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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Terry Reister speaks quite softly, but the guitars he makes sing out loud. Reister and his son, Terry Reister Jr, showed off the elder's products at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at The Melody last Thursday. The owner of Sandy's Grocery store in Wilbur started making guitars about 20 years ago, but now it's getting a little more serious. They are working on converting the former Texaco station in Wilbur into a store to display his guitars. They brought a few along last... Full story
The Raiders travelled to Mansfield April 28 for the Iceberg Invitational and then to Oroville on May 2 for the Draggoo Financial-Oroville Invitational. The boys placed third overall at Mansfield with 68 team points. Raider girls took fifth overall with 20 team points. At Mansfield, Katelynn Schilling recorded two career personal records. She took first in the shot put with a 36 foot, 2.5 inch-throw. At discus she took another first by throwing another PR of 100 feet, 1 inch. At Oroville... Full story
Raider Golf travelled to Okanogan Valley Golf Club Thursday for a match against Okanogan and Oroville. The boys’ medalist at the meet was Joey Staggs of Okanogan, who won with 92 strokes over the course. The girls’ medalist was Vanessa Venderweide, also of Okanogan, who shot a 108. Top performers for Lake Roosevelt were eighth-grader Darin Whiteman and Lucas Bird. Whiteman shot a 115 and Bird was right behind with a 116. When asked how the team stacks up to the late season competition, Head Coach Steve Files said, “Due to our inexp... Full story
The Raider Baseball team took on the Pateros Billygoats in a doubleheader last week, adding two for their win column. Lake Roosevelt jumped ahead in both games at Pateros April 28, and held on to that lead to come home with two victories. Pateros tried to come back in the first game, but LR held them off. Pitcher Taren Redstar picked up the win in the first game and Bubba Garcia grabbed the win in the second. Chance Garvin hit a homerun and a double in the first game. Last night was senior night at home for the Raiders, as they faced the Tonask... Full story
The Raider tennis team played two matches last week on the road. At Liberty Bell, the Raider boys picked up one win in a singles match. Cristian Ruiz defeated Fallen Hutson after two hours of play. The Raider girls won two matches. Areielle White won her singles match, and the duo of Mary Clark and Rylee Pitner won their doubles match. Harmony Witten, in singles, and the doubles team of Tanya Ang and Alaynah Herman came close to winning their matches. Witten’s lasted two and a half hours before the last tiebreaker ended in Lucy Dupont’s fav... Full story
Dogs are "awesome tools" that can reduce the time it takes to search a building for a suspect or a lost child by 70 percent, chase down running suspects, Deputy Mike Earney told chamber of commerce members last week. But they're not cheap and the Grant County Sheriff's Office wants four of them - without federal grants. In other words, Sheriff Tom Jones is looking for the people of Grant County to step up. Earney said the agency doesn't want to take federal money for the program because it... Full story
I have been asked a few times recently if I have received a Ten Day Warning/Eviction Notice from Housing Authority of Grant County due to having my freedom banner on my balcony railing. I have not, and I seriously doubt I will, at least not before Housing Authority personnel would first take an interest in stopping those who grow, process, and/or sell marijuana products out of their apartments here. I do not want to see anyone hassled, busted, et cetera over cannabis; however, I do not think it is fair for such individuals to receive... Full story
Americans prosper and create prosperity for others when they are able to keep and spend more of what they earn. April is Tax Month, and it can be a reminder that nothing in life is ‘as certain as death and taxes,’ to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. The federal tax code should be consistent, encourage economic growth, and allow Americans to plan with certainty. That is why I supported legislation passed in the House this month to reduce the tax burden on families, farms, and businesses by repealing the federal estate tax (or “death tax”) and to... Full story
