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The Bureau of Reclamation has canceled a contract to build its new fire station for the second time, it announced, but construction is expected to restart sometime this spring with a new contractor doing the work, perhaps even while lawsuits among the parties persist, if court records are an indication. The government originally awarded the contract in 2016 to build the 22,000-square-foot fire station, with completion expected in April 2018. Innovative Construction and Design (ICD), a small...
The manager of the local Safeway just asked to get the word out that the pharmacy has four doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine available for anyone to get right now (5:35 p.m. March 12). The doses would have to be thrown out at the end of the shift, so first come, first serve. The pharmacy closes at 7 p.m.... Full story
The annual spring cleanup in the area will be different this year due to not having curbside pickup from the cities, as well as there being a charge to dump the yard waste you haul yourself. The Regional Board of Mayors on Monday set April 3-10 as the week for spring cleanup when people can bring their yard waste to the Delano Regional Transfer Station, but this year there will be a charge. A pickup load of 2.5 cubic yards, which is a standard size pickup bed filled level with the sides of the bed, will cost $5.25 per load, including tax. Any...
Staff members at Lake Roosevelt Schools received COVID-19 vaccines at Safeway in Grand Coulee and at the Okanogan fairgrounds this past week as part of a nationwide effort to vaccinate school staff before the end of the month. On March 2, President Joe Biden announced a directive to all states to get every pre-K educator, K-12 teacher, and childcare worker at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine in the month of March. Following that announcement, Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner said he began working with Okanogan...
Will the Laser Light Show and Visitor Center at the Grand Coulee Dam, which saw nearly 200,000 people in 2019, open this spring? The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation didn’t answer the question from The Star with a straight yes or no, but did answer. “At this time, the laser light show and Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center will remain temporarily closed in support of the recommended guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” said Public Affairs Specialist Erika Lopez, who works in Boise, Idaho, in an email. Lopez said that the G...
The COVID-19 pandemic, having been prevalent in the US for about a year, has had an affect on the lives of people around the world, including an affect on mental health. “The pandemic has been hard on everyone,” Dr. Marilynn Holman, a psychiatrist at Coulee Medical Center, told The Star in an email. “Financial concerns, social isolation, increased childcare, fear for health of self and others – all can worsen stress and mood.” Holman also said that “those with limited internet/phone access have been particularly impacted as many services or...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) reintroduced March 4 the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act, a bill to expand clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable hydropower production in the United States and promote innovation of the next generation of hydropower technology. Newhouse, who represents Central Washington’s 4th Congressional District, and Eastern Washington’s McMorris Rodgers, 5th District, put out press releases on the bill, which would specifically recognize hydropower as renewable energ...
Essential frontline workers, such as grocery store employees, will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines later this month, Gov. Jay Inslee announced March 4. Others set to be vaccinated starting March 22 include workers in agriculture, food processing, public transit, firefighters, law enforcement and corrections. Previously, only essential workers age 50 or older who were defined as high-risk were going to be eligible. Also in the next tier are people 16 and older who have a high-risk disability and pregnant women. They join K-12 educators and...
The four-town community has long had a tradition of deciding to use common resources to help in a communal spring cleaning, sprucing the community up and lifting spirits after a long winter. Back in the day, the effort even had a mascot cartoon character named Coulee Clem, who encouraged everyone to get out the brooms and rakes. That community spirit led to the decision to encourage that behavior with a free dump day for yard waste at the Delano Landfill, now a transfer station. That’s not a “gifting of public funds,” as some pencil pushe...
Many of us have received the two-step vaccine but are still urged to wear masks. Eventually, if enough of us are vaccinated, we’ll be able to put mask history behind us. But, before you choose the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, you might consider this: While protecting you from serious consequences, just as Moderna and Pfizer do, it is significantly less effective in keeping you from getting corvid. What’s the difference you might ask? Ninety-five (95) percent for the current versus 66 percent for Johnson and Johnson. What this means in lay...
Presently there are three vaccines for COVID 19 corona virus that have been approved in the USA for use. 1. Pfizer vaccine; 2. Moderna vaccine; 3. Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines used no aborted baby cells in the testing or production of their vaccine and require two shots. Johnson & Johnson used aborted baby cells in both the testing and production of their vaccine and requires only one shot. The moral concerns and decisions are up to you. Thank you, Al & Judy Bosco...
I want to thank the GCDSD Board of Directors for making sure their coaches are being fully compensated and that each sport is getting an assistant for various logical reasons. Thanks for stepping up and doing the right thing. I respect our volunteer local board members who try to find balance with issues and will always be questioned. As board members they nor us educators are health experts. They’re doing their best with the COVID-19 challenges. The recent approval for school staff to get vaccinated is tremendously helpful and addresses the “s...
