2012 County Hort Meeting

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TVBRC is ‘Organization of the Year’By Brent BakerStaff Writer

TONASKET — The Tonasket Chamber of Commerce installed its new officers and bestowed its annual slate of honors Thursday, Jan. 19, at its yearly banquet at the Tonasket Community Cul-tural Center.

The most anticipated portion of the evening was the naming of the annual award-winners, presented as chamber members and guests feasted on Lola Orr’s buffet.

Selected by the chamber to serve as Grand Marshals of the Tonasket Founders Day Parade were George and Patti Hill.

“This is very humbling,” said the soft-spoken George Hill. “I see all you people out there that deserve this too. Thank you.”

Mayor and outgoing chamber vice president Patrick Plumb, not nearly so soft-spoken, told how the selection committee reached its unanimous verdict.

“After I nominated George for the planning commission,

someone on the city council asked me, ‘Why George?’ I said, anyone who can be involved in both FFA and Green Okanogan at the same time and bringing our community together like that, and Patti allowing him to do so with all that time commit-ment … what a tribute to folks. And Patti puts a lot of ours in at the hospital making sure we stay out of trouble, too.”

Bob and Jane Thompson were named Citizens of the Year. The

award was presented by past winner Dave Kester.

“They could probably be the Citizens of the Decade or two,” Kester said. “I could speak over an hour about their contribu-tions.

“We thank this couple who have worked so hard and so well together that we could not award this to just one person.”

The Thompsons were out of town, but had spoken to Terry Mills shortly before the award was announced.

“They were flabbergasted,” Mills said, adding that they hadn’t believed they’d won the award when first told. “They’ve been just outstanding communi-ty members with all the involve-ments they have. They thank you very much.”

Kester also took the stage as the recipient, accepting the Organization of the Year award on behalf of the Tonasket Visitor and Business Resource Center.

“They’ve been doing a great job,” he said. “There’s been a lot of activity there all year. Linda Black has headed this up, but has brought in a lot of volunteers. They’re so driven.”

North Valley Hospital, which had about 20 employees and board members in attendance, was named Business of the Year.

“They’ve done a lot of hard work on paying down their war-rants,” said incoming board VP Julie Alley. “Their customer ser-vice has been great, and bring-ing in the VA clinic has been a great service to our community as well.

“On a personal basis we have worked with the crew there (as part of her business at Tonasket Interiors) and they’ve been great to work with. My daughter was in the hospital in the last year or two, and, well, she wants to go back again.”

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PUD Commissioner says too early to predict final costsBy Gary A. DeVonManaging Editor

OROVILLE – Several conserva-tion groups are calling Okanogan County PUD’s attempts at re-starting hydroelectric power generation at Enloe Dam a money losing proposition – now and in the future.

However, Okanogan County PUD Commissioner Ernie Bolz said it was too soon to know what the actual costs of power genera-tion will be as the final permit has not been issued.

On Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, the Columbia Bioregional Education Project (CBEP), joined by several conservation groups, issued a new economic analysis of Okanogan Public Utility District’s (PUD) proposal to re-start hydropower generation at Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River. The analysis, prepared by Rocky Mountain Econometrics (RME) of Boise, Idaho, concludes that it is not possible for the PUD to sell power from Enloe Dam at or above the cost of producing it, and that the PUD will lose $26 for every megawatt hour produced at the dam.

“Okanogan PUD ratepayers are going to take a big hit for this expensive and unprofitable project,” said Jere Gillespie of CBEP. “We are calling on the Okanogan PUD to replace its out-of-date 2008 analysis and provide ratepayers with a realistic evaluation of Enloe Dam economics. We think such an update will show that the dam project is not a wise investment for ratepayers and should be dropped.”

Commissioner Bolz agrees that the costs need to be based on current information.

“We don’t have the license yet so we don’t know what the actual mitigation requirements will be. We need that before we can compute the cost of construction on the realities of today, rather than the application we made in 2008,” said Commis-sioner Bolz. “The made their analisis on an applica-

tion we have made, not on the final permit. Until we have that they’re just blowing in the wind.”

Okanogan County PUD has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a license to install turbines at the existing Enloe Dam, which blocks the Similkameen River about four miles west of Oroville. Originally built in the early 1900’s, Enloe Dam has not generated hydro-power since 1958. The current license application, pending with FERC since 2008, is the PUD’s fourth attempt since the mid-1980’s to add power genera-tion to the dam. Previous licensing efforts failed due to poor economics and fish passage issues.

The Rocky Mountain Econometrics report re-viewed the economic data provided by the power utilitiy as part of its August 2008 FERC license ap-plication. The RME economic analysis concludes that:

Market conditions for power have changed dra-matically since 2008.

Construction costs for projects similar to Enloe have increased by 30% since 2008

Open market prices for electricity, which will dictate what the PUD can sell Enloe power for, have

By Gary A. DeVonManaging Editor

OROVILLE – The Oroville City Council received a Letter of Intent to annex properties along Balmes Road, just north of the city limits and across the Okanogan River.

The request was made by the Thiesans who purchased the old Weitrick property which in-cludes two residences. The property owners were represented at the council meeting by Stan Porter, owner of Sun Lakes Realty in Oroville.

“They want city water and services,” said Por-ter. “He would like to annex a triangle-shaped property into the city and is planning on doing a four lot short plat and each lot would have a view of the river.”

Chris Branch, director of Planning and Economic Development, said there were 11 properties within an area the city would like to see come into the an-nexation. These included the Christensen proper-ties which includes the old Valentine Blacksmith shop, now a second-hand store, and a rental house; as well as the Cumbo and Clark properties. Ted Christensen had approached the council in the past about possibly coming in on a previous an-nexation. The Clarks and Cumbos indicated they didn’t want to be annexed during past discussions, according to Branch.

The proponent of the annexation will be asked to gather names of others who would like to come into the annexation. For the city to annex property it requires signatures of the owners of 60 percent of the valuation of the property.

“The council has received the Letter of Intent prior to the circulation of a petition for annexing parties to meet with the council,” Branch said. “The staff recommends the inclusion of three other parcels, the Christensen property, the city property across from Christensen property and the city park piece near Tonasket Creek.”

Branch said the property was currently zoned for single-family residential and that the second hand store would likely stay commercial given it’s location next to the Chesaw Road. He added that the nearby Oroville Housing Authority property, already in the city limits, was zoned R2 for multi-family residential, as was the Clark property.

“All are in the shoreline, but not in the 100 year floodplain,” he said.

Branch said the current assessed valuation of the three properties being recommended for an-nexation by city staff was $340,100 and that the

parcels in the initial petition had an assessed valuation of $157,000.

The council voted to accept the Letter of Intent to annex and the process will continue at a future council meeting.

Under new business the city is considering plac-ing a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries and grow operations.

“If adopted you have to have a public hearing within 60 days and be accountable,” said Branch. “We did the same thing when we were asked to allow a sexually orientated business and for the sign ordinance.”

Branch told the council a moratorium was probably the safest thing for the city to do while it further studied the issue.

“Several governors have petitioned the federal government to lower it from a Class 1 to a Class 2. An moratorium may be renewed for one or more periods, but a public hearing must be held for each subsequent 6-month renewal,” said Branch.

Police Chief Clay Warnstaff told the council that Washington’s medical marijuana law was at odds with federal law. He added that dispensaries were not even allowed under state law, the governor having vetoed that portion of the legislation that allowed medical marijuana.

“Does this include cardholders growing indi-vidual plants,” asked Councilman Ed Naillon.

“It doesn’t look like it,” said Branch.“It is kind of a shell game as the law is written,”

added Chief Warnstaff. “What we are looking at here is a movement to put a stop on collective gardens or dispensaries until further study of the ramifications of the law. As far as collective gar-dens go the closest city I’ve found that has them is Ellensburg.

Councilman Naillon said there were a lot of valid factors for not allowing the collective gardens, such the potential for lowering property values, fire hazards and increased crime.

“I see it as a safety issue and a property value issue. If someone has got a card this moratorium would not cut them off,” Naillon said.

Warnstaff also cautioned that if the city was seen to encourage collective grows or dispensa-ries it might jeopardize it’s relationship with the federal government on grants and other funding opportunities.

Councilman Tony Koepke made the motion to approve the moratorium and it was seconded by Councilwoman Neysa Roley and passed unani-mously.

Bob and Jane Thompson are Tonasket Chamber ‘Citizens of the Year’

Photos by Brent BakerStaff and board members who were present at Thursday’s Tonasket Chamber of Commerce banquet proudly display their Business of the Year plaque.

BANQUET TIME

Jane and Bob Thompson, shown receiving an award at the Armed Forces Legacy Project in November, were named Citizens of the Year by the Tonasket Chamber of Commerce at the 2012 annual fundraising banquet.

Hippies on Vacation provided entertainment at last Thursday’s Tonasket Chamber of Commerce banquet, including (l-r) guitarist John Jones and bassist Quill Hyde. Reed Engel and Tim Alley make up the other half of the band. See CHAMBER on Page 3

Oroville asked to annex Balmes Road propertiesCouncil approves moratorium on pot dispensaries, grow ops

Study casts doubts on profitability of Enloe Dam hydro project

See DAM on Page 3

Photo by Gary DeVonThe spillway at Enloe Dam as viewed from the west side of the river. The dam, originally built in the 1920s, has not produced electric power since the late 1950’s. The Dam was constructed on top of a natural 18-foot falls.

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TONASKET - The Tonasket School Board’s approval of cur-ricula for middle school suicide prevention education and high school language arts highlighted actions taken at the Monday, Jan. 23, meeting.

Middle school counselor Patty Drexler presented the suicide/depression program, saying that it focused on educating students on how to deal with stress and anxiety, listening for changes and problems, and providing links to get help. She said that the teachers would be staying in the classroom during the four 45-minute ses-sions both to be aware of what the students were taught and to be aware of what to look for with their students.

Drexler said that the curricu-lum was recommended by the North Central ESD (as well as having been reviewed by district administrators), and is free for Washington schools.

She added that similar curricula for high school and elementary-level students were available and being reviewed by the district.

The board also approved the purchase of 400 Holt McDougal high school language art texts. The curriculum was chosen by the high school language arts commit-tee due to its strong organizational layout for both students and teach-ers; the fact that it is in line with current common core standards; uses interactive readers and has a variety of tests available; and it is very similar to the middle school curriculum adopted last year.

There will be 100 books pur-chased for each grade level, al-lowing for anticipated high school classes of 80-85 students as well as availability for checkout by alter-native school students.

Much of the meeting consisted of reports by administrators and various school groups.

Superintendent Paul Turner reported that preparations for the Feb. 14 levy replacement election are continuing, noting that he’d visited two community groups to discuss the levy and had three or four more to go. Ballots will be

sent out Jan. 26. Other literature, including a Spanish translation, will be going out into the commu-nity this week.

High school principal Jeff Hard-esty, middle school principal Jay Tyus and elementary principal Jeff Cravy each presented over-views of their building School Improvement Plans (SIP). Each summarized reports of 40-60 pages that included data on stu-dent performance and strategies focusing on individual student improvement as well as overall improvement in reaching grade-level benchmarks.

Work on the district-wide policy and procedure overhaul continued with a second and final reading of policy 4200. A first reading of 4260, the school facilities use policy, was approved, but after discussion with school administrators and athletic director Kevin Terris it was agreed that there was much research to be done on what was required by the state before pro-ceeding further.

Two representatives of the PAC, which provides support for families of migrant students, were present and invited school board members to attend one of their upcoming meetings.

“All grade levels are repre-sented by the parents that attend,” Tyus said. “They try to address things that are pertinent to all grade levels, including things like the ‘hidden rules of school’ that everyone needs to know.”

Middle School ASB president Bailey Griffin and treasurer Rycki Cruz were on hand to present the school board with posters in honor of School Board Appreciation month. Each of the school board members received a poster with their image attached, surrounded by the signatures of Middle School students.

High school ASB school board representative Melody Wolen reported that the FCCLA was in the process of building its own web site, set up aluminum can recycling within the school was working with the Tonasket Post Office to set up a newspaper recy-cling bin; the T-Club was working on an i-movie of sports highlights; FBLA currently has seven paid members and will be attending a

conference in Wenatchee on Feb. 15; and FFA recently competed in a trap shooting contest and will be participating in more upcoming events. Winterfest will take place Feb. 21-25 and will have an “after party” instead of a dance this year. The awards show will be on Feb. 25 with a cost of $3, with the public welcome at the event.

Wolen also said that fundraiser will soon be underway for the ju-nior prom, including an taco feed on Jan. 31 in the High School com-mons during the basketball games that evening, and the sale of roses Jan. 26-Feb. 13. Prom will be Sat-urday, April 21 at the Tonasket Community Cultural Center.

The board also approved a fuel contract bid from Coleman Oil - the only bidder - for gas and diesel, with the bid coming in at about the same amount as last year. Board member Lloyd Caton recused himself from discussion and voting on the issue.

Also, Jan Ottman was approved as sixth grade camp director, with Jody Terris and Valerie Kauffman approved as camp staff. All are sixth grade teachers in the middle school.

Turner also reported on school budget numbers, which largely fell within expected ranges. Num-bers that were different than expected included transportation revenue of $175,000, well over the $115,000 expected in the budget, mainly because the state did not cut transportation depreciation as anticipated. The ASB balance was also running higher than usual, though not atypical for this time of year, as fundraisers (such as the cookie dough sale) were in progress but funds hadn’t yet been spent.

Enrollment also held steady with the district gaining the equiv-alent of half a student, increasing district enrollment to 1,056.

“We got through the first of the year without a big decrease,” Turner said. “That’s always good.”

The board concluded with an executive session that was ex-pected to last about 90 minutes.

The school board next meets Monday, Feb. 13, in the district office board room.

