okanogan valley gazette-tribune, october 16, 2014
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October 16, 2014 edition of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-TribuneTRANSCRIPT
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GAZETTE-TRIBUNESERVING WASHINGTON’S OKANOGAN VALLEY SINCE 1905
TIGERS TOP HORNETS
IN RENEWAL OF RIVALRY
Page B2
Above, the princesses and queen of the Tonasket
Homecoming Court were aglow under the lights dur-
ing halftime of Tonasket’s homecoming contest against
Oroville. Pictured are (l-r) freshman princess Morgan Tyus, sophomore princess
Chelsea Vasquez, queen Jensen Sackman, junior
princess Kasey Silverthorn, and senior princess Aspen
Verhasselt.Left, the homecoming parade
moved through downtown Tonasket on Friday afternoon.
Brent Baker/staff photos.
A ROYAL EVENING
BY GARY A. DE [email protected]
OROVILLE – Mayor Chuck Spieth has named Sgt. Todd Hill to step into the shoes of retiring police chief R. Clay Warnstaff at the end of this month.
“It’s time to break the news,” said Mayor Spieth, at the Tuesday, Oct. 7 city coun-cil meet-ing. “With the retire-ment of Chief W a r n s t a f f effective Oct. 31, the deci-sion has been made to pro-mote Officer Todd Hill to the position of chief of police.”
Spieth continued, “This deci-sion has the full agreement of the council and has the recom-mendation of the existing chief. The swearing in will take place upon the chief ’s last day.”
Hill, who grew up in Okanogan County, has been with the department for seven years, hav-ing worked in Warden, Wash., before coming to Oroville.
City Clerk Kathy Jones
reported that she had been in contact with the General Services Administration about when the old U.S. Border Patrol Station at 1105 Main Street would be surplussed, now that the new station has been com-pleted north of town.
“We contacted Mr. Schwan about what kind of possibility the city would have of getting
the building. He answered that it could be done as a public con-venience for law enforcement,” said Jones. “The city would have to give the GSA a letter of intent no later than Nov. 19,” said Jones.
Mayor Spieth said, “There may be too much cost involved in the end, we don’t know at this point, but I think we should
pursue it.”The coun-
cil seemed in agree-ment, with C ounci lman Jon Neal say-ing, “yes we should” and C ounci lman Ed Naillon saying, “abso-lutely.”
OROVILLE DEPOT MUSEUMArnie Marchand, with the
Borderlands Historical Society, reported on what is happening at the museum, as well as the Visitors Information Center at the Old Depot.
“The museum theme was ‘The Salmon People: Stories tell the Past’ about a taste of life before the European con-tact of the Okanagan People,” said Marchand, adding that the Depot Museum and Visitors Information Center were open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, May to September.
Marchand said there were visitors from every province in Canada and the Northern Territories, and many states in the United States.
“They came from Norway; South Africa; Sydney, Australia; England; Saranda, Albania; Switzerland; Israel; Vienna, Austria; Noholk, United
Oroville’s mayor names Todd Hill new police chiefMarchand reports 4244 visitors to Depot Museum, Visitor Information Center
“This decision has the full agreement of the council and has the recommendation of
the existing chief.”Mayor Chuck Spieth,
City of Oroville
Reimbursements emphasis of talk with Murray’s rep.BY BRENT [email protected]
TONASKET - It’s unusual for a government agency to be working ahead of schedule.
Thankfully for North Valley Hospital, Administrator Linda Michel reported at the Thursday, Oct. 9, Board of Commissioners meeting, an early survey by the Department of Health found the hospital ready despite having the agency arrive more than a month ahead of schedule.
“We were ready,” Michel said. “We had a great survey.”
She said that a number of maintenance issues were noted and that most had already been addressed.
“I was extremely proud because I was in Cle Elum at a meeting (when DOH showed up unannounced),” she said. “This
team took our surveyors and ripped right through the survey. Tina Smith especially stepped up to the plate for me.
“When they reviewed the closed records - (records for) people who have been dis-charged - and open records (those still admitted) - they found no nursing documenta-tion out of place. You usually don’t find that and we’re very proud of that.”
POLITICSNVH administrators met with
John Culton, a member of Sen. Patty Murray’s administrative staff, who was in Tonasket to visit with various entities last week.
Michel said they discussed a number of issues, but that she stressed to him that inad-equate reimbursement rates for Extended Care patients was a top priority that needed to be addressed.
“I think he went away with a good understanding of what
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NVH found ready by Dept. of Health
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State panel meets in Republic over Buckhorn mine closureBY GARY A. DE [email protected]
REPUBLIC – Lt. Governor Brad Owen headed up a legislative panel in Republic on Thursday, Oct. 9 to discuss “what’s next” as Kinross Gold plans to close the Buckhorn Mountain Gold Mine in 2015.
The mine is reaching the end of its life cycle and is expected to close when its reserves are depleted sometime in late 2015. A separate Kinross operation, the Kettle River Mill, processes ore from the mine. The mill is about 47 miles from the mine near Republic. The closure of Buckhorn means the potential loss of about 230 jobs in Ferry and Okanogan County between the two facilities, plus another 130 contractor jobs.
Lt. Gov. Owen gave a short introduction of the members on the Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations followed by a few opening remarks.
“We had a similar situation where I’m from in Shelton in the timber industry and Sen. Hatfield had it in the fishing industry,” said Owen, who served in the legislature before becoming Lt. Governor.
Owen focused on what assistance the state was able to provide in the late 1980s and early 1990s during the decline of the timber
industry in Southwest Washington by passing worker assistance bills and other economic development measures to help displaced log-gers and lumber mill workers in timber com-munities. Owen served in the Senate at the time, representing parts of Mason and Grays Harbor counties.
“I’d like to thank Rep. Shelly Short and Joel Kretz and Sen. Brian Dansel for joining us today and to thank Kinross for helping us out setting up this meeting,” said Owen.
Seventh District Senator Brian Dansel, a former Ferry County Commissioner, made some welcoming remarks.
“I appreciate your efforts,” said Dansel to the panel. “Today is pretty bittersweet. We have a situation in the place where I was born. The entire economy of Ferry County and North Okanogan County benefits from the Buckhorn mine. It represents not only jobs and revenue to the county, but more.”
Dansel added, “For Ferry County Kinross helps to pay for one sheriff ’s position and miles and miles of roads. After a double levy failure Kinross picked up the cost for all school sports.”
Kinross showed a video about their plans for closure and how they are working to place employees at other company locations and will be offering training to learn other skills in the mining industry.
Mark Ioli, Vice President and General Manager of the Kettle River-Buckhorn Operation, expressed his frustration that Kinross was not able to get the explora-
tion permits from the U.S. Forest Service to expand the current mine, near Chesaw, and to provide more ore to the mill in Republic.
“Ferry and Okanogan County have had more gold extraction if you add it up than Alaska and California combined,” said Ioli.
The Kettle River Operation not only helps with taxes and schools, but with the entire community, according to Ioli. He said mining had played an important part for 150 years in the history and economy of he Northeastern Washington.
“I think we are going to continue to mine here, maybe not right after 2015, but one day,” he said, adding that the mine employs 230 workers and the mill 45. “We will try to keep going in this area as long as possible, because we want to live here too.”
Citing a 2012 study using 2011 data, Kinross puts its direct payroll at $19 million with a total direct and indirect payroll of $27 million in Okanogan and Ferry counties and a payroll of $38 million and a total of 845 jobs statewide. The average wage of a Kettle River –Buckhorn employee is $82,559 a year, surpassing the average Ferry County wage of $35,290 a year by 134 percent. In addition, the mining and milling operation receives goods and services from 354 Washington-based businesses.
The lietenant governor asked why Kinross wasn’t moving forward with more explora-tion. Ioli said that the company had begun
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Todd Hill
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen
Business Trick or Treating, costume & decoration contest plannedTHE GAZETTE-TRIBUNE
OROVILLE - The Oroville Chamber of Commerce is spon-soring a Meet The Candidates session on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
The meeting will take place at the High School Commons (just south of 12th on Ironwood). Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and some candidates may arrive early so voters can personally meet them before and after.
“This will not be in the form of a debate, but rather each candi-date will be given a limited time to present (10 - 15 minutes) with an opportunity to speak briefly after a contender has presented. Expect the session to last up to two hours,” said Clyde Andrews, president of the chamber of com-merce.
“We invited only those candi-dates in contested races.”
The following candidates have indicated they will be there: Clint Didier (Representative in Congress), Brian Dansel (State Senator) Shelly Short (State Representative, Position 1), Joel Kretz (State Representative, Position 2), Scott Furman (County Assessor), Dave Rodriguez (County Coroner), Gary Reams (County Coroner), David Womack (PUD Commissioner) and Scott Vejraska (PUD Commissioner), according to Andrews.
The following regretted that they could not attend due to scheduling conflicts: Eddie Yoon (Supreme Court Justice, Position 3), Charles Johnson (Supreme Court Justice, Position 3), James Apker (State Representative, Position 1) and
Ronnie Rae (State Representative, Position 2)
The following did not respond to the chamber’s attempts to contact them: Dan Newhouse (Representative in Congress)
Les Stokes (County Assessor), Debra Stephens (Supreme Court Justice, Position 7) and John Scannell (Supreme Court Justice, Position 7).
OROVILLE BUSINESS HALLOWEENThe Oroville Businesses Trick
or Treat for the kids is on Friday, Oct. 31 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Flyers and the Trick or Treat signs
will be delivered next week to all the businesses. Those businesses that want to take part are asked to just put the sign in your win-dow or door and hand out treats to the kids from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Those businesses that would liked to be judged on best cos-tumes and best decorations are asked to call the Camaray at (509) 476-3684 and ask to be put on the list to be judged.
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England; Saranda, Albania; Switzerland; Israel; Vienna, Austria; Noholk, United Kingdom; Brisbane, Australia and a great many from Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington
State. As of Friday, Sept. 12 there were 4244 visitors.”
The staff gave four more sepa-rate classes the next week after closing for the season just because a
teacher wanted her students to have an opportunity to see and hear about the exhibit.
“This was the most important factor in continuing the exhibit next year. The number of school children that visited our muse-um. We did outreach to Chelan, Okanogan, and Penticton, B.C. schools giving classes on our exhibit, the Okanagan Indians,” said Marchand.
The requests from other schools were so great that the museum’s Board of Directors decided to continue the exhibit and expand upon it, according to Marchand. The museum will be includ-ing “First Contact” and how the People of the region interacted and the region changed.
“We have had experts from the Enowkin Center from the Penticton Indian Band and the Colville Tribal Museum advise us on how to display our message. We are going to get help from the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Chelan Museum, and the Okanogan Historical Society,” said Marchand.
“This will focus on the region and what happened here after contact was made with the first white people. It will have to do with the transition that took place from about 1810 to the turn of the last century,” said Marchand.
The museum is also getting about 100 pieces of railroad related items, including the original typewriter used a the Depot dating from 1903. The original long bench that sat at the front of the depot, as well as a “speeder” are among the items that the museum will be obtaining. Plans are underway for a display to be built for the
speeder, which is a small motor-ized car, with trucks, used for maintenance to the track.
Marchand was asked where the railroad related items were com-ing from.
“When it went from the Great Northern to Burlington Northern a lot of these items were stored... many of them by Dick Wisener,” he said.
