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[music] We've made it to Friday. Wow. It's going to be a nice day today around the Colville Kettle Falls Chewila area. Good to have you with us today. I'm Eric Carpenter, and this is K-C-V-L-K-C-R-K. You know, it hardly seems possible, but it is. It's getting closer and closer to back-to-school time. And a lot of kids could use some help. Helping get the kids the supplies they need to succeed. That's one of the goals of the Colville Rotary Club. Here's more information about how you can help out. My name is Dave Beals, and I'm the community service chair person for Colville Rotary Club. As we get ready to send our kids back to school, any of us that have done this in the past know that those back-to-school costs can kind of start adding up. By the time you start buying new shoes and new clothes and all the things that come on the list from the school that kids need to have in their backpacks and even a backpack, we know that this can add up to quite a bit of change for many families, especially those that have got multiple kids in school. And we also know that in our school district, we've just got a lot of families that are struggling. And so for the past four years that Colville Rotary Club has worked with the school district to put together a community drive to get some of those supplies so that we can provide them to students to have trouble getting them otherwise. So we look for basically anything you would want to send your kid back to school with, anything from a backpack or a new shoes, all the way to pencils, crayons, paper, notebooks, binders, things we used to call peaches back in my day. Just looking for those types of things to be donated. And then we provide those to the school district to make sure that they're available for kids who maybe whose families just can't make the dollar stretch to get those things. There's different supplies that are needed all the way from kindergarten through high school. But we do find that for things like shoes and backpacks, the kids in the elementary school grades, they grow so quickly that they grow out of those things really quickly. The school student can probably make a backpack last for several years, but oftentimes elementary school kids can't. So elementary school kids, if we're looking at things like backpacks and shoes, things for the younger kids are probably are in greater need in some respects. Obviously when we get our kids in school, we want to keep them there. And they found obviously over the last several years that keeping things clean is important. So anaphyptic wipes, things like Lysol or Clorox wipes, the schools, the classrooms use those tremendously and things like Kleenex and things like that that can be really helpful. So those are other things that maybe people wouldn't think of, but the classrooms do use a lot of. I think the schools have switched from chalkboards to dry erase boards. And when students are doing work, the classrooms now are equipped more with the dry erase boards. And so the students can use those for doing board work and even those smaller dry erase boards that they have for doing projects like that at their desks. So the districts indicated to us that the dry erase markers are heavily used in the classrooms now. Zipped lock bags, they can be anything from snacks to used as pencil bags and bags to put those dry erase markers in. They use them again extensively for a lot of different things to parcel out supplies. A lot of times they'll put things in the bags and put the bags in the bin and it just makes it much easier for the kids to come and grab them when they need supplies. We've got three different businesses in town that have agreed to be drop points. And so anytime during business hours, people can drop their donations off at North Star Heating and Cooley or at Lemax Select Associates or at Colville, Toyota. And all those businesses are right on or just off on Main Street. We will have bins in place starting July 28th and they will be in place through August 28th. And then we will get the supplies all to the schools before the students come back in early September. I don't know that we get a specific number of kids, but we know that a significant proportion of our kids in the Colville School District, kids qualify for free and reduced lunch and things like that. And that's an indication that, you know, they're probably struggling financially in other areas as well. So we know that there's a tremendous need and we've never yet had the school district tell us you gave us too much stuff. So anything that people can provide would be helpful. All right, we're getting closer, heading back to school time. The kids are gonna need supplies and stuff. They're getting the bins out. Starting on Monday, you can go by North Star Heating and Cooley. You go by Remax, real estate there are up on North Main at Colville, Toyota. You drop your items off in the boxes there and the rotary folks will get these supplies to the schools, get them out to the kids. Kind of one of those important things as we head toward fall, that the kids have the supplies necessary for school. Hey, Colville, ready to transform your sleep? Discover the all new Tempur-Pedic mattresses at Saunders Furniture, downtown Colville's sleep experts. Take the test dress and let our sleep experts fit you for the perfect mattress. 