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Meetings to be held in Oroville and OsoyoosBY GARY A. DEVONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE/OSOYOOS – The International Joint Commission is seek-ing comments from the public regarding the regulation of water levels of Lake Osoyoos at meetings planned in Oroville and Osoyoos, B.C.

The first of these public meetings will be held on Tuesday, July 24, at the Oroville High School Commons, 1008 Ironwood St., at 7 p.m. The second pub-lic meeting will be on Wednesday, July 25 at the Best Western Plus Sunrise Inn at 5506 Main Street, Osoyoos, at 7 p.m.

Since 1946 the commission has regu-lated water levels in the lake under the Lake Osoyoos Order which provides for the regulation of water levels for the ben-efit of agriculture, tourism, municipal interests and fishery protection. In 1946 the commission approved alterations to the old wooden Zosel Dam which was downstream from the lake. In 1987, under orders of the IJC the new Zosel Dam was constructed to replace the old dam. The orders set maximum and minimum lake elevations of 911.5 and 909 feet during normal years. During a drought year, water may be stored to lake elevation as high as 913.0 feet.

The current Orders of Approval for Lake Osoyoos are set to expire on Feb. 22, 2013, unless renewed. The commis-sion asked its International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control to present a report of recommendations for renew-ing the Osoyoos Lake Orders. Drawing on the results of eight studies commis-sioned by IJC, the board recommends that the scope of a renewed Order remain limited to the management of lake lev-

els with only minor modifications that are primarily related to a revised lake-level rule curve (i.e. prescribed lake water level elevation limits over time per an IJC Order). The board also rec-ommends that the Commission should encourage the continued cooperation between British Columbia and the State of Washington to balance flow needs across the International Border and downstream of the dam, while respect-

ing goals for Osoyoos Lake elevations and limits on releases that are possible from Okanagan Lake in southern British Columbia.

The Board recommends a pub-lic review of a proposed rule curve. The proposed rule curve would pro-vide additional seasonal flexibility in achieving targeted lake levels, and would accommodate multiple uses and users of the lake. The proposed rule curve would

also eliminate drought/non-drought declarations and would limit the maxi-mum lake levels to 912.5 feet in the summer. More detailed discussion of the proposed rule curve and the Board’s rec-ommendations on renewal of the Order are contained in the Board’s Report entitled Recommendations for Renewal of the International Joint Commission’s Osoyoos Lake Order now posted on the IJC website at www.ijc.org.

One position left to fill for Oroville School DistrictBY GARY A. DEVONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE – Todd Hill, an Oroville police officer and father of four, was selected to fill the seat vacated by Christina Rise on the Oroville School Board.

Hill was chosen by the current school directors, Amy Wise, David Nutt and Rocky DeVon, at their meeting on Wednesday, June 27. Hill and Anne Marie Ricevuto both expressed interest in the posi-tion and were inter-viewed for the job, being asked to answer six ques-tions each. After the interviews and a short execut ive s e s s i o n , Wise made a motion to choose Hill and it was sec-onded by Nutt and passed.

Hill has lived in Oroville for nine years and grew up in Okanogan, moving into law enforcement through Explorer Scouts, he said. He was a reserve officer for Okanogan and Tonasket before join-ing OPD in 2003.

“I believe I can help the board through my experience with the police in service

to the community and through my life experience. I feel I can contribute to the board,” said Hill.

Regarding the strengths and weak-nesses of the district, Hill said he felt that the curriculum was a strength, having heard several positives about it. He said the maintenance of the buildings seemed to be a negative.

The new board members said he would be available to the citizens to talk to them about board issues and listen to complaints and bring them to the board.

He was asked if he was willing to spend extra time to learn how to be an effective board member.

“I have time to do the reading or go online or attend a workshop. My wife is very supportive and my police chief is also

supportive,” Hill said.

W h e n asked what special skills he would bring to the board, Hill said, “I have the abil-ity to deal with dif-ficult deci-sions and keep my e m o t i o n s out of it. I also have the ability to listen to people and understand

what they are telling me.”Hill said as a supervisor at the police

department he is also used to dealing with tight budgets, learning to get train-ing for his fellow officers when money was tight.

BY BRENT BAKERBBAKER@GAZETTE-TRIBUNE.COM

TONASKET - The Tonasket City Council was in agreement at its Tuesday, June 26, meeting that the city swimming pool needs to be replaced -- not just repaired.

How to go about doing that was the subject of a lengthy discussion at which the council made clear it felt that would best be accomplished by a broad-based coalition of the community, including neighboring towns outside the Tonasket city limits.

Though the decision not to re-open the pool was made last fall, it’s only been since the pool remained empty this sum-mer that council members have been get-ting significant feedback from residents.

Mayor Patrick Plumb said he’d been approached by an increasing number of

people.“We need to decide on a direction,”

said city clerk Alice Attwood, asking whether the pool should be rebuilt or repaired. And if a new pool is built, asked if it should be an indoor or outdoor pool, or in the same place (at History Park) or a new location.

Before the council started its discus-sion, Attwood referred them to an article from The Seattle Times that referred to problems with funding existing indoor pools in the Seattle area, which cost an average of about $650,000 annually to maintain.

Council members Jean Ramsey, Jill Vugteveen, Selena Hines and Scott Olson agreed that building a new outdoor pool in the same location was the preferred option.

“I’d really like to see a new pool in the

Photo by Gary DeVon

Constructed in 1987, Zosel Dam replaced a wooden structure that served Zosel’s Sawmill. The current dam is used to control water levels on Lake Osoyoos under the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District as authorized by the state Department of Ecology. The water level is set by the International Joint Commission which will be holding meetings in Oroville and Osoyoos, B.C. later this month.

IJC seeks comment on lake levels

Tonasket seeks area-based council for new Tonasket pool

Brent Baker / staff photo

There’s nothing resembling “fun” going on at the Tonasket City Pool this summer after it was shut down last fall and condemned this spring. The Tonasket City Council is trying to build a community-based coalition to spearhead the construction and long-term viability of a new pool.

Todd Hill selected as new school board member

Photo by Gary DeVon

Todd Hill takes the oath of office for the Oroville School Board. Hill was selected to fill the spot vacated by Christina Rise, who resigned her position after moving from her region of the dis-trict into another from which she wasn’t elected.

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BY GARY A. DEVONMANAGING EDITOR

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Okanogan County will receive about $2.25 million in Secure Rural School funding through an amendment to the transportation bill cosponsored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA).

The amendment extends for one year two important programs that pro-vide support for rural schools and roads, according to Cantwell. Washington State is typically the fourth highest recipient of Secure Rural School (SRS) funding. Okanogan County is a top recipient of these programs and will receive roughly $2.25 million in SRS monies as well as $2.1 million in Payment in Lieu of Taxes funding as a result of the deal. Okanogan County is third in the state in SRS fund-ing and second in the state in PILT funding.

The amendment also continued fund-ing for key state transportation proj-ects. In recent years, projects that have received this sort of transportation fund-ing include a rock slope stabilization project on SR 97A between Wenatchee and Lake Chelan; safety improvements to the SR 529 Snohomish River Bridge

and a rock slope stabilization project on the west section of Stevens Pass to reduce rocks from falling on US 2.

“Washington state businesses rely on our transportation infrastructure to sup-port jobs and stay competitive in a glob-al economy,” Cantwell said last Friday. “This critical transportation bill will sup-port Washington jobs by investing in our roads, bridges, ferries, and railways. Today’s vote helps to build a network that will support Washington’s future economic growth.”

A provision backed by Cantwell and fellow U.S. Senator Patty Murray from Washington State, also prevented student loan interest rates from doubling last Sunday. In Washington state, a doubling of the student loan interest rate from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent and would cost Washington state college students $83 million more in loan payments.

“This vote is welcome news for 100,000 Washington students who faced dramatic increases in loan rates,” Cantwell said. “In stopping these loan rates from doubling, we are sending a message that America is focused on investing in its future. Today’s vote will help more Washington middle-class families to afford college and tech-nical education.”

Cantwell joined with a bipartisan majority of her colleagues in voting to approve the transportation bill which included Senate Amendment 1825, the

Okanogan County recipient of federal dollarsRoads and schools to benefit from funds

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Work on the U.S. Armed Forces Legacy Project picked up over the past two weeks, with volunteers laying down sod on Friday, June 29, that transformed the appearance of the site. Dale White says that he expects the Legacy Project to open in late August or early September. Other recently-completed work includes the sheet rock and paint, supplied by 14 volunteers from Home Depot; rocks, sprinklers, and a decorative rock flag embedded at the open end of the project site.

BY BRENT BAKERBBAKER@GAZETTE-TRIBUNE.COM

TONASKET - The Tonasket City Council will be reviewing its noise ordinance after a number of reports that the current law is ineffective.

Mayor Patrick Plumb said that the majority of problems come from two causes: “Cars that seem to have no mufflers,” he said, “and others that have invested more money in their stereos than any-thing else with their vehicles.

“I’m not asking for public hangings, but I’d like the council to consider something more in line with what the county has had in place since the ‘80s to give the police more discretion.”

Councilmember Jean Ramsey read through the ordinance and said it was “murky.” Police officer Audra Fuller said that the ordi-nance’s specification that defined noise as too loud if it was “some-

thing that could be heard from 75 feet away, that’s an odd descrip-tion.”

Plumb said the lack of an ade-quate penalty has made it impos-sible for police to enforce the ordinance.

“Kids just laugh at a $20 fine,” he said. “I’ve had an officer tell me he had a guy tell him, ‘You can’t make me (quiet down). You can’t do blank about this.’

“The county’s ordinance includes jail time. We can’t do that, but the county is more severe and we could do more to impress on folks.”

Councilmembers Jill Vugteveen and Selena Hines, who comprise the public safety committee, were designated to review the city and county ordinances and suggest changes.

“This needs to be cleared up,” Plumb said. “It’s just one issue, but it would behoove us to check our options.”

Also, Plumb announced the Hugh Jensen and the water/sewer department received an award from the Washington Department of Ecology for outstanding per-formance after being found 100 percent in compliance for 2011. Only 108 of more than 300 such departments statewide managed to get through the year without a violation.

“We really appreciate the work that you do,” Plumb said to Jensen. “You are very valued, even though you’re underpaid and overworked.”

In other actions, the council:- approved its fee resolution for

the year;- approved rural development

paperwork to be signed by the mayor;

- and approved the payment of bills for the airport chip seal / line repainting project.

The Tonasket City Council next meets Tuesday, July 10, at 7 p.m.

Chief seeks community participationBY BRENT BAKERBBAKER@GAZETTE-TRIBUNE.COM

TONASKET - It’s a scenario no one wants to think about: a gunman loose in the local school, shooting staff and students.

It’s something no one wants to believe could happen in their own town.

It’s probably what residents of Littleton, Colorado, thought in as they sent their kids to school on the day of the Columbine High School massacre. Or in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, six years ago, when a gunman stormed into a one-room Amish school-house and killed five girls.

If it can happen in the heart of Amish country, it can hap-pen anywhere. That’s why the Tonasket Police Department has for the last dozen or so years coordinated a drill for area first responders to rehearse their reac-

tions should they get such a call.“It involves a mock school

shooting at the high school, with the shooter still active when we arrive,” said Tonasket Police Chief Rob Burks. “It’s a full-blown drill. We’ll have law enforcement, EMS, fire department, and even the emergency room at the hos-pital involved.”

Officer Jim Rice will set up the scenario, keeping most of it under wraps, for others to respond to.

Burks said he is hoping for a large contingent of volunteers to take part in the training from other law enforcement agencies, school personnel and the com-munity at large.

An orientation meeting open to all who are interested will be held at the Tonasket Fire Hall on Monday, July 9, 7 p.m., with the actual drill taking place Saturday, July 14, at Tonasket High School.

