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Three of four commissioners of the public hospital district that runs Coulee Medical Center have called a special meeting of the commission for Monday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Special meetings must adhere to a pre-announced agenda. The agenda emailed along with the notice to The Star Thursday night is a full one, including several non-standard items. Those include the selection of "independent counsel," followed by an executive (closed) session, followed by personnel action, then a "Reorganization of...
An accident two miles north of Keller has resulted in a death, the Washington State Patrol stated this afternoon. A WSP press release indicates the single-car collision took place on SR21 at milepost 119 in Ferry County at 3:50 p.m. today (Nov. 14) and that the road is partially blocked. A second notice states that Colville Tribal Police will handle the incident with state assistance....
The public hospital district that runs Coulee Medical Center is aiming for zero next year. That is, a net gain of nothing on its bottom line, which would be an improvement over this year and last. Commissioners for Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan Hospital District 6 approved a budget Oct. 30 that sets out that break-even goal on total patient revenues of $37.3 million, which gets cut to $22.9 million after adjustments for Medicare, Medicaid and insurance payers, charity care, bad debts and other deductions. The hospital is on track to lose...
• The Missoula Children’s Theater, which the local PTA paid to put on an impressive musical with local kids in less than a week, is a happy symptom of a depressing malady in society. We need more resources to go toward such humanities efforts, less for educational testing ad nauseam. • It will be interesting to see what a judge makes of the dispute between a local mechanic working out of his house and the city, which fined him for not having a license and practicing the trade in a residential zone. He claims his services have basically gone...
The Raiders ended their best football season in nine years last Friday with a win over the Bridgeport Mustangs. It was the second win over the Mustangs this season and the first league win of the season. Lake Roosevelt finishes the season with a 4-6 overall record and a 1-5 Central Washington 2B record. The four wins makes this the best season for LR since 2004. The evening started with Senior Night festivities for Thaddius Richardson and Michael Rounds. In the first quarter, Bridgeport got on...
Raider cross country finished the 2013 season on a strong note at the state race in Pasco last Saturday. Raider Head Coach Gary Darnold liked the effort from the boys' team and the two girls competing. "Both girls and five of the boys PR'd at state, which shows that all of the runners pushed themselves to their maximum," Darnold said. The Raider boys finished 15th overall with 377 points. Ray Yazzie again led the Raider boys, finishing with a career 5,000-meter personal record time of 18...
A tribal store in Ferry County has been cordoned off by police following a bomb threat, according to the Washington State Patrol. WSP says Ferry County officials advised them of the bomb threat, reported at 3:42 this afternoon. The Tribal Waters Store is at Barney’s Junction on U.S. 395, about 5 miles west of Kettle Falls on the west side of the Columbia River. Tribal Police, Ferry County Sheriff’s deputies and a WSP officer are at the scene and the road is blocked and the buildings have been evacuated....
A standing-room-only overflow crowed packed the monthly meeting last week of the hospital district commissioners who oversee Coulee Medical Center, speaking out on issues some feared are weakening the hospital's viability. Issues they wanted to address ranged from the name of the facility itself to the addition of administrative positions during a challenging financial period and staff cuts. But discontent centered around the decision to stop offering laboratory tests for low cost during...
Tribal police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found in Nespelem, just before 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Colville Tribal Police Chief Cory Orr said in a press release that the woman had been identified at Maria Victoria Sanchez, born May 31, 1984. Orr said police are currently investigating "the cause and circumstances surrounding the female body" and that no other information would be released until after a medical examination scheduled for Sunday. No updates were available as of deadline Tuesday. Community sources,...
If citizen involvement is a key ingredient in the health of a community, this one should feel pretty good about itself. The upside of people complaining about what they think is going wrong is that they care and they act as caring citizens should: they complain. This week we feature stories that reflect citizen concerns: local political races for 11 contested seats because people cared enough to want to serve; and folks confronting the hospital district commission on issues that matter to them. As uncomfortable as such controversy can make...
I first want to say that we are sorry for any disturbances our dogs have caused with their barking. In all honesty they are good dogs and don’t bark unless there is a reason. After reading today’s (10/30/13) edition of Coulee Cops I now know who has complained to the point that we received a letter in the mail from the police chief stating that if it wasn’t corrected we would be fined, daily, until the problem was corrected. So, I am writing this to say … 1. You have my phone number. Please call me if my dogs are keeping you up at night....
At the District 5-6 B cross country race at Wenatchee, the Raider boys' team placed second overall which means they are all moving on to Pasco this Saturday for the state championships. On the girls' side, Ashley Palmer and Alexia Hanway will move on to Pasco after placing in the top five at Wenatchee. Ray Yazzie continues to lead the Raiders, being first across the line and 14th overall with the time of 18 minutes, 18 seconds. Dominick Cotton was the second Raider across and 15th overall in 18:...
The Raiders travelled to White Swan to take on the league-leading Cougars last Friday. The Cougars came away with a win and the Central Washington 2B League Championship as the final score was White Swan 41-LR 14. “White Swan is a strong team - especially up front; we had a difficult time getting their guys blocked,” Head Coach Steve Files said. “We played right with them the first half on both sides of the ball; they picked up the intensity in the second half and seized the momentum.” Josiah De...
