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GAZETTE-TRIBUNESERVING WASHINGTON’S OKANOGAN VALLEY SINCE 1905

Tonasket, Oroville mayors put local apples on the line, Page A9.

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Northwest Medstar, a critical care transport service, conducted

Landing Zone training with Oroville EMS at Dorothy Scott Airport. The training included

information regarding air trans-port, choosing, setting up and

marking a safety landing zone, as well as communication with

the helicopter pilot and assisting with loading. Above, firefighter

Jarrod Koepke checks out the Brewster-based helicopter from

the pilot’s seat. (right and below) Kaylee Morgan, RRT-EMT and Suzy Beck, RN-EMT, show how the volunteer patient, firefighter

Jeff Rounds, is loaded onto the helicopter. (Below, right)

In addition to Oroville EMS, Oroville Police and Fire depart-

ments Molson-Chesaw Fire Department and US Cusoms

and Border Protection personnel took part in the training.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

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Local candidates invited to speakOroville Chamber sponsors forum on Thursday, Oct. 16 at the High School CommonsBY GARY A. DE VONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE - The Oroville Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Candidate Forum on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Oroville High School Commons. Each candidate will get a minimum of 10 minutes to present (more depending on total presenters).

Every candidate of every contested race for county has been invited to attend.

“Of course, not every candidate may be physically able to come, but is being invited to officially appoint a presenter on his or her behalf. If you have a favorite candidate, be sure to contact that candi-date to make sure they received the invite and will have someone there to represent them,” said Clyde Andrews, president of the Oroville Chamber of Commerce.

Due to time limitations, the cham-ber cannot invite candidates for uncon-tested positions, nor have presenters on the issues on the ballot, according to Andrews.

“This will be a time for candidates to personally introduce themselves to us and their issues. This will not be in the format of a debate, though each candi-date will have an opportunity to speak after his or her contender,” said Andrews.

The forum will be the organization’s

second membership meeting since start-ing back up after a summer break. The public is invited to attend and listen to the candidates speak.

Ballots for the Nov. 4 General Election are being mailed out on Friday, Oct. 17. This election there are three county-wide positions up for election with two candidates on the ballot -- the newly formed county coroner’s office, county assessor and Okanogan County PUD Commissioner Position 1. Seeking the office of County Coroner are Gary Reams (no party preference) and David Rodriguez (prefers Republican). Incumbent Scott Furman, a Democrat, is appearing on ballot with Les V. Stokes of the Conservative Party. Running for the non-partisan PUD Commissioner posi-tion are incumbent David Womack and Scott Vejraska.

All three state legislative positions in the Seventh District are contested as well. Incumbent Brian Dansel faces off against fellow Republican Tony Booth for a four year term in the Senate. For the House of Representatives, incumbent Shelly Short, a Republican, faces a challenge for a two year term in Position 1 from James R. Apker, a Libertarian and incumbent Joel Kretz is seeking a return to a two year year for Position 2, but is challenged by Ronnie Rae, a Centralist.

Last day set for Oct. 31BY GARY A. DE VONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE – After seven years as Oroville’s Police Chief, R. Clay Warnstaff announced his intention of retiring as of Oct. 31.

Chief Warnstaff made the announce-ment in a short letter to Mayor Chuck Spieth and at the last city council meet-ing.

“You’ve done so much for the city, what can I say, when you’ve gotta move on, you’ve gotta move on,” said Mayor Spieth.

Warnstaff had nothing but praise for the mayor and council’s support of his efforts over the years.

“It is good to have a mayor and coun-cil that doesn’t try to second guess you. And having Chuck for mayor, as he was former police chief, that was great,” said the police chief.

He went on to thank the council for making his time “really easy” and giving him the freedom to do what he wanted to make things work.

“The cooperation between the mayor and city council is outstanding... every-one worked well together,” he said.

Mayor Spieth had appointed Warnstaff the police chief in August of 2008. He had been serving as interim police chief

after then Chief, Randy Wheat, was diag-nosed with cancer and while he was undergoing treatment. Wheat later suc-cumbed to the disease and the mayor asked Warnstaff to remain in the interim position until a final decision was made on who would be chief.

Warnstaff will be retiring at the same time as City Clerk/Treasurer Kathy Jones, who has worked for the city for 40 years. While Jones’ position has been filled by JoAnn Denney, Warnstaff said he did not know yet who would be taking his place.

Warnstaff said he would be remain-ing in the area and plans to continue working for US Customs and Border Protection at the Oroville Port of Entry at least one day a week.

Oroville Police Chief Clay Warnstaff will retire

Oroville Mayor Chuck Spieth congratulating Clay Warnstaff after he was appointed Oroville Chief of Police in 2008. Warnstaff, who has since served seven years as chief, announced his inten-tion to retire at the end of October. His replace-ment has not been named as of yet.Gary DeVon /file photo

BY BRENT [email protected]

TONASKET - Budget season has begun, a usually painful necessity for most municipalities.

City Clerk/Treasurer Alice Attwood said during a public hearing at the Tuesday, Sept. 23, city council meet-ing that the city’s sales tax income has remained level.

“We’re fortunate that we do have pretty fair, consistent sales tax,” Attwood said.

Property tax numbers won’t be received from the county assessor until October.

She reminded the council of its plan to raise water and sewer rates by three and two percent, respectively, on an annual

basis.“Instead of doing none, none, none,

then 15 percent,” said Mayor Patrick Plumb. “That’s going to be typical for our city processes to keep up with our incurred costs.”

Council member Scott Olson said he wanted to look at adjusting other city fees according to the Consumer Price Index, since that was how city employees’ salaries are adjusted.

“I suggest we include that in rates we set by resolution,” Olson said. “So if we charge $25 for someone to check a meter on a weekend - I’m making the num-ber up (for discussion purposes) - we would charge $25.50 next year. Across the board, we have our fees we charge for

Budget season begins for city

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the staff to do things, those fees need to rise along with what we pay staff to do them.

“If we don’t have interest in it, I don’t want to do it. But it’s a way to fairly increase revenues to bal-ance expenses.”

Plumb said he would include that as part of his budget pro-posal.

He also asked Attwood to look into whether $500 was a hard limit on fines for violating city ordinances, or if that something the city could change.

“The $500 limit has been in place for as long as I can remem-ber,” Plumb said. “I don’t think it’s the same kind of deterrent that it used to be. We should look at that rate too; people that are not following our ordinances might need to be a little more moti-vated.”

FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONSAfter a separate public hearing,

the council approved revised lan-guage that brings its flood hazard code in line with state and federal mandates.

“FEMA, through the Department of Ecology, reviews all flood hazard ordinances throughout the state to ensure consistency with the state regula-tions,” said permit administra-tor Christian Johnson. “The state has imposed itself as the supreme authority on flood management for flood insurance purposes. How the state has chosen to implement that is by having local jurisdictions adopt rules that are consistent, or not less restrictive, than the state’s.”

These affect both city manage-ment and insurance issues.

The changes in the current reg-ulation were mostly to provide clarity, but Johnson pointed out one change

“It did provide provisions for non-farm houses in the flood way,” Johnson said. “Before we had no allowance for houses in the flood way that was not a farm house on a farm. Now, there is a process where an owner, for reconstruction, can request of the city, and the city can seek concur-rence with Ecology for that.

“There is a difference between farm houses and non-farm hous-es because they are in different parts of the statues ... if they are on active farms.”

“My only concern was the impact on homeowners in the

different flood plains,” Olson said. “Does this take away any-thing they can currently do?”

“Currently with our current regulations, if a home was to be substantially damaged (in a flood plain), they would be prohibited from rebuilding,” Johnson said. “With the inclusion of this lan-guage, there is a process where they would have the opportu-nity to rebuild or replace a sub-stantially damaged house that is already in the flood plain.”

Olson asked if that process would be an expensive or oner-ous one to a homeowner.

“It requires a lot of planning,” Johnson said, citing examples such as raising the level of the ground floor. “It is a lot more technical than a normal resi-dential construction... There are additional costs and less options (on foundation design). So it’s more expensive.”

The council unanimously approved the modified regu-lations (council member Jill Vugteveen was absence - excused - from the meeting).

MAYOR’S CHALLENGETo celebrate the renewal of the

football rivalry between Tonasket and Oroville high schools on Oct. 10, Plumb read a proclama-tion that included a challenge to Oroville Mayor Chuck Spieth.

“The mayor challenges the Oroville mayor to a friendly wager of two boxes of apples from respective companies that are in their cities to the winning foot-ball team’s city,” he read as part of the proclamation. If accepted, the winning mayor would also receive a brass bell donated by the Gazette-Tribune, representing the traditional Oroville-Tonasket “Bell Game,” to be housed in the winning city’s City Hall for the year.

REPORTS• Olson discussed a meeting

with representatives of the U.S. Armed Forces Legacy park that included he, Plumb, City Planner Kurt Danison and an engineer from Varela and Associates that he said went better than he had anticipated.

The meeting was set up to dis-cuss the upcoming combination project that will build a new side-walk on Whitcomb Avenue from Sixth Street in town all the way to the park, including a pedestrian

bridge across Bonaparte Creek. That will end the necessity of having to cross the creek on the busy US-97 bridge, which only has a narrow shoulder for pedes-trians to use.

“I was expecting a committee of seven,” Olson said. “There were easily 20 plus people. It was a very positive reaction from the Legacy group. Their support, the ideas were wonderful.

“Varela did a nice job of laying things out. I look forward to the way it’s moving forward.”

He added that he was also pleased with the willingness of the two affected businesses on that route, Shannon’s and Whistler’s restaurants, to participate.

• Police Chief Rob Burks said that the city of Liberty Lake is going to donate a two used police cars to Tonasket.

“They got the OK to get some new cars,” Burks said. “They’re going to give us two Crown Vics, 2008, 80,000 or less miles, fully decked out except for radio. They even said they would put new tires on them before sending them.

“They felt sorry for us. We’ll find out for sure what’s going on in October after they are able to surplus them. They will be bet-ter than two of the cars we have right now.”

AUCTION RESULTSAttwood said that the city

brought in more than $13,000 at its surplus auction the previ-ous weekend. That included more than $10,500 for items offloaded by Public Works; $3,000 for three old police cars; and $10 City Hall surplus.

The council next meets on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7:00 p.m.

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PATEROS - Okanogan Conservation District will pres-ent the results of the analysis con-ducted by the Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team on Monday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be at Pateros City Hall, 113 Lakeshore Dr., Pateros..

The Interagency BAER Team is the first of its kind and was tasked with assessing the ero-sion threat on state and private lands impacted by the Carlton Complex Fire. Given the size and severity of the Carlton Complex fires on Washington State and private lands, the Okanogan Conservation District asked Governor Inslee to include a request for a multi-jurisdic-tion assessment team for the Washington State and private lands.

After President Obama signed

the Disaster Declaration on Aug. 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began coordinating with the Okanogan Conservation District and the Forest Service to staff the Interagency BAER team. The team worked in coordination with the Forest Service BAER Teams that evaluated the impacts to US Forest Service lands in order to create a seamless evalu-ation of all lands burned in the Carlton Complex Fire.

Monday’s meeting will explain the process used by the Interagency BAER team, the con-ditions the team documented on the land within the burn area, and the recommended actions to reduce risk of additional loss of life and property from rain-fall and snowmelt on the land-scape. The complete report of the Interagency BAER Team is available at www.okanogancd.org/Carlton

Agencies participating in this process include the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Weather Service, Washington Department of Agriculture, National Resource Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Bureau of Reclamation, Yakama Nation, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Okanogan, Spokane, Kittitas, Skagit, Underwood, Cascadia and Whatcom Conservation Districts, County Government and others.

The mission of the Okanogan Conservation District is to help cooperators achieve their con-servation goals. The Okanogan Conservation District is a local governmental entity formed as a sub-division of Washington State under RCW 89.08. We provide voluntary, non-regulatory ser-vices to landowners and lessees in Okanogan County to address natural resource concerns. All District services are provided free of charge without discrimi-nation.

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OKANOGAN - A 15-year-old Brewster boy escaped from the Juvenile Detention Center in Okanogan on Monday, Sept. 22, and was on the loose for about 10 hours before being re-apprehend-ed, according to the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Offfice.

At around 1:35 p.m. the Juvenile Detention Center reported that they just had an escape from their facility. The 15-year-old suspect was being led to the court in the Juvenile Center when he pulled away from one of the Juvenile staff before he could handcuff him. He ran down the stairs and was able to exit the building.

Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said that Juvenile staff chased the suspect towards town but lost sight of him as he was running towards the Okanogan Chevron on Main Street. A search of the area was done by several law enforcement officers in the area but they were unable to locate him.

Rogers said that dispatch received a call from an Okanogan Postal Employee that she was get-ting into her vehicle when the

suspect came up to the vehicle and attempted to get in on the other side, offering to pay her $500. She refused and the suspect ran off.

Rogers said that Dispatch received a call at about 6:15 p.m. from an employee at the Okanogan Pharmacy who reported that she had gone out to her vehicle to leave and a 15 or 16 year old Hispanic male was hid-ing in her vehicle. He had a green shirt over his face and told her he would hurt her if she didn’t drive him to the casino.

That suspect was later identi-fied to be the escapee, Rogers said.

The employee drove towards the Sheriff ’s Office and as she pulled into the church parking lot the suspect jumped out of the vehicle and ran down towards the Okanogan High School.

Deputies continued their search and at around 11:00 p.m. they received a report of a black Chevrolet Tahoe driving back and forth from the Casino and the Okanogan Inn.

Deputies went to the Okanogan Inn and found the vehicle. Rogers said they

received permission to search the room but did not find the suspect there. The owner of the vehicle then gave Deputies per-mission to search her vehicle and when they did they located the suspect hiding on the floor in the back seat. He resisted arrest but was taken into cus-tody.