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We're having a gardening meeting and we're going to have Julie Chamberlain come and teach us how to do microgreens. This is really a wonderful idea because it's known as a superfood, she will show us how to do it easily. You'll meet new friends that love gardening. Microgreens are where you start a whole bunch of seeds and they grow up into a small plant and you cut them off to eat them when they're at their highest nutritional value. Broccoli is much more like a hundred times more nutritious if you eat the baby plant, as opposed to letting it grow and grow broccoli itself. And it's very, very quick and very, very easy to add a lot of nutrition to your smoothies or to your omelets in the morning. It makes it very, very simple, as quick and fast and fun to do. It's a great time. It's two o'clock this Sunday and it's at the old Pinewood building in their back room. And I hope to see you there. - All right, if you're interested, microgreens and sprouting coming up Sunday afternoon, up there Pinewood building right there by Mount Carmel Hospital at Cascadia Health and Rehabilitation. - Join Cawville Together, a main street program for 4th Friday on July 26th. This family-friendly event features vendors along Maine and Astor, downtown artworks, starting at 3 p.m. and free kids crafts at the library from 3 to 5 30 p.m. Enjoy the bounce house and games next to Rancho Chico. Then, cap off the evening with live music by Earl Ware from 5 to 8 p.m. in Heritage Corps, sponsored by the Vincent Fund. It's 4th Friday in downtown Cawville. Don't miss it. - Ferry County Fairgrounds. They are taking donations for animals, feed, bedding, offering a place for people to evacuate to if needed. The Cawville folks, people here are also helping in to assist in collecting feed and bedding for animals. You can take that to the Northeast Washington Fairgrounds. We talked with the Ferry County Fairgrounds, got more information on the animal rescue. - Hi, I'm Brian Bragg. I am the ground manager of the Ferry County Fairgrounds. - And I'm Cinda Bragg, and I'm the business manager for the fair and the fairgrounds. - We are asked a couple of days ago. It would be possible for the fairgrounds to house animals if the fire and killer grew. And we said absolutely. We'd be more than happy to house whatever we could. - And support our community. - And support our community, however we could. And then, as everybody knows, the fire has gotten bigger and more dangerous. So we've extended our not just helping the animals, but helping people as well. So if folks need to calm and camp, or we need to get caught set up, we've opened the entire fairgrounds to support the folks and killer, however we can. - We have to accept our donations just in the form of animal feed at this point. That's what we've been approved for. So far we have. - We've received dog food, cat food. I just help on both some chicken food. We got some more small animals coming. Right now, we have rabbits, we have chickens, we have ducks, we have quail, we have goats, and we have a dog right now. But we have a lot of dog food, so that one dog right at the moment. But we have pigs on the way, sheep on the way, some cows and some horses on the way. We have one bill of hay right now. So if we end up getting more larger animals, we're gonna be in a desperate need for hay, it looks like. - That's just fluid situation. It's tough to get information because they keep changing kind of what they're closing. And I noticed there's a little bit of issue for some folks getting stuff out of there. So we have a gentleman that dropped off a truckload of animals. He's actually going back down to bring up another family's animal. So I can't speak directly, but I noticed there seems to be a little bit of an issue trying to get some of their animal out of there. - A very unique playground's office for number is 509-775-3146. And if there's an after hour need or emergency, you can reach Brian at 509-207-0537 or Linda at 509-207-9128. And if it's in the middle of the night, we might speak through a message. So please call the golden rule, treat others how you'd wanna be treated. And I would certainly hope if this part of the county was on fire, that Keller would be warm and welcoming to us as well. And that's what communities should do, is help each other when they can. - All right, the area coming together help those folks down in the Keller area that are being disrupted by the fire. You can drop off all types of animal feed, hay, bedding, either take it over to Republic at the fairgrounds or you can drop them off at the Northeast Washington fairgrounds and they'll make sure it gets over there to Republic. There are community members that will be taking loads over to Republic. Again, they are housing all the animals at the Ferry County fairgrounds. If they fill up and they need more help, the Northeast Washington fairgrounds are going to make their services available too for the folks over there being evacuated from the Keller area. By