Tonasket School Board approves new curricula

Photo by Gary DeVonWhile waiting for the Oroville School bus to arrive on Cherry Street local grade-schoolers took advantage of the white stuff by ganging up on one another. It looked like everyone was actually have a good time taking turns piling snow on each other.

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OLYMPIA - Sen. Bob Mor-ton (R-7th District) has asked Governor Christy Gregoire to rescind her recent appointment of Seattle resident Ted Willhite to the state Recreation and Con-servation Funding Board.

“Mr. Willhite is listed on the board roster as being from Twisp and his appointment fills a spot

intended to represent the inter-ests of Eastern Washington,” Morton, from Kettle Falls, said. “But this is preposterous! Mr. Willhite owns a second resi-dence near Twisp, but he lives and works in Seattle. This is not fair to our side of the state and it shuns good Eastern Washington candidates for service on this board who would eagerly and honorably promote and protect our interests.”

The mission of the board is

to provide leadership and fund-ing to help protect and enhance Washington’s natural and rec-reational resources for current and future generations. It is one of five entities housed in the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office.

“The board has four Western Washington members and only one from our side of the state, Yakima,” Morton said. “The governor needs to set this right. I await her response.”

Morton asks governor appointment to Recreation and Conservation Funding Board

By Gary A. DeVonManaging Editor

MOLSON – The 2012 North Central Washington Ice Fishing Festival will be the Saturday of Presidents’ Day Weekend, Feb. 18 at Molson.

The annual fishing contest, sponsored by the Oroville Cham-

ber of Commerce, will actually be held on two lakes this year, both Sidley and Molson lakes. There are new rules though and contestants will only be allowed to catch two fish total this year.

David Graybill, the author of the column The Fishin’ Magician will be helping out this year, ac-

cording to festival organizer Robin Stice. He plans to also video the event for a possible segment on television later in the year, according to Stice.

As usual the event is looking for sponsors for cash and prizes for the anglers. Kinross Gold has already promised $500 and there are other local area busi-nesses who will be sponsoring again this year. First prize this year will be $500, with many more prizes to be awarded.

In addition to the fishing, there will be food available at the lake, as well as at the Molson Grange Hall. A dog sled demon-stration by Rev. Gary Forgey is also planned for noon.

All the profit from the NCW Ice Fishing Festival is ear-marked by the Chamber of Com-merce to help the Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society fund the Visitor Information Center at the Depot Museum.

Anyone interested in setting up an information booth about their business or an arts and crafts booth should contact Stice at (509) 485-4002. Look for more information on the festival in the local newspaper and on radio.

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“This is really, really special,” Casey said. “It takes a team. We changed our culture, and we have a new leader with (admin-istrator) Linda Michel. But the greatest thing is that we have a community that supports us. And we have a staff where it doesn’t matter if you’re a doctor, a nurse, or the person cleaning up the floor. It takes everyone to make it happen and we are truly, truly blessed to have this hospital here in our community.”

President Dale Crandall, Vice President Julie Alley, Secretary Aaron Kester and Treasurer Bill Nelson were installed as the 2012 officers, with Crandall and Nelson continuing in their posts from last year. Serving on the 2012 Board of Directors are Kay Behymer, Terri Orford, Patrick Plumb and Rob Nau.

Jerry Asmussen, as he has in the past, served as auctioneer for the fundraising portion of the evening. Bertha Wandler’s homemade afghan fetched $250 as the single largest sale item. With the auction and ticket sales to the banquet, the event netted the chamber $2210 for the night.

Plumb noted that the good health of the Tonasket Chamber of Commerce is unusual in rural America.

“What a tribute to the Tonasket area businesses,” he said. “Each one is continuing to work hard every day and risk their own per-sonal capital to stay here. We all benefit from the reward of great customer service … that you won’t get at a ‘big box’ (store).”

“This is a wonderful, self-contained, all-American small town,” Crandall said during his speech. “It’s getting better, and we’re the envy of the valley. It’s all because of you and these won-derful businesses we have here. As a business person in town, businesses want to be here and people want to live here... Our opportunities to grow are ahead of us.”

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decreased by 50% According to the analysis, the

long-term price for Enloe power is more likely to be $43/megawatt hour (MWh) than the $66/MWh predicted by Okanogan PUD in 2008. Okanogan County PUD’s 2008 analysis did not consider lost revenues due to tourism gener-ated by Similkameen Falls. This report shows that, over the life of the license term, tourism losses for the Okanogan region could approach $20 million, two-thirds of the original 2008 estimate to build this uneconomic dam, say the conservation groups.

“The negative economics and significant impacts to local tour-ism make Enloe a poor plan for the utility and for Okanogan ratepay-ers,” said Rich Bowers, regional coordinator for the Hydropower Reform

Coalition. “While forecasts con-tinually change, there is a great difference between today’s eco-nomic forecast than in 2008 when the original economic analysis was prepared.”

The groups goes on to say PUD expenditures have been a continu-ing drain for its ratepayers. On Dec. 2, 2011 the PUD raised retail power rates in order to meet increasing operational expenses. In addition, on Dec.20, the PUD adopted a bud-get for 2012 that reveals a five-fold increase in capital expenditures since 2007 (from $5.7 million to $24.5 million), and more than two-fold increase in debt principal and

interest for the same period (from $1.6 million to $3.5 million).

“Enloe Dam has not operated for 50 years,” said Rachael Pas-chal Osborn, with the Center for Environmental Law & Policy. “In the context of its current budget, Okanogan PUD simply cannot afford to sink additional money into a project which will greatly increase rates for Okanogan rate-payers.”

The Enloe Dam project has been controversial for both environmen-tal and economic reasons. Of par-ticular concern is the current pro-posal to bypass virtually all of the river flow into the new turbines, de-watering Similkameen Falls for most of the year. The Falls repre-sent an important cultural/histori-cal resource for Native American Tribes and First Nations in the area. The Falls also represent a viewpoint/terminus for the newly developed Similkameen River Trail, which occupies the aban-doned Great Northern Railway rail bed and is to be designated as a segment of the 1,200-mile Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, which runs from the continental divide in Montana to Olympic National Park. The tourist draw of the Similkameen River Trail is expected to bring significant revenue to the Oroville area.

“The Similkameen River and its waterfalls have recreational values that will enhance the tour-ism economy of the Okanogan-Similkameen Valleys. This report shows that de-watering the falls by the dam could cost $516,000 per

year in lost tourism value,” said Thomas O’Keefe, Pacific North-west Stewardship Director for American Whitewater.

Bolz reminds people that when power was generated at the dam before little water dropped over the spillway and instead most was diverted through penstocks to the old powerhouse. He also questioned the comparisons of the Similkameen Falls with other waterfalls cited in the report as tourist actractions.

Rocky Mountain Econometrics produced the Enloe report on behalf of Hydropower Reform Co-alition members Columbia Biore-gional Education Project, Ameri-can Rivers, American Whitewater, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, North Cascades Conserva-tion Council, and the Washington State Chapter of Sierra Club.

The RME Report may be down-loaded at the following sites:

A m e r i c a n W h i t e w a t e r Similkameen River website: http://www.americanwhitewa-ter.org/content/Project/view/id/similkameen/

American Rivers website: http://amrivers.org Center for Environmental Law

& Policy Enloe Dam website: http://www.columbia-institute.org/enloe/dam.html

Columbia River Bioregional Education Project website: http://www.columbiana.org/pages/en-loe_dam.html

Hydropower Reform Coalition website:

http://www.hydroreform.org/

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DAM: Analysis questions costs to ratepayers

PhotoS by Brent BakerTonasket mayor Patrick Plumb and Miss Tonasket Rodeo Cortney Ingle pony up to call out door prize winners at the Tonasket Chamber of Commerce banquet on Thursday, Jan. 18.

North Valley Hospital Board of Commissioners chair Helen Casey (center) steps up to receive the hospital’s 2012 Business of the Year award from Mayor (and banquet MC) Patrick Plumb and Julie Alley.

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ment of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) contracted with Agralytica of Alexandria, Virginia to evaluate the pilot insurance program for sweet cherries. The purpose of the evaluation is to determine whether the pilot program should be converted into a permanent program and expanded to other areas, modified and continued as a pilot, or terminated.

Agralytica staff will be holding separate listening sessions for (a) sweet cherry growers and (b) insurance company staff, agents, adjusters, and other interested parties in Washington State, Or-egon, California, and Michigan. The aim is to get feedback on how the pilot program has worked in recent years and how it can be improved.

We urgently seek the views on issues that have arisen over the three years of implementation of the Cherry Actual Revenue History (ARH). The input of growers and insurance company staff, agents, adjusters, and other interested parties is vital as we review the results of this pilot program and make recommenda-tions for its future. In Washington the listening sessions are on Feb. 10 at the W.L. Hansen Building in the First Floor Meeting Room at 105 S. 18th St. in Yakima. Insur-ers, insurance agents and loss adjusters meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and growers meet from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Dear Editor,As members of the Tonasket

School Board, we are asking our voters to replace the expiring Maintenance and Operations Levy. Community support is cru-cial to our quest to provide qual-ity programs and to maintain our facilities and grounds. Continu-ing reductions in state revenues make this support more impor-tant than ever. We are hopeful that levy dollars in our district will generate as much as $762,810 of levy equalization funds from the state, but we receive these funds only if voters approve the levy, and the amount we receive will be decided by the state leg-islature at a later date. Ballots must be postmarked no later than February 14th.

In recent years, the Tonasket School District has enjoyed an excellent reputation. This is due

in large part to the support of our community. We are most grate-ful, and hope voters will continue their support. Any one of us is willing to answer questions. We may be contacted through the District Office, at (509) 486-2126.

Respectfully,Jerry Asmussen, ChairCatherine Stangland, Vice ChairErnesto Cerrillo, DirectorLloyd Caton, DirectorTy Olson, DirectorTonasket School Board

Like what’s happening

Dear Gary,I like what’s happening with

“our” newspaper! It seems more like our paper again. Of course we all love Boots’ column but it’s really good to see “Items From the Past” back. The sports coverage has been great. I liked an item called “Stats and Stuff” (or something that) but didn’t see it last week.

If we are going to have “color on every page,” will your picture be in color in the Town Crier?

I totally agree with Jackie Daniels about the PUD mailing. Don’t they have any one in that office who has the courage to say “this is silly and wasteful?”

Kenn Tuttle is spot on with his take on our State Department and military attitude toward our Marines. If that happened it is minor compared to the atrocities committed against our troops and correspondents. The differ-ences in cultures is huge.

Did you know the Oroville Po-lice Department has a Facebook page? I’ve seen it as a great way to reunite wayward pets with their owner in a manner that’s fast and cheap for everyone. It can be a community resource of information to be utilized more.

So Gary, you can print or not, cut or edit this any way you like. I trust ya. I mostly wanted you to know what a good job you, your staff and the new publishers are doing. And I don’t feel that hav-ing the paper printed in Canada is outsourcing.

Gai WisdomOroville

Will support for Paul continue?

Dear Editor,If someone had asked me to

predict which of your readers would endorse the unquestion-ably consistent, unwaveringly sincere, and totally bonkers Republic primary candidate Ron Paul I would have unhesitatingly picked that Yazidi Mullah Steve Lorz.

Since there is 10 to the -1000th chance of Paul’s being the actual Republic party nominee, it will be interesting to see if Lorz will continue to voice support should Paul run as the Libertair party candidate.

(I’m sorry, I don’t know what the nominative form of Libertar-ian is, or even if there is one.)

Yours truly,John F. ConnotEverett, Wash.

By Eric G. Bing

One of the world’s largest foreign aid organizations just announced it will be forced to make substantial program cuts this year. For hundreds of thousands of people, the con-

sequences could be lethal.The Global Fund to Fight

AIDS, Tuberculosis and Ma-laria announced in late No-vember that it had failed to raise the minimum $13 billion needed to support current op-erations. This is terrible news

-- fully 70% of anti-retroviral HIV/AIDS drugs available in poor countries are provided by the fund.

It’s up to the rest of the international community to pick up the slack. Given the uncertain economic climate, it’s all the more important that we are focusing our energies and dollars on programs that will work, sharing resources and maximizing the syner-gies across disease-specific infrastructures. Fortunately, a large-scale model of an effec-tive program already exists -- and it was started right here in the United States.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was created by the George W. Bush administration and ex-tended by President Obama. PEPFAR has proven highly successful in addressing the global AIDS epidemic by ex-panding the use and availabil-ity of topflight anti-retroviral drugs.

After the global HIV/AIDS rate of new infections ex-ploded in the 1980s and 1990s, experts were predicting the disease would kill off en-tire generations of people in poorer countries. PEPFAR was a cornerstone in the international effort to check the spread of the epidemic. Program officials, making a

concerted effort not to tram-ple local medical operations, worked in conjunction with state and municipal authori-ties to build up medical in-frastructure and address the health care challenges specific to local communi-ties. PEPFAR also worked closely with the Global Fund to jointly fund targeted anti-retroviral distribution cam-paigns in areas worst hit by this disease.

In large part because of PEPFAR, the total number of people living with AIDS has essentially held steady over the past decade, rather than escalating out of control as credible estimates predicted. Today, 33 million people have the disease. Meanwhile, the rate of new HIV infections has dropped by nearly 20% and an estimated 7 million people with HIV infections are cur-rently alive because they now have access to anti-retroviral drugs.

The positive effects of PEP-FAR aren’t confined to health care. Unfortunately, AIDS often debilitates people in their most productive years. Effectively combatting HIV/AIDS has enabled millions of workers to support their families and fuel economic growth.

Rather than cutting back on

its investments in preventing disease around the world, the international community should build on PEPFAR’s successes.

