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Residents of Electric City have let it be known how they wanted two proposed city parks to be named. City dwellers who came into the office to pay their utility bill were given an opportunity to cast their vote for the naming of the two parks last month. They voted for “Ice Age Park” for the development on McNett Avenue and for “Talus Park” at the Grand Avenue site. The names and votes received for the McNett park were: Ice Age, 26 votes; Fossil River, 22; and Mammoth, 18 votes. Votes for the Grand Avenue site names were: Talus, 28; Mammoth...
A Coulee City man died Thursday morning when the pickup he was driving slid off the highway into Lake Lenore upside down. Harold J. Chadwick, 78, and Connie Chadwick, 74, were headed south on SR 17 when the 1996 Ford F150 rotated clockwise and went off of the left embankment about 12 miles north of Soap Lake at milepost 86, according to a Washington State Patrol investigation. The pickup rolled several times, coming to rest on its top half submerged in Lake Lenore. Connie Chadwick was injured...
Care Net, a facility that helps young mothers, expecting mothers, and those who suspect they may be expecting, has operated in the area for over a year now and has had positive feedback from local young mothers. Rachel Harris, who manages the facility, estimates that she gets about 20 visits from women each month who come in for Care Net services, which range from free pregnancy tests, emotional support through the process, education on pregnancy and parenthood, and items rewarded for becoming...
Superintendent Paul Turner was in Olympia Tuesday to address the Washington State Senate Education Committee on discipline in the Lake Roosevelt School District. Turner was one of several superintendents in the state invited to address the senate members. It was a unique opportunity for Turner to tell the district’s story and concerns that have dominated the local school scene in recent months. The senate committee was quick to point out that they were seeking information only, and that the appearance of the superintendents was not to be t...
The mayors of Coulee Dam and Elmer City plan to meet next Tuesday to discuss the eventual hookup of the Elmer City sewer system to Coulee Dam’s new plant and the discrepancy in several billing invoices. Elmer City has outlined how it can solve the need to pump sewage some 20-feet higher than it currently does, as a short term solution to the problem. The town indicated recently that it could put in two new pumps as a temporary step in meeting the date of the opening of the new Coulee Dam plant, now estimated at late summer. The cost of the two...
Lockdown was a precaution Lake Roosevelt Schools were secured in a lockdown Monday when a suspicious figure was seen around the schools. “We called the Coulee Dam authorities, secured the building, and stayed in secured status until the authorities gave us the all-clear that the potential threat had been mediated,” an official statement from the school read. “We erred on the side of safety, staff followed procedures and protocol to protect our students, and everything went well.” A school worker told The Star that a suspicious man carryin...
Spooked by a photographer, Canada geese seem to run on the water of Banks Lake with Steamboat Rock in the background Thursday, an overcast day. See our weather forecast for the week on page 8. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Motorists at the Million Dollar Mile on SR-155 clear what debris they can to open up the southbound lane after a rockslide blocked both lanes about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. State Department of Transportation workers arrived with equipment to clear the northbound lane soon after. - Launi Ritter photo...
Those of you who are still wondering where the big sculpted wood fish has gone, just be patient, it might soon be back. You will recall the big blow back in July 2012, when one of the region’s fiercest wind storms toppled a couple of evergreen trees in Mason City Park. The freak storm became an opportunity to create artwork for the town (now a city) as then-mayor Quincy Snow, himself an artist, convinced the council it would be a great idea to use some hotel/motel money and have someone carve figures on the two remaining stumps. Snow had s...
The Northwest Native Development Fund recently received a $32,000 grant to grow its arts program, the lending agency announced this week in a press release. The grant from the First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colorado, will support the efforts of the NNDF’s Plateau Native Arts Project. “We are really excited to receive this grant from FNDI. This will greatly help our already growing arts program,” said Ted Piccolo, NNDF executive director. “This will help us expand our annual Art Show, open an arts gallery for tourists, and pro...
A turkey problem in Electric City is more complicated that it seems. The council had invited wildlife agent Eric Braaten to its meeting Tuesday night to talk about wild turkeys and what the city could do about their ever-expanding numbers. If council members expected that Braaten represented some kind of Pied Piper that would lead the turkeys out of town, they were disappointed. Braaten lives in the city, on acreage, and often has them on his property. He explained that there was little the city can do about the growing number of turkeys, a...
Through a statewide association, The Star will provide its readers in the next few weeks with news from our state capital as our elected representatives wrestle with the issues of the session which just began. Experience tells us we won’t always have room for news in the printed product from our Olympia News Bureau; our priorities lie with local issues. Such is the case this week, the first this year that journalism students from the University of Washington, who are coached by experienced journalists under a grant from the Washington N...
