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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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A public hearing will be held tonight for an Electric City council member who wants to answer her reprimand in public. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, April 27) in the city council chambers. Councilmember Birdie Hensley had asked for a public hearing after she was reprimanded by Mayor John Nordine II and the city council for making inquiries of other agencies, suggesting she was doing so on behalf of the council. Tonight’s hearing will not take input from the public, but will outline what city officials see as the p... Full story
There is a new major event for Colorama this year, because another major feature won't be appearing. Jump N2 Fun, a firm that features a host of inflatable slides and bounce houses, will replace the carnival this year and will be located at Banks Lake Park, just south of North Dam Park. "In recent years the Colorama carnival provided by Paradise Amusements has delivered increasingly disappointing showings," the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce said in a statement Tuesday. "Last Friday,... Full story
There will be free health screenings available for the general public here April 28. The Grand Coulee Lions Club, in cooperation with Coulee Medical Center, will have the Northwest Lions Foundation mobile screening unit on hospital grounds from 12 to 6 p.m. Screenings for blood pressure, glaucoma, diabetes, sight and hearing will be available, free for all local residents interested. The Lions Health Screening Unit is a professionally-equipped, state-licensed mobile unit staffed by healthcare professionals, Lions Club members and volunteers.... Full story
A festive Earth Day celebration, the seventh organized by a local Earth Day Committee, took place at the Nespelem powwow grounds Friday as an estimated 800-1,200 children and adults enjoyed the sunshine, free hot dogs, raffle prizes, drums, and educational and interactive booths run by volunteers. Tribal member Joe Pakootas, who is running for Congress in Washington's fifth district, was the guest speaker at the event and performed the opening prayer. Kris Ray of the Colville Tribes'... Full story
A Coulee Dam man arrested in February on charges related to his alleged relationship with a 14-year-old girl in Wisconsin found himself in federal court Monday in Spokane, not a state court in Okanogan. Nate Piturachsatit, 37, pleaded not guilty to one count of producing child pornography. The girl’s mother contacted Wisconsin police when she found a package containing a T-shirt mailed to her from Piturachsatit from a Spokane address. He is suspected of sending and receiving sexually-explicit pictures with the girl via an Instagram account. A... Full story
State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette visited the community last week to fill in schools Superintendent Dennis Carlson on changes in the capital budget staff in Olympia, which could affect the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Parlette spoke at the Rotary Club on Wednesday. Parlette, who has served on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for 20 years, managed to get the state to fund the district's new school complex, which it could not do on its own because of the high amount of non-taxable federal... Full story
Park pickup scheduled for Saturday A big community asset needs some springtime sprucing, and parks commissioners picked this Saturday to do it, hoping you’ll help. The Coulee Area Parks and Recreation District will host the Annual Spring Fix & Clean event at North Dam Park, beginning at 9 a.m. To help, meet at the picnic shelter. Wear work clothes and bring gloves and water. On outsourcing juvenile care A presentation on the possible outsourcing the housing of juvenile detainees to Medical Lake or elsewhere from Okanogan County will take p... Full story
Electric City is hosting a community workshop, led by Washington State University’s Rural Communities Design Initiative. The meeting, one of two being planned, will run from 1-4 p.m., Saturday, May 14, in the Veterans Center in Electric City. The second such meeting date hasn’t yet been set. The focus of the workshop will be parks, recreation and revitalization. The meeting is prompted by Electric City’s trail and pathways project, and needs in other park-like areas. Guiding the WSU team, made up of professors Kathleen Ryan and Bob Krika... Full story
Mechaela Allen guides her horse through the senior poles event at the Nespelem Junior Rodeo Saturday. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Reading Connie Babler’s letter to The Star April 13, 2016, brought back many happy memories of going to school in Coulee Dam and growing up in such a great place. The idea of a “memorial” representing all four schools is a great idea. And all four “alumni” should get together — there are many of us living around the area and I’m sure they have lots of ideas. Let’s hear from them! Thank you, Connie. I doubt if all the “alumni” knew about “four schools.” Thera Phillips Foster Coulee Dam alumni Class of 1951 “Go Beavers... Full story
In response to the letter from Connie Babler a couple of weeks ago, the Grand Coulee Alumni Association would like to clarify a few things. First of all, the main concern of our association is that the names of the combined schools be remembered. We are looking for ideas on how to design an appropriate remembrance for this purpose. The endeavor will require co-operation between all the school districts involved and for there to be equal monies, input, and interest of all involved. Any interested parties are welcome to attend the next Alumni... Full story
Kirk Adams has earned the reputation as a visionary leader who gets things done for people with disabilities. Those qualities, coupled with hard work and determination, rewarded him with the nation’s top job advocating for the blind. In May, Adams, who grew up in Snohomish, becomes only the sixth American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) president since the non-profit was formed in 1921. It is the organization where the legendary Helen Keller’s archives reside. Carl R. Augusto, retiring AFB pre... Full story
