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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Paul McArthur takes a selfie with a new friend Aug. 19 after the great horned owl crashed on the cab of his harvest truck in the heat of the day. "When you're farming, you never know what is going to happen," McArthur wrote on Facebook. "The poor little thing could hardly move." Realizing the bird was suffering from heat exhaustion, he and others moved it to a shady spot and got it water. Temperatures reached around 100 degrees that day. "After about 30 minutes, he/she was standing back up and...
A computer system shut down the water system supplying Coulee Dam residents with drinking water sometime last weekend, but nobody knew it until pressures dropped low enough Monday morning. City Superintendent Mike Steffens said a computer programmer worked on restoring the system Monday morning, but the city crew still had to manually operate different valves across the system to equalize pressure and restore functionality. At Steffens' urging, the city purchased a new computer system to replace...
If Electric City is going to grow, it will be in the Osborn Bay area. The city was approved for an $11,600 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board to conduct a water feasibility study in the Osborn Bay area with the city providing an additional $2,900 towards the project. There is land just south of Osborn Bay within city limits, owned by various people, but no utilities there. “We’d like Electric City to grow, and that’s the only area to even look at,” Mayor Diane Kohout said at an Aug....
Sometimes it's hard to know where to look for help when it comes to things like getting food or energy assistance, or how to go about receiving medical care, but luckily some people specialize in connecting you to the right people. The STAR Hub, located on Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee since November of 2021, is a division of Rural Resources Community Action, a non-profit based out of Colville, and they specialize in connecting people to organizations that may be able to help. The STAR acronym...
Grand Coulee City Hall could get painted next year Budget time is right around the corner, and money may be set aside for Grand Coulee to paint their city hall building on Midway Avenue which also includes the city police station. At their July 19 meeting, the city council discussed painting city hall, deciding simply to look into options but not discussing what color they’d like to see it painted. City Clerk Lorna Pearce said in an email to The Star this week that the issue will be looked at more closely at budget time, and that city hall d...
A neat trick in American politics is taking advantage of our collective unwillingness to really pay attention to what’s being said. So, when they talk about a real problem, attributing it or at least insinuating it’s due to some nefarious plot or stupidity by the other side, we nod our heads and sleepily agree when in the next sentence they offer a solution that is completely unrelated but liked by their own side. They’re relying on us to be long-blinking right past the propaganda, especially in the dog days of summer. That’s like naming a colu...
This is the last of three letters intending to bring clarity and facts to the community about the Grand Coulee Dam School District. This installment will address the complicated and challenging issue of school discipline. ISSUE: School Discipline This issue may be the most complex problem to quantify and eventually resolve in large part because it requires an all-hands effort to succeed. In short, there are no easy answers here. It is accurate to note that public school discipline is a wide-ranging challenge covering nearly every school...
I was excited to learn Norway’s government is investing €10 million over five years to develop cultivated meat and precision fermentation. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. It’s better for the environment, public health, and livestock. “We can increase self-sufficiency in food in Norway, and we do not have to kill animals to produce the necessary protein,” said the project’s leader, Sissel Beate Rønning. “In Norway, we have both the expertise and the money needed to develop new tech...
There is a national shortage of teachers, leaving some districts short of covering all their classrooms. While current events are creating problems in education, not the least of these problems are politics and financial resources. That teachers are underpaid is pretty well understood and agreed upon nationally. Teachers should be paid at least 25% more than they now receive. Something needs to happen nationally to shut down the vast exodus of teachers leaving. In order to provide new teaching recruits, we should provide four-year scholarships...
Inflation has soared from 1.4% in January 2021 to 8.5% in July of this year, and parents are bearing the brunt of these increased costs as they face their annual back-to-school shopping trips — on top of the mounting costs for just about everything else they buy. Retailers are being faced with increased wholesale costs, which they’re forced to pass on to consumers. For instance, at a local grocery chain in Richland, hamburger meat is $12.99 a pound and milk is $3.29 a gallon — on sale. And as parents try to manage these price increases, they...
