West County Lines - April 10, 2024
Search warrant leads to man's arrest
NEWPORT — A Newport man was arrested Thursday, March 28, after Pend Oreille County deputies responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at about 2:05 p.m. in the Main Street area in Usk, Wash.
While deputies were en route the vehicle drove away but was soon located at a residence in the 400 block of Monumental Way in Cusick.
Deputies applied for and obtained a search warrant. At 5:11 p.m., the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office, Kalispel Tribal Police, and Department of Fish and Wildlife served the search warrant at the Cusick address.
Upon serving the warrant, officers recovered the stolen vehicle. They also located and arrested 27-year-old Robert Foust of Newport, who was hidden inside the residence. Foust had numerous felony warrants including agravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, aggravated battery, burglary, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver methamphetamine, attempting to elude police, and taking a motor vehicle without permission. There are additional new charges for theft of a motor vehicle and burglary.
Foust was transported and booked at Pend Oreille County Corrections on the above warrants and charges.
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Book workshop launches for region's writers
Spirited Ink Press is presenting the Publish Your Book Workshop on May 18, at the Spirit Lake Community Center. Local authors Alena Orrison and Emily Moore will host the event, guiding other Idaho writers through the self-publishing process with informational presentations and hands-on, individualized product development.
Modern novelists, authors, and poets have a lot of choices when self-publishing. The Publish Your Book Workshop will cover everything from pricing and formatting to hitting the publish button on platforms such as Amazon, Ingram Spark, Apple Books, Google Books, Kobo, and distribution sites to access bookstores and libraries. This event will give the pros and cons of each and then walk the attendees step-by-step through each one so they can set up their book for publishing. Even if they aren’t ready to publish, they will come into that exciting time with a plan and enough experience to feel confident with their publishing decisions.
“With all the options available for self-publishing, it can be difficult to navigate the process. It is my goal to help writers of all levels make informed decisions with this affordable workshop,” Orrison said. “I had to learn the hard way; I don’t want that for others.”
Orrison and Moore have co-led other North Idaho events for local authors since 2020, including the Lakehouse Work & Write Retreat and Spirited Ink Society writers group meetings. The duo is planning future events around marketing, formatting, and cover design in the next year. Attendees of past Spirited Ink Press events typically get discount codes for future ones.
Orrison founded both Spirited Ink Press and Spirited Ink Society because she wants to empower other authors, especially women who still face gender-based exclusion in the publishing industry, and uses her editing and writing expertise to not only improve their work but also educate them to become better writers. She brought Moore on board due to their connection through local writing organizations such as Idaho Writers League and the Community Library Network Post Falls Teen Writing Program. They are both Kootenai County librarians.
“Everyone has a story inside them, a view of the world to share, one or more experiences that could inspire or impact others,” Moore said. “This workshop will remove obstacles to that end.”
Information: bit.ly/PublishYourBook24.