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Ramona Hicks started “turning over the rocks” in June, as she took the lead position at Coulee Medical Center after the resignation of the last CEO. And lately, Hicks has been meeting with as many community groups as possible to tell the story of the hospital’s current status and finances, and to ask what the community really wants and expects from the hospital. Hicks, the interim chief executive officer, spoke at the Rotary Club last Wednesday. Although business has been brisk, so is the rate at which expenses pile up, and the hospital is suff...
Nespelem Elementary School will start late today, Thursday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m., due to a prediction of freezing rain....
Now, 95 years young, World War II veteran Fred Long walks with a slight stoop and uses a cane, but his health is fine and his power of recollection is keen. Long, who has lived in the Grand Coulee Dam area for 25 years, was born in Oroville, and moved to the Renton area when very young. He joined the National Guard in 1940, before the war broke out, was assigned to the quartermaster corps and learned how to drive truck (they were 1936 Chevys), Fred said. After a number of stateside postings, he...
Upsets in the town of Coulee Dam were the order of the day as ballots were counted Tuesday for mayor and three council positions. Newcomer Larry Price won decisively over Councilmember Gayle Swagerty in the town’s mayoral race. Price collected 116 votes to Swagerty’s 34 as of 9:20 p.m. Another upset at Coulee Dam saw newcomer Fred Netzel defeating incumbent Councilmember David Schmidt, who was running for another Position-1 four-year term. Netzel received 101 votes to Schmidt’s 50. In the council race for the Position 3, another new face won a...
B Street Bud, Grand Coulee's marijuana shop, has now been in operation since New Year's Day 2016, and has to follow a lot of rules in their line of business. Employee Sean Luna spoke to the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 2 about the nuances of how the business operates, describing some of the laws for growing, delivering, selling, buying, and smoking. To be a seller, B Street Bud had to apply to the state Liquor and Cannabis Board for a marijuana retail license, and then be...
When Fritz McGinnis wanted to buy Russell Drug in Grand Coulee decades ago, he had no way of knowing his ambition to run a community drug store here would eventually be realized by a couple he hadn’t yet met, the eventual owners of the company of small community pharmacies he grew. That would be Amanda and Paul Goyke, who are working hard to get ready for the opening next week of their latest new pharmacy, inside Coulee Medical Center. “Everything goes in circles,” Amanda says, reflecting on the intersection of the history of their compa...
Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team busted another illegal marijuana growing and sales operation last week, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Based on a tip from a patrol deputy, INET opened an investigation on 42-year-old Cesario Huerta of Moses Lake, and last Wednesday served a search warrant at his house in the 1600 block of North Frontage Road East, the GCSO said. INET seized 99 plants, 50 pounds of processed marijuana, 10 firearms and a gun silencer. Huerta faces charges including manufacturing marijuana and...
Grand Coulee council gave Dorothy Harris another 90 days to get the number of dogs she has down to two. Harris and her sister-in-law, Doneen Harris, had been operating a dog rescue on Young Street and had worn out their options before both the city’s planning commission and the council. The council gave Harris 90 days to find homes for her dogs. That 90 days would have expired in mid-November. She had been told by council that if she needed more time she would have to come to the council and ask for it. She did last Tuesday night, and her r...
Is Grand Coulee goat friendly? We may find out. Officials in Grand Coulee may have to look at their animal ordinance and add goats. Councilmember Tammara Byers told her colleagues that she had been approached several times by people who would like to have one of those pet pygmy goats. Actually, goat people say that you need to have two since goats are herd animals and need the company. The little goats, pets in many cities, are playful, can also be destructive and at times can be very loud, according to information on pet goats on the...
Several complaints have recently been levied against the Lake Roosevelt school lunch program. Complaints include that the program is frequently running out of hot lunches, evidence of outdated milk and students finding hair in their food. The person complaining stated that kitchen workers are not wearing hair nets. The issue was brought to the attention of Superintendent Paul Turner, who has been monitoring the lunch program. Last week he reported that a check is made each day for the hot lunch entrée. “Everyone doesn’t get the hot lunch entr...
The average citizen in modern American is too far removed from the reality that keeps our country demanding more of those who choose to serve the country with military service. So inside this issue of The Star, we include our annual salute to our veterans, with photos and names of those who have served, and who have ties to the local area. We add more each year; some who served long ago, some who served more recently or are serving now. Page after page shows us the cost of war and the sacrifice and dedication required to support our nation, eve...
I hope everybody saw Dapper Dan Newhouse’s latest screed, wherein he pats himself on the back for a number of things, not least supporting the new Republican bill to renew CHIP. Give me a break. CHIP never should have lapsed: kids don’t quit getting sick just because the governing party has their collective hair on fire to hand tax cuts to rich folks. That’s just one more indication of the rot we’ve come to expect. But trying to re-up CHIP with a bill that’s loaded with poison pills, then trying to fasten the blame for failure on people wh...