“My frustration has been that we invite all the law enforce-ment in the area -- county, bor-der patrol, tribal police -- and we invite the community, and when

Jim puts on his orientation and only seven or eight people show up,” Burks said. “I’m hoping we can get some participation from the teachers. I’m not sure if the message has been getting lost (in the past), or what, because if something happens they’ll be right in the middle of it.

“We want as many there as possible. I think (lack or partici-pation) happens because people think that something like that couldn’t happen here.”

Law enforcement will be using “simunition” during the drill -- similar to paintball; non-lethal but that can leave welts -- while students will participate as vic-tims who have been made up to simulate injuries.

“The officers will search room to room if the shooter isn’t actu-ally shooting,” Rice said. “But if he starts up and they’re just a few rooms away, then they’ll go after him.”

“We go through a lot of train-ing,” Burks said. “But a lot of it is sitting in a room watching Powerpoint. This is the only one that gets you ‘amped up.’ You might have someone run at you, and you have to decide if they’re a victim trying to escape, or the shooter. You’ll have kids on the floor, and some of them will be grabbing at you begging for help. The stress of it gets you sweat-ing.”

Rice said that once the shoot-ers have been apprehended, EMS is sent in to triage victims and transport them to the NVH Emergency Room.

“We try to overload the ER,” Rice said. “In the past, they’ve been really, really good.”

“This isn’t training for a stand-off, or something lengthy,” Burks said. “This focuses on that first 30 minutes of response if some-one walks into the school and starts shooting people.”

“If I’m a parent, and I found out law enforcement was training to protect my kids, I would do everything I could to support it,” Rice said. “We don’t want to have to lose kids to something like this before people start taking this kind of training seriously.”

To participate, contact Burks or Rice at the Tonasket Police Department, (509) 486-4677, or through dispatch at (509) 422-7232.

RV park discussed furtherBY BRENT BAKERBBAKER@GAZETTE-TRIBUNE.COM

TONASKET - Michelle Barton of Three Wire Systems was on hand at the Tuesday, June 26, general meeting of the Tonasket Chamber of Commerce to intro-duce a veterans’ assistance pro-gram designed to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan vets find jobs, as well as other services.

“One of the things that I do, if a veteran comes to me and they say that they need help finding a job, I help them connect with services to help them write their resume and connect them with employ-ers,” Barton said. “We’re hoping to expand it to other veterans (in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan vets) eventually. I’m a veteran myself and have been in that situ-ation, so that’s why they put me in the position (as a certified peer). I can relate to what they’re going through, making the transition to civilian life.”

The program helps vets with writing resumes and connecting them with job openings, as well as providing access to an educa-tion courses paid for by Syracuse University (New York).

“Syracuse just came on board with our company and they offer programs entirely free to Afghanistan and Iraq veterans and families,” Barton said. “They pay for the classes, if you need a website, if you need materials, they pay for that.

It starts out with a 30 day online thing, then six to eight week they’re at a school like Syracuse, or UCLA, some really big schools.... they call it ‘Boot Camp,’ six to eight weeks of intense training, almost like an MBA in six weeks. You’re up at 5 a.m. and back in your hotel at eight that night.

“When you get home they pair you up with someone who has a similar business as a mentor that has graduated or donated to the program.”

Barton said she had been in contact with the Tonasket VA clinic, which she said was aware of how to connect veterans with

those services.With local events on hiatus for

the time being, attention returned to dealing with issues at the RV Park. Jack Gavin, longtime man-ager of the park, submitted his resignation several weeks ago as health issues prevented him from being able to fulfill the required duties. Gavin was already step-ping back from working the RV Park, but this latest development made the Chamber’s attempts to find a long-term solution more urgent.

The RV Park committee (Terry Mills and Rob Nau), in the inter-im, agreed to pay $40 every other week through the summer for lawn service. Also discussed was setting up a way to ensure that visitors were paying for their spots, such as a self-serve enve-lope system found at National Forest campgrounds.

The chamber also approved the purchase of a new flag and pole for the meeting room at Whistler’s.

The Tonasket Chamber of Commerce next meets Tuesday, July 10.

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Tonasket Police plan school shooting drill

New veterans’ service introduced at chamber meeting

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OKANOGAN – Detective Mike Murray, who served for two years as Okanogan County Sheriff and started his career with the Oroville Police Department, has retired.

“After 39 years of service and dedication Detective Michael J. Murray of the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Office checked out of service on June 30, 2012 retir-ing from law enforcement,” said Sheriff Frank Rogers.

The detective started his career with the Oroville Police Department in 1973 and then came to the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Office in 1974. He worked for the county until 1979, then left to work for Western Washington University from 1981 to 1984. In May of 1984 returned to Okanogan County and went to work again for the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Office.

During his career Murray has held almost every position in the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Office, beginning his career as a field deputy. He has also held

the positions of acting sergeant, undersheriff and was sheriff of Okanogan from 2001 to 2003. In 2006 he moved into the position of detective, the position he held until he retired.

“It would be impossible to list all of Mike’s successes and accom-plishments he has had throughout his career,” said Sheriff Rogers. “Over the years he was instru-mental in putting together the first PC network for the Sheriff ’s Office. He was involved in orga-nizing and bringing the North Central Narcotics Task Force to the County in 1988.”

Over the years he has held other positions such as the finan-cial director of the North Central Washington Narcotics Task Force and served as Task Force board chairman and president of the Guild (the deputies’ asso-ciation) for seven years. He was Undersheriff under Sheriff Jim Weed for 12 years and was county sheriff after Weed retired from 2001 through 2003.

“I would say Mike’s greatest asset, ‘he was one hell of a cop,’” said Rogers. “He has solved hun-dreds if not thousands of cases

over the years and is one of the best investigators I have ever known.

“There wasn’t a case Mike couldn’t work and would usually come up with some way of solv-ing it. No matter how old the case was or if the leads ran out, Mike always seem to be able to dig something up that brought closure to the case.”

The sheriff added that Murray’s tenacity, work ethic and love of law enforcement is truly going to be missed by all in the Sheriff ’s Office, the law enforcement community and the citizens of Okanogan County.

“He has earned the respect and admiration of all of us. Even on his last day, Mike was working on fin-ishing up cases and assisting with the board for Detectives to replace his vacant spot,” said Rogers. “It will be hard, if not impossible to replace Mike. All of us wish Mike and his wife, Manjila, the best of luck in retirement. They have earned it, Mike has earned it. He will be truly missed by all of us and I can personally say I am going to miss working along side Mike. I am going to miss having his knowledge and exper-tise around the office. Simply put, Mike is a class act.”

Murray said Monday morning that his retirement hasn’t sunk in yet.

“It’s only day two... in a month or so I am sure it will be differ-ent,” he said. “I’ve talked to a lot of retired guys and they say it takes awhile. Right now every-thing you’ve learned on the job is worthless to you and you have to get used to that.”

The former detective said he still enjoys working with comput-ers and loves fishing, but he won’t have time to cast a line just yet.

“I’ve got scads of stuff to do; they’re called ‘honey do’s’ you know... what the wife wants you to get done and you’ve been put-ting off. For the foreseeable future I’ll be sticking close to home,” Murray said.

Following Hill’s appointment the board elected officers to fill the positions of chairperson and vice chairperson. DeVon, the cur-rent vice chairman or vice presi-dent of the board, was nominated to step up to the chairman posi-tion by Wise. Nutt made a second to the motion and it was passed. Nutt nominated Wise to be vice chairwoman and it received a second from Hill and passed.

Under good news and announcements it was said that several kids were taking advan-tage of summer school. A change this year is that although work can be done online at home, stu-dents must come to school.

“This ensures they are making progress,” said high school prin-cipal Kristin Sarmiento.

In his superintendent’s report, Steve Quick said he had taken a couple vacation days and attend-ed a workshop on how to become a better football official. He also attended a civil rights workshop that talked about gender, bath-room and locker room issues.

“A lot of things we don’t, or haven’t had to, deal with,” said Quick.

Quick said that work contin-ues on working toward facility updates and renovation.

“We will be looking at the stra-tegic plan at next month’s meet-ing, the goals that need to be set and the timelines,” said Quick.

There are several maintenance items being address over the summer, including playground fencing, new carpet and deep cleaning of the classrooms and buildings, according to Quick.

“We put in a bid for new playground equipment that the Manson School District is sur-plussing and are trying to get through the permit process for the crow’s nest (at the football field). The property the crow’s nest sits on is actually the city’s... we need an MOA and shoreline permit. Howard Zosel is work-ing hard on the plans, as well as Harold Jensen and his son.”

Elementary principal Joan Hoehn reported that she and OHS principal Sarmiento recent-

ly finished four full days of train-ing in Spokane.

“They had some great work-shops, Kristin and I split up so we could cover as many as we could. There were lots of things to do with the principal’s assessment. It is inspiring to see Washington move forward,” she said.

Hoehn also said she attended training with several staff mem-bers on using iPads.

“There is a lot of really good technology and good apps that are available to buy,” she said.

In her report, Sarmiento said that it was a great conference.

“It focused mostly on the TPEP (Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot) program. There is still lots of movement, it is a reality,” she said.

Sarmiento also said peo-ple should celebrate kids in Washington State doing better than ever.

“Our sophomore class passed at 90 percent in reading and writ-ing, the best we’ve ever done,” said Sarmiento.

She added that the district had received a five-year Upward Bound grant through Washington State University, as did Tonasket School District.

While other districts are already in the Upward Bound Program “we are two of only eight percent that received new grants,” said Sarmiento.

The board voted to approve a consent agenda that included items A through T. Among these were resignations from Danny Vassar, Jordan Weddle and Rich Hutchins.

They moved to approve Billy Monroe for a fourth grade teaching position, hiring Chuck Ricevuto for the 2012 summer weight training and several coaches for spring sports.

The coaches are Mike Pitts, soccer; DeHaven Hill, golf; Tam Hutchinson, baseball; Dane Forrester, softball; Harold Jensen and Tony Kindred, high school track and Doug Kee and Pat Smith, junior high track. The tennis coach position is still unfilled.

The board also set dates for the upcoming board meetings for the next school year, all are scheduled on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. The dates in 2012 are July 30, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17. In 2013 they are Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25, April 29, May 29 and June 24.

In addition the board accept-ed several donations from the Oroville Booster Club, including $480 for Yearbook Camp; $2000 for Challenge Day 2012; $1824 for girls soccer uniforms and $250 to the Leadership Class for a motivational speaker assembly.

As business manager Shay Shaw was not present, Supt. Quick gave an overview of the district’s finan-cials for June. These included pay-roll of $432,000, $77,000 for sup-ply orders for next year and one curriculum purchase, $16,000 to Apple Computers to update labs (to come from special education and levy tech funds), $1079 for a convection oven purchase for the high school lunch program (off-set by a grant) and $3400 to Dell Computers for the high school business program (mostly paid for through a grant).

The district also paid $1600 for a camera that attaches to a school bus’ “STOP” paddle. The camera can be moved from bus to bus wherever there might be a problem with drivers not heed-ing the flashing red lights and stop paddle. The camera can take a photo of a driver not following the law.

“We have been having prob-lems with people not stopping for the bus on one route in particu-lar, but the camera can be used on all the busses,” said Quick.

The district ended the school year with an increase in enroll-ment over the previous year. Enrollment was 639 FTE, about 40 students over what the district had budgeted for, according to Shaw’s report.

“Shay has submitted plans for next year’s budget to the ESD (Educational Services District),” concluded Quick.

The next meeting of the Oroville School Board will be Monday, July 30 at the district office at 816 Juniper St. begin-ning at 6:30 p.m.

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same area,” Ramsey said, adding that the cost of heating, insur-ance and additional employees to maintain a year-round indoor pool was likely too expensive.

“I think we need to look at a broader spectrum than just the kids,” Olson said. “Such as rehab and adult fitness. Hopefully we could find a way to keep it open for more than just a couple of months, like maybe opening in April. But I don’t think the city should take it on by itself.”

