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BY GARY A. DEVONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE – Ameresco, the com-pany contracted to built Oroville High School’s new geothermal heating and cooling system, said the project cost more than anticipated and asked the

school board to consider signing over $180,000 in energy incentives the district may be receiving.

Representatives of the company said they had built a more robust system and that the price of equipment, well drilling and trench-ing were partly to blame for a nearly $180,000 higher than expected cost. They said Okanogan County PUD had promised incentives of $180,000 because the system was even

better than designed. When asked they said it was just “coincidence” that the amount of the cost overuns was equal to the incentives.

“The project will save the dis-trict $32,000 a year in energy sav-ings and pays for itself in just under a ten year period,” said Ameresco’s

Randy McPhearson, who added that the project, originally slated for completion over the summer, would be complete as

soon as the “shed” was complete.The $180,000 in PUD incentives were

not part of the equation when the proj-ects costs were originally considered and were available now only because what the district was getting was much more “robust,” a theme the Ameresco repre-sentatives repeated several times.

“On the other hand bids came in at $180,000 above bid. However, Ameresco guaranteed the project cost,” said McPhearson. “We are asking for the acceptance of the PUD rebates be given to us to make us whole.”

The company said that they based

their costs on the cost of the system at the Oroville Elementary School which was installed six years ago. They said that they added some money in to negate increases due to the passage of those six years, though.

The board was shown some figures the company said represented why the proj-ect ended up being so much more than anticipated. However, several members of the school board, led by Chairman Rocky DeVon said they were not detailed enough to explain why there would be $180,000 more in costs.

School board asked to give up $180K incentive

Gary DeVon/staff photo

Green Okanogan held a metal drive last Thursday, Sept. 19 at their location off Western Ave. in Tonasket. The GO organization plans a similar event every third Thursday of the month. GO will be accepting all metals including tin, steel, aluminum and scrap. GO also accepts e-cycle materials including: com-puters, monitors, laptops, towers, and TVs. Doug “Free Store Doug” Bovard was manning the collection site on Thursday. He said it had been relatively busy with more e-cycle material coming in than metals that day. For more information on Green Okanogan and metal and e-cycling call (509) 486-2389.

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

BY GARY A. DEVONMANAGING EDITOR

OROVILLE – While they may never have been accused of it, at least to their faces, the Oroville City Council conducted business in the dark - literally - when the power went out about halfway through their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17.

After stopping to collect some flashlights, the council barely skipped a beat and continued with their agenda, including an update on the Similkameen Trailhead Grant. Chris Branch, director of Community Development, reminded the council that County Infrastructure Funds, often referred to as .09 funds, were used to buy the property for the trailhead. The property was then turned over to the county for further trail development as part of their Okanogan County Trail System. Branch said there is still money remaining from the $180,000 grant to further enhance the trailhead, especially for restrooms and parking devel-opment.

However, according to Branch, the current Okanogan County Commissioners do not see the same value in tourism as their predecessors.

“They’d like us to take it back over,” Branch said. “Some of the smaller items have been complet-ed, but the bigger components are more costly like the restrooms, a shelter and excavation for park-ing.”

Much of the matching funds required for grants that are being used for trail development have come from volunteers through

the Pacific Northwest Trails Association and through the Oroville High School wood shop and metal shop classes, as well as the Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society.

Branch said he just wanted to make the council aware of the potential for the city to take back the trail and said he hoped the county would continue to allow the city to use its engineer for permitting purposes.

The Similkameen Trail follows the old Great Northern Railroad line starting in Oroville on Kernan Road and moving paral-lel to the Similkameen River to a point near the old Enloe Dam Powerhouse. There is also a trail-head at Taber Vineyards near the old railroad bridge that is part of the trail.

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARKIn a tourism related issue, Rod

Noel, superintendent of Public Works, reported the project to bring electrical and water hook-ups to 18 additional camping spots at Osoyoos Lake Veterans Memorial Park, will begin in this fall. The electrical service will be upgraded from 400 amps to 800 amps, trenches will be dug to each site and Vassar Electric will do the electrical work, according to Noel.

“It looks like the cultural study will be okay,” said Noel, who answered council’s question that the study was $6765 of the proj-ect’s $57,714 cost.

Currently there is only one campsite with water and electri-cal hook ups. In the past it has

Oroville council conducts business in the darkPower outage forces Sept. 17 meeting to be finished by flashlight

THE GAZETTE-TRIBUNE

YAKIMA – A draft renewal to the wastewater discharge per-mit at the Buckhorn Mountain Mine near Chesaw is available for review and comment from the state Department of Ecology.

Crown Resources, a division of Kinross Gold Company, oper-ates the gold mine under a water quality permit known as a fed-eral National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit

(NPDES). The permit acts in accordance with provisions of the state’s Clean Water Act and the state’s Metals, Mining and Milling Act, according to Ecology

Crown was cited for failing to maintain its groundwater capture zone for a total of 94 days during during 2011 and 2012. Violations in 2011 include allowing water discharges causing slope instabil-ity and erosion, and for discharg-ing water at an unauthorized point. The mine is required to capture contaminated ground-water from around mine exca-vations and tunnels and under surface stockpiles, and pump it to a treatment plant.

“Crown Resources is required

to establish and maintain a groundwater capture zone at all times to protect water qual-ity outside the capture zone,” explained Lorraine Powell, an Ecology hydro-geologist at the time of the penallty “Water has to be pumped out of the mine work-ings and surrounding capture zone areas and treated onsite so water quality is protected while mine operations continue.”

According to Ecology’s inves-tigation, the violations occurred primarily because the mine didn’t have adequate capacity to capture the contaminated water gener-ated by the underground mine workings during the 2011 and 2012 spring seasons. Water gen-

erated in the underground mine can carry high concentrations of heavy metals such as copper, lead and zinc that must be cap-tured and processed before being discharged at approved outfalls. In addition to heavy metals, the mine must meet standards for sulfate, nitrate, and acidity and must manage stormwater.

Ecology says the new permit will be more protective of water quality and the environment. As part of the five-year renewal, the mining company will have a year of interim pollution discharge limits to come into compliance with the more rigorous standards. The permit also authorizes new outfalls where the mine is allowed

to discharge treated mine water from its wastewater treatment plant back to the environment. Under the permit, the mine must address failures to capture and contain contaminants from the mine that resulted in a penalty in 2012.

The draft permit would allow the discharge of treated mine water to surface waters in Gold Bowl Creek, Nicholson Creek and Marias Creek. It would also allow the discharge of untreated non-industrial stormwater to the ground, in compliance with Ecology’s water quality standards.

Ecology will make a final determination on the permit after it receives and evaluates all timely

comments. The draft permit and fact sheet may be viewed at the Ecology website.

To obtain a copy of the draft permit and related documents or to arrange to view copies, call Roger Johnson at (509) 454-7658, e-mail [email protected], or write to the address below.

All comments must be sub-mitted by Oct. 21, 2013, to be considered for the final determi-nation. Comments should be sent to: Cindy Huwe, Department of Ecology, Central Regional Office, 15 W. Yakima Ave., Suite 200; Yakima, WA 98902. E-mail com-ments should be sent to [email protected].

Review of Buckhorn mine water quality permit beginsAll comments must be submitted by Oct. 21

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“I’m not seeing how you missed by so far. “

Rocky DeVon, Oroville School Board Chairman

SEE SCHOOL | PG A4

Company said it overbuilt Oroville High School HVAC

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OROVILLE – Oroville’s direc-tor of Community Development, Chris Branch, spoke with the chamber of commerce at their Thursday, Sept. 13 meeting.

In discussing the state’s lodg-ing tax, commonly referred to as the Hotel/Motel Tax, which is levied on people who rent a place to stay for less than 30 days, Branch said there have been some changes.

“The state added more require-ments... there was a movement to take it away from the communi-ties and use it elsewhere. For now people applying for the tax from the city or county have got to show how many people your event is going to bring to the community,” said Branch.

Branch explained about Oroville’s Tree Board and how they were doing an inventory of trees that fall under the city’s jurisdiction and how the board should be consulted prior to someone doing anything that would affect those trees.

This subject has gotten renewed interest after the Oroville School District removed nearly a dozen trees from the city’s right of way by the elementary school without consulting the city first.

Branch said that a plan to form a Mosquito Taxing District was in the works and that Oroville, Tonasket, Riverside, Omak and Okanogan were being asked to join. The district would impose a tax to take preventative measures and spray for mosquitos each year.

Oroville is still deciding how

the new legalized marijuana law will affect the city, according to Branch. Decisions on where grows and stores can be located will be part of the process. He said stores that sell marijuana will probably be treated like bars and stores that sell liquor. They are limited to locations depend-ing on their proximity to schools, churches and parks. The state is only going to allow five stores to be located in Okanogan County.

Editor’s Note: This is a contin-uation of last week’s article about Chris Branch’s presentation to the Oroville Chamber of Commerce. Branch is Oroville’s director of Community Development and was at the meeting to discuss a variety of topics of interest between the city and the business organization.

Planner talks about tourism, trees, mosquitos and pot

Booster Club Dinner/Auction raises over $10k for activities


OROVILLE – Calling it a “fantastic dinner and auction,” long time Oroville Booster Club Auctioneer Ken Neal said the event raised more than $10,000 to help youth athletics and academics.

“The dinner was fantas-tic, a great job was done by the

Breadline (at the Beach) and Paula and her crew,” said Neal. “And a good job was done by Veranda Beach Resort... Jim Hammond was there and very supportive as was his staff.”

The dinner was hosted by Veranda Beach Resort on the east side of Lake Osoyoos. Although there was some concern the weather might work against them, Neal said it was perfect and the live auction was held out on the deck. The silent auction took place in the resort’s game room.

“We made over $9,000 on the live auction and $1000 on the silent auction. One highlight was

Susan Smith’s cookies which went for almost $200,” said Neal, who added that about 100 people were in attendance for the dinner, with more joining afterwards for the auction.

Neal said they also had at least a dozen of Veranda Beach home-owners, mostly Canadian resi-dents, come out too support the Booster Club.

“We had a couple of last minute donations from them and several made bids on auction items,” said Neal.

The next event will be at the Oroville American Legion Hall on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Second event set for Nov. 2 at American Legion

In an article in the Sept. 12 issue of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune we erroneously identified the Ellisforde business that was robbed based on statements from the Okanogan County Sheriff ’s office. What the article should have said was that on Sunday, Sept. 8 a masked bandit held up Dan’s Market, one of two stores located on Highway 97 in the tiny community of Ellisforde.

“A Hispanic male with a box

cutter came into the store wear-ing a hat, mask and gloves last Sunday afternoon demanding money,” said Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers. “He took $1500 and locked up the woman working there....”

The man was wearing black jeans, a dark hoody, a cap and a red bandana over his face, according to the clerk’s grand-mother, who added that her granddaughter was locked in the

beer cooler, not in a closet as reported earlier, until someone came into the store, heard her and let her out.

“When he locked her in there she blocked the door so he couldn’t open it again,” she said.

Rogers said that since the man was basically covered from head to toe and the woman did not see a vehicle it will be hard to find out who the robber is.

CORReCTiOn

SuBmitted by Sandra PartriDGeWaSh. State dePartMent Of ecOlOgy

YAKIMA – Water levels in Osoyoos Lake in north central Washington are being lowered over the coming weeks in antici-pation of the changing seasons.

The lake will be gradually low-ered to winter operational levels at Zosel Dam and maintained at about 909.5 feet until spring. Lowering lake levels in the fall provides more storage area for winter rain and melting snow and prevents shoreline damage from winter freezing and flooding. In

March, dam operators will raise the lake to the prescribed level of 911.5 feet for normal summer operations.

As recreational activity on the lake begins to slow down in the fall, the Washington Department of Ecology lowers the level of the lake from its summer (March 1-Oct. 31) levels to winter opera-tional levels.

These levels are mandat-ed under orders put in place by the International Joint Commission, a board made up of representatives from the United States and Canada. Originally developed in the

1940s, the orders have been adjusted twice, most recently in January 2013. Adjustments have been small and will not materially change the way the dam and lake levels are oper-ated throughout the year, espe-cially in winter.

For more information on the operation of Zosel Dam or Lake Osoyoos, contact Al Josephy at Ecology, (360) 407-6456, or by email [email protected]. To track the progress of lake levels in “real-time,” as well as find addi-tional information, go to the U.S. Geological Survey web page for Osoyoos Lake.

Ecology makes seasonal water level changes at Osoyoos Lake

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OROVILLE - Ship Happens! is a shipping/receiving solution for home and business which origi-nated in Sumas, Wash. in 1998 taking advantage of its proximity to the Canadian border on the west side of the state. The Oroville outlet was opened August 2010.

The Oroville office outgrew their accommodations so a new warehouse has just been com-pleted. The grand opening for the new warehouse took place on Wednesday, Sept. 18 Lisa Evers, the business’ owner cut the ribbon while property owner Debbie Graham blew a party horn. Also present were Roxie Pelton, Oroville manager and Mark Robanske, owner of K.E.E. Construction, who built the warehouse.

The new warehouse has trans-formed that neck of the woods. A huge tree was removed, also by K.E.E. Construction, so the freight trucks can have easy access in and out. Graham and her daughter Madeleine worked much of the summer hauling off the tree and building-site scrap and doing painting and improve-ments as well.

“Ship Happens! is useful to Canadians who order items and need a U.S. address. The busi-ness deals with all items, ranging from envelopes to shower stalls and motorcycles. They also deal in contracts with businesses and in pallet loads. They have forklift services to accommodate all a customer’s freight requirements.

Ship Happens! can receive your eBay win, Amazon order, UPS parcel, U.S. Postal or FedEx item. They also deal with most other couriers.

