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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Recycling isn't as easy as it sounds, and there are a lot of different views on how efficient it is. With the Coulee set to get a recycling container at the Delano Regional Transfer station, education on recycling is being emphasized. The topic was discussed at the Oct. 14 Regional Board of Mayors meeting of three mayors, a city administrator, a concerned citizen, the transfer station operator, and a Sunrise Disposal owner who was on the phone. Kim Christensen of Grand Coulee raised the topic,...
Work was done recently on the “old wagon road” trail at Northrup Canyon, including using a “trackhoe” as well as laying down gravel in areas. The Washington State Park Service approved the work which was done by the Crab Creek Riders, a chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of America. The work was done to “improve the conditions of the trail for safer public access,” explained Jared Liening, a park ranger at Steamboat Rock State Park. “It’s smoothing it out and applying gravel in areas that needed it due to washout and erosion slipping off of...
The gym floor at Lake Roosevelt Elementary needs replacing only five years after the gym, and the school, were built. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved the payment of $15,000 toward the replacement floor, the rest of the cost being covered by Northern Hardwood, the company that had installed the original floor, who verbally agreed to cover the rest of the roughly $30,000 total cost of replacing the floor, even though it is no longer under warranty. "The membrane has shifted and is coming loose," Superintendent Paul Turner...
A Raider had the best time in the state for 1.5-mile races, the ninth best in the nation. Lake Roosevelt's eighth-grade cross country runner, the aptly named Chase Marchand, had an impressive year, putting up the best finish time in the state for 1.5-mile races, the ninth best in the United States, when he ran in Omak Oct. 9, finishing in 7 minutes, 55.3 seconds. Marchand had six first-place finishes throughout the season, one second place, and two thirds. Some of his other first places include...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders defeated a worthy competitor from the Central Washington 2B league Friday, solidifying the Raiders' status as league champs. Even if the Raiders were to lose to Brewster on Friday, resulting in a three-way tie between LR, Brewster, and Tonasket, the Raiders hold the tie-breaker, Head Coach Tim Rasmussen said. The Raiders executed a solid win against the Tonasket Tigers Oct. 25, defeating them 37-6. Both teams had a win-loss record of 2-0 in the league, 5-1 overall...
The Lady Raiders are entering the post season of volleyball on Saturday after trouncing the Lady Tigers in Coulee Dam last week. The Lady Raiders won decisively, 3-0, against the Tonasket Lady Tigers in three sets, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-17 in Coulee Dam Oct. 22. Ellie Hansen led the ladies in blocks with five; Audrey Hansen led in kills with 12; Aliah Capshaw led in digs with 11; Mikaylah Thompson led in aces with 3; and Megan Abel led the ladies with 17 assists. LR was scheduled to host Soap...
The Lady Raiders earned two decisive soccer wins last week, defeating both the Oroville Lady Hornets and the Pateros Nannies, and are now heading into the postseason. The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Hornets 7-0 in Oroville on Oct. 22, where Sadi Trotter, Madisyn Toulou, and Bryn Chaffee each scored two goals, and Jasilynn Schilling scored another. "Oroville was a good learning experience for some of the forwards," Head Coach Micah Esmond said. "We had 14 shots at goal from Jasilynn and Sadi...
What if every weekend were a three-day weekend for students and staff at Lake Roosevelt Schools? If a four-day week were implemented, how would that affect childcare? How would that affect school days? The topic was discussed at the Oct. 15 Grand Coulee Dam School District board meeting. Numerous ramifications were discussed, but the consensus was to take the pulse of those who would be affected. Superintendent Paul Turner noted that the Bureau of Reclamation has already been on a four-day work week, and that the Colville Tribes have recently... Full story
Some unpopular decisions may have to be made within the Grand Coulee Dam School District to balance the budget. Superintendent Paul Turner brought the topic up at the district's Oct. 15 board meeting, urging the board to bring up areas of the budget that they think may need to be scrutinized. "How do we cut $400,000?" Turner asked. "I've been thinking through it pretty strongly." Turner said he's been coming up with a list of items to potentially be cut, and he wants the board to let him know wh...
People may note a bit more of pinch when they haul that Saturday load to the dump, beginning next summer when prices go up slightly. The Regional Board of Mayors last week approved a raise in transfer station dumping rates from 6.2 cents a pound to 6.7 cents. City Administrator of Electric City, Russ Powers, who prepared a proposed budget for the RBOM, said the income of the transfer station simply isn’t matching up with the expenditures. “It’s just the cost of things,” Powers said. “Insurance, fuel, goods. More and more people are maybe drivin...
George and Caty Northrup weren't the only family in the canyon at the turn of the 20th century. Scheibner brothers Charles and Fred had moved into the canyon a couple years earlier and were already known for their produce, in particular, luscious strawberries. In 1901, with the backing of the farming community around Steamboat Rock, the brothers petitioned the county for a bond to create a road up the south talus slope wall. The main purpose for the new road was to move fresh produce up to the...
The Raiders shut out Northwest Christian in Coulee Dam under the Friday night lights where a light rain likely didn't help the Crusaders' mood in their 43-0 defeat. The Raiders got on the board first on a fourth-down play with eight yards to go, when quarterback Hunter Whitelaw connected with Malachi Rasmussen on a touchdown pass, followed by a two-point conversion run by Cameron St. Pierre that put the Raiders up 8-0. The Raider defense held the Crusaders back, forcing them to punt back to LR....
