(By Carolyn Jones/Hands Across Nations)

Jonathan Omara, one of the HAN teacher trainers, sometimes gives demonstrations of the lessons to interested leaders in the community, in this case to the wife and neighbor women of our Local Counselor, a Muslim – he is an elected officer who ensures the residents in his neighborhood area are doing well and not doing anything illegal. (Courtesy photo)

A look at Uganda where Hands Across Nations is making an impact…

Yes! Under the Mango Tree, Dreams Become Reality. Come and see why this is the theme of the 2017 Hands Across Nations Benefit Dinner/Auction on Saturday, October 7, with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. at the Chewelah Civic Center.

Tickets, for $15 each are available at Akers United Drug in Chewelah, Front Porch Antiques and Produce on Hwy 395 in Arden, and through Michelle Lancaster at 675-5649. More

(By Inland Northwest Weather Blog)

The summer of 2017 will be remembered as one of the smokiest in memory for many residents of the Inland Northwest. So far this summer, our region has had three main smoke events.

Event 1:  August 1st-13th — Smoke from British Columbia.

In early August, large wildfire complexes in British Columbia were the primary source of smoke for Washington and north Idaho. Several days of north winds pushed wildfire smoke from Canada into the Inland Northwest. By Aug 3-4, much of the Inland Northwest was shrouded in wildfire smoke. This smoke would linger through the weekend of Aug 12-13 when a cold front finally pushed the smoke out of our region.

August 1st:  This “True Color” visible satellite image is from the morning of August 1st. Look at thick smoke in southern B.C. pour into north central Washington through the Okanogan Valley.

August 4th: By the 4th, smoke covered most of the state of Washington as well as large portions of Idaho, Oregon, and Montana.

Event 2:  August 22nd – 30th — Smoke from Oregon.

In late August, the Inland Northwest received smoke from a different source region. This time large fires in southwest and west central Oregon produced a thick layer of mid and high level smoke that periodically moved across Washington and north Idaho. During this nine-day event, smoke largely remained aloft, but there were periods when places like Lewiston, Pullman, and Spokane experienced visibility reductions to 5 miles or less.

Aug 22nd: This late afternoon visible satellite image shows thick smoke over southwest and west central portions of Oregon. Between August 23rd and 30th, mid and high level smoke from Oregon would produce periods of hazy and smoky conditions over much of the Inland Northwest.

Aug 30th: For most of eastern Washington, North Idaho, and central Oregon, the worst day of smoke in late August occurred on the 30th prior to the arrival of a cold front. In Spokane, the visibility dropped to 5 miles shortly after sunrise on the 30th.

Event 3: Sep 4th – 8th  –  Smoke from Montana + Washington Cascades + Oregon

Our ongoing smoke event has been the worst so far this summer. The arrival of a cold front on Labor Day (Sep 4th) imported thick ground level smoke from Montana into our region. In addition to the thick low level Montana smoke, fires in the Washington Cascades and Oregon added a good deal of mid and high level smoke over the Pacific northwest.

With widespread visibility of 2 miles or less in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho…our ongoing smoke event is the worst so far. It will likely be late Thursday or Friday before “cleaner” west winds push smoke out of the Pacific Northwest.

Sep 6: Milky white smoke covers all of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and much of western Montana in this “True Color” visible satellite image from the afternoon of September 6th.

Tomorrow evening, we will compare our ongoing smoke event (Sep 4th – 8th) to the Spokane “Smoke Storm of August 2015” and Wenatchee’s “September of Smoke in 2012”.

Here are upcoming events in the Chewelah area for Sept. 9-16, 2017…

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(By Chewelah VFW)

Ceremony to be held on Sept. 16…

The Chewelah Post 2047 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will hold a memorial service on September 16, at 11 a.m. at the Chewelah City Park, Children’s Pavilion.
An exhaustive effort to record the names and branches of service of the veterans of Stevens County over this past year has been made; nevertheless, some names have undoubtedly been missed.

We would gratefully appreciate that anyone having knowledge of a veteran who has passed away between September 1, 2016 and August 30, 2017, that is not included in the list of names of the deceased below, provide that information to John Brugger, Chaplain, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2047 by calling or texting the name, branch of service, and age to 935-2328 or by email to 3rdjjb2012@gmail.com before September 9, 2017.

