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CUSICK – Some changes are coming to the Cusick Food Pantry for the month of June, according to organizers. The pantry is open every Tuesday and is in the basement of Pend Oreille Bible Church.
“It has become necessary to re-organize the structure and operations of the Cusick food pantry,” Executive Leann Lee wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, May 25. “We are aware that this may cause some inconvenience and difficulties for our clients...we humbly apologize.”
According to Lee, to re-organize in a manner that is effective and to ensure smooth functioning of the pantry in the future, a temporary schedule is now in place. The pantry will be closed Tuesday, June 2 with no distributions. On June 9 and June 16, only monthly food boxes will be distributed. No walkthrough shopping. The pantry will resume normal operations June 23, if there are sufficient volunteers.
“Please rest assured it is our every intention to be up and running as usual by the last week of June,” Lee said. “Thank you for your patience while we re-organize.”
Volunteers are needed to help unload delivery trucks on Mondays and to assist with distribution days. There is some heavy lifting involved.
For more information about the Cusick Food Pantry, go to Facebook and search “Cusick Food Pantry”, call Lisa Swarz at 417-733-3704 or email [email protected].
Motorcyclist dies in collision near Cusick
CUSICK — A motorcyclist died Saturday, May 23 in a collision 13 miles north of Cusick.
David F. Irvine, 86, of Rathdrum was driving a Honda VTX1300 southbound on Highway 20 when around 2:49 p.m., he collided with a southbound ditch.
Irvine and the motorcycle came to rest in the ditch, where Washington State Patrol found Irvine dead at the scene. He was wearing a U.S. Department of Transportation-compliant helmet. The motorcycle was totaled.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, according t o a WSP news release.
