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A Nespelem man, Nicholas Patrick Stanger, 25, was killed last Wednesday in a one-car accident on Gold Lake Road. Stanger was a Lake Roosevelt High School graduate and was active in sports. Also in the vehicle at the time of the accident was his twin brother, Michael, who was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane for treatment. He was released Monday. The deceased was born in Spokane to Robert and Lily Stanger and he worked at Mt. Tolman as a senior weed contractor. The obituary for Stanger can be found in this week’s S...
A class of 21 future emergency medical technicians are currently working on their certification, and when they finish their training at least 12 of them will be available to serve in the Grand Coulee Dam area. Saturday, the whole group met together for the first time at the fire station in Grand Coulee. Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Paris said the trainees are from a wide range of places, including Moses Lake, Electric City, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, Wilbur, Inchelium, and...
The members of the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center honored their "Volunteer of the Year" Tuesday night. Felix Marcolin, 78, was described as a "person who makes himself available 24/7'" to help other people. Seniors President Birdie Hensley stated that Marcolin does everything at the senior center, and more, and he was an easy selection. Marcolin was named "Volunteer of the year" in 2006 by The Star newspaper. The center held a contest to single out one volunteer for the top choice. It is the fir...
The Ridge Riders kick off their annual schedule of events Saturday, March 14, with the annual banquet and auction. The event is planned for the American Legion Hall in Electric City with doors opening at 4:45 p.m. George Kohout, president of the Ridge Riders, stated that a few tickets remain for the event. The next event for the Ridge Riders is the Riding Clinic, again headed by Janet Doughty, scheduled for the arena April 4-7. That event will be followed April 9-10, with a barrel racing clinic, also at the arena. One of the highlights of the...
Imagine Banks Lake without water, and a dairy and pig farm operation in its place with Steamboat Rock as a backdrop. That would take you back to the early 1900s, when George Baldwin farmed the canyon floor with a vegetable farm and orchard, adding to his animal operations. The old Baldwin farm comes up from time to time when oldtimers recall earlier days, and it came up again recently at a Grand Coulee City Council meeting. Some time ago, pictures dating back to the old farm found their way to...
Banks Lake Golf Course is officially open for play. Course Manager Michael Parisian said many local golfers have been taking advantage of the good spring weather. Play has been especially active on weekends at the 18-hole course. Parisian encourages local golfers to get their memberships taken care of as soon as possible. He said the course thanks the following for making financial contributions to pump the courses bathrooms out: Mike Higgins, $100; Dick Brockway, $100; Darrel Dick, $100; Sandra Sheehy, $400; Herb and Linda Sherburne, $100;...
Pancake Feed Saturday Elmer City’s Fire Department will hold its annual Pancake & Pie Dinner, Saturday, March 21, at the Coulee Dam Town Hall. The meal will be from 4:30 - 8 p.m. Prices are $8 for a single person, $15 for a couple and $25 for a family. Proceeds go for fire department needs. There will be a silent auction and raffle. Going to FBLA Four Lake Roosevelt High School students have qualified for the Future Business Leaders Association conference, school officials stated. Going are Malcom Carson, Maddy Piccolo, Alan Nordine and D...
Five students in Moses Lake schools have whooping cough, and Grant County Health officials have the task of checking out 149 people who have had close contact with the infected five. The five cases have been confirmed through laboratory tests. The students are from Peninsula Elementary and Chief Moses Middle School, the health department reported “We are responding to a cluster of whooping cough cases among students in Moses Lake. Because of a large number of exposed and ill individuals in a very well-defined area, we are considering this a l...
Workers install a temporary walkway below the spillgates on Grand Coulee Dam recently. The walkways help during maintenance of the gates, which lower to let water spill over the dam. The work can only be done when the level of Lake Roosevelt is below the level of the gates. It was about 33 feet below the full level Tuesday and should go down two more feet, to 1,255 feet above sea level, by March 15 to make the maintenance work possible. - Nora Jenn photo...
We’d like to thank those people who have answered the local call for new emergency medical technicians, and those who made it possible. EMT training is not easy, takes a lot of time and requires significant commitment, not to mention money. But without those willing to undertake the effort, a community like this one would find itself in peril. For some time now, the numbers of EMTS to man local ambulances have needed boosting. Organizing and providing the months-long training required can’t be a simple matter. The community should be glad and...
I would like to thank the Electric City Planning Commission that I worked with over the years for all their hard work and long hours spent bringing Electric City to the city it is today. We accomplished a lot of good things together. I was sorry to see Monty Fields, Carl Russell and Ray Clover resign, but I understand why you did. Thank you again. Jerry Sands...
When we were kids, we had dreams of being a firefighter, police officer or other things. Those dreams were influenced by a bunch of different things, including parents, grandparents, neighbors and books and TV. Somewhere along the line, as we are trying to figure out what direction we want to go, a significant event affects our decision making. It could be a counselor talking to us about career choices, or it could just be a strong desire to do better for ourselves to get out of a poverty situation. Sometimes it even could be the realization...
