Idaho
North Idaho karate team wins big at Pasadena tourney
The nine-person Universal Kenpo Kung Fu Association (UKKA) team from Spirit Lake and Sandpoint competed at the Pasadena International Karate Tournament in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 30-31, and returned home to North Idaho with 40 international titles which totaled: 23 first-place trophies, 12 second-place trophies and five third-place trophies.
The tournament had hundreds of competitors from the United States, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
60-year-old black belt Mike Siegfried (the team instructor) won three first-place trophies and one second-place trophy.
14-year-old green belt Alannah Winland (team captain) won four first-place trophies and one third-place trophy.
18-year-old purple belt Allilah Dykes won three first-place trophies and one second-place trophy.
14-year-old orange belt Saydie Green won one first-place trophy and four second-place trophies.
10-year-old orange belt Jesse Winland won two first-place trophies.
9-year-old orange belt Jessika Winland won three first-place trophies and one second place trophy.
13-year-old yellow belt Taylor Jenkins won six first-place trophies and one second-place trophy.
9-year-old yellow belt Audrey Jenkins won one first-place, four second-place and one third-place trophies.
8-year-old yellow belt Michael Jenkins won two third-place trophies.
“Our little team came back to North Idaho with 40 international titles,” Siegfried said. This is a truly stunning achievement. I am so proud of the team and their awesome parents and grandparents who have supported them from the beginning. During the event, the team worked together in the face of very tough competition. They performed in the weapons, forms, synchronized forms, and sparring divisions with skill, grace, beauty and fearlessness. More importantly, they treated their competitors, teammates, and themselves with dignity and respect which are hallmarks of a well-trained martial artist. United together, they worked tirelessly for a year to prepare for this tournament, and they exceeded all expectations. The team trusted each other, their skills and their training and they are now international champions because they put in the work and had a plan to win.”
Team UKKA is sponsored by the Verbal Judo Institute, Inc., a verbal de-escalation training company based in New York. Team UKKA hopes to represent the state of Idaho in additional tournaments this year. If you are interested in supporting Team UKKA as a sponsor, you can contact Master Siegfried at Idahoukka@gmail.com. You can also support them by watching their journey on YouTube and subscribing at http://www.youtube.com/@idahoukka
PAYETTE — A Payette mom’s bond was revoked Tuesday after she was charged with suffocating her twin children earlier this month and is believed to pose a danger to the life of her newborn child.
The case, which has drawn national headlines, concerns Andrea Renee Shaw, a 23-year-old Payette mother who in May 2025 said her 18-month-old fraternal twins died the same day, after receiving routine childhood vaccinations. In January, Shaw joined as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several other plaintiffs claiming vaccine injury or death.
Kennedy, who now serves as secretary of Health and Human Services, is no longer part of the group after taking on the cabinet position, as was reported by the Associated Press.
In Idaho, the twins’ deaths prompted a 14-month investigation by the Payette County Sheriff’s Department. On June 29, the investigation yielded a grand jury indictment of Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder by suffocation. If convicted, Shaw can be punished by up to life in prison or the death penalty, and the court would have the ability to order the penalties be served consecutively, or back to back.
Tuesday’s arraignment at the Payette County Courthouse was primarily attended by Shaw’s relatives and members of the media. Payette County Judge Kiley Stuchlik, who serves Idaho’s Third Judicial District, presided.
A key consideration for Stuchlik on Tuesday was a request from Joseph Filicetti, the legal counsel for Shaw, to have her bond reduced from $2 million to $100,000. Filicetti said this would allow for Shaw to care for a newborn girl, who, according to court documents, was born by caesarean section on June 25, four days prior to Shaw’s grand jury indictment.
State prosecutors objected to the motion for bond reduction, noting at hand was a potential death penalty case and asserting, unlike her husband, Shaw’s story repeatedly changed during questioning. Prosecuting Attorney Mike Duke said releasing Shaw would ultimately put the newborn’s safety at risk.
“That child is the most at risk. We do not think she should be allowed to be anywhere near any children, let alone her own children,” Duke said.
Stuchlik decided to revoke bond entirely, stating Shaw posed a “risk of safety” to the newborn child that was not known to Stuchlik or prosecutors when the $2 million bond was initially set.
Also for consideration Tuesday was a request to have grand jury transcripts of witness testimony provided to prosecutors and defense counsel to prepare their respective cases.
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