Ship Happens! is one of Washington’s largest UPS ship-pers and they say their rates are

unbeatable. The business is the only authorized UPS outlet in Oroville. For more info about Ship Happens, go onto their website myshiphappens.com or stop in to visit at 1920 Main St. Oroville, just north of Trino’s Restaurant.

Ship Happens! is open every day but Sundays and holidays. Their phone number is (509) 476-3995. Call them for a free estimate on your specific needs. They service northern Washington, Okanogan Valley, B.C. and Alberta.

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Gary deVon/staff photo

Lisa Evers, owner of Ship Happens! cuts the ribbon on her new warehouse at the shipping and receiving center located on Main Street in Oroville. Also taking part in the ceremony are Roxie Pelton, manager of the business; Debbie Graham, who owns the property and Mark Robanske of K.E.E. Constrution, which built the warehouse.

Gary deVon/staff photo

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Dean Robinson and Jean Moulton met at the movie house in Oroville, Wash. and were married on Sept. 27, 1948 in Oroville. They moved around a lot and eventually settled in Longview, Wash where he worked for Weyerhaeuser and she worked for Don’s Gas Station until they moved back to Oroville.In Oroville Dean went to work for the Old Peerless until he retired and Jean worked for warehouses for many years. Now that they are retired, Dean loves working in the yard and Jean loves reading, as well as visiting with grandchildren and great grandchildren. They have four daughters, ten grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

Robinsons Celebrate 65th Anniversary

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Jerry Anderson (right) was installed as the Tonasket Kiwanis president for the upcoming year at last Tuesday’s annual banquet. Division 9 Lt. Governor-Elect Robert Stone of the Pacific Northwest Kiwanis made the presenta-tion.

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SupeRioR CouRtCriminalkevin Earl Devine, 42, Oroville, pleaded

guilty Sept. 19 to forgery and third-degree theft. in a separate case, he pleaded guilty to first-degree trafficking in stolen property. He was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $1,100.50. The crimes were committed in March and april of 2013.

James Michel gee, 59, Omak, pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to second-degree assault (with a deadly weapon). gee was sentenced to 139 days in jail and fined $500. The crime occurred april 20.

Brandy M. Summers, 37, Tonasket, pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to second-degree possession of stolen property. She was sentenced to 16 days in jail for the May 22 crime. in an unrelated case, Summers also pleaded guilty to POCS. She was sentenced to 17 days in jail to run concurrently. That crime occurred aug. 31.

alberto Montejano-Rangel, 32, Omak, pleaded guilty Sept. 12 to three counts of delivery of a controlled substance. Montejano-Rangel was sentenced to 12 months in prison for the crimes that occurred in March and april of 2013.

The court found probable cause to charge karilyn ann Cline, 23, Oroville, with second-degree theft (access device) and third-degree theft.

The court found probable cause to charge Timothy nicholas Taylor, 23, Omak, with first-degree assault (DV) and harassment (threats to kill) (DV).

Juvenilea 16-year-old Omak girl pleaded guilty

Sept. 19 to MiP/C. She was sen-tenced to 20 days in detention with credit for 19 days served and fined $100. The crime occurred Sept. 1.

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Justin kiel Smith, 29, Riverside, guilty of third-degree theft. Smith was sen-tenced to 364 days in jail with 334 days suspended and fined $808. He also had a second-degree criminal trespass charge dismissed.

Tracy lynne Smith, 26, Tonasket, had a fourth-degree assault charge dismissed.

zaphett akein Spears, 36, Okanogan, guilty of fourth-degree assault. Spears was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 334 days suspended and fined $1,033.

lyle Jack Stanczak, 42, Okanogan, guilty of operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device and third-degree DWlS. Stanczak was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 334 days suspended and fined $768.

lynn Michelle Stanley, 43, Omak, guilty of use/delivery of drug parapher-nalia. Stanley was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 81 days suspended and fined $858.

David a. Stewart, 59, Oroville, guilty of second-degree criminal trespass. Stewart was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 82 days suspended and fined $358.

Sabrina a. Storm, 36, Omak, had a charge dismissed: allowing an un-authorized person to drive. Storm was fined $400.

auston Riley-Marie Strieck, 20, Oroville, had a fourth-degree assault charge dismissed.

Cameron John Taylor, 18, Omak, guilty of violating a no-contact/protection order. Taylor was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 355 days suspended and fined $483.

Melissa Marchel Torgerson, 45, Okano-gan, had a third-degree DWlS charge dismissed.

Beau Brandon True, 29, Omak, guilty of obstructing a law enforcement offi-cer. True was sentenced to 364 days in jail with 334 days suspended and fined $508. He also had a disorderly conduct charge dismissed.

Tommie Bernard Tucker, 44, Oroville, guilty of third-degree DWlS. Tucker was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended and fined $818.

William H. Vance, 47, Omak, had a charge dismissed: littering greater than one cubic yard.

Dawn Jewel Walters, 54, Oroville, had five charges dismissed: first-degree criminal trespass, second-degree criminal trespass, resisting arrest, deposit of an unwholesome sub-stance and third-degree malicious mischief.

Jeffrey Van Weitman, 33, Omak, had a third-degree DWlS charge dismissed.

Forrest Tyler Williams, 67, loomis, had a hit-and-run (unattended property) charge dismissed.

amanda louise yaksic, 25, Omak, had a third-degree theft charge dismissed.

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Monday, Sept. 16, 2013Two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 97 near

Okanogan.Theft on Hwy. 20 near Tonasket.Theft on Hendrick Rd. near Omak. Wal-

let reported missing.non-injury motorcycle accident

on lookout Mountain Rd. near Okanogan.

Theft on Engh Rd. in Omak.assault on Montvue St. in Riverside.Burglary on Hwy. 97 near Oroville. Com-

puter and guns reported missing.Threats on n. Cordell Rd. near Oroville. Disorderly conduct on W. First St. in

Tonasket.Burglary on Okama Dr. in Omak.Hit-and-run vehicle crash on Jasmine St.

in Omak.Malicious mischief on W. Cherry St. in

Omak.Harassment on W. apple Dr. in Omak.Public intoxication on S. Main St. in

Omak.Harassment on ironwood St. in Oroville.Domestic dispute on ironwood St. in

Oroville.Michael Wayne Hunter, 37, booked for

Dui.Jesus Dominguez-Martinez, 30, booked

on a Tonasket Police Depart-ment FTa warrant for first-degree DWlS/R.

Morgan lynn Roloff, 21, booked for two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of third-degree theft.

luis antonio Orosco, 29, booked for two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of third-degree theft.

kai Michael Marcellay, 31, booked for two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of third-degree theft.

William alexander, no middle name listed, 66, booked for unlawful pos-session of a weapon.

Christopher Buck Ellis, 36, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV) and third-degree malicious mischief (DV).

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013Threats on Stage Coach Trail near

Riverside.Harassment on S. Fifth ave. in Okano-

gan.Domestic dispute on S. Second ave. in

Okanogan.Two-vehicle crash on Toroda Creek

Rd. near Wauconda. no injuries reported.

Theft on Swanson Mill Rd. near Tonas-ket. Meat reported missing from freezer.

Warrant arrest on apple Way Rd. in Okanogan.

Harassment on S. Seventh ave. in Okanogan.

Warrant arrest on Engh Rd. in Omak.Two reports of theft on Engh Rd. in

Omak.assault on ironwood St. in Oroville.alfred Floyd Oliver ii, 38, booked for

POCS (heroin).

COPS & COURTS

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TONASKET - The Tonasket Kiwanis held their annual instal-lation banquet on Tuesday, Sept. 17, highlighting the service of longtime members and officially installing their officers for the year, which runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.

Jerry Anderson was installed as president for the new year, with Aaron Kester taking over Anderson’s spot as president-

elect. Outgoing president Susannah

Perry, the outgoing president, named Jack Gavin the Kiwanian of the year for his support during her term.

Incoming directors include Terri Orford, Marjorie Dean, Chuck Weller and John Colbert. Bertha Wandler will continuing as secretary and will be assisted

by Julie Conkle. The new trea-surer will be Sara Bartleson and will be assisted by Samuel Nau.

Receiving service pins were Emert Verbeck (64 years), Wayne Verbeck (49 years), Ralph Longanecker (46 years), Rob Nau (30 years), Herb Wandler (25 years), Chuck Weller (14 years), Bertha Wandler (10 years) and Susannah Perry (4 years).

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Oroville High School welcomes new staff

Submitted by Kristin sarmientoOrOVille HigH ScHOOl PrinciPal

OrOVille - there are new faces amongst the staff here at Oroville High School and we are very pleased with all of the new staff members that have joined us. they are all passionate about their jobs and enjoy working with our kids. in the Middle School we would like to welcome Jan Ottman and ryan Frazier. Ottman is teach-ing seventh and eighth grade math and comes to us from tonasket Middle School where she has taught for the last 16 years.Frazier is a former Oroville High School graduate and he comes to us with a background in alternative education. He is currently teaching seventh and eighth grade Social Studies as well as one section of High School u.S. History. in the High school, we have hired Jay thacker as our Pe Specialist. thacker comes to us from goldendale School District where he has spent the last eight years. He is also our Head boys basketball coach. Our last new hire works in both the middle and high school and is our counselor. Steven gunderson comes to us originally from the bellingham area, but most recently from Spokane. He graduated from the Ma in counseling program through gonzaga university. We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new staff members. We are very excited to have you working with us.

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Joining the staff at Oroville High School are P.E. Specialist and Boys Basketball Coach Jay Thacker, junior high Social Studies teacher Ryan Frazier, junior high Math teacher Jan Ottman and junior-senior high counselor Steve Gunderson.

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TONASKET - Shorter days and cooler temperatures mean it’s time to start looking for opportu-nities to accomplish fall burning on the Tonasket Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

The 2013 fall prescribed fire season is likely to begin in mid-September and continue into November.

Conditions, like weather fore-casts, humidity levels and the moisture of branches and debris on the forest floor are being eval-uated by fuels specialists.

This season, prescribed burn-ing is being considered east of the City of Tonasket in the area around the Fir Mountain as part of the Frosty Fuels Reduction Project, as well as near Lost Creek and Dugout Mountain as part of the Lost Fuels Reduction Project. West of Conconully prescribed burning is being considered in the Middle Mountain area as part of the Mutton Integrated Resource Project and north of Conconully, Schalow Mountain will also be evaluated for fall burning. For the Schallow burn, specialists are watching for just the right mix of conditions needed to prevent inadvertent impacts to riparian nesting species, while achieving ecosystem restoration objectives.

In addition to the planned underburns, the district has piles to be burned. The piles are made up of small diameter trees and branches that were cut during thinning or fuels reduction activ-ities. Pile burning is expected to last into November.

“Prescribed burning will not begin until smoke dispersal and weather conditions are favorable, and burn plan objectives can be accomplished,” said Jen Croft, Fire Management Officer for the Tonasket Ranger District.

Each element that affects the success of a prescribed fire is evaluated prior to ignition. Smoke dispersal and minimiza-tion of smoke impacts to public health are of primary concern. Monitoring weather conditions,

long term forecasts, forest fuel moistures, and neighboring pre-scribed fire activity are all part of the evaluation process.

The District’s prescribed fire program emphasizes reducing forest fuel accumulations and wildfire potential in areas of the National Forest nearest private lands and those lands managed by other agencies. Lower to mid-valley elevations are of highest concern. Historically, these areas experienced frequent fire, about every 5-35 years, from both human and natural causes. The historic fires were low to moder-ate in intensity, and reoccurred frequently enough to limit how fire burned on the landscape. Successful prevention and sup-pression of fires during the past century has resulted in a change from historic forest conditions and fire potential.

As part of the comprehensive Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Restoration Strategy, Tonasket Ranger District is working to reduce increased fire potential by lowering forest fuel accumulations using commercial and pre-commercial thinning along with the reintroduction of fire back into the ecosystem. Additional benefits of prescribed burning include habitat resto-ration, maintenance of species diversity, stimulation of forage for browsing species, and return of nutrients to the soil.

To get involved with prescribed fire planning efforts, please con-tact Shawn Plank at the Tonasket Ranger District. To speak with a prescribed fire specialist or obtain updates during the burn season, please call the District’s prescribed burning informa-tion line at (509) 486-5158. Ignition updates are also sent out on twitter at www.twitter.com/OkaWenNF.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources regulates smoke management and must approve smoke for all controlled burns on national for-ests within the state. Okanogan-Wenatchee N.F. fire specialists closely coordinate with the state’s air quality managers, after they receive burn approval.

Prescribed burning to begin in tonasket Ranger district

From the Swine barn:

Overall FFA Barn Herdsmanship: Pateros FFA

Overall 4H Barn Herdsmanship: Methow Cascaders

Senior Grand Champion Herdsmanship: Jorge Caballero

Senior Reserve Grand Champion Herdsmanship: Cooper Routien

Senior Spirit of the Pavillion: Dakota Salcido

Intermediate Grand Champion Herdmsmanship: Dakota

Andrews & Mylan AndrewsIntermediate Reserve Grand

Champion Herdsmanship: Joe Ogborn and Madilynn Larson

Intermediate Spirit of the Pavilion: Madeline Serles

Junior Grand Champion Herdsmanship: Katie Serles and Tegan Brady

Junior Spirit of the Pavilion: Jacie Wilson

Pre-Junior Grand Champion Herdsmanship: Chase Barroca

Pre-Junior Spirit of the Pavilion: Logan Silverthorn

COUNTY FAIR RESULTS, CONT.

been offered to the campground host.

Kathy Jones said that the con-tract for reservation system the city has been using, the same system used by the state when the park was theirs, ran out last year. She said the new contract calls for a $500 set up fee and is for one year, while the first contract was for three years and required no set up fee.

Jones recommended the city renew the contract for one year and then look into other options that may be less expensive. She pointed out, however, there is value in the fact that it is the same system the state uses as many people who have camped at Veterans Memorial are used to making their reservations there.

Rosa Snider spoke to the coun-cil about the concession stand that was rented by her son at the park.

“I apologize for not being able to finish out the last couple of

weeks. We have been doing a lot of work out at the market,” said Snider, who offered suggestions for the next person or persons that rent it.

She said she could supply a vendor list and added that Pat Davidson of Frontier Foods had been very helpful, as was Mike at the health department.

“We would also be happy to help whoever you find in the future. We would even help in finding equipment. This was a wonderful opportunity you offered to a young couple,” said Snider.

“We really appreciate you step-ping up and helping to run it through the summer,” said Mayor Chuck Spieth.

Jones said that with the second months receipts, even though the concession stand got opened late in the season, made more than the last renter did all summer.

Free Tire ColleCTion evenTAfter hearing that the transfer

station was going to be used for the free tire collection event spon-sored by the state Department of Ecology, the council decided since the Ellisforde Transfer sta-tion was a collection site, one would not be located in town. In fact, other than Brewster, none of the cities in the county have agreed to locate a collection site. The other sites will be the Twisp Transfer Station and the Central Landfill.

There was concern that locat-ing the collection site here would require extra time from the city crew, as well as open the city to liability if one of the volunteers got hurt.

“Why have two sites within five miles?” asked Noel.

“I would be more comfortable with this option. They (the coun-ty) have more equipment to han-dle the tires,” said Councilman Tony Keopke.

Jones said that when the city was asked if they would allow a collection site, the request made

no mention of the transfer station as being a collection point.

“I’d like to have it here, but can understand when there is another so close,” said Councilman Walt Hart III.

norTh end reservoirNoel updated the council on

the new reservoir being built to serve the North End Water Users, as well as ensuring enough water for fire protection of the new U.S. Border Patrol Station.

“They’ve (the contractor) have got started out there. They are excavating the site and so far they haven’t hit any rocks, it appears there is a nice shelf there to locate on,” said Noel.

Noel said it looked like the project is moving forward and the pipe installation should begin next week.

“They are going to keep the road watered to keep the dust down as they were told they need to respect the neighbors,” said Noel.

4500 customers lose power for over an hour last weekby Gary a. DeVonManaging eDitOr

OROVILLE – A windstorm knocking a transmission line into a fiber optic pole is being blamed for an 80 minute power outage on Tuesday, Sept. 17 that affect-ed the Oroville, Ellisforde and Whitestone areas, according to the Okanogan County PUD.

“That night we were having those weird winds and a transmis-sion line near Epson Salt Road got blown into a fiber pole and short-ed out,” said Tim Devries, director of Engineering and Operations for the PUD. “The system saw that as a fault and opened the breakers and that caused the shut down for all the customers served by the Whitestone, Ellisforde and

Oroville Substations.... over 4500 accounts.”

The contact between the trans-mission and the fiber pole hap-pened about 7:20 p.m. and caused the pole to catch on fire. The Tonasket Fire Department was dispatched to the scene and a photo of the burning pole has been posted on their Facebook page.

Devries said that two BPA transmission lines come out of

Omak, one goes to the Tonasket Substation and terminates there. The other continues on to Oroville and is no longer BPA, it is tapped and goes to Loomis and the Whitestone Substation and then is tapped again to go to the Ellisforde Substation.

Most people made due with candles and flashlights when the power went out and patient-ly waited for it to resume. In Oroville most of the businesses

were closed with Akiens Harvest Food and Prince’s Ace Hardware still running on backup genera-tors.

Devries said that a lightning storm that occurred around the same time as the power went out also cause some of the utility’s customers in the Tonasket area to suffer intermittent outages.

‘Weird winds’ led to outage

“We engineered a more robust system. The wells were deeper than anticipated and the cost for trench work came in as dou-ble,” said McPhearson, who also pointed to it being harder to get bidders “up here.”

“Our ultimate goal is to give the best system we can, we used the elementary as a basis,” said Shelly Pittman with Ameresco.

“You would still get incentive dollars and there would be no increase in cost... basically it was the same price,” said Ameresco’s Paul Ristow.

“If the tides were turned and came in so far under budget would we be getting the sav-ings,” asked Superintendent Steve Quick.

“Yes, we have a guaranteed price. We would have given back the savings,” said McPhearson.

DeVon said looking at the few figures supplied by the company he just wasn’t seeing $180,000 in overages.

“I’m not seeing how you missed by so far. I’m going to need a lot more information,” said the school director.

The board was asked whether they recall the fact for several years the PUD was only collect-ing about half the actual cost of the power usage at the high school because of a faulty meter installed during the building’s remodeling. The PUD informed the school district that this money would have to be recov-ered and it was unlawful for them to give ratepayers money even to a school district which was fund-ed by taxpayers who were some of those very same ratepayers. The district has for several years paid extra each month because of that glitch.

The person asked, wouldn’t that apply to this situation, how could the district give $180,000 of money, money that would oth-erwise have to come from the dis-trict taxpayers to fund projects, to a company that guarantees their price?

Kirstan Willson, with the Department of General Administration represents the school district on the project. She said in her professional capacity she would not recommend pay-

ing more than what the “guaran-teed price” was. However, person-ally, she said, she could see the district allowing for some extra recompense.

Director Todd Hill suggested

the board not even consider the issue until the work on the sys-tem was completed and the board agreed. Ameresco promised to give more detailed information on the cost overruns so they can

better make there decision at that time.

McPhearson added that what-ever decision the board makes the company stands behind its guarantee.

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Commissioners’ actions disturbing

Dear Editor,The unexpected announcement

of the December auction of the county lands around the Whistler Canyon Trailhead is disturbing to the many users of the trail, but also should concern citizens of the whole county. The northern part of the county needs increased tourist spending, as well as easy public recreational access to the federal lands along the valley.

Since it’s establishment in 2008 Whistler Canyon Trailhead has been increasingly popular as a year round destination with all sorts of people for all sorts of rec-reational activities, from hiking to horseback riding, mountain bik-ing and rock climbing to trail run-ning, snow shoeing, hunting and geo-caching. The proposal to sell the lands around the trail could diminish the value of these activi-ties by limiting public access and degrading the natural beauty of the area.

The trailhead was purchased in 2008 from Gold Diggers Orchards by the county using Title 2 and 3 federal funding. It was intend-ed to be transferred to federal ownership, but due to the Great Recession there were glitches in the plan. The BLM is still actively trying to negotiate with the county to complete this process, but the current commissioners have obvi-ously now abandoned that com-mitment and are selling the land in two parcels, one as irrigible agricultural, the other as unde-velopable “scab lands”. The fear of the trail users is that the only possible commercial value of the cliffy scab lands will be for a rock quarry/gravel pit.

Obviously the current com-missioners have ideological dif-ferences with their predecessors. They may well have good inten-tions of increasing the county’s tax base through this sale, but they are also being short sighted to the much greater benefit the Whistler Canyon Trailhead brings to the community; economic and esthetic.

At this point these arguments are moot. The commissioners have announced that the sale of the lands will be in December. It is now up to the local community to pull together and buy them for public preservation. The Pacific NW Trails Association is coordi-nating this effort, with contribu-tions being refundable if they do not win the bid. To donate please contact PNT.org or call 877-854-9415. Thank you,

James MooreTonasket

Vote for candidates, not against them

Dear Editor,I have seen several letters in

various papers criticizing Sen. John Smith, obviously written by supporters of his opponent, Brian Dansel. I have seen one in support of Sen. Smith which explained the source of the bizarre criticisms that have been thrown at him and his family. It says look at his Senate record and make your decision.

I have seen Sen. Smith’s voting record, the bills he authored and co-authored. I have heard him speak on KOMW’s “Live from Olympia”, one time in particular praising the “Public” schools in the 7th District for their outstand-ing achievement despite getting only a fraction of the money allotted to schools on the other side of the mountains, (once again proving simply throwing more money at a problem will NOT fix it!)

I have emailed him with my views on things, and asked his opinion on Constitutional and state issues. I ALWAYS get a prompt reply, as opposed to when I contact our national Senators!

I have seen practically no infor-mation on his opponent, Brian Dansel. However, as a voter I feel it is my duty to find out about him if I am to replace a Senator who appears to be doing a good job for the 7th District.

The letter from Mr. Slusher about slime-slinging politics makes a good point.

As a voter, I am to vote for candidate B simply because he is not candidate A is a well

worn style of campaigning that is frankly too flimsy to make such an important decision over.

Not knocking Mr. Dansel, but that style of campaigning got us the present occupant of the White House for eight years now and we are unfortunately finding out all kind of surprises about him and his agenda.

David WolosikOroville

Kill the IRSDear Editor,The Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) has been abusing their power. This is tyranny. It is also unjust, unfair, and un-Ameri-can. The IRS had as their target the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritans Purse which is directed by Billy Graham’s son Franklin, and Dr. James Dobson, formally Faith For the Family; also many Tea Party groups. The IRS has attacked conservative and reli-gious groups.

President Obama calls these “phony scandals”. They are not phony scandals to these people and organizations. They are real harassment.

Because of their bad actions the IRS should die, it should be abolished, bury the IRS, and put it to death. The Bible says in Psalm 119:30: “I have chosen the way of truth...”

The IRS will not stand for truth as it has unjustly targeted Christians and Christian orga-nizations. Many people will not trust the IRS.

Yes, I am in favor of paying taxes, and I pay them. Let us cre-ate a new and fair tax gathering group. We should do away with

the IRS. I suggest, we start a flat tax or another similar way to col-lect taxes. The IRS has engaged in intimidation and persecution of American Christian people.

On a side note, I have returned from preaching at a Bible con-ference in Los Angles, Calif. at the Fundamentalist Baptist Tabernacle. The church people are protected by uniformed armed security guards with guns who are members of the church. I felt very safe.

Dr. Arthur HoukColville, Washington

PUD ‘rate adjustment’

To the Editor,I got m PUD bill Saturday:

$61.80. A bit surprised I read their little message box: “This statement reflects the September rate adjustment.”

This adjustment was actually a 50 percent increase ($21.64) over August’s bill!

Seems I remember some scuttlebutt from a few years ago how PUD users would have to pay rates comparable to those across the nation (14 cents/KWH Alaska; 18 cents Mississippi, etc.)

Well we didn’t have steady rate increases, but went to a basic charge, followed by cost of power adjustment then got slapped with our old KWH charge of 4-1/3 cents on top. Now if you add all of that, divide by the KWH usage (mine was 584), my cost was 10.6 cents per KWH!

Now I”m wondering if I’ll be reading that little message box in October: “This statement reflects the October rate adjustment.”

Salley BullOroville

Each year it seems our city councils get bitten by the same bug – mosquitoes, or make that complaints from the constituents about mosquitoes.

The little biters just don’t seem to be a problem until they’re a problem and by that time there isn’t a lot that can be done other than bombing them with insecticide. That’s something everyone would like to avoid and keep as our last line of defense.

There are plenty of good reasons to want to keep mosquitoes under control. Besides being an itchy pest, mosqui-toes can be a health hazard, especially now that more cases of West Nile Virus have been found in Washington State. Although there were no known human infections of West Nile this year, there were horses, birds and mosquitoes found in Grant, Yakima, Benton, Franklin and Spokane County this year with the virus. And, according to the state Department of Health, these 18 cases were based on very small samples due to a lack of funds to pursue greater testing.

Most of us would prefer we didn’t have pesti-cides bombed on us, so what is the answer? One answer that puts it in the hands of the people is a mosquito control district. Currently, according to a pamphlet entitled the Mosquito Messenger, most cities face the dilemma each year and if

it isn’t budgeted for, then by biting time its may be too late. Omak found themselves in just such a situation and Oroville, Riverside and Okanogan, which rely on Omak’s spray permit, got caught up in their town’s failure to budget for mosquito control at budget time. Of course the bugs are easy to forget after they’re gone, but when they’re back they can be topic number one on the constituents’ minds.

So what does a mosquito control district do for a city? It can make paying for control more consistent with dedicated funds and spreads the cost over more people so that the price per those gaining the value of having fewer mosquitoes is less.

The pamphlet says, “Working together through a Mosquito Control District can provide mosquito-free neighborhoods for the whole season.”

A mosquito district would be a positive for any community and the surrounding area. First of all when treating for mosquitoes you nor-mally within the boundaries of the city, as well as areas surrounding the town that are mosquito prone. In Oroville, surrounded by water, that means treatment needs to be in more than just in town or it won’t work. More people benefit from mosquito treatment than those who live in town so more people should be helping to shoulder the burden. Also another positive is biological methods are used in waterways early in the mosquito’s lifecycle making areal spraying rare. And these biologi-cal agents only attack mosquitoes, midges and gnats. The only negative we see here would be for birds and bats that include mosquitoes as part of their diet.

Perhaps the biggest positive of course is we wouldn’t have to rely on cities whose budgets are tight and whose projects are many to have to decide on the mosquito control issue each year.

The voters will still have to decide if mosquito control is important enough to impose a small tax on themselves and only by a majority of votes in favor would it be levied. We think a mosquito control district is an idea whose time has come. Now it is up to your town to decide whether they want to be included as part of a district. If this is some-thing you think would be a good idea let your local council people know – otherwise don’t complain next mosquito season.

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I will finish out the year using the Molson Leader for the “90 Years Ago” portion below. I hope you will enjoy it.

90 YEARS AGO:September 19-26 1923: John Widell, who

lives about two miles southeast of Molson, was in town getting repairs for two binders which were smashed up in a peculiar accident recently. After cutting about 300 acres of wheat without trouble of any kind and having only 10 more to cut, a team hitched to the binder ran away, pulling the machine in two and running over another, smashing it badly. A grain fire on the John Sohn’s place, 14 miles south of town, last Wednesday, destroyed 400 bushel of wheat, 250 new grain bags, and a straw pile and burned over considerable stubble.