The new Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon initiative does pre-cisely that. It purposefully operates within the PEPFAR structure to more effectively address the rising rates of two other diseases devastat-ing sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America -- cervical and breast cancer.

More than 85% of total cer-vical cancer cases occur in de-veloping countries, yet fewer than 5% of women in these parts of the world will ever have a pelvic exam. Mean-while, every year there are some 1.4 million new breast cancer cases worldwide. More than 450,000 women die from the disease annually.

Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is a $75 million joint effort between the George W. Bush Institute, PEPFAR, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, UNAIDS, and several major compa-nies.

It follows the PEPFAR play-book: contribute vital medical equipment to enable local primary care doctors to im-prove diagnosis and treat-ment; expand the availability of screening and treatment services, and create grass-

roots education programs to inform people of the nature and causes of these diseases.

This program specifically focuses on improving integra-tion between screening and treatment of HIV with that for cervical and breast cancer. Cervical cancer and HIV are tightly linked; HIV weakens patients’ immune system and makes the body more suscep-tible to infections that can contribute to cervical cancer, which is four to five times more common in women liv-ing with HIV than in those who are HIV-negative. Cancer of the women’s reproductive organs can be highly stigma-tized in many cultures.

The headline goal of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is to re-duce total cervical cancer deaths among women it treats by 25%.

An age of austerity need not be an era in which we abandon the fight against disease and premature death in the devel-oping world. By learning from proven aid campaigns, the international community can ensure that efforts to address the world’s worst scourges continue undiminished.

Eric G. Bing is Senior Fel-low and Director of Global Health at the George W. Bush Institute.

The next step in fighting disease in the developing world

At the risk of rubbing everyone the wrong way, let’s just say the new Enloe Dam analysis (see front page) sponsored by several conservation groups is “in-teresting.”

On the one hand, Okanogan County PUD needs to make what ever kind of hydroelec-tric dam we end up with on the Similkameen a money-making concern or at least break even. If it loses money then it will do none of us, the ratepayers, any good in this poor economy. The idea that having a hydro project on this end of the county to make more certain the de-livery of our power is a good one – finding efficiencies are always a plus. Also, we have the dam on the river, mak-ing use of it has been the a dream of many who live in the area.

So, while a great majority are in favor of rehabilitating the old dam – making use of a renewable resource to generate power – is a good idea as it doesn’t add to our electric rates.

Where this new analy-sis goes astray isn’t in the fact it was based on the

data that was used for the PUD’s application to FERC in 2008, that can be updated if the PUD get’s their re-license for the dam. Where it goes wrong is comparing Similkameen Falls, below and under the dam, to the Spokane Falls and to Sno-qualmie Falls in its tourist potential. Come on, Spokane Falls are spectacular when they’re running strong and they’re right in the heart of downtown Spokane. You can’t miss them. Snoqualmie Falls may get more than a million visitors a year, but that is just a fraction of the people who travel by while crossing the Cascades via Snoqualmie Pass. Both sites have built in-tourist potential. We just don’t see the comparison there, even with all the visitors to the Similkameen Trail we hope to have one day.

The falls are, however, just one of the attractions along the trail – there’s the old railroad grade, Native American and Fur Brigade history, the wildlife, all of these add up to what is great about the trail. However, the one thing the study seems to leave out as far as an at-traction is the dam itself. Yes, the analysis about the high cost of rehabilitating the dam, but ignores the history Enloe represents to the area. It has been there for so long now it is like a natural part of the scenery. And where the PUD and many of us part company is

the total dewatering of the spillway – sort of like a mini Grand Coulee Dam when no water is going over the top. This would be a drawback under the current proposal. Although putting more wa-ter downriver is supposed to have benefit to the local

fish populations, according to the PUD (more about that next week), many of us want to see the water continue to plunge over the spillway at more than a trickle.

Of course the hidden sub-text of the analysis is that a certain faction wants the

dam gone altogether. We can’t get behind that. The dam, like the old power-house, should be preserved as part of our area’s heri-tage. If Enloe can generate power without increasing our rates, then it should be relicensed. And unlike some

in Washington State who have been told otherwise, we believe hydroelectric power is just as much a re-newable resource as wind and solar and should be counted as such.

Let’s keep our dam and our history.

New Enloe Dam study something to think about

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Submitted by Marianne Knight

I have learned something new about the awards to the Pinochle players. Some one keeps track of all of the scores for each person and at the end of five weeks the person with the highest com-bined total is the winner of a “grand prize”, which is $15. So, congratulations go to Ray Vis-ser for the last five weeks. The Traveling award went to Larry Smith. The High Scores were one by Ina Visser and Everett Turner. The Low Scores were won by Danny Wietreck and Al O’Brien. These winners are from Jan. 16, with 39 players.

The next Bingo day at the Okanogan Bingo Casino will be on Feb. 25 and then again on March 10. The casino gives each person who stays for four hours on the Bingo Day a $10 gaming

ticket and a free lunch if their name is on the Bingo list. To get your name on the list just call Marianne at (509) 485 2103 or Dolly at (509) 476-3336 by 12 p.m. on the Wednesday before the casino date. The Highland Hooters get together with the Golden Oldies Red Hat Ladies for a fun day of friendship, talk and dressing up in red hats and purple, red or pink and lavender clothing. We do have a good time.

There are a couple of “Snow Angels” hard at work in the parking lots in Chesaw at the store, the tavern and the mer-cantile. These angels keep the paths clear and safe for every-one. Thank you, Bacon and Larry, your efforts are much appreciated.

The members of the Chil-dren’s Activity Club met on Sat-urday, Jan. 21 to take inventory

and to write thank you notes to the following merchants and others who made donations to the Highland Children’s Party in December: Kinross Mining, North Valley Clinic, Cooks Cut-ting Edge, Princes, Hornets Nest, Java Junkie, Napa, Les Schwab, Hometown Pizza, FB’s, Walmart, Wells Fargo Bank, Sterling Bank, Linda’s Bakery, The Chesaw Tavern and Store, Serenity Day Spa, Gazette-Tribune, Maddie Lou’s, Mr and Mrs Santa, Glen and Kim Rich-ardson and Beltrami Plumbing. There were also numerous gift baskets made by numerous do-nors. Without all of the donors and the people’s help our party would not be so successful each year. Thanks to All.

We finally got our “big” snow. It makes our hilltop even so much more beautiful.

Until next week.

oroville senior newsSubmitted by Dolly Engelbretson

Apparently winter has fi-nally arrived! I hope everyone is taking it easy out there and not getting into any fender benders. Everyone is trying to stay well, but health problems seem to appear whether we want to or not. Apparently Midge Minyard is under the weather and we haven’t seen Juanita and Glenn Waggy playing pinochle. Hope she is

recuperating well after her surgery.

George Thornton, recent recipient of the Golden Apple Award, will be with us this week and Superintendent Quick will be here on Jan. 31 to talk about the levy coming up and the grant for new band instruments.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Joy Law-son will be giving us a follow up to Bergh’s talk on Funerals, with her take on cemeteries.

Daralyn Hollenbeck will be

talking to us about the Blue Star Mothers on Feb. 14. Arnie Marchand will be back to talk to us on Feb. 28.

Have you noticed a few more new chairs in the din-ing room? Thank the pinochle players.

Pinochle news: On Jan. 21 Ted Thorndike won the Door Prize, Phyllis Shenyer had the Most Pinochles and Evelyn Dull and Judy Ripley tied for High Scores.

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tonasket garden clubSubmitted by Audrey Holmes

The first meeting of the new year was held at the Hillside Apartments on Jan. 9, hosted by Betty Holmes. The roll call question, “What word, goal, or idea do you want to keep in mind for the new year?” One member said “more joy”.

Donna Sylvester, our Horti-culturalist, was absent but left fliers to pass around about the care of Amaryllis. Lola shared a gift she received for Christmas. It was colorful, plastic plant ties of inter-esting shapes and designs. A bulb catalog was passed around with suggestions to “think spring”. Barbara Han-son showed us an apron her daughter had made using

jean denim and ruffles, and a table runner. They would make good ideas for our next Founders Day sale in June.

There were a lot of compli-mentary remarks about our Dec. 12 Christmas dinner and party. The gift bags that were made for Christmas presents for the assisted living facility were a big hit and much ap-preciated.

Reva and Lola made and contributed two handmade diaper bags filled with infant things and donated them to the North Valley Hospital OB Department for needy parents, in the name of the Tonasket Garden Club and the Wauconda Community Club.

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lor, announced that on Jan. 21 or on a Sunday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. clothing, blankets, coats and jackets can be dropped off at the church near the Aeneas Val-ley store, then on Jan. 28 items will be available to give away at the church. Call Wendy (509) 486-0602.

Jim Conley, new member, alerted us that nematode infection from potting soil is serious and you should wear gloves when handling it. Na-dia will give a report on it next meeting.

We welcome guests and new members. Number to call for place and time is (509) 223-3427. The next meeting will be held at Barie Colbert’s on Feb. 13 at 1:30 p.m.

the learning treeSubmitted by North Valley Community Schools

Mole! No, not the annoy-ing little rodent, but the generic name for a number of sauces used in Mexican cuisine. These sauces can turn an ordinary Mexican meal into something special. This is the final class offered in January; one session on

Tuesday, Jan 31.It’s cold out there and the

evenings are long. Spring is not just around the corner. That chair in front of the TV may be comfortable, but it’s time for some exercise, too. There are 20 class of-ferings in February and here’s one that will do the trick. With Line Dancing you will delight in the freedom

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ncw blue star mothersSubmitted by Daralyn Hollenbeck, President

Our February gathering will fea-ture RN Kathleen Mowry,who is in charge of the VA Clinc in Tonasket. She will be sharing with us about what we as mothers, families and friends can expect from our military children as they serve, return from deployments and dis-charge from the military. Kathy is a veteran herself and has a son in the army who has been deployed three times. He is now active with the Wounded Warrior Project, an off shoot of America300.

Military service will affect your soldier...We rarely ask what the positive outcomes will be, but they are there. Service members share that the changes in their lives have been so profound after combat, many expressing gratitude for having gone through it – even if service has cost them permanent physical damage. Many affirm as they emerge from their military experience that they have greater self-confidence, a keener sense of

compassion and appreciation for life, a sense of personal strength, and greater love of family. “It never ceases to amaze me, what brave men and women we have raised,” says Kathy, “and I shed tears for so many reasons…loss of lives, loss of innocence and unending memories. But I have never felt so proud.”

From the moment our soldiers leave basic training we begin wondering “Who has this person become?” We spend the next four years or more trying to keep up with the changes while we live at a distance, both geographically and emotionally. Kathy has first hand experiences with these changes: both the good one and bad ones. The laundry list of illnesses and issues that soldiers deal with have played out before her. “As a parent this is very hard to see and go through,” Kathy knows, “for you believe your child is safe once (they) get home. I now know that isn’t true through (my) experience and with working with our local vets.” If there’s an opportunity to learn something from challenging

circumstances, we certainly want our child to take that opportunity. We can be there to help that hap-pen, especially if we know what to look for.

This month’s meeting is a must attend for any mother, family mem-ber or friend of a soldier, airman, seaman, guard or patrolman who is serving or has served.

The mission of the NCW Blue Star Mothers is to walk side by side with women whose children have undergone or are going through these changes. For more informa-tion, contact us at (509) 485-2906 or go to our Facebook page: NCW Blue Star Mothers.

The new Blue Star Mothers Hometown Heroes calendars for 2012 are available at several locations in Oroville, Tonasket and Omak. In Oroville you can purchase your copy at Through the Wooden Gate, Dick’s Pharmacy, Appleway Video and the American Legion Post #84 and in Tonasket at Roy’s Pharmacy, Two Sister’s Video and La Ultima Restaurant. The calendars are also available from local Blue Star Mothers members.The calendars are $10 each and 100 percent of the proceeds go to support the mothers of military personnel in the area.Visit NCW Blue Star Mothers on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/ncw.blue.star.mothers.

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Holy Rosary Parish1st & Whitcomb Ave., Tonasket

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faith Lutheran Church11th & Ironwood, Oroville • 476-2426

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

Pastor Dan Kunkel • Deacon Dave Wildermuth

Immaculate Conception Parish1715 Main Street Oroville

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

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

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

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

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

Oroville United Methodist908 Fir, Oroville • 476-2681

Adult Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. • Sun. School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

4th Sundays, 6 p.m. Prayer & Healing Service. Pastor Karen Davison

Valley Christian FellowshipPastor Randy McAllister

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

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

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

• Wednesday Evening Worship 7 p.m.

Trinity Episcopal602 Central Ave., Oroville

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

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

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

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

Seventh-Day Adventist10th & Main, Oroville

Bible Study: Sat. 9:30 a.m. • Worship: Sat. 11 a.m.Pastor Skip Johnson • 509-485-2434

Oroville Free Methodist1516 Fir Street • Pastor Rod Brown • 476.2311

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

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

OROVILLE

Okanogan ValleyChurch Guide

CHESAWChesaw Community Bible Church

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

Pastor Duane Scheidemantle • 485-3826Youth Pastor Matthew Valdez

TONASKET

MOLSON

RIVERSIDERiverside Lighthouse - Assembly of God

102 Tower Street Sunday Bible Study 10:00am

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

Pastor Vern & Anita WeaverPh. 509-826-4082

Community Christian FellowshipMolson Grange, Molson

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

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

TFR’s 2012 Biblical Counseling ConferenceThe Father’s Ranch Ministries

& The Biblical Counseling Center of OkanoganJanuary 27th & 28th, 2012 at the

Tonasket Free Methodist Church, Tonasket, WA$20 per person/$35 per couple, if registered by January 21, 2012

presented by

For more information please contact The Father’s Ranch Ministries(509) 486-8888 or secretary@thefathersranch.com

*Handling the Past Biblically, Depression & Anxiety, Church Discipline* *Defending Your Marriage Against Adulterous Temptations*

$25 per person/$40 per couple after January 21, 2012 or at the door

Okanogan Valley Life

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community bulletin board

obituaries

gun club scores

Local Food BanksOROVILLE – The Oroville

food bank operates every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., excluding holi-days, in the basement of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For more infor-mation, call Jeff Austin at 476-3978 or Sarah Umana at 476-2386. It is that time of year again - the Oroville Food Bank could use help in food and money donations for the upcoming holiday season and thank you too everyone who helped out through the year.

