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PASCO – Congressman Doc Hastings announced last Thursday he would not seek re-election and will choose to retire in 10 months following the end of his term. Hastings, a mem-ber of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1994, said the recent celebration of his 73rd birthday and his desire to spend more time with family weighed heav-ily in the decision.

Hastings made the an-nouncement in a press con-ference surrounded by fam-ily and said there was still plenty for him to accom-plish in his remaining time in the nation's capital.

"As chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I'm still go-ing to be aggressive in that

area, also," he said.When asked who his re-

placement would be on the committee, Hastings said he'd do whatever possible to ensure it's another Re-publican. He said he's talk-ed to colleagues, such as Idaho congressman Mike Simpson, to visit him and discuss the possibility of taking over.

"He plans to make a trip out here because he under-stands the challenges Han-ford has, just like Idaho has," Hastings said.

On the same topic of par-tisanship, Hastings said di-visions and dysfunction in his own party didn't play too much into his decision.

He said it was good the debt ceiling being raised was behind them so he and his party could focus on the Natural Resources Com-

Hastings announcesretirement

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Congressman Doc Hastings announces he will not seek re-election during a press conference held in his hometown of Pasco Thursday, Feb. 13.


The Othello School District replacement maintenance and operations levy passed by only 61 votes with 52.6 percent of the 1,145 counted ballots ap-proving the measure; 542 peo-

ple voted against the levy and made up 47.3 percent of the vote for Adams County. Frank-lin County voters had 13 votes approving versus 26 against.

OSD superintendent George Juarez said the number of “no” votes in this election was com-parable to previous results, but

the fact the election considered a three-year levy rather than the typical two-year period may have played a role.

“The end result is we’re happy the levy passed and we can continue supporting our programs and staffi ng with these resources and we’re very

thankful to our community for that,” he said.

The levy replaces the two-year levy set to expire at the end of 2014 and would collect $2.7 million over 2014 to be collected in 2015. The levy is set to expand to $2.8 million in 2015 and $2.9 million the

year after. Juarez said the extra year in the new levy would go a long way in helping Othello students prosper.

“I think any time you invest in the future of your kids, it’s a good investment,” he said. “Any time your levy is not success-ful, it could have a devastating

impact on quality of education.”He said school funding

would continue to be an evolv-ing situation in the aftermath of the 2012 State Supreme Court decision in McCleary v. Washington that found the state wasn’t doing enough to provide for the education of children.

School District levy narrowly passes


The Othello Music Boosters club is set to bring back its long-running jazz night fundraiser at the Othello School District conference building Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. This year, fundraiser organizers hope ticket and auction sales will reach their goal of raising $5,000 to support mu-sic programs at the middle and high schools, as well as a few scholarships.

Tickets go for $10 for adults and $7 for students, along with opportunities to bid on items in a silent auction. Music Booster treasurer Todd Ashton said the night is 100 percent devoted to making sure Othello’s students can continue to benefi t from learning music while providing more opportu-nities for participation.

“It’s a good night with some students from the high school and middle school bands to come and perform,” he said. “We also have some good auction items we’re planning on getting.”

Chance to support school musicians coming up BY ERIK PAGUE

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American School & University mag-azine has awarded Wahitis Elemen-tary School and designers Architects West Inc. with recognition of out-standing design in its November 2013 issue. Wahitis principal Pete Perez and project architect Ed Champagne were formally congratulated for the accomplishment during the Monday, Feb. 10, school board meeting.

Perez said Architects West is only able to submit one of their projects a year to the magazine’s panel and the fact the school he works in was the one that was chosen speaks a lot to the type of learning environment the community’s building at Wahitis.

“We’ve always been proud of the fa-cility, but for other folks to recognize

what a nice place it is that the com-munity provided for us, it supports the idea we have about our work: that it’s

important, we’re proud of it … and the people who work here,” Perez said.

Wahitis recognized for outstanding design

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Principal Pete Perez said design choices such as using similar support structures seen on the outside of the building on the inside also, led to the school’s recent recognition for outstanding design from American School & University magazine.

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Main St.7 p.m., Adams County Planning Commission, Adams

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Church, 1130 E. Pine.FRIDAY, FEB. 216 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Happy Hour, Othello

Community Hospital basement, 315 N. 14th Ave.SATURDAY, FEB. 2212 to 2 p.m., Othello Friends of the Library, Book

Nook book sale, Othello Community Library, 101 E. Main St.

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tist Church, 1130 E. Pine St. MONDAY, FEB. 247 p.m., Othello City Council, City Hall, 500 E. Main St.7:30 p.m., Othello School Board, district board

room, 1025 S. First Ave. (location changes)

Putting risk in perspective

Where there is life, there is risk. That’s not some in-sightful quotation, it’s just a fact. We’re exposed to risk from the moment we get up in the morning – slip and fall, dog bite, traffic acci-dent, lightning strike. We can manage risk, we can minimize risk, but we can-not eliminate it.

That fact used to be ac-cepted as common sense, but in today’s society, peo-ple have come to believe any degree of risk is unac-ceptable. In fact, trial law-yers have won lawsuits, not because their clients were injured but because they feared they might be.

Why does this matter to you? When government tries to ensure a virtually risk-free environment, it imposes regulations that are needlessly punitive and costly. We pay those costs through higher prices and lost jobs.

Case in point: estimating environmental risk. There are two common ways to calculate risk. One method is easier and cheaper; the other is more accurate. Most government agencies use the first one.

It’s called the “determin-istic” method.

This method is easier for agencies to use because it’s

simple and it doesn’t require a lot of data. The only prob-lem is it’s less accurate. It tends to overestimate risk. But that’s not all. Regu-lators routinely take that overestimated risk level and compound it by adding an additional layer of buffer – “just to be safe.” As a result, you end up with regulations that are far more restrictive and costly than necessary to provide protection.

Last November, the Washington Department of Ecology announced it will likely use this method as it updates the state’s fish con-sumption level – one factor in a complex formula that determines our state’s water quality standards.

That’s a problem. Ecol-ogy’s starting point on this issue was extreme to begin with. They wanted to use the same FCR Oregon used, one which resulted in wa-ter quality standards that are virtually impossible to meet because the technol-ogy to comply doesn’t exist and may not for decades. In some cases, the allow-able levels are so low they can’t be measured with existing technology.

A recent study by HDR Engineering estimates im-posing these standards in Washington would cost lo-cal governments, ports, ratepayers and businesses billions, with little or no en-vironmental benefit.

Despite that, Ecology still plans to use this less accu-rate method to calculate en-vironmental risks.

There is a better way.It’s called the probabilistic

method, as in “probabili-ties.” It’s more comprehen-sive, more precise and more

accurate. This method analyzes

large amounts of data and thousands of variables in order to calculate a range of exposures and risks across various populations and cir-cumstances. The result is a more nuanced, realistic pic-ture of environmental risk.

Think of it this way: When you walk out of your house, there’s a risk you could get struck by lightning. Light-ning strikes occur every day somewhere on the globe. But how likely is it that it will happen to you? That’s the question that is better answered by the probabilis-tic method.

Ecology has used the probabilistic method and the EPA says it provides the best basis for decision-making. “Because the re-sults of the refined risk as-sessment show the range of possible environmental impacts and which ones are most likely to occur, they provide a better basis for decision-making.”

If that’s true, why isn’t Ecology using it now? Good question.

It’s a question being asked by the members of the Northwest Pulp & Paper As-sociation, who recently sub-mitted a report to Ecology on the probabilistic method prepared by ARCADIS, a global leader in environ-mental engineering and risk assessment. NWPPA has asked Ecology to use the more accurate probabilistic method as the agency up-dates our state’s water qual-ity standards.

Let’s hope they listen.

Letters to the editorBack on the track

City budgets are a peculiar thing. They all have a general fund, a street fund, capital fund and so on.

The city budget is like a train on a track that leads dollars to where they must be spent. Each fund gets money from specific sources and sometimes, money must be spent on spe-cific things.

From 2007 through 2012, our city budget was off the rails. The street fund (half cent optional sales tax) was diverted to supple-ment the general fund. The capital fund (think fire truck and cop car money) was diverted to supplement the street fund. Then the general fund was used to provide pay raises to the em-ployees who created the budget and snook-ered two administrations into misdemeanor behavior (which the police chief has never is-sued citations for).

We have asked these past couple of years for an answer as to where the more than $660,000 of street funds were spent. The new adminis-tration has diligently worked to produce the explanation, which details that it was actually $860,658 from the street fund. The problem was even worse than we had realized. (We didn’t have the most recent siphoned money data from 2012.)

Not only have dollars been diverted from their intended and lawful path, but if one stud-ies the situation a little more, one comes to the opinion that the circular movement of funds from one fund to another that is precluded by law resembles a money laundering scheme.

According to the Othello Outlook, Feb. 13, Spencer Williams said what happened wasn’t illegal at either the state or federal level. This obscures the fact that it is illegal accord-ing to our municipal code and has been for three decades.

Things are getting back on track because citizens demand it.

Sean Bates

don’t pay for iLLegaLs’ education

I’m writing this letter in reply to an ar-ticle in the Grant County Journal dated Monday, Jan. 27. Inslee wants lawmakers to approve a plan that would expand state financial aid to students who are living in this country illegally.

Just in case Inslee doesn’t know or doesn’t care to know what illegal means, the following is what a dictionary has to say: Prohibited by law, not legal, unauthor-ized and unlawful.

Charity begins at home, which to all le-gal residents is America or the Good Old U.S.A. If our governor wants to help the il-legals, why not start within our prisons, as they all did something illegal but most are Americans and an education could make them a better American citizen.

I would sure like to know what Mr. Inslee had in mind to come up with such an idea when we have a lot of American students who could use some help to pay for their college education.

In the last two weeks, I have talked to quite a few Americans about this subject and not one of them thought it was a good thing to do. Yes, I am a U.S. Navy veteran and I’m proud that I was able to serve my country of America. But I never thought we would support illegal students over our own American students.

Mr. Gov. Jay Inslee, I believe you owe an explanation to all of the Washington state citizens as to why you are supporting the illegals.

A concerned citizen,Gerald Beierman

Grand Coulee

Money Laundering process in 10 points

The $660,000 grew to $860,000. The city did not stop the hemorrhage when they found it.

They disappeared $860,000 from the street fund, or diverted it before it got there, and deposited it in the general fund, which is illegal by city ordinance (The Peoples Direction).

They replaced it with utility tax money that can be for capital projects, which could not be put in the general fund directly, per city ordinance (The Peoples Direction).

The general fund is $860,000 richer, with funds from the street fund, which are not supposed to go to the general fund (The Peoples Direction).

Fact: The replacement street fund money came from the capital fund, not the gen-eral fund. This capital fund money comes from utility taxes. Half goes to the capital account, the other half went to the general fund. That’s how it was sold to the people back in the day.

Conversion from either the street fund or capital fund half of the utility tax to the general fund is not permitted (The Peoples Direction).

Our position: The general fund received $860,000 it should not have had from streets. The general fund must pay back $860,000, plus interest, to streets.

The net effect is that there is $860,000 less for streets from the street fund, or the capital fund, because the bureaucrats took it home in salary increases.

So what is the solution? To ask you for more tax money for streets, of course. They will siphon that off later for some unintend-ed purpose (not the Peoples Direction).

They claim they put way more money into streets from the capital account than they diverted. That money was collected from us as money available to streets anyway.