It’s really a shame that people with buildings don’t want to lease to get another variety store here. It definitely keeps our visitors here for the simple fact they could find socks, sandals and things they may have forgotten. Maybe the people looking for a building can look in Electric City. The business would help our town. Why not lease a building? I figure you make money and money stays here instead of out of town. Think about it. We lose enough businesses. Let’s keep one here that serves everyone. M. Townsen Electric City...
Science has given us the ability to know things. Before the era of science, that being most of human history, people could only believe or not believe many things. Still true. But some things can be proved. For example, water heated at sea level elevation, where the weight of air is 14.6 pounds per square inch, boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. That can be proved by experimentation, and the result is the same every time. But many things cannot be so convincingly proved, and we are often governed by beliefs that may be right or wrong. Men, it...
Last year I wrote about a few seniors who are preparing to graduate high school and become members of society on a new level. I decided to share with you a few from this year as well. I recently sat down with Dylan Jenkins, a senior at Lake Roosevelt, and asked him about his journey so far. To start with, I have known Dylan a long time. Well, it really has only been six or seven years, but it feels longer. I know he has a huge heart, wears his emotions on sleeve and is a friend to just about...
Rural entrepreneurs are often important members of their communities. The upcoming farm bill offers a significant opportunity to support those entrepreneurs and their rural businesses through the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. Created in the 2008 farm bill, the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program provides funds to third parties, such as nongovernmental organizations and community development financial institutions, to provide training, technical assistance, and loans to rural entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs served by this...
1 years ago Police were called to North Dam Park after a pedestrian saw a vehicle submerged in Banks Lake. They have not identified a suspect. Vehicle owner Lewis Adrian, 26, was awakened by his uncle Phillip Wakwak about an hour after police were called. Adrian arrived at the scene and watched his truck being towed from the lake. 20 years ago The Star newspaper is using new technologies to make information more accessible, launching the StarLine interactive website located at www.grandcoulee.com, which will be the home not only for the...
Angelia (Angie) Rymer passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017, at her home in Ruidoso, New Mexico, after a 1-1/2 year battle with lung cancer. Angie was a masseuse at Good Medicine Massage in Electric City for five years, inspiring and touching many lives. She loved gardening and it took her and Esther DeRusha three years to create the rock work and garden in Esther's yard. Esther plans on a celebration of Angie's life, held in the yard she helped create, in the spring. The exact date will be in...
Dale L. Hotchkiss, 89, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 13, at the Church of the Nazarene in Grand Coulee. Burial will follow at Spring Canyon Cemetery. A complete obituary will be in next week’s Star. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee is honored to be caring for Dale’s family....
Born August 12, 1962, Todd Martin Coffey, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. A resident of Grand Coulee,Washington, for 12 years, Todd worked as an assistant dispatcher at Grand Coulee Dam where he was well liked and highly respected. Todd liked to fish and watch football. He also enjoyed wood-working and remodeling his home, but his passion was his family. Predeceased by his father, Richard C Coffey, Todd is survived by his wife of 33 years, Laurie Coffey; his sons:...
Karrie L Anson, 47, a homemaker, of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Private Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, January 7, at God’s Light House Church, 8th Street, in Garibaldi, Oregon, where she lived for many years. Karrie was raised in Grand Coulee, Washington. She had three children, Jessie, Jake and Leila. She will truly be missed by her family, and friends....
It’s a boy for the Lienings Rachel and Travis Liening, of Coulee City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Isaac Michael Liening, on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 9 lbs., 5 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Paul and Rita Thiessen. Paternal grand-parents are Ralph and Melonie Liening. Great-grandparents include Leroy and Mollie Sackman, Paul and Luise Thiessen and Elsie Dyck. It’s a boy for Vinyard Ariel Vinyard, of Coulee Dam...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, January 11, at the Grand Coulee Senior Center. At noon, they will join the Grand Coulee Mobility Summit group that will be meeting all day at the Center. The Mobility Summit is being hosted by the People for People group. Come for lunch and add input to the folks who are working on providing public transportation to the area. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, January 16, at the Melody...
Every Wednesday in January and February following the Luteran Church 9 a.m. Bible Study, those interested can help tie charity quilts. The quilts go to World Relief and Omak Shelter. Bring a sack lunch. Come and go as you like, everyone is welcome. For more information call 633-0648....
A far-reaching package of laws aimed at clean water, orca whale protection, and phasing out fish farms in the Salish Sea could come before state legislators this year. Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island plans to introduce the Salish Sea Protection Act that would fund oil spill prevention, update response plans if an oil spill happens, establish rescue tug boat efforts, and coordinate emergency efforts with Canadian officials. His proposed Orca Whale Protection Act is threefold. The bills would focus on restoring the lack of salmon as a food...