T O N A S K E T – T h e Tonasket food bank oper-ates every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sarge’s Burger Bunker, 101 Hwy 97 N. For more information contact Jack Gavin at (509) 486-2480.

Molson Grange

MeetingM O L S O N - A M o l s o n

Grange meeting is being held tonight, Jan. 26 with a potluck beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Oroville school principals and Superinten-dent will be the guest speak-ers.

Dawg Star Performance

OROVILLE – Dawg Stars will be performing James and the Giant Peach on Thursday, Jan. 26, Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Okanogan High School cafeteria, with a special matinee on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m.

OCSRA MeetingOMAK – Okanogan Coun-

ty School Retirees meet 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala

Ave., Omak, for a no-host luncheon meeting. Special topic: Proposed Changes to Governing Documents. Pro-gram speaker, Tami Jack-son, Bridgeport High School Principal, will discuss the results of entering the na-tional 2011 High School Commencement Challenge. For more information call (509) 422-3532.

Mexican DinnerOROVILLE – A Mexican

dinner will be held at the Oroville American Legion on Friday, Jan. 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. All proceeds will go the American Legion. On the menu is tamales, beef bean burrito, rice, salad, dessert and drink.

Benefit Yard SaleTONASKET – An indoor

yard sale is being held Sat-

urday, Jan. 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tonasket Youth Center (top of 4th Street). This fund raiser will help a group of Tonasket Eighth grade students go to Wash-ington DC this summer. Donations of gently used/clean items will be accepted. Contact Marcie at (509) 322-2477 to arrange pickup.

Intro to California Rolls

OROVILLE – California rolls are a combination of Japanese know-how and American taste. A takeoff on traditional Japanese sushi, these rolls include cooked fish, or no fish. This is an ‘eat what you make’ class, so come hungry and willing to try different sushi and spring roll appetizers. It’s a one session class on Wednesday. Feb. 1. Call (509) 476-2011 to register or log

on to www.northvalleycom-munityschools.com.

Owls and Woodpeckers

TONASKET – Okanogan Highlands Alliance presents, “Owls and Woodpeckers of the Okanogan Highlands and Beyond”, with Paul Ban-nick, on Friday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Dinner, benefiting the Community Cultural Center, will start at 5 p.m., followed by the presentation with tea, coffee and desserts. This presentation is being held at the Community Cultural Center, 411 S. Western Ave., Tonasket. For more informa-tion contact Julie Ashmore at (509) 433-7893, julie@oka-noganhighlands.org or visit www.okanoganhighlands.org/education.

Childbirth Classes

TONASKET – North Val-ley Hospital will offer child-birth classes on Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the In-Service room at the hospital. NVH is the only facility to offer child-birth class in the Okanogan Valley. If interested in at-tending contact Rene Todd at (509) 429-4847 or e-mail ob@nvhospital.org.

Blue Star Mothers February meeting

TONASKET – The NCW Blue Star Mothers have in-vited RN Kathleen Mowry, Tonasket VA Clinic, to speak how military service affects our soldiers, airmen, sea-men, guards and patrolmen. She will be speaking on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Valley Confer-ence Room.

Cheri Halverson Whittington

Cheri Halverson Whittington, age 41, of Tonasket, died Jan. 12, 2012 in Oroville. She was born March 2, 1970 to Bernard and Cheryl Halvorsen in Portland, Ore.

Cheri was raised in Portland, and moved to Washington, work-ing as a care provider. She loved the outdoors and helping people. Cheri met and married Donald Whittington Jr. in 2007. This union produced two children, Seth and Dawn and included an older daughter from a previous marriage, Lacie, which is loved by all of her family. She called the Okanogan Valley and Tonasket home, where she lived out her life. Love all.

She is survived by her hus-band, Donald Whittington Jr.; children, Lacie Planque, Seth Whittington and Dawn Fleck;

mother, Cheryl Barham; several brothers and sisters.

She is preceded in death by her father; and one brother.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Warren Franklin Brazle

Warren Franklin Brazle, 90, was born on Sept. 2, 1921 in Withrow, Wash., to Winifred and Ella Brazle (Love). He moved peacefully to his heavenly home on Jan. 7, 2012 in Milwaukie, Ore., surrounded by his family.

He attended school in Loomis and graduated from Molson High School in 1942 as Valedictorian of his class.

Warren married Margaret Rai-rdan on Oct. 24, 1943 in Oroville. They had two daughters, Beverly and Verita.

He married Dolly Holmes (Silverthorn) on Aug. 24, 1968 in Everett, Wash., and he adopted daughter, Julie. They resided

in Everett until 1979 until they moved to Chesaw, Wash., where he built their retirement home and lived until five years ago when they moved to Milwaukie, Ore

Over his life, Warren built several houses, presided over funeral services, farmed, owned a grocery store and a sawmill. As a young man he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and horseback riding. He will be remembered for building the best fences, sing-ing silly songs, driving a banged up pickup truck, never meeting a stranger and great story telling. He always liked to say he could tell a story any way he wanted since he was about the only one left who’d know if he was telling it right or not.

One of the greatest accom-plishments of Warren’s life was seeing a church started in Che-saw. The meetings were held in their home until the building for the Knob Hill Home Economics Club was completed (of which he was a major part). He loved his family, his cows and especially his last dog, Buffy, not necessar-ily in that order.

Warren is survived by his wife, Dolly; three daughters, Beverly Boxleitner (Dick) of Deer Park, Verita Rowton (Dale) of Curlew and Julie McCorkle (Philip) of Milwaukie; one step-daughter, Kathy Holmes of Everett, Wash.; 18 grandchildren, 34 great-grand-children, one sister, Donna Har-vey of Wenatchee; one brother, Dean Brazle of Chesaw; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A celebration of his life will be held later in the spring. Location to be determined.

Tonasket Gun Club

16 yard:24 – Bob McDaniel and Lloyd

Caton Jr.23 – Robert McDaniel and Noah

Olmstead17 – Jeff McMillan16 – Al Rise

Handicap:

22 – Lloyd Caton Jr.17 – Bob McDaniel

Oroville Gun Club

16 yard:23 – Bob Peterson, Ben Peterson,

Logan Farris and Brian Rise22 – George Miklos

21 – Vern Cole20 – Owen Radke and Pete Val-

entine19 – Tod Richardson18 – Sue Gero, Lisa Pickering and

Paul Schwilke17 – Blake Rise15 – Wyatt Radke and Perry Black-

ler14 – Charlotte Meese5 – Jaxon Rise

Oroville/Tonasket School Menu

Friday, Jan. 27: Breakfast: Sausage Biscuit. Lunch: Burrito, Spanish Rice, Peaches, Five Star Bar and Milk.

Monday, Jan. 30: Breakfast: Cereal and Fruit. Lunch: Teriyaki Dip-pers, Stir-fried Veggies, Brown Rice, Five Star Bar and Milk.

Tuesday, Jan. 31: Breakfast: Bel-gian Waffle and Fruit. Lunch: Chili, Corn Bread, Peaches, Five Star Bar and Milk.

Oroville School News

Friday, Jan. 27: AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; Wrestling vs. Eastmont JV

– Senior Night 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 28: Saturday School

8 a.m.; Wrestling @ League Mixer 11 a.m.; Indoor Soccer Open Gym (HS students only) 12 p.m.; Wild Game Potluck Dinner 5 p.m.; Basketball @ Manson 6 p.m.; Adult Indoor Soccer 6 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 30: Knowledge Bowl @ Oroville 4 p.m.; JH Girls Basketball vs. Brewster 5 p.m.; School Board Meeting 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 31: Basketball vs. Bridgeport 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1: JH Girls Bas-ketball @ Bridgeport 5 p.m.; JH Wrestling @ Nespelem 6 p.m.; AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; RCIA Class 6 p.m.; Community Vol-leyball 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 2: AAU Basketball 5:30 p.m.; Boys Soccer Parent

Meeting 7 p.m.

Tonasket School News

Friday, Jan. 27: No School – Mid Year Day

Saturday, Jan. 28” SAT Test 8 a.m.; DHBB @ Cascade 6 p.m.; HSWR w/Chelan 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 30: MS Girls Basket-ball w/Bridgeport 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 31: Indian Taco Feed (sponsored by the Junior Class) 5 p.m.; DHBB w/Okanogan 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1: Class Pictures 9 a.m.; MS Wrestling w/GCD/Okanogan 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 2: MS Girls Bas-ketball @ Brewster 6 p.m.; HS Band & Choir Festival; DHBB w/Omak 6 p.m.

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

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3 bedroom 2 bath garage $850; 2+ bedroom cottage on river $710; Beautiful large 1 bedroom apartment $495; 2 bedroom lakefront apartment $625; some others. Call Sun Lakes Realty 476-2121.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE

SETTING NEW SALE DATEI.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 24th day of February 2012, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m., in front of the Okanogan County Courthouse, 149 3rd North, Okanogan, Washington 98840, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real

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property, situated in the County of Okanogan, State of Washington, to- wit:That portion of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 30 East W.M., Okanogan County, Washington, described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest cor- ner of said Section 21;Thence South 75º16’33” East, a dis- tance of 1,998.49 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;Thence North 53º14’127” West, a distance of 60.47 feet to the center line of Okanogan County Road No. 4883;Thence North 19º23’33” East along the center line of said road, a dis- tance of 211.03 feet;Thence South 62º56’27” East, a dis- tance of 216.26 feet;Thence South 35º56’ West, a dis- tance of 237.87 feet;Thence North 53º14’27” West, a dis- tance of 93.18 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;EXCEPT that portion lying within Okanogan County Road No. 4883which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated December 1, 2010, re- corded December 1, 2010, under Auditor’s File No. 3159824, records of Okanogan County, Washington, from Sherry L. Johnson, as Grantor, to Richard Solberg, as Trustee and S. Renee Ewalt, Successor Trustee, under a Resignation and Appoint- ment of Successor Trustee recorded under Auditor’s File No. 3163610, to secure on obligation in favor of USS Investments, LLC, as Beneficiary.

II.No action commenced by the Benefi- ciary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s default on the obliga- tion secured by the Deed of Trust.

III.The default for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:Failure to pay when due the follow- ing amount which are now in arrears:

IV.The sum owing on the obligation se- cured by the Deed of Trust is: Princi- pal $3,400.00, together with 0 inter- est as provided in the Note or other Instrument secured from the 1st day of December, 2010, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.

V.The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made with- out warranty, express or implied, re- garding title, possession, or encum- brances on the 24th day of February, 2012. The default referred to in Para- graph III must be cured by the 13th day of February, 2012 (11 days be- fore the sale date), to cause a dis- continuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 13th day of February, 2012 (11 days before the sale date), the default as set forth in Paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 13th day of February, 2012, (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest, Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advanc- es, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other de- faults.

VI.A written Notice of Default was trans- mitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Grantor or the Grantor’s suc-

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cessor in interest at the following ad- dress:Sherry Johnsonc/o Crystal Stringfellow80 Bolster RoadOroville, WA 98844andSherry Johnson53 Spring Meadow RoadOroville, WA 98844by both first class and certified mail on the 4th day of May, 2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest was personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on May 11, 2011 in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has pos- session of proof of such service or posting.

VII.The Trustee whose name and ad- dress are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII.The effect of the sale will be to de- prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Gran- tor, of all their interest in the above- described property.

