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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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After hearing the disturbing news from Spokane of WWII Vet Delbert Belton (Shorty), being beaten to death by two cowardly young men, ( I will not use the two murderers’ names in my column because they deserve no such honor) it got me thinking of the lack of respect we give our veterans, or should I say heros. I personally have had both my grandfathers in the service and four uncles. My wife had one grandfather, two uncles and currently has a cousin serving overseas. I have numerous friends t...
It was storm story time in the coulee area Sunday night as the region was hit by a severe wind, thunder and lightning storm. Power was out for some, trees were down, traffic in some areas was stalled or rerouted, and tree limbs and debris were everywhere. The wind tore shingles from roofs, with the most serious being the Coulee Dam Casino, where the wind curled the metal part of the roof like a sardine can, covering the casino’s rooftop sign. Traffic on SR 155 near Pole Park was stopped b...
City’s survey results reported A city of Grand Coulee survey, developed by Councilmember Erin Nielsen and sent out to 575 residences in the city, received 61 responses, according to a report at the recent council meeting. Comments of concern included law enforcement, city nuisance enforcement and the city’s overall looks. Nielsen said the survey was designed to help city government know what citizens are most concerned about and alert the council to anything that might affect the city budget. Of the respondents, 36 noted that they had attended...
Early deadlines for next issue The Star newspaper will be closed, Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day. Deadline for news articles and for ordering display and classified advertising is Friday, Aug. 31. Classifieds, however, may be placed anytime before Monday night online at grandcoulee.com. Chief: street needs repair The Grand Coulee City Council approved its six-year street plan last Tuesday night. Fire Chief Rick Paris testified that the street off Fortuyn Road that feeds the entrance to Coulee Medical Center is rough and needs...
Construction on the K-12 school facility is finally catching up to its original schedule, Superintendent Dennis Carlson told the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night. By working Fridays, contractors are nearly back on their original schedule. Contractors faced some delays due to mistakes made on the original surveying of the school site. As a result of that, the site had been covered by about two extra feet of fill sand material. The added expenses incurred as a result of this is being covered by the insurance company of the...
Students in the Grand Coulee Dam District will soon be able to participate in a therapeutic horsemanship program. The idea was presented to the school board Monday night by Heather Downs, and it received support from the board. Downs explained that a small group of people here are cooperating with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office in regard to abused and neglected horses. Currently the group has three horses, housed at the Chris Holman residence in Delano. It was proposed that working with the horses would be a good experience for special n...
The Coulee Pioneer Museum has found a home, at least temporarily. Birdie Hensley, primary activist for the museum, said Tuesday that the feed store building in Electric City, 3 Coulee Boulevard East, will house the museum. The store and property was recently acquired by A. J. Gerard. Hensley got the nod and immediately started moving things into the new location. At least, said Hensley, “we have a temporary home.” This will enable the museum to acquire and catalog donations. Meanwhile, the museum is starting the search for grants so it can est...
Brazen thieves made off with Banks Lake Pub’s 500-gallon propane tank sometime during the night, Aug. 19. Staff arrived in the morning and when they tried to get the kitchen ready for business — no propane. On checking the rear of the building, they noticed not only was the tank missing, but the thieves also took the copper tubing connected to the tank. Pub owner Charley Potts told police that the tank belonged to another person and he was just renting it. Potts checked with the owner of the tank, but he didn’t have it. Police stated in their...
Grand Alley in Electric City will one day become Grand Avenue, at least about 1,200 feet of it. The city council accepted a quitclaim deed Aug. 13 giving it a 15-foot strip of land along its present Grand Alley, allowing someday for a full width street. The city already has a 45-foot right-of-way through the alley. The 15-foot strip of land was left over from a surveying problem when developers put in housing on an 80-acre piece of land they purchased from homesteader Dover Perry. The three developers, John R. Whitelaw, A.J. Gerard and Bill...
Thieves who stole about 40 salmon from the new Colville Tribal hatchery near Chief Joseph Dam better not eat them. Authorities say that the fish were treated with Formalin, a Formaldehyde-based substance, and not fit for human consumption. The Omak Chronicle reported that Colville Tribal Police Cmdr. Tom Holsworth advised people not to purchase salmon from any roadside vendor or from anyone not an authorized dealer. Holsworth stated, according to the article, if you have purchased and eaten salmon from an unauthorized dealer, better seek...
Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie recipe will hit the charts, at least for a day. Nevsi...
In a story about Grand Coulee police officer Sean Cook, the handler of “bomb” dog Potter, who was retired by city council resolution recently, it was incorrectly reported that Cook also was the handler of Wylie, a drug K-9 that was in the department earlier. Wylie’s handler was former Grand Coulee police officer Danny Dice. The Star writer regrets the error....