HONORING THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED AND PASSED
Donald E. Gibson, Sergeant, United States Marine Corps; Robert “Bob” Keith Lesser, United States Coast Guard; Navy (Korea); Merle Calvin Lilienthal, United States Navy (Korea); Denzil L. McKinney, United States Air Force (Retired); Rodney Ollas, United States Army; James Ressa, United States Navy (Korea); Joseph Freeman Fisher, United States Army; Dale Allan Hodgson, United States Army Air Corps – WWII; David Robert Squires, United States Army – Vietnam; Stanley Warren Warwick, United States Army – Korea; John Balczewski, United States Army; Edward H. Johnson, United States Army – Korea; Curtis Wendell Ott, Air National Guard; James “Jim” Timothy O’Leary, Chief MSG, U. S. Air Force – Retired; Max Gerard Kinder, United States Navy –WWII; Lanny Myers, United States Navy – Vietnam; Charles “Charlie” Borromeo Rochon, United States Navy – Korea; Wayne Lawrence Bergquist, United States Army – WWII; Korea; Gary Kenneth Broyles, United States Army – Vietnam; Leo James Bruce, United States Army Air Corps; John Frostad, United States Army; Robert Aaron Gilmore, United States Navy – Retired (Korea, Vietnam); John Jacob Greenman, United States Coast Guard Reserve; Harlan “Harley” Wendal Johnson, United States Army – WW II (Philippines); Lawrence “Larry” Leigh Kent, United States Navy; Joseph Richard Tweedy, United States Army; Lt. CDR Charles “Charlie” Edward Wood, U. S. Navy – Retired (WWII, Korea); Bernard “Barney” Rex Clowser, United States Army; CDR Forrest Merrit Collins, United States Navy – Retired (WWII); James “Jim” Edward Denison, United States Army – Korea; Dennis “Denny” Noel Enright, United States Coast Guard; Howard W. Golliheair, United States Army; Walter Orville Kemmerer, United States Navy; Stephen Michael Morrow, United States Army – Vietnam; COL. George Anthony Paccerelli, United States Army –Retired (Vietnam); Kevin R. Running, United States Air Force; Alvin Gus Toulou, United States Navy – WWII; Jerome “Jerry” Gale Vetter, United States Navy – Vietnam; Carol J. Watson, United States Army; Loyed Melvin Campbell, United States Air Force; Gilbert Ralph Geer, United States Navy; Fred Stanley Hall, United States Army – Korea; Andrew “Drew” Hatch, United States Air Force – Retired; Victor Joseph Machala, United States Army – Korea; Allen Leland Ramey, United States Army; Charles William “Chuck” Wiltse, Jr., United States Navy; Kenneth “Kenny” Dale Clark, United States Army – WWII; Arne Johan Dahlen, United States Air Force – WWII; MAJ James Henry Divis, United States Marine Corps – Retired; Edward “Ed” A. Johnson, United States Army – Vietnam; Robert John Palm, United States Army – Korea; George Stahly, United States Army Air Corps – WWII; Richard “Dick” Bruce Woolard, United States Navy; Dennis David Daniel Durbin, United States Air Force – Retired; Olin McLean Hart, United States Navy – WWII; George Elmer Rose, United States Army – Retired; Donald Lee Wilson, United States Army – Korea; Marvin Everhart, United States Army; Albert “Spike” L. Colvin, United States Air Force; Otto Kuk, Jr., United States Army – WWII; Chief MSGT James “Jim” H. Fuller, US Navy; Washington ANG – Gulf War – Retired; Joseph Dennis “Denny” Burya, United States Army; Jack Burgess Fugitt, United States Air Force – Retired; Robert Wellington Ward, United States Army; Danny Harding, United States Armed Forces – Vietnam; Frank Kendall Femling, United States Air Force; Walter “Ted” Ogilvie, United States Navy – Vietnam; Clarence Smith, United States Navy; Coast Guard; Charles “Chuck” Hughes Fell, United States Navy – (Vietnam); Richard Ernest Droter, United States Navy; John Slackter, United States Army – WWII; William “Bill” Naccarato, United States Air Force; LCDR Alan “Al” Ross Bedford Sr., United States Navy – Retired (Korea); Michael Douglas Walker, United States Air Force; James Lawrence Powell, United States Army; Rex Thomas Barrans, United States Marine Corps – WWII (Guam); Marian Frances Garvey, United States Air Force –WWII; Shannon Dean “Smokey” Wolfe, United States Air Force; Gary Manning Plotts, Army National Guard; Jay Ve Russell, United States Marine Corps; Raymond Frye, United States Military – (Korea); Peter Martin Frisvold, United States Coast Guard – WWII; Joseph Frank Lawson, United States Marine Corps; Donald Seth Taylor, United States Navy – WWII (Pacific); Everett R. Craig, SGM, United States Army – Retired; Delvin L. Householder, United States Army – WWII (Pacific); Thomas Lee Robson, United States Navy

