur. Bill Nicholson recently moved to Oroville along with his family. Well, Bill is talented and multi-faceted in fact. He is quite a soccer player and he only has one leg. Welcome to Oroville, Bill. After three years and many course changes, the merger between the city water system and the North End Water Users (NEWU) system seems to be flowing towards a conclusion.


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ITEMS FROM THE PAST

Feeling of recovery in the air

Those of us in Washington understand the many benefits that hydropower makes pos-sible, especially clean, renewable energy. Generated mainly from several major hydro-electric dams, hydropower is a non-emitting source of energy that provides low-cost elec-tricity and helps reduce carbon emissions.

Hydropower is more efficient than any other form of electricity gen-eration, and it offsets more carbon emissions than all other renew-able energy sources combined. The annual hydropower output is equivalent to the energy produced from 200 mil-lion barrels of oil. It can be pumped again and again to produce elec-tricity, while recycling the water so that it is not wasted. It’s the most

abundant source of renewable energy in our country and produces 70 percent of power alone in Washington.

However, it’s easy to forget just how impor-tant the federal and non-federal dams that produce our hydropower are to the Pacific Northwest. Without these dams, our energy bills would be higher, the Columbia Basin wouldn’t have thousands of acres of green fields and orchards that feed millions of people around the world—not to mention dirtier for the environment. It would also be

more costly for our wheat farmers to get their products to market because without the dams, an estimated 70,000 diesel trucks would be needed annually to transport the millions of tons of grain and wheat cargo that the barges currently transport on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. This would greatly increase gasoline consumption, traffic, and emissions.

Regionally, Northwest dams produce over 70 percent of the power in Washington, 80 percent in Idaho, and about 60 percent of Oregon. These dams produce an average of 14,000 megawatts of hydro-electricity each year. This is equivalent to the power needed for 11 cities the size of Seattle every year. Hydropower helps make intermittent sources of energy like wind and solar possible, and dams help keep our electric transmission system reliable.

In addition to being a sustainable and long-lasting source of energy, hydropower also aids the economy. With the unpredictability in the price of fuels and rising electricity costs, the rate of hydroelectricity remains constant. Very little cost and hardly any fuel is needed to generate new hydroelectricity, saving fami-lies money on their electric and heating costs.

However, as residents of the Pacific Northwest, we must not take the benefits of hydropower for granted. Very real threats to this important resource are numerous – rang-ing from lawsuits filed by environmental groups to try to force removal of our dams, to increasingly burdensome regulatory require-ments that makes hydropower production more costly. Federal agencies and stake-

holders are currently considering changes to policies including the Columbia River Treaty and fish recovery plans that could have a significant impact on the way our dams are operated in the future. As Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I am monitoring these issues closely and will con-tinue to fight for policies that preserve access to low-cost hydropower in the years to come.

Hydropower is a valuable renewable resource that produces reliable electric-ity, clean air, and significant economic ben-efits for millions of families and businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. I have long-advocated for expanding the use of hydropower and will continue to support efforts in Congress to promote the benefits of hydropower and ensure its official recog-nition as a renewable energy source by the federal government.

Hastings is Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources. The com-mittee has jurisdiction over most federal land use and water policies, including national forests, national parks and monuments, wil-derness areas, national scenic areas, Indian reservations and BLM lands.

Of importance to Central Washington and the Pacific Northwest, the Committee oversees the Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation irrigation projects (Columbia Basin Project and Yakima Project), endan-gered species recovery, federal hydropower projects, Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes (PILT) payments and firefighting on federal lands.

Hydropower plays important role in Pacific Northwest

Rep. Doc Hastings

WA-4th Dist.

Submitted by daralyn HollenbeckNCW BSM PreSideNt

During WWI, military moms hung a blue star banner in the window to show that a mem-ber of the family was serving - one blue star for each member. The flag solicited the commu-nity’s support for the largely rural families.

The Blue Star Mothers of America was organized in 1942, making blue star service flags, volunteering in VA hospitals, and sending care boxes to soldiers. Today, they volunteer in physical and emotional rehabilitation cen-ters and raise funds for medical supplies, transportation, protec-tive clothing and gear, all while offering support and gratitude to soldiers and their families.

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a nonpartisan, nonsectar-ian, nondiscriminatory and non-

profit organization.• Who is eligible to become a

Blue Star Mother? A Mother or Stepmother (since the child was of the age of 13) who has a son or daughter who is serving, or has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States. Services included are the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserve Units, Naval Militia, and the Merchant Marines. We also wel-come the Boarder Patrol.

• Who is a Blue Star Dad or Associate? A Father or Step Father (since the child was of the age of 13) who has a son or daughter who is serving, or has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States. An Associate is anyone who is a spouse, sister, brother, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or friend of someone who is serv-ing, or has been honorably dis-

charged from the Armed Forces of the United States. Dads and Associates do not have voting rights but can participate fully in our service activities as an official representative.

Our 2013-2014 Membership Drive is in full swing. For mem-bership details contact Georgie Berry at [email protected] or go online to bluestar-mothers.org and join Chapter WA3 there.

In addition, we are collect-ing photo submissions for our 2013 HOMETOWN SOLDIER CALENDAR until the end of September. If you live in North Central Washington, we want to honor your Armed Forces child(ren) in our calendar.

Please send a photo or two of your troop along with their name, rank, branch, base, job, and hometown. While you’re at it, send us their birth date and mail-ing address (addresses are secure) so they can participate in our sol-dier’s birthday gift program.

You can contact us at [email protected] or call Daralyn at 509-485-2906.

by Marianne knigHtHilltoP CorreSPoNdeNt

Many folks driving by the Eden Valley Guest Ranch between Aug. 6-11 wanted to knwo what was going on there. It was the Table Mountain Star Party. When neighbors were told that, they asked, “What?”

Picture 300 geeks age 11 months to over 80 years with telescopes camping out and hav-ing a gigantic party. The site formerly used for 30 years in the U.S. Forest Service between Wenatchee and Ellensburg burned in a large fire in 2012.

Also at Eden Valley were ven-dors for food, telescope items and equipment, art, clothing and more all related to stargazing. There were sessions for begin-ners on learning about how to use a telescope and what to expect all the way up to very advanced scientific productions. There was a huge Quonset tent with chairs, and one speaker used EdenValley’s high speed (Swiftstream) internet service to remotely control and move a huge telescope in the southwest-ern USA looking at stars and present real-time pictures on a screen with video equipment. There were many other sessions and also a swap meet.

There was a student telescope building opportunity conducted by Darryl West. Participants pur-chased kits for $130 and teams of kids put the kits together to cre-ate telescopes that perform like a $900 unit.

Eden Valley Guest Ranch pur-chased a kit and Travis Darrow (age almost 8) of Oroville, great grandson of Ginger Miller, built the unit. This telescope will be used for upcoming community introductions to stargazing at

Eden Valley. Brent Baker of the Gazette-Tribune has expressed a willingness to be the volunteer instructor.

Viewing at the star party gen-erally occurred between 11 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. each night, except Aug. 9, which had an intense storm. All the cabins were full and campers, trailers and tents were cleverly placed in the cen-tral hay field.

All coordination was per-formed by the Table Mountain Star Party directors. They rented 22 local sanicans, a huge garbage dumpster and used ribbons to denote ingress/egress and park-ing areas. The Star Party had their own “police” to monitor safety and behavior. During the daytime participants visited win-eries, fruit stands, museums, lakes, the Stonerose, restaurants, stores and more. Many more went on an Eden Valley Trail Ride with Robin, Sonny Byrd and the professionals.

Attendees came from as far away as Arizona and Hawaii, with others coming from Canada, Washington, Oregon and California. Some of the advanced participants declared the Eden Valley site among the top for the best viewing in the whole United States. Something for the Okanogan County Commissioners to consider for sure.

The Star Party directors will be planning the 2014 event soon. Check out the Table Mountain Star Party’s web page at www.tmspa.com for more information (they also have a Facebook page).

No advertising was allowed in advance of the event, nor will it be for 2014. Those who want to attend should keep tabs on next year’s planning through the aforementioned website; the Star Party organizers handle all the

details, including online pre-reg-istration.

It had been announced at local Chamber meetings, but no one seemed to pick up on what it was all about. Please check out the Eden Valley Guest Ranch web site (edenvalleyranch.net) soon for pictures of the event.

Last Friday at the Family Bingo at the Molson there were 20play-ers attending with a prize pot of $10 per game. The next Bingo Night will be on Sept. 20. Bring your family and friends and join in the fun.

The Molson Grange Hall is in need of a new roof as most of you already know. Last Saturday was one of the many fundraisers that will be held to help raise the money. One hundred and forty seven dinners were served. It was a Chinese Dinner, prepared by Linda and David Darrow of the former Linda’s Bakery.

It was a good dinner, like the ones they served at the Bakery. The Wilders Band was on hand to entertain the diners, and pro-vide music for dancing after din-ner. It was a big time in the old town on Saturday.

Hot August Nights will be with us in just a couple of days in Chesaw. Cars,trucks, mowers and ATV’s will be all spiffed up to see which is the “best.”

There is still room for vendors at no charge. Come to Chesaw and enjoy the day. The Knob Hill Club will have pie and ice cream, root beer floats and corn dogs for your pleasure and your tummy.

The Celebration of the Life of Ervin Freimuth will be held on Aug. 28 at the Oroville Senior Center Bring a dish for the pot luck at 1p.m. and share some cake afterward.

Morning Sun Yellow Pony will be coming to Molson, Sept. 5th, 6th. and 7th. She will bring her music and tell how God has changed her life. Revival Time! More Info at (509) 485-3183 or (509) 485-2006. Times will be announced later.

Until next week.

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So, it’s back to school, for a lot of the students. Some places will not begin until after Labor Day and some have been in session a week, already.

The enrollment is down somewhat this year. Read the “Items from the Past” section and see how it differs from some years ago.

Recently a 60th class reunion of for-mer graduates was held, with 28 on hand to remember fun times of days gone by. I’m told Beverly (Robbins) Storm was responsible for putting together a small booklet of each of the students, giving an excerpt of their lives, through the years. What a nice idea! One of those booklets was sent to “Bennie” Prince which he immensely enjoyed. Ben is battling can-cer. Barbara Forrester is into another ses-sion of chemo and she, also is one of the members of that class. The Forrester’s, Barbara and Dick are also having a 60th wedding anniversary. Congratulations.

And it is now time to send congratula-tions to Peggy Jo (Osborne) and Bob Garrett, formerly of Loomis, now in Kennewick for the celebration of their 70 years together.

And John and Nita Myrick, Sidley Lake, Molson, have had 72 anniversaries. Gotta be somethin’ in that mountain air!

There is something in the air all right, at least at Lost Lake, and one of our little great grandsons can vouch for that, in the form of a honey bee. I think you could have heard his screams clear down in the valley when a bee got in his rub-ber boot and found his chubby little leg quite tasty. Not only did the sting hurt, it was the surprise and a first experience of a sting.

It is surprising how many folks for-get to drink enough water during these hot days. More than one has ended up in the ER room only finding that their condition is caused from dehydration, especially the elderly.

Fair time is coming, soon, Sept. 5 through 8. “Tradition Rides On,” is the theme, this being the 66th year. Don’t know if we’ll make it this time. Each year it seems they move the exhibits farther and farther apart, but we usually are able to find the funnel cake and other goodies, which we could do without very nicely.

Nice letter to the editor, Roy McDougall!

So, the Garlic Festival is coming up, providing entertainment for a lot of folks. Once while visiting in CA we went to a festival and there were more things made using garlic than I ever dreamed there could be. They even had garlic ice cream. No! I did not have any. Not even a taste. It just sounds way “too gross” to me.

Can you imagine never missing a meeting for almost 64 years? Now that takes dedication and that is why Emert Verbeck was honored for recently, in Tonasket by the local Kiwanis Club. Those are weekly meetings and I might add that if you happened to be out of town on your meeting night, you could attend another club and that counted for your attendance at home, but none the less is quite remarkable.

It is especially good to report that Bill Greene is out of the hospital and spending some days at the home of his sister, Barbara Shaw, where she and her sister, Nancy, are making sure he follows instructions, or back he goes. Shannon, his daughter will be coming from Oregon to move him home and observe, to see that he doesn’t try to do too much, too soon. I’ve always teased Bill that you could always tell when he

entered the room as his hearty laugh was like no other, and it is so good that he is still gonna be able to continue to add cheer to those around him. I believe it is

still being questioned as to whether a pacemaker will be necessary.

While visiting Bill in the hospital I learned of the most sudden death of Vickie Reese. Such devas-tating news for her family! I had noticed the closeness developing between she and her sister Peggy, helping to sorta fill the void left after Melissa’s death and now this loss. I know it is said that “nobody ever said life is fair” but this is just too much, or

so it seems to me.A good lot of folks attended the

fundraiser at the Molson Grange last Saturday night. Linda of the former Linda’s Bakery made a Chinese dinner and I’m told about 170 folks showed up and that will add another sum to the coffers. It is a big roof on that Grange hall and is taking a “bunch of money” to “get ‘er done.” But those folks are a determined lot and they’ll stick with the project to the finish. A donation would probably be welcomed even you couldn’t attend the dinner.

One of our grandsons made their annual camp-out at Lost Lake, last week, teaching his three little boys “the way it

was when he was a kid.” The descen-dants of the Alden Sawtells family still have their cabin and there was quite a gathering of them, and some of the Ripley boys were the same age as our great grandsons and new acquaintances were made with hiking and swimming and having good times in general.

Irene Manuel had been a resident of Oroville for quite a lot of years. She was a special lady to many, including me. I had known her since working in the Rexall Drug, in the forties and she always had a friendly smile and some-thing pleasant to say. The last time I visited with her was in the ER room in Tonasket, holding her hand and telling her she’d “feel better tomorrow” and that I’d see her at home. I’m sorry to say that I put off going to see her until it was too late. Yard sales just were never the same after Irene wasn’t able to attend them. She will be severely missed by her fam-ily and friends. We were at our grand-daughters wedding and weren’t here for the final services for Irene.

A fire on Eder Mountain got too close for comfort, recently. A helicopter with a water bucket was used for killing the fire when it flared up when it seemed the fire was out.

Mary Ellen Lemmond, who now lives in Michigan but made many friends dur-ing the time she lived here, has come for another visit. Doris Hughes and Evelyn Dull met the Amtrak train in Wenatchee and brought her to Oroville, Monday.

Start of school approaching quickly

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HillTOP COMMenTS

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August has been providing us with some fantastic weather and we hope you all have been able to get out and enjoy it. Don’t forget that you now need your purple door card to enter the building, so make sure it is in your wallet or purse. You also need to mail in or stop by and renew your dues if you haven’t already.

Our Friday night bingo will be at 7 p.m. and is open to the public, so come on by and try your luck. The kitchen will open at 5:30 p.m. and will be serving those great hamburgers we all love.

Saturday at 9 p.m. Linda will be doing karaoke, so it is a good time to test out your singing voice and show off those new dance moves.

The weekly pinochle tourna-ment will be at 1 p.m. and is

always a fun time. On Sunday, Sept. 1 we will be

having a steak feed and the band Bad Habbits will be playing at 8 p.m., come on in and have a great steak and stay and have a good time while the band plays.

Pinochle scores from last Sunday are as follows: Gene Michels snatched first place and Dale Byers hung on for sec-ond place. Low score was taken by Sue Wisener and the last pinochle of the day went to Ted Zachman.

We wish all those that may be ill a speedy recovery to good health. God bless all. The Biggest Little Eagles in the state.

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Membership Drive

Martin Andrew Orford was born June 21, 2013 at

9:36 a.m. at North Valley Hospital to

Andy and Terri Orford of Tonasket.

Martin weight in at 6 lbs., 10 oz., and was 19-3/4

inch long at birth. Martin joins sister

Grace (age 4). Martin’s grand-parents include

Leslie Olson and Laurie Thorpe of Kettle Falls;

Brian Henderson of Kettle Falls;

Sandy Sprinkle of Conconully; and

Rick and Rita Orford of Port

Orchard.

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Balboni to oversee management of 4 million acres

WENATCHEE - Pacific Northwest Regional Forest Kent Connaughton has announced the appointment of Michael Balboni as the new forest supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

Balboni will become the national forest’s senior agency official, overseeing management of four million acres of federal land in Washington and more than 450 employees. He is currently forest supervisor on the Kisatchie National Forest in Pineville, Louisiana, and will report for duty on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest during the first week in October.

Balboni replaces Becki L. Heath, who was has been the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest supervisor since June 2007. In May, Connaughton announced Heath had been selected as one of two deputy regional foresters to assist him in the region’s Portland headquarters. He requested Heath delay her report date to ensure continuity of leadership on the national forest, particularly

through the fire season.“Mike is a great fit for the

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,” said Connaughton. “He has solid fire suppression man-agement and forest supervisor experience. He’s been with the Forest Service for more than 30 years and has gained a wealth of knowledge in four different regions.”

Balboni has worked on 11 national forests and began his career in Florida as a biological aid working in wildlife, timber management and prescribed burning. He has also worked as a wildlife biologist, resource assis-tant and national forest planner.

Balboni was a district ranger for more than 12 years in Troy, Mont., on the Kootenai National Forest, prior to becoming deputy forest supervisor for the Bridger-Teton N.F., in Jackson, Wyo.

He spent two and a half years on the Bridger-Teton National Forest and more than 20 years in the west, before moving to Pineville, La., to become forest supervisor on the Kisatchie National Forest in 2009. He has also served as the acting deputy regional forester for natural resources for the agency’s southern region.

