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The Lake Roosevelt boys took down two basketball opponents last week, putting them third in their league. The Raiders defeated the Tonasket Tigers in Tonasket Jan. 22, winning 71-57 "The boys played well," Head Coach Jeremy Crollard said. "We jumped out to a big lead and were able to hold it through the fourth quarter. Got everyone playing time. Some of the reserves came in. Sonny Boyd came in and had a good game. Sam Wapato had a really good game." The Raiders hosted Soap Lake Jan. 24,...
The Raiders went to Oroville on Thursday to wrestle in a dual match, where the Hornets combined with Liberty Bell and Wilbur-Creston-Keller to form one team to take on Lake Roosevelt. LR won the first dual 38-30, then took some wrestlers who didn’t get to wrestle in that dual match and gave them their own dual, which LR won 18-9. “We were trying to have a little late-season fun, get some good matchups,” said Head Coach Steve Hood. “We had a good time.” The district tournament will be held in Coulee Dam this Saturday at 10 a.m., with LR hostin...
Tribal leaders reportedly discussed the issue of feral horses on the reservation in a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, and declared a state of emergency, with a proposed law change to be addressed at a Jan. 24 meeting. The tribal Colville Business Council had declined a bid Jan. 8 from Utah-based Sun J Ranch to remove over 1,000 horses from the reservation. The growing population of feral horses are said to have adverse effects on the environment, and overgraze the land which affects wildlife and livestock. But Charlene McCraigie, a tribal member,...
Parking on public streets is allowed, but what happens when it becomes a nuisance? The city of Grand Coulee is trying to find a solution to prevent people from parking in places that are inconvenient for others, such as in front of others' homes, businesses, or churches. The topic came up at the Grand Coulee council meeting on Jan. 15. "A person has multiple vehicles parked pretty much throughout town, taking up on-street parking for residents," City Clerk Lorna Pearce said. "We're constantly...
The Coulee Dam Beavers' history will be commemorated at Lake Roosevelt Schools soon, as another of the predecessor schools' alumni raise money. A plaque commemorating Coulee Dam High School will be installed on the same basalt pillar at Lake Roosevelt Schools as Grand Coulee High School's plaque, featuring their Tiger mascot. The two former high schools merged in 1971 to form Lake Roosevelt High School. The plaque will celebrate the Coulee Dam Beavers and is being prepared by Bobby Knight, a...
Spectrum, the brand name that Charter Communications uses to sell cable television, internet, and phone services, is planning to offer these in the local area soon. Charter Communications provides services to 26 million customers throughout 41 states and is in the process of acquiring Country Cable, which offers service in Coulee Dam. "Spectrum is currently in the process of upgrading our network in the Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee and Electric City areas," said Bret Picciolo, senior...
The Raiders wrestlers put their team at the top of the Coyote Classic wrestling tournament in Kittitas Jan. 19, and six Raiders earned first place in their weight classes. LR beat out 18 other teams to win the tournament, with Lake Chelan taking second place. Raider boys who placed first were Colton Jackson, who wrestled at 106 pounds, Robert Thomas at 113, David Crowe at 132, Kaleb Horn at 138, and Tony Nichols at 152. Ida Sue placed first in the girls' 140 weight bracket, pinning all four of...
The Raiders played in Oroville on Friday against the Hornets, losing a close one, 54-49. “It was a close, hard-fought game throughout,” Head Coach Jeremy Crollard said. “We battled, but missed some shots at the end of the game.” Tyler Jordan led the Raiders with 12 points, followed by Trevor McCraigie, who put in 11. The Raiders are third in the Central Washington 2B league with an 8-3 league win-loss record, 9-4 overall. Lake Roosevelt is behind Brewster (11-1, 13-3) and Oroville (9-2, 11-4) in the standings. The Raiders were schedul...
The Coulee will see an increase in arts and culture with the return of the Grand Theatre on Main Street in Grand Coulee, with a ribbon cutting and then an open-mic show later this month. The 170-seat theater is reopening with a new vision from new owner Faran Sohappy, owner of Music & Beyond, a shop selling CDs, comic books, video games, movies, and more in the same building as the theater. He also owns C-Rez Records, which produces a variety of music and is setting up a recording studio in the...
A 500-foot-wide, 7,281-foot-long, no-shooting "buffer zone" is being proposed between residences of Electric City and the Osborne Bay area. The buffer zone would be an area people cannot shoot guns out of or into. City Clerk Russ Powers said the city has had several complaints regarding hunters behind houses on Silver Drive, and that just last week he saw people with high-powered rifles in the Osborn Bay area near homes. "That is just too close for my comfort," Powers said. Currently Electric...
The Colville Business Council voted in a Jan. 8 meeting not to approve a contract to remove feral horses from the reservation, the Tribal Tribune reports. A $478,000 proposal by Sun J Livestock to remove about 1,250 feral horses was submitted after the tribe released a request for proposals for the project in December 2018. The same company had removed 420 feral horses from the reservation in 2015 in a similar effort. Feral horses are said to overgraze the land, competing with livestock and wild animals, cause erosion issues and other...
I am writing this letter to help you, as part of our community, make an informed decision on the upcoming vote for a school district levy. The bottom line in this complicated issue is this: For taxpayers, approving this school district levy will mean paying a lower total property tax than was paid in 2018. Let me explain. Due to recent state legislation capping the dollar size of school district levies, it was necessary to approve two smaller levies to approach the dollar value of the previously approved four-year levy ($4.01 per thousand...
