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ANYONE..? "DEAR PECKY"
Dear Pecky:
Do you know anybody that will be coming up to the lake from Spokane on Thursday, July 16th? My son-in-laws plane gets in at 2:00 p.m. You can reach me on my cell 206-909-1515.
Thanks,
Stretch Francis
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We have a very nice 2 bedroom apartment for rent for 575 per month. It has a beautiful view of the Selkirks, laundry, dishwasher, low cost heating, possible garage space, and is just over a mile from the lake on Reeder Bay Rd. Available Sept 1. Call 206 963 2105 email lamblamb4both@verizon.net for pictures.
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BIG Thank You to Ed Sprenkle of the Priest Lake Marina and West Priest Lake Volunteer Fire Dept for all his hard work on the 4th of July fireworks.
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THIS WEEKEND AT THE LAKE
WEDNESDAY JULY 8
6pm Waterfront Wednesday LASAGNA Waterfront Restaurant
Lasagna Dinner for only $10
8pm Karaoke at Elkins Resort
THURSDAY JULY 9
8pm Live Music! Mike Wagoner at Elkins Resort
SADIE WAGNER will perform 9 - 10
FRIDAY JULY 10
4pm $10 Happy Hour Special at Waterfront Restaurant
9pm Live Music at Elkins Resort "Manito"
Live Music at HILLS RESORT
SATURDAY JULY 11
8:30am Pancake Breakfast on the Deck at Blue Diamond Marina
12pm Janene Grende Artist Reception at Entree Gallery @ Coolin Bay
Priest Lake Marina PARTY and Fireworks check this website for details
Live music at HIll's Resort
9pm Jupiter Encounter Star Party at Blue Diamond Marina
On clear nights at Blue Diamond Marina, Doug McFarland brings out his
telescopes to view the heavens. Visitors are treated to close-up looksat the Sun, Moon,
planets and the stars. With the clear, pristine airat Priest Lake, the term "dark skies"
takes on a whole new meaning, oras Doug puts it, "planetarium skies."
9pm Live Music at Elkins Resort "Manito"
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
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"..life at the lake"
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TANNER'S HIKE ABOVE PRIEST LAKE
The views from the lookout were spectacular. Below us to the west was Hughes Meadows at the foot of the Shedroof Divide and the Salmo Priest Wilderness.
Looking north was impressive Big Snowy Mountain and the Upper Priest River drainage.
Southeast from the lookout was the upper of the two Priest Lakes backed by the entire Selkirk Crest including Lions head, Lookout Mountain, Chimney Rock, Roothaan, and beyond. Plowboy and Gold Peak were to the south among many other rolling summits.
At just over 4,000 feet you would be hard pressed to find an equally impressive view so close to sea level. I thought to myself how fitting it was that one entire side of the lookout was painted with an American flag and it just so happened to be the Fourth of July on the day we visited the summit.
After taking in the views from the windy deck I made my way down, carefully...
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Montana and Idaho will be the first to allow open gray wolf hunts in the United States after the animal's removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies.
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DEAR PECKY..
I was wondering if you know of anyone driving to the lake from Spokane on Wednesday?
I need to get some prescriptions to my parents. Thanks for any help. Fifi ~
THANK YOU to everyone that called me!
We had to take my mother to the ER at Sandpoint on her birthday and I needed to get these to her.
They are on their way as I type!
Great lake, Great people!
Sometimes it costs a few dollars and takes a little bit of political backbone to head off an environmental crisis
(Source: The Idaho Statesman, Boise)By The Idaho Statesman, Boise
Jul. 7, 2009
Sometimes the politicians get it right. The 2009 Legislature moved swiftly and proactively to defend Idaho lakes and rivers from quagga and zebra mussels.
Sometimes the politicians seem unable or unwilling to do the right thing. In Canyon County, elected officials seem determined to drag their feet, as long as possible, before seeking to curb vehicle emissions.
Two very different responses to two similar problems:
- Voracious mussels and polluted air both threaten our quality of life.
Quagga and zebra mussels represent "a biological wildfire," says state Rep. Eric Anderson, the Priest Lake Republican who has made the war on mussels into his signature issue. Once introduced into a waterway, the fingernail-sized mussels gobble up the nutrient supply, to the detriment of bait fish -- and, ultimately, recreational fisheries.
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Ully!
..and many mooooore!
REMEMBERING A GOLDEN LADY NAMED SHARON HOOVER
Her favorite Priest Lake quote:
"Just Another Ho Hum Day in Paradise!
..what is yours?
WISH YOU HAD BEEN THERE..
The event/meeting at Hills Resort Monday morning on Eurasian Watermilfoil, Quagga Mussels, Invasive Species Boat Sticker, Lake A System Program and other Priest Lake water quality issues was great and informative.
Check back with this website for info on it. Priest Lake deserves your attention.
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THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
A neighborhood Fourth Of July Parade held in the South Granite Bay Rd area at Priest Lake.
The Grand Marshall was Bob Berg (Flag Bearer) and "Stars and Stripes Forever" music on tape provided the background rhythm for all the young participants to "march" to.
There were about 20 or more floats consisting of decorated bikes, baby strollers, golf carts, dogs and a four wheeler. Neighbors along the way got out pots and pans to make a little extra noise.
A fun time was had by all. It was probably a toss up! Bobbie Sahr organized this years event and from comments along the way, something big has started in our neighborhood for next year!