IX.Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s saleSuccessor Trustee: S. Renee EwaltAddress: 10 Golden Road, Oroville, WA 98844Phone: 509 476-3286

X.The Purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the prop- erty on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the Owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including Occu- pants who are not Tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the Pur- chaser had the right to evict Occu- pants who are not Tenants by sum- mary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the Purchaser shall provide a Tenant with written notice in accor- dance with RCW 61.24.060.THIS NOTICE SUPERCEDES ANY PRIOR NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE/s/: S. Renee EwaltSuccessor Trustee 11/30/11STATE OF WASHINGTONss)County of OkanoganOn this day personally appeared be me S. Renee Ewalt, the Principal, to me known to be the individual de- scribed in and who executed the within and foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged to me that she signed the same as her free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and pur- poses therein mentioned.GIVEN under my hand and official seal on this 30 day of November 2011./s/: Peggy A. ShawNotary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Oroville, WA. My appointment expires June 18, 2012.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, 2012.#361137

HUD # 5616804879 TS#12-12268-21 NOTICE OF DE- FAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, on 11/12/1998, a certain (Deed of Trust) was executed by Dorothy J. Battista, as Trustor, in fa- vor of Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as beneficiary, and Chicago Title Insu-

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rance Company, as Trustee and was Recorded on 11/18/1998 as Instru- ment No. 3002779, in the office of the Okanogan County, Washington Recorder, and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF HOUS- ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, (the Secretary) pursuant to the Na- tional Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assign- ment recorded on 12/10/2008, as In- strument # 3139871 in the office of the Okanogan County, Washington Recorder, and WHEREAS, a default has been made by reason of failure to pay all sums due under the Deed of Trust, pursuant to Paragraph 9 Subsection (i) of said deed of Trust and WHEREAS, by virtue of this de- fault, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable, NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to power vesting in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secre- tary’s designation of us as Foreclo- sure Commissioner” notice is hereby given that on 02/24/2012 @ 10:00 am local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Com- monly known as: 611 Main Street, Oroville, WA 98844 More thorough- ly described as: The North 16 Feet of Lot 6; All of Lot 7 and the South 17 Feet of Lot 8 of Block 82, an addition to Oroville, as per plat thereof re- corded in Volume B of Plats, Page 1, records of the Auditor of Okanogan County, Washington. The sale will be held at the following location: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE OKANOGAN COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, 149 3RD NORTH, OKANO- GAN, WA. Per The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the estimated opening bid will be $107,418.77. There will be no pro-ra- tion of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchas- er will pay, at or before the closing, his prorate share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclo- sure sale. When making a bid, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling ten percent (10%) of the Secretary’s estimated bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s check made payable to the Foreclo- sure Commissioner Cimarron Trus- tee Services. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is an oral, a deposit of $10,741.87 must be presented be- fore the bidding is closed. The de- posit is nonrefundable. The remain- der of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a cash- ier’s or certified check. If the Secre- tary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The suc- cessful bidder will pay all conveyanc- ing fees, all real estate and other tax- es that are due on or after the deliv- ery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the un- successful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time with which to deliv- er the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be fore 9-day incre- ments for a fee of $600.00 paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the commis- sioner. If the high bidder closed the sale prior to the expiration period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is un- able to close the sale within the re- quired period, or within any exten- sions of time granted by the Secre- tary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the Foreclosure Commis- sioner after consultation with the HUD Field Office representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs in- curred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direc- tion of HUD Field Office Representa- tive, offer the property to the second highest bidder to an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bid- der. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclo- sure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commis- sioner will issue a Deed to the pur- chaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as proved here- in HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The amount that must be paid by the Mortgagor, to stop the sale prior to the sched- uled sale date is $107,268.77 as of 02/23/2012, PLUS all other amounts that are due under the mortgage agreement. Plus advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pock- et costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording docu- ments. Plus a commission for the Foreclosure commissioner and all other costs incurred in the connec- tion with the foreclosure prior to rein- statement. Date: January 5, 2012 FORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER:

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CIMARRON SERVICE CORP, of NEVADA 719 14TH STREET MOD- ESTO, CA 95354 Telephone No. (209) 544-9658 Facsimile No. (209) 544-6119 H. E. COX, Presi- dent. Ad #18863Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2012.#349784

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR

OKANOGAN COUNTYSUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

NO: 11-2-00699-1MEADOW CREEK HOLDINGS, LLC, an Idaho limited liability compa- ny, through BHR HOLDINGS, LLC, a Washington limited liability compa- ny, assignee of the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 19, 2011,Plaintiffs,v.MINNIE E. HAMILTON, THE ES- TATE OF MINNIE E. HAMILTON, DECEASED, and THE HEIRS AND SURVIVORS OF THE ESTATE OF MINNIE E. HAMILTON, DE- CEASED; AND ALSO ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UN- KNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN OR INTER- EST IN THE MINERAL RIGHTS DE- SCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT FILED HEREIN,Defendants.THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO said Defendants:EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this Summons, to-wit, within sixty (60) days after the 29th day of December, 2011, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled Court, and answer the Complaint of the Plaintiffs, and serve a copy of your Answer upon the un- dersigned attorney for the Plaintiffs, W. Scott DeTro of the Law Office of Callaway & DeTro PLLC, at his office below-stated; and in the case of your failure to do so, judgment will be ren- dered against you according to the demand of the Complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. The object of this action is to quiet title to the real property by re- moving the reservation of all miner- als in the said real property, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the same, under the Deed dated November 28, 1939, and filed for record on March 28, 1940, under Okanogan County Auditor’s File No. 290141 (Book 88 of Deeds, page 66), from title of the real prop- erty owned by Plaintiffs and de- scribed in the Complaint for Quiet Ti- tle filed herein.DATED this 20th day of December, 2011.CALLAWAY & DETRO PLLC/S/: By: W. Scott DeTro; WSBA #19601Attorney for Plaintiffs700-A Okoma DriveOmak, WA 98841(509)826-6316Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Dec. 29, 2011 and Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2012.#347689

Okanogan CountyNotice of Final Decision

Project: Variance 2011-8Proponent: Kerry & Catrena LyonDecision: ApprovedDate of Notification: January 26, 2012Appeal Deadline: February 16, 2012The Board of Adjustment approved the above-noted project on January 17, 2012. Parties with standing may appeal this decision to Okanogan County Superior Court, pursuant to RCW 36.70 C, within 21 days of the notice of decision publication date. For appeals please contact Okano- gan County Superior Court at 149 N. 3rd Ave., Okanogan, Washington, or by phone at (509) 422-7275.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Her- ald on Jan. 26, 2012.#361254

LEGAL NOTICENEGOTIATION OF STATE LEASES WITH EXISTING LESSEES BE- TWEEN MARCH 2012 AND MAY 2012 EXPIRES: JULY 2012.10-A55521-GRAZING- Gov Lot 1

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(SE1/4SE1/4), Gov Lot 2 (SW1/4SE1/4), N1/2NW1/4, NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4, Section 36, Township 40 North, Range 25 East, W.M.10-A56510-GRAZING- Gov Lot 1 (NE1/4NW1/4), Gov Lot 5 (NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4),Gov Lot 8 (S1/2SE1/4), NE1/4SE1/4, Section 16, Township 40 North, Range 25 East, W.M.10-A59984-GRAZING- Gov Lot 1 (NE1/4NE1/4), Gov Lot 4 (SE1/4NW1/4), Gov Lot 6 (SE1/4NE1/4), SW1/4NW1/4, Sec- tion 16; Gov Lot 1 (NE1/4NE1/4); all in Township 35 North, Range 31 East, W.M.10-074645-GRAZING- SE1/4SE1/4, NW1/4, Section 23; NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, Section 26; NW1/4, Section 36; all in Township 34 North, Range 25 East, W.M.10-A57903-GRAZING- S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, Section 36, Township 40 North, Range 25 East, W.M.10-A57985-GRAZING- E1/2SE1/4, Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 26 East, W.M.12-B60046 -AGRICULTURE- SW1/4NE1/4SW1/4, Section 36, Township 40 North, Range 25 East, W.M.12-A59156 -AGRICULTURE- Portion of W1/2W1/2NW1/4, S E 1 / 4 S W 1 / 4 N W 1 / 4 , S W 1 / 4 S E 1 / 4 N W 1 / 4 , SW1/4SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, Section 16, Township 38 North, Range 27 East, W.M.Written request to lease must be re- ceived by February 25, 2012, at De- partment of Natural Resources, 225 S Silke Rd, Colville, Washington 99114-9369. Each request to lease must include the lease number, the name, address and phone number of applicant, and must contain a certi- fied check or money order payable to the Department of Natural Resourc- es for the amount of any bonus bid plus a $100.00 deposit. The enve- lope must be marked “Sealed Bid” and give lease number, expiration date of lease applied for and give ap- plicant’s name. The applicant must be prepared to purchase improve- ments that belong to the current lessee. Persons wishing to bid to lease any of these properties can ob- tain more details, bid packet, and qualification requirements by con- tacting the Colville office or calling (509) 684-7474.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26, 2012.#361144

Notice of Call for BidsFor Gasoline and Diesel

Requirements for 2012 & 2013Sealed bids to supply gasoline and diesel for the years 2012 & 2013 will be received by the City of Tonasket until February 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., at which time the bids will be opened at the regular City Council meeting. Regular-grade, mid-grade, and super unleaded gasoline and diesel shall be available 24 hours a day at a key lock or guard card supply station lo- cated within or close proximity to the City of Tonasket and to deliver diesel to the Waste Water Treatment Plant on request. Bids shall be quoted at a set amount over supplier’s cost at time of delivery and verification of that cost must accompany monthly billings. Bids shall exclude Federal taxes. Bids are to be submitted on a form available at the City Clerk’s of- fice at 209 S. Whitcomb Avenue or call 509-486-2132. Mailing address: P.O. Box 487, Tonasket, WA 98855. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any in- formality.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26, 2012.#361249

Public Auction There will be a Public Auction at Budget Towing, 32156 Hwy 97, To- nasket 509-560-1056, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Viewing time starts at 1o a.m. with the auction at 12 p.m. Up for auction will be:1984 GMC JimmyPublished in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26, 2012.#361253

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Notice of Final DecisionProject: Conditional Use Permit 2011-9Proponent: Darwood Impound YardDecision: ApprovedDate of Publication: January 26, 2012Appeal Deadline: February 16, 2012The Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development approved the above-noted project. Within 21 calendar days of the publication date, parties with standing may ap- peal this decision to Okanogan County Superior Court at 149 N. 3rd Ave., Okanogan, WA, pursuant to RCW 36.70 C.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Her- ald on Jan. 26, 2012.#361258

Okanogan CountyNotice of Final Decision

Project: Variance 2011-7Proponent: Donald ScheidemanDecision: ApprovedDate of Notification: January 26, 2012Appeal Deadline: February 16, 2012The Board of Adjustment approved the above-noted project on January 17, 2012. Parties with standing may appeal this decision to Okanogan County Superior Court, pursuant to RCW 36.70 C, within 21 days of the notice of decision publication date. For appeals please contact Okano- gan County Superior Court at 149 N. 3rd Ave., Okanogan, Washington, or by phone at (509) 422-7275.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Her- ald on Jan. 26, 2012.#361262

Public Hearing NoticeNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Okanogan County Commis- sioners that a public hearing is set for 11:00 AM, February 6, 2012, to consider a supplemental appropria- tion from Bureau of Justice Assis- tance (BJA)–Border Grant to the Communications Budget in the amount of $16,733. The supplemen- tal will be used for Professional Ser- vices, Salaries and Wages. The hearing will be held in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room lo- cated at 123 5th Avenue North, Okanogan, Washington. Persons wishing to comment may attend the hearing or submit their comments in writing to the Commissioners’ Office at 123 5th Avenue North, Rm 150, Okanogan, Washington 98840.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Her- ald on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 2012.#361224

NOTICE OF INTENT TO FORFEITPURSUANT TO THE REVISED

CODE OF WASHINGTONCHAPTER 61.30.070

Grantor: (1) Couch, Robert L. (2) Couch, Phyllis C.Grantee: (1) Robison, Larry L. (2) Robison, Esther A.Legal Description (abbreviated): Lot 3 By Design Short PlatAdditional legal(s) on Page 2Assessor’s Tax Parcel ID # 8808400300Reference Nos. of Related Docu- ments: Real Estate Contract dated March 22, 2002, Okanogan County Auditor # 3045396TO: LARRY L. ROBISON, ESTHER A. ROBISON AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT (DCS)YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Real Estate Contract described below is in default and you are pro- vided the following information with respect thereto: A. The name, address and tele- phone number of the Seller and the Seller’s attorney giving this Notice is:Seller: Robert L. Couch and Phyllis C. CouchAddress: PO Box 923, Omak, WA 98841Telephone Number: (509) 422-1942Attorney: Esther M. MilnerAddress: 568 Pine Street, Omak, WA 98841Telephone Number: (509) 429-4555 B. Description of the Contract in de- fault is as follows:

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That certain Real Estate Contract dated March 22, 2002, and executed by Robert L. Couch and Phyllis C. Couch, husband and wife, as Seller, and Larry L. Robison and Esther A. Robison, husband and wife, as Pur- chaser, said Contract being recorded April 5, 2002, under Auditor’s File No. 3045396, Records of the Auditor of Okanogan County, Washington. C. Legal description of the property is as follows:Lot 3 By Design Short Plat, as per Short Plat thereof recorded in Vol- ume A-2 of Short Plats, page 188, under Auditor’s File No. 839805, Okanogan County Records. D. The description of each default under the Contract upon which this Notice is based is as follows: 1. Failure to pay the following past due items, the amounts and an item- ization for which are given in Para- graph G. and H. below: (a) Monthly payments due on the 5th days of March through Decem- ber of 2010 and January through De- cember of 2011 and January of 2012, in the amount of $171.46 each, totaling $3943.58. E. Failure to cure all the defaults list- ed above and in Paragraph G. and H. below on or before April 18, 2012 will result in forfeiture of the Con- tract. F. Forfeiture of the Contract will re- sult in the following: 1. All right, title and interest in the property of the Purchaser and of all persons claiming through the Pur- chaser given this Notice shall be ter- minated; 2.The Purchasers’ rights under the Contract shall be canceled; 3. All sums previously paid under the Contract shall belong to and be retained by the Seller or other per- sons to whom paid and entitled thereto; 4. All improvements made to and unharvested crops on the property shall belong to the Seller; and 5. The Purchaser and all persons claiming through the Purchaser giv- en this Notice shall be required to surrender possession of the proper- ty, improvements and unharvested crops to the Seller ten (10) days after recording of the Declaration of For- feiture. G. The following is a statement of payments of money in default (or where indicated, an estimate there- of), and for any defaults not involving the failure to pay money, the actions required to cure the default: 1. Monetary Delinquencies: Monthly payments due as listed above in sec- tion D.a.(a): $3943.58. Late Payment Fees: $189.75. Taxes and Assess- ments: $327.60. Totaling: $4460.93 2. Action(s) required to cure any non-monetary default: NONE H. The following is a statement of other payments, charges, fees and costs to cure the default: (1) Costs of Title Report: $290.79; (2) Copying (estimate) $5.00; (3) Recording (esti- mate) $46.00; (4) Attorney Fees (es- timate) $500; (5) Mail Fees (esti- mate) $12; Totaling $853.79The total necessary to cure the de- fault is the sum of $ 5314.72 plus the amount of any payments, and interest on taxes which fall due af- ter the date of this Notice of Intent to Forfeit and on or prior to the date the default is cured. Moneys required to cure the default may be tendered as follows: At Inland Professional Title, LLC, PO Box 2118, Omak, WA 98841 I. The Purchaser or any person claiming through the Purchaser has the right to contest the forfeiture or to seek an extension of time to cure the default, or both, by commencing a Court action prior to recording of the Declaration of Forfeiture.NO EXTENSION IS AVAILABLE FOR DEFAULTS WHICH ARE A FAILURE TO PAY MONEY. J. The person to whom this notice is given may have the right to request a Court to order a public sale of the property; such public sale will be or- dered only if the Court finds that the fair market value of the property sub- stantially exceeds the debt owed un- der the Contract and any other liens having priority over the Seller’s inter- est in the property. The excess, if

