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An Electric City man has been indicted in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, on four counts of theft of government property while an employee of the Bureau of Reclamation. Charged was James M. Barry, who has not been detained and has agreed to a deferred prosecution plan. Barry declined to comment. Barry is charged with taking valuable metal parts from the government’s inventory and selling them to a Spokane recycling firm. Taken, according to the indictment, were an unknown number of ring seal gate upper hub b... Full story
All incumbents made it into the general election in the Colville Tribes’ primary poll vote held last Saturday. Now they will have to wait until absentee ballots are counted on Thursday to see if the numbers hold up for them. In Nespelem’s District Position 1 race, incumbent Ricky Gabriel received the highest number of votes with 60, followed by former councilman Brian Nissen with 56; Harvey Moses, Jr., with 38; Deb Louie with 34; Jon Batten with 29; and Marietta “Etta” Grunlose with 24. Nespelem’s Position 2 saw incumbent Andrew C. Joseph, J... Full story
Kids launch off the starting line at Lake Roosevelt Elementary's Mini-Bloomsday event last Friday, held for the first time at Greene Field, the sports field for the high school, after the move last fall from Center Elementary. Here, from left, are Shawnee Olney, Joseph Cavasos, Carmen Thomas, Sophie Paslay, Abigail Desautel, Ava Mae Sam, Nakai Adolph, Scarlett Sutton and Ayamae Duclos. – Scott Hunter photo... Full story
The Colorama rodeo queen's future probably won't take her very far from animals. Emma Gunderson, a junior at Ephrata High School, would like to become a veterinarian's assistant after she graduates from high school. Her love of animals has always been a draw towards that goal, she said this week. Queen Gunderson will reign over the Ridge Rider Saddle Club's Colorama Rodeo this year, and then prepare for a full season of appearances throughout the Northwest. A community college or a pursuit of hi... Full story
There's some big bucks to be made Saturday, May 23. All you have to do is ride a few bulls. It's the Third Annual Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Ride at the Ridge Rider rodeo grounds in Delano. Action begins at 3 p.m. This year, rodeo officials have added $3,000 to the prize money making the bull riding event attractive to some pretty good professional cowboys. The event is named after Grand Coulee's own Cleatis Lacy, a rodeo cowboy of the first degree. When he wasn't competing, Cleatis was one of... Full story
Gary Moore was named sergeant by Grand Coulee Police Chief John Tufts, beginning May 1. Moore has been in the department since 2003 and prior to that was a reserve police officer in Reardan. Moore,and his wife Lisa, are residents of Electric City. Moore was selected from three local officers who went through the Civil Service Commission oral examination competing for the position.... Full story
Terry Reister speaks quite softly, but the guitars he makes sing out loud. Reister and his son, Terry Reister Jr, showed off the elder's products at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon at The Melody last Thursday. The owner of Sandy's Grocery store in Wilbur started making guitars about 20 years ago, but now it's getting a little more serious. They are working on converting the former Texaco station in Wilbur into a store to display his guitars. They brought a few along last... Full story
Electric City workers move a geo-dome climber from the old Center School to its new location at the city's newest park at a site purchased from the Banks Lake Bible Church. Here public works director Ken Dexter, in the backhoe, and Jared Armstrong, atop the climbing dome, prepare to move the dome to its new home. The dome is part of the playground equipment surplused by the school district and obtained by Electric City.... Full story
We would like to thank everyone for helping make our Family Fun Night a success! Without all of you we would never be able to pull out such an event. We thank you Scott Hunter and the Star for always putting the word out there, and Shane Moses for coming to the event and taking pictures and interviewing people. We want to thank Colleen Leskinen for donating the delicious food; Ramona Rounds for cooking the hamburgers and hotdogs. Everyone loves to win a prize; we want to thank Coulee Hardware, The Variety Store, Seaton’s Grove Green House, a... Full story
First off, I would like to wish every teacher past and present a Happy Teachers Week. I have talked about my favorite teachers in the past and how they influenced my life. Even when I did not know or understand at the time, I came to realize that from pre-school to my senior year — and even including those who instructed me as a firefighter, EMT and any other course I took — have all taken time out of their lives and passed on knowledge that they had amassed and shared it with me. But tea... Full story
Popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. … And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison, 1822 In Washington, D.C. this year, spring has been churlish. A cold and rainy March has given way to a cool and unpredictable April. We hope for more sunlight. Sunlight also is sorely needed in our nation’s capital as members of Congress consider an expedited process for appro... Full story
1 years ago A silver linden tree will be dedicated in memory of Carlos Hughs, town mayor from 1982 to 1986, in Mason City Park, across from the Coulee Dam Post Office in observance of Arbor Day. Grand Coulee Police arrested two suspects in an early morning drug bust Tuesday in the Delano area. When police searched the premises, they found less than 40 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a variety of prescription pills. 20 years ago At its latest meeting, the Electric City town council... Full story
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Lisa (Sammy) Loe of Yakima, Wash., are pleased to announce the engagement of their son Tanner Christian Loe to Kateri Tekakwitha Town, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan and Jane Town of Yakima, Wash. The future groom is a 2010 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, Coulee Dam, Wash. He graduated from Bellevue College in 2012 with an Associate of Arts degree in Digital Video Production. He is currently employed as a News Assistant/Editor with KIMA TV in Yakima, Wash. The... Full story