The McDonald Grain Co., shipped a car of wheat to the Seattle warehouse, Saturday afternoon. The shipment consist-ed of 1350 bushels of mixed wheat pur-chased from W. S. Chamberlin, came off the Chamberlin ranch and brought 80 cents per bushel. The basic price for the week-end was 82 cents for soft white and 78 cents for red, in the local warehouses, the market falling.

It is now definitely decided that a new creamery will be built by the Hazelwood people in the immediate future. The new building will be larger with concrete floors and up to date in every way. The work will be rushed in order that the building can be finished before cold weather begins.

Another chapter in the attempt of the heirs of John H. McDonald to gain pos-session of the government townsite of Molson, was closed a few days ago when the McDonald heirs again lost as a result of the decision of the State Supreme Court. When the late John H. McDonald posted homestead notices on the old Molson townsite about 20 years ago, it was the beginning of one of the longest legal battles that has ever been waged in the United States and one that has been carried through some of the highest courts of the land.

Scott’s Garage, in Oroville, has new Fords on the floor. Touring, $498, Roadster, $468 and truck, $480. Used, include 1921 touring, $300, 1920 touring, $275, 1919 touring, $225, 1918 touring, $200 and 1914 touring, $175.

50 YEARS AGO:September 19 – 26, 1963: The Molson

Grange Booth placed first at the Okanogan County Fair last weekend. Plans are now underway to take the display to the Waterville District Fair this weekend. A moose of a bull moose vamoosed after punching an extra nine or ninety holes in the fairways and greens of the Oroville Golf Course Friday morning of the past week. A photographer from the Oroville Gazette scoured the hills around the golf course and swore that there was no sign of him.

Seven girls won Omak Sewing Center’s $5.00 awards for their 4-H sewing entries and rated top in their class. Anita Condon of Nespelem, won the grand sweepstakes, a county 4-H scholarship and a chance to enter the state competition contest. The seven girls are: Sharman Rise, Kristin Landreth and Sandra Harper, Oroville; Cindy Phillips and Joan Hubbard, Malott; Janice Pickering and Loretta Pickering, Chesaw. Weather Wise by Marge Frasier, Official Observer: Sept. 11, 88 degrees maximum and 52 degrees, minimum; Sept. 12, 83 and 56; Sept. 13th, 79 and 55; Sept. 14, 73 and 44; Sept. 15, 67 and 45; Sept. 16, 67 and 52 and Sept. 17, 73 and 43. Grocery prices: Large eggs, $.57 doz; Pancake flour, 4 lb., $.45; shoulder cut pork roast, $.39 lb.; Tomato soup, per can, $.10; 3 lb. sausage rolls, $1.09; Chuck steak, $.43 per lb.; Sugar, 5 lb. $.49; Ground Beef 3 lb. 1.09.

The Oroville Junior-Senior High Schools will close during the week of Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 for apple harvest vacation. The change in dates for the release of students to pick apples was made because of the many requests from growers and students that wish to have apples harvested during that week. The annual “threshing bee” at the Evan Jones Ranch on South Pine Creek, will be held Sunday, Sept. 29. Potluck dinner at noon with everyone bringing their own eating uten-sils. The annual affair is conducted under “old time” conditions, that is, old harvesting equip-ment, which will include a steam engine, that will be used in all operations. This is an excel-lent spot for all shutter bugs, so bring your camera and plenty of film. An Oroville stu-dent at Eastern Washington State College,

Miss Dorothy Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Roberts, is one of 14 students cho-sen as a member of the EWSC “Collegians” vocal group to make an 8-week USO-National Music Council tour of the Pacific Command.

25 Years AgoSeptember 22nd - 29th, 1988: Except for

a few glitches, it looks as though Tonasket will be getting 20 units of senior housing in the near future. Construction of a one story structure is slated for next summer. According to the architect for the housing, “these will be high quality units.” The project runs into the glitch when its builders talk about its pro-posed site. Last week, the Crest Construction Co. approached the mayor and council about obtaining the land where the Tonasket Youth Center now sits. The 1988 Tonasket Junior Miss competition. Competitors for the honor awarded last Saturday, were Tonasket High School Seniors Michelle Musgrave, Jennifer Bird and Wendy Hanson. A radiant Wendy Hanson was chosen to represent Tonasket as the 1988-89 Junior Miss. New or renew, $8.88, announces an ad in the G-T. As the year begins to Fall, the price of the G-T will rise. Effective Oct. 1, 1988, the G-T will cost $13.00 per year, (in Okanogan County), so renew now or become a new subscriber while the price is low and news is hot. The Chesaw Rodeo Club will hold their annual play day Sept. 24, with a potluck din-ner at 11:30 a.m. and the games will begin at 1 p.m. It was cold in these Chesaw hills Saturday evening. White frost was all over but it was more than a frost, it was a freeze. Temperatures ranged from 27 degrees above to 17 above.

The Hornet squad was jubilant following their victory over Quincy last Friday night.“It was pretty loud on the bus” Coach Payne explained, “at least until we got to Wenatchee and got them fed.” No one is quite sure why but there seems to be less Eurasion Water Milfoil choking Lake Osoyoos this year, according to a newsletter recently distributed by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Luckily, the year the grant money dried up, so did the milfoil. This refers to the fact that the lake was lowered last spring to do the work on the new Zosel’s Dam, leaving many of the milfoil beds high and dry. The annual Jones Threshing Bee was held last Sunday, in which steam power is used to run the old time threshing machines that remove the wheat from the chaff. Wood was cut by hand and fed into the boiler of the turn of the century steam tractor that would power the belts that run the thresher.

ITEMS FROM THE PAST

Looking forward to REI catalogBy Marianne KnightHigHlands Correspondent

Did you happen to see all of the activity up in Old Molson Ghost Town last week? The front page of the paper let us know that the world-renowned Seattle-based outdoor outfitter was in the Oroville area shooting for one of their upcoming 2014 catalogs. Damon Parrish location photog-

rapher along with his crew and models took many photos for us to watch for in the upcoming catalogs.

Robin Stice along with Linda Darrow catered a nice lunch for the group at the Molson Grange Hall.

Fiona will have their last week end for the year on Sept. 28 and 29. Get in on the last of the home

grown fruits and veggies.There will be the first of the

many Pancake Feeds to come for our Hilltop on Sept. 29th from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. Wow! that’s this coming Sunday. I am sure many of you will be there.

Did you know that the Molson Grange won the First Place Award at the Okanogan County Fair.

This years theme was “Traditions Ride On.” Thanks to the Hilltoppers who took on the job of decorating for us this year. Thank you.

Until next week.

Only four days left in September. Folks from the “Highlands” have report-ed heavy frost. Seems too early for that, but it seems the whole country is having strange weather at strange times.

Whether we like it or not fall is upon us.

You never miss the electricity until you don’t have any and we got a good taste of that last week. We are a pretty helpless lot when the power suddenly goes off. We had a little light from an oil type candle, about the size of a baseball, with a faint yellow glow. And to think that is close to what I used to read by and do my school work, until we got “ritzy” and had an Aladdin lamp, with its fragile little mantle, but they did give off a good light, or so we thought at the time.

Driving by Beatle’s used car lot, which usually didn’t have room for another car, seems to be totally empty, indicating that part of the business is closed. Time will tell, I guess.

The 1944 graduating class in Oroville

had only four boys left in it by the end of the school term. All others had either been drafted or had enlisted in the military. Among those four was one very quiet, nice young man, from Nighthawk, Joe Allemandi. A while after gradua-tion my husband and Joe went into the army together. So, they had been class-mates, army buddies and friends for a lot of years. It is on a sad note that we announce the death of Joe.

Just a year ago, both of the guys were recovering from serious surgeries and “comparing operations” and Joe has had multiple issues since that time, and died peacefully, at home Sept. 17. Joe was a very successful rancher/orchardist at Palmer Lake, where he lived with his wife, Shirley and they raised their three children. At his request there will be no formal services, and his ashes will be placed where he wished them to be, as told to me by his wife, Shirley. Condolences go out to all the family.

Judy Beanblossom has been called to Arkansas where she has three close fam-

ily members, all battling cancer.Utah has the lowest deaths related to

cancer in America.It was announced at the

Senior Center that Delores Baker will be moving away from Oroville. Her health has been deteriorating for quite some time, and her smiling face will be missed from the center.

There are other friends in the area that need prayers, cards, phone calls or per-haps a visit. Beverly Holden has health issues again, Barbie Firemuth, fell, was in the hospital, and Bob Hirst is again in Wenatchee hospital, while something can be determined to better his situation, and Betty Hall had surgery. May all these folks soon be in better health.

Word has been received from Mary Ellen Lemmond of Michigan that she has arrived safely home and enjoyed her visit with friends she made when she lived in Oroville. She traveled by Amtrak and I doubt that she will be mak-ing any commercials for the company as she had a few “bumps” in the road while riding the rails. I really like Mary Ellen, but there is something wrong with her that I just don’t understand. She doesn’t like chocolate, not even a little bit. Never

heard of such a thing!The Mariners won a game from

Detroit… 8 to 0. Wonders never cease! And Sunday they won another one. The season is just about over and they’re finally getting the hang of it... once in a while.

Name change for Sterling Bank. It was announced Sept. 11th of the sale of Sterling bank to Umpqua Holdings Corp., based in Oregon. With this sale if makes Umpqua the largest community bank on the West Coast with 394 locations.

I wonder just how many name chang-es have been made in the existing two local bank buildings. Some day when I don’t have anything better to do, I’ll have to work on that.

Pear and apple harvest is moving right along. Was given some ripe pears and they were so good… and I don’t even like pears. Try one, with cottage cheese, a dollop of mayo and some grated ched-dar on top, and of course some paprika to perk up the pale colors. Salad with a different twist.

Chili is the official state dish of Texas. Betcha didn’t know that.

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Carlson were at the Oroville senior center last week for

lunch. They are from Loomis and he is a delight to visit with. He knows everyone.

The average flea can jump up to 150 times its own length. To match that a human would have to jump 1,000 ft. while an elephant cannot jump at all. Amazing!

Shirley Roberts told me their grand-daughter, Hannah Hilderbrand, got hit by an apple limb and knocked off the four-wheeler she was riding, ended up in the hospital with a broken collarbone, which will surely put a “crimp” in her athletic abilities for a while.

Guess what? Yard Sale at the United Methodist Church, tomorrow and Saturday. Come and see and find a good buy.

Also Habitat for Humanity is provid-ing good entertainment at the Oroville Free Methodist Church, Saturday 7 p.m. The Touch of Grace Bell Choir and oth-ers will be sharing their musical talents.

Another cougar sighting was seen coming up from the orchards on Highway 97 N. near the old Linger Longer Lodge sign. Perhaps the same one that was seen recently, near Ehler’s road, at the “Y.”

Myrtle Wood had her sister-in-law from the Seattle area visiting her last week.

Do you know what is the strongest part of your body? Your tooth enamel... be kind to it.

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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2Animation/Comedy.Family Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Sandberg. Fri. 6:45, 9:15 Sat.*4:15,6:45,9:15 Sun. *4:15,6:45. Wkdys: 6:45

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

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Violence, coarse language.

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

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

Programme subject to unavoidable change without notice



Coarse and sexual language.

Sat. - Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Sept. 21 - 22 - 23 - 24

Coarse language.

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Showtimes on Fri. & Sat. at 7:00 & 9:10 p.m.


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ONE SHOWING NIGHTLY AT 7:30 P.M.

Violence.

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

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MOVIES

Gold Stars at U.S. Armed Forces Legacy SuBmITTed by dArAlyn hollenbecKnCW blue star MotHers

This Saturday, Blue Stars will be honoring Gold Stars. The mothers of the active duty mili-tary in our area will be adorn-ing the plaques of those Killed in Action (KIA) and Missing in Action (MIA) with stars of gold. A mother’s star turns from blue to

gold if their child is killed while serving.

During the month of October the US Armed Forces Legacy Memorial in Tonasket will be featuring the Blue Star Mothers commencing with the placing of the stars and raising of the Blue Star Banner this Saturday,

observance of National Gold Star Mother’s Day on Sunday, and concluding with the stars and flag being removed on Veteran’s Day.

As you drive by the memorial on Highway 97 south of Tonasket and see the gold stars contrasted against the walls black granite, please say a prayer for each one our community has sent and lost to war and remember the mother and family that contributed dear-ly towards our freedom.

“.. because every soldier has a mother.”

BlUe STaR MOTHeRS

By brent [email protected]

NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON - Quilters who also have a love for travel are invited to take part in the North Central Washington 12th Annual Quilt Shop Hop, featuring nine quilting shops from Tonasket to Wenatchee to Reardan.

Each of the participating shops will be open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 26-Oct. 5 (though closed on Sunday, Sept. 29). Visitors will

be able to collect different quilt block at each of the nine shops. Altogether they can be crafted into a quilt designed for this year’s Shop Hop by the Attic Window Quilt Shoppe of Wenatchee.

There is also a grand prize of a Pfaff Ambition 1.5 sewing machine with a $1,500 value.

Buena Vista Quilting (1326, Highway 7, eight miles north of Tonasket) is the most local par-ticipant. Other quilt shops include NANA’s Quilts & More (locat-ed in Almira); Woven Threads

(Chelan); Experience Quilts! (Odessa), Needalyn Time (Omak); The Buggy Barn (Reardan); The Quilting Hive (Twisp); Yesteryear Quilting (Waterville); and The Attic Window Quilt Shoppe (Wenatchee).

There is no cost (other than for what shoppers may purchase) and thank you gifts will also be available.

For more information contact Patti Middleton at (509) 486-2341 or email: [email protected].

HillTOP COMMenTS

Colder weather is on its waySuBmITTed by Sue Wisenertonasket eagles #3002

Last Sunday was the beginning of fall. Colder weather is on its way. Be sure to clean your filters in your furnace and clean out any chimneys you may have.

We are desperate for volun-teers to help in the kitchen and for bingo. At this time

we would like to thank all of you that have volunteered you. You are very special people (Great Job). Sunday Breakfast will be starting soon, look for more information on starting date.

Pool League is coming up, so come in and sign up at the Tonasket Eagles. there will be a meeting Wednesday, Oct.16 at 7 p.m. at the Shop Tavern in Oroville. Sponsor and Players Fees need to be paid at that meeting.

Meeting nights at the Tonasket Eagles are first and third Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for the Aerie and first and third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for the Auxiliary. We would like to see more people show up and ask questions and or just become informed as to what we are all about. Would like to see some new faces.

We are saddened by the loss of Brother Sam Swager. Grave site Services will be Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. luncheon to follow at the Tonasket Eagles.

Pinochle scores from last Sunday are as follows: First place Ken Cook, second place Delia Hagen, low score Ted Zachman and Last Pinochle went to Dale Byers.

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

TOnaSkeT eagleS

Kinross classes are a big hitBy JacKie ValiquettenortH Valley CoMMunity sCHools

Don’t miss out. If you have not taken a Kinross class, it’s time to consider it. Just ask anyone who has participated in one of these tours. We are so fortunate to have these amazing offerings by Kinross staff, and they are so worth the time to take them.

Oct. 3 and 5 are the dates for the Geology and Gold Mine Tour. There is a long and colorful history of gold exploration and develop-ment in north central Washington. You will learn about the geologi-cal principals of mineral deposit formation and you will explore a working underground gold mine. The second session will be held at the Kinross mine at Buckhorn Mountain. Your instructor is Peter

Cooper, Chief Geologist at the Kettle River operation.

The next Kinross class is also two sessions, on Oct. 17 and 21. This one, however, requires that you sign up by Oct. 2 to allow time for background checks. You will learn about extracting the metals from ores, metallurgical processing of gold-bearing ores and the specific processes that Kinross Kettle River-Buckhorn uses to extract these precious met-als. Then there’s crushing, grind-ing, particle sizing and flotation, and the role of cyanide in gold leaching. The second session is a tour of the Kettle River Mill and a gold pour in Republic. Imagine holding (if you can lift it) a 60+

pound bar of gold! Coutney Gill, Metallurgist, will be your instruc-tor.

These classes fill up quickly. For more information and to reg-ister call Ellen Barttels at (509) 476-2011, email her at [email protected] or sign up online at www.north-valleycommunityschools.com.

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Reported by Edward Jones

FINANCIAL FOCUSSandra Rasmussen

You probably have thought about what you’d like to do during your retirement years. But all your plans probably depend, to at least some extent, on your financial situation. What happens if you reach the age at which you wish to retire and you just don’t have the money you thought you’d have?

If this occurs, it’s time for “Plan B.” What does that look like? Here are a couple of possibilities:

Continue working. If you like your job, you may not mind working an extra year or so. You’ll be bringing in more income and contributing more to your 401(k) or other retirement account — and, perhaps almost as importantly, you may be able to avoid tapping into these retirement accounts, thus giving them more time to potentially grow. (However, once you turn 70½, you’ll need

What’s Your Retirement “Contingency Plan?” to begin taking withdrawals from your 401(k) and a traditional IRA.) But if you are really not enamored with the idea of working any longer, you might find that even the ability to “beef up” your retirement plans for another couple of years isn’t much consolation.

Adjust your retirement lifestyle. It’s pretty simple: If you don’t save as much as you had planned for retirement, you probably can’t do all the things you wanted to do as a retiree. For example, you may not be able to travel as much, or pursue your hobbies to the extent you’d like.

Clearly, you’d like to avoid these “retirement contingency plans.” To do so, though, you’ll need to take steps well before you retire. And the most important move you can make may be to contribute as much as you can possibly afford to your IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

During the last several years before you wish to retire, you may be in a strong position to “max out” on these plans because, at this stage of your life, your income may be at its highest point, your children may be grown and you may even have “retired” your mortgage. If you still have money left with which to invest, you may want to look at other tax-advantaged vehicles that can be used for retirement.

But while it’s important to put in as much as possible to your retirement accounts, you need to do more than that — you also must put the money in the right investments within these accounts. Your exact investment mix should be based on your individual risk tolerance and time horizon, but, as a general rule, these investments must provide you with the growth potential you’ll need to accumulate sufficient resources for retirement.

Of course, as you know, investments move up and down. You can’t prevent this, but you’ll certainly want to reduce the effects of volatility as much as possible when you enter retirement. Consequently, during your final working years, you may need to adjust your retirement accounts by shifting some of your assets (though certainly not all) from growth-oriented vehicles to income-producing ones.

It’s a good idea to have contingency plans in place for virtually every endeavor in life — and paying for your retirement years is no different. But if you can make the right moves to avoid the contingency plans in the first place, then so much the better.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC

Financial Advisor

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Area quilters to hit the road for Shop Hop Those who haven’t

paid need to re-enrollSuBmITTed by Jan hansenoroVille eagles #3865

The Auxiliary had a Hawaiian dinner on Saturday, Sept. 21. The turnout was not as good as expected but the food was deli-cious.

Anyone who has not paid annu-al dues must now re-enroll. If you have paid but have not picked up your current card, please stop by, say Hi and pick it up.

Oroville hosts the District 10 meeting on Oct. 20. Meeting starts at 1 p.m. and is always fol-lowed with dinner. All members are invited to attend.

Starting this month we will be sending, via e-mail, updates, current and future events to our members with current e-mail addresses. If you want to be

included let us know and we will add you to our list.

Our Aerie meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and the Auxiliary meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Happy hour is 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day and Seahawks games are always Happy Hour. We have free pool every Sunday. Thursdays we play Bingo and

eat Burgers and More. Friday is Taco Night (until Steak Night comes back) and Meat Draw. Watch this column for Saturday special events.

Come join your brothers and sisters at your Eagles and bring your friends. Find out what’s happening at your club and join in. As always, We Are People Helping People.

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A beautiful pig! Debra and Leea show off a cake made by Harvest Foods’ baker Sam Montoya.

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poet Laureate at tmS BeneFitTONASKET - Children’s Poet Laure-ate and author Kenn Nesbitt will visit Tonasket as part of a Tonasket Middle School fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 27. Nesbitt will give a presenta-tion during a dinner theater hosted by Tonasket Middle School students, a fundraiser for the middle school students who are planning to visit Washington D.C. next summer. The evening event will be held at Tonas-ket High School with the meal being served at 5:15 p.m. Mr. Nesbitt will take the stage for one hour beginning at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend whether or not they purchase meal tickets. Tickets for the meal will be available at U.S. Bank, North Val-ley Hospital, Shannon’s Cafe & Deli, and the Tonasket Elementary School Library until Sept. 20.

oCSra SpeCiaL eventSPeter Diedrick, Legislative Coordi-nator for Washington State School Retirees’ Association, and Rohn Rutledge, Representative for As-sociation Member Benefits Advisors, will present important legislative and retirement benefit information for all working and retired school employ-ees at 3:45 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, at the Virginia Grainger School Caf-eteria, 1118 5th Ave S., Okanogan. This event is sponsored by Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association. OHS Senior Parents will provide a taco dinner for $7.50 following the program. RSVP for dinner by Sept. 17 to Jennie Hedington at (509) 422-2954 or Carol Payne at (509) 826-5068. More info (509) 422-2954.

oroviLLe FarmerS’ marketOROVILLE - The Oroville Farmers’ Market is Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Oroville Com-munity Library located at 1276 Main St. Purchase art, crafts, plant starts, fresh baked goods and tamales plus the best produce on the planet. The Oroville Farmers’ Market continues each Saturday through October 26 and new vendors are welcome. Call (509) 476-2662 for more information.

muSiC at the marketOROVILLE - The Oroville Public Library will host “Music at the Market” each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Farmers’ Market season. The next Music at the Market is Saturday, Sept. 28 featuring an open stage. If you would like to volunteer to showcase your acoustic talents, please call Barbara Pollard at (509) 476-2662.

CeLeBration in muSiCIn honor of World Habitat Day, Cel-ebration in Music worship concert is planned for Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:00 p.m., at the Oroville Free Methodist Church, 1516 Fir Street in Oroville. The concert will feature Touch of Grace bell choir directed by Lynn Chapman and many other musicians.

It will be an inspirational evening with audience participation in song. An offering will be taken and refresh-ments served.

GoLd StarS at LeGaCy parkTONASKET - Saturday, Sept.28 at 11 a.m. the NCW Blue Star Mothers will be placing gold stars in honor of those mothers who lost children in the service of our country on the U.S. Armed Forces Legacy plaques in Tonasket designated K.I.A. and M.I.A. We will also be hoisting the Blue Star Flag which will fly until Veteran’s Day.

hometoWn SoLdier CaLendarMilitary Mothers and Families send 1-3 photos of your soldier, airman, sailor, or guard to the North Central Washington Blue Star Mothers group to be published in next year’s Home-town Soldier Calendar. Contact Blue Star Mothers at (509) 485-2906 or email them at [email protected]. Deadline is Monday, Sept. 30. While you’re at it, drop off your old or broken cell phones at Discount Sewing and Vacuum in Okanogan, the KOMW Radio Station in Omak, the Tonasket Legacy Memorial of-fice, and at the Oroville Pharmacy. Proceeds go to supporting our local military families.

aFriCan muSiC piano reCitaLTONASKET - Ghanaian American pianist William Chapman Nyaho will perform a recital, “Music by Com-posers of African Descent,” at the music studio of Roz Nau in Tonasket on Friday Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. He will also offer a workshop and master class on Oct. 12 at the same location, 42 E. Winesap. Please call Nau at (509) 486-4673 for more information about any of these events.

takinG pie orderSOROVILLE - The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is taking orders for its Sixth Annual Apple Pie Fund Raiser. The pies will be freshly made the day of the sale of Oct. 14. However, organizers ask that you or-der before Monday, Oct. 7. Order all you’d like, the pies freeze well they say and can be backed when you’re ready. For more info call Jane Lynch (509) 476-2177 or Jo Mathews (509) 476-3819.

heaLth Care CoveraGe WorkShopTONASKET - Statewide Health Insurance Benefit Advisors (SHIBA) will be putting on an free workshop for the public at the North Valley Hospital Board Room on Monday, Oct. 28 and Friday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will be provid-ing three volunteers and assistance is available on a “first come first serve basis”. Please bring a list of your medications with you to the workshop.Washington state’s SHIBA can help you: Understand your health care coverage options and rights; find affordable health care coverage and evaluate and compare health insur-ance plans. They provide free, unbi-ased and confidential assistance with Medicare and health care choices. Their volunteer advisors are trained to give you the latest Medicare and health care coverage information.

Food BankSTONASKET - The Tonasket food bank operates every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sarge’s Burger Bunker, 101 Hwy. 97 N. For more information contact Jack Gavin at (509) 486-2480. OROVILLE - The Oroville food bank operates every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., excluding holidays, in the base-ment of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For more info, call Jeff Austin at (509) 476-3978 or Sarah Umana at (509) 476-2386.

LiStinG your itemOur Community Bulletin Board generally allows listing your event for up two weeks prior to the day it occurs. If space allows it may be included prior to the two week limit. However, our online calendar at www.gazette-tribune.com allows the event to be listed for much longer pe-riods. Please include day, date, time and location, as well as a for further information phone number. You may place an event on the online calendar by going to our website and clicking on the “Add an Event” button on the homepage. Once your request is submitted, it can take up to 48 hours for the event to appear on the calendar. Online submissions don’t always go into the hardcopy edition, so it helps if they are also submitted to us at [email protected] or at Gazette-Tribune, P.O. Box 250, Oroville, WA. 98844.

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CenturyLink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the FCC and state commissions. Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits if they participate in certain additional federal eligibility programs. The Lifeline discount is available for only one telephone per household, which can be either a wireline or wireless telephone. A household is defined for the purposes of the Lifeline program as any individual or group of individuals who live together at the same address and share income and expenses. Lifeline service is not transferable, and only eligible consumers may enroll in the program. Consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain Lifeline telephone service can be punished by fine or imprisonment and can be barred from the program.

Lifeline eligible subscribers may also qualify for reliable home High-Speed Internet service up to 1.5 Mbps for $9.95* per month for the first 12 months of service. Further details are available at centurylink.com/internetbasics.

If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please call 1-888-833-9522 or visit centurylink.com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program.

*CenturyLink® Internet Basics Program – Residential customers only who qualify based on meeting income level or program participation eligibility requirements, and requires remaining eligible for the entire offer period. First bill will include charges for the first full month of service billed in advance, prorated charges for service from the date of installation to bill date, and one-time charges and fees described above. Qualifying customers may keep this program for a maximum of 60 months after service activation provided customer still qualifies during that time. Listed High-Speed Internet rate of $9.95/mo. applies for first 12 months of service (after which the rate reverts to $14.95/mo. for the next 48 months of service), and requires a 12-month term agreement. Customer must either lease a modem/router from CenturyLink for an additional monthly charge or independently purchase a modem/router, and a one-time High-Speed Internet activation fee applies. A one-time professional installation charge (if selected by customer) and a one-time shipping and handling fee apply to customer’s modem/router. General – Services not available everywhere. CenturyLink may change or cancel services or substitute similar services at its sole discretion without notice. Offer, plans, and stated rates are subject to change and may vary by service area. Deposit may be required. Additional restrictions apply. Terms and Conditions – All products and services listed are governed by tariffs, terms of service, or terms and conditions posted at centurylink.com. Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges – Applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges include a Carrier Universal Service charge, carrier cost recovery surcharges, state and local fees that vary by area and certain in-state surcharges. Cost recovery fees are not taxes or government-required charges for use. Taxes, fees, and surcharges apply based on standard monthly, not promotional, rates. ©2013 CenturyLink. All Rights Reserved. The name CenturyLink and the pathways logo are trademarks of CenturyLink. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Special dinner planned for Oct. 12Submitted by dolly EngElbrEtsonOROVillE SEniOR CEnTER

Plans are underway for a fine dining experience on Saturday evening, Oct. 12. Dinner to start at 4 p.m. and end about 7 p.m. Price for the meal is $7.50. Hosts for the evening are Leanne and Richard Hairston. They will be serving Ralph Patterson’s famous Spaghetti and Meat Sauce.