In addition to the exhibits, there have been changes in the building, as well. The Historical Society has completed the insula-tion, electrical, and heating of the out building, where exhibit items not on display can now be stored in a climate controlled environ-ment. The Society has also begun restoration of the kitchen area to transform it into a multi-use area for office, and research area. In addition, the steps have been
completed and painted.The Wenatchee Valley College
North Campus at Omak and the Society will be present-ing a “Magic Lantern Show” in February 2015 as a fund raiser for both organizations. The Omak show will be at the Performing Arts Center and the Oroville show will be at Vicki’s on Main Street.
“These will include about 45 minutes of slides, some that have never been seen before. They will be related to the pioneer photog-rapher Matsura,” said Marchand. “The Magic Lantern Show will take place on Feb. 6, 7 or 20, 21, it hasn’t been confirmed yet,” he said.
The next meeting of the city council will be Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in the city council cham-bers located at 1308 Ironwood.
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Gary DeVon file photo
Miles Hefker, 9, Oroville, was one of over 4000 visitors, including many school children, to the museum and VIC this summer. Here he examines a pit hut display this past summer from The Salmon People: Stories Tell the Past, was the exhibit.
Arnie Marchand
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we’re up against sometimes,” Michel said. “I asked that any committees set up in health care in Washington, especially, I wanted to make sure rurals were represented equally to the larger tertiary centers.”
“He asked our permission to call on us to testify to tell our story of being a Critical Access Hospital,” said Business Development Coordinator Terri Orford. “In this community, the school district, the Chamber of Commerce ... if we go away because of the (Affordable Care Act) the impact is not just on health care, but on employment, the industry in this area, enroll-ment in our schools.
“He got a good understanding of how interconnected we all are in keeping these small communi-ties viable.”
DUMPSTERThe city and hospital district
appeared by Friday to be inch-ing toward a resolution of the
placement of the hospital’s dump-sters, which have been parked on Western Avenue for the past several months.
The city council has asked that the hospital keep the dumpsters out of the sidewalk right-of-way, as well as off the street.
City Council member Dennis Brown visited with Chief Information Officer Kelly Cariker.
“Apparently it’s been a long-standing issue, which I’ve been unaware of,” Cariker said. “(Brown) stopped by and we toured the entire facility. There wasn’t an overly good place to put them.”
One area, near where the dumpsters had once been stored, was rejected by the garbage com-pany itself.
“The garbage company declined to move the garbage to that area because of risk (to the building),” Cariker said. “They didn’t want the liability.”
The city had written a letter to
the hospital regarding the dump-ster issue, and Cariker said the hospital hoped to address the council at one of the regular City Council meetings.
“We are going to talk to the city council about what we can do. We’ve asked them for a franchise, like leasing the space from the city. They turned that down at their last meeting so we’ve asked them to look at that again. We also have some Department of Health issues as well, and drain-age (depending on location).
“If there has been a long stand-ing grudge, we’re not here to propagate that. We’re here to be good neighbors and work in a partnership and see if we can come up with something mutu-ally agreeable.”
That was at Thursday’s meet-ing; Friday morning, a car hit one of the dumpsters parked on Western Ave., tipping it over.
As of Monday, the two dump-sters that had been parked against the curb have been moved into a pair of diagonal parking spots in front of the Extended Care on First Street, while the third is next to the portable generator, slightly encroaching onto the sidewalk along Western Ave.
“NVH will present a letter ask-ing the council’s permission (for that as a permanent solution),” Cariker said.
ALSOThe hospital district continues
its slow rise out of warrants, with about $55,000 of cash on hand on Thursday. CFO Helen Verhasselt said before paying off a run of bills the district had as much as $250,000 on hand, and had briefly dipped back into warrants (debt to the county).
The Board of Commissioners next meets on Thursday, Oct. 30.
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Police Chief Rob Burks and North Valley Hospital District CIO Kelly Cariker look over a dumpster that was overturned by a car accident on Friday, Oct. 10. The placement of three hospital dumpsters is an issue that the hospital and the City of Tonasket are trying to resolve.
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Criminal Justice and EMS levy funds sought BY BRENT [email protected]
TONASKET - Tonasket-area voters will have a pair of local ballot measures to decide on dur-ing the upcoming Nov. 4 election - one of them specific to city resi-dents, the other involving every-one in the EMS district (which covers the same footprint as the Tonasket School District).
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TAXThe City of Tonasket is ask-
ing voters to approve an increase of 0.1 percent to the city’s sales and use tax, to take effect April 1, 2015.
One third of that amount is required by law to be dedicated to public safety expenses. The remaining would go into the general fund, which includes police, fire, parks, the airport and administrative costs.
The city is attempting to cover budget shortfalls from the past few years that have occurred due to stagnant sales tax revenue, while criminal justice fees in par-ticular have been rising.
Sales tax is collected from all customers doing business within the City of Tonasket. Transactions not effected include edible gro-ceries and utilities.
The one tenth of one percent amounts to a $1.00 tax increase per $1,000 spent.
EMERGENCY SERVICES RENEWALThe Tonasket EMS district is
running a 10-year levy that will cover about 60 percent of the EMS budget. The current levy is expiring; the new levy will replace expiring levy at the same rate that the old levy was passed.
The levy amounts to 40 cents per $1,000 of assessed property valuation. Annual increases are limited to one percent a year.
“It will renew the levy that allows us to continue our ser-vice,” said EMS director Michael Greene. “It’s pretty much and essential part of our budget; I’m really can’t provide reliable ser-
vice without it.”The EMS district covers an
area larger than the size of Rhode Island with three 4-Wheel Drive ambulances, purchased used, and a team of EMTs who are paid $3.00 per hour shift coverage.
Greene added that without the levy, the district could not make up the shortfall by increasing transportation fees.
“Those are capped,” he said. “If we doubled our ambulance rates, Medicare would say, ‘Fine, this is still how much we pay.’ And most insurance follows suit with what Medicare pays.”
Greene said in reviewing for-mer EMS Director Jeff Cravy’s records from the initial levy 10 years ago, he’s found that the dis-trict either lived up to or exceed-ed promises made at that time to the voters.
“They bought the facility, pur-chased the ambulances, trained local people to do it - even exceed-ed the commitments we made to the community as far as train-ing and the number of EMTs,” Greene said. “The first time was to start the district. Now, it is to maintain the district.”
Two Tonasket area ballot measures put before voters
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The American Red Cross in Tonasket needs great people like you to give their time and service, according to Sally Sherwood,with the ARC’s Pacific Northwest Blood Services Region.
“Volunteering with the Red Cross allows you to be part of a life changing mission, share your talents, meet new people, and give back to your own commu-nity,” she said.
The Red Cross currently holds about five community blood drives in Tonasket each year Since
2004 the Tonasket community blood drives have collected 1,420 pints of blood; that much blood has the potential to help save over 4,000 lives. The Red Cross often times has others going on too throughout the community and surrounding areas.
“We are in need of people to help us operate our drives and coordinate volunteers. These opportunities range from wel-coming, serving, and thanking our blood donors, calling donors and volunteers (this can be done from home!), to arranging volun-teers for upcoming drives,” said
Sherwood. “You can decide how often and when you serve. This is a wonderful opportunity for teens to earn school credit, churches and businesses to host a volunteer event, and you to give back to your community.”
Sherwood asks people in the Tonasket area to consider join-ing a team of over five million volunteers and blood donors worldwide. For more information about volunteer opportunities, contact JayAnn Merkle, Donor Recruitment Representative at (509) 834-2606 or by email at [email protected].
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TVBRC closes after solid yearBY BRENT [email protected]
TONASKET - The Tonasket Visitor and Business Resource Center closed out its 2014 sum-mer season on Wednesday, Oct. 8, with a luncheon to honor the 27 volunteers who kept the center hopping through the area’s busy tourist season.
TVBRC board members Julie Alley, Alice Attwood, Cathy Olson and Black helped serve up lunch for the volunteers while a number of local speakers shared goings-on in their particular spheres of influence.
Volunteer coordinator Linda Black said that while the over-all number of visitors was down (1,342, compared to over 1,500 last year), most of that could be attributed to a dip in regional tourism brought about by the Carlton Complex fire.
“It’s a blessing to have this many community members to offer their time and service to the
town and the visitors,” Black said. “As a team, our volunteers are becoming really adept as tourist consultants. My goodness, I feel so honored to work with these people They keep coming back even though I keep giving them homework.”
Highlights this year included the art shows, which gave local artisans the opportunity to sell their works; a new Tonasket bro-chure; and the growing reputa-tion of the bicycle camp behind the TVBRC building.
“The brochure was well-received,” Black said. “James Moore put most of it together and it shows a lot of the small roads in the county. He’s a Buddhist and I’m a maniac, so we worked well together.”
Additionally, she said Martha Gibeaut has been working to sig-nificantly upgrade the TVBRC website.
“It’s almost finished and it’s beautiful,” she said.
Art show curator Sue Kramer said that the shows brought in
over $2,000 for local artists.“We moved a lot of stuff out,”
she said. “That’s pretty exciting. Every year it’s just gotten better and better. We have a lot of amaz-ing talent in this valley.”
Black also coordinated a meet-ing between directors of the vari-ous Okanogan County visitors centers.
“We’re getting a lot of Canadians stepping over for the first time wanting to explore the area,” Black said. “People like to visit different places in the area. If people want to see the Grand Coulee Dam, Winthrop, or Conconully, we want to be able to direct them properly. We are getting a lot of people heading up to Republic or down to (the south end of the county). We learned a lot from each other. It was a good exchange; they’d never had one before.”
The TVBRC will open part time Thursdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., in order for artists to bring in holiday-oriented works to sell.
Gary DeVon/staff photo
The Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, as well as Seventh District legislators, met in Republic last Thursday to discuss the economic impact of the 2015 closure of the Buckhorn Gold Mine on Ferry County and North Okanogan County. Those at the committee table are Rep. Shelly Short, Sen. Bob Hasegawa, Sen. Brian Hatfield, Sen. Randi Becker, Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, Rep. J.T. Wilcox, Rep. Norma Smith, Sen. Brian Dansel and Rep. Joel Kretz..
GOLD MINE | FROM A1
approaching the state and federal government to expand explora-tion in the area.
“That process took 18 months to do nine drill holes. We’d rather do a whole block,” he said, add-ing that it costs the company about $3 million annually in the permitting process - something Kinross has decided isn’t worth the cost at this time.
“We just need permission to drill... we have abandoned the federal process and are still exploring at the five to 10 hole level and concentrating on state and private land. The federal pro-cess is to cumbersome,” said Ioli.
The bi-partisan study com-mittee heard from present-ers from the state Department of Commerce, the Office of Regulatory Innovation and Assistance, the Employment Security Department, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Social and Health Services, as well as Jim Milner, from the Republic Chamber of Commerce.
Milner, who spoke after Owen and Ioli, said there are two reactions to the mine closure – Chicken Little and Ostrich with its head in the sand.
“Some people think that the moment Kinross closes the mine the area is going to die. The other extreme is we’ve survived clo-sures before.... Of course then we had the cattle and timber indus-tries to fall back on,” said Milner.
“It’s going to take significant effort to survive this time,” said Milner, who went on to describe
some of the efforts that have been made, including events focused on bringing in tourists, as well as a marketing video for YouTube.
“All of this is pretty much aimed at tourism and small busi-ness. We still need industry an to revitalize the three industries we have,” he told the panel. “We are not asking for handouts, but do require partnerships to get the ball rolling.”