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any, of the highest bid at the sale over the debt owed under the Con- tract will be applied to the liens elimi- nated by the Sale and the balance, if any, paid to the Purchaser. The Court will require the person who re- quests the sale to deposit the antici- pated sale costs with the Clerk of the Court; and any action to obtain an order for public sale must be com- menced by filing and serving the summons and complaint before the Declaration of Forfeiture is recorded. K. The Seller is not required to give any person any other notice of de- fault before the declaration which completes the forfeiture is given.EARLIER NOTICE SUPERSEDED: This Notice of Intent to Forfeit super- sedes any Notice of Intent to Forfeit which was previously given under this Contract and which deals with the same defaults.DATED this 23 day of January 2012/s/: Esther M. Milner, WSBA# 33042Attorney and Agent for Robert L. Couch and Phyllis C. CouchPublished in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 2012.#361155

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF OKANOGANPROBATE NOTICE TO

CREDITORSNO. 11-4-00094 9

Estate of:GEORGE MILTON SCHULTZ,Deceased.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed Mary Sandra Dicus as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person hav- ing a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publica- tion of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication of this No- tice:January 12, 2012Dale L. Crandall, Attorney forMary Sandra Dicus, Personal RepresentativeP.O. Box 173Loomis, WA 98827Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 12, 19 and 26, 2012.#358625

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR

KING COUNTYPROBATE NOTICE TO

CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)

NO. 12-4-00240-9 KNTEstate of:TROY J BURNETT,Deceased.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any appli- cable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be pre- sented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this No- tice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publica- tion of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s

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probate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication of this No- tice: January 19, 2012Address for Mailing or Service:Randy G Burnett,Personal Representative20931 SE 268 STCovington, WA 98042Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2012.#360008

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHING- TON FOR OKANOGAN COUNTY

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONNo. 11-2-00622-2

JOHN DANIEL GEBBERS and REBA GEBBERS, husband and wife,Plaintiffs,vs.HILDA D. NELSON, individually and as executrix of the ESTATE OF WIL- LIAM W. NELSON, deceased; and all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate de- scribed in the Complaint herein,Defendants.The State of Washington to the said defendants, HILDA D. NELSON, in- dividually and as executrix of the ES- TATE OF WILLIAM W. NELSON, deceased; all unknown heirs of said parties; and all other persons or par- ties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real es- tate described in the Complaint here- in:You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the 26th day of January, 2012, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs, John Daniel Gebbers and Reba Gebbers, husband and wife, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiffs, Thomas F. O’Connell, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.The object of this action is to quiet ti- tle.DAVIS, ARNEIL LAW FIRM, LLP/s/: Thomas F. O’Connell, WSBA# 16539Attorneys for Plaintiffs617 Washington StreetPO Box 2136Wenatchee, WA 98807Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune on Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23 and March 1, 2012.#361237

Threshold SEPA DeterminationOkanogan County Outdoor

Recreation Plan , SEPA 2012-1NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Okanogan County SEPA Respon- sible Official has issued a threshold SEPA Determination of Non-Signifi- cance (DNS). Ted Murray on behalf of Okanogan County Department of Planning submitted an environmental checklist for the Okanogan County Outdoor Recreation Plan (OCRP). This plan supersedes the previous plan adopted in 2004. The OCRP applies to the entire County. The Draft Okanogan County Recreation Plan is available for review on the planning web site at www.okanogan- county.org/planning. A public hearing before the Board of County Commis- sioners is set for February 27 @ 10:00 am. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room. Comments will be accepted until February 9th. Informa- tion about the project is available to the public upon request. Questions regarding this application can be di- rected to Ted Murray, Outdoor Rec- reation Coordinator, Okanogan County Office of Planning & Devel- opment, 123 5th Ave. N, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, (509) 422- 7118.Published in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and Quad City Her- ald on Jan. 26, 2012.#361150

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BREWSTER - Much of Oroville’s success this season has come from its 3-point shooting prowess.

So when the Hornets got shut out from behind the arc, while Brewster hit 10 triples in Friday’s contest, the result wasn’t too surprising. The Bears’ 68-53 vic-tory wasn’t at all surprising in that context.

“Thirty points is hard to make up by twos,” said Oroville coach Al-len Allie. “Especially when you’re not playing very well.

“We didn’t play as a team again, and that really hurts when you’re playing quality teams. We tried too many one-on-one plays and wouldn’t run the offense for more than three passes. This caused us to have too many turnovers, which seems to be our motive on the road.”

The Bears hit seven 3-pointers in the first half, including four by Easton Driessen. Still, the Hornets were still in the game, trailing 37-28 at the half.

A 21-9 Brewster run in the third quarter put the game out of reach.

“We can’t seem to get a good win on the road,” Allie said. “We are now in mid-season, which means we don’t have long to get our act together as a team.”

Driessen led all scorers with 25 points, with Eric Knapp adding 18 and Josh Squires 12 for the Bears (7-7, 5-1 CWL), who took sole pos-session of second place in the CWL North Division with the victory.

Michael Garrett paced the Hor-nets (8-5, 3-2) with 17 points and C.J. Mathews had 12.

Oroville 82, Liberty Bell 66

OROVILLE - The Hornets kept

themselves on solid playoff footing Tuesday, Jan. 17, getting their of-fense untracked in an 82-66 victory over Liberty Bell. The victory

Though the Hornets’ offensive output matched their season-high, Allie said it was the team’s defen-sive intensity the keyed the win.

“Both teams played well tonight but our defense, at least for three quarters, was the difference,” he said. “We pressured Liberty Bell from the start and were able to keep them from getting good shots.”

Oroville led 23-13 after one quar-ter, but the Mountain Lions put up 26 points in the second quarter to cut the halftime lead to 41-39. Lib-erty Bell had four players score at least four points apiece in the quar-ter, including eight by Cody Cupp, who hit a pair of 3-pointers.

The Hornets took control in the second half, allowing only 27 points after the break, while Michael Gar-rett scored 16 of his game-high 29 points in the second half to lead the offensive effort.

“We have to have this type of in-tensity every game, not just every so often, if we plan on reaching our goals,” Allie said. “The guys played well, we ran plays and scored just as we should. I think we get tired easily, not having a deep bench, and the guys have been adjusting to taking more breaks throughout the game.”

Kyle Putnam led Liberty Bell with 18 points, with Cupp adding 14 and Keelan Christiansen 12.

Connor Hughes added 19 points for the Hornets, C.J. Mathews tallied 14 and Luke Kindred had 10, including eight in the second quarter to keep Oroville ahead at the half.

“Liberty Bell, as well as every other team in our league, can beat you if you’re not prepared,” Allie said. “I think we have a pretty even league this year.”

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

BREWSTER — There probably aren’t a whole lot of tears being shed in the Central Washington 2B League over the prospect of Brewster moving up to the 1A ranks next year.

The Bears’ girls basketball team continued its two-year rampage through the league on Friday, Jan. 21, ripping past Oroville with 32 minutes of full court pressure, 63-28.

“We knew they were going to press us,” said Oroville coach Mike Bourn. “We talked about how we couldn’t throw over the top, especially with (Brewster star) Chandler Smith out there.

“So, we tried to throw over the top anyway, and Brewster prob-ably got 25-30 points that way.”

Brewster’s big early run put the game out of reach early, 24-9 after one quarter and 36-16 at the half. Bourn tried a variety of defenses to help get the Hornets ready for when they play them again in a couple of weeks, as well as a potential district tour-nament meeting.

“They’re not so much better than Lake Roosevelt that we can’t play the same kind of game against them,” Bourn said. “The girls had been eager to play LR

and it showed. With Brewster we definitely didn’t come out with the same attitude.”

Smith led Brewster (12-2, 6-0 CWL) with 20 points, with Brette Boesel adding 17 and Becky Mae Taylor adding 11.

Kelsey Hughes had 13 points and four rebounds to lead the Hornets, with Naomi Peters adding eight points and four rebounds and Lily Hilderbrand pulling down eight rebounds.

The Hornets (7-6, 2-3) faced Manson at home on Tuesday and again on the road on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Oroville 62, Liberty Bell 27

OROVILLE — All of the Hor-nets got plenty of playing time Tuesday, Jan. 17, in a 62-27 vic-tory over Liberty Bell.

Ten of the 11 Hornets reached the scoring column as Oroville built a 27-6 halftime lead over Bourn’s former squad.

“All the kids were excited,” he said. “People got a lot of playing time. The younger kids really wanted to do well when they got their chance out there.”

Callie Barker led a balanced scoring effort with 10 points and five rebounds. Kelsey Hughes and Briana Moralez added eight points apiece and Peters tallied six.

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

EAST WENATCHEE - Oro-ville’s wrestling team competed in a rare Monday match at Eastmont on Jan. 23, winning 12 of their 15 matches on the night.

Highlighting the Hornets’ night was Nick Perez’s per-formance. Perez (145 pounds), who missed the first half of the season with a football injury, showed he is fully recovered with an 8-2 victory over East-mont’s Ali Valdovinos, who last year was a state runner-up while at Pateros. Perez also pinned his other opponent.

Also winning two matches were Alex Kelly (one pin),

Mike Lynch (two pins), Eddie Ocampo (138, pin and technical fall) and Eric Herrera (285, two pins). Michael Ripley (120) had a pin, and Corey Childers (145) had a pin while splitting his two matches, falling 6-5 in the final seconds of his first match.

Leo Curiel (126) went 0-2 in a pair of matches that coach Chuck Ricevuto said could have gone either way.

No team scores were kept.T h e H o r n e t s w r e s t l e

Eastmont again this Friday night in their final home match of the season, then travel to Republic for their league finals mixer on Saturday.

The district tournament is at Lake Roosevelt on Saturday, Feb. 4.

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

TONASKET- For weeks the third quarter proved to be the Tonasket boys basketball team’s undoing. On Friday, Jan. 20, it was the first quarter.

The Tigers put together a solid effort over the final 24 minutes against visiting Chelan, but after falling into a 13-5 hole to start the game it wasn’t enough as the Goats held on for a 59-46 victory.

"Despite (the slow start), we never game up," said Tonasket coach Glenn Braman. "We made a few runs the rest of the game, but we had a hard time getting stops against them."

Tyler James scored 16 points, Matt Robinson added 15 and Aaron Schramm had 13 to lead Chelan (6-9 3-3 Caribou Trail League).

John Stedtfeld led all scorers with 24 points, with Damon Hal-vorsen adding 11.

"This team is competing and having much closer scores than we have in many years," Bra-man said. "We are close; we just need to put a four quarter game together."

The Tigers (7-9, 0-6) are at Cascade on Saturday, Jan. 28, then finish up with three home games next week.

Omak 64, Tonasket 52OMAK - Omak may be known

for its 3-point shooting prow-ess, but it’s the inside of play of

Joseph LaGrou that makes the Pioneers work.

The Tigers got a big dose of LaGrou on Tuesday, Jan. 17, win-ning the battle of the trey 12-6 but losing the war 64-52.

"Omak did an outstanding job of putting us in a situation where we had to help on LaGrou or not help," Braman said. "When we did too much, he kicked it to a shooter who always hit that shot. When we didn’t help enough he was able to get to the basket. We struggled to get stops when we needed them."

The Tigers got into an early grove, taking a 19-15 lead early in the second quarter on the strength of three Damon Hal-vorsen 3-pointers.

The Pioneers went on an 18-2 run that included three Country Pakootas treys to take a 12-point lead and went in at the half lead-ing 33-26.

The Tigers could get no closer than six points in the second half despite hitting four triples in the fourth quarter alone.

The last of those, by Stedtfeld, cut the Omak lead to 60-52 with 1:40 to go. But the Tigers failed to convert offensively on two chances to cut further into the lead, and the Pioneers hit 4-of-5 free throws in the final minute to put the game away.

Pakootas led all scorers with 23 points, with Vince Carden add-ing 15 and LaGrou 14 for Omak (7-9, 1-5), which won for the first time since letting a 26-point lead evaporate at Oroville in

December.Dyllan Gage scored 18, Hal-

vorsen had 17 and Stedtfeld added 15 or the Tigers.

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

OMAK — Tonasket’s girls basketball team had a five point lead and plenty of momentum late in the third quarter at Omak.

It wasn’t enough to carry the Tigers to victory as the Pioneers awoke with a 21-5 run to pull away to what ended up as a 53-45 victory for the ladies in red and black.

“We’re just so inconsistent when it comes to our shoot-ing,” said Tonasket coach Mike Larson. “It seems like we can be blazing hot or ice cold, both in-dividually and as a team, from one game to the next or even in the same game.

“That, and we just had way to many silly, unforced turn-overs.”

It looked like Omak would run away and hide early as the Pioneers led 17-9 early in the second quarter thanks largely to sharpshooting freshman

Jade Sargent.The Tigers’ only sharpshoot-

er, Baylie Tyus, answered with a scalding second quarter — 4-of-5 from 3-point range — to put Tonasket up 26-24 at the half.