I’ve lost track of how many years I’ve been writing this monthly column about our weather, and climate and related issues and events. One thing I do like — and I admit I’m a bit of a facts-driven person — is gathering the weather data from the previous year and sharing it here. We’ll have to rely on data from the home weather station only, for now the “partial government shutdown” is affecting access to our local official weather station data. So, let’s take a look back and see what happened...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders basketball team trounced the Trojans and turned the Mustangs into dog food this past week, winning by extra-large point margins. The Raiders defeated the Manson Trojans on the road Jan. 8, scoring almost double what the Trojans did, winning 80-41. "Our boys just played really well," Head Coach Jeremy Crollard said. "We studied film, shut down what they wanted to do, pressed, and the boys just showed up and shot really well, and played physical." "It was definitely our...
The Raider wrestling team took second place at a 17-school tournament on the west side of the state Saturday, following a mix-and-match tournament they dominated there the previous day. They also sent a female wrestler to the Napavine Tiger Classic. Leaving Friday on the journey to Rainier, the Raider wrestlers stopped in Yelm to have fun playing a little bowling in a team-building exercise before making it to Rainier's mix and match event, an event they weren't necessarily counting on making....
The Lady Raiders earned two straight wins last week, defeating both the Fillies and the Lady Trojans. Lake Roosevelt defeated the Manson Lady Trojans on the road Jan. 8 with a final score of 41-24. "Manson was the start of where we really started focusing on the things we gotta do," said Head Coach Peewee Pleasants, happy to win after a string of losses. "We were playing as a team, and it all started coming back together in Manson." The Lady Raiders hosted the Bridgeport Fillies Jan. 11, almost...
The ongoing shutdown of the federal government has many implications, including a direct loss of $1.5 million per week for the Colville Confederated Tribes, a letter from the tribes to members of Congress said last week. The Jan. 3 letter from Colville Business Council Chairman Rodney Cawston was addressed to Raul Grijalva, chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives; Rob Bishop, ranking member on the same committee; John Hoeven, chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs in the U.S. Senate; and Tom Udal...
State wildlife authorities will try to help a local group find a way to keep operating the fish-raising pens that release 300,000 fish a year into Banks Lake, but that may come to an end if volunteers aren't found to run them, which has implications for the fishing culture in the area. "We're going to see what we can do to help them out," said Mike Schmuck, a fish biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife District 5, in Adams and Grant counties. He said they would make an effort...
The Colville Confederated Tribes sold a portion of the hemp they grew in the Swawilla Basin area to a Hood River, Oregon company in late 2018. "From what we received so far, we have cold pressed and bottled hemp seed oil and then milled and concentrated the expelled seeds/hulls into protein powder," said Tonia Farman from Hemp Northwest, whose products are sold under the brand name Queen of Hearts Hemp Foods. Farman explained how the symbiotic relationship between them and the CCT developed....
I don’t get to use the word “I” much in my writing here. It feels strange, almost unnatural. I have to be an objective journalist, after all — Clark Kent, sticking to quotes and facts, keeping my “I’s” out of it. Just a fly on the wall using proper grammar and other rules meant to be broken. I have been working for The Star about three years now, and the community has been quite welcoming to me. I’ve gotten to know a large number of folks: coaches, athletes, council members, city clerks, mayors. I met NBA-great Gary Payton when I first started,...
Last week the Raiders absolutely demolished their two opponents on the basketball court, defeating both Liberty Bell, and Waterville-Mansfield. In Liberty Bell Jan. 3, the Raiders took down the Mountain Lions 75-20. Hosting the Waterville-Mansfield Shockers on Jan. 5, the Raiders won 72-18. Raiders Trevor McCraigie and Soarin' Marchand sunk two three-pointers apiece in the first quarter to take LR to a commanding 22-4 lead by the end of the first quarter against Waterville. The Raiders finished...
The Lady Raiders suffered a couple of losses this past week, one to Liberty Bell, and one to Waterville. In Liberty Bell on Jan. 3, the Lady Raiders lost 57-42 to the Mountain Lions. Hosting the Waterville-Mansfield Lady Shockers on Jan 5, LR lost a close game 48-43. Down just one point at the half at 19-18, the Lady Raiders kept the game tight and were down by just two points with a minute left in the game, but were unable to close the gap. "A tough game to lose when you are on a losing...
The Raiders wrestled in the Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational in Warden last week, as well as the Gut Check tournament in Kent, where three Raiders competed for the first time in LR history. In Warden on Saturday, the Raiders had 10 placers, with the only first place going to Steven Flowers, who wrestled in the 195 weight division. Raiders placing second at the event were Brandon Long at 182, Sherwin Vargas at 220, and Terrance Saulque at 285. Placing third were Colton Jackson at 106, Moses Luevano at 182, and Joey Tynan at 220. Placing fifth were...
A number of reports on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in or around the Grand Coulee area have described incidents from as far back as 1975. The National UFO Reporting Center, run out of a residence near Davenport, Washington, by a man named Peter Davenport, has a website, www.nuforc.org. The website collects reports of UFO sightings from around the nation, including reports of incidents that occurred locally. Most of the reports tend to be by people who wish to remain anonymous. Many tell of UFOs in the sky, including one that appeared to...
Be careful driving out there on those snowy days. In Eastern Washington, on the snowy day after Christmas, state troopers responded to 40 crashes in District 4 and to 43 in District 6. Those included two crashes just northwest of Grand Coulee, where local police had to scramble to get out of the way of an oncoming skidding vehicle. The Washington State Patrol's District 4 includes Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman counties. District 6 includes Douglas, Grant,...