Plans are being made for our

annual bazaar for the weekend of December 7. Plan now for a table.

Still room for more exercising seniors. Come join us; we have fun while doing so and the pro-gram is geared toward us Seniors. Go at your own pace.

There is a Stroke Support Group that meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Youth Center adjacent to the Free Methodist Church.

This is a support group for any-one who has had a stroke, no matter how long ago. Discussion from those who have recovered would also be very welcome!

Pinochle Scores for Sept. 14: Boots Emry won the door prize; Judy Ripley had the most 300 pinochles and was the high scor-ing woman for the evening; Ken Ripley had the high score for the men.

Pinochle Scores for Sept. 21: The door prize was won by Debbie Thompson; most pinochles by Larry Smith; high woman score by Danny Weitrick and high man scorer was Ed Craig.

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Marjorie Williams voted Lifetime membershipSubmitted by Audrey HolmEsTOnaSkET gaRdEn CluB

Betty Holmes, newly elected president, called the meeting to order at the home of Barie Colbert on Sept. 9. Wendy Taylor, vice president, asked for the roll call.

“What fruits and vegetables did you produce this growing season?” Betty asked the group.

She also wanted to know, “What do you want from your garden club meetings?”

Some replied that they wanted

more programs like we used to have and more fruit and veg-etable garden tours and to learn about flowers that they have never grown before.

A motion was made and passed to make Marjorie Williams, our historian, a Lifetime Member of the club. Marjorie joined in 1946 and her mother-in-law, Winnie Williams, was a Charter Member of the club and would take her to the meetings.

The Twisp Garden Club celebrated their club’s 75th

Anniversary on Sept. 10. We received an invitation to attend their celebration.

Wendy presented a program to us about lemons and how valu-able they are to some foods to enhance thieir flavor. You can wash the lemon and dry it and put it in the freezer. You can grate it or squeeze the juice to put on icing for cakes or cookies or use them for salad and vegetables or whatever you want.

A thank you note was passed from member Margaret Brengle’s family for our Expression of Sympathy in the passing of Margaret in Puyallup, Wash.

The next meeting will be held at the home of Barbara Johnson. We welcome guests and new members. The number to call for time and place is (509) 223-3427.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICEAll real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any pref- erence, limitation or dis- crimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handi- cap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such prefer- ence, limitation or discrimi- nation”. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. To complain of discrimina- tion call HUD at 1-800-669- 9777. The number for hearing impaired is 1-800-927- 9275

For RentFurnished Log Cabin, $575; 2 bedroom house in town, $650; Private, on the river with heat pump, $720; 3 bedroom, 1 bath, $795; 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, $725; 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, $510; Lakefront furnished 3 bedroom, 2 bath $1595. Sun Lakes Realty 509-476-2121


For RentONE BEDROOM APT $650 per month. Garbage, water, sewer & electricity included. Furnished. No smoking or pets. References and credit check req. CALL SPENCE 509-429-4722.

OROVILLELAKE FRONT HOME 3 BR, 2 BA. 5 appliances. Pets? Ref- erences $875, first, last. 509- 476-2438.

TONASKET - 1 bedroom house, yard & shed. Close to town, quiet. $550/ month. 509-486-1682 or 429-0873.

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This .75 FTE position is re- sponsible to assist in the on- going development and im- plementation of the Upward Bound program in Omak and Okanogan high schools. The Coordinator supports students in completing high school, enrolling in higher education, and achieving academic success. Duties include coordinating program services, assessing student needs, developing an academic service plan for each student, serving as liaison with high schools, building positive relationships with key stakeholders, providing counseling, academic advising and tutoring, tracking student contacts, entering data, and conducting orientation work- shops.

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We are dedicated to our employees’ job satisfaction and take pride in providing a place to work that encourag- es growth, teamwork, com- munication and positiveemployee/supervisor relationships. FHC is a not for profit Community Health Center dedicated to providing quality health care regardless of ability to pay. EVERYONE is welcome.

We have the following opportunities available:

Okanogan:Registered DietitianFull time. English/Spanish bilingual preferred.Medication AssistanceProgram Spec. Full time. English/Spanish bilingual required.Pharmacy ManagerFull timePromotor(a)4 Per Diem positions; Okanogan & Brewster-English/Spanish bilingual requiredPatient Registration Rep. 2 Full time. English/Spanish bilingual required.RoomerFull time. English/Spanish bilingual required.WIC Peer Counselor2 part time; one for Brewster & one for Okanogan. Both are .25/10 hours a week.

Brewster (Indian Ave):CNA or Roomer1 Full time. English/Spanish Bilingual required.MA – Registered or Certified or LPN 2 positions. Full time

Brewster (Jay Ave.):PharmacistFull timeMA – Registered orCertified or LPN Full timePatient Accounts Rep.Full time

Tonasket:Clinic Operations Mgr. Full time

See www.myfamilyhealth.org for job descriptions.

Submit cover letter and resume or application to

FHC, c/o Human Resources, PO Box 1340, Okanogan,

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Open until filled. FHC is an EEO Employer.

Farm, Fencing & Equipment

JOHN DEERE 5020 Diesel Tractor with Case 90 Loader. $4000 OBO. Ford 8000 Trac- tor - Turbo - Diesel. $3500 OBO. Both need batteries. From the Franklin Nelson Es- tate. Call (509)476-2888 or (509)560-3205.

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WantedBuying Silver, Gold, Jewelry, Coins. Best prices are Local, not out of towners! Call Spence 509-429-4722.

Livestock & Poultry

For Sale: Straw. Call 509- 476-3862

Garage &Yard Sale

Oroville United Methodist Church 9th & Fir. Fri Sept 27th 9am-6pm. Sat Sept 28th 9am- 2pm

Automobiles

1974 FORD F750 5 Ton Truck, Automatic, 2 speed with Hoist, PTO and Dump Bed. Runs good. Would make a great firewood or hay truck. $2500 OBO. 1975 Ken- worth Cabover Sleeper Semi Truck with Hoist and Dump Bed. Diesel, 13 speed. Runs good. Needs Batteries. $6000 OBO. Call (509)476- 2888 or (509)560-3205.

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Phone: 509.826.3200Fax: 509.826.1620

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StatewidesSTATEWIDE CLASSIFIEDS WEEK OF SEPT. 23, 2013

This newspaper participates in a statewide classified ad program sponsored by the Washington News- paper Publishers Association, a statewide association of weekly newspapers. The program allows classified advertisers to submit ads for publication in participating week- lies throughout the state in compliance with the following rules. You may submit an ad for the statewide program through this newspaper or in person to the WNPA office. The rate is $255 for up to 25 words, plus $10 per word over 25 words. WNPA reserves the right to edit all ad copy submitted and to refuse to accept any ad submitted for the statewide program. WNPA, therefore, does not guarantee that every ad will be run in every newspaper. WNPA will, on request, for a fee of $40, provide information on which newspapers run a particular ad within a 30 day period. Substantive typographical error (wrong address, telephone number, name or price) will result in a “make good”, in which a corrected ad will be run the following week. WNPA incurs no other liability for errors in publication.

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

OKANOGANIn re the Estate of: LOLA ARLENE BURTON, Deceased. NO. 13-4-00082-1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representatives named below have been appointed as co- personal representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representatives or the personal representatives’ attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representatives 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-

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COUNTY OF OKANOGANEstate ofERVIN FREIMUTH,Deceased. Case No.: 13-4-00090-2PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI- TORSPLEASE TAKE NOTICEThe above Court has appointed Ruby Manker as Personal Represen- tative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Dece- dent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to Ruby Mank- er at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication of this No- tice: September 19, 2013Ruby Manker63 Spring Meadow LaneOroville, WA 98844/s/Dale L. Crandall, WSBA 32168Attorney at LawPublished in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on September 19, 26, October 3, 2013.#513880

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WashingtonTuesday, November 5, 2013

A General Election will be held in the below mentioned districts for the pur- pose of submitting to the voters for their approval or rejection the following candidates and issues.Initiative Measure No. 517, Concerns initiative and referendum measures,Initiative Measure No. 522, Concerns labeling of genetically-engineered foods,Advisory Vote No. 3, Substitute Sen- ate Bill 5444,Advisory Vote No. 4, Senate Bill 5627,Advisory Vote No. 5, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1846,Advisory Vote No. 6, Second En- grossed Second Substitute House Bill 1971,Advisory Vote No. 7, Engrossed House Bill 2075,State Senator 7th District; Hospital District No 1, Commissioner Pos 2, Commissioner Pos 3, and Commis- sioner Pos 4; Hospital District No 3, Commissioner Pos 5; Hospital Dis- trict No 4, Commissioner Pos 1 and Commissioner Pos 5; Hospital Dis- trict No 6, Commissioner Pos 1, Commissioner Pos 3, and Commis- sioner Pos 5; City of Brewster, May- or, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, Council Pos 3, Council Pos 4, and Council Pos 5; City of Brewster, Sales and Use Tax Levy within the City of Brewster for Criminal Justice Purposes; Town of Conconully, May- or, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 3; Town of Coulee Dam, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 3; Town of Elmer City, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, Council Pos 3, and Council Pos 5; Town of Nespelem, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 4;City of Okano- gan, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, Council Pos 3, and Council Pos 5; City of Omak, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 3, City of Omak, Sales and Use Tax Levy within the City of Omak; City of Oroville, Mayor, Council Pos 1, and Council Pos 2; City of Pate- ros, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, Council Pos 4, and Council Pos 5; Town of Riverside, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 3; City of Tonasket, Mayor, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 3, Coun- cil Pos 4, and Council Pos 5, City of Tonasket, Sales and Use Tax Levy within the City of Tonasket;Town of Twisp, Council Pos 1, Council Pos 2, and Council Pos 5; Town of Win- throp, Mayor, Council Pos 1, and Council Pos 2; Nespelem School District No 14, Director Pos 2, Direc- tor Pos 4, and Director Pos 5; Omak

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Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM October 18 - November 4, 2013On Election Day only, November 5, 2013, 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM.Drop boxes are in 3 locations around the county.Tonasket - Tonasket City Hall/Library Complex, 209 S Whitcomb Ave, To- nasketOmak - Next to Police Station, 8 N Ash, OmakPateros -180 Pateros Mall in parking lot, PaterosDrop boxes will close at 8:00PM on Election Day Voters needing additional information or assistance with voter registration forms or voting may call (509) 422-7240. Voters unable to use the mail-in ballot may use the Accessible Voting Unit available at the County Auditor’s Office.Ballots require sufficient first class postage and must be postmarked by the day of the election. Check with your local Post Office for deadlines to have your ballot postmarked prop- erly.For additional information on the election or regarding voter registration.vote.wa.gov/okanoganmyvote.wa.gov,Local newspaper, radio, and TVwww.pdc.wa.govMeetings of the Okanogan County Canvassing Board are open, public meetings and shall be continued until the activities for which the following meetings are held have been completed. Canvass Board meetings are held in the Okanogan County Audi- tor’s Office, 149 3rd Ave N, Room 104, at the County Courthouse, in Okanogan.Friday November 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM to determine the status of any provisional or challenged ballots Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM to canvass the votes cast and certify the electionThis notice is in accordance with RCW 29A.52.Dated at Okanogan, Washington this 10th day of September, 2013.Laurie Thomas, Okanogan County Auditor and Ex-Officio Supervisor of ElectionsBy Mila M Jury, Chief Deputy and Certified Election AdministratorPublished in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on September 26, 2013.#510040

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OROVILLE - Oroville’s Tanner Smith, a senior play-ing football at Oroville High School, was selected as the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Athlete of the Week for the opening week of the season.

One boy and one girl are select-ed for each WIAA clas-s i f i c a t i o n each week of the sea-son, though the first week featured only

boys as football was the only sport in full swing.

Smith rushed for 117 yards on 10 carries with a game-clinching touchdown and caught four pass-es for 53 yards as the Hornets beat Brewster 18-7 in their sea-son-opener. He also had seven solo tackles and four assists on defense.

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Monroe, Swanson lead TigersBy Brent [email protected]

SPOKANE VALLEY - Tonasket raced in the 1A/2A division at the Erik Anderson/Runners Soul Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21, with Amber Monroe and Hunter Swanson leading the way for the Tigers.

Monroe finished 23rd in the 1A/2A division with a time of 23:18.4, while Swanson led the boys with a 48th place time of 20:11.4

“Hunter Swanson ran his best race of the year,” said Tonasket coach Bob Thornton. “He is learning to race - not just run races - and it is showing.

“Amber Monroe and Johnna Terris both competed well in their races. I was pleased with how well they competed against the other runners in the second half of the race.”

Terris finished close behind Monroe, 26th with time of 23:19.5. Lea Berger (4th, 26:49.6) also ran for the Tigers.

Other Tonasket boys includ-ed Adrian McCarthy (55th, 20:31.3); Tim Jackson (70th, 21:35.6); Smith Condon (71st, 22:00.8); Bryden Hires (74th, 22:06.3); and Abe Podkranic (77th, 23:08.7).

Tonasket next races at Lake Chelan on Thursday, Oct. 3, fol-lowed by the Can Am Invitational on Oct. 5 in Kettle Falls.

