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Colville High School Knowledge Bowl Team Begins New Season - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Colville High School Knowledge Bowl Team Begins New Season November 26, 2025 By: Makenna Springman-Garland The Colville High School Knowledge Bowl team shows off their grades. Photo courtesy Tracey Delyea. The Colville High School Knowledge Bowl team is busy competing once again for another ambitious year. After achieving a third-place finish at the state championships last March, the coaches are adamant about pushing the team to their full potential this season. Coach Tracey Delyea stated, “I think that the competitions are going well this year. Our team is bigger than last year and very excited to participate. The question bank is more diverse and secure than it has been in previous years.” Co-coach Meredith McCullough confirmed the optimistic view on the season, stating, “The competitions have been a lot of fun and a great challenge for our students. We were really fortunate to be able to have a pre-season match against Republic and Curlew, and our teams got to meet other nearby competitors. Now that we're in official league play, our teams are learning how to adapt and work together to strengthen their teams as much as possible.” During this season, the coaches have expressed their appreciation for the hard working team spirit and friendly environment amongst the team members. Delyea said, “I think our teams present themselves with kindness and camaraderie. They encourage not only each other but other teams from different schools.” Although a competitive nature is important with any team or sport organization, the coaches said they believe it’s more important to create a healthy attitude towards being kind and having fun. McCullough added, “We have fun. Competition is important and all the students care deeply about performing well, but they also value spending time together while we travel. They have great attitudes and not only want to do well, but also want to enjoy every meet and experience. I think that really helps them go into the meets with focus and excitement, not just nerves about competing.” With a high stakes competition such as the Knowledge Bowl, the coaches said it’s important for the team to stay calm under pressure. McCullough said the Colville team has been working towards expanding their range of subject material and adapting to the new changes that have come with this season. “We're still adapting to changes in team rosters and honing in on specific subject areas we want to learn about in greater depth. What's most impressive to me is how reflective the teams are. They can tell you exactly what subjects they feel strongest about and which they want to study more. They ask for resources, for more practice, for time to talk strategy before going into a room together. They can only grow and improve with each meet.” The coaches expressed their confidence with the kick off of the season. Varsity student Hailey Collett echoed this optimism, adding, “We need to not second guess ourselves because more often than not we had the correct answer.” For those unfamiliar with the Knowledge Bowl has become a widespread competition throughout the state of Washington. According to Educational Service District 123, their website explains that the Knowledge Bowl “is an academic competition for high school students in Washington State where each of the nine ESDs in the state hold regional Knowledge Bowl competitions that determine which teams will advance to the state-level tournament. Knowledge Bowl is considered an "athletic event for the mind," testing high school teams on their knowledge in a variety of subjects through a fun and energetic competition that involves team building, competitive academic testing and interaction with students from across the state.” ( esd123.org “Knowledge Bowl”) Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Colville’s Zier Caps Career with Strong State Finish - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Colville’s Zier Caps Career with Strong State Finish November 12, 2025 By: Brandon Hansen Zaidence Zier of Colville, Wash., finished her high school cross-country career with a 33rd place performance at the WIAA 1A State Championships. Colville senior Zaidence Zier closed out her high-school cross-country career with a performance at the WIAA 1A State Championships on Saturday, placing 33rd overall at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. Zier crossed the line in 20 minutes, 33 seconds – a time that put her in the top quarter of the state’s fastest small-school runners. Her performance came against a deep field of more than 100 competitors, led by Reed Atwood of South Whidbey, who won the individual title in 18:51.7. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

The Heart of Being in Public Service: Dorothy Knauss - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES The Heart of Being in Public Service: Dorothy Knauss November 12, 2025 By: Tamara Lee Titus Mayor Dorothy Knauss sits in her office, eager to hand the reins to Lindsay Baxter. Photo by Tamara Lee Titus. Dorothy Knauss is about to relinquish the reins of mayorship for a second time in her life after stepping into Chewelah’s interim mayor position in June; this time to the new incoming mayor, Lindsay Baxter. Before stepping down, she shared a little about her background and experience as a civil servant and elected mayor. According to Knauss, her family moved to Stevens County in 1946, when she was two years old, and moved to Chewelah when she was in the fourth grade. She said, “It was very interesting because I came into this building in the fourth grade, never dreaming that [one day] I would come in the door as mayor.” Describing her life’s trajectory, she recalled,“In high school, when we did our yearbook and they tried to predict what somebody’s future would be – mine was city clerk. I thought it was crazy. But in 1979, I was hired as city clerk.” Knauss said she has spent 46 years in public service, including roles such as city clerk, clerk/treasurer, city administrator, mayor and most recently, city council appointed interim mayor. After graduating from Jenkins High School in 1962, she worked as a legal secretary for two-and-half years for Larry Kristianson, who is now a retired Stevens County Superior Court judge. Knauss said she next worked at “Northwest Alloys for four years. I was the secretary to the raw materials and the ferroalloys departments and later a front line supervisor.”