(By Staff Reports)
The game of the week was Colville-Deer Park and the Indians came away with the 34-7 NEA League victory. Since both the Stags and Indians are favored in the league this year, this gives them the inside track for the league championship. Lakeside also improved to 2-0 on the year.
(By Geno Ludwig/Chewelah Independent)
Chewelah Cross Country is ready for another year in a tough NEA League. (Brandon Hansen photo)
The Chewelah Cougars will open their 2017 cross-country season this Saturday at the Farragut Invitation Meet in Idaho, hosted by Timberlake High School. This has traditionally been a punishing race with lots of steep uphill climbs, so it will give the Cougars a challenging test this early in their schedule.
This year, the Cougars have an even dozen runners, nine boys and three girls. The boys team has the potential to make a few waves in the league, but that will be a difficult endeavor since the top three teams in the state last year were from the Northeast A League. Likewise, the top three girls’ teams in the state a year ago were from this league.
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(By Staff Reports)
The National Weather Service is warning northern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle about colder tempretures tonight. With the arrival of a colder air mass, high pressure will build over the region with light winds overnight. This will cause tempretures to tumble well into the 30s and many areas will experience the first frost of the season. Expect the colder temperatures from midnight to 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Temperatures are expected to be in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Below freezing tempretures could kill sensative vegatation.
Locations expected to be affected by this is Chewelah, Bonners Ferry, Priest River, Eastport, Kellogg,
Pinehurst, Deer Park, Newport, and Republic.
Cover or protect outdoor plants until temperatures warm above freezing.
(By Staff Reports)
Undefeated Lakeside continued their early season romp, downing Chewelah 25-8, 25-9, 25-16 in NEA League action on Thursday night.
Elizabeth Chalmers, Skyla Tunison and Krislyn Koler each had four kills, while Chalmers added seven assists.
Jaelynn Skok notched nine digs as well.
The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Cougars and dropped them to 2-2 on the year and 1-2 in league play.
(By Sarah English/For The Independent)
Kyle Sweet slices through the Bobcat secondary. (Ed Broberg photo)
Senior Gerard Wicks keeps a Montana State defender at bay. (Ed Broberg photo)
Ed Broberg has been a working photographer for 43 years and he still feels the buzz when he goes into a stadium. Photographing the Washington State University Cougars’ home football games for The Independent in front of 35,000 fans each week can release some butterflies, though. “I’m usually pretty excited the night before and don’t get the best sleep,” Broberg confessed.
To prepare for game day Broberg reads news reports about the game and follows coaches on social media to get a feel for what might happen. He checks the weather to know the appropriate clothing to wear and also to determine which camera bodies and lenses to bring to use under those conditions. He gets out to the field early to watch the players and their movement patterns during warm ups.
Being a sports photographer is similar to being an athlete as you are active the whole game. You are moving along the sidelines, kneeling in the end zone, and lugging heavy gear. And you never stop photographing. “Even though the play is over, there’s all those great shots after the play–the reactions of the coaches, the players, and the crowd that you want to try to capture as well,” he explained. More
(By Staff Reports/Chewelah Independent)
Krislyn Koler had 10 kills and 19 digs against Deer Park on Tuesday night. (Brandon Hansen photo)
Chewelah won their second match in a row, downing Deer Park in three sets 21-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-17 for an NEA League victory Tuesday night.
Krislyn Koler notched 10 kills and 19 digs in the win. Chewelah lost the first set 21-25 but came back to dominate the second 25-17.
Elizabeth Chalmers dished out 27 assists, while Skyla Tunison also hit 10 kills.
Taylor Tarble had 18 kills and 18 digs for Deer Park. The Stags fell to 0-3 on the year while Chewelah improved to 2-1. They host Lakeside this Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
(By Staff Reports)
VFW member Jim Mach and Chewelah VFW Commander Ben Paramore pose with their national community service award. (Brandon Hansen photo)
Chewelah VFW Post 2047 received the National Outstanding Community Service Award which was announced at the VFW national convention in July 2016.
Each year, the VFW Department of Washington picks one post that excels in its community service efforts. Chewelah’s VFW post has put in plenty of work. In 2016 the local post put in 1,082 volunteer hours, drove 3,670 miles and gave the equivalent of $2,750.80 in donations.