Jesus Sanchez, from the Governor’s Office of Regulatory Innovation and Assistance, talk-ed about how the state is mak-ing strides in making sure state agencies work together to make regulations work, not to create roadblocks. These kids of agency
roadblocks and delays were some-thing Ioli talked about regarding permits on the federal level.
Sanchez’ duties require his involvement in developing innova-tive approaches to streamline gov-ernmental regulatory processes for retaining and bringing new busi-ness into Washington. He said he had the full backing of Governor Jay Inslee and that the office has been successful in streamlining processes for things like getting the new Skagit River Bridge built.
The session was recorded by TVW for later broadcast.
Following the meeting and lunch the legislative committee went on a tour Kinross’s Kettle River facility.
TVBRC closes after solid year
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Is Breast Cancer Hereditary?According to BreastCancer.org, a nonprofi t organization dedicated to providing reliable, complete and cur-rent information about breast cancer, only 5 to 10 percent of cancers are due to an abnormality inherited from a parent. While all breast cancers are caused by a genetic abnormality, roughly 90 percent of breast cancer cases are the result of genetic abnor-malities that are a result of the aging process and the wear and tear of ev-eryday life.
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Are Th ere Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?BreastCancer.org notes that there are factors a woman or man can control that might lessen their risk for breast cancer. Th ose risks include:* Weight. Post-menopausal women in particular can reduce their risk of breast cancer by maintaining a healthy weight. Fat tissue is the body’s main source of estrogen aft er menopause, and having more fat tissue means higher estrogen levels, which increases breast cancer risk.
* Diet. Many cancers are linked to diet, but studies have yet to show for certain which types of foods increase the risk for breast cancer. In general, it’s good to restrict sources of red meat and other animal fats, such as fats from dairy products. Some stud-ies have shown that eating a lot of red and/or processed meats is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. Eating a diet low in fat and rich in fruits and vegetables is oft en recom-mended to reduce cancer risk.* Exercise. Th e American Cancer Society recommends engaging in 45 to 60 minutes of physical exercise 5 or more days per week, as evidence continues to mount that exercise can reduce breast cancer risk.* Alcohol and smoking. Alcohol lim-its the liver’s ability to control blood levels of estrogen, which can increase risk of breast cancer. Similarly, smok-ing has been associated with a small increase in breast cancer risk.
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Republic and Oroville will feel the effect of mine shut down differ-ently. The ‘boom and bust’ cycle mining can bring to an area has been readily apparent in Republic for years – one could tell just by looking at the number of full or empty businesses on Main Street. That cycle has been a missing component in Oroville’s history at least since the time
when gold was first discovered in Washington State - the 1859 gold find near Shanker’s Bend by U.S. Army soldiers doing a boundary survey. It was around that time the town got the dubious monicker of “Rag Town” due to all the tents that served as businesses and homes. That boom lasted until the next big discovery tempted prospectors and they all lit out for richer territory.
Last week there was a meeting in Republic about what will happen now that the Buckhorn Gold Mine is closing in 2015 and gold exploration permits in the area have been delayed so much by the U.S. Forest Service that Kinross has all but given up on expanding in the area.
While Republic and Ferry County have relied on gold as a big component of the local economy,
Oroville, and Okanogan County have relied on fruit production, timber and cattle as the legs of their three-legged stool. Those at the meeting in Republic informed Lt. Governor Brad Owen, state legislators and agency representatives that not only has the federal government made it hard to explore and continue the life of the mine, their agencies have also thrown up roadblocks to the more traditional industries in both counties. When Owen was a state legislator, he and some of his fellow legislators repre-senting rural counties on the west side shared their stories of the rush to enact legislation to help struggling timber communities being regulated out of business in the 1980s and 90s. They said a similar program needed to be done here.
Before the mine, there was talk of boom and bust by opponents and proponents during the 20 some odd years that it took to get the Buckhorn going. Of course like the old saying “it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” it’s also better to enjoy the fruits of temporarily good economic times than to flounder endlessly in eco-nomic hard times. But, unlike love, with mining, or any resource-based industry – you should always be looking ahead to when or if the good times play out. Make hay while the sun shines, so to speak.
While Oroville and Okanogan County, particularly the school district, benefited most from the property taxes generated by the mine, Ferry County benefited mostly by the jobs the mine and ore mill created – both directly through employment at the mine and mill and through those who contracted with the company. The meeting had more to do with what the Republic area will do now that the mine is closing and not so much what the Oroville area will do. Yes, job and assistance programs through state agencies can benefit the Oroville and the Republic areas alike. Questions about what happens when Kinross isn’t paying as much in property taxes went unasked. Local taxing districts all benefited from the mine with voters more willing to pass double-sized school levies when they knew a rich mining company was going to have to shoulder most of the increase. What happens when that goes away? We still need to collect the same total amount, but the burden will be loaded on to the backs of the remaining property owners. Why did the school district ask for twice as much money? It wasn’t just because it was known the mine would be paying a big share of the increase, it was because the prop-erty value went up so much in the district, the schools lost their Levy Equalization money. We were now too well off to need the help. The big question is will we once again be eligible for LE monies again and what hoops the state will make us jump through to get them.
It would be a good thing if we could get the same group to come to a similar meeting in Oroville. This would give Oroville city and school representatives, county commissioners and others who benefited from the boom the mine generated a chance to ask: What’s next?
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Doc HastingsRepresentative
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The Oroville Gazette75 Years Ago:
October 6-13, 1939: Although there has been an outbreak of war in Europe, involv-ing Canada and the British Empire, these hostilities will not affect present regulations regarding tourist travel from the United States to Canada. John Kammers, proprietor of John’s Auto Service and local dealer for Pontiac cars, brought the first of the new 1940 Pontiac Silver Streak auto home from Spokane for display in the show room at his garage in Oroville. The bodies of these vehicles are completely new with more room in every direction. Floors are four inches lower, thus making it easier to step into. Sealed bean headlights and Hi-test safety plate glass are among the most important improvements. The state has been notified that its quarterly quota for enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corp, will be 1150. Young boys between the ages of 17 and 23 will be given an opportunity to enroll in the Corp. Enrollment is for a six months period with re-enrollment privileges not to exceed a total of two years. Hugh M. Lawrence, of Tonasket, was an Oroville visitor on Wednesday of this week, in connection with his bus lines. Mr. Lawrence, who now has a bus line in operation from Tonasket to Wilbur via Republic, says that he has started a new line from Omak and Okanogan to Coulee Dam. The Methodist Ladies are holding their annual chicken dinner and bazaar, at the Civic League Building on Saturday, Oct. 7, starting at 11 a.m. and lasting as long as there is anything left to ear and customers to buy it. George’s Chevrolet Service invites the public to the first showing of the 1940 Chevrolets; the new 1940 Fords are on display at Scott’s Motors and Economy Motors is pre-senting the new models of 1940 Oldsmobiles. All of these models promise a multitude of new and better features. Grocery Prices:Giant Post Toasties, 3 pkgs, $.25; Peanut but-
ter, 2# jar, $.25; Coffee, # 2 cans, $.53; Fancy veal steak, $.15 per #; Cane sugar, 100# for $6.50; Roundup Oysters, 10 oz cans, 2 for $.15.
The Oroville Gazette 50 Years Ago:
October 8-15, 1964: The Okanogan County Public Utility District is attempt-ing to interest the towns of Oroville and Tonasket in developing a public park on its Similkameen River power dam site, Commissioner Irv Woods reported Monday. The old hydro-electric plant, which was obso-lete when it was installed in 1921, would make a fine tourist attraction for such a park. The Chelan Goats took advantage of a couple of Oroville defensive errors and scored a second quarter TD that dealt the Hornets their third loss of the season in a Cariboo League game held at Chelan. The enrollment in Oroville Senior High School was 209 and the Junior High, 234 on Oct. 1, 1964. The Elementary School enrollment dropped to 509 from 524 on Oct. 1, 1963. The Oroville Junior-High School faculty conducted a short survey Monday to deter-mine the value of dismissing school for apple harvest. Some rather surprising statistics were complied form the survey. Approximated 320 students worked for pay for an average of 6.8 days and earned $19,418.31 or an average of $60.68 per student. A brand new “Sitz-Lift” is being installed at the Sitzmark Ski
Hill near Havillah. This major improvement, designed and built by Melvin Kuhlman, con-sists of a continuous overhead cable carrying telescoping hangers to pull skiers from the bottom of the hill to any one of several release points up the 1600 foot length of the “hill.” Oroville evened its league record at 2–2 as they ran over Okanogan 19–0 last Friday and in doing so put themselves right back into the picture. Three teams are now tied for the lead with 2–1 records, Tonasket, Chelan, Omak and with Oroville a half game back. Persons attending the Oroville Chamber Tuesday saw Chuck Hulsey’s stereo slides of Washington Pass on the North State Highway now under construction. This road, when completed, will afford a spectacular view of one of America’s most scenic areas. Grocery Prices: Peanut butter, 3 lb. jar, $.99; Chunk Tuna, 3 for $.89’ Cut-up fryers, pan ready, $.39 per lb; Canned milk, 8 for $1.00; Rump Roast, $.69 per lb.; Ground beef, $.39 per lb.; Jonathan apples, 10 lbs $1.00; 10# sugar, $.88. Weather Wise by Marge Frazier, official observer: Oct. 7, 70 degrees maximum and 40 degrees minimum; Oct. 8, 61 and 46; Oct. 9, 57 and 41; Oct. 10, 59 and 40; Oct. 11, 70 and 49; Oct. 12, 74 and 35 and Oct. 13, 71 and 33. Total precipitation for the period, .15”.
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25 Years Ago:October 5–12, 1989: Ethel Lindauer, soon
to be on the Oroville City Council and Dee Patterson were just two of several con-cerned Oroville residents in attendance at the last Thursday’s meeting with Canadian government officials in Osoyoos over a pro-posed PCB storage site at a compound at the Canadian Port of Entry. The meeting drew nearly 250 Canadians and Americans to the Osoyoos Community Center, the majority of whom expressed displeasure with the propos-
OPINION BY REP. RICHARD “DOC” HASTINGS4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (WA-R)
Did you know that a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes in the United States? Whether it is a friend, colleague, mother, wife or daughter, we all like-ly know someone who has battled this difficult disease.
Sadly, one in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of her life-time. It is a serious ill-
ness that strikes women of all ages regardless of race or socioeconomic background.
For more than 25 years, the month of October has been recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There will be community events throughout Central Washington this month to raise money for, and bring aware-ness to, the fight against breast cancer.
While the causes of breast cancer are still not fully understood, early detection is key to reducing the mortality rate from this disease. Today, with early detection, 90 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States will beat the disease – adding to the more than 2.8 million breast cancers survivors across the nation.
While Washington state has one of the lowest breast cancer mortality rates in the country, we still have a long way to go to fully defeat this devastating disease. Both public
agencies and private health care organizations play a key role in this fight.
During my years in Congress, I have sup-ported doubling federal funding for the National Institutes of Health, which help-ing lead the charge to find a cure for breast cancer. I also supported legislation to make permanent the Research and Development Tax Credit, which encourages U.S. companies to increase investments in research. This bill passed the House of Representatives earlier this year and I encourage the Senate to act quickly on this legislation so valuable research can continue.
For more information about breast cancer or how to get involved in the fight against it, I encourage you to visit the websites for The National Cancer Institute or the Centers for Disease Control.
