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People in Electric City spoke for and against building a new park last week, with most agreeing that a new park would be good, but with little agreement on how far over budget an offered bid was or on where the money should come from. The Ice Age Park project in Electric City is delayed further but is still possible, following a rejection of the bid at the Feb. 11 city council meeting in which community members discussed the merits of the park, and confusion over costs cropped up. Community members, council members, and park committee members...
People have been using the recycling receptacles placed at the Delano Regional Transfer Station, but not everyone has been using them correctly, resulting in contaminated loads which could lead to the recycling service going away. The Regional Board of Mayors meeting didn’t get around to addressing the agenda items at their Feb. 10 meeting due to a mayor or representative from Elmer City not being present to complete the quorum; however, the three mayors present — Diane Kohout, of Electric City; Paul Townsend, of Grand Coulee; and Bob Poc...
An ordinance banning fireworks from Electric City that was being considered has been dropped by the city council. At their Feb. 11 council meeting, the matter was discussed by council members, Fire Chief Mark Payne, and more, that since most fireworks that draw complaints from people are already illegal, such as rockets that may land on somebody’s roof, it didn’t make sense to make something illegal that was already illegal, like wearing a hat on a hat. Councilmember Brian Buche expressed a concern over how to enforce such an ordinance. The...
Raider wrestlers are state bound following a successful performance at regionals last weekend. Ten out of 12 Raider wrestlers who competed at the regional tournament in Oroville on Saturday will be heading to the state Mat Classic XXXII at the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday. "It went well," Head Coach Billy Monroe said about the 1B/2B Region 2 tournament. "We finished up second as a team behind the Tonasket Machine." LR's 153 team points placed them second out of 12 teams, with Tonasket...
The Raiders competed in league basketball playoffs this past week, defeating the Hornets and losing to the Bears, and now move onto a district crossover game on Friday. Lake Roosevelt defeated the Oroville Hornets in a league playoff match Feb. 14, winning 69-52, but in a game that was a tie in the third quarter. "Playoffs are a different ball game," Head Coach Jeremy Crollard said after the game. "Oroville came to play tonight. We have to expect the same type of intensity from here on out....
The basketball postseason is in full swing with the Lady Raiders defeating Tonasket, losing to Waterville, beating Liberty Bell, and now progressing onto the district crossover game this Saturday in Quincy. LR defeated the Tonasket Lady Tigers 53-27 Thursday in Coulee Dam. In the first quarter, a pair of back-to-back, three-point shots from Allison Nomee put LR up 15-0. Tonasket got on the board in the last minute of the quarter that finished 17-4 LR. LR led 26-15 at the end of the half, and in...
The Electric City council voted in a new city clerk/administrator, as well as a new council member, at their meeting Tuesday night. Peggy Nevsimal was chosen out of four candidates as the new city clerk/administrator following an executive session at the meeting. Nevsimal, who is currently the executive director at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, was absent from the meeting. "At this time we feel that Peggy would be a great asset to the city of Electric City," Mayor Diane Kohout...
Octavio Alejandre was a state wrestling champion for the Lake Roosevelt Raiders in 2015, and is now wrestling at Grays Harbor College, where he has been conference champion twice and became an All-American. While wrestling for LR, Alejandre placed fourth at state as a sophomore, third as a junior, and was state champ in the 285-pound heavyweight division his senior year. "What inspired me to succeed in wrestling was my high school coach, Steve Hood," Alejandre told The Star in an email....
Christian Kennedy grew up in the Coulee, went to the big city of Las Vegas, and returned last year with his wife Sara to settle down and help take over the family business. Having graduated in 2002, Kennedy met his wife at Eastern Washington University, and from there they migrated to Las Vegas, Nevada where they found work within Clark County School District, the fifth largest school district in the nation, where Christian worked in information technology as a programmer. Sara taught English...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors took new assignments at their Jan. 27 meeting. Director George LaPlace was appointed board chair. Director Carla Marconi was appointed vice chair, and Ken "Butch" Stanger was appointed legislative representative. LaPlace, who has served on the board since 2015, replaces Rich Black as board chair. Black, still a director, has chaired the board since 2016. Marconi has served on the board since 2007. Newly elected Director Alex Tufts, who...
The Raiders finished the regular season with two wins and a loss in boys' basketball. The Raiders got snowed on in Brewster, where the Bears handed LR their first league loss of the season, with LR losing 73-50. LR led 28-25 at the half but were outscored 23-10 in the third quarter and 25-12 in the fourth. On Friday the Raiders played an away game against the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions, pulling off a narrow, 59-57 victory. Then on Saturday, LR hosted the Waterville-Mansfield Shockers in the...
The Raider wrestling postseason started in Tonasket at the district tournament last Saturday where all the Raiders who wrestled qualified for the regional tournament this Saturday in Oroville. “Districts went fairly well,” Head Coach Billy Monroe said. “We had three district champions in Colton Jackson, Trevon Johnson and Joseph Tynan. We got second as a team behind Tonasket. I hope to continue with that and finish (in the) top three as a team at regionals and then again at state.” Jackson was the champion of the 106 weight bracket; Johnson...
