Priest Lake

Saturday: Isolated sprinkles after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Saturday Night: Isolated sprinkles before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind between 8 and 11 mph becoming calm.

Weather Conditions for: PRIEST LAKE, ID (PLKI1)
Elev: 2600 ft; Latitude: 48.5750; Longitude: -116.9636

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PRIEST LAKE RECREATION SITES LINK

MIKE WAGONER BAND SCHEDULE

JULY SKY - WHAT TO LOOK FOR explore and wonder from your dock or camp site.

SIMON BLANKE "Priest Lake's Baby of The Week"

HUNGATE FAMILY

In early August the Hungate family will be celebrating 100 years of coming to the Priest Lake.   There is an anticipation of 85 to 90 family members attending in which all 5 branches of the Hungate family will be represented.  The reunion will take place in early August at the site of the old cabin.

PRIEST LAKE'S HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL ~AUGUST 2ND 2008 ~ CAN'T MISS IT!

Priest Lake Search & Rescue, Inc. (PLSAR) is pleased to announce that they will be presenting the 2008 Huckleberry Festival on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. The Huckleberry Festival will become PLSAR's primary annual fundraising event.

The 2008 Festival, an entertaining family event, will feature the ambiance of the Priest Lake Golf Course, with a quality arts and crafts fair, food booths, commercial booths, and excellent bluegrass music from 10 AM to 5 PM. There will also be a golf tournament followed by a BBQ dinner for the golfers and their spouses. (Only 200 dinner tickets are available.) Bring a chair or picnic blanket to enjoy the day's finale for a "Blues on the Green" concert open to all after 6 PM. It will be a jam packed, fun filled family day sure to become an annual Priest Lake tradition. You are invited to help support Priest Lake Search and Rescue and the 2008 Huckleberry Festival. For information on sponsorships or booths, please contact PLSAR, Box 78, Coolin, ID 83821 or Mike Nielsen at 443-6603.

PLSAR is a non-profit organization with IRS 501 (c)(3) status under IRS Code 170, Organized for charitable purposes. PLSAR is not supported by tax dollars and depends solely on donations and grants for support to complete its missions.

Spokesman Review Article - PRIEST LAKE HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL

IT'S GONNA HURT

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW of this great shot sent to As The Lake Churns by Scott Clark.

WANTED

The Leonard Paul Store is looking for 1-2 year round employees. 30-40 hours for one ,and full time for the other.  Starting wage is  $8.15 per hour.Overtime pay over 40 hours per week, great store discounts, fun working environment.  Must be at least 18 turning 19 soon or older. 443 2463 ~

BIG APLOGY TO "AS THE LAKE CHURNS" READERS

If you have emailed me in the past weeks without a reply from me, there is a good chance that your mail was lost due to big change in our mail servers system. 

I use Outlook Express through Sisna.com.  They recently formed a partnership with Google to use the Google mail server.  Details are not important but today I ended up with over a 1000 emails in my inbox and it was  mixed with duplicates and "never seens". 

I always answer everything within the same day but the tech world destroyed my goal.  For those requesting ads on the website, please be patient and I will get back to you shortly.

GOOD EVENING MAÁM

I am not sure how to express how appreciative my Marines, Sailors and myself are for the overwhelming support we have received.  They have received numerous packages from all over the country.  I am still amazed at how quickly the American people came together and supported us out here.  I wish I could personally thank every one of them in person.  With all the e-mails going out about this and the fact that you placed it on your website, the response has been nothing short of amazing.  I really appreciate you taking the time and energy to help out my guys.  I wish everyone could have seen their faces when the packages just kept arriving.  They were ecstatic.  They would come up to me numerous times with big smiles on their faces and say “Thank You”.  I told them not to thank me, but to thank the people who took the time out of their schedules to mail it out.  I would like to take this time and with everything in my heart, tell you THANK YOU!

I would also like to make sure that everyone knows to please stop sending the care packages after August1st as we will not be able to receive mail after that date.  Thank you again for all your support.

Rob Nielsen
Semper Fidelis,
CWO Rob Nielsen

CLB-1, CLC-111 XO
Ramadi, Iraq

"When you commission an item you place it into service...

