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Is it right to disrupt school for hundreds of students because of a sport played by a small percentage of them? That was a topic of discussion at the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s Board of Directors meeting March 25. Cathy LaPlace addressed the board in the public-comment section of the meeting. LaPlace is the wife of Director George LaPlace, and the two have students in the district. Cathy LaPlace criticized the school’s last-minute decision to have two half-days of school in March because of the Raiders high school basketball team com...
What an experience it must be to learn bull riding from professionals, including one who is from the same area you are. Local legend Shane Proctor is hosting his 11th annual bull and steer riding school at the Nespelem Rodeo Grounds this week, where 44 kids between the ages of 12 and 18 are learning the ropes, literally. Proctor is a former Grand Coulee resident, Lake Roosevelt High School graduate, and the 2011 National Finals Rodeo World Champion Bull Rider. Proctor is joined by a number of ot...
Some people are cat people. Some people are dog people. Others might be pig or goat people. The Grand Coulee City Council March 19 discussed lifting a ban on hooved animals, such as pigs and goats, within the city limits. “These miniature goats have become a big deal,” Councilmember Tammara Byers said. “I think some people are interested in them for lawn maintenance and a few other things.” Pigs are another animal some people like to keep as pets. “Small pigs,” Byers said, “not the full-sized porker you’re going to slice up and have for dinner...
Shift sewer line maintenance to residents? The Coulee Dam City Council Wednesday discussed an idea its insurance company would dearly love to see take effect: shift maintenance of all “lateral” sewer lines to homeowners. The city spends about $12,000 a year for city employees to unplug lines that go from the city’s mainline to homes, city Superintendent Mike Steffens told the council last Wednesday. Most cities don’t do that, but Coulee Dam doesn’t have a clear demarcation of where its line begins and the homeowner’s ends. Council members wer...
A school board last week discussed the idea of seeking student input on issues related to the school that students attend. At their March 25 meeting, directors of the Grand Coulee Dam School District tossed around the idea of having a representative from the Associated Student Body attend school board meetings to bring thoughts and concerns from the student body to the board, and to take information back to the student body from the meetings. Superintendent Paul Turner cited Manson School District as having an ASB representative attend their...
Aly Van Geystel, a cosmetologist at Main Street Salon in Grand Coulee, will be traveling to Cambodia for the month of May to help teach the trade of cosmetology to former victims of human trafficking. The Grand Coulee Eagles Lodge helped raise funds for the cause at a March 30 spaghetti dinner, which included a silent auction of items. The spaghetti feed, combined with a yard sale Van Geystel held, raised about $2,500 she said. "A huge thanks to the Eagles," said Van Geystel, who said community...
Electric City is being awarded $300,000 from the state Transportation Improvement Board's Complete Streets Program. The city will use the money to add curb, gutter and sidewalks along Coulee Boulevard, also known as SR-155, from Western Avenue to Electric Blvd. The city was nominated for the award by the Department of Health. TIB chose 47 cities and two counties to receive $17 million total in awards. City Clerk Russ Powers said he thinks the city was nominated because they worked with the...
Rep. Alex Ybarra describes his time so far in the Washington State Legislature as a whirlwind. Ybarra was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in January to fill the vacancy in District 13 left by the resignation of former Rep. Matt Manweller. Just a few hours after his appointment, Ybarra was on the house floor in Olympia experiencing his first day as a legislator. District 13 includes Lincoln County and most of Grant County, including Coulee City. Without much notice, Ybarra...
According to the Yakima Herald Republic’s special series, “The Vanished:” A report from the National Institute of Justice found that more than four out of five Native American women have experienced violence in their lives. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control reported that homicide is the third leading cause of death among Native American women between the ages of 10 and 24. The Department of Justice has reported Native American women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than other Americans. The murder and abduction of indig...
I am putting together the history of the Colorama/Western Festival/Festival of Lights since the beginning. I have a rodeo picture as far back as 1952. The rodeo had been held in Pleasant Valley, down by the now-Credit Union, and maybe a couple other places before moving to the present location in Delano. During the Western Festival, most of the events were held in the Coulee Dam area, and in later years expanded to Grand Coulee. I need any history you might have in your garage or closet, etc. I would most like pictures of the early queens,...
The Major League Baseball season is upon us. The game is looking less like the “National Pastime” each year. I remember when every little town or city had its own baseball team. There was no talk then of major changes to the game’s rules. The truth is that the sport has lost a lot of its fan base. Rule changes proposed and made won’t bring them back. Sports fans have changed, and I fear they have left baseball behind. Fans now like tougher sport action, the kind that leaves a targeted quarterback or receiver on the field and hauled off on a st...
Spring break will be half over by the time you read this. The kids are running loose in neighborhoods everywhere, and staff from every school is resting up for the final leg of this school year. Usually during the break, Karrie and I are chaperoning kids somewhere in the state. But this year we stayed home and were blessed by our hometown and others. I had a plan for Monday: Be at Les Schwab when it opens to get the tires changed. That was my plan and my timing. It did not turn out the way I...
Twenty Years Ago The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Y2K forum Tuesday night to address local concerns about the millennium bug that could infect computers January 1, 2000. Wright Elementary students Brieanna Clark, Courtney Kennedy, Andrea Schumaker, Leah Philmon, Amanda VanGeystel and Emily Rehn raised over $110 for their school in their crusade for new playground equipment. Thirty Years Ago Grand Coulee’s pilot well near Crescent Lake hit an aquifer 61 feet below the ground Feb. 7, giving rise to hopes that engineers p...