In 2013, the Louisiana Wildlife Federation selected Balboni as the Louisiana Professional Conservationist of Year. In addi-tion, he served for more than

seven years as chair of the Selkirk/Cabinet-Yaak Interagency Grizzly Bear Subcommittee.

Balboni’s fire suppression background includes working as an agency administrator for large fires managed by interagency incident management teams. His

fire operational experi-ence includes serving on fire lines as a divi-sion group supervisor and safety officer.

He is known for working in a collabora-tive fashion with inter-est groups, and has considerable experience supervising revisions of

national forest plans, and admin-istering stewardship contracts and agreements.

His community leadership experience includes service as a park district chair, president of the Troy Business Club and more than 12 years as a high school football official.

Balboni has a bachelor’s degree in forest resources and conservation from the University of Florida. He and his wife Sylvia have been married for more than 30 years, and have two sons who are graduates of Montana State University. He enjoys golfing, hunting, fishing, camping, moun-tain biking and road cycling.


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If one of your worries is whether you’re investing at the right time, it shouldn’t be. By investing a set amount of money regularly, you establish a simple routine that can help make your financial goals a reality.

In addition, investing regularly can help:• Make it possible to use market fluctuations to your advantage• Add potential growth and diversification to your portfolio• Keep your long-term financial goals in focus.Investing a set amount of money on a regular basis does not ensure a profit and does not protect against loss in declining markets. Such a plan involves continual investment in securities regardless of fluctuating price levels of such securities. You should consider your financial ability to continue these purchases through periods of low price levels.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARDCITY HALL CLOSURESOROVILLE - Oroville City Hall will be closed as needed Wednesday, Aug. 21 and Thursday, Aug. 22 for software training to update utility billing system. City Hall will resume regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 23. We appreci-ate your patience and understand-ing, say city sta� .

TONASKET FARMERS’ MARKETTONASKET - Tonasket Farmers Market is held on Thursdays, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. The next market are Thursday, Aug. 22, and Thursday, Aug. 29. Come join us for some of the best in local produce, crafts, personal care products, homegrown music and farmstead cheeses. Whether you make a quick spin to pick up supper ingredients or hang out for hours, you’re sure to get what you want. For more info call (509) 486-1199.

OROVILLE FARMERS’ MARKETOROVILLE - The Oroville Farmers’ Market is Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Oroville Com-munity Library located at 1276 Main St. Purchase art, crafts, plant starts, fresh baked goods and tamales plus the best produce on the planet. The Oroville Farmers’ Market continues each Saturday through October 26 and new vendors are welcome. Call (509) 476-2662 for more information.

MUSIC AT THE MARKETOROVILLE - The Oroville Public Li-brary will host “Music at the Market” each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Farmers’ Market season. The next Music at the Market is Saturday, Aug. 24, featuring an open stage. If you would like to volunteer to showcase your acoustic talents, please call Barbara Pollard at (509) 476-2662. Ruby Rust will perform Aug. 31.

USING PRESSURE CANNERThere will be a “No Fear When Using a Pressure Canner class on Tuesday, Aug. 29 through the WSU Extension o� ce. This class will help eliminate the fear for using a dial or weighted gauge pressure canner. This session will also include information on canning vegetables, preserving for special diets, altitude adjustment and canning with a propane burner. The class will be held at Okanogan County PUD Auditorium, 1331 N. Second Ave. in Okanogan from 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Pressure canner gauges will also be checked fol-lowing each class. Preregistration is requested by calling (509) 422-7245 or (509) 745.8531. There is a $5 fee per class to cover the cost of publica-

tions and handouts. For more info contact Margaret A. Viebrock at (509) 745-8531 or [email protected].

EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER CLASSOROVILLE - Oroville Ambulance is looking for more people to expand our EMS crew. They will be holding an EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) class that will be starting the end of September. Those holding the class say it is a very exciting and rewarding way to volunteer for your community, and on top of that they o� er mon-etary compensation for your time. For those who may be interested, there will be three informational meet-ings - they are on Thursday, Aug. 29, Monday, Sept. 2 and Monday, Sept. 9. Call (509) 476-4320 for further details. Leave a message and someone will get back to you.

STROKE SUPPORT GROUPOROVILLE - There will be a Stroke Support Group meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Youth Center adjacent to the Free Methodist Church located at 607 Central. This group is for anyone who has had a stroke, no matter how long ago. Discussion from those who have recovered would also be very welcome.

FLEA MARKET/YARD SALEOROVILLE - Do you need a great place to sell your yard sale or � ea Market goods? The Oroville Farm-ers’ Market will host a Flea Market and Yard Sale on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendor space is available and your booth fee will bene� t the library. For more info please call (509) 476-2662.

QUILT SHOW IN MOLSONMOLSON - The Second Annual Quilt Show in Molson will take place on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quilters will be display-ing patriotic quilts and military memorabilia from all branches of service. Many of the quilts were created from the proceeds of last years quilt show. Those that would like to like to donate a quilt should contact Vicky Didenhover. Quilts will be on display for peoples’ viewing pleasure, but there will also be a selection of quilts and other sewing related items for sale. Those with sewing related items that would like to have a table to sell items and/or would like to display a quilt at the show contact Didenhover at (509) 485-3020.

BLOOD DRIVE AT TONASKETTONASKET - The next Red Cross

Blood Drive is coming up on Thurs-day, Sept 5, 12 - 5 p.m. at the Com-munity Church/United Church of Christ, 24 E. Fourth Street, Tonasket. Walk-ins are welcome or you can schedule an appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).Old Time RevivalMOLSON - Morning Sun Yellow Pony in Molson at the Molson Grange on Thursday, Sept 5 at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. People are invited to come hear what God has done in Morning Suns life. For more informa-tion contact (509) 485-3183 or (509) 485-2006.

POET LAUREATE AT TMS BENEFITTONASKET - Children’s Poet Laure-ate and author Kenn Nesbitt will visit Tonasket as part of a Tonasket Middle School fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 27. Nesbitt will give a pre-sentation during a dinner theater hosted by Tonasket Middle School students, a fundraiser for the middle school students who are planning to visit Washington D.C. next sum-mer. The evening event will be held at Tonasket High School with the meal being served at 5:15 p.m. Mr. Nesbitt will take the stage for one hour beginning at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend whether or not they purchase meal tickets. Tickets for the meal will be available at U.S. Bank, North Valley Hospital, Shan-non’s Cafe & Deli, and the Tonasket Elementary School Library until Sept. 20.

FOOD BANKSTONASKET - The Tonasket food bank operates every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sarge’s Burger Bunker, 101 Hwy. 97 N. For more informa-tion contact Jack Gavin at (509) 486-2480. OROVILLE - The Oroville food bank operates every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., exclud-ing holidays, in the basement of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For more information, call Je� Austin at (509) 476-3978 or Sarah Umana at (509) 476-2386.

Editor’s Note: Our Community Bulletin Board generally allows listing your event for up two weeks prior to the day it occurs. However, our online calendar at www.gazette-tribune.com allows the event to be listed for much longer periods. You may place an event on the online calendar by going to our website and clicking on the “Add an Event” button on the homep-age. Once your request is submitted, it can take up to 48 hours for the event to appear on the calendar.

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The Randy Battle Bluz Band and friends, which played at Music in the Park in Tonasket on Aug. 9, will be among the many entertainers lined up to play at the 14th Okanogan Garlic Festival, Aug. 23-25. In addition to the entertainment will be vendors of art, produce, prepared food, apparel and , of course, garlic.

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students!

Open House Tonasket School District Open House will be August 27, starting with a BBQ available for purchase in the high school commons from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Parents and students can visit their classrooms and meet their teachers from 6:00-7:30 p.m. For all 9th grade and new students, we will be holding an orientation from 6:00-6:45 p.m. in the library. First school day is August 28 at 8:30 a.m. Students should arrive and go straight to the gym for our Back-to-School assembly. THS Fees: ASB-$25, Sports-$50, Art $15, FFA $20, Yearbook $45, Drivers Ed $365. Picture Day—� ursday, August 29. Retake Day—September 26.