Deputies learned that the owner of the vehicle did not know anyone was in it. Apparently the owner’s daughter had gone out and met with the suspect and brought him back to the apart-ment and let him hide in the vehicle.

The suspect was arrested and transported back to Juvenile and booked. Rogers said he will be facing additional charges for the escape and possible charges for threatening the driver at the Okanogan Pharmacy.

Also arrested at the scene was the owner’s daughter, a 16-year-old Okanogan girl who said she had helped the suspect and let him hide in the vehicle. She was arrested for Rendering Criminal Assistance 2nd Degree. She was also transported to Juvenile and booked.

Juvenile escapes detention facility

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TONASKET – Two north county residents were injured when a tire blew on their pickup truck and caused the vehicle to rollover about four miles south of Tonasket on SR97.

On Wednesday, Sept. 24 around 6: 30 p.m. the truck,

driven by Thomas J. Silverthorn, 19, Tonasket, was heading north-bound when the tire blew out and the vehicle lost control. The truck hit the guardrail, rolled over and landed at the bottom of an embankment, according to the report filed by Washington State Patrol Trooper Lovell.

Silverthorn and his passenger,

Tyler J. Armstrong, 21, Oroville, were both wearing seat belts at the time. They were also transported by ambulance to North Valley Hospital in Tonasket for treat-ment of their injuries, according to Lovell.

Lovell listed the cause of the accident as defective equipment. No charges are being filed.

Two injured in rollover accident

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Not only do these apple bins tell a story that apple harvest is in full swing in the valley, but the various names on the bins remind us of the many growers’ cooperatives that once dominated the Oroville economy. Now Appleway and Oro are part of Gold Digger Apples Inc., one of the biggest employers in the area, especially at harvest time.

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OROVILLE – Nathan Thompson, a professional kick boxer and MMA fight-er, is putting his knowledge to use training those who want to get in shape at the Oroville Fitness Center, located at at 811 Appleway St.

Thompson, a graduate of Oroville High School, has been training in his sport for six years to become a professional athlete. He says kick boxing is a great cardio exercise.

“I’m really flexible and can make adjustments to the program to fit my client’s needs. It’s great for keep-ing everybody working and

sweating,” he said, adding that he is giving the com-munity a new look at fitness through his program.

Thompson is putting together his classes at Oroville Fitness, but would like to start his own exercise studio some day.

Thompson said he can have classes of six to eight people.

“The goal is to have class-es every hour.

“Contact me at 509-560-3054 or come on in and we will find a program that works for you,” he said.

Thompson’s next profes-sional fight is scheduled for Nov. 15 at Northern Quest Casino on Spokane.

Thompson teaching kick boxing to those wanting to stay fit

It’s surprising how quiet it has been in Oroville and Tonasket the last few years – no major controversies between the police department, the council or the public. In Oroville, much of the credit for that goes to Clay Warnstaff who has been chief of police since being appointed by the mayor in 2008, and in Tonasket to Chief Rob Burks.

In the past Oroville has had temporary chiefs, who didn’t really seem to want to be chiefs and chiefs that seemed to generate controversy and an “us versus them” attitude.

In Tonasket one of the first stories I covered 27 years ago required a trip down to Okanogan to get a comment from a former police chief

who had been on trial for misdeeds. Talk about being thrown into the fire – I knew nothing about him and expected him to tell me to take a hike (or worse).

Fortunately for me he was ready and will-ing to make a few comments and made things a lot easier on a green reporter. Then, again in Tonasket, at one time it seemed like the then chief was more concerned about amassing SWAT gear than good old-fashioned commu-nity policing. This chief was well before his time – buying up surplus military gear for his police department.

Nowadays it seems like the big municipal forces can’t get enough surplus military gear. In some cities the line between the police force and a paramilitary seems to be getting blurred, espe-

cially in those big municipal police forces. But for Tonasket back then and today it didn’t seem necessary for doing the community policing most of us expect from our rural police departments.

Clay and his predecessor, the late Randy Wheat, seemed to get the job done without all the added drama. Clay is retiring (how did that happen, didn’t we graduate the same class? Oh right, he already retired from the Marines).

Oroville now has the task of finding a new chief, someone who will bring the same steady hand, while keeping his/her sense of humor.

While I think Clay was popular in the community and fair, I’m sure not everyone liked him – especially those who tried to break the law. That’s bound to happen in a certain jobs (ask me about it). One where you enforce the law would be especially hard – but it’s not a popularity contest.

Let’s hope that whomever Oroville’s mayor chooses for its next chief will bring some of the same qualities shown by our retiring chief and that we can continue to have a relatively quiet and safe community to live in.

Even though controversy sells newspapers, just ask some of the former Oroville and Tonasket mayors who used to tell me that all the time. We would truly rather not sit through council meetings where arguing about the police department takes up most of the meeting and accomplishes nothing.

Destination Sales Tax, modificationDear Editor,

On July 1, 2008, the destination sales tax went into effect. The destination sales tax was set up so, if a retailer (seller) sold some-thing (purchaser), and the item(s) was to be delivered to the purchaser in a different city or county, the retailer would charge the sales tax applicable to the delivered city/county and then pay that sales tax to that city/county. If the purchaser was to take the item(s) with them (not have it delivered by a third party), then the sales tax would be determined by the tax applicable to the location of the seller

and the sales tax would be paid to the seller’s city/county.

This distribution of the sales tax to the des-tination city/county was long overdue, but it fell short of what should have been in the law. Since each transaction has a buyer and a seller, both of whom bring benefits to the transac-tion, why is 100% of the sales tax being paid to the destination city/county, when the selling city/county is an equal party to the transaction, but the selling city/county receives none of the applicable sales tax. Right now the destination city/county gets 100% of the sales tax and the selling city/county gets 0%. Is it not more equitable for both the purchasing city/county and the selling city/county to split the sales tax equally, 50/50.

Splitting the sales tax 50/50, as to the pur-chaser and the seller locations, can easily be accomplished today with computers that are doing the work anyway. We all have 9 digit zip codes for our street, city/county address. (It is on our driver’s license.) I suggest the Washington State Senate and/or House, make this modification to the sales tax distribution without any delay, so that all of the parties, the purchasing city/county and the selling city/county, to the transaction get an equal and equitable share of the sales tax. The sales tax charged should be based upon the seller’s location, to keep it simple.

Mike Lantz Retired Tax AttorneyEdmonds, Washington


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GAZETTE-TRIBUNESERVING WASHINGTON’S OKANOGAN VALLEY SINCE 1905

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OPINION BY WILLIAM SLUSHERSOCIOPOLITICAL COMMENTATOR

Ayaan Hirsi Ali said in a recent speech at Yale that criticism of Islam is not Islamophobia, fear of criticizing Islam is Islamophobia. She’s dead right.

Ms. Ali should know. She was genital-ly mutilated and child-married as a young Muslim girl. She endures Muslim death threats. The predatory Muslim/American lobby intimidated disgraceful Brandeis University into revoking her honorary degree for daring to be critical of Islam.

Spare me the sprin-gloaded ‘peace loving Muslims’ speech. Yea they are many, but nay they’re evidently not enough in percentage to make any comprehensive hard stand against murder-ous Muslim terrorist elements. If the ‘nice Muslims’ were so prevalent and dedicat-ed they would have neutralized their terror traders long ago, just as mostly Christian Americans did the Ku Klux Klan.

A friend for decades is the grandson of a revered Palestinian leader who fought the British through Partition. Oxford educated and American now, he nonetheless personi-fies the semi-humorous bromide: Radical Muslims want to kill infidels. Moderate Muslims want radical Muslims to kill infi-dels. Even my refined friend says Palestinians will out-populate Israelis and force them from Palestine.

Where the Jews will be forced to is not clear. Or perhaps, in a macabre sense, it is.

Still, I don’t ‘hate’ Muslims, I even admire aspects of them. Indeed... there is much we can learn from them. Witness:

Muslims know exactly what they want (Allah-mandated world domination under their theo-political aegis), and they are group-committed to achieving that if they have to kill everyone else. Ask them. They’ve been

attempting to do so for at least the last 50 years. Any list of terrorist mass murder inci-dents in the last half century is smothered with anti-western Muslim perpetrators.

Too many Muslims maintain that their god mandates the extermination of anyone not equally blind loyal to that god, moreover that their god will perpetually reward they who kill ‘infidels’. Infidels, here, means everyone who isn’t diving onto a prayer rug five times a day. Too great a preponderance of Muslims will happily kill millions of infidels out of their ignorant religious bigotry. Call it retro-active ideological abortion, for there is little difference in either theme nor scale.

Still... don’t underestimate Muslims just because masses of them are propagandized from birth to be mindless, unthinking Allah-zombies. While they train their children who their perceived enemy is without doubt, we train ours to be piously tolerant of those who are trying to kill us. How’s that likely to end?

While whole nations of Muslims teach their young to fight, we pretend politi-cal religious gospel about sensitivity. As a PC-whipped America, we teach that train-ing our youth in skill with guns is somehow bad. They’re teaching their kids AK-47 han-dling, and we’re teaching ours that a gram-mar school boy who makes a finger gun must be vilified, criminalized and thrown out of school.

What... indefensible... ignorance and big-otry on... both... sides.

We fuss about ‘bullies’ and try at every turn to de-masculate America, to reduce it to some assertiveness-void, fairy-tale PC kindergar-ten where all women, minorities, LGTBs, animals, vegetables and anyone else are not ‘offended’ according to whatever shifting arbitrary standard as may move them.

Muslims teach their group young to prevail in what they believe, while our PC public education system preposterously teaches ours not to be ‘judgmental,, that no one is wrong, everyone’s a winner. As a society, we too have been brainwashed for 50 years, but in the deadly, corrosive, corrupting and toxic

religion of political correctness. We have as a society been psychologically child-abused for decades (mostly by sheltered academic non-combatants) to pretend away the core reality that the capacity for and select exercise of superior force is the final arbiter of all things.

Muslims... nyeh... they’re not so confused.Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, Muslims know

there is a cultural war underway on the planet Earth, virulent, aggressive Islam vs. naive infidels, and never the twain shall meet as Allah forbids same. Muslims are in the fight to win one for their Gipper, whatever that takes. As a pampered, protected, political-cor-rectness-brainwashed society... we’ve forgot-ten what winning means. We’ve deliberately demonized the whole concept, so, of inevi-table course, we’re losing, internationally and domestically.

We’re fatally PC-whipped.We are thus destined to collide with reality

the hard way, soon. With our moronic border policies, we will see bombings, kidnappings, mass killings and other Muslim invasion in heartland America. It’s already happen-ing from Boston bombings to an Oklahoma beheading. Many will die before we real-ize and recover from our destructive polit-ical-correctness psychosis, and once again become a constitutional society of un-politi-cally whipped, unambiguous, unapologetic... Americans.

We can... and we’d bloody well better... make a beginning this November by flush-ing and replacing every political-correctness ‘mullah’ corrupting our political infrastruc-ture.

That’s not all our elected, but it’s too damned many.

William Slusher is an author, columnist and sociopolitical writer with a small ranch on the Okanogan River. Enjoy his newly reprint-ed down-and-dirty Southern murder mystery SHEPHERD OF THE WOLVES. (Amazon, cmppg.com, or your local bookstore). Mr. Slusher may be contacted at [email protected].

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OPINION BY STEVE HUSTON, PRESIDENT; ERNIE BOLTZ, VICE PRESIDENT; DAVID WOMACH, SECRETARYCOMMISSIONERS, PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF

OKANOGAN COUNTY

The Carlton Complex Fire, burning more than 256,000 acres (400 square miles) of land and destroying approximately 300 homes, was the worst firestorm in Washington State history. For Okanogan PUD, the fire destroyed 341 miles of distribution infrastruc-ture, 60 miles of fiber and 22 miles of trans-mission infrastructure. Power outages in the south end of Okanogan included the towns of Pateros, Twisp, Winthrop and surround-ing areas. Approximately 3,600 Okanogan PUD customers and 3,500 Okanogan Electric

Cooperative customers were without power. Clearly, this was one of the worst disasters to ever hit Okanogan County.

During the first six days, Okanogan County PUD line crews and support personnel, along with line crews from Chelan PUD, Douglas PUD, Ferry PUD, Grant PUD and BPA, reconstructed 12 miles of transmission line and about 100 miles of distribution line in order to restore power to approximately 80 percent of the customers affected by the out-age. During the following two weeks, through excellent coordination and the unwavering sense of urgency of all PUD line crews and support personnel, the remaining distribu-tion facilities were reconstructed and power was restored to everyone affected by the outage. Virtually 100 percent of Okanogan PUD employees and 45 employees from our

neighboring Public Power Utilities worked tirelessly to make sure power was restored as fast and as safely as possible.

This is Public Power at Work. The commit-ment to serve, and the dedication and spirit that brought electricity to our farms and rural communities in the 1930s, is alive and well in 2014.

It is that same commitment, dedication and spirit that we see demonstrated not just in emergencies but on a daily basis within Okanogan County PUD, and those same val-ues being shared by our neighboring PUDs, that make us proud to be a PUD commission-er. October 6th – 10th is Public Power Week. Please take a moment and reflect on what our lives would be without electricity. Life in Okanogan County is truly better because we are served by Public Power.

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NVCS offers diverse lineup of fall classesSUBMITTED BY CYNTHIA GROUND, D.C.NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Brisk, energizing fall morn-ings have arrived. And with them come more opportunities to get outdoors, explore, and learn something new and inter-esting. North Valley Community Schools would like to make some suggestions along those lines.