Most of you probably have no idea who this is. Some USBR employees know him, but more importantly a handful of high school kids know him too. Recently Mr. Hill came to Lake Roosevelt and spoke some truth into the ears of our young adults with a positive but straightforward message, hoping that his words would shake some loose from the confines of their own situations. Like me about 10 years ago, when you first meet Rich, you are intimidated. He is a huge man, with muscles that bulge like a profe... Full story
When the 70-ton steel closure gates were not needed for river diversion purposes, the contractor suspended them from special storage barges anchored in the right forebay. – April 1, 1939... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, April 28, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Debbie Starkey, of Investment Services Northwest, will speak about a Grant Writing Workshop she attended. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association meets 11 a.m., Friday, April 29, for a no-host luncheon meeting at Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala Street, Omak. Okanogan’s 6th grade ukulele students, directed by music teacher Marilou Baker, will enter... Full story
Ostenberg/St. Peter have a girlWashington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Chanley RaiAnn Ostenberg, born Friday, April 15, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lb., 7 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparent is Alex Boyd. Maternal great-grandparents are Del and Peggy Ostenberg. Myers/Greene have a boy Loni Myers and Kyle Greene, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Leo Nicholas Scott Greene, born Friday, April 15, 2016, at Coulee Medical... Full story
Ashley and Charles (Victor) Landeros are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Westlyn Ruth Landeros, born Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 9 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Kaylee, age 11, and Damon, age 10.... Full story
Rotarian Merle Kennedy and high school students Lucas Bird and Dakota Seylor transfer a trailer load of paper into bins for shredding Saturday during the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club's free shred day event. The community brought in 5,800 pounds of paper to shred, plus about 125 pounds of food and $409 in donations for the Care and Share Food Bank. Organizer James Heuvel said the event in the Strate Funeral Home parking lot went very well. It was the fourth shred day event the club has sponsored... Full story
Loni Myers and Kyle Greene, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Leo Nicholas Scott Greene, born Friday, April 15, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Nova Greene, age 2, and Casey Greene, age 5. Maternal grandmother is Connie Myers. Paternal grandparents are Margret Kalal and Russell Greene. Great-grandparents are Sheila Gendron, Joseph Myers and Vivian Kalal.... Full story
Raider baseball rebounded from losses to Okanogan by sweeping the Oroville Hornets last week, then splitting a doubleheader with Liberty Bell. The lowly Hornets were easily defeated by the Raiders in Oroville April 19. Lake Roosevelt won both games, 19-2 and 25-0. Liberty Bell came down to Greene Field on Friday for a double-header when both squads exchanged big games. In the first game, the Mountain Lions had a big offensive day, beating the Raiders 9-2. But in the second game, the Raiders... Full story
Raider Golf last week had the good fortune of playing in warm, sunny weather after having some cool wet matches early on. Head Coach Steve Files said, "The weather has been fantastic and our young team has been making steady improvement." At Moses Pointe, the Raiders faced Moses Lake Christian, Riverside Christian, and Sunnyside April 18. In tough competition on the 18-hole round, Darin Whiteman continued to lead the Raider boys, finishing the round in 106 strokes. Jazmine Reed led the Raider... Full story
The Raider girls won their two team tennis matches last week, while the boys lost both. The boys won their doubles matches against the Davenport Gorillas April 18 but lost the singles, while the LR girls won the singles matches but lost the doubles. At Oroville on Thursday, the Raider girls scored another team win while the boys came close to winning by just one match. The Raiders won four of their five matches against the Hornets. “Tanya Ang’s match was a hot-and-cold affair,” Raider Head Coach Steve Archer said. “Each girl won a set at a lo... Full story
Lady Raider softball had a tough week, winning only one of four games last week. “We had too many defensive errors this week,” Head Coach Cassie Wendt said. In a doubleheader against Oroville, the Lady Raiders committed 13 errors against the Hornets, then six against the Mountain Lions. Though the team did improve by reducing the number of errors, Wendt said, “We cannot expect to win games when we give the other team that many opportunities.” In the first matchup, April 19 in Oroville, the Hornets just held off the Lady Raiders in the first g... Full story
Raider Track completed another two-meet week, traveling to Lakeside High School in Nine Mile Falls April 20 and to Quincy on the 23rd. The meet at Lakeside was a Northeast B-Leagues meet, with schools from both the Panorama and Bi-County League in attendance. Quincy was the annual invite, with schools from all across Central and Eastern Washington competing. At Lakeside, Matthew Tillman ran a personal record time in the 100-meter dash, placing fifth with a time of 12.24 seconds. Tillman also placed third in the pole vault, clearing the 8-foot... Full story
Thurs., April 28 4 p.m., HS Tennis here with Pateros 4 p.m., JHS Track at Bridgeport, Brewster Invitational Fri., April 29 4 p.m., HS Tennis here with White Swan 4 p.m., HS Track at Reike Invitational, Peshastin Sat., April 30 11 a.m., HS Baseball at Manson 11 a.m., HS Softball at Manson... Full story