The Lady Raiders finished the regular season with two losses and a win, and will be hosting the Tonasket Lady Tigers Thursday to kick off the postseason. The Lady Raiders braved a blizzard to defeat the Lady Bears by just two points, 47-45, on Feb. 4 in Brewster. The two teams' matchups have been close this year, with LR losing to Brewster by just one point back in January, 37-36. On Friday, the Lady Raiders lost an away game with the Liberty Bell Lady Mountain Lions, 58-46. Then on Saturday,...
The ability of the school or a parent to be able to communicate with a bus driver for one reason or another is an important one, and the Grand Coulee Dam School District directors discussed the topic at their Jan. 27 meeting. Former board director Brenda Covington spoke with the school board, following up on the topic she had also addressed at their Dec. 9 meeting when she was still on the board. Back in December, Covington had mentioned a woman who was unable to reach a bus driver, and that the bus barn didn’t have phone numbers for the bus dr...
Those interested in the local airport for one reason or another, especially those representing organizations, can anticipate a meeting in April to discuss the Grand Coulee Dam Airport’s draft master plan. At their Jan. 30 meeting, Grant County Port District 7 commissioners discussed wanting to bring in people from various entities, such as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Colville Tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Army Corps of Engineers, the hospital, local cities, and more, to participate in a...
Attention geology nerds! There's some cool stuff happening regarding local geology including a podcast available now and a presentation coming in March. Geologist Bruce Bjornstad will be coming to the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center auditorium on March 28 to show some of his drone footage from the area from the past few years. Similar videos on Youtube show birds-eye views of places in the Grand Coulee region, including the Dry Falls, the Great Blade, the Potholes area, and much more, as well as...
The Colville Tribes now have a member on Washington state's Recreation and Conservation Funding Board, which awards about $250 million in grants every two years. Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Okanogan resident Henry Hix, who is the chief of natural resource enforcement for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a Jan. 23 press release from the state's Recreation and Conservation Office states. Hix "previously managed the Tribes' Parks and Recreation Program and served in the Tribes'...
A few years back, a lot of them really, there was an article written in this very paper entitled “Flames of Love.” It was written by Temple Stark, a reporter here that has since moved on to another riveting assignment. The feel-good article was about a young couple who met at the firehouse and sparked a connection. Who knew then the journey the couple would go on would be like searching a burning building? Sometimes dark, sometimes dangerous, twists, turns and obstacles sometimes becoming dif...
The Raider wrestlers hosted a dual tournament and then went to the Okanogan Invite this past week. The Raiders hosted a dual tournament joined by Kittitas, Wilbur-Creston-Keller, and Omak at Lake Roosevelt High School Friday. "I thought the double dual went well," Head Coach Billy Monroe said. "I prefer the dual format over a mix and match because it makes it much more exciting for the teams involved. Kids can help the team, even if they lose, by not getting pinned and saving team points. It...
The league-leading Raider boys notched two more wins last week. The Raiders defeated the Tonasket Tigers 86-48 in Tonasket on Jan. 28. Lake Roosevelt led 49-22 at the end of the first half before outscoring them 37-26 in the second. Leading scorers for the Raiders were Soarin’ Marchand, who led the Raiders with 15 points; Sam Wapato, who scored 14; and Kyle Edmo and CJ Saxon, who each scored 10. The Raiders went to Soap Lake Thursday, when they annihilated the Eagles 89-28. Marchand again led the Raiders with 16 points. Other leading Raider s...
The Lady Raiders bloodied the Tonasket Lady Tigers, then rinsed off at Soap Lake with a decisive lathering of the Lady Eagles last week. In Tonasket, Lake Roosevelt took down their opponents 43-31 Jan. 28, then two nights later beat Soap Lake 70-17. An away game in Brewster was scheduled for yesterday against the Lady Bears, results of which will be reported next week. The Lady Raiders are scheduled to play on the road against Liberty Bell at 6 p.m. Feb. 7. A home game the next day, Feb. 8, is...
The city of Grand Coulee wants to renegotiate a contract under which city police provide law enforcement services to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for nearly $600,000 a year. The city is currently operating on a six-month extension on a contract that expired in November of 2019, a contract in which the city’s police provide additional security at the Grand Coulee Dam. That contract adds four additional officers to the Grand Coulee Police Department, which serves Grand Coulee and Electric City, for a total of eight officers, plus a reserve o...
The recent story of a Colville tribal member winning hunting rights on traditional lands in Canada is being told in a 30-minute documentary that will premiere in Spokane next month. A Jan. 17 press release from the Colville Tribes details the documentary and the story that it tells. "'Older Than The Crown' follows the trial of Sinixt tribal member and retired Fish & Wildlife Officer, Rick Desautel, who in 2010 was charged with hunting as a non-resident and without a license in Canada," the...
What makes good government? Many of us would probably contend that we have taken a recess from good government. Sometimes we learn more during recess than we do in the classroom. Polls indicate that our confidence in the way our federal government operates has been declining for several decades. Money has become the governing factor enabling a political candidate to get on stage. At that point, it becomes a personality contest with all manner of pundits rating every syllable, move, garment, and hair style while photographers spot every...
As you all know by now, I like to profile certain seniors at Lake Roosevelt High School. It gives you all a chance to learn a little bit about the adults that the Raiders are producing and get a glimpse of where they have been and where they are going. Living in a small community, they become all of our kids, and Nick Baker is one of those students we all enjoy. So here is a little bit of my chat with “Big Nick.” Before we even got started, that big smile that Nick carries with him was pla...