Michael R. Crosier

Vote for pakootas

Listen up. There is a great alternative to Cathy McMorris Rodgers. He is Joseph “Joe” Pakootas (puh-KOE-tuss). Many newspaper letters voice disappointment with Rodgers’ votes on food stamps, un-employment benefits, corporate welfare and more. She consistently represents the wealthy top 10 percent, leaving out impor-tant interests of 90 percent of the public.

With those voting numbers, we can change this picture.

Joe Pakootas would be the state’s first Na-tive American congressman. He is a proven leader in eastern Washington, as former chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and a successful businessman. As CEO, he managed a $10 million turnaround for the Tribes. He has focused on sustainable business enterpris-es. He received the top minority business award in the state from the University of Washington.

Joe, at 56, has for years coached sports in his community. He has an MBA from UW. He led cleanup of Canada mining heavy metals in the Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt.

Among his goals are protecting waters of our area, strengthening employment and developing programs for children in need.

Are you registered to vote? If you’ve moved, you may need to re-register. Be ready to mark your ballot for Joe Pakootas in November.

Roz LutherSpokane

Winning an election in less than six months

If you want to be elected the next United States Congress-man from the distinguished 4th District of Washington, listen closely.

What I’m about to uncover is a simple mathematical equa-tion that I’m sure has already been solved on a chalkboard by a Tea Partian protege working as a part-time janitor in a non-descript east coast university.

You can deny that the planet is warming and still get elect-ed. You can support same-sex marriage and believe our aquifers aren’t in decline and still get elected. All you need is the votes.

With the recent retirement announcement of Congress-

man Doc Hastings, one of 21 House Republicans vacating their seats at the end of 2014, if there ever was a time to dream big, it’s here and now.

The 4th Congressional Dis-trict runs from the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge along the Columbia River to as far north as the Canadian border of the Okanogan National For-est. It’s a huge sliver of eastern Washington that looks like an elfish boot – which I believe we credit Gerry Mandering for this architectural accomplishment.

It encompasses communities in Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Okanogan, Walla Walla and Yakima coun-ties. Since a political scientist somewhere has already run the numbers, I would guess there are close to 250,000 potential American votes just waiting to be gobbled up.

But first – to win on the big stage in the state of Washing-ton – you have to spend time in the trenches. This means the first challenge is the primary election. In this case, second place isn’t first loser. The top

two move on, regardless of po-litical affiliation.

Assuming the recent trend (and success) of two-year elec-tion cycles and extreme candi-dates who believe holding the hard party line is the answer to longevity, there will likely be a candidate “already stocked up on crazy.”

You don’t have to beat them, you only have to complement their weaknesses.

Of the 102,443 total votes cast in the 2012 primary elec-tion for the 4th congressional seat, 32,089 came from Benton County and 31,929 from Ya-kima County. That’s 62 percent of what you need coming from just two counties.

Three months later in the general election, there were 152,948 votes alone just from these two counties. If you need to figure out where to start, fin-ish the equation.

The only difference between a primary voter and a general election voter is their level of empathy. Show them you care and you, too, can join the other Washington.

By Don C. BrunellBusiness Analyst

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Chamber Awards BanquetThe Greater Othello Cham-

ber of Commerce will hold their annual awards Friday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Bethel Assembly of God church. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information call, 488-2683.

MMS talent showMcFarland Middle School

is hosting its third annual Tal-ent Show in their auditorium Friday, Feb. 21. Performances will begin at 6:30 p.m and tickets will cost $2 for adults, $1 with a canned food dona-tion or $7 for a full-family package. Assistant Principal Trish Graber said all pro-ceeds will go to support the school’s choir program and performances include singing and dancing.

Pancake Supper to benefit Habitat for Humanity

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Sev-enth and Elm, will again host the annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. All proceeds will go to Othello’s local Habitat for Humanity.

Shrove Tuesday is the last day for feasting before the start of Lent. It is also called Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans and other parts of the world. It is the day be-fore Ash Wednesday where people would “shrive” or con-fess their sins to the priest. Since meat, milk, butter and sugar were forbidden dur-ing the Lenten fast, pancakes were served as an easy way to use up these items. The public is invited to participate in this traditional feast of pancakes and sausages.

School district workshopThe Othello School Dis-

trict Board of Directors will hold a workshop Friday, Feb. 21, from noon to 1 p.m. at the district boardroom, 1025 S. First Ave. The meeting will be for a webinar dealing with board docs. No action will be taken. The public is invited.

Choral society presents unique dinner show

The Othello Choral Society will be presenting its 12th an-nual interesting and different Unique Dinner Show April 10 at Reichert’s Showhouse. A combined men and women’s choir and a children’s choir is planned. The combined choir

will begin rehearsals Feb. 27 at the Showhouse from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals are each Thursday through April 3 with the last rehearsal Tuesday, April 8. If inter-ested in joining the choir, contact Bob Reichert by Monday, Feb. 24, in order for him to purchase the required music. The email is [email protected] or phone 793-6837.

Youth baseball-softball registration

Summer Othello Youth Baseball-Softball registration nights are set for Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Othello High School Corridor, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Please bring your child’s birth certificate. Keep up to date by liking the group on Facebook.

Annual Big Bend Co-op meeting

Members of Big Bend Elec-tric Cooperative Inc., please plan to attend the 75th an-nual meeting Saturday, Feb. 22, at Basin City Elementary, located at 303 Bailie Blvd., Basin City.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., displays from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., scholarships at 10:15 a.m. and the business meeting and election of trust-ees beginning at 10:30 a.m.

There are door prizes for members and kids. The meeting will adjourn with lunch at noon.

Jazz Night AuctionThe Othello Music Boost-

ers announce their annual fundraising auction “Jazz Night 2014” Thursday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. at the former Nazarene Gathering Place, 905 E. Ash St. The event helps purchase music equip-ment and provides funds for choir and band tours and scholarships for stu-dents interested in pursuing music in college.

The event includes dinner (baked potato bar), with tick-ets available at the door: $10 adults and $7 for students.

Third Thursday DinnerThe Othello Senior Center

is hosting the Third Thursday Dinner, Feb. 20. The center is located at 755 N. Seventh. The dinner runs from 5 to 7 p.m. The guest chefs are Ad-die Brandenberg and Diana Brault, who are preparing an

Italian dinner. There is a $10 donation. Please RSVP by calling 488-5700 and walk-ins welcome.

Coventry House serviceThe Othello Church of the

Nazarene provides a wor-ship experience bi-monthly at Coventry House, 430 N. Second, on the second and fourth Sundays. Sunday, Feb. 22, the service will begin at 10:15 a.m. If you have a loved one who lives at Cov-entry House, join them as we worship together.

Distinguished Young Women

The Distinguished Young Woman program will be Sat-urday, March 1, with eight young women participating. DYW is seeking sponsors to provide scholarship awards for the contestants. The DYW program is a non-profit orga-nization and donations to the program are tax deductible. In 2013, contestants received $4,150 in scholarships. For more information, contact Re-nee Jensen at 488-5872.

Classes of 1983 and 1984 combined reunion

The date for the 30-year class reunions of 1983 and 1984 has been set for July 18 and 19. For details, questions or to submit contact infor-mation, please contact either Lisa McCullough Karstetter at (509) 393-3677 or [email protected], Debbie Hol-lenbeck at (509) 760-0862 or [email protected] or Kristine Bagwell Rob-ertson at (509) 331-8408 or [email protected]. Details also available on the class reunion Facebook page at www.facebook.com/OHSreunion8384.

Children’s choirThe Othello Choral Society

will be presenting their annu-al Spring Dinner Show April 10 at Reichert’s Showhouse. A children’s choir will be part of the entertainment. If you have a student in grades three through eight and they are interested in singing in this choir, please contact Donna Reichert by Feb. 20 at 488-5597 to register. Re-hearsals will start Monday, Feb. 24, 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., at Reichert’s Showhouse.

Community Bulletin Board

THURSDAY, FEB. 207 a.m., Sunrise Serenity AA meetings, 2155 W. Moon


Main St.7 p.m., Adams County Planning Commission, Adams

County Services Building, 425 E. Main St.7:30 p.m., VFW Post 8889, Pine Street Baptist

Church, 1130 E. Pine.FRIDAY, FEB. 216 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, Happy Hour, Othello

Community Hospital basement, 315 N. 14th Ave.SATURDAY, FEB. 2212 to 2 p.m., Othello Friends of the Library, Book

Nook book sale, Othello Community Library, 101 E. Main St.

SUNDAY, FEB. 23Habitat for Humanity board meeting, Pine Street Bap-

tist Church, 1130 E. Pine St. MONDAY, FEB. 247 p.m., Othello City Council, City Hall, 500 E. Main St.7:30 p.m., Othello School Board, district board

room, 1025 S. First Ave. (location changes)

TUESDAY, FEB. 2510 a.m., Othello Port District Commissioners, 455 E.

Hemlock St.4 p.m., The Screening Room, Reichert’s Showhouse,

50 cents, all ages welcome, 130 N. Broadway.6 p.m., Alcoholic Anonymous, English, Othello Com-

munity Hospital, conference room B.6:30 p.m., Othello Lions Club, Time Out Pizza, 1025

E Main St.7 p.m., Alcoholic Anonymous, Spanish, Othello Latin

Senior Center, 210 S. Fourth Ave.7 p.m., “Recovery” meeting for anyone with an ad-

diction of any kind, 2227 W. Cunningham Road.WEDNESDAY, FEB. 269 a.m., Adams County Commissioners, Adams County

Services Building, 425 E. Main St.THURSDAY, FEB. 277 a.m., Sunrise Serenity AA meetings, 2155 W. Moon


Main St.6 p.m., Adams County Public Hospital District No. 3

board meeting, Othello Community Hospital, 315 N. 14th Ave.

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Senior menuOthello Senior

Center755 N. Seventh Ave. 488-5700Lunch served at noon. Contact the center by

10 a.m. for a reservation. Price is $5. Menus subject to change.

Thursday, Feb. 20: Meatloaf, potatoes, green beans, veggies, fruit (Third Thursday dinner – Italian cui-sine).

Friday, Feb. 21: Pizza, salad, pickles, pudding.Tuesday, Feb. 25: Shepherd’s pie, roll, salad, veg-

gies, cake.Wednesday, Feb. 26: Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad,

ice cream.Thursday, Feb. 27: Ham, potatoes, green beans,

veggies, peach crisp (Beautification).Friday, Feb. 28: Ham Newberg, peas, tomatoes,

jello, brownie (Habitat).

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Othello High School girls wrestling head coach JJ Martinez was recently selected coach of the year for Region IV following a third-place finish last weekend at the Girls Regional Wrestling Tournament, Region IV, at Wahluke High School in Mattawa. He will send six lady wrestlers to this weekend’s Mat Classic XXVI in Tacoma.

Martinez named Coach of the Year

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Q: How can I forgive someone who isn’t sorry for what he’s done? My father hurt me deeply when I was young. Friends have said that I need to forgive him in my heart, but how can he receive something he isn’t even asking for?

Jim: I understand how you feel, and my heart goes out to you. For years I couldn’t forgive my alcoholic father who abandoned me when I was 5, or the stepfather who left me and my four siblings to fend for ourselves when my mom died four years later. Why should I?

But what I eventually had to come to grips with was that I either had to forgive or slowly poison my mind and heart. Holding on to unresolved bitterness will destroy you. You can’t control your father’s actions and attitudes. But by God’s grace and with His help, you must learn to control your own. If you choose not to forgive, you’ll only hurt yourself.

How your father hurt you is a very important piece of the puzzle. If you’ve experienced sexual or physical abuse, it’s critical that you talk openly with someone else about the hurt and betrayal you’ve endured. Or perhaps you’ve been scarred by years of rejection or emotional neglect. These are serious and painful wounds that won’t heal until you’re able to forgive your father from the heart.

To be honest, this won’t happen without divine grace, and possibly the guidance of a professional counselor who can help you sort all this out in a healthy, nonthreatening way. Focus on the Family’s counselors would be pleased to discuss your concerns with you over the phone. I’d strongly encourage you to give them a call at 1-855-771-HELP (4357).

Q: My brother and his girlfriend have been living together for four years. He’s wanted our two boys to come over and spend a weekend with them, but because their living arrangement contradicts our values, I’ve been putting him off. My wife disagrees with their living together, but feels we should let them spend the night so they can develop a relationship with their uncle. What are your thoughts?

Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: Because I share your concerns related to cohabitation, I understand and appreciate your struggle. So what’s the answer?

The first thing you need to make absolutely certain is that you don’t allow this to drive a wedge between you and your wife. As you discuss this question, don’t forget that you’re both on the same team.

Your next step is to prayerfully identify what your real concerns are. For your wife, it’s that your boys won’t develop a relationship with their uncle. That’s legitimate. I suspect that’s equally important to you, but you’re afraid that by allowing them to spend the weekend with your brother, you’ll be communicating a confusing and compromising message to your kids.

Depending on your boys’ ages and maturity, you might consider allowing them to go, provided you discuss things with them beforehand. The truth is, their values will be chal-lenged and confronted soon enough, and this provides a teachable moment opportunity.

You can start by teaching them the important differences between marriage and co-habitation. Second, you can help them answer the hard question of, “What do we do when we don’t agree with someone’s choice?” You can do this by helping them understand the difference between “love” and “approval”; that they can love their uncle by spending time with him, without approving of his choices. And though they disapprove of his choices, it doesn’t mean they don’t love him.

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City Parks and Recreation Coordina-tor Molly Klippert gave an informational presentation on the Tree City USA pro-gram to city councilors during a work-shop held Monday, Feb. 3. The pro-gram, which can be seen at places like the Tri-Cities and Ellensburg already, would require the city to make a few new rules in order to reap the benefi ts of get-ting a few more trees growing around the community.

Councilors sounded open to the idea and directed Klippert to continue pursu-ing the plan. Klippert also presented a

new plan to install a social media pres-ence for the city that would ask the vari-ous department heads in the city to share updates on their day-to-day activities on sites like Facebook and Twitter. The plan is under review by city attorney Kather-ine Kenison and Klippert said she ex-pected the council to get a chance to vote on it during their next meeting.

Adams County Pet Rescue and the Ad-ams County Fire District also delivered their quarterly reports to the council. Fire Chief Gary Lebacken reported there was only one serious incident during the last part of 2013 that resulted in a fam-ily being displaced by a fi re-damaged home. The department responded to 38

city alarms, conducted 31 commercial business inspections and fi ve staff train-ings while also visiting area schools in between. The 38 calls brought the total number of city fi re incidents to 130 for the year.

ACPR shelter director Jamie Krueger reported the shelter took in 262 animals from the city and 391 from the county in 2013; 103 of the animals – mostly dogs – were returned to owners, 105 were ad-opted and a total of 20 lost their lives at the shelter, half from euthanasia and the other half due to natural causes. Nineteen dogs managed to escape ACPR this year, as well.

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what I am hearing more from my constituents as what is wrong with this ad-ministration and frankly, that's Obamacare," he said. "We are going to continue working on that because Americans, I think, are be-ing hurt by that."

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Members of People Against Illegal Drugs (PAID) met Wednesday, Feb. 12, to discuss and adopt a 2014 action plan to involve the community in their goal of reducing youth drugs and alcohol use. Vicki Guse, administrator of Integrated Healthcare Services, served as the liaison between PAID and the state Division of Behavioral Health and Re-covery to secure the fund-ing for a busy year of prev-ention initiatives.

Guse worked with PAID to adapt their older strate-gic plan to conform with re-quirements to secure a grant from Partnerships for Suc-cess. She said many of the programs they’ve come up with wouldn’t be available without grants like this.

“It’s great that we got this funding because basically, if we didn’t get it, a lot of these programs wouldn’t be able to move forward,” Guse said.

The action plan, which was approved by offi cials last week, features six goals PAID would like to work toward. Since it was based on their older strategic plan, many carryovers are includ-ed, but one new program is called LifeSkills Training and will be going through a trial period with sixth grad-ers beginning this month. The goal for this program is to decrease early initia-tion of substance abuse and would do so by training 25 selected students at the middle school to become good role models in show-ing the benefi ts of avoiding substance abuse. Guse said

they’re seeking full approv-al from the school district to bring the program in its en-tirety next school year.

A popular event making a return as part of the ac-tion plan is the Hey Kids! Summer Youth program that meets PAID’s goal of increasing community connectedness by helping kids work together and talk honestly with adults about substance abuse issues in Othello. Hey Kids! begins this June and will run for nine weeks, serving around 250 youths in the city.

Guse also said the state’s focus is including the com-munity-led PAID to provide more budgeting for commu-nity outreach with advertis-ing and articles as part of a local media campaign. Part of the campaign is to reduce community laws and norms that favor alcohol use in the community and Guse said PAID is working to restart its pursuit of a social host ordinance that would pro-vide police with additional tools to enforce underage drinking laws.

PAID also wants to host a town hall-style meeting in the fi rst half of the year, in-viting 15 community leaders and high school students to discuss issues of underage drinking. Guse said this is all part of the group’s plans to network within the com-munity to work together.

“We’ve got a great group of people and a lot of com-munity members have been vested in this coalition and making things happen in this community,” she said. “We’re all in this mission together. We all have the same goals.”

Franklin County farmer Lauren Booker has di-rected a $2,500 donation to the Columbia Basin Junior Livestock Show. Funded by America’s Farmers Grow Communities, the donation will help the group teach the kids in the community about animals and how to take of them.

Thanks to the support of farmers across the country, more than $3.2 million is be-ing directed to nonprofi ts in 1,289 counties in 39 states.

"This is a very good way for large agricultural compa-nies that do business in the Columbia Basin to give back to rural communities,” Burl L. Booker, the group’s presi-dent, said. “Last year’s youth involvement at the show was more than 300 exhibitors. Many participants and their families dedicate the earned money from this program to their college education. We thank the Monsanto Compa-ny for the generous gift and for their continued support of both youth and agriculture.”

America’s Farmers Grow Communities works direct-ly with farmers to support nonprofi t organizations like the Columbia Basin Junior Livestock Show, who are do-ing important work in their communities. The program

offers farmers the chance to win $2,500, which is then donated to the farmer’s non-profi t of choice. The search for funding to sustain and enhance programs is a year-round job for nonprofi t orga-nizations across the country. Through America’s Farmers Grow Communities, farm-ers have been able to support a variety of groups, such as

schools, fi re departments, community centers and youth organizations like 4-H and FFA.

America’s Farmers Grow Communities launched in 2010 and has since donated more than $13 million to more than 5,200 nonprofi t or-ganizations across the coun-try. America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by

the Monsanto Fund, is part of the America’s Farmers initiative, which highlights and celebrates the important contributions of farmers like Lauren Booker.

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ALL SCHOOLSThursday, Feb. 20: OHS Winter Choir Concert, MMS

Auditorium, 7 p.m.Monday, Feb. 24: Othello School Board meeting,

Desert Oasis High School, 7 p.m.OTHELLO HIGH SCHOOLFriday, Feb. 21-22: Boys and girls wrestlers at state

tournament, Tacoma.Friday, Feb. 21-22: Speech and debate team, state

qualifying, Wenatchee.MCFARLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLFriday, Feb. 21: MMS Talent Show, 6:30 p.m.Monday, Feb. 24: Eighth grade OHS parent night,

OHS, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 25: OHS dual credit parent night, OHS, 6 p.m.

SCOOTNEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARYThursday, Feb. 20: College dress up day.Friday, Feb. 21: Scootney pride day.Tuesday, Feb. 25: Dress for success day.Thursday, Feb. 27: College dress up day.Friday, Feb. 28: Scootney pride day.LUTACAGA ELEMENTARYFriday, Feb. 21: Family breakfast.HIAWATHA ELEMENTARYThursday, Feb. 27: Award assemblies, grades three

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While much of the credit goes to Architects West and the construction crews, Per-ez said community members and school district employ-ees, including Gina Bullis, Greg Fultz, Andy Anderson and Orland Favaro played key roles in making the building what it is. Betty Johansen, a local artist and OSD employee, was also pointed out as an individual who helped contribute to the idea that displaying art in the halls would be a big ben-efi t to the school.

“The art in public places project we have in the hall-way, they recognize that. The mural on the fl oor or the

mascot Jesse Rodelo painted for us, they recognize that,” Perez said. “That’s all part of this.”

Perez said some of the design choices he thought earned the building this recognition was the idea of bringing the outside in, along with using durable materials like brick walls and tile fl ooring not only to withstand repeated use from hundreds of students a day, but also looking good doing it.

The building is approach-ing its second birthday and Perez said this achievement serves as validation that the school is well suited to

serve the educational needs of Othello. He said much of these fi rst two years has been spent creating the school’s identity and now that they’ve been noticed for the building itself, he wants to transition to proving the teachers and students are worthy, as well.

“That’s been an interest-ing process for us and we’re proud to be recognized as a nice facility and a quality fa-cility,” Perez said. “Now our mind is on thinking about let’s get recognized for sig-nifi cant student achievement and making cool things hap-pen for kids.”

WAHITIS | ‘We’re proud to be recognized’From page A1


Due to the sheer number of statistics used to track student growth, the Othello School Dis-trict school board has asked administrators and staff to begin narrowing down what pieces of data are most effective in monitoring student progress. Board directors discussed this during the Monday, Feb. 10, meeting and superinten-dent George Juarez said he’s directed his staff to meet with the principals to explore this.

Juarez said much of the fogginess comes from the fact many standards and assessments change from year-to-year, forcing OSD to ad-just more often than they would like to.

“There were individuals within the school district who felt that wasn’t a fair assessment of growth,” he said. “You have to be aware of these variables and take into consideration how valid and valuable they are.”

The school board directed Juarez and staff to work together to come up with measurable sta-tistics that could be used district-wide that ev-eryone could understand, rather than a mixed bag of variables they currently contend with.

“(We want) to go back to the buildings and engage staff in a conversation about what type of data we could provide that would give the board what they are seeking,” Juarez said. “We will then try to provide some uniform data dis-trict-wide to the board.”

The meetings between district staff and prin-cipals haven’t been set yet and Juarez said they would only come after principals discuss the matter with their teachers.

Board discusses principal residency requirements

The board was also prompted to look back on a 1999 policy outlining requirements for whether or not school principals are to live within their own district after an unknown OSD principal requested to move outside of his or her district. After discussions includ-ing to what level principals are expected to involve themselves in the community, board directors gave permission to Juarez to determine future decisions on a case-by-case basis.

Offi cially, the policy still stands and re-quires principals to live within their own dis-trict. However, Juarez said a decision to con-tinue, alter or remove the policy altogether is expected soon.