Speiker outpaces Spokane fieldBy Brent [email protected]

SPOKANE VALLEY - Oroville’s Sierra Speiker stayed unbeaten for the cross country season, winning the Erik Anderson/Runners Soul Invitational hosted by Spokane Community College on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Racing against 110 run-ners from all school class sizes - including more than 30 from Class 3A/4A schools, Speiker was the only athlete to break the 19 minute mark on the course with a time of 18:55.8.

While billed as a 5k race, Oroville coach Doug Kee said that the course was between 50-100 meters longer than that.

“She ran really well,” he said.Finishers were ranked in three

divisions: 1B/2B, 1A/2A and 3A/4A. Speiker’s time was 16 sec-onds faster than the 1A/2A win-ner and nearly 45 seconds faster than the 3A/4A champ.

Also racing for the Oroville girls was Phoebe Poynter (22nd in 1B/2B, 31:32.5).

For the Hornet boys, Diego Santana (24th in 1B/2B, 22:10.2); Javier Castillo (30th, 23:08.0); Nahum Garfias (34th, 24:01.8); Emmanuel Castrejon (35th, 24:06.2); and Daniel Castrejon (40th, 25:31.4) competed.

The Hornets next race at the Can-Am Invitational on Oct. 5 in Kettle Falls.

By Brent [email protected]

CURLEW - Oroville’s volley-ball team lost on the road at Curlew on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Hornets’ first loss of the season.

Curlew won the match in four games; individual game scores and statistics weren’t available.

“All of the varsity games were close,” said Oroville coach Carrie Rise. “The team just didn’t have the energy they’ve had recently.”

Rise added that the JV team won its match 3-0.

The Hornets (2-1) open Central Washington League North Division play on Thursday, Sept. 26 at home against Lake Roosevelt.

Hornet volleyball suffers loss

TONASKET - Tonasket’s vol-leyball team lost its first Caribou Trail League match of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in three sets to Okanogan, 25-23, 25-16, 25-20.

“(This) was a tough loss for us,” said Tonasket coach Jackie Gliddon. “We’re playing better with each game the girls play

together. We will get it together.”tonasket stats: rachael Sawyer 9/9 serving, 2 aces, 1 kills; Savannah clinedinst, cassie Spear, tori king, carissa Frazier 1 kill ea.

Liberty beLL 3, tonasket 1TWISP - The Tigers lost at

Liberty Bell on Thursday, Sept. 12, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 16-25.

“We have to get over the men-tal errors to compete,” Gliddon said. “I am hoping the girls will start to believe in themselves and know they can do this.”

tonasket stats: carissa Frazier 20/23 serving, 6 aces; Jenny bello 14/18 serving, 3 aces; cassie Spear 10/12 serving, 2 aces; Savannah clinedinst 8 kills.

Tigers fall in CTL opener

By Brent [email protected]

BREWSTER - Playing out-standing defense for one half wasn’t enough to save Tonasket’s Caribou Trail League football opener on Friday, Sept. 20.

The Tigers, playing a fired up Brewster squad celebrating its homecoming, didn’t match the Bears’ energy or focus in the first half while falling behind 21-7.

An inspired defensive per-formance kept Brewster pinned back on its end of the field for the entire second half - the Bears’ only plays on Tonasket’s side of the 50 came after the Tigers turned the ball over on downs in the final minute of play - but the Tigers were never able to get untracked offensively.

“You don’t know the kids’ mindset,” said Tonasket coach Jay Hawkins. “Sometimes it’s hard to tell, but my best guess is that they weren’t as tuned in as they needed to be.

“But I give Brewster a lot of credit. They ran hard to the ball. The big plays we got were cut-back because they were running so hard to the ball. Our not being able to establish the run game (kept us from) where we could run some play action (passes).”

Tonasket’s inability to dig out of a deep hole led to the Bears’ first touchdown. A Brewster punt pinned the Tigers back on their own 2-yard line, and when the Tigers eventually punted from their own end zone, Brewster took possession at the Tonsket 28-yard line.

Hayden Bayha’s 25-yard run

set up Raf Varelas’ first touch-down of the game, a 2-yard plunge with 4:09 left in the first quarter.

Tonasket tied the game on Michael Orozco’s cut-back 69-yard run early in the sec-ond quarter, but that one play accounted for nearly half of the Tigers’ offense for the whole night.

“They closed down lanes and got to places really quickly,” Hawkins said. “The two Hunters (Riggan and Back) are really good players.

It appeared as the Tonasket was poised to take the lead after Trevor Terris hit Roberto Juarez for a 50-yard pass that put the

ball inside Brewster’s 25-yard line. But that play was erased by a penalty and swung the momen-tum Brewster’s way for the rest of the half.

Varelas capped a 49-yard, four-play drive with an 11-yard touchdown midway through the second quarter. Brewster made it 21-y with a on a 3-yard pass from Mitch Boesel to Raul Olvera with 25.7 seconds left in the half that was set up by a 33-yard pass play on 3rd-and-7 from Boesel to Cade Smith.

The Tiger defense repeatedly pressured Boesel in the second half as Collin Aitcheson, Jacob Cory and Austin Knowlton repeatedly disrupted the Bears’

offense. But the Tigers were unable to recover any of the three Bears’ fumbles in the half. Orozco’s leaping interception of a Boesel pass also went for naught as the Tigers were unable to gain a first down on their ensu-ing possession.

“We got knocked around a bit in the first half,” Hawkins said. “We got centered at halftime and talked about getting back to play-ing together. The second half was just a hard hitting son of a gun.”

Tonasket edged out Brewster in hard-earned yardage in the defensive stalemate of a second half, 75-71.

Orozco led the Tigers with 119 yards rushing on 20 carries.

Terris completed 4-of-14 passes for 44 yards, with Juarez catching two balls for 27 yards (as well as the 50-yarder that was wiped out by penalty).

The Tigers (2-1, 0-1 Caribou Trail League) continue their run of four straight road games Friday, Sept. 27, at unbeaten Okanogan, which knocked off Chelan on Friday despite playing without injured quarterback Clay Ashworth.

“The ‘Road Show’ continues,” Hawkins said. “Hopefully we’ll learn from this, rally up and see what we can do. (We) know what’s in front of us.”

Hornets’ Game CanCeLLedOROVILLE - Oroville’s game at Seattle Lutheran on Saturday, Sept. 21, ended up not happening at all.

Seattle Lutheran called to can-cel the game Tuesday evening due to a lack of healthy play-ers, according to Oroville athletic director and football coach Tam Hutchinson.

The Hornets attempted to fill the date with a non-league game against Liberty Bell, which also had a bye week and hasn’t even played a game yet, but were unable to make that happen. They ended up playing blue vs. white scrimmage Friday evening.

Meridian, a 1A school from the west side, contacted Hutchinson Friday afternoon inquiring as to whether or not the schools could “meet in the middle” for a Saturday game, but Hutchinson said much of the team had already made plans to disperse for the weekend and scheduling buses would have been problematic on such late notice.

The Hornets (2-0) travel to Kittitas on Friday, Sept. 27 for their Central Washington 2B League opener.


Tonasket’s defense stepped up its intensity in the second half of Friday’s game at Brewster, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 14-point halftime deficit. The Tigers forced three fumbles after halftime, but weren’t in position to recover any of them while the offense was unable to sustain much against Brewster’s defense.

Tigers frustrated at Brewster

DOWN TOO FAR


Brewster’s defense had Tonasket quarterback Trevor Terris constantly under siege throughout the Tigers’ Caribou Trail League loss to the Bears on Friday.

Oroville’s trip to Seattle called off


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FootballCaribou Trail 1a lge. overall

W-l W-lOkanogan 1-0 3-0Cascade 1-0 2-1Cashmere 1-0 2-1Brewster 1-0 2-1tonasket 0-1 2-1Chelan 0-1 1-2Omak 0-1 0-3Quincy 0-1 0-3

CenT. Wash. 2b lge. overall

W-l W-loroville 0-0 2-0lk. Roosevelt 0-0 2-1White Swan 0-0 2-1kittitas 0-0 0-2Manson 0-0 0-2Bridgeport 0-0 0-3liberty Bell 0-0 0-0

Girls soccerCaribou Trail 1a lge. overall

Pts W-l W-l-TCashmere 6 2-0 3-0-0Cascade 6 2-0 2-2-0Okanogan 3 1-1 1-2-0tonasket 3 1-1 2-1-0Omak 3 1-1 2-2-0Brewster 3 1-2 2-2-0Chelan 0 0-1 1-2-0Quincy 0 0-2 0-3-0

CenT. Wash. 1b/2b lge. overall

Pts W-l W-l-TBridgeport 0 0-0 2-1-0liberty Bell 0 0-0 2-2-0Entiat 0 0-0 1-0-0oroville 0 0-0 0-2-0Manson 0 0-0 0-3-0

VolleyballCaribou Trail 1a lge. overall

W-l W-lCascade 2-0 6-1Quincy 2-0 2-1Chelan 1-0 6-0Okanogan 2-1 2-1Omak 1-1 1-1Brewster 1-2 1-2tonasket 0-2 0-4Cashmere 0-3 0-3

CenT. Wash. 2b no. lge. overall

W-l W-lliberty Bell 0-0 3-0oroville 0-0 2-1lk Roosevelt 0-0 1-1Manson 0-0 1-1Bridgeport 0-0 0-2

schedulesepT. 26 - oCT. 5

Thursday, Sept. 26gSoc - Entiat at Oroville, 5 pmVball (JV/Var) - lk. Roosevelt at

Oroville, 5/6:30 pm

Friday, Sept. 27FB (Var) - Tonasket at Okanogan,

7 pmFB (Var) - Oroville at kittitas, 7 pm

Saturday, Sept. 28gSoc - Tonasket at Cascade,

rescheduled for 10/12Vball (JV/Var) - Tonasket at Cas-

cade, rescheduled for 10/12Vball (Var) - Mansfield at Oroville,

11 am

Monday, Sept. 30FB (JV) - Okanogan at Tonasket,

5:30 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 1gSoc - Brewster at Tonasket, 4:30

pmgSoc - Oroville at liberty Bell, 5 pmVball - Brewster at Tonasket,

5/6:30 pmVball (JV/Var) - Oroville at liberty

Bell, 5/6:30 pm

Thursday, Oct. 3gSoc - Chelan at Tonasket, 4:30

pmgSoc - Oroville at Bridgeport, 4

pmVball (JV/Var) - Chelan at Tonasket,

5/6:30 pmVball (Var) - Entiat at Oroville, 6:30

pmXC - Tonasket at Chelan invite, 4

pm

Friday, Oct. 4FB (Var) - Tonasket at Cashmere,

7 pmFB (Var) - Manson at Oroville, 7 pm

Saturday, Oct. 5gSoc - Oroville at Eastmont “C,”

1 pmXC - Tonasket & Oroville at kettle

Falls (Can am), 11 amVball (JV/Var) - Pateros at Oroville,

11 am/12:30 pm

STANDINGS & SCHEDULESeverything but the scoring touch

Oroville soccer squad fires off 30 shots in 4-1 lossby Brent [email protected]

OROVILLE - The Oroville girls soccer team generated plenty of offense in its home opener on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Finishing off their multitude of scoring chances hopefully is something that will come with time, but for a youthful squad trying to learn how to win, a 4-1 loss to Eastmont’s C squad was nothing to hand their heads over.

“I’m very proud of how we played,” said Oroville coach Laura Kinman. “We’re a very young team, but we’re coming along. We have a lot to learn but we’re already see-ing some of that.”

The Hornets had only 11 players available for Saturday’s contest - missing, most signifi-cantly, starting center midfielder Kali Peters, who injured her ankle in Thursday’s game at Bridgeport - but managed to get off 30 shots while winning the possession battle.

That they did so while playing four eighth graders, three freshmen and two sophomores along with two juniors for the full 80 minutes was not lost on the coach.

“Our young kids, our eighth graders, they played really well,” Kinman said. “Our senior leaders have done a great job of bringing them along. Kaitlyn Grunst is just a rock back there on defense, and Meagan Moralez got off a ton of shots and made some great passes inside that could have turned into goals.”

The Hornets took an early lead as Faith Martin tucked a 20-yard shot inside the left post to give the Hornets their first advan-tage of the season.

Eastmont tied the score shortly before the half and added three goals in the sec-ond half. The Hornets had plenty of chanc-es to score, hitting more than one shot off the post and with Eastmont’s keeper making a dozen saves. Moralez herself got off 12 shots.

Eastmont scored three of its four shots on breakaways.

“I hope the girls are encouraged by games like this,” Kinman said. “We played very well, especially on offense, in the sec-ond half; we just didn’t score. The way the game was played, it didn’t seem like a 4-1 game at all.”

The Hornets next host Entiat on Thursday, Sept. 26.

bridgeporT 4, oroville 0BRIDGEPORT - The Hornets lost their

season-opener at Bridgeport on Thursday, Sept. 19, against a Fillies team that had already played twice.

“I thought we really hustled,” Kinman said. “Losing Kali Peters when she got hurt didn’t help us at all. But as a first game it was a good learning experience.”

brent baker/staff photos

Clockwise from top, Yessica Nemecio (4) scrambles after a ball deflected by Eastmont’s keeper; Meagan Moralez (5) fires off one of her 12 shots during Saturday’s game; eighth grader Kambe Ripley battles for possession.

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tigers bounce back for road win

by Brent [email protected]

QUINCY - The longest road trip in the Caribou Trail League proved fruitful for the Tonasket girls soccer team on Saturday as the Tigers earned their first league victory of the season, 3-1 over the Jackrabbits.

“I thought we passed the ball a lot better than we did (in a loss Tuesday to) Okanogan,” said Tonasket coach Darren Collins. “We still have to get better there, but it was a definite improve-ment.”

Kylie Dellinger and Kayla Willis scored in the first half as the Tigers took a 2-1 lead.

Kathryn Cleman added the Tigers’ final goal in the second half.