Doublespeak supports the unfair and morally obscene Is Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers ignorant about what is going on, literally, on the ground? She gives “doublespeak” about her support for the destruction of public lands in supporting House Resolution 3990 and in support of the newest House bill on budget and tax reform. First, on the budget, Congresswoman Rodgers’ support would do deep harm to tens of millions of working families, women, kids, the sick, the elderly, and the poor. It cuts Medicaid by more than $1 trillion over 10 years...
These people are unreal. One-time bite and he’s dangerous. Really, but you can drive drunk and get five and six DUIs and go out to try and kill again, but a dog being protective is all of a sudden dangerous. You people need to really get your priorities together. Try upholding some city ordinances like some of the people who’ve got trash in their yard, or the yards need to be cut down, or their house needs to be torn out of there and demolished. Let’s do something about some of that stuff instead of focusing our energy on a dog prote...
Air quality alerts are common in many regions of the world. The United States experiences air quality alerts regularly too. The causes are wide ranging and many are seasonal in nature. Of concern in our region is particle pollution. During the summer months, here in the west and northwest, air-quality culprits are primarily wildfires. During the winter months, in some areas, it’s home wood burning coupled with temperature inversions. As an example, this past Aug. 6, much of the western United S...
This weekend was jam packed with sports, emergencies and some really good impromptu conversations with strangers and friends. Here are the highlights. Raider football is headed to the state playoffs. Yes, you read that right, and we could not be prouder here in Raider Nation. In a cold, bitter game, the Raiders overcame mistakes and the wind-chill factor to pull off a back-and-forth game that saw them sitting on top of the scoreboard over Kittitas. We have a pretty young team, if you did not...
Spillway bucket repair, block 54: this view, inside the working chamber of the floating caisson, shows the finished surface of the replaced concrete in the apron section, which is at the downstream end of the bucket. Workmen are removing I-beams that were used to hold the forms for the pour. Pacific Bridge Contract - March 20, 1950...
Phillip G. Haegen, 90, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at his assisted living home in Spokane, Washington. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, November 13, at Coulee Dam Community Church in Coulee Dam, Washington. A complete obituary ran in last week’s Star.... Full story
Charmayne Yvonne "Cherie" Williams Dazell was born in Astoria, Oregon, on August 14, 1953, to Lee and Phyllis Williams, and left this earth on Friday, November 3, 2017, in Grand Coulee, Washington. Shortly after she was born, they moved to Guam, where Lee was stationed in the Navy. After Lee's discharge, the family settled in Nespelem, Washington, where Cherie was raised with her siblings, Barry and Roxanne. Cherie attended Nespelem grade school and Coulee Dam High school where she graduated in... Full story
Michael A. Iannetta, 76, passed away Tuesday morning, October 31, 2017, in Grand Coulee, Washington. He was born Friday, April 18, 1941, in Wenatchee, Washington, to Gilt and Elsie Iannetta. Saturday, June 17, 1961 marked the turning point in Michael's life when he married his life partner, Miss Neoma Sharr, in Electric City, Washington. Having been a member of both the Grand Coulee Eagles and Moose Clubs, Michael worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years, retiring as Postmaster for Coulee... Full story
Patricia Ann Roe Mills Lucas passed away peacefully at Coventry House in Othello, Washington, on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Patricia was born in Lander, Wyoming, to Ernest Roe and Iva May (McCoy) Patrick on April 14, 1941. She was one of four children. She spent many years living with her grandparents, Floyd (Pop) and Susie McCoy Rice in Grand Coulee, Washington. Her favorite memories were always the time spent working at the family store, The Sunset (currently known as Flo's Café), and her... Full story
Paul and Sheila Allinson, of Grand Coulee, Washington, will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary November 10, 2017. The couple married at St. Paul's Methodist Church in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 10, 1957. They have lived in the Grand Coulee area since 1991....
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Meeting begins at noon. Jonathan Hughes, Specialist in the U.S. Army, will be the guest speaker. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet every Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Sew-ins have returned to 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays. Class schedule is available for the new season. Skill Builder started Sept. 21. A couple blocks-of-the-month programs are being offered (six months each in length) and short-term one or multi-session project...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders football team defeated Kittitas in Coulee Dam on Friday in the districts crossover tournament, sending the now 7-2 Raiders to the first round of the state tournament. The Kittitas Coyotes scored first in the first quarter, intercepting a pass and returning it for a touchdown. Kittitas didn't score an extra point. Lake Roosevelt answered when Raider Dylan Steinert ran 91 yards for a touchdown. "Steinert made a great run," said Head Coach Bubba Egbert. Steinert ran for 1...
From left, top row: Naz Brisbois, Lola Yazzie, Qwentana Quiltanenock, Francis Louie; middle row: Theo George, Nataliah Saulque, Breanna Sweowat, Louie Frank; bottom row: Alastar Duarte, Blueray Pakootas, Shayce Boyd. - submitted photo...