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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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About 60 sixth graders from Lake Roosevelt Elementary and Nespelem Schools will be trekking to the Tall Timber Ranch, near Leavenworth, next week. Sixth graders from the two schools have been going to the ranch for the past several years to learn about teamwork and outdoor experiences. Lake Roosevelt Elementary has 51 sixth graders, and Nespelem eight. School officials here said six adults will go with the students, and all will travel by school bus. The outing is for May 18–20. While there, students for the local schools will be the first t... Full story
Lest we get into the “it will never happen here” mood, let’s remind ourselves that the existence of this community was preceded by a very nutty idea that was laughed at by the whole nation. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was derided for supporting the building of Grand Coulee Dam. That is, until he looked like a genius when the nation suddenly needed its hydropower to fight World War II. But big dreams are easy for those of us with noses to the grindstone to dismiss. Grasping their particulars often requires more time and energy than... Full story
As a member of the Washington State Council on Aging, I am asking you to join me and my fellow members, and Governor Jay Inslee, in honoring Older Americans during the month of May. A meeting in April 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and members of the National Council of Senior Citizens led to his designation of the month of May as “Senior Citizens Month.” Every President since Kennedy has issued such a formal proclamation, currently named “Older Americans Month,” proclaiming the month of May as the time that the entire nation pays trib... Full story
Raider Baseball is one win away from advancing to the regional tournament for the first time since 2011. To get to this point, the Raiders had a doubleheader in Tonasket May 3 to close the regular season as the Tigers surprised the Raiders in the first game with a 10-4 win. But in the second game the Raiders turned around and trounced the Tigers by a score of 12-1. With the number-four seed from the North going into districts, the Raiders knew they would face a tough team in the first round. In Moses Lake on Saturday, the Raiders faced the numb... Full story
Raider Tennis played three matches last week, and one already this week, ahead of the Central Washington North 2B Tennis Tournament at the North Cascade Athletic Club in Omak this Friday and Saturday. The Raiders traveled to Entiat May 3, where, as Head Coach Steve Archer explained, they had a different match setup. “We had to play most of the matches in pro-set format, because Entiat only has three courts and no lights,” Archer said. The Raider boys defeated the Tigers but the girls came away with only one win. “Tanya Ang and Rylee Pitne... Full story
Raider Track wrapped up the regular season at the Ron Vanderholm Invitational in Royal City Friday. No Raiders placed at Royal City. “Our athletes continue to bring down their times and increase their heights and distances,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “We are excited to see what they can do as we enter the postseason.” Today, the Raiders are in Oroville for the District 5-6 Qualifying Meet starting at 3:30 p.m. The top five athletes from each event will move on to the District 5-6 State Qualifier on May 21 in Ephrata. At Royal City, Oliva A... Full story
The Lady Raiders’ season came to an end May 3 in Tonasket as the Tigers took both games of a doubleheader by the scores of 11-10 and 13-7. Because of losses earlier in the season, the Lady Raiders finished fifth in the Central Washington North, one place short of qualifying for districts. The final overall win-loss record for the Lady Raiders was 10-10. In league play, the Lady Raiders posted a 7-9 record, the team’s best record in years, better than in 2013 when LR qualified for the state tournament. LR was also in more games against qua... Full story
Raider Golf continues to improve and is peaking at the correct time — at Lake Wood Golf Course against both Okanogan and Omak — where two Raider boys finished the 18-hole round at under 100 strokes. Darin Whiteman led the Raider boys, shooting a 90 for the day. Derek Whiteman was the second finisher for the Raider boys, with 99 strokes. Jazmine Reed led the Raider girls by finishing the round with a score of 143. Head Coach Steve Files is now looking forward to tomorrow’s final regular season match at Alta Lake Golf Course against Omak and O... Full story
If you live in Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam or Elmer City, you should have gotten a plastic bag in the mail on Thursday. That's to put food in for the Care and Share Food Bank. Add some non-perishable food item to the bag and your postal carrier will pick it up on Saturday. Or you can drop it off at the Grand Coulee Post Office, where they're also putting on a barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot. You can just drive through to drop off your donation, if you like. This volunteer...
An Electric City councilmember was admonished by the full council at a special public hearing last Wednesday night for activities judged to be beyond her authority. Reprimanded was Councilmember Birdie Hensley, who became a member of the council for the second time this last January. The mayor, John Nordine II, asked councilmembers Aaron Derr, Brad Parrish, Lonna Bussert, and Richard McGuire, to vote to reprimand Hensley in a public hearing that she had called for. At issue were inquiries Hensley made of other agencies regarding the use of hote... Full story
Get ready for the 60th running of Colorama, May 6-8, with a special guide to the event inside this issue of The Star. There's a big parade, a rodeo, craft booths with food and gift ideas, and a newcomer - The Fun Zone - an inflatable event of its own, providing fun for all ages. And if that isn't enough, you can take a helicopter ride and get a bird's eye view of the fun. A beer tent and a cowboy saloon will be featured - the latter for the Ridge Rider's Colorama Rodeo, and the former sponsored... Full story
Colville Tribal members go to the polls Saturday to vote on 28 contenders for positions on the Colville Business Council. The primary vote will reduce candidates for each contended office to two who will face off in the general election in June. Poll voting will begin at 8 a.m. Certification of poll voting will be held at 10 a.m., on May 9. Absentee ballots will be certified May 12. Twenty-eight contenders have filed for seven positions in the tribal council. Six of seven incumbents have filed for re-election. Councilmember Nancy Johnson, who n...
County officials discussed with the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday a plan county commissioners are considering to house juvenile offenders out of the county at a privately-run facility in Medical Lake. Juvenile Court Administrator Dennis Rabidou, Superior Court judges Christopher Culp and Henry Rawson, and others attended. Rawson said he does not understand why the county commissioners are even considering a proposal that will be more expensive and serve the community more poorly, but he suggested the town council consider passing a... Full story
The idea of a trailer park and residential development along the Banks Lake Golf Course has surfaced again. Grant County Port District 7 commissioners raised the topic at their meeting last week as they wrestled with how to continue financing the operation of their 18-hole golf course. Both ideas were thought to be viable projects back in 2012, but the financial times put an end to any kind of new development along the golf course. None of the present commissioners held office when the two ideas surfaced previously. Present commissioners are... Full story
It will soon be toe-tapping time at Sunbanks Lake Resort. It’s nearly Rhythm & Blues Festival time at the resort on the shores of Banks Lake in Electric City. The festival is scheduled for May 19-22. Sunbanks has won the state Blues award for the past two years running and this year attracts bands and musicians from all over the country. Headlining the four-day event is James Harman’s Bamboo Porch Revue. The Delgado Brothers are back and Hamilton Loomis, Casey Miller & the Barnyard Stompers, Matt Andersen & the Bona Fide, Karen Lovely Ban... Full story
An ombudsman hearing to review evidence in the case of a former Grant County Mosquito District 2 clerk, previously scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, has been re-scheduled to June 21, the prosecutor’s office reported. The clerk, Karyn M. Byam, 40, an Electric City resident, has been charged with theft and misappropriation of funds, totaling $129,834. The case came to attention of county authorities after a Washington State Auditor’s Office report highlighted problems. Deputy Prosecutor Mark A. Laiminger said last Tuesday the delay was to aff... Full story
There is no disputing that any organization has a right to control who speaks for it, but that doesn’t translate into a right to censor speech. Birdie Hensley was officially admonished by her colleagues on the Electric City Council last week for doing her own research on questions she has about the city’s direction. It seems that she is free to research on behalf of herself as a city councilmember, but not on behalf of the city council. … Got that? That comes pretty close to being a hair split by semantics. It’s probably not couth for members... Full story
I just wanted The Star to know how much we appreciate Jesse Utz’s column “Jess, Shut Up.” My wife and I have been subscribers of The Star since we moved here in 1999. It is refreshing to see a paper where Christianity is not maligned, as in most newspapers today. We have known Jesse and Karrie since we came to the Coulee, and I can vouch for both of them as to their walk, always the first to volunteer to help in whichever way they are able to help. Thanks, Jesse. Jack and Sharon Zielsdorf... Full story
Human beings and nature exist on the same moral plane. An eco-centric world view, should be regarded as a precondition for an aesthetic and ethical appreciation and love of our (yours and mine) environment. Self-determination is a foundational principle in the world’s eye. American education is the total laziness towards taking into consideration anything, or anyone, besides yourself. Law and forestry are good examples. In law, the historical construct of our country through Manifest Destiny is mismatched so that cultural relationship held b... Full story
Raider Tennis competed in three matches last week and continued to improve to get ready for the postseason. Against Liberty Bell April 26, the Raider boys won their match 3-2, and it wasn't easy for either team. A doubles match of John Drapela and Jordan Charles against the duo of Frey and Schultz lasted for two hours and included a tiebreaker, which means playing to a score of seven with a two-point advantage. Although LR had several chances to gain that advantage, but Liberty Bell found it,... Full story
The Raiders are on a baseball win streak that has improved their overall win-loss record to 14-4 and their Central Washington North 2B record to 10-4. Lake Roosevelt defeated the Pateros Billygoats on senior night at Greene Field April 26 12-2 and 10-0. On Saturday, the Raiders spoiled the Manson Trojans senior night by soundly trouncing them 11-1 and 12-1. With the wins, LR is now in fourth place in the North and could hold on to the final district spot with a sweep of the Tonasket Tigers, whom they were scheduled to play last night in... Full story
The Lady Raiders won four games last week, which moved them into the number-four spot in the Central Washington 2B North standings. If they remain there, they will have a berth to the district tournament at the Ephrata Fastpitch complex starting May 14. Last night the Lady Raiders played at Tonasket in the season-ending doubleheader. Lake Roosevelt hosted the Pateros Nannies for Senior Night April 26, when the Nannies did not put up much of a fight in the first game, which ended 16-1 for LR. But the Nannies’ bats came alive in the second g... Full story
Raider Track finished its last two-meet week with the Northeast B meet in Davenport April 26 and the Rieke Invite at Peshastin on the 29th. Head Coach Lori Adkins was pleased with the progress the team made last week. “Between the two meets last week, our athletes pulled down a lot of (personal records). This shows promise we set up for postseason.” At Davenport, the Raider boys finished seventh in team scoring with 46.5 points. LR girls finished 16th with two team points. Cameron Tillman placed placed eigth in the 100-meter dash with the tim... Full story
The state Dept. of Transportation said Monday afternoon that drivers on highway 155 should expect delays for pavement maintenance this Tuesday through Thursday. The work is scheduled to take place between Elmer City and Nespelem from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and drivers should expect delays up to 20 minutes where the DOT maintenance crew is applying asphalt pavement patches from four miles north of Coulee Dam to Nespelem. Drivers are directed to follow the directions of the flaggers and slow down through the work zone.... Full story
A public hearing will be held tonight for an Electric City council member who wants to answer her reprimand in public. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, April 27) in the city council chambers. Councilmember Birdie Hensley had asked for a public hearing after she was reprimanded by Mayor John Nordine II and the city council for making inquiries of other agencies, suggesting she was doing so on behalf of the council. Tonight’s hearing will not take input from the public, but will outline what city officials see as the p... Full story