(By Staff Reports/Chewelah Independent) 

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have lethally removed one wolf from the Sherman Pack in Ferry County, as they try to deter the pack from attacking livestock after five recorded depredations.

A cattle kill found this week was confirmed as a Sherman pack attack, marking the fifth time this year that the Sherman Pack has attacked livestock in the Colville National Forest.

WDFW is following procedures set forth by the Wolf Advisory Group.

Here is Remember When for Sept. 7, 2017

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(By Jason Pitt/Chewelah Golf Pro)

As fall approaches it’s important to maximize your time spent on the golf course and evaluate the past season, because winter is just around the corner. I believe the fall is the best time of year to play golf. Usually golf courses are in great condition and not very busy. Temperatures can feel like summer and the scenery is gorgeous!

If you don’t track any statistics on your golf game, now is the perfect time to start. There are many options out there that can synch with a smart phone, or you can keep your stats on a separate scorecard. I suggest keeping stats on at least fairways hit, greens in regulation, putts, and pars per round. These are all essential in identifying your strengths and weaknesses.

After compiling stats for at least 8-10 rounds of golf you can start to get a bigger picture on where your game could use help. Let’s say after 10 rounds you are averaging 6 fairways out of a possible 14. That’s less than 50% of fairways hit! It’s no secret that Chewelah GC&CC is played best from the fairways and not the trees. Your stats have identified an area for improvement. Let’s say you average 31 putts per round. You’re a pretty good putter! But what if you are only hitting 30% of greens in regulation? It could be that you have fewer putts because you are chipping more frequently and hitting fewer greens. All of these statistics tie together and will give you a better picture of what needs improvement this fall and what to focus on during the winter. Come talk to you PGA Professionals for a better understanding on using statistics to improve your game.

Update from the Golf Course
The August promotion to allow Juniors under 17 to play free with a paying adult was well received. CG&CC has decided to continue this promotion until the season end.
We have two events in September that we encourage you to attend: The Lions’ Romp and Roar tournament on September 16 is not only a great event, but helps them raise money that goes directly back into our community.

The Sprotty’s EOD Warrior Foundation Tournament and Dinner Auction on September 23 is an event that raises money for the EOD Warrior Foundation. You can elect to participate in the tournament or attend the dinner auction separately.

More information on either of these events can be found on our website (www.chewealhgolf.com) or by calling the Pro-shop at CG&CC. (935- 0989)

(By Dr. Larsen’s Office)

Dr. Caleb Holtzer joins Dr. Larsen’s office, expanding hours of operation…

The physician shortage in the greater Chewelah area is getting a little less problematic as Providence Family Medicine Chewelah welcomes Caleb Holtzer, MD to the health care team. Dr. Holtzer joins Paul Larsen, MD and Kelly Anderson, ARNP in the clinic located at 100 W. South Ave in Chewelah.

“That’s not the only exciting change,” said Dr. Larsen. “We are also increasing access by expanding our hours of operation. Beginning this week, patient appointments will be available beginning at 7 a.m., with the last patient appointment scheduled at 6:40 p.m., Monday through Friday. We anticipate an increasing ability to see same day appointments, and we are happy to provide options for patients so they do not need to miss work or school to visit their health care provider.”
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