Geology and Gold Mine Tour:North Central Washington has a rich history of gold mining, as evidenced by the many aging tunnels and mining structures still visible nearly everywhere. The pioneers didn’t find it all. If prospecting interests you, or geology in general for that mat-ter, this is the class for you. After taking this class looking at rocks will no longer just be looking at rocks. You will learn the geologi-cal principles of mineral deposit formation and be able to recog-nize which are likely to be gold

bearing. Then, you will tour a working underground gold mine.

Catch the Crush: Autumn weather brings the grapes to peak ripeness. It’s time to make wine. Tour Esther Bricques Winery and let Linda and Steve show you how wine is made, starting from the ground up. Esther Bricques is a “ground to glass” winery. You will get to see many varieties of grapes being grown right here in the Okanogan Valley. If you’re lucky you may get to sample a few right off the vine. If you are really lucky you’ll get to sam-ple some juice from the freshly crushed grapes. There is simply nothing like the experience of

juice from freshly crushed wine grapes. Newly harvested grapes will be crushed and the fermen-tation process started during this tour. Observe how wine is made and see the process ongoing in wines at different points of fer-mentation. After the tour, sample some of the excellent wines pro-duced at this winery.

This class has been one of my all-time personal favorites since I discovered NVCS in 2008. I take it again every chance I get. Because of this I would like to offer a chal-lenge to fellow attendees. To any-one attending this class who can explain the name Esther Bricques (without asking Linda) I will offer a free Chiropractic treatment (at Oroville Chiropractic Clinic). Are you up to the challenge? To sign up for these classes and more call Ellen at (509) 476-2011.

NVCS is seeking a board mem-ber to fill an open position on the NVCS board of directors. Are you community minded? Have fresh ideas? Would like to contribute to the running of this valuable community resource? Call Ellen Barttels at (509) 476-2011.


OKANOGAN VALLEY LIFE

The calendar says it is officially fall. Our little weather station says we’ve had about a quarter inch of rain for the month of September and most of it during the three days of light drizzle. I guess it sneaks in during the night.

Cougars are becoming very brave, finding their way into neighborhoods that are filled with children, adults and pets. The latest I know of is the area between the county road and Blackler Road near the Jack Hughes residence, at the former Grace Naggy home. Susan Smith lives in the Naggy house and the cougar had one of her dogs in his mouth and killed it. So, use caution in the neighborhood. The animal will most likely return, in search of more prey.

Beanblossom’s aren’t happy with the deer that have found bountiful food in their pumpkin patch.

We took a day off and went to Coulee Dam to view the laser light show. It is quite changed from the first showings when it was just colored lights on the dam water. Then it was laser lights on a smaller scale and now it is pretty spec-tacular, with the water even being turned on to make a better background.

We were delighted to receive a phone call from our Brazilian boy, Marco Louback who is in process of making another move back to the Boston area, from Brazil, where he has a business of selling and installing granite counter tops.

A second week of yard sales is about a week-end too much. But I repeat, you meet the nicest folks there. Each year a lot of the workers at the United Methodist Church, say “this is too much work for what we get out of it” and when

the next year comes around, here we go again.

Nancy (Gadberry) and her husband have moved back to Oroville, after retire-ment, into what was her parents’ home.

Going into the third week of a non-functioning refrigerator, but we’re get-ting closer to having ice in the door again. How deprived can one get? I remember when I didn’t have any water in the house, much less ice. But I can’t say that I liked it.

The Halloween decorations and real live pumpkins are reminding us it’s time to buy up a little extra candy for the trick or treater’s .

A lot of the apples are huge this year.I should have more free time now, as

the Mariner’s are finished losing base-ball games for another season but have won a few more this year than last. And

we utter the same words, again. “Maybe they’ll do better next year.”

Vivian Emry and some family mem-bers have been at her Molson house, having an estate sale, as she is mov-ing to make her home per-manently with daughter, Joannie, on Vashon Island. She moved to Molson sev-eral years ago from Oroville, where she and her husband opened a restaurant, in their home and he continued on publishing the newspaper in Oroville. On his retirement, and much too soon death, she has continued on, alone. She fit right in with the com-munity, making a multitude of friends, especially the Grange “doings” and it was a difficult decision to make, but as with many, the years began leaving their mark and to be alone, in a fairly remote area, was out of the question, any longer. It is a most difficult parting with your cherished collections of “stuff” and she is doing it most gracefully, saying, “you have to do what you have to do.” She will be sincerely missed, by many, especially

on Monday nights at Grange, where she played a mean game of pinochle.

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for!

Good News: Beverly Storm is home. Resting, get-ting medications adjusted etc. With winter coming she will have more time to rest, as the yard work will come to an end. You can come back to pinochle, Bev, if you promise not to scare us again.

Also, Pat Robbins is home, out and about, and will have more time to just watch the river flow past her lovely home and get back to some

card playing, instead of golf.Young Noah Hilderbrand had the mis-

fortune of taking a fall, while out in the wilds, hiking or whatever boys do on a nice fall day, breaking his arm. Surgery was to be done in Omak.

This is not news, as Bob Hirst has a habit of taking falls. He didn’t break anything, but had to spend a bit of time in the hospital, again.

Until next week.

Need to use extra caution where cougars are spotted

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Transportation and nutrition programs to continueSUBMITTED BY JAMES GUTSCHMIDTPRESIDENT, OROVILLE SENIOR CENTER

Jennifer, the Executive Directer at OCTN stated unequivocally, “There is no way I’m going to discontinue the transportation and nutrition programs. They will continue.” That was in response to the rumors that they might shut down. I guess when rumors fly, it pays to go to the source.

During last Thursday’s meeting of the Okanogan County Senior Citizens Association, the entire Executive Board either resigned, or were determined to be with-out standing as they were not

delegates. The proposed bylaw amendments were summarily round filed by a vote of eight to three of the sitting delegates. A special meeting will take place this Thursday at the Okanogan Senior Center at 10 a.m. in order to elect a new Executive Board from the delegates in attendance. All Association meetings are open to the members and the public. So feel free to attend, if you are so inclined.

Roberta Cole will be show-ing pictures and recounting her recent European river cruise next Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Center.

Saturday, Oct. 11, we will be holding another Breakfast Buffet from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. All pro-ceeds go to support our Senior Citizens. Mark your calendar.

We are, not too soon, remind-ing you to look for items for our Christmas Bazaar, the first week in December. Search your clos-et, crank up your crafting, look for items to sell or donate, and plan on being there. Questions? Contact Betty Hall, our bazaar chairperson.

Pinochle results from last Saturday: Door Prize: Boots Emry. Most pinochles: Betty Hall. High man: Leonard Paulson. High woman: Danny Wieterick

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Fifth graders enjoy pioneer trail walk and rideSUBMITTED BY MARIANNE KNIGHTHIGHLANDS CORRESPONDENT

Here we are at the beginning of October and fall has settled in (we think). We are still hav-ing some beautiful sunny days with cool to cold mornings with fog. Some of the Hilltop trees are turning colors and are truly beautiful. Soon they will all be red, orange and yellow.

The fifth grade classes of Oroville elementary under the guidance of their teachers Kelly King and John Ragsdale met at the old Bartroff Homestead on Nealey Road last Friday. The classes have been studying about the pioneers and the Oregon Trail. Kay Sibley was a guest speaker to the classes prior

to the walk to Lost Lake. The students were dressed as pioneers wearing clothes made by Mary Ann May, formally of Oroville, now living in Vancouver. It was quite a sight.

The horses were hooked up to the covered wagon with Wagon Master, Don Super of the Methow Valley in charge. Laura Super was on horseback escorting the wagon along with Richard, who was dressed like a Union Soldier. The 37 students were divided into groups with some walking and others riding in the wagon. At the Homestead, now owned by David and Maria Covarrubius, the students were given a drink , provided by David and Maria. The entire trip would take all day. This is a trip enjoyed by the adults and children alike. They

look forward to the next trip with new fifth graders. I recognized a couple of pioneers and said hello to Jet MCoy and Bowe McKinney.

The Friday evening BINGO Nights in October are the Oct. 3 and Oct. 17. All are welcome. Get your game cards for $10 and enjoy the 10 games. You can pur-chase additional cards each game. Don’t forget to bring snacks to share at break time.

Attention all you Pinochle Players the Games will begin on Monday, Oct. 13 at 7p.m. Bring your friends, neighbors, relatives, and snacks and enjoy the eve-ning. Tony, I know you can hardly wait for this to begin. Ha!

The Havillah Lutheran Church will be hosting the annual Harvest Supper on Saturday, Oct. 25 start-ing with Fellowship at 4:30 p.m. and serving from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring your favorite salad or des-sert to share. This supper is one of the best each, year, don’t miss it. All are welcome.

Until next week.

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Calendar submission deadline Oct. 12 SUBMITTED BY DARALYN HOLLENBECKPRESIDENT, NCW BLUE STAR MOTHERS

We are currently working on the fifth HOMETOWN SOLDIER CALENDAR! Throughout these six years there has been much military activity and, now, a third war has begun in that time span. It is our hope that this new calendar will buoy and sustain our area’s military families through this marathon of military action.

When businesses in our com-munities display the calendar, we all celebrate together one of our own throughout the month. It’s a great way to collectively say “Thank you for your ser-vice.” What a huge boost to a family’s morale to know that the community is backing them in spirit.

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on so many levels having us in the military that this (calendar) is one giant perk for them,” says an soldier who likes knowing that the funds being raised from these calendars go towards helping moms and family in the event of a military oriented need, either in celebration or tribulation.

Calendar recognition connects our soldiers with home.

An airman says “It’s nice to know you’re thought of while you’re away and it’s interesting to see what other people we grew up with are up to. They’re doing some pretty cool stuff.”

It means a great deal know-ing people are thinking of them because of the calendar while they are away. Local faces appear on each page as you flip through the calendar. Those faces and family names connect home-

towns to their family still living in the community. Familiarity makes the conversation about military and support flow more easily to that family. It also underscores the reality that our community has sent many sol-diers to serve! 1% of our nation’s population currently serves in the military. Statistically, then, there are 100 serving from the North Valley alone. It’d be great to have 100 photos submitted this year!

The deadline for this year’s Hometown Soldier Calendar is Oct. 12. Families should submit 1-3 photos of their active duty soldier (defined as “Receiving a military pay check, deployed or not”).

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Pool league getting organized for November openerSUBMITTED BY GAI WISDOMNORTH VALLEY POOL LEAGUE

Off on yet another year! We did the organizational meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 24 and there were no big surprises, but much information.

All officers will remain the same and there was a financial report made. Because of the clo-sures of a couple of business we were worried about not having enough tables for our teams. That problem has been solved thanks

to America’s Family Grill. They are willing to come on board, extend their hours on Wednesday, and accommodate our teams. We appreciate their participation and expect our teams and players to do the same.

There has been a committee formed to explore the idea of having our banquet on a week-end night. We want feed-back on this. You can contact Rick Rickerson or Bill Nicholson with your thoughts regarding this.

Our next meeting will be at the Oroville American Legion on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. At that time all team rosters, home tables and monies will be turned in. We start play on the first Wednesday in November. Your league secretary needs time to get tables and teams and a schedule together. This is a real stubby-pencil head-scratcher for her and her staff.

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Sandy Vaughn to Perform at Esther Bricques

OROVILLE –Sandy Vaughn brings her talents along with some of her new songs to her next performance at Esther Bricques Winery’s Tasting Room, Thursday, Oct. 2. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with music to follow soon after. Light refreshments are available. Esther Bricques Winery is located at 42 Swanson Mill Road, Oroville. For more infor-mation, please call the winery at (509) 476-2861.

Oroville Library Book Sale

OROVILLE - The Friends of the Oroville Library will be hold-ing their semi-annual book sale on Friday, Oct. 3 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come enjoy a large selection of books at great prices in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Hardbacks, 50 cents; paperbacks, 25 cents; movies and books on tape and gift sets available. Located at the Oroville Public Library, 1276 Main St.

Molson BingoMOLSON - BINGO at the

Molson Grange Hall on Friday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. $10 Fee.

Oroville Farmers’ Market

OROVILLE - The next Oroville Farmers’ Market will be Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Oroville Public Library is pre-senting this market on Saturday mornings through Oct. 25. For more info call 509-476-2096.

Blessing of the Animals

OROVILLE - Trinity Episcopal Church Parish, 604 Central, will hold a Blessings of the Animals on Sunday, Oct. 5 from noon to 3:30 p.m. Bring your four-legged, feathered or finned spe-cial friend for a blessing, a treat and a gift. Bring your children for face painting. You are also

encouraged to bring your musi-cal instrument and join in. Please keep pets on a leash.

Catch the CrushOROVILLE - It’s time to make

wine. Tour Esther Bricques Winery and let Linda and Steve Colvin show you how wine is made, starting from the ground up on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in one session. Esther Bricques is a “ground to glass” winery. Sample grapes right off the vine, participate in harvest, crushing and fermenting, maybe even sample a few wines in the works. To register call Ellen Barttels at (509) 476-2011.

Childbirth Education Series.

TONASKET - North Valley Hospital’s Childbirth Education Series, a series of four classes to prepare expectant families are held Monday evenings every other month – February, April, June, August and December. These free classes are held in the orientation room (Hospital recep-tionist will direct attendees) from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The October sessions are Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27. The classes are being presented by René Todd, RN, MSN, OB Nurse; Pamela Thacker, RN, NVH OB Department Coordinator; Jackie Daniels, EMT, Car Seat Safety Educator and Amber Hall, reg-istered dietitian. For more infor-mation contact: Childbirth Education Coordinator Todd at 509-486-3140 (leave a message) or at home at 509-486-1377 or email [email protected] or [email protected].