This did not go unnoticed as the VFW Department of Washington selected the Chewelah Post as the Washington State winner of the award.
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(By Staff Reports)
The JJSHS cafeteria was full last month as a student-run clothing drive helped families in need. (Courtesy photo)
With school starting back up, area families got a big help from several JJSHS students Haven Rainer helped organize a clothing and school supplies drive before the start of school and then used the JJSHS cafeteria as a pickup point last month. The generosity from the community was on display as the cafeteria was full of clothes thanks to the drive and families in need could find school clothes for their kids.
Only about six to eight bags of clothing were left over, and the school supplies were almost gone after the first two hours of the pickup time.
“The response of the clothing drive was absolutely amazing,” JJSHS student Haven Rainer said.
“It was so heartwarming to see the people that got what they needed to get through the school year. I can’t even count how many bags and baskets of clothes we received, the high school cafeteria was full,” Rainer said.
Rainer spent two days in August collecting clothing and then another two giving out the clothing to families.
“It wasn’t just me, I had a great group of people helping me out: Elle Carpenter, Mandie Orne, Haileigh Allen, Lexi Robertson, Lily Kirry, Hollister Buckley and Hailey Norris were all a huge help to the success of this project,” Rainer said. “This project made me feel so happy for everyone that received clothes and school supplies. The looks on everyone’s faces were unexplainable. My heart is so full.”
No adults helped with the organization of the clothing drive. Haven said she will be looking this school year for a storage unit to be donated to help store clothes throughout the year.
For more info, contact Haven at havenrainer@hotmail.com
(By Jared Arnold/Chewelah Independent)
Chewelah native Evan Schalock was selected by the Chewelah City Council to fill the vacant position #6 last Wednesday evening, September 6.
He was selected from four applicants after a short round of open interviews by the council. The other applicants included local business owners Luke McGuire and Patrick Sawyer and retired financial consultant Mike Bentz. Winston Griepp and Mary Ludwig had submitted letters of interest last month but did not participate in the interviews.
In voting by the council, Schalock received three votes from councilpersons Sharon Ludwig, Dee Henderson and Payton Norvell. McGuire also got three votes from councilpersons John May, Carra Nupp and John Wight. According to council rules, the tie-breaking vote is cast by the mayor. Mayor Dorothy Knauss selected Schalock.
City attorney Mike Waters administered the oath of office and Schalock took his seat at the council table.
Schalock was raised in Chewelah and returned here a little over one year ago after working in the financial services industry in Spokane, Portland, and Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Eastern Washington University with a degree in finance and economics and earned a masters degree from Gonzaga University. He is now a real estate broker with Windermere Chewelah and a financial planner with HD Vest. He also serves as vice president of the Chewelah Chamber of Commerce. Schalock is married with two sons.
In his interview, Schalock said that one of Chewelah’s biggest issues is a lack of jobs that will attract and keep young workers here.
“There is a fine line between an appropriate dose of keeping Chewelah ‘as it always has been’ and adapting the community to the future. Working together with other council members I believe that together we can achieve that fine line to ensure the success of our home town this year and many years to come,” Schalock said in a letter to the council and Knauss.
Schalock will fill the position that was vacated by Roberta McMillin earlier this summer. The position’s term expires in 2019 and Knauss appointed him to three committees: Public Safety, Lodging Tax, and Parks/Recreation/Cemetery. More
(By Jamie Henneman/Chewelah Independent)
A Springdale couple that was running an animal rescue at their farm has been missing since Aug. 10, abandoning over 20 horses and four dogs that were left at the facility. According to reports from the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor who had agreed to feed the horses for a week called when Carrie and Allen Aenk failed to return.
Stevens County Sheriff’s Deputies began feeding the horses from hay located on site since the 13th and the department seized the animals, relocating four dogs to an animal shelter and adopting out two of the horses. The remaining 20 horses have been taken on by a neighboring horse rescue, Rough Start Horse Rescue, in Lincoln County.
While the reason the Aenks have failed to return is still not known, information on various social media websites suggests that it may be tied to their involvement throughout most of the set.
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