“We tried repairing (the existing pool) long enough,” Vugteveen said. “I like what Scott talks about. It would be nice if we can offer more than just through the summer months, look to involve the school and the hos-pital.”

Plumb added his agreement that accounting for the long-term maintenance of the pool was as important as getting a new one built.

“Even if we had a pool ready to drop into the ground now, there’s still the maintenance,” he said. “Tonasket has big dreams. Just look at Green Okanogan (and its recycling center project). Look at the school we have.

“It’s not impossible, if we can get it funded. But we need to take care of it, too. It needs to be a true community project. We need to invite the hospital board, county commissioners, school board, develop a plan to keep it ongoing.”

Olson pointed out that with people driving from Tonasket to Omak and Osoyoos to find a pool to swim in, that it would have plenty of appeal to people outside Tonasket itself.

Green Okanogan’s Peter James, who was in attendance, drove that point home.

“I told the Kiwanis the pool would be talked about here tonight,” he said. “Four people approached me that live outside the city. Their interest is in an indoor pool, and they all said

they would volunteer to be on a pool committee.”

“We need to press the point that this is not just for the city, but for the whole area,” Ramsey said.

Olson said he envisioned a pool district that would spear-head the project, with the city as a co-facilitator.

“The city would hold onto the land and liability,” Olson said. “But we need to get others to take ownership of it. We need to get people that have the vision to spearhead it, not just people who share our vision.”

After further discussion, Olson said he would contact a number of the people that had shown a passion for the pool to see if they would be interested in being part of a community committee to lead the project.

“It needs to be a community drive, not just a city drive,” Olson said. “I’ll make some calls, and if people say ‘no’ I’ll just work down the list.”

“If we run aground, at the next council meeting we can talk

about setting up a neutral (site) meeting,” Plumb said. “We’re at the point where we need offi-cial representatives from other groups.”

Plumb later made a plea on Facebook for community par-ticipation.

“The Tonasket City Council and Mayor would officially ask all people in the Tonasket and Oroville areas to consider giving your time to meeting about the Tonasket City Pool,” he wrote. “We would like to establish a working community group to see what the community would like to do about re-opening and keep-ing a pool going for the future.

“I would very much appreci-ate the support of Crumbacher, Loomis, Riverside, Omak, Bodie, Wauconda, Havillah, Chesaw, Enterprise, Nighthawk, Bonaparte, Aeneas Valley, Republic, Malo, Okanogan, Malott, Molson, and any other households that consider them-selves people that enjoy pools in the area.”

Anyone interested in serving on a pool committee should con-tact Attwood at (509) 486-1831, or tonasket@nvinet.com.

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Detective Mike Murray retires from Okanogan County Sheriff’s Department

OCSO photo

Detective Mike Murray of the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s office checks out of service after 39 years in law enforcement. The detective, who began his career with the Oroville Police Department retired last Friday.

loan rates from doubling, we are sending a message that America is focused on investing in its future. Today’s vote will help more Washington middle-class families to afford college and technical education.”

Cantwell joined a biparti-san majority to approve the bill including Senate Amendment 1825, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Determination Act and the PILT Program.

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (H.R. 4348) passed 74 to 19 sending the legislation to the President Obama for his signature. The House approved the legislation just before by a 373 to 52 vote.

Murray, Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee chairwoman, said the bill will provide more than $1.7 billion over two years for vital infrastructure projects in Washington State.

Among those voting for the House Bill, which also had bipar-

tisan support, was Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA). H.R. 4348 reauthorizes critical trans-portation funding and safety pro-grams and a national flood-insur-ance program and freezes interest rates on certain student loans.

“I’m proud to vote for this leg-islation which will have a posi-tive and direct impact on Eastern Washington, authorizing critical funding for road and bridge con-struction projects... and keeping higher education affordable for those attending our colleges and universities,” she said.

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OPINION BY REP. CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERSU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WA-5TH DISTRICT

As I wrap up another week in the other Washington – all the way across the country from the one I call “home” – I am reminded of the wisdom left behind by one of America’s greatest leaders, President Ronald Reagan. He once said, “All great change in America begins at

the dinner table.” And whenever I am home – meeting with small business owners struggling to expand, local health care providers wrought with uncertainty, and recent college graduates unable to find jobs – I’m reminded of his words and of his wisdom. He was right: all great change does begin at home. It begins with you. And it is because of you – your involvement, your advocacy, and your stories – that I fight every day here in this Washington to make the other one better.

Not a day goes by that I don’t get phone calls, letters and e-mails with stories that motivate me to fight harder. Stories from families that can’t fill up their gas tanks, find new jobs, or afford to pay increasing health insurance premiums. They’re

the stories of moms and dads, seniors and children. They’re the stories that inspired me to run for Congress eight years ago and the ones that keep me here today.

One of Eastern Washington’s greatest resources is its vast supply of renewable energy and the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that accompanies it. And so I’m focusing every day on domestic energy – of which Eastern Washington has a unique and unlimited supply – to lower your gas prices and promote economic growth back at home. Just this week, I joined with my colleagues across the aisle to pass the bipartisan Domestic Energy and Jobs Act – a jobs package that includes crucial measures to increase American energy production and reduce the regulatory red tape that drives up your gas prices. It comprises seven important bills, all of which would spur job growth, promote energy security, and make this country more energy independent.

We can no longer rely on unstable foreign countries for our oil sup-ply. We can no longer say “no” to job-creating projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline. And we can no longer afford rising gas prices. It’s time we start saying “yes” to American energy. And that’s exactly what we’re doing.

As a Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I’m proud that my bipartisan bill, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, passed in the full committee this week. As it makes its way to the House floor, I am optimistic that both Democrats and Republicans will appreciate the innumerable benefits of hydropower. Hydropower is clean, affordable, reliable and renewable. It already provides 75 percent of electricity to Eastern Washington and the Pacific Northwest region, and I am eager to expand its production to the rest of the country. It was President Obama himself who promoted an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy. It’s time to make sure hydropower is part of it.

It’s been a very busy week here in Congress – full of vigorous debate, bipartisan compromise, and legislative victory. But at night, when I’m walking through the quiet halls of the United States Capitol, I recall the conversations I have with my family around the dinner table. And they’re the same ones you have in your homes. They’re not about GDP percentages or CBO scores or bill numbers. They’re about real people, the challenges they face, and how effective legislation can improve their lives. They are the essence of why I am in Congress, why I legislate for Eastern Washington, and why I fight for you. And it’s a fight I’m honored to lead.

Focusing on domestic energy

75 YEARS AGOJuly 16-23 1937Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gunning

are producing a new berry for this section this year at at their ranch at near the city reservoir. It is called Boysen Berry and is a cross between a loganberry and a raspberry. They got their plants from California where the berry is said to be a new favorite and this is their first year to produce sufficient to market. Those sold at the local stores have found ready resale. According to Mrs. Gunning, they make a wonderful jelly but as they are rather tart, she has mixed hers with some raspberries before making jell and finds it unnecessary to add any manufactured pectin. A crew of men recently completed pouring the cement for the foundation of an addition to the storage space at the Thorndike Packing shed on Thorndikes ranch a few miles south of Oroville on Highway No. 10. There was already stor-age space for 40 card of apples and the new addition will give them from for 80 cars, which is believed to be the largest indepen-dent grower apple storage in the state. Thorndike is now employ-ing 35 thinners and expects to harvest around 50,000 boxes this fall. Rebuilt trucks, Ford, Chevrolet, $100.00 up. 1935 Ford chassis, $400.00; 1929 Ford truck, $100.00; 1931 Ford Truck, $200.00; 1931 Ford truck $300.00; 1935 Ford truck, $500.00; 1931 Chevrolet truck, $250.00, 1935 Chevrolet truck, rebuilt, $500.00; 1929 Chevrolet truck, 150.00; 1930 Chevrolet truck, $200.00 and 1934 Dodge Pickup, $300.00. Scott Motors. The Oroville Pharmacy recently installed a new and unique machine called he Double Kay Nut Shop. It is the first of its kind to be used in Oroville and keeps roasted nuts of all kind from all over the world in a most fresh and appetizing manner for distribution to their trade. On Monday afternoon, the cherry crop for fresh ship-

ment was finished and shipped out Tuesday from the Oroville Warehouse Company. The pack-ing of Moorpark apricots was in full sway. Some are going to Canada, some to Montana, while others are being shipped to dif-ferent points. A meeting of the business men of Oroville and others interested is being called for Friday evening on the Civic League lawn for the purpose of talking fair. Dr. S. A. Porter, President of the fair association this year, urges that a good turn-out be present if possible. The time is short and if there is to be a fair this year, it is necessary to get some whole hearted cooperation from the community.

50 YEARS AGO: July 19 - 26, 1962On Sunday, July 22, the 5th

annual Little League Invitational Tournament will get underway at 1:30 p.m. at Ben Prince Field in Oroville. The first game will find Tonasket and Okanogan battling it out and at 3:00 p.m., Oroville will tangle with Bridgeport. Those expecting to see action for the Oroville team include: John Cox, Mike Lindhe, Steve Chamberlin, Mike Kammers, Lynn Dull, Mike Reese, Ron Howe, Nicky Rainsberry, Jerry Henderson, Mike Bourn, Rich Robinson and Jimmy Nelson. The annual 4-H camp at Lost Lake, was attend-ed by the following members: Bobby Barnes, Susan Barnes and Evelyn Gratrix along with their leader, Mrs. Vic Barnes. Roller skating parties, sponsored by the Molson Grange, will be held every Thursday night at 7:30 in the Grange Hall. The first skat-ing will be Thursday, July 19. On Thursday evening, July 12, The Loomis Town Team beat the Tonasket soft ball team at Tonasket by 1 point. On Sunday, the 15th, Loomis won again by

a score of 9-7. Grocery Prices: T-Bone Steaks, $.89 lb.; Surefresh Apple pies, 4 for $1.00; Folgers Coffee, 2 lbs. $1.09; Biscuits, 3 pkgs. $.25.Tomatoes, 2 lb., $.29; Lettuce, $.10 per hd. Real Estate for sale: Just outside city limits, two bedrooms main floor, two upstairs, 2/3 basement, wood fur-nace, large kitchen and dining combined, dbl. garage, two fur-nished cabins rented at $60.00 per month, steady renters, pasture for a couple beef or horses. Priced to sell at $11,000. Financing avail-able to the right party. (Easley Agency) Baseball Has been’s of the past, will show their wares in a baseball game on the Oroville diamond on Friday, August 17 at 8:00 p.m. The minimum age for competitors will be 35 years with the average age for both compet-ing teams, approximately 45 years. Oroville Bakery ad: Hi-Gluten bread, no sugar added $.33 per loaf. Contains: unbleached HI-GLUTEN flour, pure wheat gluten, water, safflower oil, non-fat dry milk and salt. You Can Buy Happiness for only $.01 per KWH by installing a modern air conditioner, says the Okanogan County PUD, and we will help by paying you $100.00 to install a 200 amp electrical entrance to your home.