. Her calling to public service eventually came from her former boss. “Surprisingly enough, Larry Kristianson recommended me to the mayor, suggested that I apply, so I did,” she said. Once hired as city clerk, her career advanced into other positions, reaching city administrator in 1992. “Then I decided I wanted to retire,” she said of her first retirement. “In 1998, the mayor had dismissed his city administrator and asked me to come back. I came out of retirement to do this until 1999. Then I said, ‘That’s it, I am not going back.’” She continued. Knauss said her husband passed away from cancer in 2010. That’s roughly when she came out of her second retirement. “The then city administrator, Mike Frizzell, came and asked me if I would fill a position on city council that was vacant. He said, ‘Why don’t you put your letter in?’ So I did; I served a year-and-a-half on city council from 2012-13. And he said, ‘By the way, would you consider running for mayor?’ And I thought, ‘That’s just crazy!’” She consulted with her family, whom she assumed would advise her against it, “because the city administrator job can be pretty stressful. Instead they all said, ‘We just think that’s great.’ So, I did and I was mayor for eight years [2014-2021].” She then attempted a third time to retire. “At the end, in 2021, I could see that the city needed to move ahead in technology and just streamline the way we did things, and I did not feel like I had the mental energy to do that. So I decided not to run again,” Knauss said. In total, she said she has come back four times to the city. “After the new mayor was elected, it wasn’t long before he called me and said, ‘We have a vacancy on our civil service commission. Could you fill that?’ I came back a little over a year ago to fill that position, from late 2022 to early 2023.” When mayor Greg McCunn resigned on May 5, 2025, she was appointed by the council to come back until the elections. Despite enjoying retirement, she reported, “I was excited to come back because it was a situation where I was the only one who was really qualified. I probably have attended over 500 council meetings in my 46 years, from 1979-2025.” She described returning to conflict and tension. “We would have 100 people in council meetings, which is very unusual. There was a lot of tension between the community and within the council, and I felt like I could be a calming influence. I came back with the intent to calm things down and just keep things moving forward until the new mayor was elected. I have had a number of people tell me that the night I took the oath, you could feel the tension leave the room. That made me feel good,” she said. When asked how she explained her calming influence, she said, “I have a lot of historical knowledge of the city, but I know probably one of my best attributes is that I know, without a doubt, the role of the mayor and the role of the council. And, I don’t let them mix and that works well for everyone.” As for her role as interim mayor, she acknowledged, “They’re ready for a new administration now. I deliberately have not made changes or started anything new for obvious reasons – a new mayor is going to want to come in and have their own administration.” In terms of the new mayor, she said she has been meeting with Baxter to help him prepare. “We probably had four meetings by now, and we will have another one this next week. We spend a couple of hours just talking about what it means to be the mayor of a small town. It’s totally different from running a corporation or running a business. He doesn’t have experience in government; he has experience in business and he’s been on the board of the golf course… He attends all of our council meetings, so he has been absorbing what’s going on. I am confident he will do a good job.” She added, “He actually will take his oath the day the election is certified, Nov. 25, and then he will be mayor. I begged him to take his oath, not that I had to, he was very willing to do that. The sooner he gets started the better.” Knauss said some highlights from her time as mayor include creating a “Students in Government” program in conjunction with the local high school’s civic class. She said, “Every year, the city attorney and I would go over to the Civic’s class and talk to them about what a Second Class Code City is, which we are. Then we would challenge them to elect a mayor and seven council members to just mirror what we had here, a city attorney, a city administrator, clerk treasurer, and then the attorney and I would’ve thought of three scenarios of problems they had to solve as a council. When they were ready, we would bring them over and right before our normal council meeting, they would have their council meeting. They would do a mock council meeting, and they would solve these three areas. Then we would give them a critique after, and feed everybody pizza.” Although they don’t have this program currently, she said she has talked to Baxter about bringing it back. “My concern was that young people don’t really care about politics unless it affects what they’re doing.” Knauss continued, “We did fun things; the first one we had, we took a student who was not taking part in the council, but she was a really good actress in the Stage Time Theatre. We got her aside and got her to be a person that interrupted. Of course, they didn’t know anything about it, and here she just showed up, and started yelling at them about this, that and the other. It was hilarious!” She said she also created the Mayor’s Youth Award. “Every month someone could nominate a youth for something outstanding they had done and then we honored them with a certificate at the council meeting.”. During her mayorship, Knauss also served on a committee called the Association of Washington Cities Board of Directors for seven years, representing eastern Washington on the west side of the state. “I really felt like Olympia doesn’t understand what ‘rural’ is. The board of directors was 25 people and I often would tell them that ‘rural is not the area between Seattle and Tacoma. Come to eastern Washington and really see what rural means.’” Regarding being a mayor of a small town, she shared,“Sometimes it’s pretty stressful, sometimes the public doesn’t understand, but you try to remain calm and just put one foot forward, and go ahead and do what you need to do. But I have always had a real heart for the citizenry. When I ran for mayor the first time, I had written on the wall, ‘Every person has worth and deserves to be heard.’ And that was one of my campaign slogans. I think that made people feel they could come in and talk to me.” Mayor Knauss was presented with the Citizen of the Year award in 2021. “It was a big surprise,” she said. “I just thank the community. I felt their support through all the years, especially when I was mayor. So many people have thanked me for coming back and just being here. That is really rewarding. When people just care enough to say thank you.” When asked about the benefits of being a mayor, she said, “The satisfaction of doing something that really helps your community is probably the strongest pro. I never really cared for the title. I never really looked at myself as ‘Oh, I am the mayor;’ I looked at myself as I am a servant to the people of the city.” She also acknowledged that the salary isn’t very high, and added, “For seven-and-a-half years, I made $658 a month, gross. I think In the last six months that I was mayor before, they raised it to $1,000 a month. But you know, you really can’t do it for the money. And over the years, there has been some talk, ‘You should pay the mayor more money,’ but I really don’t want it to be a position you get in because you wanted the money. That’s just not the right reason.” She continued outlining more of the mayoral duties and personal highlights, “There’s a lot to it; I think you have to have a heart to really embrace the community and be part of the chamber [of commerce]. I am the first mayor, the [Spokane] tribe told me, that ever went down to Wellpinit to meet with the tribal council and introduce myself and say ‘How can we work together?’” She also relayed that she attended everything she could, and that she “never turned down an invitation to speak or to attend.” When asked if she ever felt nervous speaking, she replied,“I never speak with notes. I know what I need to talk about and I just speak from the heart. I think that resonates with people. They don’t want fancy words; they just want to know you as a person, and whether they can trust you or not.” When asked about how she dealt with criticism, she shared that, “It takes awhile to earn the confidence that you know what you’re doing.” She said, “Once you have that confidence and you have the confidence of the people, that they may not agree with you, but you’re always going to listen to them, I think that’s something that’s important. There’s been people over the years that haven’t liked me. You just have to treat them like people; I have never struck back at anyone. You’ve just got to take it. You have to keep the main thing the main thing, which is serving the city, and don’t get side-tracked by petty arguments or gossip that’s out there.” Reflecting on if she will return again at some point, Knauss replied, “This is it. I am 81 years old.” She is looking forward to spending more time with family now. She has three children, 13 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. “During the time I stopped being mayor and before [becoming mayor], I was an avid quilter. I quilted a lot, so hopefully I will get back to that,” she said. She added, “My main advice is to remember who you’re serving. You’re not serving yourself. You’re not serving a business. You’re serving the citizens of the city.” Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Colville Boys Hit 12 Three-Pointers Against Newport - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Colville Boys Hit 12 Three-Pointers Against Newport January 28, 2026 By: Brandon Hansen Parker Darnold passes the ball for Colville during their nonleague victory over Newport last Saturday, Jan. 24. Photo by Brandon Hansen. The Colville boys basketball team had a good weekend when they needed it. The Crimson Hawks picked up back-to-back nonleague victories over Deer Park and Newport to even their record at 8-8 overall after an early-week loss to NEA League foe Lakeside. Colville fell 65-48 in a road loss to Lakeside on Jan. 20, before rebounding with a 70-44 win at Deer Park on Friday, Jan. 23, and a dominant 90-37 home victory over Newport on Saturday, Jan. 24. At Lakeside, Colville struggled to recover from a slow start, falling behind 40-26 at halftime. The Eagles pushed the lead to double digits in the fourth quarter behind Blake Hanson’s game-high 19 points. Jet Bateman and Brock Benson led the Crimson Hawks with 12 points apiece, while Parker Darnold added 10 points. Colville was limited to just three 3-pointers in the loss. The Crimson Hawks bounced back with a balanced performance at Deer Park, pulling away in the second half for a 26-point win. Benson poured in 20 points to lead Colville, while Bateman finished with 12 and Darnold added nine points. Colville knocked down seven 3-pointers and outscored the Stags 22-8 in the third quarter to seize control. Chase Bates led Deer Park with 12 points. Saturday’s home finale against Newport was all Colville. The Crimson Hawks jumped out to a 25-8 first-quarter lead and never looked back, soaring to a 53-point victory. Darnold scored 19 points to lead Colville, Quentin Huggins added 15, and the Crimson Hawks drained 12 3-pointers as a team. Benson chipped in eight points, while multiple players contributed in the scoring column as Colville finished with 35 made field goals. Jamieson Oaks led Newport with 10 points. With the two wins, Colville gained momentum heading back into NEA League play. Results from the Tuesday, Jan. 27, NEA League matchup against Lakeside were unavailable at press time. Colville is scheduled to play at Riverside on Friday, Jan. 30, at 5:30 p.m. and at Medical Lake on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7:15 p.m. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Katzer Wins Championship at East Valley - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Katzer Wins Championship at East Valley December 31, 2025 By: Brandon Hansen Chewelah's Dakota Katzer won first place at the East Valley Winter Clash. File photo. The Chewelah Jenkins wrestling squad turned in a strong showing at the East Valley Winter Clash, adding multiple podium finishes and a championship performance across four weight classes at East Valley High School. Trevin Stauffer, 132 pounds, placed fourth after a strong consolation run. Stauffer rebounded from an early loss with three straight wins, including a 32-second pin of East Valley’s Caden Higel and a fall over Lewis and Clark’s Everardo Andrade-Rodriguez, before finishing just short of the podium’s top step. At 138 pounds, Wyatt McCanna battled to a fifth-place finish, earning a decision win in the quarterfinals, and closing the tournament with a pin of East Valley’s Talan Wang in the fifth-place match. Chewelah’s top result came at 157 pounds, with Dakota Katzer capturing the championship. Katzer opened with a medical forfeit, followed by a 13-1 major decision over Lewis and Clark’s Henry Reuter, and a semifinal pin of Northwest Christian’s Noah Stegman. In the title match, Katzer sealed first place with a 13-7 decision over Selkirk’s Jaxson Chantry. At 165 pounds, Titan Tapia added a runner-up finish, advancing with a decision over Colfax’s Joel Burris and a pin against Lewis and Clark’s Erik Roggenbauer before falling to Selkirk’s Jameson Davis in the championship bout. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

