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The Grand Coulee City Council voted last week to extend their contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to keep a portion of B Street closed for up to another year during construction of the bureau’s new fire station. The council discussed some of the frustration of closing the street for another year at their Nov. 19 council meeting. Councilmember Tom Poplawski said he’d like to add a penalty clause that says the bureau has to pay a penalty if the project isn’t done before the end of 2020. Councilmember Mike Horne agreed that would be a...
The local port district set a formal deadline of Dec. 31 for the sale of Banks Lake Golf Course to Rattlesnake Ridge to be completed. Grant County Port District 7, which manages the local airport and Banks Lake Golf Course, signed a purchase and sale agreement earlier this year to sell the golf course and some surrounding land to Rattlesnake Ridge for $1.8 million. The company gave the district $10,000 in earnest money toward the sale. District Commissioner and President Jim Keene said that he recently had told Scott Gerrits, the president of...
A local museum focused on honoring the people who make the community's history now has a collection of tools from a worker on display. Antique hammers and wrenches were donated by Robert McClure this month to the Coulee Pioneer Museum in Electric City. The hammers belonged to Delbert McClure, Robert's father, and a former mayor of Electric City in the late 1960s who also owned Del's Texaco there. Amanda Covey, who volunteers at the museum, which is open from 1-5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday,...
At this time of Thanksgiving, we pause to give thanks to those who enrich our lives. At the University of Washington School of Medicine in partnership with Gonzaga University, we are especially grateful for the growing community of friends, professionals and partners in Grand Coulee who help us deliver top-ranked medical education every day. Thank you to the community and physicians in Grand Coulee for warmly welcoming our medical students and enriching their education experience. You are instrumental in training the high quality physicians...
This week I am profiling another outstanding senior at Lake Roosevelt High School. I have watched her grow up right before our eyes. She has had many ups and downs in her educational career here within the walls of the Coulee, but she is putting the pieces together and is ready to take on whatever is next. Here is a little bit of my talk with Rosa Carter. “It’s going alright,” is how Rosa answered my first question about her senior year, and then the normally quiet young lady opened up the f...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders' football season ended in Kalama in the second round of the state playoff tournament Saturday. In Kalama, the Raiders played against the Kalama Chinooks, losing 43-0. "Obviously Saturday didn't turn out how we'd have liked, but we lost to really good football team," Head Coach Tim Rasmussen said. "It was a fantastic opportunity to travel and play on turf and experience what the elite football programs at our level look like. We can use it as a tool to be able to help...
At the same meeting in which their public works director described the “dilapidated” state of some of Electric City’s water and sewer system, the city council voted to change the firm that plans and engineers major upgrades on those systems and more. The city council chose Century West Nov. 12 to be the city’s new engineering consultant firm, ending a 35-year relationship with Gray & Osborne, approving the recommendation of a committee tasked with comparing different engineering firms. That committee was made up of Mayor Elect Diane Kohout,...
A proposed $1.4 billion hydropower project is looking more likely to happen in the area, its promoters say, and would bring in 1,000-1,500 workers during construction and create 100-150 permanent jobs. The Banks Lake Pumped Storage Project would be a gravity-fed, pumped-storage system, draining water from Banks Lake, back down to Lake Roosevelt, turning generators in the process, and later pumping the water back up to Banks Lake. One or two penstock pipes, up to 35 feet in diameter, would run...
Justin Miller has been selected as the new fire chief for the Electric City Volunteer Fire Department. Miller’s appointment to chief was approved by the Electric City Council at their Nov. 12 meeting. Miller has served on the department for 16 years and was a lieutenant prior to being appointed chief. Mark Payne, who was recently fired as chief, was present at the meeting and said that Miller would be a good selection, and that he feels Miller will do a good job. The council also approved a stipend to the fire chief of $25 per fire training o...
Imagine opening an old envelope and catching a glimpse of history. Grand Coulee man Fred Long received a few items that belonged to his brother, Robert "Bobby" Long, after he passed away recently, including an unsigned letter titled "This is Persia, The Way a G.I. Soldier See's It," dated November 13, 1943 from "Iran Persia." Fred Long knew right away it wasn't his brother's handwriting, but since Robert Long, along with his other brother Harry, had served in Persia at that time, Fred Long...
The Lady Raiders ended their volleyball season by competing in the state tournament for the first time since 1991 as they lost in two games in Yakima last week. Lake Roosevelt first played the Kalama Chinooks Nov. 14, winning the first set 25-15, but losing the next three 25-13, 25-16, and 25-21 for a 3-1 final. That evening, the Lady Raiders faced off against Chewelah, again winning the first set, 25-13, and dropping the next three 25-19, 25-9, and 25-15. "We had a wonderful season this year,"...
Many Raiders and Lady Raiders athletes have received “All League” honors from the Central Washington 2B League, nominated and chosen by coaches from the league. All four teams made it to the post season this year. In football, in which the Raiders will compete in the state quarterfinals Saturday, Hunter Whitelaw was named as First Team quarterback; Sam Wapato was named as First Team receiver; Trevon Johnson, Josh “Bobcat” Flowers, and Myka Boyd were all named as First Team offensive linemen. Malachi Rasmussen was named as Second Team receive...
A garage fire in Grand Coulee was extinguished before it spread on Monday afternoon, causing mostly smoke damage, with no one suffering any injuries. “It could have been way worse,” Marjie Gallagher said about the fire that she said was caused by a wood stove. Her husband, Don, has power tools in the garage at their home on Roosevelt Drive, she said, among lots of other stuff, but she wasn’t sure of the extent of the damage yet. “It’s just a big mess, really,” she said, adding that they are still able to stay in their house and aren’t in n...
