Your intuition is correct
Dizzydog, your intuition is correct.
For legal bullsh*****t reasons I must say, "in my opinion."
We moved to Colville(Onion Creek) in 1991 from CA looking for what most people who move to the same area are looking for--space, peace, a better education for our children, less crime, clean air, organic lifestyle & real people.
Oh, we found what we were looking for, but much more than my children and I were looking for!
We bought our new home(sight unseen by me) and the day we closed we were informed to stay off of others property or be shot(with a gun) because the majority of residents in Onion Creek were MJ growers. Within weeks I was asked(no harassed)to join witches of wicca--a group of women who dance around a campfire naked. I declined.
We moved into our new home on 08-28-1991 and barely two years later my children disclosed sexual abuse by their father.
I had to fight like a dog to have him investigated and ultimately arrested. He was arrested for two counts of rape in the first degree by mail two weeks later and given a month to dispose of evidence and appear in court for arraignment.
What you need to know: not one person in Stevens County was interested in justice. Not your local domestic violence center, your sheriff, your judge, your dog catcher, your churches, your county clerks, your local attorneys, your state patrol, your neighbors, onion creek school district, not even my own divorce attorney, who asked me to tell the court "I lied because I didn't have enough money to fight and he had to live in this county."
My husband and his rouge buddies were allowed to terrorize my children and I consistently without punishment(even with a protection order in place.) The PA(prosecuting attorney) was a coke head who was stealing drugs from police lock-up. He even had the audacity to ask me(during trial break) if I would like it if my husband dressed up like Elvis for sex.
My husband walked away with a hung jury, jury members that had served at least seven times in one year and nobody cared, and I mean nobody!
Three years later I heard from the reporter(we lived in another state many, many miles away) who apologized for what she had done to us(she trashed us in the paper) and said she was moving out of Colville because they were so corrupt and she feared for her life. She said she had been covering a fire in Onion Creek that had killed a woman who had called 911 and nobody would respond. It was her opinion that "somebody wanted her dead."
What else you need to know: the 'leaders' in Stevens County now are the same 'leaders' from 1993. My advice: Steer as far away from Stevens County, WA as you can. The beauty is an illusion. Below is a quote from a long time resident just one week after I had moved to Colville whom I met in a thrift store in Colville.
"Good luck in Onion Creek. Don't expect to be accepted until you have been here at least 10 years. It's a different breed up there."
And indeed it is! What you see is not what you get.
Debra L. Nogrady(yes my real name) And oh btw, 1852 Onion Creek road where we lived does not even register as an address anymore even though the property had 43 acres, outbuildings, barn, garage and the house had nearly 5000 sq feet of living space(a totally different house is shown on that address as being sold in the last 3 months.)
Don't relocate to Colville, WA
FYI. I have kept all the court docs, tapes and newspaper articles.
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I think I have heard enough about the area that I will look some place else. THANKS!!
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