2025 Local Wildfire Data Indicates Record Ignitions and Lingering Smoke - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES 2025 Local Wildfire Data Indicates Record Ignitions and Lingering Smoke November 12, 2025 By: Emma Lee Conyer 2025 fire season wrap-up. As the 2025 fire season comes to an end in the area, a synthesis of the statewide statistics has been compiled by a number of organizations to reveal upward trends of ignitions and late-season smoke. According to the Western Fire Chiefs Association’s (WFCA) website, “Wildfire season in Washington typically starts in May and ends in October. Late rains in spring or early rains in fall can shorten the season.” Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove stated that, although this wildfire season had a slower start, there was a “near-record amount of ignitions across the state,” with the total reaching nearly 1,900 ignitions. Statewide, over 250,000 acres total were burned; however, this number is similar to the number of burned acres in recent years, despite the number of total ignitions being relatively high. “In a typical year, the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fights roughly 900 wildland fires across the state, with approximately 70% occurring in eastern Washington,” according to WFCA’s website. DNR officials said over 28,000 acres were burned as a result of the largest fires of the season, including the Hope, Lake Spokane, Crown Creek and Tacoma Creek fires. In line with the start of the fire season, the smoke season began slowly as well; however, conditions changed by the beginning of September. According to the Washington State Department of Ecology officials, a mix of lightning-ignited wildfires, high temperatures, dry conditions and light winds resulted in unhealthy air quality across central and eastern Washington. Northeast Washington in particular saw smoke from several fires, affecting the region throughout September. Department of Ecology officials also said that air quality levels in Stevens and Spokane counties, from the beginning of May to the end of August, were in the “good” and “moderate” range. However, beginning in September, air quality levels rose into the “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” “unhealthy,” and “very unhealthy” categories. Upthegrove stated, “Last winter, the legislature cut our funding for this critical work by more than half. If we don’t fix this, we’ll see more wildfires and more destructive fires across the state. Moving forward, fully restoring this funding is my top priority.” Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Colville Gains a New Bookstore - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Colville Gains a New Bookstore October 29, 2025 By: Meredith Carroll A sampling of the books in Seekers. Photo courtesy of Meredith Carroll. Opening to the public for a soft opening on Nov. 1, new book store Seekers Bookshop has been a dream in the making for more than two years. “We bought this space when it came up for sale two years ago,” said Lisa Wilson, who owns the bookshop with her husband, Buddy. “The building had lots of potential, and we just had to purchase it.” The Wilsons said they did a complete demolition of the interior of the building after they purchased it. “We didn’t really know this would be a bookstore when we bought it,” Buddy added. “We had both worked in bookstores, but…” “…But the idea of a bookstore just came to us after,” finished Lisa. Buddy, who hails from Texas, and Lisa, who’s from Spokane, met in Bothell, Wash., teaching Sunday school. “We wanted to live in a smaller town, get out of the city, and raise kids,” said Buddy. “We moved out to Colville in 2018. I knew that we would like living here.” “I know and love books,” said Lisa. “When we moved here, I felt like there was a hole in town where a bookstore ought to be. Colville can definitely use a bookstore.” Filled with bookshelves from floor to ceiling, the Wilsons said Seekers Bookshop will stock them with all genres of books, ranging from a good selection of science fiction, to books on body, mind, and spirit, to history and contemporary. “We’ll carry everything,” Lisa said. “We will also stock gifts: the kinds of things that readers like, such as bookmarks, journals, hats, candles, figurines.” The duo have worked hard to make Seekers a spot where readers can browse, lounge, and meet with friends. “A bookstore becomes the center of a community,” Buddy said. “We have comfortable chairs and little tables, reading nooks, and a coffee service area.” “We also have an event room and a commissary kitchen,” said Lisa. “We want to host events like reading clubs, classes, maybe cooking clubs. The kitchen allows the community to engage.” “Events are the lifeblood of bookstores,” added Buddy. “We are set up to be able to rent the event room space out. We already have a book club signed up to use the space.” After much deliberation, Buddy and Lisa Wilson said they settled on the name Seekers. “When people go to a bookstore, they are usually looking for something, whatever it may be,” Buddy said. Seekers Bookshop is not connected with the bookstore in the Chase building. “They have their niche in traditional Christian books, just like Barman’s has a specialty in cookbooks,” Buddy said. “We don’t want to step on toes, so we’ve decided to go light on those categories of books.” “Seekers will quietly open on Nov. 1,” said Lisa. “We will have a grand opening shortly after that. We are really excited to be open. We have a handful of folks ready to help us when we open.” The Wilsons said they plan to have Seekers open Wednesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Seekers Bookshop is located at 270 South Main Street in Colville. Owners Buddy and Lisa Wilson can be reached at 509-589-9009. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Ode to an Older Time: Chris Petterson - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Ode to an Older Time: Chris Petterson November 26, 2025 By: Tamara Lee Titus Photo courtesy Tamara Lee Titus. “I say I have a passion for life, and I do. I've lived an amazing life, and I'm still living an amazing life,” said local resident, Chris Petterson. “But, it’s not all roses. Everybody has difficult times in their life. And my philosophy is, that's what helps us grow, learn, and have something to teach… We have the opportunity to choose what we will do with those hard times. And if you choose to still look for all of the good that's around you, and the positives of what might come out from this, you get through it a lot easier. You make it through, and you're a lot stronger.” Petterson said she has lived along the Kettle River, near the Canadian border for the last 30 years with her husband, Chris. “He's Christopher and I'm Christie; I was named after the ski term, ‘Stem Christie.’ I am so grateful they didn't call me ‘Stem,’” she joked. Petterson said the duo started a business called Petterson's Construction when they first moved to the area, and “people knew us as ‘Chris and Chris’” she added. When asked what brought her to Stevens County, she responded, “I came to this area because my father was the Colville District [Forest Service] ranger and my sister and I grew up in this area. I was really close with my dad.” Due to her father being a botanist, she spent a lot of time out in the woods with him learning the Latin terms for all the plants he classified. “They usually wouldn’t have people with the Forest Service stay in one place more than three years without a transfer. So, I have lived in a lot of places, but I am a western girl. I like the West. That’s what brought me to the area, and the beauty and richness of the wild attracted me,” she said. Petterson discussed her “reverse retirement,” explaining, “A lot of people will buy their retirement home so they can go from there and travel. We bought our retirement place so that we could build it, which means we had to work. We found our place on the Stevens County side of the Kettle River on one of the scariest roads probably in Stevens County. It even has the nickname of ‘Rock and Roll Road.’ It was an abandoned county road that was part of the Sand Creek Rock Cut Road with straight rock cliffs on the east side and straight down to the river on the other side.” She said that it used to be the original stagecoach road and she has found square nails around this historical spot. “Matney Beach sits across the river, and when the water levels are low, you can still see the ponds from the ferry that would take the stage cars in the river,” she said. “Basically, we homesteaded the place, and are still homesteading. We were able to build quite an infrastructure; I have a nice little orchard, a vineyard, every kind of berry bush and my garden. It's just fun and it's still fun. We're still working on things, of course, and changing things; but it's been wonderful. I loved it because, in all my life, I wanted to find a place to live that had lots of rock, flora, fauna and water. And in that place, we have all the above. It's lovely.” Growing up, Petterson talked about being raised in a family that loved books. “I’ll never forget, you’d go to grandma and grandpa’s house, and he’d have seven big, thick books opened up to where he was on, in each book, on the back of a davenport. He memorized a lot of things, a lot of poetry, and the Constitution. And, it just trickled down through all of the rest of our lives.” She described her father growing up poor and perhaps in the wrong era because he had a love for all things dated. She remarked, “He should’ve been born at the very beginning of the century. I was raised with lots of antique woodworking tools, kerosene lamps, and we always had a team or two of horses. For hobbies, my dad would farm his place with the horses. He had a sawmill, and he would fell the trees on his place with the horses, and then he milled the wood and built his house up on Kelly Hill.” She said that she grew to love all things of the past like him, adding, “I didn't realize those things were antiques until I was older; they were just part of our living out there and growing up.” She still practices many of the things she learned from him, and commented, “I like the old ways of preserving food and baking bread; a lot of the things that a lot of people don't do any longer.” She also shared a special “Father’s Blessing” that she received from him where he encouraged her to always be aware of the gifts and knowledge of others. She said he reminded her to be grateful for that, saying, “I always have… I was gifted with a passion for life and learning.” Petterson said she has a son,a daughter, and nine grandchildren. She said, “Oh, it’s fun to see all of their interests and how they've picked up on some of the things that I've loved. They've taken off with some of the things that they love and introduced them to me; it's a joy.” She continued, “My family is all over the place. So, not being around them all the time, I’m [still] with kids everyday.” The “kids” she is referring to are the students of the Orient School. She described getting the job there, when her body needed a break after a decade of construction work with her husband, “In the Statesman-Examiner , there was an ad for a job opening with the Orient School District… I just tried, and I was excited that I got the job, and that’s where I am still. I've been there almost 20 years.” She recounted the first time she went to the school. “It was a January morning. I walked up the steps of the old school and opened the door. They had a boiler system with radiators on either side of the front doors, and they're singing and clanging… It gave a different warmth, an old-fashioned warmth.” Smiling, she told of looking down a long bench in the hallway, “with coats and little gloves, and it was like I walked into a history book. Underneath the bench, there were little cubicles, and inside of each was a pair of ice skates. I'm not kidding.” When the weather is appropriate, she said her husband sets up the ice skating rink. (He is an Emergency Medical Responder, firefighter and is on the extrication team of their volunteer fire department). She said that they take one of the bigger tanker trucks full of water from the local fire hydrant in town and come over and pour it, and by morning, it's ready. The kids are able to use it for Physical Education and recess. Petterson shared that she is also a volunteer Emergency Medical Responder for Fire Districts 3 & 8. When asked about working at one of the oldest schools in the state, she detailed, “Oh my gosh. I've always wanted to share knowledge, and I've always loved to learn… But I didn't know that I would work in the school system. I'm the administrative assistant and the district secretary. And, when you have a small school district, you do everything else. The Orient School is more like a family; we have three grades per teacher, all together in the classroom. It's a lot like schools used to be; it's wonderful to watch how the older children take care of the younger children and how the younger kids learn from the older children. And the staff, we’re just a family. I love working with kids. I might be there forever. Who knows?” Petterson said, “My husband and I, our children are grown and our grandchildren aren't close, but we're raising everybody else's kids as much as we can. Not raising them for them, but in support of them, in support of the kids. My whole philosophy for life is right there. I really believe that it takes a village.” She quoted General Colin Powell when discussing her experience championing community and volunteerism, “One of the things that he said that hit me so hard – he grew up in New York, and in an area that was shady – he said, ‘If you know that one person cares about you, it makes all the difference in the world.’ And as an adult, he said, ‘I am where I am because of the village.’” Petterson said she met Powell while volunteering earlier in her life in Utah. She explained that, while serving as director of Volunteer Efforts for the governor in 1997, they had the President’s Summit for America's Future and she was asked to go. “It was really an honor. What an experience. We had President Clinton and his wife, President Bush and his wife, President Carter and his wife. President Ford, Nancy Reagan, Vice President Al Gore, and Ladybird Johnson was even there,” she said. “It was surreal.” During her time living in Utah in 1983, she helped put together “LoToJa” which is a bicycle race from Logan, Utah to Jackson, Wyo., spanning 215 miles. She was an avid rider and participated in the longest, one-day United States Auto Club-sanctioned bicycle race in 1993. She expressed, “I always had purpose in some of the crazy things that I did, because I always had a passion for giving.” This was reflected by the sponsorship rallied at this event, which has been a fundraising resource for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, National Ability Center, Utah High School Bicycle Leagues, ALS Foundation, and Bike Utah, with contributions totaling almost $3 million to date. She noted that she has always been athletic, and a “tomboy.” One of her favorite adventures was when she was 16, and manned a fire lookout tower with her best friend in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. At one point, the tower was struck by lightning, causing her friend’s hair to stand up and anything that was plastic to be “static-ed” to the wall. She recalled, “You could feel the hairs on your arms standing up. It smelt so strong of sulphur.” At one point, Petterson’s daughter said, “Mom, you have to write a book.” Petterson has started it, and shared a preview of an empowering experience she had with her father: “The first chapter is about… in those days, I could go to work with my dad sometimes, and we would take pack horses into the Wind River Mountains… We came to one place where it [the Wind River] flows down in this gorge. There's this funky wooden bridge that went from side to side; no railings or anything. We're on horseback and my dad – he was quite the horseman – told me that I needed to pull the reins, make sure that they were even, yet with enough play that the horse could turn its head if it wanted to, but not enough that he didn't know that I was in charge. He said, ‘I want you to hold them in your hands and hold on to the horn. Pull your knees in tight. Sit tall in your saddle. Let your horse know you're ready to go, and then let him take you.’” And, they crossed. She continued, “But on the way home, by the time we got to the gorge, it was dark. This time, my dad said, ‘This is different. I want you to loosen those reins, tie them around the horn. Don't touch them after that. Hold onto the horn.’ He said, ‘Don't you tell your horse to go. Your horse will go. And we're just going across it. They can see, and we can’t.’ And we did. It was crazy. My dad did crazy things. But I've lived to tell it.” A number of years ago, Petterson said she was asked to speak at Orient School’s eighth-grade graduation. “I decided to speak about landmarks and I explained how pioneers and explorers would make the trails, and they'd leave landmarks, so the people coming behind them would have some idea of where they are,” describing the value of guiding and providing information to others. “It's important that you be aware of where you are and set your landmarks, so that others have some direction,” she asserted. She summed up, “I've had such a wonderful life, and how can you keep those things to yourself and not share what you've learned? When it's a passion, how do you harbor that within yourself? You've got to share it.” Petterson said she encourages everyone to volunteer in some way, saying “I don't believe there's anybody that doesn't have something from their life that they can share and give. There's so many opportunities, yet not enough people to do it.” Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Inchelium Boys Basketball Continues Hot Streak - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Inchelium Boys Basketball Continues Hot Streak January 21, 2026 By: Brandon Hansen Inchelium Boys Win 10 Consecutive Games The Inchelium boys basketball team continued its surge through Northeast 1B North play last week, extending its winning streak to 10 games with three more victories, including a pair of league wins at home and a road win at Curlew. The Inchelium Hornets closed the week with a 63-41 road win over the Curlew Cougars on Jan. 17. Gaige Stensgar led all scorers with 26 points as Inchelium pulled away in the second half. The Hornets led 29-18 at halftime and put the game out of reach with a 20-point fourth quarter. Derek Perez added 17 points, including three 3-pointers. The Hornets picked up a key 60-51 home win the previous night over league contender Republic. After trailing 16-11 at the end of the first quarter, Inchelium responded with a strong second period and pulled away late with a 22-point fourth quarter. Stensgar scored 20 points to lead the Hornets, while Perez added 15 points. The week began Jan. 13, with a narrow 57-56 home win over Cusick Panthers. Stensgar delivered a dominant performance with 28 points as Inchelium held off Cusick in a tight contest. Perez added 12 points. Cusick was led by Daniel Lyons, who scored 32 points. With the three wins, Inchelium improved to 13-3 overall and 8-2 in Northeast 1B North play. The league standings tightened up with Northport losing to Republic, meaning that the Hornets entered the week in second place. Results from the Hornets matchup against Nespelem on Tuesday, Jan. 20 were not available as of press time. Inchelium is scheduled to host Northport on Friday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m., followed by a game at Hunters on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 6 p.m. Inchelium Girls Drop Two, Win One The Inchelium girls basketball team went 1-2 in Northeast 1B North play last week, picking up a strong home win before dropping close contests to league leaders Republic and Curlew. The Inchelium Hornets closed the week Saturday, Jan. 17, with a 56-41 road loss to the Cougars. Curlew (12-4 overall, 7-3 league) built a 27-17 halftime lead and pulled away in the fourth quarter. Annika Baker scored a game-high 25 points for the Cougars. Inchelium (9-6, 5-5) was led by Ronni Seymour, who poured in 28 points and knocked down eight 3-pointers. Marianna Agapith added seven points. The Hornets also came up just short Friday night at home, falling 43-37 to the unbeaten Republic Tigers on Jan. 16. Inchelium earned an impressive 69-50 home victory over the Cusick Panthers on Jan. 13. Seymour led the way with 24 points, including six 3-pointers, while Agapith added 22 points as the Hornets pulled away after halftime. Inchelium outscored Cusick 43-33 in the second half to secure the league win. Inchelium is set to host Northport on Friday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m., then play at Hunters on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 4:30 p.m. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Colville Edges Chewelah in Tight Dual; Both Squads Find Success at East Valley Classic - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Colville Edges Chewelah in Tight Dual; Both Squads Find Success at East Valley Classic December 17, 2025 By: Brandon Hansen Colville's Ashton Donaldson (right) and Chewelah's Landon Bennett battle with the fate of the Colville-Chewelah dual result on the line. Photo by Brandon Hansen. The 395 Throw Down wrestling dual on Dec. 18 showcased the strengths of both Colville’s and Chewelah’s programs, coming down to the wire. Colville picked up the 19-18 win thanks to Ashton Donaldson’s decision win over Landon Bennett at 175 pounds. Donaldson had the best seat in the house, sitting ringside for most of the dual in a crowded Colville gymnasium. It got even better when he was called to the mat for his weight class battle that would decide which team won. “Before the match, I was thinking about how I'm going to do in front of my coaches and everyone,” Donaldson said. “As the match begins, it starts to leave your mind. Once you're on the mat, all you're thinking about is beating your opponent.” It’s perhaps a testament to how well Colville and Chewelah wrestlers are coached, but the final matchup was every bit a test of endurance as it was strength. Donaldson had an early 3-0 lead after the first period and extended that to 7-0 by the third. “In the middle of the match, I'm completely exhausted,” Donaldson said. “I don't know what to do. I know I'm making mistakes, but all that is going on in my head is wrestling your match.” Donaldson said he was nervous watching his teammates pick up wins and figuring out the scores he would need to get a victory. During the match itself, he said he could feel some slips and missteps and was almost pinned during the match by Bennett. But he kept pushing. “Coach told me before I went out there, ‘everything is on you, either you win this, or you lose this. No matter what happens, just go out and play your heart out,” Donaldson said. “I think that him saying that really just made me fight harder. I didn’t give up. I wanted to show him and the rest of my teammates what I could do.” Colville opened the dual with momentum at 113 pounds, where Andy Ussery earned a decisive 17-4 major decision over Taysen Stauffer. The Crimson Hawks followed with another key swing at 120, as Kyler Klauder pinned Jameson Erickson to extend the early lead. Chewelah answered back at 132, when Trevin Stauffer pinned Jack Canada, and again at 157 and 165, where Titan Tapia and Dakota Katzer recorded falls over Jonathan Shaw and Ceasar Stuart, respectively, flipping the momentum in the Cougars’ favor. Colville countered with a pin of its own at 138, as Bryce Davis finished Brody King, and closed the dual strong at 175, where Donaldson secured a decision win to seal the one-point victory for the Crimson Hawks. Both programs carried that competitive energy into the East Valley Interstate Classic on Saturday, Dec. 13, where individual wrestlers faced large brackets and strong regional competition. For Colville, Bryce Davis (138 pounds) continued an impressive stretch, advancing to the championship match with back-to-back pins over Ferris’ Taylor Mauss and West Valley’s Jaiden Peak. Davis finished second, falling by major decision to Eisenhower’s Jarek Dobbie in the title bout. Trent Seitters (157 pounds) put together a productive tournament run, recording three pins in consolation matches after an early loss, showing resilience and earning valuable team points against a deep field. Chewelah was represented at East Valley by Katzer (165 pounds), who placed sixth after battling through the consolation rounds. Katzer earned a decision win over Riverside’s Luke DesRoches before facing strong Spokane opponents later in the bracket. “We're definitely improving,” Donaldson said of Colville. “I can say we're a lot better than the first day. Everyone's gotten so much better.” Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES

Seth Jacob Reichelt | obituary published by the Statesman-Examiner in Colville, Washington. Seth Jacob Reichelt 42 Sep 19, 1982 - Jul 30, 2025 Seth was born in Grand Rapids, Minn., on Sept. 19, 1982. The answer to his parent’s prayers, they spent his first year in an old-growth, white pine log house in the Isabella Ranger District area of Isabella, Minn. Seth was an instant delight to everyone, especially the Forest Service families who volunteered to help during long, cold midwestern winters. When Seth was three years old, brother Dylan joined the family and they put down roots in Lakewood, Wis. Seth and Dylan thoroughly enjoyed the outdoors. Whether trudging through snowbanks, chasing each other around the woods, dressing up in costumes, engaging in fantastical adventures, or playing with the family dogs, the two were close. Their quiet town provided a safe and nurturing backdrop, and their antics were well-known. In 1988, the family moved again, this time across the country to Colville, Wash. Here, both Seth and Dylan attended school, were avid swimmers, and participated in Boy Scouts, children’s theater, soccer, the swim team, and black-belt level Taekwondo. They attended summer camp back in Minnesota and often took canoe trips through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. As an adult, Seth continued to prefer these remote, forested locations and chose to stay in Washington state as an adult. Even though he now lived in Washington, Seth remained a loyal Minnesota Vikings fan for life. A typical Gen-Y digital native, Seth found a circle of dear friends who, through his entire adulthood, shared similar interests in gaming and cosplay. He was involved with the high school drama club where he worked lighting and sound for many productions. It was during one of these performances that Seth was called from the booth to learn he had Type I diabetes and summoned immediately to the Colville Hospital. That was the beginning of his insulin-dependent life. After graduating from high school in 2001, Seth and his mother flew to England to visit Tintagel Castle in North Cornwall. Many believe this is where the legends involving King Arthur, wizard