the way, the Ferry County, they've got their fair is scheduled for the Labor Day weekend when they have their fair there at Republic. But people coming together, they're at the Ferry County fairgrounds to help those folks out from down around Keller. - The Kettlefall School District is currently seeking a skilled and reliable bus driver for the 2024-2025 school year. Accelerate your career in this high demand field. As a bus driver, you will be transporting students and staff on regular school routes and extracurricular activities such as field trips. Be a part of our team and help us continue to provide safe and efficient transportation to our community. Apply online at kfschools.org or call 509-738-6625 for more information. - The State Department of Children, Youth and Families Mismanagement is leading to dangerous conditions at juvenile detention centers. That according to a state senator, here's Tracy Ellis. - Juvenile detention center overcrowding led to the transfer of dozens of men to adult prisons, but a judge ruled the move was illegal so the men were returned to DCYF custody. Senator Matt Binky recently met with DCYF leadership and toured one of the juvenile facilities. - Facilities aren't safe. There's not a perimeter fence, not a lot of cameras. The buildings themselves are old and decrepit. They don't even meet their building coach standards. - The Kennewick Republicans, as it's clear, the agency can't handle the current population. - I think the biggest concerns are the accountability, mismanagement and the vision to really provide an opportunity for juvenile justice in the state of Washington to be safe for the children, safe for the individuals who work in these agencies and the facilities themselves. - Binky says the problem isn't with state law, it's with how DCYF is implementing the law in Olympia. I'm Tracy Ellis. - Another inmate dying at the Snohomish County Jail, authorities found a 43-year-old woman responsive in her one-person cell. The sheriff's office, a jail staff, began lifesaving measures she died inside her cell. She had been arrested for possession of a controlled substance carrying a firearm without a permit and possession of contraband. This is the sixth death of an inmate the past year at the Snohomish County Jail. Of the six, three were inside the jails medical detox unit. The facility meant to monitor inmates withdrawing medical detox big enough to house 64 people. A nurse checks on inmates for every four to eight hours. This 43-year-old was just in an individual cell, not in medical detox. The medical examiner's office investigating the death, the identity not released. In the meantime, the Snohomish County Sheriff, announcing measures to prevent further inmate deaths, including installing cameras in the medical detox cells, deploying a canine unit to detect drugs. - Vog and Brothers Lumber, a leader in the forest products industry, is now offering a free forest health checkup. If you have 10 or more acres of timberland, Vog and Brothers Lumber can help you determine if your family's forest is healthy and fire resilient. Schedule your free forest evaluation today by calling Vog and Brothers Lumber at 684-5071. Vog and Brothers Lumber, adding value to the forest for people, products, and the environment. - All right, we're back to baseball action this afternoon. The Mariners begin the road trip in Chicago. Today's game going to be the fifth time the White Sox and the Mariners square off this season. The Mariners hold a three-to-one advantage in the season series. Both teams, the last 10 games have just been bad. The White Sox, they are 0 and 10, a 189 batting average, and have been outscored by 37 runs in the last 10 games. The Mariners, two wins, eight losses. They have a 0.20 batting average over the last 10 games. The difference is the Mariners pitching has kept them right in the games. The Mariners have only been outscored by two runs, even though they have a two- and eight record over their last 10 games. Mariners baseball this afternoon, that's going to be on 92.1 KCRK. I'll look at today's local weather forecast brought to you by ABC, heating and electric 411 West Second in Colville. If you're looking for a little comfort in your life, call the expert your carrier dealer at ABC, heating and electric. Give debit call, make an appointment, 509 684 2018. Sunshine 81, the expected high this afternoon, 44 overnight. Tomorrow, 84 for a high on Saturday, 46 overnight, 84 also on Sunday. More sunshine. 81 on Monday, about a 40% chance we're going to see some precipitation on Tuesday, probably be short-lived, because it'll come with thunderstorms passing through. 76, the high Tuesday, back up to 82 Wednesday. And bright sunny skies, 90 degrees next Thursday. Carrier dealers, the authorities are getting peak performance from your heating and cooling system. See them at ABC, heating and electric. No wind here in the valley, the barometer up a little at 30.20. We're starting the day off a little on the cool side still, 59 degrees here at the radio station. We made it to Friday, looking forward that weekend. You can see it in sight. I'm Eric Carpenter and this is KCVL, KCRK. 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