Devan Utt, who spend most of the first half on the bench with foul trouble, hit a triple of her own to give the Tigers a 35-30 lead. The Pioneers’ pressure defense turned the tide, forcing a bushel of Tonasket turnovers for easy baskets, while Sargent and Shawnee Covington com-bined to hit four triples during the big Omak run.

“We’re trying to get the girls to where they’re not having to think all the time, to just go out and play the game,” Lar-son said. “A lot of that is just game time. We didn’t play any games over the summer, and we’re playing against teams that played a lot of summer basketball. So when you get into a close game, it’s about knowing what things have to

be done. A 20 foot pass isn’t one of them, and neither is giving their 3-point shooters that step on the perimeter.”

The Tigers (4-12, 0-6 CTL) were paced by Utt with 13 points, Tyus with 12 and Kylie Dellinger with 10.

“Dellinger had a real good

game off the bench,” Larson said. “When Devan got in foul trouble, it didn’t hurt as much as it might have because Kylie came in and played very well.”

Sargent had 24 and Covington 12 for the Pioneers (5-11, 1-5).

The Tigers also fell to Chelan on Friday, Jan. 20, 76-32.

By Brent BakerStaff Writer

TONASKET - Tonasket’s wrestling team picked up 36 points via forfeit to provide the bulk of their scoring in a 57-21 victory over Brewster on Saturday, Jan. 21.

The Tigers outscored Brewster 21-16 in matches that took place in the cir-cle.

Jeff Stedtfeld (132) led off with a 9-7 decision over Raf Varelas, and Dalton Wahl (138) recorded a first pe-riod pin of the Bears’ Omar

Castro.John Rawley (182) and

Daniel Ortega (220) also re-corded first period pins.

Austin Knowlton (145) lost a 16-8 major decision to Brewster’s Oscar Roa, and senior rookie Kevin Aitcheson (152) made it halfway through the third period before being pinned by Brewster’s Erik Gomez. Quinn Myrick (160) was pinned by the Bears’ Chris Burbank in his match.

Not that the Tigers would have been at a disadvantage if the Bears had fielded a

full lineup: several of their top wrestlers picked up victories without breaking a sweat. Forfeit winners included Tim Frazier (106), Jared Stedtfeld (113), Col-lin Aitcheson (120), Ryk-er Marchand (126), Frank Hol fe lz (195) and Chad Edwards (285). Brewster’s Todd Burbank (170) won in the same manner.

The Tigers traveled to Cashmere on Wednesday, Jan. 25, for a makeup of a Caribou Trail League dou-ble dual originally sched-uled for Jan. 18 that was postponed by snow.

Tonasket closes out its regular season at home on Saturday, Jan. 28, with a CTL dual against Chelan.

Class 1A District 6 compe-tition takes place at Omak on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4.

Slow start costs Tigers against Chelan

Photo by Brent BakerJohn Stedtfeld tries to get to the hoop against Omak on Jan. 17, but picks up a charging call for hits efforts.

Trey-less Hornets fall at Brewster

Brewster girls display CWL dominance over Oroville

Oroville wrestlers win 12 of 15 bouts

Pioneers’ final flurry downs Tiger girls

Tonasket wrestlers pin Brewster

Photos by Brent BakerTonasket’s Jeff Stedtfeld and Brewster’s Raf Varelas line up under the lights for their match to lead off the Tigers’ dual with the Bears on Saturday. Stedtfeld pulled out a 9-7 victory.

Dalton Wahl needed less than a minute to pin Brewster’s Omar Castro during Saturday’s dual meet.

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The recent meeting of the local chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association was held in Wenatchee and had a different twist. Many local guides and other companies attended and shared informa-tion about their services prior to the meeting. Brian Irwin, Washington Director of the CCA gave a brief presentation about the CCA and its success in the three years it has been in Washington. The CCA was formed over 30 years ago in Texas and has an amazing track record for successfully countering over fishing of several species and returning them to health. The balance of the meeting was devoted to announcements about the new salmon fishing derby in Wenatchee and others that will be coming up later this year. The Wenatchee derby will take place July 13 through 15 and will be limited to 75 boats.

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There were some other derbies announced at the recent meeting of the CCA in Wenatchee. The very popular Budweiser/Lowrance King Salmon Derby in Brewster will be held on Aug. 3 to 5 this summer. The big fish prize will be $1,500 for adults and $500 in the 14 and under divi-sion. Brewster derby tickets are available now and you can get tickets through the Brewster Chamber right now, and they will be available on line soon. The cost of a ticket is $25. There will be a new “Trippin’ with the Triploids” derby on Rufus Woods Reser-

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9:00 - 9:30 Potential New Products for Fire Blight, and how to develop an integrated blight management program. Tim Smith, WSU Extension - Chelan, Douglas & Okanogan Counties

9:30 - 10:00 The Immigration Act of 2015- Can you survive until then? Dan Fazio, Washington Farm Labor Association

10:00 - 10:30 The Fruit Industry Investing in WSU - What happens next? Dr Jay Brunner, WSU TFREC, Wenatchee

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OROVILLE – A combination of new growers and new trees coming into production has led to a 30 percent growth in volume over last year at Gold Digger Apples in Oroville.

“We’re excited about the increase and would like to grow another 30 percent in the future... that’s about the maxi-mum volume to fit our capacity without adding more facilities,” said Gold Digger’s general man-ager Greg Moser.

The grower’s cooperative spe-cializes in serving the smaller, family-owned fruit growers and has recently seen an increase in local growers bringing their fruit back to the area to be packed by the cooperative.

“One grower commented that he’d rather see his fruit helping to provide jobs in the local economy rather than in Wenatchee, and he saw great returns. It’s a win-win,” Moser said. “The growers have had very successful returns in the last two years and we look for-ward to that trend continuing.

“Our main focus is being a family warehouse; we cater to small growers. We take care of our family by having an ef-ficient staff that does an excel-lent job of getting maximum pack-outs while keeping the expenses down and maximizing the returns to the grower.”

The state crop was projected to be between 102 and 104 mil-lion boxes last year, but actually came in at 110 million.

“It’s kind of comical that a few years ago everyone worried that when the crop hit 100 mil-lion boxes no one would make any returns and now we are looking at crops of 110 million boxes and still getting success-ful returns,” said Gold Digger’s

GM. “When I started 60-70 mil-lion boxes was a big crop. The industry has done a good job of develop-ing the market and people are more health c o n s c i o u s . . . that’s one of t h e b i g g e s t things that has been in our fa-vor.”

Moser said d i v e r s i f i c a -tion has also been a key in developing the market.

“ G r o w e r s are more diversified. It’s not just Reds and Goldens anymore,

the risk is spread out making it more profitable,” he said. “We are seeing Galas as the number one ap p l e c o m i n g into production, as well as an in-crease in early Fujis and regu-lar Fujis, with higher color.”

M o s e r s a i d there has also been an increase in Honey Crisp production, but they are hard apples to raise b e c a u s e t h ey are susceptible to a bitter pit and

soft scald. Honey Crisps can bring in $40-$50 a box, compared

to Reds and Galas at around $20 a box, however Reds and Galas have higher pack-outs, accord-ing to Moser.

“Red Delicious are holding their own. Growers are putting in higher color new varieties that taste good,” Moser said. “The Midnights have higher color and good taste.”

Last year the state also had the second largest cherry crop and Gold Digger’s growers had excellent returns, according to Moser.

“The only setback was some late rainstorms that resulted in some splitting that reduced pack outs,” he said.

Moser said growers are plant-ing earlier varieties of cher-ries.

“The trend historically is for us to begin picking cherries

around the fourth of July. We’d like to see the season start the third week of June and continue into the first week of August,” he said, adding that a couple of the new varieties being planted in the area are sweet cherries known as Black Pearl and Jolly Special.

This year the state had one

its larger pear crops and Moser said that the fruit was of good size.

“The best returns for pears were for those who had fruit size 90 and larger,” he said. “Pears continue to be strong in our area.”

Gold Digger is one of the areas biggest employers and has 150 people that work for the warehouse year around. During apple and pear harvest the company has two shifts of

150 each working and during cherry season there are 400 people working.

“Counting those in the or-chards during cherry harvest we have about 600 total,” Moser said.

Getting the labor for the area is sometimes a challenge.

“Last fall we had adequate

labor, but some growers needed pickers. As a family warehouse we were able to move pickers to other orchards. We also were able to lend some company pick-ers who were working in the company’s 600 acres,” he said.

The general manager said Gold Digger hasn’t any ma-jor upgrades in equipment planned, but is always looking at new technology and ways to make the company better and more affordable.

Gold Digger Apples excited about growing volume

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TONASKET - Tonasket High School’s FFA, still aglow from the success of its Parliamentary Proce-dure team at the national convention in October, hosted an early-season event Nov. 9 to prepare for upcoming district and state competitions.

Wenatchee, Manson and Bridgeport FFA teams vis-ited, with more than 100 kids participating, accord-ing to Tonasket coach Matt Deebach.

Students participated in CDEs (Career Develop-ment Events) for apples and / or welding.

In the welding event, teams of three students were given three hours to construct a farm imple-ment or small (non-motor-ized) tractor out of scrap. The completed projects had to meet several criteria including three types of welds, a gas cut, braze, at least one 90-degree angle and size limitations.

Projects were graded on weld quality, artistic ability, engineering and completion within the time limit.

In the apple CDE, there were a handful of differ-ent areas graded. In one, students had to evaluate multiple trays of apples for flaws and consistency of color, then rank the trays in order of quality. Another involved the identification

of bug damage to apples; in yet another, the actual bugs needed to be identi-fied.

Students were also re-quired to pressure test apples as well as identify more than 40 apple variet-ies.

“It’s a ton of work getting all these apples,” Deebach said. “Gold Digger, Smith and Nelson and Dan McCa-rthy and others have been a tremendous support, going through and finding all of these varieties that they’ve donated to us. We get a ton of community support for this.”

Submitted by Curtis E. BeusOkanogan County DirectorWSU Extension

Many people who own small acreages dream of farming them for extra income, to pro-vide food for their families, or just to change their way of life. If you are one of those people, WSU Extension has the perfect program for you!

Called “Cultivating Success,” this WSU Extension program is specifically designed to assist people with little or no experi-ence in agriculture to develop a plan on how to farm their land in a way that meets their own goals. This is a 16-week course that meets one evening a week, and covers topics as diverse as soil management, fruit and vegetable production, live-stock and poultry production, farm management, marketing, evaluating farm resources,

farm equipment, irrigation, and much more. Three tours of successful area small farms will also be offered during this course, as well as a personal visit and consultation at your own property by the WSU Ex-tension Director for Okanogan County, Curtis Beus.

Classes will be held at the Community Cultural Center in Tonasket, and will meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The first class will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8. There is still room in this class, but it is filling fast, so if the idea of gaining a good foundational education about a wide array of farming topics in-terests you, then don’t delay in contacting the WSU Extension office. You can register or get more information by calling the WSU Extension office at (509) 422-7245. You can also e-mail the primary instructor, Dr. Cur-tis Beus at beusc@wsu.edu.

Tonasket hosts early FFA Event

Photos by Brent BakerStudents from Tonasket, Wenatchee, Manson and Bridgeport FFA chapters had to identify more than 40 varieties of apples.

Tim Jackson, Chad Edwards, Lazaro Ortega and Kayla Davis of Tonasket FFA examine and grade trays of apples as part of a practice run for the Apple CDE competition on Nov. 9.

Lazaro Ortega demonstrates the pressure testing of apples at an early-season FFA competition in November.

Great opportunity for beginners to get a farming education

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WENATCHEE -- Leaders of Washington State University Ex-tension’s Women in Ag program will present its women in agricul-ture specialty workshop Feb. 11 featuring two keynote speakers and local panel discussions.

Keynote speakers will be broadcast across the state to 16 site locations set to host the day-long event.

One of the two keynote speak-ers is Lyn Garling, owner/op-erator of Over the Moon Farm, a 26-acre grass-based farm in central Pennsylvania.

“The average age of women farmers in Washington is 50 years old. They are farming a little later in life and overcoming obstacles. Lynn’s talk is ‘Farming as a Woman: My Own Private Reality Show!,’ so I think a lot of people can relate, Chelan/Doug-las counties WSU Women in Agriculture Director, Margaret A. Veibrock said.”

The second speaker is Rita Em-mett, who was born the world’s greatest procrastinator, has con-verted and is now a “Recovering Procrastinator.” She is adamant that procrastination is NOT a personality flaw or a character trait, it is simply a habit.

At the end of the seminar, each location will hold its own discussion panel featuring top-ics that revolve around risk management.

“They will be different types of topics that are important to people that come with handling risk: Finances, health, employ-ees, and marketing,” she said.

When the broadcast speak-ers and through, local leaders will host a panel discussion led by three women producers or farmers who will answer ques-tions relative to their businesses. Each speaker will offer attendees a take-home message and a handout that will help attendees develop an action plan.

“Women learn differently than men,” said Viebrock. “They like to connect with other women farmers in sharing experiences, knowledge and resources.

Women like to share resourc-es, like how they learned about setting up page, what worked or what didn’t work or their knowledge of a vendor where they were able to find a good price, she said.

Women farmers show a heightened interest in customer and end-product satisfaction, Viebrock said.

Panel discussion questions are:

1. What do you grow/produce/value-added?

2. What is your role in the operation?

3. How long have you been involved in the operation and how did you get involved in the operation?

4. How and where do you mar-

ket your products?5. What are your biggest risks

and how do you deal with those risks?

6. What was one of the biggest challenges you faced and how did you overcome it?

7. What have you learned that has helped you to be suc-cessful?

8. How do you stay current in your profession (technology, markets, production methods, etc.)?

9. What, if anything, has been unique about being a female producer?

Even though the name indi-cates Women in Agriculture, all agricultural producers are welcome to attend. The day begins at 8 a.m. and cost $25. There are no credits available for this workshop. For more information visit WomenInAg.wsu.edu.

