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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...
The Raiders are still undefeated in football this season after turning White Swan into an ugly duckling Friday. At Lake Roosevelt's homecoming game, LR and White Swan both walked onto Greene Field with 3-0 win-loss records, but the Raiders defeated White Swan 42-8 to stay undefeated at 4-0 while White Swan left with a loss. "It was homecoming, so it was a great atmosphere, a lot of fun," said Head Coach Tim Rasmussen. "Our team had a good week of preparation. We felt that we could dominate the...
The Raiders ran well at Tonasket Oct. 3, when Kyle Edmo placed first out of 27 runners for high school boys, and Chase Marchand finished first in the middle school race out of 29 runners. Edmo finished the 2.8-mile high school race in 16 minutes, eight seconds, 12 seconds ahead of second placer Korbin Forsman of Republic. "The course is shorter than usual; however, it did not lack in challenges," said Coach Ann Green. "The course is mostly hills and dirt trails. We had a beautiful day with littl...
The Lady Raiders volleyball squad lost a close game against Liberty Bell but then won solidly against Bridgeport last week. On the road against Liberty Bell, Oct. 1, the Lady Raiders lost three sets to two. Hosting the Bridgeport Fillies Oct. 3, the Lady Raiders won in three sets by 25-9, 25-11, and 25-15. They are scheduled to play in Oroville Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. and in Wilbur on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. The next home game is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m. when the Lady Raiders will...
The Lady Raiders soccer team broke even with Omak and lost to Liberty Bell last week, both games played with nine players per team. Lake Roosevelt hosted the Omak Pioneers Oct. 1, ending in a 3-3 tie. Maddie Toulou scored two for the Lady Raiders and Bryn Chaffee scored one in the game. "Kyona Edmo played a great game in the goal; she had 10 saves," said Consultant/Trainer Randy Semanko. The Lady Raiders hosted the Liberty Bell Lady Mountain Lions Oct. 3, losing with a 4-1 final score. Chaffee...
Having been appointed to the Electric City Council twice, Carol Nordine would like to continue in that role to see projects finished and new ones begun. Now she'd like to be elected to keep her seat at council in Position 4. She's facing challenger Cate Slater. Nordine said the city was only starting to work on the Ice Age Park when she started on the council, and she is happy to see that project coming to fruition. She hopes to see another park with a basketball court completed soon, as well. "...
Cate Slater is running for city council Position 4 in Electric City, wanting to give back to the community she's come to call home. Slater said she'd talk with friends, family, and coworkers about what was going on in the city, and when major changes began happening with Western Avenue, a street she drives daily, she decided to get involved. "I have to do something, otherwise nothing's going to change," she said. Slater said she agrees with the idea of projects the city is working on, but not...
Officials broke ground on Electric City's first park, an Ice Age-themed area expected to be finished near the end of July, 2020 at a cost of over a half million dollars. A ground-breaking event at the lot behind the fire hall was attended by a group of roughly 30-40 citizens and their children, current and former city council members, and clerks. The little tykes found hidden toy eggs in the area of the upcoming park, and were awarded prizes including a stuffed wooly mammoth, various toys and...
Lonna Bussert has been on the Electric City council about 10 years and is running against challenger Cheryl Hoffman to keep her seat. One of the projects she cares about the most is the Ice Age Park that is being built. "I've been working on the park thing for four or five years," she said, "which is to me a family thing. The city needs it, and I really want to see that done. I want people with kids and with families to come to Electric City. You're not going to do that if you don't do...
Cheryl Hoffman is running for a seat on the Electric City Council. "I chose to run because I disagree with a number of decisions the council has made," Hoffman said in an interview with The Star. "I don't think they're bad people; I don't think they're stupid people; I just disagree with some of the decisions they've made, and I think we need to rethink how we're spending the city's tax dollars and the state's tax dollars." "I disagree with the decision to close off Western Avenue," Hoffman...
Local men Tim Brooks and Faran Sohappy both participated in the recording of a song nominated for both the Indian Summer Music Awards and the Native American Music Awards. "Grand Coulee resident Faran Sohappy worked as an engineer and Coulee Dam resident Tim Brooks played the flute on a song called Nature Walk, written by singer/songwriters Joan Hammel and Rebecca Slone Rivera," a Sept. 21 press release from Hammel's company Paxton Productions states. Hammel and Slone Rivera are based in...