25 YEARS AGO:July 9-16, 1987Cory Keeton, the son of Bill

and Nancy Keeton, will be travel-ing to Pueblo, Colorado to com-pete in the National High School Rodeo finals on July 27 to August 2. Keeton was named Top Rookie Bullrider and Top Rookie Bareback Rider in high school action this year. A picture of two llamas carryings packs at the Chesaw 4th of July Rodeo says, No, it’s not a Peruvian Rodeo, but many claim it is the best little rodeo in

the west. The rodeo unfolded on Saturday with a parade down the town’s main street and into the rodeo arena. The llama’s weren’t part of the rodeo stock and no one got bucked off of a wild llama, but they do show the diversity of the area and the loyal participa-tion of the people who live in the Okanogan Highlands. On the 1st of July, Dale and Julie Warren, of Tonasket, took over as the now owners of the former Country Fare. The couple purchased the business and the building and will change the name to Villa Fare. A picnic is being planned for former Oroville residents who now live in other locations in Washington State. The Oroville Picnic will be held at Radar Lake, near Woodinville, WA. Anyone wishing to attend may arrive at the lake anytime after 9:00 a.m. on July 26. A potluck dinner will be held at 2:00 p.m. and visitors are encouraged to bring whatever they would like to share. Beverages will be provided. Oroville Senior Citizens: On July 7th, Emma Rodvelt and Bonnie Pierce met with Wesley Rogers and his com-mittee to discuss and answer questions concerning the mini-bus service. Seniors are urged to make use of the mini-bus. It is available each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to take people to the center for the noon meals. Real Estate and Miscellaneous Ads: Country Lakefront home on 2.2 acres. Enjoy this recre-ational paradise! 4 bdrm , 2 bath, horse pasture and barn onLake Osoyoos in Oroville. $140,000.00. Lambert cherries, U-pick, $.25 per lb. Wanted, someone to pick soft fruit in exchange for the fruit. For sale by owner; 2.8 acres of lake view property, nicely land-scaped with fruit trees. 3 bdrms, newly remodeled kitchen and bath, lovely cedar deck with hot tub. 1 mile north of Oroville, $62,500.00.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

ITEMS FROM THE PAST

It could happen to you

Dear Editor,PUD customers and ratepayers,

did you know that there was such a thing as a secondary line possibly coming into your home? After a power surge on the morning before Easter that blew out a DVD (that was smoking), small kitchen TV, microwave, range, hood (that could be repaired), overhead fluorescent light ( which smelled so bad from the melting of the tube that it had to be replaced immediately), garage door opener and an electric organ.

These secondary lines are lines from a pole, with a transformer, that gets its power from the main-line. In our case, we have an alley that abuts our back yard. On this alley is a pole that serves our house and the house on the other side of the alley. It has two lines, one into the other house and one into our house, to and through the ever present meter. The PUD says that they do not own the secondary line because it comes over my property even though their, and our, power goes through it to the meter.

They say they cannot come onto our property to trim any trees but they could come on when they used to read the meters. In other words they say they are not responsible for the damage done by the surge. We are blessed that our house did not burn. We did receive a very nice and polite letter of refusing our claim in recompense for the surge and the commissioner of our area did come and look at the line and agreed that the PUD was not at fault. A rejection, however, is a rejection and a monopoly is a monopoly.

Are you ready for another “kick-er”? The Okanogan PUD does not carry insurance but are self-insured so they give you the song and dance about any recompense would be at the cost of the ratepay-er. Apparently the cost of raising wages, at the ratepayers’ expense does not bother them. How many multimillion dollar businesses would not carry insurance?

I called the Washington Utilities Commission and they only control privately owned utilities. Since we are a PUBLIC Utility, we own it and are, theoretically, supposed to be able to run our own business through the commissioners we elect and the manager they appoint.

If this can happen to us, who have lived in this house for 40 years, it can happen to any of you PUD owners too.

Ann FigenshowTonasket

Take a momentDear Editor,

This letter goes out to all fisher-men, all of you who know a fisher-man and those who frequent places where people fish. Please properly dispose of all fishing tackle: hooks, fishing line, bait, etc.

Today my dog Patches, while on the leash and in a flash, ate a hook with a little piece of bait clinging to it. First it lodged into her gum and despite my efforts to remove it, she worked it loose with her tongue and it disappeared before my eyes. It wasn’t pretty.

What followed was all the trau-ma for her of a visit to the vet and a costly vet payment to a much deserving Arc Animal Clinic - thank you Jacqueline and the Arc team!

Patches picked up the hook at Henry Kniss Park in Oroville where we often walk and almost daily remove discarded fishing line, hooks and other tackle. My dog had the benefit of human interven-tion. I would not want to imagine the suffering carelessly discarded fishing tackle causes wildlife. So please, if you see it, pick it up. If you use it, properly dispose of it. If you introduce a young person to fishing, educate them well. A short moment of careful consideration could go a long way to avoid suf-fering.

Sincerely,Candace GerberOroville

How will our children lead?

Dear Editor,The other night my wife got

a movie for us to watch. I wasn’t overly enthused about her selec-tion, “The Iron Lady,” but being the somewhat, at at times, dutiful husband I am (smile) I said noth-ing. But, like she almost always does, she made a great selection. It turned out to be one of the best

movies I’ve had the occasion to watch. It was the story of Margaret Thatcher who became the Prime Minister of Great Britain. There was a line in the movie that went something like this: If you want a solid society – then lead it!”

Reminded me of a similar line, given by either Admirals Nimitz or Bull Halsey to a junior officer who suddenly found himself in the tenacious role as newly appoint-ed admiral during World War II, “When you are in command, then command.”

So the question rises, are we as a nation leading? More specifically, are those in leadership leading or are they like the proverbial general who sees which way his army is moving then hurries up to catch them? Or, perhaps the question could be more specific, are YOU leading? Speaking out? Making your thoughts count?

Another line in the movie had Margaret Thatcher challenging the other leaders in parliament that “we must remember that our chil-dren of today will be our leaders tomorrow.” We need to realize that maybe our children in their lead-

ership may not lead as we, who are older, think they ought to lead, but then we probably didn’t lead as our parents thought we ought either. However, an even deeper question might be, “will our children take into leadership the principles we have taught them? You know, the principals of the republic, of the morals and of the Christian princi-ples that we have taught and upon which our country was built?

Perhaps they will. Perhaps, because of poor examples, they will reflect something different; or, perhaps of good, solid exam-ples they will only improve on the foundation they’ve been handed. So, I challenge myself, and you, to sharpen the examples we are setting so they may have a rich heritage upon which to build.

Like the Iron Lady, that Margaret Thatcher was, may we sharpen our steel and live where we can be proud of the heritage we leave and our children can, with pride, build upon what has been handed them.

The Old Coffee Drinker,Randy MiddletonTonasket

Across the “Wide Missouri” several times, to get where an Emry family reunion was held, in Ponca, Neb. A small town with-out an airport, so we were stay-ing in Sioux City, Iowa, thus the crossing of the Missouri River as it divides the two states. As far as you can see are acres and acres of corn with a few patches of soy-beans for variety. Most are raising corn as the price per acre is much greater than soy beans.

We were welcomed the first night with an electrical storm that seemed to promise rain, but as is often the case, nothing but thun-der and lightning, and they are in need of rain, soon.

About 70 were present at the “family do” with much reminisc-ing and “remember when’s” and lotsa good food. A pleasant week-end to say the least,

Rains, winds and other ele-ments have made cherry harvest a headache for many. Not only here but in the Wenatchee area as well. One of the large warehouses there

have over-sold orders and are searching for more (unblem-i s h e d ) ch e r r i e s . Pitfalls of f a r m i n g ! Just when you think you have it made, a l o n g

comes mother nature and gives you a “gut-punch” and wham! there goes what you thought you had.

As always, after being out of town for a few days, unexpected things happen. Like the passing of Delmar Hill. So we no longer have to wonder which twin is which, both have gone to their higher rewards. Just a bit of humor as we think back to when the Hill brothers were small...one of their classmates, a small girl

who couldn’t tell them apart, so she just called either or both of them “ElmerDelmer” and she was bound to be correct a least half of the time. Sympathy goes out to the family, as it has just been a few short months since the death of Nancy, Delmar’s wife.

Also, the passing of Glen Chamberlain. He came from a prominent family, lived here to maturity, and I wonder how many times, as we drive by his former residence on Highway 97, south of town, have we said, “I wonder what ever happened to him:, so now we know.

Also the death of Thelma Farmer, longtime resident of Oroville. Both her husband, Paul, and she were special friends of my mom’s at the “Dryer” for the many years they were employed there. Both were soft spoken indi-viduals and easy to love.

Can you believe another 4th of July has passed? Another rodeo in Chesaw and how wonderful they chose to honor Kay Sherling

Tracy. She can’t have enough honors bestowed on her, in my opinion. She is one of my most FAVORITE people!

New sidewalks appearing in front of Centennial Park, on Main St. And how nice to see some of the “facelifts” of other business places, downtown. It is so good to have the Camaray Motel refurbished and be able to say “Sure, stay over” and no need to go to Canada to sleep. And the hanging baskets are just beauti-ful along the streets. Good work, streetscape folks!

Ya’ know airports are funny places...it makes no difference where, what time, or what airline, where you enter into and where you need to go for continuance of the flight, the gate number is at the end of the line, in the other direction. I enjoyed resorting to riding in a wheelchair, under those circumstances. O’Hare air-port in Chicago is SO BIG, I had to resort to riding.

“Careful grooming can take twenty years off a woman’s age, but you can’t fool a long flight of stairs”.

People are telling me they’ve tried the microwave method for de-silking corn on the cob and that it really worked. I’m anxious to try it myself. And by the way if I should miss the next issue of the paper, it will be because we haven’t

made it back from the hospital in Wenatchee. There hasn’t been any cooking in our house except clear liquids in preparation for friend husband’s surgery for what seems to him like “an eternity”.

Politics! What would the airwaves do without them? So much money spent for what? If one could gather all that money together it would go a long ways in paying off some of the horrific debt of the country. I think most of us will be glad when November has come and gone, whichever way it goes.

We have our 4th of July and our neighbors to the north have their Dominion Day. Either way lots of picnics, family and friends getting together celebrating the birth of their country, in one way or another, as some workers have the day off whether it be the 1st or 4th of July. Fireworks are a part of the day in both countries.

People should live like crayons. Some sharp, some dull, different colors with weird names, yet they live happily in one small box.

Didja’ ever notice people who are late are jollier than those who have to wait for them? We should be hilarious, if that is true. We are nearly always behind sched-ule, even when we start prepar-ing to leave, way ahead of time. Something always interferes, and slows us down, it seems.

Congratulations are indeed in order to the following cou-ples who are celebrating Golden Anniversaries...those being Bill and Sharon (Pickering) McGuire and Sonny and Dolly Christensen. And then, Verle and Norene Harnasch have celebrated for 70 years as each Fourth of July comes around, it marks another year of being together. Wow! That’s a lot of years of sharing and doesn’t happen all that frequently.

Time changes things: Nowadays the couple has the honeymoon first, and if that’s a success, they have the engagement, and if that works out all right, they may have a wedding.

A bit or rain continues to fall and each time it does, there goes a few more cherries. TOO BAD. They are so good! Plump and juicy, with a split somewhere on many of them! It doesn’t change the flavor but of course they don’t have the keeping ability and there goes the sales.

The White House and sur-rounding areas really took a beat-ing from wind storms. Destroying hundreds of homes plus power outages and then the wild fires in the state of Colorado is so huge and devastating with numer-ous lives lost. Troubles, troubles, everywhere!

Rain and wind make cherry harvest a headache

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This week, Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Kansas City. Whether you’re rooting for the American or National League, you’ll no doubt admire the ability and athleticism exhibited by these tremendous ballplayers. Of course, any all-star team is made up of players who bring different talents to the game. And this same approach — of combining a collection of skills toward one common effort — can be found in other endeavors, one of which is investing.