Film Looks at Dam Building Era

TONASKET - Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group is sponsoring a free screen-ing of DamNation, a film that explores the era of dam building in our nation that left nearly no stream free from damming, as well as the current movement towards the removal of dams that are derelict, provide no public benefit, or are barriers to fish passage. The screening is at the Tonasket Community Cultural Center on Wednesday, Oct. 22

starting at 7 p.m. The film will be followed by a panel discussion bringing some of the concepts from the movie into more of a local perspective.Check out ccfeg.org for more info.

Tonasket Food Bank

TONASKET - The Tonasket Food Bank operates every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the old Sarge’s Burger Bunker, 101 Hwy. 97 N. For more infor-mation, contact Debbie Roberts at (509) 486-2192.

Oroville Food Bank

OROVILLE - The Oroville food bank operates every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., excluding holidays, in the basement of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For more info, call Jeff Austin at (509) 476-3978 or Sarah Umana at (509) 476-2386.

Listing Your ItemOur Community Bulletin Board

generally allows listing your event for up two weeks prior to the day it occurs. Please include day, date, time and location, as well as a for further info phone number. You may place an event on the online calendar by going to our website www.gazette-tribune.com.


OMAK - The Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus is ramping up its 2014-15 season as the date for its first fall concert draws near.

The community-based group has already begun rehearsing for the year, but OVOC President Karen Schimpf said those inter-ested in either orchestra or cho-rus are free to join at any time.

“OVOC provides an opportu-nity to perform,” Schimpf said. “There are no auditions required for orchestra or chorus, which a lot of people don’t realize.”

OVOC’s mission is to present fine music to county residents, provide opportunities for county musicians to perform, and to pro-mote music education and appre-ciation.

The Season Premier concert is Sunday, Oct. 19, 3:00 p.m. at the Omak Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Omak High School, 20 South Cedar Street.

Other concerts include the Christmas concert on Dec. 7, the Family concert on Feb. 8 and the Spring concert on Mar. 22.

Rehearsals for those inter-ested in performing are ongo-ing. Orchestra rehearsals are on Mondays at 7:15 p.m., with Jonathan McBride conducting.

Chorus rehearsals are at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, conducted by Don Pearce.

All meet in the Omak High School band room.

STAGE WORKThe OVOC’s largest produc-

tion is its annual spring musical.This year’s play, scheduled for

May, is “Into the Woods.” A film version of the story stars Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep.

“We’re tying it into a fundraiser if we pull it together the way we want to,” Schimpf said. “It’s basi-cally a fairy tale, and uses fairy tales. It shows the dark side of things, more true to the original than to a Disney-type film.

“It’s about people, their frail-ties, imperfections, meanness, and kindness.”

She said it is more demand-ing than most past musicals have been.

“We won’t be using an orches-tra for this one,” Schimpf said. “We’ll be using a combo within the set; the set will actually extend into what’s been the orchestra pit.”

Auditions will take place in November.

The OVOC will again spon-sor a production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Community Cultural Center of

Tonasket on Saturday, Oct. 25.“There will be audience par-

ticipation, so we hope that lots of people will come ... dressed up,” Schimpf said. “And of course we have our costume rental at the Courtyard (28 Main Street, Omak) with Susan Graves every Wednesday.

“She’ll be there the week before Halloween.”

DONORSTicket prices, which haven’t

been raised since 1999, only cover a portion of the costs of putting shows. The concert series costs about $4,000 per event to put on, while the musicals typically cost in the range of $30,000.

“We really appreciate those who support us,” Schimpf said. “Our donors and sponsors are very consistent, which is wonder-ful.”

OVOC has received grants this year from the Okanogan Family Faire, Icicle Fund, Community Foundation, Washington Arts Foundation. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for youth and free for chil-dren under age 12. They can be purchased online at brown-paperbag.com or at Oroville Pharmacy, Roy’s Pharmacy in Tonasket, Corner Shelf in Omak or Brewster Drug.

OVOC season getting underway

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TONASKET - Homecoming week at Tonasket High School is Oct. 6-10.

Events for the week include:• Monday - Pajamas Day• Tuesday - Neon Day. Noon

activity is Tug O’ War on the football field, starting off with 9th graders vs. 11th graders and 10th graders vs. 12th graders.

• Wednesday - Twins Day (two or more dress up identically). Powder Puff football, 7:00 p.m. at the THS football field, cost of entry $2.00.

• Thursday - Hero Day - Dress up as your favorite character or hero.

• Friday - School Spirit all the way - Show your Tiger pride. Activities include homecoming parade through downtown at 1:15 p.m.; Homecoming assembly at 2:15 p.m. Booster Club barbeque begins at 5:30 p.m. Football “Bell Game” vs. Oroville begins at 7:00 p.m. with royalty presented at halftime.

Tonasket lines up homecoming events


Sunday, Sept. 28 was national Gold Star Mother’s Day. A Gold Star Mother is a one who lost a child during service in one of the U.S. Armed Forces. The local chapter of Blue Star Mothers placed 60 gold stars on the plaques of the fallen at the Tonasket Legacy Memorial and hoisted a Blue Star banner flag on Saturday morning. The gold stars and flag will be on display until Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Above, the American flag casts its shadow on a wall at the Legacy Park, where stars memorialize fallen service members.

HONORING THE FALLEN

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OMAK - Family Health Centers is welcoming Diana Moser, ARNP to their new Omak clinic. Moser studied nursing and graduated with a BSN and prac-ticed for 20 years and then attend-ed the University of Washington to obtain her Masters in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. After having practiced in both rural and urban cities, she prefers rural health because of the exces-sive need and strong community spirit.

In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, reading, beading, dancing and singing. She loves being in this part of the state and the simple way of life. She also appreciates the family atmo-sphere between the administra-tion and medical staff at Family Health Centers.

“We are very pleased to have Diana Moser as part of our qualified professional staff.

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COPS & COURTSCOMPILED BY ZACHARY VAN BRUNT

SUPERIOR COURTDon Arthur Moore, 67, Riverside, was

found guilty Sept. 15 (jury trial) of fi rst-degree murder (premeditat-ed). Moore was sentenced Sept. 25 to 384 months in prison and fi ned $600 for the April 20, 2013 crime.

Robert Wendell George, 45, Omak, pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to POCS (methamphetamine). George was sentenced to six months in jail and fi ned $1110.50 for the Jan. 30 crime. In a separate case, George pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to at-tempted third-degree assault and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 184 days suspended and credit for time served. The sentence is to run concurrent with the above. He was fi ned an additional $500.

Michael Daniel Valentine, 46, Omak, pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to two counts of tampering with a witness (DV) and two counts of violation of a no-contact order (DV). The court dismissed seven additional charges of violation of a no-contact order (DV). The crimes occurred between July and Au-gust. In a separate case, Valentine pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to intimi-dating a public servant, harass-ment (threats to kill) and three counts of harassment (threats to kill) (DV). The court dismissed a fourth-degree assault (DV) charge. Those crimes occurred July 7. Valentine was sentenced to a total of 38 months in prison and fi ned a total of $1,400.

Troy Joshua Collier, 29, Calgary, pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to POCS (cocaine) and POCS (oxycodone) (lesser included of possess with intent to deliver). Collier was sen-tenced to 58 days in jail and fi ned $2,110.50. The crimes occurred July 26 at the Oroville Port of Entry.

Cassandra Jo Vandeveer, 22, Oro-ville, pleaded guilty Sept. 23 to two counts of POCS with intent to deliver (methamphetamine and heroin) and one count of bail jumping. The court dismissed a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. Vandeveer was sentenced to 14 months in prison and fi ned $3,110.50. The crimes occurred on March 8 and July 29.

The court found probable cause to charge Oscar Torres Perez, 37, Orondo, with second-degree mur-der and unauthorized removal or concealment of a body. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 13.

The court found probable cause to charge Jose de Jesus Hernandez Jimenez, 42, Pateros, with second-degree murder and unauthorized removal or concealment of a body. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 13.

The court found probable cause to charge Ramon Lopez Arrellano, 45, Pateros, with second-degree mur-der and unauthorized removal or concealment of a body. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 13.

The court found probable cause to charge Jaime M. Gomez Salazar, 38, Orondo, with second-degree murder and unauthorized removal or concealment of a body. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 13.

The court found probable cause to charge Michelle Lynn Carden, 26, Omak, with attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and third-degree DWLS. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 16.

The court found probable cause to charge Fletcher Clay Rickabaugh, 18, Okanogan, with residential burglary and third-degree theft. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 16. In a separate case, the court found probable cause to charge Rickabaugh with third-degree assault (law enforcement offi cer). That crime allegedly oc-curred Sept. 18.

The court found probable cause to charge Shawn Therese Lassila, 47, Omak, with fi rst-degree theft and fi rst-degree identity theft. The crimes allegedly occurred be-tween Sept. 1 and 11.

The court found probable cause to charge Travis James Holcomb, 21, Oroville, with fi rst-degree bur-glary (DV), assault in violation of a no-contact order, and violation of a no-contact order. The crimes allegedly occurred Sept. 20.

The court found probable cause to charge Francisco Javier Ayala, 27, Okanogan, with second-degree rape. The crime allegedly occurred Feb. 5. The court issued an arrest warrant for Ayala on Sept. 22.

JUVENILE

A 17-year-old Omak girl pleaded guilty Sept. 17 to MIP/C. The girl was sentenced to nine days in detention with credit for nine days served, and fi ned $100 for the May 30 crime.

A 16-year-old Okanogan boy pleaded

guilty Sept. 23 to possession of marijuana by a person under 21. He was sentenced to eight days in detention with credit for eight days served, and fi ned $100 for the May 30 crime.

A 14-year-old Okanogan boy pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to second-degree TMVWOP. The boy was sentenced to 12 days in detention with credit for two days served, 45 hours of community service and seven days confi nement in a private resi-dence. He was fi ned $100 for the Sept. 11 crime. A restitution hear-ing was scheduled for Nov. 18.

A 13-year-old Omak girl pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to third-degree theft and possession of marijuana by a person under 21. She was sen-tenced to three days in detention with credit for three days served, and fi ned $100 for the May 3 and 4 crimes.

A 16-year-old Omak boy pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to second-degree burglary and third-degree theft. The boy was sentenced to 20 days in detention with credit for 20 days served, and fi ned $100 for the July 23 crime. In a separate case, the same boy pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to POCS and possession of drug paraphernalia. The boy was sen-tenced to seven days in detention with credit for two days served, and fi ned an additional $100 for the July 25 crime.

CIVIL

The state Department of Labor and Industry assessed the following businesses for unpaid workers’ compensation taxes and penalties: Strandberg Transport LLC, Omak, $3,752.46; and JAC LLC, Okanogan, $843.62.

The state Department of Revenue assessed Northwest Floors and Finishes Co., Oroville, $4,841.11 in unpaid taxes and penalties.

DISTRICT COURT

Aneesh Babu Ammanathu, 32, Omak, had a reckless driving charge dismissed.

Rodney Joseph Buckmeirer, 50, Riv-erside, had a third-degree DWLS charge dismissed.

Krystal Lee Carson, 30, Okanogan, guilty of third-degree DWLS. Carson was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 81 days suspended, and fi ned $858. She also had an ad-ditional third-degree DWLS charge dismissed.

Quinto Michael Caru, 56, Omak, had a third-degree DWLS charge dismissed.

Jesus Alberto Castaneda, 20, Omak, innocent of fourth-degree assault.

Alvis Lewis Davidson, 39, Omak, had a charge dismissed: harassment (gross misdemeanor).

Robert Curtis DeCosta Jr., 28, Omak, guilty of fourth-degree assault. De-Costa was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 354 days suspended, and fi ned $783.

Kevin Michael Dixon, 25, Oroville, guilty of second-degree criminal trespassing. Dixon was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days sus-pended, and fi ned $608.

Monday, Sept. 22, 2014Assault on Eastlake Rd. near Oroville.Burglary on Eastside Oroville Rd. near

Oroville.Warrant arrest on S. Fourth Ave. in

Okanogan.Trespassing on Gordon St. in Okano-

gan.Malicious mischief on E. Fifth Ave. in

Omak. Fence reported cut.Theft on S. First Ave. in Okanogan.Domestic dispute on Ione St. in

Okanogan.Threats on N. Second Ave. in Okano-

gan.Two-vehicle hit-and-run crash on

Okoma Dr. in Omak.Domestic dispute on Ironwood St. in

Oroville.Travis James Holcomb, 21, booked for

fi rst-degree burglary (DV), fourth-degree assault (DV), violation of a no-contact order (DV) and second-degree assault (DV) (bond surrender).

Destanie Talethia Daniel, 31, DOC detainer.

Romero Castano Macario, 39, booked for fi rst-degree assault.

Tina Marie Caruthers, 47, booked for interfering with reporting (DV).

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014Vehicle prowl on N. Lottie Ave. in

Conconully.Harassment on Omache Dr. in Omak.Domestic dispute on Riverside Dr. in

Omak.Warrant arrest on Engh Rd. near

Omak.Assault on N. Main St. in Omak.Harassment on N. Lottie Ave. in Con-

conully.Warrant arrest on Engh Rd. near

Omak.Public intoxication on W. Central Ave.

in Omak.Malicious mischief on N. Fir St. in

Omak. Residence reported egged.Drugs on Maple St. in Omak.Theft on S. Cedar St. in Omak. Bicycle

reported missing.Threats on Golden St. in Oroville.One-vehicle crash on Juniper St. in

Oroville. No injuries reported.David Kay Thomas, 33, booked on an

FTA bench warrant for POCS and a DOC secretary’s warrant.

Tifancy Lana Yallup, 26, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

Andrew Del Sanchez, 18, booked for violation of a no-contact order (DV) and a probation violation.

