Good tidings of great joy. - St. Luke 2:11 50 cents plus tax CLEARWATER TRIBUNE Two Sections Volume 101, Number 52 Thursday, December 25, 2014 Published every Thursday at Orofino, Idaho 83544 - Clearwater County - Second Class (USPS 117-340) Section One Captain Doug Stuffle shakes hands with the leaders of the PLA-N as they prepare to disembark USS STERETT on the flight deck. (See more photos on page 8A) This distinguished-looking bear sends Christmas greetings to all neighbors and passersby on Fremont Ave. in Riverside. The tree bear belongs to Ken and Fran Harvey and was designed from the stump of a pine tree that was cut down from their yard. Charlie Pottenger photo Next week’s ads and news due Friday, Dec. 26 This Friday, Dec. 26 is the early due date for articles and ads intended to run in the Jan. 1 issue of the Clearwater Tribune. Due to the New Year’s holiday, the paper will be out on Tuesday instead of Wednesday again next week. If you have ads or news you would like to turn in for the Jan. 1 issue, please submit them Friday, Dec. 26. Seven-day weather forecast Tuesday: Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Light wind. Tuesday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind around 6 mph. Wednesday: Rain. High near 42. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Wednesday Night: Rain before 4am, then a chance of rain and snow. Low around 36. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Christmas Day: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Where have all our children gone? This week’s Mystery Child, pictured with Santa, was a 12 year Orofino student. He loves motorbikes and anyone that knows him knows of his passion for 1956 Chevys. He also had a love for logging. Can you guess this week’s Mystery Child? Last week’s Mystery Child, New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38 and a low of 26. Saturday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 39 and a low around 32. Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38 and a low around 24. Monday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 27. This weather forecast is provided by the National Weather Service in Missoula, MT. Corby Finke, celebrated his 60th birthday. Corby has never lived anywhere but Clearwater County. Logging has been his livelihood for the last 41 years, due in large part to his grandfather, who established the Finke Logging Company in the 1930’s. Corby is married to Kelly, and has two daughters, Heather and Megan, and a son, Justin. He also has six grandchildren, and a sassy little “grand-dog” named Biscuit. Corby loves to golf and twice has claimed the title of Orofino Golf Course Club Champion. When he is not golfing he enjoys trapshooting. If he is not working, swinging at golf balls, or shooting trap, he is most likely “bull-shooting.” The first person to correctly guess Corby as the Mystery Child was Carmen Rinehart. Also submitting correct guesses were Julie Walker, Shirley Seeley, John and Dolly Cooke, Dorothy Medalen, Bill Jared, Tracy Lubke, and Chris Marvin. Idaho well represented at the helm of U.S. Navy counterpiracy exercise with China The U.S. Navy counterpiracy exercise with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) PLA-N began as of Dec. 11, off the coastal states in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa. Two of the ships participating in the exercise are led by Idaho natives. U. S. Navy Capt. Doug Stuffle, born and raised in Orofino, and CDR Ted Nunamaker, from Meridian. Earlier this year, the Clearwater Tribune featured Capt. Doug Stuffle, who took command of Destroyer Squadron One in February of 2014.Destroyer Squadron One (DESRON ONE) is part of Carrier Strike Group One, embarked on USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) and is currently deployed to Fifth Fleet. The Strike Group, along with four ships, guided missile destroyer USS Sterett (commanded by Cmdr. Nunamaker), USS Gridley, USS Dewey, and USS Bunker Hill have participated in several multinational exercises. In a recent article, “U.S. and China conduct anti-piracy exercise,” U.S. Navy Mass Communication specialists 1st Class Travis Alston and 3rd Class Eric Coffer, further define the purpose and goals of U.S.-China Counter-Piracy Exercise 15. The following information appears in their article. The cooperative training aims to promote partnership, strength and presence. It includes combined visit, board, search, and seizure operations, communication exchanges, and various other aspects of naval operations. Additionally, the exercise represents a long-standing united front toward counter-piracy operations shared by these two world powers. “The exercise allows us to address our common regional and global interest,” said Capt. Stuffle, “It helps both nations pursue a healthy, stable, reliable and continuous bilateral relationship.” Approximately 700 personnel from the U.S. and China navies will participate in the exercise, and it gives Sterett sailors the opportunity to engage in a shared mission with other surface platforms. “Piracy is a long-standing problem, world-wide,” said Cmdr. Theodore Nunamaker. “It has long been recognized as a problem that requires an international-cooperative solution. Certainly the U.S. 5th Fleet AOR (area of responsibility) is one of the focused points for that effort. Modern-day piracy has a far-reaching economic impact. Although much of the world’s population will never encounter piracy, it has an impact on everyone, by increasing the cost of goods that are being shipped from place to place.” Stuffle expressed that Sterett’s crew, like all deployed U.S. naval forces, have trained to meet a variety of mission sets that are important to the nation’s interest and stand ready to execute anti-piracy measures when directed. Both Stuffle and Nunamaker agree the ultimate goal of this exercise is to strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S. and its Chinese counter-parts. The navies of the U.S. and China conducted similar training Aug. 20 - 25, 2013. “These bi-lateral exercises help us establish clear paths for communication; they encourage transparency of trust, help us mitigate risk and allow us to demonstrate cooperative efforts in the international community to help us work together to deal with transnational threats. In the end, we look to create a peaceful, stable and secure maritime domain,” said Stuffle. Sterett is deployed as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve conducting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. At the Rex Showing for 2 weeks Beginning Friday, Dec. 26 Rated PG-13 DAILY SHOWTIME 6:30 P.M. ADMISSION PRICES: $5.50 ages 2-11 • $7.50 adults $6.50 seniors 60+ • Under age 2 free! Visit us on the Web! www.rextheater.us Last Week's L Weather Dec. 17 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Dec. 18 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Max. 46 38 42 41 48 55 - Min. 31 33 36 36 36 39 - Last Year’s Weather Max. Min. 39 29 36 29 34 22 34 23 35 23 35 23 - Pre. .00 tr. .05 .35 1.0 .05 Pre. .00 .18 4.5” snow 3” snow Temps. are read the following morning for the previous day, i.e. Friday’s listed temp. would be for Thursday. .10 .20 - Clearwater Tribune Online Poll VOICE YOUR OPINION Last week’s poll Do you agree with Canadian philosopher Will Kymlicka that domesticated animals should be granted citizenship rights? 86% No. 2% Yes. 12% It would depend on which rights they were given. This is not a scientific poll. Every week our online edition features a new poll, which will be posted at 5 p.m. every Tuesday. You may vote until 5 p.m. Tuesday of the following week. This week’s question: Do you buy your pet Christmas gifts? Visit our website and vote in the poll, located in the far left column beneath the login box. Please vote once per poll. CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO THE DOGS AT OBS—The lucky four-legged winners of the Orofino Builders Supply (OBS) “Christmas is Going to the Dogs” stocking drawing are Angus Stanton (far left) shown with his “Papa” Darold Stanton, and Nikki Colwell (far right), of Peck, shown with her “Dad” Pat Colwell. Keith Gwinn and Leila Crockett of OBS are shown in the center with the prizes. OBS donated $150 from the contest to the Clearwater Humane Society. Photo by Tabby Haskett 161 Main Street/P.O. Box 71, Orofino • E-mail: [email protected] • PH: 208-476-4571 • FAX: 208-476-0765 • Online newspaper at www.clearwatertribune.com
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