The Lady Raiders finished the 2013 season at home against the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions. LR lost to Liberty Bell in a straight set 3-0. Liberty Bell’s fast play took the Lady Raiders off guard and they never were in the match with the Mountain Lions. With the loss, the Lady Raiders final win-loss record was 4-12 overall and 1-8 in Central Washington 2B play. Looking to next season, the Lady Raiders JV team shows promise and will provide LR with a possible contender next season. Next season m...
NESPELEM (Nov. 1) — Tribal police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found in Nespelem, just before 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Colville Tribal Police Chief Cory Orr said in press release that the woman had been identified as Maria Victoria Sanchez, born May 31, 1984. Orr said police are currently investigating "the cause and circumstances surrounding the female body" and that no other information would be released until after a medical examination scheduled for Sunday. C...
Residents of Coulee Dam reported hearing, and feeling, a loud explosion coming from Grand Coulee Dam Wednesday afternoon. It was basically man-made thunder. Workers getting ready to test a generator under repair in the left powerhouse opened a gate to the penstock that flows water from behind the dam to the turbine that powers G-8, the generator under repair, explained Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher. Excess water in that process overflows through a bypass valve and out onto the face of the dam through a large tube that opens onto the...
Coulee Medical Center’s governing commissioners passed a resolution Friday night that sets out Public Hospital District 6’s typical meeting agenda and policies for handling unruly meetings. Resolution 815 adopts normal agendas for regular and special meetings, essentially identical to what the commission has used for years. A section on public comments restricts them to the end of the meeting agenda, allotting three minutes per speaker and other rules, including those set for the removal of “individuals who interrupt the orderly conduct of an...
Yes, I am a councilman’s wife. However, I am not writing in that capacity, but that of a citizen. Please know what and who you are voting for! I feel compelled to comment on the many months of ranting from people who are wanting something for nothing and seem to prefer mud-slinging to knowing the facts and the people who are trying to continue the good, honest and productive way the town of Coulee Dam has been run since its inception. Not everyone feels a need to make someone else look bad just to promote themselves. Many of us have made our h...
In the interest of “fairness” I must confess; my family and I are lawbreakers. It’s best to be up front about it before Mr. Horne and Mr. Madsen hold us before the city council and besmirch our very character. First, our home is not located in an area zoned for business, and no one in the family has a valid business license. Yet we seem to have persevered in small enterprises requiring both. My sister will be devastated, her life in ruin, branded a tax evader after babysitting for family and friends. Perhaps, my brother will be on par with...
Lake Roosevelt's boys' cross country team finished second in the Central Washington B League Championship race at Liberty Bell High School last Saturday, putting themselves in good position for the district-wide meet. "All our runners worked very hard to compete and ran very strong races," Head Coach Gary Darnold said. The Raider boys took home second place with the score of 62 points. Liberty Bell was first with only 18 points, LR was 11 points ahead of third-place Bridgeport who scored 73...
The Lady Raiders travelled to Manson looking for league win number two last week, but slipped from a two-game lead in a letdown that led to the Trojans winning the match in five games 3-2. Raider Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit liked how the team started out the match and praised his setters. "Mikel Friedlander and Kayley Duclos set very consistently for us, which allowed us to make some strong offensive plays," he said. But the poor play on the court and the turnaround loss in five games upset the coach. It was the subject of a locker room...
LR was handed its fourth loss in a row last Friday as the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions came to Coulee Dam to lay down a 45-0 walloping on the Raiders. The Raiders are now in last place in the Central Washington 2B standings at 3-5 overall, 0-4 in League play. They are now eliminated from postseason play. LR struggled early on offense, but so did the Mountain Lions. That is until they spread the Raider defense and used a balanced passing, rushing attack that led to their first score with 3:47...
Hospital District 6 commissioners will meet in a special session Friday night to discuss, in a closed session, to discuss legal matters with their attorney and to consider an employee’s performance. Following the the closed executive session, the commission meetings agenda finishes with “Board Agenda/Order of Business Policy”. By state law, special meetings must adhere to the announced agenda, which must be delivered in writing to each board member and relevant news media 24 hours in advance of the meeting. The announcement was emailed to Th...
This week The Star presents a candidates’ forum, in which we publish the responses of candidates for public office to questions we emailed to each. Not all responded, but many of the candidates seeking voter approval for 11 contested local offices sent in their thoughts to answer the questions posed. Below is the text of the email we sent. Their answers follow inside this issue. Dear Candidate, As a candidate for a contested local public office, you are the subject of an important community focus for the next few weeks — the upcoming election....
Our diverse region and readership have decisions to make. We hope this week’s Local Candidates Forum provides some help for voters who open their mail-in ballots to cast decisions on races they may not have even realized were occurring. Readers should know that candidates were notified that we wanted them to answer three simple questions, but only via an email and a front-page article in last week’s paper. If you don’t see a reply from them this week, there could be several reasons for that, including that they’ve been away and didn’t...