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Remember earlier 9-11 event as wellDear Editor,
Recent memories in regards to the World Trade Center bombings are all well and good, and should not be forgotten. However along the lines of “Remember the Alamo”, “Bombing of Pearl Harbor”, etc., there exists an event that also occurred on “9/11” (1857) and should be remembered. It is a bit mysterious as to why no news media even mentions it, because it took place at the direction of a well known American religious zealot that to this day continues to be remembered by his followers.
Yes, the year was 1857. Over 120 American pioneers from Arkansas were headed in a wagon train for California. They were attacked and slaughtered by fellow Americans dressed up as Ute Indians, although later identifica-tion would show that most of these “Indians” were in fact white people under direction of the President of the Mormon Church of the time, Brigham Young. Those responsible managed to gain the possession of all firearms of the victims and then confronted those victims point blank and shot them dead, to leave their bodies to lie on the grass and rocks to rot and be consumed by the buzzards, coyotes, and Mother Nature in general, in the American West in southern Utah.
No Mormon leadership has ever apologized for this event. In fact the current Mormon President in Salt lake City refuses to say he is “sorry,” even though he has been asked to, several times. The Mormon Church has built memorials at the site, and on at least one occasion has built rock cairns covering bod-ies of the victims, with various leaders of the Mormon Church destroying some of those rock cairns as if to say that they are ashamed of the event.
The Mountain Meadow Massacre is clear-
ly shown in our American History annals. Current Search in Google and other sites on the Internet covers the whole incident quite well. It is quite despicable that no mention is made of it as we remember the events of “9/11” by those in the news media that remind us of such things, and those in scho-lastic intelligence that should be aware of it “don’t seem to know.”
Sincerely,Donald ThomasonMoses Lake, Washington
Didier for U.S. House of RepresentativesDear Editor,
As we get closer to November, I wanted to take an opportunity to encourage my fellow citizens to support Clint Didier, running for the 4th Congressional District seat.
You might hear Clint’s opponent is “some-one we can work with.” When a politician says this, what they really mean is that “we want someone we can control.” Personally, I don’t want someone the political party feels they can manipulate. The party has one agenda: protect their money and control – it’s not
about the citizens. It is the people’s respon-sibility to direct their representative. Not the party. Clint will stand up on behalf of OUR directives.
You have probably heard Clint’s opponent “is an honest man.” Logic assumes that by stating the opponent is honest, Didier must be dishonest. I know Clint personally. He is honest and forthright –period. He may not be the best public speaker, but he is frank and passionate about his principles. Even though I may not agree with Clint, I have complete trust that he would never manipulate my dis-cretion on an issue.
Finally, ask yourself why so much money is being dumped into a Congressional race between two Republicans in Eastern Washington. On the surface it may seem silly, but there is much at stake for the progressives. Who is the threat and why? Research who is financially supporting these candidates. Numbers don’t lie.
Check out Clint’s website to learn more: http://www.didier4congress.org/. Join me in supporting someone who shares Okanogan County’s customs and culture this November.
SincerelyPamela LeslieOroville
Out of My Mind
Gary A. DeVon
Gaggles of geese are now heading southSUBMITTED BY MARIANNE KNIGHTHIGHLANDS CORRESPONDENT
Here we are in the middle of October and still having beautiful days. Yes, some nights have been real cold and many neighbors have had their fires going. It is a sure sign of fall when you go down the grade to town and see all the the beautiful trees and bushes that have changed to their fall colors. Fall is truly beautiful.
On our recent trips to Wenatchee for appointments we were lucky enough to see gaggles of geese heading south. How magnificent they are. On the second trip we not only saw the great “V” formation of their flight, but an entire field covered with the geese. Must have been resting or having lunch. It was something to see. Speaking of
seeing a not so familiar sight... we had two moose walk through the neighborhood last week. Talk about a big animal.
Pinochle started on Oct. 13th. So will have winners for you next week. Come to the Grange Hall on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring a friend. You can bring a snack to share.
The next Bingo night in Molson will be on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. The buy in is $10 for 10 games.
It’s time for the best Harvest Supper on the Hill. Come to the Havillah Lutheran Church in Havillah on Oct. 25. Fellowship will begin at 4:30 p.m. and they will be serving from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Please bring your favorite salad or dessert to add to the meal. All are welcome.
The Chesaw Christmas Bazaar will be held at the Chesaw Community Building on Nov. 8 starting at 9 a.m. Tables are avail-able for $10 each. Lots of crafters and homemade items and baked goods. The Country Kitchen will be open for lunch.
The middle of October, already! I suppose apple harvest is winding down. We’ve had some Asian pears, which are nice to eat fresh. Some folks like to dry them, but not being a fan of dried fruit, I won’t bother.
The weather has been very nice, with some breezy times, making the giant flags at the local shopping center, very beautiful as they flutter in the breeze, and sometimes they have to remove them as strong winds can damage them.
It was good to see Dean Brazle out and about as he had been confined to the hospital. He told me he’d be moving
down from his “hill country home” on the advice of his doctor’s.
Can you imagine Christmas advertis-ing on TV so soon?
I heard what sounded like a spray plane last week and was reminded of our neighbor, the late George Ehlers, who was a spray pilot for a lot of years, in the area. This is a quote from him. ‘There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there aren’t too many old, bold pilots.” He figured he’d been at it long enough and one day said, “that’s enough”.
I was told by a friend of Peggy Roulet’s
that she hit two deer, at the same time. Don’t hear of that too often.
Congratulations to Menze Pickering, being chosen Omak Stampede Queen. Menze is a freshman at Eastern Washington University, and was Okanogan County fair queen in 2013. Menze is the daughter of Rick and Lisa Pickering, Oroville and the proud grandparents are Perry and Hillary Blackler.
The repairman has us “back in business” with the ailing refrigerator.
I’m told that a new busi-ness, a thrift store, has opened on the corner of Main and Central, oper-ated by Jared Williams. Always good to have an empty building filled!
Just when I think I’ve heard it all, along comes something else. In Lincoln, Nebraska a school has asked the teachers
not to refer to the students as “boys and girls.” One suggestion was to call them “purple penguins.”
Beverly Storm is home. She was at the Senior Center for lunch one day last week.
Being able to burn weeds, trash and other items that have been accumulating dur-ing the “burn ban days” has put some peculiar aromas in the air, as folks are doing fall clean-up, preparing for win-ter days ahead.
Being able to have a small-er water bill is nice but it doesn’t last long as up goes the heat bill.
Fall days bring to mind gingerbread and pumpkin pie with whipped cream, for dessert. And of course apple pie, and the Catholic Church had another very successful “pie day,” making dozens and dozens of them.
Good job, employees at the Gazette-Tribune. Recognition for a job well done makes things so much easier.
Having a broken arm didn’t stop young Noah Hilderbrand from getting his deer. He just shot it left-handed, and his grandpa, Gary Roberts has the photo to prove it.
A sizable group from the Free Methodist Church met at a local eating place last Sunday, as they frequently do, and they were enjoying the fellowship so much, I’m not sure if they knew what they had been served. So nice to see!
Ardith Law and her son were at the First Methodist Church last Sunday. For many years she played the organ/piano at church before moving to Tonasket. She reported that her husband, Noble, is very happy and content in a Veteran’s care center in Port Orchard, Wash. She doing very well, in spite of the many health issues she has had along the way.
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OKANOGAN VALLEY LIFE
THIS & THATJoyce Emry
HILLTOP COMMENTS
The apple harvest is winding down
Honoring SGT Jarred PalmierSUBMITTED BY DARALYN HOLLENBECKPRESIDENT, NCW BLUE STAR MOTHERS
For the month of October we are honoring Black Hawk Helicopter Mechanic Jarred Palmier based at U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Ansbach Germany. His Blue Star Mother Tracy and father Greg live in Republic. The Palmiers are a military family and Jarred and his brother were both born in abroad at Wuerzburg West Germany.
This last spring, Tracy and Greg went to visit Germany where Jarred is currently based. It was an emotional trip for them to return to the place where they themselves were assigned by the military years ago.
Jarred joined the Army in 2009 and was deployed shortly there-after to Afghanistan for a year. In November 2013 Jarred and his wife Taylor welcomed their daughter into military life!
As a helicopter repairer, Jarred is primarily responsible for the maintenance of the UH-60 Helicopters (also known as the “Black Hawk”). With hundreds of missions depending on these helicopters, he must ensure that they are safe and ready to fly at all times. To qualify for this job he had to show an aptitude in both math and mechanics.
USAG Ansbach is located in Bavaria, a German state in the southeast. Ansbach is a beautiful city with a population of about 40,000. The garrison houses an attack helicopter battalion with several aviation and maintenance support units. Back in 1935, the German Luftwaffe built this air base and used it during the inva-sion of Poland, France, England, and Russia.
Ansbach Airfield was attacked by Allied bombers in early 1945 and was seized by the United States Third Army. By 1949, it became a NATO (North Atlantic
Treaty Organization)†facility of which the U.S. Army has occu-pied it as a helicopter airfield since.
Your hometown and the entire valley thank you and your fam-ily for your service, Jarred! We would like to learn more about our areaís service men and women. Please contact us with details 509-485-2906 or [email protected].
BLUE STAR MOTHERS
A rollback of bylaw changes is neededSUBMITTED BY JAMES GUTSCHMIDTPRESIDENT, OROVILLE SENIOR CENTER
Years ago legal material I pro-duced warned of unlawful pro-cess used by the banking indus-try. Those unlawful processes later resulted in the financial cri-sis of 2008. Some applauded my warning, but others slandered me unmercifully while never disput-ing my claim.
Fast forward to today the United States Justice Department was recently awarded a multi-billion dollar claim against the Bank of America and others, for criminal fraud in their mortgage process. My warning was correct.
My process of 1994 was later affirmed by the United States District Court. You can access this and sordid slander trash and
lies on the Internet.Today my warning has to do
with the bylaw changes, these past few years at OCSCA, OCTN and IHCCW. These changes sep-arated these entities from each other in a manner that adversely affects oversight, and us. Those corporate cash cows, OCTN and IHCCW, are now effectively sev-ered from OCSCA who origi-nally owned them. Yes, they were owned by you. The sever is now to the point that their boards are thumbing their noses at us and claim we have no say in their operations.
With no oversight, this puts our meals, transportation and in-home healthcare in jeopar-dy. If it’s not checked I pre-dict an inevitable future crisis
in those services. The fact that you, the members, were never included in those bylaws changes makes them void on their face. Serving your ownership without your knowledge or consent is void. Rolling back those bylaws changes would restore the nec-essary accountability and own-ership. With your help we can change this. Let’s move forward together. Your servant, tell next time. And, remember, anything you say can and will be used against you.
By the way, Tillie Porter is teaching a computer class on the fourth Tuesday of each month at our Senior Center thanks to Tillie and Raleigh Chinn (and my prompting) we have a grant in process to provide computers for that class.
Pinochle results from last Saturday: Door Prize: Barbara Cline. Most pinochles: Danny Wieterick. High man: Jim Fry. High woman: Barbara Cline.
More next week.
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Notice of Public MeetingInternational Osoyoos Lake Board of Control
International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control
For further information, please contact: in Canada: in United States: Gwyn Graham Marijke van Heeswijk (604) 664-4052 (253) 552-1625
The International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control is holding its annual pub-lic meeting regarding the regulation of Osoyoos Lake water levels and the related operation of Zosel Dam by the State of Washington under the In-ternational Joint Commission’s Orders of Approval. The Board will provide an overview of 2014 lake levels to date and invite comments, concerns and questions from the public.
Please plan to attendTuesday, October 28, 2014, 7:00 PM
Oroville High School Commons816 Juniper Street, Oroville, WA
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al. In an effort to enhance the likelihood of receiving a grantfor improvement to the Tonasket Municipal Pool from the IAC, the town council agreed to narrow the scope of their grant request at the Tuesday, September 26 coun-cil meeting. April Noel, 17, of Oroville, was a state finalist in the 4-H Fashion Revue held in Puyallup Sunday dur-ing the Western Washington Fair. She made and modeled a strapless velvet dinner dress and jacket. The dress featured lace around the top and extended to the shoul-ders. April is the daughter of Rod and Kathy Noel of Oroville and attends Oroville High School. The summer tourist season is over here and the Visitor Information Center closed after Labor Day weekend, but the knowledge that
was gained about the numbers of and types of tourists that vis-ited the area are in. The total from the United States covering 28 states with Washington post-ing 333 and California, 96. The total from neighboring Canada is 2,294 of which 1,594 were from British Columbia, while Alberta, Manitoba, N.W. Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan contributed several. Other Foreign Countries added an additional 86 with most com-ing from the United Kingdom. It is also noted from Molson that during the same period, they had 4,700 sign their Museum book. The longtime rivalry continues as the Oroville Hornets take on the Tonasket Tigers in the 27th annual battle over the Liberty Bell. The “bell” games in actuality
were going on in a different forum prior to 1962. Before the addition of the Victory Bell, the two teams met on the playing field every Armistice Day, which of course is now Veteran’s Day. The highest scoring games, as well as the low-est, were both Oroville victories. In November 1971, the Hornets stung the Tiger in a shut-out 44-0. In then next year, 1972, the Tigers and Hornets were locked until the Oroville squad downed a Tiger ball carrier in the end zone for a safety and Oroville went home with a scant 2-0 win.
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Lindsay Street Band from Seattle will perform at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket with Roots Music From Ireland, England, Quebec, Scandinavia and France as well as original compositions on Saturday, Oct. 18. Wonderful music comes from a variety of instruments and blend of voices. There will be dinner catered by La Ultima at 6:00, and the concert begins at 7:00. Cost for the concert will be $7.00 for members, and $8.00 for the general public. Children 10 and under enter free.
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Holy Rosary Catholic Church1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket
11 a.m. English Mass every Sunday7:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every Saturday
Father Jose Maldonado 476-2110
Immanuel Lutheran Church1608 Havillah Rd., Tonasket 509-485-3342
“For it is by grace you have been saved, throughfaith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God--not by works, so that no one can boast.” -Eph. 2:8-9“To every generation.” Celebrating 100 years 1905-2005
Crossroads Meeting Place Tonasket Foursquare Church415-A S. Whitcomb Ave. Pastor George Conkle
Sunday: 10 a.m.(509) 486-2000 cell: (509) 429-1663
Tonasket Community UCC 24 E. 4th, Tonasket 486-2181
“A biblically based, thoughtfulgroup of Christian People”
Sunday Worship at 11 a.m.
Whitestone Church of the Brethren577 Loomis-Oroville Rd., Tonasket. 846-4278
9:15am Praise Singing. 9:30am Worship Service10:45am Sunday school for all ages
Ellisforde Church of the Brethren32116 Hwy. 97, Tonasket.
10am Sunday School. 11am Worship Service “Continuing the work of Jesus...simply, peacefully, together”
509-486-2192
Faith Lutheran Church
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m. “O taste and see that the Lord is good!”
Pastor Dan Kunkel
Immaculate ConceptionCatholic Church
1715 Main Street Oroville9:00 a.m. English Mass every Sunday
1:00 p.m. Spanish Mass every SundayFather Jose Maldonado 476-2110
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Oroville Ward33420 Highway 97
509-476-2740Sunday, 10:00 a.m.
Visitors are warmly welcomed
Oroville Unit ed Methodist
Worship on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Visit us on the web: www.OrovilleUMC.org
Leon L. Alden, Pastor
Valley Christian FellowshipPastor Randy McAllister
Sunday School & Children’s Church K-69:45 to 1:00 p.m. Open to Community!
Located at Kid City 142 East Oroville
Trinity Episcopal
602 Central Ave., OrovilleSunday School & Services 10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist: 1st, 3rd, & 5th Morning Prayer: 2nd & 4thHealing Service: 1st Sunday
The Reverend Marilyn Wilder 476-3629
Church of ChristIronwood & 12th, Oroville 476-3926
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Seventh-Day Adventist10th & Main, Oroville - 509-476-2552
Worship: Sat. 11 a.m.Pastor Tony Rivera 509-557-6146
Oroville Free Methodist1516 Fir Street 476.2311
Sunday School 9:15 am Worship Service 10:15am
NEW Hope Bible FellowshipService Time: Sun., 10:30 a.m. Wed., 6:30 p.m.
923 Main St.Mark Fast, Pastor
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LOOMISLoomis Community Church
Main Street in Loomis9:45 a.m. Sunday School11 a.m. Worship Service
Information: 509-223-3542
CHESAWChesaw Community Bible Church
Nondenominational Everyone WelcomeEvery Sunday 10:30 a.m. to Noon
Pastor Duane Scheidemantle 485-3826
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Riverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God102 Tower Street
Sunday Worship 11:00am & 6:30pmWednesday- family Night 6:30pm
Pastor Vern & Anita WeaverPh. 509-826-4082
Community Christian FellowshipMolson Grange, Molson
Sunday 10 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
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Tonasket Bible Church10 6th East and Whitcomb 509-429-2948
Pastor Stephen Williams www.tonasketbiblechurch.orgSun. Worship Service 9:30 am
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OMAK - Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus return to the stage for the Fall Season Premier Concert on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 3:00 p.m. at the Omak Performing Arts Center, Omak.
The Orchestra will feature Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, Opus 1 with special guest solo-
ist Tara Kaiyala Weaver. They will also be performing Loes Janacek’s “Lachian Dances”. The chorus will feature “Your Voices Tune” by George F. Handel and “It’s Only A Paper Moon” by Billy Rose.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for kids 13 and older, and free for kids 12 and under. Tickets are available at Rawson’s in Okanogan; Corner Shelf in Omak;
Brewster Drug, Brewster; Roy’s Pharmacy, Tonasket; Oroville Pharmacy, Oroville; at the door; or at www.brownpapertickets.com.
Season tickets can be purchased at the door or by emailing [email protected] or calling Lynn Hoover, OVOC Coordinator, at 509-322-0261.
Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union is the proud sponsor of this concert.
COMMUNITY CALENDARCHILDBIRTH 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 orienta-tion room (Hospital receptionist will direct attendees) from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The remaining October sessions are Oct. 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, registered dietitian. For more information 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].
DEMOCRATS TO MEETTONASKET - Okanogan County Democrats and 7th Legislative District Democrats are holding a joint meeting on Oct. 18. Meeting will be held at at the home of Peter James, 31562 Hwy. 97. Starting with potluck lunch at 1 p.m. they will hold their quarterly meetings following lunch. All Demo-crats are welcome. For further informa-tion, call 7th LD Secretary Flo Moore at 509-991-7351.
OAKES, CHAMPAGNE AND WHEATLY TO PERFORMOROVILLE –- Upcoming performances at Esther Bricques Winery include Chuck Oakes and Ron Champagne along with drummer Wheatly on Thursday, Oct. 16, followed by Denny Richardson, Steve Pollard and Steve Bell on Thursday, Oct 23; music begins
around 6:30 p.m. For more informa-tion, please call the winery at 509-476-2861 or visit the Events page at www.estherbricques.com. Esther Bricques Winery is located at 42 Swanson Mill Road.
OROVILLE GRANGE FLEA MARKETOROVILLE - The Oroville Grange will be hosting their inside flea market on Sat-urday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Watch for posters and a sign on Hwy. 97 on the south end of town. All new items. The grange will also rent a table for people to sell their own items. For more information call 509-476-3878.
HARVEST DINNER & BOOSTER NIGHTMOLSON - The Molson Grange’s an-nual harvest supper and booster night will be on Saturday Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. The Grange will furnish the meat and potatoes, so bring a side dish. Come and visit with old friends and meet new ones. Everyone is invited. Remember bingo on the first and third Friday of every month.
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETINGMALOTT - The annual membership meeting of the Okanogan County Historical Society is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at the Ma-lott Grange Hall. The agenda includes discussion of how to best utilize the original water colors by Sally Ward donated by her daughter, Susan. Ward was a prolific artist who lived in Omak for a time. She died in 2010 at the age of 101 in Tucson, Ariz. Following the meeting, guest speaker, Scott Krieter from Wells Dam will talk about the upcoming remodeling slated for the summer of 2015 at the Wells Dam Overlook. Plans include expansion of the overlook to include interpretive trails with informative signage. Kre-
iter’s talk will be followed by a potluck luncheon. All members and those interested in becoming members are invited to attend.
FREE RETIREMENT SEMINAROKANOGAN - Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association is sponsor-ing a free Retirement Seminar for all public school employees on Tuesday, October 21, at 4 p.m. in the Okanogan High School library. For more informa-tion call Carol at 509-826-5068.
FILM LOOKS AT DAM BUILDING ERATONASKET - Cascade Columbia Fisher-ies Enhancement Group is sponsoring a free screening 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 cur-rent 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.
VETERANS TOWN HALL MEETINGTONASKET - The Governor’s Veter-ans Affairs Advisory Committee will be holding a Veterans Town Hall on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Community Cultural Center, 411 Western Ave, Tonasket. Community partners and service providers will be sharing how they are serving Veterans and their families from the area. The VAAC – under the leadership of 2014/15 Chair Richard Marcelynas – is composed of 17 members and advises the Governor and the director of the
Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) on issues and programs concerning veterans. Call 1-800-562-0132 option 1 for additional information.
COLON HEALTH CLASS CANCELEDThe North Valley Hospital class sched-uled for Oct. 23 has been canceled due to an unexpected scheduling conflict with instructor Dr. Donald Sebesta.
CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS THE BILLSOSOYOOS - The Osoyoos Concert series presents The Bills on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Bills are a high impact, acoustic folk music quintet from the West Coast. The concert is at the Osoyoos Second-ary School Mini Theatre located at 115 Street, Osoyoos, BC. Tickets available at Imperial Office in Osoyoos or Sun-dance Video in Oliver. $23 in advance or $25 at the door. For more informa-tion see: www.thebills.ca.
FIRE AND FORESTSOct. 24th at 6:00, there will be a Humanities Washington presentation at the Community Cultural Center in Tonasket. “Fire and Forests, East of the Cascade Divide” presented by John Marshall, Fire ecology photographer for the U.S. Forest Service. This will be a conversation about the past philoso-phies and future policies of forest fire management in Eastern Washington. This is a FREE event. Refreshments will be served by donation to the CCC. Call
486-1328 for additional information.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALTONASKET - This months Free Com-munity Meal will be Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. Donations are always welcome. Dinner will be served from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. These meals are held the last Sunday of every month, and prepared by Val Welles and a crew of volunteers.
OSOYOOS LAKE MEETINGOROVILLE - The International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control is holding its annual public meeting regarding the regulation of Osoyoos Lake water lev-els and the related operation of Zosel Dam by the State of Washington under the International Joint Commission’s Orders of Approval. The meeting will take place on on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the Oroville High School Commons from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Board will provide an overview of 2014 lake levels to date and invite comments, concerns and questions from the pub-lic. For more information see http://www.ijc.org/en_/.
SCHOOL RETIREES ASSOC. MEETINGOMAK - The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will hold a no-host luncheon meeting at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala St, Omak. State Rep. Joel Kretz, 7th Legislative District, will speak. Information: 509-422-2954.
OROVILLE BUSINESS TRICK OR TREATOROVILLE - The Oroville Businesses Trick or Treat for the Kids is on Friday, Oct. 31 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Flyers and the Trick or Treat signs will be in win-dows or doors of those businesses that will be handing out treats to the kids.
TONASKET CCC AUCTIONTONASKET - Saturday, Nov. 1 is the annual Community Cultural Center Auction. Rich Fewkes and Trygve Culp will work together for the live auction; silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m. Dinner for $10 will be at 6 p.m.. Live auction begins at 7:00. The proceeds will benefit the CCC’s general fund for winter expenses; there will be a special appeal for the front of building remod-el. Credit Cards will be accepted as well as cash and checks. Call 509-486-2061 to donate items or for more info.
TONASKET FOOD BANKTONASKET - 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 information, contact Debbie Roberts at (509) 486-2192.
OROVILLE FOOD BANKOROVILLE - 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.
OVOC Fall Concert Oct. 19
SUPERIOR COURTCRIMINALJustine C. Belgarde, 21, Omak,
pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (two for heroin and one each for oxy-codone and hydrocodone). Belgarde was sentenced to 20-plus months in prison and
21 and May 30 crimes.Shimika Rosita Havier, 19, Plum-
mer, Idaho, pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to attempting to elude a pursing police vehicle, mi-nor driving after consumption of alcohol and MIP/C. Havier
Omak.
pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to failure to register as a sex
was sentenced to four months
the Oct. 29, 2013 crime.
to charge Sean Lee Dahlquist, 23, Oroville, with POCS (methamphetamine) and making a false or misleading
-edly occurred Sept. 30.
to charge David Leslie Louis, 33, Omak, with intimidating witness and fourth-degree
occurred Oct. 2.
DISTRICT COURT
Okanogan, guilty of DUI. Henriksen was sentenced to
Jerry Samuel Herrera, 27, Okanogan, had two charges dismissed: of fourth-degree assault and interfering with reporting (DV).
Kyleah Mae Marie M. Holland, -
gree assault charge dismissed.
Nikki Natasha Hunt, 26, Omak, guilty of third-degree DWLS. Hunt received a 90-day
-ville, had a charge dismissed: hit-and-run (unattended vehicle).
Omak, had two charges dis-
and operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device.
Omak, guilty of violation of a temporary restraining order. Lavender was sentenced to
had two charges dismissed: resisting arrest and second-degree criminal trespassing.
-ville, had a charge dismissed: outdoor burning of prohibited
Manring was sentenced to
911 CALLS & JAIL BOOKINGSMONDAY, OCT. 6, 2014
Storm drain cover reported missing.
Injuries reported.Harassment on Old Hwy. 97 near
Okanogan.
reported missing.Domestic dispute on W. River
Rd. near Omak.
Disorderly conduct on Omache Dr. in Omak.
Omak.DWLS on Riverside Dr. in Omak.
in Omak.Burglary on N. State Frontage
Harassment on E. Seventh St. in
detainer.
booked for obstruction of a public servant and disorderly conduct.
booked on three Omak Police
-passing, forgery and second-degree burglary.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 2014
in Okanogan.
Okanogan.Fraud on Engh Rd. in Omak.
Riverside.
Vehicle prowl on Engh Rd. in Omak.
Domestic dispute on N. Second
Disorderly conduct on Jasmine St. in Omak.
Drugs on Riverside Dr. in Omak.Public intoxication on N. Main
St. in Omak.
Oroville.Warrant arrest on Ironwood St. in
Oroville.
Oroville.
booked for fourth-degree as-sault (DV).
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 2014Sex offender registry on Monroe
St. in Okanogan.Domestic dispute on Bridge View
Violation of a no-contact order on
-gan. Bicycle reported miss-ing.
Omak.Harassment on N. Douglas St. in
Omak.
St. in Omak. No injuries reported.
Malicious mischief on East Side Park in Omak.
Burglary on Main St. in Oroville.
near Oroville.
detainer.
booked for fourth-degree assault.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 2014
Okanogan.
-ries reported.
Harassment on Hi-View Lane
Fraud on Million St. near Omak.
Okanogan.Found property on Pine St. in
Okanogan. Bicycle recov-ered.
-ville. Fuel reported missing.
Okanogan.
Omak.
Oroville.Disorderly conduct on S. Western
for DUI and three counts of reckless endangerment.
warrant for DUI.
warrant for DUI.
DOC detainer.
booked for false reporting and tampering with physical evidence.
booked for DUI and third-degree DWLS.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2014Domestic dispute on S. Second
Warrant arrest on Hwy. 97 near Omak.
Violation of a no-contact order on Clarkson Mill Rd. near
DWLS on W. Fourth St. in
Okanogan.
Omak.
near Loomis.
Violation of a no-contact order on
Road rage on Engh Rd. in Omak.One-vehicle crash on S. Western
reported.Harassment on E. Seventh St. in
-ket.
Joshua Roberts Munsey, 21, booked for second-degree assault (DV) and unlawful imprisonment.
Jackson Wyllie Squetimkin, 27, booked on a DOC secretary’s
warrant.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 2014
Rd. near Okanogan.Warrant arrest on Freedom Rd.
Omak.
Harassment on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.
Vehicle prowl on Jennings Loop Rd. near Oroville.
-ket.
One-vehicle roll-over crash on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.
Omak.Vehicle prowl on Omache Dr. in
Omak.
Omak.
Omak.Moises Machorro Morales, 27,
booked for fourth-degree as-sault (DV) and a USBP hold.
warrant for third-degree DWLS.
Brent McNeil Bleakney, 33, booked for second-degree theft (DV) and six counts of third-degree theft (DV).
James Palmer, no middle name
degree criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct.
SUNDAY, OCT. 12, 2014Burglary on No Name St. in
Okanogan.
on Loomis-Oroville Rd. near
Oroville.Harassment on Summit Lake Rd.
Okanogan.
Riverside Eastside Rd. near Omak.
Riverside.
Omak.Malicious mischief on W. Broad-
way St. in Conconully.Violation of a no-contact order on
Custodial interference on S.
Omak.
Oroville.-
ville.
Oroville.
booked for disorderly con-duct.
Raul Rosas Mancilla, 31, booked for DUI and a USBP detainer.
Dennis Jacob Box, 33, booked for third-degree malicious mischief (DV) and harass-ment (DV).
Jesus Castenada, no middle name listed, 20, booked on an Omak Police Department
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DOC - State Department of Cor-rections
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northbound on SR97 when she struck a deer in the roadway, coming to rest in the northbound lane, according to Washington
Lawver, who was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the acci-dent was transported by ambu-
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driver was driving near Riverside when his vehicle left the road and rolled over sending him to the
Oct. 2.-
ing northbound about a mile south of Riverside on SR97 when his car left the roadway to the right, rolled and came to a rest on its top
of the Washington State Patrol. Holz, who was wearing his seat-belt at the time of the accident, was transported to Mid Valley Hospital in Omak by ambulance for treatment of his injuries. His black 3000 Volkswagon Jetta was listed as totalled and impounded by Pete’s tow.
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Riverside man rolls car
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TONASKET - What kind of person in their right mind would venture into a buddy’s Man Cave and come out with a tattoo?
If tattoo artist is the local police chief, it might make a difference.
If the police chief has converted his Man Cave into a licensed tattoo parlor, perhaps venturing in isn’t such a bad bet after all.
Rob Burks, best known in the area as Tonasket’s Police Chief, is also the proprietor of Big Pink Ink, which he operates out of a refinished outbuilding behind his home about a half-mile north of the city limits.
“There’s different things I don’t like that I see with tattoos, so I figured when I started my own business I would try to fix those things,” Burks says. “I started out just with family and close friends, and eventually ventured out into people I don’t know. I had a shop like this in the house but I got tired of people I didn’t know very well coming into the house.”
Burks’ wife Wendy suggested his Man Cave in the back yard be converted into his tattoo shop.
To run his business, Burks needed to get licenses both for the shop and for himself as a tattoo artist.
“You have to have all the signs, hot and cold water, a sink for me, a sink for the public, bathroom, health-related type requirements,” Burks says. “If I was working in someone else’s shop, I would only need an artists’ license.
“Being an EMT, too, taught me how to be clean and sanitary. I probably go beyond what I have to. I just don’t want to go half-assed on that.”
Burks himself sports an impressive array of tattoos - 26 in total, nine of which he gave himself.
“I’ve gotten a few here and there over the years,” he says. “But they’re expensive. Me and some buddies had a submission grappling club, worked out every week. My buddy from Okanogan came in and had tattoos all over his legs. A few weeks he had some more. I found out he started
to learn how to do tattoos, and I figured if he could do it I could do it.
“So unbeknownst to my wife I bought myself a tattoo kit for Christmas. I got one of those $65 starter kits out of China
- the kind with ink you shouldn’t buy.”After practicing on some fake skin
that came with the kit - “It kind of sucks -” he branched out to tattooing oranges and bananas, and finally himself.
“Wendy was the first person other than me,” he says of his longsuffering wife. “If you saw that tattoo you wouldn’t want me touching you. It was some frilly heart thing, and I freehanded my initials.
“It didn’t go well.”A couple of attempts later, and he was
posting his work on Facebook. Next thing he knew he was getting requests.
“I’m really my worst critic,” he says. “I just didn’t feel like I was good enough to have my own shop. One of my reserve officers does security for the NHRA races in Kent. I went over, working security for the money booth, watching these people walk by with tattoos all day. Almost all of them, I saw that I could do that. I may not be doing portraits or works of art, but there’s a lot I can do.”
Because of his other full-time job, Burks only tattoos by appointment. He can be reached by phone at 509-322-3735, or his Facebook page (which includes images of his work) Big Pink Ink.
“I’m at about 260 tattoos now,” he says. “That’s not much for three years; if it was all I did I would be up to about 800. I have that other job.”
He says possibly the best part of his second job is the fact that he knows nearly everyone he tattoos on some level.
“It’s actually like coming out here and hanging out with my friends for two to four hours,” Burks says.
He said most of the planning (size and design) he does with the customer via email. For first-time tattoo-ees, he tries to make them comfortable with the feel of the needle before they’ve fully com-mitted.
“Before I put ink on the needle, I’ll run it so they can see how it feels,” he says. “Most of the time they’re like, really? That’s what I was worried about?”
He runs the occasional special as well.“I’ll have a drawing for a free ‘anni-
versary’ tattoo in December,” he says. “I can do that because I don’t need to make $1,200 just to pay rent.... I do this because I love doing it and I still can’t believe that people want to pay me for it.”
As for the name, Big Pink Ink?“I have a buddy who sent me this pic-
ture with this pig, with a vest and badge, and it kind of stuck” he says. “It’s a play on the cop/pig thing. And I’m big.
“So it’s just poking fun at myself.”
