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“Rumpelstiltskin,” a play loved by audiences both young and old, will be performed here March 12, using talent from local schools, produced by the Missoula Children’s Theater. Auditioning for the various roles will be held Monday, March 7, at the Grand Gallery Theatre in Grand Coulee, from 4-6 p.m. The play is locally sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA. “Rumpelstiltskin” is a fairy tale that originated in Germany and was part of the collection gathered by the Brothers Grimm and published in their collection of “Children’s and Household Tal...
Glo Carroll has been selected as The Star newspaper's "Volunteer of the Year." She topped the voting total of 171 people who took the time to vote for Carroll and for Archie Dennis, who came in second in the balloting. Glo is the kind of person you can't say no to. She rose to prominence locally during the huge North Star wildfire last summer as she recruited the help of local people and of residents throughout the state to help the brave firefighters who were being stretched thin across fire...
The school board and Paul Turner agreed on a three-year contract Monday night and the Grand Coulee Dam School District has a new superintendent of schools. The board and Turner agreed to a $105,000 annual salary. Turner will take over his new duties July 1. The board offered the position to Turner about a month ago, subject to working out a contract. The contract was signed Monday night. Turner is currently vice principal of the Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School in Coulee Dam. He served...
It’s hard to go to work if you’ve got no one to watch the kids. That’s a problem Coulee Medical Center will tackle, at least for its own employees, following a decision by hospital commissioners Monday night. They voted to spend up to $15,000 to fund a refurbishment of the basement of the old clinic building to house a daycare program for hospital employees. A relative lack of daycare facilities was identified as a problem for economic development locally as far back as 2009 by the Horizons study funded by a grant through Washington State...
Officers from Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Secret Service Thursday initiated their second Grand Coulee raid within the past three weeks, this time on a house at 409 A Street. Officers recovered several items that had earlier been taken in a burglary on Wetzel Street in Grand Coulee. Officers served a search warrant after investigators developed information that Melvin Toulou, 43, had been storing stolen property at the house. Toulou had been arrested Feb. 12, when his home was raided and officers found e...
The Colville Tribes will gain millions from an agreement approved last week that settles the claims of nearly 700 tribes nationwide against the federal government. The nearly $1 billion settlement with the Obama administration has been reached over claims the government shorted tribes for decades on contract costs to manage education, law enforcement and other federal services. Tribes and tribal agencies are expected to submit claims for compensation ranging from $8,000 for some Alaska Native villages to $58 million for the Navajo Nation. The C...
Shane Proctor, a 2003 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School and longtime resident of Grand Coulee, showed his toughness, again, last Saturday, by winning the “Iron Cowboy” award at Arlington, Texas. It was another feather in Proctor’s cowboy hat, and a little jingle to boot, as the win gave him prize money of $115,625, and vaulted him from eighth to first in the Professional Bull Riding world standings. Now it’s on to the next PBR major, the third of four, this time in Las Vegas, Nevada. He won it all Saturday before some 35,000 fans cheerin...
Eighteen students from Coulee Dam schools will be going to Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights to continue studies of the Salish language. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved the trip at its meeting Monday night. The trip is for March 8 – 11 and involves members of the Lake Roosevelt Spirit Eagle Society. It’s all part of the Title VII after-school program. Indian Education Director Kim Stanger made the presentation to the board and stated Tuesday that 17 of the 18 students making the trip are from the third, fourth, fif...
I wish to commend Mayor Wilder, the Coulee Dam Town Council, and the Natural Resources and Parks Board for the time and effort they have spent on bringing our Comprehensive Plan for the town up to date. In researching the history involved, I discovered that the first ordinance was passed in 1959. It is very short, establishing a Parks Board. Since then, the town has gone through many changes and revisions. Changes took place in 1990, 2006 and 2008. Now we are faced with possibly more changes. In 1998 a very comprehensive plan was completed...
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law six years ago this month. The uninsured rate is now 11.9 percent, the lowest ever recorded. Approximately 17 million more Americans have health insurance today than before the law was passed. Hospitals across the nation have saved tens of billions of dollars on uncompensated care. Despite this progress, over five million Americans remain unable to access health insurance because they fall into the “coverage gap.” These individuals make too much income to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to be eli...
The gray days filled with gloom and chill are disappearing fast. The robins are moving in and the buttercups are blooming. Sneezing is more prevalent, and that means spring is here. Yes, you may open the curtains now and even open up the door. Don’t worry, that bright light in the sky is the sun. You may not recognize it, but it is. Feel the warmth, the glow, meaning soon we will be complaining about the heat — but not just yet. Kids, if you noticed your dad and mom pulling these long things out of the garage with finger-like things on the end...