For "The Churns" John Sahr reporting.
Priest Lake Museum 2009 SEASON
10am – 4pm - Tuesdays – Sundays through Labor Day; Labor Day; and weekends in Sept.
Located on beautiful Luby Bay, between Hills Resort and Luby Bay Campground, just off Lakeshore Road, the museum is housed in a western larch log cabin constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935.
This U.S. Forest Service cabin (which had served as the U.S. Forest Service Ranger’s home, office and later employee housing) opened as the Priest Lake Museum in 1990.
The museum contains vignettes of yesteryear; historic exhibits covering mining, logging, CCCs, forest fires, Native Americans, Nell Shipman and more; exhibits of area wildlife; and videos of Priest Lake history that include interviews with local pioneers providing first-hand accounts of events and rare film footage.
Books and DVDs concerning the region’s history are available for sale, including the recently published (2007) “Pioneer Voices of Priest Lake”.
"KANIKSU MAGIC" CASTS ITS SPELL ON THE NORTHWEST
Former Priest River Times writer and author, Nancy Covert, will read from and sign copies of her new book, “Kaniksu Magic”, Friday, July 24 beginning at Noon at the Priest Lake Public Library located on Highway 57 next to the Korners Restaurant (formerly Frizzy’s). The books will sell for a reduced price and part of the sales will be donated to the Friends of the Priest Lake Library for the benefit of the Library.
A hand-stitched quilt, a collection of re-discovered early 20th century silent movies, some huckleberry pie and one woman’s beautiful 1917 ode to the “ land that I love”…each has a cameo role in “Kaniksu Magic”, a contemporary “little drama of the North woods”, written by Nancy Covert.
The drama begins when Washington State based commercial developer, Drew Swan, and his associate, Morgen Terry, visit the Idaho Panhandle to fine tune plans to build a year-round destination resort in this pristine area. But after Terry meets logging company owner, Cory Anderson, her attitude toward the mega-development undergoes a transformation. As Morgen becomes better acquainted with the Panhandle history, culture and some of the residents in this area of “God’s Country”, she realizes that providing a short-term “fix” to the area’s cyclical economic woes is not the wisest solution.
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FROM "ATLC" FRIEND TONY LAMANNA
I’m writing to let you know about a nonprofit and all volunteer organization that a group of my friends and I have brought to the Spokane area called Inland Northwest Honor Flight.
It is a regional hub of a national organization called Honor Flight Network dedicated to escorting WWII veterans on commercial airlines (free of charge) to see the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC. The Veterans are dying at a rate of 1000 – 1200 per day and yet, there are still many among us.
The purpose of these trips is to show our gratitude as a nation to the men and women who truly did save the world.
PRIEST LAKE SURVEY JULY 7TH AND 8TH - MILFOIL
Aquatechnex biologists will be returning to Priest Lake to perform an intensive survey for Eurasian Milfoil plants in portions of Priest Lake July 7th and 8th. The objective of this mission is to evaluate control efforts from last year and map any plants remaining so they can be effectively targeted in 2009. More information will be posted just prior to our mission. Any plants found will be marked with a submeter GPS system and posted into ArcMap for analysis and presentation to the County Weed Department.
We are also doing extensive treatment work on the Pend Oreille River and Lake Pend Oreille this summer. A blog is set up for that project at www.pomilfoil.wordpress.com. Part of that mission will be to publish an interactive map showing milfoil locations and treatment information on the river and lake. If plants are found in Priest Lake, we will update that on line GIS map to feature those locations as well.
PRIEST LAKE SEARCH AND RESCUE
Buy a raffle ticket for this beautiful, one-of-a kind copper wall hanging. The drawing will be held at The Huckleberry Festival on July 18th at the Priest Lake Golf Course at 5:00 p.m. (do not need to be present to win).
Tickets are available at the Priest Lake Golf Course, June 26, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Hills Resort on July 4th at Noon until 5:00 p.m.; Entrée Gallery (eastside) July 12th, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Julie's Gift House, Monday's through Thursdays starting July 6th, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. For more information call Julie at 208-443-0520. All proceeds to go to Priest Lake Search & Rescue, a 501 (c ) (3) corporation.
DO NOT MISS THIS NEW ADDITION TO PRIEST LAKE'S LINEUP OF RESTAURANTS - SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN LODGE
Just 25 minutes from downtown Priest Lake, your first visit to SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN LODGE is guaranteed to make your jaw drop. Nestled into the forest, overlooking Chase Lake.
A tour of the structure displayed a series of 10 elegantly decorated rooms, each with its own style.There are cutting edge meeting rooms for conferences, weddings or events. The restaurant is in a great-room atmosphere with kitchen in full view.
PRIEST LAKE CAMPGROUNDS
Priest Lake Campgrounds, campsites, Upper Lake and Islands
www.priestlakecampgrounds.com
A link to campgrounds information websites - Priest Lake State Park and Idaho Panhandle National Forest campgrounds.
Reserve online and reserve by phone - website still under construction. Take a look
"WE DO ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO"
PRIEST LAKE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE .- Security - Boats in and out car storage/ boat storage which will then transition into clean-ups, dock repair/remodel, mowing, fertilizing, aerating, clean- ups, hauling. MIKE BELLES 208 443-1210 or 208 660-6007 Dependable, honesT - Serving Priest Lake for 20 years
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