First Day of School For all Tonasket Schools: August 28, 2013

� e Tonasket High School and-Middle School o� ce is now open from 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for new student enrollment. � e Tonasket Elementary School o� ce is now open from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for new student enroll-ment and for updating of student information. Parents and students can visit classrooms and meet their teacher during the Open House on August 27 from 6:00-7:30. Sixth Grade Orientation- August 27th - Sixth grade students and

parents, please meet in the middle school gym at 6:00 p.m. where you will have a chance to meet the sixth grade teachers, school counselor and principal. We will give a short general orientation of the middle school and answer any questions you may have. Sixth grade teachers will then be in their classrooms until 7:30 p.m. First Day of School- August 28th Students should arrive and go straight to the gym for our Back–to-School assembly. Picture Day – August 29th

First Day of School For Oroville Schools: August 28, 2013 for grades 1-12

August 30, 2013 for Kindergarten Open House Oroville School District Open House will be Monday, August 26, 2013 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMfor all followed by Ice Cream Social at Oroville Elementary at 6:30. First Day of School - August 28, 2013 for 1-12 Kindergarten students will start on August 30; Kinder-garten parents and their children will receive noti� cation from their child’s teacher regarding their per-sonal conference time of approxi-mately 20 minutes on either Aug. 28 or Aug. 29 in accordance with the state’s WAKids program Pre-school will start on Sept. 6

Schedule Change schedule:

Seniors- � ursday August 22nd, 9:00-12:00

Juniors- � ursday August 22nd, 1:00-3:00

Sophomores- Friday August 23rd, 9:00-12:00

Freshmen- Friday August 23rd, 1:00-3:00 pm

Junior High- Monday August 26th, 9:00-12:00

Students may come in anytime a� er 8:00 a.m. on the 12th to get registered. We will have a brief new student orientation at 6:30 pm in the gym on the 26th during open house. School supply list is posted on the website School Hours: Monday 9:30 - 3:00 Tuesday - Friday 8:30 - 3:00

(All buildings) New Sta� : Jan Ottman - JH Math; Jay � acker - PE/Basketball Coach; Steven Gunderson - JR/SR High School Counselor. K - 6 7-12Lunch $2.25 $2.25 Breakfast $1.50 $1.50 Elementary School Picture Day is September 12 from 8:00-1:30Jr/Sr High School Picture Day is September from � e supply list, calendar of events and district calendar are available on our website HS Football Starts August 21HS Soccer, Cross Country, Volley-ball, and JH Football Start Aug. 26

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Oroville JH/HS School Supply List2012-13

JH English Classes1-1.5” three ring binder (not a trap-per keeper)Tabbed dividers (one package of 5)Ball Point Pen (Black or Blue Ink)Pencils (No. 2 lead)College Ruled loose leaf paperJH MathRulerCalculator (Preferably Scienti� c)Pencils (No. 2 lead)ErasersGraph Paper� ree ring binderSpiral notebookAlgebra IRulerCalculator (Preferably Scienti� c)Pencils (No. 2 lead)ErasersGraph Paper� ree ring binderSpiral notebookGeometryRulerCalculator (Preferably Scienti� c)Pencils (No. 2 lead)ErasersGraph Paper� ree ring binderSpiral notebookCompassProtractorTrigonometryRulerCalculator (Preferably Scienti� c)Pencils (No. 2 lead)ErasersGraph Paper� ree ring binderSpiral notebookOroville JH/HS School Supply List

2012-13Science Classes1-1.5” three ring binder Tabbed dividers (one package of 5) can be purchased or madeBook coverColored PencilsPencils (No. 2 lead)Blue or Black Ink PenSpanish I and II1 – three ring binderPaper / Pencils

Health1 – three ring binderPaper / PencilsComputer Classes4 GIG USB drive/jump driveCAD, Computer Programming, Carpentry, JH Woodshop� ree ring binder12” RulerPencils ( to be brought to class every day)Calculator ( cell phones will not be used as calculators)English 9-101” binder with TabsCollege Ruled PaperPencils

School Supply List1 – college ruled spiral notebook (70 page)Blue or Red ink pen for correctingAll other classesPencils / Pens /College Ruled Paper

Kindergarten:1 backpack large enough to hold folders3 folders1 bottle of glue (prefer Elmer’s – NO blue)1-box crayons (16)Scissors – good cutting quality1 large box of KleenexSmall plastic drink cup1 box gallon sized zip lock bagsTransition Room1 backpack1 box crayons (8)2 glue sticksScissors1 eraser8 pencilsSmall size supply box1 folder for homework1 container disinfectant wipes2 large boxes KleenexGrade One1 backpack 1 glue stick1 box crayons 916-24)5 pencilsScissors1 school supply box (small size)1 folder or Pee Chee for homework1 large box Kleenex1 container disinfectant wipesNO TRAPPERS OR 3 RING BINDERS Grade Two1 backpack (large enough to hold folders)20 pencils1 large eraser1 pencil sharpener with catcher1 Pee Chee type polder2 large box Kleenex1 water bottle with lid – 16 to 32 oz.Boys: 1 box sandwich size zip lock bagsGirls: 1 box gallon size zip lock bagsNo trappers or 3 ring bindersGrade � ree1 backpack (large enough to hold folders)2 packages of #2 pencils with erasersGrade � ree – continued1 package wide or college ruled paper2 glue sticksScissorsColored pencils (set of 12)2 Pee Chee folders1 ruler – centimeters and inchesSmall size school supply box 5 ½ “ X 8 ½ “5 pencil top erasers2 large boxes Kleenex Names on all items with permanent marker NO TRAPPERS OR 3 RING BINDERSGrade Four 1 � ree prong folder with pickets2 spiral notebooks2 packages notebook paper (wide ruled)Scissors

5 #2 pencils and 2 pencil erasers(NO mechanical pencils)1 box colored pencils (12 count)1 ruler – centimeters and inches1 box crayons (24)1 bottle glue2 large boxes of KleenexNo ink pensGrade Five3 ring binder w/folders and dividersNotebook paperScissors12 #2 pencils and 2 pencil erasersColored pencils (12)1 ruler centimeters and inches2 large boxes of Kleenex1 glue stick Pioneer walk $35.00 Grade Six 1- 3 ring binder (at least 3”) with di-viders, college ruled paper 3 red pens 3 blue or black pens 12 - #2 pencils,1 plastic pouch Colored pencils (12)Eraser1 ruler centimeters and inches,Compass Scissors 1 glue stick1/4-inch graph paperStandard calculator (optional)Protractor1 highlighter pen2 boxes of Kleenex

Outdoor Camp Fee - $60.00 due 5-2-11

WE NEED YOUR GENTLY USED CLOTHING!Sizes 5T and up.

Boys and Girls clothing needed. We are having a FREE clothing GIVEAWAY for school aged Kids Aug. 24th from

9 a.m. to Noon! Bring in your clothing NOW any day to:

ReMax Lake and Country1510 Main St., Oroville, WA Ph. 509-476-4444

Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.Call Angel Ross 322-2344 or Mike Thornton 429-3500 for more info.

– This space donated by Gazette-Tribune –

101 S. Main St. - 2 blocks from Omak Theater

No children under age 4 admitted unless fi lm is G rated. No one under 17 admitted to R rated fi lms

without their own parent. Photo ID required.

Adult $8.50 Matinee $6.00 Child $6.00

Oliver TheatreOliver, B.C.

250-498-2277Summer showtimes are 7& 9:00p.m. nightly (unless otherwise stated).

The MIRAGE THEATER

At theMOVIES

509-826-0860 | www.omaktheater.com

OMAK THEATER

MOVIES

OMAK AND MIRAGE THEATERS ARE NOW DIGITAL

THE CONJURING WED.-THURS.-FRI.AUG 21-22-23. 7&9:10PM NIGHTLY. THE WOLVERINESAT. SUN.-MON.-TUES.-WED.- THURS.- FRI. AUG. 24-25-26-27-28-29-307&9:25PM NIGHTLY.TURBOSAT. SUN.-MON.-TUES.AUG. 31, SEPT. 1-2-3

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS CITY OF BONES Action/Adventure/Drama Starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey. Fri.6:45 & 9:45Sat. *3:45,6:45, 9:45.Sun.*3:45,6:45,9:45.Wkdys 6:45.

THE CONJURINGHorror/Thriller Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lily TaylorFri. 6:45, 9:30 Sat.*4:00,6:45, 9:30. Sun.*4:00,6:45, 9:30. Wkdays. 7:30

112 minR

130min PG13

Kick Ass 2 Action/Comedy/Crime Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Fri: 7:00 & 9:30. Sat. *4:00,7:00, 9:30 Sun. *4:00,7:00, 9:30 Wkdys: 7:00 103min R

We’re The MillersComedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman. Fri: 6:45, 9:30. Sat: *4:00, 6:45, 9:30. Sun:*4:00, 6:45, 9:30. Wkdys: 6:45

109minR

OLIVER THEATREEnjoy your evening out, takingin a movie at the Oliver Theatre!

August, 2013 Programme Phone 250-498-2277 Oliver, B.C.

Summer Showtimes7:00 & 9:00 P.M. Nightly

(Unless otherwise stated)

We'reAirconditioned

Programme subject to unavoidable change without notice

Sat. - Sun. - Mon. - Tues. - Wed. - Thurs. - Fri.Aug. 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30

Violence, coarse language, frightening scenes.

Sat. - Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Aug. 10 - 11 - 12 - 13


Frightening scenes.

Frequent coarse language, violence.

Violence.

There will also be a matinee of this show on the Sat. at 2:00 p.m. All seats $6.00 for the matinee.

Violence.

Showtimes at 7:00 & 9:15 p.m. Nightly

Violence.

ONE SHOWING NIGHTLY AT 7:30 P.M.

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Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. Aug. 7 - 8 - 9


Visit our website

www.olivertheatre.ca

Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. Aug. 14 - 15 - 16


Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. Aug. 21 - 22 - 23Showtimes at 7:00 & 9:10 p.m. Nightly


There will also be a matinee of this show on the Sat. at 2:00 p.m. All seats $6.00 for the matinee.

Sat. - Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Aug. 31, Sept. 1 - 2 - 3

Irene Manuel

IRENE MARY MANUEL

Irene Mary Manuel, age 90, died August 5, 2013 in Tonasket, Washington. She was born February 22, 1923 in Penticton, B.C. to George and Louisa Lezard.

Irene, as a girl, lived in Penticton and went to board-ing school in Cranbrook, B.C. As a young woman, she came to Washington, worked in the apple industry, raised her children and was a homemaker. Irene loved all her family and relatives and kept in touch with all she could. She loved her flower and vegetable garden, to ride in the mountains, beadwork, yard saling, and shop-ping.

Irene was a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes.

She is survived by five sons: George Mariani of Mt. Vernon, Wash., Linsey Manuel of Oroville, Alvin Manuel of Oroville, Randy Ward of Arkansas and Kirk Jensen of Montesano, Wash.; four daughters: Violet Doneyhue of Tonasket, Adelene Holbert of Oroville, Kim Sandy of Wenatchee and LaBerta Henry of Lynnwood, Wash. and 25 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Louisa Lezard, husband Angus Manuel and 12 sisters and brothers.

A gathering will be held Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 starting at 7 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Oroville and Mass of Christian Burial will be said Saturday, Aug. 10 at 10 a.m with Father Jose Maldonado offi-ciating. Interment will follow at the Oroville Riverview Cemetery.

Bergh Funeral Service of Oroville/Tonasket in care of arrangements.

ETHEL B. SCOTTEthel B. Scott, a former resident

of Oroville, passed away after a lengthy illness on June 5, 2013, in Los Gatos, California. She was the wife of the late Edward A. Scott, a lifelong Oroville resident.

Mrs. Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 20, 1920 to the late Jay and Amy Banker. While attending Business College in Colorado Springs, Colorado she met Mr. Scott. They married on Jan. 10, 1943 and moved to Oroville in 1945.

Mrs. Scott was employed as an accountant in the Scott family business known for many years as Scott Motors. She was also known by her work as a Office Manager in the local dental office. She never tired of outdoor activities so common in the Oroville area. Boating, fishing and snowmobil-ing were her favorites.

She is survived by her sons; Tracy Scott (Jane) of Los Gatos, California and Bruce Scott (Lulu) of San Diego, California; grand-sons, Barrett Scott (Lisa) and Brian Scott (Kathleen) and four great-grandchildren, Sydney, Shelby, Mason and Harper.

She was loved and admired by her family and by her many friends. She will be missed.

VICKIE REESEVickie Reese, age 60 of Oroville,

died on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. She was born on July 18, 1953 in Tonasket to parents Robert and Ruby Reese.

Vickie is survived by her mother Ruby Reese of Oroville; daughter, Lisa Oliver of Brewster; grandson, Eric Farley of Spokane and two sisters, Janet Reese and Peggy Reese, both of Oroville

She was preceded in death by her father, Bob Reese; a son, Troy Glen Rairdan; nephew, Justin and Niece, Melissa.

A Memorial Service and com-plete obituary will be at a later date.

Please share your thoughts and memories by signing Vickie’s online guestbook at www.bergh-funeralservice.com

GRACE BLACKGrace E. (Barnes) Black (as

reluctant to reveal her middle name as she was her age) was born quite awhile ago in Oroville, Washington to Lafe and Carrie Barnes in the bedroom of her parents’ home. For the record she had her tonsils removed on the dining room table of the same house and, liking to do things ‘at home’, was blessed to be able to pass from this world in her own bedroom in Anchorage, Alaska on August 13, 2013.

A hopeless romantic, Grace loved to dance, believed she could defeat the slot machines in Las Vegas and eloped with the love of her life, Del Black, on Valentine’s Day 1945. Their apple orchard/farm was walking distance to the place Gracie was born and she loved having a cow and horses in the pasture plus two young daughters, Susan and Diane, with whom to share this idyllic life. But things change.

Grace, Del, their two daugh-ters, a nephew and a long haired cat made the trip to Anchorage, Alaska arriving just before New Year’s Eve 1964 with a mattress strapped to the top of their old Chrysler, a broken spring and a belief in the future. The immedi-ate future turned out to be the Great Alaskan Earthquake which was likely diminished by the shake up that had already taken place in Gracie’s life.

During World War II, Grace and her sister, Helene owned a string of dress shops in Washington so it was a perfect fit for her to seek employment at David Green Furs in Anchorage. She was the pretty blond manager at the Fourth Ave. store where she had a hand in selling, select-ing inventory, modeling, and even held the title of the ‘Vulgar Boatman’ in one of the more memorable of their 70‘s-80‘s tele-vision ads. She claims to be the person who penned their ‘if you don’t know furs, know your fur-rier’ slogan.

After retirement, she and Del loved traveling in their motorhome to Las Vegas where Grace would leave the casino with hands black from too many hours warring with the one armed ban-dits.

Furs were her vocation but Grace’s avocation was drawing and painting. After retirement she was able to spend more time behind the easel and thoroughly enjoyed working under the tutor-ship of Andrea Sonneborn in her downtown studio where she had two very successful shows of her work.

Grace was sweet, loving, albe-it, a little mischievous right to the end of her sojourn. She will be recognized by the staff at the Spenard Village Inn where she was a regular. Cane in hand, she was quick to notice a good looking man. Members of the Anchorage Senior Citizen Center will also have fond memories of her.

Grace leaves a devoted and lov-ing Alaskan family. Daughters:

Susan Gose (Terry) and Diane Blacksmith (Craig); grandchil-dren Ashley, Britne, Morgan, and Alexis and four great grand children. She also leaves her nie-ceNancy Bergh Pollock (Ron) who felt like a daughter. Great nieces, Liv and Erin Pollock, also shared an unusual closeness.

In Washington she leaves niece Patty Key and nephews Gary Bergh, Jeff Bergh and Lance Barnes. Grace was loved dearly in the final years of her life by a cadre of caregivers who became so much more than the label. She was preceded in death by her husband Del, a baby son, her best friend and sister Helene; her brother Bill and her parents.

Visitation for family and friends will be held Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 from 2-4 p.m. at the Bergh Chapel in Oroville.

Graveside services will be held Saturday Aug. 24, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Oroville Riverview Cemetery with the Reverend Marilyn Wilder officiating.

SAMUEL CALVIN KOEPKE

Sam Koepke, 84, of Oroville, Washington, passed away peace-fully at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, Washington on August 15, 2013. He was born in Aeneas Valley on July 14, 1929 to his par-ents Bessie and Charles Koepke.

Sam enlisted in the United States Army on July 30, 1946 and

served over seas until Dec. 9, 1947 as a C an none e r. He then returned to Washington

and served in the Army Reserve for two years. He lived briefly in Republic, Wash. before making Oroville his permanent home.

Sam married Shirley Marie Doyle on Nov. 4, 1948 and togeth-er they raised three children.

Sam started working in the apple industry in 1952 for Oroville United Growers. Over the years he held various positions while working for Haskell and Burns, HeavyPack, Appleway Storage, Lake Osoyoos Growers and Oro before retiring from Gold Digger in 2003. Sam was also a Fire and Ambulance Volunteer with over 36 years of dedicated ser-vice. He retired in 1991 from Oroville Ambulance and 1996 from Oroville Fire Department.

Sam was preceded in death by his parents, 13 siblings and daugh-ter Cheryl. He is survived by his wife Shirley, his children Vicky Walters (Travis) of Okanogan, Wash., Anthony Koepke (Peggy) of Oroville and Jarrod Koepke (Tina) of Oroville. He is also survived by his grandchildren Travis “Fred” Walters Jr., Tammy Walters, Elizabeth Peterson (Larry), Lindsay Koepke, Kyra Koepke, great grandson Justin Peterson, sister in-law Marlene Wilkinson and sister in-law Geraldine “Dennie” Koepke.

All are welcome to attend a memorial service that will be

held on Friday Aug. 23, 2013 at 4:30 p.m at the Assembly of God Church, 623 Central Ave. in Oroville followed by a dinner at the American Legion, 314 14th Ave. Oroville.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Oroville Fire Department or the Oroville Ambulance.

SUZANNE MARIE SHULTZSuzanne Marie Shultz of

Rosalia, Washington passed away Saturday evening August 10, 2013 at age 64. She was born October 13, 1948 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the daughter of the late George and Leona Koole.

On February 23, 1967 she was united in marriage to Lynn Everett Shultz. She was a retired nurse who worked in many spe-cialties including heart trans-plant, ICU, emergency room, and burn unit.