Henry John George III, 28, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014Harassment on Hwy. 7 near Tonasket.Drugs on S. Fifth Ave. in Okanogan.Illegal burning on N. State Frontage

Rd. near Tonasket.Domestic dispute on Suncrest Vue Rd.

near Omak.Domestic dispute on Robinson Can-

yon Rd. near Omak.Malicious mischief on Blue Lake Rd.

near Oroville. Garbage reported thrown over fence.

Theft on S. Second Ave. in Okanogan. Cell phone reported missing.

Violation of a no-contact order on S. First Ave. in Okanogan.

Drugs on S. Cedar St. in Omak.Burglary on 14th Ave. in Oroville.Found property on Fir St. in Oroville.

Bicycle recovered.Theft on 11th Ave. in Oroville.Theft on 14th Ave. in Oroville.Theft on Fir St. in Oroville.Burglary on Chesaw Rd. near Oroville.Joshua Ronald Bergan, 18, booked

for residential burglary, second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal trespassing, third-degree theft and two counts of second-degree vehicle prowl.

Gary Austin Vaughn, 46, booked for third-degree DWLS and obstruc-tion.

Jermaine Terron Beaver, 29, booked for third-degree malicious mischief and possession of drug parapher-nalia.

Dustin Thomas Hayes, 26, booked for POCS (heroin), resisting arrest, three counts of distribution of a controlled substance (heroin) (within 1,000 feet of a school district), an FTA bench warrant for POCS, a DOC detainer and a Lincoln County FTA warrant for third-degree DWLS.

Janet Lynn Charley, 47, booked on three OCSO FTA warrants: DUI, third-degree DWLS and an ignition interlock violation; and a Douglas County FTA warrant for DUI.

James Theo Henriksen Jr., 53, court commitment for DUI.

Thomas Larry Moore Jr., 46, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

Brandon Shea Marchand, 40, booked for third-degree DWLS.

Carlos Negrete, no middle name listed, 23, court commitment for DUI.

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014Domestic dispute on Jackson St. in

Omak.

Two reports of malicious mischief on Hwy. 20 near Okanogan. Laser pointer reported at RPs.

Burglary on Elmway in Okanogan. Golf and motorcycle equipment reported missing.

Trespassing on Haag Rd. near Wau-conda.

Fraud on Swanson Mill Rd. near Oroville.

Theft on Hwy. 7 near Tonasket. Wallet reported missing.

Theft on Engh Rd. near Omak. Avon packages reported missing.

Harassment on Stage Coach Loop Rd. near Oroville.

Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak.Drugs on Main St. in Oroville.Burglary on Elm St. in Oroville.Threats on Central Ave. in Oroville.Theft on Golden St. in Oroville.Trespassing on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.Steven Joseph Zacherle, 28, booked

on a State Patrol FTA warrant for third-degree DWLS.

Morgan Lynn Roloff , 22, booked on a DOC violation.

Ray Leon Hopkins, 51, booked on two OCSO FTA warrants: DUI and an ignition interlock violation.

Alberto Araujo Paniagua, 59, booked for unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault (with sexual motivation).

Jordan Marie St. Peter, 23, booked on an FTA warrant for hit-and-run (injury).

Friday, Sept. 26, 2014Assault on W. Fourth Ave. in Omak.Found property on Balmes Rd. near

Oroville. Knife recovered.Theft on Cape Labelle Rd. near Tonas-

ket. Gates reported missing.Automobile theft on N. Sixth Ave. in

Okanogan.Domestic dispute on S. Birch St. in

Omak.Assault on Apple Way Rd. in Okano-

gan.Found property on S. Fifth Ave. in

Okanogan. Street sign recovered.Burglary on S. Birch St. in Omak.Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak.Malicious mischief on E. Central Ave.

in Omak.Warrant arrest on N. Ash St. in Omak.Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak.Domestic dispute on N. Cedar St. in

Omak.Theft on 21st Ave. in Oroville. Wallet

reported missing.Trespassing on Fir St. in Oroville.Assault on Main St. in Oroville.Domestic dispute on E. Seventh St. in

Tonasket.Dario Orozco Zacarias, 53, booked for

DUI.Rigoberto Martinez Orosco, 28,

booked for DUI and a USBP hold.Silas Leo Gardipee, 27, court commit-

ment for DUI.Jarred Wendell Chaney, 20, booked

for second-degree burglary.Jacob Nicholas Wilson, 33, booked on

an Omak Police Department FTA warrant for third-degree malicious mischief and an OCSO FTA warrant for third-degree DWLS.

Jeremy James Monnin, 34, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV) (felony), violation of a no-contact order (DV) and interfering with reporting (DV).

Adam Charles Luntsford, 40, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

David Leslie Louis, 33, booked for fourth-degree assault.

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014Burglary on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.Trespassing on Hosheit Rd. near

Riverside.Violation of a no-contact order on

Crowder Rd. near Okanogan.Search and rescue near Crawfi sh Lake.Trespassing on Chesaw Rd. near

Oroville.Burglary on Jennings Loop Rd. near

Oroville.Assault on Jasmine St. in Omak. Nurse

reported assaulted.Warrant arrest on W. Fourth Ave. in

Omak.DWLS on Edmonds St. in Omak.Burglary on 14th Ave. in Oroville.Alicia Lynn Flores, 35, booked on a

Dept. of Fish and Wildlife FTA war-rant for third-degree DWLS.

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014Domestic dispute on S. Second Ave.

in Okanogan.Warrant arrest on E. Eighth Ave. in

Omak.Assault on Horizon Dr. near Tonasket.Domestic dispute on E. Bartlett Ave.

in Omak.Weapons off ense on Fir St. in Oroville.Lost property on Riverside Dr. in

Omak. Wallet reported missing.Burglary on N. Main St. in Omak.DWLS on Ironwood St. in Oroville.Thomas Lee Cohen Jr., 44, booked for

fi rst-degree DWLS and an ignition interlock violation.

Lamberto Hernandez Valdovinos, 25, booked on a DOC secretary’s warrant.

Francisco Lucas Jr., no middle name listed, 28, booked for fourth-de-gree assault (DV).

Joshua Curtis Carpenter, 23, booked for fi rst-degree DWLS.

Stacey Lavon Adrian, 45, booked on an Omak Police Department FTC warrant for DUI.

Justin Mikel Pearson, 32, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV) and third-degree malicious mischief (DV).

Kristopher Alynne Caylor, 21, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

KEY:DUI - Driving Under the Infl uenceDWLS/R - Driving While License Sus-

pended/RevokedPOSC - Possession of a Controlled

SubstanceMIP/C - Minor in Possession/Con-

sumptionTMVWOP - Taking a Motor Vehicle

without Owner’s PermissionDV - Domestic ViolenceFTA/C - Failure to Appear/Comply (on

a warrant)FTPF - Failure to Pay FineRP - Reporting PartyOCSO - Okanogan County Sheriff ’s

Offi cerDOC - State Department of Correc-

tionsUSBP - U.S. Border PatrolCBP - U.S. Customs and Border Pro-

tectionICE - Immigration and Customs En-

forcement


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TONASKET - With the resur-rection of the Oroville-Tonasket Bell Game football rivalry, the mayors of the respective cities issued duelling proclamations in anticipation of the game.

Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb offered to wager a crate of apples on the result of the contest, and Oroville Mayor Chuck Spieth accepted.

The Gazette-Tribune will also be presenting a brass bell to the winning city’s mayor to be kept in City Hall for the year.

The text Tonasket Mayor’s proclamation:

WHEREAS, the Tonasket School District has been reclassi-fied as a 28 school for sport clas-sification purposes, and

WHEREAS, this has allowed the Tonasket Tigers High School Football program to sched-ule against the Oroville Hornet Football team, and

WHEREAS, the date for the 28 High School Football game is

October 10, 2014, which has been designated the Homecoming Football game, and WHEREAS, the City of Tonasket is eager to see the friendly rivalry restored between our fine cities;

THEREFORE, the City of Tonasket would urge all alumni, parents, and supporters of the Tonasket Tigers to participate in the Homecoming events from October 6, 2014 thru October 10, 2014, and also the Mayor challenges the Oroville Mayor to a friendly wager of two boxes of apples from Gold Digger in Oroville or Smith & Nelson in Tonasket to be delivered to the winning football teams City Hall.

Signed, Mayor Patrick Plumb

from the Mighty Tonasket Tigers Hometown, Tonasket, Washington.

The response from Oroville:WHEREAS, there has been a

longtime friendly rivalry between the Oroville High School Footall team and the Tonasket High

School Football team; andWHEREAS, there has been an

annual football game between the rival teams that has tradition-ally been called the “Victory Bell Game”, and

WHEREAS, the 2014 “Victory Bell Game” has been scheduled to be played at the Tonasket Tigers home field on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, and

WHEREAS Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb has challenged Oroville Mayor Chuck Spieth to a friendly wager of two boxes of apples from Gold Digger in Oroville or Smith & Nelson in Tonasket to be delivered to the winning football team’s City Hall;

THEREFORE the City of Oroville Mayor Spieth hereby accepts the challenge made by Tonasket Mayor Plumb, and enthusiastically pronounces “May the best team win.”

Signed,Mayor Chuck Spieth from

the Rough and Tough Oroville Hornets’ hometown, Oroville, Washington.

Mayors wager apples

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TONASKET - A group of Tonasket Elementary School stu-dents were honored at an all-school assembly on Friday, Sept. 26, for their work that earned the school a Washington Green School certification, the first school in Okanogan County to do so.

The certification is Level 1 for Waste Reduction in the school. The students formed a “Green Team,” which was made up of six fourth and fifth grade students, one from each classroom.

The students who participated last year are were Clay Buchert, Emily Nissan, Tyler Wirth (now in 6th grade), Quaid McCormick, Leticia Mendoza and Anthony Salazar (now in 5th grade).

The team met during lunch

recess and made some goals to help organize students and inform them of the composting program in the cafeteria known as Garbage to Garden to table.

They also made posters for Earth and Arbor Day Garden activities.

The project goal was to collect organic matter from food waste in the cafeteria that could be com-posted for the School Garden. Sabrina Norell, VISTA worker, took over this job which had been initiated by previous VISTA vol-unteer Maggie Gruscka.

Rose Corso and Maggie attend-ed the Washington Green Schools conference in Spokane in 2012.

The Green Team made signup sheets in each classroom, and stu-dents took turns monitoring the food collection. The collected food was weighed and recorded,

then brought up to the garden. Amy Fry, an AmeriCorps worker, also helped with the certification process, as she and Corso worked to satisfy the requirements, including newspaper coverage and an article for the school news-letter, Pride on the Rise, which helped publicize the project.

Corso served as the required certificated staff, with Steve Robeck as the back-up.

The team had to calculate in cubic feet the amount of school garbage reduced by collecting and “recycling” food waste.

Also connected with this is a display in the library of a sam-ple of the compost made and an explanation of how compost is made.

Norell will be coordinating education of all elementary stu-dents this year about compost.


The Tonasket Elementary Green Team was honored for earning the school a Level 1 Washington Green School cer-tification, the first Okanogan County school to be so honored. The team included students (front row, l-r) Anthony Salazar, Clay Buchert, Tyler Wirth, Aiden Martinez, Emily Nissan, Leticia Mendoza, Quaid McCormick, (back) Amy Fry of Americorps, teacher adviser Steve Robeck, Sabrina Norrell of VISTA, and teacher adviser/Tonasket School Garden board member Rose Corso.

Tonasket Elementary earns ‘Green School’ cert


HUNTING DISTRICT 6:

Fall HUNTING 2014

District Overview

District 6 abuts the Canadian border in north-central Washington and encompasses 10 Game Management Units: 203 (Pasayten), 204 (Okano-gan East), 209 (Wannacut), 215 (Sin-lahekin), 218 (Chewuch), 224 (Per-rygin), 231 (Gardner), 233 (Pogue), 239 (Chiliwist), and 242 (Alta). Th e western two-thirds of the district, stretching from the Okanogan River to the Pacifi c Crest, lies on the east slope of the Cascade Range and is dominated by mountainous terrain that generally gets more rugged as you move from east to west. Veg-etation in this portion of the district ranges from desert/shrub-steppe at the lowest elevations through various types of conifer forests, culminating in alpine tundra on the higher peaks that top out at almost 9,000 feet. More than three-quarters of the land base in this portion of the county is in public ownership, off ering exten-sive hunting access. Game is plentiful and dispersed throughout the area for most of the year, concentrating in the lower elevations in winter when deep snows cover much of the land-scape. GMU 204 includes the eastern one-third of the district (from the Okanogan River east to the Okano-gan County line) and is moderately rolling terrain, generally rising in el-evation as you move east. Th e vegeta-tion changes from shrub-steppe near the Okanogan River to a mix of tall grass and conifer forest throughout the remainder of the unit. Th is por-tion of the district is roughly a 50-50 patchwork of public and private land with the public lands generally being higher in elevation. Again, game is plentiful and dispersed throughout.WEATHER - Weather in the Okano-gan District can be quite variable and capable of changing quickly in the fall. Be prepared for everything from warm, sunny days to the pos-sibility of winter temps and signifi -cant snow at higher elevations by the second week of October. WDFW asks that hunters please be respect-ful of private land and treat land owners and their property the way you would want to be treated if roles were reversed. Agency biologists will be running a biological check and information station at the Red Barn in Winthrop both weekends of the modern fi rearm general deer sea-son. WDFW encourages hunters to stop and provide data to biologists whether you’ve harvested a deer or not; data collected assists in assessing herd health and shaping population management.ELKElk are few and far between in Okano-gan County, particularly west of the Okanogan River. In GMU 204, where the majority of the District’s limited harvest occurs, elk are a bit more abundant and on the increase, but still generally occur only in small groups scattered over the landscape, primar-ily in the Unit’s eastern half. Hunters are reminded that the elk regulations