Here, then, is one possible lineup of investment moves to consider:

Diversify. All investments have both benefits and risks. As an investor, your goal is to help maximize the benefits

and minimize the risks — and one of the best ways to do this is by diversifying your money across a range of assets. Diversifying can help you reduce the impact of market volatility that might af-fect your portfolio if all your money was tied up in one particular asset class, and that asset went through a “down” period. Keep in mind, though, that di-versification, by itself, cannot guarantee profits or protect against loss.Rebalance. Even without your taking significant actions, your portfolio can evolve in ways that may not be to your liking. For example, if some of your more aggressive investments appreciate greatly, they may eventually constitute a larger percentage of your holdings than you had planned — and in doing so, el-evate your overall risk level. To prevent this from happening, you should meet with your financial advisor periodically to “rebalance” your portfolio.Seek quality. Many people latch onto “hot” investments, only to be disap-pointed when they “cool off.” Instead seek quality vehicles — the ones that generally lose the least ground when the market is down and recover more quickly when the market rallies. When you invest in stocks, for instance, look for those companies that have strong

management teams, competitive prod-ucts and good business models. When you purchase bonds, look for those with high ratings from the independent rating agencies.Stay invested. It’s tempting to “take a breather” from investing when the finan-cial markets are volatile. But if you stay on the investment sidelines, you may miss out on the beginning of the next market rally. If you’ve built a diversified portfolio of quality vehicles, it may be easier to stay invested.Know your risk tolerance. If you find yourself constantly fretting about the market’s ups and downs, to the extent that your worries are affecting the qual-ity of your life, you may have a portfolio that’s unsuited to your risk tolerance. Conversely, if you’re dissatisfied with the growth of your investments, you may be investing too cautiously, which could be a concern when you’re striv-ing to reach long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. Ultimately, there’s no one “right” way for everyone to invest, but you do need to match your portfolio’s composition with your individ-ual risk tolerance and time horizon.Your financial advisor can help your find the “lineup” of investment moves that is right for you. Put it to work soon.

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By Dollly EngElbrEtson

Happy Fourth of July to you all! Many events are planned around the area are planned that day. In particular, the rodeo in Chesaw! The events for children 16 and under will begin at 10 a.m. Fireworks in Deep Bay Park will begin at dark, usually about 10 p.m. Bring your own chair to Veterans Park as the fireworks can easily be seen all around the lake. Several individuals who live along the lake usually have their own display.

There will be no music at the Center on July 6. Joy Lawson told me the musicians would all be away during this week. Their music is always popular the first Friday of the month.

More items are still needed for the auction on July 14 at the Chevron Station on north Main Street. Someone will be at the sta-tion on Saturday morning, July 7 to collect items. They will be from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. that day.

It was good to see Midge Minyard back playing pinoch-le with the Sunday afternoon potluck and pinochle bunch. Juanita Waggy is up and around at home but has not yet shown up at Saturday evening pinochle.

She does seem to be improving gradually. Clayton and Boots just returned from a week vacation in Kansas for a family reunion on the Emry side of the tree. Clayton’s surgery is scheduled for July 2 in Wenatchee. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.

Pinochle Scores: Joe Van Sant won the door prize; Phyllis Shenyer had the most pinochles; Danny Weitrick was high scorer with Boots Emry second. They were partners at the head table when they got 1500 trump. They split the pot held just for that purpose. Every one who loses their bid has to donate a nickel into a pot, which ends up in the 1500 trump bottle to be shared by each partner.

More next time.

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We hope that you all had a great 4th of July.

Coming up on July 14 the Eagles are hosting the beer garden at the Tonasket Rodeo grounds for the Truck and Tractor pulls. Come on down and help support your Aerie.

We still have Bingo every Friday at 7 p.m. There are over $13,000 in prizes to be won. Come in early and have a great meal from our kitchen starting

at 5:30 p.m. There is a different special every week.

On Saturday, July 21 we are having a Fish/Chicken fry to benefit our scholarship fund. The cost is $12 for adults and $6 for kids under the age of 12. This event is for members and guests. All proceeds benefit our Scholarship fund. We give out

three $1,000 scholarships every year to local students who are children/grandchildren of our Aerie members. Contribute to the future and attend this event.

Pinochle scores from last Sunday, July 1 are: 1st - Gladys Fifer, 2nd - Jo Porter, Low Score - Dale Byers, Last Pinochle - Ted Zachman and Dale Byers.

We wish anyone who is ill a speedy recovery to good health.

God bless you all. The Biggest Little Eagles in the state.

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TONASKET – Learn the art of Argentine Tango at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. Join Greg Thomsen and Gery Rudolph of Seattle on Friday, July 6 for lessons, guided practices and a dance at 9 p.m. Classes begin at 6:30 p.m., no partner necessary. There will be a nominal fee charged. Come learn the elegant, sexy dance for all ages. Preregistration is necessary and class size is limited so sign up early. The CCC is located at 411 Western Ave., Tonasket. Call the office at (509) 486-1328 (Tuesdays or Thursdays) for more informa-tion or to register.

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OROVILLE – The Oroville City Council and the Oroville Rural EMS Commissioners will be holding a special joint workshop for the purpose of discussing renewal terms of the Ambulance Service Agreement. The workshop will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 in the Oroville City Council Chambers.

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“For the fruits of this creation, thanks be to God,” is the opening line of a popular hymn. Thanks also to the local farmers who bring the first fruits of their labor to Tonasket Farmers’ Market for the enjoyment of all. Ripe red raspberries, the most ephemeral of all fruit, made an appearance last week. If you desire to eat or preserve their sweetness, you had better hurry. Miggie Kueler, from Oroville, who offers tasting samples, says she will be at the market this afternoon, July 5, and next Thursday, July 12. The season for raspberries is truly short and sweet.

Mary Capote, of Capote Orchards, brings the first cher-ries to market. Samples are avail-able here, too. Last week I took

home a mixture of her Early Robin and Titan varieties. Well, at least a few of them made it home! As cherry season is just beginning and it lasts longer than raspberry season, you will have ample time to indulge in these first fruits. My friend, Rachel Lacey, made a homemade cherry pie this week using sweet cher-ries instead of pie cherries. She added very little sugar which let the natural sweetness and flavor of the fruit shine through.

Small strawberries bursting with strawberry flavor can be found at the Leaping Sheep Farm

booth. A few of those made it home, too. Ton Rietveldt has, in addition to those strawber-ries, garlic scapes, kale, radishes, garlic and beet greens. Ask him about his CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture business.

From her garden up in the Havillah area, Susan Snook brings the fruits of her labor to market. In this case, vegetables. Susan offers fresh basil, mixed salad greens and daikon radish, which she says is used grated over foods or pickled. Look for her delicious beets a little later in the season.

Whether you are looking for fresh local fruit and vegetables or handmade crafts, you will find them at Tonasket Farmers’ Market. Let us all be grateful for the abundance we have in North Okanogan County. See you at the market this week!

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NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON - This past week I had the opportunity to stake out a booth at a farmers’ market. Right away I started to question whether or not this was an appropriate venue to reach mothers of Armed Forces. But where else, I reasoned, would be a better place to find MOTHERS than at a MARKET? As it turned out I not only was able to con-nect with several military moms but was able to do just what I intended, an information booth.

I found the farmers’ market a place to meet people who find enjoyment and purpose in pro-viding small family farms with support and educational con-nections; a place where they feel strongly about stewardship and a responsibility to take care of the land so that it can be passed on

to future generations. As I hoisted the Blue Star

Banner, set out camo teddy bears, and red/white/and blue pamphlets I’ll admit it looked like I may have been setting up a recruiting station. In no time I received a few cold shoul-ders and glances from venders around me and was approached with questions. So I spoke up so that others would hear about the purpose of our booth. I explained we were there to reach out and offer support to mothers and families who have a member serving in the military, that it is not easy knowing our children are targets and in harm’s way… Our children may have volun-teered, but we were drafted into

this position… We are in search of mothers, not new soldiers...

I made it clear that our Blue Star Mothers group is a place to meet people who find enjoyment and purpose in providing fami-lies with support and education-al connections; a place where we feel strongly about stewardship and a responsibility to take care of this land so that it can be passed on to future generations.

Quilting is a wonderful way to cultivate tranquility in the maker and receiver. Blue Star Moms have been getting togeth-er on Tuesdays to sow seeds of creativity through service. Join us in the making of military themed quilts for our hometown military families. You don’t need to be present to contribute. To donate patriotic cotton fabrics and/or to take materials home to make a square to contribute, contact Karen Hicks at 509-560-0190.

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WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging all veterans to be tested for HIV at least once in their lives.

“VA offers HIV testing as part of its comprehensive, world-class care for the men and women who have served this nation in uniform,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “Testing, regardless of age or risk factors, is an important

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on a walk-in basis or through rou-tine primary care appointments. Others offer testing as part of spe-cial health fairs. More information about the benefits of being tested is available at www.hiv.va.gov.

June 27 was National HIV Testing Day, designed to raise awareness of early detection, which can help prevent the spread of the virus, extend life expectancy and reduce overall medical expenses.

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VA operates one of the nation’s largest integrated health care sys-tems in the country. With a health care budget of about $50 billion, VA expects to provide care to 6.3 million patients during 920,000 hospitalizations and nearly 90 mil-lion outpatient visits this year. VA’s health care network includes 152 major medical centers and more than 800 community-based outpa-tient clinics.

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Middleton, Brightbill step downBy brent bakerbbaker@gazette-tribune.cOm

TONASKET - The Tonasket School Board meeting sched-uled for Wednesday, June 27, featured a number of reports, as well as announcements of several personnel hirings and a pair resignations by longtime district employees.

Dwight Remick, an ESL financial officer, delivered his F-203 state revenue report.

That report uses a mix of next year’s projected enroll-ment numbers, staffing levels, and average staff placement on the state salary scale to deter-mine the level of state funding to which the district is enti-tled.

For budgeting purposes, the district is projecting 1040 stu-dents, a conservative estimate as last year’s final number came out a shade over 1065 and the district is not expecting any significant enrollment changes.

Remick also demonstrated the new Bud-X budget man-agement tool that the district, and individual administrators, will be utilizing.

The Bud-X system should enable district personnel to monitor expenditures as they occur and enable the board to make annual budgetary deci-sions based on current num-bers, rather than numbers that are two years out of date as is

done under the current sys-tem.

The other reports were the middle school and high school School Improvement Reports (SIP delivered by principals Jay Tyus and Jeff Hardesty, respec-tively.

Outgoing elementary prin-cipal Jeff Cravy had given his report at the last school board meeting.

Tyus said that the middle s c h o o l ’ s math scores were higher than the norm across the board.

“ T h a t ’ s one of the goals we were trying to shoot for,” Tyus said. “So we feel we’re well on our way. We’re pretty excited about that.”

Reading scores, he said, were ahead of growth norms over-all.

“Not as substantially improved,” he said. “But pretty solid in every area ... not just in the middle school but across the board. The middle score missed (one) growth goal and that was it.”

Tyus said that next year’s growth plan was mostly unchanged.

The same proved to be true for the high school, according to Hardesty.

“I’m happy to be said that there is not much change to our plan,” he said. “There’s much to

be said about not hop-skipping from one agenda or initiative to another.

“I think in the words of George Bush, ‘We are staying the course’ at Tonasket High School.”

Hardesty said some of his data is not current, as OSPI had not delivered state data to com-pare the school’s performance.

“I will highlight, however ... the pyramid ... it was impor-

tant to see if it was the same or if we were mov-ing it. I’d like to point out that at the beginning of this year we had 24 11th graders not at (reading) standard, and by spring we only

had four ...“For 12th graders we went

from 26 to just four not at standard...

“The district is moving, but we need to move considerably more to ‘right the pyramid.’”

Hardesty said that the math wasn’t at the same level as read-ing, though growth was impres-sive.

“We did not see the same sort of growth as we did in read-ing,” he said. “We still had 37 11th graders and 32 12th grad-ers not at standard, keeping in mind that OSPI didn’t deliver a consistent standard.

“The data may not be reli-able there, but it does tell us something, and that is good. At a glance, the district is moving

forward in general. But there will be more to come in the fall once the team has had more time to study it.”

“What it shows is how com-plicated it is,” said board mem-ber Catherine Stangland.

“It isn’t that complicated, but it is a lot of work,” Hardesty said.

The board also lauded both principals’ efforts to recognize students’ efforts.

“Nothing makes a kid try harder than when they can get an ‘Attaboy,’” said board mem-ber Lloyd Caton.

“That works on adults, too. When we have a posi-tive culture when you’re suc-cessful, whether it’s effort or accomplishment, that you’ll be acknowledged, that does some-thing to your culture.”

PersonnelThe board accepted the res-

ignations of music teacher Patti Middleton and webmaster Sandy Brightbill.

