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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Getting the state’s attention, is one thing, keeping it is another. School Superintendent Dennis Carlson and new-school architect Laurence Rose both had encouraging remarks after meeting with officials in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction last week. Their task was to convince state officials that the district here is really on the fast track for getting its K-12 new school project started. At issue is whether state school officials will see this project as “shovel ready”. The state education office has a certain routi...
Raider baseball sits in a three-way tie atop the Central Washington 2B North going into the last week of play. The series was supposed to be against Oroville, but Oroville had players with off-the-field issues and was forced to cancel the series. Luckily, Almira-Coulee-Hartline was available to play a doubleheader last Tuesday at Greene Field. The Raiders won both games by close margins. The Warriors were right there with LR through both games, losing the first by a score of 2-1 and dropping the...
The Raider golf match at home on Thursday was cut short because of the wet weather. There were no official scores and there are no plans to reschedule — now that district play starts Monday in Chelan starting at 10 a.m. Before then, the Raider golf team travelled to Oroville yesterday to take on Waterville and Oroville in a final tune-up match. As districts approach, Head Coach Steve Files recognized the effort put out by a particular player. “Our senior leader, Drew Desautel has been consistently strong all season,” Files said. “Week in and...
Raider Track finished the regular season last week with meets on Tuesday in Bridgeport and Friday at Liberty Bell. At both meets the Raider girls finished second behind Entiat. The Raider boys finished eighth at Bridgeport while at Liberty Bell they ended up fifth. “The athletes once again showed depth with more athletes scoring points as seen by the team standings,” said Head Coach Lori Adkins on the strong finish her team had last week. Kim Barry dominated, finishing first at Bridgeport in...
The Lady Raider softball team closed the rocky 2012 season with a home doubleheader against the Warriors last Tuesday at Grand Coulee. Almire-Coulee-Hartline fields a strong squad with an overall record of 12-1 coming into the doubleheader. With depletions to their roster, the Lady Raiders struggled in the field and were defeated by the Warriors by the scores of 30-0 and 24-2. Head Coach Tristan Daniels does not know about the possibility of the Lady Raiders playing in districts next week. The...
Raider tennis had a busy week to close the regular season with matches in Wilson Creek, Liberty Bell, and at home last Saturday. At Wilson Creek last Tuesday, the Raiders faced a Blue Devil squad that featured one boy and three girls. The Raider boys played two singles matches against Adolfo Fernandez. Phoenix Shephard won his match 8-4 and Nick Rice defeated Fernandez 8-3. For the girls, it was another frustrating set of matches as Emily Williams lost to Samantha Dowers by the close score of 8-5. In doubles action, Holly Jo Carriere and Nicole...
May 7-12 TBA, District Baseball, TBA. Thurs., May 10 TBA, Sub-District Track at Oroville. Fri., May 11 3 p.m., Raider Softball here with Oroville (DH) Sat., May 12 TBA District Tennis, TBA. Mon., May 14 10 a.m., Raider Golf Districts at Chelan. May 14-19 TBA, District Softball, TBA. Sat., May 19 TBA, District Tennis, TBA. TBA., Regional Baseball, TBA. TBA, District Track, TBA. Tues/Wed., May 22-23 TBA, State Golf at Lakewood. Fri., Sat., May 25-26 TBA, State Tennis, Yakima. TBA, State Softball, Yakima. TBA, State Baseball, Yakima. 10 a.m.,...
After the last column I had many people come up to me, saying, “Hey you forgot about …” this business and that business, and they were kinda right. So I will continue my tour of local businesses, 20 years ago …( and my mom says hi from Wildrose, N.D.). Where LePresa now is was Rapid Roberts.Video games, pool tables, curly fries and all the cool kids hung out there. After Rapid Roberts, That Italian Place offered gourmet pizza there (the seafood pizza was my favorite). Where Flo’s now is was Be...
Grand Coulee Police 4/29 - A driver, pulled over for a faulty license plate light and running over the fog line, was cited within walking distance of his home for driving while under the influence. His car was towed. - The owner of a pit bull that attacked a small dog was cited for his dog biting another, not having a license for the dog and for the dog running loose. The officer advised the man that his dog, only seven months old, could be declared dangerous by authorities. - A man was stopped because his brake light was out and then cited for...