No Chamber This Week Chamber will not be meeting this Thursday. Meetings will resume Thursday, April 11 at the Siam Palace. Special School Board Meeting April 8 The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding a special school board meeting Monday, April 8 at 6 p.m. in the LRHS library. Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Eagles Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge. The group meets the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a Break Senior Center volunteers will be offering free...
Lisa Seymour and Jered Picard of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Reign Jered Picard, Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 3.7 oz., and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include JazLynn Innes, Roamen Picard and Xander Ostenberg. Maternal grandparents are Doug Seymour of Inchelium, Washington, and Diana Allen of Omak, Washington. Paternal grandparents are Levi Picard of Nespelem, and Grace Ferguson of Coulee Dam, Washington.... Full story
Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7p.m., Tuesday, April 9, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Richard Waitt, Research Geologist with USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, will talk about his book, In the Path of Destruction—Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. Helens. The book portrays Mount St. Helens’ May 18, 1980 eruption through first-person stories of people caught in, racing from, or witnessing the blast. Included are tales of the spring-1980 pre-eruption cri...
Raider tennis players have been hitting the courts north and south, playing in Liberty Bell and Entiat. In Liberty Bell March 26, the girls lost 2-3, and the boys lost 5-0. Again, members of the small boys’ team won matches that are recorded as losses because players aren’t allowed to compete in multiple games, with Terrie Yazzie defeating Nick Fitzmaurice 8-3, and Tucker Keeley defeating Konnor Doran 8-3. “Three matches stand out from our contest with Liberty Bell,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. “On the girls’ team, Tarissa Clark’s match at th...
The Raider track & field team competed in their first event of the season in Deer Park Saturday. The Glenn Wolf Memorial Invite “was an awesome experience for our athletes,” according to Coach Nancy Kuiper. “The meet was well run and allowed everyone a chance to compete.” Coach Lori Adkins agreed. “This meet gave us a chance to see where our athletes are at right now, a starting point that we can build from,” she said. “The coaches were pleased with the team leadership shown by experienced tracksters helping younger athletes be successful....
Raider golfers started their season at The Oroville Golf Club on March 28, playing nine holes with golfers from Oroville and Omak. “We’re still pretty rusty, but it felt great to finally get some competitive action,” remarked Head Coach Steve Files. Darin Whiteman had the best score on the course with 41 strokes, followed by Daxton Whiteman with 44, Derek Whiteman with 46, and Levi Shanklin-Bob with 51. Almira-Coulee-Hartline golfer Conner Emerson played as well, and had 50 strokes. The next golf event is scheduled for after spring break at ho...
The Lady Raiders' softball team is sitting pretty at the top of the league, starting their season with a 5-0 win-loss record, strongly dominating each game. Lake Roosevelt played in Oroville March 26, defeating the Lady Hornets 14-1 in the first game and 10-0 in the second of the doubleheader season opener. Cassidy Reyes pitched the first game, throwing three strikeouts, and Emma Marchand pitched the second game, throwing eight. Next, the Lady Raiders traveled to Omak March 28 for a non-league...
The Raider baseball team dominated one doubleheader but fell short in another, starting their season with a 2-2 win-loss record. The Raiders demolished the Oroville Hornets at home March 26 in the doubleheader season opener, winning the first game 26-0, and the second 12-0, completely shutting out the Hornets. "I'm glad to be playing games instead of practicing inside," said Head Coach Billy Nicholson. Lake Roosevelt played another doubleheader March 29, this time hosting the Liberty Bell...
Tues., April 9 4 p.m., Raider Tennis at Tonasket 4:30 p.m., Raider Baseball at Pateros Thurs., April 11 4:30 p.m., Raider Softball, here with Pateros 3:30 p.m., Jr. High Track, All School Jamboree, at Liberty Bell 4 p.m., Raider Tennis here with Pateros Friday, April 12 4 p.m., Raider Tennis at Omak Sat.,April 13 8:30 a.m., Raider Track, Nike-Van Kuren Invite, SFCC 11 a.m., Raider Baseball here wth Brewster DH 11 a.m., Raider Softball here with Brewster DH Tues.,April 16 4 p.m., Raider Tennis here with Entiat 4 p.m.,Raider Track,CLA Invite,...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY Mosquito District POSITION #4 VACANCY Electric City is requesting letters of interest to fill position #4 on the Grant County Mosquito District No. 2 Board. The Mosquito District meets monthly on the second Thursday of every month and is a volunteer position. Please mail or hand deliver a letter of interest addressed to Mayor John T. Nordine II, PO Box 130, Electric City, WA 99123. This position is open until filled. If you have any questions please contact the city clerk at 633-1510. Russ Powers City Clerk/Treasurer... Full story
Students of bull riding at Shane Proctor's annual school for that skill in Nespelem Tuesday, sit on a fence to watch bulls run through the arena. The story is on the front page. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Grand Coulee Police 3/24 - A woman showed an officer a video of a neighbor shooting a bb gun at something, reportedly birds. The officer told the neighbor not to shoot within the city limits, and the neighbor said he would comply. - A woman reported that her daughter had left for a trip to Canada with a friend two days prior and hadn’t returned. Soon after reporting her daughter missing, the daughter’s grandmother called and said she was on her way home. - The Grant County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance with a domestic issue on Cardi...