Surviving are her husband of 46 years, Lynn Shultz; their five chil-dren, Vanessa Shultz of Nashville, Tenn., Lisa Low of Chehalis, Wash., Kim (Lisa) Shultz of Charleston, SC, Katie (Paul) McBryde of Sydney, Australia, and Ginger (Nathaniel) Szymczak of Ann Arbor, Mich.; her ten grandchildren, Christopher Shultz, Grace O’Connor, Rena Swopes, Darby Low, Piper Low, Zander Shultz, Amelia Shultz, Liberty Shultz, Maximillian McBryde, and Khaleesi McBryde.

Bergh Funeral Service of Oroville/Tonasket in care of arrangements.

AMOS EDGAR COFFELT

Amos Edgar Coffelt, of Molson, Washington passed away on his 85th birthday, Friday, August 16th. He was born on August 16, 1928 on Orcas Island, Washington to his parents Helen Coffelt (Smedberg) and Amos Earnest Coffelt.

He served during the Korean War in the Army. Amos g r a d u -ated from University of Washington

with a degree in Forestry and Engineering. He worked as an Engineer and Land Surveyor throughout his long career. He married the love of his life, Judith Lovejoy Coffelt, on June 25, 1960.

Amos loved travel and was passionate about his work. This

combination led him to live all over the world with his wife and family, including Hawaii, Saudi Arabia, Pohnpei (Micronesia), Guam and finally the Okanogan Highlands. After settling in Molson in 1992 Amos worked as a Land Surveyor and Owner of Coffelt’s Molson Ranch. He was a long time member of the Land Surveyor’s Association of Washington (LSAW). Amos earned much praise and respect resulting from his work ethic, dedication, integrity and atten-tion to detail both as a man and a professional. He taught us about our responsibility to be honest and live life with no regrets. His sense of humor had no match and we will remember him each time we laugh.

Amos is survived by his wife Judith L. Coffelt of, Molson, by his five children: Anna Coffelt-Kuetzing of Friday Harbor, Wash.; John Coffelt, of Molson, Silvie Coffelt-Hilstad, of Molson; Jake Coffelt, of South Kona, Hawaii and Hannah Coffelt-Hollett, of Gig Harbor, Wash. He is also sur-vived by his son-in-laws whom he considered sons: Karl Kuetzing (Anna); Dave Hilstad (Silvie) and Scott Hollett (Hannah). Amos (Bapa) loved his grandchil-dren: Conner, Kylie, Madeline, Sandra, Max and Olivia. Siblings: Theodore Vern Coffelt (Sydney), of Orcas Island; Russell Don Coffelt (Jan), of Snohomish, Wash., Robert John (Jack) Coffelt (deceased). Amos (Uncle Ed) is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, whom he adored and was adored by.

A private memorial will follow at a later date.


Oroville Community Bible FellowshipSunday Service, 10:00 a.m.

923 Main St. • [email protected] Fast, Pastor

www.BrotherOfTheSon.com

Faith Lutheran Church11th & Ironwood, Oroville • 476-2426

Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. “O taste and see that the Lord is good!”

Pastor Dan Kunkel • Deacon Dave Wildermuth

Immaculate Conception Parish1715 Main Street Oroville

8:30 a.m. English Mass 1st Sunday of the MonthOther Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

1:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every other Sun.Rev. David Kuttner • 476-2110

PC of G Bible Faith Family Church476-3063 • 1012 Fir Street, Oroville

SUNDAY: 7 am Men’s Meeting • 9:45 Sunday School10:45 Worship Service • Children’s Church (3-8 yrs)

WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Pastor Claude Roberts

Come Worship with Project 3:16

Oroville Unit ed Methodist908 Fir, Oroville • 476-2681

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Rev. Leon Alden

Valley Christian FellowshipPastor Randy McAllister

142 East Oroville Rd. • 476-2028• Sunday School (Adult & Teens) 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship 11 a.m.• Sun. Evening Worship 6 p.m.Sunday School & Children’s Church K-6

9:45 to 1:00 p.m. Open to Community! Located at Kid City 142 East Oroville

• Wednesday Evening Worship 7 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal602 Central Ave., Oroville

Sunday School & Services 10:00 a.m.Holy Eucharist: 1st, 3rd, & 5th • Morning Prayer: 2nd & 4th

Healing Service: 1st SundayThe Reverend Marilyn Wilder 476-3629

Warden • 476-2022

Church of ChristIronwood & 12th, Oroville • 476-3926

Sunday School 10 a.m. • Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Seventh-Day Adventist10th & Main, Oroville - 509-476-2552

Bible Study: Sat. 9:30 a.m. • Worship: Sat. 11 a.m.Skip Johnson • 509-826-0266

Oroville Free Methodist1516 Fir Street • Pastor Rod Brown • 476.2311

Sun. School 9:15 am • Worship Service 10:15amYouth Activity Center • 607 Central Ave.

Monday 7:00 pm • After School M-W-F 3-5pm offi [email protected]

OROVILLE

LOOMISLoomis Community Church

Main Street in Loomis9:45 a.m. Sunday School11 a.m. Worship Service

Interim Visiting PastorsInformation: 509-223-3542

Holy Rosary Parish1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket

10:30 a.m. English Mass 1st Sunday of the MonthOther Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

7:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every SaturdayFather Jose Maldonado • 476-2110

Immanuel Lutheran Church1608 Havillah Rd., Tonasket • 509-485-3342

Sun. Worship 9 a.m. • Bible Study & Sun. School 10:15“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works,

so that no one can boast.” -Eph. 2:8-9“To every generation.” Celebrating 100 years 1905-2005

Crossroads Meeting Place Tonasket Foursquare Church415-A S. Whitcomb Ave. • Pastor George Conkle

Sunday: 10 a.m.(509) 486-2000 • cell: (509) 429-1663

Tonasket Community UCC 24 E. 4th, Tonasket • 486-2181

“A biblically based, thoughtful group of Christian People”Sunday Worship at 11 a.m.

Call for program/activity information Leon L. Alden, Pastor

Whitestone Church of the Brethren577 Loomis-Oroville Rd., Tonasket. 846-4278

9:15am Praise Singing. 9:30am Worship Service10:45am Sunday school for all ages

Ellisforde Church of the Brethren32116 Hwy. 97, Tonasket. 846-4278

10am Sunday School. 11am Worship Service “Continuing the work of Jesus...simply, peacefully, together”

Pastor Jim Yaussy Albright. [email protected]

CHESAWChesaw Community Bible Church

Nondenominational • Everyone WelcomeEvery Sunday 10:30 a.m. to Noon

Pastor Duane Scheidemantle • 485-3826

TONASKET

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Riverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God102 Tower Street

Sunday Bible Study 10:00amSunday Worship 11:00am & 6:30pm

Wednesday- family Night 6:30pmPastor Vern & Anita Weaver

Ph. 509-826-4082

Community Christian FellowshipMolson Grange, Molson

Sunday 10 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.Wednesday 6:30pm, Bible Study

“For by grace are ye saved through faith...” Eph. 2:8-9“...lovest thou me...Feed my lambs...John 21:1-17

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15. Bromo ingredient

16. Mosque’s tall, slender tower

17. Removed from view

18. Exploitative employer

19. Flexible

20. 1969 Peace Prize grp. (acronym)

22. Method of frying

23. Disney dog

24. Grave marker

26. Boris Godunov, for one

27. “... ___ he drove out of sight”

28. Whenever

30. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.

31. Allergic reaction

33. Showing even less emotion

35. Increase, with “up”

37. “Idylls of the King” character

38. Abstruse

42. 10 to the 100th power

46. 40 winks

47. Yo-Yo Ma, e.g.

49. Altdorf is its capital

50. Attracted

52. Discourage

53. Carpenter’s groove

54. Hungarian language, e.g.

56. Undertake, with “out”

57. Red Square �gure

58. Information displayed on an electronic device

60. Oily, poisonous ingredient in rubber

62. Accord

63. Keel-shaped ridges

64. Less forgiving

65. Tools for raising the nap

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4. Good to have around

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6. Conk out

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8. Rude

9. Cloak-and-dagger org. (acronym)

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11. 200 milligrams

12. Excited

13. Solvent derived from petroleum

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24. Displayed a scornful expression

25. In the middle of

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COACHING POSITIONS

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The Oroville-TonasketIrrigation District

is accepting applications for Systems Operator. Qualified applicant should be able to work with the pubic, self start- er, solve routine water delivery issues, responsible for operation of pumping plants, stay competent during crisis situations day or night. Pre- employment drug test, and valid current Washington State Drivers License is required. CDL license, mechanical and technical skills is preferred. Salary DOE, good benefits. The District maintains a drug free work- place and is an equal Oppor- tunity Employer. Resumes will be accepted at the

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Clinic Operations Manager, Family Health Centers,

Tonasket, WA

Are you tired of sitting in traffic while your life passes you by? Do you desire wide open spaces and the beauty of nature at your door? Do you want to be part of a beautiful rural community with four true seasons? If you are an ener- getic team player with the desire to make a difference, we are looking for YOU! Family Health Centers is a growing, comprehensive health care system incorporating State services (WIC) with first rate medical and dental care to fa- cilitate a healthy community. We operate three medical clinics and three dental clinics, providing ambulatory medical care with a family practice focus in a rural community.