The fi rst option would be to evaluate ad-ministrators based on their involvement in the community, the second would keep the policy as is and the third would be to keep the policy but allow for the chance for prin-cipals to request permission to move out of their district.

“Our intent as a district was to just gath-er information from our board relative to where they were at on the spectrum,” Juarez said. “The decision of the board was basi-cally they understand that just because one has a residency requirement doesn’t mean administrators aren’t any more involved in the community.”

School board seeks new way to track student progress

At Lutacaga Elementary, we are working to promote good citizenship and academic effort by selecting students of the month. These students serve as role models to their peers and en-courage their classmates to strive for excellence. Pictured are the students being honored for the month of January.

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Front row: Carlos Castillo, Omar Valdez, Kimberly Alcaraz, Sherlyn Chavez, Jayden Martinez, Maritza Cerna, Elena Zuniga, Anna Moreno; Second row: Amaris Mendez, Sara Hernandez, Jennifer Barajas, Brianna Rodriquez, Alexis Duran, Jacqueline Mendoza, Sarah Feliciano, Dulio Espinoza; Back row: Jisela Pena, Yajaira Gaspar, Lizeth Basurto, Rene Duran, Jacqueline Rodriguez, Arturo Solorio

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From left to right: Kevin Zander, Monsanto Representative, Lauren Booker and Burl Booker, Lauren’s father, accept a dona-tion of $2,500 to the Columbia Basin Junior Livestock Show.

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Among the confi rmed items in the auction are tick-ets to the Spokane Sympho-ny, gift certifi cates to local businesses and a three-night stay in a vacation cabin in Priest Lake, Idaho. Through-out the bidding, guests will be treated to dinner and performances from the jazz bands. More auction items are being donated up until the event, Ashton said.

Money raised during the event in the past has gone to pay the way for music stu-dents to attend various clin-ics and camps and has even provided expensive instru-ments to students struggling to afford them.

Ashton said it’s all about creating the best environ-ment possible for students and their instructors to work together in a time where bud-get cuts in music programs threaten music programs all around.

“We’re trying to ease the burden on the kids so ev-erybody can participate,” he said. “We’ve got really good

choir and band teachers right now and we want to keep it a positive experience so they’ll want to stay around.”

In the past, the boosters have also granted up to two scholarships for OHS gradu-ates, but with a little more

support, they would like to increase it to four. Ashton said the music programs have even toyed with the idea of setting up a trip to Disneyland or another fun vacation spot.

MUSIC | ‘We’re trying to ease the burden on the kids’From page A1

Brenda FleshmanOur fi nal highlighted contestant of the Distin-

guished Young Women program is Brenda Flesh-man, a three-sport varsity athlete and band member at Othello High School. She plays sports year-round with volleyball, basketball and softball being her favorites.

When she has time away from sports, you can see her with the pep band playing her fl ute. She’s also the treasurer of the high school symphonic band and serves as both the treasurer and president of the 4-H club.

Fleshman said she’s looking forward to the talent portion of the contest the most and will be playing a rendition of “Three Cheers and On Wisconsin” by Sousa and Purdy with her fl ute. She’s also confi dent she’ll do well in the scholastics section.

After high school, Brenda would like to pursue a career in the health sciences or pre-den-tistry at Whitworth University.

Distinguished Young Women contestant profi les – Week Four

Middle school talent show set for Feb. 21McFarland Middle School is hosting its third annual Talent Show in their auditorium Fri-

day, Feb. 21. Performances will begin at 6:30 p.m and tickets will cost $2 for adults, $1 with a canned food donation or $7 for a full-family package. Assistant Principal Trish Graber said all proceeds will go to support the school’s choir program and performances will include singing, dancing and instrumental songs.

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The OTown volleyball club will host a U-12 tournament this weekend. The one-day tournament is Saturday, Feb. 22, at McFarland Middle School. Pool play begins at 8 a.m. Pictured are: back row L-R: Emily Garza, Jillian Chavez, Taylor Ta� , Alexis Simmons. Middle Row L-R: Coach Steve Parris, Alexandra Monroy, Julissa Cantu, Halle Parris, Coach Loren Jenson. Bottom Row L-R: Ashley Garza, Ashley Krebs.

OTown hosts volleyball tourney

The following Othello students have been named to the fall 2013 deans list at Eastern Washington University: Kelcy Acosta, Es-tephanie Barragan, Amy Bullis, Tren By-ington, Bradley Danielson, Petra Delgado, Miguel Garza, Andrew Gomez, Miguel Lo-pez, Marissa Martinez, Alec Montemayor, Daniela Montes, Jessica Murillo, Jesenia Murilla, Mayra Valdez, Deyanira Valdez and Isamara Velasco.

Also earning a spot on the list is Chelsea

Brown, Lara Crow and Cassondra Platas-Ar-redondo, of Warden, and Hollie Clouse, Mark Hempel, Tahlia Ledezma and Margarita Rodriguez-Figueroa, of Royal City. Connell students who made the list are Cody Engelke, Jase Eskildsen, Veniel Garza, Rosa Hernan-dez, Keneesha Lloyd, Esmeralda Loprez, Darlene Maria, Matthew Minor, Jadenna Nuntananusit, Liliana Pena Lopez and Courtney White.

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Long-time Royal Slope resident Perry Pershing Piercy passed away at age 96 Feb. 9, 2014. Born June 11, 1917, in Benton County, Ark., Perry graduated from high school in Ojai, Calif. He served in the 1st Cav-alry Division of the U.S. Army in World War II in the Pacific Theater.

Returning home from the war, Perry completed the Goodyear Apprentice Farmer Program and was able to purchase his first 80-acre farm from Good-

year. While in this pro-gram, he met and married his wife of 56 years, Vera Spencer, of Kanab, Utah, in the St. George Temple May 11, 1948.

He farmed in Arizona and California, before com-ing to the Columbia Basin in 1957. The family joined him in 1959, arriving in the Basin to find their new home to be an army tent next to a power pole and a little domed refrigerator. Perry was an active mem-ber of the agricultural community and farmed with his sons.

Perry was a staunch Re-publican, as well as an ac-tive member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He loved good food and was often heard to remark that it was “whole-some and good.” He also enjoyed music and was of-ten found singing or listen-ing to a variety of songs.

After he retired, Perry and Vera served two mis-sions for their church – the first to Mississippi and the second to Missouri. These were a highlight in their

life. They enjoyed meeting new friends and spending time together. Vera passed away in 2002.

Perry remarried in 2007 to Ethel Neilson, of Ken-newick, where he spent the remainder of his life.

Perry is preceded in death by his brothers, sister and his wife Vera Spencer. He is survived by wife Ethel and his children Ron and Doro-thy Piercy, of Moses Lake, Lloyd and Lois Piercy, of Hermiston, Ore., Gary and Susan Piercy, of Royal City, and Layne and Elaine Reynolds, of Ephrata. His pride and joy has been his 21 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the LDS Church in Royal Camp Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. Interment will be in the Royal City Cemetery.

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Naudysmar “Naudy” Christie Borrero, 23, of Othello, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Kadlac Medical Cen-ter in Richland of compli-cations from tumors of the adrenal system.

Naudy was born Aug. 31, 1990, in Barcelona, Anzo-átegui, Venezuela, to Nau-dys and Yolimar (Acevedo) Borrero. She moved with her family to Othello in 1998. She attended Othello High School and graduated in 2009.

Although Naudy was only 8 years old and spoke only Spanish when she arrived in Othello, by high school she had become the “all American girl!” She was active in the OHS Leader-ship Club and was a four-

year member of the tennis team. She was a cheerlead-er, a captain of the cheer squad and helped organize and run the Othello Junior Cheer Camp for elementary school children. During her senior year, she worked at Time Out Pizza. Naudy was attending Columbia Basin College, initially studying to be a radiology technologist, but recently changing her focus to busi-ness, a discipline to which she was naturally suited. She earned money for her education working at Van-ity clothing store and the Sportsman’s Warehouse where she was valued by her managers for her initia-tive, strong work ethic and natural leadership qualities.

Naudy was very energetic and loved outdoor activi-ties. She enjoyed tennis, snowboarding, boating, tubing and bike riding. Naudy also enjoyed reading and was always into a nov-el. (Her Kindle was rarely out of reach.) She enjoyed cooking and was legendary for producing meals from scratch. She possessed a smile that was genuine and absolutely radiant and her cheerfulness would pierce any gloom. Above all, Nau-dy was honest and forth-right in all situations and relationships, a quality that gained her much respect from all who knew her.

Naudy is survived by three grandmothers, Dora Rivas and Ana Olivia Rincon, of Othello, and Geraldine Miller, of Nez Perce, Idaho; her parents Denis and Yolimar Mill-er; father Naudys (Maria Guadalupe) Borrero; her brothers José Borrero and Benjamin Miller; and her sister Chayanne Miller, all of Othello. She also leaves behind her fiancé, best friend and true love of her life Derek Stelter, also of Othello. A time for fi-nal visitation was set aside at Stevens Funeral Cha-pel Tuesday, Feb. 18, and again Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Bethel Spanish As-sembly Church in Othel-lo. A celebration of her life was held at the church Wednesday. Burial fol-lowed at Bess Hampton Memorial Gardens.

To sign the guest book, leave a note for the fam-ily or order flowers, please visit stevensfuneralchapel.com. Services are under the direction of Stevens Fu-neral Chapel.

The family suggests me-morials be made to: VHL Aliance at www.vhl.org (VHL is a group dedicated to research, education and support to improve diagno-sis, treatment and quality of life for those affected by VHL).

We live in an increasingly international economy, did you know more than 12 per-cent of the alfalfa and more than 30 percent of grassy hays produced in the seven western states are exported? Adams County Develop-ment Council, Big Bend Community College, Small Business Development Center and the Grant County EDC will offer a Export Read-iness Workshop March 12 and 13 at Big Bend Community College.

This workshop will provide hands on as-sistance for exporting. International Trade Specialists, International Lawyers and other experts will be available. You will hear tes-timonials from local businesses, and learn about government programs, and funding available to exporters. Speakers will include experts Vern W. Jenkins, international trade

specialist from the Spokane Export Center, Sharon Sappington from the Seattle Export Center, and Allan Peterson a certified busi-ness adviser, certified global business profes-sional and more. You will receive a syllabus worth more than $200 and free assistance in the coming months as your business moves into the global market.

Adams County Development Council is providing several scholarships to this event for Adams County businesses; inquire ear-ly and contact us to receive email updates in the coming weeks. Wondering how your business can expand or enter the global mar-ket? This is a great opportunity to answer your questions and concerns. For more in-formation, contact [email protected], (509) 331-2042.

Export Readiness Workshop offered

In last week's Othello Outlook story "2014 Chamber Award Winners," teacher of year Gale Vasquez’s photo was incorrectly identified as Juan Garza.

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SPOKANE – When you fi nish second by two team points at the 2A Region IV wrestling tournament, it's easy to refl ect on the importance of each match – and how two points can make all the difference.

The Othello Huskies fell short by just two team points, fi n-ishing with 171.5 points, behind tournament champion Colville, who brought home the title with 173.5 points.

"We had all kinds of matches where that two-point margin of victory could have been accomplished," head coach Ruben Martinez said. "We actually wrestled really well consider-ing we were wrestling in Spokane and there were no CWAC offi cials representing us there … sometimes, that makes a difference."

Martinez expected to get seven to eight wrestlers through, but is content with sending six.