Lake Roosevelt squeaked by Manson with a 3-2 volleyball win in Coulee Dam Oct. 15, the first of two close calls and one loss for the week. The Lady Raiders won the first two sets against Manson, 25-18 and 25-15, but Manson won the next two sets, 25-19 and 25-21 to tie the game up at two sets apiece. LR won the tiebreaking fifth set, 15-9. Mikaylah Thompson stood out in the game, leading the team with 16 kills, four aces, and 14 digs. Ellie and Audrey Hansen had four blocks each at the net....
Raider cross country runners competed in Oroville Oct. 18 at Lake Osoyoos State Park. Kyle Edmo was the top-placing Raider in the three-mile varsity race, taking 13th out of 79 athletes with a time of 18 minutes, 27 seconds. In the 1.5-mile middle school race, Chase Marchand placed third in 8:08. The high school Central Washington 2B league championship is being held today, Oct. 23, in Manson at Wapato Point Park, at 3:30 p.m. The middle school league championship will be held at Liberty Bell at 11 a.m. on Oct. 26. 3 Mile Varsity Race Place...
The Lady Raiders took a couple losses on the soccer field last week, one against Brewster and one against Tonasket. Lake Roosevelt lost 7-3 Oct. 15 against the Lady Bears in Brewster. Madisyn Toulou scored LR's three goals, one coming from a Jasilyn Schilling assist. Mirella Lopez had seven saves as goalie. "Brewster was a match with a lot of good fighting spirit," Head Coach Micah Esmond said. "Our forwards are starting to link up much more with the midfielders and fullbacks. We ended up gettin...
A proposition on the November ballot could bring millions of dollars into Grant County coffers to fund a new jail and add to local police budgets, and two officers explained the measure at a luncheon last week. Chief Deputies Dustin Canfield and Darrik Gregg from the Grant County Sheriff's Office spoke about Proposition 1 at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Oct. 10. They encouraged those present to vote yes to increase sales tax in Grant County by 0.3%. The estimated $5.5...
"I'm always interested in the places I live and what's going on and I'd like to be a part of it," Birdie Hensley said about running for reelection on the city council. "If you're not on the council you don't know what the heck's going on." Hensley has served six non-consecutive years on the council, and is currently finishing a four-year term. Hensley spoke to some of the limits and frustrations of being on the council. "What the people don't understand is there's a lot of things we'd like to do...
Bob Rupe is running again for Electric City council. Rupe previously served on the council for 12 years, the last time being about eight years ago, he said. Rupe said he'd like to work on the city's infrastructure "to make sure our water, sewer lines are in good repair, along with the roads." One issue, Rupe said, has been the order in which those things are repaired. "Pearl, here, was the most beautiful street in the whole town," he said. "Then the sewer or water system went out, and they had...
The Oregonian characterized the 2019 wildfire season as the “season that wasn’t!” That’s good news for West Coast states; however, it doesn’t mean we are permanently “out of the woods!” Worldwide, wildfires are down, as well. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there were 6,000 fewer wildfires this year compared with 2018, and about 4.4 million acres were burned compared with roughly 10 million acres in 2017. The previous two years featured bad fire seasons in Washington, O...
The Lady Raiders soccer team came out with a win over Manson sandwiched between two losses to Bridgeport last week. The Lady Raiders lost 4-1 in Bridgeport against the Fillies Oct. 8, when Maddisyn Toulou scored the LR goal with an assist from Bryn Chaffee. At home on Oct. 10, the Lady Raiders scored two goals in the second half to win against the Manson Lady Trojans. "Manson was a match that was completely in LR's control," Head Coach Micah Esmond said. "The coaching staff was very happy with...
The Raider football team suffered their first loss of the season, losing by three points in Chewelah in a non-league game last week. The Raiders lost 21-18 to Jenkins High School in Chewelah at the Cougars’ home field Oct. 11. “It was a great game, a battle back and forth,” Head Coach Tim Rasmussen said. Chewelah was up 21-12 at the end of the half, but LR shut them out in the second. The Raiders had the ball with two-and-a-half minutes left in the game and were working their way down field, but the ball was tipped away on a fourth-down attem...
The Lady Raiders volleyball squad won two games last week against both Oroville and Wilbur/Creston. Lake Roosevelt defeated the Hornets in Oroville Oct. 10 in three quick sets, scored 25-9, 25-15, and 25-10. “Easy win for us on the road, which is nice,” said Head Coach Teri Sue Reed. “We had to really work on keeping our intensity up. … Our senior leaders are setting the bar high.” Mikaylah Thompson led the Lady Raiders in kills with 11; Megan Abel led in assists with 13; Ellie Hansen led in aces with nine, as well as getting two blocks; a...
Lake Roosevelt cross country ran last week in Omak and Moses Lake, where eighth-grader Chase Marchand placed first in the middle school races. The runners went to East Side Park in Omak on Oct. 9. Colton Jackson was the top placing Raider in the 5,000-meter varsity race, placing seventh out of 51 runners with a time of 18 minutes, 21.35 seconds. Marchand placed first out of 54 runners in the 1.5-mile middle school race with a time of 7:55.25. That time also made him the fastest eighth-grader running that distance in the state last weekend, and...
Not a day goes by that we don’t see them — if we’re looking. In the trees, on the ground and, of course, in the sky. They are at their most majestic when in flight. Soaring through the lower atmosphere with a blue sky as background, a wonderful sight. The bigger ones catch our attention most it seems. We try to identify them — hawk, vulture, falcon or the bald eagle. Some of us feed them at our feeding stations. Some of us hunt certain types of birds and look forward to the bounty of our hun...
Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes and fees on taxpayers; however, it comes back to bite them hard when people move or take matters into their own hands by initiative. Consider what is happening in high-tax and -cost-of-living states, such as California, New York and Connecticut. Florida recorded the highest level of net domestic migration in 2018 and added 1.2 million people from other states since 2010. “Many Florida transplants are retirees and t...