Merlin, and magical sword Excalibur took place. Seth loved those stories and maintained a life-long interest in swords. While in England, Seth found himself the sole visitor for a tour of Warhammer World in Nottingham. This experience heightened his love of painting miniature Elven armies, constructing dioramas, and playing Warhammer with his friends. Seth attended Colville Community College and in 2006, married Amanda Kilpatrick, also of Colville. The couple bred and raised show-quality American Staffordshire terriers, an experience that grew from his childhood love of dogs and gave him greater appreciation for different species and behaviors. They moved to Spokane where Seth worked for the Arc of Spokane, Jack in the Box, and 7-Eleven until his health took a turn for the worse. Seth and Amanda parted ways in 2011. By 2015, Seth’s kidneys had failed and he moved to Forks, Wash., to live with his mother and stepfather. He continued to receive dialysis and advanced medical treatments in Seattle until his death from end-stage renal failure. Even though his body was failing, he tried to stay active with hobbies and interests. Undaunted by pain and ever-increasing weakness, he was alert and selflessly positive to the end. Seth was always a caring and devoted friend. Kindness, selflessness, empathy, humor, imagination, and creativity shaped his lifelong adventure. On Earth, Seth fashioned himself after the noble knights of legend. He is now surely a “White Knight” for God in the Kingdom of Heaven. The family wishes to thank his many caring doctors and medical professionals from Forks, Port Angeles, and Seattle’s Virginia Mason hospitals. They provided excellent care as his disease progressed. Seth is survived and greatly missed by his mother, Cynthia Bork, Forks, Wash.; father, Dennis Reichelt (Kate), Portland, Ore.; stepfather, Richard Whitaker, Forks, Wash.; brother, Dylan Reichelt, Spokane, Wash.; aunts: Debora Bork, Cleveland, Ohio; Valerie Enkhaus, Ramsey, Minn.; Verneil (Don) Teply, Tyndall, S.D.; uncles: Jeffrey Borkowski (Anne), Los Angeles, Calif.; Greg (Lisa) Reichelt, Minneapolis, Minn.; James Reichelt, Norwalk, Iowa; Warren, Sioux Falls, S.D.; cousins: Margaret Callahan (Kyle Maloney), Silver Spring, Md.; Caroline Callahan (Jack Pitfield), Asheville, N.C.; Timothy (TJ) Callahan (Michael Manganiello), Baltimore, Md.; Andrew Bork (Ann Marie), Saint Paul, Minn.; Hunter Enkhaus, Zimmerman, Minn.; Logan Enkhaus, Minneapolis, Minn.; Benjamin Reichelt, Minneapolis, Minn.; Amanda Reichelt, Minneapolis, Minn.; Steven Reichelt, Minneapolis, Minn.; Rebecca Reichelt, Spring Lake Park, Minn.; Denise (Nelson) Donovan, Tony Nelson, Valerie (Nelson) Schamp, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Lori (Reichelt) Melin, Kathy (Reichelt) DePauw, Kerri (Reichelt) Konshak, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Greg Teply, Anne (Teply) Fisher, Tom Teply, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Michael Reichelt, Matthew Reichelt, Daniel Reichelt, Nathan Reichelt, Sioux Falls, S.D. Seth was preceded in death by his grandparents Edward and Ruth Bork of Austin, Minn., Velmar and Ann Reichelt, and aunt Marilyn Nelson all of Sioux Falls, S.D. Previous Item Next Item

Out of the Past: 07/16/2025 - local reporting from the Statesman-Examiner serving Colville, Stevens County, and Northeast Washington. LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES Out of the Past: 07/16/2025 July 16, 2025 By: Stevens County Historical Museum Tribal members salmon fishing at the falls before Grand Coulee dam. Photo courtesy Stevens County Historical Society. 100 Years Ago— The Colville Chamber of Commerce met in special session on Monday evening with representatives from the livestock association for the making of plans for the Fair and Yep Kanum this fall. A four-day program is being planned for September. This is the time of year when Kettle Falls is a lure for many sightseers who go to the falls and watch the salmon jump. The attention of farmers is called at this time to the fact that the government is still distributing Pyrotol (stumping powder) to the farmers, taking this means of distributing surplus war materials. Stevens County farmers this past spring, through the county agent operating with the Keller Hardware Company of Colville, pooled an order for a carload of this material and the car was unloaded early in March. 75 Years Ago— The draft, almost a thing of memory, became an austere reality again this week. Stevens County youths joined others in the nation, worrying about their classifications. Stevens County will get a historical park at the site of old Kettle Falls and the St. Paul Mission overlooking the location of old Fort Colvile, according to a telephone call received from speaker of the house Charles Hodde. Beech is back to Birch. The much named and confusing street – between Astor and Columbia – was renamed “Birch” Tuesday night by the city council after citizens on the street protested the name Beech. Seventeen Boy Scouts worked on the rifle range at the Scout Camp at Lake Sherry Sunday. Scoutmaster T.V. Baird said the youths erected targets and cleared the firing line and built gun racks. 50 Years Ago— Colville’s Bicentennial committee hopes to kick off “Project Sparkle,” a clean up campaign in Colville, Aug. 4, according to Miss Marian Garvey, publicity chairman. A second uranium mine and mill to start operation in 1979 was announced this week for the Spokane Indian Reservation in southern Stevens County. Western Nuclear, Inc., stated that they would build the mill at the mine site after signing a $121 million uranium sale contract with Washington Public Power Supply Systems. 25 Years Ago— A multi-year Colville High School class reunion will be held this Friday and Saturday, according to John Acorn, one of the organizers of the event. Graduates from the classes of 1958 through 1963 are included in the event. Colville’s wastewater facility plan, long in the works, has been approved. Colville City Council members voted to accept the plan which is still not the final design. City of Council struck down a proposal last Tuesday to reduce the speed limit at the south entrance of town. Presently, when entering town, a 40 mph limit is imposed about 400 feet south of Mt. View Drive. The speed is reduced to 25 mph at the Pet Shoppe. 10 Years Ago— TIGER—The historic Tiger Store, a monument to those halcyon days gone by, has been restored to its former grandeur. A dedication ceremony, the culmination of a monumental preservation project, will be held on July 29. Previous Article Next Article LOCAL NEWS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS SPORTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FARM & RANCH GREAT OUTDOORS PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR OBITUARIES