"We continually leave kids home, not just us but other teams in our region," he said. "This continues to be one of the toughest regions to get the correct numbers through, but I am happy with the six who qualifi ed for state."

Bubba Ruiz was Othello's only champion, defeating Robert Luna (Toppenish) 2-0 at 285 pounds. The Huskie senior opened with a round-one bye, then pinned Mathew Derting (Ephrata) in 3:54 and won by 10-1 decision over West Valley-Yakima's Jorge Mendoza, to meet Luna in the fi nals.

It was the fourth time Ruiz defeated Luna, who Martinez classifi es as one of the two best wrestlers – including Ruiz – in the state.

Joining Ruiz are seniors Isaiah Barrera (106) and Jesus Mon-tes (170), junior Manny Martinez (132), sophomore Anthony Ruiz (195) and freshman Reese Jones (126).

Barrerra, M. Martinez and A. Ruiz represent Othello as No. 2 seeds from Region IV. Montes is a No. 3 seed. Jones is a No. 4 seed.

Barrerra opened with a fi rst-round bye, then made quick work of his competitors. He met T.J. Baun, a freshman from Colville, in round two, using all six minutes in the 9-7 win. In round three, against another freshman, Clarkston's Spen-cer Clegg, Barrera’s four years of varsity wrestling experi-ence again proved victorious in the 5-0 win. This set the stage against fellow CWAC rival, Selah's Carlos Lopez.

Lopez, another freshman, defeated Barrerra 5-3, sending the Othello wrestler to the state tournament as a No. 2 seed.

Coach Martinez said Barrerra allowed Lopez to frustrate him, costing him two penalty points and the championship.

"Those two are the two best 106-pounders in the state, so we should see them in the fi nals again in Tacoma," he said. "If we

can win that match in Spokane, we also win the tournament. Isaiah will have to eliminate those costly penalties."

Manny Martinez opened with a fi rst-round bye, won by 8-2 decision over Queong Rahman-Smith, of East Valley-Spokane, in round two, followed by an 11-0 decision over Steven Marti-nez (Toppenish), setting up the fi nal against Grandview sopho-

more Diego Castaneda. Martinez lost by 9-8 decision and heads to Tacoma as No. 2 seed.

"He was ahead by one point with 30 seconds left in the match and the side Colville offi cial, which I still cannot quite under-stand, called Manny for an full nelson … this tied the match and

Huskies send six to Tacoma

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Huskie teammates Edgar Martinez (left) and Abraham Gonzalez (right) battle in the 152-pound weight class last weekend at the 2A Regional IV wrestling tournament.


The Huskies girls basket-ball team couldn’t get things going on senior night Tues-

day, Feb. 11, and closed out the season with only one win, falling to the Selah Vikings 60-26. Othello head coach Clyde Woods said his team

Girls drop fi nal game at home against Selah

BY BOB BARRETTCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Region IV champion Tatum Sparks will lead a squad of six qualifi ers wear-ing the red, white and black colors of Othello High School at Mat Classic XXVI this Friday and Saturday in the Tacoma Dome.

Tori Zambrano, Phelicia Perez and Rosa Pena earned third-place med-als, while teammates Nikki Velazquez and Izzy Chavez grabbed fourth-place awards to earn their berth into the state championships. Kaylee Martinez fi nished fi fth and will go to Tacoma as an alternate

"I fi gured seven and maybe eight qualifi ers, but I am pretty happy with six," head coach JJ Martinez said. "We expected Tatum, Tori and Phelicia to get into the state tournament but to get the freshmen in to get the experience is important. We have three freshmen going and who knows, they may have a shot at placing."

Sparks continued to dominate her op-ponents. The Huskie junior opened with a fi rst-period pin of Kaylynn Morgan (Columbia-Burbank), advanced with a 38-second pin of Wahluke's Asusana Bartolo and won the championship by pinning Granger's Alejandra Rodri-guez. The title sends Sparks to Tacoma for the third straight year after placing third as a freshman and second last year as a sophomore.

"Tatum's expectations are nothing less than a state title," Martinez said.

The other fi ve Huskie state quali-fi ers had to earn their trip via the consolation bracket.

Zambrano won her fi rst match by pin but lost a tough 3-6 decision in the semi-fi nal to Miranda Borrego (Zillah). The Huskie senior bounced back to pin Sunnyside's Jeniya Guillen and earn an

injury default victory over Noemi Guti-errez in the consolation fi nal.

Two freshmen grapplers faced each other in the consolation bracket with a trip to state on the line in the 130-pound bracket. Kaylee Martinez scored a 15-0 technical victory over Daisy DeLeon (Prosser) in the opening round but lost her second round match to eventual

Lady Huskies qualify six for Mat Classic

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Senior forward Holly Fleshman reaches out for a rebound in Othello’s 60-26 loss to Selah Tuesday, Feb. 11.

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Othello’s Tatum Sparks pulls Columbia-Burbank’s Kaylynn Morgan back onto the mat during the Region IV Tournament at Wahluke.

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was unable to follow their win over Prosser the game before this because of some early foul trouble that allowed Selah to capitalize from the line.

“We weren’t really playing team basketball,” he said. “I think we were a little bit slow on defense and our defensive rotations, which is probably why we had so many fouls. We just could not get into the rhythm of the game.”

Selah put 24 points on the board from the free throw line and got plenty of them early with fi ve trips in the fi rst four minutes of the fi rst quarter alone. That accounted for al-most half of Selah’s points and Woods knows that’s no place to be letting a team like the Vi-kings work from.

“One of our objectives tonight was to settle in and let the game come to us, but we were obvi-ously a little bit tight,” he said.

Othello committed 18 turn-overs, which didn’t help either.

“That’s down a little bit from

where we normally are, but against a team like Selah, you can’t make those mistakes and give them free opportunities,” Woods said.

The Huskies had been hot from the three-point range in the last few games but were only able to convert on one attempt against Selah. Senior Rachel Nichols put together the best scoring effort for the team from the post and picked up 10 points, but production was spotty elsewhere. Sophomore point guard Hadassi Valdez made the second most buckets with six points.

“We preach that we con-tinue to shoot even if it’s not going in and you’re open, but the dang thing just wouldn’t go in,” Woods said. “We were just a little bit off tonight and there are a lot of emotions caught up in senior night.”

The Huskies are losing six seniors for next year and might be a younger team with only three juniors on the varsity ros-

ter against Selah. Woods said it’s been his goal for the last three years to double the num-ber of wins from one season to the next. They picked up one non-conference win last sea-son, one conference win this season and will look to pick up

two next winter.“Our future is looking

bright,” Woods said, pointing out solid progression from his two young point guards this season. “If we don’t follow through from here, we’re start-ing back over at zero again.”

BY ERIC LAFONTAINEOUTLOOK PUBLISHER

Occasionally. special things happen on senior basket-ball night.

Last week at Taggares Gym, the Othello boys basket-ball team experienced one of those things.

In their fi nal game of the season, on the heals of an eight-game losing streak, the boys did something out of the or-dinary – they listened to head coach Dave Herrud's advice.

With minutes remaining and down by eight against the

visiting Selah Vikings, Her-rud did what he normally did – call a timeout to reorganize his team.

"I usually do this to orga-nize them and explain what I want them to do," Herrud said. "A lot of the times, I'll talk to them and they do the total opposite of what I want them to do."

This time, Herrud got his team's attention.

"I told the kids 'you are not going to do what I tell you to do, but I have to tell you any-ways’," he said. "They all just looked at me, like 'what's he

talking about?' … I asked them to fi nally do what I asked them to do!"

With resounding yes, the comeback began.

Herrud went to senior A.J. Garza in the closing min-utes and told him, "AJ, you've been hitting your shots and if you're open, I want you to put it up … I know you're going to hit them."

With 2:19 left, Garza did just that – a three-pointer that sparked his team.

"His three really started to change things," Herrud said. "We just started to hit our shots from there and they started to miss theirs."

Down by seven, 44-37, the Huskies rattled off sev-en consecutive points, ty-ing the game 44-44 with a minute left.

"It seemed like every time I called a timeout, they did ex-actly what I asked them to do," Herrud said.

After both teams traded free throws – and again tied, 45-45, he called his last timeout.

"I said run the offense, pass the corner and rotate the ball around … and then attack the basket," he said. "And that's exactly what Ryan did."

With nine seconds remain-ing, Rodriguez attacked. He was fouled underneath, send-ing him to the foul line.

The senior hit both shots, one after the other, securing the 47-45 win and ending the season with a victory.

The Huskies hit six con-secutive free throws over the last minute of the game, which Herrud believed made all the difference.

"A lot of times, we miss our free throws at the end of the game … Josiah hit two,” Her-rud said. “Adrian hit two and then Ryan hit his."

They shot a season high 77.8 percent from the foul line.

Colton Hall led the team with 12 points. He hit two of four three-pointers and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Josiah Peterson scored 11 points. Rodriguez added eight, with four rebound, four assists and three steals.

Othello had 12 team steals. Axel Martinez had four, A.J. Garza had three.

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then the wrestler from Grand-view rolled through and got a reversal with 15 seconds left."

M. Martinez quickly got free, scoring one point, which was not enough.

"That win not only hurt us, it actually hurt Manny in his position on the state bracket. A lot was riding on that indi-vidual match," coach Marti-nez said. "We felt we needed to win that match."

A. Ruiz, wrestling at 195 pounds, opened with a round-one bye then won his next two matches – a 12-11 win over Cheney's Michael Ferguson and a 4:32 pin of Damon King (EV-S). King was the No. 1 seed from GNL.

"I was proud of how Antho-ny battled through the semi-fi nal match to outlast and put his opponent on his back for a pin," coach Martinez said. "That was his goal this year to advance to state and now he has a great chance of becom-ing a state placer."

In the championship, Ruiz faced Ephrata's Tyrus Kemp – the returning state champion at 195 pounds – losing by 8-1 decision. Montes took a differ-ent route to his third-place fi n-ish, wrestling six matches over two days to qualify for the state tournament. He opened with a fi rst-round pin of Ephrata's Tanner Julian in 4:57 then fell by 3-0 decision to Cheney's Josh Wessels, sending him to the consolation bracket.

Montes then ran the table from there, pinning Robert Jones (Ellensburg) in 4:15, followed by a 1:40 pin of East Valley-Spokane's Hayden Ste-vens and a 4-2 win over Brian Timme (Ellensburg). In the battle for third and fourth, he won by 7-2 decision over Eph-rata's Dalton Balentine.

"Jesus really stepped it up," coach Martinez said.

Jones, the youngest of the Huskie wrestlers, does not have any state tournament experience, but he will surely compete against the upper-classmen he's likely to face.


Senior Jesus Montes (170) will represent the Huskies at this weekend’s state tournament in Tacoma.

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Othello’s Ryan Rodriguez attacks the basket against Selah. Rodriguez hit both last second foul shots to ice the Huskies’ victory.


Senior Axel Martinez goes up for a bucket last Tuesday against the visiting Selah Vikings.

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Senior guard Bianca Gonzalez attempts to make an inside pass but a Selah de-fender got a hand on the ball to break the play up.

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then the wrestler from Grand-view rolled through and got a reversal with 15 seconds left."

M. Martinez quickly got free, scoring one point, which was not enough.

"That win not only hurt us, it actually hurt Manny in his position on the state bracket. A lot was riding on that indi-vidual match," coach Marti-nez said. "We felt we needed to win that match."