have changed in GMU 204 to an “any bull” general season harvest instead of the traditional any-elk season. 2013 District 6 Elk Harvest Sum-mary: Elk are scarce in Okanogan County, and District 6 hunters har-vested only 17 in 2013, fi ve more than in 2012. Eight of the 17 came from GMU 204, and all but two were taken by modern fi rearm hunters. DEERDistrict 6 supports the largest migra-tory mule deer herd in the state and Okanogan County has long been prized by hunters for its mule deer hunting. Prospects for mule deer look good again this year. Winter fawn sur-vivorship and associated recruitment have been at or above average four of the last fi ve years and hunters can expect to see moderate numbers of younger bucks. Post-season buck ra-tios in December of 2013 were down somewhat as compared to the previ-ous year; however, the observed ratio of 25 bucks per 100 does is still excel-lent and should translate into good carryover or older age-class bucks. During the early general seasons deer will be widely distributed on the land-scape and not yet concentrated in migration areas or on winter range. Mature bucks in particular are oft en at high elevations in remote locations as long as succulent vegetation is avail-able. In general look for deer taking advantage of the rejuvenated summer forage within recent burns including the 2006 Tripod Fire, as well as other areas holding green forage into the fall. Deer are likely to be particularly attracted to more moist environments this year given the especially hot, dry summer. In late August, it was noted that if sig-nifi cant fall green-up materialized in this summer’s burn areas, those areas could attract sizeable numbers of deer. In addition, many areas on private lands adjacent to the fi res saw an infl ux of displaced deer and associated dam-age. Th ese conditions could make it a good year to seek landowner permis-sion for hunting access in fi re aff ected areas. During the late permit seasons, the majority of deer will have moved to winter range areas at lower elevations on more southerly slopes. In District 6, WDFW Wildlife Areas and imme-diately adjacent federal lands are good bets for high deer numbers in late fall, although in low snow years, some ma-ture bucks may linger at higher eleva-tions.Most of the winter range in Units 239 and 242, and much of the high density winter range in Unit 224, burned in this summer’s fi res. Signifi cant changes to deer distribution and abundance in those units was anticipated; however, as of late August, it was still too early to accurately predict specifi c eff ects. Late permit hunt changes were being con-sidered for GMUs heavily impacted by the fi res. Individual notifi cations were planned for permit holders if any per-mit hunt changes were implemented. For those hunters with second deer permits in Deer areas 2012 -2016, re-

member that those permits are good only on private land. Permit holders are responsible for making contact with private land owners to secure hunting access. Changes to the geographic scope of Deer area 2012 were being consid-ered in late August as a result of fi re impacts to surrounding GMUs. In-dividual notifi cations were planned for permit holders if any permit hunt changes were implemented. Generally speaking, white-tailed deer are signifi cantly less abundant than mule deer west of the Okanogan River but are found in most all drainages up to mid-elevations, particularly those with signifi cant riparian vegetation. Th e Sinlahekin Valley and surround-ing lands in portions of Unit 215 are the exception, supporting a robust whitetail population. In this area, many white-tailed deer are found on private lands, so pro-spective hunters wishing to target white-tailed deer may want to seek permission in advance of the sea-son to access individual ownerships. Th e eastern one-third of the district (GMU 204) holds roughly equal num-bers of mule and white-tailed deer and both are widely distributed across the unit on both private and public land. No new regulation changes are on tap for the 2014 general seasons. As noted above, some signifi cant permit hunt adjustments were being consid-ered in late August to help address is-sues created by this summer’s wildfi res. 2013 District 6 Deer Harvest Sum-mary: General season hunters har-vested 2,047 deer from the 10 game management units comprising Dis-trict 6, down slightly as compared to 2012. Similarly, general season success rates fell a bit for most user groups, but improved modestly for muzzleloaders and ended up as follows: Modern – 14%, Muzzleloader – 25%, Archery – 24%, and Mulit – 21%. Special permit holders harvested 337 deer in District 6, 195 antlerless and 142 bucks. Modern fi rearm hunters accounted for about 68 percent of the general season harvest, and archers took about 53% of the total antlerless harvest. As is typical, GMU 204 (the District’s largest unit) yielded the greatest over-all deer harvest (648 animals). GMUs 215, 218, 224, and 233 also produced good tallies. Th ese fi ve units com-bined accounted for 74% of the total number of deer taken in District 6.BEAR Black bears are abundant and well distributed throughout District 6. Th e population and associated harvest ap-pears to be relatively stable, so hunt-ing prospects in the district should be good. Bears will likely be widely distributed on the landscape and key-ing in on local berry concentrations where available. Th is means they will be shift ing up in elevation and into moister areas as the season progress-es. Berry fi elds at higher elevations towards the Pacifi c Crest will ripen latest but will probably peak early this year (possibly starting as early as late August) due to the hot dry weather.

Th e late August fi res likely made bears scarce in the aff ected areas since natu-ral food availability was extremely limited in those locations. For hunters pursuing black bear in the northern Cascades, it is critical for you to positively identify the bear species, as endangered grizzly bears potentially also inhabit these areas. WDFW have posted on their website some interactive training materials from BeBearAware.org to help you tell the diff erence between black and griz-zly bears. Go to http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/bear_cougar/bear/ then view the Interactive Bear Identifi cation Program and take the Bear Identifi ca-tion Test. 2013 District 6 Black Bear Harvest Summary: District 6 hunters har-vested 103 black bear last season in the Okanogan Bear Management Unit (BMU 5), an 11% decrease from the 2012 tally. Last year, bears pursued ro-bust berry crops throughout the dis-trict and harvest was spread accord-ingly across all GMUs. GMU 204 in the Northeastern BMU again led the way with 42 animals taken. COUGAR District 6 cougar populations are healthy and well distributed. Cougars follow the deer herds, which means they will be spread across the land-scape through late October and then start to concentrate more on lower el-evations as deer move to winter range. Much cougar foraging activity takes place at night, so the best opportuni-ties to spot the cats on the move are at dawn and dusk. Th e summer’s fi res directly aff ected deer distribution in the burned areas, which also had an eff ect on cougar distribution. Th is occurred particu-larly as deer began to concentrate for the winter. In District 6, cougars are now man-aged by a harvest guideline at the in-dividual GMU level to better promote stable population structure and high quality sustainable harvest. Last sea-son’s harvest fell slightly short of the harvest guideline in most GMUs. As a result, cougar hunting opportunities in District 6 should be good in 2014-15. Remember that aft er Jan 1, indi-vidual GMUs close on short notice once the harvest guideline has been reached, and hunters are responsible for knowing if a unit is open or closed. Th is information is available on the WDFW hotline (1-866-364-4868) or at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/cou-gar/. 2013 District 6 Cougar Harvest Summary: During the fi rst year un-der the new harvest guideline system, hunters harvested eleven cougars in District 6 during the 2012-13 season, and by design the harvest was distrib-uted across several GMUs. DUCK AND CANADA GOOSE Overall, waterfowl surveys indicate waterfowl brood production is up modestly in the potholes region of Eastern Washington compared to 2013. Locally, water levels are down due to the hot dry summer and the number of potholes retaining water

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during the hunting season will likely be reduced. Overall, however, water-fowl hunting opportunities are mostly dependent on the number of migrants coming from Canada and Alaska and how long water remains ice-free throughout the district. Th e largest concentrations in District 6 occur at the mouth of the Okanogan River and on the Columbia River. Th e main stem of the Okanogan River and the larger lakes and potholes in the Okanogan Watershed are good sec-ondary sites. Good public access can be found at the Driscoll Island and Sinlahekin Wildlife areas as well as the Similkameen-Chopaka Unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area. 2013 District 6 Waterfowl Harvest Summary: Duck harvest was down 32% in District 6 in 2013, likely due to mild early winter weather up north and extensive ice coverage locally. Conversely, hunters bagged 1,365 Canada geese in 2013, a 7% increase over the 2012 harvest. PARTRIDGE (GRAY AND CHUKAR) In general, gray partridge populations are widely distributed and patchy throughout the district’s shrub steppe habitats but appear to be increasing in number and distribution over time. Birds are seen frequently on the Indi-an Dan, Chiliwist, and Methow Wild-life Areas. Scattered groups of chukars are found in the steeper rocky areas in lower elevations of District 6. Th e steep hills along the Similkameen Riv-er in the north part of the Okanogan Valley hold good numbers of birds. More specifi cally, dramatically re-duced harvest and harvest success without a similar magnitude change in hunter numbers suggests gray par-tridge and chukar productivity fell sharply in 2013. It appears likely that the cold, wet spring resulted in signifi -cant chick mortality. Originally, more moderate weather this spring suggested productivity and associated harvest opportunity would be better in 2014. Th is is likely still true in areas outside of the sum-mer burns. Unfortunately, the fi res consumed a signifi cant portion of the district’s partridge habitat and bird numbers in those areas will likely be spotty and greatly reduced as a result. 2013 District 6 Partridge Harvest Summary: Compared to 2012, both chukar and gray partridge harvest de-creased signifi cantly in District 6 last year. Hunters harvested only 137 chu-kar (a 90% decrease). Similarly, gray partridge declined by 74% with only 370 birds taken.Hunting Season FOREST GROUSE Th e Okanogan supports strong populations of ruff ed, dusky (blue), and spruce grouse, which are found throughout the forested areas of the district. Ruff ed grouse are generally associated with deciduous tree cover at lower to middle elevations, particu-larly in riparian habitats. Dusky (blue) grouse are found in the mid to up-per elevation conifer forests, oft en on ridge tops. Spruce grouse are located in higher elevation conifer forests

throughout the district. Dusky (blue) and Spruce grouse pop-ulations continue to remain below historical norms within the boundar-ies of recent wildfi res including the massive 175,000-acre Tripod Fire, which burned in 2006 in some of the Districts best forest grouse habitat. Grouse habitat within the burns is im-proving annually, and bird numbers outside of burned areas appear to be relatively stable. Prior to the fi res over the summer, we anticipated generally favorable oppor-tunities for Forest Grouse and harvest success rates similar to last year. As a result of the fi res, areas adjacent to and outside of this year’s burn perim-eters may see an infl ux of birds. Con-versely, areas within the burns likely have very few birds, although size-able unburned islands surrounded by charred ground could potentially hold locally concentrated populations. In addition, if signifi cant fall green-up presents itself, some birds may return to burned areas to take advantage of sprouting shoots and buds. Th e best bets for hunting are likely to be USFS lands throughout the district, as well as forested portions of the Sinlahekin and Methow Wildlife Areas outside of this year’s burn perimeters. In the long-term, the extensive burning at lower elevations may well enhance grouse production in the spring of coming seasons; however, the addi-tional loss of winter habitat at middle and upper elevations may decrease over-winter carrying capacity. 2013 District 6 Forest Grouse Har-vest Summary: Despite the lingering eff ects of recent wild fi res, sprawling Okanogan County remained the top forest grouse producer in Washington last year, yielding a mixed harvest of 7,017 dusky, ruff ed, and spruce grouse. While impressive, that number repre-sents an 8-percent decline from 2012 and a 45-percent drop from the fi ve-year average harvest average; however, much of the decline can be attributed to reduced hunter participation. PHEASANT Pheasants occur at low densities and in a patchy distribution throughout the Okanogan Watershed portion of District 6, with most wild production coming from private land. Hunters should seek permission in advance of the season to access private land. Game farm-produced roosters will once again be released in the district; however, the Chiliwist release site will not be used this year due to the eff ects of this summer’s fi re at that location. All releases will occur at the tradi-tional Kline and Hegdahl release sites this fall. Th ese sites are mapped on the Go Hunt website. Hunters are reminded that nontoxic shot is required for ALL upland bird hunting on ALL pheasant release sites STATEWIDE. 2013 District 6 Pheasant Harvest Summary: Hunters bagged 520 pheasants last year in Okanogan County, a drop of almost 50% as com-pared to 2012 and the current fi ve-year average. Most of this decline can

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Oroville Fourth Graders from Ms. Martin’s (left) and Mr. Monroe’s class (right) have been participating in swim-ming lessons at the pool at Veranda Beach Resort. The classes have become an annual event at the beginning of the school year at Oroville.

OBITUARYDiana Kennedy

Diana Kennedy, born April 11, 1942, passed away on Sept. 24, 2014. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Oroville and we wish to honor her life. She shared her musical

talent with us playing for our services. She brought a spiritual joy with her when she entered a room and she gave from her heart to all in need including every abandon animal that crossed her path.

Diana worked around the area

as a Transcare driver taking oth-ers to medical appointments. She also worked at the Eagles in Tonasket for several years.

A memorial service will be held at Trinity Church, 604 Central Ave. at 6 p.m., Saturday, October 4th.

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RENTON - The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released its state tournament allocations after its Sept. 21-22 executive committee meeting.

Most of them, anyway.Area Class 1B/2B cross coun-

try teams won’t know how many spots are available for the state finals until sometime in October.

In other sports, coaches and athletes now know where they need to finish in league and dis-trict competition in order to be eligible for the post-season.

FOOTBALLThe Central Washington 2B

League, which is divided into north (eight teams) and south (six) divisions, will garner a total of four out of the 16 state tourna-ment spots. (District 6 - which includes Tonasket and Oroville - and District 5 get a total of four spots, and all of those districts’ 2B teams reside in the CWL.)