After a long, full life Elmer Rinard joined the love of his life Onie Gould on August 17, 2022. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Edith and Elmer Rinard, Sr. on November 29th, 1922, and had 2 brothers Cecil and Raymond, both deceased. Raised by his mother after his parents divorced when he was 2 years old, he spent his first 19 years in Boone, Iowa. He enlisted in the Army on October 12, 1942 and experienced a world tour of North Africa, Italy, and the Philippines. Elmer would talk about how... Full story
Keith Orrin Jim was born December 14, 1988 and passed away August 2, 2022. He is one who passed away at a young life but lived it to his fullest. His parents are Verna Saulque, stepdad, Arnold St. Pierre and his dad, Charles Jim (deceased). Keith is an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. He attended Nespelem Elementary School, Junior High School at Grand Coulee, then on to Lake Roosevelt graduating in 2007. Keith competed in football, basketball, track and wrestling. He met... Full story
A Meetings in the Local 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. A new Alcoholics Anonymous group is meeting each Saturday at noon at the Grand Coulee Community Church, 405 Center St. Meetings are open. More information call 509.680.9549 In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening... Full story
NCW Libraries has hired a new branch librarian in Grand Coulee. Joanne Percy started her new position on Tuesday, August 16, taking on the role of the previous branch librarian, Catherine Matthews. Percy grew up in a tiny village in rural Norfolk, England. After graduating from high school, she spent a couple of years traveling around England and Scotland before attending university and earning a BA in English Literature and Philosophy. She moved to the U.S. in 1998 and began teaching English...
NCW Libraries is aware that some of our library patrons have been contacted by a phone scam impersonating their local library. Please note that NCW Libraries, all 30 of its branches, bookmobiles, and Mail Order library, neverpersonally call patrons to collect library fees for lost and damaged material, or to discuss personal account information. NCW Libraries does make automated calls to inform patrons that their library materials are ready for pick up, or that materials are overdue. These automated calls are used only if a patron has selected...
Patricia and Bradley Oliver of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Roux Amelia Oliver, born Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 4 lbs., 6 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are George and Stacy Davis of Grand Coulee. Paternal grandparents are Geary and Lynette Oliver, Grand Coulee.... Full story
Crysta Harris and Kenneth Burda of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Kenneth Allen Phillip Burda, born Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Alexis Burda, 16, Kaydence Burda, 12, Carter Harris 7, and Kaylah Burda 1-1/2. Maternal grandparents are Troy Harris of Turner, Oregon and Stacy Harris of Salem, Oregon. Paternal grandparents are Kenneth and Dolores Burda of Almira, Washington.... Full story
Makayla Jones and Eric Carrillo of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Catalaya Nicasio Isla Carrillo, born Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes Arya Edmondson, age 2. Maternal grandparents are Susan Hoen of Moses Lake, Washington and Jerry Jones of Electric City. Paternal grandparents are Duane Frye and Janet Lerma of Electric City.... Full story
Dave Lindhag, formerly of Almira, has been offered a special trip to Washington, D.C. on Inland Northwest Honor Flight, his wife, Judy Lindhag said in an email to The Star, asking that people meet them on their return to the airport in Spokane. “While there, Dave, and our son DJ (flying as his companion) will visit many memorials as well as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” she said. The two will return on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. to Spokane International Airport. Family and friends of each participant in the flights designed to tak...
School board Chairman George LaPlace, right, and PTA member Andrew Fuller, cooking hot dogs, work to serve up free food in front of Lake Roosevelt Schools Tuesday nig...
Coulee Dam Police 8/10 - Police went to River Drive where a Pontiac Grand Prix had apparently hit a tree and light pole, and the pole had fallen onto the car. The driver was upset but said she didn’t require medical attention. She showed signs of alcohol intoxication, and after performing sobriety tests, police concluded that she was intoxicated and arrested her for driving under the influence. She was taken to Okanogan County Jail and the vehicle was towed. 8/13 - Police confiscated a dog that was running at large on Spruce Street. The o...
Town of Elmer City ACCEPTING BIDS The Town of Elmer City is accepting bids for a 2005 or newer, 1 ton, 4x4, flatbed truck with less than 200,000 miles. Sealed bid packet must have Snowplow Truck written on front and must be mailed, or hand delivered by 4:30 pm August 31, 2022, at 505 Seaton Ave, Elmer City, WA 99124. 509-633-2872. Kelly Ross, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish Aug 17 & 24, 2022) Town of Elmer City PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town of Elmer City will hold a Public Hearing to open sealed Snowplow Truck bids and award the... Full story