A. Ruiz, wrestling at 195 pounds, opened with a round-one bye then won his next two matches – a 12-11 win over Cheney's Michael Ferguson and a 4:32 pin of Damon King (EV-S). King was the No. 1 seed from GNL.

"I was proud of how Antho-ny battled through the semi-final match to outlast and put his opponent on his back for a pin," coach Martinez said. "That was his goal this year to advance to state and now he has a great chance of becom-ing a state placer."

In the championship, Ruiz faced Ephrata's Tyrus Kemp – the returning state champion at 195 pounds – losing by 8-1 decision. Montes took a differ-ent route to his third-place fin-ish, wrestling six matches over two days to qualify for the state tournament. He opened with a first-round pin of Ephrata's Tanner Julian in 4:57 then fell by 3-0 decision to Cheney's Josh Wessels, sending him to the consolation bracket.

Montes then ran the table from there, pinning Robert Jones (Ellensburg) in 4:15, followed by a 1:40 pin of East Valley-Spokane's Hayden Ste-vens and a 4-2 win over Brian Timme (Ellensburg). In the battle for third and fourth, he won by 7-2 decision over Eph-rata's Dalton Balentine.

"Jesus really stepped it up," coach Martinez said.

Jones, the youngest of the Huskie wrestlers, does not have any state tournament experience, but he will surely compete against the upper-classmen he's likely to face.

He won his first match against Tate Malek, a fresh-man from East Valley-Spo-kane, by 13-4 decision. His second match was a lop-sided loss, 17-1, to eventual runner-up Jesse Morrison (Colville).

Coach Martinez said Jones was the wrestler of the tournament.

"Reese set his goals high and he worked extremely hard and smart to now put himself among some our best fresh-men wrestlers to qualify for state and all of those wrestlers represent Othello at state all four years," he said.

Jones joins Ross Kondo, Lance Reichert, Michael Car-mona, Reuben Lopez and Amando Deleon as fresh-men who qualified for state as freshman.

In the consolation bracket, he followed up with three consecutive wins to face Aus-tin Au (Selah). Jones pinned Gabe Jones, of Pullman, in 3:06, won by 9-2 decision over Wapato's Blake DeLeon and defeated Tysen Jorgensen (Deer Park) by 8-7 decision. He lost to Au, 11-4, in the third fourth-place match.

"It's always been tough for a freshman to get out of our tough region," coach Martinez said.

The Huskies will also send two alternates – sophomore Adrian Flores (126) and ju-nior Danny Cantu (145) – who both finished fifth in their weight class.

Flores pinned Gabe Jones, of Pullman, in 5:09, lost to Jor-gensen by 9-4 decision, then won his next three matches, setting up the rematch against Jorgensen, which he won by 6-2 decision.

Cantu opened with a first-round bye, pinned Hunter Scott (Deer Park) in 4:38, then lost by major decision, 14-4, to Trey Meyer (EV-S). Meyer finished third in state last year.

In the consolation bracket, he went undefeated, beating Zech Romero (Toppenish) by 8-3 decision, then Selah's Aar-

on Pimentel, 9-2, in the battle for fifth place.

With a scratch in the 113-pound weight class, Othello’s Ben Garza was able to wrestle, which meant the Huskies sent 23 wrestlers to Spokane.

Martinez said it's important to get that regional experience and was impressed to have 16 wrestlers still fighting for a state berth on the second day of the tournament.

It was also last match for several Huskie seniors.

"You never want to see any seniors not make it through, but they battled hard," coach Martinez said. "I want to acknowledge and show my appreciation for their dedica-tion and commitment to our wrestling program … they go out as champions know-ing that they were part of the legacy and tradition of suc-cessful wrestling teams while they competed.

This year's senior class won four straight league and dis-trict titles, finished second at the regional tournament three times and were part of three top 10 state teams, one of them winning a state title.

Seniors Alec Lauriano, Da-vid Freeman, Caleb Villarreal and Eleazar Pruneda did not qualify for Tacoma.

Coach Martinez also thanks the community and the wres-tling fans.

"They supported us all sea-son and we were well repre-sented in Spokane," he said. "I truly believe you make the difference for our team as we continually are battling for top honors."

Team scores — Colville 173.5, Othello 171.5, Top-penish 171, East Valley-Spo-kane 157, Deer Park 135.5, Clarkston 122, Ellensburg 109.5, Ephrata 93, West Valley-Spokane 88.5, West Valley-Yakima 83, Selah 69, Grandview 66, Cheney 50, Wapato 16, East Valley-Yaki-ma 0, Pullma 0, Prosser 0.

Othello individual results113 poundsAlec Lauriano, senior.

Pinned Ben Garza (Othello) in 39 seconds, fell by pin in 4:33 to Randy McDonald (EV-S), won by 16-0 major decision over Wapato's Jacob Reynolds, won by 7-1 decision over El-lensburg's Garrett Cheney, lost by pin in 1:31 to Hunter Bair (Ellensburg), then pinned Lo-gan Sundheim (EV-S) in 4:59, finishing sixth overall.

Ben Garza, freshman. Lost by pin in 39 seconds to Lauri-ano, lost by 17-1 major decision to Clarkston's Dalton Port.

120 poundsJerry Escamilla, junior.

Pinned by Brenten Goodwa-ter (EV-S) in 5:13, pinned by Ephrata's Miguel Rodriguez in 3 minutes.

Collin Freeman, fresh-man. Pinned Clarkston's Zach Price in 4:38, pinned Alex Guevara (Wapato) in 3:20, fell by pin in 1:25 to Cameron Conner (EV-S).

132 poundsJohnny Mendoza, junior.

Lost by 8-7 decision to Deer Park's Dean Lockwood, lost by 6-2 decision to Clarkston's Jor-dan Starr.

138 poundsDavid Freeman, senior. Lost

20-12 to Clarkston's Zach Free-man, lost to Lorenzo Garza (Othello) by 8-5 decision.

Lorenzo Garza, junior. De-feated Neil Lockwood (Deer Park) 6-4, lost by 16-6 major decision to eventual champion Ian Cox, of Colville, defeated D. Freeman, fell by pin to Top-penish's Joey Escobar.

145 poundsEleazar Pruneda, senior.

Pinned by Colville's Thailer Morrison in 1:58, lost by 4-2 decision to Allyn Burvee, of Ellensburg.

152 poundsAbraham Gonzalez, sopho-

more. Defeated Edgar Marti-

nez (Othello), 7-2, fell by pin in 28 seconds to Colville's Trenton Welton, defeated Wapato's Juan Cortes 3-2, lost 13-2 to Chance Blackburn (EV-S).

Edgar Martinez, sophomore. Lost to Gonzalez, won by 3-1 decision over Grandview's Brandon Marquez, pinned by Clarkston's Eric Benton in 1:32.

160 poundsCaleb Villarreal, senior. Fell

by pin in one minute to even-tual champion Ryley Smith, of Colville, defeated Clarkston's Dakota Cornish, 5-4, then lost by 3-2 decision to Ellensburg's Tait Stevenson.

Ben Azevedo, junior. Lost 12-5 to Tanner Bauman (EV-S), won 7-6 over West Valley-Spo-kane's Quintin Stansbury, then was pinned by Bryce Unruh (Ephrata) in 4:40.

182 poundsAbel Gomez, freshman. Fell

in 1:32 by pin to Junior Con-treras, of Ellensburg, lost 5-1 to Selah's Chase Pidgeon.

195 poundsAlix Garcia, sophomore. Fell

in 37 second by pin to Ferguson (Cheney), fell in 23 seconds to Clarkston's Hunter Sizemore.

285 poundsChemi Cantu, freshman.

Fell by pin in 43 seconds to Jorge Mendoza, of West Valley-Yakima, won 2-1 over Cheney's Garrett Pederson, lost by pin in 1:20 to Danny Martinez (Ellensburg).

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Wrestling at 160 pounds, junior Ben Azevedo is lifted by Tanner Bauman, of East Valley-Spokane, in the first round.


Senior Jesus Montes (170) will represent the Huskies at this weekend’s state tournament in Tacoma.


Othello’s Ryan Rodriguez attacks the basket against Selah. Rodriguez hit both last second foul shots to ice the Huskies’ victory.

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Big Bend Electric Cooperative will have its 75th annual meeting Saturday, Feb. 22, at Basin City Elementary, 303 Bailie Blvd, in Basin City. The morning begins at 9:30 a.m. with registration, followed by scholarships at 10:15 and a business meeting at 10:30. Lunch will be around noon.

The meeting will include the Election of Trustees as well as door prizes for members and children.

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champion Sydney Virgen, of Chiawana.

Teammat Nikki Velazquez dropped her fi rst match to Royal's Brea Diaz and then pinned Zillah's Marinna Vela in the consolation bracket.

The two Huskie freshman met in the next match with the winner earning a berth to state and a shot at a third-place award and the loser dropping down to the match for fi fth and sixth place.

It took all three periods and an overtime to determine the winner. Velazquez scored a takedown in overtime to de-feat Martinez 4-2. Velazquez then lost the consolation fi nal to Morgan Jones, of East-mont, while Martinez pinned Cally Evans (Toppenish) to fi nish in fi fth place.

Velazquez came from be-hind to almost pull out a win in the consolation fi nal.

"After being down 10-0, Nikki came back to nar-row the gap to 7-10 before a desperation move that didn't work out," Martinez said.

Perez, Pena and Chavez all followed a similar route to earn a trip to Tacoma. Perez and Chavez won their open-ing round match by pin and Pena advanced with a bye. All three lost their second-round match to drop into the consolation bracket and face a must-win match to earn a berth to state. All three won

by pin to win a trip to state and to advance to the conso-lation fi nal.

Perez and Pena won their consolation fi nal while Chavez lost her fi nal bout.

"Perez dominated and got the pin," Martinez said. "Rosa came from behind by fi ve points in the third round to win by pin."

With six qualifi ers, the Huskies have a shot at a Top 10 fi nish and perhaps, an outside shot at bringing home a medal with a top four performance.

"We will be in top four contention if we can get Ta-tum, Tori and Phelicia to place and get some help from the freshmen," Martinez said.

Martinez, who was named the Region IV Coach of the Year at the tournament, ex-pects defending champion Warden Cougars to be one of the title contenders. Warden scored 177 points to run away with the regional title. Sun-nyside (136) edged Othello (123) out of second place with Connell far behind in fourth place with 53 points.

"I honestly think Warden can repeat," Martinez said. "Mt. Baker will be contend-ing for a state title and Puyal-lup will be in there."

With fi ve of their six quali-fi ers coming from the re-gional consolation bracket, the Lady Huskies will face

some tough competition in the opening round at state.

Zambrano will square off with Yelm's Hailey Meyers at around 10:30 a.m. Friday in the opening round of the Mat Classic. The winner will likely face Danielle Craw-ford (Granite Falls) in the quarter-fi nal. Third-ranked Jasmine Peasants, of Thomas Jefferson, is on the same side of the bracket.

Velazquez drew returning

state champ and top-ranked Arian Carpio (Todd Beamer) for her opening match.

Perez opens against Kent-Meridian's Bonshee Free-man. Top-ranked Joanna Moreira (Liberty) and fourth-ranked Erin Locke (Washou-gal) are on the same side of the bracket.

Sparks faces Jessica Lee (Clover Park) in the fi rst round with third-ranked Raquel Gray, of Spanaway

Lake, the other regional champ on her half of the bracket. Sparks is on the op-posite side of Perez, Moreira and Locke.