“I wish to express my deep thanks and gratitude for the opportunity I have had to teach in the Tonasket School District,” wrote Middleton in her resigna-tion letter, which Turner read aloud.

“... As a music teacher I have had the pleasure of building relationships with kids, meeting them in sixth grade, and con-tinuing to teach them through-

out the remainder of their years ... it’s hard to describe what the experience was like, hearing those first notes in sixth grade band and seeing the develop-ment of that same group over time.”

Middleton went on to talk about the value of music edu-cation, as well as the fact that she was still inspired by her music teacher, Wally Moore, whom she said produced at least eight music teachers out of his classes.

“He loved us as students and demanded our best,” she wrote. “I hope that in some small way I have done the same.

“It is with mixed feelings that I submit my resignation at the end of this year. I will miss the students and the moments of joy I’ve had as their teacher. I also wish to thank God for the bless-ing He provided for me through this profession.”

Brightbill thanked the district for allowing her to “play” with the district’s website for the past 16 years.

“I have appreciated the train-ings and challenges the job has provided,” she said in her letter of resignation. “Hanna (Kliegman) and I agreed that my tenure would cover the interim transition to a site that might have more features to ease some of the frustrations of building a website. The new site has the potential to do this with a new

webmaster.”Brightbill said that, while

there some frustrations that came with implementing the site she particularly appreciated the efforts of two students that stuck with the process over the last two years.

“I wish you the best with the new site,” she concluded.

A number of new personnel were recommended for hire: Amanda Chase, high school English teacher; Jennifer Weddle, high school Outreach science teacher for one day a week; Rose Corso, K-5 ESL teacher; Jackie Gliddon for a one year stint as high school volleyball coach; Bertha Villa as migrant program teacher and bilingual sum-mer school paraprofessional; Kevin Haney-Williamson and Janet Ewing as migrant para-pros; and Norma Gutierrez and Tauni Allen as bilingual summer school parapros.

Board actionsIn other actions, the school

board approved its final read-ing of the revised Alternative Learning Experience Programs policy; approved a GEAR-UP field trip to an overnight science camp at Central Washington University and approved the middle school and high school School Improvement Plans (SIP).

‘Report Night’ at Tonasket School Board meeting

“i think in the words of george bush, ‘We are staying the course’ at

tonasket High School.”Jeff HardestyTHS Principal

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The court found probable cause to charge Eli Vanbrunt, 30, Riverside with Burglary second degree and Theft second degree. Bail was set at $5,000.

The court found probable cause to charge Moises Mariscal, 20, Brewster with Taking a Motor Vehicle without Permission sec-ond degree. Bail was set at $500.

The court found probable cause to charge Amanda Hammons, 31, Riverside with Physical Control Under the Influence and Possession of a Controlled Substance Other than Marijuana. Bail was set at $5,000.

The court found probable cause to charge John Ryan with Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempting to Elude Pursuing Police Vehicle, Reckless Endangerment, and DWLS second degree. Bail was set at $25,000.

The court found probable cause to charge Dustin Smith, 26, Omak with Assault second degree - DV. Bail was set at $7,500.

Juveniles

A 16-year-old Omak juve-nile pled guilty to Residential Burglary and Malicious Mischief 3rd. He was sentenced to 45 days of confinement and 12 months community supervision.

A 16-year-old juvenile pled guilty guilty to NVOL w/o ID. He was sentenced to 15 day confine-ment.

911 Calls/Jail Bookings

Friday, June 22A report from Main St. in

Oroville of Attempt to Locate. Newer white Ford four door pickup leaving location. Driver has been at location drinking all afternoon. Unknown who he is or where he is going.

A report from Locust Ave. in Tonasket of Suspicious Activity. Female in her twenties trying to hitch a ride on a tractor, acting suspicious.

A report from 3rd. St. in Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. Callers ex is refusing to give him the keys to his vehicle that she is

driving.A report from Reevas Basin

Rd. near Tonasket of Malicious Mischief. Callers mailbox has been taken out of the ground.

A report from Havillah Rd. near Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. Caller claims her sister is taking advantage of their father finan-cially and not providing medical care as necessary.

A report from Douglas Rd. in Omak of Harassment. Caller’s ex-wife is stalking him and making comments on Facebook, her boy-friend was driving by the resi-dence today.

A report from Omak Riverside Eastside Rd. in Omak of Domestic Dispute. Female subject and boy-friend are arguing.

A report from Salmon Creek Rd. in Okanogan of Domestic Dispute. Caller is having a dis-pute over a car battery with a female subject.

A report from Second Ave. in Okanogan of Suspicious Activity. An older white male with a cane is laying in the grass between building and creek.

A report from Second Ave in Okanogan of Assault. Male sub-ject possibly striking a female.

Whitney Morgan Nelson, 22, was booked into OCJ for DUI.

Amanda A. Sanabia-Hammons, 30 was booked into OCJ for Controlled Substance Violation-Methamphetamine and Physical Control.

Moises Morales Mariscal, 20, was booked into OCJ for Taking a Motor Vehicle without Owners Permission.

Angela Ruthmann Hall-Johnson, 26, was booked into OCJ on a Document Detainer.

Michael Dean Mooney, 31, was booked into OCJ on a Douglas County Warrant.

Tara Sue Marie Gillock, 27, was booked into OCJ on a Skagit County Warrant on DWLS 1st.

Harry Allen Stockwell, 65, was booked into OCJ on DUI and CWLS 2nd.

Saturday, June 23A report from Main Street in

Oroville of a noise complaint. Loud music and yelling coming from the upstairs apt.

A report from Hwy.. 7 near Oroville of a Civil Dispute. Neighbor has stakes and tap line in for a fence on callers property.

A report from Seventh St. in Tonasket of a Noise Complaint. Subjects having a late night party.

A report from Second St. in

Tonasket of a Citizen Dispute. Caller can hear neighbors Arguing.

A report from Timber Wolf Rd. near Tonasket of Trespassing. Dirtbikes and ATV’s chasing wild horses, going on private prop-erty.

A report from Streeter Bosch Rd. near Tonasket of a Vicious Animal. Neighbor has been yell-ing at caller over his dogs killing chickens.

A report from Montvue St. in Riverside of a Domestic Dispute. Verbal dispute at location, two males and a female.

A report from Miller Rd. in Omak of an Animal Problem. Extremely thin horses with no grass left to eat.

A report from Nichols Rd. in Omak of Malicious Mischief. Caller’s 14-year-old son is out of control, has not assaulted anyone yet but is escalating to that point.

Lily Rose Churape, 48, was booked into OCJ on Assault-DV 4th degree.

Sunday, June 24A report from Main St. in

Oroville of Domestic Dispute. A female subject is not allowing the caller to leave.

A request from Harvest Park in Oroville for medical assistance. A 25 -year-old male is uncon-scious.

A report from Hwy.. 7 near Oroville of a Civil Dispute. Neighbors in dispute over recent survey boundary.

A report from Nigg Dr. south of Oroville of Suspicious Activity. Caller has heard three loud explo-sions in the last hour that shook the windows in her house.

A report form Riverview Tr Ct. in Tonasket of a Runaway Juvenile. The 16-year-old son has been missing since friday.

A report from Riverloop Rd. near Tonasket of Fraud. Caller received a message on Facebook for her to contact a company to receive money. she found out it was a scam.

A report from Cobey Creek Rd. near Tonasket of suspicious Activity. Male subject is trying to hang himself.

A report from Cartwright Dr. near in Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. Male subject plowed over caller’s driveway pulling up rocks in the road

A report from Fourth.St. in Tonasket of Theft. Tools taken from back of green full size truck while parked at location.

A report from Hwy.. 20 near

Okanogan of Firearms. Two gun-shots heard in the area.

A report from Malott HUD Rd. in Okanogan of Assault. Caller’s son had a knife pulled on him while at the HUD housing.

Francisco J. Guevar-Solice, 23, booked into OCJ for Criminal Trespass 2nd, and U.S. Border Patrol hold.

Adam Royal Sandy, 31, booked into OCJ on a Washington State Patrol Warrant for DWLS 3rd.

Monday, June 25 A report from Pontiac Ridge

Rd. near Oroville of a civil Dispute. Male subject from mort-gage company threatened to have caller thrown off her own prop-erty.

A request from Golden St. in Oroville for medical assistance. An 88-year-old man has fallen, needs assistance.

A report from Swanson Mill Rd. near Oroville of Trespassing. Hunters cutting locks and access-ing property.

A report from Moonlight Dr. in Oroville of a Civil Dispute. Caller and his business partner having problems.

A report from Ruby Two Moons Rd. in Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. Neighbor caused prop-erty damage from having a tow truck drive across a creek.

A report from Antwine St. in Tonasket of Suspicious Activity. A male is yelling in the area. Unknown what the problem is, sounds like he is in emotional distress.

A report from Evans Ranch Rd. in Riverside of a Civil Dispute. A female subject is blocking access to property.

A report from Greenacres Rd. in Riverside of Trespassing. Male in red pickup was at property.

A report from Nichols Rd. in Omak of Theft. 40 bales of hay were taken over the weekend.

A report from First Ave in Okanogan of Malicious Mischief. Monument plaque was taken from Conservatory Trail.

Timothy James Sprague, 56, booked into OCJ on DUI, Making False Statement and Obstructing.

Armondo Temoxtle-Temoxtle, 27, booked into OCJ for DUI, INS Hold, NVOL without ID and a Kittitas County Warrant for FTA on NVOL without ID.

Oly Zane Zacherle, 23, booked into OCJ for DUI and Obstructing.

Harvey Everett Jason, 39, booked into OCJ for DWLS 1st and Violation of Interlock.

Michael Ben Ross, 39, booked into OCJ for Violation of a Protection Order.

Charles Allen Powell, 41, booked into OCJ for Assault 4th-DV.

Tiffeney Marie Olson, 32, booked into OCJ for OKS Warrant FTA for DWLS 3rd.

Tuesday, June 26A report from Old RailRoad

Rd. near Oroville of Threatening. Male subject threatened an employee with a shotgun.

A report from Howards End Rd. in Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. Male subject cut down trees on caller’s property, trying to put in a road.

A report from Seventh St. in Tonasket of Harassment. Caller has recorded phone calls from her brother regarding a family situation.

A report from Hwy. 7 in Tonasket of Taking Mv Wo Permission. Caller’s friend a male subject took her car while she was sleeping.

A report from Engh Rd. in Omak of Illegal Burning. Subjects at location burning garbage.

A report from Okoma Dr. in Omak of Threatening. Caller’s girlfriend’s ex is threatening to kill him.

A report from Riverside Dr. in Omak of Malicious Mischief. A female subject is breaking win-dows out of cars.

Eli Paul Vanbrunt, 28, booked into OCJ for Burglary 2nd and Theft 3rd.

Amanda Lee Vanslyke, 26, booked into OCJ for Theft 34d.

Don Dale Leif Crow, 18, booked into OCJ on Douglas County warrants for Residential Burglary, Theft 2nd, Malicious Mischief 3rd and Juvenile Warrant for MIP.

Kane McKinsey Searcy, 29, booked into OCJ for WSP Warrant FTP DWLS 3rd, Okanogan County Warrants for Violation of a No Contact Order, Malicious Mischief 3rd-DV, and four warrants for DWLS 3rd, and an OMP warrant for Possession less than 40.

Victoria Lois Chavez, 43, booked into OCJ on WSP Warrants for FTP for charge of DWLS 3rd and Drug Paraphernalia.

Fransisco Y. Morales Sierra, 31, booked in OCJ for Violation of a No Contact Order and ICE detainer.

Wednesday, June 27A report from Appleway St. in

Oroville of Suspicious Activity. A

male subject left a psychotic mes-sage on business phone.

A request from Fir St. in Oroville for Medical Assistance. Elderly female unconscious and unknown if she is breathing.