Full time salaried exempt position. Duties include day to day clinic operations, program planning & evaluations, quality improvement & regulatory compliance & supervision & development of staff. REQ’s: Knowledge & training in the healthcare field typical- ly required through a formal Associates degree or trade school program in nursing OR high level of skill, expertise and basic clinical knowledge to manage the medical clinic; may also have been acquired in not less than five years of managing a medical clinic. See

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that any groups, organizations or persons having projects, ideas, comments and/or requests to be submitted for consideration regarding funding during 2014, including Hotel/Motel tax expenditures, must have written pro- posals submitted to the Oroville City Hall no later than 3:00 p.m., Thurs- day, September 19, 2013.ATTEST: Kathy M. Jones, Clerk- TreasurerPublished in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on August 22, 29, September 12, 2013.#505448

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF OKANOGAN

In re the Estate of:BILLIE LEE ESSARY,Deceased.NO. 13-4-00051-1NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the man- ner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the

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claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FILING COPY OF NO- TICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: Augus 15, 2013.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: August 15, 2013/s/ TAMMY ESSARYTAMMY ESSARYPersonal Representative/s/ Anthony CasteldaAnthony Castelda, WSBA #28937Attorney for Essary EstateP.O. Box 1307Tonasket, WA 98855(509) 486-1175Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on August 15, 22, 29, 2013.#503960

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

OKANOGANIn re the Estate of:JOHN E. KEENER,Deceased.NO. 09-4-00040-8NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any

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otherwise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the man- ner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FILING COPY OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: August 14, 2013DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION:August 22, 2013/s/ WILLIAM KEENERWILLIAM KEENERPersonal Representative/s/ Anthony CasteldaAnthony Castelda, WSBA#28937Attorney for Keener EstateP.O. Box 1307Tonasket, WA 98855(509) 486-1175Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette on August 22, 29, Septem- ber 5, 2013#506397Vehicles

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Cops & CourtsSuperior Court

CriminalNeal Sylvester Mix, 28, Okanogan,

pleaded guilty July 31 to second-degree assault. Mix was sentenced to 73.5 months in prison and fined $1,110.50. The crime occurred Oct. 6, 2012. In a separate case, Mix pleaded guilty July 31 to first-degree assault, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, attempting to elude police, unlawful possession of a firearm, alteration of identification marks and third-degree DWLS. He was sentenced to a total of 240 months in prison, to run concurrent with his earlier sentence. Those crimes occurred Nov. 10, 2012.

Aaron Lee Dick, 25, Okanogan, pleaded guilty Aug. 8 to forg-ery. Dick was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $1,110.50. He also had an identity theft charge dismissed. The crime occurred Feb. 29, 2012.

Chrystian Oliver Aquino Gonzalez, 27, Omak, pleaded guilty Aug. 12 to two counts of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphet-amine) and one count of posses-sion with intent to manufacture

or deliver a controlled substance (methamphetamine). An addition charge of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) was dismissed. Gonzalez was sentenced to 16 months in prison on each count, with jail time to run concur-rently, and fined $2,340.50. The crimes occurred in December 2012 and January and February of 2013.

Delora Lea Bostic, 56, Omak, was found guilty at an Aug. 14 bench trial of three counts of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphet-amine). Bostic was sentenced to 40 months in prison for the first count, and 64 months each in prison on the second and third, to run concurrently. Bostic was also fined $1,860.50. The crimes occurred in July and August of 2012.

Warren William Louie, 47, Omak, pleaded guilty Aug. 15 to fourth-degree assault and third-degree theft. Louis received a 364-day suspended sentence with credit for 35 days served in jail, and fined $1,010.50

Tena M. Lounsbery, 51, Omak, pleaded guilty Aug. 15 to fourth-degree assault and third-degree theft. Lounsbery received a 364-day suspended sentenced with credit for 35 days served in jail, and fined

$1,010.50. Joshua Dean Allen, 32, Oroville, plead-

ed guilty Aug. 16 to second-degree taking a motor vehicle without permission. Allen was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $1,110.50. The crime occurred May 29, 2013.

Robert Charles Swan, 74, Groveland, Calif., pleaded guilty Aug. 19 to possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Swan was sentenced to 15 days in jail, 12 months community custody and fined $3,110.50. The crime oc-curred July 10, 2013 at the Oroville Point of Entry.

The court found probable cause to charge Shayla Fitzhum-Schellert, 23, Oroville, with theft of a motor vehicle and possession of a legend drug.

The court found probable cause to charge David Randall Priest, 47, Omak, with possession of a stolen vehicle.

The court declined to prosecute James Dwayne Borg, 70, Oroville, with first-degree assault (DV).

The court found probable cause to charge Aaron Justin Conrad Pfaltzgraff-Miller, 20, Omak, with second-degree assault.

The court found probable cause to

charge Amanda Marie Souther-land, 27, Omak, with first-degree trafficking of stolen property and third-degree theft.

The court found probable cause to charge Eric Andreas Bakken, 49, Omak, with harassment (threats to kill) (DV).

JuvenileA 16-year-old Omak girl pleaded

guilty Aug. 14 to minor in posses-sion or consumption of alcohol. She was sentenced to eight days in detention with credit for two days served, six months community supervision, and fined $100.

CivilJesus Denis Sandoval, 18, Oroville,

was ordered to pay restitution to The Brown Jug liquor store in Oro-ville in the amount of $1,064.59.

DiStriCt Court

Deborah Coleen Mathews, 49, Tonasket, had a charge dismissed: obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

Wayne Morris McGhee, 63, Omak, had two charges dismissed: fourth-degree assault and first-degree

criminal trespass.James Jonathan McKinney, 28, Tonas-

ket, had a third-degree DWLS charge dismissed.

Tommy Eugene Moore, 46, Tonasket, had a fourth-degree assault charge dismissed.

Angel Javier Morales Salazar, 24, Tonasket, pleaded guilty to DUI. Salazar was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 362 days suspended, and fined $1,936.

Rusty Jochua Nimmo, 23, Omak, pleaded guilty to first-degree negligent driving. Nimmo was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended, and fined $1,058.

Ernesto Ramirez Palomares, 44, Omak, pleaded guilty to obstruction of a law enforcement officer. Palomares was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, and fined $508.

Jesus Ramirez Palomares, 51, Tonasket, pleaded guilty to third-degree DWLS. Palomares received a 90-day suspended sentence and a $268 fine.

Ramona Lynn Penley, 25, Okanogan, pleaded guilty to violating a restraining order. Penley received a 364-day suspended sentence and a $693 fine.

Andres Perez Martinez, 22, Okanogan,

pleaded guilty to attempted reckless driving and hit-and-run (unattended property). Martinez received a 90-day suspended sentence for each charge and fined $618.

Richard Revern Pooler, 64, Oroville, pleaded guilty to reckless driving. Pooler was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 274 days suspended, and fined $258.

Alan Forbes Price, 40, Oroville, pleaded guilty to third-degree DWLS. Price was sentenced to 90 in days with 88 days suspended, and was fined $858.

David Randall Priest, 40, Oroville, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft and false reporting. Priest was sen-tenced to 364 days in jail with 274 days suspended, and fined $1,058.

Crispin Emanuel Ramirez, 22, Tonas-ket, had a charge dismissed: mak-ing a false statement to a public servant.

Rachel Cinda Rawley, 37, Oroville, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespassing. Rawley was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 45 days suspended, and fined $608.

Jesus A. Renteria Hernandez, 18, Omak, had three charges dismissed, all for reckless endangerment.

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German Rivera Benitez, 26, Tonasket, had a DUI charge dismissed.

Chuck Rodriguez, no middle name listed, 46, Tonasket, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft. Rodriquez was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 343 days suspended, and fined $768.

Marcos Florention Rosas, 28, Omak, pleaded guilty to third-degree DWLS. Rosas was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspend-ed, and fined $858.

Alex Anthony Sanchez, 37, Oroville, pleaded guilty to third-degree DWLS. Sanchez was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended, and fined $658.

Alexander David Schaler, 20, Okano-gan, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault. Schaler received a 180-day suspended sentence and was fined $893. Schaler also had another fourth-degree assault charge dismissed.

Dane A. Stalder, 24, Tonasket, pleaded guilty to third-degree DWLS. Stalder received a 90-day sus-pended sentence and fined $858.