Pena will meet Thalia Vi-liz (Lynden) in the opening round with the winner likely facing three-time state placer Kiaya Van Scoyoc (Lakes) in the quarter-fi nal.

Chavez will face regional champion Hannah Lewan-dowski from White River in her opening match.

The fi rst session of Mat Classic XXVI is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday with the sec-ond session scheduled from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. The third session and semi-fi nal matches will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with the champion-ship fi nals to get underway at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Lady Huskies at Region IV Wrestling Tournament

Team scores: Top 10-War-den 177, Sunnyside 136, Othel-lo 123, Connell 53, Grandview 49.5, Pasco 49, Kiona-Benton 45, Wahluke 44, Chiawana 42, East Valley-Spokane 36.

106 poundsMaria Aubrey lost by p.

Tamika Pierce (Rich), lost by p. Meghan Mianeck(Roy).

112 poundsTori Zambrano won by p.

Noemi Gutierrez (Mabt), lost 3-6 Miranda Borrego (Zill), won by pin Jeniya Guillen (Sunny), won by inj. def Gutier-rez (Mabt) to fi nish third.

124 poundsNikki Velazquez lost by p.

Brea Diaz (Roy), won by p.

Marinna Velz (Zillah), won 4-2 OT Kaylee Martinez (Oth), lost 7-13 dec. Morgan Jones (East) to fi nish fourth.

Kaylee Martinez won tf 15-0 Daisy DeLeon (Pro), lost by p. Sydney Virgen (Chiw), lost 2-4 OT Velazquez (Oth),won by p. Cally Evans (Topp) to fi nish fi fth.

137 poundsPhelicia Perez won by p.

Rubi Ochoa (Sunny), lost by p. Alejandra Rodriguez (Gran), won by p. Kaylynn Morgan (Col-Bur), won by p. Asusana Bartolo (Wah) to place third.

Tatum Sparks won by p. Morgan (Col-Bur), won by p. Bartolo (Wahluke), won by p. Rodriguez (Granger) to fi nish fi rst.

155 poundsAmanda Kinder won by p.

Eva Herrera (Wahluke), lost by p. Aylin Bautista (Sun-ny), lost by p. Caily Mendez (Conn), lost by pin Herrera to fi nish sixth.

170 poundsRosa Pena bye, lost by p. Jac-

qlyn Hunter (Kitt), won by p. Victoria Gaytan (Wah), won by p. Elizabeth Goodwater (EV-Spo) to fi nish third.

190 poundsIzzy Chavez won by p. Jes-

sica Rivera (Wah), lost by p. Kelly Benson (Zill), won by p. Serena De la Torre (Quin) lost by p. Belen Torres (Sunny) to fi nish fourth.

235 poundsMaria Salas lost by p. Cas-

sidy Ochao (Sunny), lost by pin Alexandra Prado (War), lost by p. Jennifer Aznaran (Wah).

GRAPPLERS | ‘We will be in top four contention if we can get Tatum, Tori and Phelicia to place and get some help from the freshman’From page B1


Lady Huskie senior Tori Zambrano works to score back points on Zillah’s Miranda Borrego during the semi-� nal round of the Region IV Tournament.


Phelicia Perez counters the leg attack attempt by Granger’s Alexandria Rodriguez during the Region IV Tournament at Wahluke High School Saturday.

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Marinna Velz (Zillah), won 4-2 OT Kaylee Martinez (Oth), lost 7-13 dec. Morgan Jones (East) to fi nish fourth.

Kaylee Martinez won tf 15-0 Daisy DeLeon (Pro), lost by p. Sydney Virgen (Chiw), lost 2-4 OT Velazquez (Oth),won by p. Cally Evans (Topp) to fi nish fi fth.

137 poundsPhelicia Perez won by p.

Rubi Ochoa (Sunny), lost by p. Alejandra Rodriguez (Gran), won by p. Kaylynn Morgan (Col-Bur), won by p. Asusana Bartolo (Wah) to place third.

Tatum Sparks won by p. Morgan (Col-Bur), won by p. Bartolo (Wahluke), won by p. Rodriguez (Granger) to fi nish fi rst.

155 poundsAmanda Kinder won by p.

Eva Herrera (Wahluke), lost by p. Aylin Bautista (Sun-ny), lost by p. Caily Mendez (Conn), lost by pin Herrera to fi nish sixth.

170 poundsRosa Pena bye, lost by p. Jac-

qlyn Hunter (Kitt), won by p. Victoria Gaytan (Wah), won by p. Elizabeth Goodwater (EV-Spo) to fi nish third.

190 poundsIzzy Chavez won by p. Jes-

sica Rivera (Wah), lost by p. Kelly Benson (Zill), won by p. Serena De la Torre (Quin) lost by p. Belen Torres (Sunny) to fi nish fourth.

235 poundsMaria Salas lost by p. Cas-

sidy Ochao (Sunny), lost by pin Alexandra Prado (War), lost by p. Jennifer Aznaran (Wah).

OTHELLO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Friday, Feb. 71:56 p.m., Police conduct-

ed narcotic investigations at South Seventh Avenue.

9:07 p.m., Police respond-ed to the scene of a traffi c ac-cident at Cunningham Road, near the Exxon station.

Saturday, Feb. 83:42 a.m., Police respond-

ed to a report of an assault at Fifth Avenue.

2:27 p.m., Police re-sponded to a report of a sex offense, forcible fondling at East Ash Street.

4:43 p.m., Police respond-ed to a report of a burglary at Fourth Avenue.

Sunday, Feb. 910:32 p.m., Police re-

sponded to a report of a do-mestic disturbance on South First Avenue.

Monday, Feb. 108:58 a.m., Police respond-

ed to a report of an assault at North 14th Avenue.

12:20 p.m., Police re-sponded to a report of tres-passing on East Main Street.

3:25 p.m., Police conduct-ed a warrant arrest on East Main Street.

Tuesday, Feb. 111:46 p.m., Police reported

to the scene of a traffi c acci-dent on South First Avenue.

3:51 p.m., Police made a warrant arrest on East main Street.

Wednesday, Feb. 121:38 p.m., Police respond-

ed to a report of a theft on East Main Street.

7:22 p.m., Police inves-tigated a reported theft on South First Avenue.

Thursday, Feb. 131:52 a.m., Police conduct-

ed a warrant arrest on First Avenue.

4:53 a.m., Police conduct-ed narcotics investigations on Main Street.

9:36 a.m., Police respond-ed to a reported assault on South 10th Avenue.

1:25 p.m., Police inter-vened in a citizen dispute on East Main Street.

2:14 p.m., Police reported to a traffi c accident on South 14th Avenue.

2:23 p.m., Police made a warrant arrest on East Main Street.

ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF

Saturday, Feb. 156:45 a.m., a vehicle fi re

occurred in the 1500 block of West Sutton Road.

7:16 a.m., a one car, non-injury collision occurred at West Lee and South Billing-ton roads. The driver said he was on his way to work and slid off the icy road after a vehicle going in the opposite direction veered into his lane of travel.

10:33 a.m., a stop sign and post were stolen from the in-tersection of West Cunning-ham and South Wagon roads.

7:08 p.m., a driver was cited for driving with a sus-pended license third degree in the 2200 block of West Highway 26.

10:21 p.m., a subject was arrested in the 800 block of South Highway 24 for viola-tion of a no contact order and three Adams County war-rants.

11:07 p.m., a driver was arrested at South May and West McManamon roads for DUI.

Friday, Feb. 147:39 a.m., a mailbox was

blown up in the 900 block of South Reynolds. It appeared a dry ice bomb had been used.

10:29 a.m., a mailbox was blown up in the 1900 block of West Atkinson Road. It ap-peared a dry ice bomb had been used.

11:06 a.m., a mailbox was down in the 900 block of South McKinney. The post had been broken.

6:12 p.m., a multi-car col-lision occurred at West High-way 26 and South Reynolds Road.

7:51 p.m., deputies as-sisted the Washington State Patrol with a vehicle pursuit west on State Route 26 from State Route 24. The suspect crashed at Road I and Road 12 SW.

8:31 p.m., a subject was arrested in the 200 block of Third for two Adams County warrants.

9:41 p.m., a subject was arrested in the 800 block of South Meadowlark Lane for active outstanding warrants.

11:17 p.m., deputies stopped a vehicle at South Booker and West Herman roads for speeding and fail-ing to drive right of the cen-ter line. The driver was ar-rested for DUI.

11:35 p.m., deputies lo-cated an abandoned vehicle at West McManamon and South Solbeck roads. It had fresh damage from colliding with a rock wall.

Wednesday, Feb. 127:30 a.m., hay was stolen

from the area of South High-way 17 and West Herman Road.

Tuesday, Feb. 111:21 p.m., a female subject

was arrested in the 600 block of Seguro Lane for assault fourth degree.

4:27 p.m., deputies assist-ed the Othello Police Depart-ment with a subject at Fourth Avenue and Sylvan who was resisting arrest.

Monday, Feb. 103:50 p.m., a semi slid off

the roadway into the ditch at West Highway 26 and South Drury Lane. The driver said he swerved to avoid a col-lision with a car that had pulled out in front of him.

Sunday, Feb. 912:42 a.m., a car attempt-

ed to pass a semi at South Highway 17 and West Foley Road, lost control and slid into the semi trailers. No one was injured.

ADAMS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Thursday, Feb. 6Aaron Joseph Devenny,

assault fourth degree, 14 days in Adams County Jail, $1,180.

Monday, Feb. 3Jose Alfredo Guerrero

Gama, two controlled sub-stance violations, 12 months plus one day in prison, $1,576.50.

The Adams County Sher-iffs Offi ce is releasing the following information pursu-ant to RCW 4.24.550 and the Washington State Supreme Court decision in State v. Ward, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to in-form the public of a sex of-fenders release when, in the discretion of the agency, the release of information will enhance public safety and protection.

The individual who ap-pears on this notifi cation has been convicted of a sex of-fense that requires registra-tion with the sheriffs offi ce in the county of their resi-dence. Further, their previ-ous criminal history places them in a classifi cation level that refl ects the potential to re-offend.

This sex offender has served the sentence imposed on him by the courts and has advised the Adams County Sheriff’s Offi ce that he/she will be living in the location below. He is not wanted by the police at this time. This notifi cation is not intended to increase fear; rather, it is the sheriffs offi ce’s belief that an informed public is a safer public.

The Adams County Sher-iffs Offi ce has no legal au-thority to direct where a sex offender may or may not live. Unless court ordered restric-tions exist, this offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he chooses.

Citizen abuse of this infor-mation to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex of-fenders will not be tolerated. Further, such abuse could end law enforcement’s ability to do community notifi cations.

Name: Jose R. Villareal (AKA Joe Villareal)

Residence: 1100 block of South Shady Lane

Date of birth: Dec. 14, 1933

Race: White-HispanicSex: MaleHeight: 5-foot-9 Weight: 195 poundsHair: BlackEyes: BrownMarks: Fatty tumor on

left hipConviction: Child moles-

tation fi rst degree, two countsPrior history: Communi-

cation with a minor for im-moral purposes

Comments: Villareal will be released from prison in April 2004. The victim in the current offense was an 8-year-old female. The victim in the previous offense was a 4-year-old female. In both cases, Villareal used his posi-tion as a storekeeper to bribe and molest the children. He participated in sex offender treatment in the institution.