You could call them the formidable four. There was my mom, Mrs. Hollenback (a widow), Mabel Brantner (local tavern owner’s wife), and the preacher’s wife, Mrs. Stott. They spent a lot of time together. They attended church together and sat as a unit in one of the front rows. Their mission was to get the Rev. Stott to stop preaching on time. They set the time, 12 o’clock sharp. The four carried some soda crackers in their purses and would pull them out and start eating them. When he could contain himself, his message was over. I enjoyed the l...
A portion of the geographic United States, specifically the Southern Plains and Gulf Coast, were hit hard in late February with unusual life-threatening winter weather. The state of Texas became the epicenter of this winter event for several reasons. Widespread power outages, freezing water pipes and significant snowfall occurred, which, in some parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast is a rare happening. What was the cause — the Polar Jet Stream or the Arctic Polar Vortex? First, let’s take a loo...
Grand Coulee Police 2/28 - A woman at the Skydeck Motel told police she flew into Spokane to meet a guy and they got a room at the motel. The guy left and never returned. The woman wanted to get back to the airport. Police told her she could catch a bus to Spokane in the morning. 3/1 - Kids were reportedly throwing eggs at several residences along Grand Coulee Avenue. Police didn’t see any kids in the area. 3/3 - A woman on Wenatchee Avenue said that her son pushed her a few times during an argument about the car he was using before he left t...
Pazel, Amaris and Shai point to a buttercup they "worked really hard to find" on a hike March 3. It's far from the first buttercup of the season, but we're happy to see people out hiking and having fun. Send us photos of you out having fun, enjoying scenery so we can share them. We're all ready for it. - Cindy Miller photo...
On Wed., Mar. 3, 2021, long-time Aberdeen resident William "Bill" Allen Simpson passed away at Providence St. Peter's Hospital in Olympia,Washington, at the age of 80. He fought a brief battle with cancer supported by many friends and his family. Bill was born on Dec. 31, 1940, at Tacoma General. This would be the same location his son and granddaughter were born, a fact he was very proud of and would often share with others. His parents, William B. Simpson and Maxine E. (Stenberg) Embree,... Full story
PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING NOTICE GRAND COULEE CITY COUNCIL The Council of the City of Grand Coulee, Washington will hold a Public Hearing on the Critical Areas Update on March 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. with the regular City Council meeting immediately following. Both Public Hearing and the Council meeting will be held via ZOOM. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98290102759?pwd=Wm1rcGlWb05wOU5zS0k0N0Z2a3grdz09 Meeting ID: 982 9010 2759 Passcode: 862679 One tap mobile +12532158782,,98290102759#,,,,*862679# US (Tacoma) +16699006833,...
Raiders win football season opener The Lake Roosevelt Raiders were strong as ever on Friday when they defeated the Tonasket Tigers, 37-0, in a football blowout in Tonasket. The Raiders were "led by a strong rushing attack," Head Coach Tim Rasmussen wrote on the team's website. Senior Hunter Whitelaw led the attack, running for three touchdowns. Sophomore Brit Egbert threw two touchdown passes, one to sophomore Chase Clark and one to junior Gabe Waters. The Raiders will host the Oroville Hornets...
Tonight, 13 Lake Roosevelt High School students will be inducted into the National Honor Society, joining 18 of their peers. The students are being inducted tonight, Wednesday March 10, at 7 p.m., with some students to be present in the gym and some attending virtually. Students can invite two guests each to the physical event, which will also be live streamed online. The inductees this year are: Penelope Antoine, Ashley Baker, Camryn Carden, Chase Clark, Brit Egbert, Tanner Kiser, Landon Krohn, Elijah Rasmussen, Kawika Whalawista, Hunter...
Lake Roosevelt students competed in the Future Business Leaders of America regional winter conferences in the last two weeks of February, qualifying for the state competition which will be held from April 21-24. The competitions are held virtually this year. FBLA Advisors Susan Duclos and Stacy Davis provided The Star with a list of students who placed in the regional event. "Best wishes to you all at State," they wrote. "Congratulations Raiders!" Celeste Laplace and Lillie Laplace took first pl...
Parents with children from ages 4 to 12 can sign them up this week for baseball and softball leagues. Lake Roosevelt Diamond Sports will be at the concession stand in the upper ball field of North Dam Park and Event Center March 11, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. for sign-ups. Registration forms and payment may also be mailed in by March 17 to LRDS, Box 6004, Grand Coulee, WA 99133. Team members will be contacted by coaches about schedules of practices, which will begin the week of April 12. Anyone with questions can call Jeremy Miller at 509-449-0881 or...
A young Wilbur man died last night in a one-car rollover, the Washington State Patrol reports. Steven A. Cooler, 28, had been eastbound on SR-174 at the junction with SR-21, just north of the golf course, when the black Audi he was driving veered into the oncoming lane. Cooler overcorrected and lost control. The car rolled and he was ejected, the Patrol investigation found. Cooler had not been wearing a seatbelt. Cooler died at the scene. The crash happened at about 12:46 a.m. March...