911 Calls and Jail Bookings

Monday, Aug. 12, 2013DUI on Edmonds St. in Omak.Warrant arrest on North Ash St. in

Omak.Trespassing in Civic League Park in

Omak.Burglary on South Fir St. in Omak.Alcohol offense on Omak Ave. in Omak.Wildland fire on Hwy. 155 near Omak.Gregory Colbern Wheeler, 30, booked

for DUI.Aaron Thomas Allen, 30, booked for

DUI and third-degree DWLS.Vincent Wade Birdtail, 19, booked for

MIP/C.Miranda Nicole Mann, 22, booked for

fourth-degree assault (DV).Isaac Serrano, no middle name listed,

25, booked on an Omak Police Department FTA warrant for third-degree theft.

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013Theft on Henrick Rd. near Omak. Wal-

let reported missing.Theft on North Fourth Ave. in Okano-

gan. Cell phone reported missing.Theft on South Fifth Ave. in Okanogan.

Bicycle reported missing.Warrant arrest on Apple Way Rd. near

Okanogan.Trespassing on Engh Rd. in Omak.Vehicle prowl on Sunrise Dr. in Omak.

Two iPods reported missing.Threats on North Main St. in Omak.Public intoxication on South Main St.

in Omak.Malicious mischief on Oak St. in Omak.Weapons offense at East Side Park in

Omak.Warrant arrest on Riverside Dr. in

Omak.Trespassing on South Main St. in Omak.Vehicle crash on Riverside Dr. No

injuries reported.Harassment on West Third Ave. in

Omak.Harassment on Omache Dr. in Omak.Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak. Fraud on Golden St. in Oroville.Assault on Golden St. in Oroville.

Theft on Main St. in Oroville.Laura Ann Iukes, 32, booked on fourth-

degree assault (DV).Leaysha Lamariah Louis, 19, booked

for motor vehicle theft.Eduardo Pamatz-Ponce, 22, booked

on a Department of Corrections detainer.

Jennifer Deann Nieshe, 32, booked on an FTA warrant for third-degree DWLS.

Miguel Angel Nino-Chavez, 27, booked for to charges of delivery of a controlled substance, a Border Patrol hold, and three charges of alien in possession of a firearm.

Rigoberto Mendoza-Zafra, 22, booked on a Border Patrol hold, delivery of a controlled substance, and three charges of alien in possession of a firearm.

Arlen Leroi Long, 56, booked on three OCSO FTA warrants: two for third-degree theft and one for second-degree criminal trespassing.

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013Fraud on Tacoma St. in Okanogan.Threats on Swanson Mill Rd. near

Oroville.Threats on North Second Ave. in

Okanogan.Vehicle prowl on South Eighth St. in

Okanogan.Illegal burning on Hubbert Rd. near

Omak.Trespassing on Hwy. 7 near Tonasket.Threats on Emily Rd. near Oroville.Burglary on Miller Rd. near Omak.

Television reported missing.Theft on South Ash St. in Omak.Trespassing on Engh Rd. in Omak.Threats on N. Main St. in Omak.Harassment on Omak Ave. in Omak.Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak.Welfare check on East Central Ave.

in Omak. Female jumped off of bridge.

Illegal burning on Oak St. in Omak.Trespassing on South Cedar St. in Omak.Theft on Ironwood St. in Oroville.DWLS on West Jonathan St. in

Tonasket.Heather Rae Clements, 35, booked for

harassment.Kevin James Smith, 27, booked for

third-degree malicious mischief (DV).

Richard Dean Haworth, 47, booked on a Tonasket Police Department FTA warrant for first-degree DWLS.

Andres Orozco-Churape, 43, court commitments for DUI and third-degree DWLS.

Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013Malicious mischief on Main St. in

Oroville.Weapons offense on South Locust Way

in Tonasket.Warrant arrest on South Second Ave. in

Okanogan.Public intoxication on West Fourth Ave.

in Omak.Fraud on Apple Lane in Omak.Assault on West Bartlett Ave. in Omak.Theft on South Main St. in Omak. Beer

reported stolen.Assault on Riverside Dr. in Omak.Violation of no-contact order on Juni-

per St. in Oroville.Alba Lus Benites-Canales, 32, booked

for no valid operator’s license without ID.

Roger Lee Owen, 59, booked for

harassment.Christopher Michael Fuller, 47, booked

for felony possession of a firearm.Joseph Scott Pyburn, 61, booked for

making a false statement and on an Island County warrant for proba-tion violation.

Kevin Michael Clark, 32, booked on a Department of Corrections warrant.

Edward Robert Simpson, 33, booked on a State Patrol FTA warrant for DUI.

Amy Sue Stewart, 39, booked for second-degree possession of stolen property.

Friday, Aug. 16, 2013Trespassing on Miller Rd. near Omak.Theft on South Fifth Ave. in Okanogan.Assault on Engh Rd. in Omak.Littering on Oak St. in Okanogan. Tires

thrown from vehicle.Two-vehicle hit-and-run crash on Engh

Rd. in Omak.Trespassing on West Fourth Ave. in Omak.Assault on Shumway Rd. in Omak.Threats on South Main St. in Omak.Assault on Main St. in Oroville.Cameron Dean Gregg, 53, booked for

second-degree assault.Julia Marie Johns, 35, booked for

fourth-degree assault (DV).Lisa Lynn Oliver, 41, booked on a De-

partment of Corrections detainer.Lynn Michelle Stanley, 42, booked on a

State Patrol warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia and a Chelan County order of production.

Marcos Florention Rosas, 28, booked for violation of a protection order (DV) and third-degree malicious mischief (DV).

Jamison Ray Edwards, 23, booked on an OCSO FTA warrant for DUI and an Omak Police Department FTA warrant for DUI.

Marvin Keith Lezard, 48, booked for first-degree trafficking of stolen property.

Justin Kiel Smith, 29, booked on two Omak Police Department FTA warrants: third-degree theft and second-degree criminal trespass-ing.

Jesus Alberto Lulo-Gonzalez, 23, booked for possession of a stolen vehicle.

Pamela Ann Vervalen, 50, court com-mitment for third-degree DWLS.

Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013Alcohol offense on West Oak St. in

Okanogan.Vehicle prowl on Swanson Mill Rd.

near Oroville.Vehicle crash on B&O Rd. near Okano-

gan. No injuries reported.Juvenile problem on Copple Rd. near

Omak.Drug offense on Engh Rd. in Omak.Warrant arrest on Quince St. near Omak.Assault on Main St. in Oroville.Harassment on Appleway Rd. in

Oroville.Thomas Lee Cohen Jr., 43, court com-

mitment for first-degree DWLS.Jeremiah Joseph McCoy, 37, booked

for DUI.Bernardo Ortiz Godinez, 33, booked

for DUI, third-degree DWLS and an OCSO FTC warrant for DUI.

Jordan Alapa Sifagloa Cruz, 23, booked for disorderly conduct.

Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013Vehicle prowl on Pine St. near Omak.

Assault on Breshears Rd. near Omak.Theft on Sinlahekin Creek Rd. near

Loomis. Assault on Weatherstone Rd. near

Omak.One-vehicle crash on Hwy. 7 near

Tonasket. No injuries reported.DWLS on Hwy. 97 near Okanogan.DUI on Conconully Rd. in Okanogan.Weapons offense on South Granite St.

in Omak.Malicious mischief on East Eighth

Ave. in Omak. Windows reported broken.

Alcohol offense on Hillcrest Circle Rd. in Omak.

Found property on North Douglas St. in Omak. Bicycle recovered.

Theft on North Main St. in Omak. Clothing reported missing.

Found property on Hanford St. in Omak. Wallet recovered.

Juvenile problem on West Fourth Ave. in Omak.

Assault on Koala Dr. in Omak.Found property on Ironwood St. in

Oroville. Cell phone recovered.Fireworks on Juniper St. in Oroville.Fireworks on 14th Ave. in Oroville.Burglary on South Tonasket Ave. in

Tonasket.Jon Edward Digel, 54, booked for DUI.Justin Thomas Gentemann, 23, booked

for DUI.Fernando Rosales-Molinero, 20,

booked for DUI and second-degree DWLS.

Matthew James Gregory, 21, booked for violation of protection order (DV) (with assault).

Geraldine Louise McDonald, 32, booked for DUI.

Jose Guadalupe Cazares-Oros, 27, booked for no valid operator’s license without ID and a Border Patrol hold.

Charlynn Angelica Zaragoza, 26, booked on three OCSO FTA war-rants: DUI, second-degree DWLS and operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock.

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CONCONULLY - Charlie Wines from Kelso, WA, and John and Brenna Decker from Arlington, WA, caught these nice rainbow at the upper Conconully Lake and Sugarloaf lake.

Charlie was using night crawlers and a special solution he mixes up to help catch these

keepers. All of the fish were over 1.5 to almost 3 lbs. for the biggest rainbow.

Fishing has been absolutely fantastic this whole fishing sea-son. We have had more trout over 15 inches than any other year since we have owned Liar’s Cove Resort.

Most fishermen are still fish-ing from a boat on the East side of the Lower Conconully Reservoir or by the dam at about 45 feet.

Big fishing this year at Liar’s Cove

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