News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders played their last volleyball game of the year Oct. 25, narrowly losing at home to the Soap Lake Lady Eagles. After losing the first set, the Lady Raiders regained momentum by winning the second and third, but they were unable to close, losing the fourth set and tie-breaking fifth to the Lady Eagles. "It was a disappointing loss for the team," said Lady Raider Head Coach Kasey Garvin. "We missed a lot of opportunities to finish the game. I really believed we were... Full story
Raider cross country ran in the 5k league and district meets Oct. 22 and 29. At the league meet in Liberty Bell, four Raider runners ran among 57 total. Freshman Kyle Edmo finished 22nd with a time of 20 minutes and 18 seconds. Senior Cameron Tillman finished 33rd with a time of 21:30;,senior Will Friedlander finished 40th in 22:43, and freshman Jonathan Cante came in 41st in 22:52. “We had a good run at league. Our freshman, Kyle Edmo, led our Raider runners with a strong performance,” remarked Head Coach Gary Darnold. The Raider runners faced... Full story
The former Center School in Grand Coulee is for sale, this time with three parties already showing interest in the property. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner told the school board Monday night that he has been in touch with three parties who have shown interest in the building and a total of about eight acres of land. Turner said he is proceeding with an open bid date of Dec. 1. He declined to say who the interested parties are, but said he would have to excuse himself from being involved in the discussions and... Full story
Coulee Dam's Candy Point trail is getting a makeover from the Washington Trails Association. This past weekend, 10-15 volunteers from all over Washington worked on clearing brush along the Candy Point Trail, starting behind town hall, where a lesser-known trailhead has become overgrown with brush over the years. Workers pruned branches and hauled them back to the trailhead, where the vegetation awaited wood chipping by the town crew before being hauled off. The trail was built in 1937 by the Civ... Full story
The pyrotechnics are coming. Look for a lot of noise and fireworks in the sky, Dec. 2 and 3, when fireworks experts from across the state gather on a 135-acre tract near Grand Coulee in Lincoln County. Host to the event will be Alan Cain, who is in the process of completing his pyrotech license. The occasion is a gathering of the Northwest Pyrotechnics Association, whose members gather at different locations to talk about fireworks, and put on a show for themselves and anyone who cares to watch. The show is actually demonstrations by members... Full story
Put yourself in this situation. You are elderly, diabetic, have a memory problem, and you're homeless, and you don't know how to get help. That's the situation Clarence Roosevelt Jerred was in until he met up with Kathy and Dale Baty, owners of Center Lodge Motel in Grand Coulee. They have housed him at the motel since Sept. 25, while they sought ways to help him. Homelessness is increasingly a problem, not only in urban areas, but in small towns across America. Last January, more than 20,000... Full story
A dog named Malquin was declared “potentially dangerous” by the Grand Coulee City Council last Tuesday night. The dog was in the possession of Dorothy Hall, of the 400 block on Roosevelt Drive, at the time of a Sept. 20 incident, who explained that she was keeping the dog for its owner, Sean Bradshaw, who had recently moved out. Malquin, a reddish colored and rather large pit bull, had attacked a yellow Labrador dog owned by Stephanie Hermetz. When Hermetz reported the incident to police she said that “there was blood everywhere.”And when sh... Full story
Tony Wilson, a 1995 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, retired from the military recently after serving 20 years in the U.S. Army. Wilson retired as a master sergeant and served as a combat engineer and explosives ordnance disposal specialist. He served combat deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, and has received the Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, the Army Combat Badge, the Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge, the Meritorious Service Commendation... Full story
The public and Lake Roosevelt Schools students will have an opportunity to meet abstract artist Lucinda Parker on Thursday morning, in two sessions. Parker will speak at 9 a.m., and meet with elementary and seventh- and eighth-grade students in the elementary cafeteria. She will meet in a second session at 10:15 a.m., at the same location, with 9th- through 12th-grade students. The public is invited to attend either session. There will be a dedication of Parker’s six abstract paintings, and Mike Sweney of the Washington State Arts Commission wi... Full story
The Lady Raiders won a close, 3-2 game at home against Tonasket last Thursday before losing 3-0 in Brewster Saturday, and losing 3-2 at home against Soap Lake last night. Thursday saw the Lady Raiders take an early 2-0 lead against the visiting Lady Tigers, who tried to rally, winning the next two sets to tie the game at 2-2. But the Lady Raiders prevailed and narrowly won the tie-breaking fifth set 15-12. "My setter, Sean Garvin, sped up the setting tempo for her hitters and grabbed and split... Full story
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders football team showed no mercy to the Bridgeport Mustangs on Friday, defeating them on their own turf 66-0. LR’s win-loss record now stands at 6-1 for the season and has clinched a playoff spot. To say the victory was lopsided would be an understatement, with three touchdowns in the first quarter, four in the second and two in the third. “The Bridgeport game was a lot of fun,” said Raider Head Coach Loren Endsley. “We got to see a lot of the younger players play and see that the future is bright at LR.” Highlight... Full story
The Lady Raiders lost on Saturday to Brewster, but won in a shootout on Monday in Manson, finishing their first-ever season at 3-8. The Lady Raiders lost 5-0 on Saturday to Brewster ... a loss, but nonetheless an improvement over their 11-0 defeat to the Lady Bears earlier in the year. "They played what I consider to be their best passing game," said LR Head Coach Casey Moore. "Bryn Chaffee had a phenomenal game along with Kayla St. Pierre," Moore continued. "All in all, I'm very pleased with... Full story
Fellow citizens of Coulee Dam, thanks to all of you for your encouragement while I collected signatures for our letter to Mayor Wilder and our council members the week of Oct. 14 thru Oct. 19. Saturday morning was cold with a chance of rain and I had my doubts. So, I started this effort where I felt the most comfortable and I felt I had the best shot at success — the north end of Ferry Street at the home of Clea Pryor. My timid knock on Clea’s door and a poorly rehearsed presentation were rewarded with a smile, a signature and a “Go get’em.” Be... Full story
