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Students in Jaci Gross's fifth grade class at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School have been learning in more ways than reading at a desk lately. . Gross, in her 23rd year at LR, applied for a grant from Petco to acquire two leopard geckos and essentials for raising the lizards, which arrived Jan. 21. Now her students "are learning about how to handle the geckos," she said. "Along with it being pretty cool to have geckos, the students are learning how to care for them and will completely care for...
The state Dept. of Ecology may be about to provide the community with a woodchipper to help with community cleanup of wood debris during annual cleanup times — if it comes in time. Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout told the Regional Board of Mayors Feb. 1 that Ecology has said the board can apply for, and receive, $50,000 in funding for a chipper that handles annual yard cleanup wood waste the community has traditionally taken to the Delano Landfill, and more recently, the transfer station. But transferring that wood waste to the landfill in E...
Students should spend more time in school and less time on break so they retain the learning they acquire during the school year. That’s the opinion of Sen. Brad Hawkins, R-East Wenatchee, who has introduced a bill in the state Legislature that adds five days to the school calendar. “SB 5505 takes swift and decisive action to support learning recovery with a simple solution — providing our students with additional access to their teachers, their peers, and to dedicated support staff,” Hawkins said. Under current law, schools are require...
Legislators from the state's 7th Legislative District, which now includes most of the Grand Coulee Dam area, are inviting constituents to participate in a telephone town hall on Monday, Feb. 13, from 6-7 p.m., to discuss the current 2023 legislative session. Sen. Shelly Short, R-Addy, Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, and Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber, R-Republic, will talk about legislation they are sponsoring, as well as their priorities for the legislative session. In addition, they will take...
Several Lake Roosevelt students will head to Spokane for the statewide competition in April, following their qualifying presentations in the Future Business Leaders of America regional meet in Wenatchee Jan. 28. Students qualify for state by placing in their competitions, with online testing or presenting to judges. LR had several middle schoolers and first timers compete in Wenatchee. State will be held in Spokane April 19-23. In the regional, Kailah Leadhingham took first place in Journalism...
It’s easy, and human, to get pulled into negative thinking about the state of world, which, after all, is never the way it used to be and therefore must be headed for nothing good, and fast. Don’t fall for it. I get reminded of this every time I have the privilege of spending time near today’s young people. They’re usually wiser, more self-aware, less selfish, and more ambitious than I expect them to be. Admittedly, that says something about my own sometimes-negative rut. But it’s also reflective of an all-too-ready, knee-jerk reaction...
To be specific, my wife let her little dog of 50 years out with a very short leash and held up a rolled-up newspaper as if to whack my backside if I didn’t behave. She put a muzzle on me until the latest GCDSD levy passed and took it off only for kibbles and bits. I’ve been a good boy so I didn’t have to sleep in the dog house. She’ll tell you my bark is much worse than my bite. As a longtime community member and taxpayer, no one has been a bigger fan and loved our local school district more than me until the upper brass and their hired hand co...
For several weeks we’ve read comments by John Adkins, who serves as Superintendent of Wellpinit schools, although he focuses at the local school scene. We know that students at Wellpinit are accomplishing noteworthy studies, and we’d like to know what Adkins thinks about the Spokane Tribal Community. A longtime Elder from the Reservation was recognized for her Life’s work. A new school in Spokane was named Pauline Pascal Flett School for Pauline’s initiation of means to retain the Spokane Salish Language. All levels of Wellpinit student...
Last week, news outlets around the country had wall-to-wall coverage of a spy balloon sent by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) transiting across America. While a balloon itself does not sound very dangerous, it’s the intent behind it that’s concerning—the CCP is testing us to see how President Biden responds, which should raise alarm bells for every American. We simply cannot take this threat lightly and must respond with tough policies to protect our sovereignty from the CCP. As more information arises about this situation, it’s becomin...
Here we go again. The United States crashed through the nation’s debt ceiling on Jan. 19, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. For now, the government is relying on accounting tweaks and shifting money from one pot to another to pay the bills. But that only works for so long. Soon, Congress will have to raise or suspend the debt limit. The alternative, defaulting on America’s financial obligations and sending the world economy into a tailspin, is unthinkable. Or it should be. But we can expect a lot of brinksmanship and political pos...
Grand Coulee Alumni Association to Meet Grand Coulee Alumni Association will be meeting at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 15 at theGrand Coulee Community Church 405 Center Street. All alumni are welcome to join us. Fire District 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, February 13, 2023, at 6:00 pm at the Electric City Fire Station. Mosquito District 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 4:00 pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in...
Are you a do-it-yourselfer and change your own motor oil? Grant County Solid Waste is reminding residents to properly store and recycle automotive oil such as motor oil, hydraulic oil, gear oil, transmission fluid, and power steering fluid. Store oil in a closed durable container out of the weather and label what’s inside. Don’t mix oil with antifreeze, brake fluid, gasoline, water, or solvents. Up to five gallons of uncontaminated used oil may be recycled each day at the transfer station, Ephrata Landfill, AutoZone, O’Reilly’s, and househo...
Vitalant is currently facing a nationwide shortage of collection supplies for Power Red (double red cell) donations. This shortage is causing challenges for accommodating donors who desire to give this important type of donation at your mobile blood drive. In response to this collection supply issue, Vitalant is taking the following actions: 1. All open Power Red appointment slots at your blood drive will be removed and replaced with whole blood slots. 2. Donors who currently have Power Red appointments at your blood drive will remain in a...
Ray McDonald, of Grand Coulee, was recently honored with a 65-year service plaque from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 302. McDonald began his work as an Oiler for Morrison Knutson in Skykomish. His work took him to Alaska, Montana and Washington. Sean Jeffries, president and District 4 representative presented McDonald with his award....
Celebrate Black History Month with NCW Libraries in February. Explore books, movies, music, documentaries and more by Black authors, illustrators, filmmakers and musicians in the library district’s physical and digital collections. Black History Month is a national celebration in partnership with the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment of the Humanities, and other institutions and organizations to honor Black voices, stories, experiences, and contributions. NCW Libraries is hosting a Black H...
Grand Coulee Police 1/31 - Police responded to a report of an agitated patient, brought into the hospital by tribal police, who was threatening to assault staff. Police learned a female had threatened to strangle a member of the security staff, although the man said he didn’t think she was capable of doing so. Police spoke to the girl who said she wouldn’t cause any more problems. 2/1 - A woman asked police to check on the wellbeing of her father. Police eventually found him at the casino and he said he was doing fine. - Police pulled over a c...
The Lake Roosevelt Raider wrestling team on Saturday qualified 11 athletes for the regional tournament next weekend, including two District 6 champions. Zach Elwell took first place at the 106-pound weight division over teammate and 2022 state champion Rodger Cate. Teyten Flores, at 145, claimed that championship with a pin of Tonasket's Logan Stucker at the event, which was held at Lake Roosevelt High School. Dillan Yazzie took second place at 113, as did Dakota Green at 138, Landon Krohn at...
The Lady Raiders beat down the Liberty Bell Lady Mountain Lions Friday night in Coulee Dam 64-12 in their first post-season game, sending them on to meet Brewster last night (Tuesday) at Omak High School, where the next part of the 2023 District 6 2B Girls Basketball tournament is being held. If the LR girls, with an overall win-loss record of 14-7, beat Brewster (12-7), they’ll meet either Tonasket or Okanogan at Omak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10. If Brewster won last night, the Lady Raiders will still play the earlier Omak game on the 10th at 6 p...