Two local towns will directly lose transportation funds because of the passage of a state initiative. Electric City and Elmer City will lose a bit of revenue from the recent passage of a statewide initiative that, among other things, limits how cities can collect money for their transportation benefit districts. Electric City and Elmer City each have charged a $20 fee per vehicle registered to their residents, which brought in about $17,000 for Electric City’s TBD and $6,000 for Elmer City’s, according to their city clerks. Grand Cou...
When this paper comes out there will be 35 shopping days until Christmas, and eight days till Thanksgiving. (Pause to let that sink in) OK, breathe. In the past at our house, we would be making lists consisting of ammo, kitchen tools and automotive tools. We could even dig a little deeper on the depth chart of possible gifts and say stuff like, Kanye West album, a recliner or a new pair of boots. But things have changed this year. We recently bought a luxury kitchen. No, not for our home. Well,...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders football team is going to state, hosting a first-round game on Saturday, following a solid victory in the district crossover game. In Coulee Dam on Nov. 8, the Raiders annihilated Liberty Christian, 61-14. Liberty Christian started the game off looking good, leading 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. But those were the only points Liberty Christian would score. LR put 27 points up on the board in the second quarter to lead 27-14 at the half. The Raiders then scored...
The Lady Raiders volleyball team is Yakima bound, having qualified for state for the first time since 1991 with a 3-0 victory over Mabton last week. The Lady Raiders had lost to Lady Bears Nov. 5 in Brewster, 3-1, winning the first set 25-21, then dropping the next three 25-8, 25-30, and 25-11. But Lake Roosevelt then went to Wenatchee for district play Nov. 7, when the ladies faced off against Mabton, winning in three sets 25-23, 26-24. and 25-16. That win solidified their going to the state...
Raider Kyle Edmo ran at the 1B/2B state cross country meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco on Saturday. Edmo placed 110th out of 154 runners with a time of 18 minutes, 40.1 seconds. Daniel Quintana of Ilwaco won the event in 15:55.8. "State went great!" Head Coach Ann Green said. "The early morning was pretty cold but warmed up just before his race. Kyle definitely gave it his best and that's all you can hope in an athlete." "This season has not only been great, it's been a huge learning...
The Lady Raiders soccer team's fourth season ended in the playoffs last week, the first time the team made it to the playoffs. Lake Roosevelt lost a soccer playoff game 6-3 in Tonasket against the Lady Tigers on Nov. 5. Bryn Chaffee scored a goal and had an assist. Jasilynn Schilling and Madisyn Toulou each scored a goal. Kyona Edmo made seven saves at goalie for LR. "Thursday's game with Tonasket was hard to swallow," Consultant/Trainer Randy Semanko said. "We thought we had prepared well and w...
Locals support idea of “ditching the switch” and adopting “permanent Daylight Savings Time” State legislation passed earlier this year would put a stop to changing clocks. Locals do not like switching their clocks twice a year between Daylight Savings and Standard Time, if an online Star poll is an indication. Daylight Savings ended on Nov. 3 when we rolled our clocks back an hour for what could be the last time we “fall back.” Daylight Savings Time moves an hour of daylight in the sunnier seasons, spring and summer, when the sun is out long...
Daylight Savings Time ended on Nov. 3 when we rolled our clocks back an hour. Could this be the last time we “fall behind?” Legislation signed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this year to permanently adopt Daylight Savings Time, in other words to “spring forward” but not “fall back” an hour, still requires the OK from Congress on the federal level, with President Trump saying he supports the idea. According to a recent KING5 news article “thirty-six other states have either had bills passed or proposed to make daylight saving time p...
A new class at the high school could certify students to be home caretakers. Lake Roosevelt High School is working on crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s of implementing a home caretaker class into offered curriculum. The move would be the first program implemented in a drive to add CTE (Career Technical Education) instruction at the school. A previous attempt by the district to include a Certified Nursing Assistant class in the curriculum fell short when an instructor couldn’t be found. The one-semester class would prepare students to take...
Bridge girders heading toward the West Fork area of the San Poil river along highway 21 between Keller and Republic crossed the bridge at Coulee Dam recently. The girders, six in total, each measure 114 feet long. The former bridge at West Fork washed away in the spring of 2017, at which point a single-lane "Bailey Bridge," a type of bridge constructed for World War II, was put there to allow traffic to drive through. This week the girders will be put up for the new, two-lane bridge, according t...
James Duranceau attended an event last month hosted by the Special Forces Association where he was honored for his 16 years as a Green Beret in the United States Army. Duranceau joined the army in 1962, starting his first tour of Vietnam on Christmas Day of 1965. He became a part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade as a Ranger and an Airborne Ranger in the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Regiment, starting his second tour of Vietnam with the Korean Rock Ranger Battalion in 1968 when he became a Green...
The Raider football team returned from Brewster with a new Bear-skin rug, having killed the Bears 57-6 in the final game of the regular season last Friday, finishing as the undisputed champions of the Central Washington 2B league, undefeated in league play. In the first quarter, Cameron St. Pierre scored a touchdown on a 38-yard run, and later quarterback Hunter Whitelaw ran in one-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, St. Pierre ran an 11-yard touchdown run, and Whitelaw carried the ball in for 15-yard run. Malachi Rasmussen, also in the...