Pie contest planned for festival by Roger S. Lucas Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie r...
A move to assure that class pictures and trophies at both the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and Lake Roosevelt High School are saved and put up in the new building got approval from the school board Monday night. The walls in both schools are covered with graduating classes and the two trophy display cases are filled with trophies representing many memorable accomplishments. A letter to the school board from Lonna Bussert, the chair of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association, advocated the move. “With the opening of the new school w...
Although not often or well published, and often overlooked, there are some of our local kids that participate in 4-H and FFA activities. This is their time of the year, their “play-offs” so to speak … the County fairs! They work hard, raising fatstock and other animals, dehydrating foods, building bird houses and planters, quilting, and such — doing the kind of things that define the American work-effort and ingenuity. The program leaders, the parents and grandparents, the aunts and uncles, and so many more work tirelessly supporting their ...
We have to step beyond the confines of our fears...'cross that line of comfort'; if we live in fear, we cannot, we do not live life to the fullest... We need to expand beyond that fear which keeps us tied to the behaviors of an oppressed people… step up my Colville peoples, Quit allowing our evil/corrupt council to ride us in oppression. Break loose of their reins upon us … When we have been wronged!… We need to step up and make it right. I am simply listening to my heart… passing it on to my mind, mulling it over and passing it on to you … sha...
Different strategy, same results There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t succeed one way, try again using a different strategy. In this case, the “cat” is the Columbia River — or more precisely, eliminating the dams and commercial use of the river. The activists’ vision of a wild, free-flowing Columbia River has great emotional appeal, but it would have dire consequences for our state. Those dams produce 75 percent of our electricity, maki...
Ten Years Ago A woodpecker stuck its beak where it didn’t belong yesterday and set off a fire that brought several fire departments to put down the blaze. A Grand Coulee Dam area party that’s for the birds could be coming this fall to celebrate the publication of a birding map that covers north central Washington. Electric City council told Sunrise Disposal that they would allow garbage carts on a volunteer basis, but wanted some changes to the contract. Clerk Lori Hilton said the contract should allow the town to charge the user their pre...
James Dean Davis James Dean (JamesZee) Davis entered into eternal peaceful rest on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1958, to Moses W. Davis, Sr. and Agnes Andrews at the Coulee Dam Hospital. He attended the Nespelem School and was proud to be a “Savage”, where he was a member of the basketball team and had earned an MVP; Columbia Jr. High at Coulee Dam where he was a pitcher on the Mustangs baseball team; Grand Coulee Dam Jr. High at Grand Coulee; Lake Roosevelt High School where he was a member of the Rai...
The Grand Coulee Dam Cooperative Preschool is about to start up again for fall. The cooperative, which has operated for decades in the area, is currently taking applicants for two age groups of children: those who will be 3 years old by Nov. 1 for the regular preschool, and those who will be 4 by Sept. 1 for the pre-kindergarten class. Classes are taught by Becky Loch, who said she had only two openings left for the Pre K class on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., which costs $100 a month She said there were still several...
Seniors will soon find out if two is better than one. Friday, seniors received their second 14-passenger bus from People to People, a 2005 version, which will help serve the needs of local seniors. The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center recently received their first bus, gifted from the People to People program. Already, seniors, once a month for $15, can catch the bus to Spokane for medical or shopping needs. Now a second bus will help seniors plan a variety of extra services as well as have a backup bus in case one goes down. The seniors are now...
British female blues/roots guitar wiz Bex Marshall will perform at Sunbanks Lake Resort, Sept. 7, as part of the fall Blues Festival. Marshall was recently nominated for “Best Album of the Year” and “Best Female Vocalist” at the British Blues Awards. She recently returned to the United States to support the release of her third album, “House of Mercy.” The U.S. tour began Aug. 1 in Colorado Springs, and takes her throughout the country before returning Sept. 21 to Colorado. On the new record, Marshall distinguishes herself as an accomplishe...
Brandon C. Heintz, of Electric City, has graduated with a Bachelor of Sport Science degree in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy, the school announced. The academy is an independent, nonprofit institution that offers sport-specific programs to students, teachers, and administrators around the world....
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet with a barbecue picnic at noon, Thursday, Aug. 29 at North Dam Park. The picnic is being catered and the cost per person is $11. Free Pinochle at the Seniors Free pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m. Care and Share Food Bank Open The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF OKANOGAN THE ESTATE OF JEAN H. GREEN, DECEASED JAMES P. GREEN JR., PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, Plaintiff, v. THE ESTATES OF GILBERT H. PARLET and/or RACHEL C. PARLET, husband and wife, both deceased, and their heirs, successors, and assigns; Also, all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint filed herein, Defendants. NO. 13-2-00399-8 AMENDED SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION * * * * * * * * * * *...