Montana and Idaho and could resume in Wyoming this fall. Idaho also allows trapping.

Prior lawsuits resulted fi rst in the animals’ reintro-duction to the region and then later kept them on the endangered list for a decade after the species had reached the government’s original recovery goal of 300 wolves in three states.

—The Associated Press

Washington today and Thursday will bring heavy snow to the Cascades.

The National Weather Service has a winter storm warning in eff ect for the mountain passes. Forecasters expect accumulations by Thursday evening of 1 to 2 feet at Snoqualmie and Stevens passes. Accumu-lations of 2 to 3 feet are expected above 4,500 feet in the Cascades. Forecasters also expect snow today along the east slopes of the Cascades and the mountains of Eastern Washington.

—The Associated Press

LESTER M. FRITZLester M. Fritz, 88, of

Wenatchee, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

He had been a lifetime resident of Wenatchee and had been manager of the furniture and appliances department at Sears for many years. He was Chelan County fi re commis-sioner for 42 years.

Survivors include his children, Ben Fritz and Sherry Warren, both of Wenatchee.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee.

ALMA D. ISAACSAlma D. Isaacs, 85, of East

Wenatchee, died Monday, March 12, 2012.

She had lived in East Wenatchee for 60 years and had worked in the fruit indus-try for many years.

Survivors include her children, Jim Isaacs of Silver Springs, Nev., Jackie Shifl ett and Patty Isaacs, both of Peshastin, and Bob Isaacs, of East Wenatchee.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Jones & Jones-Betts Memorial Chapel.

Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee.

CHARLES ‘CHARLEY’ R. KERNOUL

Charles “Charley” R. Kernoul, 59, of Monitor, died Monday, March 12, 2012.

He had lived in Monitor for 34 years. He had been in the grocery business in Vancou-ver, worked for the Wenatchee Salvation Army for 13 years and had been an independent contractor delivering newspa-pers for four major newspa-pers in the Wenatchee area.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Kernoul of Monitor; his children, Denise Ganz and Tracy Kernoul, both of Monitor; his father, James Kernoul of Ventura, Calif.; his brother, David Kernoul of Rock Island; his sisters, Katherine Kernoul and Sue Ingham , both of Salem, Ore.; his stepsisters, Heidi Russ of Leavenworth, Carol Farrens of East Wenatchee and Vickie Howell of Bremerton.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Jones & Jones-Betts Memorial Chapel.

Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee.

JOAN ELLEN (TROPPMAN) JENSENJoan Ellen (Troppman)

Jensen, 67, of Auburn, died Saturday, March 10, 2012.

She was a former resident of Spokane and was born and raised in Wenatchee. She had been a secretary for former state Rep. Bob Curtis, former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton and the U.S. Secret Service.

Survivors include her husband, Bil Jensen of Auburn; and her stepchildren, Shawn Jensen of Graham, and Sheryl Kowalczik and Tim Jensen, both of Kent.

A memorial celebration will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church on Washington Street, Wenatchee, with a reception following at the church.

Private interment will be at Wenatchee Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Telford’s Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Obituaries

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WENATCHEE

Jail term for trying to take slain couple’s property

The man who tried to drive away with a couple’s snowplow after their death in a house fi re was sentenced to 75 days in jail last week.

Dennis L. Trobee, 35, was a next-door neighbor of Dick and Karen Van De Mark of Malaga until they were killed by smoke inhalation Jan. 21. Two days later, the couple’s son-in-law — a Chelan County sheriff ’s deputy — found Trobee attempting to drag away a large snowplow blade, using a chain attached to his SUV.

Trobee was arrested Jan. 24 on suspicion of second-degree theft, criminal trespass and driving on a suspended license. In an interview with deputies, he claimed he’d held an agreement with the Van De Marks to buy the plow for $125 and had been paying them in installments prior to their deaths.

Trobee pleaded guilty March 5 in Chelan County District Court to attempted third-degree theft and third-degree driving with license suspended. The charge of trespass was dismissed in the plea agreement, said his attorney, Brandon Redal.

— Jeff erson Robbins, World staff

Briefl y News from around North Central Washington and the Northwest

SEATTLE

Storm bringing up to 2 feet of snow to Cascade passes

Forecasters say frontal systems moving through

BILLINGS, MONT.

U.S. appeals court allows wolf hunts

A federal appeals court today rejected a lawsuit from conservation groups that want to block wolf hunts that have killed more than 500 of the predators across the Northern Rockies in recent months.

The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Congress had the right to intervene when it stripped protections from wolves last spring. Lawmakers stepped in after court rulings kept wolves on the endangered list for years after they reached recov-ery goals.

The number of wolves in the region grew slightly last year. There are at least 1,774 in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and portions of eastern Oregon and Washington.

Wolf hunting is allowed in

TACOMA

3-year-old kills self with gun in car

A 3-year-old boy shot and killed himself with a gun he found in a car as a family made a stop early Wednesday at a gas station, police said.

The family was traveling and had stopped for gas about 12:30 a.m. at the Tacoma station off Inter-state 5. The man put his pistol under the seat and got out to pump gas while the boy’s mother went inside the station. They left her son and her boyfriend’s 4- or 5-year-old daughter in the car, police said.

The boy climbed out of his child seat, found the gun and shot himself. He was declared dead at a hospital.

— The Associated Press

A3The Wenatchee WorldNorth Central Washington Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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