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Stevens County Power Rankings: Snow tops our very first power rankings, because of course it does

Stevens County Power Rankings: Snow tops our very first power rankings, because of course it does

We’re going to start a new feature here at chewelahindependent.com where we have power rankings each Friday, talking about the things that are seemingly having a good (or bad) week. You’ve seen power rankings in things like college sports where sports writers try to rank the things that are most important, most impressive or most controversial.

So without further delay, here are the Stevens County Power Rankings for Feb. 22, 2019. More

BRUNELL: Growing Resistance to Corporate Incentives

BRUNELL: Growing Resistance to Corporate Incentives

(DON C. BRUNELL/Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.)

The circumstances leading to Amazon’s decision to scrap its New York City project are trends corporate leaders need to examine closely. There are cultural and political shifts in America which are changing the way business is done.

Amazon walked away from its deal struck with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio which would create 25,000 new jobs and add $27 billion in new city and state tax revenue. In return, Cuomo and de Blasio, who actively courted Amazon, promised $3 billion in government incentives – a lightning rod among opponents.
The selection came after an extended closely-guarded process in which more than 230 North American cities bid on Amazon’s HQ2. To the amazement of many business analysts, Amazon selected New York City and Crystal City, Virginia as the winners. More

PURCELL: Living the cord-cutting dream

PURCELL: Living the cord-cutting dream

(TOM PURCELL/Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Send comments to Tom@TomPurcell.com.)

I’m so unhappy with my cable TV and internet services that I’m going to do what I’ve long dreamed of doing: Cancel my subscription!

I’m not alone in my unhappiness.

Consumer Reports says cable providers “have consistently rated below average among services we cover.”

A 2014 Consumer Reports survey of 81,848 customers “found almost universally low ratings for value … especially for TV and Internet.”
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Allie Davis serves as page for Senator Short

Allie Davis serves as page for Senator Short

Allie Davis with Senator Shelly Short. (Courtesy photo)

Senate Page Program provides an opportunity for Washington students to spend a week working at the Legislature…

Allie Davis of Colville, an 11th-grader at Colville Senior High School, spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Allie was one of 29 students who served as Senate pages for the sixth week of the 2019 legislative session.

She was sponsored by 7th Legislative District Sen. Shelly Short.

“Allie had a great week,” Short said. “She was an outstanding page and a friend to everyone in her group.” More

THE LEAD: Senate bill would make child care facilities gun-free zones

THE LEAD: Senate bill would make child care facilities gun-free zones

At 49 Degrees North, the park is set and ready for Hips and Hotdogs this Saturday. (49 Degrees North photo)

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Senate bill would make child care facilities gun-free zones
The Washington Senate Law and Justice Committee passed on party lines a bill that would restrict firearms in certain places. In revisions by the committee, public libraries and parks were not among those listed by the bill after objections from library officials, while lawmakers said city or county officials could decide if parks were gun-free zones. Child care facilities would be ruled as gun-free zones in the revised version of the bill. Click here for the full story. More

Plea deal reached in attempted murder trial

Plea deal reached in attempted murder trial

Richard Hawley pleads guilty to firing shots at Stevens County Deputy…

A plea was reached in the trial of Richard L. Hawley, and sentencing was carried out Feb. 19 in Stevens County Superior Court.

Hawley was charged with attempted murder in the first degree, stemming from a Sept. 26, 2017 incident when he fired shots at Deputy Michael Swim of the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office.

On that date, Hawley was reported to have fired shots with an intent to cause death at Swim while Swim and Colville Police Officer Anthony Gorst were attempting to apprehend him on possession of heroin with intent to distribute. More

Law would eliminate personal objection to vaccines in Washington state

Law would eliminate personal objection to vaccines in Washington state

(MADELINE COATES/WNPA Olympia Bureau)

Bill eliminates philosophical or personal objection of vaccines by legal guardians…

A proposed bill would eliminate the philosophical or personal objection used to exempt children from vaccines required to attend schools in Washington state. Senate Bill 5841 is co-sponsored by a group of 10 Democratic senators and introduced by Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver.

There is a current measles outbreak in Clark County with 62 confirmed cases, Cleveland said. Gov. Jay Inslee declared a public health emergency in Clark County on Jan. 18.

“This outbreak threatens the health of not only unvaccinated children, but those that cannot receive vaccinations,” said Cleveland at a public hearing on Wednesday.
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FROM THE EDITOR: Initiatives we should pass, laws we shouldn’t enforce

FROM THE EDITOR: Initiatives we should pass, laws we shouldn’t enforce

(BRANDON HANSEN/Managing Editor of the Chewelah Independent)

With all this talk about not enforcing the gun control initiative from county sheriffs across the state, the Stevens County Commissioners signing a resolution about not wanting to encroach on the second amendment, Tim Eyman apparently stealing office chairs and our very own prosecutor going toe-to-toe against the WDFW in his weekly columns, it got me thinking about what laws we could and couldn’t enforce.

In a perfect world, and by that I mean a world in which I am the supreme ruler (The Great Ginger! they would call me), I think I would demand the following…

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Auditions for “Sylvia” being held March 4-5

Auditions for “Sylvia” being held March 4-5

(PRESS RELEASE/Park Avenue Players)

Auditions to be held at Chewelah Center for the Arts…

The Park Avenue Players community theater group will be hosting auditions on March 4-5 for their spring comedy production entitled “Sylvia.” The play is centered on a love triangle that develops between a husband and wife and their new female dog.

Sylvia is a beautiful stray puppy that the husband Greg brings home from his walk in Central Park. She is a talking, highly energetic, and attention-craving canine. For both of them, it is love at first sight. However, when he brings the dog home, his wife Kate is less than thrilled as she sees the dog becoming a wedge dividing their marriage. The plot thickens as Greg spends more time with Sylvia, Kate becomes increasingly jealous, the marriage counselor advocates divorce and dog euthanasia, and Greg’s friend warns him of the splintering effect his dog can have on the relationship between husband and wife.

The two-act play is designed for six actors. The characters of Greg, Kate and Sylvia are line-intensive. The characters of Phyllis, Leslie and Tom require less line memorization.
Auditions will be held at the PACA Center for the Arts at 405 North Third Street East, on March 4-5 at 6:00 p.m.

SYLVIA AUDITIONS
SYNOPSIS
Centered on a love triangle that develops between a husband and wife and their new female dog. Sylvia is a beautiful stray puppy that the husband Greg brings home from his walk in Central Park.

AUDITIONS
March 4-5, 6 p.m.
Chewelah Center
for the Arts

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