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OROVILLE - The Oroville School District has teamed with The Rural School Alliance to pre-pare our students for college and career readiness. The Alliance has been working with rural high schools for many years to bring programs such as College in the High School, Avid, and other programs to help students suc-ceed in high school and beyond.
Last year, the Alliance began looking at how to improve alge-bra scores in rural areas. The K-8 Algebra Team was formed to increase readiness for algebra at the elementary level with a heavy focus on the algebraic strands of the Common Core State Standards. To reach this goal, the K-8 Algebra team looked at sev-eral online programs for elemen-tary students to use. The team selected Dreambox. The Rural Alliance secured grant funding to provide this pilot opportunity for several schools in Eastern Washington. Luckily, Oroville Elementary was one of the cho-sen schools! The Alliance is col-lecting data from this pilot to determine if the use of online programs will increase students’ proficiency in algebra.
Dreambox is an online program that uses virtual manipulatives to provide students an opportunity to see math in a different way. All the lessons are aligned to The Common Core Standards. The program is individualized to each student. It adapts to the needs of the students and provides teach-ers feedback on what standards the students have mastered and what standards the students need
support to master. This gives students an opportunity to work on standards at their own pace. Dreambox is also highly engag-ing. The students feel like they are playing a game while they are learning important math skills.
Dreambox is available to all Oroville Elementary K-5 students. Students can access Dreambox
from school or at home. Letters were sent home recently with login information for students. Dreambox also has a parent login portion that allows parents to see how their children are doing.
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This year all of the students were treated to a tour of the capital and enjoyed a surprise visit from Governor Jay Inslee, who spoke to them about how pleased he was to see such a group of young leaders. He stated that it is so important and that they were needed for a future of helping to make choices that would assist changes in our climate as well as find-ing funding to insure that education is fully funded and teachers receive support the support they so deserve.
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TONASKET HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING
Tonasket High School celebrated its annual homecoming, as well as taking on Oroville in the renewal of the Bell Game football rivalry that had been dormant since 2008. Above, the Tonasket cheerleaders wave to onlookers during the Friday afternoon parade through downtowon; left, “Mr. T.,” Chad Edwards, hugs mom Sally Hutton as homecoming queen Jensen Sackman looks on; below left, Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb enjoys the spoils of victory after Gazette-Tribune Managing Editor Gary DeVon presented him with the G-T’s Mayor’s Challenge bell; below, Ashlynn Willis’s leaping fingertip catch in the second overtime gave the sophomore girls a victory over the freshmen in last Wednesday’s championship Powderpuff contest.
Photos by Brent Baker
Above, 2013 homecoming queen Amber Monroe crowns 2014 queen Jensen Sackman during halftime of Friday’s football game;
right, top Tiger fan Mike Mills leads the Tonasket football team on the field prior to Friday night’s game; lower right, the sophomore girls claim the Powderpuff football trophy after beating the fresh-men 6-0 in double overtime; queen Jensen Sackman and “Mr. T.’
Chad Edwards during Friday’s halftime.
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CENT. WA LEAGUE NO. DIV. (2B)League Overall
W L W L+ Okanogan 4 0 6 1Brewster 3 0 7 0Tonasket 3 1 4 2Oroville 1 2 1 5Manson 1 2 1 4Bridgeport 0 3 1 5Liberty Bell 0 4 1 5+ Clinched playoff spot* Oct 10, Bridgeport forfeited to Brewster and Liberty Bell forfeited to Okanogan. WIAA rules allow for teams receiving a forfeit win to replace the game on their schedule; Brewster and Okanogan played a non-league replacement game that night, accounting for the “Extra” game in their win/loss record.
CENT. WA LEAGUE SO. DIV. (2B)League Overall
W L W LWhite Swan 2 0 4 2Kittitas 2 0 3 3Warden 1 1 3 3Mabton 1 1 3 3Soap Lake 1 2 1 5Lk Roosevelt 0 3 1 4
GIRLS SOCCER
CENTRAL WASHINIGTON LGE (B) League Overall Pts W L W L T+Okanogan 27 9 0 10 2 0+Tonasket 24 8 1 10 1 0Liberty Bell 21 7 2 8 2 0Brewster 14 5 4 6 5 0Entiat 10 3 6 3 8 0Bridgeport 9 3 6 4 7 0Oroville 3 1 8 1 8 0Manson 0 0 9 0 9 0+ Clinched playoff spot* Manson likely will not play any games on its schedule this season; there have been confl icting reports as to whether their opponents will gain forfeit wins from their scheduled games, so win-loss records may shift depending on how that is resolved. Manson did not play any games on the fi eld, so standings and playoff qualifi cation will not be aff ected. Teams that received forfeit wins may replace those games on their schedule if they choose.
VOLLEYBALL
(Overall record includes non-league tournament matches, including split sets)
CENT. WA LEAGUE NO. DIV. (2B) League Overall W L W L Sp+ Okanogan 9 0 13 3 2Brewster 8 1 9 5 0Bridgeport 5 4 8 6 0Liberty Bell 5 5 6 6 0Manson 4 5 4 6 0Lk Roosevelt 3 6 4 10 0Tonasket 2 7 2 11 0Oroville 1 9 1 9 0
CENT. WA LEAGUE SO. DIV. (2B)League Overall
W L W L SpWhite Swan 5 0 10 3 0Warden 4 1 11 7 0Waterville 2 2 4 3 0Soap Lake 2 3 3 6 0Kittitas 1 3 3 7 1Mabton 0 5 2 15 0+ Clinched playoff spot
SCHEDULESOCT. 16-25
Schedules subject to change
FB = Football; VB = Volleyball; GSC - Girls Soccer; XC = Cross Country
Thursday, Oct. 16GSC - Bridgeport at Tonasket, 4:30
pmGSC - Oroville at Manson, ppd.VB (JV/Var) - Okanogan at Tonasket,
5:30/7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Oroville at Bridgeport,
5:00/6:30 pm
Friday, Oct. 17FB (Var) - Tonasket at Manson, 7:00
pmFB (Var) - Brewster at Oroville, 7:00
pm
Saturday, Oct. 18XC - Oroville Invitational (Incl. Tonas-
ket), 12:00 pm
Monday, Oct. 20FB (JV) - Manson at Tonasket, 5:30
pm
Tuesday, Oct. 21GSC - Tonasket at Oroville, 4:30 pmVB (JV/Var) - Tonasket at Lake Roos-
evelt, 5:30-7:00 pmVB (JV/Var) - Manson at Oroville,
5:30/7:00 pm
Thursday, Oct. 23VB - Oroville at Tonasket, 5:30/7:00
pmGSC - Oroville at Liberty Bell, 4:30
pmGSC - Okanogan at Tonasket, 4:30
pm
Friday, Oct. 24FB (Var) - Oroville at Bridgeport,
7:00 pmFB (Var) - Okanogan at Tonasket,
7:00 pm
Saturday, Oct. 25XC - Tonasket and Oroville at CWL
North Championships, at Liberty Bell, 11:00 am
STANDINGS &
SCHEDULES
BY BRENT [email protected]
OKANOGAN - Moral victories are tough to quantify. But when you turn in a nine-goal improve-ment in a matter of weeks, there’s not a better way to put it despite losing the game.
Oroville’s girls soccer team’s 4-1 loss at league-leading Okanogan on Thursday, Oct. 9, can’t rea-sonably be seen any other way, considering the Hornets suffered a 12-0 defeat to the Bulldogs a few weeks ago.
“The girls showed up to the play with the goal of shutting Okanogan down after the (first ) contest,” said Oroville coach Tony Kindred.
The Hornets picked up an early goal from Katie Egerton off an assist from Kali Peters to get off on the right foot.
Kambe Ripley made 19 saves in goal in the first half - her first goalkeeping stint of the year - to keep the Hornets in the game, and Xochil Rangel shut
Okanogan out in the second half.“We played tough defense
with Marissa Aubin, Paz Lopez, Tylynne Watkins and Tamera Verellin working together to keep Okanogan out,” Kindred said. “After the long trip to Entiat (two days earlier) and some great play there, the girls played very well against the tough Okanogan team on their home field.
“The girls continue to grow together as a team, Coach Whitney Massart and I are proud of their efforts.”
The Hornets host Tonasket on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
ENTIAT 4, OROVILLE 0ENTIAT - The Hornets
absorbed a 4-0 loss at Entiat on Tuesday, Oct. 7, an improve-ment on their season-opening 7-0 defeat to the same team in September.
“The girls again improved their level of play, especially on pass-ing and defense,” Kindred said. “Xochil Rangel continues to
play well (19 saves in goal) and Tylynne Watkins added a couple of saves.”
Kindred said the Hornets have seen a dramatic improvement in their ability to attack on offense.
“Tori Kindred and Kambe Ripley continue to move the ball well at forward as well as Kali Peters at midfield,” Kindred said. “All three continue to make good shots on goal.
Midfielder Katie Egerton came alive against the Tigers with an increased intensity attacking the ball and had several key passes down the field. Marissa Aubin, Paz Lopez and Tylynne Watkins continue to improve at defense.”
He added that the team’s prac-tice habits have stayed solid despite the steep learning curve of his young team.
“They are dedicated to each other on the road to improve-ment,” Kindred said.
Hornets improve in losses
BY BRENT [email protected]
OMAK - Cascade may have the defending state 1A cross coun-try champion, but Tonasket’s girls proved to have more depth as the Tigers edged the Kodiaks and Omak for the Pioneers’ cross country invitational title on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Erin Mullins dominated the girls’ race with a time of 18:17, but the Tigers, with five of the top 15 runners, edged Cascade 38-42, with Omak just behind with 43 points.
Johnna Terris led Tonasket with a third place finish in 21:23.
“The girls are really running well as a team,” said Tonasket coach Bob Thornton. “They are getting closer as a pack every race.
“Haley Larson ran her best race of the season, closing the gap on our top girls and helping the team run as a pack.”
Others finishing for the Tigers were Katie Henneman (8th, 22:53), Camille Wilson (9th, 23:02), Jenna Valentine (11th, 23:30), Haley Larson (15th, 24:30) and Bailie Hirst (20th, 26:38).
For the boys, Hunter Swanson finished the 3-mile course in 17:36 to lead Tonasket to a third place finish.
Cascade dominated (eight of the top 13 runners), followed by Lake Roosevelt (76), Tonasket (91) and Omak (99).
“The boys ran a nice race as well,” Thornton said. “Both Bryden Hires and Rade Pilkinton ran great races to help the team.”
Hires was the second Tonasket finisher, taking 14th in 18:57. He was followed by Abe Podkranic (23rd, 20:10), Pilkinton (27th, 20:21), Smith Condon (32nd, 20:37), Justin McDonald (36th,
21:18), Adam Halvorsen (44th, 22:20) and Keeton Hoines (55th, 23:32).
TIGERS RUN WITH THE BIG DOGSLEAVENWORTH - Tonasket’s
boys finished 11th and the girls took third at the Leavenworth Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 11.
The meet included a number of Class 2A and 3A schools, led by Franklin of Seattle, which domi-nated the boys meet (5 of the top 13 runners), while host Cascade was dominant on the girls side (4 of the top 13).
Five teams had a legitimate shot at second place in the girls race; Tonasket placed four of the to 26 finishers in a race with 90 competitors.
Johnna Terris led the way with an 8th place finish on the 2.8-mile course in 21:06. Other Tigers included Katie Henneman (15th, 22:07), Camille Wilson (20th, 22:37), Jenna Valentine (26th, 23:04), Haley Larons (37th, 24:42) and Baillie Hirst (40th 25:12).