Locations:

Ferry County(509) 799-4434nancy.hamilton@wsu.edu

Okanogan County(509) 634-2305ljmclean@wsu.edu

A complete locations list is available at WomenInAg.wsu.edu.

Submitted by Jenn VanEpsNRCS - Spokane

SPOKANE – USDA’s Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the cut-off date for the current Conservation Stewardship Pro-gram (CSP) ranking period has been extended to Jan. 27, 2012. Producers who maintain a high level of conservation on their land and agree to adopt higher levels of stewardship are eligible for CSP payments.

“Since the voluntary conserva-tion practices offered through CSP are an essential part of our effort to improve soil and wa-ter quality, we want to be sure producers have enough time to complete their applications for

the first ranking period,” said assistant State Conservationist, Lacey Gaw of the sign-up exten-sion. The original cut-off date for application was January 13, 2012.

CSP provides many conserva-tion benefits including improved water and soil quality, enhanced wildlife habitat and conservation activities that address the effects of climate change.

CSP is offered through the NRCS in all 50 states, tribal lands and the Pacific and Caribbean areas through continuous sign-ups. Producers are encouraged to apply for CSP throughout the year to be considered for current and future application ranking periods. Those who apply by January 27, 2012, may be eligible

for current available funding. Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland, rangeland and non-industrial forestland.

A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help producers determine if CSP is suitable for their operation. The checklist highlights basic information about CSP eligibility require-ments, contracts obligations and potential payments and is available at local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service offices or on the NRCS Web site at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/financial/csp.

Learn more about CSP and other NRCS programs at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs.

Source: Washington State Apple Commission

Washington State is known as one of the premier apple-growing areas in the world. The nutrient-rich soil, arid climate, plentiful wa-ter and advanced growing practices provide the right ingredients for producing top-quality fruit.

These same elements also make Washington the finest place to grow organic apples. The dry climate and ideal temperatures reduce the number of disease and pest problems that can impact fruit. This superior climate reduces the need for applications to control insects and pests. In addition, Washington’s quality standards for all apples are more stringent than grading standards used in any other growing region in the world.

All of Washington’s nine key varieties are available as organi-cally grown.

Statistics from Washington State University’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center indicate most of the Washington organic acreage planted is in Gala and Fuji followed by Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Cripps Pink, Braeburn, Honeycrisp™ and other new varieties.

And Washington’s organic apple industry is not only growing, but it is holding true to the state’s un-matched history of dedication to cutting-edge production practices. Over 25 percent of the state’s apple packers hold Organic Handler Certificates from the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Organic Food Program.

Organic Washington Apple FAQs

Q. How are organic Washington apples grown and packed?

A. Organic Washington apples are grown and packed only with materials and methods approved by the National Organic Program (NOP), which rely on natural ma-terials and processes. Organic orchards receive nutrition and fertilizers consisting of compost, animal manure, fishmeal, plant residues and other natural nutri-ents. Natural pest control methods are derived from plant extracts, the fermentations of yeast, ben-eficial insects, mating disruption pheromones and systems that bait and trap pests. Weeds may be con-trolled by mulching, cover plant-ings and mechanical methods.

In addition, certified organic apples can only be processed and packed on equipment using belts, brushes and water specially cleaned and prepared to handle organic fruit. Organic apples may not commingle with conventionally grown apples in either the orchard or in the packing houses.

Q. How many years does it take for an apple orchard to be certified organic?

A. The land on which the apples

are grown must have been farmed organically for three years or fal-lowed for three years before certi-fication is granted. This means that for at least three years prior to the first certified organic harvest, only practices and materials allowed un-der the national organic standard have been used. Prior to the third year, the apples from the orchard are considered transitional fruit. Transitional fruit cannot be sold as certified organically grown.

Q. How are organic apple grow-ing and handling practices moni-tored?

A. The NOP requires producers and handlers to submit an Organic System Plan. The plan must docu-ment the practices and procedures used, the materials they plan to use, the soil monitoring methods used to determine that soil and water quality are being maintained and improved and the records that are maintained. And, for growers who produce or handle both organic and conventional apples, the pro-cedures that are in place to prevent commingling of the products. An annual update of the system plan must also be submitted each year.

Q. Are organic apple orchards and packing facilities inspected?

A. It is mandatory that organic orchards and packing facilities be inspected every year. The Wash-ington State Department of Agri-culture conducts these inspections. During the certification process, random samples are collected to verify compliance with organic production standards. Growers must submit soil tests every three years.

Q. Do organic practices involve or include genetically modified organisms?

A. No. Genetically modified organisms are not allowed under organic regulations.

Q. How do I know my apples are grown organically?

A. Look at the stickers on the apples and watch for signs in the supermarket. Along with the na-tional organic standards, the USDA developed strict labeling rules to help consumers know the exact organic content of the food they buy. The USDA Organic seal (see below) tells you that a product is at least 95 percent organic. However, apple growers may or may not use the full USDA Organic seal, the certified organic apples may simply have “certified organic” on the existing sticker.

Q. What is Organic?A. Organic refers to the way ag-

ricultural products are grown and processed. Organic food production is based on a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility through the use of biological pest control, rather than chemical. Organic foods are minimally processed without arti-ficial ingredients, preservatives or irradiation.

Core Facts

Organic Washington Apple Facts

• Washington apple growers currently produce over 6 million boxes of certified organic apples. Washington State cultivates 14,309 acres of certified organic orchards, compared to 7,642 just 4 years ago.

• The United States is the lead-ing organic apple producer in the world, with Washington State growing more than 80 percent of U.S. certified organic apples.

• Organic Washington apples are available in every key variety – Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, Brae-burn, Cripps Pink, Cameo® and Honeycrisp™.

• Each organic Washington apple is picked by hand.

If you choose to buy organic Washington apples, read the sticker on the apples to ensure the apples are certified USDA organic.

The National Organic ProgramThe push to standardize organic

certification nationwide started in 1990 when Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA). The OFPA required the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop national stan-dards for organically produced agricultural products to assure con-sumers that those products meet consistent, uniform standards.

In response to these demands, the USDA created the National Organic Program (NOP). NOP stan-dards offer a national definition for the term organic. They detail the methods, practices and substances that can be used in producing and handling organic crops, livestock, and processed products.

Beginning in 1988, the Washing-ton State Department of Agricul-ture (WSDA) had been certifying orchards under the state’s organic food laws. When the USDA created the national program, the WSDA was accredited to certify orchards, processors and handlers under the national program.

Good Reasons to Buy Organic Apples

• Organic orcharding protects future generations

• Organic apples meet stringent standards

• Organic apples taste great• Organic production reduces

health risks from chemicals• Organic orchards respect our

water resources• Organic growers build healthy

soil• Organic growers work with

nature• Organic growers are leaders in

innovative research• Organic growers strive to pre-

serve biodiversity• Organic orcharding keeps com-

munities healthy• Organic orcharding saves

energy• Organic orcharding helps small

growers

The best organic apples on earth

Conservation Stewardship Program sign-up extended to Jan. 27

Women in ag workshop

Submitted by Kirsten CookConservation EducatorOkanogan Conservation Dist.

OKANOGAN - The Okano-gan Conservation District has programs to help agricultural producers increase efficiency and save some money along the way. The Save Water Save Energy program is a partner-ship with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and local utilities. The program targets on-farm energy ef-ficiency, especially irrigation and lighting.

Energy efficiency is the low-est cost source of new energy. BPA’s target goal for energy savings is 0.25 to 0.33 average megawatts of the total agri-cultural load statewide. To achieve these energy savings, BPA is offering incentives through local utilities for ag-ricultural producers to imple-ment a wide variety of energy-

saving measures. There are many small chang-

es to your irrigation system that can make a big difference in efficiency. Worn out sprin-kler nozzles and gaskets can lead to inefficient application of water, leaks, soil erosion, unnecessary energy usage, and unnecessary costs through pumping too much water. Re-bates are available for several sprinkler hardware upgrades and repairs. Rebates for other irrigation pumping improve-ments, such as variable fre-quency drives, NEMA premium efficiency motors, and custom pump modifications, may be available through the program as well.

So far, irrigators working with the Okanogan Conserva-tion District have received close to $500 in rebates and will be saving 3,004 kilowatt hours per year and nearly 6 acre-feet of water thanks to the

improvements made to their system. The District is looking for additional projects, includ-ing orchards with solid-set systems.

If you are thinking about replacing or repairing parts of your agricultural irrigation system contact us today to ar-range a site visit with our Field Energy Analyst, Bob Clark. He will conduct an energy assess-ment of your system, determine which rebates you are eligible to receive and evaluate which rebates would provide you with the most money and energy savings. Please note that fund-ing for the program is limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Bob Clark at (509) 422-0855 ext. 122 or email bobc@okanogancd.org. Save water, save energy, and save money by signing up for this exciting program today.

Save water, save energy, save money

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Submitted by Jennifer WitherbeeExecutive Director, WAEF

WENATCHEE - The dead-line for students to return completed scholarship ap-plications to the Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) is approaching. Com-pleted WAEF scholarship ap-plications must be postmarked by March 1, 2012 to qualify for 2012-13 school year scholar-ships. Graduating high school seniors and students currently enrolled in college may be eligible for over $400,000 ex-pected to be awarded by WAEF this year.

The scholarship application

is available at www.waef.org under the websiteís scholar-ship menu. This is also where interested students can go to learn more about award quali-fications. The WAEF expects to award approximately 150 scholarships this year to stu-dents raised in Washingtonís fruit growing regions.

For more information, con-tact the WAEF at (509) 663-7713 or waef@waef.org.

WAEF is the charity of Wash-ingtonís tree fruit industry. Founded in 1994, the organiza-tion has assisted hundreds of students attend college and invested in educational oppor-tunities for K-12 and adults in local communities.

Washington State Univer-sity scientists are reinventing cherry production. A four-year, multi-state project un-derway produced a good crop of ideas in its first 12 months, making the industry ripe for revolutionary renovation.

Matt Whiting is passion-ate about his work. Whiting, who is associate professor of horticulture at Washington State University’s Prosser re-search Center, leads the team of cherry researchers.

WSU research teams were awarded more than $15 million in U.S. Department of Agricul-ture grants aimed at specialty crops such as tree fruit, wine grapes and potatoes.

Whiting’s team received $3.8 million for “A Total Systems Approach to Developing a Sustainable, Stem-free Sweet Cherry Production, Process-ing and Marketing System.”

Collaborators include cher-ry breeder Nnadozie Oraguz-ie; biological systems engineer Qin Zhang; Fran Pierce, direc-tor of WSU’s Center for Preci-sion Agricultural Systems; plant physiologist and geno-micist Amit Dhingra; and food scientist Carolyn Ross.

Additional team members are made up of growers and producers from Washington,

Michigan, Oregon and Cali-fornia.

Below are the objectives, summary and f indings of the group’s first year of re-search.

Long-term goal• Our team and stakehold-

er’s long-term goal of develop-ing a highly efficient, sustain-able sweet cherry production, processing, and marketing system entails a comprehen-sive and integrative research and extension project with the following objectives:

Objective• Develop high efficiency,

productive angled fruit wall orchard systems

Year One Milestone• Planted test orchards with

collaborators in California, Or-egon and Washington; toured established test orchards; re-fined management strategies focused on orchard establish-ment; initiated development of outreach material.

Objective• Establish the genetic basis

for sweet cherry abscissionYear One Milestone• Phenotyped cherry culti-

vars and advanced breeding selections for pedicel-fruit re-tention force and fruit texture/flavor attributes; documented expression of known abscis-

sion genetic pathways in sweet cherry.

Objective• Improve labor efficiency

and safety by developing me-chanical and/or mechanical-assist harvest technologies

Year One Milestone• The USDA mechanical

harvester and shake and catch mechanical assist upgrad-ed and field-tested. Picker Technologies LLC transport system prototype built and preliminary tests completed. All systems field-tested for ef-ficiency and impact on harvest efficiency and fruit quality. Field demonstrations of har-vest technologies conducted.

Objective• Extend shelf life/consumer

appeal of sweet cherriesYear One Milestone• Study effects of modified

atmosphere packaging on fruit quality and shelf life; studied effects of harvest technology on fruit quality and shelf life.

Objective• Develop markets for stem-

free sweet cherries and deter-mine optimum shelf life for stem-free sweet cherries.

Year MilestoneStudy consumers’ percep-

tions of stemmed verses stem-free cherries and willingness to pay; conduct test marketing with retail partners; evaluate effects of modified atmosphere packaging on consumers’ per-ceptions of cherries.

Objective• Analyze system profit-

ability, market potential, and

develop economic models for outreach and adoption

Year One MilestoneIdentify and convene grow-

ers of small- medium- and-large sized farms to estimate each farm’s production costs; collaborate with coPDs to ensure experimental designs that are adequate to collect economic data on harvest technologies; collect economic data on harvest technologies.

The project’s overall goal is to have every professional in the U.S. sweet cherry value-chain to be familiar with the project’s progress or know where to find out.

The researchers plan is integral and flexible and inte-grates th total value chain.

Outreach has been delivered to target audiences through a variety of traditional and innovative mechanisms in-cluding: Presentations, Field demos,Tours of grower-col-laborator orchards and Radio interviews. As well as a dy-namic website including One-page summaries of research results,Searchable photo jour-nals, videos of presentations, demonstrations, blogs. wikis-type technology for PD’s to work on documents collabora-tively online publications in popular press and extension bulletins and social media outreach including a Facebook Page, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr and Vimeo accounts.

For a complete copy of this report visit www.wsu.edu.

Washington Apple Education Foundation scholarship deadline approaches

Researchers, growers revolutionize cherry harvesting

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