Steamboat Rock was a landmark in Central Washington, even before Banks Lake was formed. – 1930...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this week. The annual installation luncheon will be held next Thursday, March 10, at noon, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Okanogan County School Retirees Assoc. to Meet The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will celebrate Retired School Employees’ Week and OCSRA’s 61st birthday on Thursday, March 17, at 10 a.m., at On the Avenue, 134 2nd Ave S., Okanogan. For more information, call Jennie Hedington 509-422-2954. Lincoln Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Li...
Calvin L. Green, 64, born February 7, 1952, in Republic, Washington, was surrounded by friends as he passed away Wednesday evening, February 24, 2016, in his Nespelem, Washington home. Burial has taken place in Nespelem City Cemetery. Please sign Calvin’s online register book at www.StrateFuneralHome.com. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, Washington, is honored to be serving Calvin’s loved ones....
Throughout the Bible, God has established certain days and events to remind His people of His faithfulness. For Christians today, those include communion and water baptism. Now we know that these observances do not save us, but they remind us of God’s grace and also in some way provide an illustration of the salvation that God offers through His Son, our Savior, Jesus. To the believers of the Old Testament there was no more significant observation than the Passover; and though we are not specifically instructed to observe the Passover in this a...
Free tax preparation is still being offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center. Volunteers trained in cooperation with IRS and AARP are available every Tuesday now through April 12, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This service is available to anyone with low or middle income. You do not have to be seniors or members of the senior center to take advantage of this free help. However, special attention is given to those 60 and older. Taxpayers need to bring: A copy of last year’s tax return and social security cards, or other official documentation showin...
The Master Gardener volunteers will be demonstrating rose pruning and rose care from 10 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, March 8. This will be a live demonstration and hands-on workshop, using the rose bushes in front of the Okanogan County Courthouse located at 149 3rd Ave. North, Okanogan, Washington. This is a free event, open to the public. Anyone interested in learning pruning techniques and rose care is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact the WSU Extension office at 509-422-7245 or email okanogan.county@wsu.edu. WSU...
Wed., March 2 – Dinner Chicken Fettucine, Mixed Vegetables, Green Salad, Fruit Cup, Cookies Thurs., March 3 – Dinner Beef Dips w/au jus, Tater Tots, Sunshine Salad, Orange Cream Freeze Fri., March 4 – Breakfast Country Style Skillet, Potatoes, Meat & Eggs, Toast, Fruit Bowl. Senior Center General Meeting at 10 a.m. Mon., March 7 – Breakfast Bacon and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., March 8 – Dinner Latin Fried Chicken, Jo Jo Potatoes, Waldorf Salad, Ice Cream Wed., March 9 – Dinner Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes &...
The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees. Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March 2016 and receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees. “White flowering dogwoods are versatile trees that will break heavy winds and add beauty to your home,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “These fast-growing landscape trees are known for their soft needles and graceful branching, making them an ideal addition to any yard.” The free trees are part of the nonprof...
Cub Scout Pack 24 announced the winners of the 2015 Pinewood Derby races held Feb. 24, at the American Legion's Vets Center in Electric City. Eight Cub Scouts competed for the right to the top trophy. Winners are as follows: The first-place winner was Payton Ostenberg. Second place went to Jaxon Krohn, and third to Caches Parrish. Top finishers will be competing in the Okanogan Valley District Pinewood Derby race March 19, at Damskov Auto in Omak. Races will begin at 2 p.m....
Two fifth graders from the “highly capable” program made presentations before the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night and held members spellbound with their subjects and quick wit. Dustin Bertrang and Lilly Button had earlier, along with others from the group, made presentations to third graders. The two researched and developed their information, wrote it out, and delivered their subjects as well as any presentations during the evening. “Those are hard acts to follow,” commented the next presenter before the board, Athleti...
Students selected for Jaunuary students of the month at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School....
The Lake Roosevelt fourth grade girls' basketball team began their season with practices starting in September, then began play in the Moses Lake AAU fourth grade girls' league in late October. After complaints from teams who refused to play them, they were forced to move up to fifth grade after their first game. Despite playing against fifth graders and starting a second grader, they won nine games and only lost once in league play. They faced their challenges with determination, practiced...
The Raider boys’ basketball season came to a close Saturday with a big loss in the regional round against Morton-White Pass in Chehalis. This is the third straight year that the Raiders have made it to the regional round on the way to the state tournament and lost. Morton-White Pass is the number-two team in the 2B classification in the state, behind Brewster. The Raiders were in the game at the end of the first quarter. In the second, though, the Timberwolves pulled ahead to a 20-point lead going into halftime. In the third quarter, Morton-Whi...
Lake Roosevelt High School is in a new Central Washington 2B league. The new league, made up of many of LR’s competitors, will operate under WIAA sanctions for the next four years, and begin this fall. Athletic Director Richard Black told the school board Monday night that the new league met the district’s goals of less travel and more reasonable competition. The schools in the new league will play home and away games against each other and, in most cases, still have games with teams outside their league. In the new league, in addition to Lak...