Villareal no longer has any court-ordered restrictions placed on him as he has com-pleted the supervision period required by the court.

Sex o� ender released

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� e Adams County Weed District #1 meeting took place Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Minutes are available upon request at 124 S. Broadway, Othello, or by calling (509) 488-9023.

Published in the legal section of � e Othello Outlook on � ursday, Feb. 13, 2014, and � ursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

NOTICE OF MEETINGADAMS COUNTY

CANVASSING BOARD� e Adams County Canvassing

Board, or its duly authorized rep-resentatives per RCW 29A.60.160, will convene at the following times for the purpose of tallying ballots, reviewing and determining dispo-sition of ballots with irregular sig-natures or markings, and any other business regarding votes cast in the Special Election held on February 11, 2014:

February 18. 2014 – 1:00 p.m. at the Adams County Auditor’s O� ce

February 24, 2014 – 11:00 a.m. at

the Adams County Auditor’s O� ceFebruary 25, 2014 – 10:00 a.m. at

the Adams County Auditor’s O� ce� e election will be certi� ed at the

conclusion of the February 25 can-vassing meeting.

� is notice is published pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act RCW 42.30.

/s/Heidi K. Hunt, Adams County Auditor and Ex-

O� cio Supervisor of Elections in and for Adams County.

Published in the legal section of � e Othello Outlook on � ursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASH-INGTON

COUNTY OF ADAMSNo. 13-7-00032-BNOTICE OF SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATIONIn re the Dependency of: Aliyah

M. Chavez (DOB: 11/3/13)

TO: JESSICA CHAVEZ, MotherTO: ANYONE CLAIMING A

PATERNAL INTERESTA Dependency Petition was � led

on November 12, 2013; a Fact Finding hearing will be held on this ma� er on: March 10, 2014 at 8:30 a.m., at Adams County Su-perior Court, 210 W. Broadway, Ritzville, Washington 99169. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING.

THE HEARING WILL DE-TERMINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.050(5). THIS BE-GINS A JUDICAL PROCESS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY OR-DER IN YOUR ABSENSE.

To request a copy of the Notice,

Summons, and Dependency Pe-tition, call DSHS at (509) 764-5600. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY.aspx.

Dated this 10 day of February, 2014, by Susie Kirkendall, Adams County Clerk.

Published in the legal section of � e Othello Outlook on � ursday, Feb. 20, 2014, � ursday, Feb. 27, 2014, and March 6, 2014.

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OLYMPIA – Joel Reuter, 28, was shot and killed in a standoff with Seattle police July 5 after he fi red a gun at police from his Capitol Hill apartment’s balcony, earlier telling a 911 operator “zombie police offi cers” were outside.

Reuter had a history of mental illness since he was a college sophomore but did not qualify for involuntary commitment under Washing-ton’s Involuntary Treatment Act. His parents Doug and Nancy Reuter had tried unsuccess-fully to get him detained for evaluation. The Reuters, who live in Texas, are in Olympia ad-vocating for a bill to change the law.

Currently under Washington law, a person has to pose a “likelihood of serious harm” or be “gravely disabled” to meet the criteria for involuntary detention, a standard similar to laws in most states.

House Bill 2725 would allow family mem-bers to ask the superior court to review invol-untary-detention decisions made by designated mental health professionals. The court could order an initial detention of up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment if it fi nds probable cause. Judges would have to apply the same le-

gal standard as health care professionals.“Joel’s tragic death was easily preventable,”

Nancy Reuter in testimony at the House Ap-propriations Committee Feb. 10, said.

She said passing the bill would help the government avoid costly law-enforcement in-terventions and “give family members some much needed hope and another chance to get their loved one the help they desperately need.”

In previous hearings this legislative ses-sion, opponents said mental health profes-sionals conduct fair investigations and then make decisions based on the law. The bill would require mental health professionals to provide the court with written documents explaining their decision within 24 hours of a petition by family members. The Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union of Washington also opposes HB 2725.

The state already passed a law that takes ef-fect this coming July 1, permitting health care professionals considering involuntary commit-ment to take into account statements by cred-ible witnesses, including family members, as well as recent records, such as previous com-mitments and history of violent behavior.

Gregory Robinson, senior policy analyst for the Washington Community Mental Health

Council, an association of licensed mental health centers in the state, said in an inter-view that he understands family members’ frustrations, but the new criteria to take effect in July responds to concerns of family mem-bers who feel they are being ignored.

Robinson said the focus should instead be on providing adequate training on the new criteria so they are successfully implemented, otherwise “it would be a broken promise to the families.” He said the Legislature should wait to see the effects of the new criteria before tak-ing further action.

Seth Dawson from the National Alli-ance on Mental Illness, a national orga-nization advocating for the mentally ill, testifi ed at the House Appropriations com-mittee that more family involvement is impor-tant. He said he supports the bill, but it won’t resolve the issue.

He said lowering the criteria from “gravely disabled” to “persistently and acutely dis-abled” would be a more effective measure to prevent future deaths.

An accurate estimate of costs associated with the proposed law is diffi cult to make be-cause it would depend on the future actions of both family members and the rulings. The fi s-

cal analysis attached to the bill estimates the courts would have to spend more than $50,000 per year to handle paperwork and superior-court hearings for petitions.

Three 16-bed Evaluation and Treatment facilities would be required to meet the ex-pected growth in the need for beds, accord-ing to the fi scal analysis. Each facility would cost $5 million to build and $9 million per year to operate.

Rep. Eileen Cody, D-West Seattle, the prime sponsor of the bill, said it’s important to con-sider the cost of not acting.

“You can’t put a price on the life of someone like Joel Reuter,” she said.

Cody said she is optimistic about the bill’s chances for fi nal passage.

Feb. 11, the House Appropriations commit-tee approved the measure and sent it to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee will decide whether to schedule it to be read on the House fl oor, where members can amend it, be-fore it could proceed to a fi nal vote. A compan-ion Senate bill has been referred to the Senate Ways and Means, but it hasn’t been scheduled for consideration.

Bill would let family members ask court to reconsider involuntary commitment

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Land acquisition by state agencies is draining coun-ty coffers, particularly in Okanogan County, Wash-ington Farm Bureau mem-bers and Okanogan County officials said.

Jon Wyss, the Okanogan County Farm Bureau presi-dent, presented the organi-zation’s concerns about the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s new land acquisition project propos-al to lawmakers Wednesday.

The organization wants a moratorium on future land acquisition in the state until an economic impact study is done to determine if there is a net benefit to counties af-fected. Wyss said the farm group opposes using taxpay-er funds to increase govern-ment ownership of land.

The WDFW and Okano-gan County are conduct-ing separate economic impact studies on land ac-quisitions in the county. The WDFW study is expected to be released by the end of this month. The Okano-gan County study is also nearing completion.

Clay Sprague, WDFW land division manager, said he hopes the studies look at all aspects, including the financial impact of the WD-FW-owned land bringing hunting, fishing and wild-life-watchers tourism to the state, which is a $4.5 billion

dollar industry, according to the agency.

He said the proposal would continue to advance the agency’s responsibil-ity to protect fish and wild-life in the state. In Okano-gan County, the agency has proposed to purchase 2,200 acres in Tunk Val-ley, located in the east-ern area of the county, for habitat conservation.

More than 75 percent of the county is already owned by either state, local or trib-al government.

The current state plan would also acquire 728 acres of land in the Kettle River Corridor in Ferry County and 4,100 acres of land in Grand Coulee Ranch in Douglas County, with a possibility to expand the Grand Coulee Ranch project to a total of 20,500 acres.

The WDFW has proposed acquisition of 13 parcels of

land in 12 counties in 2015-2017, potentially adding more than 25,000 acres. The agency currently manages close to 1 million acres of land to preserve habitats, and provide fish and wildlife recreational and commer-cial opportunities, accord-ing to the agency’s website.

Okanogan County Com-missioners have once again raised issues with contin-ued WDFW land acquisi-tion because they said it is hurting their tax rolls, re-sulting in less revenue for schools, roads and emerg- ency services.

The payment-in-lieu-of-taxes program, or PILT, allows the state to compen-sate counties for lost taxes they would ordinarily re-ceive from a private citizen owning the land instead of the state. The PILT pro-gram does not always offer full compensation.

“If any of our private landowners didn’t pay their taxes, their property would be sold at the courthouse steps,” Sheilah Kennedy, Okanogan County com-missioner said. “So why do state agencies get away with only paying a por-tion of their payment in lieu of taxes?”

During the last two years, Okanogan County has received less than they asked for from the state. In 2013, the county billed WDFW $523,500 and received $151,000.

“That’s a broken prom-ise by the state,” Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, said in an interview.

He said because much of Okanogan County is already owned by the government, you have to be careful with the tax base left to make sure the county is able to fund lo-cal services. He’s against

state agencies purchasing more land, especially for conservation easements, un-til the WDFW “takes local concerns seriously.”

“I’m proud of local folks to bring this up,” he said. “It’s their job to educate the legislators.”

Sen. Linda Parlette, R-Wenatchee, is sponsoring Senate Bill 6551 that would transfer the responsibility of payment in lieu of taxes to the state treasurer’s office, which would make the pro-cess consistent with how the Department of Natural Re-sources handles PILT.

Parlette said when state legislators have faced a tight budget in recent years, they haven’t fully compensated counties and she wants to fix that. She said this bill would be one step toward solving that problem. The bill is scheduled for a hearing Feb.

10 in the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

Most of the new land acquisitions would be fi-nanced through state and federal grants. The Wash-ington Wildlife and Rec-reation Program and the federal U.S. Fish and Wild-life Service are two pos-sible grant sources. Phil Anderson, director of WDFW, would need to ap-prove the specific land pur-chases and grant funding before implementation.

The proposal details are still being reviewed and open to public comment online. A State Land Ac-quisition Coordination Fo-rum is scheduled for March 14 in Olympia.

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Moses Lake residents Ron White and Alex Tyunnik show channel catfish up to 24.6 pounds caught ice fishing in the Lind Coulee Arm of Potholes Reservoir. They were using Rapala's Jigging Spoons.

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The Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District plans to start filling the west canal Wednes-day, March 12, and the Crab Creek lateral Monday, March 10 – barring any unforeseen delays. Priming will continue on smaller canals and laterals through the first week of April, depending on weather and de-mand for water deliveries.

Telephone recorders will be available March 17 in all water-master offices for water order-ing. This service will be avail-able Saturdays and up to 11:30 a.m. Sundays for the following Monday's water order through-out the season.

The South Columbia Basin Irrigation District’s 2014 ir-rigation season will begin on March 18, 2014, to the Mattawa area and the Potholes area of Franklin County. The Walla Walla County system will be-gin on March 18, 2014.

Irrigation to the Block 18

East Low Canal system is scheduled to begin March 27. Landowners will need to con-tact their watermaster office for specific delivery dates and wa-ter availability.

The East Low Canal will begin filing Saturday, March 24. The East Low Canal serves the Moses Lake, Warden and Othello areas of the East Co-lumbia Basin Irrigation District and the Connell (Block 18) area of the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District. Deliveries to the East District's Block 49, from the Potholes East Ca-nal, will begin to be available March 18. Deliveries from the East Low Canal will begin to be available March 27.

Water users should contact their respective Watermaster headquarters in Moses Lake or Othello or contact their ditchrider to receive current in-formation and schedules.

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