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Two school boards learned Monday night that a major source of funding education for local students is apparently coming to an end if local officials can’t find a way to appeal a recent “review” of their method of sharing federal funds. An agreement to funnel “Impact Aid” from Nespelem School District to Grand Coulee Dam School District hasn’t been correct for years, a federal “reviewer” recently informed the Nespelem superintendent, a finding that will have a large financial impact on Lake Roosevelt Schools. For decades, the two districts h...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding a special board meeting this Thursday May 26, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. to approve the staff salary increase. This meeting will be a Zoom meeting....
The annual Isle of Flags, with its Memorial Day ceremony, will honor 15 more veterans whose families have requested a flag be flown in their honor. The annual event, which started in 1976, continues to add more flags every year to the spectacle that community volunteers (more needed) will start putting them up at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the Spring Canyon Cemetery. They will be flying 599 American flags. A Veterans’ Center Memorial Day Breakfast will be offered free of charge to all Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Vets Center in E...
Part of Federal Avenue in Grand Coulee is receiving a half a million dollar makeover. Wheeler Excavation, LLC out of Benton City is the contractor for the project, replacing the main water line, installing a sidewalk and storm drainage, and rebuilding the street. The full project is expected to cost $535,555, Grand Coulee City Clerk Lorna Pearce said. The streetwork is being done with state Transportation Improvement Board money up to an amount of $524,096. The city will be paying for the...
A $7,000 study funded by the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center found that developing senior housing in the area would be beneficial. The senior center pledged up to $25,000 for studies geared towards developing land currently owned by Centerline Development into living options for senior citizens. With this initial study saying it is a good plan, further studies would include financial studies, an architectural plan and legal expenses, among other items, totalling about $50,000. At a March 14 meeting at the senior center, Ian Turner and Nic...
Electric City could expand beyond Osborn Bay, but first they need to have a water system there. Electric City is applying for a Washington State Department of Commerce grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) to help pay for a water feasibility study to be done for an area just south of Osborn Bay. The feasibility study will tell the city if they could drill a new well there, which would allow for future development of residences in that area, Mayor Diane Kohout said. She...
Electric City is forming a new committee focused on developing a city park, and Electric City residents can be a part of that committee. At a May 18 special council meeting, the council approved going forward with forming a new park committee focused solely on building a city park. Councilmember Brian Buche noted during the meeting that people have expressed interest in taking up the cause again. Buche was elected as part of a new administration in 2019, including all new council members, a new mayor, and a new city clerk, with the park being...
Food Bank Will Be Closed Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Friday, May 27. Indoor services will resume on Friday, June 3, from 1-3 p.m. Please bring bags or boxes. Masks will be required. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking and a new Alcoholics Anonymous group is meeting...
Notice of Change of Regular Meeting date for Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, & Okanogan Counties, Washington Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan Counties, Washington; which operates Coulee Medical Center and Coulee City Medical Clinic, will be changing the regular Board meeting date for the month of May. The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, May 31st at 6:00pm via Zoom. (Publish May 11, 18 and 25, 2022) Town of Nespelem,WA. Ordinance Passed On May 11, 2022, the Town Council for...
Grand Coulee Police 5/16 - Police contacted MPH Auto to help someone who had locked their keys in their car at the hospital. 5/18 - Police warned a man that disabled vehicles on Martin Road would be towed if he didn’t move them himself. 5/19 - Police helped determine the rightful owner of a vehicle on Dill Avenue. A woman said a man had bought the car for her. That man explained that he had let her drive it if she made the payments, but she did not. Since the car was registered to the man, police explained it to the woman in the situation. 5/20...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award our 2022 $500.00 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery to Carly Johnson. We would like to congratulate Ms. Johnson for her achievements and send her best wishes for success with her educational, professional and personal goals. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is an organization dedicated to helping young women further their education. We pride ourselves as being women helping women reach for the stars. This scholarship may be used toward expenses at any college, university, or school of...
Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association has awarded scholarships in the amount of $500 each to three 2022 Lake Roosevelt High School graduating seniors. Receiving awards this year are Showaway Hunt, Kaitlyn Nordine, and Aehsley Piturachsatit. Also selected to receive a $500 scholarship was Henry Preston, a senior at Ballard High School in Seattle. Henry’s eligibility to apply for the scholarship is based on his grandfather David Jurgensen’s enrollment in Grand Coulee School District 55 before consolidation with Coulee Dam. Henry is the son...
Recreational boating is a popular pastime in Washington. In fact, several hundred thousand Washington residents own at least one canoe, kayak, rowboat, personal watercraft, stand up paddleboard, drift boat, runabout, sailboat, motor yacht or other recreational vessel. Boats and boaters are everywhere! Boating, however, is not without risk. The chilly waters of the Pacific Northwest can be unforgiving, and safety must be on the minds of everyone who plays in and around Washington waterways. The Washington State Parks Boating Program, in...