A report from Eastlake Rd. in Oroville of an Animal Stray. A riderless horse at caller’s resi-dence, wearing a saddle.

A report from Westlake Rd. in Oroville of a Civil Dispute. Neighbor has gated the easement road at location currently on call-er’s property.

A report from North Poglina Rd. in Tonasket of Suspicious Activity. Caller’s mail has been tampered with, bank statement was opened.

A report from Cartwright Dr. in Tonasket of a Civil Dispute. The gate that accesses the com-munity has been locked so that no one can come in or out.

A report from Bonaparte Ave. near Tonasket of Destruction of Property. Woman in black shirt and jeans is cutting the callers trees.

Thursday, June 28A report from Ironwood St. in

Oroville of Suspicious Activity. Callers son took a purse from his sisters workplace. Son is Schizophrenic.

A report from Cherry St. in Oroville of a fall. Caller’s husband fell over the riverbank, hanging on to two small trees. Son tried to pull him up but was unsuc-cessful.

A report from Main. St. in Oroville of Threatening. A male subject made verbal threats to caller.

A report from Alder St. in Oroville of Animal Noise. Three dogs barking behind callers resi-dence, unknown who the owners are.

a report from Westlake Rd. near Oroville of a Civil dispute. Sometime over night caller’s wagon was pushed into their elec-trical fence.

A report from Aeneas Valley Rd. near Tonasket of a Domestic Dispute. Caller’s husband was served with divorce papers and is outraged, threatening to shoot dogs and assault her.

A report from 5th Ave in Okanogan of Burglary. A male subject threatened caller’s aunt and came into the apartment while they were gone and took a backpack.

a report from second Ave. in Okanogan of Assault. Two males fighting at location.

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NorieNe ‘Fred’ BurtoN

Noriene Burton, “Fred” as she was called by her shipmate at Foss Maritime, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Micky Burton; and her parents: Ralph and Ornita Fredricksen.

Noriene left only a nephew as she had no children of her own.

Noriene led a full life as a sing-er and stand-in actress where she worked with actors like Maureen O’Hara and Andy Rooney. She then went to work for Foss where she was the first female cook on the tug boats, she and Micky retired in Havillah in 1991 where they lived until their passing.

Noriene was a caring, loving person with a love for animals, a love for rocks for painting and all kinds of needle point.

At Noriene’s request, there will be no services.

raymoNd doll

Raymond Doll was born the seventh child of 13 to Frank and Christine Doll on March 6, 1951 in Bismarck, N. D. He was raised a few miles away in Glen Ullin, N. D., along with his five brothers and seven sisters.

He moved to Seattle, with his family in late 1960’s, and gradu-ated from Renton High School in 1969. After high school he worked multiple types of jobs including: a crane operator for the Paccar Steel Manufactures and as a municipal operator for the cities of Tukwila and Mercer Island. He married Sue Lindquist in 1973, and had their first son, Michael in 1974. Their daughter, Susan was born in 1975, and finally their youngest son, Christopher was born in 1979. He then moved his family to Tonasket in 1985 to live on his beloved 40 acres near Siwash Creek. He then worked his way through the ranks at the City of Okanogan over the course of 23 years and became the city’s water manager.

He enjoyed spoiling his three grandchildren: Tadhgan who was born in 2006, and twins Maeve and Rowan who were born in 2008. Hobbies that Ray enjoyed other than his 40 acres included: woodworking, spending time with family, working out in his yard, taking long country drives on the gravel roads throughout the Okanogan Valley and visiting local historical sites.

He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Christine; as well as niece Jennifer; and nephew Tony.

He is survived by his wife Sue at home; children: Michael, Susan and daughter in-law Molly in Portland, and Christopher in Spokane and his grandchildren: Tadhgan, Maeve and Rowan.

BreNt W. roBiNsoN

Brent W. Robinson, 62 passed away June 29, 2012, in Wenatchee at Central Washington Hospital. He was born in Tonasket April 6, 1950, to Neil and Grace Robinson.

He was a great man who will be missed by the many who loved him. He was selfless, always put-ting others first. Nothing in life was more important to him than his family who were the center of his universe.

During his lifetime he man-aged to fulfill most of his bucket list -- fathering the children he was so proud of, the joys of hav-ing grandchildren, riding hors-es in the beautiful hills of the Okanogan, owning and operating aircraft and becoming a pilot for Kenmore Air for several years. He had a special affinity with and love for animals.

He was well regarded for his expertise and craftsmanship in the many areas of construction and for never settling for less than perfection. He always had

your back and you could count on him for his unwavering integ-rity, honesty, kindness, sense of humor, laughter and a smile. A truly special spirit who we will hold in our hearts forever and will be missed by all who loved him. He is now on the next leg of his journey, reminding all of us to ‘cowboy up’ and that we will all be together someday.

Brent is survived by his wife of 38 years, Laurie; son Willie (Disa); daughter Marah Norris (Justin) and the newest joys of his life, two granddaughters: Jaycee Grace and Brylee Hope; sisters: Rosemary Stevens (Tom), Angie Clay (Bob), Caroline Ferderer; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Brent was preceded in death by his parents.

A celebration of life potluck will be held at the Community Cultural Center in Tonasket on July 8, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Homer Carter

A remembrance and celebration of life for

Homer Carter will be held July 14 at 1:30 p.m. in the Agriplex Annex at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds. A potluck fellow-ship will follow. Homer was 91 when he passed away Jan. 27, 2012.

Homer came to Okanogan County at the age of one, with his parents, George Harry and Minnie Ida (Crysp) Carter, and brothers and sisters. The fam-ily settled in the area east of Tonasket.

Homer grew up in a time and place where poverty was the norm, and worked from an early age. He spent summers in sheep camp as a youngster and skid-ded logs with a team of horses as a young man. Homer gradu-ated from Tonasket High School in 1938 and remained in the Tonasket area until drafted into the Army January 9, 1942. He served nearly four years in the Pacific Theater as a radio and telegraph operator, spending time in New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines.

After discharge, Homer returned home to Tonasket. He married classmate Catherine Martin in 1946, and they enjoyed more than sixty years togeth-er before her passing in 2006. Homer began working for the State Department of Highways on Oct. 14, 1946, and worked there nearly thirty years until retiring. He then took over directorship of the local TV District for some ten years before retiring for good. He was then able to pursue his lifelong passion of horses, horse-manship, and all things western. He was active in the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s Posse and the Omak Stampede Association. In 1993, Homer was honored as the National Committeeman of the Year for his volunteerism in rodeo.

He also spent countless sum-mer hours riding cattle for area ranchers, with his saddle horses Bourbon, Cache, and Pete, mule Anvil, and faithful dogs Deke and Snoopy. He generously shared his knowledge of horses with anyone interested, and loved to relate sto-ries of his many adventures.

Homer was an avid reader and particularly enjoyed west-ern stories, cowboy poetry, mili-tary non-fiction, and anything about animals. In his later years Homer began to write of his life-time experiences, in both prose and verse. He also became an eloquent speaker, and delivered warm eulogies for his dear friends who passed before him.

Homer is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law: Stan and Linda, and Jay and Laurie, all of Okanogan; and daughter, Chris Eliassen and partner Hammy Hamilton of Twisp; four grand-children: Nathan and Marissa Carter of Okanogan, Dawn Eliassen of Spokane, and Jason (Jennifer) Eliassen of Denver; and two great-granddaughters, Carter Catherine and June Lake Eliassen; as well as numerous nieces and nephews and an army of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; five sisters; and his wife Catherine.

For anyone wishing to do so, donations in Homer’s memory can be made to your local animal shelter.

NiCk FaBerThere will be a Memorial

Service for Nick Faber, who taught many years in the Tonasket schools, on Saturday, July 7 at the Loomis Community Church at 12 p.m. A potluck dinner will fol-low at the Faber Cabin on Palmer Lake.

Submitted by Kay SibleyObHS DirectOr

OROVILLE - The presentation and showing of the Asahel Curtis, Walter Miller and Herbert Gregg photos was an inspiring evening for the sixty plus individuals who attended. Barbara Pollard gave the background of this amazing photo collection and then presented the album to Tillie Porter, President of the Borderlands Historical Society.

Porter said, “It is an honor and treasure to receive these pictures which will add to the knowledge of our area.”

Many of the pictures are so clear that when the DeGrubb Hotel picture is enlarged a person can be seen sitting in the bar-ber chair in the corner window. René Beuchart was “amazed by the detail” and said he is looking forward to studying them more when the images are upload on the historical society web page.

The audience participated in identifying the various breeds of cattleand pigs and a lively debate as to the location of the Stanton Dairy. Duane Ward recognized the first McGinty Ranch as being just north of Ester Briques win-ery. The second McGinty ranch was located on the Ward’s current orchard location.

The Borderlands Historical Society presented a print of the Sampson home to Bill Nickelson, the current owner of the home, and several prints showing the area of the Pollard home to the

Pollards. All these photos were taken by Asahel Curtis and Walter Miller. Several requests were made to a have a second showing of the

materials, which will be sched-uled for a future date.

Refreshments were provided by the Oroville Library Board.

Historical photo album presented at library

ObHS photo collection

The Hotel DeGrubb, which later became the Peerless Hotel, then after a fire in the 1970s became the Old Peerless Restaurant, now being transformed into Rancho Grande. The photo is part of an album

Submitted photo

Barbara Pollard gives the background on the photo collection that is being presented to the

Submitted by mike louiSellWaSH. DePt. Of ag

OLYMPIA – State trappers are now placing brightly col-ored gypsy moth traps in trees, shrubs and other foliage in a continuing effort to protect Washington’s forests, agri-culture and cityscapes from a destructive plant-eating pest. The traps are a key tool for detecting invasive gypsy moth across the state.

Twenty-five trappers hired by the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s (WSDA) are hanging 18,000 small cardboard traps in resi-dential neighborhoods, busi-ness districts, ports and in rural areas.

The traps will be checked every two to three weeks dur-ing the summer and early fall before being taken down in October.

John Townsend, state trap-ping coordinator for WSDA, looks forward to the annual trapping season.

“Our trappers play a big role in keeping permanent popu-lations of gypsy moth out of Washington. Trapping this sea-son will detect any populations of gypsy moth that WSDA may propose to eradicate next year.”

The traps are non-toxic and contain a sex pheromone that attracts male moths. Inside the trap is a sticky coating that traps the moth—showing ento-

mologists where a population of the pest may be developing.

WSDA has completed gypsy moth eradication efforts at the 43-acre site at South Hill Mall in Puyallup and at a 13-acre residential area of Eatonville. Five treatments with a biologi-cal insecticide were applied at the Puyallup project and four treatments were conducted at Eatonville. The timing of the eradication spraying, conduct-ed between May 8 and June 28, was based on the emergence of gypsy moth caterpillars to prevent their development into moths.

“Cool, damp weather delayed the start of our treatments this year,” said Jim Marra, manag-ing entomologist with WSDA’s Pest Program.

“This is one of the longest gypsy moth spray seasons that staff can remember. We needed the caterpillars to hatch out and be a certain size before the spray can be effective.”

South Hill Mall and sur-rounding areas, as well as the Eatonville neighborhood near Eatonville Highway and Hilligoss Lane, will receive additional traps this summer to help determine whether any gypsy moth caterpillars escaped the treatments.

These areas will be officially declared eradicated if no gypsy moths are detected for two consecutive years.

Gypsy moth has been detected in Washington every year since 1977, but permanent popula-

tions have not been established because of the state’s aggressive summer trapping and spring eradication efforts. Gypsy moths, which aren’t native to the U.S., arrive in the Pacific Northwest on ships from for-eign ports or by hitching a ride with people traveling from other parts of the country.

Nineteen states in the East and Midwest are permanent-ly infested with gypsy moth, causing extensive environmen-tal and economic damage each year.

The gypsy moth is the worst forest pest ever brought into the U.S.