Quincy scored its goal on a direct kick late in the first half.

“It could have been a five, six, seven goal game,” Collins said. “Quincy got a lot of free kicks right in front of the goal and we were never sure why.

“The best thing for us is that we got good minutes from all of our subs. When you’re able to get everyone in, and then get qual-ity minutes from all of the girls, that’s a great thing.”

The Tigers (2-1, 1-1 CTL) trav-eled to Okanogan on Tuesday. Their Sept. 28 game at Cascade was rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12.

okanogan 1, TonaskeT 0TONASKET - Tonasket gave

up the lone goal in a rain-soaked

contest on Tuesday, Sept. 17, after sitting out a half hour light-ning delay that interrupted the second half of the contest.

The Tigers had several chances to score early, but couldn’t find the back of the net.

“I thought it was a game we should have won,” Collins said.

“We could have played a lot better soccer. Usually Okanogan is one of the better teams in the league, and this year they’re pretty young.

“We didn’t take advantage of their inexperience; we did way too much kicking and chasing rather than passing the ball.”

Collins said the Tigers weren’t quite the same after sitting in their storage shed through the lightning delay.

“It wasn’t really made for that,” he said.

The Bulldogs scored in the final two minutes to take the victory.

“I wish we’d have been able to score when we had the chance to in the first few minutes,” Collins said. “That would have been a game changer.”

Rain, lightning contribute to loss at home to Bulldogs

brent baker/staff photos

Left, Tonasket freshman Ashlyn Willis (14) beats a pair of Okanogan defenders downfield during last Tuesday’s 1-0 loss; right, Jaden Vugteveen (4) controls a pass that came her way.


kerri lynn boyle, 36, booked for residen-tial burglary.

Dustin Hale Jones, 37, booked on an OCSO Fta warrant for Dui.

Cheyenne r. lezard, 18, booked on theft of a firearm, second-degree vehicle prowl, and second degree theft (access device).

Oscar torres-gomez, 20, booked on a Department of Corrections detainer.

lisa kay Williams, 26, booked for first-degree criminal trespass.

blane Scott Moore, 19, booked for first-degree trafficking in stolen property and third-degree posses-sion of stolen property.

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013Warrant arrest on S. First ave. in Okano-

gan.DWlS on Cayuse Mountain rd. near

tonasket.Vehicle crash on 23rd ave. in Oroville.

no injuries reported.lost property on Hwy. 7 near tonasket.theft on rodeo trail rd. near Okanogan.

Computer reported missing.Drugs on W. Fourth ave. in Okanogan.Domestic dispute on S. tonasket ave. in

tonasket.Domestic dispute on Pine St. in Omak.Warrant arrest on 14th ave. in Oroville.automobile theft on 10th ave. in Omak.Domestic dispute on e. Fifth St. in

tonasket.Deanna Jean Davis, 30, booked on

an Fta warrant for distribution of a controlled substance and two Omak Police Department Fta war-rants: second-degree vehicle prowl and third-degree theft.

alisa Doreen rice, 38, booked on four Superior Court Fta warrants: Dui, third-degree DWlS and two for POCS; and a grant County Fta war-rant for Dui.

theodore kurtis Storm, 26, booked on a Department of Corrections detainer.

anthony ray McFarlane, 44, booked on a tonasket Police Department Fta warrant for third-degree DWlS.

tommie bernard tucker, 45, booked for third-degree theft and two counts of third-degree DWlS.

kristina Marie gipson, 30, booked on an Omak Police Department Fta war-rant for third-degree theft.

luis rosendo benitez-lopez, 22, booked for third-degree DWlS, making a false statement to a public servant, a Douglas County Fta warrant for Dui, and a uSbP hold.

Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013Warrant arrest on b&O rd. near Okano-

gan.Fraud on Pine Creek rd. near tonasket.alcohol offense on S. Second ave. in

Okanogan.Drugs on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.Weapons offense on San aton lane

near Okanogan.Warrant arrest on Oak St. in Okanogan.Warrant arrest on S. ash St. in Omak.trespassing on Omak ave. in Omak.burglary on S. Main St. in Omak.theft on engh rd. in Omak.Violation of no-contact order on W. First

ave. in Omak.theft on 23rd ave. in Oroville.burglary on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.Juan antonio Hernandez-adan, 29,

booked for no valid operator’s license without iD and a uSbP hold.

Sebastian Joseph a. Martinez, 22, booked on an Omak Police Depart-ment FtC warrant for MiP/C and three OCSO FtC warrants: third-degree malicious mischief, MiP/C and obstructing.

Jesse Daniel ray lightely, 19, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV).

Friday, Sept. 20, 2013Warrant arrest on engh rd. in Omak.threats on Miller rd. near Omak.threats on Stage Coach trail rd. in

riverside.Drugs on Hwy. 97 near Oroville.Harassment on n. Cordell rd. near Oroville.Hit-and-run vehicle crash on S. Second

ave. in Okanogan.DWlS on Hwy. 7 near tonasket.theft on riverside Dr. in Omak. Wine

reported missing.Warrant arrest on 14th ave. in Oroville.Domestic dispute on e. Seventh St. in

tonasket.Shannon Dawn edwards, 40, booked for

third-degree DWlS and an Omak Police Department Fta warrant for third-degree DWlS.

luis antonio rojas-resendiz, 39, booked for Dui and a uSbP hold.

Darryle Clint gua, 29, booked on a De-partment of Corrections Secretary’s warrant.

Christopher James Johnson, 26, booked for possession of a stolen vehicle.

bradley Scott Peters,23, booked for Dui and third-degree DWlS.

James everett Davis, 56, booked on a Department of Corrections Secre-tary’s warrant and POCS (metham-phetamine).

rachel Dawn Morales, 32, booked on an OCSO Fta warrant for third-degree DWlS.

travis Wesley Orr, 29, booked for POCS (cocaine).

Jose Cruz alcala-Manjarres, 39, booked for Dui.

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013Vehicle prowl on S. Main St. in Omak.Motorcycle theft on engh rd. in Omak.theft on Conconully rd. in Okanogan.

electronics reported missing.two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 97 in tonas-

ket. no injuries reported.Domestic dispute on engh rd. in Omak.Vehicle prowl on n. Second ave. in

Okanogan.Malicious mischief on rodeo trail rd.

near Okanogan.Malicious mischief on W. third ave. in

Omak.Structure fire on W. Central ave. in

Omak.John Michael Hendrickson, 30, booked

for a State Patrol Fta warrant for Dui.bruce leroy Wisner, 50, booked on a De-

partment of Corrections Secretary’s warrant.

Joseph kenneth Shawl, 42, booked for fourth-degree assault (DV) and harassment (DV).

gordon Joseph Harry Jr., 48, booked for second-degree criminal trespass.

eric lea reid, 40, booked for Dui and third-degree DWlS.

Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013Domestic dispute on Sage Hills rd. near

tonasket.Dui on Hwy. 97 in tonasket.Hit-and-run vehicle crash on Weather-

stone rd. near Omak.Malicious mischief on S. Whitcomb ave.

in tonasket.DWlS on engh rd. in Omak.illegal burning on Soren Peterson rd.

near Omak.Disorderly conduct on Jasmine St. in

Omak.burglary on e. Dewberry ave. in Omak.Malicious mischief on e. third St. in

tonasket.Harassment on S. Whitcomb ave. in

tonasket.threats on S. State St. in tonasket.larry edward Siltman, 58, booked for

violation of a protection order (DV).Jerome Franklin Callum, 68, booked

for Dui.tyler Dayne Whitney, 19, booked for

minor driving after consuming alcohol.

Vickie Lynn Reese

Vickie Lynn Reese passed away suddenly on August 14, 2013 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, her moth-er and sisters by her side. She was born July 18, 1953 at Tonasket to parents Robert and Ruby Reese.

She grew up in Oroville and graduated in 1971. She later moved to Omak and worked at State Farm Insurance and the Western Restaurant. Seven years later she moved back to Oroville and went to work at VIP Insurance for Mike Bourn. She was very devoted to her job and met a lot of people in doing so. We want to remember her pleas-ant personality and her laughter!

Vickie’s love for horses started at an early age and she always had one or two of her own. She grew up with her very special uncle, Darrell Reese, and special cousin, Linda Kitterman, who named Vickie her “sister chick.” She always spent as much time as possible with her great niece and nephew Skyler and Reese Noel. She made sure Skyler had a horse (Sadie) and Reese claimed “Buck” as his own.

Vickie loved God, her family, her relatives and special friends.

Vickie is survived by her moth-er, Ruby Reese; sisters Janet and Peggy Reese; her partner of ten years Matt Thacker; daughter Lisa Oliver, Brewster; Grandma Trenton, Omak and nephew Jason Reese, Oroville.

She was proceeded in death by one son Troy Glenn Rairdan, her father Robert Reese, niece Melissa Reese Noel, nephew Justin Reese and her grandparents.

We all love and miss her very much.

At Vickie’s request there will be no service.

RaLph DeLVin Fitzthum

Ralph Delvin Fitzthum, age 81 of Oroville, died on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. He was born on December 22, 1931 in Tonasket to parents Alvin and Frieda Fitzthum.

Ralph grew up on Siwash Creek where he worked with his father in the family sawmill. He entered the U.S. Army and served in Korea. Following an honor-able discharge, he moved home

where he met the love of his life, Ardith, and worked as a logger and catskinner. On July 17, 1955

he married Ardith Carlquist in Oroville. Together they lived in Tonasket, Spokane and then moved to Renton where Ralph worked as a mechanic at Boeing for 32 years. Following retire-ment, they moved to Oroville. Ralph enjoyed the outdoors; he especially loved hunting with family in the Bonaparte area. He was a member of the Eagles and was a Past Worthy President and a life member of the Grand Aerie.

He is survived by his wife Ardith, at home in Oroville; four children: Cory Fitzthum of Oroville, Ralph Arthur Fitzthum, Jr. and wife Jennifer of Oroville, Tracy Brown and husband Daryl of Renton and Kelly Fitzthum of California; one brother: Don Fitzthum of Spokane; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Royce, Dover and Randy and one sister, Evelyn.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, September 28,

2013 at 2 p.m. at the Havillah Cemetery with Dave Wildermuth, officiating. A Celebration of Life and potluck will follow at the Oroville Eagles at 5 p.m.

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

Joseph a. aLLemanDi

Joseph A. Allemandi, 86 of Loomis, Washington, died September 18, 2013 at his home near Palmer Lake. Joe was born March 31, 1927 to Joe and Hazel Allemandi in Nighthawk, Washington.

He attended high school in Oroville and served in the U.S. Army in the Asiatic Theater and Japan from June 1945 until being honorably discharged in December of 1946. Joe was a

cattle rancher almost his entire life and served 20 years on the Okanogan

County ASCS Committee. He is survived by his

wife, Shirley Allemandi of Palmer Lake; two sons, Mike Allemandi of Wenatchee and Monte Allemandi of Palmer Lake; one daughter, Johnna Buchert of Eagle, Idaho; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preced-ed in death by his parents and three sisters.

A family gathering is being planned for a later date.

Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel and the Okanogan Co. Crematory of Okanogan are car-ing for the arrangements.

samueL swageR

Samuel Swager, age 76 of Tonasket, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at home. He was born March 18, 1937 in Cherokee Co. Kansas to Samuel and Mary Swager.

As a young man Sam began farming in Missouri with his father. He then traveled, doing machinist and carpentry work, later working for the Gulf Oil Company. In 1968 he and his family moved to Tonasket where he worked in the apple and log-ging industries for many years and later for the county from which he retired.

Sam was a member of the Tonasket Eagles and an hon-

orary member of the Tonasket American Legion. He volun-

teered a good deal of time to these organizations, giving them the benefit of his carpentry skills.

Sam is survived by his darling Ruth, at home; son, Marty (Tami) Swager of Spokane and one son and two daughters in Missouri who he hasn’t seen for many years; brother John (Collene) Swager of Missouri; sister, Fanny (John) Rainey of Missouri; two grandsons in Spokane and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister

Graveside services will be held Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Tonasket Cemetery with the Tonasket American Legion and the Tonasket Eagles officiating.

To placeinformation in

the Church Guidecall Charlene

476-3602

NEW Hope Bible Fellowship(Formerly Oroville Community Bible Fellowship)

Service Time: Sun., 5:30 p.m. Wed., 6:30 p.m.923 Main St. • [email protected]

Mark Fast, Pastorwww.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 SundayFather Jose Maldonado • 476-2110

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

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

WEDNESDAY: 7 p.m. Pastor Claude Roberts

Come Worship with Project 3:16

Oroville Unit ed Methodist908 Fir, Oroville • 476-2681

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

Valley Christian FellowshipPastor Randy McAllister

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

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

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

• Wednesday Evening Worship 7 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal602 Central Ave., Oroville

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

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

Warden • 476-2022

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

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

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

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

Oroville Free Methodist1516 Fir Street • Pastor Rod Brown • 476.2311

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

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

OROVILLE

LOOMISLoomis Community Church

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

Pastor Bob HaskellInformation: 509-223-3542

Holy Rosary Parish1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pastor Jim Yaussy Albright. [email protected]

CHESAWChesaw Community Bible Church

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

Pastor Duane Scheidemantle • 485-3826

TONASKET

MOLSON

Riverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God102 Tower Street

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

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

Ph. 509-826-4082

Community Christian FellowshipMolson Grange, Molson

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

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

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Immaculate ConceptionCatholic Church

Our apple pies will be freshly made the day of saleOctober 14, 2013

$7.00 each

Order as many as you like, theywill freeze very well and you bake

them when you are ready.For more info. call

Jane 476-2177 or Jo 476-3819

Place your order before Oct. 7th Fill yourhome with

freshly baked pie aroma!

Part of the proceeds will be donated back to the community!

Joseph Allemandi

Obituaries

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