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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Brittania Giuliani, of Almira, has been selected as a finalist in the National American Miss Washington State Pageant. At 15, she will compete in the Junior Teen Division at the 2014 Miss Washington Junior Teen Pageant in Tacoma, August 8-10. The winner of this competition will represent the state of Washington for the final selection of National American Miss Washington in California at Hollywood and Disneyland. Giuliani will personally be looking for sponsors between now and May... Full story
Registration begins for the SHARP Kids Summer Program and Summer Rocks program during an open registration night on May 21 from 4-6 p.m.. at the Grand Coulee Dam School District office. Programs are available for students in the Grand Coulee Dam School District that are entering grades 1-8 in the fall of 2014. Parents or guardians must register each student separately. Program space is limited. No early applications are accepted. Call 509.633.3033.... Full story
Lake Roosevelt’s baseball team finished the 2014 season Monday at Wenatchee Valley Juinor College in a loser-out game against White Swan. The Raiders kept it close but could not beat the Cougars in the end. The Cougars ended the Raiders season in 2013 in the same early morning loser out game. Earlier in the week, the Raiders lost to the league’s number-one Liberty Bell Mt. Lions in a slugfest. The Raiders could not stop the Mt. Lion offense that scored 17 runs. The loss placed LR in the second-place spot from the Central Washignton 2B Nor... Full story
Lady Raider softball dropped all three of their games last week. At Oroville May 6, the Lady Raiders lost to the Hornets by a close score. On the mound, Tristen Adolph continued her streak of solid performances, striking out eight batters and giving up only four walks. Some 68 percent of Adolph’s 124 pitches were strikes. Adolph along with Savannah Marin had a good day at the plate, going three for four. But Lake Roosevelt left six runners stranded on the base paths and made too many errors that allowed the Hornets to score. In a May 9 d... Full story
Thurs., May 15 TBD, Baseball District Playoffs at Wenatchee Valley Community College. Fri., May 16 4 p.m., Track Sub-Districts, Oroville. Sat., May 17 9 a.m., Tennis at Ephrata. 11 a.m., Softball here with Liberty Bell. (DH).... Full story
Kaitlyn Reidt, left, and Kim Iverson were honored Thursday at the North Central Educational Service District's Okanogan County Excellence Banquet with the Excellence in Education awards for Nespelem School. Iverson, a "do-it-all" classified employee, according to Principal John Adkins. Reidt, a fifth-grade teacher in her third year at the school, does everything "exceptionally well," he said. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
A quilt with 16 Owhi Lake T-shirts framed by all the colors of the rainbow was given to Gary Martin at his retirement luncheon April 30. The Owhi Lake T-shirt Quilt was a gift from the Nespelem School and was designed and quilted by Cindy St. Pierre. The Owhi Lake T-shirts spanned the years from 1993 through 2013. Martin, working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry department for the last 36 years, spearheaded Owhi Lake Day as outdoor education for Nespelem School and other nearby... Full story
Raider tennis players defeated the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats in both boys’ and girls’ play May 6 but lost to Tonasket two days later, then ended the regular season at home last night. At Wilbur-Creston, Daniel Campobasso came from behind to win his match against Jacob Paunovich. “Dan Campobasso was down 4-1 in the first set but then switched to another gear, grabbed the momentum and never looked back with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 win,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. Holly Jo Carriere and Areiell... Full story
Raider golfers competed in their last two events of the 2014 season May 6 at Oroville and last night at Banks Lake Golf Course. At Oroville, the Raiders competed against a large Hornet squad and a lone Tonasket Tiger. On the 18-hole course the Hornets came away the victors on the boys’ side. For the girls it was a close contest, but they were scored as individuals as only five girls competed in the match. Mikel Friedlander was the girls’ medalist with a 124 strokes, beating out Jordyn Smith of... Full story
Raider Track finished the regular season with athletes placing in two meets. The LR boys finished sixth overall in the Bridgeport Invite May 6, with 42 team points. The girls’ squad took ninth with 41 team points. The Raiders travelled to Royal City May 9 to compete in the Ron Vanderholm Invite, where the girls finished 13th with 19.5 points, and the boys took 19th with 9.5 points. “They are performing well and we are excited to see what they can accomplish at the Sub-District Championships,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. At Bridgeport, Natha... Full story
IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION Colville Tribal Credit Corporation, ) Case No.: CV-CD-2013-36213 a lending institution wholly-owned by ) the Confederated Tribes of the Colville ) Indian Reservation ) ) CHIEF OF POLICE PUBLIC ) NOTICE ) OF SALE OF Plaintiff(s), ) REAL PROPERTY ) vs. ) Zelda Andrew, a single individual ) Does 1-20 ) Claiming any right, title, estate, ) lien or interest in the real estate ) or secured interest described in ) the complaint. ) ) ) Defendant(s) ) The Colville Tribal Court... Full story
See our photos of Colorama and more in the slideshow below. Click through to see more. 5-14-14 Star - Images by Scott Hunter Winning Colorama Button numbers: 101 = Framed artwork by local artist Janis Heuvel 226 = 2 rounds of golf + cart from Banks Lake Golf Course 322 = 1 month membership to Body by Dam 419 = Pendleton blanket from Coulee Dam Casino 474 = Bait/Tackle bag, rod/reel from Coulee Playland Resort 610 = 5-night cabin stay from Sunbanks Resort 749 = 1-hour massage from Good Medicine... Full story
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, an internationally acclaimed novel by Ken Kesey, has made its way to the Masquers Theatre in Soap Lake for a five-weekend run that ends this coming weekend. It stars Curtis Davis, of Coulee Dam, as Chief Bromden, and Ephrata-area actors Clint Pozzi as R.P. McMurphy, and Joanne Bracht as Nurse Ratched in the lead roles. The live performance based on the 1963 Dale Wasserman script, is under the direction of Carol Boyce of Coulee Dam, an actor in her first... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/2 - Police received a call that there was a kidnapping in progress on Hill Avenue. The officer learned that the call was in error, and that the suspect did not contact the child in question. - A caller at Electric Place in Electric City reported that the rear window of a vehicle had been shot out. The officer learned that a child had tossed a rock that broke the window. There was a child in a car seat at the time of the incident. 5/4 - A Grand Coulee Avenue driver was stopped for failing to signal and the officer found... Full story