Cascade’s Erin Mullins won the race in 17:29, more than three minutes faster than the runner-up.
Hunter Swanson led the boys, taking 15th in 17:29. He was fifth among Central Washington 2B runners, including Ben Klemmeck (2nd) and Josiah Klemmeck (10th) of Liberty Bell, and Oren Cox of Bridgeport (8th).
Other Tigers included Bryden Hires (46th, 18:29); Adrian McCarthy (66th, 19:05); Samuel Strandberg (87th, 20:01); Smith Condon (90th, 20:03); Rade Pilkinton (104th, 21:24) and Adam Halvorsen (111th, 23:38).
The Tigers race at Oroville on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Submitted photo
The Tonasket girls cross country team shows off its championship trophy from the Omak Invitational on Oct. 7. Pictured are (l-r) Jenna Valentine, Camille Wilson, Katie Henneman, Haley Larson, Johnna Terris and Baillie Hirst.
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OMAK - Brandon Baugher and Ryan Marcolin led the Oroville boys cross country team at Omak with finishes in the top 25 of the 75-athlete race.
Baugher finished 24th with a time of 20:14, with Marcolin right behind in 20:16.
Other Hornets included Luis Vazquez (41st, 22:09), Nahum Garfias (45th, 22:31), newcom-
er Benjamin Cug in his first race (50th, 22:55), Emmanuel Castrejon (52nd, 23:09); Daniel Castrejon (58th, 23:57); and Dakota Haney (74th, 32:54).
No Hornet girls ran in the high school race. Seventh grader Sheridan Blasey finished third in the junior high girls race.
The Hornets host their home invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Oroville Veterans Memorial Park beginning at noon.
Tonasket nears playoff berthBY BRENT [email protected]
TONASKET - The Victory Bell trophy, for this year at least, will stay in Tonasket.
The Tigers continued to ride the play of their offensive line, which hasn’t really been slowed by anyone this year, as they built a big lead over rival Oroville during last Friday’s Homecoming game and posted a 46-20 victory over the Hornets.
The win moves the Tigers to within a game of clinching their first playoff spot since 2007.
But Friday, the focus was on winning a game in front of an overflow Homecoming crowd and retaining possession of the rivalry trophy.
“I think you could tell through the course of the week there was that little something extra,” said Tonasket coach Jay Hawkins. “You could feel it, all week and in the locker room.”
The Tigers know what they do well, and their road-grading offensive line punished the small-er, younger Hornets through the first quarter and a half of play as Tonasket built a 33-0 lead to settle things well before halftime.
“We’re really gaining confi-dence,” Hawkins said. “I’ve seen it on the practice field. We know what we’re good at. We’ve done it in a stretch of games; we’re confident we can move the ball against people.
“Confidence was going to be a big thing for us this year, and we’re starting to see it shine through a bit.”
The Tigers pounded away on the ground with Isaiah Yaussy-Albright and Jorge Juarez through most of the first quarter, and Jesse Ramon and Jesse Manring getting most of the second quar-ter carries. Juarez scored on a 4-yard run in the first quarter and took a screen pass 41 yards for a touchdown for the Tigers’ final score of the first half.
Albright had scoring runs of 21 yards and 6 yards, and Ramon added a 2-yard run in the second
quarter.By the time the Hornets picked
up a first down, they trailed by 33 points and had been outgained 246 yards to 23.
Oroville finally got things going on its final drive of the first half, moving 42 yards before a 41-yard field goal attempt by Dustin Nigg was blocked with under a minute to go in the half.
The teams traded scores through the late-going, with Albright scoring on 23-yard screen pass from Colton Leep for a 40-0 lead.
Nathan Hugus and Dustin Nigg got the Hornets on the score-board on the first play of the fourth quarter, with Nigg racing 91 yards on a pass play for the score. Juarez returned the favor
with a 75-yard kickoff return, and Oroville capped the scoring on a 1-yard Hugus run that was set up by a 37-yard reception by Joe Sarmiento.
Albright finished with 138 yards on 16 carries, with Juarez adding 81 yards on nine carries to lead the Tigers.
Logan Mills ran for 60 yards on 11 carries to lead Oroville on the ground, with Hugus complet-ing 7-of-14 passes for 198 yards, including his long touchdown to Nigg and a pair of passes to Sarmiento that totaled 70 yards.
The Tigers (4-2, 3-1 CWL North) can wrap up a play-off spot with a win at Manson this Friday. The Hornets (1-5, 1-2) host unbeaten Brewster on Friday, Oct. 17.
Tigers ring Hornets’ bell
Brent Baker/staff photos
Top, Tonasket reclaimed the Victory Bell trophy after a six-year hiatus to the rivalry; above, Jorge Juarez gets pressure on Hornet quarterback Nathan Hugus, leading to a David Moreno interception on the play.
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OROVILLE - Oroville’s volley-ball team seemed on track to pick up its first win of the season last Thursday when Lake Roosevelt came to visit.
But the “hangover” effect after getting thumped by league-lead-ing Okanogan two days earlier seemed to slow the Hornets down against the Raiders, according to coach Nicole Hugus.
LR defeated the Hornets in four sets, 25-15, 23-25, 25-23, 25-14.
“We had a hard start to the week,” she said. “We are still struggling to recover. We need to work on moving our feet. We were getting burned in the same spot all night long.”
The Hornets (0-9 overall and in Central Washington League
North Division play) travel to Bridgeport on Thursday and host Manson on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Oroville stats: Jessica Galvan 13/14 serving, 4 aces; Andrea Perez 15/19 serving, 5 aces; Hannah Hilderbrand 10/11 serving, 1 ace, 10/12 hitting, 2 kills, 4 tips, 17/22 passing; Monica Herrera 11/11 serving, 1 ace; Rach-elle Nutt 10/12 hitting, 2 kills, 3 tips, 22/25 hitting; Mikayla Scott 15/22 hitting.
OKANOGAN 3, OROVILLE 0OKANOGAN - Okanogan,
which has yet to lose a set in league play, spiked the Hornets 25-5, 25-9, 25-13 on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Oroville stats: Hannah Hilderbrand 5/6 serving, 1 ace, 5/6 hitting, 1 kill, 11/13 passing; Rachelle Nutt 4/5 serving, 16/19 passing; Andrea Perez 4/5 serving; Mikayla Scott 5/6 hitting.
Hornets lose two
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TONASKET - Tonasket’s vol-leyball team wasn’t at full strength on Tuesday, Oct. 7, and was unable to cope with the front line attacking of Manson sophomore Maddee Ward in a four set loss.
The Tigers were without Faith Lofthus, lost Alissa Young to inju-ry during the match, and had set-ters Vanessa Pershing and Taylon Pilkinton not at full strength while recovering from injuries of their own.
Manson took the match 25-13, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Ward, taking most of her sets from twin sister Baylee, showed off her prodigious leaping abil-ity and powerful hits against the makeshift Tonasket lineup on numerous occasions to key the Manson win.
LIBERTY BELL 3, TONASKET 1TWISP - The Tigers, still deal-
ing with injuries, lost in four set at Liberty Bell on Thursday, Oct. 9, as each was decided by three or fewer points.
Tonasket had plenty of chanc-es despite losing 22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 31-29. Coach Pam Leslie
said she hopes that Alissa Young and Faith Lofthus, both out with injuries, would be back in the lineup this week.
Rachael Sawyer had seven kills and on ace; and Alexa Sutton had seven kills and two aces.
The Tigers (2-11, 2-7 CWL North) host league-leading Okanogan on Thursday and trav-el to Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Tigers fall to Manson
Brent Baker/staff photo
The Tigers’ Rachael Sawyer blocks a hit by Manson’s Maddee Ward during last Tuesday’s loss.
Tiger soccer positions for playoffs BY BRENT [email protected]
TONASKET - The season is just past its midpoint, but the Tonasket girls soccer team has already assured itself a spot in the District 5/6/7 tournament in a few weeks.
The top five teams in the Central Washington League will move on to the post-season, and even if the Tigers lose the rest of their games, they’ve done enough already this season to ensure they won’t be left out of the playoff party.
That doesn’t mean they are satisfied with where they’re at so far. The Tigers beat Entiat 3-0 on Thursday, Oct. 9, to wrap up a playoff spot but after a scoreless first half, no one in blue and white was particularly happy.
Whether there were lingering effects from the previous night’s Powderpuff football games that were plenty competitive or some-thing else was hard to say, but Tigers coach Darren Collins pulled no punches in trying to get things right.
“It was a disappointing first half in just about every way,” said Tonasket coach Darren Collins. “The Powderpuff football team played the first half, then the soccer team came out and played the second half. I’m glad they figured that out because I couldn’t sit them all.”
Collins had made his displeasure known in a number of ways, from imploring his team to “play some soccer” throughout the first half, to sitting twin sisters Ashlynn and Kayla Willis for the final 20 minutes before halftime, to challenging the team during the break.
“I just tried to get them riled up,” he said. “They knew how disappointed I was. The twins sitting out made about as big a state-ment as I could, and they sure didn’t want to be taken out again. It was like two totally different games.”
Where there had been no offensive flow at all in the first half, the Tigers consistently threatened to score in the second with crisp passing and plenty of possession on Entiat’s half of the field.
It didn’t take long to break the scoreless tie once the Tigers recovered their mojo. Jaden Vugteveen put Tonasket ahead with a penalty kick. Both Willis twins figured in the Tigers’ final two goals, as Ashlynn assisted on Morgyne Hjaltason’s goal, and Kayla scored off Hjaltason’s assist.
The Tigers had several other opportunities in the second half, including several near-misses by Rose Walts, while Entiat wasn’t able to mount much of an offensive threat.
Entiat also had three players carried off the field with injuries throughout the game.
The Tigers (10-1 overall after defeat-ing Chelan 5-1 on Saturday, 8-1 in Central Washington League play) host Bridgeport on Thursday and travel to Oroville on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
OKANOGAN 4, TONASKET 2OKANOGAN - In the battle of Central
Washington League unbeatens, Okanogan emerged as the last team undefeated in league play as the Bulldogs came from behind to defeat the Tigers, 4-2, on Sept. 30.
Tonasket got goals from Kayla Willis and Jaden Vugteveen to take an early 2-0 lead. Okanogan cut that margin in half before the break.
“We played about as well as we can in the
first half,” Collins said. “I’m not sure what we were doing in the second half, but weren’t the same team at all.”
Okanogan scored three unanswered goals in the second half.
Madison Gariano had 14 saves for the Tigers.
TONASKET 4, BREWSTER 1TONASKET - Tonasket spotted Brewster
an early goal, but dominated most of the way thereafter while defeating the Bears 4-1 on Thursday, Oct. 2.
Jaden Vugteveen, Morgyne Hjaltason and Ashlynn Willis each scored for the Tigers, with Brewster knocking in an own goal as well.
“We controlled the ball most of the game,” Collins said. “Their goal bounced off the ‘ugly turf ’ and hopped over my goalie, who was in position and had it take a really bad bounce. We played a really good game.”
Gariano had nine saves.
Brent Baker/staff photo
Tonasket’s Rose Walts just misses heading in a goal off a corner kick during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory last Thursday that clinched a district playoff berth.
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5. Bed board
9. Corolla part
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15. Container weight
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17. Betrothal gifts (2 wds)
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55. May racing event, for short
56. “___ quam videri” (North
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