The first round of the playoffs will feature the top four teams in each division playing a cross-over game to determine which four teams will advance to state. Those games, to be played the weekend of Nov. 7-8, will fea-ture matchups of each division’s champion against the opposite division’s fourth place team, as well as games between the second place team from each division against the opposite’s third place team.

GIRLS SOCCERThere will be four teams

advancing out of the district tour-nament to the eight-team 1B/2B girls soccer tourney (that will be reduced to three teams next sea-son). That state tournament had been pared down to four teams the past few years due to the over-all lack of squads at that level, but with this year’s reclassification, a number of teams have joined the small school ranks (Tonasket, Brewster, Okanogan, Mabton, Warden, to name the CWL new-comers).

The CWL doesn’t include its southern members in soccer as Mabton and Warden are playing in the 1A SCAC during the regu-lar season.

But in the post-season, the district tournament will include the top five of eight District 6 (CWL) teams, both District 5 squads (Mabton and Warden) and St. George’s School (the lone District 7 team). The top three CWL (north) teams will get home games in the all-important loser-out opening round of the tourna-ment, as will the top District 5 (south) team.

The district championship and third place games will be played at the Wenatchee Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 8. The four state qualifiers will advance to the eight-team state tourney, with the final four being played in Sumner, Nov. 21-22.

VOLLEYBALLVolleyball will feature eight

district playoff teams vying for four spots in the 16-team state tournament.

The top four teams in the eight-team North Division get automatic bids to the district tournament, while the top three teams from the six-team south also get in.

The tournament, which will be played on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 8, will open with a pigtail (play-in) game between the North’s fifth-place team and the South’s fourth place finisher to determine the final district qualifier.

The four survivors will advance to the state finals in Yakima, Nov. 14-15.

CROSS COUNTRYLast year, the WIAA didn’t

get an accurate accounting of how many 1B/2B schools were going to field complete teams before setting their allocations. The decision was made to await setting those until October. It appears as though two boys teams and one girls team will advance as a group to the state finals in Pasco, but that could change. The regional meet, which will include 1B and 2B teams from border to border of the central portion of the state, will likely take place in Wenatchee on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Playoffs take shape


TONASKET - Tonasket’s girls soccer team kept its unbeaten record intact, scoring early and often against Oroville on Thursday, Sept. 25, on the way to an 8-0 victory.

The Tigers scored three goals in the first 10 minutes and led 5-0 at the half.

It was the first game that Oroville had more than 11 play-ers, giving coach Tony Kindred his first chance to substitute play-ers during the game.

Ashlynn Willis scored four goals and assisted on the other four scores to lead the Tigers. Jaden Vugteveen added two goals and three assists, while Kayla Willis had to goals and 1 assist.

Madison Gariano recorded the shutout without being forced to make a save.

The Tigers (6-0, 5-0 Central Washington League) also picked up a forfeit victory over Manson on Saturday. They host Brewster on Thursday, Oct. 2, and are scheduled to play Manson on Oct. 7, though the Trojans are still struggling to pull together a full team.

Oroville (1-4, 1-4) was also awarded a forfeit win over Manson. The Hornets play at Bridgeport on Thursday and at Entiat on Oct. 7.

TONASKET 4, BRIDGEPORT 0BRIDGEPORT - Tonasket

earned a 4-0 victory at Bridgeport on Tuesday, Sept. 23, as Vugteveen scored a pair of goals. Kayla Willis added one goal, and Ashlynn Willis scored a goal that deflected off a Bridgeport defender.

Maria Abrego made four saves in goal to record the shutout.

Tigers blank Hornets to stay unbeaten

Left, Oroville’s Kambe Ripley moves upfield last Thursday with Tonasket’s Megan Bolich in hot pursuit.Top, the Tigers’ Ashlynn Willis takes a dive over Oroville goalkeeper Xochil Rangel as she watches her first of three goals reach the net.Above, the Hornets’ Kali Peters moves in to challenge Tonasket’s Rose Walts.


Just out of reach‘Game of the Week’ lives up to billing, but red zone woes scuttle TigersBY BRENT [email protected]

TONASKET - There’s a lot more energy on the sidelines and an extra buzz in the stands when a high-stakes league game takes center stage under the Friday night lights.

But there’s also an extra sting when one of those games ends in defeat.

Tonasket football players haven’t expe-rienced the energy around being legiti-mate playoff contenders since the current squad was still in elementary school. But with the move out of the Caribou Trail League and into the Central Washington 2B League, league games hold a lot more meaning.

The Tigers had their game plan in place and ran it to perfection in the first quarter.

But high-powered Brewster, which came into the game averaging more than 50 points a game, pulled away to a 35-15 victory.

“It’s really enjoyable to see these kids have the opportunity to play in a game billed as the ‘big game’ in our league tonight,” said Tonasket coach Jay Hawkins. “That’s really neat for our guys that they got to experience that.”

With Brewster capable of putting up a lot of points in a hurry - the Bears ran up 83 on Kittitas last week - the Tigers knew they needed to control the ball, limit the Bears’ possessions and take advantage of the opportunities that came their way.

Tonasket did manage to chew up the clock in impressive fashion, including an opening quarter in which they held the ball for 10 of the 12 minutes.

But in four trips inside Brewster’s 20-yard line, Tonasket managed to score just once. While both teams had their way from time to time, the Tigers’ ability finish in the “red zone” was the difference.

“There were multiple times in the red zone that we had opportunities,” Hawkins said. “Hand it to them, too, they made some great plays against us.

“As a coaching staff we need to do a better job with the little things. We had substitution issues, we had some mis-alignments because we were confused, and that comes down to coaching. We just need to do a little better with our guys.”

The Tigers opened the game with a nine-minute drive, but came up empty after getting to the Brewster 15-yard line after quarterback Colton Leep was sacked on third down, and had a pass into the end zone on fourth down dropped.

But it was Tonasket that scored first, early in the second quarter, on Jorge Juarez’s 13-yard run.

Brewster got its offense untracked in the second quarter, running a no-huddle that kept the Tigers from substituting, and

effectively mixing Timbo Taylor’s passing with a two-pronged rushing attack that featured Hayden Bayha and Raf Varelas.

Bayha scored on a 5-yard run that cut the Tonasket lead to 7-6 (the Tigers blocked the extra point). And while Tonasket’s offense isn’t necessarily set up for the big play, it got one anyway: Isaiah Yaussy-Albright broke four tackles en route to a 65-yard scoring run. He also punched in a 2-point conversion run for a 15-6 Tonasket lead.

Brewster answered quickly, finishing a two minute drive with a 13-yard Taylor touchdown run.

The tide turned in the last minutes of the second quarter as the Tigers made their first major mistake, fumbling a punt snap that gave the Bears the ball inside the Tonasket 20.

Three plays and a short Varelas run later, Brewster led 20-15.

Tonasket had two golden opportunities to regain control, finishing in the first half with a seven minute, 70-yard drive and opening the third quarter with a 15-play, 80-yard drive.

But in both cases, a missed block here and a key Brewster defensive play there kept the Tigers off the scoreboard. The

biggest play of the second half was the Bears’ ability to stop Albright short on a 4th-and-goal from the one-yard line.

“There probably aren’t too many times we’re going to get that much yardage and only score 15 points,” Hawkins said. “We definitely made some mistakes, like not getting that punt off.

“(Defensively) they condensed things, brought a lot of guys up to the line of scrimmage and made it tougher on our running game. The makeup of our team is not on the edge. We have to figure that


Chad Edwards pressures Brewster quarterback Timbo Taylor in the third quarter of the Tigers’ 35-15 loss to the Bears on Friday. The play resulted in Jesse Ramon’s interception that denied Brewster a touchdown while the game was still in doubt with the Tigers trailing 20-15.

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CENT. WA LEAGUE NO. DIV. (2B) League Overall W L W LOkanogan 2 0 4 0Brewster 1 0 4 0Tonasket 1 1 2 2Oroville 1 1 1 3Manson 1 1 1 2Bridgeport 0 1 1 3Liberty Bell 0 2 1 3

CENT. WA LEAGUE SO. DIV. (2B) League Overall W L W LSoap Lake 1 0 1 3White Swan 0 0 2 2Warden 0 0 2 2Mabton 0 0 2 2Kittitas 0 0 1 3Lk Roosevelt 0 1 1 2

GIRLS SOCCER

CENTRAL WA LEAGUE (1B/2B) League Overall Pts W L W L TTonasket 15 5 0 6 0 0Okanogan 15 5 0 5 1 0Liberty Bell 9 3 1 4 1 0Brewster 8 3 2 4 3 0Entiat 4 1 4 1 5 0Oroville 3 1 4 1 4 0Bridgeport 0 0 4 1 4 0Manson 0 0 3 0 3 0

VOLLEYBALL

(Overall record includes non-league tournament matches, including split sets)CENT. WA LEAGUE NO. DIV. (2B) League Overall W L W L SpOkanogan 5 0 9 3 2Brewster 4 4 5 5 0Bridgeport 3 2 6 4 0Manson 3 2 3 3 0Liberty Bell 2 3 2 4 0Lk Roosevelt 2 3 3 7 0Tonasket 1 4 1 4 0Oroville 0 5 0 5 0

CENT. WA LEAGUE SO. DIV. (2B) League Overall W L W L SpKittitas 1 0 2 4 1Warden 1 0 4 5 0White Swan 1 0 5 3 0Mabton 0 1 2 10 0Waterville 0 1 2 1 0Soap Lake 0 1 1 4 0

SCHEDULESOCT. 2-11

Schedules subject to change

FB = Football; VB = Volleyball; GSC - Girls Soccer; XC = Cross Country

Thursday, Oct. 2GSC - Brewster at Tonasket, 4:30

pmGSC - Bridgeport at Oroville, 4:30

pmVB (JV/Var) - Oroville at Brewster,

5:30/7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Bridgeport at Tonas-

ket, 5:30/7:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 3FB (Var) - Tonasket at Bridgeport,

7:00 pmFB (Var) - Chelan at Oroville, 7:00

pm

Saturday, Oct. 4VB (Var) - Tonasket at Quincy Tour-

nament, 9:00 amXC - Tonasket & Oroville at CanAm

Invitational at Kettle Falls, 10:40 am (preceided by junior high meet)

Tuesday, Oct. 7GSC - Manson at Tonasket, 4:30

pmGSC - Oroville at Entiat, 7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Manson at Tonasket,

5:30/7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Oroville at Okanogan,

5:30/7:00 pmXC - Tonasket & Oroville at Omak

Invitational, 4:30 p.m. (preced-ed by middle school meet)

Thursday, Oct. 9GSC - Entiat at Tonasket, 4:30 pmGSC - Oroville at Okanogan, 4:30

pmVB (JV/Var) - Tonasket at Liberty

Bell, 5:30/7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Lake Roosevet at

Oroville, 5:30/7:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 10FB (Var) - Oroville at Tonasket, 7:00

pm

Saturday, Oct. 11GSC - Chelan at Tonasket, 1:00 pmXC - Cascade Invitational (Tonas-

ket), 12:00 pm

ALUMNI

BATTLE GROUND - Damon Halvorsen (Tonasket 2012) fin-ished 47th out of 70 runners in his first cross country race in two years on Saturday, Sept. 27.

H a l v o r s e n , who finished the 8-kilo-meter course in 26:56, has battled inju-ries since e n r o l l i n g at Spokane C ommunity College and is

healthy for the first time in his collegiate career.

He finished one second and one spot behind teammate and former Omak distance runner Michael Goble.

Damon Halvorsen


MANSON - Oroville’s volley-ball team is still seeking its first victory of the season, and came frustratingly close to picking up that elusive victory on Thursday in a five set loss to Manson.

The Trojans took the match 25-17, 14-25, 25-16, 26-28, 15-8.

“This was a very hard fought contest,” said Oroville coach Nicole Hugus. “We are close, but we really struggled with consistency. We have everyone back this week; we’ll work hard to be a team again.”

The Hornets (0-5, 0-5 Central Washington League) travel to Brewster on Thursday and to Okanogan on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

Oroville stats vs. Manson: Mikayla Scott 16/18 serving, 1 ace, 2 kills; Andrea Perez 16/16 serving, 2 aces, 3 hits; Monica Herrera 12/13 serving; Rachelle Nutt 3/6 serving, 6 hits, 5 kills, 9 digs; Jessica Galvan 3/5 serv-ing, 3 aces, 2 hits; Sydney Egerton

5/6 serving, 1 ace; Sarai Camacho 4/5 serving, 1 ace, 2 hits; Courtnee Kallstrom, 3/3 serving, 2 hits; Lena Fuchs 2/2 serving, 1 ace; Brittany Minarcin 7 digs.

BRIDGEPORT 3, OROVILLE 0OROVILLE - Defending league

champion Bridgeport defeated the Hornets on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 25-19, 25-22, 25-18.

“We continue to improve,” Hugus said. “Each week is some-thing new we need to work on.”

The Hornets have been coping with injuries, and Hugus said she is hoping the team will be back to full strength soon.

“Next week we should have all our varsity back,” she said. “We have been trying to adjust to dif-ferent rotations.”Oroville stats vs. Bridgeport: Monica Herrera 8/10 serving, 2 hits; Andrea Perez 9/10 serving; Rachelle Nutt 4 digs, 9 hits, 1 kill; Mikayla Scott 10 hits, 4 kills, 3 digs; Courtnee Kall-strom 3 digs; Jessica Galvan 2 hits; Sarai Camacho 2 hits.

Manson edges Hornets in final set

Boys close gap on Liberty BellBY BRENT [email protected]

MANSON - Ice cream and foursquare are paying off for the Tonasket cross country teams.

The Tigers turned in another strong outing against Central Washington B League schools on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Manson, with the girls winning the seven team meet and the boys taking second to Liberty Bell.