California is in the midst of a fierce water war, a conflict that holds lessons for us in Washington state. In many ways, we are alike. Both of our states’ populations are growing and we have some of the world’s most prolific agriculture regions, which require lots of water. Washington is served by a vast network of storage reservoirs that make up the Columbia River drainage. It stretches from the northern Canadian Rockies to as far south as Wyoming. On the other hand, California, with its 38 million people, has series of reservoirs in the Sie...
The construction trestle, with deck at El. 1180, approaches the spillway section of the dam. The Bethlehem Steel Co., Equipment mounted on a work barge to be used by the Pacfic Bridge Co., contractors, for placing prepakt concrete around the base of the Right Powerhouse training wall. - March 6, 1949...
Nicholas Patrick Stanger, 25, of Nespelem, Wash., passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. He was born on May 7, 1989, in Spokane, Wash., to Robert L. and Lily C. Stanger. Nicholas lived in Nespelem his whole life. He graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School. He worked for the Mt. Tolman as a senior weed contractor. Nicholas loved helping out others. He is survived by his parents, his twin brother, Michael, and his brothers, Brian A. and Cole A. Stanger; his niece Foxy Sunshine Stanger. He...
Julieanne LaFountaine, 36, was born April 16, 1978, in Seattle. She passed away quietly, due to a sudden cardiac arrest, surrounded by those who loved her most in the late afternoon on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Harborview Medical Center. Julieanne attended school in Half-Moon Bay, California and then Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam, Washington. Even though Julie grew up on the reservation, she did not like the quiet life and would always go back to Seattle. One would say that the city...
Kara J. Durate of Keller is proud to announce the birth of her son Abel Thomas Durate born Wednesday, March 4 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Atom, age 4, Alastar, age 2-1/2, and Rocksand, 1-1/2. Maternal grandparents are Richard and Laura Thomas of Nespelem. Paternal grandmother is Anabel Parra of Fresno, Calif. Great-grandparents are Richard Thomas Sr. and Esther Thomas of Nespelem and Meachum and Celia Tulee of White Swan, Was...
Miranda Carden and Colton Ellis of Omak are proud to announce the birth of their son Elum Ronald Ellis, born Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 10 lbs., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Brandi Toulou and Aaron Carden. Paternal grandparents are Dawn Elder and Bob Crowell Jr. Great-grandparents are Betty Howes and Peggy Wall....
Part of a cast of more than 50 kids play the part of the "vagabonds" during a performance Saturday afternoon of the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Aladdin", sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Parent Teacher Association. Pictured from left are: Front row: Kailah Leadingham, Kale Nissen; Second row: Alaki Cawston, Gemma Sacchi, Allison Rice, Alexandra Harris, and C.J. Arcasa (as Aladdin); Third row: Jenna Cleveland, Wyatt Toulou, Lucy Budravage, Austin Lauseng; and Juliette...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. It will resume regular meeting hours at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee on Thursday, March 19. Okanogan County Democrats to Meet Okanogan County Democrats will meet on Saturday, March 14, at 1 p.m., in Tonasket at 31563 Hwy 97. There will be training on Update Vote-Builder Program. Bring your laptop phone or tablets. A potluck will be served so bring any dish you want to share. Blood Drive March 23 Inland Northwest Blood Center along with t...
A huge crane Friday lifts bundles of metal roofing on top of the Lake Roosevelt High School gym. Workers this week are putting on the metal roof, which will match the roof of the new school complex. Workers recently finished duplicating the siding, trim and stonework on the exterior. — Roger S. Lucas photo...
Virgil "Smoker" Marchand said he is ready to start his 7-foot-tall sculpture of Lake Roosevelt schools mascot that will be placed at the front of the new school. "I am just waiting for the go ahead, and then I can order the material," Marchand said. He was selected to do an art piece as part of the public art associated with the new school complex. "I have already designed 'Raider' and am anxious to get started on it," he said this week. Marchand plans to create Raider at his shop in Omak and...
Kole Galbraith, son of Colville tribal member Lorena Boyd and Allan Galbraith, grandson to Larry and Gerry Boyd, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in the small, rural village of Bad-Aussee, Austria. He was awarded the scholarship at the conclusion of his studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. The Fulbright Scholarship Program selects U.S. and foreign college graduates for exchanges in all areas of study, including the sciences, business, teaching, public service, government, and the arts....
Two classes covering the basics of high-speed data communication applications that are of growing importance to local industry are offered this spring at Big Bend Community College, the school announced. Electronic Communications I (IST-224) and Introduction to Fiber Optics (IST-226) are evening classes taught by BBCC instructor Steve Matern, who has held a Federal Communications Commission license since 1965 and has iNARTE industry certification. Electronic communications co-vers the basics of radio frequency and other high-speed data...
Two local students were named to the President’s Honor Roll at Washington State University, the school announced this week. Taima Nichole Carden, of Coulee Dam and Alissa Brianne Mansker, of Grand Coulee, earned the honor by achieving an overall grade point of 3.75 while enrolled in at least nine graded hours in a single semester....