The young Raider golf team is showing great improvement as the late season run begins, the coach said. The team competed at Moses Point April 20 and at Banks Lake Golf Course on Thursday. At Banks Lake, about 30 players attended from high schools in Oroville, Warden, Riverside Christian and Lake Roosevelt. "I'm proud of our team's effort and competitive spirit so far this season," Head Coach Steve Files said. "We're gaining invaluable experience with each match." "Darin Whiteman, in only his... Full story
After the first day, Jessica Tufts could boast that she'd outfished her husband, dad and father-in-law in the third annual Triple Fish Challenge on Coulee Playland at Banks Lake. Jessica caught the biggest smallmouth bass (3.35 pounds) on Saturday, although her husband, Alex, reeled in the best trout on day two (2.51). The little tournament grew to 28 anglers this year from 18 in 2014 and included five kids. One of them, Payton Phillips, outfished all the adults in terms of total weight caught... Full story
The Raiders played two doubleheaders last week, winning three of the four games. In a doubleheader at home against the Oroville Hornets April 21, the Raiders won both games by large margins. LR blanked the Hornets in the first game, 13-0, then scored 20 runs in route to a 20-6 win in game two. In Liberty Bell April 24, the Raiders played the first game close, but the Mt. Lions eked out a 3-2 win in the first game In the second game, LR got a big boost from a Daniel Loch two-run RBI single in the second inning that helped the Raiders to a 3-1... Full story
Kourtney Harrington pitched the entire first game against Oroville last week, throwing 162 pitches, seven strikeouts, and 10 walks. Lake Roosevelt’s team would lose both games to Oroville April 21 in Grand Coulee, but only by one point each. At the plate, LR recorded eight hits and 12 walks. Those hits included five runs batted in, and they stole 8 bases. But leaving eight runners on the basepaths hurt and led to the final score of 9-8 for Oroville in game one. Sean Garvin went one of two for a double and stole two bases. Kelsi Olbricht went t... Full story
Raider track and field competed in two meets last week, where the team’s shot put athletes excelled, a boy and a girl. The first was a Bi-County meet at Davenport April 21, where Octavio Alejandre picked up two first-place finishes. In the shot, Alejandre threw 48 feet, 4.25 inches, and in discus he threw a personal record of 121 feet, 7 inches for another first-place finish. Katelynn Schilling took first in both throwing events. At the disc, Schilling threw a PR of 98-6, and at the shot she threw 33-1 for a second first place. “We had exc... Full story
Raider track and field competed in two meets last week, where the team’s shot put athletes excelled, a boy and a girl. The first was a Bi-County meet at Davenport April 21, where Octavio Alejandre picked up two first-place finishes. In the shot, Alejandre threw 48 feet, 4.25 inches, and in discus he threw a personal record of 121 feet, 7 inches for another first-place finish. Katelynn Schilling took first in both throwing events. At the disc, Schilling threw a PR of 98-6, and at the shot she threw 33-1 for a second first place. “We had exc... Full story
Animal control workers removed over 60 cats from a home in Electric City Monday. Representatives from Pasado’s Safe Haven, a rescue operation from Monroe, Wash., along with Grand Coulee Police Chief John Tufts, completed taking the cats from Mardee Davis at 103 W. Grand Avenue. Davis said Tuesday that she had called Pasado’s for help. “I have been trying to get help since things started piling up on me,” Davis said. Friends are coming this weekend to help her clean the place, she explained. Davis said she had been busy helping her ailing... Full story
A free dinner, badminton, and the full display of Lake Roosevelt students’ artistic and scientific sides will be featured at the final Family Fun Night of the year next Wednesday at the school. Organizers Kim Stanger and Victor Camarena said the event, the fourth this year, will feature displays of student art, of all kinds. Some will be visual arts, but students will also perform in song and on instruments and recite poetry in the courtyard at Lake Roosevelt Schools. There will be a destructive aspect to the night, too. Students have been l... Full story
During a recent illness, I was having some serious health problems and needed medications. I had, just had, an 8:30 doctor’s appointment. It was already late afternoon and I couldn’t get my new defibrillator to work, and my meds weren’t ready. I called to the clinic for help. Melissa Stanley, RN, said she would come by my house to fix it after work. By then it was 5 p.m. She quickly had the faulty one fixed. While talking to her, I mentioned the antibiotic and two other meds that still weren’t ready. She got on the phone and went to the pha... Full story
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a group of teenagers who were part of a scouting organization. The first question I asked was, “What do you think of when you think of the police?” A 17-year-old boy raised his hand and said, “Ferguson.” I was hoping to hear something about the police helping and protecting people. It hit me that now would be a good time to recognize the elephant in the room. Because of events (or perception of events) in the state and nationwide, law enforcement has received a black eye. For some people, the image o... Full story
Raider baseball started last week with a 13-3 win over the Manson Trojans in Coulee Dam. It wasn't a forgone conclusion. Manson held the Raiders scoreless for two innings from their 4-1 deficit in the third inning, whittling the Lake Roosevelt lead to 4-3 by the fifth. Then the Raiders came alive, batting in loaded bases and even stealing home to add nine points, while allowing only two more for the struggling Trojans. Then LR hosted the Okanogan Bulldogs in a doubleheader Saturday. The... Full story
Raider track saw another successful day April 18 at the Quincy Invitational, where the good weather helped many to a great performance. “Every time an athlete performed, they achieved a season-best and many set personal records,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “It was an absolutely great day!” Octavio Alejandre improved his shot put mark for the season and came home the meet champion in the event. Alejandre threw 47 feet, 11.5 inches, which is only 4 inches from a career PR. Katelynn Schilling took second in the shot with a new career PR. Sch... Full story
Raider Golf continues to grow with the season as the young golfers gain experience. Eighth-grader Darin Whiteman impressed Head Coach Steve Files on April 15 at Oroville by shooting a 102 and finishing third overall on the 18-hole course. Coach Files had this to say about the course, “We held our own on a very difficult nine-hole course,” Files said, “very fast greens and tight fairways.” “We’ve been making steady improvement in matches and have been working hard at practice so far,” Files said. “Our kids have been upbeat and supportive of e... Full story
The Lady Raider softball team defeated Manson last week by 10 runs, then suffered that fate twice against Okanogan on Saturday. At Grand Coulee, Lake Roosevelt defeated the Manson Trojans by 33-23 in a long game Thursday. Sean Garvin pitched one inning when she threw 72 pitches for three strikeouts and nine walks. Kourtney Harrington took the mound for two innings and threw 85 pitches for six strikeouts and four walks. Cassi Palmer also pitched, hurling 83 pitches for five strikeouts and eight walks. At the plate, Lake Roosevelt had 27 hits... Full story
The Raiders faced strong winds and tough tennis opponents last week, in two matches at home and one at White Swan. Lake Roosevelt didn’t win a match against the White Swan Cougars, but Head Coach Steve Archer said he was pleased with the performance in some of the matches. “Two high spots were boys second doubles of Josh Wilder and Aiden Derr,” Archer explained. “They came from behind in the first set to force a tiebreaker, but were unable to push through for the win.” And Tanya Ang had a close singles match. “She dropped the first set, won th... Full story
In the sixth year of an Earth Day event at the Nespelem powwow grounds, the event’s organizers have garnered some national recognition — by offering a free lunch, among other things. Next Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day, and everyone is invited to the event occurring from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where more than 50 agencies and businesses will have information booths set up to show what they do, or help others do, to be kind to the environment. With hundreds participating each year in a remote sparsely populated area, the event’s relative succe... Full story
A "summit" held to garner ideas about the future of the former Grand Coulee Dam Middle School was deemed a straight-up success by organizers, who met recently to discuss the March 12 event that brought together 19 agencies and businesses with an interest in the facility. The building, which was originally Grand Coulee High School, is mostly empty following the opening last fall of the new Lake Roosevelt Schools complex in Coulee Dam. What to do with the big building has been a concern on the min... Full story