The local and state races this year are bigger than the “he said, she said” and “I feel wronged because I didn’t get my way” hype going around Okanogan County. The races are about two commissioners and a citizen who dared to challenge the established machine in Olympia and locally that is kept well-oiled by Westside special interest groups such as Futurewise and Conservation NW. It’s about the recent Hirst decision by WA Supreme Court justices that impacts private landowners and whether they will be granted the right to access the water they... Full story
Wow, that was some bake sale and auction for Sheilah Kennedy’s fund raiser! One buyer paid $250 for a $12 peach pie. The money she raked in helped pay for a full-page ad in my local paper. After reading the ad, I realized that Sheilah is being too modest. Let me add a few of her accomplishments while Commissioner that she neglected to mention: -She voted to support the Gebbers family corporation by vacating the Three Devils Road, against the wishes of the people of Chilliwist. This led to litigation and extensive legal fees. -She voted to p... Full story
I have friends from all walks of life and beliefs and believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and it isn’t my job to change them. Therefore, I normally do not have anything to do with politics outside of researching and voting my own ballot. I do feel compelled to write this letter in support of Commissioner Sheilah Kennedy after witnessing the lies and misinformation being spread around our county this year. I sit on the Okanogan County Fair Board. Every time a situation has come up, I was always able to pick up a phone any t... Full story
As the Grant County Treasurer for 30 years, I have worked with a few state treasurers as president and other roles. State treasurers and county treasurers need to have a close relationship and understand each others’ roles in efficient money management and as stewards of public monies. Duane Davidson has held multiple terms as president and other leadership roles with the County Treasurers Association and has shown the qualities of experience and management your next state treasurer needs. His organizational skills and understanding of the b... Full story
I believe I am the only person who knows both Nick Wallace and Judge David Estudillo on both a professional and personal level. Judge Estudillo and I both started our careers at Jeffers Danielson, a Wenatchee-based firm which had a Moses Lake branch at the time. David (as I called him then) started in 1999 and I started in 2000. We worked together there for just short of two years. Since then, we have attended some birthday parties and barbecues together with common friends when he was visiting from the Seattle area. I have appeared before him... Full story
County commissioner meetings are public - anyone can observe. Since they are open, the audience should be able to hear and understand the activities of the meeting, and maybe even ask questions. Most organizational meeting standards include advance notice of agendas, timely approval of minutes, available materials for topics discussed, time for discussion, and a record of decisions made. County Commissioners make their executive decisions through resolutions, which are normally recorded in the meeting minutes or may be attachments to the... Full story
I was Republican leader on the House Capital Budget Committee when Rep. Hawkins was appointed assistant leader. The capital budget is critically important, supporting school facilities, public lands, parks and other “brick-and-mortar” investments. Final negotiations surrounding the capital budget often mean long and unusual working hours for the leader and assistant leader. Unfortunately, Rep. Hawkins was “missing in action” many times during those negotiations. Even after we explained the importance of the negotiations, he seemed unable to gra... Full story
It’s D-Day for American voters. With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carrying unusually low approval ratings and having a deep antipathy for one another, no matter which one ultimately is elected, the nation will be bitterly polarized. Hopefully, each has a plan to bring us back together after Nov. 8. America thrives on a peaceful transfer of power. It is one of the important traditions which has been handed down since John Adams succeeded George Washington on March 4, 1797. For guidance, Clinton and Trump ought to look to Gerald Ford. F... Full story
As a Republican candidate for the state's second-highest office, conservative talk show host and Lake Roosevelt graduate Marty McClendon addresses a less-than-conservative crowd of Lake Roosevelt High School seniors Oct. 7. McClendon is seeking the leiutenant governor's office, which, he told students, wields some significant and often under-appreciated power....
Two men with guns were arrested and taken to Grant County jail after shooting a street light out from their car near the top of the Grand Coulee Dam. The incident was reported to police by Plant Protection dispatcher Monroe Merriman, who heard the firing while outside his office. Police stopped the pair near Greene Field, and they admitted firing and hitting the street light, police reported. The two, Kristopher T. Simms, 24, from Port Townsend, Washington, and Paul J. Van Dyke, 23, from Chimacan, Washington, said they were on their way to... Full story
Grant County computer systems being down last week will delay or make it more difficult for Electric City and Grand Coulee to develop budgets for 2017. Electric City has a budget workshop scheduled for 6 p.m., Oct. 25. “We will just have to work around this,” City Clerk Jackie Perman said. The county government’s computer systems were completely offline for about two and a half hours Oct. 12, also making all but a few emergency phone numbers inoperable. Enhanced 9-1-1 was not affected. Jury duty was also canceled for the day. Partial servi... Full story
Electric City has agreed to provide Washington State University an additional $1,000 to finish up work on its Pathway and Revitalization project. The city had contracted with WSU’s Rural Communities Design Initiative team last spring to do initial planning for a project that includes downtown sidewalks, two parks and a trail system along Banks Lake. WSU Assistant Professor Kathleen Ryan, leader of the group, informed the city that her group would need another $1,000 to complete the project. The WSU RCDI group’s original contract was for $5,... Full story