When you warrant an item you guarantee it will work"

PRIEST LAKE AMBULANCE GROOMER FACILITY

Friends of Priest Lake,

The Priest Lake Ambulance Groomer Facility received notification from the Idaho Department of Park and REcreation that our grant application was approved in the amount of $154,663.00

Our community of Priest Lake, both West and East side, has raised thus far $198,258.00 gift in kind donations and cash donations.  We sincerely appreciate those, however, we are still short approximately $40,000.00 and we would sincerely appreciate any additional donations in cash support.

It will be a benefit to everyone on both sides of the Lake to have an ambulance facility with quicker response time at Priest Lake.  It could be important to all of us at one time or another.

SAFE BOATING AND LAKE BEACONS

If your lake place is in a position to view the lake waterway light/beacons that mark shorelines and low water dangers please take a look and see if they are operating.

IF NOT - e mail "As The Lake Churns" and tell us which is not working and we will get in touch with the person in charge of their maintenance.

Foto - Tim Gatto
Click on image for a l a r g e r view

MAKE A WISH PRIEST LAKE / JULY 26, 2008 - SATURDAY

Lets help Make a Wish click HERE and find out how - or call The Priest Lake Golf Course 443 2525

ART CLASS WITH GEORGE FLETT / ENTREE GALLERY

Photo - Art Beat

George Flett, renowned Spokan Indian ledger artist, is offering a rare one-day workshop from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. on JULY 31, 2008, at The Entrée Gallery on Reeder Bay Road.

Join George as he instructs a small group in the traditional matter of ledger art. Class fee (between $50 and$75 per student, depending upon enrollment) includes supplies of prismacolor pencils, charcoal, and
ledger paper.  Participants need only bring a bag lunch and their enthusiasm for trying something new.

Call the Gallery at 443-2001 to reserve your space in this fun and exciting class.  The objective of the class is that each student will finish a ledger drawing.  Enrollment is limited to 15 students.

Everett White Indian Artist and flute player will accompany Flett.

Ledger art is a traditional male American Indian art form, which began when Plains Indian warriors drew pictographic representations of heroic deeds and sacred visions on pages of ledger books, balance sheets, obtained through trade or capture.

IDAHO PANHANDLE NATIONAL FORESTS - NOTICES OF THE NEW FEES FOR CABINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF PRIEST LAKE

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- As The Lake Churns

With the new fee notices there is alot of information going around about this. I have received some information to help people ascertain what is going on.

Pecky, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests have mailed the notices for the
new annual fee rates to the 121 Priest Lake Recreation Residence Permit
holders. Should the fees stand as proposed they will be implemented January
1, 2010.

CHICOS AT HILL'S RESORT

CHICO'S LUNCHEON AND STYLE SHOW
July 24, 2008 / Thursday
11:30 AM Luby Bay, Priest Lake

Call Hills for info -  443 2551

PRIEST LAKE LITTLE LOG LIBRARY

The Priest Lake Library's website is looking great and updated.. CHECK IT OUT  HERE

CATCH THE READING BUG! will be held during July, every Monday from 10 to 11:30 AM.
All ages are welcome!
Parents are encouraged to attend.. volunteers needed.

Driveway entrance behind "Korners Market" restaurant and store.  A large Priest Lake Public Library sign is posted at the driveway entrance.

FROM MIKE AND ROBERTA

We wish all the best to Fred Johnston and his family in their venture at Priest Lake and would like to thank our long time friends, Fred and Pecky Cox for their support over the years.

We would like to wish all of the families that were a part of Kaniksu Resort all the best in the future. We will have great memories of times spent with them at the most wonderful place on Earth.

Thank you.

Mike and Roberta Williams

PRIEST LAKE RECREATION SITES/TRAILS/ ROADS

PRIEST LAKE RANGER DISTRICT (208) 443-2512
RECREATION SITES/TRAILS/ROADS
CURRENT STATUS/REMARKS (as of 6/25/08)
National Forest Campgrounds (Priest Lake)
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Beaver Creek Campground & Group Site
Open – boat launch reconstruction is complete and is now open.

Geocaching Priest Lake

Geocaching at the lake? Go HERE for Priest Lake sites.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE AT PRIEST LAKE

Experience the Boat Ride of your life when you rent the Pontoon Boat at ELKINS on Priest Lake.
Cruise the Lake, go up the thoroughfare to Upper Priest, have lunch and experience pristine nature at it's Finest.

Call Elkins Resort - (208) 443 2432 for day and 1/2 day info.

Holds up to 12 people - Reservations recommended

"A great Family Outing"

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Pecky'sList
Pontoon Boat Rental at Priest Lake

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