In its caterpillar form, the pest attacks more than 500 spe-cies of trees and plants. The caterpillar quickly strips trees and plants of leaves, destroying some and weakening others so they are susceptible to plant diseases.

The caterpillar destroys wildlife habitat, degrades water quality and triggers costly quarantines of timber, agricul-ture and nursery products.

WSDA’s trap and pest detec-tion programs include gypsy moth, apple maggot, sudden oak death, spartina, Mediterranean snail and Japanese beetle to protect Washington’s environ-ment and to safeguard the agri-culture, horticulture, nursery, timber and forest industries.

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OROVILLE — On June 16th, Bible Faith Family Church hosted their first youth bass tournament of the year on Osoyoos Lake in Oroville. BFFC has been a proud host of these annual events since 2007. Every summer BFFC puts on three youth bass tournaments open to any pair or fishermen (girl or boy) from ages 7-17. The younger ones come with boat captain to help make their fish-ing experience more enjoyable, and some older teens (who know what they were doing) are in charge of their own boats.

This has been such an exciting event every tournament, every year. We have people coming from as far south as Brewster and fishing the tournament.

During a tournament the adult boat captains aren’t allowed to do anything but drive the boat. All contestants registered in the tournament should be able to reel in the big one. So these fish, smaller ones up to the largest, were caught by young people. This is real fishing!

Thanks to all the sponsors who help make these tourna-ments a success. If your fish-erperson needs a boat captain, please contact BFFC; we would be glad to try and connect you

with one. Pass the word around about the great event: the more the merrier.

The Big Fish Awards go to Jonathon Arnold for Big Smallmouth Bass weighing in at 6.31 pounds and Seth Baugher for Big Largemouth weighing in at 6.54 pounds.

The 2nd event of the year will be held on Spectacle Lake on Saturday, July 14. Our last tournament of the year will be on August 11 at Palmer Lake. Registration for all tournaments are at 7 a.m. Blast off usually will be 7:30 and we fish until 12:00 - 12:30 p.m., depending on blast off.

Hope to see you there.

tournament results

7-9 year old:1st place - Darbey Carlton & Da-

vana baugher2nd place - braden gould & malachi

Studard

10-13 year old:1st Place - Douglas Viebrock and

lane Webster2nd Place - jonathan arnold and

makenna reed3rd place - monty rojas and bran-

don baugher

14-17 year old:1st Place - Shaelynn DeWitte and

Sadie rojas2nd Place - kacey DeWitte and juan

garcia

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Hunter Peebles and his grandfather Dave caught their limit of Kokanee trolling at Liar’s Cove using a flasher and Wedding Ring combination.

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CONCONULLY — We are full for the 4th of July Celebration and that is nice.

Still, fishing has been a little slow. The bass are starting to bite. The water has warmed up a bit.

One of our young custom-ers caught a 3 1/2 pound small mouth off of our dock using a worm. Most Kokanee and trout are being caught by trolling with pop gear or a flasher and a pink

Wedding Ring. I know it sounds just like last week, but that is what the fishermen have using. In fact we have sold out of all of our flashers.

Dave and his grandson Hunter Peebles caught their limit of Kokanee trolling using the flasher and Wedding combo. But Dave can catch a fish when nobody else can.

People have been doing pretty good at the upper end of the upper Conconully Lake, fishing from the bank using night crawl-ers.

bass biting at liar’s Cove

submitted photos

Top left, Jonathan Arnold (and his Big Fish Award Big Smallmouth) poses with MaKenna Reed; top right, Seth Baugher with his award-winning Big Largemouth; and bottom right, first-place winners in the 10-13 year-old age group Lane Webster and Douglas Viebrock pose with boat captain Shawn O’Connell.

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NO. 12-4-00034-3In re the Estate of:DAVID A. FARRAR,DeceasedThe personal representative named below has been appointed as per- sonal representative of this estate. Any personal having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the man- ner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the per- sonal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the ad- dress stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the pro- bate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within that later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FILING COPY OF NO- TICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: June 11, 2012DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: June 21, 2012./s/: ASHLEY FARRARPersonal Representative/s/: Anthony Castelda, WSBA# 28937Attorney for Farrar EstatePO Box 1307Tonasket, WA 98855(509) 486-1175Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on June 21, 28 and July 5, 2012.#398246

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NO. 12-4-00036-0In re the Estate of:BETTY JEAN VANDYCK,Deceased.The DONALD VANDYCK has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, be- fore the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representa- tive or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceeding were commenced. The claim must be pre- sented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representa- tive served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not present- ed within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FILING COPY OF NO- TICE TO CREDITORS with Clerk of Court: June 18, 2012.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: June 28, 2012./s/: Anthony Castelda, WSBA# 28937Attorney for VanDyck EstatePO Box 1307Tonasket, WA 98855(509) 486-1175Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on June 28 and July 5 and 12, 2012.#398221

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Next event is Saturday, July 14

Oroville’s first “Cruise Night”

last Saturday was more like a car wash, but 17 stalwart car owners came for the love of cars. The weather was not cooperative, but those that stayed enjoyed fellow-

ship, food, music and the “car talk.” Participants came from the Oroville area and from Canada and Tonasket. The next Oroville Cruise night is Saturday, July 14.

Assemble at Ironwood and 14th Street at the Alpine Brewery and Princes’ Warehouse at 5 p.m. There will be a cruise to Veranda Beach and back to the Alpine

Brewery, where there will again be a band. That night is the Saturday of National Classic Car Weekend. The Omak area is also having a “Cruise Night,” scheduled for the

second Wednesday of each month at Mursick Welding , located at 2253 Elmway in Okanogan. There will be a free BBQ at 5 p.m. until the food is gone.

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Award Winners:Bikes for Books; received

bicycles donated by the Oroville Masons for most reading gains in the school.

Boy winner - Aidan Nelson, Mrs. Becker’s 2nd Grade

Girl winner - Carissa McAllister, Mrs. Williams 1st Grade

Perfect attendance, more than one year; received plaque and $25 Lee Franks gift certificate

Sarah Cravy - four yearsKevin Ortega - three yearsLyndzi Scott - three yearsWhitney Nelson - two yearsMelanie Morales - two years

Perfect attendance, this year only; received plaque

Janet Alvarez-UrapoCarter ColbertMacia GarciaQuaid McCormickTiler MorrisRebecka OrnelasYayra OrtegaJuan Ramos-HernandezRamiro SanchezCheyenne StirekCody StirekKyndall RollinsSulemia ReyesRene Ramirez

2012 T3 Writing Contest Winners

1st Place - received $25 Lee

Franks gift certificate, t-shirt and medallion

2nd Grade - Daniel Bouy3rd Grade - Colin Silverthorn4th Grade - Erica Good5th Grade - Hannah Bouy

2nd Place - received t-shirt and medallion

2nd Grade - Quaid McCormick

3rd Grade - Whitney Nelson4th Grade - Marsie Brazil5th Grade - Noni Alley

3rd Place - received t-shirt and medallion

2nd Grade - Sage Fuhrman3rd Grade - John Kennedy4th Grade - Heidi Cruz5th Grade - Garrett Wilson

(Grand Prize art winner - his art-work printed on t-shirts)

Honorable Mention 2nd Grade - Carson Sasse,

Chloe Combs, Connor Hardesty3rd Grade - Maria Corrales-

Rubio, Kelli Villalva, Ariana Perez, Karlie Richey, Angelina Wilson, Emma Alexander

4th Grade - Erica Good, Marsie Brazil, Heidi Cruz

5th Grade - Brianna Gutierrez, Eric Owsley, Austin Wood

2012 T3 Art Contest Winners1st Place - received $25 Lee

Franks gift certificate, t-shirt and

medallion2nd Grade - Aava Gleason3rd Grade - Waylon Wilson4th Grade - Heidi Cruz5th Grade - Garrett Wilson

2nd Place - received t-shirt and medallion

2nd Grade - Juan Tafolla3rd Grade - Clay Buchert4th Grade - Marcia Garcia5th Grade - Hannah Bouy

3rd Place - received t-shirt and medallion

2nd Grade - Stella Crutcher3rd Grade - Kevin Ortega4th Grade - Maisie Ramon5th Grade - Marlene Aparicio

Honorable Mention2nd Grade - Sara Sanchez,

Yadira Orozco, Jair Aparicio-Pena

3rd Grade - Myles Timm, Lane Bolich, Maria Corrales-Rubio

4th Grade - Madysen Smolinski, Steven Zandell, Marcie Brazil

5th Grade - Jamen Griffin, Quincy Vassar, Megan West

Tonasket Elementary School also wishes to thank local band North Half for donating a con-cert on Field Day, June 12. Band members include Todd Mathews (a TES first grade teacher), Steve Blackler, Mike Daniels, Jon Gee and Jim Briggs.

Tonasket Elementary bestows year-end awards

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North Half performed for Tonasket Elementary School students on Field Day, June 12.

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Aidan Nelson and Carissa McAllister won bicycles donated by the Oroville Masons for their gains in reading through the 2011-12 school year at Tonasket Elementary.

Do you have a Special Event orSpecial Person you want to honor at your church?

To place information in the Church Guidecall 476-3602

Holy Rosary Parish1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pastor Jim Yaussy Albright. jim.ya@hotmail.com

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

923 Main St. • ocbf@ymail.comMark Fast, Pastor

www.BrotherOfTheSon.com

Faith Lutheran Church11th & Ironwood, Oroville • 476-2426

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

Pastor Dan Kunkel • Deacon Dave Wildermuth

Immaculate Conception Parish1715 Main Street Oroville

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

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

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

SUNDAY: 7 a.m. Men’s Meeting 9:45 Sunday School (2-17 yrs) • Life Skills (18+) 10:45 Worship Service • Children’s Church (3-8 yrs)

WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Bible Study (13+)Pastor Claude Roberts

Oroville Unit ed Methodist908 Fir, Oroville • 476-2681

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

Valley Christian FellowshipPastor Randy McAllister

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

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

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

• Wednesday Evening Worship 7 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal602 Central Ave., Oroville

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

The Reverend Marilyn Wilder 476-3629Warden • 476-2022

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

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

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

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

Oroville Free Methodist1516 Fir Street • Pastor Rod Brown • 476.2311

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

Monday 7:00 pm • After School M-W-F 3-5pm offi ce@orovillefmc.org

OROVILLE

Okanogan ValleyChurch Guide

CHESAWChesaw Community Bible Church

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

Pastor Duane Scheidemantle • 485-3826Youth Pastor Matthew Valdez

TONASKET

MOLSON

RIVERSIDERiverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God

102 Tower Street Sunday Bible Study 10:00am

Sunday Worship 11:00am & 6:30pmWednesday- family Night 6:30pm

Pastor Vern & Anita WeaverPh. 509-826-4082

Community Christian FellowshipMolson Grange, Molson

Sunday 10:30 a.m., Worship & Youth Sun. SchoolWednesday 6:30pm, Bible Study

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

By Marian McclanahanOkanOgan COunty tea Party

OMAK - Several candidates have accepted the invitation to participate in the Candidate Forum and Picnic to be held in Omak’s Civic League Park on Wednesday, July 4 from noon until 4 p.m.

The following candidates have promised to attend:

Jamie Wheeler, U. S. Rep., Congressional Dist. 4; Dave T. Sumner IV, Lt. Governor; Henry (Hank) Rawson, Superior Court Judge, Position 1; Albert Roberts, Okanogan County Commissioner, Dist. 1; Don R. (Bud) Hover, Okanogan County Commissioner, Dist. 2; Ray L. Campbell, Okanogan County Commissioner, Dist. 2 and Scot D. Stuart, Okanogan District

Court Judge, Position 1Candidates who did not meet

the response deadline may still participate.

The forum is sponsored by the Okanogan County Tea Party which is pleased to announce that watermelon will be available at the picnic, courtesy of Gene’s Harvest Foods allowing the pur-chase at cost only. Donations will be gratefully received.

Tea Party sponsors July 4th Candidates Forum