Gwenneth Kay Neal daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, and servant passed into the Lord’s hands while asleep in her home with immediate family present on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. She was born in Paris, Arkansas on February 10, 1944. She grew up with 3 sisters, 1 half-sister, and 1 half-brother. Her mother, Alta Engel, was a hairdresser. Her father, Kenneth Day, worked in the shipyards. Alta eventually remarried and they frequently moved throughout the country. Gwenneth’s mother instilled a g... Full story
Passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 12, 2022 in Spokane, Washington, with her family by her side following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Sandra was born on May 24, 1957, in Iwakuni, Japan. She later attended Harrington High School. She married Danny Stone on June 9, 1979, in Davenport, Washington. They were blessed with five children: Kenny, Kaylee, Allen, Leali and Kami. The family lived in the Addy/Chewelah, Washington area for nearly 29 years as Danny served as a pastor at Addy... Full story
Edith Louise Scott Alling Lael, 97, long time resident of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away the morning of Monday, May 9, 2022, at Vista Manor Assisted Living in Wilbur, Washington. Born Sunday, February 1, 1925, in Everson, Washington, the only child of Norman and Louisa Scott, Edith began her education riding her horse to the one room schoolhouse near the Sanderson ranch, before moving to Grand Coulee High School and graduating from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane, Washington. Edith m... Full story
For those wishing to place flowers on graves at Spring Canyon Cemetery for Memorial Day, please note that the cemetery manager will be mowing before the holiday. Flowers may be placed on graves beginning Thursday, May 26. The cemetery is asking that after the holiday, artificial flowers and containers be removed by Wednesday evening, June 1. Fresh flowers are welcome anytime....
Veterans are you needing questions answered on benefits you deserve? Come to Creston Community Days on Saturday, May 28, where the veterans outreach program mobile office van will be available at the city hall. It willl have personel on hand to help veterans find out what benefits they may have earned while serving out country....
The Lady Raiders softball team defeated the top-ranked Okanogan team in Okanogan May 19 to become the District 6 champions for the first time. LR won the game 9-4. Okanogan got on the board first in the fourth inning when they scored one run, then LR scored two in the fifth, six in the sixth, and one in the seventh, holding Okanogan to just three more runs, one in the sixth and two in the seventh. "What a game!" Head Coach Jaci Gross said. "Aaliyah Marchand made her presence known on the mound,...
The Lake Roosevelt track and field team competed in the District 6 tournament on May 19 in Brewster, where Carly Neddo qualified to compete at state later this week in the shot put and javelin. Athletes needed to place in the top three of their event to qualify for the 1B, 2B, 1A state championships to be held May 26-28 at Eastern Washington University. “Carly threw a [personal record] shot of 31 feet, three inches, securing the second-place spot and a trip to state,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “She also placed third in the javelin quali...
Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School has produced quite the list of student athletes this year, with 20 students being named to “All-League” teams for the Central Washington 2B league, and two LR coaches were named “coach of the year” in their respective sports. Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen announced “an outstanding list of student-athletes and coaches that have represented LR and our community this season. … Congratulations to all and good luck this next week for all that qualify for the spring sports state tournaments.” Jaci Gross, whose...
Lady Raider tennis players competed at the District 6 tournament in Omak on May 18 where singles athlete Amy Dorman and the doubles team of Kaylee Landeros and Riley Ayling qualified as alternates for the statewide competition. The athletes needed to place in the top three to qualify for state. "We ended the season with two alternates to state," Head Coach Billy Monroe said. "Amy Dorman got fourth place. She had a great tournament and fell just short of playing at state. She is probably the most...
Raider Terek Bush takes a swing at the state golf tournament in Deer Park. Bush began state competition yesterday on May 24 and if he did well, will compete again today, May 25. - submitted photo...
Electric City is making the correct move in considering whether it should plan for expansion to its south. Like the rest of the country, the local area is running short of housing, and that’s a major obstacle to progress for a better community. Local employers have trouble recruiting employees to the area when they can’t find a place to live. Our largest employers in the Grand Coulee Dam area — the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Coulee Medical Center — run into the problem repeatedly. The hospital keeps eight rentals of its own just to have a...
The cartoon in the May 18th edition of The Star newspaper depicts the issue of abortion as a political one. It is a huge disservice to our communities to infer abortion is a political issue. It is not. It is a moral issue. A woman cries out it is her body, therefore, her choice, but what about the little girl or boy who is torn to pieces by the abortion? Why does she or he not get a say in what is going to happen to her or his body? To hear what happens to that little girl or boy, listen to Dr. Anthony Levatino. In October of 2015, he...