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Effective June 10, 2009
To Whom it May Concern:
THE White ecepftant
Spokane's Original Source for Fishing and Sporting Goods
March 10, 2010
The intent of this letter is to request an occupancy rating from the city for our secondary facility
behind our current place of business to be used as a place for hunter's education. The property has been used
in the past as an office for the White Elephant that resides at 12614 E. Sprague. The White Elephant, which is
owed by John Conley, Rich Conley, and Pat Conley, was contacted by the Washington State Hunter's
Education Instructors, a nonprofit organization, in November of 2009. The instructors informed Pat Conley
that they had lost their past facilities and were hoping the White Elephant would be able to help with new
facilities.
The White Elephant has used that space at 12624 E. Sprague, for the past 21 years as an office,
storage of retail goods to be sold in the main store, and for seasonal sales. The space has since been refinished.
The main floor of the building has been repainted, lighting improved and new cabinets installed. In
conjunction with Washington State Hunter's Education needs, new tables and chairs are to be available to
provide for 20-40 students at a time. The students will range from children to adults. Washington State Fish
and Wildlife provides property and liability insurance for the facility while occupied by Hunters Education.
It is the White Elephants intent to lease the space to the Hunter's Education for $1 a month. The
lease is an open ended lease with the intention to provide the space until the instructors no longer require the
facility. We view this as an opportunity to provide a service back to the community to improve education as
well as promote local businesses.
Patrick J. Conley
The White Elephant Stores
12614 East Sprague
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
12624 East Sprague
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Phone: (509) 922-7887
Fax: (509) 924-1268
Cell: (509) 220-2126
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Pat Conley's sons love the
smell of pine and campfire.
"They're outdoorsmen and
respect the outdoors," he said
with obvious father's pride.
"They're law abiding,
fr isstworthy kids and I think it's
Ci'ecause I taught them to love
Mt respect the outdoors. I think
that has a lot of do with it."
ZGonley traces this father -son
erection to the hunter
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education course they took
years ago. "It's when I bonded
with my four boys because we
took the class together," he said.
From those positive memories
came Conley's willingness to
help when he heard that
Spokane's hunter education
course, which is provided
through the Washington
Department of Fish and
Wildlife, was in desperate need
of a meeting location.
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J. BART RAYNIAK bartr@spokesman.
Pat Conley, co-owner of the White Elephant, is flanked by membi
of the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce during the grand
opening of the Outpost, the new home for hunter education in till
Spokane area.
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"Pat and his company have always
supported hunter education," said Tom
Higgins, a certified instructor with the
Washington State Fish and Wildlife
Hunter Education Instructors
Association for 29 years. "Pat got word
on this and made this area available. It's
a great way to support our hunting
heritage for the local Spokane area."
The "area" that Pat Conley made
available is a warehouse behind the
White Elephant Store on Sprague
Avenue in Spokane Valley, which he and Firearms responsibility is "the major
his family own. With the help of many portion of the program," Higgins said.
hands and generous grants from the "Once they pick up that firearm, it's
Friends of the National Rifle Association their responsibility to maintain safe
and Safari Club International, the handling. If there's a direct swinging of
warehouse was, utted, cleaned and the muzzle, the student failed."
Bled. High -definition television "It scares the kids but it's best for
monitors or video presentations and them to learn that way," Conley said.
furniture were purchased in preparation "When my boys took the class, and I do
for the formal dedication of the Outpost this with all the new kids that come into
last week. The first class begins Friday. the store, what's the number one rule?
Higgins attributes the continued Muzzle control. Don't forget that."
success of hunter education courses to Conley, who frequently fields calls
the "American sporting public" giving a about hunter education courses is
hearty nod to President Teddy
Roosevelt's desire to protect the
environment and wildlife.
"He was the father of our American
conservation scene," Higgins said. "He
had the insight to see that our nation
was really damaging our natural
resources."
This progressive insight prompted
American sporting groups to push
through Congress the
Pittman -Robertson Act of 1937 that
placed an excise tax on sporting
firearms, handguns, ammunition and
archery equipment at the
manufacturer's level. The tax is
specifically earmarked for environment
and wildlife conservation and education
fret .
To sign up
Go to wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/
huntered/classes/basic.php.
Pamphlets are also available at area
sporting goods stores.
Course location
The Outpost, 12614 E. Sprague. Ave.,
Spokane Valley, (Behind White
Elephant Store); (509) 924-3006
pleased about an increase in female
students. "I tell you what," he said, "it's
probably 50-50 now of boys and rls. It
used to be all boys and treat was e
norm but now it's a lot of girls."
Both Conley and Higgins are avid
outdoorsmen where, according to
Higgins, "You have the thrill of the
hunt; the fair chase of the game. And the
fact is that most of the time, 99 percent
of the time, the game wins."
And both are eager for the facility to
be put to use for the first of many hunter
education courses offered to adults and
youths. In particular, Conley is grateful
to the volunteers who cleaned the
warehouse, donated pinewood, sanded
and painted the concrete floor built
it wasn't for the American sporting cabinets and handcrafted cabinet
public, the folks that go up there and use handles and a coat rack from deer
the natural resources, understand them antlers, to ready the building for its
and care for them, we would not have debut.
the wildlife in the United States of
"I want it to be like the outdoors. I
America that we have now," Higgins figure a kid, who is new to the outdoors,
explained. "The American hunter has comes in here and sees all of this, it'll
been at the forefront to make laws, rules help them strive to have the
and regulations to maintain and experience," Conley said.
enhance our wildlife." "Basically the new facility will be a
The week-long course is taught by great.improvement and a fantastic boon
Higgins and fellow instructor Red for the public to give good, responsible,
Nierstheimer in the evenings and all day high -quality classes," said Higgins.
Saturday and focuses on outdoor A wide smile stretched across
preparedness, survival, muzzle control Conley's face. "Yeah," he said, "It'll be
and hunter ethics and responsibility. great."
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