Edith Gertrude Kinzer Sackett, age 98, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Harmony House Nursing Home in Brewster, Wash. Edith was born in a two story ranch house just outside of Uniontown, Washington on March 6, 1917. She was the seventh child of 16 children of John Kinzer and Louise Bosse Kinzer. She had six brothers and nine sisters, including three sets of twins born after her. Edith was treated as one of the boys and at an early age she learned to ride a saddle horse and was one of t... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this week due to the Colorama festivities. Next Thursday the meeting will be held at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Care and Share Food Bank The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays at 7 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and... Full story
Alyeana Caldwell of Grand Coulee is proud to announce the birth of her daughter Addalyn Niole Scranton on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Sibings include Nevaeh Scranton, age 3. Maternal grandparents are Sharissa Steffen and Craig Steffen. Paternal grandmother is Patsy Scranton. Great-grandparents are Al Jordan and Peggie Jordan.... Full story
Tasheena Friedlander and Chauncy Cawston of Moses Lake, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Mila Mae Cawston, born Sunday, Apr. 26, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 9 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20 inches in length. Siblings include Leo J. Cawston, age 4, and Larrysa Friedlander age 2. Maternal grandparents are Suzette Aripa of Nespelem and the late Les Moses. Paternal grandparents are Melynda Covington of Nespelem and Lonnie Cawston of Coulee Dam.... Full story
Brenna Carson and Brian Brooks of Elmer City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Korbyn Rosaline Carson-Brooks Johnson on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz., and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Nathan Carson 9, Jasmine Brooks 9, Lasane Brooks 8 and Renita Carson-Brooks Johnson 21 months. Maternal grandparents are Clara and Ron Carson of Elmer City. Paternal grandparents are Renita Brooks and Standous Paige of Seattle.... Full story
Senior Menu Wed.,May 6 – Dinner Chicken Lasagna (with white sauce), Buttered Carrots, Fruit Salad, Cook’s Choice. Thurs., May 7 – Dinner Beef Strognaoff, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Surprise, Coffee Cake with Apple. Fri., May 8 – Breakfast Biscuit & Sausage Gravy, Eggs, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice. Senior Center General meeting 10:30 a.m. Mon, May 11 – Breakfast Sausage Links & Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice. Tues., May 12 – Dinner BBQ Chicken, Salad Bar, Ice Cream with Toppings. Wed.,May 13 – Dinner Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gr... Full story
The Raiders travelled to Mansfield April 28 for the Iceberg Invitational and then to Oroville on May 2 for the Draggoo Financial-Oroville Invitational. The boys placed third overall at Mansfield with 68 team points. Raider girls took fifth overall with 20 team points. At Mansfield, Katelynn Schilling recorded two career personal records. She took first in the shot put with a 36 foot, 2.5 inch-throw. At discus she took another first by throwing another PR of 100 feet, 1 inch. At Oroville... Full story
Raider Golf travelled to Okanogan Valley Golf Club Thursday for a match against Okanogan and Oroville. The boys’ medalist at the meet was Joey Staggs of Okanogan, who won with 92 strokes over the course. The girls’ medalist was Vanessa Venderweide, also of Okanogan, who shot a 108. Top performers for Lake Roosevelt were eighth-grader Darin Whiteman and Lucas Bird. Whiteman shot a 115 and Bird was right behind with a 116. When asked how the team stacks up to the late season competition, Head Coach Steve Files said, “Due to our inexp... Full story
The Raider Baseball team took on the Pateros Billygoats in a doubleheader last week, adding two for their win column. Lake Roosevelt jumped ahead in both games at Pateros April 28, and held on to that lead to come home with two victories. Pateros tried to come back in the first game, but LR held them off. Pitcher Taren Redstar picked up the win in the first game and Bubba Garcia grabbed the win in the second. Chance Garvin hit a homerun and a double in the first game. Last night was senior night at home for the Raiders, as they faced the Tonask... Full story
The Raider tennis team played two matches last week on the road. At Liberty Bell, the Raider boys picked up one win in a singles match. Cristian Ruiz defeated Fallen Hutson after two hours of play. The Raider girls won two matches. Areielle White won her singles match, and the duo of Mary Clark and Rylee Pitner won their doubles match. Harmony Witten, in singles, and the doubles team of Tanya Ang and Alaynah Herman came close to winning their matches. Witten’s lasted two and a half hours before the last tiebreaker ended in Lucy Dupont’s fav... Full story
Thurs., May 7 2:30 p.m., HS Golf with Okanogan/MLCA at Alta Lake. 4 p.m., HS Tennis at Oroville. JHS Track here wth Bridgeport/Nespelem/Omak/Pateros/Manson at the old middle school track. Fri., May 8 3 p.m., HS Track at the Ron Vanderholm Invitational, Royal City. 4 p.m., HS Tennis at Wilbur-Creston. Sat., May 9 1 p.m., HS Softball at Pateros 11 a.m., HS Track at Oroville Invitational... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/27 - Police interrupted some juveniles that were cutting some shrubbery at an abandoned house on Fortuyn Road. The youth were advised to stop doing this and complied. – A woman on Goodfellow Street in Electric City told police that she was the victim of identity theft. She said that she had a call on a credit card issue and couldn’t have made the charges because she was incarcerated at the time. She was advised to call her bank and cancel the card. 4/28 - Police arrested a woman on E. Grand Avenue for fourth-degree ass... Full story