With a number of new courses being broken in this season, new records are being established at a number of meets. For the sec-ond time this year Johnna Terris established a course standard on the 2.8-mile trail, winning the girls race in 19:16.

The girls scored perfect 15 in team scoring. Jenna Valentine was second in 19:27, followed by Camille Wilson (3rd, 20:21), Katie Henneman (4th, 20:21), Haley Larson (8th, 22:11) and Baillie Hirst (9th, 23:25).

“The girls stayed undefeated

against league schools,” said Tonasket coach Bob Thornton. “They get stronger and smarter every week and showed their team strength.”

For the boys, Hunter Swanson led the way in 15:28. Other Tiger finishers included Adrian McCarthy (9th, 16:12), Bryden Hires (12th, 16:53), Abe Podkranic (15th, 17:04), Smith Condon (17:42), Justin McDonald (24th, 17:54), Rade Pilkinton (28th, 18:44), Samuel Strandberg (30th, 18:55) and Adam Halvorsen (40th, 20:40).

“The boys placed second behind Liberty Bell, but are much closer to them than they were last week,” Thornton said. “Hunter was third behind a couple of state veterans.”

The team often plays four square to warm up, and is often rewarded for its efforts with ice cream, which Thornton partially credited for the Tigers’ improve-ment.

“Plus,” he said, “a lot of hard work is paying off.”

The Tigers travel to Kettle Falls on Saturday, Oct. 4, for Kettle Falls’ Can-Am Invitational.

Tiger girls unbeaten against league foes


MANSON - Freshman Brandon Baugher led the way for the Oroville cross country team at the Manson Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Baugher finished 17th with a time of 17:28 on the 2.8-mile course and was the third freshman to cross the finish line.

Oroville coach Billy Monroe said that the course was about the same length as the Tonasket course and made it obvious how much the Hornets have improved since their first meet of the sea-son.

“Everybody has improved their times by at least two minutes, so the hard work is paying off,” he said.

Other Hornets who ran were Ryan Marcolin (25th, 18:20), Daniel Castrejon (32nd, 19:19), Nahum Garfias (33rd, 19:26), Emmanuel Castrejon (38th, 20:15) and Dakota Haney (47th, 26:41). Baugher, Daniel Castrejon and Marcolin all ran personal bests.

Running for the Oroville girls was Phoebe Poynter (10th, 23:25), a five minute improvement over her Tonasket time.

“Attitudes are good,” Monroe said. “Hopefully we keep improv-ing.”

Freshman leads Oroville XC at Manson Invite


OKANOGAN - Central Washington League favorite Okanogan scored three touch-downs in the first 2:30 of play on Friday against visiting Oroville.

It didn’t get much better from there as the Hornets suffered a 71-0 defeat after trailing 57-0 at halftime.

“We knew they were good,” said Oroville coach Tam Hutchinson of Okanogan. “But were they that good? Not really, we just played that poorly.

“The younger kids tried hard, but were making the kind of mis-takes that you make when you’re trying too hard. Some of the older kids, though, they might as well not have gotten off the bus.”

The Hornets ran nearly twice as many plays as the Bulldogs -

50-27 - but were outgained 451-26, with neither team completing a pass in the contest.

Logan Mills led the Hornets (1-3, 1-1 CWL North) with 33 yards on 16 carries.

Dustin Nigg averaged more than 40 yards on nine punts.

“He boomed a few,” Hutchinson said. “You’re happy with that at the college level. They were really coming after him at the start of the game, and there were a couple of snaps that weren’t so great. He buried them pretty deep a couple of times.”

Hutchinson said that Mills played exceptionally well, espe-cially in defense.

“He was outstanding,” he said. “They couldn’t do anything with him, and they have some physical guys up front. After awhile they just avoided him altogether.”

Okanogan improved to 4-0

(2-0). Hutchinson said it would be interesting to see Okanogan take on Mt. Baker, which the Hornets played a few weeks ago.

“Okanogan is big and fast, very physical,” he said. “Mt. Baker is more disciplined and polished, more of a machine. It would be a fun to see a game between those two.”

The Hornets host Chelan on Friday, Oct. 3, for their home-coming contest. Hutchinson is hoping for a better effort, regard-less of the score.

“I told the guys, there are cer-tain things you can control no matter who you are playing,” he said. “If you get physically beat, that’s one thing. But if you’re not getting into a position to even try, that’s inexcusable. That was the biggest disappointment to me; were weren’t snappy at all. A lot of guys were playing at half speed.”

Hornets slammed by Okanogan


TONASKET - Victories have been few and far between for the Tonasket volleyball team. But Thursday, Sept. 25, the Tigers ended a long streak for which most of them bore no responsi-bility, defeating Lake Roosevelt in four sets for their first league victory of any kind since 2008.

It didn’t look like it would be the Tigers’ night at first after an early lead in the opening set van-ished in a hurry as LR finished strong for a 25-15 win.

But the Tigers bounced back in the second set, building a 10-point lead and holding on to even things up, 25-19.

From there a more relaxed Tonasket squad controlled the action, especially from the service line, where the Tigers rarely made errors and forced the Raiders into earning every point.

“We had much better serves tonight,” said Tonasket coach Pam Leslie. “That was the kicker. We’re not a very speedy team, and Lake Roosevelt was about the same. A lot of it came down to serving.”

Setters Taylon Pilkinton and Vanessa Pershing’s sets were well-positioned for Alissa Young, Rachael Sawyer and Alexa Sutton to put down several key kills.

The Tigers built a 17-6 lead in the third set, winning 25-13. In the fourth set, Tonasket led 15-7 but saw the Raiders score eight straight points to tie it up. But instead of buckling, Tonasket earned a 25-19 win in the set to clinch the match. Young got the finally rally with four staight serves, Pershing added a block and an ace, and Sutton’s tip over an LR hitter helped finish things

off.Leslie said that not only was it

good to bet the proverbial mon-key off the team’s back, but was pleased to see the team gain-ing confidence, especially after a discouraging sweep at the hands of league-leading Okanogan two days earlier.

“This is nice,” she said. “They girls get along well. They don’t get down on each other, but when

the get down on themselves, it’s a problem.”

The Tigers (1-3 overall and in Central Washington League North Division play) host Bridgeport on Thursday and head to Quincy for a tournament on Saturday, Oct. 4.Tonasket stats vs. LR: Alissa Young 2 kills, 2 aces; Rachael Sawyer 4 kills, 1 block; Taylon Pilkinton 6 aces; Alexa Sutton 4 kills, 2 aces.


Tonasket volleyball players (l-r) Vanessa Pershing, Taylon Pilkinton, Kasey Nelson and Allison Glanzer celebrate after the Tigers picked up their first league victory in six years by knocking off Lake Roosevelt last Thursday.

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Alissa Young and the Tonasket volleyball team spiked Lake Roosevelt on Thursday, Sept. 25.


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Despite giving up 35 points, Hawkins said he was pleased overall with the defense, which shut the Bears out in the first and third quarters.

“We did a pretty decent job on Cade Smith (who last week had 200 receiving yards),” Hawkins said. “And I thought we forced the into their running game a bit. They are fairly physical - they’re not wimpy - and they’re not just throwing the ball around.”

Yaussy-Albright finished with 162 yards on 26 carries and Juarez had 100 yards on 15 carries to lead the Tonasket offense.

Bayha rushed for 82 yards and one touchdown and Varelas had 79 yards and three scores on the ground to lead the Bears’ rushing attack, while Taylor com-pleted 11-of-19 for 163 yards and a touchdown.

As the season nears its mid-point, the Tigers (2-2, 1-1 CWL) still have their sights set on at least the third of four available playoff spots, and Hawkins is hoping his team can keep its eye on the big picture.

“I am really proud of their effort tonight,” he said. “This is a journey. We want to get to that Week 10 game. All indications are we should. Week by week by week, play by play, we need to stay healthy and get better.”

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The Tigers’ Rycki Cruz (14) makes a diving tackle of Brewster running back Hayden Bayha.

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US Forest Service regulation furor partially, but not entirely, justified

We’ll dispense with the obvi-ous first: the United States Forest Service does not want to charge hikers $1,500 to take family pho-tos, no matter what headline you may have seen lighting Facebook afire last week.

However, a temporary regula-tion that has been in effect for four years and is on the verge of becoming permanent does pose some issues that I (and many others) believe cross the line of constitutional protections that we all enjoy in this country.

The Forest Service proposed a directive that requires permits for commercial filming in desig-nated wilderness areas. As with most rules proposed by federal agencies, not only was it posted at the Federal Registry for public comment, it sat there for some time mostly unnoticed by the general public, save for a few legislation geeks who spend their free time tracking such things down.

But it also has been in effect for much of that time, and the manner in which it was being enforced caught the eye of a reporter from The Oregonian (out of Portland), which published an article that got much of the con-troversy rolling.

That article made the rounds

online, and The Seattle Times fol-lowed up with another article that detailed what it called “wildly unequal” enforcement by the Forest Service.

While on one hand USFS Chief Tom Tidwell released a state-ment that the Forest Service “remains committed to the First Amendment,” some of his own employees’ actions indicated something else entirely. And if you have to release that kind of state-ment, you’re already in danger of losing the battle.

Among the exam-ples cited by the two newspapers:

• Idaho Public Television was forced to get a permit to film a documentary on the 50th anni-versary of the Wilderness Act, not because of potential harm to the wilderness, but because it had to convince the Forest Service that the content of their docu-mentary would be in keeping with USFS interpretation of the “values of the wilderness.”

Or, as acting USFS Wilderness Director Liz Close told The Oregonian: “If you were engaged in reporting that was in support of wilderness characteristics, that would be permitted.”

• A radio reporter in Yellowstone National Park was forced to purchase a permit, wait weeks for an application to

get processed and buy liability insurance before being allowed to interview a biologist about wolf reintroduction.

The intent seems to be to keep large filming companies from trampling over protected wilder-

ness areas. However, what is being enforced goes far beyond that. A couple of problem-atic passages from the rule highlight where this furor is coming from.

• “A special use per-mit is required for all use of motion picture, videotaping, sound recording or other type of moving image or audio recording equipment (for com-

mercial purposes) ... Creation of a product for sale includes motion picture films, feature films, video-taping, television broadcasts, or documentary ... when created for the purpose of generating income.”

My problem? It doesn’t really define what a commercial enter-prise is other than something that generates income. A news-paper ... that is a commercial enterprise. So is a solitary vid-eographer, even if it is a leave-no-trace backpacker who might happen to make some money off of a video filmed in the backcountry. And a fee sched-ule (ranging from hundreds to $1,500) for wilderness filming does include a cost for a one-to-nine person crew.

• “Commercial filming in Congressionally designated Wilderness ... may be allowed if the activity or storyline contrib-utes to the purposes for which Wilderness was established.”

First Amendment, anyone? A federal agency setting up a fee schedule for permits, which may then be denied if the storyline doesn’t meet someone’s approv-al? What happened in Idaho would seem to be in the spirit of this portion of the regulation. Certainly it is within the letter of that law.

Considering the proliferation of smartphones and their video capability, that could mean just about anyone.

• Personal photos and report-ers engaged in reporting “break-ing news” were to be exempted. However, it defines that as any event that “arises suddenly, evolves quickly, and rapidly ceases to be newsworthy.”

It does not say who decides what is newsworthy or for how long. Was the Carlton Complex fire newsworthy for just one day, or is it still newsworthy? Most of what burned was not wilderness, but the USFS could require (or deny) a permit for a journalist wishing to report on mop-up efforts, which would certainly not be considered “breaking news.”

• Still photography doesn’t seem to concern USFS as much, though it requires a permit if the photography is to “promote or advertise a product or service

using actors, models, sets or props that are not part of the site’s natu-ral or cultural resources or admin-istrative facilities.”

So, what is an actor (a friend pretending to be someone they are not?) What is a prop (trying to sell a lightweight camp stove)? What is a set?

Photos taken for guide books … would they be regulated under this rule? Is The Gazette-Tribune (indeed a commercial enterprise) subject to a fine because I didn’t request a permit before publish-ing photos taken last August in the Bitterroot Wilderness of Montana? That area is so ill-defined the only real answer is … maybe.

The head of the USFS would say not. Individual rangers may read it differently.

Here’s the kicker for me: while the USFS says its intent is to limit the activities of large production companies in Wilderness areas (which I wholeheartedly agree with), I am trying to figure out how such a company would even operate in the Wilderness while adhering to the same rules that apply to everyone else.

Wilderness areas such as the Pasayten do not allow motor vehicles, boats, hang gliders, bicycles, the landing of aircraft, or the picking up or drop off of materials by helicopter.

It does not allow parties to travel in large groups, as a youth pastor friend of mine discovered a few years back when he was reprimanded for taking a group

of 20 high school students on a hike in the Pasayten.

Large commercial filmmak-ing, while staying within the guidelines already in place for Wilderness areas, would require hauling everything in by hand or animal, staying in small parties, not using combustion genera-tors, and likely keeping a troupe of actors from rebelling while subsisting on dehydrated camp food.

I joked online about forest rangers showing up in troop transports to raid art shows for images or videos taken that vio-late the numerous “commercial sale” clauses. A couple of people took that seriously and chided me for overreacting. Fair enough. No jokes on Facebook.

In the end, it doesn’t matter what the intent of the rules are. It matters how they are written, how they are enforced, and what happens when lawyers get hold of them and stretch them beyond the bounds of rationality.

In an era of ever-decreasing federal government transpar-ency, it’s not a trail the U.S. Forest Service would be wise to travel.

(The full text of the proposed directive, and the opportunity to comment, can be found online at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/09/04/2014-21093/proposed-directive-for-commer-cial-filming-in-wilderness-special-uses-administration

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